Chapter 97 Li Family

A dozen ris passed in a flash. It was May 15th. At these times, Jia Baoyu also had a preliminary understanding of the Imperial College. Needless to say, the Imperial College recruits newcomers every year is not at this time, but on June 20th. The reason why Jia Zheng was so anxious to let Jia Baoyu go was not anxious, but because Jia Zheng would leave the Beijing Office after a few times.

According to what Jia Zheng said, there were at least one or two months and four or five months. In this way, Jia Zheng could not see Jia Baoyu enter when the school started, so he would let Jia Baoyu go to the Imperial College while he was still in Beijing.

According to Jia Zheng's instructions, Jia Baoyu was to be admitted to the school for sixteen times, and then he would go through the motions next year. At the time of the thirteenth, Jia Baoyu stopped going to school and even Lin Xuan did not go there. However, Lin Xuan wanted to learn some rules from the people in the mansion, so that he would not cause any trouble.

This rule is naturally not from the school, but teaches Lin Xuan who cannot offend and who cannot let him offend Jia Baoyu. Of course, these cannot be said to Jia Baoyu, and of course it is not necessary. Even if Jia Baoyu offends anyone, there is no big problem. Although he is intrigue in private, everyone is still decent on the surface, and children's affairs will not be put on the scene. Teaching Lin Xuan some principles is just for Lin Xuan.

Jia Baoyu is going to visit the current Imperial College Priest, Li Wan's father, Li Shouzhong. This is what Jia Zheng ordered. However, Jia Baoyu is neither going alone nor with Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng had already told Li Shouzhong a few times, but now he is unwilling to go again. Jia Baoyu is going to go with Li Wan.

Li Wan rarely goes back to her parents' home, but because it happened to be Li Wan's grandfather's taboo, and Li Wan's mother missed her, she found this excuse to let Li Wan go back. When Jia Zheng heard about it, he asked Jia Baoyu to go there with him. This was to send Li Wan and pay a visit to Li Shouzhong.

Because I had to adapt to the life of the Imperial College in the future, Jia Baoyu got up at the time of Mao, first ran "Baopuzi", and then washed up after refreshing. After breakfast, he invited An to Mu Jia and Mrs. Wang, and went to find Li Wan.

When Jia Baoyu arrived outside Li Wan's courtyard, he saw Li Wan's maid Biyue packing the things in the yard. When he saw Jia Baoyu coming, he quickly ordered a little maid to go in and report. Jia Baoyu smiled and said, "Where is the eldest sister-in-law?"

Biyue heard this and said, "Go back to the second master, my nainai is packing up the items I have returned home. It will be fine in a while. Please wait for a while."

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu knew that Biyue meant that it was not convenient for him to go in now, so he asked, "Have Lan'er got up?"

"I've gotten up, I'll take the second master over here first." Jia Baoyu responded to Biyue and took Jia Baoyu to see Jia Lan.

Jia Lan is now nine years old. Although Li Wan loves him very much, she is not living in the same room with Li Wan, but living in a room by herself and has already started studying.

Before Jia Baoyu could pass by, Jia Lan ran out and shouted happily: "Uncle Bao, why are you here?"

Jia Baoyu looked at Jia Lan and smiled, "Look at it, don't fall." As Jia Lan said that, he had already arrived in front of Jia Baoyu.

Jia Lan is nine years old and is only of medium size in the same age group. Jia Baoyu roughly estimated that it is about 1.2 to 1.3 meters, while Jia Baoyu is now 1.55 meters tall. Jia Baoyu is one end taller than Jia Lan, and now Jia Baoyu is a little calmer on his face. It seems that the gap between the three years old has widened.

Jia Baoyu asked Jia Lan about her studies and said that she had finished reading the Three-character Classic and Thousand Character Classic. She was carrying her back and would only start learning the Four Books next year. She smiled and said that she would teach him personally next year. The uncle and nephew said it was very harmonious. Jia Baoyu liked this feeling quite well. As she was talking, Li Wan was here, followed by another personal maid Suyun, and two mothers holding bags.

Li Wan was relieved when she saw Jia Baoyu and Jia Lan, but then she looked sad. However, this expression was fleeting and unaware of it. Jia Baoyu hurriedly greeted Li Wan.

Li Wan replied with a bow and said, "I'm ready here. Baoyu, do you have anything to prepare? If there is one, I will wait for a while. If there is no one, let's leave!"

Jia Baoyu replied that the people who were accompanying him had already prepared the things, so he could just go directly. Li Wan heard this and said, "Then let's go!" After that, he turned around and said, "Take good care of Lan'er, don't let him run around."

After hearing this, Biyue said, but Jia Baoyu asked in confusion: "Will Lan'er go together?"

Li Wan shook her head and said, "Lan'er won't go together. He still has to do his homework. Besides, the environment outside is not as good as at home. He has been sicker recently, so it's better not to go out."

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu stopped saying anything. After asking Jia Lan to pay attention to her health, she left with Li Wan. The people who came out of Rong Mansion were already waiting. Mingyan had a definite news about what Jia Baoyu asked him to inquire about. He was stepping up investigations these days, so Jia Baoyu did not let Mingyan follow him, so the clues would be cut off. Therefore, the one who followed Jia Baoyu was these ripped medicines that were nothing to do.

Jia Baoyu's mother, Madam Li, also followed, with the other two mothers and more than a dozen other servants. Li Wan brought Biyue and two madams. The general manager of the entire team was Li Gui. Li Gui is now much better than when he was just following Jia Baoyu. Naturally, there is Jia Baoyu's support. After all, Li Gui is the son of Jia Baoyu's mother, and the bones are broken and the tendons are connected. Compared with other servants and servants, the relationship between Jia Baoyu and Jia Baoyu is different.

Jia Baoyu saw that Li Gui was much calmer than before, and he was very satisfied. However, Li Gui was more dedicated to Jia Baoyu than before, so naturally there was a little more awe in it.

Li Wan's family was from Jinling. Li Shouzhong was originally a Siye of the Imperial College in Nanjing. Because Li Wan married Jia Lan, Li Shouzhong was promoted from the Imperial College in Nanjing to the Imperial College in Beijing. This was not a good idea, but because the Imperial College in office died at that time, the Jia family helped him to indulge.

Because Li Shouzhong was promoted, his family moved. The Imperial College Priest also assigned a house, but the house was too shabby. Li Shouzhong was a clean official and was quite knowledgeable, so he had the bad habit of being knowledgeable and loving face. Therefore, he sold his house in Jinling, except for his ancestral home and bought a house in Beijing. The rest of the family also followed, leaving only two or three servants to look at the old house.

The land price in Nanjing is not cheap, but it is still a little worse than that in Beijing. Because the Li family also has a lot of people, it is not enough if the mansion is small, so the yard is far away from the center, and the carriages and horses of the group are not moving fast, so it took half an hour to arrive.

When they arrived there, there were people from the Li family waiting. The leader was a middle-aged man. Li Wan got out of the car and called the uncle. Jia Baoyu also knew that Li Wan's father had a younger brother named Li Shouyi. Because he had no achievements and had no great ability, he did many things when he was young but failed. He gave up when he married his wife and had children. In the end, he just lived with his brother's family. Every matter was just a matter of the management of the government, which was a similar identity as a housekeeper.

Jia Baoyu got out of the car, and Li Shouyi gave Jia Baoyu first. Jia Baoyu didn't dare to return the gift again. It was inappropriate for Li Wan to be outside. Li Shouyi quickly led the two of them in, but followed a few close maids and mothers, and the rest were led to another place.

Just as I entered here, I saw a woman in her fifties walking towards me with tears under the support of another woman in her thirties or forties. When Li Wan saw the man, she hurriedly met him and cried, "Mother." This man was Li Wan's mother, Jia family, and Jia family were from the Jia family's side. It was just because of this relationship and there were no suitable children among people of similar age to Jia Zhu, so Jia Zhu got married to Li Wan.

The mother and daughter hugged each other and shed tears, so Jia Baoyu had to stand beside her. Fortunately, Li Shouyi's big thing was not a trivial matter. Seeing that Jia Baoyu was neglected, he hurried forward to say to Jia Baoyu: "Please please, my brother has been waiting for a long time."

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu went to see Li Shouzhong with Li Shouyi. The two of them went to the main hall. Jia Baoyu saw a majestic old man sitting from afar. He knew that it was Li Shouzhong. As soon as he got closer, Jia Baoyu's impression of Li Shouzhong was even better. Li Shouzhong exuded a seriousness and a very scholarly spirit. Such people are naturally respected unless they are of very bad character.

However, Jia Baoyu also knows that such people have one common problem, that is, they are pedantic. It is no wonder that Li Wan has always been careless about things, because this is probably what Li Shouzhong taught Li Wan since childhood.

"My nephew greets my uncle." Jia Baoyu walked up to him and said to Li Shouzhong who was sitting upright.

Li Shouzhong heard Jia Baoyu's greeting and went there seriously, and smiled and said, "Please sit down with a nephew."

Jia Baoyu sat down aside in response. Li Shouyi ordered a maid to serve Jia Baoyu and sat down. However, before the tea was served, an old lady came in and said, "When our second master's tea came, our old lady had already ordered it to be prepared. We don't have to worry about it here, we can prepare it ourselves."

Jia Baoyu felt embarrassed after hearing this. Is this statement obvious that he looked down on the Li family? In this way, Jia Baoyu understood why Li Wan did not bring Jia Lan over. Health may be a reason. The most important reason is that Jia Lan looked down on the Li family after seeing this situation.

Jia Baoyu was embarrassed, Li Shouzhong and Li Shouyi were even more embarrassed. They always knew that the Jia family got married to them just because Li Shouzhong had a good reputation, and whether there were suitable talents like this. After Jia Zhu died, they didn't even dare to say that they wanted to take Li Wan back. However, they knew that it was one truth, but they were told in person that something was wrong and another truth was another.

ps: I can't hold on for these two updates anymore. Today, I was about to give up, but suddenly I felt much more comfortable when I saw someone giving me a reward. I got this chapter full of energy.
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