Snow Goose in the Red Chamber

Seventh place, but Jia Lan barely hangs at the bottom of the list.

Everyone in Jia's house was overjoyed, and the courtyard became lively again.

Li Wan's family sent four young servants and four maids, and Jia's mother decided to assign Baoyu and Jia Lan four servants each, and separated the side courtyard of Lixiangyuan as an outer courtyard, so that these young servants They all lived in.

Jia Huan was the only one who was at odds with the laughter. Seeing his expression, Tanchun said, "Are you envious or jealous? You didn't study hard in the past, but now that your second brother and Laner are in high school, you feel bad." ?”

Jia Huan curled her lips and said: "You should be happy, you have a brother Juren, you can talk about your in-laws. I heard from my wife that I will find you a husband in this exam!"

Tan Chun blushed, and gave him a thump: "Go back to the room and look at Auntie, it's time for her to take her medicine."

Jia Huan sneered: "Why don't you go, oh, you have to be busy serving your wife!"

Xiren coughed at the corner and said, "Miss San, the old lady is calling you."

Jia's mother was in great spirits. Sitting beside her were Youshi, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang and Xichun, and Yuanyang, Qingwen and Zijuan stood beside her.

When Tanchun passed by, Jia Mu was talking to Mrs. Wang, and beckoned after seeing her, "Come here, third girl, these things at home almost delayed you, and it's time to tell you about your in-law's family."

Tanchun lowered his head and said embarrassingly: "The granddaughter will never marry for the rest of her life, she will stay with the ancestor and wife."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "You're talking stupid again. Sit here. Your sister-in-law Feng has already gone to see you. She will be back later."

At this time, Daiyu came in with Xueyan holding snacks, and Qingwen and Zijuan hurried over to help arrange it.

Daiyu whispered to Jiamu, "Baoyu has already gone to inquire, that one has failed."

The smile on Jia Mu's face faded a bit: "Really."

Daiyu nodded, and Mother Jia asked people to put away the firecrackers that were going to be set off in the yard: "Baoyu and Lan'er High School are a good thing, but our family has just undergone a major event, so we have some improvement. I don't know how many people are staring at us. It's a mistake, we can't become frivolous because of this, and let others take advantage of the loophole."

At this time, Mrs. Wang is eager to announce the news of her precious son's high school to the world, and she feels a little unwilling to hear what Jia Mu said.

But Jia Mu ignored her and said: "I have asked Lian'er to buy the small house outside the west gate, and I will let Baoyu and Lan'er move in later to concentrate on preparing for the exam. You are not allowed to disturb at will!"

Mrs. Wang and Li Wan hurriedly responded, and Li Wan said with a smile, "I don't know who the old ancestor plans to let go and serve?"

Mother Jia took a sip of tea, squinting her eyes as if she was thinking: "Let Li Gui and Li Yun brothers follow, and you, Yu'er, go too, taking Xueyan and Zijuan there."

Daiyu was startled, and hurriedly said: "I still want to stay and serve my ancestor and wife."

"We are old enough to be served by these girls. You should take good care of Baoyu and Lan'er. Men are always less careful than women. Those girls don't know what's cold or what's hot. You should go."

Mrs. Wang moved her mouth, but still closed it.

Li Gui and Li Yun are the two long-term attendants sent by Li Wan's mother's family. These days, they have been going out with Jia Zheng, Baoyu, and Jia Lan, and they are their indispensable right and left hands.

And the maids sent by Li Wan's mother's family were all placed by Jia's mother next to several mistresses, and they didn't even touch Jia Lan's side.

Baoyu was very happy when he learned about it, but he ran to Mrs. Wang and coaxed her to be happy for a long time.

Xueyan and Zijuan were busy packing all night, and moved there with Daiyu the next day.

Qingwen reluctantly sent the two of them to the door, but was scared back by the steaming big wolfdog.

The prince was drunk in the restaurant, and Jia Lian and Su Ping squatted aside and waited bitterly. Several times they dared to persuade him to come back, but they poured back the food and wine.

A young man in rich clothes came over with a fan. When Jia Lian saw his waist pendant, his heart skipped a beat, and he pulled Su Ping to hide beside him.

The man patted the prince's face with a fan, seeing that he was still, he smiled and called two people to carry him away.

Jia Lian hid in cold sweat until he left before he dared to come out to settle the bill. Su Ping said, "Who is this?"

Jia Lian shook his head: "Don't ask, just go back."

The prince over there opened his eyes as soon as he got into the carriage, his eyes were very clear, he picked up the tea on the small table and drank half a bowl.

The middle-aged man on the side frowned: "It smells like wine."

The prince looked at him sideways: "Where is my paper?"

The middle-aged man took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, but the crown prince refused to accept it, and said with a smile, "Have you read it?"

A teasing smile appeared on the middle-aged man's lips, and he said, "Look, the Taifu stole it before the examiner rushed to grade the papers. I have never been so embarrassed in my life."

The prince took the test paper and flipped through it casually: "I have worked hard for two hours, and I was hoping to win the top case."

The middle-aged man said indifferently: "The things you have learned are not for doing this. As a king, you are good at controlling people, and you don't need to understand these trivial matters."

The prince was silent for a while, and then said: "What are you doing now? I hope I hug your thigh and cry and beg you to let me go back. Is it because I am too naive to say that I am wrong?"

The middle-aged man stretched out his thumb to wipe off the water stains on the prince's lips, and said, "How is the life of a free man?"

The prince said: "I don't know, I haven't felt anything yet, I'm just busy finishing it. They have followed me for so many years, and now they are implicated because of my collapse. I can't just sit idly by."

The carriage slowed down and stopped at the gate of Jia's mansion.

In the dim light, the two people in the car looked at each other for a while, before the prince smiled lightly and said, "I haven't seen you in half a year, you seem to be getting old again, father."

"The sons are not up to date. Being a father can't be worry-free, and he looks old."

The prince giggled, his eyes became drunk again, he got out of the carriage humming a little tune, staggered to the gate and patted hard.

Chapter 36

With a slight touch of her finger, Daiyu blew off the oily skin, revealing the fragrant nuts inside.

Xueyan was wiping the furniture with a rag, turned her head and saw Zijuan leaning against the window in a daze, and threw the cloth in her hand: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you help grandma peel the peanuts."

Zijuan came back to her senses and said: "I'm just sighing, look at our house, the eldest girl entered the palace and became a concubine, and the second girl married a scholarly family to be a lady, but when it's our third girl's turn, we can only marry To fill in a house for a businessman, it is fortunate that the third girl can nod."

Xueyan smiled and said: "It depends on the merchant. An imperial merchant like the Xue family is decent enough. The betrothal gifts they brought are all placed on the street. I can't blame the second master for agreeing."

Zijuan muttered: "That man is thirty, and the child is almost as old as the third girl."

Xueyan said: "Okay, it's not for you to marry, what do you dislike here?"

Daiyu didn't know what to think of, and said: "Tomorrow is the day when the third sister returns home."

Xueyan nodded: "Grandma ordered all the servants and servants to be prepared just now, do you want to take a look at it again?"

Daiyu shook her head: "Second elder sister is going to take the post of husband-in-law, and third younger sister has also married out of town. I don't know when we will see each other again."

Xueyan said: "There is also Miss Smith, who is about to get married, and the other party is a sick child, waiting for someone to come in and celebrate."

Daiyu sighed: "It's only been a year, and we sisters who used to play together have to go our separate ways. It's really embarrassing to think about it."

Zijuan tilted her head and said: "By the way, that distinguished guest of ours seems to have not come back for three days, and the elder is still talking about it. I don't know where he went."

"Second brother Lian doesn't know either?"

Zijuan blinked: "I don't know, I just talked to Yuanyang, and I saw that there was a rush."

Seeing her expression, Daiyu smiled and said, "What are you holding back, just say it!"

Then Zijuan said: "Didn't the old man buy someone to put in the house before? The good news just came out, and the eldest wife's face turned green. Now that she has opened her face, she even assigned a little girl to serve her." .”

Daiyu sneered: "As soon as the third sister was sold here, they started to spend money extravagantly there."

Zijuan said: "It's not enough. The elder wants to put people in Lian's second grandmother's room, but Lian's second master refused."

The next day Daiyu took Xueyan back to Lixiangyuan and waited for Tanchun to return home. Mrs. Wang called Daiyu over and asked about Baoyu and Jialan's situation for a long time. Daiyu stood respectfully with her hands down, After a while, I only felt a little soreness in my waist.

It was because Mother Jia couldn't see Daiyu and asked Yuanyang to come to her, so Daiyu was free to sit on the chair for a while.

Xueyan hadn't seen Qingwen for half a month, and this time she was shocked when she saw her appearance: "What's wrong with you, you're so skinny!"

Qingwen said coldly: "If you don't make yourself look bad, the flies will bite you!"

Xueyan asked curiously, "Which fly?"

Qingwen curled her lips, and said after a long time: "It's the one over there."

Xueyan followed her gaze and saw that Jia Huan was grabbing the leaves outside the window on the other side, mumbling something in his mouth.

Xueyan was shocked and said: "He? Does Aunt Zhao know?"

"I know, you still want me to be a child in the past, I am! I don't care about my virtues! I, Qingwen, am broke, and I don't want to be a child for that kind of thing!"

Xueyan said speechlessly: "I didn't say, you, ahem, you are already like this, why does Aunt Zhao still think about you?"

Qingwen sneered: "Because your sister and I are beautiful, look at the girls in the mansion today, which one is better than me?"

Xueyan admits this point, those who are too outstanding are sold early, and the net worth of each one is ridiculously high.Nowadays, none of these people in the mansion, including the newly bought ones, can compare to Qingwen's seven-point beauty.Once upon a time, the old man wanted to