Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

April sixteenth.

Jia Lian only slept for three poles in the sun before getting up to wash.

Jia Lian is well dressed today, but he is wearing a purple jade crown and a purple red robe.

His face was as white as powder, his nose was straight and his mouth was square.Wisdom is hidden between the brows, and the spirit is soaring between Gu Pan, and this purple shirt and jade crown is really a talent, rich and unparalleled.

Xing'er and Zhao'er hurried forward to kowtow, and Zhao'er said quickly, "Oh, my second master too, how I see it, I feel that the second master is like Wenqu Xingjun descending to the mortal world."

Xing'er was busy cheering: "That's right, the second master is still the most handsome Wenqu star, and he is three points more majestic than the Wenqu gentleman in the painting."

Jia Lian was delighted to hear that, and smiled from ear to ear, and kicked the two of them: "Get up, get up, you talk a lot, two of you, one goes to Dongfu to urge Mr. Rong, and the other goes to the back porch. Pick up your Second Master Yun, and hand it over to your Second Mistress to clean up for him. You have to go to the back to greet the old lady, and then go to Dongyuan over there to greet the old lady, and you will have to make a fuss for a while."

Zhao'er and Xing'er should go by themselves.

Here Jia Lian kowtowed from Rongqing Hall to Huayuanzi, and after reporting, he went straight home to pick up Jia Yun.

Sister Feng Ping'er has already dressed Jia Yun in Yushu Linfeng, pulling Jia Yun into various poses, and showing her merits to Jia Lian: "Look at the second master, brother Yun looks good or not!"

Jia Yun was wearing Jia Lian's old clothes, and the material fit Jia Yun very well, glamorous, handsome, and free and easy. Jia Yun's temperament immediately turned up several levels, standing with Jia Lian, her appearance was indistinguishable , only lost a piece of calmness and sophistication.

Today's Jia Lian has a forceful vigor for no reason, making Jia Yun as immature as a freshly peeled egg.

Jia Lian looked very pleasing to the eye, smiled and punched him: "This is what our real son of the Jia family looks like."

Saying this, he waved his hand at Sister Feng: "Okay, you guys just wait, let's go."

Sister Feng was about to compliment Jia Lian to add to the fun, but Jia Lian, the clinker, didn't look too bad, and she walked away, leaving Sister Feng with a stern and handsome back.

Sister Feng was suddenly stunned.

Fortunately, Jia Yun had a good look, she didn't follow Jia Lian's pretentious and handsome style, but she smiled and bowed to Sister Feng Ping'er: "Yun'er thanked my second aunt, thanked Miss Ping, and my nephew bid farewell."

Sister Feng was in a bad mood, so she forced him to go after a few words of advice, and turned around to complain to Ping'er: "Tell me about your second master, what does this mean? When you were asked to work hard, your mouth coaxed you like honey. No need, just throw it over the wall. I don't know, how did he become like this?"

Seeing that they were playing tricks in front of her again, Ping'er was very impatient to accompany her, and snorted: "What has become? The second master is always like this, grandma, you are happy to be coaxed by him, who is to blame!"

After saying that, he lifted the curtain, and Ping'er left too: "Slave, go to the sewing room to have a look."

Sister Feng was taken aback by her fall, and then she stamped her feet and cursed: "Come back, Ping'er, you little hoof, go to some sewing room, hurry up and prepare the carriages and horses, I'm going to Dongfu to see your Grandma Zhen!"

Ping'er has a temper, but she won't delay things. When she was young, she turned around and came in again: "I'm ready, huh, what am I talking about? No, why don't you obediently go and do things for the second master? Why bother, day by day It's a singing show, who is it for?"

After saying that, Ping'er turned his face away again.

I just fell on my back with Sister Feng's anger, wishing to hit her a few times and rely on her again, so I had to hold back my temper and chased her out: "You just follow me, I'm busy today and don't care about you, see what happens in that day." Kong, I won't clean you up."

Ping'er secretly curled her lips when she heard this, and she didn't talk back outside to embarrass Sister Feng. When she got into the car, the master and servants lived in peace and forgot about the past, and discussed with their heads how to coax Youshi and put Pan back in peace without any trouble. The family got it.

Let's talk about Jia Lian, Jia Lian's uncle and nephew Jia Yun left the back house, and in front of the hanging flower gate, Xing'er was talking with Jia Rong and Jia Qiang.

When Jia Rong and Jia Qiang saw Jia Lian, they hurried forward to salute and say hello.

Jia Qiang and Jia Rong were very surprised when they saw Jia Yun: "Yun'er? I said who is so glamorous, like a new son-in-law. It turned out to be you. Why did you come? It's not that you got a job in a book shop. How can you talk to me?" Are you hanging out here?"

Jia Rong thought that Jia Yun was also 15 years old, so she was also discussing marriage, so she sneered: "I see, how dare the second aunt protect you as a matchmaker?"

Jia Qiang also chuckled: "Brother Rong, don't you think that everyone in the world wants to kiss you when you say kiss yourself?"

Jia Yun's family is poor. Although he is related to the two families, his blood is a little distant, and the news is not clear. He doesn't know the reason, but he is cautious and doesn't talk too much. He just smiles and bows to Jia Rong and Jia Qiang: "To the two brothers Greetings, the two brothers are always well!"

When Jia Rong heard what Jia Qiang said about the Qin family, she bluffed: "What kind of marriage, the horoscope has not been written yet."

Jia Qiang and Jia Rong are used to quarreling. A few days ago, when talking about the marriage, Jia Rong was still smiling coquettishly, yearning for it. The words were not cold, so why did they turn their heads?

Jia Qiang didn't know why, so she was a little confused.

Seeing that his brothers were uncomfortable, Jia Lian went outside: "Everyone is here, let's go."

Along the way, Jia Lian put on airs and preached to him a few times: "I think it's better for all the brothers in this house to study hard in the future. Today, I specially called Brother Yun to come and wait for the three of you to grab the rankings and grab the rankings." It’s nothing if you don’t grab it, the main reason is to publicize the reputation of the literary style of the two prefectures. You also have a good squeeze with those scholars, and you also have a bit of literary spirit. Maybe our family can produce a few more scholars in your hands. .”

When Jia Lian said this, Jia Rong had embarrassing faces. He had been scolded by the private school master Jia Dairu for being nonsense when he was reading and writing.

However, at this moment, Jia Lian was in high spirits, and the three of them were very smart and did not dare to object: "What Second Uncle said is very true."

When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, the four of them got on their horses, all tall and white horses, and the four of their uncles and nephews were ordinary fair-faced handsome men. The older girls and younger daughters-in-law who were wandering on the street were so confused and made wrong steps.

Uncles and nephews are accustomed to seeing that horses are not allowed on the streets. They pass by leisurely while looking at the scenery, and they have received many admiring eyes.

Today, the four uncles and nephews of Jia Lian appeared in the teahouse, they were very eye-catching, and they stood out from the crowd in this Ruyi building.It's not that there are no other sons to take the imperial examination, it's just that those people are waiting for Enyin to become an official, and participating in the imperial examination is just a helpless move for the elders.

Once the ten-year cold window reaches the rank, the champion is only a seventh-rank official, and the family of the aristocratic family can be an official of the fifth rank with two to three thousand silver, or get the emperor's favor and become a royal guard.That is also the official title of the fifth rank.

The children of the aristocratic family have both money and power and shortcuts, who can bear ten years of hard work.

Now, just waiting for the list, he spent his family's money, or went to Wufenglou to drink tea and listen to music, or went to those private restaurants in Shichahai to play with those down-and-out famous ladies, and also went to Guanghan Palace to wait for rabbits. Children's hall, tryst brothers.

In short, I will not come to hang out with some poor people.

As dusk fell, the Gongyuan began to deliver news, and the elegant poets in the teahouse became commotion.

Jia Lian greeted Jia Rong and the others with a smile: "You guys also go down for a stroll."

Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, and Jia Yun all took off their outer robes and changed into Wusheng robes with small sleeves. Many people competed for the list, and the Wusheng robes are light.

Xing'er, Zhao'er and several servants were all dressed in bunts and put on leggings, ready to mix in the crowd to support the masters.

All of a sudden, the people in the whole teahouse were thrown out.

After the first list was thrown out, the crowd boiled up, and everyone rushed towards the copy of the newspaper that fell from the sky, people stepped on everyone, and it was unknown who stepped on whom, shouting and cursing one after another , very lively.

Jia Lian leaned against the vermilion lacquer railing to watch the scenery and drank tea leisurely.

The list usually starts from the bottom, and Jia Lian predicts that his ranking will be in the middle and upper reaches, and he still has to wait.

Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, and Jia Yun grabbed the list several times, but it was a pity that Jia Lian's name was not on it. While they were glad that there was no Jia Lian's name, they were also worried, fearing that it would be too ugly for Jia Lian to fall behind, and also afraid that Jia Lian's name would never appear again. Appeared, several people secretly exchanged glances, more anxious than Jia Lian himself.

The time quickly reached midnight, and the competition became fierce, especially those helpers who made money by grabbing the list, and they became fierce when they started.

Jia Lian was afraid of hurting his brother, so he hurriedly greeted: "It's none of your business now, come up and rest."