In the flower hall of Jia's mother's upper room, the cups are staggered, and it is very lively. Felt curtains, animal charcoal, blazing furnaces, cold cuts, hot dishes, thick soups, and roast mutton on display show the atmosphere of rich and noble families.

Jia Yu walked in from outside the door.

The lively cold feast seemed to burst out of a discordant note in the sound of a piano, and it was slightly sluggish.

Jia Baoyu was getting the color of Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang, standing and drinking triumphantly, and when he saw Jia Yu coming in, he hurriedly sat down. The room was full of people who quieted down and listened to Jia Yu. Jia Mu, who was sitting in the center, had a displeased look on her face.

"The son greets his mother." Jia Yu bowed, and then took a food box from the maid's hand, with a pot of wine on it, "The son heard that his mother was having a banquet here, so he came to send a pot of Gaochang wine to his mother's fun." ”

Jia Mu smiled reluctantly, nodded and said, "It's hard for you to think of me." You sit down and have a drink and go. ”

"Thank you, Mother." Jia Yu walked to Mrs. Xing's seat, looked over, and everyone stood up and saluted, "I've seen the eldest master." "Jia Yu's identity, in addition to Jia's mother in Rongguo Mansion, is the eldest son of him. It's just that Jia Mu doesn't like him.

Mrs. Xing got up and gave up her seat to Jia Yu. A big maiden brought a wine glass and came to pour wine. The best Huiquan wine. Jiang Nanjin's tribute to the palace. Jia Yu said a good word to Jia's mother, drank half a glass of wine, and then sat down and said: "

Mother, when I came in just now, I saw Brother Huan kneeling in the main courtyard. Kneeling on the stone slab on a snowy day, they all became snowmen. I asked him why, and he begged me to bring a message: he wanted to go out of the house to study, and asked his mother for permission.

I'm wondering, why did we have more people in our family who read? The mother categorically does not discourage her children from studying and progressing. What is the reason for this? ”

As soon as Jia Yu mentioned Jia Huan's name, everyone who was still laughing suddenly shut up, as if they had muted the video at a certain second. To understand the meaning of the name "Jia Huan" in Jia Fu. A majestic person like Grandma Lian can't afford to provoke him.

The huge flower hall became silent in an instant, and no sound came out. Only Jia Yu's voice remained.

Madame Xing had a reserved smile on her face; Mrs. Wang's heart froze, and she knew that it was not good for the eldest master to mention Jia Huan; Wang Xifeng's face was solemn, his heart was dissatisfied, and he was so happy, and Huan Laosan came to make trouble again. It's annoying;

Li Kun's face was expressionless, and he shook his head in his heart: Brother Huan, this is actually wrong. Ask to go to the old man. I'm afraid that my wife will hate him even more in the future;

Aunt Xue drank warm soup. The big man is not good! It is not strange for Jia Huanneng to move Jia Huanneng to help him. Didn't the eldest lady help last time? Her sister is afraid that this time there will be some trouble. Brother Huan has been silent for more than ten days, and it is definitely not easy to deal with it when he suddenly attacks. Last time, Sister Feng almost fell into the Tao and lost her authority.

Baoyu, Daiyu, Baochai, Ying, Tan, and Xi were all watching, and this matter had nothing to do with them. Jia Huan's involvement in the level has long surpassed them. Everyone's thoughts are different, Jia Huan is kneeling in the snow. But they have the same concern: Brother Huan wants to go out of the house to study, can he make his wife relax today?

After Jia Yu finished speaking, he looked at Jia Mu.

Jia Mu was bored when she heard Jia Huan's name, and looked at the mandarin duck.

Wearing a light cyan cardigan, the tall mandarin duck stepped forward and said to Jia's mother: "Ancestor, Brother Huan knelt in the courtyard for a while, I went to persuade him to go back, but he refused." ”

Jia Yu's eyes swept over the round buttocks of the mandarin duck, and said unceremoniously: "That's what you're not right." Regardless of whether Brother Huan'er is willing or not, he is half the master of the house, kneeling in the snow, such a big thing, how dare you pretend to be an old lady who can't go back? ”

The mandarin duck took half a step back, lowered his head, and did not squeak.

Mother Jia didn't wait to see Jia Huan, she was still satisfied with the mandarin duck's approach, and waved her hand to stop Jia Huan, "Let's not talk about this first." Let Brother Huan'er and his mother tell the reason. ”

The mandarin duck took another half step back and stood with the attacker in the pile of maids beside Jia's mother. She's passed the test for the time being. I suddenly understood what Jia Huan meant by "harming the fish pond" and "standing in line".

And the attackers on the side were a little depressed. She seems to have made herself amorous. Jia Huan had no intention of dealing with her at all. Even the mandarin ducks were affected by the incident. This makes her embarrassed, who has always been wary of Jia Huan's revenge!

Everyone's eyes fell on Madame Wang.

Before Mrs. Wang could speak, there was a voice behind her, "Bang Dang!" The voice was that the food plate held by Aunt Zhao, who was serving behind Mrs. Wang, fell to the ground. She did not come to the cold banquet as an aunt, but followed Mrs. Wang as a slave. She was originally called as a maid in front of Mrs. Wang.

Aunt Zhao was stunned, she didn't realize that she had "run into trouble", and tears flowed down her cheeks. Whose son is distressed.

Brother Huan couldn't go out to study, and was bored in the house for more than ten days, depressed. She knows. I comforted him a few times. It's just that Brother Huan has an idea. And do not want her to comfort her, but comfort her in turn.

I thought that Brother Huan'er had accepted his fate, but I didn't expect him to come to intercede quietly.

Eight or nine-year-old children knelt on the stone slab for almost half an hour on a snowy day! You impersonal, unconscionable dogs!

Mrs. Wang frowned, turned her face, and didn't look at Aunt Zhao again. She didn't want to get out of the way.

And for the many maids and mothers-in-law in Jiafu, it is very risky to stand up and accuse and ridicule Aunt Zhao for being unruly and making mistakes at this time.

Now the direction of the wind is unknown. Jia Sanye is outside! You're not afraid, you try. The example of Laiwang's daughter-in-law is laid in front.

This sequence of events happened in a matter of seconds. Mrs. Wang turned her head and faced the upper desk on the left, Jia Yu and Mrs. Xing's positions, "His uncle, Brother Huan'er is going out of the house to study, and he has come back and forth to me, and I stopped him." He was too young, and I thought he would not be able to take care of himself when he went to the academy. ”

Jia Yu said disapprerovingly: "It's just what you think, right?" Children in the countryside can work in the fields between the ages of eight and nine. I said something that I don't like to hear, Brother Huan'er is not rich and noble when he is young, right? ”

Jia Huan is a concubine. The treatment of the concubine in Jiafu is very different from that of the concubine. The difference in treatment between Jia Huan and Jia Baoyu is not a little bit.

Mrs. Wang choked on Jia Yu and did not speak. I am not angry. Because Jia Yu's concubine, Jia Cong, plays like a mud monkey every day, and no one helps him clean up. Don't laugh at anyone!

Mrs. Wang made it clear that she didn't care about Jia Yu. The matter of her second room is not yet the turn of the long room to point fingers.

Jia Yu said: "Mother, Brother Huan knelt on the ground for half an hour in such a cold day, which shows that his heart to study is sincere. Although he is young, he has high ambitions. When did we have more scholars in Jiafu?

Brother Jing (Jia Jing) was a jinshi, and now he is cultivating the Tao and does not ask about the world. Brother Zhu died early after being struck by Xiucai. The second brother has been studying for most of his life, and he hasn't even touched the door, and he is not even a child. The rest are mediocre. ”

Everyone in the flower hall nodded in their hearts. If he can kneel in the snow for half an hour and beg the old lady for permission to let him go out to study, the heart of reading must be sincere. As for Jia Yu's sarcastic words about Jia Zheng, I shouldn't have heard it.

Jia Yu said again: "My son heard that Lin Juren, the teacher of Brother Huan'er, spoke highly of him. said in front of the second brother: The Jia family will be in high school in the future, and Jia Huan will start up! How many such reading seeds are there in the house? How can you not cultivate?

Therefore, the son asked his mother to call Brother Huan to come in and ask. Are you willing to go to the academy to study hard? If you are willing to go, we have no reason to stop it. ”

Jia Mu, who was sitting on the soft couch in the center, finally changed her face. The Jia family will be high school in the future, and it will be from Jia Huan! Lin Juren's words made her heart move.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the four seas have been peaceful. The opportunity to gain fame immediately is getting less and less. The emperor ruled the world with civil officials. Why doesn't she want a few more scholars in her family to shine on the lintel?

The eldest son won't talk about it. The youngest son likes to read, but he can't read well. finally had an eldest grandson (Jia Zhu), but died early.

Thinking of this, Jia Mu nodded and ordered: "Mandarin duck, you go and call Brother Huan'er to come in and talk back." She doesn't like Jia Huan's grandson, and she doesn't care much about whether he suffers or not. As long as he is willing to endure hardships and study and progress, she really has no reason to stop him.

The mandarin duck was ordered to go out.

Mrs. Wang's hand gently moved the sandalwood rosary on the case, calming the impetuous emotions in her heart. I didn't hear anyone tell her about Lin Juren's evaluation of Jia Huan, and she was caught off guard.

Lin Juren's words were only said to Jia Zheng. Of course, Jia Zheng would not say in front of Mrs. Wang: This is my family's thousand-mile horse.

Jia Huan knew that it was because he asked Jia Zheng to talk about leaving the house that morning, and it happened that Jia Zheng was no longer there, so he chatted with Jia Zheng's Qingke Zhan Guang and Hu Si in the outer study. They flattered him with these words, and they knew it.

In the first round, Mrs. Wang lost! Jia's mother was moved by Jia Yu's words, and Jia Huan successfully stepped onto the stage of the highest power center of Jiafu.

Suddenly, there was a slight crying sound from the seat, but it was Li Kun who wept and sobbed. Jia Yu mentioned her husband Jia Zhu, who died young, and touched her sore spot.

There was a wave of pity in the hearts of the people. Poor young widow.

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The felt curtain was raised. Jia Huan's thin figure appeared in everyone's sight, and a gray-white straight jacket walked in steadily. Behind him, there are two big girls, mandarin ducks and attackers.

Jia Huan wants to play the bitter meat trick to the end. But where are the mandarin ducks? He was embarrassed, and it was the old lady who was embarrassed when he entered. It's okay to get to this point. Both she and the eldest lord could testify to him that he had indeed knelt in the snow for half an hour.

Jia Huan thought about going from the cold snow to the warm house, and he couldn't catch a cold when he was wet. That's a fake bitter meat trick turned out to be really stupid-. After listening to the persuasion of the mandarin duck, he took off his cloak and cotton jacket in the warm pavilion, only wore a straight jacket, cleaned up more comfortably, and entered the flower hall.

In the flower hall, the heat wave is steaming, and it is as warm as spring. Mother Jia sat in the center. The relatives and Baoyu were divided into left and right sides, and each sat on their own side of the case.

Jia Huan walked to the middle, saluted Jia's mother, and said loudly: "Say hello to the old lady." ”

Jia Mu nodded indifferently.

Jia Yu ordered repeatedly: "Come on, serve wine to Brother Huan'er." Poor, frozen like this! Warm up with a glass of wine before talking. ”

"Uncle Xie!" Jia Huan took the warm wine handed by the attacker and took a sip, his stomach was hot, and he was much more comfortable.

Mrs. Wang's face was a little unsightly.

The uncle and nephew get along, and the contrast is that her mother treats Jia Huan harshly. The face was pumped with a "snapping" sound.

Aunt Xue sighed in her heart: this singing and harmonizing, her sister's face was lost in front of the people. Brother Huan is going to tear her face with her mother.

Mother Jia, who was not interested in watching Jia Yu and Jia Huan play a double reed, and asked slowly: "Brother Huan'er, your mother is worried that you are too young to study and can't take care of yourself, what do you think?" ”

Jia Huan could hear that Jia's mother's tone was loose, which was expected, and replied without hesitation: "My grandson is not afraid of hardship, he is only willing to study." The hardships of eating are the only ones who are masters! ”

"Good!" Jia's mother couldn't help but applaud Jia Huan's determination and ambition. There was a chorus of applause in the flower hall.

Jia Mu looked at Mrs. Wang, "Daughter-in-law, what do you mean?" ”

Judging from the title, Jia Mu still respects Mrs. Wang's meaning very much.

Everyone's eyes fell on Madame Wang.