Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Jia Lian hesitated for a while, but pushed the door open and entered the Pear Fragrance Courtyard. When he reached the entrance of the main hall, the mother-in-law came.

"Oh, it's the second master Lian here. Congratulations to the second master Lian for being selected as a scholar." The woman's expression was dull, without any flattery.

"Where is the old lady?"

"The old lady is reading Buddhist scriptures to the Duke in the Buddhist hall."

Jia Lian followed his mother-in-law to the Buddhist hall renovated from the main house of Lixiangyuan.Surrounded by sandalwood, Jia Mu knelt in front of the Avalokitesvara statue, clasped her hands together, and chanted softly with her eyes closed.

Jia Lian walked over gently and knelt behind Jiamu, but couldn't hear what Jiamu was reading at all, and looked at Jiamu's bent back in a daze.

After Jia Mu finished reading, she bowed to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva four more times, and tried to stand up with her hands on the futon.Jia Lian got up quickly and helped Jia Mu before her mother-in-law.

"Lian'er is back." Mother Jia still had her usual loving voice.

Jia Lian looked at the old lady's face that had lost a lot of weight, and helped Jia Mu go out, helped Jia Mu to sit in the living room, and then knelt down to kowtow to Jia Mu.

"Is the old lady always okay?"

"Okay, okay. Lian'er, congratulations on being a scholar." Mother Jia looked at her grandson who had been away for more than a year, her face was full of joy.

"Old lady, I won the exam." Jia Lian whispered in front of Jia's mother.

"Won the exam? Lian'er, did you win the exam?" Mother Jia's voice changed in shock.

"Yes."

"Oh, my good grandson." Jia's mother hugged Jia Lian's head and rubbed Jia Lian's back. After a while, Jia Lian felt the back of his neck and shoulders wet.

"Grandma, you, don't cry!"

"Old lady, I'm happy." Jia's mother pulled Jia Lian up, and Jia Lian sat beside her.Patting Jia Lian's hand, he kept saying, "Okay, okay. You are a good one." Tears flowed again.

Jia Lian can only use a handkerchief to wet Jia Mu's tears, but the more she thinks about it, the more she gets wet.Jia's mother took Jia Lian's handkerchief and wiped her face herself, laughing and weeping as she wiped, "Old lady, you are happy, happy. When people are old, happy things happen, that's it."

Mother Jia cried for a while, then took out a jade pendant from her bosom, "Lian'er, grandma has nothing to give you now. This is what your grandfather has been wearing for so many years, and it will accompany your grandfather on expeditions and court... After your grandfather left, the old lady has been wearing it next to her body for more than 20 years. I thought I would bring it into the coffin in the future, so I will give it to you now. You have to work hard and wear it to stand in your grandfather's place."

"Grandmother," Jia Lian didn't dare to accept the jade pendant, which was especially warm.He heard from Sister Feng that the old lady had left all her belongings in Rongqingtang.

"Take it. You are not like your big brother Hu, who met your grandfather before you. If you hold this jade pendant, it is as if you have met your grandfather. In this family, only you——can fulfill your grandfather's wish. "

"Grandma, you'd better keep it by your side."

"Silly boy, your father is my own son, and you are still worried that he will wrong me. Take it. The more I live here, the more at ease I will feel. Now that this family has your father, and you will have you in the future, I don't have to worry about it. Don't worry about it." Jia's mother tied the jade pendant to Jia Lian's belt.

"Study hard with your uncle, and get the first prize in the exam like your uncle, so grandma can tell your grandfather and make him happy too."

"Yes."

"Tell your uncle that the old lady thanked him."

"grandmother."

"Go, your uncle is getting married tomorrow, you can help." Jia Mu pushed Jia Lian to leave, "I'm going to rest."

Jia Lian helped Jia's mother to the back house, and saw that the mattress was still used by Jia's mother before, and felt that the mattress was thick and warm. Although the furnishings in the house were simple, there was nothing missing, even the tea set was exquisite.I got up and poured a cup of tea for Mother Jia, and seeing the elder sister who was still Mother Jia's favorite, I reassuredly said, "Grandmother, Lian'er will come to see you again in a few days."

Mother Jia saw Jia Lian's meticulousness and sighed in her heart. This is a good-natured man, but she has ignored him in the past.

"Go ahead and study hard."

After Jia Lian left, Jia's mother lay on the bed, her heart ached like twists and turns, and tears flowed from her closed eyes.Lian'er studied with Lin Hai for more than a year, and was admitted to Juren.If Mrs. Wang had agreed to send Zhu'er to Jiangnan...

Alas, that poisonous woman of the Wang family didn't harm Min'er's child, but her own Zhu'er!

Mother Jia hated Mrs. Wang for a while, and she was even more worried about Jia Zheng. She loved and protected her son all her life, who could deal with the boss raised by treacherous people like her in-laws.Zheng'er, I'm afraid that even the bones will replace the skin, and the boss will strip him clean.

The eldest is Zhang Shi and Hu'er, and she hates herself and the second eldest couple.Just look at his neat method of imprisoning himself in Lixiangyuan and then ignoring him. He will not spare the second family and the Wang family lightly in the future. Lord, you must bless Yuanchun to win the favor of today, bless The second child and Baoyu can survive in the hands of the eldest brother...

When Jia's mother thought of Jia Daishan, she felt sadder than she had ever been at this time.Alas, the Duke of the State, the concubine gave the house of the second child to be the leader of the Rongguo Mansion. I really thought that the eldest could no longer be the leader, and it was really for the Duke of the State.

Mother Jia murmured to herself, repeating that it was really for the Duke's Mansion, really for the Duke's Mansion... her voice was getting lower and lower...

On the way back to Lin's mansion, Jia Lian asked Lin Qian what he wanted him to do.

Lin Qian smiled and said, "It's all arranged, Biao Gongzi will just help the master drink tomorrow."

Jia Lian laughed so hard that Lin Qian was dazed.

When I went back to see Lin Hai, Lin Hai gave him a stack of papers, "Lian'er, this is the guest who will come to the Lin residence tomorrow, you should remember it by heart."

Jia Lian took it over, looked at it briefly, and found that the people on the list were basically from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy, and a few were from other departments. After the name, the position and relationship with Lin Hai were marked.

"Take it back to the yard and memorize it carefully. Don't let others see it. Come and check it after dinner."

Jia Lian responded and went back to the yard.There was his study in the front of the yard, and Jia Lian recited it until lunch, when An'er came to call him, so he put away the things in his hand, and followed An'er back.

Sister Feng watched Jia Lian move her mouth as she walked, and went up to meet him and asked, "Second Master, what sutra are you reciting?"

"Oh, what Uncle Lin asked me to recite." Jia Lian was brought back to her senses by Sister Feng, "Feng'er, when you say chanting scriptures, I think of the old lady. Do you often visit the old lady?"

"At the beginning, I went in the morning and evening, but the old lady didn't let me in. Later, the old lady said, let's come once every five days. The first one went."

"Where is my sister?"

"Yingchun lives with my wife, so I don't have time to go there. Is there something wrong?"

"Feng'er, change your sister to take care of her when you have time. Her grandmother took her jewelry and monthly silver to play cards and drink. If I hadn't gone back today, my sister didn't even have new clothes for going out. , Madam actually withheld it like this."

Sister Feng didn't know Yingchun's predicament. In the past, Jia Lian didn't care about Yingchun, and treated her like Tanchun.Seeing that Jia Lian was interested, he quickly called An'er, "Ping'er, go back now and see what the second girl is lacking. Take it from me and make up for it." He pulled Jia Lian's sleeve and said, "Second Master, it's all my fault. The girls used to be in front of the old lady, and they were fine every day when they saw each other. It's only been a month..."

Sister Feng took the cloth towel from Ping'er and wiped Jia Lian's hands. "Master doesn't let his wife take care of the house, so she just rubs me. Every day, big and small, I have to go over and talk about it again. There is no place where I do the right thing. I open my eyes in the morning, then go to my wife, and stand until my wife rests at night." ..."

Jia Lian held Sister Feng's hand, feeling distressed, "How dare she? She never raised me for a day, does she think she is my own mother?"

"Second Master, I'm a daughter-in-law, but I just wait for Second Master to come back and make the decision for me."

"Good Feng'er, don't worry." Jia Lian raised his hand to wipe away a tear that was about to fall from the corner of Sister Feng's eyes.

The husband and wife sat down to eat together, "Feng'er, do you have a lot to do?"

"Not much, Mrs. Li came to decorate the new house this morning. I wanted to keep the daughters-in-law for dinner, but they said they still have work to do when they go back, so they just let them go. Where's the second master?"

"I'll just drink with my uncle tomorrow."

Sister Feng felt distressed, "Second Master, let's find Uncle Zhen and Rong'er, how can you do it alone?"

"Good idea, hurry up and send someone to deliver the letter. My servant and long follower are all left in Jiangnan."

Sister Feng was puzzled.

"Yeah. I wanted to finish the exam, pass through Yangzhou on the return trip, and pick them up and come back together, but I was in a hurry and couldn't take care of it."

Sister Feng hurriedly asked Ping'er to order the person who brought over yesterday to run errands, and asked Rong'er to come in the afternoon.

After dinner, Jia Lian went to Lin Hai to recite the few pages he had given him during the day.After Jia Lian came in, Jia Amnesty stared at the jade pendant on Jia Lian's waist, and when Jia Lian finished reciting it, Lin Hai also noticed the jade pendant on Jia Lian's waist.

"Lian'er, is this jade pendant given to you by the old lady?"

Jia Lian was always timid when he met his father, "Yes, grandma said she had worn it next to her body for 20 years, and let the child work hard, and she will also wear it to stand in the place of grandfather in the future."

Jia She's eyes were wet, "You should wear it well. When your grandfather passed away, I couldn't find this jade pendant. It turned out to be taken away by the old lady. This is the Taishang's favorite thing, the late emperor gave it to the Taishang. Later, when your grandfather went to war, he gave it to your grandfather." Jia She is very familiar with the origin of the jade pendant.

In Lin Hai's impression, Jia Daishan always wore this piece of jade pendant, so there was a reason for this.

Jia Lian rushed to untie Yupei, "Father, you should keep it."

"Look at your ugly face. I've given it to you, so take it with you. Study hard and don't disappoint your grandmother's expectations of you."

"Yes."

Lin Hai watched Jia Lian go away, and then said to Jia Amnesty, "Brother, why are you so cruel to the child. The child is so scared that he dare not get close to you."

"I'm a son. Not a spoiled daughter."

Facing Jia Amnesty in this state, Lin Hai knew that he didn't understand the truth. "Brother, Yu'er wants to stay with Yingchun as a companion, and stay for a longer period of time, what do you think?"

"Okay, I can stay in your house from now on. Xing's temper... My mansion, when Lian'er is gone, take it easy."