The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

The eldest wife of Zhen Guo Mansion had no choice but to admit that the eldest daughter-in-law did the work of the Mu family's loss of a child, and said to the younger son: "Your elder brother is not good at beating up his body, so it is my fault. Then you will be appreciated by the prince, and you will be better than your elder brother." Prospects... the elders are afraid in their hearts. If her natal family is still in the Hou's mansion, it's fine, but that mansion has already fallen." As she said, she shed tears. "When I married your father, your great-grandfather had retired and returned home. I have never tasted the taste of being dependent on the waist of a mother's family. There is no peace day and night, and even the chirping of birds outside the window is frowned upon. If there is still someone in your grandfather's family In Beijing, how dare that lowly maidservant touch your brother!" She couldn't help gritting her teeth and clenched her fists.After a while, he said, "The old man was so frightened that Fang did something stupid."

Niu Jicheng was confused, and thought for a long time: "My son doesn't understand. Since my sister-in-law's natal family is not comparable to my father-in-law's family, how dare she touch my son?"

Mrs. Niu sneered and said, "She thought she was clean from head to toe, and no one would notice." Nai sighed, "It depends on your two nephews. I've dealt with her, and she also knows her mistakes, so she doesn't regret it." I gave your daughter-in-law a few more good things, and she also has a face. The elders have been very peaceful in the past two years, and since her cousin bought a jeep, she is a little timid; your daughter-in-law is also very comfortable. That matter It’s long gone, don’t mention it again.”

When Niu Jicheng was born, his mother had already firmly held Zhen Guo Mansion in her hands. Not only did she not suffer from the backyard, she didn't know about the backyard affairs, and she really didn't understand that the sister-in-law's family was in decline, so what's the use of molesting his son.After all, Niu Jicheng lost his eldest son, and Niu Jicheng hated him.His mother repeatedly told him that "the matter is over" and "everything will prosper in harmony with the family", but he didn't answer and felt uneasy.Mrs. Niu was in a hurry: "The matter has come to this, what do you want to do to her? It's easy for our house to get up, so it's not possible for the brothers to break up again?" Niu Jicheng bowed his head indifferently.Mrs. Niu thumped the head of the kang, "Let's not mention your two nephews—if Pingyuan Hou falls into Jiang Zining's hands, that's all. Doesn’t everyone in the world say that the Zhen Guo Mansion is snobbish?”

Niu Jicheng said: "She has committed such a big mistake, and she has already violated the rule of seven."

Mrs. Niu stumbled: "Who will believe it now! Others will only say that this crime is fabricated. From now on, including you, the whole family will be charged with the crime of being a snob. Such a trivial matter has brought stigma to your brother? Even though the child is gone, it is not destined for our family; can you still have children? Didn’t your wife have raised an elder brother before? Don’t you still want to kill your sister-in-law? You What do you want? As long as it doesn't hurt the dignity of the whole family, or damage the reputation of your brothers, just do it."

Niu Jicheng had never thought about dealing with women, but he was stunned for a long time without a clue.Mrs. Niu urged him again.He shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"But here again!" Mrs. Niu said, "You are a military general, so what's the point of worrying about the strengths and weaknesses of the inner house all day long? It's serious to practice soldiers and horses, make friends, come back to rest, and read military books." He sighed again, " These things in the backyard are not something you men can understand. There are houses in every house, but none of them are clean. If you don’t believe me, you should make friends with Wei Ruolan and ask him!” Then he waved his hand, “Forget it, let’s ask someone else. Wei Ruolan Lan won't tell you."

Niu Jicheng wondered, "Why didn't he tell me?"

Mrs. Niu snorted: "One, his mother protects him very much, so he may not know it; two, he is the one who took advantage, even if he knew, he might not be willing to tell you the truth. Wei Ruoheng of Wu Kingdom is His elder brother, his father probably has regrets." Nai paused, "Cheng'er, you may not understand what I mean, just remember. In the backyard, stability is more important than anything else. Our house is now This is the best, better than Rongguo Mansion."

Niu Jicheng said: "The three households in the Rongguo Mansion are well-educated and armed, probably higher than ours."

Mrs. Niu smiled and said: "I don't understand the affairs of men outside. Inside the inner house, sooner or later there will be big troubles in the Rongguo Mansion." Nai waved his hand and said, "You don't need to know about this. Well, I'm much better now, and the doctor will come soon Yes. You go about your business."

Where would Niu Jicheng dare to go?If he insisted on staying, he waited for the imperial physician to come over and prescribe a prescription before sending the imperial physician out of his mother's yard.Because of his uneasy mood and secret shame, he didn't dare to go back to his yard, and rode out of the mansion on horseback, and he didn't allow anyone to follow.

Xinma walked away for a while, when someone shouted "Excuse me", a horse ran quickly behind him.Niu Jicheng only took the belt slightly to the side, and the horse walked away like the wind - the man on the horse took a purse from his waist.Isn't this a robbery in the street?Niu Jicheng became angry and urged his horse to catch up.The thief ran even faster when he saw it, and Niu Jicheng also chased him closely, and the two horses ran all over the street.The horse in front accidentally burrowed into a small alley, and Niu Jicheng also followed.With a wrong eye going around, the thief suddenly disappeared!Niu Jicheng reined in the reins and looked around. There were several courtyard gates in this alley, all seemed to be back gates, but he didn't know which house the culprit had entered.

The door of a family opened with a "squeak", and a young man wearing a Confucian scarf came out, waved to the visitor and said, "Why are you polite~~ No need to send it off, I will go back by myself."

There was a smile in the voice seeing off the guests: "I'm letting you go through the back door again, like a thief."

The young man said: "Be careful, it won't be fun for your brother to notice."

The person seeing off the guest said: "He is a big and rough man, so he will never notice." While talking, the young man had already mounted the horse, and the two of them held each other's fists, and the person seeing off the guest closed the door and went in.

Niu Jicheng thought to himself: These two people are sneaky, and they can't say that they are doing something bad behind the back of the man's brother.He was uncomfortable at first, but he was robbed and hadn't recovered yet, so he felt a little bit of injustice for no reason.So he left his purse and urged the horse to follow the young man secretly to see if there was any clue.The young man was not walking fast, and walked slowly through the streets and alleys for a long time. Seeing a steamed stuffed bun shop in front of him, he rubbed his belly and stopped.Niu Jicheng also got off his horse in front of the bun shop.

Before walking into the steamed stuffed bun shop and looking around, the young man smiled and waved: "Brother~~Here, here~~" Niu Jicheng was taken aback.The man shouted again, "I've ordered a three fresh bun, what do you want?" It was obvious that he was talking to him.Niu Jicheng became more and more confused, but the young man smiled brightly, but he was too embarrassed to say that he didn't recognize him, so he had to come closer.Long ago, the younger brother greeted him and asked him what to eat, Niu Jicheng had no choice but to ask for a three-food bun.

After he sat down, the young man said: "Brother, we didn't know each other, but you followed me all the way, probably in that line of business. It's just that your level is too low, and it's impossible not to notice it. I think Come on, it's not easy to do your job. Anyway, I'm hungry, let's have something to eat together, and you will follow me later, and see how long you can stay."

Niu Jicheng knew in his heart that he had misunderstood, but he didn't know what the misunderstanding had become, so he didn't know what to say for a while.Think back to why I followed others?Just because I felt uncomfortable, after hearing a few words, I suspected what the hell they were up to, and there was a misunderstanding if they didn't make sure.After staying for half a day, he cupped his fists with a wry smile and said, "My friend, I'm afraid there may be some misunderstanding." The man raised his eyes and glanced at him with a half-smile.Niu Jicheng shook his head, and told him that he was robbed by someone on the road, followed the thief to the alley, and heard what he and the people who saw him off thought they were going to do something evil.

The man on the opposite side was dumbfounded, and it took a long time to take the table and said: "Brother, your brains are too bizarre!" Nai twitched the corners of his mouth, "I discussed with that buddy to prepare a birthday present for his brother, surprise! But his brother came back from the front, so I can only go out through the back door. If his brother sees me and can't guess anything, it won't be a surprise."

Niu Jicheng blushed immediately, stood up quickly and bowed to the ground: "I'm treating the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

The man waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I also suspect that you are a secret agent. Then I wonder, which secret agent is so stupid." Suddenly he laughed again.Niu Jicheng looked back and thought about the absurdity of the matter, so the two of them laughed across the table for a long time.

Niu Jicheng sat down and apologized, the man smiled and said: "Meeting is also fate, it's good to eat buns together." Niu Jicheng nodded repeatedly.But now the steamed stuffed buns came up, the man said again, "I thought you were a spy, in order to look more refined in front of you—a literati, hehe—that's why I only ordered one steamed stuffed bun. I'm actually hungry, One serving is not enough." Then he added another serving of buns.

Niu Jicheng laughed loudly: "I don't have enough food!" He added two servings.The man stared at him for a long time.Niu Jicheng became more and more amused.

Niu Jicheng thought, if someone followed this person on the road, he suspected that it was a spy, thinking that he was often followed by a spy?Secretly guessing his identity inside, he couldn't help but glance at him several times.The man asked: "Do you guess who I am? Why do you always follow me?" Niu Jicheng blushed again and cupped his hands.The man laughed and said, "What a thin-skinned man. My name is Jia Cong. I'm considered the confidant of the King of Yan, and I'm quite a provocateur."

Niu Jicheng was shocked: "You are Mr. Jia!"

Jia Cong was complacent: "Have you admired your name for a long time?"

Niu Jicheng quickly sized him up, and said: "Wei Ruolan is right, he is indeed a rascal."

Jia Cong snorted, "Wei Ruolan speaks ill of me behind people's backs again. How about you, brother? Since I know Brother Wei, I'm sure you're not someone to take it easy."

Niu Jicheng also signed up.Jia Cong also looked at him for a moment: "I really have admired his name for a long time." The two stood up again to salute.

Jia Cong gnawed on the steamed stuffed bun and said, "Just now, there was a mixed bag of good and bad people, all kinds of things. Is your purse important? If it is important, I'll get it back for you. My friend is quite capable on the street."

Niu Jicheng thought for a while: "It's just a few small coins used to reward the servants, that's all, don't want it."

Jia Cong glanced at him a few times: "Those people usually just snatch some helpless dandy young masters, who is so bold as a military general would dare to snatch them? You don't look very good." Niu Jicheng suddenly remembered what his mother said just now about the Rongguo Mansion's inner house. Sooner or later, there was a big mess, and his eyes flashed.Jia Cong looked at him again, smiled and shook his head, "Speaking of which, our two families are also old relatives, and we don't know each other at all."

Niu Jicheng said: "In the past few years, our mansion has not been very good, and we really can't climb it."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Pull it down! I didn't have much contact with her when I was a child. Since my grandmother... Forget it, the backyard is unreliable, and the front yard will be chaotic sooner or later."

Niu Jicheng never paid much attention to the backyard, and he didn't want to be full of "backyard" one after another today, so he couldn't help but straighten his back: "What does it have to do with the backyard?"

Jia Cong glanced at him inexplicably: "Huh? Hey, how old are you? Don't you know?"

Niu Jicheng said: "I'm an imposing man, I never pay attention to the backyard."

Jia Cong's face was strange, and he said after a while, "You are lucky, you must be Jia Baoyu of martial arts."

Niu Jicheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Jia... you are not praising me. That Shenying waiter in your family doesn't seem very sensible."

"Is he so ignorant?" Jia Cong said with a smile, "He used to be an idiot! Now he is not much better. Except for his excellent poems, he looks like a fool." Nai cast a strange glance Niu Jicheng took a look, "Those who can't do it are all idiots." Niu Jicheng's face darkened.Jia Cong pursed his lips, "As the son of the head of the Zhenguo Mansion, you are no better than Jia Baoyu if you can say something like 'you never paid attention to the backyard'. That's all!" It's all right. Let me tell you, our two families lost contact because my grandfather passed away, and my grandmother was too biased. She liked my second uncle and didn't like my father. My father is from Wu and my second uncle is from Wen. My skills are mediocre. In order to pave the way for my second uncle, my grandmother gradually cut off contact with the generals' family. Your elder brother is from Wen, right? My Lian's second brother Bao and his second brother both have friendship with him. Are you a martial arts student? I was young I also practice martial arts from time to time, so I don’t recognize you at all.”

Niu Jicheng asked: "Your grandmother is a prostitute, how can you cut off the relationship between the man in the family and other families?"

Jia Cong said: "Outsiders will not know what's going on in every household. For example, a person from Yan State was caught cheating in Wu State, and Wu people would only say that Yan people are liars. In fact, there are so many people in Yan State. That one is a liar, so could the rest be liars too? The female relatives of the heads of the various prefectures are in charge of the New Year's birthday gifts. If our family sends your family a much smaller festival gift than the old year, it will be sent to the Liguofu and Qiguofu It’s the same as the old year, what will your family think of our family? Could it be that your father still comes to ask my father?”

Niu Jicheng was stunned: "...is that so?!" Nai thought for a long time, and asked, "Then...women in the family, will there be discord?"

Jia Cong stared at him with wide eyes: "Disharmony? The women in the backyard are all bloody with bayonets. Either the west wind overwhelms the east wind, or the east wind overwhelms the west wind. Your house is not much better. In the early years, Master Lingtang and two Many people know that the younger sister and daughter-in-law are fighting to the death. She has the ability, and her mother's family is not in Beijing, but she can win against the daughters of two Beijing officials."

Niu Jicheng's eyes flashed: "Mr. Jia also knows about the backyard of our mansion?"

Jia Cong winked: "Want to know which one is popular? Just change your name and make up your identity and go to Hualou, those fans know everything."

Niu Jicheng was silent for a long time, shook his head and said, "I won't go to those places." After thinking for a long time, he murmured, "My mother...is very fair."

Jia Cong knew at a glance that this person had activated the self-hypnosis mode, and said calmly: "I guess, your mother must praise your sister-in-law and suppress your daughter-in-law." Niu Jicheng suddenly raised his head.Jia Cong said, "Grandma Niu's natal family has fallen, so she must have listened to her mother-in-law; Second Grandma Niu's natal family has a high status. Any mother-in-law would know who to praise and trample on. Otherwise, how can I make it right?" How about them?"

Niu Jicheng said angrily, "Nonsense!"

Jia Cong shrugged: "Believe it or not."