Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 152 Who is the Late Comer?

Things in the world are sometimes said so coincidentally.

There are several wharves in the capital, but there is only one place where official ships can dock.Although there are not many ships here, the capacity of the dock is also limited.Seeing the official ship with the wooden sign of 'Rongguo Mansion' appear, the other ships can only slow down and let it go first.

Jia Lian stood at the bow of the boat, admiring the scene.When it comes to the land of the capital, the prefect of Yangzhou is not as good as the Rongguo Mansion.

Only then did the other ships make way for the Jia family's ships, and the Xue family ships that followed them also overtook them.

The officials on other ships did not dare to say anything when they saw these two official ships running amok.

Just silently watching the other party approach the shore, the sound of the Jia's convoy coming to pick up the bride has already been heard on the pier, which is quite spectacular.

After moving the boat to the shore, Jia Lian checked the safety of the ship's planks at the bow, then turned around and walked to the aunt's room, and told the elders that they could disembark.

Mrs. Jia responded in the room, and took her daughter's hand, surrounded by a group of nuns, maidservants, and servants.The mother and daughter, all dressed up, walked out of the houseboat one after the other.

Jiashi is wearing a bright red dress today, with a six-legged golden hairpin, a peacock crown, and a few more buyao.Daiyu, who is wearing a white-collared purple dress, is also dressed in the same way, only a little sample on the jewelry, the form is the same.

A group of people walked to the bow of the ship and went down to the dock. They saw that the official ship next door was also disembarking passengers.Jia Lian saw her aunt looking at Xue's family, and hurriedly said: "Aunt, do you think this is a coincidence? You really hit the mark, their family is also from the capital."

"Yeah." Jia snorted, holding her daughter's hand, "The journey is tiring, let's get in the car first. When I'm free, I'll send a letter to my relatives."

Nice guy, really nice guy.Did my aunt have any grudges with the Xue family in the past?Jia Lian screamed in surprise, but she had to escort her aunt and cousin into the car first.

The carriage sent by Jia's mansion was very spacious. After Jia Lian settled the elders, he took a look around again, thinking that there was something wrong with counting the number of carriages.On the way to Xue's house to say hello, Jia Lian caught the steward and asked.

"Why are there so many cars?"

"Second Master, you don't know. Our mansion is blessed with double happiness today, and relatives from the Xue family in Jinling will also come to our mansion as guests."

Hearing what the steward said, Jia Lian made a sound of surprise and couldn't help but stop walking.

When he came to his senses, his eyes wandered back and forth between his aunt's house and Xue's house.

But no matter what, he still had to say hello.The people in the eldest family of the Xue family are relatives of the Jia family.

When Jia Lian walked to the bow of Xue's boat, the servants of Xue's family were also carrying their luggage and sending them to Jia's carriage.He had just stood still for a while when the eldest son of the Xue family came out to greet the guests.

Seeing that there were still foreign guests in the Xue family, Jia Lian was secretly glad.Fortunately, the Lin family and Xue family were not allowed to meet just now. It would be too embarrassing to bump into this kid on the road.

They chatted a little while they waited for the servants to put their luggage in order.

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The carriage arranged by the Jia family was very spacious inside. Lin Daiyu just got in the carriage, sat on the side, raised her hand and knocked on her neck.

Seeing that her movements were funny, Jia laughed and said, "Why, you feel tired after only wearing it for a while?"

Daiyu usually didn't like to deal with these things. It was the first time she wore them for such a long time, and her neck was inevitably a little sore.When he saw his mother making fun of him, he couldn't help but cry out: "Mom, do you have to dress up like this when you see your grandma?"

Silly daughter, mother wants to see more than your grandmother.Mrs. Jia shook her head, unwilling to let her daughter listen to the secrets of the elders, so she turned the topic to Jia's mansion.

As far as the rules of the Jia family are concerned, they are quite different from those of the Lin family.Jia's family background is clear, but she was spoiled by Lin Ruhai and Lin Ruhai since she was a child, and the Lin family never liked such red tape.

Therefore, Jia Shi had to remind her again.Lin Daiyu felt a headache and said, "Mother, my mother has taught me these past few days, don't worry."

She blinked, thinking about changing the subject to let herself have some leisure.He said, "Mother, was my cousin really born in Hanyu?"

When Jia Shi heard this, she was stunned.She had told her daughter about this before, so she wouldn't blame Daiyu for bringing it up suddenly.

She was in a daze because after being promoted from Lin Ruhai, she suddenly realized that the current situation in the capital was like a fire caught in the ice, which was very worrying.

"Don't ask any more questions about this matter. Your cousin has been very naughty since he was a child. He also hates studying and likes to hang out in the dark." Mrs. Jia shook her head. Although she has not been back to her parents' home in these years, she has never been with her family. I have never heard of the letter.I know more or less all kinds of news. (Note 1)

Looking back at the rumor of 'being born with a jade title', she didn't know what to say.I just think it's too flamboyant and too pushy.

Lin Daiyu also noticed that Jia was in a bad mood, so she stuck out her tongue.I simply took out the travel notes I wrote on the boat and compared the scenery along the way with the view of the capital outside the screen window.

The bustling streets of the capital and the abundance of people in Fu are quite different from the scenery along the road.Lin Daiyu wanted to record, but she was wearing jewelry from her mother on her head and hands, so it was inconvenient to use a pen, so she had to read and enjoy the previous travel notes.

Seeing her daughter playing around by herself, Jia also let her do what she wanted, and only asked, "You idiot, it's written in such detail, I don't know who to show it to."

"Of course I showed it to my younger brother." Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes and said without thinking.

Jia Shi pouted noncommittally, pretending that he didn't hear it.

The mother and daughter sat in the car for a while, and then finally waited until the car body shook.

Daiyu immediately said happily: "Mother, we are going to see my grandmother."

"Yeah." Jia Shi nodded.

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Jia Lian outside had a headache while walking with a few stewards

.It was also their bad luck that the two relatives came together today.This was supposed to be a great thing, but it also tested the Jia family's ability to receive guests.

The road to the pier is fairly spacious, and they hurriedly discussed who would be in front and who would be behind when they entered the city.

"The eldest lady is a member of our family, so it is natural to let the guests go first. I believe she will also understand our difficulties."

"That's what I said, our eldest lady is now married to the Lin family. Today I'm going back to my mother's house, so I can be regarded as a half-outsider."

"That's all considered guests, and the Lin family should be the ones ahead."

"Will you belittle Xue's family?" A person in charge asked. At present, all the people in charge in the mansion are surnamed Wang.But the wife of the Xue family is also from the Wang family.The Xue family's official status is not good enough, but they are also distinguished guests, and they have to look at the Buddha's face even if they don't look at the monk's face.

"Ah this..."

Finally, Jia Lian got annoyed, and simply waved his hands: "What's the front and what's behind, our family is at the front."

As soon as this is said, there is a conclusion.Since it is our family, the Jia family will naturally take priority.

Several stewards hurriedly informed the Lin family's carriage to speed up a little and go ahead of the Xue family.

In this way, when walking to the door of Rongguo Mansion, the open middle door also foreshadowed Wang Xifeng's thoughts.Whether it's the Lin family or the Xue family, since they are together, let's receive them first as distinguished guests.

Otherwise, if one family goes to the side door and one family goes to the main door, wouldn't it appear that there is a difference between closeness and estrangement.Wang Xifeng was so thoughtful, not only did he consider this point, but he was also worried that his aunt would be unhappy. Even the old lady was persuaded by her clever words and stood directly inside the second door.

The old ladies all came forward in person, and those who lived in the second room naturally couldn't sit in the house and wait.We had no choice but to stand outside together with the old lady, let's not talk about our thoughts, just look at the scene in front of us, and already realize how powerful this married young lady is in the mansion.

After a while, I saw several soft sedan chairs being carried in from a distance.Hitting the two sedan chairs in front, a pair of mother and daughter who look very similar get down.The two of them walked towards the crowd side by side, and they only got halfway.Mrs. Jia had already broken free from the support of Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Wang, and hurried towards the visitor.

"Min'er, my Min'er, mother's son." She cried as she walked.Yuanyang's eyes are the sharpest, as early as the moment the old lady steps forward, she has already followed and supported the old lady.

Everyone in Jia's mansion, who were originally worried, let go of their worries a little bit, and followed the old lady to invite the 'distinguished guest'.

"Mom!" Jia Min looked at the white-haired old lady in front of him, and looked at her tearful eyes, and said emotionally, "My son came to see you."

"My son, why do you want to come back? You have been away for eight years." Old lady Jia didn't care about the scene, she hugged Jia Min in her arms, and cried even louder.

In her entire life, Jia Min is the only daughter she has.In addition, Jia Min's temper when he was a child was very much like his own.Therefore, she loves Jia Min to the core.

Seeing the old lady crying so sadly, everyone worried that she would cry badly.Everyone, together with Jia Min, tried to make the old lady happy.

Mrs. Jia just let go of her daughter, looked at Daiyu with red eyes, and couldn't help but happily said: "This is my heart?"

"Yu'er, come, call grandma." Jia Min nodded towards Daiyu, and ordered her daughter to come up and salute.

"Grandmother." Although it was the first time Lin Daiyu and Mrs. Jia met, after seeing the scene just now, she was very moved by the relationship between her mother and grandmother.

The original strangeness in my heart was also wiped away by Jia Min who couldn't help wiping away tears.The so-called blood relatives are probably such a relationship.

"Hey." Mrs. Jia responded with a smile, and freed up one hand to hold Daiyu.

She looked at the daughter on the left and the granddaughter on the right, and couldn't help laughing at everyone in Jia's house: "See, these two are my children."

Wang Xifeng responded with a smile: "Old ancestor, it's not just aunt and cousin, we juniors are all your children."

Everyone was immediately amused by Wang Xifeng's words. Even Mrs. Jia couldn't help but said to Daiyu: "You don't recognize her. She is a well-known rogue here. She is known as a 'hottie' in southern province. Just call her." Feng Lazi' is it."

Although the old man introduced it to his grandchildren, Jia Min was also on the sidelines.After listening to this, she secretly remembered Wang Xifeng in her heart.

Wang Xifeng also did not expect that the old lady would introduce herself here.But the old lady sent a message, and she hurried forward to say hello to Jia Min: "Auntie, you can call me Xifeng."

"I know you. I've always heard that Lian'er married a virtuous wife. I didn't expect such a beautiful girl." Coincidentally, after the old lady Jia said this, Jia Min looked at Wang Xifeng with Kind of appreciative, soft.

The two said the first half of the sentence, and they have already called "Feng'er" and "Auntie" one by one.

While the family was chatting in the courtyard, another group of sedans came in.This was naturally Wang Xifeng's idea. Although the two families arrived at the same time, the sedan chairs in the mansion could be separated.Anyway, Jia's Mansion is big enough, even if you go around a little bit, people on the roadside won't be able to see it.

At this time, the old lady led Jia Min and others to meet Xue's family.It became the Jia family to deal with the housework first, and then welcome the distinguished guests.In terms of emotion and reason, it is very appropriate.

Needless to say, the excitement here is so lively that the two families got together and walked to the old lady's house.At this point, Wang Xifeng's ability was revealed again.

Just wait for Mrs. Jia to pull Jia Min and Daiyu to sit in her seat, and the vacancy arranged by herself is just enough for the Xue family to sit down.Only she didn't have a seat, and she bustled around like a butterfly, making it hard to tell.

Mrs. Jia saw the intelligence of grandson's daughter-in-law, and she didn't know what to say in Jia Min's ear, which only made the latter chuckle.Shouted: "Feng'er." As soon as Wang Xifeng turned her head, she saw Jia Min waving at her.

She stepped forward quickly and said happily: "Aunt, what are your orders?"

Jia Min took the gift box from the nanny on the side and handed it to Wang Xifeng. "When aunt saw it, she thought it was suitable for you. She brought it to you from Yangzhou. Don't say you don't like it."

Wang Xifeng let out a clear and melodious laugh, opened the box on his own, and saw it was a rare jadeite bracelet of perfect color, immediately took it out and put it on his hand, and joked with several younger sisters: "Sisters, have you seen it? My aunt still cares about me."

"You're such a hottie." Mrs. Jia was amused again and couldn't help but point her finger at her, coaxing Daiyu beside her, "Don't try to imitate her, turn around and let people see you, and treat her like your mother." Here you go.”

After praising three people, Daiyu was overjoyed. She was now the beloved daughter of the magistrate. Even though she had just arrived in a strange place, she was thinking about Lin Ruhai's advice.

If you go to Kyoto, you don't have to worry too much.The right is to go out to play, if you are not happy, a letter will take you home.

Naturally, she has more courage to speak.He didn't see a bit of tweaking, and said directly and generously: "If the ancestors are to judge, is Sister-in-law Feng more like a mother, or Yu'er is more like a mother?"

"Hahahaha." Mrs. Jia happily squeezed Daiyu's hand, "You look like me, my dear, it's you like me."

Daiyu blinked and looked at Wang Xifeng with a smile, "Then I'd rather be like Sister-in-law Feng. Let's not talk about the other things. Just hearing my sister-in-law laugh makes people very happy. I feel that Chang'e in the sky is nothing more than this."

Who does Daiyu deal with on a daily basis, Lin Ruhai, who is black-hearted, and Chen Heng, who is thick-faced and dark-hearted.These two people are eloquent people, and sister Lin often deals with them, and her already excellent verbal skills are even more powerful.

When Wang Xifeng heard this, her already relaxed eyebrows took on a bright spring look.She walked quickly to Lin Daiyu and said with a smile: "You said that my sister-in-law is Chang'e in the Moon Palace, but you want my sister-in-law to accompany you, the moon goddess?"

"I'm afraid the Moon God can't do it. My younger sister has a handkerchief, and she is related to the sister of the Xue family. In truth, she is more suitable for the reputation of the Moon God."

As soon as Daiyu said this, everyone naturally turned the conversation to the guests at the side.

Today is really difficult, two relatives came at the same time.Even though they were members of the Jia family, it was a bit difficult to entertain them, for fear of neglecting one of them.Wang Xifeng felt even more grateful when she saw Sister Lin taking the initiative to talk to her. She felt that this sister was reasonable.

Wang Xifeng approached Xue Baochai and asked on behalf of the curious old lady: "Sister Xue, is there really such a moon god hidden in your family?"

Baochai was naturally stunningly beautiful, and her temperament was very similar to Baoqin. At this moment, she stood up slowly and said with a smile: "My cousin and I haven't seen each other for many years. But when we were young, all the elders who had seen her were all right. It's full of praise."

"Can it be more beautiful than you?" Mrs. Jia really asked. The old man was just curious, but he didn't expect to ask another girl's difficulties in front of one girl.

Fortunately, what the old lady said coincidentally.The use of a more word made the scene less embarrassing.

Baochai was not as twitchy as ordinary women, and directly admitted generously: "I am not as good as it."

After all, the appearance of the cousin of the Xue family cannot be seen at the moment.It's just Baochai's behavior, nothing else.It makes people see her inner wisdom of giving in to the virtuous.

Everyone thought to themselves, what a girl from the Xue family.

Wang Xifeng had a really hard day today, and she came out to take over the quarrel for everyone, "No wonder I often heard people say that there have been two moon gods since ancient times. Only now do I understand that it really is the two sisters."

Everyone was amused by Wang Xifeng again, even Jia Min found it strange.How did Lian'er get such a virtuous wife?But when she looked at the face on the left again, she was annoyed again.

It's really difficult for a good junior daughter-in-law to be surnamed Wang.

While everyone was talking, suddenly a young man came in from outside.

This man is really good-looking, even Jia Lian is not as good as him.In addition, he was wearing a purple gold crown on his head, strangling the forehead supported by two dragons grabbing pearls, and his whole person was even more extravagant and extravagant.

"Ancestor, it's really lively today."

The handsome young man had just finished speaking, but Jia Min frowned.It's not that what he said is wrong, but that the other party's outfit is wrong.

The purple gold crown is the crown style that His Majesty often wears in his spare time in the palace. Even the unfavored prince should consider the etiquette system.

Mom, are you old and confused?Jia Min widened her eyes and looked straight at Mrs. Jia, then at Mrs. Wang, who was in meditation, and finally at Jia Baoyu, who was approaching.

"I haven't come to meet your aunt yet." When Mrs. Jia saw her precious grandson, she hurriedly waved to him, and then repeatedly motioned to Jia Min and Aunt Xue, asking her grandson to salute the two elders.

　Note 1: In the original text, this is what Jia Min told Daiyu.I didn't make it up.

　　It's really hard to write, thinking about the character context of each character.What a headache.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)