The Red Mansions

Chapter 241 The snow day, the journey of righteous learning
It was cold and windy, snow was flying, and it was covered in silver.

The morning mist filled the air, and the cooking smoke curled up.

After waking up overnight, people find that the autumn scenery is gone, and winter is approaching quietly.

At dawn, Lin Daiyu curled up in Jia Yun's arms and woke up leisurely.

Opening his eyes, he saw Jia Yun looking at her with a smile.

Lin Daiyu blushed and pursed her lips.

"Haha, you still don't believe me when I said it was snowing in the middle of the night and asked Xiangling to add a quilt. Now go out and have a look and make sure the snow is at least one foot thick!" Jia Yun laughed loudly.

Lin Daiyu said stubbornly, "I didn't say that the quilt should not be added. Didn't I add it later?"

Jia Yun cut her voice, then turned to ask Xue Baochai, "Did Baochai sleep well at night?"

"It's good, I haven't slept so well for a long time!" Xue Baochai pulled the hair on his forehead behind his ears and smiled.

Xiang Ling and other maidservants who were waiting outside the door heard movement in the room, and quickly filed in.

Some of them were carrying hot water, some were holding cotton coats and trousers, some were holding snow clam oil, and so on.

The maidservants of the three entered a room one after another, which seemed a bit crowded.

Then, Xi Ren, Mei Ren, and Qin Keqing also came in with their maids, and it became even more lively.

"It snowed a lot last night. I just heard from Aunt Miao that several houses in the clan were crushed!" said Xiren rubbing his hands.

Jia Yun looked at the female relatives in the room, and they all put on warm cotton-padded clothes, and all of them were beautifully dressed, pleasing to the eye.

Most of them have had relationships with Jia Yun, and now they are serving the three of them, but they are also generous and no longer shy.

Only a few maids, such as Yuan'er, Lian'er, Qingwen, Sheyue, etc., were still shy.

Especially after seeing Jia Yun naked and arrogantly descending to the ground, they were even more ashamed and did not dare to look up.

Jia Yun giggled, spread out her hands, let Xiangling take care of dressing, and asked Xi Ren: "The house collapsed, no casualties, right?"

"That's not true. I heard that before the collapse of the house, people ran out of the house." Xiren shook his head and replied.

After a pause, Xiren asked, "Master, do you want our family to send something to help?"

"No need, as long as the ancestors don't come to inform us, let's not interfere in this kind of thing." Jia Yun replied after pondering for a moment.

Xue Baochai, who was dressed, said, "Our tribe has too many people to take care of. Once this is done, we will help everyone in the tribe if they have difficulties in the future. If you are not busy, people will have opinions."

"That's true. Of all things in the world, the human heart is the most unpredictable." Xi Ren nodded.

Qin Keqing answered: "This person, it's hard to get everyone to agree, no matter how good you are, there will always be someone who will pick you up."

"What's the matter with you guys today, come here early in the morning to lament?" Jia Yun laughed.

After a pause, he continued: "However, I still have to go to the clan, especially the free school. I must take a look, and don't make any trouble."

Xue Baochai asked, "Isn't your husband going to the yamen to do business today?"

"No, I've been busy for more than half a month, and I'm not allowed to rest for a day or two?" Jia Yun walked to the dressing table and sat down, and replied with a smile.

Xiren was about to take the comb from Xiangling to help Jia Yun comb her hair, but Qin Keqing moved faster, she was also close to Xiangling, so she took the comb in her hand.

Xiren froze for a moment, pursed his lips and smiled.

Qin Keqing is also good at serving people, and he especially enjoys combing Jia Yun's hair.

Then, Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu sat next to Jia Yun. Yinger and Zijuan were also nimble. They first arranged the bronze mirror and then helped them comb their hair.

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "A few days ago, my mother-in-law was talking about it, saying that she wanted to take some time to go outside the city to worship incense and worship Buddha. Cousin Feng also agreed and said that she wanted to go together. When she said she would go, let her know."

"It just so happens that my husband is free, or why don't you take us to a temple outside the city in these two days!"

Jia Yun nodded and said, "It's okay to send you to the temple, but I'm afraid it's just snowed and the road will be difficult!"

After thinking for a while, he continued: "Well, let's forget about it for today. I'll arrange for people to go outside the city to have a look. If the road is easy, I'll send you to the temple tomorrow."

"That's fine, as long as you can go, it's up to your husband to decide when to go." Xue Baochai nodded and replied.

Soon, after combing her hair, Jia Yun, together with Xue Baochai, Xi Ren, Mei Ren and Qin Keqing, went to Bu's room to pay her respects.

As long as Jia Yun is at home, morning and evening peace is essential.

As for Xue Baochai and the others, even if Jia Yun is not at home, they will still come over to make peace in the morning and evening.

After greeting Mrs. Bu, Jia Yun talked about going to a temple outside the city by the way.

Mrs. Bu was not in a hurry, she just asked Jia Yun to arrange it.

After eating, Jia Yun ordered Jia Wenlin to take people out of the city to check the route.

"I heard that the environment of Guiyuan Temple is quiet and the road up the mountain is easy to walk. You can stop by and have a look. If the road to there is easy to walk, then you can book the temple first." Jia Yun ordered.

When a large family goes out, they must stay in the temple for at least one night. The necessary preparations are indispensable.

After Jia Wenlin took the order, she picked a group of people and left.

Jia Yun talked to Xue Baochai, changed into cotton clothes and ordinary clothes, and walked to Yixue.

On the streets, the snow was heavily trampled and mixed with the mud, making it difficult to walk.

Jia Yun was not in a hurry, as she walked, she returned salutes to those who greeted him on the side of the road.

Especially for those who wanted to kowtow to him, Jia Yun told them not to salute from a distance.

Kneeling on the ground in this snowy day, his pants will definitely get wet, or he will catch cold, and he will be guilty of a big crime.

Coming to the street, Jia Yun ran into Jia Qin head-on.

This guy may have adopted a few children, and because he is not humane, he takes children very seriously, but he changed many of his previous bad habits and concentrated on earning money to support his family.

Jia Yun heard from the steward of Xue's family that Jia Qin worked in a bamboo strip maker's house in Shibafang.

He works hard and loves to study. He was promoted to the team leader in less than half a year. He can earn more than one or two dollars a month, making it easy to support his family.

As for his children, they are mainly taken by his mother Zhou.

Now the Zhou family can't get the autumn wind when they go to Wang Xifeng's side, and they seldom go to Jia's house for wandering.

When Jia Yun and Jia Qin met, Jia Qin didn't dare to be careless like before, and became servile and submissive.

Before Jia Yun could speak, Jia Qin pushed the golden mountain, poured down the jade pillar, and worshiped when he took the head.

Jia Yun sighed, stepped forward, helped Jia Qin up, and asked, "Brother Qin, how are you?"

"Thanks to Second Master, I'm still living a small life." Jia Qin replied with her head down.

Jia Yun had mixed feelings, and as his reputation grew, many acquaintances felt awe when they saw him, and naturally alienated him.

Of course, this is also what he hopes for. After all, he works hard to climb up, doesn't he just hope that someone will respect him?
Seeing Jia Qin like this, Jia Yun didn't want to talk to him any more, so she patted him on the shoulder and said:
"It's good to get by. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me at any time."

Jia Qin hesitated for a moment, then said, "I really need the help of my second master for something."

"Oh? Let's hear it." Jia Yun looked at him and said.

Jia Qin cupped her hands and said with a flattering smile: "Second Master also knows that the young one has adopted a few children, and I'm afraid they will grow up in a few years. The house at home is not enough to live in, so the young one wants to spend money to renovate the old house. Rent it."

"I agree with this matter, you can go directly to Ni Er." Jia Yun nodded and said.

He also didn't say that he would not charge Jia Qin's rent.

Although Jia Yun didn't like that little money, he still had to collect what should be collected.

Otherwise, if Jia Qin and the others lived for a long time, they might consider it their own.

This kind of dove occupying the magpie's nest is not unheard of.

The house was used by the family to help Jia Yun, so he naturally didn't want the house to be lost in his hands.

Nothing to do next, Jia Yun and Jia Qin separated and went to Yixue.

At Yixue, the students didn't have class today, and they all cleaned up the snow on the playground.

Jia Dailing and many elders from the clan also came. It seems that Jia Yun is not the only one who cares about Yixue, and the clan is even more concerned about it than him.

"Brother Yun is here?"

"Hello, Second Master!"

"Greetings to Second Master Yun!"

"..."

As soon as they arrived at Yixue, many people came to say hello to Jia Yun.

Jia Yun returned the salute one by one, and after exchanging pleasantries for a while, he turned around and asked Jia Dailing, "Old Ancestor, there is nothing wrong with Yixue, right?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. It's thanks to the fact that when you built the free school, you used brick and tile houses. No, it was used when it was raining and snowing!" Jia Dailing said with a smile on his face.

After a pause, he continued: "The other clan usually sends people over for maintenance every now and then, just to prevent such bad weather and delay the children from studying."

"It's fine." Jia Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "I heard that someone's house in the clan collapsed?"

"That's right. The snow fell too fast last night. Two houses in our house collapsed, and seven or eight houses collapsed in the other rooms." Jia Dailing said.

He glanced at Jia Yun, pinched his beard and said, "You just need to know about it, don't worry about it too much, you are doing big things, and the clan has its own arrangements for these trivial things."

As a person matures, he can see many things clearly.

Jia Yun is now the pillar of Sanfang, even if Jia Yun is asked to help, good steel will be used wisely.

For example, building a free school, inviting teachers to teach, and clansmen going to court, etc.

These matters related to the future of the tribe will let Jia Yun come forward.

As for the clan members who want to find a job, and those who are poor and need help, Jia Yun will not be asked to help.

This kind of thing happens once and twice, and it's all thankless things.

Jia Dai ordered them not to let Jia Yun get involved in these troubles, lest the gain outweigh the loss.

To put it bluntly, if you want to favor someone, give it directly to the big one.

There are many small favors and small favors to people, but it will make people get used to them.

If it is not given at any time, or if it is given less, those people will have a lot of opinions.

Just like Jia's house, every year during festivals, people in other houses often give rice, noodles, bacon or something.

But now, in order to let the children study in the Sanfang Free School, didn't they still abandon the benefits given by the big house and turn around to curry favor with the third house?

The arrival of Jia Yun made Yixue even more lively.

Especially those children who are studying, when they are cleaning the snow, they look at him from a distance from time to time, with a look of admiration in their eyes.

Jia Yun is in the clan and is now a role model.

He came from a humble background, but with his own hard work, he was promoted in high school and became an official, with tens of thousands of troops in his hands.

This is a height that many people can't reach in their lifetime, but Jia Yun achieved it when she was less than 20 years old.

Several teachers and masters from the righteous school also came to talk to Jia Yun.

There are a lot of conversations between literati and literati, especially since the Enke Examination is only a few months away, and several lecturers will take the exam next year, so the most discussed topic with Jia Yun is how to write stereotyped essays.

As for several masters, they also participated in the Enke Township Examination this year, but unfortunately, none of them got in the list.

But Yixue pays well here, and there are instructions to teach them how to write articles.

So a few masters did not leave, all stayed and continued to teach, hoping to take the exam three years later.

Jia Yun stayed at Yixue for lunch at noon.

"Let's add some dishes!" Jiaoyu said with a smile.

Jia Yun smiled and said, "That's fine, not only we add more food, but the children also add more food!"

He asked Jiaoyu to arrange guards for the Yixue, and went to his house to bring some mutton and vegetables for extra meals, and left Jia Dailing and other clan elders to have lunch at the Yixue.

All the expenses here are borne by Jia Yun. Even though Jia Dai ordered them to be highly respected in the clan, they seldom come to eat in the clan.

But after Jia Yun spoke, they didn't refuse, and they all agreed to stay for dinner.

Next, Jia Yun looked around the teaching dormitory and dormitory.

The dormitory is a little cold in winter and the light is a little dim.

There was nothing Jia Yun could do about it.

Although there is glass these days, it is also very precious.

There is a glass screen on Jiamu's side, and she is only willing to take it out when receiving distinguished guests.

Jia Yun was a cook in her previous life and didn't know how to make glass. Although she had money, she didn't know how to spend a lot of money to buy glass to put on the windows.

As for the cold, Jia Yun remembered that when she was a child in her previous life, she studied in a rural elementary school, and the conditions were much worse than this, so it didn't seem to be a big deal.

Children of poor people can withstand beatings, and the tougher they are, the more resilient they are, so Jia Yun doesn't want to change anything.

To put it bluntly, these children are here to learn skills, not to enjoy themselves.

If the conditions are really too good, they will be harmed instead.

A group of people walked to the side of the teaching house, and Jia Yun pointed to the field not far away, and asked curiously, "When did that field grow crops?"

"It was established by the clan. It is said that after the children have studied, they can't distinguish the five grains, do not work hard, like leisure and work hard, and are lazy, so they set aside a piece of land for the children to take care of when they have time." Jia Dailing Open your mouth and say.

Jia Yun nodded and said with a smile: "That's good. Farming is a housekeeping skill. They can't lose it. At the same time, it can also let them know the hardships and hardships and understand the people's conditions."

Jia Dailing said: "This is the reason. After children study and practice martial arts, they only know how to read and practice martial arts. They should not do other things. On the contrary, it violates our original intention of establishing free schools."

The purpose of establishing the righteous school is naturally to make the clansmen stand out.

However, there are only a very small number of people who can pass the imperial examination and gain fame, perhaps only one or two in several years.

Most of the children will go to work and farm in the future.

If you can write and count, you can also work as an accountant, or travel around to do business, etc.

Therefore, no matter how you teach these children, the most important point is not to let them forget their roots.

(End of this chapter)