Everyone looked at the fireworks in the distance, pointing to the night sky and talking from time to time.
Jia Heng was also talking to Jia Zheng from a distance. Jia Zheng asked curiously: "Brother Heng, Dongcheng inspected more than 10 million silver?"
Jia Heng said: "It's just a preliminary calculation now. It will take a few days for the results to be announced. I would also like to ask the second master not to make any public announcements to prevent unnecessary troubles."
Jia Zheng twirled his beard, nodded and said, "That's the truth."
Sister Feng stood aside and listened eavesdropping. She had just paid more than 10 million taels, so she paid attention. With more than 10 million taels, the white money could probably pile up into a mountain, right?
Jia Mu, accompanied by Yuanyang, Amber, Li Wan and others, was watching the fireworks and heard the two talking. She turned her head and frowned, pretending to be angry: "I'll go home when I go home, and we'll talk about official business again. I'm an official."
Damn it, the whole family can't even have fun together. If you two talk about it again, you can all go back to live in the Yamen."
These words are certainly a bit Versailles. Compared with the Ning Rong Second Mansion, which was the center of power in the past, the current scene is one where Jia Mu feels safe and considerate.
Qin Keqing smiled and called out: "My husband has been very busy these days, so it is only right to take some time to relax."
Mrs. You and Sister Feng also looked at Jia Heng and Jia Zheng and persuaded them with a smile.
Shi Xiangyun's apple-shaped face was as bright as a begonia. He chuckled and said, "Brother Heng, he looks only two years older than me, but he has many more things hidden in his heart than I do."
Tan Chun's bright eyes were filled with sadness, and he said softly: "Children of poor people have long been in charge of the family. Brother Heng has a similar life experience to you. He also lost his parents early and lived alone in a single household. How much hardship has he endured?"
When Shi Xiangyun heard this, he just said "Yeah". The smile on Ping Ping's round face gradually faded away. He looked at Jia Heng with his big eyes and said, "Ah..."
Daiyu's starry eyes flashed and she pursed her lips.
Jia Heng's face was calm, and he stopped the looming trend of misfortune and said: "The sun and the moon are advancing, and the times are prosperous and new. Don't think about the past, live up to the present, and don't be afraid of the future. Don't be too immersed in the past, just look forward.
Already."
When Daiyu heard this, her heart trembled. The starry eyes under her misty eyebrows seemed to be filled with stars and herons, and her bright autumn eyes were rippling. She faced a pair of clear and gentle eyes, which seemed to have seen through her thoughts. She lowered her head slightly and looked at
I thought about Jia Heng's words over and over in my mind.
Jia Mu also smiled and said: "Okay, let's not talk about that, it's time to eat."
She didn't want to mention this in a cheerful atmosphere.
After everyone heard this, all the women gathered around the round table to sit down and eat.
Jia Heng and Jia Zheng were sitting at the same table, enjoying wine and food. The men were somewhat deserted. Jia's mother smiled and said, "Let Huan'er and Lan'er come up too."
The mother-in-law agreed, then went down and pulled Jia Huan and Jia Lan up.
Jia Lan stepped forward and greeted Jia Mu in a polite manner. Jia Zheng and others bowed. Li Wan greeted him with a smile and said, "Go to your uncle Heng and grandfather's table."
"Yes, mother." Jia Lan responded, then turned around and headed towards the table where Jia Heng was.
Jia Huan slung half of his shoulders, glanced at a few people timidly, lowered his head, and said in a clear voice: "I have met the old lady, madam, sisters."
Everyone looked strange, Shi Xiangyun said softly: "Brother Huan, is he feeling uncomfortable, or is he a little cold?"
Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled softly, saying: "It's been extremely cold these past two days."
Looking at this scene, Tan Chun's beautiful face became a little uneasy, and he said sternly: "Okay, hang your arms and look askance at people!"
When Jia Huan heard this, he trembled with fright, and everyone looked strange.
Mother Jia frowned and said, "This child is shivering. He is a good man, but he doesn't look generous."
Sister Feng smiled and said, "I heard from Brother Heng that Huan'er will go to school in a few days. Maybe it will be fine in a year or two."
She felt that Brother Huan was simply led astray by Aunt Zhao. Seeing that the third girl followed the second wife, she was much more provocative than the other serious daughters-in-law. In the future, she didn't know who would be better off if she didn't pick on the concubines.
Jia Mu said: "Let him learn more from Brother Heng in the future. Go ahead. Your brother Heng is at the table."
Jia Huan thanked him and then saluted Jia Zheng and Jia Heng.
Jia Zheng's face looked a little unattractive, and he shouted: "Stay still and behave properly."
"Hey..." Jia Huan shivered, then sat on the stool, not daring to speak, but peeking at Jia Heng and Jia Jiazheng from time to time.
After that, the banquet was held, and the dishes, bowls, chopsticks, and chopsticks were all served. When the food was ready, the dishes were removed, and some seasonal fruits, tea, tea, and preserves were prepared, and everyone gathered together to listen to the opera.
Just at this time, the class leader and his mother-in-law came up and handed over the play list and asked for some plays.
Jia Mu smiled and gave the play list to Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang smiled and was eating a cherry. She spit the cherry stone in her hand onto the handkerchief and said with a smile: "Just listen to whatever the old lady likes."
I don’t usually listen to dramas much.”
Jia Mu smiled and saw that Mrs. Wang had something on her mind. She looked at Sister Feng and said, "Girl Feng, please order some."
Sister Feng knew that Mother Jia liked the excitement, so she smiled and said, "How about a discount on Liu Er's clothes? What do you think, ancestors?"
Jia Mu smiled and said: "Okay, okay, this is good."
Then, Jia Mu asked You, Li Wan and several other girls, Shi Xiangyun, Ying, Tan, and Daiyu all ordered a discount.
Jia Mu smiled and said, "Brother Heng, would you like to order a discount too?"
Facing all the gazes, Jia Heng smiled and said, "I don't know much about the opera, so you can just light it up."
As a person of later generations, there are many kinds of entertainment activities, so I really don’t pay much attention to them.
Jia Mu smiled and had no choice but to give up. So when the babbling began to sing below, everyone watched the play and talked.
Over here, Jia Heng asked: "Second Master, how are you doing with the school building preparations these days?"
In fact, although he was the initiator of this matter, he has been delayed in recent times because he is busy with official duties.
Jia Zhengdao: "As Brother Heng said before, we have selected a school site near the original clan school and built a surrounding wall first. The school building has not been expanded yet."
Jia Heng frowned and asked, "Who is in charge of this matter now?"
This kind of engineering project is far inferior to the Grand View Garden, but it still needs to be prevented from being handled by those in charge.
When Jia Zheng heard this, he looked at Sister Feng.
When everyone heard the discussion about clan science, they stopped talking and laughing and looked at a few people.
In other words, even if they are all listening to the play and talking, they still leave a third of their attention on Jia Heng's table. It is exactly what Mrs. Wang said before, the focus and center of the East and West mansions are now on Jia Heng.
The red phoenix eyes under Sister Feng's willow-leaf eyebrows were charming, and she said with a sweet smile: "I was about to tell Brother Heng, I have been discussing with your wife these days, and we have decided on the drawings first. The rich men of several clans,
And Brother Qiang and the others are running their own stalls, so they can be completed faster."
In the original Dream of Red Mansions, these projects are subcontracted to people of the same clan, and they are all profitable, which can be regarded as service funds.
For example, Jia Yun, the second master of the corridor, bribed Jia Lian and Sister Feng, asked for a job as a flower planter, and got some money.
Jia Heng thought for a while and said: "We will discuss it tomorrow when we get back from Qingxu Temple, and try to get some clues by the end of this month."
Sister Feng smiled and said, "That's natural."
Jia Heng said: "When Chongwen and Jiangwu Second School are completed, I will invite some famous teachers to come and teach."
Jia Mu also answered and said: "At that time, Huan'er, Lan'er and others can also go in and study."
Li Wan, who was beside him, felt something in his heart. A gentle smile appeared on his elegant face, and he said, "Brother Heng, where are the famous teachers you invited?"
Jia Heng took a look at Li Wan and said in a clear voice: "Although I also want to invite Jinshi candidates to the Imperial College, I have to look for them carefully."
The beautiful eyes under Li Wan's beautiful eyebrows lowered slightly, and he chuckled: "It's already pretty good at lifting people up."
Previously, her family's Lan'er had asked Lao Tong to teach as a Confucian scholar. At first she could go back and teach him, but now that he has started to read the Four Books, she can no longer teach him.
Jia Mu smiled and said: "According to me, Lan'er doesn't need to be so anxious. He is a little older?"
Li Wan lowered his head and said with a bit of embarrassment on his face covered with makeup: "Old lady, black hair doesn't know how to study early, white hair regrets studying late, children are unstable, they are tree people.
When I was cultivating virtue, I am now five or six years old, so I am not young anymore."
Mrs. Wang: "..."
These words were originally used by Jia Heng to reprimand Baoyu. What did she, the daughter-in-law, mean when she used them to make excuses?
Tanchun and Daiyu looked at each other with a strange look on their faces.
Sister Feng glanced at Li Wan, who was wearing a light blue ruqi and with elegant temples. Danfeng blinked and secretly said, Brother Heng, the scholars, said one thing after another, and she listened to it a lot.
I received a lot of calls and had a lot of arguments, but none of them were that concerned. Sister-in-law Zhu stayed silent and secretly took notes in her notebook.
Mother Jia smiled, but did not think too much. She said softly: "If Lan'er can study hard, she will become a Jinshi and become the father-in-law of the Jinshi family. It will also be regarded as a glorious place for our Jia family."
Sister Feng said with a smile: "Old ancestors, there was a man with a glorious ancestor just a while ago. Lan'er will pass the Jinshi exam tomorrow. It can be considered that there are many talented people in my Jia family, not Tao Li Fenfang."
These two auspicious words were also said by some Qingke Xiangong in the second master's house the day before yesterday, and they asked what they meant.
Jia Mu smiled and said, "Look, Feng Lazi now has a way of talking, and I don't know who he learned it from."
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and then all looked at Jia Heng without saying a word, but they all had different thoughts.
Shi Xiangyun's pear-cheeked apple-round face suddenly showed two dimples. He stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "This means that when you are close to vermillion, you are red, and when you are close to ink, you are black. I guess Sister-in-law Feng and Brother Heng learned this?"
"
Ru You didn't know if it was because of suspicion. Listening to Sister-in-law Feng and Brother Heng, something strange flashed through her heart. She quickly cast her beautiful eyes towards Jia Heng. Seeing his calm expression, the strangeness in her heart gradually disappeared. She lowered her eyes, but
When he saw his third sister holding her cheek in one hand and peeking at him with twinkling eyes, her face felt a little hot for a moment.
Sister Feng also smiled, feeling a little uncomfortable. She was in a hurry to choose herself, but without thinking deeply, she said with a smile: "Brother Heng is now the clan leader. He is the role model in the clan, let alone me. He is the clan leader."
Everyone here must listen to his words. Which one is not the same, Baoyu or Sister-in-law Zhu?"
Everyone laughed again when they heard this, except...Mrs. Wang.
Now her precious jade has become the object of their conversation and laughter, which is simply unreasonable.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with Sister Feng's words, although she is in a hurry to choose her out. Except for some jokes on Jia Heng, the two of them are familiar with each other, which is nothing.
Mrs. Wang.
In fact, Jia Heng reprimanded Bao Yu in front of a group of people, which greatly hurt Mrs. Wang's feelings and had already pierced a thorn in her heart.
Considering Sister Feng's impeccable performance, it is impossible not to notice it. The key is that Lian Er's incident has affected Sister Feng's standards.
But it can also illustrate the current trend in Jia's family. After Baoyu was reprimanded by Jia Heng, although Baoyu continued to be his second master Bao, his behavior and movements were treated with caution by the family, and they were gone forever.
Jia Mu smiled faintly, clearly aware of something wrong with Mrs. Wang's expression, and said with a smile: "Brother Heng, I think Baoyu's review is pretty good. I'll go to pray for blessings tomorrow, and take him with me."
How about having sex with him?"
Jia Heng was holding a tea cup and drinking tea. Facing the people talking and laughing in the hall, he remained calm and composed. When he heard this, he put down the tea cup and said softly: "Bring it to me early tomorrow morning."
Jia Mu smiled and said, "I'll ask Yuanyang to deliver it to you tomorrow."
Jia Heng nodded and said nothing else. He just took one more look at Shi Xiangyun. The little girl seemed to realize from some subtle changes in the atmosphere that she had just said the wrong thing. Her face was as red as a sleeping begonia.
, hanging down slightly, the smile on his face was a little forced.
At this time, he seemed to notice that Jia Heng was paying attention, and saw that he was somewhat gentle, and he felt a little at ease, his dimples suddenly appeared, and his smile was innocent and innocent.
After listening to several more episodes of the play, until Xu Shi, Jia Mu let out a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile: "It's getting late, so let's get here first today."
Qin Keqing smiled and said, "Then I'll give it to the old lady."
Jia Mu smiled and took Qin Keqing's hand and said, "When you are fine from now on, you will come to my courtyard often."
She really likes this girl who has a refreshing character, is soft and kind.
Qin Keqing smiled and agreed.
After that, everyone got up from their seats and saw off Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and other female family members. They left Tianxiang Tower, went out from the corner gate, got on the carriage, and returned to Rong Mansion.
After seeing off the guests, Jia Heng, Qin Keqing, Youshi, the second sister, and the third sister returned to Tianxiang Tower and ordered the mother-in-law to remove the banquet, and then ordered the servants to take the troupe to the front yard to rest.
In the Tianxiang Tower, the lights are brightly lit, the figures are longing, the noise disappears, everything is silent, and there is a sense of loneliness that the prosperity has disappeared.
Qin Keqing smiled sweetly and said, "It's getting late. Sister You and the two girls should go back and rest early."
Mrs. You knew that the young couple still had something to say, so she agreed with a light smile, and then took Second Sister You and Third Sister You towards the house where they lived.
After a few people left, Qin Keqing sighed quietly. Jia Heng stepped forward slowly, hugged the beauty from behind, and felt a fragrant fragrance floating between his nose. He said warmly: "Keqing, what are you sighing for?"
At that time, a bright moon hung behind the sycamore tree, and the cold moonlight passed through the window, projecting the figures of the couple on the screen.
Qin Keqing nestled her delicate body in Jia Heng's arms and said softly: "I am Sister Tanyou and Sister-in-law Feng. If we, the daughter of a family, cannot be entrusted to a good family, half of our lives will be..."
Just now, how could she not see Sister-in-law Feng's forced smile? Her husband was kidnapped by gangsters while fooling around in a brothel, but was eventually executed...and she still pretended to be nonchalant and joked with her.
And Sister You, her husband-in-law was exiled by the army and wanted to strangle her to death.
And Sister-in-law Zhu lives with her son.
In contrast, how lucky is she to be able to marry the person behind her?
Jia Heng felt some of the beauty's emotions and said softly: "This world is like this. It's somewhat unfair to women."
At this moment, why didn't he feel this way? If he hadn't come to this world, this Tianxiang Tower would be the place where the fragrance of the beloved wife in his arms died.
Thinking of this, some thoughts arose in his heart, and he whispered something in Qin Keqing's ear.
When Qin Keqing heard this, her delicate body trembled, and a hint of shyness appeared in her charming eyes under Liu Ye's slender eyebrows, and she said angrily: "Husband, how can this happen?"
The female family members had just dispersed, and the laughter was still in my ears. She was just messing around here, what was she like...
But there was an indescribable feeling in my heart, and I felt my whole body trembling slightly, and my snowy and shiny cheeks suddenly became as hot as fire.
"There is a wing in the back room. This is the back garden. It is in the backyard and there is no one there." Jia Heng said, "Let Baozhu and Ruizhu guard down below."
Qin Keqing was also a little moved by what he said. Her face was flushed with red and her voice was as trembling as a mosquito. She was picked up by Jia Heng and walked towards the inner room.