Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 10 Brothers of the same mind
  When Jia Cong returned home, he picked up his pen and practiced calligraphy with great interest. He wanted to become familiar with this skill as soon as possible so as not to arouse suspicion. I didn't know what to write at the moment, so I pondered for a moment, and casually wrote out the words from an ancient article I had read in my previous life. In just a few sentences, I wrote them with great pride and a relaxed mind. I sighed that calligraphy is really a good thing.

I wrote a few sentences over and over for more than a dozen times before I became familiar with calligraphy. If I didn't have the foundation of the original body, I don't know how much time it would take just to write.

Feeling that I was almost done, I put down my pen, lay down on the bed and took a nap to prepare for the afternoon training.

The sun gradually turned westward, and a sneaky figure came in, holding a palm-sized toad on a string.

Qingwen was sewing in the main room. When she saw someone coming, she said angrily: "Master Huan, what are you doing carrying this bone? It's not disgusting."

Jia Huan chuckled and said, "Where's Brother Cong?"

Qingwen pursed her lips and whispered: "Have a rest. Sit down and I'll pour you tea."

Jia Huan whispered: "I'm busy with you, I'll just take a look. When Brother Cong wakes up, I'll tell him something." After saying that, he walked to the study room on one side and saw scattered things on the table. Holding a dozen pieces of paper, I was very happy. I quickly picked it up and took a look. I saw that they all had the same words, so I picked up one at random.

Xuan walked to Jia Cong's room again, put the toad on his face without politeness, and said loudly: "Brother Cong, get up quickly."

Jia Cong was also too tired and fell asleep. Suddenly he felt his face was clammy. He stretched out his hand to brush it and suddenly woke up. He sat up and saw Jia Huan holding a toad and standing in front of the bed with a wicked smile on his face. He didn't know how. What's going on? He pooh-poohed twice, stretched out his sleeves to wipe his face, and cursed: "Brother Huan, you are seeking death! Your skin is itchy, isn't it?"

Jia Huan smiled and said: "Who told you to sleep so hard? I've been here for a long time and I didn't wake you up."

"If you have something to say, hurry up and let your fart go."

"Of course it's okay. Look, I caught such a big toad again today. It's bigger than the one we secretly put on Sister Yuanyang's bed last time. How about we put it on Ying'er's bed this time? It will definitely scare her. Wow Hahaha."

Jia Cong slapped his forehead. He didn't expect that he had done such a retarded thing with Jia Huan, a bastard. He smiled bitterly and said: "Go, go, go, I don't have time to talk to you now. If you can, you can put it under your sister's quilt. I I will subjugate you."

Jia Huan shrank his neck and said with a dry smile: "I have stopped being naughty with these children's things. In fact, I am looking for you for something else, which is a good thing."

"what's up?"

"I'll take you to have a nice meal tonight." Jia Huan said proudly.

"Huh? Make it clear."

"It's Sister Bao, Sister Lin, and my sister. They saw that you had just moved here. It's very pitiful for you to be alone, so I treat you as a host."

Jia Cong looked at Jia Huan's unrealistic look and smiled: "Brother Huan, what tricks do you want to play in front of me? Don't go."

Jia Huan was anxious and took his hand and said, "No, you have to go. Just because I have treated you to dinner so many times before, you have to go too. Otherwise, I won't be stubborn with you in the future."

Jia Cong shook his head and said, "I won't go."

Jia Huan said anxiously: "You're not going, are you? If you don't go, I'll tell you about spying on Sister Yuanyang taking a bath."

Jia Cong's heart thumped, Damn, there's this nonsense. After all, he was an adult. Although he was nervous in his heart, he kept a calm expression on his face and said, "Why do you insist that I go?
  "Because I collected all the money for running errands." Jia Huan said with a smile.

Phew... Jia Cong also laughed and said, "How much did you collect?"

"It looks like more than two taels."

"You want me to go unless you tell me honestly what they ask me to do?"

"I think what they mean is that they want to test you in the school."

So that's it. Jia Cong thought for a while and realized that this was a good opportunity. He said, "Listen to me. You'll be like this later. When it's done, I'll give you 2 taels of silver."

Jia Huan's eyes were the same and he said, "Is it really possible?"

"That's natural."

"Okay, it's settled, pull the hook."

"Pull the hook." "Remember, at three o'clock in the morning, I'm leaving Lixiangyuan." After Jia Huan finished speaking, he ran away with the toad, laughing in his heart. He got three rewards in a day. Mr. Huan was really A genius.

Qingwen came in with water, washed Jia Cong's face and said, "It's true, Mr. Huan. He's such a big man, and he still plays with toads. It's not disgusting."

Jia Cong took the handkerchief, wiped his face, and said with a smile: "Don't offend him, or he will throw a toad on your bed."

"He dares!"

Jia Cong looked at Qingwen with her big eyes raised and her pretty face filled with anger. He was stunned for a moment. A beauty is a beauty, and she looks so good when she is angry.

When Qingwen saw him staring at her motionless, her face turned red and she hurriedly turned around and carried the basin out.

Jia Cong coughed twice and said, "Brother Huan invited me to have dinner at Aunt Xue's house just now. Don't wait for me. Just eat by yourself."

Qingwen whispered in agreement outside.

Jia Cong thought about it and decided to try his luck at Sister Feng's place, just in case the second grandma was willing to show mercy.

As soon as she walked into the main door of Sister Feng's house, she saw Ping'er walking out.

"Hey, Third Master Cong, are you looking for Second Master Lian?"

"No, I'm looking for my second sister-in-law."

Ping'er smiled and said, "It just so happens that she just woke up from her nap. Come with me."

"Hey, Sister Ping'er," Jia Cong still had something to say, and he subconsciously reached out to hold her hand.

"What's the matter?" Ping'er looked back at him and then looked at his hands.

Jia Cong hurriedly let go, leaned over and whispered: "Sister Ping'er, I appreciate your care, and Cong will be rewarded in the future."

Ping'er pursed his lips and smiled, waved his hand, and pointed inside.

Jia Cong nodded, opened the curtain and walked in.

Ping'er looked at Jia Cong's back, and her thoughts were really different. She remembered what he had just said in her ears, and felt itchy in her ears, and her wrists were a little numb. She touched her face, which was a little hot. He said secretly, he is such a small person, and he is the brother of Second Master Lian. What am I thinking about, so I hurriedly went to pour tea.

In the room, Jia Cong was standing on the ground and said to Sister Feng who was leaning on the kang: "Sister-in-law Feng, I need to take some medicinal materials to practice my martial arts, which costs some money. I wonder if Sister-in-law Feng can accommodate me?"

"Oh? How much money will it cost?" Sister Feng said without raising her head as she picked up the ashes in the stove with a copper fire chopstick.

"I went to the pharmacy today and asked. It costs 60 taels of silver a month." Jia Cong said bravely.

"What?" Sister Feng was surprised and raised her head, "Why is the elixir so expensive? It only costs seven or eight hundred taels of silver this year? The master's salary for a year is not enough for you to take the medicine."

Jia Cong nodded coquettishly, "It's a bit expensive, but I promise it's worth the money. Otherwise, how can we say that the poor are rich in culture and rich in military affairs."

"Brother Cong, there is no need to discuss this matter." Wang Xifeng sneered: "I don't even know how to reply to the old lady and madam. You have to eat up their monthly salary for three months in one month. Is it possible that every martial arts practitioner in the world Isn’t it true that there is gold and silver in the house?
  Don't forget, you are not the only one in our family. There are four to five hundred people up and down, inside and outside who need to eat. "Sister Feng is feeling bitter. I only earn a few hundred taels a year from usury, but you are like a toad yawning so loudly. You really think that money just falls from the sky."

Jia Cong smiled dryly and said: "People who don't have money don't need such good medicine, but they have to do it reluctantly. In this case, I resigned." He knew that Sister Feng was telling the truth, so he didn't blame her. Today's Rongguo Mansion indeed has more going out and less coming in. Although the outer frame has not collapsed, the inner bag has been exhausted.

"Don't tell me that my sister-in-law is unkind. The house is really struggling. Why don't you go back to the old lady yourself? As long as she says something, my sister-in-law will sell iron and steel to raise money for you. How about that?" Sister Feng said in front of her son. With mockery.

Jia Cong said: "No need. What Sister-in-law Feng said is, if a special case is made for Cong, what will happen to the other brothers and sisters?" Seeing that Ping'er had just come in with tea, he nodded and left.

Everything depends on yourself.

(End of this chapter)