Wang Xifeng stretched out her slender hand, stopped the sesame cake in Jia Mu's hand, and said seriously:
"Ancestor cannot eat his burnt sesame cakes alone.
Wait until I immediately go to cook myself and make a big pot full of burnt rolls for the ancestors to eat together. This is called the harmony of yin and yang."
Everyone burst into laughter again.
Jia Mu laughed so hard that she coughed, while the maid Yuanyang beside her covered her mouth and laughed, while giving Jia Mu a gentle pat on the back.
Jia Mu smiled and patted her chest gently:
"Just because of his filial piety, I will eat whatever he makes."
While talking, I broke the sesame cakes with my own hands.
Unexpectedly, there was a small red note sandwiched in the broken sesame seed cake.
Jia Mu said "Hey" and came closer to take a look:
"What kind of nonsense is this?"
Yuanyang has good eyesight and has already understood the writing on the red note, so he smiled and said:
"Old lady, take a look, there are words on it."
As he spoke, he handed over his reading glasses.
Jia Mu put on her reading glasses, pulled out a small red note, and deliberately said to Yuanyang:
"This Lian Er, are you pretending to be a trick on me?"
Yuanyang smiled and said:
"The old lady is an ancestor. Who would dare to tease an ancestor after eating a bear's heart?
Old lady, please take a look, what words are written on it? Read it and it will help us learn a lot."
Jia Mu nodded and said yes, then she narrowed her eyes and looked at the note and read:
"The spirit of the dragon and the horse is like this, and it stays strong year after year."
After reading it, I laughed out loud: "Okay! Good! Good luck!"
Seeing that Jia Mu was so happy, everyone hurriedly joined in the fun and cheered.
Seeing that everyone was cheerful and enthusiastic, Jia Mu became even more happy. She handed the note and reading glasses to Yuanyang, broke off a piece of sesame seed cake and put it in her mouth.
Mrs. Wang saw it, felt sour in her heart, and said with a smile:
"This Lian Er is really smart. He guessed right early in the morning that the old lady was going to get this sesame seed cake. There was a lot of good luck in it. He was really thoughtful."
Jia Lian worked hard in the workplace for eight years in his previous life, so how could he not hear the strange flavor in this compliment? He also smiled and said:
"It's true that I want to make the old lady smile, but this is indeed the old lady's great fortune. The best one among the 'caitou sesame cakes' was signed, and the old lady got it in one go." Jia Mu took the tea bowl handed over by Yuanyang and took a sip, still smiling:
"Lian Er, you don't have to coax me like this. I guessed it. Your plate of sesame cakes all have the same sign. So no matter which one I take, it will be the best one as you said."
It's a sign, but it's not?"
As he spoke, he pointed at Wang Xifeng and said to Jia Lian:
"If you don't believe it, I'll make a bet with you. Let her break another one and I'll see if it's the same."
Jia Lian also deliberately joined in:
"If the old lady wants to make a bet, let's make a bet.
If they are all the same, my grandson will eat all the sesame seed cakes on the plate.
If it's different, the old lady will have to take another bite of her grandson's battered sesame cake."
Jia Mu became more and more interested, pulled the mandarin duck and said:
"I'm old and my eyesight is bad. You keep an eye on them for me, but you can't do anything."
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jia Lian quietly tugged on Wang Xifeng's sleeves. When she saw her looking over, he secretly pointed at one of the sesame cakes with his finger.
After that, he deliberately turned to the opposite side of Wang Xifeng and held the plate of sesame cakes in front of her eyes:
"Please ask the lady to bear witness for the old lady."
Wang Xifeng was originally angry with Jia Lian, but she had always been a smart person. Seeing that Jia Lian had gained fame in front of Jia Mu today, she also smiled and said:
"As ordered. I will bear witness for the old lady. You can all bear witness for me."
Stepping forward and following Jia Lian's previous hint, he seemed to pick up a sesame seed cake from the plate at random.
I opened it gently, and sure enough, there was a small red note inside.
I had no choice but to follow his gaze and pick up the sesame seed cake next to me from the plate.
Open it gently and there is a small red note inside.
Wang Xifeng didn't know how to read, so she pulled Jia Mu and smiled:
"I am blind. I only know that the number of words is different from that of my ancestor. Please help me read it."
Jia Mu smiled again and put on her reading glasses and read:
"Pretty as three spring peaches, as clear as nine autumn chrysanthemums.
E Mei refuses to give in, what can the man do?"
Laughing loudly:
"Lian Er, hahaha, you tricky boy..."
Wang Xifeng didn't understand the meaning of these words, so she pulled Jia Mu and kept asking:
"Old lady, what does it mean?"
After Jia Mu had laughed enough, she said: "You and your wife can just go back and chat on your own, my old lady can't do anything about it.
But I lose, bring me some sesame seed cakes to eat."
Today, Jia Mu especially found Jia Lian to be smart and interesting, so she called him over and asked:
"In the past few days, your father has been looking for you again. Didn't he train you? Did he hit you?"
Jia Lian smiled apologetically:
"My father did give me a scolding, scolding me for spending all my time wandering around and not making progress."
Jia Mu asked Jia Lian to sit in front of her:
"Then why don't you just grow up a little bit? I'll also shut up your mouth."
Jia Lian knew that he had laid the groundwork for so much, and it was time to get down to business!
"That's exactly what the old lady said!
My grandson went to the Yamen early this morning and told Mr. Song, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, that he wanted some serious errands to be done. Mr. Song was very happy to hear that. At that time, he said that he would let his grandson worry about the money, food and dispatch of Shuntian Prefecture.
affairs on.
He deserves to be so straightforward, but the grandson himself feels a little unsure.
If it was the first two years, my grandson was also familiar with the affairs of our house. But in the past two years, my grandson has been a bit neglected, and many things have been arranged. I am afraid that if it is not neat and thorough enough, Mr. Song will be disappointed." Jia Mu nodded repeatedly and reached out to take Jia Lian's hand:
"This looks like you have made progress! It's not in vain that I love you.
I think you managed many things in this house very well in the first two years. Now that you can cheer up and take care of things, who can say no?
From now on, work hard, do it with confidence, and ask Brother Feng to help you.
Even though I’m old, I can still steer the ship for you juniors, so I won’t go astray and cause serious problems.”
As if thinking of something, he turned to Mrs. Wang and said:
"Look, Lian Er, who is already twenty years old, suddenly becomes sensible and motivated. It can be seen that 'the boat will straighten out when it reaches the bridge'. You don't have to worry too much about Baoyu day and night.
He has just turned fourteen now, and he still has a lot of fun, and he has not been very interested in the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child. It may not be useful if he is trying to push him like a duck.
Actually, whose son looks like whose son.
Before I realized what I was doing, I only loved playing and not reading. Later, I suddenly became sensible and loved reading, and I was obsessed with taking the imperial examination and shining on my family.
I am determined to force Baoyu to study for the sake of Baoyu's future. The more I value Baoyu, the more anxious I will become.
What's more, in his eyes, Baoyu must always be compared with Pearl.
At his age, Pearl had already passed the examination and entered the school. At that time, the teachers in the school praised Pearl lavishly, and everyone said that she would definitely be among the top three in high school in the future.
Alas - it's a pity that Pearl was destined to suffer such a fate. A good child actually caused such a disaster.
Not to mention that I would go crazy with anger, but if Baoyu's grandfather was still alive at that time, I'm afraid he would be so angry that he would die.