The Warm Jade of the Red Chamber

Jia Min was also worried that the two children would not be well taken care of, but he was also relieved when he learned that the lunch Mr. Bai gave the two children was a carefully prepared medicinal diet, and seeing that the two children's complexion was getting better and better. , only grateful.Even after hearing that Mr. Bai forced Lin Ji to walk by himself, he was only slightly worried and did not stop him.Because of Lin Ji's poor health, he was a late learner to walk and couldn't walk steadily at the age of two, but after being forced to walk by Mr. Bai for more than ten days, he was able to trot and ask the nanny to chase after him.

When Lin Ji recovered, his mischievous nature of a boy showed up. He tossed the nanny, Jia Min and Lin Hai all over the place, but Lin Hai and his wife were happy to see him so healthy, and they didn't restrict him, which made him more successful. He looked like a monkey.

On the contrary, Daiyu looks like a little lady, and she is already very handsome at such a young age.

On this day, when the two returned from Mr. Bai's place, Daiyu walked back in a regular manner with the nanny, but Lin Ji insisted on letting the nanny hug him, and ran into the door waddlingly. with.

Jia Min was sitting in the living room, and there were four women standing below. Daiyu entered the door and glanced at them, but they were all strangers, and their clothes were different from those of the servants at home.

But Lin Ji didn't notice them at all, and slammed into Jia Min's arms when he entered the door, and shouted: "Mother, mother, sir gave it to Ji'er." As he spoke, he raised his hand to pull the collar around his neck, But I wore too many clothes, and I couldn't even bend my arms. After trying a few times, my mouth shrunk and my eyes turned red, and I was about to cry.

Although Lin Ji was not Jia Min's own birth, but Jia Min's body was broken, he would have nothing to do in the future, and Lin Ji lost his biological mother, so he would be Jia Min's best support in the future, so he loved him very much.So when he saw that his eyes were red, he quickly helped him take out the collar around his neck from the thick cotton coat. The gold collar was put on by Jia Min earlier, but now there was a black jade pendant hanging on it. It is as delicate as suet, but the size of the mouth of a cup, but when you look closely, there is a picture of a group of monkeys playing on the jade pendant. There may not be more than a dozen of them. Because the carving is too fine, it can be seen under the indoor light. Not sure, but Jia Min still felt that the group of monkeys gave people a vivid and playful feeling.

Jia Min's heart skipped a beat. Such a pure black jade is rare in the world. Although it is expensive, it doesn't surprise her so much.Just because of a legend in Beijing more than ten years ago, this black jade has already added a legendary color to its own value, and now it is even more difficult to find, and most of them are held in the hands of members of the royal family.

It is said that Empress Shujing had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to the eleventh prince Zhuang Ye. Not only did she hurt her body, but Zhuang Ye was also weak since childhood.Later, it was Jingtian Hou Qiuji's granddaughter who brought a piece of black jade to Zhuang Ye to wear, which saved Zhuang Ye from dying, and Qiu Liang's granddaughter was betrothed to the eleventh prince as a concubine since she was a child.

Of course, this legend sounds a little untrue. After all, I only heard that "jade can nourish people" before, but it is absolutely impossible to save lives and cure diseases.Ordinary people don't know what's inside.However, since then, Mo Yu's value can no longer be measured by common sense.

That's why Jia Min lost his composure when he saw the jade pendant on Lin Ji's collar.

At this time, Daiyu came forward to salute Jia Min in a polite manner, and said: "This jade is given by the master. He said that it is a medicinal jade that has been warmed by several generations of doctors. It is very good for people's health. The husband also gave it to me." A bracelet is also of the same quality." Daiyu is very precocious, and under Jia Min's teaching, she has learned a lot about the ways of the world, and she knows that such an expensive gift cannot be accepted, but Mr. is used to saying one thing, so she just refuses. One or two, he put things on them by force and drove them out.

The black jade bracelet has a warm and delicate texture, and it coincides with her name, which is more able to nourish her and her brother's body. Daiyu actually likes it very much.But if Jia Min said she wanted to return it, although she was reluctant, she would not object.

Jia Min also thought that such an expensive gift should never be accepted, but he heard Daiyu say that this jade is very good for people's health, so he hesitated again, looking at the rosy faces of the two children now, and remembered Feeling anxious before, he finally sighed and accepted the gift by default.It's just that there is another layer of speculation about Mr. Bai's identity.

Jia Min stuffed the jade pendant and collar back into Lin Ji's clothes, pulled Daiyu, and said to the four women standing below: "This is the nuns of your grandmother's house, come and see the ceremony. "

Daiyu politely gave a slight blessing, and said, "I have seen some nuns."

The women below hurriedly withdrew their eyes from the black jade pendant and bracelet, bowed their heads aside, and said "dare not".

Jia Min smiled lightly and said: "Nurses are all used by my mother, and their identities are naturally different, so why can't they be a gift from her junior? Nanny Lai watched me grow up, but in my heart I also Get close to Mammy."

As Jia Min said, she asked the leader, Nanny Lai, to sit down.Nanny Lai smiled happily, and after a little refusal, she also took advantage of the situation and sat down.She could get a seat in front of Jia's mother, and Jia Min valued her, so she felt normal.

Nanny Lai's hair was already half white, and the other wives not only took her as the leader, but also treated her respectfully and flatteringly.Nanny Lai is no longer working in Jia's mansion, and now the one who needs to be used in front of Jia's mother is the daughter-in-law of his son Lai Da, known as everyone Lai.If Mother Jia hadn't invited her out this time, she would still be enjoying the happiness in her own home, and would not have traveled to Yangzhou on a bumpy journey.But she also knows how to measure, her family's good life now depends on Jia Mu, so it is naturally impossible for her to refuse Jia Mu's orders.

Nanny Lai followed Jia's mother in her early years. She has seen the grandeur of the Duke's Mansion when it was at its most prosperous, and also understood Jia's reluctance when she married the daughter of Jinzunyugui to Lin Hai, a young Tanhua without a title, so she only regarded the Lin family as Jia The vassals of the Jia family want to gain a foothold by taking advantage of the Jia family's power, so although they don't despise the Lin family, they don't really have much respect for the Lin family.

But Madam Lai is mature and sophisticated, so naturally she won't show any disrespect on her face.What's more, I just saw that Lin Ji and Lin Daiyu were wearing Moyu, which even the first-class families in Beijing can't ask for. I suddenly felt that the Lin family probably had a lot of family background-at least the second house Zhu in the mansion was ruined because of his failure. When she was in her body, the old lady had asked people to do everything possible to find a piece of black jade for her to wear, but to no avail.

Apparently, Mammy Lai was not the only one who thought of this matter.This time I came to Yangzhou with Nanny Lai, and the house of Zhou Rui, the companion of the second wife Jia Wang.

In today's Rongguo Mansion, although the eldest son Jia She is the one who inherits the title, it is the second son Jia Zheng who lives in the Shangfang Rongxitang, who is the housekeeper and the second wife Jia Wangshi.Therefore, among the servants of Rongguo Mansion, Zhou Rui's family can be regarded as somewhat respectable.

Zhou Rui's family still remembers that at that time, the whole family was sure that Uncle Zhu was going to go to high school. At that time, even the congratulatory words of Zhou Rui's family were tumbling in their stomachs for many times. ask for a reward in front of you.But who knows, the news that has been waiting for so much has been lost.Uncle Zhu vomited blood at that time, and became sicker and sicker after that.Both the old lady and the second wife were so worried that they wiped away their tears all day long, and when they invited the imperial doctor over, they only gave vague hints to prepare for the funeral.The old lady thought of the rumor that Chengke County King had avoided premature death by wearing Moyu, so she became ruthless at that time, promised 6 taels of silver, and begged for a piece of Moyu, trying to save Jia Zhu's life.

At that time, Zhou Rui's family thought about the 6 taels of silver. Isn't their son-in-law Leng Zixing opening an antique jade shop?Zhou Rui's family excitedly called his son-in-law to say this, thinking that he could easily earn 6 taels, but asked Leng Zixing to pour cold water on him.It turns out that now this black jade is something that has a price but no market. Slowly say 6 taels, it is 16 taels. As long as it is of good quality, no one will worry about it.Leng Zixing's antique jade shop is only a third-rate shop, what good things can there be?The exchange of money can't exceed a thousand taels at most.If he could really get a piece of black jade in his hands, why would he need to look at the face of his father-in-law and mother-in-law who were slaves in Rongguo Mansion?

Now that Zhou Rui's family sees that Lin Ji and Daiyu are carrying two tiny little people, each with a piece of Moyu, they can't help being envious and jealous, as if someone dug out 32 taels of silver from her family. .Because of this, when Zhou Rui's family returned to the capital, they actually added fuel to Mrs. Wang's ears, and didn't mention that the two things Lin Ji and Daiyu said were just given by the "Mr." Mrs. Wang thought that the Lin family had Moyu for a long time, but she refused to save her Zhuer, and refused to lend it to Jiazhu to continue her life.In this way, Mrs. Wang actually turned her sorrow for Jia Zhu's untimely death into a strong resentment towards Jia Min. It seemed that Jia Zhu's death was all caused by Jia Min's resignation to death-but she didn't care about this at all. Jade has the effect of "curing diseases and saving lives", but it is just a rumor, and when Jia's mother asked people to find this Moyu, she was just thinking of giving it a try.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

It is only said that Nanny Lai's attitude became more and more warm, and because of Jia Min's childhood affection, she aroused Jia Min's homesickness with a few words, and praised Lin Ji and Daiyu fiercely, straight to the point Talking about Jia Min is both sad and proud.

Seeing that Jia Min really loves Lin Ji, and Lin Ji is also very dependent on Jia Min, Grandma Lai can't help but sigh in her heart.Although most of the concubine wives in the family are childless, most of them behave like this, and Lin Ji has no biological mother. It is Jia Min's good fortune to be close to Jia Min, but it is not as good as his own child. This is also an old lady. Every time I mention it, I feel heartbroken.

"Since my aunt left the capital, the old lady has been thinking about everything. She often shed tears when she talked about the things that happened when her aunt was at home. She wanted to ask someone to pick up the girl and brother to Beijing for the new year, but she heard that the girl and brother were dead. No, I was so anxious that I didn’t think about eating and drinking, so I hurriedly asked someone to find a doctor and wife who are good at treating children, and asked someone to bring it properly. Originally, this errand was for my son and wife, but I Thinking that I hadn't seen my aunt for many years, I snatched my daughter-in-law's errand, and followed to see my aunt, so I could talk to the old lady when I went back." While speaking, Nanny Lai wiped away her tears.