Chapter 344 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 15
Chapter 344 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 15
Wang Xifeng was a new daughter-in-law. Naturally, she was very close to the Second Wife, who was both her aunt from her natal family and her husband's second aunt. Originally, among the gifts Wang Xifeng prepared for the meeting, the one given by Jia Baoyu was the most valuable. But now there was another Jia Lang. Although he was a concubine's son, he was still her husband's brother from the same father and was valued. Wang Xifeng finally realized that Jia Lian, whom she married, was from the first wife's family, and the Second Wife, whom she was close to, was from the second wife's family.
In her previous life, when Wang Xifeng paid her first visit to the palace, the gifts she prepared for the younger generations seemed to be equal to each other, but in fact, they were obviously biased towards the second wife. This not only offended her father-in-law Jia She and her stepmother-in-law Xing, but also made the second wife see through her shortcomings of being shrewd but arrogant and short-sighted.
In this life, Wang Xifeng asked one more question about Jia Lian and Jia Lang, which made her have a clearer understanding of her own identity. So when paying respects this time, Wang Xifeng prepared different gifts for each person. The one for Jia Baoyu seemed to be the most valuable, and the one for Jia Lang was also second. As both were illegitimate children, the one given to Jia Zhong was different from the one given to Jia Huan. Jia Zhong's gift was better than Jia Huan's. Next came Jia Tanchun, and then the younger generation Jia Lan.
When Wang Xifeng said this, Grandmother Jia had no objection. After all, in her opinion, there was nothing wrong with Wang Xifeng's behavior. The Second Wife also had no objection. Her precious son Jia Baoyu valued etiquette the most. The First Wife also had no objection. Instead, Jia Tanchun, Jia Huan, Jia Lan and Li Wan had objections.
Jia Tanchun was dissatisfied because just because she was a daughter, the things she received were better than even Jia Huan's. Jia Huan was dissatisfied because they were both illegitimate children of the Jia family, so why were Jia Lang and Jia Zong's things better than his? Jia Lan and Li Wan were dissatisfied because Jia Lan was the eldest grandson of the second wife, so it was bad enough that he was not as good as his uncle Jia Baoyu, but how could he not even compare to Jia Huan.
The second wife was very dissatisfied, but the first wife was very satisfied. When Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian went to see Jia She, Jia She, who was in a rare good mood, praised Wang Xifeng a few words and advised Jia Lian to live a good life with Wang Xifeng after they got married.
Even the always stingy first wife, Mrs. Xing, rarely showed any good face to him.
"Ping'er, it seems that our gift today was really the right one."
Wang Xifeng, who had finally finished the process of paying her respects as a new bride, sat in the bridal chamber to rest, drinking tea and talking emotionally with her dowry maid Ping'er.
"Originally, we were indeed different, but since the first and second wives of Rongguo Mansion have always lived together and have not separated, and their rankings are discussed together, I thought of treating them equally."
"Now it seems that no matter how long they live together, the people in the first house are still the first house, and the people in the second house are still the second house."
"I am the daughter-in-law of the first wife, so I am naturally closer to the people in the first wife. I originally thought that the second wife was my aunt, so I should be closer to her. Now it seems that an aunt is an aunt, but the illegitimate daughter of the second wife has nothing to do with me, the daughter-in-law of the first wife."
Ping'er listened quietly to Wang Xifeng's analysis, agreed with her, and tried to help Wang Xifeng relax.
"That's exactly what grandma said."
"Looking at the expressions of the old lady and the eldest lady today, I know that the gift given by Madam was the right one."
"I just didn't expect that Brother Lang of Second Master Lian is so outstanding at such a young age. No wonder he is so popular with the elders in the mansion."
Wang Xifeng was also very emotional about what Ping'er said. She really didn't expect that this brother Lang, at such a young age, had such an admirable style of behavior, not to mention that he was also handsome. He was not inferior to brother Bao in any way, and was even better.
"No wonder the Second Master values this brother. Who wouldn't value a brother with such outstanding looks and good character?"
It’s just that the ranking is so messed up that even someone as powerful as Wang Xifeng couldn’t help but feel a bit overwhelmed when calling out the names today.
The servants in this mansion all call Jia Lian Lian Er Ye, Bao Yu Bao Er Ye, and the two Er Ye in this mansion are called Jia Lang Lang San Ye. But Aunt Li calls Jia Lang Er Lang, and Aunt Zhao from the second room calls Jia Huan Huan San Ye...
It seems that those from the first wife's house are called by the first wife's name, and those from the second wife's house are called by the second wife's name, but it happens that these people all live together, and the servants also share the same name. If there are too many people, they will start calling each other "Second Master" and "Third Master". How can it not be chaotic?
Jia Lang also found this confusing. In his previous life, Jia Yingchun was clearly ranked together with him, so she was the second girl and the second young lady among the girls, while Jia Tanchun was the third girl and the third young lady. In this life, Aunt Li was influenced by her dreams and subconsciously believed that the second girl had become Erlang, so she always called Jia Lang Erlang. As a result, Jia Lang himself felt that he should be Erye Lang instead of Sanye Lang.
Fortunately, the days of such confusing names would soon be over. After Jia Lian's wedding, Jia Lang and Aunt Li stayed for more than half a month at the invitation of Grandmother Jia before they said goodbye and left. After Jia Lang, who was too dazzling, disappeared from the Jia Mansion, Jia Tanchun, who had been neglected because of Jia Lang's return to Beijing, finally regained the little attention that Grandmother Jia had given her.
After all, Jia Tanchun is now the only girl in the entire Jia family. Jia Yuanchun has entered the palace and can never come back. Jia Yingchun has directly become Jia Lang. Jia Xichun's biological mother is still alive and is naturally being raised in Ningguo Mansion. Without other granddaughters around her, Jia's grandmother naturally looks up to this little granddaughter, Jia Tanchun.
Jia Baoyu has been sticking to Jia Lang for more than half a month, and has completely lost his previous habit of not liking to play with boys and preferring to play with girls.
Jia Lang took advantage of the time when Jia Baoyu stuck to him and touched the magical jade on Jia Baoyu's body many times. After Jia Lang's perception, he found that the magical jade of Jia Baoyu did contain special spiritual energy, but after many attempts, Jia Lang was still unable to absorb it.
She suspected that it was because the plot had not officially started yet, or because Lin Daiyu had not arrived yet. Jia Lang had no choice but to give up and look forward to finding another opportunity to try after the plot started.
Jia Lang had a hunch that as long as he could absorb the special spiritual energy in the spiritual jade, he would have a chance to break through the limitations of his body. After all, in the real world, people were not allowed to become spirits after the founding of the country, but there was no such restriction in this world.
As the rules of the world in which he was reborn changed, the world restrictions that Jia Lang received also changed accordingly. Among them, the restrictions imposed by modern society on Jia Lang were the most severe.
After returning to Jinling, in addition to taking care of Jia Lang, Aunt Li also began to learn embroidery to pass the time. Occasionally, she would correspond with Lady Jia and Jia She in the capital to report on Jia Lang's learning results.
Jia Lang has formally worshipped a teacher and entered the school. From the ordinary "Thousand Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names" to the Four Books and Five Classics, Jia Lang has basically devoted all his time to study except for the daily exercise tasks and the use of predictive skills.
Immersed in the peaceful days, Jia Lang gradually forgot what he had done in the Jia Mansion. But at this time in the Rongguo Mansion in the capital, the second wife Wang finally discovered that she had lost something. Looking at the empty boxes in the warehouse, the usually "kind" second wife was about to collapse.
"My money!"
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