The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 242 Orphans and widowed mothers have their own difficulties (one more)
Jia Lan came to Xing's house for the first time, and he was a curious child, so Xiuyan had to take him for a walk in the garden.Since the opening of the spring, the Xing family has invited many craftsmen to tidy up, imitating the fresh method in the south, adding many landscape buildings, and relocating several original pavilions for other purposes.

Their family is not stingy with money, and the wages they pay are sufficient. Within a month, the scenery in the garden is overturned again, which is even better than when Jia Mu came back to see her last time.At this time, it is June, and the beautiful trees are verdant, and the strange flowers are in full bloom. From time to time, there is a clear stream from the depths of the flowers and trees into the rocks.There is also Qingxi Hongqiao, with carved railings and jade
Jia Lan took a closer look and felt that the Xing family's back garden was different from his own.Ever since the Grand View Garden was entrusted to those women to take care of it, many fruit trees have been planted accordingly.The people in the garden have no shortage of fruits to eat since then, but Jia Lan always feels that there is a big difference from when he moved in.

Xiuyan didn't know what the young man was thinking, she pointed to a house far away and said with a smile: "Where is the herbal tea prepared, let's go and have a drink?"

Jia Lan took a look, and sure enough, there was a big pavilion near the water, surrounded by water on three sides, and only one facing the winding veranda.The pavilion is so exquisitely built, the windows are all glazed windows of Western tribute, square and very regular.In front of the door, on the empty field hanging above the water, two little girls with double buns were squatting on the ground to boil water, and the other was helping with a fan.

Jialando looked at the girl with the fan, and thought it looked very familiar, before he had time to think about it, he was called into the pavilion by Xiuyan.

"What a clean place to study!" Jia Lan praised sincerely. The pavilion is obviously used as a study room. There are two bookcases on the east and west sides, full of books, and a wide pear blossom facing south. On the marble desk, there are four treasures of the study, and there are piles of postcards of various celebrities.A string of Ru kiln flower sacs is adorned under the wide-open windows, filled with gardenia petals. Whenever the wind blows, the pavilion will be very fragrant.

Jia Lan took a deep breath and sighed: "If you can study here for a day, your whole life will be enough."

Xiuyan smiled and said, "It's as beautiful as you said, but it's just that the water cools you down in summer." She told Jia Lan to sit down by the south window, poured him a cup of herbal tea herself, and then said "If Brother Lang likes it, I will ask your mother to bring you to stay for two days. It is still cool to study here in the first afternoon, and it is also unbearably hot at noon."

Jia Lan smiled helplessly: "Where is my mother free? Nowadays, there are a lot of things with the old lady and the wife, and even the number of times I see my mother every day is only a handful. In the past, I was young and ignorant, so I didn't think Lian What happened when the second aunt was at home, but only after the couple went out did I understand the difficulties in the second uncle Lian's room. Now my mother doesn't know, and I have secretly visited the second uncle and second aunt's house several times!"

Although Jia's family has a great career, there are not many boys who can talk to Jia Lan.There are only a few houses in Di Zhi, Jia Lian is married, and Jia Baoyu seldom interacts with these small people.Jia Lan could talk, and the only ones who went in and out together were Jia Huan and Jia Cong from Dafang.

Jia Huan and Jia Cong never said that Lian's Second Mistress was good, and Jia Lan was swayed by his ears and eyes, so she was somewhat suspicious of her belief.Today, he gradually understands the truth and realizes that the rumors in the mansion are not all true.

Xiuyan is also aware of the situation of Li Wan's mother and son.Mrs. Wang doesn't like this daughter-in-law. She always feels that she is the one who beat her eldest son, Jia Zhu. He just blindly pampers Baoyu.

Now that Jia Lan wanted to go to school again, and also had to take the exam for fame, Li Wan had to watch Wang's winks carefully and live his life.

Xiuyan smiled and said: "You have the thought to go to see Lian's second sister-in-law, even if she doesn't say it, she must remember it in her heart! Don't look at her rushing, in fact, she is more thoughtful than anyone else. Let's say that you Daoxiang Village The second wife wants you to move to Qiushuangzhai, thanks to Lian's second sister-in-law who found an excuse to go back."

Jia Lan was taken aback when she heard the words, Qiu Shuangzhai was the third aunt's residence, because she was very fond of being rich, and opened up the three rooms to make it look more spacious.It's okay for the third aunt to live alone, but if Li Wan's mother and son are replaced, plus the accompanying maid and mother-in-law, how can Qiu Shuangzhai be enough?

"Lien's second sister-in-law doesn't say anything, but she still misses you in her heart. Daoxiang Village looks like a thatched hut, but there are hundreds of apricot trees. Just for this one item, it has made a lot of progress in a year."

Jia Lan sneered and waved his hands: "Aunt Xing, please don't mention this, because of this, we have offended many people. The third aunt has made some way to share the responsibility, at least there are no. 80 people in our Daoxiang Village. Aunt Xing knows that we not only have apricot trees in the front, but also several acres of vegetable beds in the back garden, and an earthen well for watering in the yard, which alone makes many people envious."

Xiuyan said: "Of course I know this, and when you entered the garden, the old lady told you that it was not easy for you two, and all the income in Daoxiang Village is at your command. Two or three Every autumn harvest, Lai everyone will lead people to Daoxiang Village, is there something wrong?"

"Because we are different from other places, we have attracted a lot of criticism. Everyone said that even Uncle Bao's Yihong Courtyard has been contracted to everyone, so why is Daoxiang Village an exception? Last year, my third aunt went to my mother and asked My mother is accommodating, she made this order, and everyone in the garden abides by it, even Uncle Bao is no exception, and our Daoxiang Village is a special case, so it's not nice to say it." Jia Lan said darkly: "My mother only slightly dismissed it. After a while, Third Aunt became a little unhappy."

If Jia Lan enters Zong Xue, the money will come from the family, but Li Wan is afraid of delaying the child's future, so she asks the Xing family to help find another husband, and she has to plan the money herself.After a year, Shuxiu alone costs 40 taels, not counting the various gifts for honoring the husband in the next year.The two add up to 60 taels, which is what people like them can do.

Eating while studying, buying books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, etc. are not small numbers.Don't look at Li Wan's monthly money as a double, but he manages the whole garden and cooks supper for Jia Lan. This year, Aunt Li, mother and daughter have been added, and this alone is barely enough.Fortunately, Jia Mu was kind and gave Li Wan the income from Daoxiang Village.

Li Wan thought last year that he would grow more roses in the courtyard like Yihong Courtyard. Daoxiang Village has a lot of fences, so he planted roses, Chinese roses, treasures, honeysuckle, rattan flowers, etc., and dried them in the sun. It is also worth a lot of money to sell it in a tea shop and medicine shop, and Jia Lan's bundle repair fee will be enough.

It's a pity that the third girl wanted to go all the way as soon as she opened her mouth. Can Li Wan'an sit still?
Jia Lan smiled wryly: "That's why my mother was ill at that time. The third aunt felt that it was boring, so she didn't dare to mention it again, but now there are not a few people gossiping in the garden."

Xiuyan was silent, after all, it was all caused by money.

If Li Wan had his own private house as a dowry, even a small shop would not be worth competing with the women and maids at home.

It's a pity that when Li Wan married in, the Li family was already in ruins. If it wasn't for the fact that the status of Jijiu Jijiu was still there, the Jia family would not have this marriage.

Xiuyan gave Meilian a wink, and not long after, Meilian came with a roll of silver, and Xiuyan took it and handed it to Jialan: "This is a wish from Aunt Xing, go home and ask your sister-in-law to keep it. "

Jia Lan panicked and wanted to evade, Xiuyan pretended to be angry: "I'll just pass it on by your hand, if it's the sister-in-law's intention, Boy Lan wants to treat me as an elder, so don't refuse again."

The silver is not very heavy, but it feels heavy in Jia Lan's hands.He was a little sour in his heart, and he was afraid of being seen as wrong, so he hurriedly put on a smile: "Aunt Xing's affection will always be remembered by Boy Lan, and he will definitely repay it in this life."

Xiuyan didn't care, she just sent Jia Lan to the second gate, and ordered the housekeeper to send him out in person.

When Lu and Xing Zhong came back in the evening and heard about it, they all praised Xiuyan for doing the right thing.

Xing Zhong said with a smile: "Master Zhou's son and Lang Ge'er are a gentleman, and they often praise Lang Ge'er's homework in front of me. Our family is not short of one or two hundred taels of silver, but for a young man, it may be change his life."

Lu embraced the lively Fu Geer and said, "It's rare that Jia's family still has a child who loves reading. According to my opinion, there are quite a few masters and young masters in their house, and each one is more refined than the other for food and clothing. When it came time to study, they all hid themselves."

Xing Zhong sighed with emotion: "This is a strategy of Emperor Taizu back then. How many of those old subordinates who were born and died and were enshrined as marquises and ranks were not shrewd? If their children and grandchildren continue to study and work hard, After Taizu left, he was afraid that the little emperor would not be able to suppress the aristocratic family, so he thought of a way to prevent the children of the Marquis family from obtaining fame. In this way, there is no need for the royal family to intervene, and the comfortable life has long ago worn out those people fighting spirit, who still wants to study?"

Tired of playing in Lu Shi's arms, Fu Geer sat down, and the chubby hand picked off the white cotton socks vigorously.

Xiuyan sat across from him, and whenever Fu Geer was about to succeed, Xiuyan would put it on for him again.A few times like this, Fu Ge'er was so anxious that his head was sweating, and he even stuck out his tongue like a puppy to dissipate heat without a teacher.His unscrupulous sister was beside her, but she was rocking with laughter.

Lu Shi laughed and scolded: "Where does she look like a big sister." Fu Geer was finally exhausted, and fell on Lu Shi's body with drooping small eyelids, sullenly angry, and ignored everyone.When Xing Zhong wanted to hug him, Brother Fu turned his head and refused to let him say anything.

Xiuyan smiled and poked Fu Ge'er's exposed belly with her finger.

Fu Geer dodged left and right, but Lu Shi could hardly hold him, and said in shock: "It seems that his strength is getting stronger." Xiuyan's heart moved, "Someone said before that Fu Geer is a good material for martial arts , why don't we take the opportunity to search in private, and see if there are any experts outside the world, and don't expect Fu Geer to fight the enemy, as long as he has the ability to protect himself."

Xing Zhong was moved by his daughter's words: "Where can we find an expert in the world? Besides, your mother and I are also reluctant to let Brother Fu be taken away."

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