The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 136 Lantern Festival Night ([-])
After everyone sat down, Jia's mother asked Jia Lian, "I didn't have time to ask you in their garden in the afternoon. The New Year's Eve is over. Why is it so good that the emperor rewarded you with so many things?"

Jia's mother and the others still couldn't let go of the emperor's generous reward to Jia Lian in the morning.

Although the emperor stated that he was rich in the world, in fact his internal treasury was limited.Besides, there are really countless places where the emperor needs to spend money, so for rewards, they are all meanings, except for special circumstances. Most of them are gifts, and less cash is given.

Even if you give gold and silver, 100 taels of gold is considered a generous reward.

But for the reward to Jia Lian, the emperor seemed to be afraid that others would not know that he was a generous reward. After the 100 taels of gold, he specially added 1000 taels of silver!

It is self-evident that the importance of the emperor's attitude towards them is such an honorable family. Even Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang are eager to know more about the emperor's attitude towards Jia Lian and their Jia family.It's a pity that when he asked Jia Zheng earlier, he couldn't tell why, so he had to ask Jia Lian himself.

Jia Lian turned sideways to Mother Jia, and smiled back: "It must be that the boys did not pass the letter completely. Your Majesty said in the oral order that it was a special reward for the achievements made by the grandson on the battlefield last year."

Mother Jia and others naturally knew that it was because of meritorious service at the border. Madam Wang hurriedly asked: "Even though you have made some meritorious service, didn't the emperor give you a promotion?" ?”

Mrs. Wang's question is also the question of Jia's mother, Aunt Xue and others.

"Is it really heavy? My nephew thinks it's okay..."

Jia Lian smiled at Mrs. Wang, as if she didn't quite understand how to count as heavy and how to count as light.

He looked a bit like Versailles, and many people couldn't help but smile.

Mrs. Wang had a serious personality, so she didn't find it funny when she heard the words, and she even wondered if Jia Lian choked her on purpose.

Jia Lian didn't intend to explain too much to them. In his eyes, the rewards given to him by Emperor Ningkang were not too heavy compared to the value he created.

Among other things, the hundreds of war horses he personally brought back from the grassland a few times before and after are worth 10 taels in total!
Not to mention that he beheaded so many enemies. In addition, the emperor also asked him to do favors for his cheap brother-in-law...

So, if the immeasurable benefit of being promoted to an official is not counted, he is still at a loss!
Therefore, Jia Lian directly changed the subject, and waved at the silly girls who raised their necks and smiled at him.

"you call me?"

Sister Feng pointed to her nose and stood up suspiciously.

Jia Lian said angrily, "If I don't call you, who should I call you? Do you have to call you the head of the house before you know how to call you?"

"go……"

Jia Lian's words to make fun of Sister Feng made the whole room laugh.Mother Jia and Aunt Xue looked at each other, smiled and shook their heads, while Youshi and the others smiled enviously and meaningfully.When Daiyu and other sisters covered their mouths and laughed, they were somewhat embarrassed.

Sister Feng was never afraid of people laughing at her, so she walked out generously at this time.

Jia Lian said to her: "Didn't the palace reward more than a dozen bolts of satin? I saw it earlier, and it is suitable for making spring clothes. Then we can't use up all of it ourselves. It's a pity to leave it for nothing. You can take it out later. For the old lady, sister Baochai, and boy Lan, it would be good to make two pieces of clothes for each of them..."

Unexpectedly, Sister Feng began to be generous again.She had seen it before, the emperor personally rewarded him with a better quality than the ordinary ones rewarded in the palace, and she was very rare for those twelve palace brocades!
Although I was reluctant in my heart, Sister Feng is also a person with all appearances, how can she act stingy at this time of reunion and celebration, and be inferior?
So he hurriedly said, "Hey, do you need to tell me this? I have thought about it a long time ago. When the years pass and I have free time, I will cut two good clothes for each of the old lady, wife, sister-in-law and Baoyu.

Hmph, are you still worried that it's a pity that they are left in vain?I'm just afraid that you didn't get enough back. If you have the ability to bring me back some more, I still have the ability to help you use it up, and there will be nothing left. "

Jia Lian glanced at her sideways, and said flatly, "I didn't realize that, you're still a prodigal woman."

In one sentence, all of Sister Feng's skills were broken immediately, and her face became hot, and it was difficult to retaliate against Jia Lian in front of her elders, so her pretty face turned red.

Feng spicy blush like a fairy concubine, how fresh?Everyone couldn't help looking at it strangely for a moment, the second treasure who had been a little distracted from the beginning to the end, also looked back at this moment, and felt that such a second sister-in-law of Lian was so good-looking!

Mother Jia was also very relieved, and laughed loudly and said:

"Don't make it for me, don't make it for me, I have too many clothes to wear, and I wasted those good materials for nothing. If you have the heart, you can make two for your sisters, and you can be counted as brothers." Sister-in-law's kindness."

The others, even though they had a mouth full of dog food, couldn't help but laugh.

These women who "have never seen the world" have the opportunity to see this kind of scene where the husband and wife sing the double reed together, and they all have an eye-opening feeling.

Especially Qin, comparing her own experience and looking at her girlfriends, she couldn't help but feel mixed feelings in her heart, and the envy in her eyes was almost overflowing.

He also really wants a man who knows each other's feelings and is willing to put down his figure and joke with him...

At this moment, Jia Lian took a look at Youshi's rosy face and bright red lips.Sitting next to her mother-in-law, Qin thought Jia Lian was looking at her, and felt ashamed.But she is a charming woman, subconsciously, she returned Jia Lian's charming and crisp eyes, so Jia Lian had to focus on her.

She lowered her head in embarrassment again, not to show the peerless style to others.

Jia Lian was sitting in the middle of the hall, with his back to the door talking to Jia Mu, so almost all the girls could look at him without turning their heads deliberately.Everyone is like this, so you don't have to worry about it.

So even Baochai on the side couldn't help but stare blankly at the cousin-in-law, because Jia Lian surprised her too much.

It has only been half a month since Jia Lian came back from the border, so the number of times she saw Jia Lian was only a handful, and most of them were just as in a hurry as when she was in Nanjing, and she didn't say many serious words.

As a result, most of her impressions of Jia Lian came from hearsay and her own simple observations and judgments.

How could he have imagined that Jia Lian, after sitting down to communicate with her, was even more different from ordinary men in the world than she had imagined!
It seems that he is out of this world and exists outside the limits of human beings.So even Baoyu, who was born with a jade title, looked pale in front of him, so even Feng girl, who was a woman, could only obediently show her daughter's shame in front of him.

Now it seems that the only thing about him that can be consistent with the rumors is probably the point of "not reading".

But what is this? Why doesn't the man wear a Wu hook? Since he had already made up his mind to join the military and the army, he didn't need to spend too much energy on the way of Confucius and Mencius.

What's more, as the sages said, "An insight into the world is knowledge, and a sophistication of human feelings is an article." The audience and everyone get along with him, and they all feel like they are in the spring breeze. It is obvious that his sophistication is far better than others...

Baochai suddenly felt that she couldn't think about it any longer.

Therefore, she suddenly realized that it seemed that when she was young, she had always thought that there might not be a standard that such a man could meet... Until now, her cousin-in-law probably met all of them. !
Could it be that such a perfect man really exists in the world?

Baochai was a little confused, if there was one, would she be able to meet it?It's better not to meet her, her name has been submitted to the Ministry of Rites, and she may enter the palace soon.

She has no choice.

……

Let all beauties big and small appreciate his beauty, Jia Lian still came out on the porch.

But Jia Zhen and others were already ready to go.

Today's Lantern Festival, Jia Zhen and the others have already arranged a program of joy all night long.Taking Jia Mu's family banquet here is just a courtesy, sitting here and not even daring to speak aloud, naturally it is not happy!

So Jia Zhen still has to invite her sons and nephews to go to Gaole in Ningguo Mansion, and later to go to the brothel to drink flower wine...

The reason why I haven't left yet is that I made a special trip to wait for Jia Lian to come out.

But Jia Lian was not willing to go with them. These people's tastes are so vulgar that they are not higher than his predecessors. It's okay to just eat wine and perfunctory. If you really want to eat flower wine with them, let's forget it.

Let's play together when the time comes, and I feel uncomfortable. If they don't play together, they will think that he is putting on airs after becoming an official, but it will be unhappy.

So they refused their invitation on the grounds that they had to go to the Yamen tomorrow morning.

Jia Lian's reason was too legitimate, even though Jia Zhen felt sorry, she couldn't force it, so he had to leave it to him.Soon, Jia Lian and Jia Yun were the only ones left on the corridor, which was still full just now.Even Jia Huan, who was too young for Jia Zhen to play with him, didn't know where he went.

Jia Yun actually wanted to follow Jia Zhen and the others to experience high-end gameplay, but seeing that Jia Lian was not there, she dared not leave the table.

In order to test his concentration, Jia Lian ignored him for a while. Seeing that Jia Lian was watching the play quietly, Jia Yun did not dare to disturb him. So the entire wide corridor, although the tables were full of cups and plates, was unusually cold. Only uncles and nephews The two were separated by two or three zhang, watching the play in silence.

Until Qingwen found out that the men on the corridor had finished walking, she came out generously, squeezed Jia Lian's shoulders a few times, and then asked with a smile, "Second Master, why are you the only one eating here... ..."

Not far away, Jia Yun heard the words and said to herself: I am not even considered a human being.

But she knew that Qingwen was Jia Lian's maid, so she didn't dare to look at her more.

But Jia Lian called him again, so he had to stand up, walk up to him, and bow his head to listen to the instructions.

"Today is the reunion festival, and there are no extra people in your family, so don't stay here forever, go back to accompany your mother, and say hello to your mother for me.

By the way, look at what your mother likes to eat at this table, and you can bring some of them home for her.

Housekeeper, go get a food box for Brother Yun. "

Hearing Jia Lian's order, Jia Yun felt inexplicably sad, but also secretly moved.

Originally, I just came to Rongguo Mansion to try the opportunity according to my mother's order, but I didn't expect Jia Lian to arrange an errand for him without waiting for him to say more, and now he is still thinking about him...

Although Jia Lian was a few years older than him, at this time he knelt down to Jia Lian sincerely, kowtowed with tears in his heart, and then obeyed Jia Lian's order, packed two dishes, and ran home quickly with them.

Here, Qingwen waited for Jia Yun to leave, then twisted Jia Lian's neck and laughed, "It's funny, he's so big, but he's still a man, the second master rewarded him with two dishes, and he cried..."

Jia Lian scratched her Xiaoxiu's nose, and taught her a lesson: "You still have the nerve to laugh at her. Could it be that you were born rich and honored, and after only a few years of good life, you began to forget your roots?"

Qingwen blushed, and then remembered that when she was a child, she was in a state of embarrassment, but she didn't feel anything at that time, because she didn't expect that she would live a wealthy life so soon.

Dissatisfied with Jia Lian's claim that she had forgotten her origins, she said something coquettishly, almost twisting into Jia Lian's arms. After all, there are so many people here that I dare not be too presumptuous, so I took the jug from the hot water man, and said with a clever smile: "Second Master is alone. Eating wine is so boring, let me pour wine for you, let me have two glasses with you..."

Jia Lian smiled and ate two glasses with her, seeing her face turn red after drinking a glass of wine, Jia Lian didn't want to play with her anymore.

Accompanied by a little beauty like Qingwen, beauty is beauty, but it is easy to spoil the plan.

So he got up, packed up some rare dishes on his table, such as braised deer tendon and fried beef tongue, and asked the butler Lin Zhixiao to evacuate all the seats outside.

Qingwen was wondering who Jia Lian was giving the food to, so she listened to Jia Lian's order to take the food to the kitchen to steam for a while, and then send it to his study outside.

Qingwen raised her red apple-like face, and her small cherry mouth curled up, "I know it's for those two little brats!"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he knew he was going to be beaten, so he dodged immediately, and finally got kicked in the buttocks.

Jia Lian couldn't help but smile when she saw her turn her head and stare at him, and then obediently turned her buttocks away.

Although it is a festive season, if he has time, he doesn't want to delay the daily training plan for nothing.

Practicing martial arts is something that needs persistence.

The only pity is that the yard behind the study is too small to use it.

When Jia She died, I must renovate Dongkuayuan, at least build a decent martial arts arena!
It's a waste of land for the old thing to live.

(End of this chapter)