Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 515 The Golden Hairpin Gathers
At this time, the Rongqing Hall was full of joy. Mother Jia and Mrs. Xing liked it very much. All the sisters gathered together, chatting and laughing, and no one mentioned Mrs. Wang's absence.

Baoyu is happy as long as he has a beautiful girl, but he is not interested in possessing sexual pleasure. He is just a naturally passionate person.

As for my mother, just recite the Buddha's name. Anyway, she is in the house and she is not dead, so she doesn't need to worry about it, so she doesn't take it to heart at all. She just laughs with Baoqin, Xiuyan, Li Wen, Li Qi and others.

"Old lady, let them stay here." Baoyu suddenly thought of this and begged softly in Jia Mu's ear.

Jia Mu also likes young and well-behaved girls, so she smiled at Mrs.

Mrs.

"Okay." Mother Jia smiled slightly and said to Li Wan: "Zhu'er's wife, just take care of Xiuyan.

In addition, Aunt You and your two younger sisters both live here. It’s rare for you to see each other. How could it not be a good idea to have a sisterly relationship? "

Li Wan smiled and agreed.

Her widowed aunt was quite strong-willed. Although she was very reluctant, she couldn't bear Jia Mu's insistence and had to stay temporarily.

Everyone was talking and laughing when they heard Jia Cong coming over.

Everyone, except Jia Mu, stood up to greet him.

Jia Cong came in with Baochai and Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Greetings to the old lady, you don't need to be polite, just sit down."

Everyone has seen it.

Jia Mu smiled and waved to Baochai and Daiyu to sit down next to her and whispered her own words.

Baoyu was heartbroken when she saw that the two of them were dressed as married women, and she hid away sadly.

Jia Cong glared at him, shook his head, chuckled, twitched his fingers and called him over, saying: "Baoyu, I haven't seen your two new sisters-in-law before, don't you know the etiquette?"

Baoyu's face turned pale. This was murderous and heart-breaking. He smiled bitterly and nodded. He walked up to the two girls and bowed to the ground: "Greetings to the two sisters-in-law."

Baochai and Daiyu smiled slightly, waved their hands to let him go, like a child, and then explained to Jia Mu in a low voice the reason why Ruyi didn't come.

Jia Mu nodded repeatedly, praising Ruyi for her thoughtfulness.

Here, Jia Cong has already taken a look at the three women who have just arrived. He secretly admires them in his heart. They are all beauties. Needless to say, they are beautiful in color. It is rare that they have a graceful and refined temperament. They must be full of poems and books. They are not ordinary beauties. A pair of good skin can be compared.

When Xing Xiuyan saw Jia Cong's eyes rolling on her, she felt a little shy and lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

Mrs.

Yin took Xiuyan to Jia Cong and said with a smile, "I haven't met your brother yet."

"Xiuyan has met Third Brother Cong." Xiuyan said politely.

"Sister, you don't have to be polite." Jia Cong said with a smile.

He didn't have any evil intentions at all, he just admired Xiuyan's magnanimity and character. Now that he was "well-informed", how could Xing Xiuyan seduce him.

In terms of beauty, Xiuyan is not as good as Qingwen and Xiangling. In terms of talent, she is even worse than Bao, Dai, Chan, Yuan and others. She only has a poor and contented demeanor that no one dares to underestimate.

"Brother Cong, what do you want to teach your sister?" Mrs. Xing saw that he was looking at Xiuyan in a daze, so she thought it was a joke and said with a smile.

Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "Sister Xiuyan has a handsome character, is well-educated and reasonable, neither humble nor arrogant. Cong can only admire her, but how can she dare to teach her a lesson."

This is true. Just look at Xiuyan, who is wearing a half-worn cloth jacket and cotton trousers in a room full of pearls, silks and satins without any sign of inferiority or self-pity.

Mrs.

Xiuyan's face turned slightly red and Fu Li said, "Brother Cong is so complimentary that Xiuyan is too embarrassed to deserve it."

Jia Cong nodded and said with a smile: "Sister, please sit down. I'm just telling the truth for my brother. By the way, madam, where does sister Xiuyan live?"

Mrs. Xing smiled and said, "The old lady has just asked her to stay with Zhu'er's daughter-in-law, but she hasn't decided where to live. Brother Cong wants to take her to live in Dongfu, so that's okay."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "It's better to live here. There are more sisters and it's more lively. I think I'll live with my second sister. Xiuyan's monthly salary is similar to that of the sisters at home, so come from my side."

Mrs. Xing was a little disappointed. Li Wan heard this and smiled quickly: "Brother Cong said some arrogant things again. Could it be that Xifu can't come up with this idea for a small amount of money? Doesn't this embarrass my sister-in-law?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "That's alright, my sister-in-law will take care of it." After saying that, he looked at Xing Zhong and his wife. According to the law, he had to call him uncle.

"Madam, how will uncle and aunt be accommodated?"

Mrs.

You know that the East Road Courtyard is so narrow that it can’t fit in, so you can’t let them live in other people’s houses. If you buy another house outside, you won't be able to find a good one for a while. "

Jia Cong didn't understand what she was thinking, and said, "I will send someone to bring a house to my uncle and them later, and give them another five hundred silver as capital, so that they can have a livelihood in the future." He didn't know that Xing Zhong They didn't dare to use their good character as a couple. They just gave Xiuyan some money to spend for the sake of her face.

Mrs. Xing was overjoyed and said with a smile: "I thanked Brother Cong for their kindness. After all, it was the Marquis who tore the fish head apart in just a few words. Everything was done so that they had no other thoughts."

"It's just a trivial matter, as it should be."

Just as he was talking, Sanchun and Xiangyun came together, and there was another excitement.

Jia Mu smiled at Jia Cong and said, "Brother Cong, his uncle in Xiangyun, Baoling Hou Shi Naiqian'er, has moved to Shandong Province as the general military officer. He will soon take his family to take up his post. Seeing that Yun Yatou is lonely, I took her over. Live.”

Jia Cong nodded. He also knew about this. The former Shandong General Soldier was ineffective in suppressing the bandits, so Jia Congping killed him when he rebelled and returned to Beijing. Unexpectedly, Shi Nai was promoted quickly today. It seems that the Shi family is quite favored. .

Yin smiled and said: "This is a good thing. I am busy on weekdays, and when Yun Yatou comes over, the old lady's place becomes more lively."

Xiangyun smiled and saw Jia Mu, and took Baochai's hand and said: "Sister Bao, my sister-in-law arranged for me to live in Hengwu Garden. Now you don't live in the garden anymore. It's boring for me to be alone. You have a lot of time." Come and see me."

She has always admired Baochai's character and was most intimate with her, just like a little fangirl.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "What's it worth? The two mansions are so close. If you miss Sister Bao, just go to my place and be naughty."

Xiangyun blushed, glared at him, and said, "I'm not going."

Jia Cong asked curiously: "Why is this? Isn't the East Mansion a dragon's pond and a tiger's den?"

Xiangyun ignored him and only pulled Baochai to talk.

Baochai pursed her lips and smiled and said, "You don't know Cong'er yet, but the marriage between Yun Yatou and Linchuan Bo Shizi has been decided. Now that she is in the boudoir, how can she run around."

"Sister Bao...you're laughing at me again." Xiangyun said coquettishly.

Jia Cong suddenly realized, and was about to say a few words of congratulations when he saw Daiyu looking over with a mocking look that was half-smiling but not smiling. He was a little confused. What do you mean?
Seeing this, Li Wan laughed softly behind him: "Brother Cong, do you think your reputation is very good? Which girl dares to go to your house?"

Jia Cong smiled awkwardly and glared back at Daiyu. If he dared to play tricks on his husband again, he would serve her with a killing stick.

Daiyu's face turned red and her heart trembled. She didn't dare to look at him and quickly turned her head away. She was a dirty talker. She knew how to bully others even if she didn't allow others to talk about her bad reputation.

All the sisters in the hall were chattering and making a lot of noise, especially Xiangyun's words about Pianzi Bingbaoyu, who went crazy. The noise made Jia Mu and other adults unable to speak, so he ordered Li Wan to take everyone to play in the garden.

Jia Cong had no interest in participating in these boring garden activities. As soon as he resigned, Baochai and Daiyu followed suit and said they were leaving. Everyone was busy staying.

If Jia Cong doesn't go, Baochai and Daiyu will definitely not go, because with Baoyu around, they must avoid suspicion.

Jia Cong had no choice but to smile and say: "Well, let's go to the garden and play naughty together." Anyway, the garden connects the east and west mansions. It will be closer and more convenient to go back to the mansion through the east corner gate of the garden than to go through the main gate. Everyone was joking all the way into the garden. Sisters Xing Xiuyan and Li came to play for the first time, and they all praised her.

We swam all the way to Tanchun’s Qiu Shuangzhai and sat there. It was a spacious and spacious place, and it was a good place for gatherings.

Jia Cong sat alone with his legs crossed, sipping tea, and listened to Baoyu and Tanchun discussing about starting a poetry club.

Baoyu said with a smile: "Originally we were supposed to start a club yesterday, but we were delayed. Now that there are so many sisters here, it's just the right time to set up a club. Not only can we welcome the few sisters, but we can also write poems and laugh."

Tanchun glanced at Xue and Lin and said with a smile: "Now the two sisters-in-law have just got married. They are busy with everything. There is no poetry. It will not be too late to talk about it in a few days."

Xue and Lin's faces were slightly red, and they glanced at Jia Cong. Seeing such a crowd, they were also a little itchy.

Jia Cong suddenly remembered that he had never participated in their poetry club, so he smiled and said: "Today is in a hurry. Tomorrow I have to take Ruyi, Sister Bao, and Qi'er back to Ning. I won't have time to spare. How about the day after tomorrow?"

Everyone smiled and praised the good deeds, and Baoyu hurriedly asked: "Where is the place set?"

Jia Cong glanced at everyone, and it seemed that this was the most gathering of Jinchai people. He smiled and said: "Now that the snow has not melted, I naturally went to Luxue'an. It is spacious and elegant, perfect for enjoying the snow."

Li Wan, Xiang Yun and others all clapped their hands and praised it.

Tan Chun smiled and said, "Third brother, do you want to show off your skills?"

Jia Cong waved his hand and said with a smile: "I only bring a mouth to drink wine, and I just want to watch you write poems."

Xiangyun smiled and said: "If he doesn't do his best, otherwise we will all become foils."

Everyone nodded, the name of a person is the shadow of a tree, Jia Cong, the most talented person in the world, is placed here, who dares to do whatever he wants?

Bao and Dai looked at each other and smiled. Their husband-in-law, Wen Ke, was unique in the world, and Wu was able to stabilize the country. How could they not be proud of it.

Sisters Xing Xiuyan and Li were a little regretful. They were naturally familiar with Jia Cong's poems and had already admired him for a long time. It would be a worthwhile trip if they could see him compose poems impromptu with their own eyes.

When it came to writing poems in the poetry club, everyone became interested. Even Xiang Ling, who was waiting on the side, forgot the rules and started asking Xiang Yun for advice.

Xiangyun was originally a talkative person and loved poetry. However, Xiangling asked her for advice. When he scratched her itch, he became even more happy and began to talk with her as if no one was watching.

Baochai smiled and said: "When I was still living in the garden, I couldn't stand her noises. I didn't make it clear to Xiang Ling, but she added such words to her pocket.

What he was talking about was 'Du Gongbu's melancholy, Wei Suzhou's elegance', and 'Wen Bacha's elegance, Li Yishan's seclusion'."

Daiyu covered her mouth and said with a smile: "What's more, what about Li Hanlin's elegance, Meng Xiangyang's elegance, Wang Youcheng's sophistication, and Wang Changling's excellence? All the poets of the Tang Dynasty were praised. I don't know. She is also said to be a leader in the literary world of the country."

Xiangyun didn't feel dissatisfied and said with a smile: "What's more, Gao Shi and Cen Shen are tragic, Li Qi and Chang Jian are heroic and fast, these are the prosperous people of the Tang Dynasty."

Baochai smiled and said: "You, you don't know what to do with these dead people now that there are two ready-made poets!"

After hearing this, Xiangyun asked with a smile: "Which two are they? My dear sister, tell me."

Baochai smiled and said: "The stupid Xiangling has a bitter heart, and the crazy Xiangyun talks a lot."

Xiangyun and Xiangling laughed after hearing this, and everyone laughed too.

Jia Cong said: "Sister Bao, there are two poets in this Grand View Garden that I must mention."

"who is it?"

Everyone also looked over, and if Jia Cong could comment on it, he would be honored by Hua Gong.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "The Baochai is as beautiful as Shi Baochai, and the Daiyu is so romantic."

"Good, that's right." Everyone laughed and applauded.

Baochai and Daiyu were slightly embarrassed and rolled their eyes at him, but they were secretly happy to be recognized by this talented husband-in-law.

Baoyu couldn't help but ask: "Brother Cong, don't forget that there are my third sister and me?"

"You?" Jia Cong glanced sideways at him and muttered: "You are as sad as a lover, but you are keen to detect the joy of spring."

Everyone covered their mouths and chuckled. This was not only a comment on Baoyu's poem, but also a comment on him.

Tan Chun pursed his lips and smiled. To be praised by Jia Cong was worthy of his writing those poems.

Baoyu Bufu said, "Brother Cong, why am I so worried? You should explain it clearly."

Jia Cong suddenly remembered a small order and said with a smile: "You can judge whether you are worried or not. Bring me a pen and ink."

Seeing that he seemed to be very interested in poetry, Xiangling hurriedly went to get pen and paper.

Jia Cong chanted as he wrote: "The young man didn't know the feeling of sorrow, so he fell in love with a building. He fell in love with a building, and in order to compose new words, he forced himself to talk about sorrow. Now that he knows the taste of sorrow, he wants to talk about it, but he still wants to talk about it. He wants to talk about it, but he says it's heaven. It’s a cool autumn.”

"Good words!" Everyone was amazed and marveled at what kind of poetic talent this was. He had wonderful words in a blink of an eye.

Baoyu smiled bitterly and sighed in admiration.

Li Wan was afraid that Baoyu would be embarrassed, so he smiled and said, "Fortunately, brother Cong made it clear first that he would not compose poetry, otherwise we wouldn't have to start a poetry club and let him be stubborn on his own.

Also, the old lady may not be happy if we are enjoying ourselves inside. All we have to do is give Feng Yatou a message.

One tael of silver for each of you is enough. Send it to me. "

Then he pointed at Xiangling, Baoqin, Li Wen, Li Qi, and Xiuyan, and said, "These five don't count. The second girl among us is sick, and the fourth girl took leave. Come on, my seventy-eight taels of silver are enough."

Everyone agreed.

Jia Cong asked: "What's wrong with the second sister? Why did the fourth sister ask for leave?"

Li Wan smiled and said: "It's just that I caught a cold occasionally. The imperial doctor has looked at it and prescribed medicine and it will be fine. The fourth girl said that she would concentrate on painting and reading scriptures, and she is not good at writing poems, so she stopped coming to the poetry club."

Jia Cong frowned: "What paintings should I make and what scriptures should I read?"

Li Wan saw that he looked a little hesitant and said hurriedly: "It's not like Grandma Liu came last year. The old lady was happy and asked the fourth girl to draw a big painting and include the characters in our garden. In addition, the four girls have advocated Buddhism in recent years. , I study Buddhist scriptures every day when I have nothing to do.”

Sure enough, Jia Cong vaguely remembered that Xichun was confused because of reading Buddhist scriptures. It was nonsense for a good young girl to follow people's talk of sudden enlightenment and transcendence, purification of the six sense organs, and the end of worldly ties.

There seem to be two more sentences. The poor girl from the Hou family of Xiuhu is lying alone next to the ancient Buddha with a green lantern, which shows that her ending is worrying.

Although there are family and external factors, my own lack of brains is also the main reason.

"Sister-in-law, go tell the fourth sister that the sisters have been close and happy in the past few years. Why should she ask for leave? Also, collect all her Buddhist scriptures and she will not be allowed to read them in the future." Jia Cong said calmly.

"Okay, I'll go and persuade her later." Li Wan nodded hurriedly.

"Well, I'm going to see my second sister." Jia Cong got up and left.

Baochai and Daiyu also said hurriedly: "You guys chat, we will also go see the second sister."

Yingchun is Jia Cong's biological sister. Now that they are Jia's wives, they respect her more than before.

(End of this chapter)