Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 236: Angry Madam Wang
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Jia Baoyu was beaten really badly this time and almost looked like Master Zhen.

Grandmother Jia felt both distressed and angry.

Doesn’t her younger son listen to her anymore?

How could she beat her precious grandson into this state?

Grandmother Jia hurriedly called Jia Zheng over and scolded him harshly, "Baoyu is well-behaved and filial. He just went out to play at night. How can you not allow him to go out when he is so old? Why did you do such a cruel thing? Do you want Baoyu to be half-dead like Zhen'er in the East Palace so that you can be happy..."

Grandmother Jia's saliva was flying all over Jia Zheng's face.

Jia Zheng nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Madam, I know I was wrong. I will never hit Baoyu again."

Seeing that her youngest son admitted his mistake obediently, Grandmother Jia nodded in relief.

In fact, all she wanted was Jia Zheng's attitude. As long as Jia Zheng continued to obey her, that would be enough.

"That's all, go back."

"Baoyu has only been taken care of for at least a hundred days. You are too cruel."

At one point, Jia Zheng returned to his own courtyard, regretting that he had beaten him so harshly last night, when he suddenly saw his elder brother Jia She coming over.

When Jia She saw him, he patted Jia Zheng on the shoulder and laughed, "Second brother, you did a good job!"

"A playboy like Baoyu who has no knowledge and no skills will sooner or later bring disaster to our family's reputation as a scholarly family. It is not too much to beat him to death. At the very least, he should be beaten so hard that he cannot get out of bed."

"Didn't you see how Dongfu Jing disciplined Zhen? It was because of this that Rong knew how to study hard since he was a child, and thus he was able to pass the imperial examination."

"As the saying goes, 'Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.' As long as you beat Baoyu to death, the younger generation will see it and naturally dare not imitate him. They will all know how to study hard."

The eldest master started talking incessantly again, spitting saliva all over the place. Jia Zheng nodded frequently and suddenly felt that what his eldest brother said made some sense.

Only by beating Baoyu severely can we make an example of him and let the younger generation know!
This is what happens if you don’t study!

As for Lady Jia's instructions, Jia Zheng gradually felt that... his mother was a little too narrow-minded and womanly.

If you don't beat an evil animal, how can it learn to study?

Don't know!
Just look at what Jia Baoyu did during this period and you will know.

So Jia Zheng shouted cruelly: "Someone come!"

A few servants came in hurriedly at the door.

"master."

Jia Zheng gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is that beast Baoyu?"

The servants hurriedly said, "He is recuperating in the backyard..."

Jia Zheng sneered, "It's better to take care of the illness and raise a playboy!"

"Drag him out and lock him up in the small dark room in the backyard. Keep him there for three days and see if that beast still dares not study hard!"

"Yes!"

The servants hurriedly agreed and ran outside.

"stop!"

Jia She suddenly spoke.

The servants shuddered, stopped, turned back to look at the master, and said with a bow, "Master, what do you want me to do with you?"

Jia Zheng thought his elder brother was going to plead for Baoyu, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, you don't have to plead for Baoyu. I have made up my mind this time!"

Jia She smiled slightly: "Second brother, you worry too much. How can I possibly plead for that beast?"

Jia Zheng: "..."

Jia She continued to say to the servant at the door: "If anyone dares to inform the old lady inside about this matter, I will personally break one of his legs and then sell him!"

The servants were extremely frightened and knelt on the ground and swore that they would not dare to speak any words inside. Then they went downstairs to ask for help.

……

Inside, Da Baoyu, lying on the sickbed, naturally had no idea that his misfortune was about to come again.

He even had some expectations. After all, every time he got beaten, his sisters would come to see him, so this time would be no exception, right?

At this time, all the maids in Jia Baoyu's yard were replaced except Xiren, who was given to him by his grandmother.

Mrs. Xing was the head of the household, and she sent some of the lazy, bad-tempered, and ugly maids in her house to Baoyu's courtyard. There were quite a dozen of them, and each of them thought she was Mrs. Xing's confidant, and they made a mess of Baoyu's courtyard.

Even though Xiren wanted to intervene, she didn't dare say anything because of Mrs. Xing's face, and could only let it go.

At this time, several fat girls were gambling in the house. One of them lost and refused to admit the loss. The other one who won of course would not give up. The two of them started to quarrel and overturned the table to the ground.

"Please be quiet, the Second Master is still lying on the bed!" Xiren came out and said with great dissatisfaction.

"What do you care?" One of the girls, whose waists were as big as buckets, stood up and glared at Xiren, saying, "The madam didn't say anything!"

"That's right!" Another girl, whose face was twice as big as Da Baoyu's, said with a giggle, "Second Master can't do without your position as Second Concubine. Who else is going to snatch it from you?"

There was also a petite girl with triangular eyes and pockmarks on her face who sneered, "You vixen, you still have the nerve to talk about us after having sex?"

Several maids were talking at the same time, which made Xiren so angry that her face turned pale and she went into the inner room crying.

Baoyu naturally heard the noise outside. At this time, he had completely forgotten the saying "unmarried daughters are pearls".

Like this group of girls outside, although they are not married yet, they clearly have dead fish eyes.

"Don't be angry with them. I'll just pretend that these maids don't exist, and you're the only one left." Baoyu said to Xiren to comfort her.

After all, he has a good temper. Although he has dead eyes, he still can't do anything to beat or punish the girl.

Xiren wiped her tears and said, "Second Master, please don't say that. If someone hears me, I will be wrong again."

"Okay, okay." Baoyu said hurriedly, "I'll just keep these words in my heart."

Or maybe Baoyu is very good at coaxing girls. With just a few words, he coaxed Xiren into serving him medicine obediently.

"Second Master, it's time to take medicine."

"Well, feed me."

"it is good……"

Just when the two were being affectionate, there was suddenly a noise in the yard. At first Baoyu thought that it was the maids making a fuss again, but when he listened carefully he actually heard a man's voice.

"Who's coming?"

Baoyu asked.

Xiren said, "I'll go out and take a look."

Just as I reached the door, several servants came in and said with a smile: "The master has ordered that you go to the small dark room in the backyard to reflect on yourself."

"Second Master, let's go."

Jia Baoyu was stunned.

He's been beaten like this, and he still has to go into the small dark room?
Are they your biological children?

Jia Baoyu quickly signaled to Xiren, hoping that she would go inside and tell the ancestor.

Several servants laughed and said, "The master said that if anyone dares to report the news, he will break one of his legs and sell him off!"

How could Xiren dare to tell the secret?

Especially since she originally thought that Baoyu needed to be taught a lesson by the master.

Therefore, she watched Baoyu being lifted off the sickbed by several servants and dragged out.

I said silently in my heart: Second Master, I am doing this for your own good.

……

Small Buddhist temple in the backyard.

Mrs. Wang had a rare moment of free time today, so instead of meditating inside, she went to bask in the sun in the yard.

Suddenly, she glanced through the gate and saw a group of people walking past the door.

(End of this chapter)