Jia Lian looked at Mrs. Jia with a loving smile on her face, then at Mrs. Wang with kind-hearted eyes and half-lidded eyes, and then at the Buddhist beads tightly pinched by the nail of her right thumb, raised her eyebrows and said with a smile:
"We are all relatives of our own family, and we are like the same spirit. We are both prosperous and disadvantaged. If a relative comes to the door and does not invite others to come to the house, it will be a joke to outsiders."
After saying this, I saw Mrs. Wang's fingernails loosening the beads in her hand, and she frowned and lowered her head again, as if she was worried.
Mother Jia still didn't make any judgment, and turned to talk about preparing for Yuanchun's birthday.
After talking about a few more things in the house, Jia Mu sent everyone away.
Jia Lian deliberately walked last with Wang Xifeng. He was just about to find a way to stay, but Jia Mu spoke first:
"Lian Er, please stay a moment. I want to ask you how you made the sesame cakes yesterday."
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After everyone left, Jia Mu asked Yuanyang to change the tea, took Jia Lian to sit down, and asked:
"Just now when we talked about Aunt Xue coming to Beijing, you made a few remarks, but then you seemed to be hesitant to speak. Can you say it now?"
Jia Lian took the tea from Yuanyang with both hands, took a sip and said with a smile:
"I'm just waiting to tell the old lady what I'm thinking.
What the grandson said just now was not a joke. Aunt Xue is my wife's biological sister. Now that Wang Ziteng has to be transferred to another province, if he doesn't accept Aunt Xue to live at home for a while, people will say that we don't care about human kindness.
The previous sentence, ‘With the same spirit, two branches are connected, one will be prosperous, one will be harmed, and one will be harmed,’ is also what Sun Er said in his heart.
It is true that Wang Ziteng got a good job, and everyone benefited from it. But Xue Pan beat someone to death in the street, and it would be fine if they didn't find out at this time. Once he is found out, it will be difficult for everyone.
Besides, Xue Pan can do such unreasonable things, and his character and temper are probably a bit bad. If he walks around the house every day and brings down the other children of the Jia family, it will be a big deal. If he brings up Baoyu, it will be a big deal.
It’s the most amazing.”
Jia Mu listened with a smile. When she heard this, she couldn't help but nod and praise:
"Sure enough, you are knowledgeable, go on."
Seeing the good start, Jia Lian continued:
"Besides, Sister Xue, saying she wanted to be sent to the palace was just an excuse.
Let me start by saying that she was born as an imperial merchant, not a noble daughter of an eunuch. Let’s just say that after Xue Pan killed someone, it was impossible to get away with it. Based on her reputation and her virtue, it became a delusion for her to enter the palace and choose a concubine.<
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My wife once said that the Xue family wanted Sister Xue to be selected as the princess and the princess's escort to the princess. But even if she could get a talented person and a title of praise, being a female official who would never see the emperor would not matter to the family.
Glory, not to mention not much benefit. If you delay being released from the palace until you are twenty-seven or eighty years old, you can only marry someone as a second string. Aunt Xue only has one daughter, so she may not be willing to part with it.
On the other hand, what my wife said today, "You need to find someone with jade before you can get married," sounded like she was after our precious jade.
The grandson is not saying that Baoyu cannot marry Sister Xue, but firstly, Baoyu is still young and must study and make progress. Secondly, the old lady loves Baoyu the most, so the old lady must make the final decision on Baoyu's marriage.
The grandson only knows this point, so he only dares to talk to the old lady from the bottom of his heart.
In the first few days, I only made some initial remarks about this matter, and my wife scolded me. Brother Feng was also a bit uncomfortable with me, and my grandson couldn't do anything about it."
Jia Mu was very happy, but she didn't comment, she just said:
"If you think a few more steps about everything, you will make a lot of progress.
You don’t need to pay attention to this matter anymore. I have my own plans. As a family, it’s better to be harmonious.”
After pondering for a moment, he asked Jia Lian with a smile:
"It's been two years since you've been married, and it's not a good thing that Brother Feng and Ping'er haven't had any movement yet. If you like any girl and want to make her your aunt, just come and tell me, and I'll send you to the house to see.
Feng girl, I dare not wait to see you."
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When Jia Lian came out of Jia Mu's courtyard, he suddenly remembered that Qin Keqing's maid was going out last night to burn incense and ask for divination, and immediately slapped her thigh:
"Oh, I was thinking very well yesterday, but I didn't get up until almost noon, and I stayed here after noon. Now it's too late!"
I ran back to the small study in one breath, closed the door and rummaged through the cabinets, but I still couldn't find the Fengyue Treasure Book.
Jia Lian was so anxious that he cursed in his heart:
"If you don't come out, I will burn you!"
But I heard the mirror say angrily:
"I won't come out! If you can't find me, I'll see which one you burn!"
Jia Lian had no choice but to coax:
"Okay, okay, I just said it in anger, and I also meant to save people. You are a god after all, how can you be stingier than a woman?"
The result is that the tone of the mirror is more feminine:
"I'm stingy! What do you do to me?"
Jia Lian was worried about Qin Keqing, so he had to plead:
"What do I do to you? I treat you as my sister-in-law, right? It's important to save people quickly!"
The mirror is proud of itself:
"Ha, you are willing to talk softly to me because of a beautiful woman. The master is just a perverted man."
Jia Lian was so anxious that he jumped:
"Okay, okay, you just think it's a perverted man about to come on stage.
Tell me quickly, where did Ruizhu go to burn incense?"
The mirror couldn't help but say "Huh?" and said curiously:
"How strange! How strange!
It turns out that the master has fallen in love with that maid!
Sure enough, the taste is unique!
Mirror Slave is still too shallow."
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But it is said that Qin Keqing's maid Ruizhu was abandoned by her biological parents when she was born because her left hand had "six fingers".
Fortunately, there was a lame bachelor who picked her up and took her home and fed her with broken rice.
In the winter when Ruizhu was six years old, the kind-hearted lame fell ill and died, leaving Ruizhu alone begging for food.
Just when Qin Keqing went out with his father to pay New Year's greetings to relatives and friends, he saw Ruizhu, who was dressed in rags and shivering, begging along the street. He felt soft and took her home.
Over the years, although they were called masters and servants, Qin Keqing treated Ruizhu like a sister, and Ruizhu was also devoted to being kind to Keqing.
Qin Keqing deliberately caught himself from the cold last night. He didn't want to disturb his family or trouble others at night, so he waited until daybreak to ask a doctor for treatment.
He also asked the doctor to prepare medicines, boiled soups and boiled medicines, and was busy until the second half of the afternoon. Seeing that Qin Keqing finally fell asleep peacefully, Ruizhu had time to go out.
Carrying incense and candles, she hurried straight to Tianqi Temple outside the West City Gate.
The Tianqi Temple was originally built by the previous dynasty and was very grand. Now it is very old and desolate. The clay statues inside are all very vicious, but it is said that it is most effective in dispelling evil and eliminating disasters. Therefore, the auspicious pearl is used to seek the far away rather than the near.
I want to come here to pray for Qin Keqing.
After burning incense and praying, Ruizhu drew a stick in front of the statue, brought it to the fortune-telling stall, and asked Wang Yigua to interpret the fortune.
It has been a bit strange recently. There is a big sign hanging outside this temple, which sells pills, powders, ointments, and elixirs. They also spread rumors that their plasters are effective and can cure all diseases with just one patch. However, business has dropped sharply recently.
, which made Taoist Lao Wang who specialized in selling medicine in the arena very distressed.
Is it possible that the nickname "Wang Yi Tie" is actually going to be smashed?
The plaster business was not doing well, so "Wang Yi Tie" set up another hexagram stall, and spent a lot of money to make a big signboard with "Wang Yi Gua" written on it. It is said that just one hexagram will eliminate all worries.
At this time, Wang Yigua was sitting at the table, bored and sleepy. Suddenly he saw Ruizhu coming with a sign, and he immediately became energetic and stepped forward and said: