In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 337 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 8

From then on, Grandmother Jia really put aside her doubts and began to really care about Jia Lang.

Because of the fortune teller's words, Jia's mother was concerned about Jia Lang. In order to have a more accurate grasp of Jia Lang's situation, in addition to arranging clan members in Jinling to keep an eye on him, she also openly contacted Jia Lang's biological mother, Aunt Li.

Jia She, on the other hand, was dreaming too much and began to care for his youngest son who was far away in Jinling. Because Jia She could not help but whisper in Jia Lian's ear, Jia Lian, the elder brother, could not help but remember that he had a brother with the same father who was raised in Jinling.

"Lang'er? Jinling's half-brother's name is Jia Lang?"

Jia Lian, who was listening to the conversation between Lady Jia and Jia She, couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could this Lang'er his father was talking about be his brother who was born in Jinling?

Jia Lian is now just thirteen years old and is still relatively innocent. Nominally, he is raised in the second room like Jia Zhu and Jia Yuanchun, and is surrounded by his brothers and sisters. But in reality, Jia Zhu has to study every day, and Jia Yuanchun is busy learning the rules and other talents required to enter the palace. Both of them are very busy and have no time to spend much time with Jia Lian.

Jia Lian's biological mother died early, and his stepmother Xing only cares about him for face. His biological father Jia She, on the other hand, values ​​Jia Lian, his eldest son. But Jia She simply does not know how to get along with his son, let alone how to express the father-son relationship. Every time he sees Jia Lian, he either shouts at him to beat him or scolds him, which makes the rebellious Jia Lian even more afraid to meet Jia She.

Originally, Jia Lian was going to meet Wang Xifeng, the niece of the Second Wife, soon, but now Jia Lian's attention was completely attracted by his new younger brother. He was very curious about Jia Lang. In the eyes of the Second Wife, Jia Zhu, his cousin, had a good relationship with Jia Lian, but Jia Lian did not like the teachings that Jia Zhu said every time he saw him.

He was lively by nature and could not sit still. He could not study quietly like Jia Zhu. He liked to have fun and no one cared when he skipped classes to go out and play with the servants.

The second wife was busy nourishing her eldest son Jia Zhu and teaching official skills to her eldest daughter Jia Yuanchun. She only had face for Jia Lian, the eldest son of the first wife. Only when he came to see Grandmother Jia did Jia Lian truly feel a trace of care.

But Grandmother Jia's concern was not exclusive. Jia Lian could feel that Grandmother Jia's favorite was her eldest granddaughter Jia Yuanchun, who was born on the first day of the first lunar month, and her favorite was her eldest grandson who was successful in study. Although she cared about her grandson Jia Lian, she did not pay much attention to him.

This was the first time that Jia Lian heard the name of another grandson from Grandmother Jia. Jia Lian was both jealous and couldn't help but look forward to what kind of child the "Lang'er" that Grandmother Jia mentioned would be.

After leaving Rongxi Hall, Jia Lian, curious about Jia Lang, could not help asking the servant Zhao'er. Coincidentally, Zhao'er knew about this. Last year, Jia Lian, Jia Zhu, and Jia Yuanchun were not called to Rongxi Hall because they were too young, so they were not aware of Aunt Li's departure from Beijing.

Jia Zhu and Jia Yuanchun were under the supervision of their biological mother, the Second Madam, and the servants did not dare to disturb their minds with these "trivial matters". However, Jia Lian had no biological mother, and his biological father, Jia She, could not remember this matter. Therefore, although his servant Zhao'er was still young, he mixed in with the servants in the Jia Mansion and heard all kinds of things that he should and should not hear.

Since Jia Lian asked, as his servant, Zhao'er naturally told him the version of the story he had heard. When Jia Lian heard Zhao'er say that the reason why Lady Jia insisted that Aunt Li return to Jinling with a big belly and a child was because Lady Jia didn't want the first wife to have one more male than the second wife, which would affect the balance between the first and second wives in the mansion, something seemed to break in Jia Lian's heart.

Although Zhao'er also proposed a second theory, that Jia She didn't want to have another illegitimate son to snatch Jia Lian's title or something like that, Jia Lian didn't believe it. Jia Lian was aware of the attitudes of the people in the Jia family towards him and Jia Zhu, as well as the turbulent situation between the second and first wives, but his brain capacity was limited, he liked to whitewash the situation, and didn't want to think too much.

But now, when he heard Zhao'er talking about "balance", Jia Lian was stimulated. He finally realized that in this mansion, Jia Zhu, Jia Yuanchun, second aunt, second uncle and others were a family, and he, Jia Lian, his father, the eldest wife of the main house, and even Aunt Li from Jinling and his younger brother Lang were a family.

At this time, Jia Lang did not know that he had been recognized as a "family member" by Jia Lian. Even if he knew, he could only sigh and say that in such a feudal society, only men can be seen by others.

After Jia Yingchun was born in the previous life, Jia Lian did not pay much attention to his biological sister Jia Yingchun. However, it was obvious that Jia Baoyu and Jia Tanchun, the legitimate brother and illegitimate sister, could get along well with each other. This was due to the differences between legitimate and illegitimate children, between men and women, and the age gap, as well as the personalities of the several people.

Jia Lian is not self-intentioned, and Jia Yingchun is cowardly and passive, and in fact a bit unintentional. Both of them are siblings who don't have this kind of thought. Naturally, they can't compare with Jia Baoyu's sisterly compassion and Jia Tanchun's active efforts to please this pair of siblings who are running towards each other.

In this life, he had escaped on his own. If he had stayed in the Jia Mansion, he would have been like Jia Zong and Jia Huan later, who were confined in a small courtyard by their stepmother and lived in fear.

After the ceremony was over, Aunt Li wrote the result of Jia Lang's ceremony in a letter and sent it to Lady Jia and Jia She. Along with Lady Jia and Jia She's satisfied smiles after reading the letter, the Dragon Boat Festival gifts also came back.

These holiday gifts were nothing to the Rongguo Mansion, but to Aunt Li and Jia Lang in Jinling, the holiday gifts from the Rongguo Mansion were just right to show certain members of the Jia family that Jia Lang and his mother were not really completely abandoned by the Rongguo Mansion in the capital.

Jia Lang was aware of Aunt Li's practice of writing letters to curry favor with the Jia family in the capital, but he could not stop her. She underestimated how attractive a single woman with a child under two years old and "huge wealth" would be to those with bad intentions.

Time passed in Jia Lang's urgency, and soon Jia Lang turned five years old. With the birth of Jia Baoyu in recent years, the letters sent to Jinling by Jia's mother became fewer and fewer. The New Year gifts and festival gifts did not stop, but they were not as frequent as before Jia Baoyu was born.

Jia She has a new concubine, who is now pregnant. After waiting for a long time without any news from the capital, Aunt Li finally faced the reality and her original gratitude towards Lady Jia faded a lot.

Jia Lang did not hide his true identity and acted like a genius. For this reason, Aunt Li gradually began to value Jia Lang's advice. Under Jia Lang's advice, Aunt Li sold Bu Xiaocao and Wang Pozi, bought a few new servants, expanded the new house, bought a lot of fields nearby, and hired Jia's clansmen to help farm.

With a house, land and servants, Aunt Li and Jia Lang did not have a hard time in Jinling. Besides, they had lived in the Jia clan for a long time and were familiar with the people there. Gradually, they were no longer watched by people with bad intentions.

As soon as he turned five, Jia Lang asked to move out of Aunt Li's room and live in a room of his own. He planned to train himself and master fighting skills from now on.