serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 67 Rules

The backyard of Rongqingtang, inside Daiyu's house.

Yingchun, Tanchun, Baochai and Xiangyun were all there, and the sisters were wearing homely clothes, sitting in the kang and doing needlework around the small kang table.

Daiyu lay on the small kang table and was drawing flowers, while Qingwen and Xueyan stood on the ground holding scissors to cut something.

At this moment, I saw everyone Lai, mothers-in-law and maidservants hurrying over, and they all laughed and said: "The eldest wife's natal relatives are here, girls, go and recognize your relatives."

Yingchun smiled and said, "Is your uncle and wife here?"

Lai everyone: "Yes. There is also a cousin girl, who looks very good. The old lady said, please go over."

After hearing this, Daiyu hurriedly got up and asked, "Where is Miss Four?"

Lai Sheng's family said with a smile: "The fourth girl has gone to her house, and someone has already invited her. Let the girls go first." Then, he led the mother-in-law and maids to retreat.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, Xichun went to complain again.

Baochai: "That's it, let's go first."

Everyone changed their clothes and came to Jia Mu's house. They saw Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, and Wang Xifeng were all here, looking up and down around a girl in a Jingchai cloth skirt. Come to meet your relatives."

Baoyu was excited. She didn't expect the niece of the eldest wife's family to be so refined, not like a poor child raised by a poor family.

Accompanying the sister-in-law and Jia Mu to exchange a few words, Mrs. Xing turned her head to Xing Xiuyan who was talking to Yingchun and the others: "Xiuyan, quickly kowtow to the old lady."

A maid had placed a kneeling mat in the hall long ago, and Xing Xiuyan, dressed in homely old clothes, came forward, knelt down respectfully, and kowtowed to Mother Jia: "Greetings to you."

"Well, good boy, get up."

Mother Jia nodded in satisfaction, stretched out her hand lovingly, and pulled Xing Xiuyan to sit beside her.

Although Xing Xiuyan was dressed in a shabby, Jingchai sarong, she had a good temperament and was handsome, and she described her behavior as a lady from a great family.

Although Jia's mother doesn't like the stupid, stupid and greedy Mrs. Xing, she has to take care of Jia Amnesty and Jia Hu's face. They arranged for the Xing family to come to Beijing.

Jiamu took Xing Xiuyan's hand and asked, "Did you ever go to school?"

Xing Xiuyan: "No, I only recite Buddhist scriptures with the master in the temple, and copy scriptures. Some of them must recognize a few words."

Jia's mother likes beautiful girls, and she prefers well-behaved and well-behaved girls.

Jia She told her about the situation of the Xing family. The family was very poor and didn't even have a house, so they could only rent a house in a nunnery. Books, know etiquette.

Mother Jia asked Mrs. Xing, "How did your master arrange it?"

Mrs. Xing: "The master ordered someone to prepare a small courtyard under the west corridor, and Lian'er took her father there."

After hearing this, Baoyu beamed with joy, and hurriedly said to Jiamu: "Old ancestor, let's keep her. There are more people, and the family will become more interesting."

Mother Jia nodded lovingly and said to Mrs. Xing: "Your niece and daughter don't need to go home either. They will stay at home for a few days and go for a stroll."

Mrs. Xing: "Yes."

Mother Jia beckoned to Sister Daiyu again, was a bit taken aback, and asked, "Why don't you see Miss Si?"

Tanchun smiled and said, "Go back to the old lady, the fourth sister has gone to her house."

Suddenly, a servant girl's report came from outside: "Grandma is here!"

Without saying a word, a group of daughters-in-law and maids came in surrounded by Youshi, Qinshi and Xichun.

Youshi said hello, and said with a smile: "There are too many things to do today, so I'm late."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Leave some small things to their juniors, and you will enjoy the happiness."

"Exactly. From tomorrow onwards, I won't care about it, and I will just play cards with my ancestors to relieve boredom."

Jia Mu smiled to Wang Xifeng and the others: "You all heard it! It's not that I like to win money, so I force her to play cards." Everyone who said that laughed.

All of a sudden Lai Sheng's family came and took two bolts of satin and a gold collar. Youshi laughed and said, "I just heard that my uncle and wife's family is here, and I gave some small gifts to my cousin."

Mrs. Xing happily pushed Xing Xiuyan first, and said with a smile: "I still haven't thanked your sister-in-law!"

Xing Yanyan took a step forward, bowed his knees to Youshi Yingying, and said softly, "Thank you sister-in-law!"

You Shi held her hand, looked up and down carefully for a while, exchanged some pleasantries, and then said to Jia Mu: "Second Uncle has returned home."

Jia Mu: "Where are people?"

Youshi: "We're meeting guests."

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng glanced at the calm Mrs. Wang, she couldn't say anything to this stupid aunt, she could only hope that she wouldn't get involved.

Yingchun and the others who were joking aside glanced at Wu Xingjia who was waiting by the door.

Seeing this, You Shi said to Mother Jia: "Second Uncle's family has brought some earthen ritual instruments from the south. Lin Zhixiao's family is leading people to pack them up and bring them to the old lady later."

Then he said to Daiyu: "Miss, the Lin family has brought something again, and I will take it to your courtyard later."

Daiyu was overjoyed: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

While talking, the maids served tea and fruits.

When distant relatives come, it is natural to have a welcome banquet.

Wang Xifeng is a good person, before Jia Mu and the cheap mother-in-law could speak, she took the initiative to set up a banquet, thinking about what might happen next, and dragged Li Wan away again.

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Xing felt that she had a radiant face, and she forgot all about the past. She was relieved and said, "Madam Feng is a filial person."

Youshi smiled and said, "Listen, the eldest lady loves her daughter-in-law very much."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xing replied: "Young girl Feng has a good mouth, why do people hurt her so much?"

Jia Mu: "In terms of filial piety, my granddaughters-in-law are all good."

After hearing this, Aunt Xue laughed and said, "This is what the old lady said."

Mother Jia glanced at Mrs. Wang first, and then said: "Actually, filial piety doesn't care about these superficial things. The important thing is to live a good life, share the worries of the old men in the front yard, and save face for the Jia family.

At that time, I was as old as Feng girl, and I worked harder than her.Even as the wife of the family, she is cautious, for fear of saying a wrong word outside, and always considers the family.

It's not like now, when you have good things, you want to move them into your own house. Don't even think about it, without the big Jia family, can your small family exist? "

Mrs. Wang was startled, her hand holding the rosary trembled slightly, and silently lowered her head.

Mrs. Xing blushed and was at a loss for a moment.

At this moment, Jia Hu came in, bowed to Jia Mu, and said with a smile: "Greetings to the ancestors!"

Jia Mu looked at Jia Hu with loving eyes, and said, "It's dark, but it looks stronger."

Jia Hu nodded: "The military camp is a place where people are trained. Jia Qiang and Jia Yun have been reborn, and the ancestors will understand when they see each other later."

Suddenly seeing Baoyu staring at Xing Xiuyan in a daze, he smiled and said, "Baoyu's illnesses are all due to leisure time. He only needs to go to the military camp for a month or two, and he will be healthy and strong after training."

There was a "hum" in Baoyu's head, his eyes were lost, and his forehead was covered with thin beads of sweat.

Jia Mu glared at Jia Hu angrily, took Baoyu into her arms, wiped his sweat, and said, "Your second brother is joking with you, don't take it seriously."

Baoyu came back to his senses, his face was red, and he was just about to speak.

Jia's mother pointed to Xing Xiuyan's mother and daughter, and said, "Don't be so talkative, I haven't seen the foreigner yet."

Mrs. Xing hurriedly pulled Xing Xiuyan forward, and said: "This is the patriarch of the Jia family, the successor of the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Hu, who asked the prefect of Suzhou to take you to Beijing. Just call him second brother!"

Xing Xiuyan gave a little blessing and said, "Second brother!"

"There's no need to be too polite, they're all relatives, it's too alien!"

Jia Hu nodded, and looked at Xing Shi again, before he could speak, Xing Shi fell to his knees with a thump, "Grassmen pay homage to Uncle!" He kowtowed three times.

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and Mrs. Xing's smile froze instantly, and she didn't speak for a long time.

Everyone was dumbfounded, even Jia Hu didn't react, Madam Wang sneered.

At this moment, Youshi regained his composure, stepped forward to help Xingshi up, and said to Jia Hu, "I haven't seen my uncle or wife yet."

Jia Hu calmed down, cupped his hands and said, "Uncle and Madam."

Xing shivered. Although she didn't know how big Jia Hu's official was, she still knew how much power the Suzhou prefect had. This was the master of the Suzhou prefect, and she lowered her head tremblingly, not daring to answer.

Mrs. Xing's face was ugly, and she couldn't say much, so she gritted her teeth.

Mrs. Wang was still smiling, and even the women behind her were all smiling.

Jia Hu saw it, and said to Mrs. Xing: "Uncle and Madam are tired from traveling, let's take a rest first, and we will serve wine later to welcome the wind."

Jia Mu nodded: "Exactly, take a good rest."

Mrs. Xing agreed with a "yes", and took Mrs. Xing and Xing Xiuyan out.

Jia Hu turned around and walked to Jiamu's right hand to sit down, coughed, and asked, "Which one belongs to Wu Xing's family?"

Wu Xingjia was stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down: "It's a slave."

Jia Hu: "Tell me."

Wu Xing's family panicked: "Second Master."

Jia Hu: "Say."

Wu Xing's family pondered for a moment, and replied: "The servant is the housekeeper's wife, and it is the responsibility to manage the maid and mother-in-law. No, I didn't do anything wrong."

Jia Hu smiled: "It's someone who can talk. It's from Zhou Rui's family."

Zhou Rui's family was shocked, and hurried over: "Second Master."

"Palm mouth."

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Zhou Rui's family was startled, and turned their eyes to Mrs. Wang, gritted their teeth, and slapped Wu Xing's family twice, making her dizzy.

Wu Xing's family was in a hurry, and shouted loudly: "Madam, save me!"

Zhou Rui's family was also in a hurry, grabbed her by the collar with one hand, and slapped her ear with the other until Wu Xing's family was speechless.

Jia Mu couldn't help frowning.

Mrs. Wang's eyes burst into flames.

Aunt Xue sighed silently.

Yingchun and the others turned around.

Jia Hu cleared his throat and said, "You are the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, and it is your duty to manage the maids and mother-in-law. I didn't say what you did wrong. After all, you acted according to the rules.

Hitting you is because you provoked the relationship between the first room and the second room.

Also, why were you laughing just now?Do you know that if it gets out, what will others think of the Jia family? "

Speaking of this, his eyes swept over the women and maids one by one, and then said: "Those who can stand here have face, and they can also speak in front of the master. I will just say a word, do your duty. Do your own thing well, don't meddle in the affairs between the master and the master, let alone provoke them.

If I find out. Hmph, I'm not your Lian's second grandma. "

After hearing this, all the women and maidservants immediately relaxed a lot, and the atmosphere in the hall also relaxed.

Jia Hu waved his hand: "Pull it down and hit thirty boards."

Zhou Rui's family: "Yes." He beckoned and led the two women to drag Wu Xing's family out.

Mrs. Wang was about to get up.

Jia Hu then said: "I don't care much about family affairs, but today I want to make a rule. From now on, whoever dares to stir up internal disputes in the family will send the whole family to the Xishan mine. As for the others The place in the mansion is very large, and many Buddhist halls can be built."

(End of this chapter)