[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

"Hey, is this looking for the county magistrate again?" The steamed stuffed bun vendor pointed at the convoy of several carriages and sighed to the stall owner next to him: "Since our county magistrate Jia came to Changzhi County, There are always a lot of people sending things!"

"The county magistrate's status must be great. Seeing that the usual casual clothes are made of materials that we don't have here, maybe it's not necessarily the son of a wealthy family that those people say?"

"That's true." Seeing the convoy passing by, the peddler couldn't help but take a look, but was frightened by the escort's eyes and shrank his neck, "It's really scary, the county magistrate always smiles. Hehe, why are these people like this..."

A peddler passed by and overheard it, and interjected in a low voice, "That's because you've never seen an adult get angry, and it's scary to hear that."

"Really? Have you seen it?"

"I have a cousin, the daughter of his aunt's family is married to the servants of the yamen. It is rumored from them that the masters and officials of the county government do not dare to speak out in front of the county magistrate, and they have to do what they say. ..."

The more the shopkeeper spoke, the lower his voice, and the listener unconsciously moved closer, for fear that what they said about the county magistrate would be heard in my ears.

Jia Lian, who didn't know that he had given the people a strange illusion, was watching his servants move the festival gifts sent from the Rongguo Mansion all the way into the backyard.

"Second Master, this is a letter from the mansion." The Jia family servant in charge of escort took out a stack of letters from his arms, and handed them to Second Master with respectful hands.

Jia Lian took the envelope to see that Wang Xifeng didn't need him here, so he went to the study to read the letter one by one.His cheap father never wrote to him, and occasionally Mrs. Xing sent a letter to ask about the situation of the children.It's the same this time, so I put it aside after seeing him.

On the contrary, the letter from grandmother and Jia Zhu mainly said that Yuanchun's wedding date was set on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month.Jia Lian and the others definitely won't be able to go back. There are still five months left, but they can prepare some congratulatory gifts to send back.

When Wang Xifeng learned that the elder sister's wedding date had been fixed, she couldn't help but sigh: "Elder sister was still a little girl when I married in, and now she's getting married..."

"I heard that people will feel the past when they are old..."

"Jia Lian." Wang Xifeng is probably used to it now, so his emotions are not so easily provoked by Jia Lian, but more often he is helpless, "Don't you feel that you are a disappointment?"

Jia Lian shrugged, "I just don't think we need to be immersed in inexplicable emotions, life is still very happy, isn't it?"

"Not as detached as you." Wang Xifeng pulled the law scroll next to her. Seeing her violent action, Jia Lian subconsciously wanted to hold the book, "Don't break the book, it was copied stroke by stroke by the students." from."

Wang Xifeng was speechless, "Am I such an indifferent person?"

"Then who knows." After being stared at, Jia Lian stood up and said to her as she walked out, "Then remember to prepare the gift for your sister, I don't know what she will like."

"You don't need to tell me, I will fix it." Wang Xifeng replied without raising her head, and buried her head in the book.

Sometimes Jia Lian really admired Wang Xifeng. He could barely read the dossiers as stories for a while, and the eyes were dizzy from reading the laws, but she could read them one by one.

The head steward of the Lin family has already returned to the Lin residence, and Lin Daiyu was left here. She was going to be picked up by the housekeeper after the new year. Jia Lian went over to take a look, and the older sister and Daiyu were with her. Sister Qiao was very patient with Lin Ke, so she didn't stay too long.

There was nothing else to do when Mao Yi told him that the noodle restaurant of the fat aunt would be closed during the Chinese New Year. Jia Lian thought that he would not be able to eat for such a long time, so he took Lin Dongping and Mao Yi to eat noodles there.

"My lord, can I buy some lo mei when I come back? Ann likes it."

Lin Dongping and An'er followed their husband and wife to Changzhi County. Some time ago, Wang Xifeng presided over the wedding in person. Now it's time for honey to adjust the oil. They have a smile on their faces all day long, and they will show off unconsciously from time to time. Get emotional.

Jia Lian himself doesn't mind showing that he has good feelings to the outside world, so he naturally agrees to Lin Dongping's behavior of spoiling his wife.

When they arrived at the noodle shop, Jia Lian saw that Gouzi was cleaning not far away, so he let the two of them go in first.Lin Dongping and Mao Yi naturally didn't dare, they just stood at the door and watched him from afar.

Gouzi was struggling to get the stolen goods into a basket. When Jia Lian came over, he saw that the basket was about to fall, so he helped him up.When the dog saw that it was an adult, his eyes lit up and he shouted, "My lord!"

Jia Lian smiled slightly, "Have you gone to the county government?"

Gouzi shook his head, and said cheerfully: "I'm going to clean up all the way, and then go to the county government to get steamed buns!"

He built a stove in the county yamen, and there was always a fire during the day, and the dry food would not be cold later, so he nodded, and suddenly remembered something and said to Gouzi: "I haven't seen your brother, please tell me when the time comes." , Lao Mu, a carpenter in the west of the county, wants to find an apprentice to inherit his craft. I recommended your brother to him. He said that he can go there after a year, but even if you are young, you have to be a little discerning. Let him help more Do work."

"Really?!" Gouzi opened his eyes wide in surprise, then nodded fiercely, and said, "I'll tell Brother Dee in a while."

One thing Jia Lian didn't say was that the old carpenter only had one daughter, and he wanted to choose someone to inherit the mantle, and it would be best to come into their house to be his son-in-law.But that has to be a matter for the future, and the most important thing is to learn some skills now.

Stopping Lin Dongping and Mao Yi from coming over, Jia Lian followed Gouzi and occasionally helped him out. He liked this child very much, he was easy to satisfy and sunny, such a child was always very attractive.

"My lord, can you give me a nice name too?"

"Huh?" Seeing his expectant eyes, Jia Lian raised the corners of her lips and asked with a smile, "What kind of name do you want?"

"I want one that sounds amazing! Like a hero! I want to protect my sister!"

Although a hero does not become a hero because of his name, Jia Lian still thought about it seriously and asked him by the way, "What's your last name?"

"I don't know what my surname is, but Brother Dee's surname is Yu, and I follow his surname."

"Then it's called Yu Zhongqing. Zhongqing is the character of a very powerful general." After speaking, Jia Lian squatted down, and his pampered fingers directly drew the writing of those two characters on the ground.

Gouzi also squatted next to the adults, his small face was tensely looking at the two complicated characters, and he learned to write them carefully beside him.

Jia Lian corrected him when he made a mistake, and after a few times, he never made a mistake again.For a while, he had some problems of being good at being a teacher, and wrote a few words on the ground to teach him, but he didn't expect him to memorize them all very quickly.Then he recited a poem and taught him to read it. After three or four times, he recited it again without making any mistakes.

He observed for a while, and there must be some cleverness, but what is even more rare is the child's concentration. He couldn't help but feel a little pity for a while, and he didn't care that he was here to eat noodles. He stood up and helped him carry the basket back together. out of the Yamen.

Let Zhongqing go to eat first, Jia Lian hurried back to the backyard and went straight to the old doctor.The old doctor and the others were eating, and when they saw him coming, they asked casually, "Have you eaten yet?"

"No." The servant moved the chair and placed it by the table, and Jia Lian sat down without hesitation, "I need to ask you for something, I have a child, I think it's pretty good, don't you want to waste all your medical skills? Why don't you let him Come to study with you?"

"Bring it here and have a look." The old doctor didn't directly refuse, since Jia Lian proposed it, it shouldn't be too bad, if there is a fate, he will keep it by his side, and if there is no fate, he will teach him some skills to make a living.

Jia Lian thought that as long as Zhongqing worked hard, it would not be too bad even if he was not a famous doctor in the future, but just after the new year, the old doctor came over and said directly that he did not want to continue teaching.

"Why?"

"Your vision is really good." The old doctor was also a little bit reluctant when he decided to come to Jia Lian, but now he was more decisive in face to face, "Zhongqing has a good talent, it would be a pity to study medicine with this old man, it's better to study seriously for the imperial examination."

"Then if he likes to study medicine..." Well, Jia Lian swallowed the words himself. Not everyone is like him. Those who have endured hardships like Zhongqing and the others will naturally try their best to climb up. Yes, it is obvious which one to choose between studying medicine and the imperial examination.

So he shook his head, got rid of unrealistic thoughts, and said, "Then you can enlighten him temporarily."

"Mr. Fu knew that Zhongqing was an orphan, and proposed that if he was willing to be his adopted son, Mr. Fu would pay for his education."

Jia Lian didn't understand, "If you want to talk to Zhongqing, that's it."

"I asked, he said that he is not an orphan, he has older brothers and sisters." The old doctor took a sip of hot tea and said, "Mr. Fate, he is still willing to let him study."

Jia Lian nodded, and when the two teenagers finished cleaning and came to the county government office for dinner in the evening, he talked about the matter with them alone, "Mr. As long as his child has a surname Fu inherits the incense."

"This is a good thing." Brother Di was also reluctant to part with his younger brother, but he also knew what was good and what was bad, so he said before his younger brother retorted: "I have no skills, but Zhongqing can read, but I can only delay him. If I can give it to that I have no objection to the old gentleman being an adopted son."

"Brother Dee..."

Brother Dee shook his head at him, then looked at the county magistrate again, gritted his teeth and said, "I know it's a bit ignorant to say that, but our sister Sanya is very good, can you invite the old gentleman to go with Gouzi adopted?"

After hearing this, Jia Lian turned to Zhongqing, thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "Mr. Fu didn't mean to force you, and maybe we will separate in the future, but it's definitely not now, and he didn't ask you to break up with Brother Di just because of this. You can come and go. I will talk to my husband about Brother Dee's request, and you should go back and think about it."

Mr. Fu naturally has no objection to raising another little girl, people are partial, he is now in favor of Zhongqing, so he also loves his brother and sister, not to mention that these two boys are really important A good boy of affection.

On the second day, Brother Di and Yu Zhongqing came over and told Jia Lian that they agreed to let Zhongqing be Mr. Fu's adopted son.After meeting Mr. Fu, their younger sister Sanya was also brought here in the afternoon.Mr. Fu was grateful for Brother Di's benevolence, so he named Sanya "Qin'er", and he didn't ask to change his surname.

Because Mr. Fu was planning to leave Changzhi County with Yu Zhongqing when Jia Lian left, so at this time he did not force them to separate immediately, but went to see the yard where they lived now.

The yard is not too small for the three children to live in, so they spent some money to renovate it, and bought some belongings to make them live better, and it can be regarded as leaving some things for Brother Dee in the future.

And during this period, Daiyu was also taken back to Yangzhou City by Steward Lin.

Jia Lian held a meeting before, eliminated useless suggestions, selected a few things that could be done to benefit the development of the county, and asked them to start doing them after the new year.Jia Lian went to have a look at the beginning when he had nothing to do, and then began to disappear in the county government most of the time.

When the people were preparing for spring plowing in spring, he also opened a piece of land outside the county seat, and took people to tend the vegetable garden when he was free.But nowadays, the fertilizers in this era are too straightforward. Jia Lian had a psychological shadow after going there for a long time. He was afraid that if he continued, he would feel like eating food in the future, so he started to have fun again.

The peach blossoms in Taohua Village were in full bloom at this time. Although he didn't like this place very much, the peaches he brought back several times were good, so Jia Lian took his family to enjoy the peach blossoms.

Now that the road is much smoother, Wang Xifeng didn't feel Jia Lian's pain at the beginning. They went out early in the morning, and they arrived outside Taohua Village at noon.

But it was still seen by the villagers, and the village head came out to meet Jia Lian not long after.Jia Lian said that he just came out to play and didn't want to be disturbed, and the other party didn't wink, so he left readily.

They were planning to go back that day, so after playing for a while, they rushed back to the county again.It was already dark when they arrived, and the guard told them that someone from the Lin family had arrived in the evening.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng looked at each other, feeling a little bad for some reason, hurried back to the county office, and saw Mrs. Lin pacing back and forth there.

"It's not a festival, butler Lin, why are you here? Is there something going on with my uncle and aunt?"

"Master Biao." The housekeeper Lin cupped his hands with a worried expression on his face and said, "To be honest, Madam is not in good health. The purpose of this slave coming here is to take the young master back to explain Madam's thoughts. The second is to ask the old doctor to go to Yangzhou to treat his wife..."