dream of red mansion

Chapter 125 An Inch and a Half Thing

"Old ancestor, if there is nothing to do with grandson, grandson will retire first."

At that moment, he cooperated with Wang Xifeng to amused Jia Mu again, and Jia Qing said goodbye.

Jia's mother was dissatisfied and said: "Seeing that the Ching Ming Festival is coming, do you still have to go to school? After going out for more than a month, Baoyu and the others are talking about you. Now that they are back, I am afraid that they are thinking of going to play with you now." Well. You have a lot of things to do, so you have to leave in a hurry after staying for so long."

As soon as Jia Baoyu heard that Jia Qing was going to leave, he became anxious, and happened to be seen by Jia's mother, so he said so.

Of course Jia Qing also saw it, not only Jia Baoyu, but Sanchun and Daiyu all looked at him... They remembered to ask Jia Qing to bring a gift.

Jia Qing didn't think so, he felt that his charm had become bigger again!I was amused in my heart, and then said to Jiamu:
"I don't need to go to school for the time being. Master Jijiu gave my grandson a holiday, so I can go after the festival..."

Jia Baoyu said: "Since that's the case, you don't have to hurry, just play with us. I still have a lot to ask you."

Jia Qing said helplessly: "I also want to be stubborn with my sisters in the mansion. However, I haven't had time to visit the family teacher's mansion after I come back, but now I have to go."

Others didn't care much about titles such as master, but Jia Mu asked curiously: "You still worship the teacher? Who is it?"

It's no wonder that Jia's mother is strange. It's rare to see a teacher at Jia Qing's age.

"Back to our ancestors, my grandson was a mentor who worshiped in the prison. My family teacher's surname is Fang, and his style name is Yunchu. He is a good friend of our Master Jijiu. He took a fancy to his grandson in school, so he brought him under his door. "

"But Mr. Fang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing?"

As soon as Jia Qing finished speaking, no one else responded, but Li Wan, who had been waiting by Jia's mother, asked in surprise.

Jia Qing didn't expect Li Wan to have heard of Fang Shou's name, and replied, "It's exactly what my sister-in-law said."

When Li Wan was in the boudoir, she also listened to her father's conversation with the gentlemen of Qing Dynasty, and heard a little about Fang Shou's deeds.Now that many years have passed, when she heard this person again, she asked without thinking.

Then I saw Mother Jia and others looking at her, feeling a little embarrassed for a while, and said: "When I was in my mother's house, I heard the name of Brother Qing's mentor. He is the Minister of Rites in Nanjing. He has a good character and high morals. He is a leader in today's literary world." He is a great Confucian and the leader of Jiangnan Shilin. My father highly respected him.

Just now I suddenly heard brother mention it, I didn't notice it for a while, I made a slip of the tongue..."

Jia Mu said it was okay, and then asked Jia Qing: "Since you are an official in Nanjing, why are you in the capital again?"

"Recently, teacher, he has awarded a bachelor's degree in the Wenhua Palace and is working in the cabinet, so he is now living in the capital."

Jia Qing said it lightly, but none of the people present here are ignorant people, how could they not know what kind of official a cabinet scholar is, that is already at the top of the official rank.

Of the four major families, there are still some who have titles now.However, there are not many officials who can make a move.

The only possibility is that Wang Ziteng.That's why Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Wang are still full of confidence in Jia's family while Mingming Mingjue of the Wang family has already been removed.

In a peaceful and prosperous age, power is ultimately in the hands of officials.

Now that he heard that Jia Qing had worshiped the court minister as his teacher, Wang Xifeng didn't know what to say for a while.

However, Mother Jia didn't care too much about these things, she herself had a super-grade order in her body.However, she still looked at Jia Qing with great satisfaction and nodded, saying:
"Since you have worshiped a famous teacher, you can learn your skills. Don't lose face to my Jia family. Alright, you can go first."

After all, Jia Qing is also a direct descendant of the Jia family, so if he can be promising, Jia's mother is naturally happy.

"Then grandson will leave first..."

After Jia Qing finished speaking, he saluted to Li Wan's two sisters-in-law, and then nodded with the sisters, and was led by a maid to turn around and leave the Rongqing Hall.

Wang Xifeng looked at the back of Jia Qing, who was able to answer the questions freely, and acted like a big man, and thought in his heart: Those people in the clan really had nothing to do, and they wanted to find trouble for Brother Qing.Just wait, the fun is yet to come!
The matter of Jia Qing's name is a matter of the former residence. After talking with her yesterday, Mother Jia told her not to worry too much and let the man in front handle it.She is also in charge of the intermediary affairs of the Rongguo Mansion, so she has a very clear understanding of the ins and outs of the matter.

At first, she thought that this matter was a bad thing for Jia Qing, after all, so many elders were involved in it.

But looking at Jia Qing's natural expression, she didn't seem to be worried at all. She didn't think Jia Qing didn't know about it. The only explanation was that this matter didn't cause Jia Qing any trouble at all.Perhaps, he has found a solution, not necessarily.

She is now looking forward to the day of Qingming, waiting to see the result.

……

Jia Zhen is in a bad mood these days.

This is the common voice in the hearts of the servants in his yard.

When he got up early in the morning, the maid who delivered morning tea accidentally spilled tea on his sleeve was scolded by him, and she is still kneeling on the eaves!
As a result, the servants in his yard are flustered when doing things, and the uncle will take his anger on them at some point.

In Youshi's room.

"Master, that girl Xinghong has been kneeling for an hour, and she has been punished. Let her get up."

Jia Zhen leaned back on the armchair, closed her eyes and meditated.Hearing this, he opened his eyes and glanced at You Shi, without saying a word, and continued to raise his spirits.

Seeing Jia Zhen ignoring her, Youshi hesitated for a while, and said to the silver plate behind her: "Go and wake her up, and arrange her to do something in the laundry room later."

"Yes"

After hearing the words, Yindie took the order and left.

In the room, seeing that Jia Zhen was still looking dead, You Shi got up and went to the inner room, and took out a gift box from the window, no more than four inches in length and width, which was exactly the one Jia Qing gave her last night.She didn't have time to look at it last night, and now she has nothing to do, so she just turned over to take a look.

"The packaging is quite delicate."

After removing the outermost layer, there was another layer inside with a flower tied on it, Youshi couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

Carefully unpacking the inner layer, a small exquisite pocket watch lay quietly inside.The whole body is silver in color, shaped like a peach pit, and its width is no more than an inch and a half.

Youshi was a little surprised, reached out to take it, and saw that the small thing was heavy in his hand.Lift it up and see that the workmanship is exquisite, and it is an authentic Western gadget!

Speaking of clocks, it's not that she has never seen one before. There is a pendulum clock in her room, and a big gold watch.But she had seen such a small watch on Jia Baoyu before, and heard that it was given by Jia Mu, but she hadn't.

Now someone gave her such a small one, her first reaction was to like it, and the second reaction was to be surprised.

She knew that even though it was only such a small piece, it was expensive.Especially such a small and exquisite one, she estimated that it would cost at least a few dozen taels of silver to buy it!
It's not that she has never seen the world, and she thinks a few dozen taels of silver are too much.Rather, this thing was given by Jia Qing. He is a child, where did he get so much money?

That's right, I heard that Uncle Er got a sum of money for making that kind of soap, so I think he used that money this time.

But why did he spend so much money buying this thing for her?

You Shi was thinking about it when someone snatched the thing in his hand.

When I came back to my senses, it was Jia Zhen.He looked around with the watch, and asked indifferently, "Who gave it to you?"

You Shi didn't think about it, and said, "I went to Second Uncle's place last night, and he gave it to me."

As soon as the words fell, Jia Zhen's face suddenly became gloomy, and finally became slightly ferocious.

He sneered and said: "Why did this kid give you this for nothing? Could it be that you said something to him, and he wants to thank you! See if I don't smash it!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and threw the object in his hand to the ground fiercely.

(End of this chapter)