dream of red mansion

Seeing the eager looks on the other girls' faces, You Shi was also arrogant. She was not a greedy person, so she put down her chopsticks and said to the surroundings: "It tastes good! Try it too."

After getting the order, the maids were no longer reserved, and rushed to "taste" it. It was just a small fish, which was not enough for all the girls to satisfy their greed. They all begged Jia Qing to work harder to satisfy their little stomachs.

Just like that, Jia Qing was grilled fish surrounded by a bunch of little girls.

However, Jia Qing didn't want to keep roasting. After choosing a bigger one, he asked Xie Luan to come over and roast it, and he was directing the same thing.He wasn't called Peifeng, and he wasn't confident that he could let Peifeng overcome the "flaws" in his life all at once.

Youshi looked at them talking and laughing, with a look of nostalgia on his face.Before she entered Ningguo Mansion, she was carefree and had some friends to play with... She couldn't remember how long she hadn't smiled knowingly.The most recent happy day was probably the day when Jia Zhen was helped by a concubine. Now it seems that it may not be happiness, but she has to be more cautious than before.

Seeing that the second uncle is so young, he has a lot of ideas. In the future, he can get close to him, or he can relieve some boredom.

When everyone had almost satisfied their hunger, You Shi proposed to go first, as it was getting late.

After sending away the plump Youshi, Jia Qing looked back and saw that except for the two largest fishes in the bucket, everything else was in his belly, and said loudly: "This is the end of today's activities, let's call it a day and go back to the bucket." camp!"

So everyone cleaned up the battlefield, collected the things that should be returned everywhere, and went back to Yipintang together.

Chapter 23 Jia Amnesty is displeased with the gift of poems

Before July passed, everyone in Jia's mansion became busy.

Because the third day of the eighth lunar month is the birthday of the most respected person in the Jia family, the wife of Duke Xianrong, the Shi family of Jiamen and the mother of Jia.

In the past few days, not only Wang Xifeng from the Rongguo Mansion was busy going around, but even Youshi and Qin from the Ningguo Mansion also went to the mansion to help at any time.

Jia's mother's birthday has always been one of the biggest events in the mansion, and the entire Jia family's two mansions have to be mobilized.If there is no one in Rongguo Mansion, go to Ningguo Mansion to make arrangements.Even when there are so many princes and aristocrats coming to celebrate their birthdays, they still have to take a seat in the Ningguo Mansion.

Some people may ask, Liu Yong has not had anyone above the prince come here in his whole life, and Jia Mu will have one?

The answer is: of course!

This difference is different for the camp.No matter how high and powerful Liu Yong used to be, there is a reality that he has no title!If a person with a high title comes down in person, it always means "condescension" and curry favor with power.

Since the founding of the country, the nobles have enjoyed the honor, and the civil servants have power!

As for Liu Yong, a civil servant with disciples all over the world who wants to be knighted, it is not surprising that he will not pursue the title until after his death.According to visual inspection, Liu Yong, the leader of the country, will inevitably have the honor of the Duke of the country after his death.

But Jia's mother is completely different here, because she is also a member of the nobles, and her status is not low.In this way, there is no meaning of condescension among the nobles walking around, everyone is the same!Not to mention curry favor with power.

Therefore, as long as there are some contacts among the nobles, even if the head of the family is not here at this time, the imperial edict of the mansion will still attend the banquet as scheduled.

Jiamu's birthday banquet was held in two days, on the second day of the eighth month, it was dedicated to receiving the princes and ministers who came from Beijing and the imperial edicts from the government.Counting the distinguished guests present:

King of Nan'an, Princess of Nan'an, Princess of Nan'an;

Yongchang Consort;

Leshan County King;

Wang Xianjue, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites;

......

Princess Beijing;

The order of the Marquis of Jinxiang;

Linchang Bo ordered;

......

Because it was not the tenth birthday, not too many people came, so naturally they did not use the venue at Ningguo Mansion, and only bought two seats in Rongguo Mansion, which were placed in the inner house and the outer courtyard respectively.In the outer court, Jia Zheng and others specially entertained male guests, and in the inner court, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu personally entertained orders from various governments.

It is full of a wealthy atmosphere!

None of this has anything to do with Jia Qing. The only thing he has to do these days is to wait for the third day of the eighth lunar month, when Jiamu's family banquet is held, and when the children of the family go to celebrate Jiamu's birthday, he will run over to have a meal. Anyway, he eats like this four times.

You said he didn't want to see the beauties of Jia's mansion?That was impossible, but he hadn't been able to see Sanchun and the others four times before, and he had seen Wang Xifeng from a distance.

Because although it is a family banquet, there are two seats inside and outside!

What is the chance of seeing Sanchun and Sister Lin this time?Jia Qing said that he was as small as ever, but he still went to the street to carefully select a few small gifts, all of which were prepared.

In this way, the first day of Jia Mu's birthday banquet ended with great vigor.

Early the next morning, Jia Jing called Jia Zhen, You Shi, Jia Qing, Jia Rong, and Qin Shi to his front, exhorted and admonished them, saying that nothing should be wrong today, and remember to go to Jia Mu together when the time comes. Kowtow and so on.If any one of them made a mistake, it would be his Jia Jing's face, after all, he is still in charge of the Ningguo Mansion.

Only Jia Qing was slandering below: so much emphasis on face-saving skills, but still thinking about becoming a fairy, no wonder he killed himself in the end.Then I thought, Jia Jing has been really good to him to be honest all these years!

We have to find a way to prevent him from becoming a monk, at least not let him go to some kind of Xuanzhen Guan Qingxiu.

Then the group set off for Rongguo Mansion.

In the past two days, Jiamu's birthday, the main gate of Rongguo Mansion is wide open, and all the people who come to celebrate the birthday enter the mansion from here.

This made Jia Qing feel uncomfortable. He had stepped on the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion several times in recent years.But he never stepped through the main gate of Ningguo Mansion!

On weekdays, he enters and exits through the corner gate, and he is not qualified to welcome and see off heavy guests. He does not need to greet guests at the door for Jia Jing’s birthday, so this situation has resulted. He only realized this today, and immediately Feel like a failure.

It seems that what I have done these years is far from enough, I still have to work harder...

After entering the Rongguo Mansion, Youshi and Qinshi went to the back house to pay their respects. Jia Jing was also invited by Jia Zheng to drink tea in the main hall, leaving Jia Qing to sit down in the front yard.

At this time, there were about [-] or [-] tables in the outermost courtyard of Rongxi Hall, with some tea and snacks on them, all of which were for the direct descendants of the Jia family in the eighth room in Beijing.The servants in each house, including the chief executive like Lai Da, have no seats at this time.

After everyone chatted with each other like this for about an hour, almost all the children of the Jia family had arrived. Jia Zheng came to the front yard and brought everyone to salute Jia's mother.

At this time, Jia's mother also moved to the Rongxi Hall to accept the visit gifts from many descendants in the hall.

Naturally, Jia Qing couldn't see Jia Mu. Although he was standing in the front half of all the children, there were still dozens of people standing in front of him, so he was also standing outside the hall and could only listen to what was going on inside. voice, and then just kneel down and settle down.

Mother Jia didn't say anything after accepting the gift, and then went back to the back house.

When Jia Qing and the others returned to the front yard again, all kinds of dishes had already been placed on the table.Except for the children of the family who are close to the Rongning Second Mansion, most of the families are not rich. Seeing so many good wine and food, most of them quickened their pace and came to their previous seats, but no one dared to take the lead. When it comes to chopsticks, the big family's strict rules are not just talk.

After finally seeing Jia Zheng and others come to the front yard and sit down on the top seats, Jia Zheng stood up and said some polite words, and finally said:

"Feast!"

Everyone let go of their hands and feet and started to eat.

Of course, Jia Qing was not interested in these "delicacy from mountains and seas". Seeing that the buddy next to him obviously couldn't eat such delicious dishes on weekdays and his hands were moving fast, he simply put down his chopsticks and started to taste the wine. Anyway, the wine was not strong. Big, drink slowly like this so that you won't get drunk.

After a while, Lai Da found Jia Qing and said, "Second Master Qing, the gentlemen over there are here to invite you."

Of course Jia Qing met Lai Da, but Lai Da knew that it was because Lai Sheng had mentioned it in his ear many times, so he paid attention to it, and he knew him.Just now, the old men over there chatted and chatted with Jia Qing, and asked someone to find him, and Lai Da came here with orders.

At the front of the courtyard, there were only three separate tables, all of which were from Jia Zheng's generation, and of course there were a few from Jia Mu's generation, such as Jia Dairu and Jia Daixiu were sitting there.