Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 63 Lin Daiyu: Aren’t your aunts a bit too much?
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The sun sets in Xichun’s yard.

A few people ordered a table of delicious dishes and two pots of fruit wine.

Jia Rong drank a full cup and said, "Aunts, I have good news for you."

Xichun's eyes lit up: "What?"

There was a hint of doubt in Lin Daiyu's eyes. She was not sure whether the good news about her nephew was real good news or just mixed news.

Xiangyun chuckled and said, "What good news? Is Rong going to get married?"

Lin Daiyu: "Puff, cough cough..."

Xichun smiled and clapped her hands: "Haha, it's really a good thing!"

Jia Rong smiled lightly.

"There's no rush to get married."

"I will be heading south to Jinling in two days."

Xiangyun said with a smile, "There are so many beauties in Jinling. 'Mists shroud the cold water, moonlight shrouds the sands. I moor at Qinhuai near a tavern at night~'!"

"Ha ha……"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Uncle has the stick ready. Do you want to taste it yourself?"

"What?" Jia Rong was puzzled and smiled, "Please forgive my nephew for being so stupid that I cannot understand Aunt Lin's deep meaning."

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "Nephew, you are putting on makeup again!"

Is there anything else you don’t understand?

Xichun blinked and asked in confusion, "Sister Lin, you can't blame Rong'er. I don't quite understand what it means. Sister Yun said, 'Smoke shrouds the cold water, the moon shrouds the sand, and we moor at Qinhuai near the tavern at night.' Isn't it a poem? What's wrong with it?"

"Ah, this..."

Xiangyun thought for a moment and said seriously, "I don't understand either, Sister Lin. Why did Grandpa prepare a stick?"

Lin Daiyu: "..."

Okay, okay, you all don’t understand, right!
Then I have to...

"I don't understand either!"

Lin Daiyu said seriously.

Xichun was even more confused, and asked with wide eyes: "I don't understand, what are you talking about?"

Everyone: "..."

Xiangyun smiled and said, "We were just talking casually. Rong'er, what are you going to do in Jinling? Studying?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Traveling to study, and by the way... maybe we need to bring an aunt to Beijing."

Lin Daiyu frowned and asked, "Where did you get another aunt? And one from Jinling?"

Is your aunt a bit much?
Jia Rong said seriously: "An aunt from the Xue family should be Aunt Bao's cousin."

Xichun immediately said with a stern face: "Rong'er, how can you recognize relatives randomly? How can they be called aunts?"

Can an aunt recognize anyone casually?

Lin Daiyu said: "Brother Rong, are you addicted to recognizing your aunt? Seeing a beautiful woman..."

Lin Daiyu suddenly stopped halfway through her sentence!

Jia Rong asked, "Go on?"

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "...What? What did I say?"

Jia Rong asked, "Beauty?"

Lin Daiyu said, "Eyebrows? Oh, I did draw my eyebrows today."

Jia Rong: "Really? Let me see."

Lin Daiyu pushed Jia Rong who was trying to get closer.

"go with!"

Xichun: "Hehe, has Sister Lin painted her eyebrows?"

"I'll take a look too."

Xiangyun also wanted to come closer to take a look.

"What are you looking at!"

Lin Daiyu reached out and tickled Xiangyun's armpits twice.

"Ah ha ha!"

"Cuckoo..."

Several people were making a lot of noise. …

There was no talking all night, and the next morning.

Qingwen had finished washing and dressing early. She had a beautiful double bun on her head with a silver hairpin inserted in it. She had a delicate little face, a light green skirt, a blue satin jacket, and deerskin boots. At first glance, she didn't look like a maid, but rather a young lady from a wealthy family.

Today she was going to go out with Jia Rong to watch the dragon boat race, so naturally she had to dress up carefully.

As for Xiaoxiao, she stayed at home to watch the house.

It’s not that Jia Rong favors one over the other, but Xiaoxiao will go south with Jia Rong in a few days, so he won’t bring her to join in the fun this time, and will take Qingwen out to relax.

Jia Rong had already gotten up and finished writing an article. His thoughts were always clearer in the morning, and he completed a wonderful piece of art in just one stick of incense.

"Master, have you finished writing?"

"All right."

When Jia Rong got up, his hair was still loose.

I have to say that having long hair in summer is really uncomfortable, but there is no other way. I dare not have short hair. I can only cut it a little bit shorter!
"Today, will you just wear your hair in a bun?"

"Just keep it simple."

"it is good!"

Qingwen was very skillful and had it done in a short time.

Jia Rong looked in the mirror.

so perfect!

I'm afraid people will laugh at me if I tell you the truth.
Jia Rong is afraid that God will be jealous!
Give him the whole story of being a beautiful woman with a tragic fate.

"gone."

Jia Rong took a fan and walked out. It was so hot without a fan. Qingwen also took one and followed Jia Rong.

Just as they reached the gate of the courtyard, Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and Xichun happened to come over.

Jia Rong looked at Lin Daiyu with particular attention and asked with a smile, "Did the little aunt draw her eyebrows today?"

Lin Daiyu glanced at Jia Rong sideways, gritted her teeth and said, "Don't mind your own business, aunt."

Xiangyun urged, "Brother Rong, let's go quickly. If it's too late, we won't be able to see the dragon boats."

What are you looking at?

How fun it is to watch dragon boat races!
Jia Rong looked up at the fiery red morning glow in the sky and frowned slightly.

"rest assured."

"Dragon boat racing lasts all day long."

"It just seems like it's going to rain today!"

"Is there going to be rain?" Xichun was stunned for a moment, looked at the sky and said, "Does Rong Ge'er know how to predict rain?"

Xiangyun smiled and said, "I know that morning glow does not leave the house, but evening glow can travel a thousand miles, right?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Ms. Yun is indeed well-read and applies what she has learned. She is not just reading books blindly."

"Haha, it's nothing, I just happened to meet you." Xiangyun waved her hand and smiled softly: "And it was Brother Rong who reminded me."

……

Qingyun Lake is located 20 miles south of Kyoto. It is the largest lake near Kyoto. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, official and private dragon boat teams hold grand dragon boat races here.

The prefect will also have fun with the people here, and will also host a banquet for the top three dragon boat teams.

This year's event seemed to be much more lively than in previous years. The south bank of Qingyun Lake was already crowded with people early in the morning, and all kinds of carriages and sedan chairs were parked for more than ten miles along the lakeshore.

"Grandfather, the dragon boat race in Kyoto is still not as good as ours in Jinling."

In a carriage that was not luxurious, and even a little too plain, Li Chun looked at the lively scene outside and smiled gently.

"Oh, what's wrong?"

Li Minzhi took a look and asked.

Li Qing smiled and said, "It's lively, but it lacks some culture after all. It's too boring."

"Every Dragon Boat Festival in Jinling, there must be a literary gathering. We invite the most popular courtesans to write poems or essays. Everyone drinks, listens to music, talks and laughs, writes and paints. That's the artistic conception. The dragon boat race is actually secondary."

"From this we can see that the literary style of Jiangbei is a little worse than our Jiangnan style."

Is it more than just a little bit different?
Li Minzhi said calmly, "It's just a difference in customs between the two places. There's no need to distinguish between the high and low."

Li Chun smiled: "Grandfather is right."

At this time, the Shuntian prefect on the stage came over with a smile, bowed and said: "Teacher, I have been waiting for you to come. Since I received your letter, I have been unable to sleep all night."

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(End of this chapter)