In the evening, the golden afterglow of the autumn sunset falls on the courtyard in front of Rongqing Hall, spreading up the stairs and under the eaves of the corridor.
Jia Mu was wearing her usual home clothes, sitting on a recliner, with a wool blanket covering her knees. The maid Yuanyang behind her was squeezing Jia Mu's shoulders.
Li Wan and Sister Feng were on the side, talking quietly.
Baoyu, Daiyu, Tanchun and other sisters solved the nine-link chain.
In the distance, little Xichun was playing Go with Yingchun. Xichun was obviously not good at playing chess. Her beautiful eyebrows were slightly frowned, and her eyes, like dotted paint, were staring at the chessboard with black and white chess pieces.
Although the girl is still young, she has already shown some beauty, her cheeks are white and rosy, and she has a little baby fat.
The maid next to Xichun enters the painting, and the colorful screen is waiting on the side with seasonal fruits and fragrant tea.
Yingchun held a chess piece in her hand, looked at Xichun and said: "Every time"
Si Qi, the eldest maid on the side, supported her cheek with one hand and looked at
Daiyu raised her eyes and glanced at Xichun, covering her mouth and smiling sweetly.
Baoyu asked curiously: "Why is sister Lin laughing?"
Daiyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief in her hand and said, "Let me just say that Sister Yingchun has met her opponent and is about to meet a good talent."
Baoyu was puzzled for a moment, with confusion on his face like a full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and said: "How do you say this?"
Tan Chun put down the nine-link ring he was untying in his hand, raised his jade face and glanced at Daiyu, his heroic brows reappeared, and he smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "Sister Lin is always good at teasing people, second brother, this means fourth sister The moves in chess are slow."
When Baoyu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "If you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent."
After hearing this, Xichun in the distance pouted angrily, threw the chess piece away, pouted angrily, and said, "No more, Sister Lin is here to make fun of me again."
Yingchun was stunned for a moment, her nose was greasy with goose fat, her cheeks were slightly peach, and there was a hint of confusion, and she said in a clear voice: "This game is not over yet, why can't we finish."
"Haha..." As if amused by the two's cute reactions, Baoyu laughed so hard.
Now even Tanchun couldn't help it and started laughing. As for Daiyu, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and kept laughing, her flowers trembling.
Tanchun smiled and said, "Sister Lin has such a clever mouth, she always speaks accurately."
The laughter in the room even attracted Jia Mu to come over, urging Li Wan to come over and call for someone.
The sisters immediately cheered and left their seats and came over to talk.
The gloom on Jia Mu's face also dissipated a lot, and she smiled kindly and said: "Baoyu, thank you that I didn't let you go to Dongfu and let you sisters have fun here."
Baoyu said: "This time in Dongfu should be over."
Yuanyang looked at the sky and said softly: "It's the right time now, I guess it should be over."
The smile on Jia Mu's face faded a little, and she sighed and said: "The old and young men of the clan are waiting for him in the clan. I think he should be angry."
Sister Feng joked and said: "It's not just a matter of anger, I'm getting into trouble right now. How can I say that sentence, the spring breeze is proud... Oops, I can't think much about it for a moment."
Sister Feng thought about it for a long time, wondering if it was influenced by Jia Heng's repeated insults from intellectuals. She felt that this situation should be expressed in poetry, but she had limited ink and could not use any idioms.
"The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hooves are so fast that I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day." Baoyu on the side showed thoughts on his face and answered with a smile.
Daiyu glanced at Baoyu with a pair of clear eyes that turned into rain. Baoyu didn't study well on weekdays. He only knew one thing about poems and anecdotes, but didn't know the other.
This Chang'an flower is not a good thing.
Using flowers as a metaphor for people, this Du Fanchuan is not a serious person.
Tan Chun's bright eyes flashed, and he said in a clear voice: "That Uncle Heng is not that frivolous person, isn't he? Second sister-in-law Lian said in the morning that the elder went to Liutiao'er Hutong to apologize last night, and it's not like that Uncle Heng is not a frivolous person. Say something nasty?"
Sister Feng smiled and said, "There are no harsh words, but our uncle Heng is not a forgiving person."
Jia Mu waved her hand and said, "Okay, what are you talking about? You can go and tell him about Brother Rong and Brother Zhen's daughter-in-law in the evening. The family property of such a big Duke's mansion has now been given to him. , we can’t let people sleep on the streets.”
Sister Feng said with a smile: "Don't worry, ancestor, I will go look for him later."
Li Wan, who was sitting aside, felt something strange on his elegant and gentle face when he heard these words. I wonder if she thought too much about finding him later? This doesn't sound like what a womanly person should say.
Then I thought about it, Sister Feng's behavior in the past was considered ordinary.
Jia Mu said: "Anyway, it's not possible. I still have tens of thousands of taels of silver. I have to use it to buy a mansion for Brother Rong and Brother Zhen's daughter-in-law. It's on Ningrong Street, and it's cheaper to go there." .”
Sister Feng said with a smile: "That's not Li'er. Not to mention other things, how big the business of Dongfu Farm and Shop is, how can he take it all by himself? If the ancestors are looking for him,"
Jia Mu thought for a while, frowned and said, "If he doesn't comply, you can call him to Rongqing Hall tomorrow, and I'll tell him off myself."
Sister Feng smiled and said: "Then our ancestors are very sure when they come to him, so he must have nothing to say. I heard that when he submitted the resignation form, he said that our ancestors were fair in dealing with things."
Daiyu on the side listened to Sister Feng's continued words without missing a beat, her eyebrows were lowered, and she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled softly.
Jia Mu's face became a little happy at this time. She smiled and asked, "Baoyu didn't go, why didn't Huan'er go?"
Sister Feng chuckled and said, "My aunt said that Huan'er was not feeling well, so she didn't go."
What's wrong is that Aunt Zhao doesn't want Huan'er to get on the pole to flatter others.
Li Wan took over the conversation with a smile and said, "I didn't let Lan'er go either, because I was worried that people of the same race would let him drink. Children are growing taller, so they should eat less alcohol."
Jia Mu nodded and said, "I didn't let Baoyu go, and that's what I said."
Li Wan: "..."
While several people in Rongqing Hall were joking, suddenly a voice from Lin Zhixiao's family came from outside, saying: "Old lady, the second master is here."
When Jia Mu heard this, she was stunned and asked, "Everyone has dispersed over there?"
"It's all gone. The second master is here to say hello to you. His face is red and smiling. I don't know what kind of happy event has happened to him." Lin Zhixiao's family said with a smile.
At this time, Jia Zheng, wearing a Confucian robe and a long robe, walked into the flower hall, bowed solemnly to Jia Mu, and was about to speak. Suddenly he looked at Baoyu, who was hanging his head among his sisters, and he suddenly became angry. Just scolded: "You are asked to go to Dongfu for something that is not worthy of publicity. Why don't you go?"
As soon as these words came out, Baoyu was as frightened as a quail. He buried his head in his chest and hesitated. Daiyu's face changed slightly and she looked at Baoyu worriedly.
Jia Mu's face originally had smile lines, but after hearing this, her expression changed and she said angrily: "You have eaten two taels of horse urine and scolded my Baoyu again. Look at how drunk you are. Why don't you go back and wash yourself?" Wash away.”
"Mother." Jia Zheng was scolded by Jia Mu and did not dare to reply. Instead, he said: "Baoyu looks not much younger than Ziyu, but the way he treats people is completely different. Baoyu is also now It’s getting bigger and bigger, and now it’s always playing in the backyard, what’s it like?”
"How does he treat others? He is dissatisfied seven times and resented eight times. How else can he treat others well?" When Jia Mu heard this, she was not very happy.
Everyone on the side looked at Jia Zheng curiously.
Jia Zhengdao: "Ziyu treats people and things with kindness, like spring breeze and rain. Now he is the leader of our Jia clan. He previously proposed to use the public funds to rebuild the clan school. He should set up Chongwen and Lecture Halls, invite famous teachers, and provide free services to the children of our clan. As for studying, what a benevolent and righteous act it is. Cultivating children to study and practice martial arts is a long-term strategy to sustain the clan. Now the young and old in the clan are full of praises."
Mother Jia and Sister Feng: "..."
Jia's mother's face changed slightly, and she was silent. How about rebuilding the family clan?
Sister Feng's heart skipped a beat, and she made quick calculations in her mind.
It is to rebuild the clan school and to provide free education for the children. This is probably a lot of money...
Dongfu Gongzhong only had a total of five to sixty thousand taels of silver. If he had left 10,000 taels for daily expenses before, he could use the remaining 40,000 taels to lend money and collect interest. But once the clan academy was rebuilt, Jia Heng still had money. ?
Uncle Heng is so confused.
Daiyu frowned and pursed her pink lips, but the figure of the young man in green clothes could not help but appear in her clear eyes.
Tan Chun raised a pair of handsome eyebrows, blinked his bright and flowing big eyes, and his cheeks as white as snow were already as beautiful as peach blossoms.
Re-establishing ethnic studies, advocating literature and martial arts, is this uncle Heng really capable of such great things?
Jia Zheng said happily: "Mother, my son asked Ziyu to be the leader of the clan. Previously, some people in the clan said that I was being pedantic. What can I say now? It is a blessing for our Jia clan to have such a wise man to control our clan."
Mother Jia's face was complicated. Even if she didn't want to admit it, she still knew the role that using public money to build a clan school and worship culture and martial arts had on the Jia clan.
With so many tribesmen, they can’t all be useless, right?
If you have one or two complete utensils, you can also light up the lintel.
Sister Feng curled her lips, snorted softly, and said in her heart, "The money is not his, he bought people's hearts to get a good son, of course I don't feel bad, I will talk to him later, if he loses like this, Dongfu He has no money to spend, and he has no income. I introduced him to a good job. Isn’t that what the play says about the timely rain on Song Jiang who is anxious for justice?"
After Jia Zheng finished speaking, he said: "Mother, Ziyu said that Chongwen Hall will invite famous teachers from the Imperial College. Once the clan school is established, my son will send Baoyu to study."
Baoyu: "..."
Looking at Baoyu, who was looking like a mourning concubine, his face turned pale with fright.
Mother Jia's face became anxious and distressed, and she said, "How old is Baoyu, and you are torturing my Baoyu again?"
Jia Zheng sighed and said, "Mother, you always spoil him like this..."
"You also said that I spoiled you like this when you were a child. At that time, you didn't study so early. You were in the backyard every day..." Jia Mu finished.
Before the call was finished, Jia Zheng looked embarrassed and left.
