Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 263 Miss Lin randomly sends out nice people cards
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"Uh... this, absolutely not!"

Jia Rong said hurriedly.

Lin Daiyu asked, "I heard that you went out to see the lanterns together during the Lantern Festival and had fun all night?"

"It was my aunt who took us there."

Jia Rong said calmly.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Is Sister Bao coming with you?"

Jia Rong said, "She was worried about Baoqin, so she followed her."

Lin Daiyu nodded and said, "Thank goodness Sister Bao is here, otherwise Sister Baoqin would have no idea how she would have been bullied by you!"

Jia Rong: “Yes…No.”

"I'm not that kind of person!"

Lin Daiyu said, "This sentence would be more appropriate if we add one more word."

Jia Rong: "What?"

Lin Daiyu: “Really?”

Jia Rong: “…”

Seeing that Jia Rong seemed to be silent, Lin Daiyu suddenly couldn't bear it. She had come here today to comfort Rong'er, but now she was being petty and mocking him. This was really wrong.

After all, the master is seriously ill, so how could Rong Ge'er have the heart to play with himself?
Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu rarely gave in and comforted him, "Okay, I was just joking with you. You are a good person, a gentleman, okay?"

Jia Rong was just feeling a little guilty and was thinking about what to say, but unexpectedly Miss Lin gave him the good guy card, or the gentleman card at that.

Moving.

Miss Lin is really good at comforting people.

But Jia Rong felt that he was not worthy at all.

He is not worthy of the word gentleman.

However, Miss Lin was not so gentle as water very often. Jia Rong rarely enjoyed this opportunity, so he naturally did not want to ruin the atmosphere. He took her hand and said seriously: "I am lucky to have you in this life. As for the master's illness, you don't have to worry about it."

"Ok!"

Lin Daiyu actually wanted to ask who “we” were, but she couldn’t bear to leave the current atmosphere, so she forgot the slight jealousy and leaned lightly on Jia Rong.

"We will always be with you."

The two of them were bored for a while, and it was getting late.

Lin Daiyu took out some ornaments from her sleeves, including a purse, a sachet, and some accessories with tassels, and pushed them all to Jia Rong.

"this is for you."

Jia Rong put them into his sleeve. Over the years, Daiyu had given him some gifts. Although he didn't carry them with him often, he kept them well.

"Take a look at this too." Jia Rong also took out something, which was the diamond that Xue Ke gave him as a gift.

Although it is night, it is still as bright as stars.

Lin Daiyu looked at it and asked, "Where did it come from?"

Jia Rong said, "We don't have this in Daxia. Westerners use it and call it diamond."

"do you like it?"

Jia Rong said proudly.

"Ah……"

Lin Daiyu chuckled.

"I don't like it. It's a stinky Western thing. You can play with it yourself."

Jia Rong: “…”

Miss Lin, you are indeed different!

"If you don't want it, forget it. I'll keep it and sell it for money. I'll have enough to eat and drink for the rest of my life."

"Oh." Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "When did you become so good at taking care of your family?"

Jia Rong said seriously, "Are you going to get married? We will have children in the future, and I have to support the family."

Lin Daiyu felt embarrassed for a moment, but then she felt that what Jia Rong said made sense.

With a home comes responsibilities.

Don't be willful.

Rong Ge'er earns money to support the family.

I am responsible for taking care of the home, guarding the home, and managing the home.

"In that case, you can give it to me and I'll keep it."

Lin Daiyu stretched out her little hand.

"All right." Jia Rong took it out and placed it in Daiyu's palm, and then instructed her, "Keep it well, and don't give it to anyone as a reward."

Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes at Jia Rong and said, "You gave me something, when did I ever give it to anyone else... No! What did you give me?"

Jia Rong: “…”

"The pearl hairpin from that time?"

Lin Daiyu: "It seems like all the sisters have it!"

Jia Rong sweated for a moment, then suddenly had an idea and said, "Dowry."

This can't be the case for all sisters, right?
After hearing this, Lin Daiyu stopped pursuing the matter of the gift and stood up and said, "It's getting late. I'm going back."

Jia Rong held Daiyu and said, "Don't go back tonight. Stay here."

Lin Daiyu's face turned red with shame instantly.

The first thing that came to her mind was the story of Cui Yingying in The West Chamber.

She is not the type to stick to conventions, otherwise she wouldn't meet Jia Rong so often, but...

She would never dare to do the kind of things described in "The West Chamber".

"no!"

Lin Daiyu shook her head firmly without even thinking.

Jia Rong asked in confusion, "Why not? Don't you often live with your aunt? It's so late today, so you don't have to go back to the West Mansion, right?"

Ah, this...

Lin Daiyu was embarrassed for a moment.

It turned out that I was overthinking it.

Fortunately, it was dark, and Rong Ge'er probably couldn't see that she was blushing.

"I, I mean to go home and drop off the diamond first."

Jia Rong said, "You don't have to be so careful. It's hard to walk in the dark. You can go back and put it down tomorrow."

"Oh, I see."

The two of them walked out of the garden hand in hand.

Jia Rong escorted Daiyu to Xichun's courtyard, then called to Qingwen, who was holding a lantern in the distance, and said, "Let's go back, wash up and go to bed."

"it is good."

Qingwen nodded and said, "But I can't help you bathe tonight."

Jia Rong: "What?"

Qingwen shyly replied, "Because...it's not very convenient."

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Gongyuan, Mingde Tower.

Although it was late at night, most of the examiners in each room still hadn't rested. There was a delicious midnight snack on the table, so if you were hungry, you could just eat something. There were many responsible examiners who insisted on marking papers until dawn before taking a short nap, and the same thing happened the next day.

"Although marking papers is important, you can't overwork yourself. You all should make sure to rest." Wen Ting appeared in the lobby at the right time and said a few words of concern to everyone.

Everyone said, "It's not hard to select talents for the country."

Wen Ting smiled and nodded.

It's rare that the examiners of this spring examination are so attentive, which saves him a lot of effort.

I still remember the last time he was the chief examiner, which was more than ten years ago. The examiners under him were all listless. They examined the papers in the morning, had a drink at noon, took a nap in the afternoon, worked overtime at night, and the day was over.

As for not having enough time to finish reviewing?

nonexistent.

Just look at the first art to solve the problem. If you like the good ones, just read the rest. If you don’t like the good ones, just put them aside.

I can review a stack of papers in just a cup of tea.

This is why luck plays a big part in exams. No matter how brilliant your essay is, if you encounter a drunk examiner, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

However, this situation has become much less common in recent years.

Because of the new regulations of the imperial examinations, poor test papers would be distributed to the candidates who failed. If a candidate saw that he had worked hard for three years only to have the examiner only take a look at the first part of the test and did not even review the rest of the test, he would certainly be unwilling to accept this. Especially if such situations occurred frequently, the indignant candidates would easily gather together to cause trouble.

Although the court will not review the test papers for the sake of face.

However, the examiners will be scolded.

The reputation is ruined.

Therefore, in recent years, the examiners have been very serious and responsible. Even if the essays are written very badly, they will insist on marking all seven essays in the first round, unless the essay violates the format or contains taboos such as the emperor's name or temple name. In that case, they will not be reviewed further and will be hung on the wall for public display.

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(End of this chapter)