Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 82 Xichun: Ning Mansion only has one child, how can I not worry about him?
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Jia Rong picked up the painting and smiled.

You can tell at first glance that it was painted by Xichun. It’s a pretty good painting, with a handsome and elegant figure.

The silly young man sat drunkenly on a peony quilt, and the words were written by Aunt Lin.

Jia Rong has a few copies of Lin Daiyu's calligraphy, so he can recognize the handwriting.

Jia Rong took the painting and sat on a chair to admire it carefully...

I don’t know if this can be considered as self-admiration?
As he was admiring the painting, he suddenly heard voices outside. Jia Rong quickly took a book and put the painting in it.

Put it away.

"Sister Lin, come quickly."

Xichun had already pulled someone into the house.

Jia Rong stood up and said with a smile, "Aunt Lin."

Lin Daiyu looked at Jia Rong and smiled gently.

"Brother Rong, you are more handsome again!"

Jia Rong: “…”

My aunt teased me!
"Aunt Lin has become even more extraordinary."

Xichun felt a little jealous when she saw the two of them starting to praise each other when they met.

"What about me, what about me?"

They both looked at Xichun and said in unison: "You are the most beautiful!"

"Cuckoo..."

Xichun looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "Does this count as telepathy?"

"Not really!" Jia Rong said seriously, "This just proves that the young aunt is really the most beautiful. It's the same no matter who sees it. We are just telling the truth."

Xichun was so happy that her eyes curved into crescents.

Lin Daiyu looked calm and thought to herself: Rong'er's clever words have made Xichun dizzy, but fortunately I am smarter than Xichun.

Then she remembered Jia Rong's praise of her for being even more extraordinary, and her eyes unconsciously curved with a smile.

When I was dressing this morning, I looked in the mirror and found that I looked a little more elegant.

My eldest nephew actually tells the truth!

"Sister Lin."

"Sister Lin?"

Xichun looked at Daiyu with suspicion.

"what?"

"what happened?"

Lin Daiyu saw Xichun and Jia Rong were both looking at her, and hurriedly said as if nothing had happened: "Didn't you say that Rong'er was polite and filial to me? Where is he?"

"Inside."

Xichun walked to the table and pointed to the various head ornaments and jewelry in the box.

"Oh."

Lin Daiyu took a look, reached out and picked up a pearl hairpin that she liked, and said with a smile: "I think this one is good."

Xichun smiled and said, "Put it on and see."

Lin Daiyu raised her hand and gently adjusted her hair bun, saying, "Let's change it when we get home."

She is wearing a hairpin now, wouldn't her hair become loose if she changed to a pearl hairpin?

Xichun thought about it and decided to choose. Finally, she picked a bracelet, put it on her hand and shook it, then said with a smile, "How about this one?"

Jia Rong praised: "This is beautiful!"

Xichun asked, "What did Sister Lin say?"

"Uh-huh!"

Lin Daiyu nodded and said, "It looks good!"

Xichun smiled and said, "You all said it's good, so it must be good-looking. This is it!"

After they each picked one, there was still half a box left. Jia Rong said to Xiao Xiao, "Take it to the western mansion and let the aunts choose one each. Take the rest back and put it with the youngest aunt."

"it is good."

Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement, took the box and went out.

Xichun stretched lazily in the chair and said with a smile: "You can leave the rest with me. Auntie will save it for you to use when you get married."

Jia Rong: “…”

"Thank you for your concern, aunt."

"Hey."

Xichun changed her tone to that of a grown-up, and said earnestly, "You are the only child in our family. How can an aunt not worry about you?"

"You must study hard, become a high-ranking official in the future, marry more wives, and expand our family."

This is definitely good advice!

Jia Rong hurriedly said, "Respect my aunt's words."

Lin Daiyu: "..."

Your family's private affairs,

Could you please not say it in front of me?
...Xiaoxiao came outside with the box and happened to meet Qingwen.

"Dead hoof, are you awake now?"

Qingwen knew she was in the wrong, so she didn't say anything more. She took the box from Xiaoxiao's hand and said with a smile, "What are you holding? Let me hold it for you."

Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "Hold it carefully, the things inside can buy several of you."

"what?"

Qingwen was surprised.

"The head ornaments that the uncle gave to the aunts were all made of gold, with very beautiful designs, and inlaid with pearls and jade."

"Oh."

Qingwen quietly opened a corner and took a look.

Extremely envious.

She also collected a few pieces of head ornaments and jewelry, which were given to her by Nanny Lai, but they were all made of silver.

Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "Don't be envious. Every year on your birthday, I will give you a piece of gold jewelry. Since this is your first year here to serve me, I might give you two pieces."

"so far so good."

“I haven’t celebrated my birthday this year.”

"What month?"

"September."

"Oh, that's coming soon."

"Have you turned twelve after your birthday?"

"Ok!"

As they were talking, they passed through the West Corner Gate to Ningrong Street, and then from the Corner Gate to the West Mansion.

Qingwen had often come to the West Mansion before, so she naturally knew the way. As soon as she entered the door, she heard several servants shouting and running around. It turned out that it was Master Huan San from the mansion who was running around with his men.

Walking further in and passing the Chuihua Gate, we could see Zhou Rui's wife leading two maids walking towards this side in the distance, and they were whispering to each other as they walked.

"Our wife is going to worship Buddha today and eat vegetarian food. Is everything ready in the kitchen?"

"It was ready early in the morning."

"Well, Master Bao said he wants to eat ham elbow for lunch today. Go to the kitchen and urge him to make sure we don't delay things."

"it is good."

As they walked forward and talked, they naturally saw Xiao Xiao and Qing Wen.

Zhou Ruijia had suffered a great loss in the East Palace, so naturally she hated everyone in the East Palace. Now, seeing the two maids from the East Palace swaggering into her territory, she immediately became angry and prepared to humiliate them first.

"Pooh!"

Zhou Ruijia spat on the ground casually and said to the two people beside her with a sinister smile: "Two foxy girls who serve people, I don't know how they climbed onto the man's bed and now they come to our side to tease us..."

The words have not yet fallen.

Just listen to:

"Crack!" sound!
Zhou Ruijia felt a buzzing sensation in his head, and his body turned twice uncontrollably on the spot before he fell to the ground.

"what!"

The two old women next to them were shocked and angry!
"I hit someone!"

"The girl from the East Mansion is beating someone up here!"

"Reverse! Reverse!"

Zhou Ruijia just reacted at this time. She covered her burning face and gritted her teeth in shock and anger, "How dare you two bitches from the East Mansion hit me here! This is the West Mansion! I am the wife's person!"

"Humph!"

Xiao Xiao sneered, "I don't care who you are. You dare to gossip about our master in the East Mansion. Beating you is not enough. I should ask the master to use the family law to beat you to death!"

Qingwen also sneered and said, "Yes, if this happened in our house, we would beat him to death!"

What are all the things in this West Mansion?

Thank goodness I didn't come here first!

"You! You guys!"

Zhou Ruijia stared with her eyes wide open, shaking with anger and unable to speak.

The two maids nearby jumped up and shouted:
"Your East Palace Master has such long arms, can you still control our West Palace?"

"The old lady has the final say here!"

"The old lady is your great grandfather's aunt!"

Xiao Xiao stepped forward again, and without saying anything, he slapped the remaining two noisy women to the ground, then clapped his hands lightly, glanced at them and sneered:
“That’s what I’m in charge of!”

"Our great grandfather is the head of the Jia family!"

"Our grandfather is the young patriarch of the Jia family!"

"Our great grandfather can take care of all the affairs of the Jia family. Even if you are old, you still have to listen to the clan leader!"

"There is also an old man in Nanjing who is of the Shui generation. He is very well behaved in front of our uncle."

"I'm in a good mood today, so I won't bother with you old women. If I catch you gossiping again, I'll report it to the higher-ups and see if you old ladies can protect you idiots!"

After saying that, he pulled Qingwen and walked inside without looking back, with a very arrogant attitude.

(End of this chapter)