I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 26 The golden wind and jade dew meet each other

Xue Pan couldn't help but say: "Sister, if you don't let me drive these peasants away, I'm afraid they won't be able to get a seat in the queue. How about this, give each of these peasants ten taels of silver and ask them to make room for us?"

Xue Baochai thought about it and realized that if she didn't use her power to bully and disperse the crowd, she would probably not be able to get in line today.

Thinking of this, Xue Baochai had no choice but to say, "Well, I'll just do as you say, brother."

Hearing this, Xue Pan chuckled and waved his hand to let the servant do the work.

The servant of the Xue family gave ten taels of silver to each person in the queue.

These people had already prepared to be dispersed, but now they unexpectedly received ten taels of silver. It was a pleasant surprise, so how could they refuse?

Therefore, everyone hurried to make way for Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai walked forward slowly and sat on the stool, then she raised her eyes and looked at the mysterious little painter in front of her.

I saw this young painter with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a nose like a hanging gall bladder, and a pair of deep eyes that were as bright as stars.

Although Xue Baochai came from a merchant family, she was quite knowledgeable. She had met many young talents, although she had not met many of them.

Before this, the most outstanding person she had ever met was Jia Baoyu from the Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Baoyu’s appearance is naturally outstanding, but what is even more rare is his noble aura.

This kind of temperament cannot be cultivated without several generations of accumulation.

However, the young man in front of him was actually more handsome and heroic than Jia Baoyu.

It actually made Xue Baochai dazed for a moment.

However, Xue Baochai was not a girl who simply judged people by appearance. After a moment, she came to her senses and quickly withdrew her gaze.

At the same time, Jia Cong couldn't help but look at Xue Baochai.

Jia Cong discovered that Xue Baochai had a very good complexion.

Originally, Jia Cong always thought that skin as white as cream was just an exaggerated rhetorical device.

Now that he saw Xue Baochai's delicate face, he realized that there really were people with such skin.

Xue Baochai also had a very good figure. Although she had not yet reached the age of marriage, her breasts had already reached the size of a peach.

There is an episode in Dream of the Red Chamber where Xue Baochai took off her perfume beads, revealing a piece of snow-white arm. Jia Baoyu, who was standing beside her, was stunned.

Then Lin Daiyu compared him to a stupid goose and threw a handkerchief at him to wake him up.

When he first saw this passage, Jia Cong thought that Jia Baoyu was despicable and was simply greedy for someone else's body.

Now that he had seen Xue Baochai in person, Jia Cong was moved. It was no wonder that she was so ugly. With this appearance and figure, any normal man would be confused.

However, Jia Cong was used to seeing beauties wearing cool clothes that exposed their waists and thighs in later generations, so he just glanced at her for a few times and didn't look at her any more.

Next, he focused on painting.

This painting took more effort than usual and took me a quarter and a half hours to complete.

After finishing the painting, Jia Cong admired it himself and was very satisfied with it.

It can be said that this is the best painting he has made so far.

Next, Jia Cong handed the portrait to Xue Baochai and said, "My lady, the portrait is finished. I wonder if you are satisfied with it?"

Xue Baochai took the portrait from Jia Cong and was deeply attracted by it at just one glance.

Is the girl in the painting really me? How can I be so pretty?
And this painting seems to be more carefully drawn than the one he drew for his brother.

The picture I drew for myself almost seemed to come alive. The girl's longing, shyness, and joy were vividly portrayed on the paper.

This painting is more vivid than the one I drew for my brother.

At this time, Xue Pan came over with a smile and asked, "Sister, how is it? The painting is very good, right? When have I ever lied to you?"

Xue Baochai carefully put away the portrait, nodded and said, "Of course it is painted very well, I like it very much, please thank the painter on my behalf." Xue Pan laughed and said, "Of course, if I can make my sister happy, he will do me a favor!"

"Come here, big reward!"

"Yes, sir!"

Snapped!
Xue Pan's servant immediately threw two large gold ingots at Jia Cong's feet.

Jia Cong picked up the ingot calmly and was very happy.

This ingot of silver is fifty taels, and two ingots are one hundred taels.

This guy alone gave me 150 taels of silver in the past two days, plus other income, I'm not far from 200 taels.

Jia Cong bowed to express his thanks, but Xue Pan ignored him and walked away in a swagger.

Instead, Xue Baochai bowed to Jia Cong in return, looked at him deeply, and then left.

After Xue Pan and his sister and their group left, the team returned to normal.

Jia Cong continued to paint with peace of mind.

After painting a few more pictures, Jia Cong suddenly heard the commotion again.

Jia Cong was not surprised but happy. Could it be that he was so lucky today that he met another sucker - a rich man?
He looked up and saw two scoundrels in short coats with open shirts and ferocious looks on their faces, pushing through the crowd and walking towards him.

Jia Cong's heart sank.

He understood that he had just received a reward of one hundred taels of silver from the Xue family, which meant that he was being targeted.

This is a bit difficult.

It is said that only the wisest and the stupidest are unchangeable. If you meet a street thug, you can't reason with him.

At times like this, wisdom is of little use.

If I’m not careful, not only will my money be robbed, but I’ll also be beaten up.

Unless he revealed his identity as a member of the Jia family, he would probably be able to subdue these two ruffians.

However, once he revealed his identity, he was afraid that it would soon be known to Lady Jia and others, and they would definitely not allow him to sell paintings again.

Jia Cong was unwilling to reveal his identity unless the situation was urgent and life-threatening.

Jia Cong sighed slightly, hating that his current physical fitness was only 8 points, which was not yet the level of a normal adult.

If only I had practiced martial arts, I would be able to protect myself at this time.

Now we can only wait and see.

It's not that there is no chance to break the deadlock. At the critical moment, I can shout that they are notorious bandits with a bounty on their heads by the government.

There would be a reward for capturing them and sending them to the government, or you could take out one hundred taels of silver as a reward to capture them.

But there are dangers here, and I'm afraid it won't end well.

These thoughts seem to be a lot, but in fact they only flash through Jia Cong's mind for a moment.

At this time, the two hooligans had already walked to the front of the stall. One of them kicked the drawing board away and reached out to grab Jia Cong by the collar.

Jia Cong dodged sideways.

The ruffian said viciously, "Wang Laosan, we finally found you! When will you pay us back the three hundred taels of silver you owe us?"

"You can run, right? Try to run for us again today. If you don't pay me back today, we will break your legs!"

Another ruffian said, "Brother, I just saw that this guy got a reward of 100 taels of silver. Let's take the silver first, and then it won't be too late for him to return our silver after painting the portrait!"

(End of this chapter)