Jia Yucun looked at Jia Chen sitting on Jia Zheng's left hand and asked in surprise:
"What is the second uncle talking about this young master?"
Jia Zheng nodded slightly, stroked his goatee, and smiled proudly, "That's it."
Although Jia Yucun is of the same clan as him, his kinship is far less close to Jia Chen, so he can only be considered an outsider.
But the outsider Jia Yucun compared all the descendants of the Jia family in Ningrong's two mansions. Jia Zheng was naturally unhappy. Fortunately, a prodigy from Jia Chen was born, which saved some face for Ningrong's two mansions.
When talking about Jia Chen, Jia Dairu also smiled so hard that he could not see his teeth. The folds on his face were wrinkled into walnuts, and he said in his heart:
"So what if you, Jia Yucun, is a Jinshi? My student Jia Chen will definitely be able to pass the Jinshi in the future, rank in the third place, and even be able to take the senior high school, the second place, or even the top scorer!"
Jia Yucun exclaimed:
"Brother Chen is only nine years old and can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics. He is really a genius!"
Jia Chen smiled unscrupulously:
"Brother Shi is over-reputable."
He didn't want to have a deep chat with Jia Yucun, the ungrateful ungrateful wolf, but just said perfunctorily.
Jia Yucun was good at observing words and expressions. Seeing that Jia Chen looked cold and didn't seem to want to say too much, he was very sensible and did not continue to get close.
After the greetings were over, Jia Zheng asked everyone to continue having a meal.
Just as I was drinking and drinking, a servant suddenly ran in and passed the message:
"Mr. Qibing, Miss Lin is here."
Jia Zheng asked, "Where is she now?"
The servant replied:
"Miss Lin went to pay homage to the old lady first, and then to the eldest master, but he didn't see anyone. He only saw the eldest lady. Miss Lin had lunch in Rongqing Hall just now and wanted to pay homage to the second master."
Jia Zhengluo pondered and said politely:
"I want to entertain guests here, but I can't take it away. You can give her a few words: I'll say that I feel sad when I see the girls, and I can't bear to meet each other for the time being.
I advise the girl not to miss homesickly, and to follow the old lady and aunt, that is, the same as the family.
Even if the sisters are clumsy, they can help you relieve your boredom. If you have any grievances, just say it, don’t be the heretics.”
"Yes!" The servant took the order and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Jia Chen: "You wait a moment."
After saying that, Jia Chen looked at Jia Zheng and advised:
"Second uncle, it's probably inappropriate to do this. Lin Meimei came from afar, left her hometown, and lived under someone else's roof. She was inevitably worried and sensitive and suspicious. As the saying goes, "My mother's uncle," the second uncle is Lin Meimei's uncle. If she doesn't see her, she's afraid that Lin will be afraid of Lin.
My sister will be suspicious and depressed.
What's more, Brother Yucunshi is Lin Meimei's teacher, and his nephew is not an outsider. Why not invite Lin Meimei here to talk to her to comfort her."
Jia Zheng sighed:
"Chen'er said very well. Fortunately, you thought carefully, otherwise, you might hurt the child's heart."
As he said that, he looked at the servant and ordered:
"You go and invite the girl over!"
Jia Chen sighed in his heart that Jia Zheng is a soft-hearted person. He listens when others advise him. To put it nicely, he is following advice, but to put it badly, he is not opinionated.
If a person has no rigid bones, he cannot live in a solid state. Jia Zheng's character is so soft that he cannot support Rongguo Mansion at all.
In this world where people bully the weak and fear the strong and the strong are prey on the weak, if they cannot establish a house by the enemy, they will be invaded and stepped on the house, and the same is true for small families like this.
If Jia Zheng was allowed to always take charge of the Rongguo Mansion's power, even if the emperor remembered the old feelings of the ancestors and did not confiscate the Jia family, the Rongguo would be defeated sooner or later.
After less than half a cup of tea, the servant led a delicate little girl in.
Jia Chen's heart moved, and the scene in front of him seemed like a dream. The fragrance of tea swelled in the house with the water vapor. The wind chimes under the eaves were clear and dinging. Everything in the world was eclipsed, leaving only the beautiful and refined little girl in front of him.
No wonder Lin Daiyu added the word "王" before her brow. This word has the meaning of love threads wrapping around, like a slight smoke hanging on her eyes.
Lin Daiyu's lips are as delicate as cherries, and are rosy and shiny.
There is a saying in ancient photos: "A general has no neck, and a beauty has no shoulders." It does not mean that a beauty really has no shoulders, but that her shoulders look like bones, which can show the tenderness of a woman. Lin Daiyu is born with illness,
The body is soft and weak, so such a sloping shoulder will naturally make her more gentle and gentle.
In addition to the static bulge of front and back, her "water snake waist" swings left and right when walking, like a snake winding and twisting, with all kinds of charm and demeanor.
It turns out that this is Lin Meimei who fell from the sky. She really said, "When she is quiet, she is like a beautiful flower shining on the water, and when she is moving, she is like a weak willow to support the wind."
Lin Daiyu's willow waist swayed, walked to Jia Zheng, bent her knees and said with a blessed voice:
"Yu'er has met her second uncle!"
Jia Zheng reached out to help him, and asked worriedly:
"Hurry and avoid the gifts, why is Yu'er so timid? Do you need to ask the imperial physician to show you?"
Lin Daiyu frowned slightly and said:
"I don't have to worry about my second uncle. I took medicine when I was able to eat food, and I haven't stopped today. How many famous doctors have been invited to prescribe medicine, but it has not been effective."
Jia Zheng asked with concern: "Then what medicine do you usually take? I will send someone to give you a gift."
Lin Daiyu stretched her eyebrows and gave another gift:
"Thank you, my second uncle. I have been taking ginseng Yangrong Pills at home. The old lady has already said that she will ask someone to help me with one more ingredient."
"That's good!" Jia Zheng nodded slightly, pointed at Jia Yucun, and reminded, "Come and meet your mentor quickly."
Lin Daiyu faced Jia Yucun and bowed her knees to her blessing: "Student Yu'er pays homage to her mentor!"
Jia Yucun raised his hand and helped him with a weak support, and smiled and said, "You are weak, so you don't have to be too polite."
After saying that, he smiled flatteringly at Jia Zheng, saying, "Although Yu'er is just a female, she is my favorite student, and she is one of the top students I have taught."
Hearing this, Jia Zheng felt honored and smiled with a gloomy face:
"A famous teacher produces a good disciple, and you are all good nephews who teach you well."
After saying that, Jia Zheng pointed at Jia Dairu again and introduced: "This is the great master of Jiafu School."
Lin Daiyu bowed again and said, "Yu'er has met the great master of school."
"Yu'er doesn't have to be too polite. She is a good kid who is well-educated and well-reasoned!" Jia Dairu greeted with a smile.
Jia Zheng pointed at Jia Chen and said with a smile:
"This is your cousin Chen'er. He is the only one in the family, so he is naturally the leader. You should call him Brother Chen."
Lin Daiyu bowed to Jia Chen and said, "I have met Brother Chen."
Jia Chen bowed his hand and smiled and said, "My sister Lin is polite!"
The two of them looked at each other, one was nine years old and the other was six years old. Time froze at this moment, engraved in the depths of their memories.
Jia Yucun wanted to take this opportunity to show Lin Daiyu's talent to demonstrate his profound knowledge as a teacher, and at the same time improve his weight in Jia Zheng's mind, so he smiled:
"Yu'er, I once taught you to read and write, poems, songs and essays. Today is the right place for your uncle to take the exam to take the exam."