"Look! Look! This time your wife's great supporter uncle has opened his mouth to speak, and you have even refuted Wang Ziteng's face?"
Jia She originally wanted to hold a grand full-moon banquet for his eldest grandson, but was forced to suppress it by his son Jia Lian.
At this time, I saw that Wang Ziteng had sent a heavy gift worth thousands of gold, and also sent someone to say something: "I am very happy to have a nephew and grandson this time. The full moon wine must be kept lively, so that the whole family can be happy."
, Jia She could not help but feel jealous and proud at the same time, so he deliberately slapped the red gold-gilded gift list on the large lacquer mother-of-pearl carved table, holding back to watch his son's show:
"Your uncle is now a famous person in the imperial court. Not long after he became the governor of the nine provinces, he was promoted to the governor of the nine provinces. He no longer cares about the Jingying Jiedushi who came from our Jia family.
People have always only socialized with the second bedroom, so how could they pay attention to my eldest bedroom? Not to mention holidays and birthdays, they just send food and drinks every now and then. Since then, there has been a royal concubine in the second bedroom.
, Wang Ziteng and his wife were naturally more attentive to the second bedroom.
This time, Mr. Wang is giving you face and rushing to ask you to take care of things. How can your wife be flattered? He opens his mouth and says a word, which is more effective than your serious old Taishan. If you don't do the full moon wine this time, you can
Aren’t you ignorant?”
Jia Lian looked at Jia She who was gloating about his misfortune and sighed in his heart:
This unreliable, unsatisfactory old man!
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With a father like Jia She, whoever ends up in trouble will be unlucky.
The men of the Jia family are not very capable and even less courageous, and they don't even have the pattern to do bad things.
Jia She, the eldest grandson who was pampered by his great-grandmother and grandma since childhood, is already the most willful and fearless person in Jia Jiawen's generation.
Until he broke the royal vase and caused a big disaster. Although Jia She was lucky enough to inherit the title of first-class general, his younger brother took away all the titles of Rongguo Mansion. He had no choice but to move out of the imperial Rongguo Mansion and live in the east.
In the old house across the courtyard.
To this day, among the nobles in the capital, when they teach their eldest son a lesson, they must say a few words: "If you don't live up to your expectations, you will have the virtue of the boss of the Jia family of the Rongguo couple!"
This incident made Jia She feel that he had lost face, so he rarely went out and even avoided official contacts. He closed the door and mingled among a group of concubines and young wives all day long.
But despite being lustful, Jia She's ability to "kill a rat with a knife and hide in a nest" has really not failed, especially in front of women and sons, he always wants to highlight his majesty as the "head of the family".
As a modern person who suddenly traveled through time, Jia Lian was rashly and forcibly attached to a cheap father, Jia She. There was no affection between father and son, which was completely normal.
However, in the memory of the original owner Jia Lian who was taken away from him, he actually had no feelings for his biological father Jia She, and even had a bit of contempt and a bit of disgust for him. This shows that Jia She, a father-in-law, is indeed quite pathetic.
With more than a year of in-depth understanding of the world of Red Mansions, Jia Lian has gradually understood the rules of the game in ancient society.
In this kind of patriarchal society, what matters is the affiliation, and family ties are never important.
For example, it is said in the "Three Character Classic" written by Kai Meng, "Don't be slow when your parents call you. Don't be lazy in what your parents tell you. When your parents teach you, you must listen carefully. When your parents take responsibility, you must obey them." There is a kind of kindness between father and son. In theory, children should treat their parents
Must be absolutely respectful and obedient.
And the subordinate relationship that can bind people even more tightly is that the fate of the individual and the fate of the family are destined to be closely related.
For example, Jia Lian was born with the surname Jia and has been a member of the Jia family his whole life.
Especially the eldest son of the eldest son, who is born to inherit the family title. If the Jia family is rich, you will have no worries about food and drink; if the Jia family falls, you are destined to be implicated.
Otherwise, why would Cao Xueqin, the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions", name the first boy born in Rong Guofu "Jia Zhu" and the second boy born "Jia Lian"?
Jia Zhu, Jia Lian, Zhu Lian are also "Zang Lian".
But in Rong Mansion, the eldest son of the second brother is "Uncle Zhu", and the eldest son of the eldest brother is "Er Master Lian", so the elders and younger ones are "reversed".
Perhaps, this is the "Red Mansion Code" left by Cao Xueqin in the book - the unlucky thing about Rongguo Mansion is that it was "turned upside down" and "implicated".
Of course, Jia Lian didn't want to be implicated in his misfortune, so he had to avoid "reversal".
Since we are destined to not be able to escape from the Jia family like other minor characters, we should simply face the difficulties and find ways to deal with them. Don't panic or be anxious.
So Jia Lian grinned:
"What my father said is that he is not my serious father-in-law. What should I be afraid of if I refute an uncle's face?"
Looking at the surprised look on Jia She's face, Jia Lian continued:
"What's face? It would be foolish to ask others to roast us on the fire just for the sake of 'face'."
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On a large green satin mattress with a gold heart, Wang Xifeng leaned on the gold-woven brocade backrest, with a pillow on his waist and a swaddled baby in his arms. He glanced at Jia Lian with a pair of red-phoenix and triangular eyes.
But he was smiling, and his tone was full of coquettishness.
Although she was still in confinement, she refused to give in. She was still slicked up and pink, her hair was neatly combed, and her forehead was surrounded by pearls.
"Hey, I gave birth to a big fat son for you. He is one month old. In the future, your Jia family's title will be regarded as a heir. Is such a big happy event not worth the thousands of taels of silver you spend to liven it up?
Look at this glass kang screen that my aunt just sent to me. Even if I spend 51,000 silver, I can't buy such a good thing in the whole capital."
Jia Lian also glanced at the glass kang screen that Wang Xifeng specially placed next to him. He washed his hands in the copper basin held by Ping'er, wiped his hands and said with a smile:
"Good guy, your uncle's gift is such a big gift that it arouses the master's thoughts that he had already suppressed. The gift your aunt gave you is even more remarkable. Even you here are also moved by it."
While talking, he came over to tease the baby in Sister Feng's arms.
In the past, if Wang Xifeng had made up his mind about something, he would have tried every means to convince Jia Lian and would not give up until he achieved his goal.
But now Sister Feng already knows how powerful Jia Lian is, and knows that if she and Jia Lian fight head-on, she will never gain any advantage, so she decides to use softness to overcome strength, and coax Jia Lian with coquettish words. Seeing Jia Lian looking at her son with a loving smile on her face, she knows that he
I was in a good mood at this time, so I quickly took the opportunity to smile and said:
"I am a woman with long hair and short knowledge. I can only give birth to children, but I cannot be the master of the family. Even if I want to give birth to a baby, I can only act like a good boy and beg my second master to take the decision, right?"
At this time, she deliberately spoke in a soft voice, stretched out a thin white index finger, and gently touched Jia Lian's cheek:
"As the saying goes: 'Don't hit those who smile with your hands, and don't scold those who give gifts.' My uncle and aunt value us so much. We are the younger generation. If we don't give you this little face, wouldn't we be ignorant?"