The whistling north wind carried fine snowflakes flying all over the sky, and the coldness gnawed at the bones and invaded the muscles. The first light snow finally fell after three years of winter in Qian Sheng.

There was a stove lit in the boudoir, and the red charcoal fire slightly dispelled the chill. Jia Tanchun was wearing a pink-based long coat embroidered with red morning glory branches and cross-collar collar, and a white pleated skirt on the lower body. She had an oval face and her skin looked as if it was newly peeled off. Chunli, with slender shoulders and slender waist, bright eyes and white teeth, and a sparkling look makes people forget about vulgarity. Although she is only about eight years old, she has already begun to bloom, and she is a perfect embryo of beauty.

At this time, Jia Tanchun couldn't help but look surprised after hearing Shi Shu's reply. He held the pen in his hand and fell into deep thought. Shi Shu took out five coins and put it on the desk, and said with a smile: "Look, girl, three I also rewarded my servant five cents for running errands. If I had left it before, I would not have dared to think about it."

"Since it's Huan'er who rewards you, just keep it and take it out for what purpose." Jia Tanchun said lightly.

"My maid, isn't this just for you to see? The sun sometimes rises in the west." The servant said with a smile and put the five cents in his bag.

"A wise king makes his ministers virtuous, a father's love makes his son respectful, a mother's kindness makes her son filial, respect and love are always relative..." Jia Tanchun tilted his head slightly, as if listening to the wind and snow outside the window, and also as if he was listening to the wind and snow outside the window. After savoring it carefully, he sighed softly for a long time and said: "Huan'er has grown up."

As the saying goes, there is no wall that is airtight. Jia Huan's words quickly spread in the Jia family, and finally reached the ears of Jia's mother, Mrs. Shi, through Yuanyang's mouth.

Mother Jia smiled happily and said: "It's rare for Brother Huan to be so sensible at such a young age. He is such a good boy. Brother Feng, I got a new batch of Jiugui dew yesterday. Please send a bottle to Brother Huan later. Just say Brother." Very good, I will reward him."

Brother Feng is Wang Xifeng, which is Jia Mu’s joking name for her. It is said that Wang Xifeng was raised as a boy by her parents since she was a child. Her name is the best proof. As the so-called Phoenix, phoenix is ​​male and phoenix is ​​female, Wang Xifeng is It's a masculine name, and what's interesting is that the tutoring of the Wang family is completely different from that of the Jia family. The four girls in the Jia family are all literate, but the Wang family admires the idea that "a woman's lack of talent is a virtue". , so Wang Xifeng is actually illiterate, and the same is true for Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue, two sisters from the Wang family. They are both illiterate and basically illiterate.

But then again, although this Sister Wang Feng is illiterate, she is a very powerful person. After marrying into the Jia family, she took over the affairs of the Jia family's back house with the support of her aunt, Mrs. Wang. The house is kept in an orderly manner, and with her clever words, she makes Jia Mu laugh all the time, so Jia Mu is full of praise for this granddaughter-in-law and is extremely satisfied.

In the second chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions", Leng Zixing's speech on the Rongguo Mansion has this description: If you ask about pardoning the Duke, he also has two sons. Their eldest name is Jia Lian. They have been together for twenty years. The niece of my father’s wife, the Wang family. This second master Lian is a fellow intellectual. He also refuses to study. Opportunities in the world change and he talks about it. So now he only lives in the house of Mr. Nai Shuzheng and helps with the cooking. Unexpectedly, after marrying his wife, everyone in the house would praise his wife. Master Lian took a step back and said that he was a man who looked very handsome, spoke fluently, and had a deep and thoughtful mind. Nothing is better than one.

In other words, this Wang Xifeng is not only outstanding in appearance, but also very eloquent, and also very scheming. She manages the housework in an orderly manner and manages her husband Jia Lian to be obedient. She is a very powerful character.

Let's say that after Wang Xifeng listened to Jia Mu's instructions, she immediately said with a smile: "My ancestors are so stingy that they sent away my grandson with a bottle of Jiugui dew."

Jia Mu said happily: "I am an old woman who can only bring out a bottle of Jiugui dew. Brother Feng, you are rich, why don't you reward your brother Huan with dozens of taels of silver?"

Wang Xifeng's face changed drastically, she covered her small mouth and said regretfully: "Oh, it's all my fault for being so stupid and tongue-tied. I'm really asking for trouble. Grandpa, you should love your grandson-in-law more. Just pretend I didn't say that."

Okay, I don’t have enough money to make clothes.”

All the maids and mothers present laughed, and Jia Mu was even more amused. She laughed and said: "Well, since it's so pitiful, forget it, but a few silver beans can't escape.

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While Wang Xifeng diligently beat Jia Mu's back, she said with a smile: "My ancestors still love me and finally saved my few taels of personal money."

Mrs. Wang, who had been silent for a long time, smiled lightly and said: "I still have an old wild ginseng plant in my house. Feng Yatou, please send it to Brother Huan as well. I have long planned to replenish Brother Huan's health, but I'm afraid of him."

The injury is serious and the body is weak, but it can't bear it, and the deficiency cannot be replenished. Now that Brother Huan is well, it should be fine. I asked the kitchen to stew some ginseng soup for Brother Huan every day to replenish his body."

As soon as these words came out, all the maids and wives present praised Mrs. Wang for being kind and virtuous. She was a role model for a mother, and she treated her concubine kindly. Mother Jia also nodded slightly, obviously very satisfied with Mrs. Wang's behavior, which was decent and generous.

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Today is the fifteenth day of the winter lunar month. It is a clear day with bright sunshine. The light snow that fell the day before yesterday has disappeared without a trace. Jia Huan has been exercising in the yard early in the morning and is sweating profusely.

, suddenly heard a chuckle.

Jia Huan was grabbing a horizontal beam of the courtyard tree to do pull-ups. When he heard the sound, he saw a very pretty maid standing at the door of the courtyard, covering her mouth and snickering, and looking at him with curious eyes.
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This maid is about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a double bun, a lilac-colored embroidered aqua blue cotton cross-collar long vest on the upper body, a white cross-collar coat, a white pleated skirt on the lower body, and a blue tie around the waist.

Embroidered sweat scarf, you really have a graceful and dexterous figure, and a sweet appearance.

Jia Huan recognized that this person was Ping'er, Wang Xifeng's dowry maid, and quickly let go and said with a smile: "What kind of wind brings Sister Ping'er here?"

Wang Xifeng is now in charge of housework, and everyone in the back house gets their monthly money through her hands, so everyone has to fawn on her. As Wang Xifeng's dowry maid and right-hand assistant, Ping'er's status has naturally increased.

Even more decent than Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhou and others.

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Ping'er smiled and said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. Mr. Huan was hanging on the tree like a monkey early in the morning. What was he doing? My servant thought that there was no fruit to pick from the tree."

As expected, like a master, like a servant, Ping'er's mouth is also very sharp. Jia Huan said with a smile: "Sister Ping'er is really good at joking. I'm just exercising."

"Third Master Huan is getting better now. He fell down carefully and hurt his body. Hong Ling, don't try to persuade him. Third Master was jumping up and down. If he gets hurt again, you will be hurt as well." Ping'er shook his head. Sighed.

Hongling's face turned red and she was speechless for a moment. Jia Huan quickly came to the rescue and said, "It's none of Sister Hongling's business. She has persuaded me. This tree branch is not high, so I can fall down."

Ping'er glanced at Jia Huan meaningfully, and she just reminded her casually that she had time to worry about it, so she stopped mentioning it, opened the basket she was holding and said, "Here is a bottle of Jiugui dew. The old lady rewarded the third master. The old lady also said that Brother Huan, you are very kind and sensible."

Jia Huan was slightly stunned and said: "Huan'er thanks our ancestors for the reward, but where do you start with these words?"

Ping'er explained with a chuckle, and Jia Huan couldn't help but suddenly realized that he didn't expect such a good thing to happen, and he really fulfilled the sentence of unintentional insertion.

Ping'er took out another box of old wild ginseng and handed it to Hongling and said: "This old wild ginseng is my wife's private collection. I took it out specially to nourish Mr. Huan's health. Hongling, please keep it carefully and return it to the kitchen for daily use." Let’s make some soup for Mr. Huan to drink.”

Hongling was surprised and happy, and quickly took it happily. Ping'er finally took out a handful of silver beans and said with a smile: "These are what our grandma gave Brother Huan to play with. Don't be too little."

"Second sister-in-law Lian is very interested, please wait for me to thank her." Jia Huan took the silver beans and estimated that there were about two taels. Although it was not much, it was better than nothing.

After Ping'er passed the message, he chatted for a few more words and then left. Hong Ling said with a smile on his face: "The third master is really proud this time, he actually won the favor of the old lady and his wife, and even the second mistress Lian showed her kindness to you. ”

Jia Huan smiled indifferently. This was an unexpected surprise. If the back house of Jia's house was compared to a group company, then Jia's mother would be the chairman, Mrs. Wang would be the CEO, and Wang Xifeng would be the assistant to the CEO. These three people recognized her. , my treatment in the Jia family will definitely improve a lot in the future, after all, the people below will act based on the preferences of these three people.

At this time, all the maids and ladies in Jia Huan's house gathered around to see what was going on. They all smiled brightly and felt proud. The master had received a reward, and their slaves' faces naturally shone.

Jia Huan divided the bottle of rose dew and gave part of it to Aunt Zhao. She poured some more for the maids to give to Jia Tanchun, and mixed the rest with water and gave each of the maids and wives in the house a bowl. Try it, and everyone will be happy for a while.

Jia Huan also tasted a bowl and couldn't help but laugh. He thought it was some kind of rarity. It was just a bottle of honey, sweet and slightly floral, but otherwise nothing special.

When Ping'er returned to his residence, Wang Xifeng's pair of red and phoenix triangles looked at him and said: "How?"

Ping'er shook his head and said with a smile: "When the servant came in, Mr. Huan was climbing a tree in the yard, jumping up and down like a monkey."

Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "What do you mean, Huan Laosan, this skinny monkey, changed his temper a long time ago. Now it seems that the dog has changed its habit of eating shit. The last time he touched the donkey whip, he was kicked.

I almost lost my life. If I fall from the tree again this time, it will be very lively."

Ping'er was a kind person, and said with a smile: "Grandma's mouth is really bad, how can she curse people like this!"

Wang Xifeng suddenly said: "That was Huan Laosan's own love. I didn't need to curse him, but it's unexpected that this little monkey could say those words. Could it be that someone taught him to say it?"

Wang Xifeng is Mrs. Wang's niece, so naturally she will try her best to protect Mrs. Wang's interests. Mrs. Wang's core interest is her son Jia Baoyu. The more mediocre and miserable Jia Huan is, the better. If Jia Huan is outstanding, it will be better.

It will threaten Jia Baoyu's status, and then threaten Mrs. Wang's status as the head of the family.
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