Weiyang of the Red Mansion

After Jia Gan left, Jia Fu began to study the potted plant again, staring at it all afternoon but did not see a single flower.

Therefore, Jia Fu only regarded this potted plant as a real potted plant and placed it in the study.

Talk is better than nothing.

……

Xingqian six years, mid-October.

A boat was docked at the pier, and the boy held up an umbrella at the door, bowed and said, "Master, the boat has docked."

"Hmm." There was a lazy response from the cabin, and after two breaths of silence, a handsome young man in an indigo brocade robe came out of the cabin, looked at the rain outside, and frowned.

At this time, another young man followed out from the cabin, holding a cloak in his hand, and he put it on the handsome young man while talking about it.

"Master, it's cold in Beijing, why did you come out in such thin clothes?"

The young man laughed, "Did I suffer from any serious illness these years?"

"I didn't worry about it for nothing." The young man snorted.

Hearing this, the young man knew that the young man was annoyed, so he smiled and said, "Good brother, it's because I don't know what to do, so don't be annoyed."

The boy holding the umbrella cautiously reminded, "Master, Manager Zhou is waiting at the pier."

Hearing this, the young man glanced at the boy, then smiled and said, "So, let's go back to the mansion first."

The party got off the boat, and a man over fifty years old greeted him, "The old man is back, the old man and the old lady got the news that you are coming to Beijing, so they ordered the old slave to guard here. It's raining heavily outside, the old man Get on the carriage first."

"I'm sorry, Manager Zhou." The young man said with a smile, and boarded the carriage under the guidance of Manager Zhou.

On rainy days, the street is much deserted, and some vendors who usually shop on the street have disappeared.

The carriage entered Ningrong Street and stopped at the gate of Duke Ningguo's mansion.

The boy got out of the carriage, entered through the side door of Ningguo Mansion, and then went directly to the main courtyard of Ningguo Mansion.

"The uncle is back..."

The girl guarding the gate saw the young man coming in the rain, so she raised her voice to report, and when she finished speaking, she saw that the young man was already standing on the porch.

The girl smiled and bowed her knees, "Congratulations, uncle, Jie Yuan from high school."

Last month, the news of Jia Fu's high school Jieyuan spread to Ningguo Mansion, but Jia Fu was far away in Jinling, and these servants got a lot of rewards, so they were more enthusiastic about Jia Fu than before.

The boy, that is, Jia Fu, took a look at the girl, smiled and entered the room.

Jia Yan and Ye sit at the top, Jia Daihua sits on the left with his wife Yang and his second son Jia Jing, and Jia Daiyou sits with his wife Song and son Jia Gan on the right.

Seeing Jia Fu coming in, Ye Shi was the first to get up and go to La Jia Fu. Jia Fu walked two quick steps and turned to support Ye Shi, "Grandmother should sit and talk, grandson has come back, and won't run away."

Mrs. Ye held Jia Fu's hand tightly, smiling all over her face, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back," paused, "Your body is very weak since you were young, grandma is really worried that you won't be able to carry it, Fortunately, you are back."

At the end of the year before last, Jia Fu had said that he would go to Jinling to take part in the childbirth examination. Mrs. Ye was worried that Jia Fu's body would not be able to bear it, so how could he accept it?As a result, Jia Fu seemed determined after eating the weights. No matter how Ye refused, he insisted on going to Jinling to take the Tongsheng Examination. In the end, it was Jia Yan who let him go, and Jia Fu was able to start the examination in the county in February last year. Before arriving in Jinling.

Since February last year, Jia Fu has participated in the county examination in February, the government examination in April, and the hospital examination in August, and won the small three yuan in Jinling in one fell swoop.

According to Ye's idea, Jia Fu should return to Beijing after passing the college examination last year. As a result, Jia Fu sent back a letter saying that he wanted to stay in Jinling to participate in this year's rural examination. When Fu brought him back, it was Jia Yan who stopped Ye Shi, but even though Jia Yan stopped Ye Shi, it was not because he didn't care about Jia Fu's health. In addition, he sent Jia Fu's nanny Xu Lin to Jinling to take care of Jia Fu.

Xu Lin was the young man who put a cloak on Jia Fu before disembarking, and he had a very good relationship with Jia Fu.

In fact, Mrs. Ye has already thought about how to punish Jia Fu, making Jia Fu disobedient and messing around outside, but when Jia Fu really came back, she felt so hurt in her heart that she loved her so much, how could she have the heart to punish Jia Fu?

At this moment, the idea of ​​how to punish Jia Fu, which he had thought about earlier, has long since been thrown out of the blue.

The whole family talked for a while, Ye looked at Jia Fu with a somewhat tired face, and said distressedly, "Brother Fu, are you tired? Let's go back to rest today, and I will talk tomorrow."

Jia Fu didn't refuse either, he was exhausted to prepare for the exam for the past two years, fortunately he had eaten a lot of good things these years, otherwise even the physique transformed by the elixir would have been exhausted.

Here Jia Fu went back to the East Courtyard, washed up and rested.

On the side of the main courtyard, Jia Daihua and his brothers also returned with their wives and children.

In the evening, Mrs. Ye chatted with Jia Yan in the inner room.

"Master Fu, brother Fu will be fifteen next year, but the marriage has not yet been settled, and even brother Gan has already taken a fancy to him. After the new year, brother Fu will be able to celebrate the sixth ceremony. Brother Fu is better than brother Gan." I'm still one year older, so I'm so anxious." Ye Shi was really worried about this eldest grandson, but she had nothing to do with the marriage.

In fact, she has fallen in love with several good girls, all of whom are from the right family and come from four princes and eight males.

But when she mentioned it, these individuals politely refused, presumably because they thought her brother Fu would die young, so they didn't want to marry their daughter to Jia Fu.

Ye Shi was very annoyed in her heart, it wasn't because she was thick-skinned, but her Brother Fu was one of the best young talents in a place full of talented people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Her brother Fu's body is not good, but he hasn't had any serious illness in the past five or six years. Occasionally, it's just a minor ailment due to wind and cold. After taking a few doses of medicine, he will be fine in three to five days.

These people don't know why they just concluded that her grandson won't live long. How could she not hate him?

Jia Yan couldn't help frowning when Ye Shi mentioned Fu Ge'er's marriage, "Fu Ge'er's body was not healthy when he was young, and the serious illness in the first year of Xingqian made the whole capital know that Fu Ge'er was weak and well-matched. Who is willing to marry his daughter to Brother Fu?"

Even he himself was worried that Brother Fu would die young, let alone other people's families.

"Grandpa, I see that the eldest girl from Liguogong's family is pretty good. She is twelve years old, and she is two years younger than Brother Fu. I heard that she can read books. She will definitely get along well with Brother Fu. She is Liguogong. Mrs. Shizi refuses to let go."

Jia Yan couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, "I heard that the girl from the Liu family is really good, but I heard that she is about to get engaged, so you should stop thinking about their girl."

"We're going to get engaged?" Mrs. Ye was startled when she heard the words, and then smiled wryly, "What will my Brother Fu do in the future? Seeing that I am also half-buried in the ground, Brother Fu has no virtuous person to take care of me. , I don’t feel relieved even if I die.”

Jia Yan lay on the bed and sighed, "Brother Fu is the eldest grandson of our family. Ordinary people must not be worthy of it. We must choose the right one. Brother Fu is less than fifteen now. Don't worry, I'll see you soon." Go ask Brother Fu what he thinks, don't let us pick a well-rounded one, but Brother Fu himself doesn't like it, isn't this a joke?"

"Parents' orders and matchmaker's words, can he choose by himself?" In matters of marriage, Mrs. Ye never thought of letting Jia Fu choose a wife by himself.

Jia Yan smiled wryly, "Madam, you still don't know that Brother Fu has the right ideas? If he doesn't like it, you hire him. Do you believe he can make you run away from the scandal?"

Ye Shi was choked and speechless for a moment.

Her grandson had been seriously ill since he was nine years old, and after recovering from the illness, he has become more eccentric, extremely independent, and no one can be his master.

Regardless of the distance, the nearest thing is the imperial examination.

She wouldn't agree to Brother Fu going to Jinling to take the imperial examination even to death. With such an honorable family like theirs, why would Brother Fu take the imperial examination?

What's more, Brother Fu's body is not good. Even students who are healthy go in for the exam, some of them go in vertically and come out horizontally. Brother Fu is so weak, she is really afraid that Brother Fu will collapse in the examination room.

In fact, she rejected Jia Fu categorically at that time.

Jia Fu didn't talk to her, but within two days he planned to secretly leave home and take a boat to Jinling.

But he was caught by Jia Yan.

At that time, in the middle of the night, she looked at Jia Fu who was brought back by Jia Yan, and broke out in a cold sweat.

Jia Fu sneaked out by himself without taking anyone with him, so going out like this would not cause any trouble?

That night, she scolded Jia Fu for the first time.

But Jia Fu insisted on taking the imperial examination, what else did he say...

"If you don't let me go, I'll go secretly. If you can stop me once or twice, can you stop me ten or a hundred times?"

Ye Shi and Jia Yan couldn't help it, and it was impossible for them to stare at Jia Fu all the time, and with Jia Fu's body, the imperial doctor said that he should not be overly emotional.

They were also afraid of provoking Jia Fu, so they finally compromised.

But Jia Fu was not allowed to go to Jinling just like this. Jia Yan betrayed his favor and found Imperial Physician Zhu with the best medical skills in the Imperial Hospital. Gave it to Jia Yan.

Therefore, when Jia Fu went to Jinling for the exam this time, he took the proud disciple of the imperial physician with him.

Otherwise, even if Jia Fu made a fuss, he wouldn't even think about going out.

This incident alone shows how stubborn Jia Fu is.

If Jia Fu were to choose an unmarried wife that he didn't like, there was no guarantee that something would happen.

Thinking of this, Ye's head hurt again.

The older her eldest grandson was, the more she worried about her.

"Okay, ma'am, don't think about it, I'll go ask Brother Fu tomorrow, it's late, let's rest."

……

Jia Fu had no idea that his grandmother was already worrying about his marriage before he was 15 years old.

After a good night's sleep, Jia Fu got up in the morning to pay his respects to his grandparents, and then was left to have breakfast together.

"Brother Fu, come with me to the study."

After dinner, Jia Yan went out after saying this.

Jia Fu looked at his grandmother suspiciously, and his grandmother knocked on Jia Fu's head, "Why don't you go soon?"

Covering his head, Jia Fu stood up, "Didn't I want my grandmother to give me a reminder? If I don't give a reminder, it's fine, and I'll be beaten." Then, muttering, he went out and came to Jia Yan's study.

After entering, Jia Yan asked him to sit down.

Jia Fu was not pretentious, he just sat down at the table and poured water freely.

As soon as the water entered, I heard Jia Yan's question, "Yesterday, I talked to your grandmother about your marriage, thinking that you are not too young now, and you will be fifteen after the new year. I called you here to ask What kind of wife do you want to choose?"

"Pfft——" Jia Fu spat out a mouthful of water, and looked at Jia Yan in astonishment, "Grandfather, I'm not even fifteen, so it's too early to talk about marriage, isn't it?"