northernbook Chapter 355: Love in the Red Mansion is as Deep as the Sea 35
Chapter 355: Love in the Red Mansion is as Deep as the Sea 35
Everyone laughed and made noises for a while, and only Baoyu noticed and hurriedly ordered Xiren: "Hurry and serve me a bowl while it's still hot."
Xiren apologized, and Grandmother Jia hurriedly said, "You've just recovered, so you should eat light food for a few days. But you've been exhausted this time, so it's good to replenish your body.
But one thing is, even though this thing is good, you can’t eat too much of it.”
Baoyu couldn't wait any longer and ate a whole bowl of it while still feeling the heat. Grandmother Jia was so happy that she couldn't stop laughing: "It's good that you can eat it, it's good that you can eat it. I was so scared the other day."
Everyone hurriedly advised: "The evil star has passed and the child will be fine now."
Then everyone shared the dishes sent by the Lin family. Tanchun was even more grateful. Although Aunt Zhao didn't get any, Sister Lin gave one to Jia Huan.
It's not that you just need a little food, it's that people think highly of you. She silently kept this favor in her heart.
Aunt Zhao was feeling upset in her room, and it didn't help that Ma Dao Po had disappeared from the face of the earth!
That evil creature Baoyu was only ill for a few days! He wasted eighty taels of silver for nothing.
At this time, Jia Huan walked in holding a jar. In private, Jia Huan never called her "aunt".
Jia Huan placed the jar on the table. "Mother, Sister Lin sent this to the mansion today. This is our portion. Sister Xueyan brought it personally. Try it! It's delicious."
When my son becomes successful, he will make this for me every day! I hope you can enjoy the happiness with me in the future."
Aunt Zhao felt relieved. This son was not raised in vain. However, Aunt Zhao still spoke well of Lin Daiyu:
"It's the Lin family, a family of scholars who never look down on others. This jar of vegetables must be worth two taels of silver!"
The Xue family has a saying about pearls being as precious as dirt and gold being as hard as iron, but I think it's just that. I'm just doing some courtesy.
He would hang around with a maid every day, and pretend to be rich by giving the maid a few tips.
Tsk tsk! Last Dragon Boat Festival gift, ours was the only one missing! Pah! What the hell! It's burning Baoyu's hot stove.
As if they had gotten such a great deal! And the one who got the jade was like getting a living dragon!
Look how proud they are! It's as if Baoyu will soon be able to become an official! "
Jia Huan nodded beside him and said, "Mother, don't pay attention to those bitches who flatter the powerful and look down on the weak. Try this dish, it's delicious.
Normally, such good things don't reach our mouths. Madam is sweet on the outside, but bitter on the inside. It's hard work for you to open the curtains and pour water in her room every day. Eat more, there are so many!"
Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan, mother and son, quickly finished all the food. However, Aunt Zhao knew how to manage her life, so she asked the maid to take back the portion for her and Huan'er.
If the mother and son couldn't finish their meal, they could take the money back to help the family. A concubine's allowance was two taels of silver per month.
If Aunt Zhao wants to get money, she can only get it from Jia Zheng, but now the accounts of the main house are strictly controlled.
The amount of money available in various places has been reduced to the ground, and only the kitchens can provide some food and drink.
Life in the mansion is becoming more and more difficult, and Aunt Zhao doesn't want to sit and wait for death. Aunt Zhao wants to give birth to a son and a daughter safely in the Jia mansion and let the children grow up safely.
That was not a stupid thing. She knew Jia Zheng's temper very well, and she hurriedly asked Jia Huan to endorse the book for no other reason than to coax Jia Zheng for some money.
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Jia Zheng has Jia Mu's subsidy. When he runs out of money, he goes to his mother for money. In any case, it is much better than the mother and son.
As it happened, Baoyu had recovered, and Jia Zheng had returned to the inner courtyard tonight. Mrs. Wang had originally thought that Jia Zheng would stay overnight in the main room for the sake of the child.
Who would have thought that as soon as Jia Zheng came back, he went into Aunt Zhao's yard, which made Mrs. Wang so angry that she started cursing Aunt Zhao in the room, calling her a vixen.
Aunt Zhao first let Jia Huan show his face in front of his father and recited a passage from a book to him. Although Jia Zheng said with a stern face:
"I'm just asking you if you've ever studied seriously. You're just being idle and unlearning day after day! I'll ask you at school tomorrow and tell you if you're not studying hard. Get out of here, you evil creature!"
However, Aunt Zhao knew whether Jia Zheng was happy or not: "Master Huan'er's face is pale from exhaustion from studying so hard under the electric lamp every day.
This is the allowance from the mansion, and I want to nourish him but I don’t know how.”
Then Aunt Zhao used all her skills to serve Jia Zheng, making him extremely satisfied that night.
The next day, Aunt Zhao received a painting from Jia Zheng. Aunt Zhao found her brother Zhao Guoji and sent the painting to an antique shop, where it was sold for six hundred taels of silver.
Aunt Zhao was able to gain access to her Ren and Du meridians, and from then on she made a lot of money from Jia Zheng.
This is really about not looking down on anyone. The ones who really suffer in the inner house are people like Aunt Zhou who are neither favored nor have children.
The next day, Lin Daiyu took Nanny Zhou and several maids to Rongguo Mansion, leaving Nanny Tao at home to look after the house.
Grandmother Jia hugged Lin Daiyu and said curiously: "Is Brother Jin still so busy? Why doesn't he come to see me?"
Lin Daiyu hurriedly said coquettishly: "I was just saying that grandma didn't know that Mr. Yang had passed the imperial examination. Originally, Jinyu could relax for a while.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Yang found his classmate Mr. Sun, but Mr. Sun fainted in the examination room this year and had to wait for another three years.
Mr. Sun is the most strict, but Jinyu is very busy now. But you have Yu'er to accompany you, Grandma, we don't care about their nonsense.
Grandmother Jia smiled: "Just make sure Jin'er takes good care of himself and doesn't let him get hurt. Just as the old lady said, he is still young and must take care of himself."
Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Grandmother. Father has also suffered through the hardships of the imperial examination and is worried that Jinyu's health will be affected. He has specially found a martial arts master to strengthen Jinyu's body."
You know what, it's really good. I see Jinyu can eat two bowls of rice at each meal now, and she's become a lot stronger!"
Grandmother Jia smiled and said, "Your father is a thoughtful man and has taken good care of you and your sister over the years.
Baoyu has been so ill these days that it makes people anxious. He didn't even have a good Dragon Boat Festival. You stay for a few more days and grandma will find a good day to take you to Qingxu Temple to fight at Ping'an Reef.
Let's get rid of the bad luck together and have some fun together for a few days."
Lin Daiyu quickly stood up and replied, "I'll follow Grandmother's arrangements."
At Jia Mu's command, the people below began to prepare. As for silver, the mansion took out another 500 taels from the revenue as the expenses for this festival.
The news was so rare that the Empress in the palace found out and gave another three hundred taels of silver. Lin Ruhai was too busy to go, so he also gave two hundred taels of silver for his daughter to relax.
As for Lin Jinyu not being treated that way, Mr. Sun discovered that the child was very talented. How could he possibly let him go out to play?
Since Daiyu was a girl and did not have to take the imperial examination, the teacher turned a blind eye and was more lenient in her case.
However, Mr. Sun would also check Lin Daiyu's schoolwork from time to time. The children in the Lin family were really good at studying.