serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 414
The weather in July is always wonderful. Just now it was covered with dark clouds, but now the sun is shining and the sky is clear.

Qinfang River is lined with lush green trees and cicadas are chirping.

The crystal clear stream reflected two figures, Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai.

Both of them were wearing ordinary people's coarse cloth robes, and their hair was only tied up. If it weren't for this garden, anyone who saw them would think that they were two ordinary old people chatting.

Lin Ruhai was in a good mood. He saw thick green everywhere and gurgling water. He smiled at Jia Jing and said, "It's been almost a year in a blink of an eye. This is good, everything goes well, especially when I see the twins, I can eat more." Eat two bowls.”

Jia Jing smiled lightly: "Ordinary people are happy when they are happy, and you and I are no exception."

Lin Ruhai: "If you want everything to go smoothly, it's good to be a common man."

Jia Jing said calmly: "What's wrong?"

Lin Ruhai: "Since the power of the Jia family has completely shrunk in the court, the delicate balance no longer exists. Without the big mountain of the Jia family, each family has its own little Jiujiu, and they have begun to make money to live, and the officialdom has also become The situation is becoming more and more mediocre. The war in the northwest has been in doubt for a long time, and the treasury is even more empty. Yesterday I heard a news that the king of Jingnan County killed the governor of Yunnan."

Jia Jing was startled and asked urgently: "Is Li Chengyang so bold?"

With a cold snort, Lin Ruhai said: "Li Chengyang is now the veritable king of Yunnan. In addition, the Liaodong Army controls part of Annan's grain-producing land. With an army of 10,000+ in hand, he has soldiers and food. What can he not dare to do?"

Jia Jing: "I heard from the elder a while ago that the Cabinet and the Ministry of War have drafted a military strategy, asking the Guangdong Navy to launch an attack on Annan by sea to end the war as soon as possible."

Lin Ruhai: "Huh! The head of the Wu family has always been brooding over the emperor's award of a dukedom to another country. It's rare that he doesn't break his heart. How can he still obey the imperial court's will?"

Jia Jing shook his head and suddenly remembered: "Hey, what did your son-in-law say? What do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, Lin Ruhai blushed and replied hesitantly: "What do I have in mind? I'm half dead in the earth. If I say it, I won't be laughed to death."

After hearing this, Jia Jing smiled and said: "The man in the palace was buried up to his neck in dirt, why didn't he still give birth to sons and daughters?"

Lin Ruhai looked at him and then looked into the distance. Because of the incident in Jiangxi, he was impeached. In the name of the little emperor, the old concubine removed him as the governor of Liangjiang and was changed to the governor of Shandong. He was asked to clean up the mess in Shandong. If In the past, Lin Ruhai would have said nothing and devoted himself to sharing the country's worries. But it was different now. He refused on the grounds of his health. Now he only has the title of earl.

At this moment, Grandma Wang came over and said, "Masters, everything is ready."

Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Jing again: "Let's go, it's too late and your son will be unhappy again." After saying that, he gave up his hand and accompanied Jia Jing to Jia Huyuan.

At this time, the main living room was covered with new scarlet felt. There was a large basin of ice cubes at the entrance to cool down. There were three carved lacquer chairs on top. There was a coffee table next to each chair. Tea and snacks were already there. Set up.

A burst of laughter came from the bedroom, followed by children's laughter.

In the bedroom, Mother Jia, Mrs. Xing and others gathered around the kang. They all looked at the boy who was crawling on the kang. Perhaps he was tired, so the boy lay directly on the kang, with his two little eyes wide open. He looked straight at Jia Mu and others and smiled, not afraid of anyone at all.

Everyone laughed, and Jia Mu even smiled kindly. She casually looked at the boy in Ping'er's arms, who was Jia Lian's son.

Jia Mu looked at Hu Hue and said, "Where's Xuan Yatou?"

Amber smiled: "Just now, the second master was holding our eldest sister to drink water, but she knocked over the tea cup with a slap from her. The eldest sister was drenched with tea and was changing clothes inside."

After hearing this, Jia Mu smiled and said, "This girl is really naughty." Everyone laughed.

As she spoke, Lin Daiyu walked out with a girl in her arms, followed by Wang Xifeng's eldest daughter Qiao Jieer.

Jia Mu looked at Lin Daiyu again: "Where is Brother Hu?"

Sister Qiao rushed to answer: "I know, I know. My sister just peed all over my second uncle."

Tong Yan Wuji made Jia Mu and others laugh again.

Lin Daiyu smiled and touched the forehead of the girl in her arms, but the girl giggled.

These are the twins Lin Daiyu gave birth to to Jia Hu. The boy was named Jia Song and the girl was named Jia Jinxuan.

Jia Hu had a fierce quarrel with Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai over the names of their two children.

In Jia Hu's view, the generation of the Jia family is unknown. The first generation, with the character "shui", indicates that the two princes are the source of Jiamen Water; the second generation, with the character "人", indicates that the family is in its prime; the third generation, with the character "shui", It shows that the Jia family's title has been downgraded and their power has declined, and the family is in urgent need of someone to gain fame and revitalize the family; the fourth generation of the Jade generation, as the old saying goes, "gold and jade are on the outside, but decay is on the inside", indicating that the Jia family has shown signs of decline;
The fifth generation of grass-roots generation has completely lost the wealth and grandeur of the previous generations, and is like weeds without the protection of the family. This is to imply that each generation of the Jia family is inferior to the previous one.

Jia Jing sneered at Jia Hu's words and even pointed at Jia Hu's nose and asked him to read through the Four Books and Five Classics before interpreting them.

Lin Ruhai naturally stood on Jia Jing's side, and gave a lecture to Jia Hu, saying that grass comes from wood, and wood is called straight, with the characteristics of growth, softness, and the ability to bend and stretch. He also said, "The beauty of a gentleman comes from five generations." "Cut", with the toughness of grass that "wild fire cannot burn it out, but the spring breeze blows it again", even if the family declines, it can still grow tenaciously and regain its vitality.

Jia Hu just suffered the disadvantage of being uneducated, otherwise he would have made the two old men speechless!It even lost the right to name the child, leaving it to the two old men to decide.Xichun came over, blinked, and said to Lin Daiyu: "Second sister-in-law, please give me a hug for your little niece."

Xiang Yun, who was teasing Jia Song, laughed and said, "Be careful, Xuan girl, pulling your hair!"

As soon as these words came out, Xichun quickly took two steps back and then covered his head.

Everyone laughed even more.

Lin Daiyu smiled bitterly. This girl liked to pull other people's hair. Xichun, Xing Xiuyan, Li Qi, Xueyan, and Xiangling were all made to cry by her. Even Jia Mu had a few strands of hair pulled out by her.

At this time, Jia Hu walked out of the gauze curtain, reached out and took her daughter from Lin Daiyu's arms, and said to Lin Daiyu: "Send someone to hurry up. What do the two old men have to talk about?"

Before he could finish his words, Grandma Wang's voice came from outside: "The gentlemen are here."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Let's go." After saying that, she walked out surrounded by everyone.

Lin Daiyu pinched Jia Hu's waist, then took Jia Song from Hu Hu's hand and walked out.

Amber and Zijuan looked at each other and smiled, then walked out.

Jia Hu smiled and said to his daughter, who was staring at his face and smiling, "Your mother is so unreasonable."

Perhaps it was because of the "heart-to-heart relationship between father and daughter" that the little girl actually smiled and said "hmm", which made Jia Hu extremely happy.

Today is the day when the twins of dragon and phoenix are in love.

Zhuzhou is a very important ritual in the first-year ceremony. It has been circulated among the people for a long time and is a way to predict the future and temperament.

Jia Baoyu caught a rouge hairpin on his first birthday.

The outside room had been prepared and there were no outsiders, so the girls did not shy away and stood in a circle around the blanket. Jia Mu, Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing sat on the upper chairs.

On the new scarlet felt were laid out items for capturing the Zhou Dynasty: Jia Hu's jade seal of the prince, sword, scriptures of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, abacus, coins, account books, jewelry, flowers, rouge, Food and toys.

Both Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Mu.

Jia Mu looked at Lin Daiyu again.

Lin Daiyu smiled and placed Jia Song on the red carpet.

At this time, Jia Jinxuan in Jia Hu's arms started to make a fuss, shouting "catch, catch" with one little hand grabbing Jia Hu, and the other little finger pointed at her brother.

Jia Hu understood and said with a smile: "Let's catch them together."

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, then asked Grandma Wang to add the things that girls used to catch Zhou Zhou, such as shovels, spoons, scissors, rulers, embroidery thread, patterns, etc.

Jia Hu walked forward with his daughter in his arms, gently placed her on the red carpet, and said with a smile: "Be good, don't hit your brother!"

Everyone laughed.

Lin Daiyu glared at him angrily.

On the red carpet, Jia Song turned around in a circle, and then grabbed the ribbon on Jia Hu's jade seal of the prince. Everyone's eyes lit up, and Lin Daiyu's tightly held hand in her sleeves loosened.

At this time, Jia Song dragged the jade seal and crawled towards Jia Hu's sword on the other side.

Just when everyone's eyes were attracted to Jia Song, Jia Jinxuan had crawled to Jia Hu's sword from another direction, stretched out her little hand to grasp the tassel on the sword hilt, and then sat there and looked at Jia Hu, who was trying to climb over. Jia Song.

Everyone was puzzled. Jia Hu and Lin Daiyu looked at each other. This girl was waiting for her brother to deliver the goods to their door.

Sure enough, when Jia Song climbed up to his sister Jia Jinxuan, the ribbon was taken away from his hand.

Everyone looked at each other.

Jia Hu smiled, stepped forward and hugged Jia Song, first looked at Lin Daiyu, then looked at Jia Mu, Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai, and said seriously: "From now on, Jia Song is the heir apparent of the Prince of Beining County. ”

Jia Mu smiled and nodded, and said to Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai, "Let's go eat noodles."

(End of this chapter)