The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 161 New Year's Eve [Part [-]]

Since the twelfth lunar month, Jiao Shun and Jia Zheng have been busy.

Jiao Shun's side was busy processing the reports and payment slips from years ago; Jia Zheng was going to lead the inspection team out of Beijing at the end of the first lunar month, so he needed to make intensive preparations for his travel plan.

However, Jia Zheng has been used to leisure all his life, why has he ever worked so hard?
He fell ill within the middle of the month, he himself didn't feel any better, he still went to the yamen to discuss matters every day, but the several court officials were terrified, fearing that the noble concubine's biological father would have something bad or bad.

So they took turns to insinuate, asking him if he wanted to change generals temporarily.

But Jia Zheng is the most face-saving person. If he had been ill before he was elected, he might have retreated early.

Seeing that they couldn't persuade him, the officials had to secretly add some capable people to Jia Zheng's inspection team, so that he would not have to work hard in the inspection team as much as possible.

As for Jiao Shun, although he was far more busy than Jia Zheng, firstly, he had the experience of his previous life as a basis, and secondly, his physique and spirit were not comparable to Jia Zheng's.

On the one hand, he severely punished several subordinate employees who made false reports—the purchase price of the most incorruptible one was more than three times the market price—on the other hand, he was able to find time to improve the favorability of Baochai and Yingchun.

Baochai's progress is still slow, or there is basically no progress.

But Jia Yingchun is obviously a fool.

Ever since Xiuju came to complain, Jiao Shun bought some snacks and gadgets from time to time, entrusted Xiangling to give them to Siqi, and Siqi handed them over to Yingchun.

After coming down again and again, Yingchun specially gave back a sachet sewn by herself—this was already an extremely bold behavior for Yingchun, who has always been cautious in words and deeds.

But it's not surprising that she would have such a reaction.

After all, Jiao Shun has been regarded as his future support, and it is the first time since he was a child that he feels "cared for" by others - Siqi Xiuju is not included - which inevitably touches his heart.

In addition, he did not stop communicating with You Shi, and even took time to receive Yang Shi.

Although I got some extra sweetness, it is a pity that the starry sky in the greenhouse is missing, and I always feel that there is a fly in the ointment.

In addition to thanking 'Qin Xian', Yang's visit was also thinking about waiting for the other courtyard to be repaired, and wanted to ask for a job in it.

Jiao Shun's heart was moved when he heard her appeal, the Yang family was originally Shangye's little steward, and now the brothers of the Qin family have succeeded in taking positions in the mansion one after another because of their butterfly wings.

In this way, wouldn't it be logical to secretly recommend her to be the head of the night watch ladies after the other courtyard is repaired?

With this level of relationship, wouldn't it be convenient if I had something to do in the future?

In short, this situation can be said to be very good!
But Jiao Shun, who is not as greedy as a snake, always has the desire to look forward to Sichuan.

Every now and then, I have to worry, I don't know when and what month I can get online with Sister Lin - after all, this girl is missing one, which always makes people feel a little bit uncomfortable!

but……

After thinking about it, there is nowhere to start.

So he could only keep suppressing his wolfish ambition in his heart.

…………

Time flies.

Seeing that it is the 24th year of the twelfth lunar month again.

Originally, the Jiao family wanted to sacrifice the stove by themselves, but Jia Zheng tried his best to invite him, and his own father also wanted to participate in the family's collective sacrifice to the stove.

Last year he was at the bottom of the team, standing like a minion, but this year it is quite different, he is closely behind Jia She and Jia Zheng, with Jia Lian on the left and Baoyu on the right.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Jiao Shun saw Jia Lian after the rape-catching farce.

While waiting in the line to present the tribute, he secretly scanned the face of Second Master Lian, and sure enough, he saw a few shallow scars on the left side of his face.

This Wang Xifeng's attack was really ruthless!

The process of offering sacrifices to stoves in Rongguo Mansion is almost the same as last year, so I won't repeat them in the book.

But the routine stove show in the evening had to be held in Dongfu because the Dahua Hall had been demolished.

But after offering sacrifices to the Stove Lord, Jiao Shun and Baoyu agreed to rush to the West Mansion at Shenzheng [four o'clock in the afternoon], and then returned home on their own.

Even though the solemn ceremony was cancelled, the matter of burning the portrait of the Stove Lord had to be done by himself, the master of the family.

Wu'er, Yu Chuan'er, the cook and servants all had their parents present, and today they were all given a holiday - only during the day - so only Jiao Da, Xiang Ling, Grandma Hu, grandma and grandson were by her side.

Seeing that Jiao Shun had set fire to the portrait and was about to stuff it into the stove, Jiao Da hurriedly pointed to the outside and said, "This year, you just became an official. According to the rules, you should use a pole to pick it up on the roof."

What's the rule?
But since there was such a rule, Jiao went outside to pick up the burning portrait with a bamboo pole, and put it on the glazed tiles of the roof.

The portrait was almost burnt, and Shuan Zhu took two more five-hundred-pound thunderbolts, tied one end with his trouser belt, and went around the yard like a dog walking a dog to blow them up.

This little ceremony is not over until the red paper is spread all over the floor.

Jiao Shun helped his godfather into the inner room—the old lady of the Ning Mansion had also gone home for a reunion—made him a cup of strong tea to warm up, and made a few bad words before returning to the east wing.

After taking off her big clothes, she hugged Xiangling and loved her a lot. She is usually heartless, but on this day of family reunion, how can she not have mixed feelings?
Jiao Shunzhi teased Xiangling for a long time, and let her cry on her shoulder, and then she was soothed.

Seeing that the appointed hour was approaching, Xiangling hurriedly asked Xiangling to prepare four or five hand stoves and foot stoves, wrapped them in a small cloth bundle and took them to Dongfu.

Because they had made an appointment with Baoyu a long time ago, neither of them took the car, and took their maids and servants directly to Ningguo Mansion through the private alley.

Seeing the black smoke rising from the boiler room on the road, Jiao Shun felt as if it was a lifetime away.

Speaking of...

Although Jiao Shun got closer to Baoyu recently, it was the first time he saw Mingyan.

Look at this kid timidly hiding at the end of the line, obviously he has been deliberately avoiding himself before.

I remember when Jiao Shun first traveled to this world, he had imagined in every possible way how to avenge the original owner.

Now……

He turned his head and looked at Mingyan meaningfully, and the boy who looked straight at him buried his head in his chest, and then calmly withdrew his gaze.

Vengeance must be avenged, but there is no need to take risks for such a small role.

As the days go by, you will always find a suitable opportunity.

When they arrived at the Yimen Gate of Ningguo Mansion, Jia Rong had led the stewards to wait for a long time. When they saw the two arrived, they rushed forward and said "uncle".

Jiao Shun said with a half-smile: "I heard that your marriage has stopped, and you are going to get married in the next year? Don't forget to leave a post for me when the time comes."

Jia Rong's smile froze, and she said with a sneer, "Of course I have to invite Uncle Jiao over for a drink."

Although marrying a daughter-in-law is a good thing, but the daughter-in-law to be married has been pre-determined by the father, but it really makes people unhappy.

Especially the idea of ​​exchanging the new for the old was destroyed by Jiao Shun again.

"You, are you going to get married again?"

Jia Rong was getting more and more depressed when she thought about it, but she saw that Baoyu's face had changed, and she asked with a tense face, "Keing... It's not been a year since Mrs. Qin died?"

"It's been exactly one year tonight."

While Jia Rong answered honestly, she secretly looked at Baoyu's expression.

But Baoyu said sadly: "It turns out that flowers are similar every year, and people are different every year."

Jia Rong became more and more suspicious when she heard this, and said to herself: "It's clear that my wife died, but why does he care so much? Could it be that my little uncle also got a piece of the pie back then?"

The three of them entered the big flower hall in the inner courtyard with different thoughts.

The layout here is the same as that of Rongguo Mansion, tables and chairs are set up on both sides to entertain the dignified servants of the two mansions, and a light gauze tent is set up in the middle for the masters to feast and have fun.

Jia Zheng hadn't arrived at this time, only Jia She and Jia Zhen stood together talking.

I heard Jia Zhen say: "It's a pity that Qiang'er hasn't come back from going south, otherwise there would be no need to invite people from outside - because of the incident of the royal palace competing for actors, the troupe in the capital has become very popular, but I was too late After a while, it’s almost impossible to get enough people to sing this outing.”

"That's why I have to build my own team."

Jia She shrugged and said, "This is just a joke and you have to spend other people's time, how can it appear that our family is from the family?"

At this time, Jia Rong led the two of them to greet them.

Jia Zhen didn't dare to take it too seriously, so she hurriedly returned the courtesy to the two of them.

Although Jia Amnesty still raised his neck, his attitude was much better than before. After all, more than half of the benefits passed through Qin Xian fell into his pocket.

but……

He was still a bit bitter about Jiao Shun's willingness to sell only one fan bone.

He talked a few words indifferently, because Baoyu never liked to join in the fun with men, so he accused him and went to the table of Youshi, Li Wan and Wang Xifeng.

Youshi smiled and beckoned him to sit down, but his watery eyes were drawn straight to Jiao Shun. After all, Jiao Shun had a lot of work to do, although he never neglected her, he didn't visit her for six or seven days.

Now that this cooking drama is in the East Mansion, the two of them should hurry up and have a good time.

Because she had Jia Zhen's approval, she didn't cover it up very carefully, but Li Wan was a little suspicious before, so he couldn't help but pay attention to her every move, and now he saw some signs of it.

It's just that Li Wan couldn't believe it.

Although Jiao Shun has already made his mark, he cannot be taken lightly, but to put it bluntly, he is only a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, and he is not handsome at birth. In terms of appearance and background, he is far inferior to Jia Rong and Jia Qiang.

You Shi guarded the two handsome young men all day long, even Jia Zhen surpassed Jiao Shun in terms of appearance, but why did she just go with him...

The two had their own thoughts, and even Wang Xifeng had no intention of teasing Baoyu because of the rift with Jia Lian.

Just as he was about to turn back to find Jiao Shun as his companion, he didn't expect an old woman to lead in two young and beautiful women, which immediately attracted the attention of the men present.

Seeing these three people, You Shi hurriedly got up and smiled, "Why did the mother and sisters come so late?"

Sure enough, it was Second Sister You and Third Sister You.

However, Jiao Shun was trying to distinguish which one was the elder sister and which was the younger sister, when he suddenly noticed a probing gaze and subconsciously turned his head to look, but it was actually cast by Li Wan.

But when Li Wan saw that she had noticed her, he hurriedly turned his gaze away.

Li Wan was doubting the relationship between Jiao Shun and Youshi, but Jiao Shun misunderstood for a moment, thinking that she was urging him to fulfill his promise so that Jia Lan could go to the academy to study.

Immediately, he stopped his thoughts and turned to thinking about how to start a conversation in front of Jia Zheng.

at the same time.

You Shi also noticed the naked eyes of the men, subconsciously peeked at Jiao Shun, and saw that he was hanging his head thoughtfully, which formed a sharp contrast with Jia She, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and even Baoyu next to him. .

Feeling more affectionate, she led her stepmother and younger sister to the lady's table, and covered the men's sight with light gauze.

Of course, Baoyu, a cowardly person, cannot be driven away.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Daiyu, Baochai, and Sanchun to arrive one after another, and Yingying, Yanyan gathered together, so it was difficult for him to join the Youshi sisters again.

"elder sister."

Third Sister You twirled a longan, leaned on You Shi's shoulder and said, "Could that dumb young man just now be the Second Master Bao of Rongguo Mansion? Didn't everyone say that he is extremely smart, but why..."

"Shh!"

You Shi hurriedly covered her mouth, and scolded: "What are you talking about! That's the precious lump in the West Mansion, even your brother-in-law dares to coax him."

After a pause, he said worriedly: "Everyone around him is good, but he loves to be crazy in front of beautiful girls. If he teases too hard, he will become hysterical. Don't recruit him!"

Third Miss You pursed her lips, and said disdainfully: "Look at that nymphomaniac look on his face, as long as he doesn't recruit me, why would I rush to provoke him?"

Only then did Youshi feel relieved, and greeted the female relatives, while looking forward to the quietness of the night sooner.

As the time goes.

Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Xue Pan also arrived one after another.

Xue Pan was going to get close to Jiao Shun, but when he saw that he took the initiative to sit next to Jia Zheng, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​getting close, and wished he could hide for thousands of miles.

After sitting down with Jia Zheng, Jiao Shun was thinking about how to start talking about Jia Lan.

Jia Zheng didn't want to, but he said first: "Nephew also knows that I will go out on business after the New Year, and it doesn't matter to those around me, but Baoyu is too stubborn and unmotivated. I am really worried."

"After thinking about it again and again, I'm afraid I can only work on my nephew. After I leave, I don't ask my nephew to teach him every day. I just need to help teach him some principles of career and economics in my spare time."

"This……"

Jiao Shun never thought that this would happen again, he smacked his tongue and said, "I'm afraid the ink in my stomach is far behind Brother Bao, how can I teach him? Isn't this misleading my son?"

"otherwise."

Jia Zheng shook his head: "Those serious truths are preached in the school every day, but he doesn't listen to a word. On the contrary, the simple and profound stories of my nephew can quite arouse his interest."

After a pause, he continued: "What's more, there is the precedent of Brother Yun, who asked his uncle and nephew to follow you to learn some rules and regulations in the yamen. Even if you can't become rich and powerful, you can always cultivate yourself Family."

"This……"

Jiao Shun hesitated for a while, thinking of Li Wan's entrustment and waiting for an opportunity to clean up the tea, he nodded and agreed: "Since this is the case, my nephew has no choice but to do what he wants - but if he doesn't do well, please uncle Strange."

Before Jia Zheng could speak, he sighed again: "Actually, it's not that Brother Bao is unwilling to make progress, it's just that the school in the mansion is too bad."

Jia Zheng frowned: "How do you say that?"

"Since the death of Uncle Na Rui, there have been more and more rules."

Jiao Shun said privately, "Uncle trusts me, so I'll just say a few words, according to the current situation of the family, those rotten wood can't be carved, but those who have some talents, it is better to send them to outside academies. .”

"Is the ethnology in the house really so unbearable?"

Jia Zheng didn't believe it. After all, he also invested a lot in ethnology.

Jiao Shun shook his head again and again: "I'm afraid it's worse than what I said—Uncle Shi had better make a plan before leaving Beijing, so as not to miss the talent in the family."

After a pause, he pointed out blatantly: "Especially the direct children like Brother Bao and Brother Lan, we must not delay any longer."

Jia Zheng already believed it [-]% to [-]%. After all, Jiao Shun didn't need to lie about this. Besides, after Jia Rui's death, Jia Dairu seemed to have been drained of energy.

only……

"I'm afraid the old lady is reluctant to let Baoyu go to the academy to suffer."

"What about Lange?"

"This……"

Seeing that Jia Zheng was lost in thought, Jiao Shun knew that most of his task had been completed, and the rest would depend on Jia Zheng's consideration.

So he quietly found Xue Pan's side - in terms of amusing stuffiness and stirring up the atmosphere, this Xue Pan is still the most professional with a big head.

　Stomach trouble, almost missed full attendance.

　　Thanks to the book friends: You can read it, the occasional bookworm, Lengyue Gufan 117, Litter Magic Star—— for the rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)