dream of red mansion

Chapter 67
It was already afternoon when Jia Qing came out from the back street.

On the way, he went to the Zhenbao Pavilion in Juyifang, because he promised Xichun to buy her a set of painting tools.

Unlike Baochai who knew everything about painting, he had no choice but to let the shopkeeper of Zhenbao Pavilion introduce it to him.And he is not short of money now, as long as the shopkeeper says he needs to use it, he will make a decision and buy it.

In the end, they packed them all in a box, and Li Yan carried them back to Rongguo Mansion...

"Hey, isn't this the Second Master Qing? What's in your arms?"

When they reached the second gate, Li Yan obviously couldn't go in, so Jia Qing had to pick up the box and walk back alone.I ran into someone head on, but it belonged to Zhou Rui's family.

Speaking of Zhou Rui's family this week, they are also very decent servants in Rongguo Mansion, because both Zhou Rui and her are Mrs. Wang's companions.

"It turned out to be Sister Zhou. This is a gift from me to Sister Xichun."

What gift is in such a big box?Seeing that Jia Qing was struggling to hold it, she said: "It's weird for you to carry such a big box by yourself. Let me carry it for you."

"It's not good..."

"Hey, what's wrong with that!" As he spoke, he stepped forward to take the box from Jia Qing's arms.

It's just that as soon as she started, she vaguely regretted that she was meddling.What is this outfit, so heavy?
As a decent servant in the mansion, she can speak well to Mrs. Wang, and she is pampered and pampered on weekdays. When has she ever hugged such a heavy thing.It's just that the words have already been spoken, so I can only ask: "Where to send it?"

Jia Qing burst into laughter in his heart, but pretended not to understand and said, "Thank you, Sister Zhou, and help me to Sister Xichun's yard..."

After walking like this for a while, I finally saw two idle maids passing by. Zhou Rui's family hurriedly called them, and said to Jia Qing: "I still have something to do, so I won't accompany Second Master to Rongqingtang." The two maids sent Jia Qing to Rongqingtang, and left in a hurry.

While walking, I was thinking: This body is weak, I can't hold the things that Brother Qing can move...

When they arrived at Xichun's courtyard, the two maids left gratefully after receiving a handful of silver beans from Jia Qingshang.Afterwards, Caiping and Cai'er in Xichun courtyard came out to greet Jia Qing.

"What about your girls?"

Caiping said: "Young lady and elder sister Ruhua went to the old lady's house."

So Jia Qing said: "This is my gift for the fourth sister, you can carry it in, I'm going to find the fourth sister."

When we arrived at Jiamuyuan, the maids at the door saw Jia Qing coming, and one of the maids immediately shouted inside: "Second Master Qing is here..."

They knew that the old lady liked Jia Qing very much recently, and she kept him late last night. This was a treatment that only Jia Baoyu had before. Of course, they knew how to treat him.

Seeing one of the maids graciously pulling up the curtain for him, Jia Qing stood still, and took out a handful of silver beans from his bosom, which he specially bought at the accountant of Ningguo Mansion before going out, with the purpose of rewarding these maids .

He handed it to this unknown servant girl and said, "Thank you, sister, let these sisters buy some fruit to eat."

Seeing this, the maids around giggled and said, "Hey, Second Master is so generous, don't we have it? Sigh, if I knew it, I would have lifted the curtain for Second Master first..."

"that is……"

Jia Qing didn't mind either, he knew that the maids in Jia Mu's courtyard were bolder and more respectable than those in other places.Then he took out another big handful from his bosom and handed it to the maidservant who was the loudest. He remembered that her name was Fei Cui, and said: "These sisters should also exchange some sweets."

Jade laughed, not politely, after taking it, she was about to speak.At this time, Yuanyang, the first maid beside Jia Mu, came out and said, "You little hoofs, don't let them go! The old lady is calling inside. Second Master Qing, let's go."

Said and made a gesture of please.The one who called Jade curled his lips indifferently, but didn't say anything after all.

So Jia Qing followed the mandarin duck into the Rongqing Hall.

At this time, the Rongqing Hall was far less lively than the previous times when Jia Qing arrived, only a dozen or so maidservants were waiting around.There were only a few people in the hall, Jia Baoyu and Tanchun were playing cards with Jia's mother, and Yingchun was watching with Xichun in his arms.

Their respective personal maids were whispering in the corner.

Seeing Jia Qing coming in, Xichun quickly got down from Yingchun's arms and stood up.Although she is still young, these rules have been taught.

It stands to reason that Tanchun should also stand up, but since she was playing cards with Jia Mu, it was inconvenient for her to get up.The second is that Jia Mu is also a more casual person, and the sisters are not too afraid of being rude in front of her.If it was in Jia Zheng's house, Tanchun would have to get up no matter what.

After politely saluting Jia's mother and the sisters, Jia Qing sat aside and watched them "catch the thief".

"One to five, hehe, I'm done."

At the end of the round, Jia Mu won!
Jia Baoyu wanted to take a look at the cards in Tanchun's hand, but when Tanchun stretched out his hand, he mixed all the cards in his hand into the hole cards.

However, from Jia Qing's point of view, it can be known that there are still four "circles" in Tanchun's hands that have not moved... Perhaps, when playing cards with Jia's mother, only Jia Baoyu can hold back a little water.

"Second brother, come and play." Tanchun stood up while talking.

Jia Qing was also polite and sat down directly.Seeing that Mother Jia had already "shuffled" the cards...in fact, they put the cards together, Jia Qing said, "It's boring to play like this! Old Ancestor, why don't we add a lottery?"

Mother Jia heard the words and asked: "The lottery? Do you still want to win my money from the old lady? It's fine, how much do you want to play?"

Jia Qing said with a grin: "Grandson, do you know that the ancestor's family is so rich... So, why don't we play bigger?"

"Second brother..." Tanchun called out worriedly.It doesn't look like a younger generation who misses the old man.

But Mother Jia didn't mind, she just looked at Jia Qing with inquiring eyes.

"Why don't we just play a game of ten coins, how about it, old ancestor, do you dare?"

Mother Jia was startled, then laughed out loud, "Are you sure it's ten Wen?"

Jia Qing took it for granted and said, "Exactly!"

Now Mother Jia was completely amused, and even the maids standing beside her also smiled.

Ten pennies?They usually do more than play such a "big".

Seeing everyone laughing, Jia Qing pretended to be puzzled, and asked Tanchun and the others who were smiling, "What are you laughing at? Isn't ten pennies enough? Last time I asked Wang Shun on the street It only cost eight Wen after eating two bowls of noodles..."

This time, the few people who had been holding back their laughter also laughed.Mother Jia smiled and said, "Hou'er, Hou'er, what's wrong with learning, I have to learn from your shabby second sister-in-law! You have learned a lot about her poor appearance."

Jia Baoyu couldn't help but said: "I often hear people say miser, miser. No matter what, I never thought that my second brother is... Haha, how can someone eat two bowls of noodles when you invite someone to dinner..."

Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Jia Qing stopped entanglement and said, "Since everyone has no objections, then you, ancestor, deal the cards quickly."

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(End of this chapter)