dream of red mansion

Chapter 516
It is a sunny day, the sky is bright and the air is clear, and the wind is warm.

The masters and ladies of the Rongguo Mansion gathered in the Rongqing Hall early, and joked with Jiamu for half a day.

"Is my aunt here?"

Mother Jia asked.

Li Wan replied: "Auntie was talking in the wife's room just now, and this meeting is probably coming soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and sisters walking in hand in hand.

Seeing that everyone was there, Mother Jia was about to order to go, but she felt that something was wrong, and after scanning again, she finally found that there was still one person missing.

"Why isn't the eldest lady here?"

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "The Eldest Master is not feeling well, and the Eldest Mistress stayed in the house to take care of her. As I said earlier, she will not go today, and she also said to let the Old Madam have fun."

"The old man didn't go either?"

Naturally, Mother Jia would not really believe that Jia She had something wrong with her body.

After a pause, Mother Jia didn't want the two of them to lose their interest, so she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, leave them alone, let's go, let's have a drink!"

Wang Xifeng and others all laughed, and then quickly helped Jia Mu.

Jia Mu took the lead, and then a large room of people followed Jia Mu's footsteps and left Rongqing Hall in a mighty way, heading for Ningguo Mansion.

In Ningguo Mansion, You Shi, who was arranging seats, heard that the people from Rongguo Mansion had arrived, and quickly led Qin Shi to greet them.

As soon as he went out of the West Second Gate, he saw Lai Sheng's family leading a large group of colorful people, and the leader was Jia Mu.Youshi immediately stepped forward with a smile and said:

"The second uncle was still talking about it just now. I don't know if the old lady will reward her face today. If the old lady doesn't come, then he won't have the face to brag that he is the grandson that the old lady loves the most. Now the old lady really It's a reward, and now he should be proud again."

Mother Jia looked at Youshi, who was well-mannered and well-behaved, with a smile on her face.Speaking of which, after Jia Zhen's incident, Jia's mother didn't like to see You Shi, and even had some criticisms about her still running the family in Ningguo Mansion.It was only because of Jia Qing's insistence that he did nothing.

Facts have proved that Jia Qing's decision is correct. Youshi is a very smart and capable person. Prime Minister Ning Guofu has always been conscientious and sincere, and there is no problem that she is worried about.She even knew that Jia Qing was a qualified hands-off shopkeeper, leaving You Shi to worry about everything in the house, and she didn't care about it at all... To know this, even Mrs. Wang couldn't do it. Reported to her for instructions.

From this point of view, she has a higher opinion of Jia Qing.Such a large Ningguo Mansion, if he really wants to manage it himself, how can he be so leisurely now?

Just look at Wang Xifeng...

Perhaps, this is the reason why he persisted in the first place.

In any case, Mother Jia must like juniors who can do things well.So she also laughed and said: "He really said that? I don't really believe it. In the past, he always said that I was biased in front of me, that I only loved Baoyu and not him!"

You Shi said: "Of course it's true, he was joking like that in front of the old lady, in fact, Second Uncle knows that the old lady loves him the most, so he often shows off in front of us to make us jealous.

Now it seems that the second uncle is right. In the past, our sisters-in-law invited the old lady to have a drink and watch a show. Most of the old lady would not appreciate it. But as long as he invited him, the old lady would come as soon as she was sure. Not only did she come , and bring a whole family to save him face! "

Everyone who said it laughed.

So Youshi led the way in person, and said: "The small theater in the back building has been prepared, and the food has been served in the living room. May I ask whether the ancestor wants to eat before going over, or put the food over there? "

Jia Mu said, "Let's eat first before going there. It's more convenient."

"Yes."

After hearing this, You Shi gave Qin Shi a wink, and Qin Shi quietly returned first.

When she arrived at the dining room, Mother Jia saw that all the decorations in the hall were very tidy, and that the maids came and went in an orderly manner, and they were completely unknown, so she was even more satisfied.

After everyone was seated, Mother Jia waited for Mrs. Wang, "Go and kowtow to the old man too."

Although Jia Jing didn't go back to the mansion, he was a respected elder after all, and it was right for Mrs. Wang to go to the main hall to kowtow.

"Yes" So Mrs. Wang took the Sanchun sisters and others, and the Qin family led them to the main hall, leaving only Aunt Xue to talk with Jia Mu.

"Where's Brother Qing?"

Jia Mu asked again for a while.

Mrs. You replied: "It was originally planned that all the men in our family would have a good day today, and the various mansions also gave birthday gifts early in the morning. The princes from Chenghou Mansion and several families have come, so the second uncle had no choice but to accompany him. If the old ancestor is looking for him, I will send someone to call him now..."

Mother Jia laughed and said, "Where, he is a man, so of course it's the outside affairs that matter. Since he appreciates face, he came to congratulate your lord on his birthday even if he didn't receive a post. I'm fine here, even if something happens, I don't dare to disturb him, after all, the visitor is a guest, so I can't neglect it."

The more Jia's mother talked, the more she smiled. None of these mansions can be reached by others in their dreams. Only people like our Jia's mansion can make their descendants actively make friends.Youshi's words made her feel a lot of face.Especially after seeing the trace of envy that couldn't be concealed on Aunt Xue's face in a blink of an eye, I felt even happier.

What is worth mentioning here is that the Ningguo Mansion arranged only family banquets this time, and did not distribute invitations to the banquet guests. Therefore, the nobles of the aristocratic families who have been friends with each other only need to deliver the congratulatory gifts according to the usual practice, but people are not easy to come. of.Because it is very rude for the host to come to the door without preparation.

However, there is less scruples among the juniors.

"Okay, you don't have to wait here all the time. The house is busy today, and I can't do without you anywhere. Go on your own. I'll talk to your aunt here."

"Yes, then I'll go first." Youshi bowed back, then stepped aside, and whispered to Xiaohong who was serving there: "When the wives and grandmas arrive, I will order the back kitchen to deliver the dishes. .”

Xiaohong naturally agreed.

You Shi looked at this young but very clever girl, and nodded in satisfaction.This maid was assigned to me by my second uncle, and I can use it very smoothly these days, and she likes this maid more and more.In my heart, I am even more grateful to Jia Qing for choosing such a maid for her.

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In the outer courtyard, the banquet is already in full swing.

The Jia family has a large population, and there are hundreds of children in the twelve households in Beijing alone. It is not an easy task to greet these people.

The sudden visit by Xie Guowei and others to Jia Qing was also unexpected, but most of the sons of the family who came here, except for Xie Guowei and Houhu, were also somewhat friendly with him, and he was not easy to drive people away... In a hurry, they had to set up two more banquet tables in the inner hall, accompanied by Jia Qing himself.

The entrance of these noble sons naturally made many children in Jia's mansion very happy, and they kept coming to toast and make friends.Even Jia Zheng raised his glass in his seat and asked the young masters to have a drink...

Note that it is "please" rather than "respect". Regardless of the status of the head of the country, Jia Zheng is also an elder.All the sons and brothers also stood up to take his glass of wine.

After drinking for three rounds, the young masters yelled for Jia Qing to take out the dancer girl "robbed" from Jiangnan to have a look.This was also within Jia Qing's expectation. The story of who told him to tell him had already spread in Beijing and became a household name. Everyone who came to his house wanted to see the demeanor of famous Jiangnan prostitutes.

The men of the Jia family were even more ecstatic.When the gorgeously dressed dancers come on stage, those who are qualified to sit in the inner hall will naturally be able to see it first. Those who can only sit in the yard are mostly juniors. They are most looking forward to it. They all leave their seats and squeeze into the middle of the hall. I still can't see the dance in the hall clearly, but I can get a general idea of ​​the situation at least.

"Okay, it looks good! The person looks good, and the dance is also good-looking. But, why do I feel that it is different from the one I saw last time in the mansion..."

Hou Hu has been strict with his family since he was a child, and has never set foot in Fenghuaxueyue.But since Xie Guowei brought his brothers into the Misty Rain Building a few years ago, this guy seems to have opened the door to the world.In addition, he was originally a stunned young man, but now, he is getting more and more... boring...!
Jia Qing heard him talking to himself, smiled lightly, and didn't take it seriously.Of course Hou Hu had seen twelve jade beauties before. The reason why he felt different was that among the seven dancers dancing in the middle of the hall, only three were brought back from Jiangnan. The next four are women with both sex and art that he found from various Chu pavilions in central Beijing.

Originally, Ningguo Mansion did not have special dancers and singers.I don't know if it's Jia Jing who doesn't like this tune, or whether he cherishes his name or is reluctant to spend money...

However, since Jia Qing has recruited the best dancer in the south of the Yangtze River by chance, and he has increasingly discovered how pleasant it is to appreciate this kind of gorgeous singing and dancing, then naturally he will not pretend to be noble .For Ningguo Mansion, raising a dancing girl is definitely not a problem.

Here comes the problem, everyone has aesthetic fatigue, and he knows that there will be more and more banquets in Jia's mansion in the future, and it would be a little less innovative to always have the twelve beauties appear on stage.In addition, Yumei people are all from the southern country, and the flavor of the north is naturally somewhat different...

Besides, recruiting a dancer with the scenery of the northern country can also make them not dare to slack off, promote each other, and increase their skills, right?
Anyway, Tianxiang Building is big enough, so it won't hurt to raise a dozen more singers and dancers.So now there are [-] or [-] concubines living in Tianxiang Tower, and the number will increase a little bit after another. This once made Qin Keqing, who was in charge of taking care of them, extremely dissatisfied!

But it didn't take long for her to figure it out. Doesn't Jia Qing just prove that he really just wants to raise a real singer in the mansion?Therefore, he let down a lot of guard against those twelve Jiangnan beauties.No matter how big Jia Qing's heart is, she wouldn't be satisfied with twelve wives, would she keep adding them?

(End of this chapter)