serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 48 Housekeeping and Family Management 2
The Jia family school was established by Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong in those days. It is only one mile away from here on the back street of Jia's family. Unable to pass the exam, he was in poverty all his life. In order to take care of him, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen made him the tutor and tutor of the ethnology.

In modern ethnology, apart from Baoyu, Jia Huan, and Jia Lan, there are several descendants of the Jia family, most of them are descendants of relatives, such as Qin Keqing's cheap younger brother Qin Zhong, Rongguo Mansion's grandson Jia Huang's wife and nephew Jin Rong, etc. Since a month ago, there has been another overlord, Xue Pan.

Jia Dairu is old and has limited energy. After teaching every day, he ordered his grandson Jia Rui to take care of him. Now he is clinging to Xue Pan, coveting his money, wine, and meat, allowing Xue Pan to run rampant in the ethnology, helping the tyrant to abuse, and oppressing the children of his relatives.

Coincidentally, Jia Dairu was not feeling well today, so he went home after staying for a while, and ordered Jia Rui to take care of it on his behalf. What happened next was that Jia Baoyu, Qin Zhong, and Xue Pan, who had been fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, all came.

Without Jia Dairu's restraint, the whole school exploded immediately, everyone was noisy, and Xue Pan even hugged a shy and gentle elementary school student to fight Jia Rui there.

On the other side, Baoyu, Qin Zhong, and Jia Lan were trying to complete the homework left by Jia Dairu. Suddenly, an inkstone tile flew over and landed on Baoyu and Qin Zhong's table, knocking over the inkstone on the table, splashing their bodies. ink.

How did Baoyu's servant Mingyan get it, and he scolded: "Bison fucked, where did you throw it!"

Before the words were finished, another inkstone tile flew over, but it was thrown by someone, and it didn't hit anyone, and landed on the table next to Jia Huan, which was Jia Huan's seat, splashing a book of ink.

Jin Rong and the others were about to smash Qin Zhong, so they quickly hid behind Xue Pan.

Jia Huan jumped up and scolded: "Good prisoner, is this going to fight with you, Mr. Huan!" Then, he picked up the bookcase with both hands and swung it over there.

There was a clanging sound, and it fell on Xue Pan's table. Books, papers, pens and inkstones were scattered all over the table, and Xue Pan's bowl of tea was also smashed into pieces, splashing Xue Pan all over. .

Xue Pan stood up abruptly, and cursed: "You little woman! Dare to fight with you, Uncle Xue!" As he spoke, he grabbed a large moso bamboo board and rushed up.

Seeing that Xue Pan was about to hit Jia Huan, Jia Rui was afraid of causing trouble, so he hugged Xue Pan, but he was too weak to stop him, so he had to shout, "Brother Huan, run!"

While hiding, Jia Huan yelled for help.

Seeing that Baoyu didn't speak, Mingyan also pretended not to hear Jia Huan's call, and it was all lively.

Jin Rong and the others yelled and booed.

Outside Li Gui and other big servants heard the commotion inside and rushed in. Jia Huan's servant was his uncle Zhao Guoji, an honest and cowardly servant from the family. Seeing Jia Huan who was forced into the corner by Xue Pan, he rushed straight away. Go up, push Xue Pan away, and protect Jia Huan behind him.

Xue Pan was caught off guard, "kick, kick, kick", staggered back three or four steps before standing still, looking at Zhao Guoji who was staring at him, Xue Pan was startled and angry, picked up the board and hit Zhao Guoji, While shouting: "What are you! Dare to touch Uncle Xue, I will kill you today!"

Knowing that this was Mrs. Wang's nephew, Zhao Guoji didn't dare to hide, let alone resist, so he could only hold his head and let the board fall on him.

Seeing blood spurting from Zhao Guoji's mouth and nose, Jia Huan, who was less than nine years old, was so frightened that he burst into tears.

Jia Rui was frightened, so he had to come over and beg Li Gui, "Stop beating, people will die if this continues." After speaking, he kept bowing.

Li Gui was also afraid of making a big fuss, and he would be implicated, so he hurriedly shouted: "Master Xue, stop! The servant has bumped into you, and the manager will punish you. You caused trouble in the school, and if the master and wife know about it, they will definitely punish you."

Xue Pan: "Don't worry, wait until I beat this little woman." Throwing away the blood-stained bamboo board in his hand, he raised his hand and slapped Jia Huan: "You little woman."

When Xue Pan's hand was about to hit Jia Huan's face, there was a crisp sound, and a piece of wooden stick hit his shoulder, and he stumbled to the side as if drunk.

A cold voice sounded outside the door: "Who is raised by the little woman!"

Jia Hu's figure appeared beside the gate.

There was no sound in the school immediately.

Xue Pan sat on the ground and turned his head slowly, bead-sized beads of sweat dripped down his cheeks from his forehead.

Jia Hu's voice seemed to come from far away: "You are a relative, I will not punish you, and you will not come to this school in the future."

Xue Pan breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes."

Jia Hu's eyes slowly turned to Jia Huan who was sitting on the ground and weeping, and then he turned his eyes to Zhao Guoji who was lying on the ground.

Jia Hu's hand holding the Qibao bracelet trembled slightly, his fingers vigorously rubbed the rosary beads one by one, and it took him a long time to speak: "Go and invite Wang Taiyi to treat Huan'er's uncle well. "

"Yes."

Jiao Da waved his hand when he heard the words, and led two soldiers to run in.

Seeing Zhao Guoji being carried away, Li Gui and others looked at each other in blank dismay.

Jia Hu: "Come here, take Li Gui and others down and beat each of them with thirty army sticks, and send them to the manor outside the city."

Li Gui, Mingyan and the others were all so frightened that they stood there with panic-stricken eyes, and remained motionless in a daze.

A group of personal soldiers rushed over and grabbed several people by the back collars. Li Gui reacted and shouted: "Second Master, this slave is wronged!" Then he looked at Baoyu, "Second Master Bao, help me! !"

With a "slap", a soldier slapped Li Gui's cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye, and blood overflowed from his mouth and nose.

Baoyu raised his head, but was so frightened that he lowered his head again.

At this time, Jia Daixiu brought Jia Huan over.

Jia Hu: "Everyone with the surname Jia will follow me to the ancestral hall." He strode out.

Jia Daixiu took Jia Huan and followed him out.

Jia Rui, Jia Baoyu, Jia Lan and Jia Zhu hurriedly followed out.

Only then was Xue Pan completely relieved, then got up, stumbled and ran out.

Looking at Xue Pan's disappearing figure, Jin Rong and the others dispersed in a hurry.

All the way was silent, and soon arrived at the ancestral hall.

Before Jia Hu could speak, Baoyu and the others knelt down on the ground consciously.

Jia Hu didn't speak, but knelt down on the futon, kowtowed respectfully three times, stood up again, and stretched out his hands to pick up the rattan on the altar table.

Jia Hu: "After the whip comes down, no shouting is allowed." As he spoke, he walked behind several people and waved the cane.

The cane fell on Jia Rui, "Ouch!" With a loud cry, Jia Hu whipped his backhand again, and scolded, "Shout again and hit again!"

Jia Rui was sweating profusely from the pain, and only snorted, not daring to yell.

Then, except for Jia Lan and Jia Huan, everyone was whipped.

Jia Hu: "Do you know why I beat you?"

No one spoke, Jia Hu rewarded each of them with another whip, and asked again: "Do you know why you were beaten?"

Jia Rui's Adam's apple twitched, and said with difficulty: "I shouldn't allow them to make trouble in the school."

Before he finished speaking, a whip was whipped on his back, and Jia Hu looked at Baoyu, "Come on."

Baoyu lisp: "I, I"

Jia Hu gave him a whip angrily, then looked at Jia Cong, "Say it!"

Jia Cong's face became even whiter!
With a bang, and another blow of the whip, Jia Hu's gaze turned to Jia Jun again.

Jia Zhu has been bluffed into a coma, staring at Jia Hu in a daze.

Jia Hu sighed: "If a rich family like ours is killed from outside, it will not be able to kill for a while. This is what the ancients said, 'a centipede is dead but not stiff', so we must first commit suicide at home. , to be crushed!"

Having said that, he turned his eyes to Jia Rui, then to Jia Baoyu, and continued: "Today you can sit back and watch Huan'er being bullied by outsiders, and tomorrow the family is in crisis. Do you also stand by and watch, even to save yourself?"

Paused, "As the saying goes, 'a thing hurts its kind', 'the lips are dead and the teeth are cold', I am naturally a little shocked."

"Second Uncle." Jia Lan, who was kneeling beside him, said, "I was wrong, hit me."

Jia Hu: "Look, look, Lan'er is more responsible than you uncles!" Then he said to Jia Rui: "Grandpa is getting old, so he can take care of himself at home and pay ten or twelve months a month. As for you, if you want to study, you can stay in the school, if you don't want to, you can go to your uncle."

Jia Rui: "Yes."

"My grandfather, Tuolan'er, Mr. Li Shouzhong, the Imperial Academy Jijiu Li, hired several old gentlemen from the Imperial Academy. They will teach you your studies. I hope you can study hard and get fame as soon as possible."

At this time, Jiao Da appeared outside the gate of the ancestral hall, Jia Hu walked out and asked, "What's the matter?"

Jiao Da: "Second Master, Li Gui's family members went to Rongqing Hall to find the old lady and cry!"

(End of this chapter)