The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

The day after Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin got married, everyone went to congratulate her.Thinking that Jia Cong is a lazy sleeper, and yesterday was the bridal chamber wedding ceremony, everyone didn't go until near noon.Unexpectedly, the two of them had already sneaked away at some point!Don't ask, you won't find someone until the honeymoon is over.Jia Lian said, "I will never leave without offering tea to the master." Then he rushed to ask Jia Amnesty.Together, the two of them went to offer tea early in the morning, and God knows where it is now.Anyway, there is no need to bring bodyguards. Chen Ruijin was originally a female guard, but Jia Cong's kung fu is average but his marksmanship is good.Everyone dispersed.

Jia Meng saw Han Quan's ugly face at a glance, and asked him why.Han Quan shook his head first, then couldn't help complaining a few times.It turned out that he just went to see Mrs. Xing, but saw her sitting and weeping, and asked her but refused to speak.After quietly asking the housekeeper Wang Shanbao's family, he found out that Mrs. Xing had washed and dressed early in the courtyard and was waiting for the newcomer to offer tea and gifts.Those who heard the news said that Jia Cong and his wife had passed away, and they had been chaotically cleaned up for a while.After waiting for less than half an hour, the two of them didn't come, but after inquiring again, they said they had already left.

Jia Meng also knew that the eldest wife was a little embarrassed at home, so she thought about it for a long time before saying, "Maybe I left in a hurry, I didn't remember..."

Han Quan snorted, "There's no need to make an appointment. Those two really don't want to show my mother some face. They are usually well-mannered, but today I just didn't think there is such a person as the eldest wife." Jia Meng was confused and had nothing to say.Han Quandao said, "You don't have to smooth things over, my mother is just a lady who takes care of herself."

Jia Meng said: "Third uncle treats the eldest wife as an ordinary elder in his heart, and ignores her intention of being a mother. You also know that he doesn't care about the rules of the world."

Han Quandao: "Why did my mother ever have my mother in the eyes of the master? She is like a living relative in this mansion. Otherwise, can the new daughter-in-law serve tea and forget about it? It is up to you to bring her to the Taiwan mansion." Fu." After a pause, "Since that's the case, why did you marry her back then?"

Jia Meng pursed her lips and said, "Uncle Quan, to be honest, my nephew can't blame the master. This marriage was first arranged by the old lady."

Han Quan sneered and said, "In that case, my mother should be blamed?"

Jia Meng held her chin: "She shouldn't be blamed either. In Beijing, women don't have the right to choose marriage. She should be blamed for agreeing to this marriage. It's not right for her family...well, I can't blame her. Who accepts it?" After getting this temptation, I thought that my daughter would be able to move all her husband's property to her mother's house after marrying in. I can only blame the old lady first."

The two of them were sitting and talking on a chair beside a flower bed not far from Jia She's courtyard, but Jia Gui came out from inside and hurriedly asked, "What are you two talking about?"

Han Quan said casually, "It's nothing."

Jia Meng said at the same time as him, "The eldest lady is thinking about it."

Jia Gui asked, "Is the eldest lady not feeling well?"

"No." Jia Meng pulled her sister to sit beside her and said, "Isn't the eldest wife quite tragic?"

Jia Gui thought for a while: "It's quite tragic."

"We are wondering who caused her tragedy. Should it be blamed on the old lady or her parents?"

Jia Gui glanced at the two of them: "There are many reasons for this. The old lady and her parents can be counted, and she herself is not."

Han Quan immediately said: "What's wrong with my mother! Isn't it customary for a bride to come in and offer tea to her mother-in-law?"

Jia Gui turned her eyes to look at her younger brother, Jia Meng whispered, "Let's guess, they forgot."

Jia Gui also felt a little embarrassed, and thought: "Rules are not laws, and the binding force is limited. If you violate the rules and there are no consequences, or if no one cares about the consequences, the rules will lose their binding force." She thought again , "To put it bluntly, even if the third uncle and the third aunt forgot to serve tea to the eldest wife, no one reminded them, and there would be no bad consequences."

Han Quan was full of grievances on behalf of his adoptive mother, but when he heard what their siblings said, he became even more annoyed: "Since this is the case, wouldn't it be good to abolish the rules?"

Jia Gui said: "It should be abolished. She is not the third uncle's mother."

Jia Meng shouted: "Stop! You two don't argue!"

Han Quan was not willing to listen, and retorted: "But my mother is the serious wife of his father who carried a sedan chair into the Rongguo Mansion!"

Jia Gui said: "According to me, this rule should have been abolished long ago. The man was married by the master, so what's the matter with the third uncle? She didn't take care of the third uncle when he was a child, and he didn't discipline him when he was half-grown. Babaer wants to recognize her as his mother. Can the third uncle be willing? You see how kind the third uncle is to the second aunt. Unless you use the rules to force him, but he doesn't care about the rules. Or let the third uncle look at the face of the master..."

Jia Meng stomped anxiously, and interrupted: "Sister, my own sister! Stop talking!"

Jia Gui ignored him, paused and said, "Uncle Quan, is it because she treats you well? She doesn't treat others as well as you do. You can't expect others to love her too. Everyone gets their own love." .” Jia Meng stepped on Jia Gui’s foot, causing her to cry out in pain.

Han Quan was taken aback.Jia Meng patted him on the shoulder: "Third uncle and three aunts didn't do it on purpose, I will remind the master later and let him comfort the wife."

Jia Gui shook his face and said, "Meng'er is Aiwujiwu. He is on good terms with you two, and respects his wife by the way; the wife is the same, for your sake, he treats Menger better than others. Who Who else can you look up to for no reason?"

Han Quan sneered: "What the eldest girl said is true. I shouldn't expect others to look up to my mother." Stand up and leave.

Jia Meng shouted, "Where are we going?"

"I can't count on others, I have to comfort my mother myself."

Jia Meng watched helplessly as he disappeared, and complained, "Sister! He is unhappy, why bother to trouble him."

Jia Meng sighed, and put her arms around Jia Meng's shoulders: "I'm just feeling uncomfortable."

Jia Meng glanced at her: "Oh, who made the big girl feel uncomfortable?"

Jia Gui curled her lips and said, "Third Uncle Xu really doesn't remember, he was just casual; Third Aunt has all four corners, why didn't you remind him? When you worship the hall, you only need to bow your waist, but you have to kneel and kowtow to serve tea. Yes." Jia Meng blinked.Jia Gui looked up at the sky, "Third Uncle doesn't like to kowtow to others, and I don't like it either. I usually do a blessing in front of my wife. Thinking about my marriage in the future, maybe I have to give someone who has nothing to do with me." When a woman kowtows, I feel uncomfortable."

Jia Meng had nothing to say, so she sat dryly for half a day, and said in a low voice, "Sister, don't be uncomfortable. Uncle Quan only relies on his wife in our house; if his wife has no status, it's as if he has no roots."

Jia Gui said "Oops": "I forgot this!" Then he stumbled, "I'm afraid I hurt Uncle Quan, what should I do? Let me apologize to him?"

Jia Meng shot her a sideways look: "You've already said that, so why apologize? He's thinking too hard... Forget it, I'll persuade him later."

Jia Gui thought for a long time before she became really abrupt and didn't know how to apologize. She said, "You go to the wife's place, I'll see the master and ask him to reward the wife with something to make up for it." Jia Meng nodded.

Jia Meng then got up and went to Mrs. Xing's courtyard, where Han Quan was talking with her.Seeing him coming, she glared at him angrily.Jia Meng hurriedly greeted Mrs. Xing.Mrs. Xing was really happy when she saw him.The two little ones looked at me and coaxed Mrs. Xing to be happy.Not long after, Jia She ordered people to send many things over.Mrs. Xing was overjoyed, and said: "It would be a waste of such a good thing for an old lady like me." The surrounding maids complimented her vigorously.

Taking advantage of her time leading people to look at things, Han Quan grabbed Jia Meng and said in a low voice, "You said that?"

Jia Meng said, "It's my sister. She already understands that she is wrong, so don't be angry."

Han Quan snorted: "Why should I be angry!" Turning to look at Mrs. Xing, "Did my mother treat her badly? It's just that there are too many people who treat her well."

"Oh, Master Xiaoquan! All the girls have apologized, what else do you want to do?"

Han Quan sighed: "Master is looking at Sister Fu'er's face, and Sister Fu'er is looking at my face. I have pity on my honest mother, and I still treat her as a master who loves her. If she had given up earlier, why bother to make these false appearances. "

Jia Meng said: "Since she values ​​the master, why not coax her. If she were those girls outside, I would have reconciled with my grandfather."

Han Quan was startled, and murmured: "What's the use of rules."

Jia Meng looked up at him for a long time, and wondered, "What's wrong with you today? You're always well-behaved. I haven't seen you value rules all these years?"

Han Quan's eyes jumped when he heard this, and he lowered his eyes and said, "It's nothing, I'm just feeling a little bit emotional because of my mother."

Jia Meng snorted, "Anyone who says 'nothing' must have 'something'. Explanation is just a cover-up."

Han Quan thought for a while, then pulled him to sit on the porch outside the house.After a silent meeting, he said: "Meng'er, do you think the rules are useful? If not, what are you going to do with them?"

Jia Meng immediately said, "Our extracurricular interest group has studied this."

"Let me hear it."

Jia Meng said enthusiastically: "There must be rules before the rules are made. Those who make the rules have seen many examples and summed up the rules, so they formulate the rules according to the rules, so that those who come after them will act according to the rules and have fewer encounters. Wall. Therefore, the rules must conform to the law, otherwise it is a dead letter. As long as there are rules, there are conditions. To put it bluntly, it is still the law of the jungle wearing a civilized mask-the weak eat the strong."

"Why does a new daughter-in-law kneel and kowtow to her mother-in-law? People may not be willing to kowtow to an outsider who is not a parent, right? However, when married to an in-law's family alone, the daughter-in-law is mostly weak and the mother-in-law is strong. This is the rule. The rule is to tell both parties that the weak daughter-in-law must submit to the strong mother-in-law. If there is no such rule, the daughter-in-law is ignorant and behaves like she is in her mother's house. Miserable. And the mother-in-law has to work hard to teach the daughter-in-law to be obedient and sensible, and it is very tiring. With rules, both parties will follow the rules from the beginning, so that the daughter-in-law will suffer less and the mother-in-law will save effort. This rule The necessary condition is that the mother-in-law is strong and the daughter-in-law is weak. Once the strength is reversed, it will not conform to the law, and the rules will be invalid."

Han Quan was stunned for another half a day when he heard the words, and said, "Compared to my mother, the third elder brother Cong and the third sister-in-law Cong are obviously stronger. My mother doesn't have a family that she can take care of."

"Third aunt doesn't have her mother's back, she relies on herself." Jia Meng said, "Even if she forgot to serve tea to the wife, the wife has no ability to do anything to the third uncle and third aunt."

Han Quandao: "It's like a little saint in Beijing. It's most unruly for King Yan to trap him in the Forbidden City as a puppet, and he can't do anything to King Yan."

Jia Meng said: "The matter of the emperor's house is another matter. There are nests of black-eyed chickens, and they will not stop until they fight to the death. Rules are the ears of the deaf - a display!"

Han Quandao: "There are so many loyal ministers and righteous men in the world, but no one is willing to help him."

"Who? Little sage?" Jia Meng shook his head like a veteran of the world, "How many loyal ministers and righteous men are there? It's just a drop in the bucket to save him from Beijing. The prosperity of the world is all for profit; the chaos of the world is for profit. In the end The profiteers account for the vast majority. Even if he is a rare commodity, who has the ability to be Lu Buwei? What's more, Lu Buwei has never had a good end since ancient times. Lu Buwei was born too early, and there are not so many history books to read, so he can't sum up the history Lesson. Otherwise, he might not be able to do that business."

Han Quan opened his mouth and then closed it, and after a while he opened and closed his mouth again, and so on several times.Jia Meng became more and more curious and looked at him with wide eyes.After a long time, Han Quan pursed his lips, and said in a short sentence: "Lu Buwei really deserves credit for Qin. However, he is really too arrogant. Otherwise, Ying Zheng might not necessarily have to get rid of him."

Jia Meng spread her hands and said, "What do you think Lu Buwei is helping Ying Zi and Chu father and son? Isn't it just to gain power for himself? Could it be to help the poor?"

Han Quan took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Isn't it..."

Jia Meng asked curiously, "Uncle Quan, what's wrong with you?"

Han Quan smiled wryly: "It's nothing, I want to do my history homework."

Jia Meng snorted, "It's so insincere to make up excuses! If you don't want to say it, forget it."

"That's all." Han Quan put his arms around his shoulders, "Thank you for coming to help coax my mother and tell Fu'er that I have figured it out and don't annoy her anymore."

Jia Meng twirled her bare chin, pretending to be smoothing her beard: "It's so good."

In the afternoon, Han Quan took a nap and coaxed Mrs. Xing for a while, and Mrs. Xing simply gave him all the gifts she had planned for Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin.Han Quan accepted it neatly, and kowtowed three times to Mrs. Xing: "Mother, when I marry a wife in the future, I must be filial to my mother." Mrs. Xing's tears rolled down like broken beads, and she stepped forward to hug her Stop him from crying.

After comforting Mrs. Xing, Han Quan told the boy to go out for a stroll, changed his clothes for going out, and left alone.Walked straight to Zhongshan Avenue, one of the largest commercial streets in Dajiala, and entered a special ceramics store in Jingdezhen.The clerk hurried up to say hello, and Han Quan asked them if the shopkeeper was there.

Before the words were finished, the shopkeeper hurriedly ran out from behind the counter and shouted, "Master!"

Han Quandao: "I'm just here to tell you. Last time you said that you can make custom porcelain, I thought about it. I don't lack anything in my house, so there is no need to make custom porcelain." Turn around and leave.