The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 59
After Jia Huan came out of the house, she went to bid farewell to Jia Mu, who encouraged her a few words, and even rewarded her with a plate of Yutian glutinous rice cakes. It can be seen that Jia Huan's status in the eyes of her elders has improved at this time.

Then Jia Huan went to bid farewell to Mrs. Wang. Although she hated each other, she still had to do superficial skills, so Jia Huan respectfully kowtowed to Mrs. Wang.

Aunt Zhao happened to be waiting in front of Mrs. Wang today. When Jia Huan said goodbye to Mrs. Wang and came out, she also found an excuse to follow her. First, she tidied Jia Huan's clothes, and then she said with satisfaction: "Go, study hard, and win the praise of your mother. It's best to compare all the treasures and orchids, and then your mother will be at ease."

Jia Huan laughed and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, the baby won't embarrass you."

"That's decent, let's go, don't be late, and eat the master's ruler carefully." Aunt Zhao watched Jia Huan leave, not to mention how proud she was, this is a good son born by her pregnancy in October, even the prince favored it, even the emperor praised it, can the wife give birth to such an excellent son?hey-hey.

Aunt Zhao is a burning bun, the kind who opens a dyeing workshop after giving her three points of color. After sending Jia Huan away, she returned to the house happily, and inevitably sneered in front of Mrs. Wang, but she lost her mind and broke the teacup.

Mrs. Wang was upset, but now she had an excuse to vent her anger on Aunt Zhao, so she was punished to kneel at the door and set the rules, but this silly lady was still happy, probably because she saw that Mrs. Wang was jealous, so she was happy to be punished.

Let's say that Jia Huan walked out of Mrs. Wang's residence with two plates of pastries, and happened to meet Caixia coming back from the outside with a flower basket, which contained several budding peach blossoms, which should have been brought back from the peach forest to put in the vase.

"Master Huan?" Caixia ran up with joy, her spring clothes were slim and full of youthful atmosphere.

Jia Huan smiled slightly: "Sister Caixia, good morning."

Caixia said a little shyly: "Is the third master here to greet his wife?"

Jia Huan nodded and said: "Today I'm going to school in the family school, so I told my wife, yes, this plate of glutinous rice cake from the imperial field is given by the old lady, and this plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake is given by the wife. It's inconvenient for me to take it to school. Can I ask sister Caixia to send it to Ping'er? Well, you can try it yourself."

Caixia smiled happily: "Okay, that maidservant is also in the hands of the third master today, thank you."

Jia Huan smiled and said: "I haven't thanked you for what happened last time. By the way, I have to go to school now. I'm afraid I won't be free. The promise to give Caixia's portrait can only be postponed until the holiday. Then Caixia can come to me. Well, usually you can go to my room to find Ping'er and the others."

Caixia was secretly delighted, and said with a sweet smile, "Good, Third Master, study hard."

Jia Huan handed two plates of pastries to Caixia, and then walked towards Yimen.

Caixia watched Jia Huan's upright back disappear from sight, then picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake and put it in her mouth, her eyes were so sweet that her eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

"Is it delicious?" A sudden voice came from behind, and Caixia almost jumped up in fright. Turning around, she saw Yu Chuan'er standing behind her smiling and leaning forward, clapping her hands and saying, "But let me catch Qiao Zong'er."

Caixia's face turned hot, and she said with a guilty conscience: "Master Huan asked me to deliver these pastries to Sister Ping'er, just let me have a taste."

Yu Chuan'er said triumphantly: "I heard it all, the little hooves are really cunning, and the third master will be on the hook without saying a word."

"Nonsense, people don't bother to talk to you." Caixia blushed, turned and walked away.

Yu Chuan'er curled her lips and muttered, "What's the air? I really think I'm already an aunt."

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Let’s say that when Jia Huan arrived outside the gate of the ceremony, he found that little Jia Lan was already waiting there, with his hands behind his back, looking like a little adult, but when he saw Jia Huan, he smiled innocently, greeted him, and said, "Good morning, Uncle Huan!"

Jia Huan smiled and said, "Good morning Lan'er, is your Uncle Bao here?"

Jia Lan shook his little head, Jia Huan said: "Then don't wait for him, let's go first."

So the uncle and nephew went out of the Xijiao gate together, and headed towards the ethnology. Qian Huai and Jia Lan's servants each carried their master's things on their backs and followed behind.

Jia Lan's servant is about the same age as Qian Huai, both twelve or thirteen years old, but obviously much more stable and honest than Qian Huai. His name is Zhe Gui, and coincidentally, his surname is Gong, which together means Gong Zhe Gui, which means "Toad Palace Zhe Gui". From this we can see that Li Wan has high expectations for Jia Lan, and he clearly intends to cultivate a champion!
The ethnology of Jia's mansion is not far away, just behind Ningguo mansion, next to Jia's ancestral hall, it is specially set up for the convenience of the poor children of Jia's family to study, and it is jointly funded by Ningrong and Rongfu, so students don't have to pay tuition fees, and a free lunch is provided.

However, in this way, no matter poor or rich, the offshoots of the Jia family, even relatives will scramble to send their nephews to ethnology. After all, they can save a lot of money.

Let’s say that when Jia Huan and Jia Lan arrived at the ethnology school, they found that only a few people came to the thirty or forty seats.

According to the memories of his previous life, Jia Huan found his own seat and sat down. After tidying up his books, he beckoned Qian Huai to his side, and said in a low voice, "You don't have to wait here all the time. I will go out of the city to find Brother Tieniu, and let them wait for me outside after school in the afternoon."

Qian Huai was eager to go out and let the wind go, so he ran away immediately, and it seemed that Ping'er's advice had been forgotten long ago. Fortunately, Jia Huan now is not the good-for-nothing Jia Huan of the past.

After dismissing Qian Huai, Jia Huan silently took out a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" and read it aloud. Little Jia Lan was a little timid at first, but seeing that Uncle Huan was so relaxed, he also took out a copy of "Thousand Characters" and read it aloud.

The uncle and nephew read loudly, and the urchins who were playing and playing couldn't help but look at each other, and then showed disdainful expressions. Forget it, Jia Lan is a good baby, but what are you pretending to be, Jia Huan?You kid was originally a scumbag, you thought you would become a top student just by pretending to read a few words of "Zi Yue"?Hey, do you still learn how to read the Analects of Confucius, have you memorized "Hundred Surnames" and "Thousand Characters"?

Jia Huan ignored the strange eyes of these urchins and continued to read "The Analects" aloud. Since he made up his mind to take the imperial examination route, he has been reading diligently every day.

The main content of the imperial examination is from the Four Books and Five Classics. The so-called Four Books are "The Analects", "University", "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "Mencius". Among them, "The Analects" and "Mencius" Jia Huan is relatively familiar, because when he was in school in his previous life, there were many excerpts from Chinese textbooks. Now, with his understanding ability of two lifetimes, it is much easier to read these "Zhihu Zheye".

At this time, those urchins made all kinds of noises and tried to interrupt Jia Huan, but it was useless. The latter acted as if they were transparent, and continued to read more and more vigorously. Seeing this, Jia Lan couldn't help secretly admiring Uncle Huan's determination, so he squeezed his small fists and began to read more vigorously.

Seeing this, the urchins were very bored, and slipped back to their seats, either in a daze, or subconsciously took out their books to read, and as time went by, more and more schoolchildren entered the classroom, most of them were stunned, thinking that some "big man" was coming to listen today, so they all quickly returned to their seats and sat down to read.

For a moment, the sound of reading in the entire Jia clan school was loud. This unprecedented scene shocked the staggering Jia Baoyu to drop his jaw. His servant Mingyan even rubbed his eyes, and said in a voiceless voice: "Second Master, did we go to the wrong place?"

Jia Baoyu was also puzzled. He glanced into the classroom with his probe and found that the teacher hadn't come yet. He was even more puzzled at the moment. He went in and sat down in a daze.

"It's really a beetle." Jia Baoyu's seat was on Jia Huan's right hand side. Seeing that the latter was reading "The Analects" diligently, he couldn't help showing contempt, but when he saw the lotus sachet hanging on Jia Huan's waist, his expression changed immediately.

This lotus sachet was the one that Lin Daiyu gave to Jia Huan. Jia Baoyu saw Lin Daiyu embroider it with his own eyes. At that time, he thought it was made for himself.

At this time, an old man in a semi-old literati straight suit came in from outside, with gray hair and beard, wrinkled face, neatly combed hair and beard, with a serious old face, just like an old pedant.

This person is Jia Dairu, the master of the Jia clan, and he is of the same generation as Jia's mother, so Jia Zheng called him the grandfather that day.

This Jia Dairu is an offshoot of the Jia family. He is nearly [-] years old now, and he is just a boy.

As the saying goes, a famous teacher produces a talented student. Jia Dairu obviously has nothing to do with the word "famous teacher". An old man who has been a child after taking the exam all his life, do you expect him to be able to teach talents, or even raise people?is it possible?

Originally, with the financial resources of the Jia family, it would be very easy to hire a scholar to be a master of the family, but Jia Dairu is the head of the Jia family, and his seniority is there.

(End of this chapter)