After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

After seeing off Lai Da, Shi Nai turned around and went back to the inner hall.

"Master Hou." Yan came up to welcome him.

As Shi Nai walked in, he asked, "Then what did you say to you, everyone?"

"It's nothing, it just means that the old lady misses us." Yan twisted her veil and smiled, "I have been married for several years, and this is the first time I heard my aunt say that she misses me."

Shi Nai said: "Let's wait, she misses you, it's still in the future." Then he said, "Let's tidy up the ceremony today, and tomorrow we will go to Rongguo Mansion personally as a husband and wife."

Yan's footsteps paused, and he hesitated: "Master Hou, our filial piety period has not yet passed, isn't it good to visit the mansion at this time?"

"What's wrong?" Shi Nai signaled the servant girl to pour tea for him, "They don't think it's bad luck, what else can we do?"

"Then the concubine is relieved."

Immediately, the Yan family called someone, and packed out all the rituals for the Rongguo Mansion according to the gift list.On the next day, the two of them had breakfast, and then they led the people and carried the ceremony to Rongguo Mansion.

The area where Shihou's mansion lives is all noble mansions, and they don't see each other when they look up, who doesn't know each other?

Passers-by on the road couldn't help being surprised when they saw Shi Nai coming out, seeing that his posture looked like he was visiting relatives.Shi Nai had no intention of hiding it either, and said to everyone he met: "My aunt has something to summon, and the old man is old and can't get angry, so we have to run for a while."

That's right, Shi Nai was taking the opportunity to blackmail Jiamu.

Originally, before their family was filial piety, Mother Jia sent someone to ask him to visit Rongguo Mansion.All she sent was a butler, and she didn't beat gongs and drums. Naturally, others didn't know whether the butler was there to give gifts or to invite people.

What people saw, they could only see that Shi Nai was wearing filial piety, and he went to visit relatives on New Year's Eve.

He just offended six departments because of the budget of each department. If people sincerely use this matter to slander him, he can't justify it.

Therefore, since his aunt has something to ask him, and he still has to ask him to visit, then you should carry the big pot on your shoulders, aunt.

To be honest, Shi Nai has wronged Jia Mu this time.Jia's mother didn't mean to confuse him sincerely, she just saw that Shi Nai had already entered the court, so she forgot the fact that he hadn't yet become a filial piety.

It wasn't until Shi Nai and Yan Shi entered the Chunxi Hall to meet Jia's mother that Jia's mother suddenly reacted when she saw that their husband and wife were clean and their clothes were embroidered on inconspicuous places.

Then, her complexion became bad.

As soon as this person gets old, his attitude towards life and death will divide into two extremes.

One is the belief that life and death are determined, and that wealth and honor depend on heaven.Its representative figures include Cao Zhi, the capital of "the ancestors who will not die, know their fate and return to life";

One is the fear of death and the pursuit of longevity.Its representative figure is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who "holds gold plates in the Han Palace every night".

And Jia Mu belongs to the latter.

At this moment, she selectively forgot that she had sent someone to invite them over, and she only complained in her heart that Shi Nai and his wife were ignorant and came out to attack people out of filial piety.

"Get up, family, don't be too polite." After all, Jia's mother is deep in the city, and her expression only changed for a moment, and she quickly recovered her smiling expression, "I'm so happy that you can see my old lady." .”

Knowing that Shi Nai was impatient to deal with Jia Mu, Yan Shi hurriedly said, "It stands to reason that we, as juniors, should have come to pay our respects to Auntie. However, family matters are one after another, and we really can't get away from it. Aunt, don't blame us."

Mother Jia laughed and said, "How could it be? After all, we are each a family. You guys have managed your own little family well. I can only look at it with my old bones, and I can only feel relieved."

She turned her head and called Yuan Chun: "Yuan Chun, come here quickly, and greet your cousin and aunt."

Yuan Chun is ten years old this year, and he has learned the rules for two years from the nun who was hired by Jia Mu's trustee, and his every move is very elegant and calm.

"Yuan Chun pays respects to my uncle and my aunt."

"Hey, she's such a pretty girl, and an old lady who knows how to take care of people." Yan Shi said, took out a gold hairpin from her purse, and inserted it into Yuan Chungang's hair that had been left for two or three years, "It's New Year's Eve , to celebrate."

Yuan Chun saluted again, "Thank you, Auntie."

Yan couldn't help but praise: "What a good boy."

Seeing her praising Yuanchun sincerely, Mrs. Wang behind the screen was very satisfied, thinking that Yan Shi is a discerning person.

After Yuanchun, Yingchun was also held by the nanny and came to greet Yan.Because Yingchun was young and not yet old enough to wear jewelry, Yan Shi gave her an exquisite golden lock.

Sitting behind the screen, Mrs. Xing vaguely saw that Yan's gift to Yingchun was not lower than that of Yuanchun. She felt that their eldest family's face had not been lost, so she couldn't help but smile.

When Mrs. Wang saw it, she laughed secretly at her shallow eyelids, and bought her with a golden lock.

Seeing his wife give away a piece of gold and a piece of gold to someone else, Shi Nai's eyelids twitched, and he cursed secretly: Prodigal bitch!

But he also knew that these meeting gifts for the juniors were indispensable.Moreover, gold is heavy, and giving gold to the younger generation also has the meaning of saving the life of the child, and it is a kind of blessing.

Fortunately, when it was Baoyu's turn, what Yan gave was only a few wishful golden fruits that symbolized auspiciousness, which made Shi Nai feel better.

After seeing the ceremony, the junior here listened to the announcement from the maid at the door: "The elder master and the second master are here."

Shocked, Yan hurriedly hid behind the screen, greeted the two wives Xing and Wang silently, and then sat down on the embroidered pier brought by the maid.

As soon as Mrs. Yan sat down, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng came in.The two first greeted Jia Mu, and then met Shi Nai.

Then, Jia Amnesty asked impatiently: "The old lady called me over, what's the matter?"

He recently got two ancient fans, which are fresh and have been in the study for several days.Mother Jia suddenly sent someone to call him, and he was not too excited, so naturally he was not very happy.

Jia Mu glared at him, and said with a serious face, "Your cousin is here, and I asked you to come and meet him, so what's the matter?"

Jia She frowned and said, "If I meet my cousin, I will naturally come to visit. Why does the old lady call him here?"

But he remembered that Shi Nai was still in the period of filial piety, so the old lady thought she was superior, so she invited people to visit her regardless.

As for why Jia Amnesty didn't think Shi Nai came to the door on his own initiative?

Heh, his friendship with Shi Nai is much closer than Jia Mu and Jia Zheng.He still knows who Shi Nai is.

Similarly, Jia She knew who his mother was.

As for the reason for calling Shi Nai here, in Jia She's opinion, there is no need to guess.

Isn't it just to see that people are developed now, do you want to let them support the second child?

It wasn't that he put down his younger brother, but because of Jia Zheng's high-minded temperament, even if he was given a court official, he would still think it was too low for him to display his talents.

However, he is actually not very capable. The official who the old man asked him to be the head of the sixth rank before his death, he has been working for more than ten years, and he is still the head of the sixth rank.

Many people who joined the Ministry of Industry after him became Yuanwailang and became doctors.

Seeing that Jia Amnesty dismantled Jia Mu, Jia Zheng immediately said righteously: "Brother, how can you talk to mother like that? If you make mother angry, it will be your fault."

Jia's mother was originally turned blue by Jia She's anger, but now seeing her most beloved son stand up for her, she was so happy that she couldn't help smiling.

She showed off to Shi Nai: "Fortunately, Zheng'er is filial. Otherwise, I'm an old bone, but I won't be able to live."

Shi Nai raised his eyebrows slightly, and laughed inwardly, but he didn't show it on his face: "Cousin Zheng is benevolent and filial."

Jia Amnesty laughed unceremoniously.

Jia Zheng was a little annoyed: "Brother, what are you laughing at?"

Jia Amnesty let out a "tsk", looking at Jia Zheng as if he was looking at something dirty without self-awareness, "Second, do you still have the face to criticize me? When will you stop the old lady from worrying about you, and come back to fill me up." Big cloves of garlic."

Jia Zheng's face flushed all of a sudden.

But he didn't dare to say "don't let mother worry about it".After all, right now he still has to rely on his mother to talk to his cousin Nai to transfer him to the household department.

But relying on his wife and mother for many years, he has already practiced a set of tricks that are shameful and fatal.

He lowered his head and bowed to Jia Mu with a face of shame: "My son is really unfilial. He is such a big man, and he makes my mother worry about me everywhere."

Seeing the tense atmosphere, not only did Yuan Chun lower his head to reduce his sense of presence, but even Yingchun, who was three years old, and Baoyu, who was two years old, seemed to have sensed something, and they didn't dare to play anymore, so they sat obediently on the kang and looked left , look right.

Aware of Baoyu's nervousness, Mother Jia patted her precious grandson's back comfortingly, sighed, and said to Jia Zheng, "As the saying goes: Raising a child to a hundred years old always worries 99. If I don't worry about you, who can I worry about?" What are you worried about?"

"Mother." Jia Zheng called out emotionally.

Mother Jia was also very moved. She wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said to Shi Nai with a smile, "I made Nai'er laugh."

Shi Nai had a smile on his face, "Aunt and Cousin Zheng have a deep love for mother and child, which is touching." But only he knows what he thinks in his heart.

Anyway, Yan Shi, who was sitting behind the screen, felt that his eyes had been opened.

——It turns out that in this world, besides the eccentric father like the old man, there are also eccentric mothers like the aunt.No wonder they are brother and sister.

There is also Jia Zheng, who is almost forty, who can accomplish everything without saying anything, but he is so confident in relying on his old mother.

At that time, Yan thought: If I have a son like Cousin Zheng in the future, I might as well strangle him to death since he was a child, so as not to be ashamed!

But Jia Amnesty was already used to it. He turned his lips away and watched the performance of the mother and son, and he didn't bother to say a word to them.

"Cousin Nai, since you're here, why don't you come and sit with me. I got a new pot of good tea a few days ago, and we just use snow water to make tea."

Jia She opened his mouth to call Shi Nai away, no matter what plans Jia Mu had in mind, once Shi Nai was gone, it would all be nothing.

Shi Nai looked left and right, saw Jia Zheng's anxious expression, raised his eyebrows, and got up with a vague smile, "It's better to obey orders than respect."

He guessed that Jia Zheng would definitely stop him.

Sure enough, seeing that he was really going to follow Jia She, Jia Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother, cousin Nai, my place has already ordered someone to prepare good wine, why don't we move over to my place. "

At least he wasn't stupid enough to leave Jia She alone.

Shi Nai secretly smiled, but his face suddenly sank: "Cousin Zheng's wine, Shi Mouxiao can't stand it!"