The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 80 The Whistleblower

Jia Baoyu saw that Daiyu came to teach Xiangling to read and write every day, and she always followed her when she had nothing to do.

But Xiangling can only be regarded as a novice Mongolian child, and Daiyu is more than enough to teach her how to read alone, so why does Jia Baoyu need to help?

It would be boring to have him by the side.

Seeing Qingwen sewing gloves inside, she ran to Qingwen and suggested, "How about I teach you how to read?"

"unnecessary."

The simple and direct refusal made Jia Baoyu stunned on the spot.

He never thought that, as his master and son, it would be an honor for Qingwen to condescend to teach Qingwen how to read.

Even if she doesn't like studying in her heart, she should always refuse in a tactful way.

It's so embarrassing to be like this... Fortunately, there is no one else in the room.

Looking up, she saw Qingwen turned sideways, concentrating on her work as a female worker, she had no intention of paying attention to him, and could only walk out with a lonely expression.Seeing that Daiyu was still teaching Xiangling seriously at the table, she was not in the mood to go forward and sat on a stool beside her in a daze.

"Okay, you can copy all these groups of words ten times."

After teaching Xiangling how to read and write more than ten characters, Daiyu turned her head and glanced at Jia Baoyu who had a bad nose. She didn't say anything, picked up the book beside her and started reading.

Suddenly felt a shadow passing by, and raised his head, it turned out that Jia Lian, who was tall and tall, came in and blocked the light at the door.

Daiyu stood up and said softly, "Second Brother Lian."

Jia Lian nodded, walked to the table, put one hand on Xiangling's shoulder, held down Xiangling who was about to get up, then looked at her homework, said with a smile: "Yes, the handwriting is getting better and better, You can write better than me, and only famous teachers can produce high-level apprentices. It seems that you will be able to become a teacher in a short time."

Daiyu curled her lips, wondering if it would be so hard to write better than you, just find a few who are not too stupid, and teach them for a few days, I'm afraid they can write better than you.

After all, she respected Jia Lian very much, and she was too embarrassed to hit him.

Jia Baoyu wanted to come over to say hello, when suddenly a figure rushed out from the back room.

"Second Master, you are back..."

Qingwen ran up to Jia Lian, threw herself on the table, raised her head, and greeted Jia Lian with a smile.

Jia Lian flicked her on the forehead and said, "Get up a bit, and wipe out all the words Xiang Ling wrote so hard."

Qingwen quickly stood up, covered her head, pouted her lips, but soon came forward with a smile on her face, and together with Jia Lian, she read the few words written by Xiangling.

For a while, Jia Lian and Daiyu said a few words, then left and went out, she immediately chased after her, and her voice came from the corridor, "Second Master, wait for me, I have something to say to Second Master..."

In the room, Jia Baoyu stood blankly, feeling that he had suffered the most merciless blow the world had dealt to him.

……

Qingwen followed Jia Lian to the main house.

Because there was no one else in the room, Jia Lian called Qingwen to come over, let her sit on her lap, and asked, "Where is your second grandma?"

Qingwen replied casually, then looked at Jia Lian resentfully.

"what happened?"

"Second Master is a liar."

Jia Lian chuckled and pinched her red cheeks.

Qingwen turned around, straightened her seat by the way, faced Jia Lian, and said very unhappy: "Don't try to hide it from me, you must have taken Ping'er away last night!"

"How do you know..."

"Hmph, how did I know, Xiangling was kicked out by you so late, and you called Ping'er in again, I know all this.

This morning I saw Ping'er quietly washing clothes and mattresses in the back..."

Qingwen acted like you all should not try to hide it from me, as if I had already seen through everything.

Jia Lian thought it was funny, played her again, and said sternly: "There are no rules, even regardless of seniority, Ping'er is a few years older than you, and even sister can't be called, it's just Ping'er Ping'er."

Qingwen snorted softly.

In the past, of course she was called "Sister Ping'er", but now that Ping'er has taken the position that should belong to her, she is naturally not angry.

Who will be the second child in this courtyard from now on?

"Second master is just hateful, if you don't like me, you can just say so, and let me be a maid with peace of mind.

It's really annoying to say that you like someone, but at the same time dislike him. "

Qingwen has reason to be unhappy.

She is the aunt bestowed by Jia's mother. Jia Lian did not accept her, but took Ping'er first.

This will cause her status to be unstable!
Those maids and women would not say that the second master pityed her for her young age, but would only say that she was not enough to please Jia Lian.

But she herself knew that Jia Lian liked her very much, but if Jia Lian didn't accept her for a day, those people would keep gossiping behind her back.She can't catch everyone and argue with her.

In order to get rid of Qingwen's wild thoughts, Jia Lian was going to scare her, saying: "You are so beautiful, do you think I don't want to accept you? But there is another reason, do you want to hear it?"

"what?"

"You have been in the mansion for almost a year. You should know that in a family like ours, there are many concubines and concubines around the masters and young masters. However, there are not many concubines who are finally sealed as aunts. Do you know why? ?”

Qingwen really hadn't thought about this question before, but when she heard Jia Lian's words, she immediately thought of it, yes, seriously, there are really not many aunts in the house!

Just like the master, I heard that there are only two aunts after so many years...

It is said that the wife is virtuous, and she is not as jealous as Lian's second grandmother. Why does the master only have two aunts?

Jia Lian didn't wait for Qingwen to think clearly, and said, "Let me tell you, because most of the concubines and concubines are dead."

"what?"

Qingwen was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Why did you die?"

This news is too terrible, I belong to this sequence now!
"Why, there are many reasons for this, but the most important one is that they died of dystocia... Do you know why they have dystocia?"

Qingwen shook her head, completely believing Jia Lian's words.

She also seemed to have heard that giving birth to a woman is a matter of life and death. Even the second master said so, presumably it is true.

She is also a woman, and she will definitely have children. She doesn't want to die, so she looks at Jia Lian eagerly, hoping that Jia Lian will explain her confusion, and she will avoid it if she can in the future.

"One is because of thinness. If women want to look good, most of them are thin. Since they are thin, they are naturally weak.

The second reason is young age.Most of the good-looking girls were caught by the men very early, and they were sent to the room before their bodies were fully grown.

Think about it, don't you have all of these two?
So if you want me to accept you now, it's not impossible, but I'm afraid you will follow in their footsteps..."

When Qingwen heard this, her face turned pale.

Although she didn't feel that she was thin, but with her graceful figure, her water snake waist and narrow shoulders, she couldn't be considered a strong woman.

Jia Lian can lift her up with one hand.

As for her age, she was just over 12 years old, so naturally she was considered too.

Jia Lian just didn't want Qingwen to keep thinking about the matter of devotion, and seeing her turn pale with fright made her feel a little distressed.

So he quickly comforted him: "Okay, your second master is not the kind who doesn't care about others, so naturally he won't put you in danger.

Your elder sister Ping'er will be seventeen soon, and she is in good health, so I took her in first.

Don't you just say that you are grateful to me for pitying you so much, but you still come to complain about me, think about it, is it wrong? "

Qingwen nodded immediately, she had never been so serious before.

She was so touched and moved, "Thank you...thank you sir, I will never bother you about this anymore, you are so kind to me!"

Qingwen immediately gave Jia Lian a sweet kiss as a reward.

Jia Lian accepted it with a blunt smile, then slapped her on the bottom and asked her to pour a cup of tea.

Sure enough, Qingwen jumped down immediately, and poured a cup of warm tea very neatly.When Jia Lian was drinking tea, she stood behind Jia Lian and pinched his shoulders very sensiblely.

Thinking of Jia Lian being so kind to her, he hesitated for a while, and decided to tell Jia Lian the news he had found out.

"Second Master, let me tell you something. In the morning, I saw sister Ping'er sneaking around, so I paid attention to it.

It turned out that Ping'er's sister asked Liu's mother to buy a pack of medicine from outside, and fried it in the room by herself.

Second master, you must not understand, but I do! "

Jia Lian frowned when she heard this, but seeing Qingwen's show off, she still gave her face: "What do you know?"

"Hmph, elder sister Ping'er must eat Bizi soup!"

Hearing that Qingwen was so sure, Jia Lian was a little surprised, "How do you know it must be Bizitang?"

Qingwen pouted.

Did the second master forget that she was sent here by Jia Mu as an aunt.

During those few months in Jia Mu's house, those nuns taught her the rules of how to be a good aunt, so she knew all about these things.

But she didn't explain, "I just know."

Jia Lian put down the teacup, stood up, asked Ping'er that he should still be in the room, and went to Ping'er's room.

(End of this chapter)