After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

Because of the good weather and favorable wind direction, Jia She went smoothly all the way and arrived in Jinling soon.

Jinling is the place where dragons prospered in this dynasty. It is known as the hometown of emperors. It is also located on the traffic arteries with dense water networks. Its prosperity is not much worse than that of the capital.

But Jia Jing came here to report a funeral, not to play, no matter how prosperous the street is, it has nothing to do with him.

Since people had been sent to check in beforehand, as soon as Jia Jing arrived in Jinling, he was greeted by people from the Zhen family, and he took a sedan chair all the way to the second gate.

The old lady of Zhen's family, Xiao Sun, is Sun's biological younger sister. The relatives of the two sisters were killed in the war, and the two were also taken by the rebel army.

At that time, both Jia Yuan and Zhen He, the old man of the Zhen family, were just junior officers in the rebel army. Seeing that the two sisters were beautiful and fierce, and capable of managing the family, they invited Jia Yan's wife, Mrs. Li, to propose marriage.

Because of their beautiful appearance, the Sun sisters are often missed by people.

Fortunately, both of them came from small families. Although they couldn't read a few words, they helped the family with work on weekdays.

Speaking of which, Jia Yuan and his wife were the first to think of formally asking someone to come to propose marriage and expressly want to hire them as wives.

Many of the leaders in the rebel army are like Jia Yuan and the two. They came from grass roots and have never seen much of the world. Once they get the sweetness, they are very high-spirited, thinking of marrying a lady from a rich family in the future, so as to save their children and grandchildren from being called Do mud legs.

Therefore, although she was thinking about the beauty of the Sun sisters, she only wanted to take advantage of them or take them as concubines.

The Jia brothers and Zhen He grew up together, and in troubled times, they had no one to rely on, and discussed everything.

At that time, Jia Yan had already married Miss Li, who had been married since childhood, and his son Jia Daihua was already four or five years old.

Although the husband and wife are in troubled times, they depend on each other and live a warm life.

On the contrary, those who came back after breaking the city and snatching everyone's ladies, although they looked glorious, but everyone lived together, who didn't know who?

If every lady is not well-versed in poetry and books, at least she is familiar with "Nvjie", and there are rules in every word and deed.

And most of those leaders are from mud-legged backgrounds, what kind of characters do they know, and what etiquette do they know?

Such a couple, the relationship is naturally not good.

Jia Yuan and Zhen He saw it in their eyes, and felt that their own comfort was the most important thing in living a life, and their appearance was not only bright, but it was only for outsiders to see, so what's the matter?

The rebel army also took in women who helped with cooking and washing, but where did the two of them know any girls?So he asked Li Shi to help him with a face.

Mrs. Li was born in a farming family. Although her appearance is only delicate, she is a master both inside and out.What she appreciates is naturally not the kind of uncommon or clumsy tongue.

So, the Sun sisters fell into her eyes and were secretly pointed out to Jia Yuan and Zhen He.

For the Sun sisters, this kind of respect is rare in such a world.

The two of them didn't want to cling to wealth and status, so after discussing it, an old woman who usually took care of the two sisters was in charge, and agreed to the two marriages.

After the two couples got married, their lives went smoothly.

Men kill enemies and make meritorious deeds outside, while women take care of themselves at home.

Even when the rebel army was defeated and needed to flee, they were never separated because of their good health.

It's just a pity that, unlike the Jia brothers who killed the enemy bravely and rose through the ranks, Zhen He's luck was not very good, and he died in a siege battle.

At that time, Zhen He's son was only seven or eight years old, and he was just able to hold a knife.

Fortunately, the Xiaosun family was able to stand on their feet. With the reward of the Taizu who had just become king at that time, he resigned from taking care of the prince's son at that time, that is, the errand of the current emperor, and returned to Jinling, which has become a stable rear. He wholeheartedly raised his son.

Later, when the world was settled, the brothers of the Jia family also conferred the titles of dukes, and they brought their families and followed the Taizu to settle in the capital.

But Xiaosun didn't want her son to be dazzled by the prosperity of the capital, and wanted him to study and improve, so she resigned from her sister's kindness and still took her son to settle in Jinling.

However, Xiao Sun's son followed his father, he was born good at martial arts, and his talent in reading is really mediocre.

Due to the shortage of talents, the imperial examinations in the early days of the founding of the country were very broad.

Even so, Xiaosun's son, Zhen Guozhong, was only in his early thirties before he became famous, and his ranking was still very low.

It was also at this time that Xiao Sun was completely desperate for his son's imperial examination. He wrote a letter of trust to his brother-in-law Jia Yuan, helped his son find an official, and prepared to train his grandson wholeheartedly.

At that time, Taizu was still alive, and when Jia Yuan mentioned Zhen He's son, he thought of the fierce general of the Yuan Dynasty, and he sighed endlessly.

Zhen Guozhong is not good at studying, but he has some skills in being an official. Well, he has made achievements in a few years, and now he has been promoted to the prefect of Yingtian.

Since the seat of Yingtian was in Jinling, Zhen Guozhong was able to serve the country while serving his mother.

As far as Jia Jing knew, Zhen Guozhong was not very good at reading, but he was very good at drilling.

Otherwise, as a native of Jinling, he would not be able to be an official in Yingtian Mansion, which is so close to Jinling.

At this time, the Zhen family is not as prosperous as it will be in the future, and many places rely on the Jia family.

Therefore, the entire Zhen family treated Jia Jing very politely and treated him as the closest nephew.

Get off the sedan chair at the second gate, Zhen Guozhong has been waiting there for a long time.

His eyes were red and red, obviously he had cried.

While ordering the left and right to help Jia Jing put on the sackcloth, he said: "The mother-in-law who notified me this morning came, and my mother cried so much. The doctor enshrined at home prescribed two sets of calming medicine, and my mother drank it. Now I have already fallen asleep. My nephew came from a long way, but the house is in a mess, and the greetings are not good, please be considerate of my nephew."

"Where is the cousin?" Jia Jing took his hand and said sadly, "The old lady's health is important, but you must be careful. Our old lady was originally well, but she suddenly fell ill..."

Zhen Guozhong patted the back of his hand vigorously: "The dead cannot be brought back to life, my cousin and nephew are sad."

Then, he said: "It's not convenient for the old lady to see guests at the moment. If my cousin and nephew don't mind, I can go to the guest room to rest for a while, and when the old lady wakes up..."

At this moment, a panting woman ran over from the inner courtyard: "Master, the old lady has woken up and is getting her things packed. She wants to go to the capital to attend the funeral herself!"

When Zhen Guozhong heard the words, he was so shocked that he was out of his wits, and he stamped his feet anxiously: "This... how did this happen? The old lady is so old... Sigh!"

He turned around and bowed his hands to Jia Jing indiscriminately, "Forgive me, my nephew, but I won't accompany you first."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly went to persuade his mother.

"Cousin stay here, my nephew will go with you to persuade the old lady." Jia Jing was also taken aback, and quickly chased after her.

——This is no joke!

Mrs. Zhen is also in her 60s. No matter how good her health is, how can she withstand the exhaustion of traveling and traveling?Don't go to Zhen's house before going to his house for the funeral, they have to run back immediately.

"Hey, that's right, maybe the old lady will feel better after seeing her cousin and nephew." Zhen Guozhong was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, grabbed Jia Jing, and went to the Cixin Garden where the old lady lived.

When the two went in, Zhen Guozhong's wife, Mrs. Zhao, led several daughters-in-law from the clan, and was surrounding Xiao Sun to persuade her.

But obviously, Xiao Sun was very stubborn and insisted on going to the capital to see her sister's remains in person.

Mrs. Zhao had no choice but to move out her eldest son Zhen Yingjia: "Old lady, old lady, Brother Jia loves the old lady the most on weekdays. My wife has already sent someone to pick him up from the school. If he knew that the old lady would go thousands of miles Why don't you cry so much when you rush to the capital?"

This seems to be useful, Xiao Sun paused for a moment, and said with a sigh: "He is a child, how can we teach him to know this kind of thing? What if he is startled?"

Zhen Yingjia was born in the same year as Jia Zheng, is seven years old this year, and is now studying in a private school in Jinling.

That private school was opened by a magistrate who had returned from his old age, and many people were overwhelmed, wanting to send their children there.

But, the old gentleman is not willing to charge so much?I just took a few with good qualifications and taught them carefully on weekdays.

Because of the rules set by the old gentleman, the students eat and live in the school on weekdays, and they are only allowed to go home one day every ten days.

Zhen Yingjia had just had a bath the day before yesterday, and now she is naturally studying in school.

Mrs. Zhao was reprimanded by the old lady, and she lowered her head and dared not make a sound.

It was a sister-in-law of the same clan who came out to help her out: "The elder sister-in-law was also worried about the old lady, so she ordered someone to pick her up. The old lady should not blame her."

Xiao Sun is different from Sun in that he doesn't like to tease his daughter-in-law.

Furthermore, she herself is a young widow, and it is the most difficult thing for her to know about women.

Therefore, seeing Yourang's persuasion, Xiao Sun sighed and said angrily: "You all see me as old, coax me!"

It was at this time that the maid who opened the curtain came in and reported that someone from the capital had come, and that the master had already brought the guests.

Mrs. Zhao hurriedly hid behind the screen with several daughters-in-law of the clan.Some of the daughters-in-law in the clan were old and chaste, so they didn't shy away from this, so they sat on the edge of the bed with Mrs. Sun.

Not long after, Zhen Guozhong led Jia Jing in.

Zhen Guozhong said: "Son, pay respects to the old lady."

Jia Jing also greeted quickly: "Grandson Jia Jing pays respects to the old lady."

"So it's Brother Jing, get up quickly." Xiao Sun stopped her tears at first, but when she saw Jia Jing in sackcloth and filial piety, her eyes became sore, and she burst into tears again, "My poor sister...why?" Let's go!"

Faced with such an old man, Jia Jing naturally would not say that Mrs. Sun left after being ill for many years, but only comforted him: "My old lady went peacefully, and her children and grandchildren stayed by her side, and she went with a smile. The old lady My condolences, my old lady Quanxia knows, and I also hope that the old lady will be happy."

Xiao Sun said sadly: "My sister always misses me, thinks about this and that, and prefers that people don't live long. But I am a hard-fated one. My husband left early, leaving me alone to drag my son, I... ...I..." She was sobbing uncontrollably as she spoke.

She was crying for her sister and feeling sorry for herself, which made Jia Jing very embarrassed and didn't know how to respond.

Fortunately, Zhen Guozhong was very experienced and quickly coaxed Xiao Sun.

"I made you laugh." Mrs. Sun also knew her fault.

"Where is the old lady?" Jia Jing breathed a sigh of relief, followed Zhen Guozhong's voice to comfort him, and was led by Zhen Guozhong to rest.

As for who the Zhen family would send to Beijing for the funeral, it was beyond his control.

He just needs to wait for the candidate to be selected and bring them back to Beijing.

But according to Xiao Sun's feelings for her sister, if nothing unexpected happens, it must be Zhen Guozhong himself.