The Red Mansions

Chapter 3 Riverside
By the small river, the stream is gurgling and the grass is luxuriant.

The breeze blows, bringing bursts of grass and trees fragrance.

Under the mild sunlight, Jia Yun sat cross-legged on a bluestone as large as a millstone, silently running "Yin Yang Wuji Gong".

Driven by the psychic treasure jade, the exercises were quickly introduced.

Wisps of sunlight were sucked into Jia Yun's body, gathered into the psychic gem, and transformed into an unknown energy gas, which shuttled through Jia Yun's meridians and nourished his flesh and bones.

Jia Yun felt numb and cool all over, between torment and enjoyment, which drove him crazy, but at the same time he couldn't stop!
He kept his voice and held his breath, fearing that the first time he practiced the exercises, he would fail, so he gritted his teeth and concentrated on practicing with all his strength.

The breath moved, and after a stick of incense, the coolness gradually disappeared, replaced by bursts of heat.

During the alternation of yin and yang, Jia Yun felt as if she was soaking in a hot spring, which was very comfortable and made people drowsy.

Suddenly, he took a closer look.

It was discovered that after [-]% of the sunlight was absorbed by the psychic gem, only about [-]% of the energy was converted to be used by him, and the other [-]% was sucked into the space and slowly condensed, as if about to become a drop of water.

At the same time, he also learned how to control the space for planting without a teacher. With a thought, the seeds of food, vegetables and spices were sprinkled one after another, and they were buried in the ground according to the types.

Immediately afterwards, the gushing spring water sprinkled in all directions, watering the seeds that had just been planted.

"Sure enough, it's full of spirituality!"

Jia Yun was overjoyed, quickly restrained her mind, stopped being distracted, and continued to practice the exercises silently.

Half an hour later, Jia Yun was awakened by a stench. When she opened her eyes, she found that her whole body was covered with oil stains, and even her underwear was sweaty and sticky.

"vomit……"

Jia Yun retched, looked around, saw no one around, quickly got up, ran a few steps, and jumped into the river without taking off her clothes.

In the river, Jia Yun spent nearly two quarters of an hour rubbing and polishing her body with sand, and finally cleaned off the thick layer of dirt.

After putting on the newly laundered clothes, shoes and socks, Jia Yun returned to the shore. As soon as she turned on the exercises, her whole body was steaming, and the water on the clothes, shoes, socks and hair evaporated in a short while.

"This is extremely convenient!" Jia Yun said with a smile.

Spreading his hands, the scars on the back of his hands that had been left when cutting wood had disappeared, and the rough skin had become rosy and delicate, rosy in color, and the proportion between the palm and the five fingers was particularly moderate, which was indescribably beautiful.

Jia Yun was originally elegant and handsome, but now she has a sunny and warm temperament, her clothes and black hair are fluttering in the breeze, she is chic, generous and suave.

Clenching her fists, Jia Yun felt that she had endless strength all over her body.

He walked to the bluestone where he was meditating earlier, squatted down, and gently lifted the stone up with both hands, and the bluestone, which was nearly a hundred catties, was easily picked up without any effort.

"Awesome!" Jia Yun gave a big praise, put down the stone, and clasped her hands tightly, feeling unspeakably excited and uplifted.

At this time, the sun was already high, and Jia Yun didn't delay any longer, and walked home with a happy mood.

……

Wan Jinfu is a well-known jewelry store in the capital.

In a guest room in the backyard, Jia Baoyu put down the brush, picked up the paper on the table and blew on the ink, and handed it to the old master who was drinking tea.

"That's it, old man, let's see if we can make it before dark today?" Jia Baoyu asked anxiously.

The master put down the teacup, took a look at the drawings, and after a while, looked up at Jia Baoyu and shook his head, saying:

"If you want to process the jade you brought into the blueprint, it will take ten days and half a month to just cut the jade. This is also where I was found. If it were someone else, hehe, there is no time... "

"Ah? How long will it take?" Jia Baoyu was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Old man, help me find a way. I am also waiting for urgent use. I will add money. As long as it can be done before dark today, the money is up to you!"

The old master smiled. Seeing that Jia Baoyu was really anxious, he rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, raised his hand and raised five fingers, and said with a light smile:
"500 taels, I will make it for you before dark. I don't value the processing fee, but I think your suet jade is really rare, and I like it in my heart, so I feel itchy and make an exception to process it for you."

Jia Baoyu was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, although he didn't have enough money, he still had some good things in his room, and he could get 500 taels by pawning one or two at the pawnshop.

Gather up enough money to avoid being beaten, and Jia Baoyu couldn't go back on what he said just now, so he hesitated for a moment and agreed, and paid a deposit of 300 taels on the spot, and the balance was paid when he came to pick up the goods after dark.

Coming out of Wanjinfu, Jia Baoyu folded the deed, put it in his arms, and took a deep breath. He felt that today was extremely unlucky and unspeakably depressed, but he didn't dare to waste time, so he hurriedly hired a car on the street. The car went to Rongguo Mansion.

……

When she got home, Jia Yun saw that her mother was still drowsy and not in good spirits, so she didn't bother her. She quietly left the room and went outside to wash the pot and cook.

I didn't eat porridge at noon. Although there is not much food at home, but with space, I can harvest from tomorrow, so naturally there is no need to save.

Washing the pot and lighting the fire to boil the water and cook the rice, Jia Yun moved swiftly. After cooking the rice with the spring water from the space, she took a bag of traditional Chinese medicine to the eaves and began to boil the medicinal soup.

The space spring water is still used to boil the medicine. Jia Yun drank a few sips. Although the taste is not different from the mountain spring water, it is still much better than the water in the well.

After getting angry, Jia Yun moved a pebble and sat down, looked at the medicine pot, and thought:
"The drop of water that is about to condense in the space should not be a common product, but it is too slow to condense. According to the current progress, it will take at least a month to form."

Even if the water droplets are misty and not condensed, Jia Yun can still clearly perceive the energy contained in them. If he can eat the water droplets, he will be able to quickly complete the first layer of "Yin Yang Wuji Gong".

"My physical foundation is too poor. I have been malnourished since I was a child. I have grown so strong that even ordinary people can't match it. I don't know if it will change after I break through the first layer."

Jia Yun is very looking forward to it. In this era when a cold can kill you, it is extremely important to be healthy.

"Brother Yun is making medicine again!" Jia Qin came out of the room with a washbasin behind her, and greeted Jia Yun with a smile.

Jia Yun came back to her senses, turned around to look at Jia Qin, and said with a smile, "You sleep comfortably in the cage this time, and you don't get up until noon."

In the original book, when Jia's mansion built the Grand View Garden, Jia Qin would go to the family temple of Jia's mansion to manage the little monks and Taoist priests.

It was still early, and the Grand View Garden would not be built for at least two years, so now Jia Qin is similar to Jia Yun, doing nothing all day long.

Jia Yun is better, knowing that when she goes out to find work, the amount of money she makes is secondary, the main thing is not to cause trouble to the family.

Jia Qin is different, she often gambles, not only owes money outside, but also steals money from home to gamble from time to time, and is often beaten by his mother.

Jia Qin came to the well, fetched a basin of water, smiled, washed his face, and said to Jia Yun with a smile: "Brother Yun is free in the afternoon, Jia Qiang will invite the host at the Huichun Building tonight, and I will take you with me." You go to learn a lot."

He knew that Jia Yun would not go, that's why he said that, but he had to spend a lot of effort to go to this party.

Jia Yun didn't know the reason. If it was another time, he might agree to join in the fun, but recently he is busy making money, so he had to decline:
"Thank you for your invitation. I won't go. My mother is still sick in bed. You have to watch her from time to time, otherwise you won't be at ease."

Jia Qin thought that it was true, every time he asked Jia Yun to go out to play, Jia Yun would find all kinds of excuses to refuse, he was not stupid, he knew that Jia Yun didn't want to play with them.

He wasn't angry either, anyway, there were not many promising people in their house, and they didn't usually have any disputes, and they were mostly amiable when they met, which was much better than the intrigue between brothers in Dafang (Rongguo Mansion).

A lot of thoughts swirled in her mind. After Jia Qin finished washing, she picked up the washbasin and walked into the house. As she walked, she said, "Okay, next time when my aunt gets better, I'll take you out to play again when I have a chance."

(End of this chapter)