Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 162 The Years Are Really Quiet, Haha

Jia Rong was sent to Jia Jing's Taoist temple, where his wounds were healed and he was punished to kneel for three more days. On the seventh day, he limped back to Jinling in disgrace.

After hearing Jia She's report, Jia's mother wanted to call Jia Jing back to have a chat, but the Taoist priest at the gate replied, "The master has ordered that he be put in seclusion. Please do not see him from now on."

After hearing the reply, Jia's mother asked, "What is the closed-door policy?"

"I won't leave until I die." Jia She sighed and shook his head, "Brother Jing has made up his mind not to care about worldly affairs anymore."

Grandmother Jia went down in silence.

Jia She tried to hold back, but finally couldn't hold back any longer and complained, "When we sent the eldest maid to the palace, the old lady, my elder brother Jing and I all tried to stop her, but we failed.

"Later, Brother Zhen insisted on marrying Qin as his grandson's wife, but Brother Jing disagreed. I tried to stop him, but failed.

"Now that the Ning Mansion is gone and our family has declined to this point, the old lady should call the one who said that he could have the best of both worlds! Let him tell us what we should do now!"

Grandmother Jia was unhappy and looked at him, "Why? Do you think the Wang family is bad now?

"When I arranged a wife for your brother from the Wang family, I was not happy about it and wanted him to marry my daughter from the Shi family. Why did you insist on speaking for your father and not stop him?

"You guys have taken over all the truth in the world. I am wrong. Then wake up your father and let him take care of this family!"

Mother and son broke up unhappy.

Jia Lian, on the other hand, knew nothing about the conflict between his grandmother and his father. Instead, with the assistance of the new arrival Jia Lin, he felt that household affairs were going more and more smoothly.

In just half a month, he was able to find time to go to Xiaohuazhi Lane and spend the whole night.

Wang Xifeng simply begged Lin Daiyu to invite Jia Huan's former teacher to the study outside the Rong Mansion, and gave special lessons to Jia Lang, Jia Ying, Baoyu, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Jia Lan who came from Jinling, and urged them to study hard every day.

She reported to Lady Jia and locked up the Grand View Garden, leaving only three or five maids to sweep the fallen leaves every day. When Lady Xing heard that the Grand View Garden was to be locked up, she first asked Xichun to come to her side, and just as she had said before, she taught her housework by hand.

Li Wan and Jia Lan continued to live in the three small rooms behind Wang's house, while Xiangyun lived with Jia's mother, which was just the right amount of time to entertain the old lady.

As for Baoyu, Wang Xifeng built a courtyard for him and moved Jia Huan out of Aunt Zhou's courtyard, letting him live with Jia Lang, Jia Lin and Jia Ying. Jia Cong naturally stayed in the main room with his aunt.

At that moment, Wang Xifeng arranged the house very neatly. Although there were fewer servants, it still did not look dilapidated. Moreover, the errands were assigned more reasonably. No one was lazy or complained about the injustice. Everyone praised it.

When Grandmother Jia heard this, she became happy, hugged Shi Xiangyun and said with a smile: "In this case, it would be fine if your aunt taught you to go out. If you get married, it will also bring honor to our Shi family."

Shi Xiangyun laughed: "Although it's just a match, I've benefited a lot!"

For a time, the Rongguo Mansion enjoyed a peaceful life.

In a blink of an eye, a month passed. June started to get hot and humid, and there was more rain.

One day it was raining heavily. Wang Xifeng looked outside and asked Ping'er, "Your Second Master wrote to say that he is coming back from Ping'an Prefecture today, right?"

"Yes. Looking at the rain, I'm afraid the Second Master will be drenched outside the city gate." Ping'er was also a little worried and stood on tiptoe to look outside.

Before he finished speaking, he heard Jia Lian's laughter outside the door: "If I had known that you were thinking about me so much, I would not have gone to Brother Feng's house to deliver the letter, and would have returned first!"

Feng Ping and the other two were surprised and delighted, and hurried out to greet them. They saw Jia Lian walking in with half of his pants and shoes wet, but only some water mist on his head.

Wang Xifeng's heart was slightly moved, but she immediately stepped forward with a smile to ask about his health, and asked him to "bring a bowl of ginger soup quickly", and then asked Ping'er to bring him clean clothes for him to change.

Because Jia Lian had been gone for twelve or thirteen days, Wang Xifeng was extremely gentle that night and asked Jia Lian to comfort Ping Er the next day. She also mentioned: "Madam thinks there are too many maids over there and they are all seductive. She is afraid that they will lead Fourth Sister astray. Let's see if we should bring two back!"

Jia Lian suddenly felt itchy, turned over and asked Wang Xifeng: "Then you didn't ask for two?"

"I don't ask you which one you want. What if I make the wrong one?" Wang Xifeng twisted his ear and bit his finger.

The couple spent the night together.

The next day, Wang Xifeng went out to take care of the housework early in the morning, but left Ping'er at home to wait on Jia Lian. However, Jia Lian was obsessed with the two maids, and he and Ping'er got along well.

Ping'er looked indifferent, but she was sneering in her heart.

In the evening, Wang Xifeng really brought back two maids, one named Qiutong and the other Qiugui.

Jia Lian wanted to move into another room that night, but Wang Xifeng blushed and told him, "Just as I was about to return from the old lady's room, the lady chased me and told me to treat them well.

"Who knew that the old lady heard us and asked, and my wife reported it, and then she scolded both of us.

"My aunt has only passed away for a few months, so the Second Master and I must observe the mourning period. Not to mention these two girls, even I have to follow the rules."

As she spoke, she covered her face and sobbed, "She also said that even if I gave birth to a legitimate son, if people found out that I was conceived at this time, I would never be able to hold my head up high for the rest of my life..."

Jia Lian didn't know what was going on in his mind, but his whole body suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Wang Xifeng sensed it, put down her sleeves, raised her face, and looked at him sternly: "Second Master, tell me, is what the old lady said right?"

Jia Lian felt a chill running down his spine and forced a smile: "Of course it's right!"

Wang Xifeng covered her face with her sleeves again and sobbed, "Fortunately, yesterday was not a fertile day, otherwise I would have been worried for a month."

Jia Lian felt really bored, so he stood up and said, "I'll go to the outer courtyard to have a look. I don't know if the eldest and second masters have done anything wrong these days."

Wang Xifeng nodded and let him go.

Qiu Tong and Qiu Gui were in Lady Jia's room and heard everything clearly.

However, think about it, as long as we can get through this year, with Mr. Lian's greedy and novel nature, it would be a piece of cake to lure him out of Mrs. Lian's room, that hag.

The two of them calmed down again.

That night, Jia Lian said he wanted to check the accounts with Lai Er, so he slept in the study and did not come in.

Wang Xifeng was quite sure of the outcome, so she immediately ordered Xing'er, a servant of Jia Lian, to come in. Without saying a word, she beat him with ten sticks and then ordered him to tell the truth if he didn't want to die.

Xing'er knew Wang Xifeng's temper and methods very well, so how could he dare to hide anything? He told her everything.

It turns out that Jia Lian had already coaxed Old Lady You to agree, and he even called Second Sister You "Second Madam" in Xiaohuazhi Lane!

Wang Xifeng let out a long breath, sneered, and flicked her long nails, and ordered Ping'er: "Tomorrow morning, as soon as the Second Master enters the mansion, we will go to Xiaohuazhi Lane!"