Winning every step of the Red Mansion

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After Li Wan and Jia Zhu got married, life went according to their wishes.Seeing that Jia Zhu was studying hard, he specially made soup and brought it to Jia Zhu. It happened that Jia Zhu wrote a poem at his desk and let Li Wan read it. After Li Wan finished reading, he specially took the last two characters of the poem and presented it Li Wan is the character.Li Wan's heart warmed up, and when Jia Zhu ordered him to sit down, he said, "I have something to tell you."

Li Wan obediently obeyed, found an embroidered bed and sat down obediently leaning on the desk.Jia Zhu took out a small box from the bookshelf and handed it to Li Wan, "You take this away." Li Wan was very puzzled, holding the small box of green sandalwood in his hand and looked at Jia Zhu again.Jia Zhu said with a smile, "I'll keep it for you, but you don't even open it to have a look, and you're not afraid that one day a spider will come out of it?" Li Wan was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly opened it. Putting the box on the table, I also hid back, as if a spider could really come out once the box was opened.Jia Zhu looked amused, put the box back into Li Wan's hands, and said, "I'm just trying to trick you. You can find out when you open it. There are 24 taels of silver bills in this box..."

Li Wan just opened the lid of the box, when he heard what Jia Zhu said, he quickly closed the lid, put the box on the table, and lowered his head, he asked, "What do you mean by this, sir?" Seeing this, Jia Zhu didn't force it, just Moved the small pot that Li Wan was holding just now to the front: "What did you cook today, it smells delicious?" Li Wan looked at it and hurriedly got up and lifted the lid: "It's yam, chicken head, rice and minced meat porridge. , Thinking that my father is tired of reading and it is too late to eat some greasy food. It would be better to drink some porridge. It is rare that the chicken head rice is fresh, and I peeled it out one by one.

"Hearing what you said, I'm really hungry." After hearing this, Li Wan hurriedly fetched a bowl to fill Jia Zhu with porridge, and handed it over.Jia Zhu laughed and said: "If they know that I have delicious food every night, I'm afraid they will be envious." After speaking, he picked up the bowl and ate it, and soon emptied the porridge in the bowl, Li Wan couldn't finish it He filled another bowl by himself, turned his head to look at Li Wan and said, "You might as well eat some, if there is any leftover, it will ruin your intention." Li Wan also filled a small bowl, and accompanied Jia Zhu together .The small pot was originally not that big, so even a portion of the porridge was eaten clean.

Li Wan ordered the servant girl to put away the things, brought tea to wash Jia Zhu's mouth, and when everything was tidied up, Jia Zhu pointed to the box and said, "Now that you are my wife, you should naturally keep this thing. I If you need to use it when you need it, I will ask you to get it. Although you marry into the mansion, you have a monthly allowance, but it is not much. By the end of the month, everything will be bottomed out, and there are not many left. If you need it in the future, you can discuss it with me and let me know what it is for you. If the amount is small, you can just pick it up yourself."

Although Li Wan's father was also a fourth-rank official of the imperial court, he also lived on his salary. Compared with Jia's family, his family was naturally in heaven and earth.Li Wan knew a thing or two about the expenses in the mansion in the past few days.But today, Jia Zhu was able to take out 24 taels of banknotes all at once.Of course Li Wan was quite surprised. Although Jia's mansion has a foundation and heard that Jia's mansion is doing a good job, but even Jia Zhu was able to hand out so much silver without a breath, which shows how rich the Jia mansion's family fortune will be. .

Seeing that Li Wan was stunned, Jia Zhu said again: "You don't have to be too shocked, the old lady gave this money to us as husband and wife, and the grandchildren in the house, regardless of whether they are male or female, have a share, so there is still a small amount. I took it to buy some books. Secondly, I also spent some on getting married, and this is the rest. You won’t blame me for spending some first.” Li Wan shook his head quickly and said, “This is a lot of money, sir. Keep it by yourself. I'm afraid I won't take good care of it, and I'll disappoint my master." At this time, Li Wan was very disturbed. First, he was really moved by Yu Jia Zhu's honesty with him, and second, he had never done anything before. With such a large sum of money, I am really afraid that it will disappoint Jia Zhu's wishes if it is not managed well.

Jia Zhu said: "If you don't accept it, you have betrayed my heart. I feel that husband and wife should respect each other. It is not good to hide something. Besides, the money was originally given to you by the old lady." My husband and wife, if I kept my selfishness and didn't tell you, or made up the numbers, I would be deceiving the old lady. What's more, I still remember that I got sick last year, and got better after getting married. You and my husband It is natural to have such a fate, so you should not be deceived by things outside of you."

Hearing what Jia Zhu said, Li Wan couldn't refuse anymore, so he nodded and said, "My wife is very moved by what I said. It's really disappointing my master's intentions to evade like this. Then I will keep it for the time being." If you want to use it, just take it." He put the box away in front of Jia Zhu, put it in a golden nanmu box, and closed the lock.Just as he was about to unload the key, Jia Zhu stopped him and said, "You keep the key, I don't like to carry extra things with me." Li Wan had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Jia Zhu saw that his face was serious, so she wanted to tease her, and said with a smile: "Today, my husband has confessed to you, do you have anything to explain to my husband?" Jia Zhu was just joking, She didn't think about what would happen to Li Wan, but Li Wan was stunned, turned around and took out a small wooden box.Jia Zhu was taken aback when she saw it, and said with a smile: "Could it be that you also have some money for me?"

Li Wan shook his head and said: "My natal family is naturally not as good as my family's. But there is one thing that may not be too inferior." Li Wan opened the wooden box and asked: "My husband, what do you think of the soup I have cooked these days? Jia Zhu laughed and said, "It's very good. Now I'm afraid that if I go on like this for a long time, I will become rich in a few days." Li Wan shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry too much about this husband. I'm just a kind-hearted medicinal food. The amount of stewing is not large." After saying that, he took out the medicinal recipe book from the box and showed it to Jia Zhu.Jia Zhu was very curious, took a page and looked at it, flipped through it and said, "Where did you come from?"

Li Wan replied: "This is a prescription handed down from my mother's family. When my father was not in good health, it was my mother who took care of my father's health with a little bit of diet therapy." After Li Wan finished speaking, he felt that he It was a little inappropriate, as if it meant that Jia Zhu was weak, so she hurriedly stopped talking.Jia Zhu flipped through the booklet again, and saw that there were some sheets that she had already eaten, and at the end of those pages there were annotations in teeny lowercase letters, or the title "My husband likes it" or "My husband doesn't like it". Zhu said: "It's hard for you to be intentional." Jia Zhu flipped through the booklet for a while, turned to a page and said, "I want to try this tomorrow, okay?" Li Wan leaned over to see it, and quickly agreed.Jia Zhu turned the booklet of medicinal diet to today's page again, took a pen and wrote the words "I am very happy for my husband" at the end of the page before closing the book, but she did not return it to Li Wan, and put the booklet on the desk, saying: "Today I will give you a box, and you can just use it as a gift in return. This is considered a reciprocal gift, and you don't have to worry about collecting money for me. I can also choose for my supper tomorrow, so you and I can enjoy it together. Isn't it all good?" Li Wan knew that Jia Zhu was making fun of him, and blushed.

Jia Zhu said again: "I see that your prescriptions are very good. In terms of knowledge, I only obey the old lady. She also has unique views on food, and she has the most gentle temperament. You are now a bride. I'm afraid I don't have anything to say in front of the old lady, why don't I talk about this food tomorrow, it must be good." Hearing this, Li Wan thought that Jia Zhu was delicate and caring for herself, and even such a small thing would be replaced by her. When I thought about it, I was even more moved.The two talked heart-to-heart, but it touched the other's affection for him even more, and it was even more affectionate.

These days the mansion is full of joy, only Jia Lian is happy in front of others, but has a bitter face in the rear.Now it is getting closer and closer to the deadline for submitting the essay to Lord Zhongjing, but I have written several drafts repeatedly, and I still feel that I can't pass the test, but my father is very busy this month, so how can I take care of my little things.I thought that the people who are loyal to the prince are so busy that they might forget about it in a blink of an eye. How could I have thought that the prince came to the mansion to congratulate him that day, and when he left, he would specifically click on himself and ask how the article was written?Don't forget the deadline.After hearing this, Jia Lian knew that he could not escape.

Jia Lian is also smart, he can't write well after thinking about it by himself, so he went to find Jia Mu when he had some free time.Give all the drafts I wrote to Jia Mu to have a look, and ask the old lady to check for herself, anyway, Jia Lian doesn't want to be like last time.It's best that this article can cover all the questions the prince wants to know, just don't bother yourself anymore.

Shi Fei'er pinched the thick stack of paper Jia Lian handed over, and said with a smile: "Now that you can't finish your homework, you are also looking for me? If I help you, what will happen if your master finds out and sues you?" Okay?" Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Old lady, this is not a homework, it is something that the Lord Zhongjing entrusted to me last time, if I can't do it well, I'm afraid, now I can't be counted on by others, I can only ask the old lady to give me some advice I've given you some pointers. Old lady, please help Lian'er one more time." Seeing Jia Lian's sour face, Shi Fei'er bowed again and again, and said with a smile, "It's okay to help you, but you have to do something according to me." When Jia Lian heard this, she said expectantly: "Don't say that one thing is ten or twenty. I don't know what the old lady is?" Shi Fei'er smiled and narrowed her eyes and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. Make an account in advance, and I will talk about it later if I remember it." Jia Lian nodded and said: "All right, all according to the old lady. It's just that the old lady will help me write this article about the national construction business. Make an idea."

Shi Fei'er nodded, looked at the thick stack of paper Jia Lian brought over again and said: "Your article is too big, and you want to explain every aspect clearly, which is not advisable. After all, making a living is changing from time to time. , You have to make decisions amidst changes. You are thinking too carefully in this article now, no matter how big or small this business is, this boss only needs to give the shopkeeper a rough request, if you dig out every detail to the end, it will become rigid." Jia Lian realized something after hearing this: "So Lian'er understands a little bit. It's just that Lian'er is really afraid of being loyal to the prince. If I submit this article, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it if I'm interrogated again. I don't know the old lady." Is there a way to save it?"

Shi Fei'er thought for a while and said, "Yes, there are, but I'm afraid you won't dare to use them." Jia Lian was taken aback and asked, "May I ask the old lady to clarify."

The author has something to say: Shi Feier: Finally, I have come to what I am good at.Lian'er is better.

Jia Baoyu: Madam, what about me?

Shi Feier: ...you are also good. (You are the team leader who dug a hole and caused me to fall.)