I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 61 Third Sister-in-law

The two men quietly walked behind Lin Daiyu, and at a glance, the two women were deeply attracted by the handwriting on the note.

Tanchun, in particular, was completely infatuated and extremely excited.

The four daughters of the Jia family, Yuan, Ying, Tan and Xi, each have a hobby, which corresponds to music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Tanchun loves calligraphy the most. The desk in her study is filled with various types of brushes of all sizes.

Seeing such a perfect calligraphy at this moment, and the calligraphy is unique and different from any famous schools today, how could she not love it?

After looking at it for a while, Tanchun couldn't help asking, "Sister Lin, where did you get this calligraphy?"

"I wonder which ancient sage wrote this. Why have I never seen such a style before?"

Lin Daiyu was awakened by this. When she turned around, she found that Xue Baochai and Tanchun had come to the study room without her knowing.

Lin Daiyu smiled slightly and asked the two girls to sit down first. When she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly called Zijuan in.

"Zijuan, give orders. If Master Bao comes, stop him and don't let him in."

It turned out that Lin Daiyu remembered that the last time Jia Baoyu came secretly, he saw the portrait of him painted by Brother Cong in her study, and she leaked the news, causing Brother Cong to almost get beaten.

This time, you have to be careful.

After Zijuan gave her instructions, Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "How can this be a copy of the calligraphy of an ancient sage? This is just a note written by Third Brother Cong when he returned the book."

"Oh, by the way, I only looked at the words, but I haven't read what Brother Cong San wrote."

There is an idiom called "being so happy that one forgets to speak", which means that as long as the story of an article is well written, the readers will ignore the author's choice of words and sentences.

But for Lin Daiyu, the situation was the opposite at this time, and she had forgotten the meaning of the words.

After reading the note, Lin Daiyu realized that Third Brother Cong had discovered that the medical books he had recently bought were bought by himself.

While thanking himself, he tactfully indicated that there was no need for him to spend so much money.

Originally, Lin Daiyu was just feeling sympathy for her fellow creatures and was moved by the scene, so she couldn't help but lend a hand.

But now that the note has also been seen by Xue Baochai and Tanchun, I can’t explain it clearly.

Tanchun couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect Sister Lin to be so affectionate. It seems that I will have to change my name and call Sister Lin Third Sister-in-law soon."

Lin Daiyu blushed with shame. She stood up and stretched out her hand to twist Tanchun's mouth.

"You good Third Girl, listen to what you are saying! I will not let you go today, I will tear your mouth to pieces!"

Tanchun circled around Xue Baochai and begged for mercy, "Sister Lin, I won't dare to do it again. Please forgive me this time!"

Lin Daiyu snorted, "You don't want to listen to me. What you said is forgivable and unforgivable! I will definitely not forgive you today!"

After the two girls had a fight, they were both exhausted and out of breath. Xue Baochai separated them with a smile.

Lin Daiyu then said, "Brother Cong read medical books and studied medicine in order to cure Aunt Mei's illness. His filial piety is commendable."

"As the saying goes, a tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop, a son wants to take care of his parents but they are no longer around. I am grateful for the filial piety of my third brother Cong, but I am also sad that my mother passed away at an early age."

"And I have borrowed all the medical books in Sister Bao's house, so I wanted to help him."

"Third girl, Third Brother Cong is your uncle and brother from the same clan. It would be fine if you didn't say you would help him, but you laughed at me instead. I wonder why?"

Tanchun couldn't help but say, "Sister Lin, I just said a joke, why do you have to be so unreasonable and hold on to it?"

"I really didn't know that Third Brother Cong was a master of calligraphy. Before Sister Lin told me, I thought it was the calligraphy of some ancient sage!"

"I'm going to look for Brother Cong to learn calligraphy. Do you want to come?"

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "I'm curious too. In that case, let's go together." Lin Daiyu also nodded.

Because she was afraid of gossip among the servants in the mansion, Lin Daiyu rarely went to Jia Cong's courtyard now.

Now the three sisters are going together and they are not afraid.

Soon, the three of them arrived at Jia Cong's yard.

At the gate of the yard, the three women saw Jia Cong shooting arrows in the yard.

It seemed as if there were roots under his feet, as if they were growing from the ground.

His body seemed to be made of iron, and he used his arms to pull a hard bow into a full moon.

Swish!
As soon as Jia Cong loosened his grip, the arrow flew out like an arrow shot from a bow - well, there's no need to describe it that way, it was already an arrow shot from a bow.

The arrow pierced the sky and hit the bull's eye more than ten steps away.

The three women looked at the target hurriedly, and saw more than ten arrows stuck on it, most of which were in the center of the target, and only a few fell outside the center of the target.

Seeing this, Tanchun couldn't help but clap her hands and laugh, "Third Brother Cong is a very good archer. He never misses a shot. It's amazing."

Jia Cong turned around and saw the three women, and couldn't help laughing: "Shooting is one of the six arts of a gentleman."

"I'm tired of studying, so I came out to stretch my muscles. It's only a dozen steps away, how can I say I can hit the target every time?"

"It's rare that three sisters come together. It really makes my little courtyard shine. Come inside and talk."

Jia Cong let the three girls into the study. Tanchun couldn't wait to ask, "Third brother Cong, your calligraphy is unique and comparable to that of the ancient masters. Why are you hiding it from us?"

Jia Cong laughed and said, "How could I have ever hidden anything from you? The problem is, you never asked me, did you?"

Tanchun smiled and said, "I don't care. Since I'm here today, I'll ask Third Brother Cong to write a calligraphy piece for me. If Third Brother doesn't write it, I'll stay here forever!"

Jia Cong said seriously, "Although my yard is small, there is still an empty room. If Third Sister doesn't want to leave, just clean up the room and live there."

After hearing these words, everyone started laughing.

Next, the three girls asked Jia Cong for advice on calligraphy.

Jia Cong did not keep anything to himself. He not only shared his experience with the three girls, but also wrote a calligraphy copy for each of them.

After seeing the three girls off, Jia Cong continued to practice archery in the yard.

[Archery (Proficient): 80/200]

His archery skills improved very quickly. As long as he concentrated on shooting an arrow, he would gain one point of experience.

After a few days, his archery skills had progressed from the entry level to the proficient level.

It won't take more than a few days to go from being an expert to having some basic skills.

However, the yard is still too small due to limited space.

I also don't know whether the experience gain will be affected by the venue after reaching a small level of success.

After shooting another twenty arrows, Jia Cong felt his arms aching, so he put away his bow and target and went into the house to rest.

Hong Xiu hurried over and said, "Third Master, your arms are sore, right? Let me rub them for you."

Hong Xiu rubbed Jia Cong's arm and said with a smile, "Third Master, you don't know, something new happened today."

"I wanted to tell you this a long time ago, but I just found the time now."

(End of this chapter)