Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 139

After receiving the message from the concierge, Lin Ruhai and Mrs. Jia ordered their servants to go to the back house to call out their son and daughter without delay.The husband and wife walked into the lobby hand in hand, and saw a handsome young man sitting on a wooden chair, playing with the jade string in his hand.

This young master was also interesting, when he heard the sound of the master coming, he turned his head away, and when he saw Lin Ruhai and Jia Shi, before the other party could speak, he enthusiastically said: "Auntie, uncle!"

"Lian'er." The relatives reunited after a long absence, and it was her own brother's child. Jia also called out to the junior emotionally, and continued with complaints in joy, "You child, why didn't you tell us before you came here?" One sound. Could it be that you are hiding from the family again and sneaking out to play?"

Jia Lian was over [-] years old, and she was no longer the brat Jia was when she got married. He laughed and said, "Auntie, you have wronged me this time. My nephew came this time because he was entrusted by his family and came here on purpose. Congratulations to Uncle and Aunt."

"Congratulations?!" Jia's eyebrows and eyes moved when she heard the words, she and Lin Ruhai looked at each other tacitly, the latter took Jia Lian's words and said, "Good boy, sit first, sit first."

The three of them sat down again according to the rules, and Lin Ruhai looked at the junior in front of him.The eldest son of the Jia family, apart from other things, is really handsome in appearance, with a face like a crown of jade, which attracts a pair of peach blossom eyes.On the vermilion-like lips, there are sword eyebrows and star eyes.

Lin Ruhai really made Lin Ruhai look at such a flamboyant young master and say, the Jia family is impeccably outstanding in appearance.

The three chatted for a while, and then the topic turned to other matters.Jia Shi asked with a smile: "You child, as soon as you saw your uncle, you said that you wanted to congratulate you. I don't know where you said the congratulations come from?"

"Hi." The way Jia Lian replied was also very interesting.He waved his light blue sleeves and told his aunt: "My aunt still wants to hide it from my nephew! Isn't my uncle promoted to the magistrate of Yangzhou? When the family got the letter, they ordered someone to prepare a gift list. I was thinking about coming to Yangzhou It's a good job, so I took it from the old lady."

Jia Lian spoke casually, but Lin Ruhai listened differently.His two brothers and wives didn't do much in the court, so how could they have such a well-informed news channel.

Besides, it has only been seven or eight days since the imperial court issued the decree. Even if you leave as soon as you hear the news, you should still be on your way.Lin Ruhai suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and only comforted the other party, "The old lady in Lao's family is concerned, Lian'er, you have worked hard all the way here."

Seeing that Xianggong started a feint attack, Jia Shi became the main attacker. Before Jia Lian could speak, he smiled and spread his hands, "Bring the gift list to Auntie first, and if you lose something later, don't say that Auntie won't help you." Hide it."

"Auntie still treats me like a child." Jia Lian chuckled, took out a gift list from her bosom, and handed it to her aunt, "I am also a father now, and I can act very prudently now."

"But you have shown your ability. You can only be considered a good man if you are really steady." Jia Shi pointed at the child, took the gift list from the servant, opened it and looked at it several times, and then smiled at Lin Ruhai He said, "Look, Mr. Elder Brother and Second Brother have spent a lot of thought on choosing these things for you."

Ruyu's white finger landed somewhere on the gift list, and Lin Ruhai took a look, and there was a word Wang Ziteng sandwiched between the names of the two uncles.

The gift list is also interesting, with Rongguo Mansion on the left and Ningguo Mansion on the right.On one page of Rongguo Mansion, the names of Jia She, Wang Ziteng, and Jia Zheng are listed in a row.

There were rows of congratulatory gifts written under the names of the three of them, and among them, Wang Ziteng had the longest number of congratulatory gifts.

Looking at it from a distance, one can see the word "mountain".

Lin Ruhai nodded calmly, then looked at Jia Lian, and felt that the other party had become interesting.

Why do you think, it turns out that she is Jia Lian's wife, also from Wang Xifeng, Wang Ziteng's niece.

Based on this calculation, the eldest son of the first house married the daughter of the Wang family, and the mistress of the second house was also the daughter of the Wang family.

Really, it's really so that people can only comment on one and have nothing to say.

If things go on like this, is the Jia family still the same Jia family?Just change your surname to Wang.

That is to say, Jia Shi has been following Lin Ruhai for a long time, and he is good at self-cultivation.Otherwise, according to her early temper, she might have to show her temper on the spot.

Thinking that the two were still discussing Wang Ziteng before, he knew that Fa's wife must be suffocating in her heart.Lin Ruhai was very conscious of taking up the conversation, and he chatted with Jia Lian again about family matters.

Jia Lian is also an official, but he is just a donated five-rank acquaintance.It's nicer to say it out, but if you really want to go out, even the county magistrate of Qipin may not necessarily show face.

And the person in front of Jia Lian was the four-rank magistrate of the imperial court, who was under the jurisdiction of the first-class Yangzhou government in the world.Lin Ruhai's official prestige is not something that Jia Lian can bear at will.

It is said that a man should not be powerless for a day, and Lin Ruhai's seemingly friendly words and deeds made it difficult for Jia Lian to cope.That is to say, the Jia family's tutoring background is here, and Jia Lian can still take it all in, and the words on the scene are also well-spoken.

While they were talking, someone led the young lady and young master in.Daiyu and Lin Jue were not stage-frightened when they saw their cousin for the first time.The two parties passed the names with a smile, and Jia Lian took out the gift he had prepared early and handed it to his younger siblings.

The two children didn't dare to accept it for a moment, they only raised their eyes to look at their mother, and when they saw Jia nodding, they accepted the gift from their cousin.Jia Lian saw it, and couldn't help saying: "Auntie, you have taught your younger brothers and sisters very well. They are all family things, and I have to ask you what you mean."

"No matter how good the teaching is, what's the use in the end, it's not for others to make wedding dresses." After all, Jia was holding his breath in his heart, and couldn't help but speak sharply.

It's broken, Lin Daiyu secretly screamed in her heart, why is Mother suddenly in a bad mood?Could it be that this cousin made her angry?
Jia Lian only thought that Jia Shi was joking with him, and continued to laugh: "Auntie, now you're starting to miss my cousin? Then you might as well keep my cousin by your side, it's also very good."

"You, you." Jia shook her head helplessly, "Stop talking in front of your sister."

"Come all the way, are you hungry? I have ordered people to go down and heat up the food. You will have a good chat with your uncle later."

"It's okay to eat." Jia Lian spread his hands and said very sincerely, "But chatting with uncle, I don't know why, but it still makes my nephew a little flustered. I don't know if it's because my uncle has too much official authority. Hey, chatting is easy. Bar."

After being teased by the junior's funny words, the two adults laughed.Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more harmonious, Daiyu looked at Jia Shi's face again, and finally felt relieved.

Turning around, the family was sitting on the mat.Jia Lian is eloquent and often walks outside.

What he saw and heard along the way, only heard Daiyu and Lin Jue's brows move secretly, and his heart was very yearning.

During the period, Jia Lian said a few more interesting stories about Daiyu's childhood.She was born in the capital, and when she was one or two years old, she was often taken back to her natal home by Jia to accompany the old lady. It was not until Lin Jue was born that she followed her father to Yangzhou.

It's just that Daiyu was young at the time, so she didn't have the slightest impression of this matter.

A family of relatives had a happy dinner, and their own servants led Jia Lian to the guest room.

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When Jia Lian arrived in Yangzhou, he would definitely be kept by the Lin family for a few more days.It just so happened that the time was not too far away from the New Year's Eve, and there was a grand event in Yangzhou City that day, so Mrs. Jia decided to let him stay until the New Year's Eve was over, and then return to the capital by official ship.

This fit Jia Lian's mind, the tigress in his house usually controlled him too much.This time I was finally free, so I naturally wanted to have a good time in Yangzhou.

You know, this is Yangzhou City.For his kind of "white strip in the waves", it is simply a place he likes more than Su and Hang.

It's a pity that he was very good at calculating, and when he went out to play the next day, he felt a little distressed and worried.

Now that I'm staying at my aunt's house, it's not easy to go home with the smell of rouge all over my body.

After all, Second Master Jia is an adult who knows the importance, and after staying for a few days, he only dared to go to some elegant brothels.Just listen to music and drink, and don't dare to do anything else.

It really makes people feel angry, and the joy of coming to Yangzhou is in vain.

It was not until the New Year's Eve that Jia Lian got into the carriage with the Lin family and went to the Town God's Temple.

The ancients paid great attention to sacrifices, and this year is another year of disaster. Everyone is looking forward to a good year in the coming year.As the new magistrate, of course Lin Ruhai has to do something to calm the hearts of the people.

Under the escort of the government officials, the prefect's carriage did not stop until it reached the outside of the Town God's Temple.

There are already many people standing here, and the government officials who arrived one step ahead of time, saw the frame of the magistrate, and hurried up to greet him.

Lin Ruhai, who came down from the carriage, greeted everyone with a smile before heading towards the Town God's Temple surrounded by everyone.

Jia Lian was really dazzled by this star-studded treatment.Although the Rongguo Mansion is well-known in the capital, there are many dignitaries in the capital.Your family has a deceased Duke, but our family is still a real royal prince.

That's all, if you meet a few Shangshu and Zaifu's cars on the way back.That is to say, the prince should also think about whether to directly hit him.

There is no way, civil servants rule the country and have power in their hands.If you have the ability, don't ask them for your children's future.

A group of officials brought their families into the Town God's Temple, and the roads and doors were not blocked outside, and it was still reserved for ordinary people to worship and pray for blessings.Only at the main entrance, a few guards were left to temporarily persuade the people who wanted to come in.

When Chen Yushan led his family to Chenghuang, he heard that the Yangzhou government officials were here, and couldn't help but turned his head and said to his family: "It's bad luck, I wanted to take you to see the lantern festival, but this happened .”

"It's okay, Grandpa, we can go shopping on our own." Chen Heng comforted the old man. He knew that according to Uncle Lin's temper, he would not want to disturb the people too much today, and the nearby guards would definitely not stay for long.

　Hahahahahaha, today's chapter came early, it was all urged by the book friends in the group

　　
　
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