There was a strong wind outside the window, and it became colder as it got closer to noon. The sky was gloomy, and it looked like it was going to snow. Jia Huan stared blankly at the "Brief History of the Dynasty" on the desk, lost in thought, and whispered to himself for a long time.

: "There is no Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty has not yet been established, which is interesting."

Jia Huan calculated that it should be around 1628 AD, which is the late Ming Dynasty in the real world. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, it was still 16 years before the Manchus entered the customs in 1644, but the history in the world of Red Mansions has changed.

The Jin Dynasty was only eighty years old, and it was the golden age of national power, not the decadent late Ming Dynasty. So, would the Manchu Qing Dynasty still have a chance to take over the Central Plains again?

However, according to the information revealed in this "Brief History of the Dynasty", it is known that Nurhar, the fierce Jurchen in Jianzhou, has unified Liaodong and established the Hou Jin regime.

A major threat to China, it is really hard to predict how history will go next. Nurhachi and Huang Taiji are undoubtedly talented and strategic figures, and they should not be underestimated.

Jia Huan was thinking about it when lunch was called outside. He put down his book and walked out, and found Hongling setting the table, taking the food out of the basket and placing it one by one. Aunt Zhao had already sat down, obviously planning to have a meal here.

Eat rice.

It is said that Aunt Zhao does not live with Jia Huan, but lives in another small courtyard. Jia Zheng often eats and spends the night at Aunt Zhao's place, so Jia Huan usually eats by himself and is quite happy.

There are two types of kitchens in the Jia family, one is the public kitchen, and the other is the private kitchen. There are more than a thousand people in the Jia family, and most of the people eat in the public kitchen. Only a few privileged people eat in small kitchens. For example,

Mrs. Shi's mother, Jia Mu, had a private kitchen, and she kept a running list of the dishes she ate every day. She ate in different ways three hundred and sixty-five days a year without repeating them, which shows how luxurious her life was.

Naturally, Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan do not receive this kind of treatment. They usually eat from the public kitchen's big pot. If they want to add something special, they have to spend their own money to have it cooked by the kitchen.

At this moment, Hongling had already laid out the food, including three dishes and one soup, namely braised salted duck with taro, stir-fried dried bamboo shoots with bacon, minced pork with sauerkraut, and a bowl of egg custard.

These vegetables are undoubtedly extremely luxurious for ordinary people, but Aunt Zhao is obviously very dissatisfied. She frowned and said: "Why don't we have green vegetables, just a bowl of egg custard? Huan'er was seriously injured and lost so much blood.

It’s time to take a tonic, so why not just eat these seeds? I’m sending you off to be a beggar!”

Hong Ling was obviously dissatisfied with today's meal, and said angrily: "The kitchen said that the supply of green vegetables is short after winter. The old lady doesn't have enough. It's our turn. But Qiu Wen, who is next to Mr. Bao, comes to prepare the meal."

, they immediately brought out a large plate of green vegetables and a bowl of ginseng chicken soup. Auntie, are you angry?"

Aunt Zhao said angrily: "Those prostitutes in the kitchen are just bullying us. They use all the good things to please Baoyu, and only give us pig food. How can it be unreasonable? If I don't make trouble for them, they will be turned upside down."

Jia Huan, who was eating his meal, rolled his eyes when he swallowed. He quickly grabbed Aunt Zhao and secretly winked at Hong Ling, while advising: "Auntie, please be patient and don't be impatient. You are going to make a scene just for some food."

You know, so why bother..."

Before Jia Huan finished speaking, Aunt Zhao said angrily: "What does it mean to get something to eat? As the saying goes, if you don't steam the steamed buns to steam your breath, you are an uncreated seed. Isn't it just to make you feel better for your mother?

If you don't help, forget it, but you will bury your mother."

Jia Huan's head was full of black lines and he said: "Auntie, can you please listen to the child first? Although the people in the kitchen are snobbish, they don't have to use ginseng soup to flatter Baoyu. Is it possible that they pay for it out of their own pockets? Ginseng is not cheap, I guess.

I gave the materials and money and asked the kitchen to make more."

Hong Ling was also smart, and immediately chimed in: "My maid asked later, and it was indeed Xiren who gave the kitchen five qian of old ginseng and silver in advance."

After hearing this, Aunt Zhao sat down angrily. Jia Huan took the opportunity to say: "Look, it's just as I expected. Aunt Zhao is too impulsive. If she really makes trouble in the kitchen, it's unreasonable. She's just annoying people."

Maybe my wife will take the opportunity to punish you."

Aunt Zhao was both ashamed and happy when she heard this, but she was stubborn and said: "Huan'er, how old are you? What do you know? Why don't you teach your mother a lesson? You are so heartless."

"That's right, that's right, the kid doesn't understand anything. Auntie, hurry up and eat it while it's hot. It'll be cold later. Sister Hongling, you can eat it too." Jia Huan said and started to devour it.

"You starve to death and reincarnate, eat slowly, no one will compete with you." Aunt Zhao put a piece of duck leg meat into Jia Huan's bowl with an expression that she hated the iron.

In the past, Jia Huan was a very picky eater, so his nutrition was unbalanced. This is probably the reason why he grew thinner. Once this child is picky about food, he will have a lot of minor problems. Just like Jia Huan's predecessor, he grinds his teeth and is hyperactive.

, rhinitis, yellowing hair, and the whole person is depressed, and naturally looks like "a trivial character and a rude behavior".

The current Jia Huan is still affected by his predecessor, but he is consciously correcting these minor problems. Since he exercised for half an hour this morning, his appetite is stronger than usual at the moment, and his meals feel particularly delicious, so he eats more.

A bowl of rice.

Aunt Zhao was both happy and puzzled when she saw this. Is today's meal really so delicious? She tasted it and didn't think it was anything special. However, seeing that her son ate well, she also ate half a bowl more with her.

Jia Huan and her son had just finished eating when they heard the mother-in-law outside shouting: "The girl serving as the bookkeeper is here."

He leaned a little and saw a handsome maid walking in. She was Jia Tanchun's personal maidservant.

When the servant saw Aunt Zhao was there, she looked a little uncomfortable, but she still stepped forward to greet her and said, "It would be better if our girl sent her maid to say hello to my aunt. It would be better to ask Third Master Huan."

Just as Jia Huan stood up and wanted to speak, Aunt Zhao had already sneered and said: "Three girls are now on a high branch. It's rare that they still remember me as their biological mother."

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The waiter smiled and said: "Auntie, where did you start talking about this? How could the girl forget you, auntie?"

Aunt Zhao snorted coldly and said: "That's nice to say. I was pregnant in ten months and gave birth to Tan Yatou. I have never seen her take the initiative to show respect to me. Instead, she hangs around my wife all day long. The monthly allowance of two taels of silver is all I can use." There is no treasure or jade, but my own brothers have never helped me with a penny."

The servant blushed and argued: "Every year, there are three festivals and two birthdays. The girl was short of the filial piety of her aunt and grandma. If you say so, I will feel aggrieved for the girl."

Aunt Zhao put her hands on her hips and said confidently: "She crawled out of my intestines. Shouldn't she be filial to me? Ask her, how much filial piety is to her own mother, and how much filial piety to that person is?"

Shi Shu was so angry and embarrassed that he almost shed tears. Jia Huan said quickly: "Third sister kindly asked Shi Shu to come visit me. Auntie, why are you scolding her?"

Aunt Zhao sneered and said: "Tan girl was born for my mother, but her elbows are all turned outwards. Isn't it right for my mother to scold her? If she has a conscience, she can give her fifty taels of silver to honor me."

The servant's chest was so angry that he heaved up and down and said, "How could our girl ever have fifty taels of silver?"

"Haha, you don't have to be filial to me, but the one who subsidizes me does." Aunt Zhao sneered again and again.

Jia Huan couldn't help but frowned. He really couldn't listen anymore and said in a deep voice: "That's enough. Auntie, please stop making unreasonable troubles and don't be afraid of spreading the word and making people laugh."

Aunt Zhao was stunned for a moment, then she trembled with anger and said: "I am unreasonable and a maggot-hearted evil. Now that my wings are hard, I want to imitate your heartless sister and abandon myself to climb a high tree for my mother? Oh, what can I do? Such a miserable life."

Aunt Zhao howled while wiping non-existent tears. Jia Huan said solemnly: "A wise king will make his ministers virtuous, a father's love will make his son respectful, and a mother's kindness will make her son filial. Respect and love are always relative. Aunt Zhao should think about it carefully. , Third sister, why don’t you get close to you?”

It was the first time for Aunt Zhao to see her son so serious and so plausible. She was so frightened by his momentum that she suddenly became a little bit quiet and muttered: "You're not a big boy or a little boy. I'll teach your mother a lesson."

The waiter looked surprised. The sun was out in the west. In the past, Jia Huan always vented his anger on the same side as Aunt Zhao. He didn't even work together to bully the girl. Now he actually helped the girl to speak and spoke in a coherent manner, which sounded quite impressive. The truth is really impressive.

Jia Huan suppressed Aunt Zhao's arrogance for the time being, and took the opportunity to say to the secretary: "My aunt drank a little wine today, and she will inevitably talk nonsense. Sister Shishu, please don't take it to heart, and don't speak to outsiders, lest you A joke."

The servant hurriedly said: "My servant dare not, the third master's words are serious."

Jia Huan smiled and said: "I have wronged you. I am already well. Send a message to the third sister for me to thank her for her concern."

The servant smiled hurriedly and said: "Third Master, you are too polite. I will reply to the girl right now."

Jia Huan asked Hongling to send the servant letter away, and also rewarded him with a few cents for running errands.

Aunt Zhao suddenly became unhappy again and scolded: "It's fine that your heartless sister won't help you, but you should reward her maid with money. With that money, it's better to be a filial piety to your mother."

Jia Huan said angrily: "Auntie, you keep Huan'er's two taels of silver every month, so how can you honor your elders? How about you, aunt, return the monthly money to Huan'er, and Huan'er can show some respect to you from time to time?

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Aunt Zhao's face turned red and she said sarcastically: "My mother saved it for you to marry your wife. How can I be ignorant of you? You are such a heartless evildoer. Isn't my monthly pocket money given to you by my mother?"<

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Jia Huan shrugged and said: "Okay, let's not mention the monthly money. Why do you suddenly ask the third sister for fifty taels of silver?"

Aunt Zhao snorted coldly: "My daughter is just a loser. Keeping her body money is also cheap for outsiders. Why don't we take her here and use it? Huan'er, you need to nourish your body. Fifty taels of silver can buy a lot of ginseng."

It’s a bird’s nest.”

Jia Huan couldn't help crying or laughing. No wonder Jia Tanchun and Aunt Zhao in the original work of "A Dream of Red Mansions" were not close. It was difficult for them to get close to such a girl. Of course, Jia Tanchun was also a bit utilitarian and wanted to please his aunt and aunt.

Jia Baoyu, on the other hand, drew a clear line between herself and her biological mother's brother, which was undoubtedly a means to improve her status as a concubine.

But it has to be said that Jia Tanchun is indeed an outstanding and intelligent woman, a rose with thorns. She is obviously a concubine, but she is more decent than a legitimate daughter. Even Sister Wang Feng, who holds the real power in the house, is also afraid of her.

Three points, when the Grand View Garden was searched, even the items in Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu's house were searched, but no one dared to touch the items in her house. The Wang Shanbao family was joking and went to Jia Tanchun's house.
Chapter completed!