Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 91 Sister Feng: How about giving it to me?

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After Jia Rong sat down, he drank a cup first and said, "Congratulations to Second Uncle Lian. Second Uncle Bao is also here to congratulate you. I asked you to bring me a message."

Jia Lian smiled proudly and said, "Congratulations, brother Bao, are you feeling better now?"

Jia Rong said, "It looks good."

Just a little bit bloated.

"That's good." Jia Lian nodded: "I heard some time ago that Brother Zhen wanted to find a wife for you? Is it confirmed?"

"The master hasn't spoken yet, so I won't allow it."

Jia Lian patted Jia Rong on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You are miserable enough. I will ask your aunt to find a concubine for you someday. How about that?"

Jia Rong waved his hand.

"Let's forget about taking a concubine."

"I don't want to make the master angry."

It’s not that I don’t want to accept it now, but the time is not right.

When Jia Jing entered the cabinet and became a junior cabinet minister, it would be easy for him to take a concubine, even a rich girl.

At this time, Jia Qiang suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Xue, I couldn't sleep when I got home yesterday. Tell me more about that foreign woman with blond hair and blue eyes. How tall and big she was."

Jia Lian's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "Is there such a thing? Xue...Ke'er, please tell me more about the foreign woman with blond hair and blue eyes."

Jia Rui, Jia Huan, Jia Qin and others immediately opened their eyes wide and stared at Xue Ke.

With so many people here today, Xue Ke was much more shy and said, "They are just Westerners who came to our place to do business. I met two of them by chance. We are not that familiar with each other."

Jia Qiang hurriedly poured wine for Xue Ke and said with a smile: "Brother Xue is too modest. The swaying you mentioned yesterday, tsk tsk!"

"All right!"

Seeing Jia Qiang talking more and more outrageously in front of everyone, Jia Rong frowned and said, "You should focus on studying. By the way, why didn't you go to school today?"

Jia Lian smiled and said, "They are all gone. I asked someone to invite them to have a drink at noon, and then let them go to class."

Jia Rong said, "Drink less. I'm not trying to scare you. If the master sees you all drunk and you all go into the school, or some old teacher can't stand it and complains to the master, you can think about the consequences yourself."

Several students in the school were startled and their faces turned pale with fright.

There was a "clang" sound.

Someone's wine glass fell to the ground.

It turned out to be Jia Qiang's.

He had just "won the prize" and got beaten up the day before yesterday. If he was caught by the old man again now, it would not be a matter of a few beatings. He would most likely be beaten with a stick!
"I'm going back."

Jia Lan also stood up and saluted respectfully: "Second Uncle, Brother Rong, I will go back to study too."

If there is anyone in the mansion who has never been scolded by Jia Jing, besides Jia Rong, there is Jia Lan, who is also a promising scholar in the mansion. In Jia Jing's words, "He is the only promising one in the whole Rong Mansion."

The rest of Jia Zao, Jia Huan, Jia Cong and others were also preparing to return to their tribe to study. Jia Lian nodded and waved his hand generously: "All of you who are going to school can go. I will treat you all in the evening after school."

"Thank you, Brother Lian."

"Thank you, Uncle Lian."

Everyone left happily, leaving only Jia Rong, Jia Yun, and Xue Ke.

Jia Rong asked, "Why doesn't Yun'er go to study?"

In order to enable the family's children to study and make progress, all the children of the Jia family who studied in the clan school were provided with snacks, tea, pens, ink, paper and inkstone free of charge, as well as a monthly allowance of two taels of silver for expenses. Therefore, most of the young people of the Jia family studied in the clan school, and there were nearly a hundred people there.

First, you can save a lot of household expenses.

Second, it can also subsidize household expenses.

As the eldest branch of the Ningguo Mansion, the expenditure on the clan school is nearly five thousand taels every year!

However, if I can educate one or two promising younger disciples, any amount of money will be worth it.

Jia Yun smiled bitterly and said, "My mother was seriously ill some time ago and there was no one to take care of her at home, so I dropped out of school and came back."

"Oh!" Jia Rong asked, "How are you now? You didn't even come to the mansion to tell me about the difficulties at home."

Jia Yun said hurriedly, "It's all right now. I dare not disturb Brother Rong from studying."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Brothers, why would we bother each other? Your mother is seriously ill, and we didn't know about it. I'll send someone to see Auntie later to show my concern."

Jia Yun was touched, but he kept saying, "No, really no."

Jia Rong continued, "You still have to go to school. Go tomorrow. You can't delay your studies."

Jia Yun nodded quickly: "I'll listen to Brother Rong! I'll definitely go tomorrow!"

Jia Lian said impatiently, "Stop it, it's my good day today, can we talk about something else? Tad, tell me what that blonde foreign girl looks like?"

Xue Ke looked at Jia Rong first.

Jia Lian said with a straight face: "Don't look at him. Today is my good day. I am the boss. You can tell me what I want you to tell me."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Second uncle asked you to speak, so just speak."

Xue Ke thought for a moment and said, "Speaking of Western women, Persia is the best..."

The banquet ended in the afternoon.

Jia Lian was so excited by Xue Ke's words that he had completely forgotten about the evening banquet and went into the bridal chamber with his beautiful concubine.

Fengjie saw everything clearly in the main room. She was so angry that she threw a tea bowl that she didn't like on the ground.

"Clap!"

The tea bowl broke into pieces.

"That bitch, she usually looks like a decent person, but today she showed her true colors. Let me show you how I'll deal with her when I get the chance!"

Ping'er knew that Fengjie was in a bad mood, so she quietly put away the tea bowl, feeling secretly lucky.

Fortunately, she didn't raise the concubine...

Otherwise, you will be the one being punished in the future.

After cleaning up the broken pieces of the teacup, Ping'er poured a new pot of tea, placed it next to Fengjie, and then stood there motionless.

Sister Feng was silent for a long while, then suddenly remembered something that happened during the day, and said to Ping'er, "Call Rong'er here, I have something to ask him."

Ping'er looked at the sky outside and said carefully, "It's getting dark. Master Xiaorong had a drink today and may have gone to bed. If it's not urgent, why don't we go and invite him tomorrow?"

Sister Feng glared at him and said, "Just go when I tell you to! What? Are you going to turn the world upside down too?"

Ping Erh said hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I'll go."

Now Aunt Feng was burning with jealousy and would not listen to reason at all. Ping'er had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the East Palace, to Jia Rong's courtyard.

"Oh, Miss Ping'er is here again!" Qingwen said with a chuckle at the door.

Ping'er's face turned red unconsciously, it happened twice in one day!
"Tell me, what does your master want you to do?" This time, Qingwen did not embarrass or tease Ping'er, but asked directly about the matter.

Ping Er heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Our grandmother asked Master Xiao Rong to come over. I don't know what it is about."

"Oh." Qingwen smiled and said, "Did you feel that after serving a banquet this afternoon, it was not enough and you want to serve wine in the evening?"

Ping'er: "It could also be..."

Qingwen: "Then I'll go too and have a free meal."

Ping Er: "It's impossible to ask for it."

At that moment, Qingwen brought Ping'er into the room. Jia Rong had just finished writing an article and said with a smile, "Ping'er is here. What a rare guest."

Ping'er's face turned red unconsciously.

"Master, you are joking."

"Our grandma has something to do, please come over."

Jia Rong remembered that Jia Lian had said he would invite guests to the evening, so he said with a smile, "Do you want to invite another banquet? Your grandmother is being generous today."

Ping'er smiled, neither admitting nor denying.

Jia Rong looked at the finished article and said with a smile, "Then let's go and bother them again and have a feast."

Just say it.

Bringing Xiaoxiao with her, Qingwen came to Fengjie's courtyard in Rongguo Mansion again.

Fengjie was half leaning on the couch, supporting her head with one hand.

"Where's the second uncle?"

Jia Rong asked doubtfully.

Sister Feng smiled and said, "What do you think? What should he do now?"

Jia Rong: “…”

"Didn't you say that you were going to have a banquet to celebrate?"

Sister Feng said angrily, "I'm congratulating you, you big-headed ghost! Come here, I have something to ask you."

Jia Rong walked forward a few steps and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Sister Feng was not happy and said, "Move forward a little! Can I still eat you?"

Jia Rong said seriously, "Aunt, if you have something to say, please tell me now. If not, I will leave."

"Ha ha……"

Sister Feng smiled.

"You are really well behaved. Well, it's not a big deal to ask you to come. I heard you say during the day that there are some pills at home that you can't use for the time being?"

Jia Rong said, "That's what happened."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "How about giving it to me?"

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(End of this chapter)