Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

Satisfactory. After a pause, he said again: "You are still young, don't drink too much wine, it will hurt your health." "

Jia Lan said: "I seldom drink alcohol, but I just said it because I remembered that Uncle Bao often went out to drink with Brother Feng and the others."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Forget it, you're just stupid, I hope you will figure it out by yourself, it's just asking for trouble, let's eat together." He invited Mo Gonggong to ask: "What kind of food is cooked in the kitchen today?" ?”

Mo Gonggong said: "My lord, what I cook today is Huaiyang cuisine."

Shui Rong asked Jia Lan, "The area around Huaiyang is slightly sweet, are you used to it?"

Jia Lan was actually from Yangzhou in her previous life. When she heard about eating Huaiyang cuisine this time, she couldn’t help feeling fond of her hometown, and replied, “I like it very much.”

Shui Rong smiled and said, "Then serve a few more Huaiyang famous dishes."

Eunuch Mo was ordered to step down.

The two chatted for a while, and Eunuch Mo came to tell that the food was ready and ready to eat.

When Jia Lan arrived at the ground, he couldn't help being happy when he saw the overcooked dishes on the table, and he ate the meal with gusto.

Seeing him happy, Shui Rong was naturally happy.

After eating, the two returned to the study room. Seeing that Jia Lan and Zhao Rui had a happy conversation in the morning, Shui Rong asked him about his studies.

Jia Lan didn't know that Shui Rong had learned so much, and he couldn't help but feel happy.

The two talked and laughed until evening, when Jia Lan saw that it was getting late, fearing that Li Wan would miss him, she asked Shui Rong to resign.Water-soluble is inconvenient to block again, and the sidewalk will definitely come again when there is free time.

Jia Lan answered yes and went home.

Back home, Jia Lan mentioned to Li Wan that she had met Zhao Rui by chance, and said that she would meet Yi Yanqiu tomorrow.When Li Wan heard this, he couldn't help being surprised and delighted.

Surprised that Zhao Rui would look at Jia Lan differently, and happy that he actually introduced Yi Yanqiu as Jia Lan's teacher.

Both Zhao Rui and Yi Yanqiu were Hanlin bachelors, and Li Wan knew that with the support of these two, Jia Lan would have already completed half of his imperial examination journey, and his future official career would definitely be bright.

Thinking about it, Li Wan thought of her deceased husband Jia Zhu again.

When Jia Zhu married her back then, it was Zhao Rui who led the way.I still remember that Zhao Rui said to her father at that time that Jia Zhu was young and promising, and her future was limitless, and she would definitely enjoy all the glory and wealth if she followed him.

But who would have imagined, after only two or three years, the ending would be like this.

Jia Lan began to see Li Wan surprised and surprised, looking at a loss, and didn't care, but as he was talking, Li Wan suddenly burst into tears.

Jia Lan was shocked and said, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Li Wan was startled, quickly wiped away tears, forced a smile and said, "It's okay, mother is so happy."

Jia Lan knew it must be because Zhao Rui thought of Jia Zhu, and she couldn't help it for a while.He couldn't help feeling sad, but he didn't know how to persuade him, so he said in a muffled voice: "Mother, I will definitely study hard and live up to your expectations."

Seeing his young adult appearance, Li Wan was both funny and sad, couldn't help but stroked his hair and said slowly: "Mother knows, Lan'er is the most obedient."

At dinner, Li Wan mentioned Jia Lan's apprenticeship to Jia's mother. Jia's mother was very happy and called Jia Lan to her. Later, he did not forget to order someone to quickly revise the book and inform Jia Zheng of the matter.

Seeing that Jiamu was busy, everyone was very happy, and they also joined in the fun, chatting and laughing.Among the crowd, Du Baoyu felt unhappy, and sighed that another elegant person in the world fell into the stream of lu beetles.

Seeing how promising Jia Lan was, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but say to him, "Now that Lan'er has worshiped a famous teacher, she will definitely be successful tomorrow. If you don't work hard now as an uncle, I don't think so." Where will you be standing then?"

Baoyu didn't like other people's words of loyalty and filial piety, and when he heard Mrs. Wang's words, he became more and more impatient, but he didn't want to be indifferent, so he hesitated.

Seeing Baoyu's expression, Wang Xifeng secretly smiled, and said: "Lan'er will definitely be successful in the future, so that my sister-in-law will not be in vain for pulling him hard."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "I really like Feng girl's words. If it is true, she can be regarded as a strong family for Zhu'er."

When Jia Zhu was mentioned, both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang could not help but wet their eyes.Li Wan was heartbroken when he heard this, and wiped away tears with his handkerchief.

Seeing this, Jia Lan hurriedly smiled and persuaded: "This is all thanks to my ancestors, and Lan'er is just relying on the blessings of my ancestors."

Li Wan also quickly held back his tears and said: "Lan'er is very right. If he deserves what the old ancestor said, it is our good fortune. The old ancestor likes it, why is it sad?"

Jia Mu said: "I know that you are the strictest to Lan'er on weekdays. It's just that strictness is good, but it should not be excessive. After all, Lan'er is still young, so don't push him too hard. Children are timid, if you are pushed , If something goes wrong, you won’t be able to study, and your efforts will be wasted.” She said so, but her eyes kept looking at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang lowered her head, pinched the Buddhist beads in her hand, and did not speak.

Li Wan couldn't help but shed tears as she thought of Jia Zhu who died young, she wiped it away quickly and said: "The old lady is very right."

After talking for a while, Jia's mother taught Jia Lan a few words about the scene of apprenticeship tomorrow, and they left.

Early the next morning, Jia Lan went to the upper room to greet Jia Muan.Mother Jia ordered someone to go to Ningfu to call Jia Zhen, and prepared a gift for them to go together.

The two arrived at the Zhao Mansion and invited Zhao Rui.The three of them went to Yifu again.

Yi Yanqiu was already waiting in the hall, presumably Zhao Rui had already greeted her yesterday.

He was a little cold, and when Zhao Rui introduced Jia Lan to him, he just nodded slightly.Seeing him like this, Jia Lan felt nervous, but saw Zhao Rui smiling at him and waving his hand gently to tell him not to worry.

Afterwards, Jia Zhen presented the gift and said a lot of polite words. Yi Yanqiu just looked at it nonchalantly and said nothing.

Zhao Rui then said: "You don't think it's because Lan'er is the son of my student Zhu'er, so you are unhappy about the seniority issue?"

Yi Yanqiu glanced at him, and said calmly, "I'm not as boring as you." Then, he turned to Jia Lan and said, "Do you know how old your father was when he took the provincial examination?"

This was the first sentence he said to Jia Lan. Jia Lan was both excited and curious, and replied, "My mother told me that she is 14 years old."

Yi Yanqiu nodded and said: "That's right, Zhao Rui always mentioned your father in my ears back then, saying how your father was so powerful, and he won the Juren at a young age. I can't forget the long-winded words."

Although he has never met Jia Zhu, he can be regarded as his father in name after all. Hearing people's praise, Jia Lan is unavoidably proud and happy, but when Yi Yanqiu asks, "How old are you this year?" Jia Lan hastily answered : "After the twelfth lunar month of this year, it will be twelve years old."

Yi Yanqiu seemed dissatisfied, pinched his beard and thought again: "Forget it, next year is the year of the next year, I want you to be the first in autumn next year, are you sure?"

Jia Lan was startled, and pinched his fingers to count the time. Next year, he will take the provincial examination in Qiuwei, which means that he will take the childbirth examination in February next year.It's February next year, now it's October, there are still more than three months...

Yi Yanqiu saw that he was embarrassed, not only raised his brows, but said in a low voice: "If you can't do it, then don't worship under me. It's just to lose my face if you say it."

Seeing him utter such harsh words, Jia Zhen couldn't help being anxious, so she tugged on Jia Lan's sleeve.Jia Lan gritted her teeth and became cruel, knelt down and said, "The student will definitely live up to the teacher's expectations."

Yi Yanqiu nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's the best."

Zhao Rui laughed beside him and said, "Look at you, you actually bullied other people's children just to win the moment."

Yi Yanqiu said: "Since he came to worship under my school, there is no such thing as junior or senior, but they are all hard-working students."

Zhao Rui said: "Come on, I can't say no to you. I'd better go home and wait for the good news that Lan'er won the 13-year-old exam."

Yi Yanqiu waved his sleeves and said, "That's very true, you should leave now."

When Jia Lan heard Yi Yanqiu's calm tone, as if he had already won the gold medal, Jia Lan couldn't help but feel palpitations, wondering if the nightmare in his third year of high school was about to recur.

29. Learning, enjoying the snow

On the second day after the apprenticeship, Jia Zhen led Jia Lan to Jia Dairu's place with a gift, and told him about Jia Lan's worship of another teacher.

Not only did Jia Dairu not get angry when he heard this, but he nodded his approval again and again. He said: "Now this school is full of mixed schools, schools and schools. I don't have enough energy to manage it. I saw Lan'er diligent and studious earlier, so I felt that the environment was not satisfactory. Now it's gone Paying homage to Mr. Yi, it can be regarded as a good fortune, don't slack off."

Jia Lan always respected Jia Dairu as a person, and when he heard this, he kowtowed to him three times to thank him for his teaching.

Jia Zhen presented another gift of gold and silver, two sets of pens, inks, papers and inkstones. After saying a lot of good things, the two went back.

A few days later, Jia Zheng's letter arrived.

The letter first asked if the old lady was in good health, and then asked if the family affairs were heavy and whether any major events had happened.Then he expressed his great appreciation and gratification for Jalan's worship of a famous teacher, saying that in the future, Jalan will write a proposition for him to read every month to check his academic progress.

Baoyu was also mentioned in the letter, but most of the words in his words meant that iron could not be made into steel, and asked Baoyu to learn more from his nephew.

After seeing it, Jia's mother laughed and said "long-winded", and then she had nothing to say.

Seeing that Jia's mother had no intention of forcing him to study, Baoyu was secretly happy for a while, and then continued to hang out in the inner curtain without saying anything else.

However, Jia Lan had worked very hard. That day, after being apprenticed to Yi Yanqiu's house, his words became a prophecy, and the nightmare in his third year of high school really reappeared.Apart from Jia Zheng's study and the study building, Jia Lan's room has the most books in Jia's mansion.

From five shifts every day,