It’s New Year’s Eve in the eleventh year of Emperor Chongming’s reign.

Ningguo Mansion, inside the ancestral hall.

At this moment, the ancestral hall was being decorated. Li Fu and several servants were painting plaques and decorating the corridor with lights and colorful decorations. When he saw Jia Yun, he jumped down from the high stool and stepped forward respectfully: "Master, do you have any instructions?

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Li Fu was the housekeeper bought by Jia Yun from outside. Originally he was not qualified to work in the Duke's Mansion. However, after Jia Yun disposed of the Lai family, the Ning Mansion was short of people. Thinking that there was no one available around him,

So he was asked to work as an errand in the government. Although his ability was slightly inferior, he still respected his duties, so Jia Yun made do with it.

After all, he is an "old man" in Jia Yun's house. He knows a lot about it and can use it with confidence.

Jia Yun looked at the layout of the ancestral hall and said, "Why do these lanterns and floral decorations look a little old?"

Li Fugong said: "These lanterns and flower decorations are all old things collected from the warehouse and have not been replaced. Miss Yuanyang reminded the old slave that these utensils and decorations are most afraid of being used once or twice before being thrown away."

, but kept buying, which only enriched the comprador who dealt with it."

Jia Yun nodded when he heard this. Indeed, as Li Fu said, these things are not suitable for buying new ones. After all, Yuanyang knows the market, and it is much more convenient for her to take care of things in the house.

After groaning, Jia Yun reminded: "That being said, the decoration of the ancestral hall should be more solemn. Don't save the money you should spend. If you have anything you don't understand, ask Yuanyang."

Tomorrow, Jia Yun will worship his ancestors after he comes back from paying homage to the emperor. This is the custom of the Jia family. This is the first time Jia Yun has worshiped his ancestors since he inherited the position of patriarch. Naturally, he must treat it carefully. If he makes a mistake, he will be punished.

People who are gossiped about and disrespected by their ancestors are even more despised, so Jia Yun can't forgive him."

Li Fu said respectfully: "Old slave, I understand."

Nodding, Jia Yun was about to turn around and leave. At this moment, a energetic old man walked out of the ancestral hall. Seeing Jia Yun from a distance, he came forward and bowed, "I've seen Uncle Yun."

Jia Yun looked at the person coming. This person was none other than Jiao Da, who was guarding the ancestral hall. In the original work, Jiao Da drunkenly scolded Jia's family for "those who crawl on ashes crawl on ashes, and those who raise younger brothers-in-law raise younger uncles." As a result, Jiao Da was stuffed with horse manure in his mouth.

As for the ending, Jia Yun doesn't know, and there is no record in the original work, but logically speaking, it is estimated that he was sent to Zhuangzi to live outside.

"What's wrong, but you think there's something wrong with the layout of the ancestral hall?" Jia Yun asked.

Hearing this, Jiao Da shook his head and said, "Not really, Uncle Yun has arranged everything well."

Jia Yun nodded and said kindly: "You are guarding the ancestral hall now. If there is anything wrong in the house, you can report it directly to me."

Jiao Da originally worked in the stable, but after Jia Yun entered the Ningguo Palace, he asked Jiao Da to work in the palace as an errand and asked him to guard the ancestral hall and do some light work.

In Jia Yun's perception, Jiao Da is considered a loyal servant of the Jia family. After all, his contribution is to carry the ancestors of the Jia family back from the dead. However, judging from Jiao Da's drunken and angry behavior, Jiao Da is not enough.

Sleek and smart, he is a "blind person"

, he is a representative figure of the slave role in feudal society. He is loyal, straightforward and courageous, but lacks the ability to please his master. He does not know how to look at others. He is arrogant and cynical. He is obsessed with the glory of the past. He is the best among the slaves of the Jia family.

"Frustrated".

Jiao Da is cynical because he has made great contributions to the Jia family, but he has never received corresponding treatment. In the original work, Jia Zhen and others sent him to set up a carriage for Baoyu and others to see them off, and did the rough work of boys. He obviously felt that

He was extremely angry, so he told the dirty things about Jia's family while drunk.

However, Jiao Da is cynical, but he has no treachery in his heart. Jia Yun dealt with a large number of Ning Mansion servants who misbehaved. Naturally, he will not pursue people like Jiao Da who have not made big mistakes.

Moreover, Jiao Da was obviously loyal to Jia's family, so Jia Yun improved Jiao Da's treatment and allowed him to live happily in the family. This could be regarded as setting a good example for Jia Yun and preventing others from thinking that Jia Yun was cold-hearted.

What's more, Jia Yun feels that by letting Jiao Da Ansheng stay in the house, because of his temper, the people below will not get close to him. Jia Yun can also use this to have another channel to supervise his servants, so why not? You know, Jia Yun is now the master of the Ning Mansion, and a frustrated and naive old slave like Jiao Da is the easiest to bribe.

Listening to Jia Yun's words, Jiao Da patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Yun. I will definitely tell you about the one below who dares to cheat and play with others!"

Jia Yun didn't react at all to this. Although Mr. Jiao was old, he had gone to war several times with the ancestors of the Jia family and retained some of the habits of a soldier. This was unacceptable to those pampered people in the Jia family, but for Jia Yun It is commonplace to say so.

"Hey, Brother Yun, I'm looking for you."

I was thinking of chatting with Jiao Da, but suddenly there was a shout from behind me. Jia Yun turned around and saw that it was his second aunt whom he had not seen for a long time.

When Jia Yun saw Wang Xifeng, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Why does the second aunt want to see me?"

From Wang Xifeng's tone, it was obvious that he came specifically to find Jia Yun, so Jia Yun didn't waste any more nonsense and started asking directly.

Wang Xifeng came closer and said with a smile: "This is not about worshiping ancestors tomorrow. I'm here to discuss with you how to organize ancestor worship."

After hearing Wang Xifeng say that she was discussing ancestor worship with him, Jia Yun was not in a hurry to reply, but sent Jiao Daodao: "You go down first!"

Jiao Da glanced at Wang Xifeng and Jia Yun, and responded: "Old slave, please leave first."

After saying this, Jiao Dafa retreated.

Wang Xifeng looked at Jiao Da who was leaving with disgust, and whispered: "Brother Yun, why did you find this old guy to come to the ancestral hall?"

Seeing that Wang Xifeng disliked Jiao Da very much, Jia Yun asked curiously: "Jiao Da is an old servant in the mansion. Why do you dislike him so much?"

Wang Xifeng snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "This Jiao Da is famous in the house, just because he followed the princes on three or four military expeditions since he was a child. He killed people and pushed the princes out, and he was killed. To eat, I finally stole something and gave it to my master. I didn’t have water for two days. I got half a bowl of water and gave it to my master to drink. I drank horse urine myself. This Jiao Da is just relying on these achievements, ancestors When we were here, we looked at each other differently, but now that he is getting older, he has no regard for his dignity, blindly eats wine, and gets drunk, and everyone scolds him. If you let him guard the ancestral hall, there is no chance that something will happen."

Jia Yun was noncommittal after hearing the words. He also knew about these things about Jiao Da. However, in Jia Yun's view, the main reason for Jiao Da's disregard for dignity was the harsh treatment of the descendants of the Jia family. Logically speaking, if it were not for General Jiao Da and the ancestors of the Jia family, After memorizing it, the Jia family is not as wealthy as it is now, so we can't treat Jiao Da badly no matter what. Who wouldn't be cynical about this change of place?

Look now, after Jia Yun treats Jiao Da kindly, how can Jiao Da be disrespectful to Jia Yun? Not only that, with his loyalty to the ancestors of the Jia family, he doesn't even drink much wine in the ancestral hall, so Jia Yun will look at Jiao Da differently. .

Faced with Wang Xifeng's complaint, Jia Yun said perfunctorily: "Second Aunt is an old man in the house after all. Treat her well and you won't make any mistakes."

As for Jia Yun asking Jiao Da to supervise the servants in the house, Jia Yun naturally would not explain it to Wang Xifeng, so he just replied to her with words of kindness to the old servant.

Wang Xifeng felt disgusted after listening to Jia Yun's words. If Jia Yun treated his old servant well, he would really be in trouble. She knew exactly how the Lai family dealt with it...

However, Wang Xifeng was too lazy to pay attention and said, "I have no control over your Dongfu affairs. Let's discuss the matter of ancestor worship."

Hearing this, Jia Yun lowered his head and glanced at Wang Xifeng's increasingly prominent belly, and said angrily: "I'm telling you, Second Aunt, why are you getting involved in this if you don't take a good rest?"

Wang Xifeng had ignored the affairs of the house since she was pregnant, and Jia Yun had not seen her for a long time. She never wanted to see her, but she still came to discuss matters with Jia Yun.

Listening to Jia Yun's disgusting tone, Wang Xifeng frowned and said, "I have been recuperating for five months. The doctors have said that I need to move around more. Thinking about the new year and the many things in the house, I begged the old lady to give me some peace of mind." I was doing errands to pass the time, the old lady didn’t say anything, but you started to feel disgusted.”

Jia Yun didn't take it seriously when he heard this. Jia Yun still guessed what Wang Xifeng had in mind. It was nothing more than getting pregnant and handing over the power of his housekeeper. As time went by, everyone below might have forgotten. She, Wang Xifeng, took advantage of the new year to come out to make her presence felt, so that she could wait until she gave birth to a child and then take over the reins of the family again.

What to say about Wang Xifeng? It's just understandable. If the head of the Xifu doesn't take care of the family, it will be really uncomfortable to live, let alone a strong person like Wang Xifeng...

Facing Wang Xifeng's complaining words, Jia Yun waved his hand and said: "Yes, yes, my aunt knows what she is doing. Just follow the old rules when it comes to ancestor worship, and there is nothing to worry about."

This was not the first time that Jia's family had worshiped their ancestors. Naturally, they were familiar with the road, otherwise Wang Xifeng would not have said that this was an easy job.

Wang Xifeng was surprised when he heard this and said: "I know you will come up with some new tricks. If you follow the old rules, I won't come to find you."

Jia Yun raised his eyebrows and said, "I have a lot of new tricks. Second Aunt, do you want to hear them?"

When Wang Xifeng heard this, she felt something was wrong, but she didn't expect anything was wrong. She waved her hand and said, "Just follow the old rules and don't torment people."

Jia Yun did not comment and sent Wang Xifeng: "Second aunt, you should go back and rest. Don't let anything happen and you will be blamed on me."

Wang Xifeng felt a ripple in her heart when she listened to Jia Yun's slightly blunt words of concern. But among other things, her husband moved to the study to sleep in the study because she was pregnant, and he hardly cared about her.

Moreover, during this period of time, Wang Xifeng had to take care of himself, and his energy was limited, so he could not take care of Jia Lian. Jia Lian was always looking for flowers and flowers, which made Wang Xifeng's mood bad.

Originally, according to the rules, Wang Xifeng should arrange for Ping'er around her to tie up Jia Lian's heart, but she always felt nauseous in her heart. After all, it was still uncertain whether she would give birth to a boy or a girl. If Ping'er was promoted, Jia Lian would be against Ping. Because of Ping'er's high regard, something might happen. It's not that he can't trust Ping'er, but that Wang Xifeng has something in his heart.

Thinking that these are just stubborn intentions, used to defeat the man's anger and cannot enter the house, he turned a blind eye and closed his eyes. Anyway, if a boy is born in the future, he will be able to tie up Jia Lian even if he has the status of Ping'er.

Heart.

Shaking her head, Wang Xifeng spat at Jia Yun: "Who are you cursing with your crow's mouth? Based on your words today, if something happens to my son, he will definitely seek bad luck from you."

Jia Yun was very happy when he heard this. How can he find fault with this? However, when Wang Xifeng said that he would have a son, Jia Yun sneered and said, "Second aunt knows that the child must be a son?"

Jia Yun also knew something about Wang Xifeng. She originally had only one daughter, named Qiao Jie'er, and the others were lost. But Wang Xifeng's body was stable at this time, so the one in her belly should be Qiao Jie'er.

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"Bah, Hu Qin, what are you talking about? Your aunt likes to eat sour food. Sour children and spicy girls. Have you never heard of this?"

The ancients had a great obsession with having sons, because sons can carry on the family line. For a eldest daughter-in-law like Wang Xifeng, giving birth to a son can greatly stabilize Wang Xifeng's status. Naturally, Wang Xifeng hopes that the baby in her belly will be a baby.

When Jia Yun said he was not necessarily his son, Wang Xifeng didn't care about anything else and directly scolded Jia Yun. This was the first time Wang Xifeng scolded Jia Yun directly.

Jia Yun didn't care about the women and children, and waved his hand and said: "Okay, it's the one with the handle, it's done!!!"

Hearing Jia Yun change his tone, Wang Xifeng's expression improved. Turning his eyes, Wang Xifeng pointed at his belly and said, "Brother Yun, this is your cousin. You need to take more care of him in the future."

Jia Yun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, thinking that Wang Xifeng was purely power-loving, but never thought that Wang Xifeng had this intention.

Looking at Wang Xifeng angrily, Jia Yun said perfunctorily: "If he is a cousin, my nephew will take care of him."

After saying that, Jia Yun waved and left.

When Wang Xifeng saw that Jia Yun agreed, she felt happy. Jia Yun was a popular figure around the emperor, a high-ranking official, and the leader of the Jia clan. With him taking care of him, he would avoid many detours!!!

Just when Wang Xifeng was happy, she suddenly remembered something and said fiercely to Jia Yun's leaving back: "Fuck your mother, what do you mean if you are a cousin and you deliberately don't want to see me?"

Ping'er on the side came forward and said, "Grandma, don't be angry. It's not good for your health to be so angry. Besides, Uncle Yun is gone and you can't listen to him if you scold him."

When Wang Xifeng heard this, she rolled her eyes at Ping'er and spat: "What a stupid hooves, you are making fun of me too. If he can hear me, would I dare to spit in his face?"
Chapter completed!