Chapter 568 On Love
"It's so nonsense. Is there any rules for everyone in his eyes? Yesterday I said that he had made Yu'er's birthday, but today, I actually called everyone from both houses to have a drink to celebrate. I was so angry."
Grandmother Jia is an old man who cherishes blessings. The most taboo thing is to say something about death or life. Now she actually said this word in public, which shows that she is really angry.
Mrs. Wang quickly persuaded, "He just spoiled Lin Yatou too much, so he thought of such a way to celebrate her birthday. He was simply a slave in our own mansion and there was no big deal. Don't be angry about this."
"Hmph, I just blame him for spoiling the sisters at home too much. Today is Lin Yatou, and tomorrow I don't know if it's Tan Yatou or Xichun Yatou! If this continues, relatives and friends will know. How can you not make a joke? It's said that our family has no moral rules in their eyes."
Aunt Xue sat awkwardly. Baochai entered the garden in the morning and did not come out. Now she was probably abducted to participate in the event. This situation made her a little embarrassed.
Jia Lian walked in, and Jia Mu immediately asked him: "Didn't you ask you to come over and take a look? Why are you back so soon?"
Jia Lian smiled bitterly and said, "As soon as I walked to the Xijiao Gate over there, they saw them closing all the doors and locking them from inside. I asked them what they were doing, and they said it was the second brother's order. Today, the whole house closed the door and celebrated his birthday for Sister Lin. He said that if I had anything important, I would wait for them to inform me.
When I saw this, I had to come back."
Jia Mu sneered: "Look, he still knows that this matter cannot be known to others, so he closed the door. But he made such a big noise, thinking that if he could hide it from others by closing the door?"
Wang Xifeng heard it from below and felt a little moved. He was afraid that it wasn't because he was worried that others would know, but because he didn't want others to disturb him...
"Old lady, the mansion over there is closed. Can't the garden be passed through here? I'll send someone to come from here to look for the ward." Wang Xifeng said.
Jia Mu shook her head and said, "Forget it, isn't it obvious? So what if I just sent someone over? Could it be that the table was lifted up by them? He did this mysteriously and did not let us know in advance, isn't he just afraid that we wouldn't let him do it?
Do you believe it? I will send someone here now and he can leave them to have a drink together!"
Everyone laughed when Mu Jia said this. Mu Jia really knew Jia Qing's temper very well.
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "He knew that doing this was not in accordance with the rules, so he didn't do it yesterday. Instead, he invited us over to have a drink seriously and sent us all away. Today, he closed the door and invited everyone in the mansion to have a drink together. It was just to value their brother-sister relationship and take the opportunity to make everyone lively together. If the old lady doesn't like it, she will call him over and talk about it after they part. He will not dare next time."
Jia Mu said, "Forget it, the people are just their juniors who are just making trouble, and it's not a big mistake. He invited the people from the two palaces to have a drink and watch opera in the palace, but he didn't charge a penny. If I interfere now, wouldn't I offend all the people from the two palaces?
He was so confident that he was not afraid of me scolding him.”
Everyone thought that Jia Mu was thinking too much, and Jia Qing no longer had such thoughts.
In fact, if you think about it seriously, this is not a big deal. There is no precedent in the Jia family when the servants celebrate their master's birthday, but no one has done such a big mess as Jia Qing, as thoroughly as Jia Qing.
Roughly estimated that all the people of Ningguo Mansion were present today, and half of Rongguo Mansion had passed.
In fact, whether Jia Mu was angry was to see how many people could pass by Rongguo Mansion. If she was really angry, she just needed to say something and keep Rongguo Mansion from running over.
Those who have already run over can only come back obediently.
However, no one spoke out from the master of Rongguo Mansion, so those who had free time dared to hear the news and rushed over to eat the table...
After Jia Mu said a few words, Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng and others persuaded each other a few words. Jia Mu's unhappiness almost disappeared. Speaking of which, she is also a person who likes lively.
When Mrs. Wang and the other two met, they knew that it was almost time for their nap, so they all got up to say goodbye.
After they left, looking at the maids in Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu actually said in the opposite direction and said, "When I take a nap later, you can leave a few people to see the house and go to eat two bars. This is a rare grace."
The maids were moved immediately, but they were also hesitant. Isn’t Jia Mu still unhappy just now? Why did you take the initiative to ask them to go again?
Yuanyang smiled and said, "The old lady said that we have never eaten wine. It is important for us to stay here to serve the old lady."
Jia Mu said, "That's it, Yuanyang, you can arrange them later. As long as they are not all gone, they can let everyone go and eat two cups."
Jia Mu thought to herself that the people in the other room had passed, but the people in her room had not gone, which seemed to be insufficient. This was what she thought.
Seeing that Jia Mu insisted, Yuanyang had to order a few leisurely maids after serving Jia Mu to bed, and asked them to go into the garden to take a look. If they could go there, let them go over and play, just instructing them to go back early.
In fact, the girls who were not on duty in Rongqingtang today had already run away with the crowd.
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As soon as Jia Qing sat down, Daiyu asked him: "What are the big scenes you mentioned?"
Jia Qing's approach even Daiyu felt that it was bizarre.
Jia Qing said in surprise: "Isn't this a big scene? Count it carefully, how many people are here to celebrate your birthday today? It's less than five or six hundred! In our family, except for the old lady's birthday, who can invite so many people?"
Daiyu snorted: "So what you call a big scene is to count how many mouths you eat!"
"This is natural. If there are many people, it is called a big scene!"
Daiyu pouted. On the surface, she looked down on Jia Qing's simple and rough methods, but in fact she was already full of warmth.
As Jia Qing said, she had never seen such a "big" birthday party before.
Tanchun hesitated for a long time, but turned his head to Jia Qing and said, "Second brother, is it really appropriate for us to do this today?"
"Oh, my third sister thought something was wrong."
Jia Qing's voice was a little dull. Anyone who is familiar with him knew that Jia Qing was a little unhappy.
Xue Baochai and Tanchun sat together and quietly pulled her. In fact, Baochai also wanted to ask this question. They only found out about it when they arrived at the mansion today. They were shocked at that time and this question had long been preserved.
But Baochai knew very well that Jia Qing had lost such thoughts, and even put down the pressure on Mu Jia, just to celebrate Daiyu's "big birthday". At this time, he must have liked to listen to happy and happy words. So she endured it and didn't speak.
Tanchun doesn't mean this, it's also the reason why she hesitated before. But she only talks out of selflessness, and she understands Jia Qing's character, and she never really disagrees with her just because she said such unpleasant words.
Therefore, she continued: "Since ancient times, the difference between high and low, the distinction between master and servant cannot be surpassed. Among our great families, there are those who work hard and have great contributions, and the master's family is well received by them, such as giving them a seat alone to show the honor of these people at home and attracting everyone to follow suit. This is the way to manage the family, and both kindness and power are valued.
But like the second brother today, he is generous and will be given to the seats regardless of his merits, age, or experience. Isn’t this a mess of rewards and punishments? And there are many words: As for the promotion of Mien, fighting Mien, although most of our mansion are good, there are inevitably those who hold grudges without regard for grudges. This is the case this time. If the second brother becomes a little stricter in the future, or if he fails to fulfill his request, will he become restless and difficult to control? If this continues, those treacherous people who are ruthless, have no master or servant will be born. Now the second brother is the head of the family, these things must be eliminated as much as possible, so as not to happen in the future and everyone will be hurt."
Tanchun said that she should avoid hurting her relationship. In fact, what she said was the most hurting thing. Fortunately, there was no servant around.
However, Tanchun's words were very pertinent and realistic.
Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for slaves to deceive their masters and their servants to praise them and slander them. In the final analysis, it is just that those slaves think they are "noble" and even "highly" than those unpowerful masters, so even if they bully them, it's okay.
Tanchun was worried that Jia Qing would raise the minds of these people in the mansion and would be difficult to restrain in the future.
Jia Qing looked at Tanchun for three seconds and suddenly laughed: "Third sister is right to say this to a kind and gentleman like the second uncle. Unfortunately, it is useless to me. In my mansion, no matter who he is, he is, how cunning he is, as long as he is cunning but I go, I can easily destroy him. How can I give him a chance to cause trouble?"
Tanchun was stunned by Jia Qing's words. She was still wondering who "second uncle" is? My father? What does "destroy him" mean?
Unexpectedly, Baochai suddenly laughed.
"I think the third sister is too worried. Look at his appearance, I guess she is worried that the people in the mansion are too honest and will not give him a chance to deal with it. I have only been here for two years. I don't know how many times I have heard about the people in your mansion privately, saying that he is not merciful, and the good people say that they will be sent out. I heard that there are fewer people in his mansion now than before, so he seems to be not satisfied. Look at what he said, there is no human touch."
Baochai translated Jia Qing's meaning to everyone. Simply put, it means that Jia Qing is not merciful.
Jia Qingliu said as a matter of course: "It was originally what I gave them honor now to make them remember their duties better and do their jobs well.
If anyone dares to rely on his or her seniority and loses his duty, don’t blame me for being rude. When I come to talk to me about mercy, I will let him know that his or her mercy is worth only a penny in my eyes.
Just like the court, high officials are usually well-off, but if anyone is favored and does something that harms the court, it is not the one who should be confiscated, and who should be beheaded? If you want to betray, you should be kind to the things you should betrayed, and who should betrayed? If you want to betray, just do things well and do beautiful things. At this time, you come to me, even if you call me brothers, it is not a must. This is the real love. So the kind of love you mentioned in the third sister is not a constraint on my family management, and it is not worth worrying about."
Jia Qing's words made Tanchun and others look at each other. They had heard of cold-blooded family management, but speaking it as openly as Jia Qing still had a sense of impact on them. Because in the Jia family, both Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng were very concerned about sympathy. The elderly in the house, like Lai Ma, who dared not give her three points of slight face?
So, her two sons became the chief executives of the two governments before Jia Qing became famous. Moreover, they lacked effective supervision and deterrence, so it was really difficult for them to make these two brothers abide by their servants' words.
"Okay, don't forget that I'm celebrating Lin's birthday today, and I always say what to do. Everyone should eat wine and watch the show, but don't forget that you will give gifts later! You can't eat and drink for nothing.
Those maids were spared and just treated me as a treat. But you are all rich men and cannot eat the king's meal."
When Jia Qing said this, Jia Baoyu immediately said, "Didn't you give it to me yesterday? Do you want to give it to me today?"
He didn't expect that there would be this one, nor was he prepared.
Jia Qing immediately looked at him with disgust, took out a box from his arms, and said proudly: "If anyone doesn't care about Limei Lin, it's okay if he doesn't give it to me."
Jia Qing is so hateful. I gave it to you yesterday, but today I will be considered a two-day birth. If you are a baby, how can I give you two gifts?
But he had planned it long ago. If he were the only one who sent it, no one else would move, and it wouldn't look like that.
Daiyu looked at Jia Qing's appearance and could not tell that he was deliberately trying to bring everyone's army. But she still took it over without hesitation. She also wanted to see who among these people was "sincere" to her!
Chapter completed!