The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 221 Gathering
Xia Mai saw that the other party was subdued, so he didn't pursue it too much.He just asked angrily: "It's the same if you tell me something. Our aunt is busy right now, so I don't have time to talk to you."

After hearing Xia Mai's words, Jin Chuan was about to argue angrily again, while Yu Chuan was beside her tightly pinching her wrist and pulling her behind him.Jin Chuan seemed to understand something at this time, and he glanced into the room, then stopped talking.

Yu Chuan tried to smile while tugging on his sister, "There is nothing urgent, but the master ordered me to come down. We are going to have a reunion dinner together tonight. Let us inform my aunt. If the master is here, I will also tell you gone."

"Understood, I'll tell my aunt and uncle in a while, you go back when you're free, don't just hang around here, what do you look like." Xia Mai raised her head high and said to them.

Yu Chuan still smiled and said: "In that case, let's go first. I have to tell Aunt Zhao later, let her go with Brother Huan."

Xia Mai didn't want to hear what they said, so he waved to them and told them to leave quickly.

Yu Chuan and Jin Chuan then exited Aunt Zhou's yard, and within a few steps of leaving Aunt Zhou's yard, Jin Chuan said harshly, "Why did you stop me just now? Did you get along with those slaves who climbed high and stepped down?" Are you the same? I want to climb the tall branch of the uncle."

Yu Chuan was speechless, this sister's stupid loyalty to Mrs. Wang had reached the point of hopelessness.Did she really think that she could fight against the uncle? Yu Chuan didn't want to talk to her and walked forward alone.

Although Jin Chuan said a few angry words, he still knew that his sister was doing it for his own good, so he hurried forward to catch up with Yu Chuan, be careful that he didn't know: "Sister just said angry words, sister must not be angry , When the monthly money is issued this month, I will buy you the latest style of rouge."

"Whoever wants your rouge, you better keep it for yourself, otherwise what will the third master eat when he comes?" Yu Chuan was not really angry, but there was nothing he could do about his sister being shrewd and confused for a while.

Jin Chuan heard his sister say that Master Bao's face turned as red as an apple after eating his own rouge.Hurriedly abandoning her sister, she ran forward first.

Yu Chuan has nothing to do with this elder sister. She is now focused on currying favor with Mrs. Wang, so that Mrs. Wang can arrange her into Jia Baoyu's room.Don't care about anything else.

But in Yuchuan's view, this is completely impossible. Jia's mother handles all of Jia Baoyu's affairs, and if he has to arrange a maid for him, if Jia's mother does not nod, no one will be able to enter Jia Baoyu's room.

But once people find out about the shady deeds that my sister and Jia Baoyu have done, I'm afraid they will either be made a kid or sold out.Nothing ends well.Yu Chuan's heart was broken because of her elder sister, and she was by her side several times to cover it up.

Seeing that the two sisters had left, Xia Mai re-entered the house. After entering the house, he faced Jia Ke and Aunt Zhou and said, "Auntie, sir, just now the wife's maid came to send a message that the master is going to hold a family banquet tonight, and said yes. They want everyone to have a reunion dinner together, and they came to tell the uncle and aunt."

Jia Ke nodded, and then said: "Father is going to clean up the dust for me, so let's prepare early, and don't go late, so that others will think that I have little achievements and look down on others."

"You're right. Let's go now. We'll go early so we can greet Madam and Master." Aunt Zhou agreed.

Jia Ke smiled and said to Aunt Zhou: "There's no need to be in such a hurry, at least let me change my clothes, otherwise what would it be like to wear this armor to a banquet?"

Only then did Aunt Zhou see that Jia Ke was still wearing the helmet and crown, and she also laughed when she saw this: "When I said how to support you just now, I felt so stiff. I never noticed that you were still wearing this thing."

Xia Mai covered her mouth and snickered, "Auntie doesn't care about other things when she sees the uncle, as long as she is a living person, she doesn't care about anything."

Aunt Zhou glared at Xia Mai after hearing this, "What are you still doing here? Why don't you hurry up and prepare bath water for your uncle so that he can take a bath and change his clothes."

Xia Mai was startled by Aunt Zhou and ran out quickly.As a result, he just left the house and came back.

"Why are you back here again, so lazy, what will you do in the future?" Zhou Niniang thought that Xia Mai had arranged things for other little maids.

When Xia Mai heard that Aunt Zhou had wronged her, she could only pouted and said, "I have to do this myself. But there is something I want to tell Auntie about. Our uncle's clothes are already too small. What should I do now?" Change and wash."

Aunt Zhou also felt a little troubled when she heard that, Jia Ke has been away from home for five or six years, and has grown from a boy of fifteen or sixteen to a young man of twenty-one.Where are the clothes at home that fit him?

Jia Ke saw them in trouble, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. When I came back this time, Qiaolian and the others prepared some clothes for me. I was in a hurry just now, and I was still with the soldiers. You send Tell Butler Lin, and they will deliver it in a while."

Aunt Zhou felt at ease now, now that she heard him mention Qiaolian, she thought of her niece again, she hadn't seen her for so many years, so she didn't know what happened now.

"Qiaolian and Chuncao, are they alright?"

"Don't worry, aunt, they are fine now. I have taken them into the house now, and they are also aunts in the Jiedushi's mansion, and they are not under the supervision of their superiors. I don't know how comfortable they are." Jia Ke briefly talked about Chuncao and Xia Mai's situation was explained to Aunt Zhou.

After hearing Jia Ke's words, Aunt Zhou's smile became even brighter, and now the Zhou family has hope.With Jia Ke taking care of him, his elder brother has nothing to worry about in his life.

When Aunt Zhou was happy, she squinted and saw that Xia Mai was still standing there.There was an envious light in his eyes.

"What are you still doing there? Didn't you hear what your uncle said? Why don't you hurry up to find Steward Lin and bring back your uncle's changed clothes." Aunt Zhou said to the maid a little angrily.

Only then did Xia Mai react and run outside, and stopped outside for a while, the envy of Qiaolian and the others in his heart did not weaken at all, on the contrary, it became more intense.

After a while, Xia Mai entered the room again and reported to Jia Ke and Aunt Zhou: "Master, the bath water has been boiled, when will you take a bath?"

Seeing that it was getting late, Jia Ke said to Aunt Zhou, "Auntie, I'll go clean up first, and we'll go to the banquet together later."

"Go quickly, don't waste the time to let your father speak." Aunt Zhou was still very afraid of Jia Zheng, and she always listened to Jia Zheng's words as imperial edicts.

Jia Ke went out of the room, led by Xia Mai to the bathroom, and then drove the maids out.He didn't want to have any romantic affairs just after returning to Jia's mansion.

Soon Jia Ke finished her bath, and then put on the home clothes that Qiaolian and the others had prepared for herself.Only then did she leave the bathroom and came back to Aunt Zhou's room.

Aunt Zhou saw that Jia Ke had finished bathing and changing clothes, and looked at his clothes, which were all made of brocade. It seemed that he was really doing well as he said just now.

"It's getting late, let's go quickly, otherwise your father will have to wait for a long time, and we won't be able to talk." Aunt Zhou saw that Jia Ke had finished bathing and changing.He wanted to urge Jia Ke to go to the upper room to see Jia Zheng.

Naturally, Jia Ke would not refute her, so the two of them didn't stay long, and immediately set off to Mrs. Wang's main courtyard. After arriving at Mrs. Wang's courtyard, they ran into Jia Zhu head-on.I think I came to the family banquet set up by Jia Zheng.

Jia Ke watched Jia Zhu carefully, and found that he became more and more slim, and he no longer had the original figure of Yushu Linfeng.But Jia Ke looked at Jia Zhu, although she lost a lot of weight, she was very energetic.She didn't have the sluggishness after using the drug, what a Jia Zhu, she really deserved to be the proud child in the Dream of the Red Chamber, she was able to forcibly give up the drug.

But in Jia Ke's view, it's still too late. Although he quit drugs, his body has already collapsed, but he is just implicating some years.

Jia Ke completely admired Jia Zhu's perseverance.In modern society, with various drugs, it is still not possible to completely get rid of this thing.In the ancient times when there was nothing, Jia Zhu actually gave up drugs only by his own perseverance. He had only seen this kind of situation in novels.

After seeing Jia Ke, Jia Zhu hurried forward to salute, completely without the arrogance of a concubine seeing a concubine, maybe he has already figured it out, that is, he has to be a Jinshi, a high-ranking official, and a fine horse to ride.I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with Jia Ke.That's why I lowered my posture and saluted Jia Ke first.

"My little brother has seen my elder brother. I have been feeling a little unwell during this time. I didn't go to meet my elder brother just now. Please forgive me." Jia Zhu hurriedly explained to him when she saw Jia Ke, fearing that Jia Ke might have some prejudices.

Jia Ke rushed to help Jia Zhu up, "My brother, why are you so polite? Besides, I don't know about your body. It's serious to take care of your body at home. What's the point of welcoming me? We used to study together, Those who grew up playing together will support each other in the future, and there will be a good story."

"My brother's words made me ashamed to death. I didn't know the heights of heaven and earth back then, but now I regret it, but it's too late." After Jia Zhu said this, she remembered something, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Jia Ke hurriedly comforted him and said, "Brother, you don't need to say such depressing words. I think my brother's body is a little weaker, but his spirit is still good. I think there is nothing serious about it. As long as you take care of your body and take good care of yourself, the next subject is going to be the next one." It's all right. Even if you can't get an official position through the imperial examination, for a family like ours, if you want to get a half-job, it's still easy, and when the time comes, you will be able to help your brother and younger brother, and your younger brother will surely get what you want."

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Jia Zhu grabbed his hand and was extremely moved, "Brother, regardless of the past, he still thinks about me. It makes me even more ashamed. From now on, my brother has his own destiny, and I will respect him all the time."

"My virtuous brother, don't say such things. In the future, we two brothers will discuss with each other, and we will definitely make our Rongguo Mansion become a dignitary in Beijing again."

When the two brothers are talking, there may be a burst of laughter behind them, "Okay, brothers are of one heart, and their benefits can cut through gold. If you two are like this, I can rest assured."

Jia Ke and Jia Zhu turned around and saw that it was Jia Zheng who had been standing not far from them for a while. The two brothers hurried forward and bowed to Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng stepped forward to support the two of them, patted their shoulders, and smiled gratifiedly.Then he personally pulled them into the inner courtyard with each hand.

Aunt Zhou looked at their happy appearance from behind, and felt happy in her heart.What she wants now is the peace of this house.

As soon as they entered Mrs. Wang's place, they saw Mrs. Wang came out to greet them with Jia Baoyu, Jia Tanchun and other maids.

Mrs. Wang, Jia Baoyu and others hurriedly saluted Jia Zheng first, but others said that Jia Baoyu saw Jia Zheng like a mouse seeing a cat.Those who cower there are not as chic as usual.

When Jia Zheng saw him like this, he felt a little unhappy. He usually looked at Jia Baoyu just fine.But today's comparison, Jia Zhu and Jia Ke standing on both sides of him.Looking at Jia Baoyu's trembling look, he felt that this child was a bit out of control.

Jia Zheng originally wanted to reprimand Jia Baoyu a few words, but thinking that today was to clean up the dust for Jia Ke, he held back for the time being.He just gave Jia Baoyu a hard look, which frightened Jia Baoyu so much that he trembled a little as he stood aside.I didn't know where I was wrong, and it made my father angry.But he didn't know that he had suffered an indiscriminate disaster.

Jia Zheng led the crowd directly into the main hall, Jia Zheng sat in the front seat, and Mrs. Wang accompanied him in the side seat.Aunt Zhou also naturally sat on the other side.

It seems that Aunt Zhou's status has been greatly improved during this period of time. It seems that she only has a small seat in front of Jia Zheng, but this is a status symbol, which shows that she is no longer an ordinary concubine.

In the next generation, Jia Ke and Jia Zhu stood on both sides, Jia Baoyu rolled into Mrs. Wang's arms as before, and only the little Jia Tanchun sat down quietly on the soft couch.

As soon as everyone sat down, there was a lot of noise outside, and then a maid came in and told, "Master, madam, Aunt Zhao is here."

Mrs. Wang glanced at Jia Zheng, and then said to the servant girl, "Then let her in, why are you arguing outside?"

After a while, Aunt Zhao came in, holding a small child in her arms, about two or three years old.After she invited in, she first saluted Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang.Then, as if she didn't see Aunt Zhou, she wanted to sit on the chair next to her.

Seeing this situation, Jia Ke frowned. Aunt Zhao was too confused about the situation. Aunt Zhou was sitting in this position because of Jia Ke. It's just a concubine who gave birth to a son, and the son was only born a few years ago, so how can she be qualified to sit on an equal footing with Aunt Zhou.

When Jia Zheng saw that Aunt Zhao was going to sit opposite Aunt Zhou, he couldn't help being a little annoyed.Although he dotes on Aunt Zhao, he is a man of good manners.I was a little displeased with Aunt Zhao for being so unruly, but I still wanted her to smooth things over, so I coughed and said to Aunt Zhao, "I'm a little thirsty, bring me a bowl of tea."

Aunt Zhao is also clever, otherwise she would not have survived under Mrs. Wang's hands for decades in the Dream of Red Mansions and gave birth to a son and a daughter.After listening to Jia Zheng's order, she knew that Jia Zheng was a little displeased, so she handed the baby in her arms to the nurse next to her, turned around herself, and poured a cup of tea for Jia Zheng from the table next to her as if nothing had happened. Then he handed it to Jia Zheng with a smile, and then stood beside Jia Zheng.

(End of this chapter)