Chapter 30 Jin^Jiang! Red Mansion (IV)
Lin Daiyu started taking medicine from the time she had dinner. She had long given up hope for her health. She was moved by Grandmother Jia's care for her and took it every day out of filial piety. Who knew that after two months, Yuhualu really worked. Although Daiyu was still thin, she felt much better and no longer coughed in the middle of the night when it was cold. Daiyu couldn't help crying with joy.
After Grandmother Jia was sure that no one would cause trouble in the mansion for the time being, she began to check the Feng Shui of the Jia family. She really saw the problem. The Feng Shui of the Ning and Rong mansions and even the ancestral halls and family schools had been changed. At this time, it was a situation of great ups and downs. Those who were in it would definitely experience the joys and sorrows of life.
I guess this was the work of the monk and the Taoist priest. They and the Fairy Jinghuan were just evil and came to the mortal world to pretend to be immortals. They kidnapped the attendant Shenying, who failed to repair the sky but still had some luck, and wanted to take away his luck through this method and cultivate to become an immortal as soon as possible.
In fact, they deliberately changed the fate of innocent people, seized other people's luck to practice, and cheated everywhere in the mortal world. They had evil thoughts. Taking the initiative to harm others and passively counterattacked are always different. It is said that if you don't do bad things, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. Even if no one punishes them, they will definitely be disturbed by the inner demons in the future!
The twelve golden hairpins were originally spiritual objects, but unfortunately they had not yet cultivated their bodies and spiritual wisdom, so they were secretly brought to the mortal world by Jinghuan to disturb the mind of the attendant Shenying. When they were ignorant, they experienced a lot of love, hatred, anger, stupidity and injury, and each of them ended in a miserable way. It would be extremely difficult to practice again in the future.
Jia Mu sighed in her heart. It was not that she didn't want to do good things to save those smart women, but her cultivation was sealed now, and it was too difficult to break through. She had been stagnant in the great perfection of refining qi for many years and could not advance to the foundation building stage.
In this way, resisting Jinghuan and others to save the Jia and Lin mansions was the limit, and the others could only do their best.
Because of the recent renovation of the mansion by Jia's mother, no one paid much attention to her desire to repair the garden this time. Jia's mother invited a group of skilled craftsmen to simply renovate the flowers, trees, and even pavilions of Rongguo Mansion, and finally changed the damaged Feng Shui and turned it into a prosperous trend.
It was not easy for Ningguo Mansion to intervene too much, so Jia's mother said that she had some good trees and flowers to give to them, and the craftsmen could just transplant them directly. Jia Zhen didn't care about these, but Youshi liked it very much. So the evil spirit of Ning Mansion was removed smoothly. Although it couldn't be changed drastically, the sign of defeat had been changed to the sign of preservation.
As for the ancestral hall, Jia's mother was not allowed to enter as a female family member, so she used the excuse of praying for the ancestors to secretly draw a talisman array on the Buddhist scriptures and some offerings, and asked Jia She to offer them in the ancestral hall to break the evil array of the monks and Taoists.
In theory, Feng Shui would not play such a big role. After all, things are in human hands, and fate is not unchangeable. However, this is in the Red Mansion. Even the few puppets made by Ma Dao Po can almost drive Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu crazy. It can be seen that the Taoist magic is powerful in this time and space.
Jia Mu knew that the saints had no taboos about their Jia family. In the eyes of the saints, they were at most a bit of an eyesore, not worth mentioning. So she was not in a hurry, but improved everyone in the mansion step by step. Three years passed slowly, and the Jia family had become much more disciplined in the eyes of outsiders.
This day, when Wang Xifeng was having a meal at Jia Mu's place, her face turned pale and she almost fainted. The doctor was invited to see that she was pregnant! It was just because she was a little tired from working hard every day, and she had to take good care of herself. Everyone in the room congratulated Wang Xifeng. This usually straightforward person choked and couldn't speak, but she always had a smile on her face and was very happy in her heart. After waiting for so long, she was finally pregnant again.
Grandmother Jia asked Wang Xifeng to take good care of her pregnancy. As for the household affairs, she assigned the small matters to Daiyu and Sanchun, which was just right for them to practice. She would take care of the big matters with two maids, which would be much easier. Grandmother Jia saw all the changes in Wang Xifeng in the past three years. She not only learned the law and distinguished right from wrong, but also stopped making noises with Jia Lian. She acted much more generously and was more in line with the standard of a lady of a large family.
In the past, it was not necessarily true that Wang Xifeng had a bad heart. The environment was what made her a person. In such a chaotic Jia family, she alone supported the mess and even lost her dowry. With Mrs. Wang lending money and abusing power, it seemed reasonable that she finally went astray and valued power and money.
Anyone who worked like a cow and a horse in the husband's house every day and got nothing good would be as irritable as her. Her husband left her heart, spent his days in debauchery, and had no taboos on sex. Her aunt spent her days calculating how to get money into her own pocket, and Grandmother Jia only cared about taking her grandchildren to enjoy themselves. In the huge Jia Mansion, Wang Xifeng didn't even have a person to rely on and consult with. What else could she do if she didn't become powerful?
Now, the Jia family is a stable family. With Grandmother Jia in charge of the general direction, they have changed their extravagant and licentious style. The shops and farms have also been properly arranged, and the income is increasing day by day. They are no longer living beyond their means. Wang Xifeng can manage the family with less worry and effort, and naturally she won't have any crooked thoughts. In addition, after reading the court laws, she has become more cautious about her own words and deeds. With the example of Mrs. Wang's loss of power, she is no longer the ruthless Wang Xifeng.
Hearing that Grandmother Jia did not take away her housekeeping power, Wang Xifeng just smiled. If she was still a little defensive against Grandmother Jia three years ago, then Grandmother Jia's occasional teaching and care in the past three years were enough to make her relax and be a filial granddaughter-in-law. As for assigning some things to her sisters-in-law, Wang Xifeng said she didn't care at all. Even if she kept managing them, they would still be under her control after they got married.
Li Wan smiled faintly on the side. Jia Mu had talked to her a long time ago. She also knew that this mansion would be inherited by Jia Lian and his wife in the future. Wang Xifeng was legitimate as the housekeeper. If she was given the management, she would have to return it sooner or later, which would be like a housekeeper. It would be better to spend time on Jia Lan, who was her support for the rest of her life.
She was just a little envious. If Wang Furen had not been so urgent to force Jia Zhu to pass the imperial examination, and Jia Zhu had not died, would she be happier now? However, this idea turned around in her mind and she let it go. First, Jia Zhu was dead, and it was useless to think about anything; second, if Jia Zhu was still alive, the concubines and rooms sent by Wang Furen might make her more upset. It was enough for her to have a son.
Although Jia Mu felt sorry for Li Wan for keeping her chastity at such a young age, she could not let her remarry according to her own wishes. That would harm her. Besides, Li Wan herself was a native lady of a noble family and would never remarry to bring disgrace to the family.
In the evening, Jia Lian returned home after his duty. As soon as he arrived at the study, he heard two servants, Xing'er and Long'er, congratulating him with smiles on their faces. He then realized that Sister Feng was pregnant. Jia Lian immediately stood up from his chair excitedly and walked towards Wang Xifeng's room. Previously, Wang Xifeng had been much more docile and allowed him to take Ping'er as a concubine. They were also much more harmonious.
But Jia's mother pressed him to wait until the legitimate son was 5 years old before he could have a concubine's son. However, after Wang Xifeng gave birth to her eldest sister, she did not take good care of her body. There was no good news for three years. Almost all of his colleagues and friends of the same age had both sons and daughters. He was anxious and increasingly irritable. This time, he heard that he was going to be a father again, and his heart was very happy, and the little complaint he had about Wang Xifeng disappeared.
Jia Lian is now a member of the Ministry of Rites, a fifth-rank official. Because he is good at socializing and having fun, he can always come up with one or two brilliant ideas whenever he encounters any activities. He has made some achievements. I heard that he may be promoted to the next level by the end of the year.
In the past few years, Jia Mu invited Jia Lian's maternal grandfather Zhang family several times under the pretext of banquets such as flower viewing and snow viewing, and they gradually got in touch with each other. Seeing that Jia Lian has made progress and the family style of the Jia family has become more upright, the Zhang family has just paid attention to Jia Lian and revalued this marriage. Seeing that Jia Mu intends to train Jia Lian and his wife to inherit the Rongguo Mansion, they are naturally happy to cooperate.
So the two families worked together to find a position for Jia Lian as a deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites. Where has Jia Lian been valued so much by his elders? He was immediately full of fighting spirit and took his position seriously, not wanting to disappoint his elders. After three years as a deputy minister, his achievements were very good. The saint accidentally learned about it and asked about the recent situation of the Jia family, and also slightly changed his view of the Jia family.
After a few months, the imperial physician diagnosed that Wang Xifeng was pregnant with a boy, and now even Jia She and Mrs. Xing were smiling all day long. Due to the Feng Shui and the occasional warnings from Jia's mother, Jia She and his wife have restrained themselves a lot, and they don't have a bad reputation. Now that they are living a leisurely life and looking forward to the arrival of their grandson, they are naturally in a good mood.
Jia Zheng's only strength is that he is serious and strict, so Jia's mother asked him to be responsible for rectifying the family school. Jia Zhen was a little dissatisfied at first, but after Jia's mother asked someone to take Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen to the family school secretly twice, Jia Zhen, the head of the clan, had no objection to Jia Zheng's intervention in the family school. It would be a fool if someone was willing to take over such a mess!
After the Ningguo Mansion got rid of the evil spirit, Jia Jing did not buy a little girl to practice the art of collecting and replenishing, Jia Zhen did not commit adultery with Qin Keqing, and Jia Rong used to follow suit, so naturally he did not get together with his brothers in the clan in a ridiculous way. Now, although several people still like to drink and have fun, they don't do anything obscene, which makes Jia's mother feel a lot more relieved.
Three years is not a short time. When Jia Mu felt that everything was arranged in her house, she received the news that Aunt Xue and Baochai were going to Beijing to participate in the election. Wang Ziteng had been sent out at this time. Aunt Xue wrote to her to stay in Jia's house. Of course, she wrote to Mrs. Wang.
Thanks to "Yao Feiyu" for throwing a mine, (╯3╰)
Because it is a comprehensive travel story, each story is very short, so many places are not written in detail, and they are just mentioned in one sentence. Girls can fill in the blanks by themselves. ^_^