This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 187: The Third Miss's Mole, Making Fox Fur for Senior Sister
The carriage crushed the snow.

There was a heater in the carriage, and the warm air dispelled some of the cold.

Bai Qingtong warmed his hands and looked across at the other person and asked, "Are you cold, sir?"

Luo Zijun said: "Not bad."

Bai Qingtong rubbed her hands, paused, and said softly: "Although you and your sister have your own purposes for this marriage, I still hope that you can live a good life after you get married. It would be best if you can spend every day together, cultivate feelings, and become real lovers and husband and wife."

Luo Zijun did not comment.

Bai Qingtong sighed softly: "Actually, my sister is quite pitiful. If it weren't for that incident, she would have married to Yujing and become the Crown Princess."

Luo Zijun's eyes flickered.

Sure enough, there was a reason why Miss Bai suddenly had such a thing happen.

Bai Qingtong looked at him and said, "My sister is disfigured. Will the master dislike her?"

Luo Zijun said, "Miss Third, you are worrying too much. I am face-blind and cannot tell the difference between beauty and ugliness. Moreover, I have no right to look down on the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion. If there is any dislike, it should be the eldest lady who looks down on me."

Bai Qingtong smiled and said, "Sir, do you really not distinguish between beauty and ugliness?"

Luo Zijun said: "Yes."

Bai Qingtong asked: "Then how did you fall in love with Miss Liu? Was it because she played the zither so well?"

Luo Zijun said: "Maybe it's fate."

Bai Qingtong smiled and didn't ask any more questions. After a moment of silence, he continued, "Sir, you are a smart man. You should have guessed why my sister suddenly got into trouble. In fact, many people have guessed it, but they don't have evidence and it's hard to force them. So, I hope that after you get married, you will keep your mouth shut about anything about my sister. Also, you must pretend to be a married couple with my sister."

Luo Zijun said: "I will definitely keep it in mind."

Bai Qingtong added: "Also, Sir, don't worry. Although you are a son-in-law, you can still take the imperial examination and enter the official career in the future."

Luo Zijun nodded.

Bai Qingtong suddenly laughed again and said, "If big brother knew about Mr. Li, I wonder how angry he would be. Mr. Li tricked his dream girl Liu into getting him, and now he has tricked the most beautiful sister in his family. It's quite pitiful to think about it."

Luo Zijun said seriously: "It's not a lie, it's fate."

Bai Qingtong smiled and said, "Speaking of fate, I suddenly remembered that you seem to be able to tell fortunes, could you help Qingtong do the same?"

Then he smiled and said, "As for the money for fortune-telling, you can ask my sister for it when the time comes. It doesn't matter if you ask for more."

Luo Zijun said: "Miss Third's fate must be too good, I can't tell for now. If a person's fate is too good and full of blessings, it will cover up all the holes in his fate, and those holes are not worth mentioning."

Bai Qingtong didn't believe it and asked, "Then why can the master calculate the identities of this sister and that sister of the Jia family?"

Luo Zijun said: "That's because their lives are full of holes. They are too broken, so they will always reveal some secrets for people to see. It's like a luxurious robe. A very small hole may not be discovered by others, but some big holes will always be seen by others."

Bai Qingtong's expression changed, and he said, "Sir, can you really see their fate? But why are their fates so flawed? Yingchun is so kind and honest, Tanchun is so smart and beautiful, Sister Lin is so talented and beautiful, and she is so pitiful, and Yun'er is so straightforward and lovely, but why do their fates seem so bad in your eyes?"

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, then said, "Maybe I made a mistake. Miss Third, don't think too much about it. I just made a calculation based on my own feelings. Don't take it seriously."

Bai Qingtong looked at him seriously, "But Master not only calculated Yingchun's fate in advance, but also very accurately, and even knew her surname. If Master hadn't reminded her in advance, Yingchun might have married him now. With that man's lust and cruelty, Yingchun's fate is likely to be just as Master said, and she will die in one year."

Luo Zijun said: "Maybe, this one is right."

Bai Qingtong looked at him deeply, and suddenly stretched out a jade hand and said, "Sir, please help me calculate my marriage. When the time comes, I will be like my sister, and I will also want to find a son-in-law, and not marry outside."

Luo Zijun glanced at the hand she extended and said, "Why are you extending your hand, Third Miss?"

Bai Qingtong laughed and said, "Don't all the fortune tellers on the street look at your hands?"

Luo Zijun said: "I don't look at my hands."

Bai Qingtong asked, "Where do you want to look, sir?"

After she finished speaking, she seemed to suddenly think of something, and two blushes suddenly rose on her fair and beautiful face. She said, "Look at the mole?"

Luo Zijun glanced at her face and hands and asked, "Where is the mole on Third Miss?"

Bai Qingtong didn't answer and her cheeks turned even redder.

Hua'er, who was standing by, also blushed immediately and moved her lips as if she wanted to speak, but held back.

Bai Qingtong hesitated for a moment, then suddenly bent down, preparing to take off the boot on his left foot, and said with his head down: "On my foot, there is a butterfly."

Luo Zijun was stunned and said quickly: "Miss San, you don't have to take it off. I won't look at the mole."

Bai Qingtong raised her head after hearing this, blushing and asked, "Then why do you ask where someone's mole is?"

Luo Zijun was a little embarrassed: "Just curious..."

Bai Qingtong pursed her lips and looked at him, not saying anything more.

Luo Zijun said quickly: "The third young lady has eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes with divine light, a beautiful nose and cherry lips, and beautiful feet with butterflies. She will definitely find a husband of her dreams in the future. At least, her marriage will be a thousand times, ten thousand times better than the eldest young lady's."

Bai Qingtong chuckled and said, "Sir just said that we don't look at moles."

Luo Zijun said: "You don't have to look at the mole, but if there is a mole, it is naturally better."

At this time, the carriage had arrived at the gate of the Jia Mansion.

Bai Qingtong rolled her eyes at him and said, "Just be perfunctory. When you meet Miss Zhang, Miss Wang, and Miss Lin from the Jia Mansion later, you'll see if you can still be perfunctory."

Luo Zijun asked in confusion: "Where are Sister Zhang and Sister Wang in the Jia Mansion?"

Bai Qingtong smiled and said, "Look, you're just remembering Sister Lin."

The two men got off the carriage while talking.

Someone had already gone in to report at the door.

Soon, Jia She's servant was the first to run out. He came to Luo Zijun with a smile on his face and said respectfully, "Mr. Luo, my master went out this morning and hasn't come back yet. Please go in and have some tea first. I'll go look for my master."

The servant naturally knew that this Young Master Luo was the master's guest of honor, and Jia She had also instructed that as long as this Young Master Luo came to the Jia Mansion, he must be notified as soon as possible.

Luo Zijun said: "I came here today just to visit Master Baoyu, so there is no need to call Master Jia."

The servant said quickly, "Yes."

However, after Luo Zijun and Bai Qingtong walked up the stairs, the servant immediately went to get the horse and left in a flash.

When Jia Tanchun heard the news, she quickly came out to greet him.

Luo Zijun naturally said in front of everyone that she came to visit Jia Baoyu, but in front of Miss Jia San, there was no need to hide it anymore.

He whispered, "Miss Tanchun, I have something to ask Miss Yingchun."

Jia Tanchun nodded, took Bai Qingtong's hand and said with a smile: "Qingtong, let's go to the backyard. Is this Mr. Luo here to look for Brother Bao? Let's go to the backyard together."

After they entered the mansion and walked through the long corridor, Jia Tanchun ordered the maids and nannies behind them to leave, leaving only two senior maids.

She whispered to Cui Mo, "Go tell the second sister to go to the Pear Garden in the back and tell her that Young Master Luo is here. Remember, tell her quietly, don't let her maids hear it."

Cui Mo agreed and left immediately.

Jia Tanchun then looked at Luo Zijun and whispered, "Because Yingchun cried to the old ancestor last time and said she wanted to move out, the old ancestor asked people to keep a close eye on her. As for Baoyu, Master Luo will not be able to see him today. After being beaten by father last time, he is now locked up in his room reading."

Luo Zijun said: "I came here today just to see Miss Yingchun, it doesn't matter whether I see Mr. Baoyu or not."

Jia Tanchun chuckled and said, "Master Luo, are you afraid that he will stick close to you and grab your hand?"

Luo Zijun said: "I am a little scared."

As soon as these words were spoken, Bai Qingtong next to him also laughed.

Jia Tanchun turned her back and smiled for a while, then said, "Mr. Luo, let's go to the Pear Garden. My sisters are making snowmen and having snowball fights there."

Luo Zijun asked: "Is it convenient?"

He knew that in the backyard of a family like this, when the women were playing, not only strange men, but even the adult men in the house would try to avoid going there.

Jia Tanchun said, "It's okay. There's no one else on the road. If anyone asks, just say you're going to look for Baoyu. Everyone in the Pear Garden is one of us. They won't tell anyone."

A few people walked out of the corridor and passed through a garden corridor. After twists and turns and passing through several stone gates, they arrived at the Pear Garden.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard the sound of girls laughing and chasing each other coming from the woods not far away.

Luo Zijun looked up and saw young girls in the woods, wearing red, yellow, purple, blue and other colorful clothes, chasing and throwing snowballs at each other.

One shade of red is the most eye-catching.

I saw her with a slender figure, wearing a thick red cloak with a velvet collar, holding a snowball, and hiding behind a big tree, panting. Her little face was flushed and her smile was particularly crisp, like a wind chime in the morning breeze.

The snowball in Shi Xiangyun's hand suddenly hit her in the face. Her delicate and weak body swayed slightly like a willow in the wind, and she fell to the ground.

Zijuan, Xueyan and Chunxian who were beside her hurried over to support her, protect her and help her fight back.

Shi Xiangyun ran away while giggling.

She got up from the ground, panted and chased after him, saying angrily: "Yun'er, don't run!" Bai Qingtong retracted her gaze, turned around and looked at someone behind her.

Luo Zijun also retracted his gaze and looked at her.

Bai Qingtong showed a half-smile on his face and asked, "Who were you looking at just now, sir?"

Luo Zijun pointed to the pavilion over there and said, "Someone is sewing clothes there."

Jia Tanchun took a look and said with a smile, "That's Qingwen. That girl also loves fun. She was sewing clothes in the room. When she heard about the snowball fight here, she immediately came over with the clothes."

Luo Zijun suddenly thought that Qingwen was not only the most beautiful maid in the Jia family, but also had extremely high needlework skills, especially good at mending clothes.

That day when he went to Bao'an Hall, he saw that it was snowing outside, but his senior sister was still wearing a thin dress. He had been thinking of making a dress for his senior sister, and now he saw Third Miss Bai wearing this snow-white fox fur coat, which was very beautiful. If it was worn on his senior sister, it would definitely look even better.

So at this moment he was thinking about sewing a fox fur coat for his senior sister to keep her warm.

"Miss San, Miss Tanchun, go have a snowball fight, and then sit in the pavilion over there and wait for Miss Yingchun."

He said something to the two girls in front of him and walked towards the pavilion over there.

As a strange man, it was naturally not suitable for him to go over and play snowball fights with those noble ladies.

Jia Tanchun pulled Bai Qingtong and said with a smile, "Qingtong, let's go play."

Bai Qingtong glanced at the pavilion over there, nodded, and said, "Let's go."

In the pavilion, Qingwen, who had a slender figure in a blue jacket and green skirt, was mending a cloak with her head down. From time to time, she looked up at the forest, her pretty face full of smiles.

When Luo Zijun came closer, she still hadn't noticed.

Until Luo Zijun spoke up: "Miss Qingwen, long time no see."

Qingwen was startled by him. When she saw that it was him, she asked in surprise, "Master Luo, why are you here?"

Luo Zijun said: "I came here with Miss Qingtong. She went to play snowballs."

Qingwen was stunned for a moment, looked into the woods, then looked at him, and said crisply: "Master Luo, there are only women here, you shouldn't come here. If the maids and ladies knew about this, they would be angry."

Luo Zijun looked outside the pavilion and said, "It's okay. Miss Tanchun brought me in."

When Qingwen saw that there was no one else in the pavilion except the two of them, a man and a woman, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable and stood up, preparing to leave.

Luo Zijun said: "I came here specifically to see you. I have something to ask of you."

Qingwen was startled when she heard this, and said with a puzzled look on her face: "Please speak, Mr. Luo."

Luo Zijun looked at the cloak in her hand and said, "I heard that Miss Qingwen is very good at sewing and is very good at sewing clothes. I would like to ask her to help me sew a fox fur coat. The reward is negotiable."

"This……"

When Qingwen heard this, she felt a little embarrassed and said, "Master Luo, I am a maid in the Jia family. If I sew clothes, I can only sew them for the young masters and young ladies in the Jia family. You..."

Luo Zijun said, "I know this request is a bit offensive and rude, but I can't think of a good candidate for the time being. If you are worried about gossip, I can go and tell Baoyu first, and then tell Miss Tanchun and the others."

Qingwen still didn't dare to agree.

She was an unmarried maid, and she went to sew clothes for a strange man outside the mansion. If others knew about it, who knows what they would say about her.

"Mr. Luo, this matter..."

"Master Luo!"

At this time, Jia Yingchun came over from the corridor next to her.

She was only followed by her maid Siqi, whose face was flushed because she walked in such a hurry, but her face was full of happiness.

Qingwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took the opportunity to leave.

"Master Luo, it's so cold outside. I'll go back first."

After saying this, she immediately left in a hurry, holding her clothes and needlework.

At this time, Jia Tanchun came over from the opposite side. When she met her, she whispered to her, "What did Mr. Luo say to you?"

Qingwen blushed slightly and said, "Mr. Luo wants me to help him sew a fox fur coat, and he also said he would pay me."

Jia Tanchun was startled when she heard this and asked, "Sewing fox fur?"

Qingwen said, "Yes, I never thought that Mr. Luo would have such a request. If I sew it for him, I don't know how others will criticize me."

After saying that, she said goodbye and left.

Jia Tanchun thought for a while and then walked towards the pavilion in front.

In the pavilion, Luo Zijun was saying to Jia Yingchun: "If it's inconvenient, that's fine. I just came to tell you something."

Jia Yingchun said quickly: "Mr. Luo, I will go and talk to grandma later. If grandma still disagrees, I will...sneak out by myself."

At this time, Jia Tanchun came over and said with a smile: "You can't do it secretly. If the old ancestor knew, he would be so sad."

Jia Yingchun looked at her and said anxiously, "Tanchun, I want to move out. Master Luo happened to say that I can go to Chujian Book House and live with Miss Liu."

Jia Tanchun's eyes flickered for a moment, and she asked, "Living with Miss Liu? The daughter of Minister Liu, Mr. Luo's sweetheart?"

Luo Zijun was afraid that she might misunderstand, so she quickly explained, "Recently, the man from Marquis Bowang's mansion has been going there frequently to cause trouble, so I wanted Miss Yingchun to stay there for a while."

Jia Tanchun frowned and said, "That Miss Wan is still pestering me."

She pondered for a moment and said, "For this matter, we should ask the old ancestor. Mr. Luo, don't worry. Chu Jian Shuwu is not far away. Miss Liu is the daughter of Minister Liu. If we talk about it, the old ancestor should agree."

Luo Zijun said, "Thank you very much, Miss Tanchun."

Jia Tanchun smiled slightly and suddenly asked, "I just heard Qingwen say that Mr. Luo wanted her to help sew a fox fur coat?"

Luo Zijun was a little embarrassed and said, "I just saw her sewing clothes and I spoke on impulse. Now I feel it is too presumptuous and rude, so just pretend I never mentioned it."

Jia Tanchun laughed and said, "Mr. Luo, what are you talking about? You saved Sister Yingchun, and we don't know how to repay you. It's just a piece of clothing. Mr. Luo, just tell me what style you want, and I'll ask Qingwen to make it. Also, Mr. Luo may not know that Yun'er is also very good at sewing clothes. If Qingwen is unwilling, let Yun'er help you make it. Yun'er is very happy."

Luo Zijun hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to make a white fox fur coat for women. The style should be like the one Miss Qingtong is wearing."

"Female fox fur?"

Jia Tanchun was stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "I thought Mr. Luo wanted to do it for me. If Mr. Luo had said earlier that it was for a woman, Qingwen wouldn't have run away in a panic with a red face."

Luo Zijun said: "Blame me, blame me."

Jia Tanchun asked again: "How tall is he? How fat or thin is he? How wide are his shoulders?"

Luo Zijun said: "She is probably as tall as Miss Xiangyun, very slim, with the same figure as Miss Tanchun, and thin shoulders, but... but..."

"Just what?"

Jia Tanchun asked.

Luo Zijun said: "It's okay, it doesn't affect that part, it's worn at the back anyway."

Jia Tanchun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood. Her cheeks blushed slightly, and she smiled, "Mr. Luo, you should still explain it in general. Clothes cannot be worn only at the back, and they don't necessarily have to be draped over. If it's too cold, the front should also be tied."

Luo Zijun showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and could only say: "Make the front bigger, preferably twice as big as Miss Qingtong's fox fur."

Jia Tanchun turned her head to look at Bai Qingtong who was walking over from the corridor. The corner of her mouth twitched, and she looked at him again and asked, "Are you sure?"

Luo Zijun nodded.

Jia Tanchun was somewhat puzzled and could not help but said, "That night, I also saw Miss Liu, and I felt that it was not to the extent that..."

"Not her."

Luo Zijun was also a little embarrassed and said, "It's someone else, really...it needs to be bigger."

Jia Tanchun said nothing more.

Luo Zijun suddenly asked again: "By the way, Miss Tanchun, do you have any snow-colored fox fur in your house?"

Before Jia Tanchun could reply, Bai Qingtong came over and said, "What do you need the fox fur for, sir? We have one left in the Bai Mansion, and we were planning to give it away. If you need it, I'll give it to you."

Jia Tanchun said quickly, "I happen to have a fox fur coat that's almost finished. I can ask Qingwen to help alter it tomorrow. Let her try it on first. If it doesn't fit, I can bring it back for alterations."

Bai Qingtong asked, "Sir, you want to give someone a fox fur coat? Is it Miss Liu?"

Before Luo Zijun could answer, Jia Tanchun whispered, "It's bigger than Miss Liu's..."

Bai Qingtong: “?”

Jia Tanchun whispered again: "Twice as big as yours..."

Luo Zijun: “…”

(End of this chapter)