dream of red mansion

Chapter 411 Yuan Cheng
"Okay, the two of you are good to take care of the second uncle, I will go back and help the grandma take care of it..."

In Jia Qing's bedroom in Ning'an Hall, after taking off Jia Qing's shoes, Mrs. Qin took a careful look at Jia Qing's drunken face, and then said to Xieluan Peifeng next to her.

Just now, when they "carried" Jia Qing back, Jia Qing seemed to recognize him, and only leaned on Qin Keqing with his whole body. In desperation, she had to be the main force to carry him.When they got to the house, Qin Keqing decided to be a good person to the end, and helped Xie Luan and her husband to do the work of sleeping...

Moreover, Xie Luan and the two of them still dare not compete with her... As a junior, it is also part of Qin's duty to do these things.

Seeing Qin Keqing get up, Xie Luan and other maids responded quickly, and then Xie Luan sent Qin Keqing and her maids out.

"Second Master smells of alcohol all over his body now, wipe him off first before going to bed."

After re-entering the door, seeing Mu Ping'er helping Pei Feng and the two ready to cover Jia Qing with a quilt, she said.Only then did Peifeng stop their movements, and Mu Pinger went out to ask the maids outside to bring in hot water.

"I don't know how much the second master just went out to drink, how did he become so drunk?" Peifeng muttered looking at Jia Qing who was drunk and unconscious on the bed.

Xieluan said with a smile: "Second Master never likes to drink outside, but just now the Second Master in the West Mansion came over in person, and the Second Master did not want to be negligent, so he went out to meet. If it is such a happy day today, Second Master is indeed You should have a few more drinks."

After hearing this, Pei Feng smiled and said, "That's right. From today on, the second master has been promoted again! By the way, what rank is a first-class general?"

"I heard from the wives outside that it looks like a first-rank official!"

"Yipin!" The corners of Peifeng's mouth opened.

"Second Master is still a first-rank official at such a young age, how can he get it in the future?" Peifeng heard about it in operas, and knew that first-rank is the biggest official, as if Zaifu was a first-rank official
After hearing this, Xie Luan couldn't help looking at Jia Qing who was half turned over on the bed in a daze.

They were bought into the Ningguo Mansion as maidservants since they were young. Their parents and relatives had long since disappeared, and they did not read books. They devoted all their attention to serving Jia Qing. Their understanding of the officialdom was only hearsay.How do they know that the rank of title is different from that of official rank!
In the officialdom, the first rank of the official crushes people to death, but the importance of the title varies from person to person.
After a while, Lian'er came in with a few maidservants carrying two basins of hot water and a clean body. The two daughters brought back their thoughts and wiped Jia Qing's sweat-prone body parts with her own hands. During the whole process, Jia Qing let them be at the mercy of the maids, it seemed that he was really drunk to death.
It took a while to pack up, and Lian'er ordered all the things and utensils to be withdrawn.

Now that Jia Qing has moved into Ning'an Hall, not to mention other attached courtyards and other courtyards, just the main courtyard, the large and small houses are much more spacious than Yipin Hall!
Therefore, as the veteran maids around Jia Qing, the four former little maids, Jin, Ping, Mei, and Lian, were all promoted to big maids by Jia Qing.In addition, after Jia Qing entered Ning'an Hall, all the women who were not required to be qualified by women were moved to the side, and those capable maids were promoted.
What is a capable maid?
According to those who are interested, these capable maids all have one characteristic, that is, they are born better than others.
You must know that Ning'an Hall has hundreds of people in the inner courtyard alone, and there are sixty to seventy maids, big and small (the inner courtyard has many maids), and now, the maids in the main courtyard are only There are more than 30.The four servant girls, Jin, Ping, Mei, and Lian, are in high positions based on their seniority and are in charge of scheduling.

It was already late at night, and Xie Luan and others closed the door and went to sleep soon after finishing the packing.
Slowly, the entire Ning'an Hall fell silent.

Suddenly, a pair of eyes suddenly opened in the dark night, with the cunning joke of the cheetah hunting its prey, and quickly locked on to the target in the house.

Quietly got out of bed and walked over, looking at the person who seemed to be about to fall into a deep sleep on the small bed, the expression in the eyes of the figure in the dark was full of undisguised pride
Xie Luan had a dream tonight. In the dream, her naughty second master was playing tricks on her again. Naturally, she was "struggling desperately", and then took herself out of the dream.With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he thought about it for a while, and when he licked his lips, he realized that he was a little thirsty, so he resisted opening his eyes, and after a while, he opened his eyes and sat up, ready to get out of bed and pour some tea to moisturize voice
A strange sound faintly coming from the night caught her attention.These fragments of sound are intermittent, seeming to be distant yet approaching, high-spirited yet low-pitched.
Xie Luan listened calmly, and found that the sound was similar to the "mouse gnawing the foot of the bed" heard the night before, but it seemed a little different.

Xie Luan got out of bed and was about to go into the inner room to have a look, because she heard that the voice was coming from inside!
It's just that she didn't know what she was thinking about, but she didn't turn on the light. She just stepped on her embroidered shoes and walked slowly into the room under the faint moonlight shining into the room through the thin window paper.

May is rainy and sunny, the plums are fat, and the apricot blossoms blow away the swallows

The time has come for the green tuan fan, the newly cut white ramie clothes for ladies and gentlemen

The demure and comfortable days always pass quickly, and it is midsummer again in a blink of an eye.

Midsummer is a season full of poetry and picturesque.

It is neither as gentle as water in early summer, nor as passionate as fire in midsummer. It has a unique fragrance of light summer, and releases its charm like everyone who loves it.

"Baoyu, run slowly and fall carefully!"

Within the two mansions of Ningrong and Rong, Jia's family planning garden for the concubine Yuan has basically been completed.Today, it was Mrs. Jia's mother Shi who suddenly became interested and brought the young masters and ladies of Jia's mansion to visit the garden.

As the eldest mistress of Rongguo Mansion, Li Wan's duty is to take care of the sisters and brothers in the family.Therefore, when he saw Jia Baoyu running and jumping as a guide for everyone, he couldn't help but reminded him aloud.

Jia Mu led a large group of people, and said, "Slow down, it's no fun to fall!"

Jia Baoyu didn't care about it, but turned around and smiled at everyone.In the end, he didn't run any further, but waited for everyone to come over.

"Old Ancestor, look quickly, Qinfang Pavilion is in front of you!"

Jia Baoyu pointed to a four-cornered pavilion built in front of the water and said with a smile.

Li Wan and the others looked up and saw an exquisite pavilion standing on a water system branching from Qinfang River, connecting the two places.

Everyone was delighted to see it.

Walking closer, I saw this pavilion built near the water, surrounded by white stones, surrounded by the edge of the pool, with three arches of stone bridges, with beast faces and beautiful shadows, just like a Qiongge.

"This pavilion is very nice." Mother Jia said after looking at it for a while.

Mrs. Wang saw that Mrs. Jia wanted to come here, so she said with a smile: "The old lady has been away for half a day, why don't we take a rest here, and take advantage of the cool breeze on the water to get rid of the heat."

Jia Mu also had this intention, so she took everyone in.The maids and women put cushions on the wooden benches in advance, and Mrs. Jia Muwang waited to sit, because there was water outside the pavilion, so they leaned against each other, and a slight cool breeze blew on their backs, and it was really hard to walk out just now. The summer heat has gone a lot.

"What's the name of this pavilion?"

"Go back to the old lady, called 'Qin Fang Ting'."

"Who got the name?"

"It's brother Qing."

Mother Jia nodded, and said again: "So, the places we've seen all the way are all named by Brother Qing?"

Mrs. Wang laughed and said: "No, most of the pavilions and halls here are inscribed by Baoyu, and only a few are inscribed by Brother Qing."

Jia's mother was slightly surprised, and looked at Jia Baoyu, Jia Baoyu smiled, with a little smug look in his eyes.

It turned out that when Jia Zheng saw that the garden was completed the day before yesterday, he went into the garden to inspect it, and he was naturally very satisfied with the result.It's just that I saw that the scenery, pavilions and pavilions in the garden were not named, so I sent someone to call Jia Qing to discuss the naming issue.

Although Jia Qing didn't really want to steal Jia Baoyu's limelight, he deserved the title of the garden at this time, and no one else, including Jia Zheng, would dare to overstep his authority, so he followed Jia Zheng while watching Temporarily draw up a name for each place.

Jia Qing didn't try to be unconventional, and falsified Jia Baoyu's title of the garden at will.First, he wanted to restore the Grand View Garden in his memory as perfectly as possible. Second, he had to say that although Jia Baoyu didn't like to study, he was quite accomplished in such elegant things as poetry and music, and he could be regarded as an elegant person. The names he originally decided were novel and appropriate.

Therefore, Jia Qing did not change such an important place name as Qinfangting.

I don't want to just look at a few places, and someone will come and say, "People from Xiuguo's mansion are here to invite you."

Jia Qing had to go.

It's just that Jia Qing was afraid that Jia Zheng would bring his scavengers to come up with some "nonsense" names, and he would not be able to refute Jia Zheng's face by then.Therefore, before leaving, he proposed to Jia Zheng:

Brother Bao's knowledge has improved a lot recently, why doesn't Second Uncle call him in, since Brother Bao, as the older sister's younger brother, is the most suitable name for the scenery in the garden.Secondly, Second Uncle can also take the opportunity to test the teacher, wouldn't it be good?
Jia Zheng originally wanted to discuss this matter after Jia Qing came back. After all, Jia Qing led the construction of the garden, and he was not good at self-discipline.Hearing Jia Qing's words, he was immediately moved, and it was Jia Qing's own suggestion, so he accepted it.

Unexpectedly, after this trial, I discovered that Jia Baoyu is quite talented in this way, but he seems not to be inferior to Jia Qing. Three or four points.
Not much gossip.

It only said that Jia Mu and others were sitting in the Qinfang Pavilion to rest in the cool, and gossiping, when suddenly they heard the maids say: "The Second Master Qing is here."

And take the initiative to get out of the way.

"Grandson heard that the ancestor came out to visit the garden today, and grandson came here to escort him."

Sure enough, after the maids and wives stepped aside, a vigorous figure walked in quickly, bowed to Mother Jia and bowed.

Jia Baoyu next to him was holding a bag of bait and feeding the fish in the pond with Lin Daiyu.Hearing Jia Qing's voice, he immediately left Daiyu behind, walked over to help Jia Qing up, and said with a smile: "I was planning to have someone call you, but you came unexpectedly."

Jia Qing was a little wary of Jia Baoyu's sudden "intimate" attitude towards him, so he inadvertently pushed his hand away and said: "Then thank you, Brother Bao, for remembering, unlike the old ancestor, I was always thinking of ways Filial piety, it's fun, don't call me."

Jia Mu pretended to be angry and said: "You still blame me? I don't think that if you are busy all day long, you are such a naughty ghost. I will take you with you wherever you go. It can relieve boredom and give us Is it not good to run errands and wait on you? If you really want to, then I will call you here every now and then to see what you can do."

Jia Qing quickly surrendered and said: "Don't be angry, old ancestor. It was my grandson talking nonsense. Old ancestor, you have a lot of adults, so don't take it to heart."

Mother Jia looked at Jia Qing for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that you are also a good talker, but you are not really filial! When you heard that I was going to hold you, your face turned pale with fright."

Jia Qing just gave a sly smile and didn't dare to answer.

So Li Wan said with a smile: "Even if he is willing to serve the old lady all day long, the old lady will not be willing. The old lady loves him so much, and he has something to do outside, how can he be willing to hold him all the time and not let him go back to rest?" reason."

"Look, he doesn't understand me like you do. When he heard that I wanted to command him, he acted like that. It made people angry and funny."

Jiamu said crookedly.

Jia Qing wanted to say a few more words, but Jia Baoyu didn't want Jia Qing to speak vernacular here again, so he pulled him aside with all his strength, and the sisters looked at the place where fish and water were seen, and asked with a smile: "Tell me, why don't you talk about this place?" Did you remember this name? I visited this garden secretly before, and I also thought about the names of these places secretly. I also thought about it at night when I went back. In the end, I also felt that the word "Qinfang" could not be used here. Do your best!
Tell me quickly, how on earth did you want to go with me? "

Only then did Jia Qing understand the reason why Jia Baoyu suddenly became intimate with him. Could it be that because he embezzled his "creative idea", he was introduced as a confidant instead?
"Well, the so-called hero sees the same thing, and I think it's the truth!" Jia Qing said carelessly, not wanting to discuss this topic in depth.

But Jia Baoyu believed it was true, and this sentence "heroes see the same thing" really spoke to his heart.

It was only yesterday that he found out that it was recommended by Jia Qing that he was able to enter the garden the day before yesterday to show off his skills, and he was grateful at that time.That's right, gratitude.

As he said, he visited the garden a few days before it was about to be completed, and secretly thought of a lot of good names that he thought were a match made in heaven!

Just as he was worried that his names could not be implemented, and that these good places would be polluted with common names by those outsiders, he was suddenly summoned by Jia Zheng to enter the garden to inscribe names for various places.
He thought it was God's will!
It is God's will that his good names can be implemented smoothly.

It was later discovered that it was Jia Qing's fault.What's more, even those few places that I didn't go that day were not named by those Lu Xie, but by Jia Qing.

The most important thing is that when he got these names from other places, he couldn't calm down deeply.
(End of this chapter)