Jia Zheng through the Red Mansions

On the way back from the Prince's Mansion to Jia's Mansion, Jia Zheng sat in the sedan chair, all he could think about was what Hongxi said just now and his inner struggle.

He took Jia Huan under Mrs. Wang's name and sent Aunt Zhao to sell.

When Hong Xi said these words, the indifference in his eyes was not cold-blooded, but a habit he had taken for granted, or in other words, a long-standing practice.

After experiencing the incident in Yuanchun, Jia Zheng also understood somewhat that he, an outsider, is different from a local native after all. This difference cannot be made up for by how many history books and facts he has read. .

He is also struggling in his heart, whether he should give up his original self and truly turn himself into an "ancient person" to look at everything that happened here from the perspective of an "ancient person" and learn to use the methods of people here to deal with everything that happened. thing.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the mansion, he saw a fast horse galloping behind him, and a child got off the horse. He was only seven or eight years old. He was dressed in a dark blue robe, but he was very smart and cute. He shouted at Jia Zheng: "master."

Jia Zheng was taken aback by his shouting, and quickly looked at him carefully, and found that he did not know him, so he asked, "Who are you?"

The child took out a jade pendant from his body and handed it to Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng took it over and saw that it was the one that Hongxi always wore by his side.

That child is also an expert at observing words and expressions. When he saw Jia Zheng, he was puzzled and quickly said: "His Royal Highness Changsun named me Daimu, and I came here to serve the master. His highness said that the master is good everywhere. There is always some inaccuracy and loss of proportion in this way of doing things, so let me come over to help and serve, so that the master can rest easy."

This Daimu spoke very neatly, and Jia Zheng understood what he said, and couldn't help but smile a little bit more on his face. Just now, after hearing what Hong Xi said, he said hesitantly: "It's too much."

At that time, Hongxi snorted coldly and said only: "Then you just treat it as nonsense just now, and figure it out for yourself."

At that time, I still slandered him and played the young master's temper, but now looking at this clever deputy in front of him, Jia Zheng couldn't help but feel hot on his face. He has lived for more than 30 years in vain, and the more he lives, the more he goes back!

Immediately, I brought this Daimu into Jia's mansion and returned to Rongxi Hall. As soon as I entered the main hall, I heard the voice of a servant girl from the east: "Madam, the Qin family has already selected girls and boys, just brought them in." Said that it will be selected by the old lady and the wife, and the wife should go to the old lady's room."

"I see, you go down." Mrs. Wang said as she walked out. As soon as she reached the door, she saw Dai Mu following Jia Zheng.

"Master, who's kid is this? He looks good." Mrs. Wang took a look at Daimu's attire. Although it was very simple, she could tell that she was definitely not a child from a poor family.

"As for the wife, I was given to the master by His Highness the eldest grandson to serve the master." Jia Zheng hadn't spoken yet, but this generation rushed to speak.

Mrs. Wang's expression remained unchanged, but there was obvious displeasure in her eyes, and she said in her heart that she is a brat who has no rules!

"I should tell the old lady about this. A new girl came in the house today, and the master brought this too..." Madam Wang realized that she didn't know the boy's name when she said this, so she paused. Yes, I hate this kid even more in my heart.

Jia Zheng glanced at Daimu and nodded, "I'll change my clothes first before going to the old lady's. You go first."

After Mrs. Wang left, Jia Zheng said to Daimu: "Now that you are at my house, if the old lady speaks about this little girl, I won't intervene. You should restrain yourself."

The Daimu burst out laughing when he heard this, and looked at Jia Zheng for a long while as if looking at a rare animal. He thought to himself, no wonder His Highness Changsun asked him to help this Jia Shidu. After all, he is the parent of Jia's second bedroom, so there should be some gaps in his chest, but seeing him today, he is really a transparent person!

"Master, although I am also a slave, I was given to you by His Royal Highness the eldest grandson. If you want to punish him, beat him or scold him, only you and His Highness the eldest grandson are qualified. Even the old matriarch here can't touch me! Daime raised his face, his face full of indifference.

Jia Zheng was choked by these words for a long time, and after a long time, he touched Dai Mu's head with a smile, then turned around and went in to change clothes.

After changing into casual clothes, Jia Zheng took Dai Mu to Jia's mother's room. As soon as he reached the door, he saw two rows of boys standing outside, led by a toothmaid, all of them with their heads down, not daring to breathe. one time.

Seeing Jia Zheng coming, a maid had already lifted the curtain of the door. After Jia Zheng entered, he saw two rows of maids standing in the room, each of them timidly standing with their heads bowed and silent, walking one by one. In front of Mother Jia, she said "Greetings to the old lady", and after Mother Jia looked at it carefully, she changed to the next one.

After all the little girls had seen it, Mother Jia pointed to twelve of them, and said with a smile: "They will stay with me, and when they are older, they have learned the rules, so they will distribute them to their brothers and sisters." handle."

Mrs. Wang agreed, and those born in the family called their old wives to let them know. These wives knew that their maids had been favored by the old lady, and all of them kowtowed in gratitude. The remaining ones brought by the prostitutes have also completed the delivery of the contract of sale, and the prostitutes have received the money.

After that, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing each chose two more, and followed the rules just now.

All the other unselected ones withdrew, and the free women who were left behind took them to wash and change their clothes. After everyone in the room had left, Mother Jia said to Mrs. Wang: "Those boys, you can choose according to your choice. I was tired after watching it for half a day."

Mrs. Wang quickly agreed, and then Jia Zheng came forward to greet Jia Mu. After Jia Mu agreed with a smile, she turned her eyes to Daimu and said, "I just heard from your wife that His Royal Highness the eldest grandson sent you a boy." To be a servant, it must be him."

Jia Zheng replied, "Exactly, the name is Daimu."

Jia Mu nodded, looked Daimu up and down, saw that this boy was not very old, but he looked very clever, with good looks, and he didn't have the flattery of a servant, but he had a bit of arrogance like a master's son. I can't help but like it a little bit in my heart, secretly said that it is indeed from the palace, after all, it is more expensive than a serious brother from an ordinary family.

So he said with a smile: "He looks really good. Your Highness, Grandson, has a heart. You have to treat this child well. You don't have to use your own rules to restrain him."

As she spoke, Mother Jia glanced at Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang's expression changed slightly, but she remained silent.

After Jiamu finished speaking, she asked someone to bring out some scattered cloth: "This is the leftover material for Zhu'er and the others to cut clothes. I see the child's stature, it is enough to make a few clothes."

When Daimu saw that Jia Mu had rewarded him with something, he thanked him quickly.

"This amount of money..." Mother Jia paused for a moment, this generation probably paid more than the servants in the house.

"The old ancestor doesn't need to worry about this matter. His Highness the eldest grandson said that although I was given to the master as a servant, the money is still drawn from the highness of the eldest grandson, so I don't bother the old ancestor." Daimu said hastily.

Seeing what he said, Jia Mu didn't say anything more, just nodded.

At this time, the mothers-in-law returned to Jia Mu's room with the girls who had changed their clothes.

Sure enough, people want clothes. Although the maids are wearing ordinary clothes at this time, they are much better than what they were wearing when they came here. They also wear some accessories on their heads, although they are all worthless things. , but also looks much more handsome.

Mrs. Wang saw it and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's the old ancestor. This picky person's eyes are not bad at all. Looking at each of them, they all look like water onions when they are dressed up. I really regret that I didn't come out of it just now." Ancestor, grab a few here."

After hearing this, Jia Mu smiled and nodded: "You don't have to worry, I don't need so many people to wait on me, I just want to teach them some rules, and then they will be assigned to Baoyu's brothers and sisters' room. , come and tell me."

"The daughter-in-law thanked the ancestor first." Madam Wang replied with a smile.

After that, Mother Jia gave them new names one by one, namely Mandarin Duck, Pearl, Amber, Suyun, Yingge, Caixia, Jin Chuan'er, Yu Chuan'er, Musk Moon, Cui Mo, Cui Ling, Keren, and Qianxue. 【Note】

After getting a new name, the twelve girls were taken out to learn some rough rules, and then Jia Mu asked Jia Zheng and the others to go down and rest.

At this moment, someone from the porter said that some family members had come from the elder uncle's side, saying that it was a return gift.

When Jia's mother heard this, she quickly called people in, and Mrs. Jia Zhengwang and the others also stopped.

The person who came was the confidant of the wife of Zade's mansion. I saw that the woman was about [-] years old, dressed in a woman's dress, and seeing Jia's mother, since she had the rules, she had a conversation first, and then asked the person she brought to take her. The presents were brought up.

"Our wife said that it is very appropriate for the eldest girl to be in our house. Now that our young master has been promoted, it is because of the good marriage. The old lady does not need to be so polite."

After finishing speaking, he took out the three brocade boxes from the gifts: "This is specially given by our wife to the old lady to make up her body."

The maid next to Jia Mu hurriedly took it, but Jia Mu didn't open it to look, but let the maid put it aside, and said with a smile: "Your wife has a heart."

The daughter-in-law said again: "Our wife also said that she once heard that the young lady mentioned that she had a very good relationship with the second girl at home, but it's a pity that she never saw her again after entering the mansion. Our wife thought about the young lady and the girl in the house. The sisters are very affectionate, so they ordered me to ask, can I invite the second girl to come to the house to talk about it, so as to relieve the miss of the young lady."

When Jia Mu heard that there was no reluctance, she quickly agreed.

Not long after, Yingchun was called, and Mother Jia told her a few words, and then asked her to follow the daughter-in-law to Yuanchun's side.

After everyone had left, Mother Jia opened the box and saw ginseng the size of a baby's wrist inside. The whole family sighed for a while, and Mother Jia ordered people to collect all these things.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Mrs. Xing with embarrassment, and then said to Mrs. Jia: "This uncle's house is really rare!"

Mother Jia nodded with a smile, "It's our girl Yuan's blessing."

Mrs. Xing watched, feeling sore in her heart, she left Jia Mu's side and went back to her room, thinking about what she had just seen, looking at Yuan Chun, who was married well, and Mrs. Wang was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth again. Look at that ginseng!Originally, she only wanted to win over Jia Lian, but now that she looks at it, this girl is not a burden!

I didn't expect that this Yuan girl was married, and it was still waiting for Yingying girl to be like an unmarried girl. Thinking of how much I blamed Yingchun these days, Mrs. Xing was restless. This girl, shouldn't she sue?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xing quickly sent a girl to inquire about the news, and said that as soon as the second lady came back, she asked her to come to her room.

The author has something to say: [Note]: These twelve girls are mentioned in Chapter 46 of the original work. In it, I only know that Xiren’s original name was Pearl, and Zijuan’s original name was Yingge. I didn’t find any place to write about the reformed ones. If you know, you can tell me~~~ Let’s treat it as unmodified for the time being.