This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 162: Subdue Master Jia, Baoyu Gives to Sisters
Corridor outside.

The maids and nannies supported Lady Jia and hurried over.

Jia Baoyu followed beside him.

Jia Zheng, Lady Xing, Wang Xifeng and others also followed hurriedly behind.

A group of people surrounded Lady Jia as she entered the room. They saw Lin Daiyu and several other girls standing at the door of the side hall, each with a different expression and all silent.

Grandmother Jia asked hurriedly, "Daiyu, Xiangyun, what's going on in there?"

The girls looked at each other and didn't dare to answer.

That Young Master Luo was so bold that he even hit the master with a feather duster. I don’t know what the situation is inside now.

They dared not listen or look.

Grandmother Jia thought they were frightened, so she stepped forward and raised her cane to hit the door, cursing as she did so: "Rebellious son! What day is today? You are beating your daughter in your own home! Hurry up and open the door!"

She knew in her heart that she was the only one in the Jia Mansion who could go in and persuade and stop the situation.

Others really don't have the qualifications.

"Squeak..."

The door opened quickly.

But what surprised everyone was that Jia She was actually smiling. He bowed his head and smiled, saying, "Mother, please calm down. I won't hit you anymore. I won't hit you again..."

Everyone looked at each other in shock, not knowing what had suddenly happened inside.

Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and others were even more shocked.

How come the master suddenly became so smiling and amiable after being hit by that Young Master Luo?
Grandmother Jia was also stunned for a moment and quickly looked towards the room.

Jia Yingchun had already stood up from the ground, lowered her head, wiped her tears and said: "Grandma..."

Seeing her disheveled hair, her forehead and the back of her neck covered with stick marks, her eyes red and swollen from crying, and her face covered with tear marks, Jia's mother was immediately furious. She swung her cane and hit Jia She in front of her, cursing, "Rebellious son! Are you going to beat my granddaughter to death?"

Jia She did not dare to raise his hand to stop him, so he could only shrink his neck and hide in the house, begging for mercy: "Mother, please calm down! Mother, please calm down!"

Grandmother Jia chased after him directly, waving her cane, beating and scolding him.

After beating her, she started to cry: "You rebellious son, you didn't raise your daughter, you don't feel bad, right? I brought Yingchun up since she was a child, if you want to beat her to death, why don't you beat me, an old man, to death first? Come and beat me! Come and beat me!"

Jia She was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed, begged for mercy and apologized.

Jia Zheng, Lady Xing, Wang Xifeng, and some guests all came in and surrounded Lady Jia to persuade her.

At this time, someone discovered that there was a young man in the room.

But at this moment everyone was trying to persuade Lady Jia. They were just surprised in their hearts and did not ask any more questions.

Luo Zijun took advantage of the chaos to leave.

Grandmother Jia had already spotted him and suddenly asked, "Who is this young master? Why does he look unfamiliar?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes in and out of the room fell on him.

Luo Zijun had no choice but to stop and bow.

Jia She hurriedly said, "Mother, Zijun is my guest. Zijun is a man of great talent and character. He may become the top scholar in the imperial examination in the future."

This praise immediately made Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and others who had just witnessed that scene even more shocked.

Jia Zheng also hurriedly explained: "Mother, this young master is Luo Zijun, the talented man that the imperial concubine is looking for."

When Jia's mother heard this, her eyes lit up immediately: "It turned out to be him!"

Then he looked the young man up and down, and became more and more happy and surprised: "I never thought that the young master would be so young and so handsome. Those poems and books are so well written that even the imperial concubine praised them highly after reading them."

Luo Zijun quickly bowed his head and said a few humble words.

Jia She took the opportunity to get up from the ground and said with a smile: "Mother, Zijun is not only talented, but also a great teacher. He teaches at the Bai family school. I heard that the students in the Bai family are eager to learn and praised by everyone. What I mean is that in the future, let Yingchun, Tanchun, Daiyu and others go to the Bai family school to attend classes and communicate with Zijun more. It is better than studying at home."

Jia Zheng looked at him and frowned.

Not only is he selling his own daughter, but he is also selling his nieces and nephews!

Didn't I make it very clear before? This young man already has a wife at home, why is he suddenly so flattering now, and is actually willing to send his daughter, niece and nephew over?
What just happened?
Jia's mother pretended not to hear, wiped her tears, looked at the young man in the room with some embarrassment and said: "This kind of thing happened suddenly in the family, and made the young master laugh."

Then he quickly ordered the others, "Tanchun, take Young Master Luo to the back to rest and entertain him. Feng girl, don't stay here either, go and greet the other guests. Everyone else, those who should leave should leave and go about their own business."

A group of people left immediately.

Jia Yingchun wiped her tears and was about to follow them out when her mother said hurriedly, "Yingchun, stay. I have something to ask you."

Jia Zheng also prepared to leave.

Grandmother Jia glanced at him and said, "You stay too."

Upon seeing this, Madam Xing, Madam Wang and others immediately withdrew together.

Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and others who were outside the door also left with their maids and nannies.

Soon, the only people left in the room were Grandmother Jia, her maid Yuanyang, the brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng, and Jia Yingchun.

Yuanyang helped Lady Jia sit down on the chair.

Jia She hurried over to pour the tea and handed it over with a flattering look on his face.

Grandmother Jia snorted, stretched out her hand to take it, glanced at him and said, "Tell me, what's going on? Why are you suddenly hitting Yingchun?"

Jia She smiled bitterly and said, "That girl was disobedient and dared to talk back to me."

When Grandmother Jia heard this, she glared at him and said, "Nonsense! I have watched Yingchun grow up since she was a child. She has always been the most honest and filial among the sisters. How could she possibly talk back to you? She can be scared to tears by your eyes. How can she talk back to you?"

Jia She hurriedly shouted at his daughter, "Come here and tell the old ancestor yourself, did you just talk back to your father?"

Grandmother Jia also looked over there.

Jia Yingchun lowered her head and came to Grandmother Jia. When she was about to kneel down, Grandmother Jia immediately grabbed her hand, held her in her arms and said, "My dear granddaughter, don't be afraid. Tell the old ancestor the truth about what happened just now. If your father dares to hit you again, the old ancestor will definitely not let him off."

Jia Yingchun's eyes were red, and she was about to cry again. She said, "Daddy is right, he should beat me. I didn't listen to him. He wanted me to marry Mr. Luo, but I didn't want to, so I talked back to him."

Grandmother Jia was startled when she heard this, and looked at her in surprise, saying, "You really contradicted your father? When did you become so bold?"

Jia She snorted coldly, "I'm afraid he learned it from going out so often and associating with those questionable people."

Grandmother Jia's face darkened and she said angrily, "Yingchun has always known propriety, righteousness, and shame, and knows the limits. How could she associate with those questionable people? Even if she wanted to learn, she would have followed me to learn! Are all the people around me questionable people? You, the rebellious son, are you blaming your mother for not raising her well?"

After hearing this, Jia She was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and apologized in panic, "Mother, you scared me to death! Even if you gave me a hundred more courage, I would not dare to scold you!"

As he said this, he kowtowed quickly.

If this word gets out, he will be drowned in spit.

"You bastard, if you can't speak, just shut up!"

Grandmother Jia scolded him a few more times, but seeing that he was old, the head of a mansion, and today was her granddaughter's birthday party, she could only say with a stern face, "Get up."

Jia She quickly stood up and stood aside, not daring to speak any more.

Grandmother Jia looked at the person beside her again and asked softly, "Yingchun, I heard that you like Mr. Luo very much. Why don't you want to marry him when your father decided for you? I just saw that young man. He is indeed a rare talent. He is handsome, elegant, and talented. He will never be an ordinary person. If you marry him, even if it is a downgrade, it is not impossible."

Jia Yingchun lowered her head, her eyes red as she said, "I... I just admire Mr. Luo's talent, I don't... I don't like him."

Grandmother Jia smiled and said, "You have just known each other for a few days, so naturally there is no such thing as love between a man and a woman. After knowing each other for a long time, or living together for a period of time, you will naturally like each other."

Jia Yingchun bit her lip and said nothing more.

At this time, Jia Zheng couldn't help but say, "Mother, actually this matter... has another reason."

"Oh?"

Grandmother Jia looked at him.

Jia Zheng gave a bitter smile and had to bite the bullet and said, "That Mr. Luo actually already has a lover."

When Grandmother Jia heard this, she sneered and said, "I thought it was a big deal. Our Jia family is not the kind of unreasonable and overbearing family. As long as a man is capable, it's okay to have three wives and four concubines. Yingchun is an honest child and she is not the kind of person who likes to bully others. When the time comes, let Mr. Luo's sweetheart come in and be a concubine."

Jia Yingchun lowered her head and said nothing.

Jia Zheng said bitterly, "My elder brother and I thought the same thing before, and we explained it to Mr. Luo. But... Mr. Luo was very determined, and he was reluctant to let his beloved become his concubine."

When these words came out, Jia's mother frowned and asked, "What does he mean?"

Jia Zheng glanced at his brother, lowered his head and said, "He refused."

"Refused?"

Grandmother Jia was stunned for a moment, then her face darkened, and then she looked at her granddaughter and said, "Yingchun, so, in order not to embarrass that Mr. Luo, you deliberately said that you didn't like him and didn't want to marry him, and you would rather have the guts to contradict your father, right?"

Jia Yingchun lowered her head and said weakly: "I... I just don't like it..."

"Humph!"

Grandmother Jia snorted coldly and said, "I don't know you! You say you don't like me? You really like me to the core! I was wondering why you suddenly became so bold and dared to contradict your father. It turned out that you did it to avoid embarrassing that boy. You, you, have always thought about others first since you were a child, and never thought about yourself first. You are the daughter of my Jia family, why do you have to wrong yourself like this? If you like me, you like me. If you don't like me, you don't like me. What are you afraid of?"

Jia Yingchun wiped her tears and whispered, "But...but he doesn't want to..."

Grandmother Jia glared and said, "If he doesn't want to, can't you find a way to make him agree? Just like your father said, you go to Bai's house every day to listen to his lectures, talk to him every day, and get to know him for a while. With your status, can't you win over that poor boy?"

Jia Yingchun lowered her head and said nothing, but she was secretly sad in her heart and said: Mr. Luo is talented, virtuous, and truly loves my sweetheart, so he doesn't look down on my status.

"Ah, silly girl, you have been like this since you were little, you have no idea what to do. If it were Tanchun, she would have made that boy obedient and brought him back."

Grandmother Jia sighed, and had no choice but to look at Jia She and Jia Zheng and asked, "What do you think?"

Jia Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Mother, after these few encounters, I can see that Young Master Luo is different from other men. If he is truly unwilling, no matter what Yingchun does, it will be useless."

Grandmother Jia frowned and looked at Jia She: "Tell me."

Seeing her asking the question, Jia She dared to speak, and quickly lowered his head and said, "My son thinks there is hope. Mr. Luo may just say he is unwilling to marry in order to avoid the stigma of marrying up and abandoning his wife. We can find a way to persuade his sweetheart to take the initiative to step back and become a concubine. If the woman really likes Mr. Luo, she will definitely be willing for his future."

After these words came out, Jia's mother's expression changed, and she nodded slightly and said, "This is a method."

Jia Zheng said, "Brother, this method is indeed feasible. However, I am afraid that Master Luo will be unhappy if he knows about it."

Jia She smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? We mean well. If he knew about it, he might even be secretly happy."

Jia Zheng glanced at him and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart: Do you think everyone is the same as you, accepting everyone who comes, and the more the better?

Jia She suddenly smiled and said, "Mother, if it still doesn't work, I've thought it through. I'll let Yingchun marry him as a concubine and make that boy a member of the Jia family first."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jia Zheng's face suddenly changed.

Jia Yingchun was startled, and her dim eyes were suddenly filled with light.

Grandmother Jia suddenly stood up, picked up the cane from her feet, looked at Jia She and said, "Come, kneel down."

Jia She: "..." Grandmother Jia suddenly rushed over waving the cane in her hand, and started beating and scolding him again: "You rebellious son, you want to disgrace our family, don't you? You want to disgrace the imperial concubine, don't you? I will beat you to death today, so that you won't harm our Jia family again!"

Jia Zheng and Yuanyang hurried over to try to stop the fight.

Jia She was so panicked that he hid around the house, but he didn't dare to open the door and escape. He just kept apologizing.

Jia Yingchun stood there blankly, looking dazed.

at the same time.

Jia Tanchun brought Luo Zijun to a room at the back, talked with him for a while, and then hurried off to entertain other guests.

When Jia Baoyu saw her leave, he immediately went over to Luo Zijun's side, unconsciously grabbed his hand and said, "Brother Luo, why were you in the room just now? Did you also try to stop the fight? What happened at that time? I heard from the maids and nannies that my uncle beat you too?"

Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and others also came here, and their faces looked strange when they heard what was said.

Luo Zijun pulled his hand back with force and said, "The master just hit me by mistake. I had a good conversation with the master and there was no conflict."

Jia Baoyu was surprised and said, "I heard from the maids and nannies that the uncle got very angry at first, beating and scolding the second sister. He even told Sister Lin and the others to get out, saying that he would beat them too. But how come when Brother Luo went in, and when we passed by, the uncle suddenly had a smile on his face? What did Brother Luo say to the uncle?"

Luo Zijun said calmly, "I just gave the master some sincere advice. The master listened to me and immediately realized his mistake, and then his face was full of smiles."

Lin Daiyu: "..."

Shi Xiangyun: “…”

Why don’t you tell me that you snatched the feather duster from the master and slapped him hard on the head?

But they really couldn't understand why the master suddenly became quiet after the young man slapped him hard and stopped cursing. When he finally opened the door, he suddenly smiled and even praised the young man in front of so many people.

How on earth did he do it?
Several people racked their brains but couldn't figure out the reason.

Jia Baoyu stuck to Luo Zijun directly, grabbed his hand, and said with admiration and respect: "Only a master like Brother Luo can convince uncle with reason. Even if my father said it, uncle would not listen. I am happy to meet such a good man like Brother Luo today!"

Then he suddenly took out his own hand towel, and said sincerely and excitedly: "Brother Luo, if you don't mind, how about we give each other hand towels and become sworn brothers?"

Luo Zijun: “…”

"what!"

As Jia Baoyu was holding his hand and rubbing against him, he suddenly felt a burning sensation coming from his waist. He let out a scream and immediately jumped up from where he was.

Luo Zijun silently withdrew his finger.

"Sir, what's wrong with you?"

Xiren and other maids heard the cry and hurried over to check.

Jia Baoyu looked down at his waist and hissed, "What is that so hot?"

Several maids also hurriedly lowered their heads to check.

But there was nothing there and the clothes were intact.

Luo Zijun said, "I guess the sun has been shining on the chair for too long. Brother Baoyu should sit in the shade opposite."

Jia Baoyu rubbed his waist and said with a smile: "It's okay, just sit down for a while."

As he spoke, he moved closer to sit next to him, held out the towel in front of him, and said with a smile, "Brother Luo, what about yours?"

Luo Zijun's mouth twitched and he said, "I never use a sweat towel."

Jia Baoyu was startled and asked curiously, "If Brother Luo sweats, how should he wipe it off?"

Luo Zijun did not answer, but raised his sleeve and wiped his forehead.

Then he turned around and said to the person beside him: "Xiao Huan, Kite."

The two maids agreed, took out their handkerchiefs immediately, came to his side, one on the left and one on the right, and used their handkerchiefs to wipe his forehead.

"Pfft..."

Lin Daiyu and a few others were laughing secretly with their hands covering their mouths on the opposite side.

Jia Baoyu suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and took back his sweat towel awkwardly, saying, "That's right, men sweat, so they can wipe it themselves, or let the maid wipe it. Only girls would carry a fragrant sweat towel with them all day long."

After saying that, he suddenly got angry and threw the sweat towel in his hand away, saying angrily: "I already remembered not to bring this thing, but they insisted on making me bring it. A handsome man like Brother Luo doesn't bring it, but a useless person like me has to carry it all day long. I am neither male nor female, so embarrassing! If anyone makes me carry it again in the future, I will fight her to the death!"

The maids nearby didn't dare to say a word.

Qingwen said in a crisp voice: "It was the ancestor who asked you to take care of him, not us. If you have the guts, go and get angry with the ancestor. Why take it out on us?"

Jia Baoyu's face flushed immediately, and he could only stamp his feet and said, "I will go to the old ancestor later to tell him that I will never carry such a shameful thing again."

Qingwen picked it up from the ground, handed it to Xiren beside her, and ignored him.

Lin Daiyu suddenly laughed and said, "Baoyu, it's ok for you to act crazy and make a scene in front of your own people, but you finally waited for Master Luo to come, and you act crazy and angry in front of him. Aren't you ashamed?"

Jia Baoyu blushed and said, "You are the one who is ashamed!"

Lin Daiyu was startled and immediately said angrily: "How am I embarrassed?"

Jia Baoyu said, "You have been looking forward to Brother Luo's coming all day, wanting to discuss books and poems with him? Today he came, but you were shy and sat far away, not daring to come over to talk. I feel ashamed if you don't have any courage."

Lin Daiyu blushed immediately and said angrily, "Aren't you the one who keeps pestering Mr. Luo to talk? And you're so close to him, and you keep shaking his hand, regardless of whether he wants to or not. We dare not go over to disturb your pleasure."

"you……"

"What's wrong with me? Are you going to get angry and scold me just because you can't win? Go ahead and scold me. I'll go tell grandma and uncle."

Lin Daiyu snorted and stood up to leave.

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he immediately smiled and begged for mercy: "My dear sister, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

Having said this, he immediately sang a yes, bowed, apologized and begged for mercy.

Lin Daiyu then snorted, looked proud, and sat down again.

Jia Baoyu did not dare to quarrel with her again, and approached Luo Zijun and said, "Brother Luo, I am sorry to have embarrassed you. I am like this with these sisters and sisters. We often quarrel, but there is no conflict."

Luo Zijun said, "They only bicker when they have a good relationship. Brother Baoyu has these sisters who grew up with him. Others envy him."

Shi Xiangyun suddenly asked, "Doesn't Mr. Luo have any sisters at home?"

Luo Zijun looked at her and said, "I have an older sister who got married a long time ago. It was my sister and her husband who raised me."

As soon as these words were spoken, the room suddenly became quiet.

Lin Daiyu didn't know what she was thinking of, her eyes suddenly turned red and she almost cried.

Jia Baoyu said quickly: "If Brother Luo likes it, you can come here often in the future, or you can just stay here. Usually, we brothers and sisters study together, play together, and have fun. Isn't it more comfortable than Brother Luo in Bai Mansion?"

Luo Zijun smiled and said nothing.

Qingwen said in a crisp voice: "Mr. Luo is not from our Jia Mansion. If he wants to stay, he can't live with the girls like you do. There are differences between men and women, and we always need to avoid them."

Jia Baoyu sighed and said, "It's a pity that Brother Luo doesn't want to marry my second sister. If they did, they could move in."

Qingwen smiled and said, "It's not okay even if you're married. You'll have to move out if you're married. But if you marry into the family, you can live in the mansion. Mr. Luo, are you willing to marry into the family?"

Xiren hurriedly whispered, "Qingwen, don't talk nonsense."

Qingwen smiled and said, "I was just joking, Master Luo won't care."

Luo Zijun looked at her and said, "If Miss Qingwen serves me, I can consider it."

Qingwen chuckled, her bright eyes and white teeth said, "Mr. Luo, if you have the guts to say this in front of the two masters, I'm sure the first and second masters will agree. If they agree, I naturally won't dare to disagree."

Luo Zijun thought secretly in his heart: This little girl is really sharp-tongued and dares to confront anyone.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Jia Baoyu suddenly pulled him aside and said, "If Brother Luo is willing, we will go to find uncle and father. If Brother Luo does not want to marry the second sister, then you can marry the third sister, Xichun. It's all fine."

Luo Zijun: “…”

Lin Daiyu, the other girls, and the maids and nannies were all speechless.

At this moment, Jia Tanchun and Bai Qingtong suddenly came in from the doorway and said with a smile, "Baoyu, what nonsense are you talking about again?"

Bai Qingtong glanced at Miss Lin, who was a very beautiful girl in the room, then looked at the other girls, and then looked at Luo Zijun opposite her, her brows twitching slightly.

Luo Zijun stood up and bowed: "Miss Tanchun, Third Miss."

Lin Daiyu suddenly smiled and said, "We were talking about Mr. Luo marrying into the Jia family. Mr. Luo agreed, but he wanted Qingwen to serve him. Qingwen also agreed. Baoyu is going to take Mr. Luo to find his two uncles, but he has not yet decided who Mr. Luo should marry. In order to meet Mr. Luo every day, Baoyu is going to sell all three of you sisters."

After he finished speaking, the maids and nannies beside him all burst into laughter.

Shi Xiangyun smiled and said, "Brother Bao is so impatient. If you hadn't come, he would have already taken Young Master Luo away."

When Jia Tanchun heard this, she knew they were joking. Seeing that the atmosphere was harmonious and everyone was smiling, she looked at the young man again and thought to herself: If we really want to keep him in the Jia Mansion, that would be the best.

"Okay, stop joking. Let's go to the front and eat. We can talk while we eat."

Then he smiled and said, "Mr. Luo, you can sit with us later. There is no need to be shy. We all want to talk to you and listen to your poems and essays. There will also be a program of reciting poems and writing couplets later. Everyone wants to see Mr. Luo's true ability."

Jia Baoyu clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Brother Luo, let's go!"

As she said this, she tried to hold his hand again.

Luo Zijun wanted to kick him to death, so she quickly reached out to Xiaohuan next to her and held her hand.

Jia Baoyu was about to hold his other hand.

Luo Zijun had already stretched out his other hand and grabbed the kite on the other side.

Zhiyuan almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Jia Baoyu was not aware of this, nor was he embarrassed. He smiled and said, "Today, many pretentious talents have come. Brother Luo will definitely teach them a lesson later."

Luo Zijun was holding two little maids, smiling, and ignored this guy who was popular with both men and women.

Lin Daiyu was laughing so hard that she could hardly stand. Her delicate and slender body was swaying like a willow in the wind.

Jia Tanchun rolled her eyes and said helplessly, "Let's go."

The group left the room and walked forward.

Along the way, Jia Baoyu was talking excitedly. He wanted to get closer to Luo Zijun, but was blocked by Xiaohuan and Zhiyuan on both sides. He was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, but he didn't have the courage to ask them to go away.

When Luo Zijun was feeling nauseous, Bai Qingtong came over.

When the kite saw this, it quickly moved out of the way.

Bai Qingtong whispered, "Sir, do you really want to marry into this family?"

Luo Zijun said: "Of course I was joking."

Bai Qingtong smiled, looked at the delicate and charming Miss Lin in front of him, and said nothing more.

(End of this chapter)