That night, Jia Yun was summoned from Jing's Martial Arts School to Rongguo Mansion by someone from Jia Zheng's faction. She met Jia Zheng in the study outside and received a hundred taels of silver and a good horse.
When Jia Yun returned home on a good horse with one hundred taels of silver, Bu Wuniang was naturally very excited.
Jia Yun had told her before that if he was selected as a martial arts scholar in the future, Jia Zheng would see him again. When Jia Zheng gave him money, the Jia family's branches would have no reason to make trouble anymore.
Bu Wuniang did not expect that just one month later, Jia Zheng would see Jia Yun again, and this time Jia's mother gave her a hundred taels of silver in person. Jia Zheng also selected a good horse from the house for Jia Yun.
How could Jia Yun have thought of such a thing?
Things in the world are unpredictable, and many things will happen that are difficult to predict in advance.
This is not only a kind of excitement in life, but also a kind of helplessness in life.
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In the dead of night, Jia Yun sat alone at the old desk in the small bedroom. It was dark and quiet outside the window, and the firelight inside the window enveloped his figure.
He was writing "Dragon and the Eight Parts" with a pencil. The tip of the pencil lead kept moving rapidly on the white paper, making some slight rustling sounds.
In the past month and a few days, Jia Yun has been writing "Dragon and the Eight Parts" every day, usually at night, writing an average of two thousand words a day, which adds up to 70,000 words.
Although the Rongguo Mansion once again helped him this time, allowing him to temporarily relieve his money worries, he would not stop writing "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" because of this.
Self-reliance is very important.
Jia Yun will not freely bind her property to Rongguo Mansion, and Rongguo Mansion's financial help is bound to be limited. If Jia Yun wants to obtain a large amount of money, she still has to make money on her own.
With a lot of money, it will be easier to do big things in the future.
It was already midnight, and tonight's two thousand words had been written. Jia Yun stood up from the desk, tiptoed into the main room, and poured a cup of tea.
After drinking tea, Jia Yun quietly opened the door of the main room and walked out.
It is snowing in the night sky, and snowflakes are flying in large numbers, scattered in the dilapidated and lonely little house of Jia Yun's family. This snow also covers the sacred city of Nuo Da.
It was already snowing when Jia Yun returned to Shenjing City from Jing's Martial Arts School yesterday, and at night, the snow became heavier and heavier.
This is the first snow in Red Mansion in four years.
Now it has passed the Beginning of Winter solar term, and has also passed the Light Snow solar term. Shenjing City is located in the north, and usually the first snow will fall around the Light Snow solar term.
Jia Yun stood under the eaves, admiring the falling snow, breathing in the cool fresh air, and briefly moved her body a few times.
There is a peach tree planted in the small courtyard. According to Bu Wuniang, this peach tree was planted many years ago when Jia Yun's father was still alive. After many years, this peach tree has not grown tall.
In winter, this little peach tree naturally withers.
Now, through the faint firelight coming from the window, Jia Yun, standing under the eaves, found that the crown of the little peach tree was covered with some white snow, which gave the withered little peach tree another layer of sadness.
Jia Yun couldn't help but think of a maid named Chuntao.
Chuntao was Jia Zheng's maid, whom Jia Yun only met once.
When Jia Yun went to Jia Zheng's outer study to find Jia Zheng, Chuntao was present. At that time, Jia Yun packed the things on the Huanghuali Luohan bed, and Chuntao even took the initiative to help.
In fact, Chuntao had a crush on Jia Yun at that time because Jia Yun had an extraordinary appearance and good temperament. She was calm and composed in front of Jia Zheng. Chuntao was also amazed by her divine power and memory.
There is a bit of male-female affection in this good feeling.
Jia Yun is young, but Chuntao is not that old either, only a few years older than Jia Yun. Under such circumstances, it is normal for Chuntao to have some feelings for Jia Yun.
In the original work, Mrs. Wang's maid Caixia developed a romantic relationship with Jia Huan, who was several years younger than herself, and Xi Ren was also several years older than Jia Baoyu.
In the original book, it is written that Xiren is two years older than Baoyu, but according to the book, the "two years" here should be an imaginary reference, similar to saying "come back in two days" or "let me say a few words."
Just last night, when Jia Yun was chatting with Bu Wuniang, Bu Wuniang mentioned that a maid who was kicked out of Rongguo Mansion two days ago jumped into a well and died. This maid was called Chuntao, and she was the maid next to Jia Zheng. Mrs. Wang
Expelled.
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Chuntao was originally a maid raised by Aunt Lai. Aunt Lai was the mother of Lai Da, the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion, and the mother of Lai Er, the chief steward of Ningguo Mansion. She had a high status in the Jia family.
Because Aunt Lai often brought Chuntao to Jia Mu, Jia Mu saw that Chuntao was very beautiful and loved it, so Aunt Lai gave Chuntao to Jia Mu as a filial piety, and Jia Mu in turn gave Chuntao to Jia Zheng as a maid.
Jia Mu's plan was that Chuntao could become Jia Zheng's concubine in the future.
Because Jia She had many concubines, "one concubine on the left and one on the right were placed in the house." And the son Jia Zheng, whom Jia Mu preferred, had only two concubines, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou, besides Mrs. Wang, the head wife.
Madam is getting old, Aunt Zhou is also too old and cannot have children, and Aunt Zhao is unpleasant.
Mrs. Wang saw this and was dissatisfied. She was very jealous in this kind of thing.
A few years ago, when Jia Daishan, the second-generation Duke of Rongguo, was still alive, Aunt Zhao, a son of the family, was Jia Daishan's maid.
Because Aunt Zhao was very beautiful and she was still very young at the time and was not as vulgar as she would become later. Jia Daishan saw that Jia Zheng only had one wife and one concubine, so he gave Aunt Zhao to Jia Zheng as his concubine.
Mrs. Wang was dissatisfied and helpless. Aunt Zhao was arranged by Jia Daishan. When Jia Daishan was alive, she could not touch Aunt Zhao. When Jia Daishan passed away, Aunt Zhao gave birth to another child and could not be moved easily.
Mrs. Wang had once molested Jia Zheng's housemates, otherwise Jia Zheng would not have had only Aunt Zhou as a concubine before that. The original book said that the rules of the Jia family were that all men who were old enough to marry were to be let go before getting married.
Served by two people.
After Aunt Zhao's lesson, Mrs. Wang could no longer tolerate Chuntao this time, even if Chuntao was given by Jia Mu.
But you can't take action right away, because it will be difficult to talk to Jia Mu.
So Mrs. Wang waited for a year. During this year, her attitude towards Chuntao was deliberately affectionate.
A year later, she took action, found an opportunity, and deliberately framed Chuntao as a fox to seduce Jia Zheng. She warned Chuntao to behave like a maid and not to try to climb up a branch and become an aunt like Aunt Zhao.
Three days ago, Mrs. Wang found another opportunity and once again framed Chuntao for making up Hu Meizi to seduce Jia Zheng, so she kicked Chuntao out.
Chuntao felt so humiliated and angry that she jumped into a well and died the next day.
Afterwards, Mrs. Wang found an opportunity when Jia Mu was in a good mood, and told Jia Mu about chasing Chuntao in sweet words.
The general meaning is that she is not a jealous woman. As long as Jia Zheng is happy, she will not hinder him even if he takes a few more concubines. But Chuntao has become a fox at a young age and seduces Jia Zheng again and again. Such a fox is
If the son becomes Jia Zheng's concubine, it will ruin Jia Zheng's good character, disturb the peace of the whole family, and ruin the reputation of the Jia family.
After some sweet words, Jia Mu agreed to the matter and did not blame Mrs. Wang.
This incident is similar to Mrs. Wang's expulsion of Qingwen in the original novel.
Qingwen is the maid raised by Grandma Lai.
Because Aunt Lai often brought Qingwen to Jia Mu, Jia Mu saw that Qingwen was very beautiful and liked her, so Aunt Lai gave Qingwen to Jia Mu as a filial piety, and Jia Mu in turn gave Qingwen to Jia Baoyu as a maid.
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Later, Mrs. Wang kicked Qingwen out from Jia Baoyu. After the expulsion, she found a time when Jia Mu was in a good mood and told her about it, accusing Qingwen of being ill, being naughty and lazy.
After Mrs. Wang finished her sweet words, Jia Mu agreed. Not only did she not blame Mrs. Wang, she even started laughing on the spot.
When Mrs. Wang drove Qingwen away, Qingwen was weakly breathing. She was pulled down from the kang. Her hair was disheveled. Two women stood up and drove her out of Jia's house. She died tragically on the reed mat and the earthen kang before midnight the next day.
One night girl.
It can be seen that for Jia Mu, no matter how good a maid is, if she has a bad influence on his doting descendants such as Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu, she will be just a slave with a low life.