Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 297 Xichun: Rong Ge’er is so smart!
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"You go and stop him."

Lin Daiyu whispered an order.

Zijuan was helpless. How could I stop it?

But I have to obey the girl's orders.

"Uncle Rong, you also come to Xiangguo Temple to burn incense." Zijuan turned around, puffed out her chest to stop Jia Rong, with an expression as if she was ready to die.

"of course."

Seeing that Lin Daiyu was very shy, Jia Rong stopped chasing her and stopped to chat and laugh with Zijuan.

"How was it at the Lin residence?"

Seeing that Jia Rong did not continue to pursue her, Zijuan heaved a sigh of relief and said, "It's good, but... it's a bit boring."

Yes, there are too few people in the Lin Mansion.

Even though Lin Ruhai's two concubines came to Beijing, and five or six maids came to serve, it was still deserted. Moreover, everyone was unfamiliar with each other, and it was awkward to meet each other on weekdays, let alone talk and laugh.

"Haha."

Jia Rong stroked Zijuan's hair and said with a smile, "Are you lonely over there? Is there no one to play with you?"

Zijuan was startled and looked up at Jia Rong. He was actually touching me! I am your fiancée's maid, aren't you afraid?
"what happened?"

Jia Rong was puzzled when he saw Zijuan being angry for no apparent reason.

Your girl is mine now, won’t you be mine sooner or later?
Zijuan said with a straight face: "Master Rong, you are a little... rude and frivolous!"

"Nonsense," Jia Rong said seriously, "I have read the Book of Rites, how could I not know what is rude and frivolous? You are a little girl who has not even read the Four Books and Five Classics, how can you understand what is frivolous?"

Zijuan: “…”

"Uncle Rong, I was wrong."

"Well, it's okay as long as you know you're wrong."

"Tell your daughter later that I have arranged everything. Your room is the second one on the west side."

"Uncle Rong, where is your room?"

"Mine is in the first room on the west side. I arranged it this way just to protect you and your servant. After all, this is not home. You must pay attention to safety at all times."

Zijuan: “…”

That makes sense!

There is no way to refute it.

……

Soon, the group arranged their rooms and agreed to go out to see the lotus pond.

The lotus pond in Xiangguo Temple is very large, and the West Wing occupies a corner of the pond. It is now early May, and the time when the lotus leaves have just begun to show their pointed tips has passed. The large lotus leaves are like green oil-paper umbrellas, covering the entire lotus pond, and occasionally a few flower buds poke out of the water, ready to bloom.

"What a big lake! Much bigger than ours." Xichun sighed and said to Lin Daiyu, "Sister Lin, how does this compare to the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou?"

"I don't know." Lin Daiyu shook her head.

"Why?" Xichun was puzzled.

"Because I have never been to the Slender West Lake." After saying this, Lin Daiyu glared at Jia Rong. The last time they went back to Yangzhou, she had intended to visit the world-famous Slender West Lake, but the abominable Rong was out all day and didn't take her to play at all.

"Oh, then let's ask Rong Ge'er to take us out to play next time." Xichun said casually.

"It's hard to say." Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "I'm afraid they are too busy to take us there."

"Ahem, I'm free." Jia Rong said hurriedly, "Before, I didn't want to delay my studies. From now on...if you want to go to Jiangnan for fun, I will ask my grandfather and ancestors. If they allow it, it's not impossible."

Three years of mourning.

I have nothing to do at home, so of course I want to go around and see the beautiful scenery of Daxia.

"real!?"

Everyone was extremely happy, especially Jia Tanchun, whose eyes lit up.

She wanted to see her hometown Jinling, which she had never seen before. She wanted to see the willow-covered bridges, the green curtains, and the 100,000 houses in the Jiangnan water town. She wanted to see the solitary smoke rising in the desert and the setting sun over the long river...

It’s a pity that she is a girl after all.

Even though I can go around with Rong Ge'er and enjoy the beautiful scenery now, I still have to get married in the future.

Woohoo, I envy Sister Lin, Baoqin.

"Tan girl, you are happy one moment and sad the next. What are you thinking about?" Lin Daiyu gently pushed Jia Tanchun and asked with a smile. Tanchun said, "I miss you. When will you come to our house?"

Lin Daiyu immediately thought of the four words "welcoming the bride" and blushed unconsciously.

"Hey Sister Lin, I just asked you when you will come to our house to play, why are you blushing?" Tanchun said with a smile.

"Bah, you're the one who's blushing!" Lin Daiyu reached out and pinched Tanchun's waist.

"Ouch." Tanchun rubbed her waist and said to Jia Rong, "Lin girl is bullying aunt, Rong brother, please take care of her."

"Ah? This..."

Jia Rong looked at Lin Daiyu's eyes and felt a little hesitant.

Xichun suddenly clapped her hands and said, "I have an idea."

Tanchun: "What?"

Xichun said, "I knew we were going to the lotus pond, so I asked them to prepare fishing rods. Let's have a fishing competition! Whoever catches the most fish wins, and the loser can be punished."

"Yes you can!"

Tanchun felt that she would not lose, at least not to Lin Daiyu.

"Okay, let's compete."

Although Lin Daiyu is not very good at fishing, she thinks Tanchun probably doesn't know how to fish either, so there is no way she can lose to her.

Yingchun suddenly said, "This is Xiangguo Temple. Fishing here is not a good idea, right?"

Everyone was a little hesitant after hearing this.

Yeah, it’s not a good place to fish, right?
Jia Rong smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. We can release the fish after we catch them. Isn't that good?"

Xichun's eyes lit up.

"Brother Rong is really smart, that's it!"

"Haha."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "How about taking me with you in the fight to win or lose? Don't worry, I've been concentrating on studying these years, and I'm not very good at fishing, so I might end up at the bottom of your group."

Everyone knew that Jia Rong only knew how to read and had never fished, so they were relieved.

"Well, you're one."

"If you lose, we will each assign you a task, how about that?" Tanchun said with a smile.

"Okay, but if my nephew wins by chance..."

"Then each of us aunts will promise you one thing." Xichun spoke on behalf of all the aunts.

"it is good!"

Jia Rong held out his hand: "Words are not enough, let's shake hands and swear an oath."

"Crack, snap, snap."

Finished high-fiving the aunts.

Jia Rong smiled happily.

The other aunts are fine, but the important thing is that Aunt Lin promised me something, which is very rare.

hey-hey……

Do you want to use it tonight?

"Game start!"

At Siqi's command, everyone got busy.

Yingchun was in a group with Siqi, Tanchun was in a group with Shishu, Xichun was in a group with Ruhua, and Daiyu was in a group with Zijuan. They all seemed quite skilled, and they must have tried it in the garden before.

Jia Rong is in his own group.

But he didn't panic at all.

He first quietly threw the bait into the water in front of him while no one was paying attention, and then he calmly held up the fishing rod and began to sit on the fishing platform.

……

"Those bastards from the Jinyiwei are really outrageous. I must kill them!" In a famous opera troupe in Kyoto, Liu Xianglian dressed up as a woman and said with gritted teeth.

(End of this chapter)