On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month of the 12th year of Yongzhi, Jia Huan and Daiyu returned from Jinling. The children of the Jia family welcomed each other, and the family members of the Jia family were waiting in the back house. Afterwards, various interesting stories about Jia Huan and Daiyu in Jinling quickly spread throughout the Jia family. Of course, there were also poems about Jia Huan's reputation spread throughout the world.

Jia Huan and Daiyu's return were a major event before the Jia family was waiting for the imperial concubine to visit her in the first lunar month.

However, only a few people knew about the content of the discussion in Rongxi Hall. Jia Zheng temporarily suppressed the conflict and rift between Jia Huan and Jia She. The conflict that was about to break out before the New Year was postponed, and it is unknown when it broke out.

The important thing in the Jia family is: preparing for the New Year.

It is already the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.

In the afternoon of that day, the housekeepers of the Jia family began to prepare for the ancestor worship that had been postponed for several days due to waiting for Jia Huan.

In the small room near the management office near the East Corner Gate of the Jia family, the sunlight at about three or four o'clock fell in, bright and transparent.

Shan Daliang greeted Lin Zhixiao, the second butler of the Jia family, with a smile, for tea, and said diligently: "Brother Lin, this is my treasured Longjing in front of the Rain. Try it."

Since the Lai family was cleaned up by Jia Huan to farm in Jinling, the order of the Jia family housekeeper is: Shan Daliang, Lin Zhixiao, Wu Xindeng, and Zhang Cai.

Lin Zhixiao was dressed in blue, in his forties, and was dressed in a housekeeper. Looking at the joyful smile on Shan Daliang's face, he smiled and picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the tea, and praised: "What a tea!"

"Haha." Shan Daliang smiled happily.

Lin Zhixiao and his wife Lin Zhixiao's family are called "deaf and dumb" in the Jia Mansion. Wang Xifeng described it as "all of them cannot be pierced with a cone." They are very low-key in dealing with people and things. They know things in their hearts, but they can't say them out loud.

He knew why Shan Daliang was so happy now. Just now, news suddenly came from inside and outside the mansion: the master suppressed his thoughts on the third master's intention to check the accounts of the construction of the provincial villa.

This news probably made many people feel relieved, and a stone fell to the ground in their hearts. The news that Mr. Qiang brought back from Jinling was so scary. Who is not afraid of Mr. Huan getting angry? Zhou Rui, Lai Wang, Lai Da, and Lai Er are examples.

The mansion used one million taels of silver to build a villa in the provincial court. From the great master (Jia She), the housekeeper, and the managers and leaders below, they all took a lot of money. They had already exceeded the 10% limit stipulated by Master Huan San.

He didn't take too much. Many people in the mansion were afraid that Master Huan San would come back and take ruthless actions. He didn't expect the master to suppress the matter. However, is this really going to be like this? With his observation, it may not be.

After drinking a little tea, Shan Daliang smiled and got to the point, saying, "Brother Lin, the third master has returned to the mansion, and it is time to prepare for the ancestor worship in the mansion. Brother Lin has to worry about it."

Lin Zhixiao smiled and agreed, "What's your duty."

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The golden sunset fell from the eaves. The warm spring-like indoor light became a little dark.

Xiaoque came in from the warm pavilion and lit a candle. He looked at Jia Huan sitting in the wooden chair and listening to Aunt Zhao who was leaning on the collapsed chair and said with a smile: "Auntie, Third Master, you can prepare for dinner."

Aunt Zhao was pulling her son and saying that she was very happy about her daily affairs in the Jia family, such as when and where she was proud, and one day she made a mistake in the East Cluster Courtyard and was forgiven by Mrs. Wang for the sake of Jia Huan. At this time, she was interrupted by Xiaoque and said unhappy: "What is Brother Huan's status in the mansion now? Just go to the kitchen to get food. Would those prostitutes dare to make things difficult for you?"

Xiaoque is a teenage girl with an ordinary appearance and just smiles when she hears this. Don’t look at her aunt scolding her fiercely, she is actually not angry.

Jia Huan shook his head speechlessly, Aunt Zhao’s catchphrase! Seeing Xiaoque again made him sigh.

The four or five years after he came here, many people's fates deviated from their original trajectory. Now Xiren is in Daiyu's room. In the original book, Xiaoque informed Xiren of Jia Huan, and Aunt Zhao's incident will definitely not happen again.

Water flows to the lower places, and people walk to the higher places.

Jia Huan stood up and ordered, "Xiaoque, go and pick up a few dishes." He said to Aunt Zhao again, "Mom, where will I go to the third sister and the others? Come here to have supper later."

Aunt Zhao impatiently placed the hand stove on the table and said, "Go. Go." Her relationship with her daughter Tanchun was still very stiff. But she also knew that Brother Huan had a good relationship with her daughter and often had letters in Jinling.

Jia Huan nodded distractedly and left Aunt Zhao's house. He was facing a cold winter. Qingwen, who was waiting in the warm trunk, smiled and brought her two little maids out with a charming smile.

Qingwen's cotton jacket is covered with a light green tooth-pinching vest, and the maid's outfit is just pretty and charming, very outstanding, far beyond the appearance of a maid. She is a romantic and clever pretty maid.

She was holding a few boxes of gifts in her hand, smiling like a flower, the girl's shallow charm flowed in the winter sunset, and the clear waves flowed in her bright eyes. It was obvious that after she returned to the mansion, she was in a good mood and said with a crisp voice: "San Master, are you going to the third girl?"

Jia Huan nodded and took Qingwen to the back corridor of the courtyard to the Baoxia Hall where Sanchun lived. Two little maids were tactfully left behind.

The trees and rockery outside the corridor are covered with the withered yellow colors of winter. Only pine and cypress are still evergreen.

Jia Huan turned his head and asked with a smile: "Qingwen, have you given the gift to Sister Yuanyang?"

Yuanyang, the "big secretary" beside Jia Mu, was born in the Jia family. Her parents were looking at the house in Jinling. Jia Huan came back from Jinling, and in addition to preparing some common gifts for Yuanyang, there were also her parents' recent situation and family letters.

Truth is naturally written on behalf of others.

Chapter 54 of the original book of the Red Chamber: Shi Taijun broke the old condom, and Wang Xifeng played the role of colorful clothes. There is a passage about Jin Yuanyang's mother. It was the Lantern Festival at that time, and Jia Mu had a night banquet for the tribe. Baoyu went out and didn't look at Xiren, but talked about Xiren.

Wang Xifeng gave an explanation to smooth things over: Xiren's mother just went out not long ago and was still in the midst of filial piety, so she did not follow Baoyu.

When Jia Mu heard this, she nodded and said, "It's okay. It just so happened that Yuanyang's mother had also died. I think his mother was in the south, so I didn't ask his house to go for a walk and mourn. Now I ask him to accompany him together."

According to the timeline of the original book of the Red Mansion, this is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the 14th year of the Red Mansion. It is inferred that Yuanyang's mother died in the autumn and winter of the 13th year of the Red Mansion. It is no longer far away from this time.

Qingwen smiled cleverly and said, "Third Master, I have already sent it. I handed it to Sister Yuanyang with my own hands. But, Third Master, why don't you give her the gift in person?"

The third master has a distant relationship with the old lady. He brought gifts to Sister Yuanyang, which was the one she mentioned. The third master left Jinling for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be. Xiren then added: Sister Yuanyang's parents are also in Jinling. That's why the third master sent someone to visit and left silver for Sister Yuanyang's parents.
Chapter completed!