Chapter 160 Lantern Festival
Early in the morning during the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, Ningguo Mansion became more lively than ever.
All the men of the Jia family in Beijing, from the trembling old man of generation generation to the children who have just learned to walk, are all here.
It was a rare day that no one dared to whisper to each other. Everyone looked at Jia Zheng being tied up and could not help but breathe softly.
Although there are rumors from the outside world that the second master of Rongguo Mansion is indifferent to human affairs and has fallen out of favor with the old lady. He and the second wife have been locked up in the ancestral hall, but few people have seen it.
No one dared to be curious.
After all, no matter how bad Jia Zheng is, he still has a mother who is the wife of the duke, a brother of a first-class general, and soon he will also be the father-in-law of Xinping Marquis.
And Jia Zhu is very good at reading.
Some clan elders couldn't help but look at Jia Zhu, Baoyu and Huan'er more.
Let’s not mention the two younger ones for the moment. The elder Jia Zhu is as modest as a gentleman and as gentle as jade. No one can say what the future will bring.
Jia Zhu is not afraid of others looking at her.
I’m just afraid that others won’t see it.
My parents made many mistakes, but they had nothing to do with him.
If the clan elders and the executioners could look at it for his sake and be a little gentle when striking, it would be a sign of his son's heart.
“Let’s do it!”
Jia Zheng did not dare to look at his three sons.
Today’s ban made it impossible for him to stand upright in front of his sons from now on.
"Second brother, before you take action, tell your ancestors and other clan members whether you are wrong."
I really want to beat this stupid brother, but Jia She's heart is He was not very happy, "This time... how guilty are you? If you still don't know, Zhuer, Baoyu, you two come up and tell him."
"...I was wrong!"
Jia Zheng sighed and knelt in front of the memorial tablets of his ancestors, "I... I am unfaithful and unfilial..."
Although I really don't want to say it, Zhu'er will take the scientific examination next year.
As long as he passes the exam, even if he can only be released as a seventh-grade county magistrate, if he works hard, maybe he can follow him.
This is the solution he and Wang came up with after thinking for a long time yesterday.
They were sent out with their sons to a place where they were not known, and it was okay for them to become old masters and old lords.
While Jia Zheng was here, detailing his own crimes, over at Rongguo Mansion, the female relatives of the Jia family were also watching Wang's entry into the small Buddhist hall.
The once illustrious head wife of Rongguo Mansion, now...
While watching the excitement, the ladies of the Jia family couldn't help but take another look at the head wife of Ningguo Mansion.
This is the real powerful person!
I heard that at the Emperor’s Longevity Banquet, when Princess Jin said that she was the most fierce woman in Jokhang, tea was thrown in her face.
Oops~
Jia Qin’s mother huddled behind others, for fear of being seen by Shen Ning.
Because her brother Qin was gambling, the family rules of the Jia family were also changed by him.
"Sister-in-law, are you particularly happy to see me like this?"
Written in plain clothes and having all her hairpins removed, Wang is still not convinced and is about to step in. When he was in the Buddhist hall, he turned around and asked Shen Ning.
Shen Ning: "..."
If she didn't want to set rules for the ladies of the Jia family, she wouldn't be willing to come.
"Are you talking about me?"
Shen Ning seemed to be surprised and said: "We have been sisters-in-law for so many years. If I had a problem with you from the beginning, I would not like you. Zhu'er and Yuanchun died." She looked back at Wang with a faint look, "At this point, the thing you are most sorry for is actually yourself, the children you gave birth to."
It's a pity that this person has arrived. I don’t understand it now.
It's still just her own desire to win.
“Others’ happiness or unhappiness has nothing to do with you now.”
If you have to be angry, then give it a try!
Shen Ning thinks she is quite generous, "What you are going to enter is a Buddhist hall. From now on, it is serious to repent to the Bodhisattva in order to be a human being in the next life."
Look at Yuanchun. In front of several people, she didn't say, "You can't be a good person."
But Wang, who often chants Buddha's name, understood it.
She was angry, hateful and afraid!
"Okay, stop talking."
Jia Mu sighed in her heart.
With so many people here, why does this wife insist on staring at Mrs. Shen?
Even though I can't provoke him every time, I still insist on provoking him.
Isn’t this stupid?
"It's getting late, Mrs. Wang, hurry up and enter the Buddhist hall!"
Do you think it is such a glorious thing?
With so many people looking at you, what are you talking about? Why don't you know how to save some face for Zhu'er and Yuanchun?
Jia Mu really looked down upon this daughter-in-law more and more.
"Old lady..."
Wang didn't think too much. She didn't see Yuan Chun and her daughter-in-law Li in the crowd. She felt that the old lady and Shen were still paying attention. her children.
She fell to her knees and cried: "Please, old lady, please take care of our master. He can't bear it when he is forty dollars!"
Tell me more about Jia. Zheng, what if the old lady feels distressed?
"...Brother and sister, you are wrong."
Xing rarely spoke and said: "Why did my second brother get forty blows? Isn't it because of you?"
The second wife fell down, and her life suddenly got better.
Now not only does he live in Rongxi Hall, but the master is also much kinder than before. Although he has already taken in a lot of concubines, she doesn’t have to worry about him taking in more!
Jia Lian became an official, so he could not treat her badly just for the sake of his official position.
Her daughter-in-law, who didn't take her seriously before, is now very respectful.
Of course, what satisfies Mrs. Xing the most is Yingchun.
One of them has no children, and the other has no mother.
She is very kind to her, and the child in Yingchun will definitely repay her twenty points.
Because Yingchun treats her well, even the master looks up to her.
"You are the one who has caused him the most harm in this family." Mrs.
The two women stepped forward at the sign of the old lady's eyes, as if if you don't come in, we'll pull you in.
"...My daughter-in-law bids farewell to the old lady!"
Wang covered her face and entered the Buddhist hall crying.
The door closed with a bang, followed closely by the sound of locking.
Wang looked at the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva and suddenly fell to the ground.
"Ms. Zhou, from now on you will deliver the food and drinks here."
The old lady glanced at Aunt Zhou who was huddled beside her and seemed to be honest, "The key is also It’s up to you.”
“…Yes!”
Aunt Zhou was shocked, knelt down and kowtowed to the old lady.
The old lady looked at her shaking hands, and when she took the key, she twitched the corners of her mouth and said, "Okay, Wang's matter has been dealt with. Let's ask someone, how is it at the ancestral hall?"< br>
“Back to the old ladies! Ladies! "
Qing Ping came over in a hurry, "The beating at the ancestral hall has been completed. The second master fainted, but shopkeeper Chen gave him medicine in time and said he needed to take care of him more. "
"Where's the uncle?"
Youshi is very concerned.
"The uncle has also been given the medicine. Brother Rong is watching."
That's good.
Youshi breathed a sigh of relief, "Mother~" She wanted to go back and have a look.
“Now that everything is settled, let’s have a meal and everyone go back early!”
Shen Ning had to visit Jia Rong's destined daughter-in-law, Qin Keqing, in the evening. She didn't want to waste time and energy socializing with these people.
"Sure, let's have the banquet!"
The old lady was also anxious to see her second son. The banquet started and ended even faster.
As the carriages drove away from Ning and Rong's mansion, Shen Ning finally saw Haodaer.
Jia Zhen, who had been beaten twenty times, could only lie down now.
He actually just suffered some superficial injuries.
He is the guard playing the board. The louder the board is, the lighter the blow is actually.
"Don't worry, mother, my son is fine."
"..."
Shen Ning didn't say anything, but she glanced at Jiao Da. "Mother!" Jia Zhen felt that her mother saw it and said with a smile: "Second Uncle Zheng was beaten a bit hard. Do you think our family wants to send some medicinal materials?"
"If you want to give it away, give it away!"
Shen Ning waved to Brother Rong, "Brother Rong, come here and walk with grandma."
"...Eh! "
Jia Rong looked at his father and left with his grandmother.
At the beginning, when he saw how badly his uncle was beaten, he couldn't help but feel pain in his butt.
But it was his father's turn...
Brother Rong, who had read a lot of messy things with Jiao Daxue, knew that there was something fishy about his father's attack.
That is to say, the first few boards are heavier, but that is to show the swelling, and the bones are not serious.
"Grandma! My great-uncle entered the Buddhist hall...are you not making a fuss?"
"Fortunately, she wanted to make trouble, but she didn't."
As Shen Ning walked away, she was thinking about how to tell Brother Rong about Qin Keqing, "But I still feel very uncomfortable. "
"Grandma!"
Brother Rong turned around and was about to leave, "Shopkeeper Chen hasn't gone far yet, my grandson..."
"It's a big holiday for me. I was just angry, nothing serious.”
Shen Ning grabbed him and said, "In previous years, your grandfather would accompany her during the festivals." It seemed that it was not easy to find a reason to let her grandson go out to the lantern festival with her. "Now your father is like this..."
"...Grandma," Jia Rong felt distressed, "My grandson will accompany you."
Shen Ning patted him and helped him over again. hand, "Tell me honestly, did Jiao Da and the others let go when they beat your father today?"
"...Probably...a little."
Jia Rong I peeked at my grandmother's face and saw something was wrong, so I quickly said: "But if I put it down again, twenty boards later, my buttocks will be swollen."
"He deserves this beating. It's because he, the clan leader, failed to act well."
Shen Ning let out a long breath, "Now he is lying in front of the clan again..."
"Grandma~"
Jia Rong cried, fearing that her grandmother would beat her again.
“That’s all, I’m really too lazy to look at him.”
Shen Ning closed her eyes and said, "There is a lantern festival today. You and your mother will go to the lantern festival with me later."
Huh?
Jia Rong was stunned.
"Leave your aunt to him to take care of. If he doesn't take care of you..., I won't be able to spare him when he comes back."
Finally, we got to the point.
Shen Ning felt that it was too difficult for her.
"What? You don't want to?"
"Yes, yes!"
How dare Jia Rong not be willing?
Where’s the lantern festival?
Once upon a time, he also loved to join in the fun.
But after more than half a year, he did not dare to let himself go.
My grandfather is not at home, and my father... is not very able to stand up. He is the man of the family.
Brother Rong, who had experienced his father being assassinated, his grandmother having a difficult childbirth, and his family almost being wiped out, was too afraid of the feeling of being powerless.
My father said that he was useless.
If it were my grandfather who would stop there, no one would dare to mess with him.
Jia Rong’s goal is to stop there and no one dares to touch his family.
……
Qin Mansion!
Seeing that it was getting dark, Qin Ye took two old servants and a pair of children, and the family of three went to Chang'an Street with a smile.
This year's lantern festival is mainly concentrated there.
One street after another in the capital city takes turns to hold lantern festivals.
"Father, I don't want you to buy me a lamp. I want to guess the riddle and win the lamp myself."
"I want it too, I want it too."
Qin Zhong jumped, "Sister, help me win."
"Okay!"
Qin Keqing touched his brother's little head and nodded vigorously, "I'll give you the first one."
"Hahaha~~~~"
Qin Ye laughed and joined in the fun, "Then give me the second one."
A pair of children is his life.
If you can’t guess it, the worst thing you can do is give him some money and wink at the shopkeeper.
I don’t know how many people do this every year.
"Yeah, I can definitely guess it."
Qin Keqing held her fist to show her determination.
On the other side, Shen Ning, who was afraid of something happening, had already rented the second floor of a restaurant in the middle of Chang'an Street as a place to stay.
"Brother Rong, have you seen that rabbit lantern?"
Shen Ning didn't expect him to win the oversized dragon lantern, "You can help grandma win it later."
"Well, I want the little fish next to it."
Youshi also pointed to one and asked Jia Rong to help them win.
"And your little aunt's."
In front of the window, Shen Ning looked around, "Well, that frog did a good job."
Huh?
Jia Rong looked at the frog lantern and felt disgusted, "My little aunt definitely doesn't like it."
"...then tell me, what does she like?"
"That~"
Jia Rong pointed to a row of small lanterns with the twelve zodiac signs, "I want to win all of that row to my little aunt."
Shen Ning: "..."
Youshi: " ..."
Both of them felt that he was telling lies.
The lanterns on this street are actually not so easy to guess.
The businesses that hang out lanterns today mainly aim to sell lanterns.
You can come up with a few easy ones to attract popularity, but you will never let people guess a very good one casually.
"Okay!"
Shen Ning didn't attack after all, and said with a smile: "I'm listening for your little aunt. If you can't win back..."
"Then Just buy it for your grandson!”
Jia Rong smiled, "Anyway, I will definitely bring the row of twelve zodiac lanterns home to my little aunt."
"It's done, it's done!"
It's already at Qin's house After walking through some places, I met Xing'er from Qin Ye's family. With a wink, he said, "You two, please take Brother Rong down. Remember, if the crowd is too crowded, come back immediately."
Most of the shops on this street have hung up lanterns for sale, and people who come here There were too many, and Shen Ning felt that it was too easy to get into trouble.
“Yes!”
Xing'er hurriedly responded. He was about to go downstairs with Brother Rong, but he paused when he glanced at him, "Madam, won't you... go down?"
Huh?
Arrived?
Shen Ning was also busy looking around.
There are too many girls in the crowd.
Of course, they are surrounded by their families.
Old and young...
Is it her?
Shen Ning found the most beautiful one.
Qin Keqing is very beautiful.
Shen Ning naturally clicked on the most beautiful one.
Although she is still young now, she must be a beauty.
"Okay, let's go for a walk together!"