Jia Baoyu from the Red Chamber

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spnChapter 97 Li Family

More than ten days passed in a flash, and this day was May [-]th. Jia Baoyu also had a preliminary understanding of the Guozijian during these days. On the [-]th of April, the reason why Jia Zheng was so anxious to let Jia Baoyu go was not because he was impatient, but because Jia Zheng would leave Beijing on business in a few days.

According to what Jia Zheng said, it could be as little as one or two months, and sometimes four or five months, so Jia Zheng couldn't watch Jia Baoyu go in when school started, so he just let Jia Baoyu go to the Imperial College while he was still in Beijing.

According to Jia Zheng's instructions, Jia Baoyu was to enter the school on the [-]th, and it would be a formality when recruiting new students next year. Jia Baoyu would not go to school on the [-]th, not even Lin Xuan. However, these days Lin Xuan wants to learn some rules from the people in the house, so as not to cause any trouble.

Naturally, this rule is not from the school, but to teach Lin Xuan who he should not offend and who should not be allowed to offend Jia Baoyu. Naturally, these rules cannot be told to Jia Baoyu, and of course there is no need. It's not a big problem. Although they are intriguing in private, everyone is still a decent person on the surface. Children's affairs will not be put on the scene, and teaching Lin Xuan some principles is only for Lin Xuan's sake. [

Today Jia Baoyu is going to visit the current Guozijian Jijiu, which is Li Wan's father, Li Shouzhong. Jia Zheng ordered this, but today Jia Baoyu is neither going alone nor with Jia Zheng. I've already told Li Shouzhong, but now I don't want to go anymore. Jia Baoyu wants to go with Li Wan today.

Li Wan seldom went back to her natal home, but because the [-]th happened to be the anniversary of Li Wan's grandfather's death, and Li Wan's mother missed her, he found this excuse to ask Li Wan to go back. Let Jia Baoyu go there together. This is not only seeing off Li Wan, but also paying a visit to Li Shouzhong.

Because he had to adapt to the life of the Guozijian later, Jia Baoyu got up at the right time and ran it once

Because of Li Shouzhong's promotion, he moved his family. Guozijian Jijiu was also allocated a house, but the house was too shabby. He sold all the mansions in Jinling except the ancestral house and bought a house in Beijing, and the rest of the family followed, leaving only two or three servants to look after the old house.

The land price in Nanjing is also not cheap, but it is still a little worse than the capital, and because there are many Li family members, it is not enough if the mansion is small, so the yard is far away from the center, and the carriages and horses of a group of people are not enough. The trip was not fast, so it took a full half an hour to arrive.

There were already people from the Li family waiting there, and the leader was a middle-aged man. Li Wan got out of the car and called that man's uncle, so Jia Baoyu also knew that Li Wan's father had a younger brother named Li Shouyi, because he had no achievements and no great ability, he did many things when he was young but failed. He gave up after marrying a wife and having children. In the end, he just lived with his brother's family. It's just the affairs of the house, which is similar to a butler's identity.

Jia Baoyu got out of the car, but Li Shouyi greeted Jia Baoyu first, but Jia Baoyu didn't dare to return the gift, so it was inappropriate for Li Wan to be outside, so Li Shouyi hurriedly led the two of them in. I just followed a few maids who were close to me, and the rest were led to other places.

When I entered here, I saw a woman in her fifties, supported by another woman in her 50s and 40s, walking towards her with tears in her eyes. When Li Wan saw the man, she hurried up to meet her, crying and crying: "Mother." This person is Li Wan's mother, Mrs. Jia. Mrs. Jia is a descendant of the Jia family, but because of this relationship and the fact that there are no suitable children of the family among people who are similar to Jia Zhu's age, Jia Zhu was married to Li Wan.

The mother and daughter embraced each other and wept, Jia Baoyu had to stand aside. Fortunately, Li Shou was very clear about the big things and the small things. My brother has been waiting for a long time."

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu and Li Shouyi went to see Li Shouzhong. The two went to the main hall. Jia Baoyu saw a dignified old man sitting there from a distance, so he knew it was Li Shouzhong. Jia Baoyu's perception of Li Shouzhong was even better after a little research. This Li Shouzhong revealed a seriousness all over his body, and he was very scholarly. Such a person is naturally respected, unless his character is extremely bad.

However, Jia Baoyu also knew that such people had a common problem, that is, pedantry. With such a father, it is no wonder that Li Wan never cared about things. This is probably what Li Shouzhong taught Li Wan since he was a child.

"My nephew greets my uncle." Jia Baoyu stepped forward and said to Li Shouzhong, who was sitting upright.

After hearing Jia Baoyu's greeting, Li Shouzhong lost all seriousness and said with a smile, "Nephew, please sit down."

Jia Baoyu sat down at the side in response, and Li Shouyi ordered a servant girl to serve Jia Baoyu tea and sat down too, but before the tea was served, a woman came in and said, "Our second master's tea is here. At that time, our old lady has already ordered it to be ready, so don’t worry about it here, we can just prepare it ourselves.”

Jia Baoyu felt embarrassed when he heard this. Is this kind of statement obviously looking down on the Li family?In this way, Jia Baoyu understood why Li Wan didn't bring Jia Lan over. His health might be one of the reasons, but the most important reason was that Jia Lan looked down on the Li family after seeing such a situation.

Jia Baoyu was embarrassed, and Li Shouzhong and Li Shouyi were even more embarrassed. They always knew that the Jia family married them only because of Li Shouzhong's reputation, and whether there were suitable talents. He didn't even dare to take Li Wan back home, but knowing it was one thing, but being told face to face that something happened was another reason.

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