East Road Courtyard, Xichun Courtyard.

Main hall.

When Jia Qiang came in, Xichun's maid had just entered the painting. She said to the girls in the hall: "The old lady said that she needs to rest for a day and relax her bones, otherwise she will fall apart. Let the girls Just think about how to give birth to Miss Lin in the East Mansion. You don’t have to go to the West Mansion to say hello, and you can also add more popularity to our girl’s new yard. By the way, the old lady also warned her not to leave Master Bao behind. "

Just as she finished speaking, Jia Qiang hadn't arrived yet. She heard some movement behind her. She turned around and saw a boy with a big head appearing a little shyly, walking in happily...

There was a burst of laughter in the hall, and Jia Qiang also found it funny.

Baoyu was still more open-minded and thick-skinned in front of the sisters. He simply ignored the ridicule and continued to laugh along with her, and said in a bright voice, "Guess what?"

Jia Qiang ignored him and sat down next to Daiyu. Daiyu handed him a pair of chopsticks and said, "You are so clueless, what can you guess?"

Baoyu chuckled and sat down next to Xiangyun, but before she spoke, Xiangyun reminded her, "This is Sister Bao's seat."

Baoyu ignored him and said with a smile: "She has a seat when she comes..." and then continued happily: "When I went back last night, I happened to see the old lady talking to the master, and they were talking about what Brother Qiang said earlier. talk."

Xiang Yun said fiercely: "Brother Ai's words are getting more and more irrelevant. Brother Qiang and the old lady have said so many things. Who knows which words you said?"

Baoyu waved his hand and said: "Come on, you are such a stupid person. If you don't know, don't others know?"

Looking at the sisters again, everyone shook their heads.

Baoyu was very annoyed when he saw it. Yingchun was the first to laugh uncontrollably and said: "Why bother provoking him? Sure enough, it started to cause trouble again, but it happened to be the fourth sister's yard, so it didn't happen. I guess, it's not the one with jade in his mouth." allusion?"

Baoyu was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "That's it! The second sister turns out to be a smart person too!"

Jia Qiang laughed and scolded: "If you can't speak human language, just stop talking!"

After Baoyu came to his senses, he hurriedly expressed his annoyance to Yingchun, but Yingchun was not annoyed and just shook his head slightly.

Baoyu ignored her and laughed and said: "From now on, I won't force me to study anymore. As long as I'm serious about etiquette and write well, he won't care about me anymore! So, is that good news?"

The sisters looked left and right, and Tanchun asked curiously: "What is the second brother going to do?"

Baoyu said with a look of disdain: "Why should I imitate those idiots?"

Jia Qiang ignored him and just kept eating. Daiyu kept adding more food to him. Suddenly, she asked: "Can you see Bao Yatou?"

Jia Qiang didn't even raise her head and said, "I went for a walk in the garden earlier and happened to meet her and Youshi inside, chatting about screwdrivers... Well, I just asked about the girl from the Yin family."

Daiyu smiled when she heard this and said nothing more.

Jia Qiang didn't explain much. It would be wrong if the two of them didn't even have this tacit understanding and trust.

After a while, Baochai also came back. After finding a chair and sitting down, everyone had some breakfast together with exquisite side dishes.

But most of them didn't eat much. Even Baoyu only ate half a cake and half a bowl of porridge.

Then watch someone eat with other sisters...

When Jia Qiang felt something was wrong and raised her head to look, she saw that each of the Jia sisters looked strange, and finally burst out laughing.

Tanchun exclaimed: "My dear, I often hear people say that the belly is as big as a cow, but I have never seen it seriously. I just saw it today."

Xiangyun laughed for a long time before regaining his composure. Hearing this, he laughed again and said, "Wouldn't it be better if you just say that you are a loser?"

Jia Qiang was not as knowledgeable as a little girl, and Daiyu also smiled and said nothing.

But Baochai smiled and said: "You say you don't have a heart, but you do have a heart. Although you have a heart, you don't know how to keep your mouth shut."

Xiangyun hurriedly apologized to Jia Qiang, saying: "Don't be upset, it's all my fault. I also know that the great generals in ancient times could eat a cow with one meal! It can be seen that Brother Qiang, you will definitely be a capable person in the future." The enemy’s general!”

Jia Qiang laughed and didn't say much. She raised the milk bowl Daiyu handed her and after drinking a large bowl, she stood up and said: "If you have any arrangements, just send someone to tell me and they will be done quickly." Come."

Daiyu smiled and said: "I know, just go about your serious business."

Jia Qiang didn't say much, nodded and smiled with everyone, and strode away.

After he left, Xiangyun said in frustration: "Brother Qiang must have annoyed me."

Daiyu hurriedly smiled and said: "What's the matter? If you can rest assured about this, how can you become a general? Yun'er shouldn't think too much."

Xiangyun couldn't figure it out: "Then why didn't he pay any attention to me?"

Daiyu sighed and said: "He must be doing sinful things again, so he won't let out his anger... When he comes back, he will talk to you and take care of you."

In her heart, she actually wished that Jia Qiang could be like Baoyu, putting down the heavy burden on her shoulders, and being able to be willful and stubborn for two days without thinking about anything, joking and joking with her sisters, being light and brisk.

But she also knew that this was extremely difficult.

Not only Jia Qiang is like this, but also her father Lin Ruhai, so why not?

well……

If tomorrow's banquet is just for her birth, Daiyu will not hold it in a big way, so as not to cause any trouble to Jia Qiang.

But since the old lady said it was to help Jia Qiang to socialize and make friends with family members and provide more support, then no matter what, she must prepare tomorrow's banquet well!

After the girls had packed up breakfast, Daiyu specially invited Youshi Heping'er, Baochai, Tanchun and others to discuss tomorrow's affairs together...

…

Daiyu asked people to arrange things for tomorrow at Ningguo Mansion. Jia Qiang went to the gate of the ancestral hall next to the West Road courtyard and also invited many people to discuss matters.

There are three nanmu chairs placed on the cobblestone corridor in front of the gate.

Except for Jia Dairu and Jia Daixiu, who each sat on one chair, the one in the middle was occupied by Jia Qiang.

In front of the three people, there were more than a hundred men from the Jia family's twelfth room in Beijing standing densely.

Of course, there are more than just these people in the Twelfth House of the Jia family, but these are the ones who are currently in Beijing and living in the Ningrong Second House of the Jia family.

There are also many Jia family members who have not been able to enjoy the glory of the Jia family for many years, but they have no integrity. Apart from worshiping their ancestors, they gradually don’t even move around during the New Year...

For such people, and they don't act in the name of Ning Rong's second house, no matter how strong Jia Qiang is, she won't call them to discipline them.

Among these hundreds of people, there are many who are impatient at this moment.

Led by Jia Chang and Jia Ling, recent members of Ningguo's family who once wanted to compete for the Ningguo Mansion's family property...

"What's the matter? You invited us here at any time of the year, and you didn't even give us a seat!"

"That's right, even if he inherits the title of Jue'er, what is his seniority? There are so many grandparents who have not yet sat down!"

"He really thinks he is a master..."

"With such great benefits, I don't even invite you to a banquet, let alone give me some money..."

"Money? What are you thinking about? Uncle Zhen's coffin is still being thrown at the family temple and no one is paying attention to it. I'm afraid the body will stink. Do you want to go to the family temple to accompany Uncle Zhen?"

Jia Qiang looked calm, looked at the sun, and calculated the time. It was roughly three quarters of a hour, and it had been less than half an hour since he asked Jia Yun to inform him.

After he said a few words to the two ancestors, he saw the two old men nodding in agreement, so he smiled, turned back and nodded to Jiao Da.

Jiao Da, who was usually taciturn as long as he didn't drink alcohol, actually looked very excited at the moment.

He took out a big drum by himself from behind the gate of the ancestral hall.

This big drum is not an ordinary folk drum, but a military drum.

He picked up two thick drumsticks and began to beat hard.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The sound of military drums echoed in the Jia ancestral hall. Jia Qiang supported Jia Dairu, and Daixiu and his elders stood up. He himself also stood up straight, standing solemnly.

This kind of movement soon made more than a hundred clan members feel solemn.

Even Jia Chang and Jia Ling, who danced the most happily, both kept their mouths shut.

After waiting for the sound of the drum, Jia Qiang looked at the hundreds of clan members in front of her and said in a clear voice: "Since Chengjue became the head of the Jia family, he has not met the clan members. It is not because of discord with the clan, but because he needs to make some preparations...

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"You still need to be prepared to meet your own people? Are you afraid that you have something wrong with you?"

"If you are not in the right position, how can you be innocent?"

Jia Chang and Jia Ling sang in harmony.

They consider themselves brothers of the same clan as Jia Qiang, and they are all older than Jia Qiang. Even if they complain a few times, Jia Qiang has already stolen their titles and family property, what will they dare to do to them?

But Jia Qiang didn't even look at them and just asked: "Where are the soldiers?"

When Jiao Da heard this, he suddenly beat the military drum and shouted the general's order: "Pass, personal soldiers!!"

After the order was given, twenty soldiers in full body armor and iron bulls like iron towers swarmed in from the outside.

They lined up with weapons and watched eagerly.

Tieniu stood next to Jia Qiang with a ferocious face, surprising Jia Dairu and Jia Daixiu.

Jia Qiang continued to speak: "What preparations should I make? Because I am not an outsider, and I know that most of the clan members are not living a good life, and they don't have any serious jobs to make a living. They all rely on the two houses to survive. A dignified prince.

Sun, idleness, such a spineless job is really useless."

If it weren't for the personal soldiers arrayed in formation and Tieniu controlling the scene like an evil ghost Rakshasa, I'm afraid the hundreds of tribesmen who were pointing their fingers at Ningrong's Second Mansion would have scolded them.

Jia Qiang looked around sarcastically, then chuckled and said: "So, these days, I have sent people to look at the land outside the city, and I am going to buy more big farms and orchards and leave them to you to manage. These farms and orchards
To be continued...