Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 12

The Rongning Second Mansion was originally a meritorious official with a different surname from the royal family.

Although the name is also called Zhen Guogong, the four words "Burui Bafen" as the name suggests, are not the direct descendants of the royal family at first glance. The pole cannot be hit.

It is a special title enjoyed by the clan sons who have produced five clothes and heroes of different surnames such as Jia's mansion.

If the raider himself has no official position, he can't even enter the court to listen to the government, let alone enter the royal family.So this first-class title is nothing more than a face given by the royal family.

When the two ancestors Jia Yan and Jia Yuan were still alive, although the Jia Mansion was a head shorter than the real royal family, it was still regarded as a relative of the emperor. However, no one clearly despises the Jia family.

After the death of the two capable ancestors, the Jia family saw that there were many descendants, but apart from donating officials to take up empty seats, or blindly following the rules and perfunctory, being an official and not doing anything, they couldn't find a single person with real talent and practical work.

In recent years, only Jia Jing of Ningguo Prefecture has been admitted to the Jinshi. However, there has been no movement after being awarded the title of Shujishi. The title is also reduced by one level every generation, so his momentum is naturally not as good as before.

The royal family looked down on them, and the ministers who governed the world looked down on them. The descendants of the Jia family have been rich and peaceful for a long time, and the things they do are gradually inhumane, and even their reputations are also stinking. Li Cai has always been in an embarrassing position.

But now among the many unworthy descendants of the Jia family, it is really rare to have Jia Lian who is really thinking about the fate of the Jia family.

It's because of Jia Lian's mother-in-law's advice, and Jia Lian himself knows how to take care of the family's destiny. At least he has a sense of crisis and is willing to make progress.

No matter how far he can grow in the end, it's better than boiling a frog in warm water until the day the building collapses, and regretting wasting his time when he dies, right?What he is doing now is what the grandson of Jia's family should look like.

This made Xue Hong both surprised and delighted.

In addition, Jia Lian's words are humorous and sophisticated, he is neither like Wang Xifeng's kind of jokes in the market, nor like Jia Zhu's kind of hidden needles, and his words have meaning.

On the contrary, what he said was vulgar and elegant, reasonable, and it could be heard that this person had some knowledge, not the kind of idiot who was forced to read dead books every day, Xue Hong was more willing to listen to him.

"It's my brother's narrow-mindedness. I never expected that Lian's second brother was already ready to shoulder the family's honor and disgrace. Disrespect and disrespect!" Xue Hong stood up, gave Jia Lian a window salute respectfully, and said, "Actually Brother is also worried about the future of the family. Anyone who reads and writes, the imperial examination is the way to get ahead, and the career is the way out. There is no one who does not want to glorify their ancestors. If this is the case in Rongguo Mansion, don’t mention our Xue family. An imperial businessman, leaving a room in vain Fugui, which eye in Beijing can see us?"

Hearing this, Jia Lian's eyes lit up, as if he had met a confidant: "Brother Hong! I've heard a lot about you, and in a daze, there are still a few people saying that you will settle the case. I have a lot of experience at a young age, but now that I heard your words, I know what I expected. Don't worry, with your talent and learning, the scientific examination is just something you can get out of your bag. When there is prosperity in the future, I am afraid that the Xue family will not have a glorious day. ?”

When Xue Hong heard Jia Lian mentioning the "judgment of the case", remembering that she was used as a model by the storyteller, she really blushed, she only humbly laughed a few times and said she didn't dare, and sat quietly, only listening to Jia Lian's talk.

Jia Lian is a person who is not used to restraint, and he is a few years older than Xue Hong. Knowing that Xue Hong was detained at home to study and seldom went out, he just talked casually about what he saw and heard when he went out. Xue Hong really listened. Just talking with relish, Jia Lian sighed again.

"It's a pity that I am young, with such a family background, and my mother has high expectations for me. It can be said that I am bound all over. I don't know when I will be free. I really want to go to the outside world to have a look, windshield Moon, wouldn’t it be beautiful to look at the mountains and rivers of the world? Hey..."

Hearing Jia Lian's sigh, Xue Hong just smiled and didn't say a word, and he didn't have any exciting words to say. A 16-year-old rich man can't think of a way to escape from the prison of a rich family. What good ideas can he have for an 8-year-old naughty boy? ?

After sighing, Jia Lian suddenly thought that Xue's family was a family of merchants, and said: "Brother Hong, if he has the opportunity to go out to trade with your father, he will be able to see a thing or two, right?"

Xue Hong nodded and said with a smile: "That's the case. I heard from my father that if he gets an errand in the next year, he will take his elder brother by his side to practice and practice. It's a pity that I am young and have to prepare for the exam. My mother will definitely not agree. It will definitely not be possible this time. But since my father is willing to take my elder brother with me, he will also be willing to take me out when I grow up."

Jia Lian couldn't help being envious again.

Xue Hong and Jia Lian were teenagers, both passionate and in sync with each other, so the two of them talked freely and talked about whatever came to their mind. In this way, they chatted until dinner time without realizing it.

Someone came to call later, and the two came to the banquet, but Xue Hong followed Jia Lian to the male guests' banquet.

"Have you had such a happy chat with your second elder brother Lian?"

Xue Yi asked with a smile, Xue Hong nodded and said, "Second Brother Lian has a lot of books, I'll borrow some of them. Besides, Second Brother Lian has a plan in his mind, and my son thinks so, so we chat more."

Xue Yi only asked casually, but heard his son say this in a serious manner. After careful questioning, he liked that the youngest son was sensible, but also pitied him for being too thoughtful at such a young age.

Suddenly remembered not only Xue Hong, but also Baochai.Apart from laughing and lamenting that the twins are quite similar in temperament, Xue Yi couldn't express the irony in his heart.How many unworthy descendants are there in Beijing?His children can be like this, what is it but a blessing?
There was nothing to say about the banquet after that, except that Xue Hong got a good book and read it carefully when he went back.

Since then, Xue Hong often visited Rong Mansion, but besides paying respects to Jia's mother, she went to study in Jia Lian's study, recognized him as a confidant, and became closer to Jia Lian and his brothers, but alienated from Jia Zhu, his cousin. , This is a later story.

Let's say that Xue Yi set off on the second day of February to go south.This time, because they wanted to take Xue Pan with them, Xue Wang just took care of his life and sent his father and son to go out. Xue Hong and Baochai's birthdays on the 21st of the first lunar month, and his own birthday at the end of the first lunar month, were never celebrated, but relatives sent some birthday gifts to each other. .

The day of Zhanyan's trip has come, Xue Wang led the twins to the capital pier to send Xue Yi and his son off.

The Xue Wang family has always loved Xue Pan, even though he was determined to let Xue Pan go out to practice, but when it came time to part, he was reluctant to let go, and he had to tell him again and again, wiping away his tears.

Since the two of them left, Xue Wang was also depressed every day, often thinking about how many miles the father and son traveled each day, where to rest now, thinking about and worrying constantly, it was even more sad than Xue Yi's first long journey after the wedding.

Fortunately, Baochai and Xue Hong would often bring a little treasure to her to make fun of her, and they tried their best to make her laugh by making jokes and making jokes.

Only Xue Hong was secretly uneasy - he didn't know when exactly the plot of Xue Dafool ​​meeting Zhen Yinglian happened in the original book.

This incident was the last straw that broke the Xue family's camel.Although the Xue family has a second son now, and Xue Yi is not in danger of his life for the time being, this matter is what worries Xue Hong endlessly.

No matter what, human life lawsuits are a terrible stain wherever they go.

Whenever Xue Pan went out on weekdays, Xue Hong felt her heart was going to her throat.Fortunately, he is still young, and the place where they live is the capital, not in the Jinling area where the incident happened. It seems that it is not enough to trigger this plot.

Or maybe Second Young Master Xue has changed his appearance and can handle this matter to Butterfly?At least since Xue Hong came to this world, everything in Xue Pan's place has been peaceful for the time being.

For this matter, Xue Hong was afraid of it happening, but also looking forward to it happening.

He was afraid that it would happen because he was afraid that without anyone stopping him, Xue Pan would still let his slaves beat Feng Yuan to death and take his life; he was looking forward to it happening because he was hoping that he or Xue Yi could be there enough to stop Xue Pan from being reckless. Next, let this matter be handled correctly so that Feng Yuan will not die. If this matter is resolved, Xue Hong will not have to worry about it all day long.

But now, one of the two brothers is traveling with his father, and the other is staying in Beijing to prepare for the exam. Xue Hong can't do anything even if he knows this part of the public case in advance. He only hopes that this matter will happen later, and that Xue Pan will follow Xue Yi. Be able to restrain yourself from time to time, and don't get into trouble recklessly.

Of course, no matter how worried Xue Hong was, life passed quickly.

On the day of Mrs. Wang's birthday on the first day of March, Mrs. Xue had already adjusted her mood, brought a generous congratulatory gift, and prepared to go to Jia's mansion for a banquet.

In fact, Mrs. Wang is not a full birthday this year, and the mansion didn't plan to do anything about it.It's just that there is nothing else going on in the mansion now, and it happened that the wedding date of Jia Zhu and Li Wan had been agreed not long ago. Jia's mother was happy, so she took Mrs. Wang's birthday as a matter of fact.

Now Zhang Lingxuan, the first-class general's wife, is in charge of the Jia family.

She is the daughter of the Zhang family, and the generation from the Zhang family to Ling Xuan is already the fifth generation of the family of reading.As the saying goes, three generations see food, four generations see through, and five generations read articles. The Zhang family can be described as a true family of generations, a family of poets and ceremonies. Naturally, Ling Xuan understands etiquette, advances and retreats, and is more talented than Mrs. Wang.

Although Zhang Lingxuan knew that the expenditure of the Rongguo Mansion was far greater than the income since she married into the Rongguo Mansion, and the number of domestic slaves was huge after generations of reproduction.The errands in the mansion are so little after all, and it is impossible to change the people in charge frequently, so there are too many monks and too little meat.

Many of these people are "respectable" old slaves.Even if you are young, relying on the face of your mother, even if you have no errands, you can walk sideways among the servants when you come to Rongning and Ningfu.

This is the old rule of the Jia family, even though the sons of these families are slaves but their eyes are higher than the sky, even if Zhang Lingxuan thinks of ways to buy those silver properties, the people who use them are no more than these.

(End of this chapter)