Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 48: Fame and Success
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Grandmother Jia really didn’t expect this!

Granddaughter Daiyu had lived in the East Palace for a few months. On the first day she came back, she had a huge fight with Baoyu.

And this time Daiyu is not "fighting alone", she actually has a powerful helper by her side - a proud and arrogant rich girl!

He is not tall, but his eyes are very high.

She even didn't take her big Baoyu seriously and said some frivolous words like "throw the Baoyu".

In this regard, Jia's mother did not want to say anything.
She was even too lazy to discipline Xichun.

Because Xichun was obviously spoiled by Jia Jing.

But she has to take care of her granddaughter Daiyu!
Don't let others lead you astray!
Everyone tried to comfort him in a panic for a long time, and Jia Baoyu, who had been crying loudly, finally stopped crying. However, he was still sobbing and unhappy, so Jia's mother ordered Yuanyang to call Lin Daiyu over.

Lin Daiyu's eyes were red, obviously she had been crying.

Grandmother Jia held Lin Daiyu's hand lovingly and said earnestly, "Baoyu is a very filial and obedient child, and you are also a sensible and well-behaved girl. You two have been close since childhood. It's okay if you quarrel today and make peace tomorrow, but you are not allowed to bear grudges or anything like that. It will make people laugh at you."

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu bowed and said, "My dear sister, I shouldn't have said that. I shouldn't have made you angry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Jia Baoyu kept saying sorry hundreds of times.

Lin Daiyu tilted her head and ignored him.

Mrs. Wang, who was standing by, felt very uncomfortable seeing Baoyu being so humble, and she disliked Lin Daiyu even more.

Grandmother Jia knew that Daiyu was shy, so she held Daiyu's hand with one hand and Baoyu's hand with the other, and said with a loving smile: "You two little enemies, for the sake of me, an old woman, please don't make trouble today. Let's have a good drink and have fun tonight!"

Jia Baoyu clapped his hands happily.

"Sister Lin, can we still be the same as before?"

Lin Daiyu raised her eyes.

"What happened before?"

Baoyu said: "Play together, eat together, and study together."

"Good! Good!" Jia's mother smiled and said, "That's exactly what we should do!"

Lin Daiyu suddenly chuckled.

"Okay, I'm going to study then."

"I am coming too!"

Baoyu hurriedly followed Lin Daiyu out.

Grandmother Jia was relieved to see that the two had finally reconciled.

She really worried about the two Yu'ers!
……

But Lin Daiyu, when she returned to her residence, took out all the articles such as "The Four Books and Five Classics with Zhu Xi's Annotations" that she had taken from Jia Rong and laid them out on the table one by one.

Xichun was helping to grind the ink.

Jia Baoyu, who followed in, was stunned.

"Sister Lin, what are you doing?"

Lin Daiyu didn't say anything either, she just concentrated on writing.

Xichun came forward, leaned against the table and said with a smile: "Whatever you say, Sister Lin is naturally writing articles about saints and sages."

Baoyu now disliked Xichun not at all and felt that she was an eyesore, so he frowned and said, "Saints' writings? What saints' writings?"

Xichun chuckled and said, "The writings of sages are the writings of sages. Don't you understand, second brother?"

Baoyu: "..."

As Baoyu stared in astonishment, Lin Daiyu had already lightly picked up her pen and dipped it in ink:
If words are not smooth, nothing will be accomplished.

Things cannot be accomplished against their will, and the importance of correcting names is urgent!
If one acts based on words, but cannot seek things from words, isn't that a waste of time?
He can write an eight-part essay with ease.

Jia Baoyu took several steps back with thumps.

How long has it been since we last met?

The fairy-like Lin Daiyu actually learned to write eight-part essays? !

"Sister Lin, you!"

"Why do you write these bullshit articles?"

Lin Daiyu smiled.

"Because...I like it!"

Xichun followed with a smile and said, "Yes, Sister Lin likes it."

"Brother Bao, as the saying goes, 'People with different ideals cannot work together.' If you don't like this, you can leave here. We are not stopping you."

Jia Baoyu was angry and pointed at Xichun!

"Why should I leave!"

"This is my home, you are the one who should leave!"

"Your home?" Xichun chuckled, "Who cares! Sister Lin, let's go."

"Sister Lin, you are not allowed to leave!" Jia Baoyu jumped out and blocked her way.

He had just reconciled with Lin Daiyu today, so how could he let her go to that place of greed and deceit again?

Lin Daiyu sneered, "If you chase Sister Xichun away, you are chasing me away. We won't be such bad guests anymore!"

As they talked, they turned around and started packing their things.

Baoyu realized that he had said something wrong, stood there blankly for a while, and then started crying again.

"I'm going to find my ancestors!"

"Woooooooo..."

As Baoyu spoke, he ran towards Jia's grandmother's courtyard.

Zijuan said cautiously: "Miss, are we really going over there again? The old ancestor's place..."

Amber smiled and said, "We will listen to Grandpa when we get there. Grandpa is our girl's uncle. Grandpa is willing to stay for a few years, not to mention a few months."

Xichun said: "Zijuan, you are not as good as Amber. Your girl must have her reasons for wanting to go somewhere."

Zijuan said hurriedly: "The fourth lady is right, I was the one who said too much."

……

Let’s talk about Jia Rong. He hurried all the way to the Imperial Examination Hall, but found that there were not many people coming.

It seemed that everyone was drunk and partying yesterday.

"Jia case first."

"Mr. Jia, please..."

"Jia Anshou is extremely talented and deserves to be the first in the college examination essay. We all look up to him."

As the top official in Kyoto and the first place winner in the academy examination, Jia Rong's future was naturally favored by many people, and several of them had already come to flatter him in advance.

Jia Rong returned the gifts one by one.

Neither distant nor too close.

Soon, almost all the candidates for this subject's examination had arrived, and three hundred people gathered together.

There are young talents who are about the same age as Jia Rong, as well as elderly men with big beards and white hair.

The Four Heroes of Xishan... Jia Rong, Xie Jiwen, Song Yu, and Ye Mengshu got together and talked about how they had been living a carefree life after passing the imperial examination.

Ye Mengshu said: "I have been reading with Brother Xie at night these past two days, and I feel that I have gained a lot."

Xie Jiwen smiled and said, "I am the same!"

Jia Rong asked suspiciously, "Why are you still reading at night? What do you do during the day?"

Xie Jiwen smiled and waved his fan: "Why ask? During the day, he would listen to music in the brothel."

Ye Mengshu smiled and said, "You may not know yet, but now Miss Lili from Jinxiangyuan can also write sage articles."

Song Yu smiled and said, "I have been studying hard recently, but I have also heard that many famous prostitutes are proud of being able to write eight-part essays, and even their value has doubled because of this!"

Jia Rong: “…”

"Shunzhi, what have you been doing these past two days? Have you been secretly studying hard at home?"

"No." Jia Rong shook his head and said, "I have been too lazy these past two days and haven't read a single word."

Xie Jiwen smiled and said, "May I ask how to indulge?"

"You've had too much to drink, okay?"

"Hehehe...who are you trying to fool?"

"I believe in indulging myself with the pretty girl."

"Ha ha……"

As a few people were chatting and laughing, Zhou Zhengguan strode into the hall.

Everyone stood up and greeted.

"teacher."

Zhou Zheng nodded, and without further ado, he directly flipped over a question from the Four Books and handed out the test paper for a re-examination.

One stick of incense per hour.

The main thing is to compare the notes with the college examination paper. As long as the essay is not too bad, it will not be a blemish for the candidates.

By noon, all the students handed in their test papers. Zhou Zhengguan and the two imperial censors took a quick look and found no problems.

Several clerks began to fill out documents for everyone and register them. Later, they would report them to the provincial school as an important resume for everyone in the future.

From now on, all scholars with achievements can go to the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Daxia, and they will be respected wherever they go.

Wearing a silk shirt, a square scarf, and a flower-studded hairpin, he rode a horse across the street to pay homage to Confucius. The tedious procedure lasted until sunset.

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(End of this chapter)