Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 30 I'm Still a Child
  Behind the chamberlain was an old man and his entourage. The entourage was carrying a medicine box. Jia Lian stepped aside and the three of them came in. There were also four guards in the yard. Judging by his attire, he must be a bodyguard sent by the emperor.

There was only an old servant beside Zhang Ting'en, and Jia Lian hurried to find the old servant, fearing that he would not be able to entertain him, and personally made tea and brought it in.

In the study, the old doctor had finished diagnosing the pulse and was explaining the condition to Zhang Ting'en: "The problem is not big, just a small dose of Bupleurum decoction and you will be fine after three days of taking it." As he started to write the prescription, Jia Lian silently offered tea, and Zhang Ting'en smiled without saying a word. Yu Yu, watching him busy.

When the imperial doctor treated the patient well and the chamberlain stood up to say goodbye, Jia Lian walked him to the door. Then he took out a silver coin and handed it over: "Because of my teacher's illness, you have to go all the way. A little money for tea is not a sign of respect."

The chamberlain glanced at Jia Lian in surprise, took the money and said with a smile, "Are you Mr. Zhang's student?"

"Yes, I am Jia Lian, Mr. Zhang's incompetent disciple." Jia Lian's attitude was very low-key, and the chamberlain did not expect that he could be the heir to the title of Rongguo Mansion.

On the other hand, the imperial doctor showed a look of astonishment on his face and reminded the servant: "It turns out that he is the son of a first-rank general. He is indeed a talented man."

The waiter's expression changed after hearing this, he put away the arrogance on his face, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the reward."

Jia Lian's expression remained unchanged and his stature remained very low. He smiled and said, "You're welcome." Then he took the medicine box from the entourage's hand and said, "I'll take the old gentleman to the car."

After the old doctor got into the car, she saw an extra ingot of silver in the medicine box.

On the guard's side, Xiao An also gave away a piece of silver. Jia Lian could be said to have covered everything. As he watched the carriage go away, he felt a slight pain in his heart and felt that his heart was bleeding. The money I have saved these days will be worth thirty taels now. Looking back, I don't know how to explain to Guixiang, hey, the little housekeeper is probably going to jump.

No, you have to find a way to get it back from the male and get some blood.

Jia Lian turned around and was about to say hello and leave. Zhang Ting'en had already come out. He stood in the courtyard and smiled at Jia Lian: "This is a loss of money. Does it hurt?" Jia Lian listened without changing his expression and said: "Look at what you said, what else can I do? Some money?"

No matter what you think in your heart, you must keep it in your mouth.

Zhang Ting'en laughed loudly and then coughed. Jia Lian hurriedly stepped forward to help him. Zhang Ting'en, who covered his mouth for a while, calmed down, patted Jia Lian's hand and said: "I can't believe you are Jia Enhou's son. As long as you are here, Rongguo Mansion cannot be defeated."

Jia Lian shook his head: "Don't say that. I'm not sure about the future of Rongguo Mansion. Even the road to the imperial examination may not be smooth." Zhang Ting'en couldn't help but nodded after hearing this: "That's true, looking back today Don't give me a small official position."

Jia Lian's face turned dark immediately. This Mr. Zhang knew something, and he was an official of the two dynasties.

Seeing Jia Lian's gloomy expression, Zhang Ting'en sighed and consoled him: "It all depends on people. Isn't your uncle Lin Ruhai very good?"

When Jia Lian heard the name, he sighed with a more troubled expression: "A serious Salt Patrol Censor is elected every two years. Seeing you like this, I'm really worried that Uncle Lin will do his best in the position of Salt Patrol Censor." Jia Lian The elders in the mansion are too smart and refuse to let go of some illusory things. Even if I can understand some things, what can I do?"

These words made Zhang Ting'en speechless. Jia Lian's words didn't sound good, but they were all true.

It's not easy to be an "imperialist". The imperialist means a lonely minister. Lin Ruhai, the "imperialist party", is more like a representative promoted by the Jia family. Ning Rong and the Second Mansion refuse to be the "imperialist party", and the four princes and eight princes must be tied together to advance and retreat together. It was difficult for Lin Ruhai to be a good person when she was caught in the middle. She was thinking ahead and looking forward, and was under great psychological pressure. Now I have the temperament to use it to death as long as it is useful.

Zhang Ting'en was slightly moved by Jia Lian, and even had some embarrassing thoughts. This student respects me as a teacher so much, but I am trying to trick him in front of the emperor. How can I bear it?

Zhang Ting'en didn't know what to say for a moment, and he coughed violently again. After it calmed down, he raised his hand and patted Jia Lian on the shoulder: "Just take care of yourself!" Jia Lian quickly bowed and said: "Sir, take care, the student has gone back."

On the way back, Jia Lian kept lamenting secretly that people in these days really don't treat thirteen-year-old children as children.

The problem of people in this era is not that they mature prematurely, but that their average age is relatively low. Thirteen-year-old Jia Lian got married, and in two years he would turn sixteen and become a man. If you put him in an ordinary family, he would be a man who has established himself in the family.

Jia Mu's mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and grandson's daughter-in-law were very neat. Xiao An came in and kowtowed and said loudly: "Greetings to our ancestors, I was ordered to come to announce the good news. The second master of the eldest family got fourth place in the county examination."

When Jia Mu heard this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It would be too embarrassing to fail this first level. Her grades were not bad, which showed that Jia Lian had hope in studying. She couldn't help but feel happy after feeling relaxed. She laughed and said, "Okay." , OK, my good grandson." After saying that, he smiled and said, "Come here, watch the reward."

No matter what they thought in their hearts, a group of women were forced to open their businesses at this moment, congratulating Jia Mu with a smile on their faces, and saying nice things for free. The central idea is that Jia's mother was very blessed and blessed her descendants. Jia Zhu was able to win the imperial examination and Jia Lian was able to turn back her prodigal son. It was because the ancestors were blessed enough that they had the good situation today.

As for Jia Lian's personal efforts, they are really worthless at the moment, and no one will be disappointed.

Xiao An received the reward, and Jia Mu asked him: "Why don't you see my good grandson?"

Xiao An quickly explained that Jia Lian went to the teacher to report the good news, and it would take a while before he could come back. Jia Mu asked him to go back and wait. When Jia Lian came back, he immediately asked him to come over. Xiaoan accepted the order and resigned without mentioning it.

Jia She hurried back and went to Dongkua Courtyard first. When he didn't see Jia Lian, he immediately went to Rongxi Hall, cursing.

He bumped into Xiao An head-on, grabbed him and scolded him, asking him why he came back alone. After Xiao An explained, Jia She let him go.

When they arrived at Rongxi Hall, it was still a happy scene. When Jia Mu met Jia She, her good mood was not so good again. She couldn't help but say to him: "Your son entered the county examination, but you were out drinking and sleeping with prostitutes, only caring about your own happiness." "

Jia She defended: "I went to the Xuanzhen Temple outside the city to pray for Lian'er." It was really full of nonsense. Jia's mother knew his nature, so she didn't expose him. She just couldn't help but give him a few more words: "Lian'er." My son is successful in his studies. From now on, you need to take more care of me. If you are really helpless, you might as well ask Lian'er to move out of Dongkuoyuan so that I can take better care of him."

In the past, Jia She wouldn't have cared. After all, living outside would save money. It doesn't work anymore, Jia Lian is his face. If you don't live up to your expectations, the first-grade general is a false position with no real rights. Usually everyone would give him a few thin noodles based on the Rong Guofu sign, but there were very few things that could make him look good.

Now that Jia Lian has achieved success in his studies, Jia She has the capital to brag. This man is not very capable, but he insists on saving face. If he lives in Dongquai Courtyard, Jia She can boast that he is a good teacher, but if he lives in Rongxi Hall, who does that belong to?
  "Mom, you are worrying too much. Lian'er is ambitious. As a father, I will naturally take care of her." He said that, but Jia She couldn't say anything if he wanted to give her some favors or something. He didn't even give a share of his salary to the public school, so he saved as much money as he could to support Jia Lian. Jia Mu knew what he was like, so she didn't say anything more. She just asked him to sit down and wait for Jia Lian to come back.

The interaction between the mother and son made Mrs. Wang upset as she watched from the sidelines. I really don’t know why there is so much fanfare about this mere district and county examination.

Jia She felt awkward sitting in the Hall of Rongxi. This place should have been his territory, but because the prince gradually became more popular, Jia's mother used this as an excuse to ask Jia She to agree to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang's taking charge of the family. Jia She didn't think too much about it, but negotiated on the condition that he would keep the salary he received after moving to Dongkuoyuan for himself. This person just came, the layout is too small.

Jia She was heartbroken, and Mrs. Wang was even more heartbroken. The Jia family is not easy to manage, especially since the two of them are starting to make ends meet. The family is old and young, and they are so ostentatious that they refuse to reduce their expenses at all. The most typical economic situation of the Jia family is that they misappropriated Lin Ruhai's money and borrowed money from Aunt Xue, but they either refused to pay it back, or had no intention of paying it back at all.

Returning to the gate of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian was surprised to see Xiao An waiting here. Jia Lian asked him why he was waiting here.

Xiao An explained, wasn't this being sprayed by Jia She? Just come out and wait, so as not to miss Jia Lian and get sprayed again later.

Jia Lian could only lament that Jia She was truly the leader when it came to not being a human being.

After entering the Rongguo Mansion, people greeted and congratulated him frequently along the way, including maids and servants, and Lai Da also showed up.

According to the novel, Jia Lian also wanted to be polite when he saw him. Well, that was the unsatisfactory Jia Lian in the novel, and now the Jia Lian is the one Lai Da needs to respect. After all, scholars have unlimited possibilities. It is true that Lai Da is Jia Mu's confidant. In the future, when Jia Lian becomes successful in his studies, he will take revenge on Lai Da, who was disrespectful to him in the past. Look at who Jia Mu prefers.

Jia Lian remained as easy-going and low-key as in the past. Even Lai Da, the biggest worm in the Jia family, could still be as polite as before.

I have an idea in mind, but I have to wait until Jia Lian can take charge of the matter in Rongguo Mansion.

When I came to the main hall, I first greeted Jia Mu, and then greeted Jia She. Mrs. Wang and others also greeted her.

Nowadays, people pay attention to "etiquette". It is too complicated and annoying to study this thing carefully.

No matter how impatient he was, Jia Lian had to hold his nose and go through the process first.

"Little beast, after seeing the rankings, why didn't you come back earlier and inform grandma?" Jia She scolded at the beginning, and yawned while scolding. This was a long wait, and no one talked to him. It was hard to leave after he made such big talk before. open. Now that Jia Lian is missing, he is angry.

Jia Lian was stunned for a while, what's wrong with this?

Before Jia Lian could explain, Jia's mother stood up angrily and said angrily: "Go away, go away, don't hang around in front of me. I, the old man, have my own arrangements for Lian'er's affairs. You don't need to worry about it." "

After all, he was his biological son. Mother Jia didn't say anything unpleasant, she just drove him away. Jia She didn't want to stay around anymore. As soon as he said this, he immediately got up and left without saying hello.

After dismissing Jia She, Jia Mu turned back to Jia Lian and said, "My dear grandson, since you have passed the county examination, you must work harder and add another scholar to Jia's family." Jia Mu's words were both encouragement and encouragement. . Encouragement is easy to understand, but encouragement, the meaning of the two scholars is very obvious. You have just passed the county examination, and you are not yet a scholar. There is already a scholar in the family.

What Jia Lian could say was that he could only respond sternly: "If I tell my grandmother, my grandson will do his best."

Jia Mu is not Jia She. She will not just talk. She will take action. She immediately told Mrs. Wang: "Second daughter-in-law, please ask someone to pick some good food and supplies from the warehouse and send them to Lian." Children's office. Instruct the kitchen and use your brain for reading. Lian'er wants to eat something and it must be satisfied." Then he told the maid next to him: "Go and get one hundred taels of silver!"

When the maid got the money, Jia Mu said, "My dear grandson, I know that studying costs money. This is my additional allowance for you."

As for this good thing, Jia Lian naturally had no intention of refusing. After handing it over to Xiao An, he bowed and thanked Jia Mu before saying goodbye and leaving. After returning from the county examination, no one, not Jia Mu or Jia She, cared about what happened to him in the examination room. Jia Mu was a woman and didn't read much, so she was quite reasonable. Jia She, the "biological father", really used Jia Lian as a face.

Jia Lian can bring face and be kind and pleasant. If Jia Lian cannot bring face, he will be scolded by a little beast if he opens or closes his mouth. In the past, he was often beaten with his hands. It was really not easy for Jia Lian who grew up in this family.

In the past, Jia She's mother often pretended to be deaf and dumb when Jia She beat and scolded Jia Lian, pretending she didn't know unless she saw it with her own eyes.

It's different now. Jia Lian has become one of the hopes for the prosperity and continuation of the Jia family, so it must be protected.

It was getting late when we returned to Dongkua Hospital, and Guixiang was reprimanding several maids who came after him in high spirits.

Seeing Jia Lian, Guixiang immediately changed her face and came up to greet him. She was so enthusiastic.

Jia Lian was well aware of Guixiang's actions, and the maid's sense of crisis became even stronger. In the past, when Jia Lian took the initiative, she would only half-heartedly let Jia Lian take advantage. After changing her soul, Jia Lian became extremely well-behaved. Guixiang, on the other hand, would seize every opportunity and rub it in whenever she had nothing to do. The originally tightly buttoned cuffs have grown from one to two buttons in the past six months. There are only two buttons in total. The cuffs that are further unbuttoned are the ones in front of the bear. When the time comes, it won't be about showing your neck, it's called being half-open.

Guixiang served Jia Lian dinner, then took a bath and changed clothes, and put an ice cream in the study to cool down.

The weather was too hot, and Jia Lian was not in the mood to read. He was reading a storybook on the armchair.

After taking a bath, Guixiang came in and wiped her hair with a towel in her hand. This was the result of Guixiang's summary of experience.

For the past six months, Jia Lian likes to wash her hair, especially she doesn't like her oily hair to be close to her. It is difficult to wash her hair when the weather is cold, but Guixiang decisively washes her hair every five days when the weather is hot. There were only two people in the study at this moment, and the water on their hair was dripping on their chests. The visual effect was very exciting.

After hearing the noise, Jia Lian put down his drawing book, looked up, and immediately tensed up slightly. Are you going to test this young man?
  Guixiang is two years older than Jia Lian and has begun to grow. Jia Lian doesn't know how to respond to this move.

(End of this chapter)