The filial son of the Red Mansion

We should live a prosperous life after all, how can we let my second sister marry into the impoverished Zhang family!

Chapter 104: The You Sisters’ Banquet

When Old Lady You saw Jia Rong was about to leave, she did not try to keep him any longer. She thought to herself that she would explain things to her second and third sisters later, and to host a private banquet in the porch to celebrate Jia Rong's appointment as the Dragon Guard.

She thought that her second sister was as gentle and docile as Grandma Xiaorong; as for her looks, although she was not as beautiful and charming as Grandma Xiaorong, her delicate and beautiful figure and elegant appearance were incomparable to Grandma Xiaorong.

Besides, the second sister is younger than Grandma Xiaorong, so I don’t believe that Grandpa Xiaorong won’t be moved by her.

Even if he didn't like the second sister, there was still the third sister, who was as charming and pretty as Xiaorong's. Since Xiaorong liked Xiaorong's wife so much, the second and third sisters could make him happy with a little trickery.

Old Lady You was very happy when she made up her mind. She smiled and said to You: "Grandma, you are absolutely right. If we cancel the engagement hastily, it will only give people something to blame. Let's wait and see first."

Youshi nodded and sighed, "It's good that the old lady knows the difficulties of the Ning Mansion." Seeing the maids outside bringing in lunch, she asked again, "Have the old lady and sisters eaten yet?"

Old Lady You glanced at the food on the table with her old eyes, secretly complaining that the food she ate was good, and the food left for us was all inferior. After all, she was not her biological daughter, and she was treated differently even though she lived in the same house with me.

"I've been worried about something all night and happened to have missed any meals." The old mother was very indignant, and when she saw Mrs. You asked to keep the meal for her, she hurriedly called the second and third sisters You to come and eat.

In fact, how different are the foods in the two palaces?

Except for the imperial rice that Jia's mother ate every day, the food for all other ladies, grandmothers, girls and even the maids in the room was the same. If anyone liked something, they just had to ask the maid to go to the kitchen and tell them.

The difference that Old Lady You thought was all due to taste and preference. For example, Mrs. You did not like to eat the imperial rice, so she would give a portion of it to Grandmother Jia every year, and the rest was cooked for banquets.

The dishes, snacks, etc. on the table are all according to my favorite taste.

Mrs. You had a light taste and a small appetite, so the dishes seemed more delicate. When she saw that Old Lady You and Second and Third Sisters You agreed, she asked the maid to go to the kitchen to tell them and send some more food.

But when Jia Rong returned to the East Courtyard, Qin Keqing had already woken up, and the couple chatted for a while. Jia Rong also asked Feng'er and Ruizhu to have a good rest, and asked Feicui and Baozhu to take good care of Qin Keqing. Then he changed into formal clothes and led his long-servant Shi Hui to go straight to Qiu Duwei's house.

"Brother Qiu, I'm here to congratulate you."

Before Shi Hui went forward to knock on the door, Jia Rong had already shouted, "Brother Qiu is at home. I am here to congratulate you."

The servant who was guarding the Qiu Mansion opened the door and saw that it was Jia Rong. He was so scared that he almost closed the door again.

"You unruly people, you are so blind that you don't even recognize me?" Jia Rong kicked the door and cursed, "Brother Qiu and I are sworn brothers. Today I brought gifts to congratulate you on your promotion."

As he walked into Qiu's house, he held up the brush washer he had bought for 200 coins, looking like a dandy. "This is an authentic Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain brush washer. If it gets damaged, even if you sell your entire family, you still can't afford the compensation."

The servants in the Qiu Mansion dared not provoke him, so they could only send someone to report it quickly, and then watch Jia Rong enter the mansion.

"What?!" Qiu Jiheng was entertaining guests when he suddenly heard the news. He was so startled that he almost fell off his stool.

Captain Qiu's face was dark. He quietly apologized to everyone around him, then pulled the butler outside to question him.

"What is Jia Rong doing here?"

"He said he came to congratulate the master and brought a gift."

"Congratulations?" Captain Qiu's mouth trembled uncontrollably, and the beard on his lips swayed. "Entertain the officials inside well. I'll go see him. Don't let the people in the room know that Jia Rong is here."

Jia Rong is such a shameless guy.

Captain Qiu straightened his clothes, tried to force a smile on his face, and walked towards the sound of the laughter. Sure enough, after a while, he saw the man holding a porcelain basin that looked like a urinal.

"Brother!" Jia Rong was overjoyed when he saw him.

What a fucking upgrade.

The treasure chest above Captain Qiu’s head has been upgraded and is now a [Level 6 Treasure Chest].

So cool, so cool, so cool!

"Congratulations, big brother. Congratulations, big brother. I specially bought a Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain brush washer from South City at a high price to congratulate you on your promotion."

As the name suggests, a pen washer is a vessel used to hold water for washing pens, and is a stationery item. Due to the different styles and materials, a pen washer can also be considered an elegant tool for pleasing one's mind and cultivating one's sentiments.

Captain Qiu raised his eyebrows.

Now it is hard to tell whether Jia Rong is kind-hearted or deliberately being disgusting.

It was obvious that the brush was not made of any precious material. As a warrior, he never played with elegant stationery!

"Thank you Captain Rong for your trouble!" Captain Qiu accepted the gift with a forced smile. Whatever he did now, he felt like he was hitting a ball of cotton. No matter how hard he tried, it was useless. It was as if this person was stuck in the cotton pile and couldn't get out at all.

Jia Rong laughed and said, "I wanted to come here yesterday, but the ladies of the two mansions insisted on inviting me to drink. I couldn't get away, so I rushed here early this morning. I had a drink at my elder brother's place, and I have to hurry back in the afternoon."

Drinking?

Jia Rong wants to drink here?

Captain Qiu had never felt so depressed before, and he really wanted to smash Jia Rong's face with the cheap pen washer in his hand.

Jia Rong paused, then looked at me sideways and said, "Brother, you won't be reluctant to part with the good wine at home, will you? It's ok that you didn't go to Ning Mansion to congratulate me yesterday, but why are you afraid that I will drink your wine?"

Captain Qiu gritted his teeth secretly, not because he was reluctant, but because he didn't want to have too much interaction with Jia Rong. Having said that, he couldn't just send the guest away, so he could only invite Jia Rong into the hall with great helplessness.

Unexpectedly, Jia Rong laughed and glanced at the people drinking inside, then bowed repeatedly and started to treat them as brothers.

The left sentence: "This brother is polite!"

Right said: "Big brother, it seems like we are destined to be together. What should I call you, big brother?"

Jia Rong did not consider himself an outsider at all and was very active. The people drinking in the room also looked sideways, sometimes at Jia Rong, sometimes at Captain Qiu.

Jia Rong didn't care about their looks and sighed inwardly: Wow, this group of people are all Dragon Guards. I have seen many of them before. They are all level three or four treasure chests.

If I became brothers with this group of people and then buried them all!

No one knew what he was thinking. Although they had no friendship with the Jia family and no contact with Jia Rong, they didn't hit a smiling person. They all responded awkwardly and looked at each other, preparing to get this new stranger drunk together.

However, after a while, their eyes became blurry. Captain Qiu and Qiu Jiheng also looked a little drunk!

"Why drink fast wine?" Jia Rong muttered in distress. "It seems that I will have a hard time tonight! Damn~"

At this time, Wang Xifeng, Ping'er, Lin Daiyu, Tanchun, Yingchun, Xichun and others were looking at the courtyard in the inner house of Ningguo Mansion. In the porch behind You's courtyard, You Erjie and You Sanjie's faces gradually turned red.

Third Sister You frowned and said in embarrassment: "Master Xiaorong is of a different generation from us, so..."

Old Lady You scolded, "I just want you to have a few more drinks with him, but I won't do anything. If he really has feelings for you, it's your good fortune."

Chapter 105: Stupid people do stupid things

You Erjie and You Sanjie were still young, and they didn't really understand what Old Lady You meant by "good fortune". The education they had received since childhood was to listen to their parents and do what their parents said, just like puppets without thoughts in their parents' hands.

Although the two sisters are now older and have seen more of the world in Ningguo Mansion, they feel that what their mother said is not quite right, but they cannot refute it.

Old Lady You saw that the two sisters were hesitating, and said angrily: "Second girl, do you really want to marry into the Zhang family? Follow Zhang Hua and live with a bunch of prostitutes every day in Huaxiang? Now the life of luxury in Ningguo Mansion is here, and you don't want it? In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with you really following Rong Ge'er. Except for the lack of status, can he still treat you badly?"

The only person the You family can rely on now is the Ningguo Mansion, specifically Jia Rong from the Ningguo Mansion.

Youshi is also unreliable. What can Youshi decide?

No matter what happens in the end, it will still be Rong Ge'er who will take care of it, right?

Seeing that her two daughters were still standing there in a daze, Old Lady You explained, "Yesterday you saw the maids in the two mansions. They live better than us. Not to mention getting close to Rong'er, even if you ask Rong'er to be a matchmaker for you in the future, you can still have food and clothing for the rest of your lives. Why don't you understand your mother's painstaking efforts?"

You Erjie was somewhat persuaded, and said quietly, "I understand, my daughter. I will spend more time with Xiaorong's grandmother in the future."

Old Lady You was so angry that she pushed You Erjie's forehead and scolded her, "Why are you so useless? What kind of ability does Little Rong's wife have? She can't even make decisions for her own brother in the Jia family. How can she help you? As long as you get close to Rong'er, nothing will be difficult to handle."

No one in the two mansions knew what Old Lady You was up to.

Jia Rong knew a little about it, but he never thought that the old lady of the You family might push her two daughters to him for the sake of her own fine clothes and delicious food.

Old Lady You did it either for herself or for her daughter.

What the purpose is doesn’t matter to Jia Rong.

Jia Rong couldn't hear what they said.

He was now looking at the group of drunk people in Captain Qiu's mansion, with a smug smile on his face.

"You want to get me drunk and make me look bad? You really underestimate me." Jia Rong laughed loudly and found two guys with [Level 4 Treasure Chests] on their heads in the crowd. He opened his arms and put them on their shoulders. He said with a smile, "We hit it off today. How about we become brothers at Brother Qiu's house?"

He has figured out that the man on the left with the [Level 4 Treasure Box] on his head is named Yuan, given name Zhen, and courtesy name Xuanting. The man on the right with the [Level 4 Treasure Box] on his head is named Xiao, given name Kun, and courtesy name Junpeng.

Yuan Zhen and Xiao Kun, like him, are guards of the Dragon Guard.

Yuan Zhen is now on duty at Taihe Gate; Xiao Kun, unfortunately, is also on duty at Shenwu Gate to the north of the Forbidden Palace.

Shouldn't we win them over?

Regardless of whether we bury them in the future or not, let's become sworn brothers first and upgrade the treasure chests for both of us. If something unexpected happens to Yuan Zhen and Xiao Kun someday, we can pick up two treasure chests for free.

It’s worth the trip!

Yuan Zhen and Captain Qiu's family were close relatives, and he still had a little bit of clarity left in his mind. In his heart, he was unwilling to agree to become sworn brothers, but his hands and feet were out of control and he took the cup that Jia Rong handed to him inexplicably.

"Brother Zhen, after drinking this cup, we will be sworn brothers. From now on, we will share the good times and you will help us in times of trouble. Come!"

"Come? What?" Yuan Zhen looked in a daze as the glass was filled with wine, which was then drunk by Jia Rong.

After coughing twice in succession, he could no longer stand. He could only vaguely hear Jia Rong's voice.

"Don't worry, Brother Zhen. Brother Junpeng hasn't drunk yet. We'll kneel down and ask the gods of heaven and earth to bear witness to our brothers."

"what?"

Yuan Zhen screamed, and then his consciousness became completely confused, and he didn't even know what he was doing.

Xiao Kun can't drink much, and his name is not good either, he is named Kun and his courtesy name is Junpeng, so his full name sounds like Xiao Kun, no wonder he is so drunk now. Jia Rong was not polite and pulled Xiao Kun to drink a glass as well.

Then, under the jaw-dropping gazes of the Qiu Mansion's servants, the three of them kowtowed toward the sky at the door.

"Heaven and earth have witnessed that my younger brother Jia Rong, my elder brother Yuan Zhen, and my second brother Xiao Kun have become brothers of different surnames. From now on, we will share the good times and bear the bad times together."

After Jia Rong finished his oath, he saw that Xiao Kun had fallen asleep while kowtowing, while Yuan Zhen turned his head and smiled at him foolishly.

Well, I got two more level five treasure chests!

He turned around and glanced over the heads of the others.

Do you want to become sworn brothers with this group of people?

Obviously, the servants of Qiu's house also saw Jia Rong's thoughts, and they were all shocked. The chief steward of Qiu's house burst into tears and said hurriedly: "Master Xiao Rong, please have mercy. If the masters wake up and find out about this, how can we explain it to them?"

Yuan Zhen and Xiao Kun were also very close to Captain Qiu, so they could handle some minor incidents. If other people were also attacked for unknown reasons, they, the servants, would really be dead.

After hesitating, Jia Rong counted and found that there were five or six [Level 3 treasure chests] and seven or eight [Level 2 treasure chests] left.

There is really no need to become sworn brothers for a level 2 treasure chest. You are already level 2 at such an old age, and even if you get promoted in the future, you won’t be able to get much higher. As for a level 3 treasure chest, no matter if you know him or not, just become sworn brothers first.