The Wang family of the Red Chamber has a wife

Rongguofu.

Jia Daishan was sitting and drinking tea with his wife, Jia Shishi, when he suddenly heard a news report: "Master, madam, someone from Jinling Wang's family is here!"

Jia Shishi was a little puzzled, the Jinling royal family?It was all well and good, without sending a message, why did it come suddenly?But Jia Daishan thought of something, and hurriedly ordered: "Welcome to the main hall for a good reception, my wife and I will go in a moment!"

Seeing his wife's puzzled eyes, Jia Daishan stroked the short goatee on his chin, smiled and said: "It must be the second son of the Wang family, the prince is here! Yesterday Zheng'er came back and mentioned that he met yesterday in Ziranju. He even said he would come to visit him!"

Hearing her husband's words, Jia Shishi immediately lost interest.Although it is from the royal family, it is just the second son of Wujue. How can there be anything worthy of her, the Duke's wife, in her heart?She never expected that Jia Zheng, whom she loves, is also the second son who is not qualified to be a prince.Putting down the five-colored kiln clock in her palm, she didn't show any emotion on her face, and she was full of smiles: "In that case, I will go to arrange the lunch at noon first, and I won't go there with you, master." Already!"

When I was young, I loved women, but I didn't understand the benefits of an old wife until I got up in grades—— Jia Daishan sighed like this, and nodded.He is already in his early fifties, but because of his many years of military service, he looks hale and hearty.

"Uncle Jia—" Wang Ziteng saw a figure outside the door, and stood up with Shi Qingwan.

Jia Daishan laughed heartily, and took two quick steps to help Wang Ziteng up who was saluting: "Nephew, you don't need to be so polite! Do our two families need to be so polite? Come, sit down!" Shi Qingwan, who hung her head silently behind Wang Ziteng, raised her brows, looked at it carefully for a moment, and remained silent.

But after a while, Jia Shishi also arrived at the main hall, at this time Wang Ziteng brought the gift.

"My wife and I have been busy since we entered the capital, and we didn't come to see you two in time. I'll stay here for a while, and I hope you two don't blame me!" Wang Ziteng looked respectful, from Shi Qingwan took a gold-plated brocade box of Xiangyun Tenglong in his hand: "It's not a rare thing, but it's just a picture of the jade screen with meticulous carvings and good meaning—"

Open the lid, and there is a red sandalwood frame jade screen about half a foot high, carved with Songhe Yannian.This is exactly what Wang Ziteng and Shi Qingwan discussed last night, and decided to replace the pair of Ru kiln twig-twig and fold-flower vases.

"You're bothering!" Jia Daishan looked at the small screen, which was indeed exquisite and meticulous, and the materials were all high-quality. He shook his head and sighed, with some sadness and melancholy: "Why bother to spend so much money? You and I Father used to be considered as a brother, if he hadn't left early, he would have been able to see the good thing that will become a family with his children—"

Hearing what he said, Wang Ziteng felt a little sad. He also wanted to get closer to this old uncle, but it was hard to get what he wanted: "Why did Uncle Jia say that? I gave these to make you happy. Is it my fault for being sad?" While speaking, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and moved away: "I shouldn't have given this present!"

Holding the heavy silk-and-gold multicolored box, Shi Qingwan took two steps forward and lifted the lid.Jia Shishi's eyes moved, and a ray of light flashed across, and he saw a full set of tortoiseshell filigree inlaid gold and silver head, with the red crepe under the base, shining brightly and brilliantly.

Shi Qingwan smiled sweetly, her beautiful eyes turned around and looked around: "Looking at my wife's attire, I am so ashamed that my niece and daughter-in-law are too embarrassed to take this thing out! It's just that this is a little kindness from the younger generation, and I hope my wife will not dislike it! "This kind of flattery, Shi Qingwan said that she is used to it, thinking that when she went out to visit other people's homes, she used this trick to deal with the hostess...

It was just now that Jia Shishi went back and changed the jewelry on purpose. The magpie climbed on the eight-treasure red jade hairpin, and the phoenix held the pearl hairpin on the flowing cloud. The pure ruby ​​and round large pearls made her full of nobility.Hearing this, Jia Shishi pursed his lips and smiled reservedly, very dignified and graceful: "Speaking of which, I am still relatives with you, so if we count seniority, you might as well call me aunt!"

What kind of aunt!Shi Qingwan slandered that Jiangnan historians and Jinling historians never got along very well. Even when my father saw the head of the Jinling historians, he would just call him Lord Hou——

Her eyes were crooked, and her tone was full of sincerity: "Although it is more intimate to call my aunt, but I secretly think that my wife is the wife of the Duke, and it is a bit impolite to call my aunt because of the super-class order." Shi Qingwan bit her lips slightly, and there was a hint of worry and annoyance in her voice: "If I say something wrong, I hope my wife will forgive me for my young and ignorant sake!"

Although his own words were refuted, Jia Shishi felt more at ease after being praised by her like this: "Look at the sweet little mouth, why would I blame you for such a trivial matter? You are right, I see You were happy for a while, but you forgot that people like us should follow the rules in every action, if we make a mistake, it is not good to be criticized by others!"

Pursing her lips and smiling slightly, with a little shyness and joy, Shi Qingwan blessed Jia Daishan and Jia Shishi, the seat of honor, and retreated behind Wang Ziteng.

Jia Shishi accepted the gift, exchanged some pleasantries with Wang Ziteng, and said, "We don't quite understand what you men are saying, why don't I take my nephew and daughter-in-law to the backyard? Look at the scene, girls It's time to go to my yard to talk with the eldest daughter-in-law!"

Walking in tandem with Jia Shishi, Jia Shishi asked questions, Shi Qingwan either responded softly, or kept silent with a shy smile.Jia Shishi is also in his 50s, and many of his hobbies are already biased towards the elderly. Talking about the recent repertoires of the Beijing opera troupe, and talking about the scenery and customs of Jinling, Shi Qingwan can handle it without much effort.

The scenery she saw along the way was all luxurious and rich, and Shi Qingwan couldn't help but secretly shook her head, thinking that such a magnificent Rongguo would collapse like a mansion in a few decades, and she felt a sense of sadness in her heart, as if the rabbit died and the fox was sad.I think Wang Ziteng was also dragged down by the four declining families behind him. The dignified first-rank official died on the way because of a prescription of medicine for no reason. I think his wife and daughter at home will not end up with any good results. I am really aggrieved Very good!

Wife and daughter... Shi Qingwan suddenly remembered something, her eyes lowered, her eyes fell on her lower abdomen, when the Red Mansion told Wang Ziteng, it was mentioned that he had an only daughter who married into the Baoning Hou family among the four princes and eight princes , Then will my child be a boy or a girl?

In all fairness, although Shi Qingwan does not have the idea of ​​patriarchy, but now is an era after all, "there are three kinds of unfilial piety and no offspring is the biggest".If the first child gave birth to a daughter, then the peaceful and peaceful life in the present would be broken... Mrs. Wang has repeatedly said in front of her that many children are blessed!Seeing that although she loves Wang Yuening, she still chooses her son without hesitation when facing her eldest son and beloved daughter at the same time; it seems that the importance of her son is consistent from ancient to modern... Thinking about it this way, Shi Qingwan I think it's better to be a boy, so that if I have a daughter in the future, I will have an elder brother who can protect me a little bit.

However, her idea was overturned in the next moment.

"Ma'am, although you shouldn't bring up family matters when you have guests, there is something I need to ask you to show me!" The woman in front of her was about 21 or [-] years old, with an oval face, slender eyebrows and eyes, and slightly raised lips. Her hair is neatly rolled up into a bun, and she has an inexplicable bookish atmosphere on her body; a fine brocade shirt with Yunyan streamline pattern, and a cotton skirt embroidered with gold and embroidered with Qian color plates, and a colorful silk palace sash around her waist. There is a jasper and pearl smoke and water wreath hanging beside it, and there is nothing else, handsome and elegant without losing the nobility.

Just now after listening to Jia Shishi's words, Shi Qingwan already knew the identity of the person in front of her. She was Jia She's original wife and Jia Lian's biological mother who had not been described in a single word in the Red Chamber. It has been two years since I entered Rongguo Mansion.

She thought about Zhang's fate, and later generations speculated that she had a son before Jia Lian, who died at the age of three; and Jia Lian was born just after that, and died before Jia Lian could remember.If the guess is true, this is also a hard-working woman... However, counting the time, Wang Yuening will have to wait half a year to marry Rongguo Mansion, and it will take another year or two to give birth to the eldest son Jia Zhu. Jia Lian is about two years younger than Jia Zhu. Right or left, counting it this way——Shi Qingwan thought secretly in her heart, that Mrs. Zhang should have a child by now...

"Oh? What's the matter?" Jia Shishi didn't bother to hide his indifference towards this daughter-in-law, and picked up the teacup beside his hand, curling water vapor rose up, slightly hiding the indifference on her face.

She has always disliked her eldest son, Jia She, who was taken up by her grandmother when he was just born. After more than ten years, the gap between mother and child has long since ceased to exist; Wu, coupled with the conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Jia Shishi couldn't love her daughter-in-law from a scholarly family.

In the face of her mother-in-law's indifferent question, Zhang's expression did not move at all, and she was still respectful and composed: "This matter has something to do with the people in the big girl's yard. Yesterday Lai Nanny came to me and said it was the little girl. The son is getting old, and she thought that Caiyun in the big girl's yard is coming of age, after all, she is serving by the big girl's side, and at least she has a bit of a big girl's nobility—"

Hearing that his beloved daughter Jia Min was involved, Jia Shishi raised his eyelids, put down the teacup, stroked a bright red gemstone ring on the ring finger of his left hand, thought for a long time, and asked after a long while: "Why didn't she tell me, Instead, I went to find you?"

As soon as these words fell into her ears, Shi Qingwan immediately felt something strange, and took a sneak peek at Mrs. Zhang, her eyes flickered slightly, but she still had such a gentle and unhurried expression.

"Think about it as someone from the eldest girl's yard, but it's nothing more than a girl's business. Madam Lai must not want to disturb your purity because of such a small matter!" Hearing the suspicion and distrust hidden in the mother-in-law's voice, Mrs. Zhang didn't panic at all, and spoke very clearly: "I didn't intend to bring this matter up to you, but after all, Caiyun was given to the eldest girl by the wife, so the daughter-in-law thought, it's better to let the wife know! "

After listening to her sincere explanation, Jia Shishi didn't feel that there was anything wrong, so he felt relieved.Nanny Lai is her most useful confidant. Since she became a great-grandson-in-law 30 years ago, Nanny Lai has helped her plan and plan every step of the way. Thinking about it, the Zhang family will not be able to win over Nanny Lai. over!

Observing the change of Jia Shishi's expression, Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart was still held high, she licked her lower lip, and wiped away the faint layer of lip balm: "There is another thing, I beg my wife to agree! Now that the eldest girl is 12 years old, she should also take care of the housekeeper's affairs; although the second and third girls are concubines, after all, they are said to be from our Rongguo Mansion; I was a little confused last night I have a cold, and I feel dizzy when I wake up this morning. Our family has a lot of big business and big things. I'm afraid I will make trouble in this situation. I hope my wife will take pity on me and ask the three girls to help me. Take care of it!"

Mother Jia was silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

These short conversations are comparable to a movie about a war between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!Shi Qingwan sighed in her heart, looking at Zhang's face that was still slightly pale with makeup on, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration, her lips moved silently, and a spiritual consciousness that ordinary people couldn't see flew down on Zhang's body.

Sure enough!

Shi Qingwan felt the extremely loose nurturing aura in her body, and she was both surprised and worried. Why is the nurturing aura so scattered and disorderly?Is there something wrong with this kid?Then take a closer look at Zhang's original lip color due to the loss of lip balm, it is actually pink and white, against the face that used pink, it shows a somewhat sickly posture.

At this time, Mother Jia was thinking about the benefits that this matter could bring to herself.The marriage between Zhang Shi and Jia She was negotiated by Jia Daishan and Zhang Sheng'an in person, and she was given the power of housekeeper right from the moment she entered the house. half dead.With Jia Daishan's support, Zhang's housekeeper had no resistance at all.

Fortunately, even though Mrs. Jia didn't like Mrs. Zhang, she was considered well-behaved and knowledgeable. Although she was a housekeeper, she had to come to discuss everything with her mother for help, so she only thought that she had found a housekeeper.However, some things are still inconvenient.

Now that Mrs. Zhang has offered to hand over the housekeeping power to her daughter, doesn't that mean she has completely returned it to her?Thinking of this, Mother Jia's eyes showed a gleam of joy. In half a year, Zheng'er's daughter-in-law will come in, and if she entrusts half of the housekeeping to her, then there is no need to worry about Mrs. Zhang's big heart one day, just go straight to the house. I don't care about my mother-in-law anymore.At that time, I can also plan more property for Zheng'er, maybe, maybe——

If Shi Qingwan knew about Jia Mu's mental activities, she would definitely complain about it.Jia She, Jia She, you unlucky boy, you and your wife are about to be plotted against!How unlucky it must be to be reduced to such a situation where the father does not love the mother and does not love the mother, and still prefers the armpit and does not favor you!

"Forget it, you just said it eagerly, how can I not answer?" Mother Jia sighed helplessly, and smiled slightly at Mrs. Zhang: "Look at your face, it's really not very good, but you still want to give birth. Raise it, go and invite the imperial physician to come and have a look, don't let any root cause come to you!"

Where did someone speak like this?Mrs. Zhang couldn't stop herself and almost couldn't control her expression. She suppressed the anger and depression in her heart, and blessed her body: "Thank you, madam, for your compassion!"