The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 220 Seeing Mother
Jia Ke saw several younger sisters, and asked Jia's mother, "What books are the younger sisters reading now?"

Jia Mu said indifferently: "What kind of books can I read, but I can only know a few words, and I don't want to be blind."

After listening to Jia Mu's words, Jia Ke felt a little uncomfortable. The talents of these younger sisters in Jia's house were several times better than Jia Baoyu's. They had no one to teach them, they just learned by themselves, and surpassed Jia Baoyu in poetry and painting.If someone taught them, I am afraid that all of them are well-known talented women.

Jia Ke can't say much about the inner house, after all, this is Jia's mother's one-acre three-point land, and she manages too much and everyone doesn't look good.

But Jia Ke still wanted to remind Mother Jia, "Old lady, I think the younger sisters are all very intelligent, and those who are better than other girls don't know where to go. According to my idea, I should invite a female gentleman to stay at home. Teaching, it will be good for our Jia family to have the reputation of a talented woman in the future, and it will also be good for them in the future."

Wanting to know that Mother Jia didn't take this matter to heart, she just said something perfunctory to Jia Ke, "Let me see again, why is this matter so urgent?"

Jia Ke had no choice but to change the subject and focus on Jia Baoyu again, "Old lady, I think Baoyu is really well-raised by the old lady's side. If someone else raised her, she wouldn't know what would happen. It's gone."

Jia's mother was very satisfied with Jia Ke's teachings to Jia Baoyu. Although she felt a little pity in her heart, she also felt complacent.Although Jia Baoyu will probably fail to take part in the imperial examinations in the future, the spirituality of writing poems is something that others do not have.At a very young age, I was able to compose poems with others and answer correctly.Mother Jia has never seen such a talent in her life for so many years.

In Jia's mother's opinion, Jia Baoyu's talent is ten times better than Jia Zhu's, but in order not to be feared by the emperor, Jia Baoyu can only hang out in the back house.Otherwise, if you carefully teach the future two Jinshi, there will be no problem.

Jia Ke chatted with Jia's mother for a few more words, and then got up to leave. Jia's mother knew that he hadn't seen Aunt Zhou, so she didn't do much to keep her.

Jia Ke left Jia Mu's courtyard and walked through the Rongxi Hall, and came to Jia Zheng's courtyard. On the easternmost side, there were several exquisite small courtyards, one of which was the most luxurious with carved beams and painted buildings. This was Aunt Zhou's residence.

Although Aunt Zhou's current status is not as good as Mrs. Wang's, after all, she has given birth to a promising son. As the biological mother of Marquis Wuyang, the treatment she deserves is not bad at all.To be honest, there are many decorations in the house where Aunt Zhou lives, not even Mrs. Wang's house.

It's not that Aunt Zhou's treatment surpassed Mrs. Wang's, but Mrs. Wang herself advocated simplicity, and Jia Zheng didn't like extravagance and waste, so Mrs. Wang did not put those exquisite things in the room because of what she liked.As for why Mrs. Wang put so many good things in Aunt Zhou's room, that's because the benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see the wisdom.

As soon as Jia Ke arrived at the gate of the compound, she saw Xia Mai probing her head. When she saw Jia Ke coming, she shouted from inside the house, "Master is back."

Immediately afterwards, four or five maidservants rushed out from the door.Headed by Xia Mai, they came to Jia Ke's side and saluted him together.

Jia Ke took a closer look at these maids. They all had delicate features and graceful figures. Some of them didn't look like serving maids, but they were somewhat similar to Aunt Zhao.Jia Ke is also rolling in the officialdom now, so he is naturally aware of these little tricks, so he just laughed it off and didn't take it to heart.

Jia Ke saw that they were blocking the way under Xia Mai's leadership. They were robbed, so she reluctantly took out a dozen small golden beans from the purse beside her and handed them to Xia Mai, "Here, so many maids Here, only you can come up with such an idea."

Xia Mai saw Jindouzi with a smile on his face, and then said to Jia Ke flatteringly, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, and my legs are numb from standing here. Now you are a majestic marquis, such a big official, you still care about us These few pennies."

Jia Ke only thinks that she is more and more eloquent now, and she is not as cute as when he left. When he left, Xia Mai was still small, and she was directed by Chuncao.She looked lovely then.

At this moment, Aunt Zhou also came out of the house. Seeing Jia Ke, she rushed a few steps and arrived in front of Jia Ke. Before she could speak, she shed tears.

When Jia Ke saw Aunt Zhou, she quickly pulled up her robe and knelt on the ground. When he moved, the iron armor on his body rattled.Jia Ke knelt in front of Aunt Zhou and said excitedly, "Auntie, my son is back."

Aunt Zhou went up, hugged him in her arms and wept uncontrollably.Jia Ke is now a 20-year-old boy. Although Aunt Zhou is his biological mother, this feeling is still very embarrassing, so she winks at Xia Mai next to her.

Xia Mai has just received Jia Ke's bounty, so he is still very discerning at this time.Immediately stepped forward to comfort Aunt Zhou, "Auntie, now that the uncle is back, we should be happy, don't cry, let people hear the joke."

Under the persuasion of Jia Ke and Xia Mai, Aunt Zhou finally put away her grief, turned around and reprimanded Xia Mai: "Who dares to laugh at me, now I don't laugh at others, they just go and laugh." After saying this , I laughed first.

After that, Jia Ke helped Aunt Zhou into the main room.Jia Ke asked Aunt Zhou to sit in the middle again, and came to pay respects to Aunt Zhou before she was alive. This time, she changed her address, "My lord mother, my child is being polite here."

Aunt Zhou burst into tears again when she heard Jia Ke's address.Although she and Jia Ke are mother and son, they cannot match each other.Calling it this way in private can only be done when no one is around.

Jia Ke stood up after paying homage, then sat next to Aunt Zhou again, and asked, "How is Auntie's health these days? If there is any shortage, just tell me, my son is no longer what he used to be."

"I can't afford anything. I can't eat enough to drink every day, and I have maids to wait on me. Now as long as I can hold my grandson, I will be content to die." Aunt Zhou still complained about Jia Ke's unmarried status.

"Auntie, it's not that I'm running around outside and don't have time to come back to get married. I'll leave a few days later when I come back, and go back to Xuanfu Town after I get married. Auntie, how do you think?" Jia Ke also thinks that it's time for him to get married, otherwise Xuanfu Town The three of them are still infertile, and Jia Ke also feels a little sorry for them.

Aunt Zhou turned her worries into joy when she heard Jia Ke's words, and said happily to Jia Ke: "I met the girl from the Qin family once, she is really good-looking. Only such a woman can be worthy of my son."

Jia Ke was taken aback when she heard this, and asked in surprise, "Where did Auntie meet?"

"A few days ago, my wife and I went to Guangji Temple to offer incense and worship the Buddha. In the temple, I happened to meet Miss Qin who also offered incense. That Miss Qin knew how to be polite. When she knew my wife and I were coming, she came up to pay respects. That's when we met. At the beginning, I didn’t know what was going on, but it was Madam who reminded me that this is your unmarried daughter-in-law.” Aunt Zhou said with emotion.

Jia Ke thought in her heart that this meeting was probably not a coincidence, it should be arranged by the two families, so that the daughter-in-law who had never been married would meet her mother-in-law. Aunt Zhou, as Jia Ke's biological mother, naturally arranged to go with her.

It seems that during this meeting, both parties got along very happily, and there was no friction.But when Jia Ke thought about it, this was normal. Thinking about how Qin Keqing managed the Ningguo Mansion in an orderly manner in Dream of the Red Chamber, no one said anything bad about her from top to bottom.How can such a delicate mind leave a bad impression on others?
While the mother and son were talking, they heard someone shouting outside, "Is Aunt Zhou here? You come out quickly, Madam asked me to pass a message to you." The tone was very impatient.

When Jia Ke heard her yelling, she was a little annoyed. What is the identity of this little maid?All the while yelling at Aunt Zhou like this, instead of looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha.After all, she is also Jia Ke's biological mother.

"Xia Mai, go out and have a look, where is this servant so ignorant of the rules, don't you know I'm sitting upright in the house?" Jia Ke couldn't use Aunt Zhou as an excuse, because she was still a concubine, Mrs. Wang's maid It's not rude to talk to her like that.

But it would be a big mistake if this servant girl spoke to Jia Ke like that. Jia Ke's current status is very important, let alone a small servant girl, only Mother Jia can speak to him so rudely in the whole house. With Jia Zheng.Although Mrs. Wang is his mother in name, she is separated by a layer after all. If Jia Ke is insignificant, then that's fine.But now that Jia Ke is the Marquis of Wuyang, even Mrs. Wang cannot underestimate her.

When Aunt Zhou saw that Jia Ke asked Xia Mai to go out and scold Mrs. Wang's maid, she couldn't help but feel nervous, so she advised Jia Ke: "Brother, don't make trouble, she is Madam's maid no matter what, and she didn't say anything wrong."

Jia Ke smiled and comforted Aunt Zhou: "Don't worry, Auntie, she's just a little maid. Could it be that Madam still fell out with my majestic Marquis Wuyang because of her?"

Xia Mai was always looked down upon by Mrs. Wang's maid, and she was already very angry.At this time, I got Jia Ke's order, and immediately ran out of the house, and went to the eaves to take a closer look. It turned out that it was Jin Chuan, Mrs. Wang's new personal maid. Mrs. Wang loves her, but she is arrogant towards others, only Mrs. Wang is in her heart, and she doesn't pay attention to Aunt Zhou, Aunt Zhao, etc.

Seeing that it was Jin Chuan, Xia Mai said with a sneer, "Who am I? It's you. I thought no one else would be so brave except you. Don't you know what this place is? It's so impolite. Be careful. I annoyed our master and dragged you out to be a kid, and you will cry when the time comes."

When Jin Chuan saw that Xia Mai, who she usually looked down upon, dared to contradict her like this, and even said something about being a kid, she couldn't help but get angry. She also has a violent temper, and she was about to yell.It's just that a little girl next to her usually stopped her, and then said to Xia Mai in a low voice: "Sister Xia Mai, my sister lost a few pennies in a bet today, and she was unhappy, so her tone was a little bad, please forgive me."

Xia Mai glanced at the little girl next to her, and couldn't help crying inwardly. She wanted to take advantage of Jia Ke to make a big fuss and vent her anger, but she didn't expect to be spotted by the little girl next to her.The person next to him is Jin Chuan's younger sister Yu Chuan. This Yu Chuan is not as favored as Jin Chuan, but her wit surpasses Jin Chuan's.

When she entered the hospital just now, she vaguely heard a man's voice in the room.Besides Jia Zheng, the only one who can enter Aunt Zhou's house in this deep house compound is Aunt Zhou's biological son Jia Ke, who has already been enshrined as a marquis.

Since the uncle is in the house, my sister's rude tone just now must have annoyed the uncle. If he really gets angry, he will definitely match my sister with a boy. I don't think Mrs. Wang will completely fall out with the uncle because of her sister. .Even if it's a falling out, with Uncle Yi's current title, if he finds any reason, most of the servants in the mansion are willing to be Uncle and look good for his sisters.

(End of this chapter)