[Red Mansion] Mother Jia has a paralyzed face

Jia Hu traveled back and forth between Linfu and Guangling Academy, and was able to communicate with the students of the academy, and felt that he had benefited a lot, so he came up with the idea of ​​studying in Guangling Academy, and first mentioned it to his uncle.

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, and then said with certainty: "Your idea is indeed good, but if you enter the academy to study, you will have to live there, and you may not be able to go back after the academy exam, so you still have to ask your grandmother and parents for instructions."

Jia Hu also had the same intention, so he wrote a letter home and sent it home together with the gift.

Zhang Rui in Rongguo Mansion was very happy every time he received a letter from Jia Hu, and the Zhang family was the same. When they received something from Yangzhou, they went directly to the west courtyard to read it with their mother-in-law.

Jia Hu was a careful child, so he always left when writing letters to his grandmother and mother, so Zhang Rui and Zhang Shi held a letter each, and frowned as they read it.

Zhang Rui took the lead to put the letter in his hand, feeling a little sad, "Hu'er is sensitive and studious, we should support as elders."

Mrs. Zhang nodded. No matter how much she misses her son, she also knows the priority. Now his son's studies are the most important thing, and he can only endure some misses.

But when I knew it, I knew that both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not in the mood to talk for a while. At this time, Zhang Rui suddenly asked: "Mr. Zhu'er said that he can also try to take the county test. Have you asked Mr. Lian'er?"

Mrs. Zhang didn't know why her mother-in-law asked about this suddenly, but she still answered seriously: "Lian'er is a little lazy compared to Zhu'er, but basically she is a little bit different."

"Lian'er is smart, so I must be more attentive. I can try it in the next year's county examination. Then after the Mid-Autumn Festival next year, I can take Zhu'er and Lian'er to Jinling again!" After talking about it, her tone rose.

Zhang was at a loss for words, and then said with worry and sourness: "Mother-in-law, you are an elder, how can we as juniors rest assured after such a long journey."

"I am the only one in this mansion who has free time. If I don't go, why don't the two children go to Jinling alone?"

Mrs. Zhang originally wanted to ask people from the clan to accompany her, but she vetoed it before she said it. Although what happened to Lian'er was an accident, she was able to find the child as soon as possible because no one dared to neglect her mother-in-law. It's not that something will definitely happen, but if anything goes wrong, it's the mother-in-law who is the most trustworthy.

Compared with Zhang's mother, who will not see her son for a long time, Zhang Rui thought that she would go to Yangzhou to see Jia Hu in a year, and her mood suddenly changed. She was also in the mood to ask Dean Zhong, who guided Jia Hu, " Is this dean very knowledgeable?"

"Dean Zhong is a great contemporary Confucian. He won the number one scholar at a young age. He served in the Imperial Academy for three years. Everyone in the court said that he had a bright future. However, Dean Zhong resigned and returned to Yangzhou to establish Guangling Academy. It can be said that the world is full of peaches and plums. Yangzhou Most of the officials are his students, and Dean Zhong's three sons are all Jinshi students. Unfortunately, the second son and his wife died young, and the third son is also teaching in the academy. "

Scholars in this day and age are thinking of passing the imperial examinations and setting aside a bright future to start an academy. Zhang Rui wants to know that this Dean Zhong must be from Zhongming Dingshi's family, otherwise it would be impossible for him to have such a leisurely life.

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhang suddenly smiled and said: "I saw Mrs. Zhong Shilang and her youngest daughter at the banquet last month. My wife thought that Hu'er and Hu'er are the right age."

"Oh?" Zhang Rui became interested when he heard it, "What kind of child is the little girl?"

"Daughter-in-law asked, her name is Shao Yu, she is the youngest daughter of the family, she has a brother, a sister and a twin brother, her parents dote on her more, but she is not at all coquettish and self-willed, she looks like a gentle and generous temperament."

"Shao Yu." Zhang Rui read the words in his mouth, nodded and said, "It sounds like a pretty child by the name."

"That's right, although Hu'er is not in the capital now, but when he comes back he will be about the same age, my wife thinks she should get acquainted with him early."

"Indeed, Hu'er is the eldest son and grandson of our family, and his wife is the future mistress of our Rongguo Mansion. It is necessary to meet him in advance." Zhang Rui agreed with this, and after confirming Zhang's words, she continued Asked: "Which girl do you think is good?"

"Prince Tai Fu An's second wife's eldest daughter, Xiuwai Huizhong, her uncle is now the governor of Jiangxi, and her father is the minister of Guanglu Temple."

"Prince... Grand Tutor?" Zhang Rui directly vetoed it after hearing this, "Hu'er is the eldest son, and the future daughter-in-law will have a high status, but I don't want him to get involved with the princes."

Of course she can't say that she knows that the future prince will not be able to become a great treasure. If he marry the Taifu's family, he will naturally become a prince. She hoped that Jia Hu's path would be steady, as being too aggressive would be harmful to the current Jia family.

After thinking about her mother-in-law's words, Mrs. Zhang felt that it made sense. Although she felt sorry for such a family character, she still silently crossed off the An family, and thought that when she returned to her mother's house, she heard that her elder brother wanted her nephew to marry someone from the prince's family. So I decided to talk about it in the past.

"Any more?"

"The daughter-in-law doesn't pay much attention now, and there is another family that is the eldest daughter of Mr. Xie, a cabinet scholar, Xie Pingyuan, who has grown up with Hu'er for a few months, is knowledgeable and courteous, and has already started to learn from her mother to be the head of the family."

From the few people Zhang said, Zhang Rui could see that Zhang's eyesight is very good. Presumably, Jia Hu's future wife will be able to have Zhang's check, so she nodded and said, "When Hu'er takes the hospital exam in August, if Can be admitted to the scholar, presumably marriage is better, now that I am in the mansion, you can go out to attend more banquets if you have nothing to do, let me know if you feel suitable, and I will go to Yangzhou to ask Hu'er for her opinion. Wait until I come back to tell you Hu'er's thoughts, and you husband and wife will ask in private."

"Grandma said so."

Mrs. Zhang was very happy that her mother-in-law agreed to show her to Hu'er, and she didn't intend to interfere with her choice, and because she had concerns in her heart, she somewhat diluted her longing for her son.

After that, she became more interested in going out to participate in various banquets. The children grew up in the blink of an eye. Now they are just looking at each other. In a few years, she will be able to hold grandchildren. Family fun is just fine.

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In the evening, when Jia Zhu and Jia Lian came to the west courtyard for dinner, Zhang Rui told them about Jia Hu's decision, both of them felt a little disappointed, Jia Lian directly said unhappily, "Then I won't see my brother for a long time? "

"Not necessarily..."

When Jia Lian heard her grandmother's voice, she hurriedly asked, "Grandma, what do you mean? Will brother come back?"

Zhang Rui shook his head and said, "We can go~"

"Grandmother wants to take us to see brother?!" Jia Lian asked in surprise.

"Of course it's not just to meet your brother. After studying for so many years, it's time for the two of you to test your results, right?"

"Ah?" Jia Lian was still at a loss, but Jia Zhu remembered what her husband said before, and asked, "Did grandma say that she would take us to Kao County for a test?"

"I'm going to leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival next year." Turning to look at Jia Lian, he said, "If your husband says that you are not sure about passing the county examination, I will definitely not take you there."

As soon as Jia Lian heard it, he knew that his grandmother was telling him, but if he could go out and play, at worst, he should work harder.

The two little girls, Jia Yu and Jia Xuan, had no impression of their big brother at all, and they couldn't fully understand what their grandmother and brothers said, so they missed the opportunity to go out with their grandmother again.

The next day, the news that the old lady was planning to take the two young masters to Jinling to take the children's examination next year spread throughout the mansion. Jia Zheng was resigned from his job and taught his son. Seeing Jia Zhu's fluent answers, he was very satisfied.

But on the surface, he still has the attitude of a strict father, admonishing Jia Zhu to work harder and not to slack off in the slightest, and he will go to the study for examination and supervision every few days, and he is especially eager to see his son become a dragon.

Zhang Rui didn't know about it at first, but it was Jia Lian who said that he had been staying up late every night to study hard, so she found out about it. She was really speechless to Jia Zheng. It should be, but asking a child who is already diligent to be more diligent, isn't this putting pressure on people?

Let Jia Lian watch Jia Zhu a little bit, and tell others to pay attention. When Jia Zheng called Jia Zhu to the study again, she lifted her foot and walked in without letting Jia Zheng's entourage inform her.

"Mother? Why are you here?" When Jia Zheng saw his mother come in, he quickly stood up and gave up his chair.

Zhang Rui sat down unceremoniously, picked up the book that Jia Zheng had just put down, flipped through two pages and casually asked Jia Zhu a few words. You have also seen how big brother prepared before the exam, you still have to ensure your health, from now on you should not go to bed later than Xu time every day, do you have to know about the morning exercise?"

Jia Zhu nodded seriously, and then glanced at his father. Jia Zheng wanted to speak, but he could only shut up after being stared at by his mother.

"Zhu'er, go back to your yard first, Lian'er should be lazy again if you're not here."

When Jia Zhu went out, Jia Zheng said anxiously: "Mother, if boys are not taught strictly, how can they be successful in the future?"

"Is the Ministry of Industry busy recently?" Zhang Rui didn't reply to Jia Zheng's words, but asked while checking in front of the bookshelf.

Jia Zheng was puzzled, "It's still the same as usual, why did mother say that?"

"Then why are you tormenting Zhu'er again? You forced Zhu'er to work hard before and I didn't even mention you, why? Feel like I, as a grandmother, can't raise children anymore?! What a good child Zhu'er is, you as a father I don't know how much it hurts!"

"Mother, I don't mean that, I just don't want Zhu'er to waste time."

Zhang Rui turned cold, opened the "Tiangong Kaiwu" he had just picked up, and said: "Since you work so hard, you must have memorized all the books that the Ministry of Industry may use. Come on, page seven." Back it up for a while."

Jia Zheng was a little embarrassed, he lowered his head and didn't know how to deal with it.