The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 759
On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Peach Blossom Lane.

As the evening approached, when she heard a knock on the door, Xueyan ran to the gate, opened the door and looked outside, and it was indeed Jiao Shun who had arrived.

But Shi Xiangyun came with him.

"Why is the lady here?"

Xueyan exclaimed, and hurriedly changed her words: "I mean it's dark and slippery, and you're both..."

"We just came out of Rongguo Mansion. We were going back to the mansion. Because we missed you girl, we begged the master to take me to have a look."

Shi Xiangyun walked in on his own as he said that, Jiao Shun hurriedly held her arm and turned sideways to protect her.

Xueyan looked at the other side, but didn't make a move, but kept calling: "Girl, girl, come out and see who is here?"

It was Zijuan who was greeted by the first voice she heard. She opened the door curtain and saw Shi Xiangyun, and hurriedly turned her head and said, "Girl, Miss Shi is here."

Lin Daiyu was ready to go out to welcome her, but she moved three minutes faster after hearing this. When she went out, she saw Shi Xiangyun striding forward like an old Buddha with his belly upright, and Jiao Shun walked around cautiously like an eunuch. It's a big deal—heavy weight."

"Bah~"

Hearing her teasing about her weight, Shi Xiangyun immediately spat: "Come to see you with good intentions, but you should make fun of others first——I won't come after that, and I won't let sister Xing come either!"

Lin Daiyu cast a glance at Jiao Shun, and said with a smile, "You just don't let him come, wouldn't it be all over?"

"Then this yard will be flooded with water."

Shi Xiangyun raised his hand and scratched at the corner of his eyes: "There are already many bitter water wells in the capital, so adding another bitter water lake, wouldn't it be my fault?"

While bickering, the two sisters folded their arms affectionately and giggled, leaving Jiao Shun 'in the cold'.

Jiao Shun meticulously escorted Shi Xiangyun into the house, then smiled and said to Lin Daiyu: "I learned a new dish from someone before, and today I will give you a real treat."

Pointing to Shi Xiangyun again, he said, "I'll leave the one without a bridle to you. Don't let her stand if she can sit, and don't let her sit if she can lie down."

Saying that, he greeted Xue Yan and led him to work in the small kitchen.

Lin Daiyu really pushed Shi Xiangyun to sit on the bed, then looked outside and said, "He can cook?"

"Of course it will."

Shi Xiangyun was not polite to her, and asked Zijuan to help him take off his boots, put his legs on the bed, beat him lightly, and said: "When I first got married, the master would cook one or two dishes by himself from time to time. There are some that suit your taste, and some that don’t suit your taste, the main thing is to try something new.”

"Later, I became pregnant, and I had to report to my mother every day in the kitchen. My mother was afraid that he would not know the taboo, so she didn't let him cook again—until I suddenly remembered a while ago, and he learned a new way. of."

Hearing what Shi Xiangyun said, Lin Daiyu felt a little sour, but she felt relieved when she thought that Jiao Shun treated her like that, not to mention that Shi Xiangyun was married to a bright matchmaker.

Grabbing her two legs casually, he kneaded her and asked, "Is there anything wrong with my father-in-law this time?"

"Who said nothing went wrong?!"

As soon as this Shi Xiangyun came to his spirits, he danced and said, "Didn't you see that not long after the empress arrived at the main hall, the red incense garden ran out of water, and within an hour it burned to white ground!"

"Why did it suddenly catch fire?"

"It's not those servants..."

Shi Xiangyun explained the cause and effect, and said with emotion: "The third younger sister took the blame for this, thanks to the eldest sister Ming Chaqiu, who never took offense at it—I was dubious when Sister Feng said that this was tricky, and that that was false. Who would have imagined it... Sigh!"

Lin Daiyu shook her head: "These problems are from Sister Feng's time."

After a pause, she changed the subject and said, "Aside from these, is there nothing else to be happy about? Didn't you want the empress to comment on the poems a long time ago?"

Who would have thought that it would be good if she didn't talk about it, but when Shi Xiangyun mentioned this, she immediately lost her temper, and said sullenly: "Stop talking, I was still gearing up to win the championship in one fell swoop, but my eldest sister said that I should not bother because I am pregnant. I commented on the poems of the sisters with her."

"What else are you dissatisfied with?"

Lin Daiyu said teasingly: "They are promoting you to be the deputy examiner, so you are a head taller than others out of thin air?"

Indeed, what left the deepest impression on everyone in the Rongguo Mansion on the day of visiting relatives was the fire in the Hongxiang Garden, and the enthusiasm of Concubine Xiande for Miss Shi—especially the matter of letting her be the deputy examiner. Put her on a higher level.

"Who cares about a deputy examiner, I prefer to be a fair match!"

"Haha, who the hell got the leader?"

"Of course it's the third sister!"

Shi Xiangyun broke his fingers and said: "Sister Bao is so happy to write new words, and the fourth younger sister's blind pursuit of getting out of the world has become empty talk, not to mention the second brother Bao, who is absent-minded and absent-minded. What he writes is almost useless. ——To be honest, his best work in recent years is that eulogy.”

"Don't mention this man!"

Lin Daiyu snorted coldly, and urged: "Hurry up and write out the poems and essays written by the third younger sister, so that I can judge and criticize them!"

Seeing that Shi Xiangyun was about to get up clumsily, he hurriedly held her down again and said, "Forget it, tell me, I'll write."

By the time Jiao Shun put the dishes he had cooked on the table together with the food from the restaurant, and came in and called the two of them to eat, Lin Daiyu had already transcribed the poems written by everyone except Baoyu, and was holding Baochai's The work is on point.

As Shi Xiangyun said before, Baochai's "Sapphire Case" is full of joy and joy for new words. It is obviously a lot of festive words, but no matter how you look at it, there is a sense of loneliness and sourness.

After reading this word, and listening to Shi Xiangyun sigh, expressing Xue Baochai's bitterness and suffering in the past few days, Lin Daiyu felt pity and happiness, shared the same hatred and gloated in other's misfortune.

In the end, I only ended with the sentence 'don't mention that person in the future'.

…………

However, Sister Lin said that the "this person and that person" who did not deserve a name gradually felt the coldness of the world after visiting relatives.

Firstly, Mrs. Wang was so cold after reading his homework, she was completely determined to get over this rebellious son and let Jia Lan inherit the Rongguo Mansion's family business; Except for the terminally ill old lady, everyone from Mrs. Jia Zhengwang down lived a tight life of frugality, and he, who fell out of favor, was no exception.

How did Jia Baoyu ever suffer from this?
He felt more and more that life is difficult, it is better to jump out of the world of mortals - but he never considered that the basic necessities of life in the temple would only be worse.

In the afternoon of that day, Jia Rong suddenly sent someone to report that Qin Zhong's memorial tablet had been set up in Tiekan Temple, and he could go there to chant sutras at any time.

Baoyu was feeling bored, no matter what time it was, when he heard the news, he immediately brought all the fruit offerings and a few hand-copied scriptures, and hurried to the Tiekan Temple outside the city.

But he didn't know that as soon as he left, Jia Rong came to the door and asked to see Baochai.

It is said that ever since learning that the psychic jade had fallen into Jiao Shun's hands, Xue Baochai had raised his vigilance, and was ready to reject him sternly when Jiao Shun had any unruly attempts.

Who would want to wait until Jiao Shun and Shi Xiangyun both left the Rongguo Mansion, and Jiao Shun didn't see anything else, but Jia Rong, who was out of control, came to the door.

Xue Baochai was very baffled, and couldn't figure out why Jia Rong asked to see him.

After discussing with Ying'er, he asked Jia Rong why he came with a smile in front of everyone on the porch outside the door.

Jia Rong didn't expect her to put on such a fight, so she could only say awkwardly: "My nephew has an important matter, and I need to report it to my aunt in private."

With a wave of Xue Baochai's hand, Ying'er led the maids and maids on the left and right to retreat five or six feet away. If the voice was a little lower, the distance would not be real, but their every move was still in full view of the public.

How does Second Aunt Bao seem to guard against thieves? !

Jia Rong cursed secretly, but she could only lower her voice and say indignantly: "I didn't want to talk about this at first, but I really couldn't bear to see my aunt being kept in the dark, so I went to the door anyway - in fact, I was ordered to go to the door yesterday. I was asking for a name talisman at Tiekan Temple, but I actually saw Qin Zhong's tablet!"

"After inquiring about it later, I realized that it was set up by Second Uncle Bao in private, and he still refused to give it to others, so he insisted on reciting sutras by himself!"

Having said that, he stared straight at Xue Baochai, wanting to see how the new second aunt would react.

But Xue Baochai only shrank his pupils slightly, and then returned to the state of no waves in the ancient well, and replied indifferently: "It is better to be affectionate and righteous than to be ignorant."

Jia Rong didn't wait for what she wanted, so she couldn't help being anxious, and said with a stampede, "Second Uncle and him are not just friends, it's a serious friendship! Auntie knows what pancakes are. To put it bluntly, it's... "

"Stop talking!"

Seeing that he was about to talk in the pickle, Xue Baochai hurriedly interrupted him, and said with a straight face: "I don't understand what you are talking about, why don't you wait for your second uncle to come back, and I will teach him everything." , see if he knows."

Jia Rong was dumbfounded.

Wang Xifeng has a reputation for being fierce, but Xue Baochai is well-known as a kind person. Who would have thought that with Wang Xifeng, he only hit a soft nail, but with Xue Baochai, he will be smashed!
In desperation, he hastily said again: "Auntie, don't misunderstand me, I'm just not worth it for you, that's why... there are so many women in the East and West Second Houses, it's Auntie who is the most outstanding, I really can't bear to see Auntie..."

"All right!"

Xue Baochai snorted again, and said with a cold face: "If you leave now, I can still pretend that you have never been here. If you don't leave again, don't blame me for being rude!"

Seeing that she had no gaps to exploit, Jia Rong didn't feel discouraged, so she had to retreat disgruntled.

After Jia Rong left, Xue Baochai was still ashamed and angry, and ordered Yinger to fetch water and repeatedly wash the place where Jia Rong was standing just now, as if she was afraid that Jia Rong would dirty her own land.

Although he also had crooked intentions, compared with Jia Rong who wanted to slander and sow discord, Jiao Shun's demeanor seemed more upright than Jia Rong's.

(End of this chapter)