Chapter Ninety-Three: The Lai Family's Private Words
Jia Zheng arranged for Jia Huan to live outside the corner gate of Jiafu, and the south street of Rongguofu relied on everyone. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Lai Da is the big housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Huan went to Lai's house. Lai's mother, Mama Lai, personally led the way and arranged a quiet courtyard for Jia Huan. The small courtyard is open in four rooms, with east and west wings. Tastefully furnished. Two more little maids waited.
Mama Lai and Jia Huan talked with a smile, ordered someone to have dinner, and then left.
Jia Huan tasted the six side dishes on the round table in the room alone, and slowly drank the sweet rice wine. Look around. The room is elegant and quiet, planted with bonsai, listed calligraphy and paintings, and furnished chess and piano. The tabernacle was scattered.
I have to say that Mama Lai does know how to be a person. personally received him, a junior in Jiafu, arranged accommodation, food, and gave Jia Zheng face.
Mama Lai has waited for the old master of Jiafu, and she has a lot of face in front of Jia's mother. If you confess your sin, you can sit down and talk. This is a very high treatment. She belongs to a tall and decent grandmother in Jiafu. Qingwen was bought by Mama Lai and given to Jia's mother.
Her sons Lai Da and Lai Er (Lai Sheng, Lai Sheng) are the great stewards of Rong and Ning Er respectively. Jia Qiang, the great-great-grandson of Ning Guofu, wanted to call Lai Da "Grandpa Lai" when he saw him. With the support of these two sons, her status in Jiafu cannot be low.
In the forty-fifth chapter of the Red Mansion Book, Mama Lai came to invite the masters of Jiafu to her garden to play and drink because Lai's son Lai Shangrong successfully donated to the official. The text shows her status in Jiafu.
I saw a little girl helping Mama Lai in. Sister Feng waited to stand up and said with a smile: "Auntie sit." ’”
Who is Sister Feng? The housekeeper grandmother of Jiafu is extremely authoritative. The subordinates of Ning Guofu said that she was a "famous martyr with a sour face and a hard heart". But when she saw Mama Lai coming in, she actually wanted to get up. This is not at all the attitude that should be done towards a slave. And Sister Feng's title is: Auntie. Mama Lai's status in Jiafu can be seen.
Of course, Jia Huan just thinks that Mama Lai can be a person, and has no respect in his heart.
Who will have respect for those who are not loyal to the Lord's family and only care about their own money and take advantage of it?
The Lai family took advantage of the fierce roar on the surface of Jiafu and the decay of the inside, and coveted a large amount of silver in Jiafu. A large garden was built that "although it is not as good as the Grand View Garden, it is also very neat and wide, with a forest of springs and stones, pavilions and pavilions, and several amazing and appalling" large gardens. also spent silver to donate a county magistrate for his son Lai Shangrong. How much silver the Lai family has scooped up, you can imagine.
Jia Huan will not be upset for Jiafu. The few people in charge of Jiafu are purely brain-sick. Lai Mama has a face and affection in Jia's mother, Lai Da is the big housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, and Lai is the second person who is the big country of Ning Guofu. Is there such a structure for stewardship power?
Is Jiafu surnamed Jia or surnamed Lai? Rouge Zhai criticized Jia Qiang as "Grandpa Lai": this title is sour.
It's a pit for the Lai family, it's an IQ problem.
Jia Huan laughed, paused with chopsticks, picked up a piece of delicious mutton, and tasted it slowly. The affairs of the Lai family have little to do with him. He didn't plan to hang out with his pig teammates in Jiafu at all.
He was a little strange in his heart now how Jia Zheng ran outside the side door to meet him, which was a very abnormal thing.
It's just a child's exam, and the political father doesn't pay attention to the welcome outside the Jia Mansion. Jiafu is declining, but it has not yet fallen into decline. Looking back, there is also the grand scene of Jia Yuanchun choosing Fengzao Palace to cook oil. So, there must be a reason for that.
Jia Huan was puzzled in his heart, and the door of the room creaked open, and he saw a beautiful woman with several maids breaking in. The beautiful woman watched Jia Huan eating, stood stunned, and burst into tears.
Then, the beautiful woman cried and scolded: "Brother Huan, you maggot heart of the evil obstacle. There has been no one for more than five months. It's not that I'm begging the master to keep you, you're leaving again..."
I scolded again. It's a dog.
But this Jia Huan was not annoyed, he was really used to it, and got up with a wry smile, "Mother! "The beautiful woman who came is Aunt Zhao.
Aunt Zhao was followed by Xiaoque, Qingwen, and Ruyi. Xiao Que and Qingwen just laughed. Qingwen's eyes were a little moist. The little girl Ruyi was already crying.
"Brother Huan, you conscienceless thing. I only know how to carry a message, I don't know if I come back to see me..."Aunt Zhao wiped her tears, scolded Jia Huan babblingly, took Jia Huan's hand and sat at the round table, repeatedly looking at whether Jia Huan had lost weight and whether there was any change. Touching his head and face.
Jia Huan is really a little "creepy" for Aunt Zhao. broke free and comforted Aunt Zhao's emotions. beckoned Xiaoque, Qingwen, and Ruyi to sit down, gave Ruyi a handkerchief, and asked her to wipe her tears. Reunited after a long absence, my heart rejoices. He was still thinking about the difficulty of the inner house girl at the side gate of Jiafu just now.
After a conversation, everyone's mood eased slightly, and Jia Huan asked Aunt Zhao: "Mother, have you eaten?" At this time, the doubts in his heart were solved. Daddy Zheng didn't even care about what Jia Baoyu read, so how could he care about him? It turned out to be Aunt Zhao's begging. However, it also has something to do with him becoming a child.
Aunt Zhao said angrily: "In order to see you who have no conscience, I hurried over, where did I eat?" ”
Jia Huan instructed the little maid waiting in the Lai family, "You go and tell your master, and add a few pairs of chopsticks, a few dishes and rice." "In the north, I eat more steamed buns and pasta. But the ancestral home of Jiafu is from Jinling, and the rice is eaten in the house. The eating habits on the slave's side are equal. Jia Huan also prefers rice, but he has no choice in Wendao Academy.
Xiao Que was a little embarrassed, and said timidly: "Third master, won't it be too troublesome?" "If the third master doesn't come to eat, it's a shame.
Jia Huan smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone is richer than you think." "Lai Mama is a person who can do things, and he will definitely meet his needs. What's more, it's just a matter of adding a few dishes.
Xiao Que laughed easily. The third master said okay, then it will definitely work!
While speaking, the little maid of the Lai family brought a pot of high-quality bamboo leaves and six plates of exquisite dishes. Eating the dishes, talking and laughing, it seems to go back to last year: enjoying the food in Jiafu at Jia Huan's residence. The atmosphere is warm.
Aunt Zhao asked Jia Huan about his situation in the academy, his academic performance, his accommodation environment, and so on. No matter how big or small, ask them one by one. Jia Huan replied about the situation in the academy. For him, life in the academy was more comfortable than life in Jiafu. Jia Mansion is a camp step by step, intrigue. Tired. The hardships of the academy are fulfilling days.
It's late at night, and the evening breeze is quiet. The core of the dish is exhausted, and the cups and plates are in disarray. Aunt Zhao is preparing to go back to Jiafu. Just a few steps. Living in Lai's house is inconvenient. There should be no toiletries.
Ruyi pinched the corners of her clothes, lowered her head and said, "Auntie, I want to stay and talk to the third master." ”
Qingwen was still a little hesitant, but when she saw that Ruyi said it, she also nodded.
Aunt Zhao looked at the two maids in Jia Huan's house with a smile, knew their thoughts, and said, "Let it be." Magpie, let's go. ”
Her son, at a young age, is calm, reliable, has ideas, and is very powerful. It's really rare.
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After Aunt Zhao and Xiao Que left, the room was empty. Ruyi couldn't help crying again, and she couldn't express her joyful emotions. She thought she would never see the third master again for several years.
Jia Huan shook his head with a smile and hugged her gently, "Don't cry." If you cry again, the makeup on your face will be ruined. Ruyi was more than half a year older than him, and he was as tall as him. Now he's taller than he is. Girls develop relatively early. The teenage girl is becoming more and more delicate and slender.
Ruyi broke her tears and smiled, and hurriedly went to the mirror in the room to look at her makeup. She deliberately smeared rouge gouache today.
Qingwen's tears of laughter came out on the side. Her tears were provoked by Ruyi, the girl. remembered the scene when I watched the third master leave alone with his luggage on a snowy day last year. At that time, I was thinking that maybe the fate of master and servant would be over in this life.
Jia Huan looked at Qingwen with a smile. I haven't seen her for a long time, and Qingwen is getting more and more beautiful. Combing the sea, with a flower hairpin. Bright eyes and pretty face. Peugeot. Wearing a daffodil-colored tooth-pinching vest with a pale yellow base shirt. Willow waist and thin legs, a very outstanding little beauty, has a green and charming charm.
Jia Huan smiled and said, "Qingwen, I'm not in the house, you didn't quarrel with anyone, did you?" ”
Qingwen pursed her lips and laughed, her beautiful big eyes squinted at Jia Huan, as if she was disgusted, and her demeanor was moving, "Third master, you have confessed, how dare I!" ”
Jia Huan couldn't help but smile slightly. This demeanor and temperament really deserve to be the first person among the maids in the Red Mansion. Of course, he has to believe Qingwen's words to have a ghost. Qingwen has a very dry temperament and has to be strong. A mouth is very profitable.
At that moment, Jia Huan took a hot bath under the service of Qingwen and Ruyi. After the three of them were all packed, it was already eleven o'clock. The lights went out, and the three of them sat on the bed and chatted.
The moonlight of early summer shines through the window. Outside the window, the insects chirped in the courtyard, and the moon was like water. There was a whisper in the room.
"Third master, what Ruyi and I prepared for you was in a hurry, so I didn't bring it."
"I'll get it tomorrow."
"Oh, the third girl said that she was going to come to see you tomorrow, so you must wait for her."
"Third sister?"
"Qingwen, Ruyi, I'll let the third sister teach you two to read. lest people keep talking. There is an omission of meaning. ”
"Third Master, will you take me to the academy? I take care of you, better than those people. ”
"Giggles, you're not ashamed."
"..., wait a little longer, and when I have tried it in August, I will take you out. Don't complain. ”
Jia Huan thought about it and agreed. Sooner or later, he will have to leave Jiafu with them. Judging from the attitude of the current political father, and from the attitude of Jia's mother from the mandarin duck, it is not impossible to take the two little girls out.
The voices of the conversation in the room gradually faded into silence. The three of them couldn't hold back their tiredness and fell asleep together.
At this time, in the sky, the moon rises and the clouds are shadowed. The stars in the sky are shining. (To be continued.) )