The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

After receiving the message from the porter, Lin Ruhai and Jia didn't waste any time and ordered their servants to go to the back house to call out their son and daughter. The couple walked into the lobby hand in hand and saw a handsome young man sitting on a wooden chair, playing with the jade string in his hand.

This young master is also interesting. When he heard the news of his master coming, he turned his head and saw Lin Ruhai and Jia. Before the other party could speak, he said enthusiastically: Aunt, uncle!

Lian'er. After a long absence, relatives met again, and it was her own brother's child. Jia also called the junior emotionally, and with joy and complaint, she continued, You child, why didn't you tell us before you came? Just say it. You're not hiding it from your family and sneaking out to play, are you?

Jia Lian was already over 20 years old. He was no longer the brat he was when he got married. Hearing this, he laughed and said, Aunt, you have wronged me this time. My nephew came here because he was entrusted by his family and came here specially. I’m here to congratulate my uncle and aunt.”

Congratulations?! Mrs. Jia's eyebrows moved when she heard this. She and Lin Ruhai looked at each other tacitly. The latter took Jia Lian's words and said, Good boy, sit down first, sit down first.

The three of them sat down according to the rules again, and Lin Ruhai looked at the junior in front of him. Apart from other things, this legitimate son of the eldest family member of the Jia family is really handsome, with a face like a crown jewel and a pair of peach blossom eyes. On the red lips, sword eyebrows and starry eyes were added.

Lin Ruhai looked at such a romantic young master and said, The Jia family is really impeccably outstanding in appearance.

The three chatted for a while, and then the topic turned to other things. Jia asked with a smile: You kid, as soon as you see your uncle, you say you want to congratulate your uncle. I wonder where the joy you mentioned comes from?

Hi. Jia Lian's reply was also very interesting. He waved his light blue sleeves and reported to his aunt: My aunt still wants to hide it from my nephew! Wasn't my uncle promoted to the magistrate of Yangzhou? When the family got the letter, they ordered someone to prepare a gift list. I want to come to Yangzhou. It was a good job, so I took it from the old lady.

Jia Lian said it casually, but Lin Ruhai heard it differently. His two brothers-in-law and brothers had done nothing in court, so how could they have such well-informed information channels?

Besides, it has only been seven or eight days since the imperial decree was issued. Even if you set off as soon as you heard the news, you should still be on the way. Lin Ruhai suppressed the thoughts in her heart and only comforted the other party, The old lady at home is thinking about you. Lian'er, you have worked hard all the way here.

Seeing her husband pretending to attack, Jia became the main attacker. Without waiting for Jia Lian to speak, she smiled and spread her hands, Bring the gift list to your aunt first. If you lose something later, don't say that your aunt won't help you. Hide it.

Auntie still treats me as a child. Jia Lian chuckled, took out a gift list from his arms, and handed it to his aunt, I am also a father now, and I am very steady in my work now.

But you are obviously capable. You must be really stable to be considered a good man. Mrs. Jia nodded at the boy, then took the gift list from the servant's hand, spread it out and looked at it several times, then smiled at Lin Ruhai. , Look, sir, the eldest brother and the second brother have put a lot of thought into choosing these things for you.

Ruyu's white fingers landed somewhere on the gift list. Lin Ruhai took a look and saw that between the names of the two uncles, there was the word Wang Ziteng.

The gift list is also interesting. The left side is Rongguo Mansion and the right side is Ningguo Mansion. On a page of Rongguo Mansion, the names of Jia She, Wang Ziteng, and Jia Zheng are listed horizontally.

There were rows of congratulatory gifts written under the names of the three of them, among which it was Wang Ziteng who had the longest number of congratulatory gifts.

Looking from a distance, one can see the word mountain.

Lin Ruhai nodded calmly, looked at Jia Lian again, and felt that the other person had become interesting.

You know why, it turns out that this is Jia Lian's wife, and she is also the daughter of Wang Xifeng, Wang Ziteng's niece.

In this way, the legitimate son of the first house married a daughter of the Wang family, and the mistress of the second house was also a daughter of the Wang family.

Really, really, I can only comment and have nothing to say.

If things continue like this, will the Jia family still be the same Jia family? Just change your surname to Wang.

In other words, Jia has been following Lin Ruhai for a long time, and has become very good at self-cultivation. Otherwise, given her early temper, she might have to lose her temper on the spot.

Thinking that the two of them were discussing Wang Ziteng before, she knew that Fa's wife must be feeling angry. Lin Ruhai consciously took over the conversation, and he chatted with Jia Lian about home affairs for a while.

Jia Lian was also an official, but he was just a donated fifth-grade Tongzhi. It sounds nicer to say it, but if you really want to go out, even the seventh-grade county magistrate may not show off your face.

The person in front of Jia Lian was the fourth-rank magistrate of the imperial court, and he was in charge of Yangzhou Prefecture, one of the best in the world. How could Jia Lian bear Lin Ruhai's official power at will?

It is said that a man cannot be without power for a day. Lin Ruhai's seemingly friendly words and deeds made it difficult for Jia Lian to deal with it. That is to say, with the Jia family's tutoring background, Jia Lian can still take care of everything and speak in a decent manner.

While they were talking, a servant led the young master in. When Daiyu and Lin Jue met their cousin for the first time, they were not unfamiliar with the stage. The two parties exchanged their names with a smile, and Jia Lian took out the gift he had prepared early and handed it to his younger brother and sister.

The two children did not dare to accept it for a moment. They only raised their eyes to look at their mother. When Jia nodded, they accepted the gift from their cousin. Jia Lian saw it and couldn't help but say: Auntie, you have taught your younger brothers and sisters very well. They are all belonging to the same family, and I have to come and ask you what you mean.

No matter how good the teaching is, what's the point? In the end, it's just making wedding clothes for other people. Jia was holding her breath in her heart and couldn't help but speak sharply.

Damn it, Lin Daiyu secretly screamed in her heart, why is my mother suddenly in a bad mood? Could it be that this cousin made her angry?

Jia Lian just thought that Mr. Jia was joking with him and continued to laugh: Auntie, are you starting to hate my cousin now? Then you might as well keep your cousin by your side. It's also great.

You, you. Jia shook her head helplessly, Stop talking in front of your sister.

You've come all the way, are you hungry? I've ordered people to go down and heat up the food. You can have a good chat with your uncle later.

It's okay to eat. Jia Lian spread his hands and said very honestly, But chatting with my uncle, for some reason, still makes my nephew feel a little flustered. I don't know if it's because my uncle's official power is too heavy. Hey, let's just chat with him. Bar.

Both adults laughed at the junior's funny remarks. Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more harmonious, Daiyu looked at Jia's face again and felt a little relieved.

Turning around, the family was sitting on the table. Jia Lian is eloquent and often walks around.

What he saw and heard along the way made Dai Yu and Lin Jue's brows twitch secretly, and they were yearning for them in their hearts.

During this period, Jia Lian told a few interesting things about Daiyu's childhood. She was born in the capital, and when she was one or two years old, Jia often took her back to her parents' home to accompany the old lady. It was not until after Lin Jue was born that she followed her father to Yangzhou.

It's just that Daiyu was young at the time and had no memory of this matter at all.

The family of relatives had a happy dinner, and a servant led Jia Lian to the guest room to stay.

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When Jia Lian arrives in Yangzhou, he will definitely be kept by the Lin family for a few more days. It happened that the time was not far away from Little New Year's Eve, and there was a grand meeting in Yangzhou City that day, so Jia made the decision to let him stay until Little New Year's Eve was over, and then take the official ship back to the capital.

This is exactly what Jia Lian wants. The tigress in his house usually controls him too much. I finally got free time this time, so I naturally wanted to have a good time in Yangzhou.

You know, this is Yangzhou City. For someone like him, it was a more favorite place than Su and Hang.

It's a pity that he didn't plan well, and when he went out to play the next day, he felt a little miserable and worried.

Now that I'm staying at my aunt's house, I can't go back smelling like rouge.

After all, Jia Erye is an adult who knows the importance of things. He stayed for several days and only dared to go to some elegant brothels. I just listen to music and drink, and don’t dare to do much else.

It's so suffocating that the joy of coming to Yangzhou was wasted.

After waiting like this until the New Year's Eve, Jia Lian got on a carriage with the Lin family and went to the City God's Temple.

The ancients paid great attention to sacrifices, and this year is another disaster year. Everyone is looking forward to a good year in the coming year. As the new prefect, Lin Ruhai must of course do something to calm the people.

Under the escort of the government officials, the magistrate's carriage did not stop until it arrived outside the Chenghuang Temple.

There were already many people standing here. The government officials who arrived a step ahead saw the magistrate's carriage and hurried up to greet him.

Lin Ruhai, who got off the carriage, smiled and expressed condolences to everyone before heading towards the City God's Temple surrounded by everyone.

Jia Lian was really dazzled by this kind of treatment. Although Rong Guofu has a prominent reputation in the capital, there are many powerful people in the capital. There is a deceased prince in your family, but our family is still a true royal prince.

That's all. If you encounter a few ministers and ministers on the way back. That means the prince also has to think about whether to hit him directly.

There is no other way. Civilians govern the country and have power in their hands. If you have the ability, don’t rely on them for your children’s future.

A group of officials and their families entered the Chenghuang Temple. The outside was not closed and the door was locked, leaving it open to ordinary people to worship and pray. Only a few guards were left at the main entrance to temporarily persuade the people who wanted to come in.

When Chen Gaishan led his family to Chenghuang, he heard that Yangzhou government officials were here. He couldn't help but turn around and said to his family: It's bad luck. I wanted to take you to watch the lantern festival, but something like this happened. .”

It's okay, grandpa, we can just go shopping in our own place. Chen Heng comforted the old man. He knew that according to Uncle Lin's temper, he would not want to disturb the people too much today, and the nearby police officers would not be around for a long time.

Hahahahahaha, today’s chapter comes early, it’s all prompted by the book friends in the group.