Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

Chapter 68: Grand View Garden

Just after the seventh month of Liu Huo, a thunderbolt strikes: Jia Rui and Xia Jingui are engaged!

Xia Jingui, a strange daughter in the Red Mansion, her father died early, and her widowed mother doted on her only daughter as a "thief-footed temperament". In the original book, no one dared to marry her, but the lustful Xue Pan fell in love with her at first sight, and then Xia Meiren disturbed the Xue family. People are on their backs.Gao E saw that Xia Meiren was not pleasing to the eye, and in the sequel, she wrote that she seduced Xue Pan's cousin, and her own brother, and wanted to poison Yinglian to death, but ended up poisoning herself to death...

Regardless of Gao E's novels, Baoyu doesn't think Jia Rui can bear the virtues of Xia Xia's beauties in the first eighty chapters.The problem is that Jia Rui's marriage is not decided by Jia Rui, but by Jia Dairu!How could Mr. Confucian listen to his young offspring?Besides being engaged, even if he can prove that Xia Meiren is a Xia female bandit, the marriage must be concluded.

The fake stone drilled into the Wucaishi space and complained, and Wucaishi said leisurely: "Xia Jingui, I think she is the one who made Shenying's waiter disappear. She is so beautiful and so splashy, which is exactly what Shenying said, "A good girl gets married as soon as she gets married." Into a dead fish eyeball'."

The fake stone cried out: "She didn't change after she got married at all, alright! Shenying's waiter Shenyin, Qingwen is dead, Daiyu is dying, Baochai has returned home, and married Yingchun and Xiangling are about to be abused." Die, Tanchun is talking about kissing... All Fangs in the Grand View Garden are going to leave soon, and he always wants to die first while his sister and sister are alive." He was so annoyed when he said that, Shenying's waiter was the most oblivious bastard in the world, without him Shenyin, I don't know how to wear it!How dare he get stuck in this China's No. [-] pit!

The five-color stone took a look and guessed it accurately, and smiled: "You are not the first to wear a treasure jade, and you will not be the last. Whoever refuses to accept it will be a treasure jade."

A certain one resentfully said: "Submit it! Don't mention it too much! Shenying's waiter is the greatest and kindest, and he hasn't changed from the beginning to the end. This evil world has absolutely no ability to change him. From the beginning to the end, he always said, "I don't want that mundane thing, As long as you are safe and honorable, you can live with your sisters day after day, and it will be over when you die." "If I die today and tomorrow, this year and next year, it will be regarded as my life." What loves sister Lin, the only one he loves is Himself, no one else can even die before him!"

The five-colored stone praised: "You see through it, people don't die for themselves."

A certain one complained about her incompetence, and after a while, said bitterly: "Why did Xia Jingui delay getting engaged until now? Her mother died five years ago, when she was 13 years old, and she was raised by her second uncle's house. It's just an engagement, isn't her second uncle afraid of being pointed at the back?"

Wucaishi said: "I'm also surprised, go ask!"

Fake Stone hesitated and asked Jia Yucun?It's so strange to rush to ask this kind of "things that have nothing to do with me".Ask Jia Rui, that kid must also be confused.Jia Dairu and his wife may know, but it's hard to ask...one of them must know!

After tossing and turning all night, Fake Stone led Qian Qi to kill Leng Zixing the next morning.

Because it was just dawn, the profiteer Leng hadn't left home yet, so he babbled, "Grandfather, the humble house is where you used to be, I sent someone to pass the word, and the villain immediately went to pay my respects to my grandfather!"

Baoyu was too lazy to go around with him, so he asked, "What's the matter with Xia Jingui?"

Leng Zixing was stunned. Xia Jingui's boudoir name had not been known yet, so he didn't know who Baoyu was asking.Immediately, he regained his composure: what Second Master Bao wants to know must be the one who is going to marry into Jia's family.Immediately sighed again and again: "Don't talk about the second master, the villain also feels that it is very inappropriate! Miss Xia's life is too hard. She was born to kill her grandparents, five years old and thirteen. Speaking of marriage, it was said to the second grandson of the Zhou family of the Emperor Shang of Ping'an Prefecture. Brother Zhou became seriously ill before Wending. Uncle Rui is also hard-fated, it’s okay. But it’s not right to be in the family. Uncle Rui is the Duke of the state, but also the Duke of Xiucai. Miss Pianxia’s deceased mother is the distant niece of Confucian grandma, and she said that she would be more intimate. Uh The dowry that the Xia family prepares for Miss Xia is [-] taels of silver, which is said to last for a long time!"

Baoyu guessed that this was the reason. It is said that the family of Xia’s family is extinct, and the only orphan should take away a third of the family’s wealth when she gets married.Crap, Xia Jingui splashes again, it's just an orphan girl, and she probably doesn't know how much her property is.As for the Zhou family's remorse, needless to say, they must have found out the details of a certain woman, and the dignified businessman is not short of that little money.

Thinking about it this way, he is bored. People die for money and die for food. Each has its own fate. Jia Rui is not worthy of my concern. Boy Rui hasn't come to school since he was a scholar. .Apparently, because Jia Dairu's grandson passed the examination at a young age, he was thinking of making Jia Rui go further.That is to say, the next school will be found elsewhere.Let's take the exam, let's take the exam, you must have a family background in the imperial examination, and with Xia Jingui's dowry, Jia Rui can do nothing to learn and pass the exam.

Returning to the school, Baoyu was in a depressed mood, stopped practicing the piano, and wondered who to find to be the next tutor.

Jia Dairu's energy is getting weaker and weaker, and now the family school is supported by him, Jialan Jiajun and Yinquan.Yinquan is worthy of being the son of the Zhen family. Although he was only 12 years old when he came to him, he had learned almost everything a scholar should know. He learned "music" from Yinquan under his tutelage. Anyway, the teacher only required him to understand the basic music theory and be familiar with it. Just play a tune or two.

The family school was regarded by him as his own private territory, so what if he couldn't find someone from the same year who wanted to carry out his own methods in the school?After much deliberation, he decided to choose Shan Pinren, a clean customer who flatters villains and political lords.This person is a juzi, and he is over half a hundred years old and no longer wants to take the Jinshi exam.His family was made poor by his "studying", and he had no son, only two daughters. The eldest daughter specially picked an orphan to marry, and recruited a son-in-law in disguise.The eldest son-in-law took care of the attached fields for Shan Pinren (there are several fields under the name of the son who are exempt from tax, and relatives and friends will register their names if they don’t own any land). I can't take it and watch it by myself, so I can only hang out all day eating and drinking, and I should be happy to come to Jia's private school to teach.

After discussing with Lian Er, Lian Er went to attack the head of the Zhen family, and Baoyu looked for Shan Pinren.Jia Zheng didn't need to tackle key problems. He would definitely be happy to send his son to a small family school as a teacher.

Baoyu offered Shan Pinren a generous offer: just go to the private school in the morning, and teach Jia Lan Jia Zhu and Jia Huan the homework of the Confucian School before his old age.When Jia Dairu got old, Shan Sishu's annual salary rose to [-] taels, and he only needed to attend lectures in the morning, and other things were taken care of.

Why do you think Jia Cong and Qin Zhong are ignored?No need, Lan'er Jun'er and Zhong'er are old and tired together, if Qin Zhong doesn't understand, just ask those two.Jia Cong has not been in Kaimeng for a long time, and it is enough to have a strong man to guide him. Besides, he played well with Yinquan.But Jia Huan is in a big trouble. He doesn't see eye to eye with Jialan Jiazhu, and he looks down on Yinquan, who has never been in the examination room, so please advise!

Usually the school teachers only take four ceremonies, and the "annual salary" is paid out of their own pockets by fake stones.

Shan Pinren was more than happy, this is different from the old master Zheng who was looking for a teacher for Baoyu, there was a lot of pressure, as a tutor, don't look at the number of students, and don't ask to teach talents, just give pointers.

In this way, before Baoyu received the Lu family's archery and imperial education, Jia's private school had an extra teacher who came and went.

Jia Dairu was very happy to see that the Xia family was in a hurry to marry their daughter, and the wedding date was December [-]th, don't think it was too early, he had to expand his own yard, and he really didn't have the heart to teach in the family school anymore, and he just retired when he had a new teacher.Patriarch Zhen refused to allow it, so he still held the title of tutor and paid a single salary for teaching.So Master Shan's annual salary doubled in the blink of an eye, so he didn't have to look at his eldest son-in-law's face.

But it is said that Baoyu went to Lu's house stepping on the gentle wind in late summer and early autumn, and found that the "shooting" that made him dizzy was easy to learn: take a small bow, be able to bend the bow and set an arrow, just like that, no matter the aim. "Royal" is more strict, because you always drive for your colleagues, friends, or even your boss.However, a certain body is not enough, and now it is just putting on a posture, practicing basic skills with a pony.

The "music" exam won the teacher's smiling face. A certain one is a time-traveling product. Music is everywhere in the 21st century, and he has a sense of music. From his beginner's point of view, he has made rapid progress.Master Lu Zuo has no intention of cultivating musicians, but only asks him to practice more on weekdays.

"Ritual" still can't be done, there is no way, this thing can't be done quickly, it must be a long time for Fake Stone to go to Zhang's house every night to study, he is very fortunate that there is a curfew in Kyoto, so he only learns ritual for more than one hour a day.

There is still not much homework, 12-year-old Xiao Qingtou cannot be taught to be a nerd, Master Lu Zuo only assigned a stereotyped essay, and ordered him to write it within a month.There are a lot of miscellaneous books: just read through, get some influence, you can't sing and write poems in ordinary literati, at least bring some literary talent, don't smell like a turban!

The fake stone is grateful to the seemingly stern teacher, seeing how he teaches according to his aptitude, he is much more kind than the cramming teacher in the 21st century!It is said that the ancient teachers were all pedantic and corrupt teachers, drag them out to beat the board!

There is not much homework, and most of them are of the nurturing type. A certain one has a lot of kung fu to help Lian Er deal with moths, young and old, and guide the business line to make money. Whether it is a small fan or a big wind blade in the open air, the blades are all made into an arc shape. After drawing a picture for the craftsman to copy, the efficiency of the windmill has really improved.

Windmills are a common thing in the countryside, and they were originally used as decorations in Rongfu.Because the well was dug, it turned out to be useful: pumping water was less laborious than using a wheel.

The location of the Ningrong Second Mansion was not a prosperous place in the capital before, and this man was born in the army. He usually wanted to run around at home and shoot archery, so he encloses a large area in the suburbs of Beijing.There is a river in the north of Ningfu, and the living water of Huifang Garden is drawn from there.This river is not far from the north wall of Rong Mansion, so it is impossible for Rong Mansion to lack groundwater. If an expert well digger points out, you can dig down to get water.The well is not very deep, so there was no need for a windmill to create a rural style.For the sake of style, two small ponds were also dug. Although this took a little extra effort, it was much less troublesome than digging lakes and forming mountains in the original book.

The ponds in the wealthy mansions are very particular, including the artificial ponds on the Zhuangzi, the deepest depth is less than three feet, so it is unlikely to expect accidents from the ponds.This is also the reason why Sister Feng had to scold Xue Pan after he "bravely rescued" Yingchun. Not to mention that there are women by his side, Yingchun can go ashore easily by himself!

In late August, the Rongfu Provincial Family Hospital, which claimed to cost 25 taels of silver, was completed.

Among them, Xue's family "borrowed" 15 taels of silver, which is considered the contribution of the big house; Ning's mansion contributed [-] taels of red bricks; Mrs. Wang had no choice but to pay [-] taels: it can be less than the old ancestors, but it can't be less than Daiyu, a woman with a foreign surname.

The other [-] taels were donations from the families of the Jing people, and at the beginning only less than [-] taels were collected.Jia Zhen found it ugly, so she grabbed Jia Jun's family who had made a fortune by relying on red bricks.

The grandfather Jia Dun, who is not in tune with fungus children's shoes, quickly recognized three thousand taels, and the grandma who was in charge, Lou Shi, was furious!Patriarch Zhen doesn't care about Mrs. Lou's mood, he thinks that what he has done is good inside and out: this is not far from five thousand taels, and he generously paid for it in Jia Qiang's name.

As long as you are an expert, you can tell at a glance that the courtyard, including the built-in furniture and utensils, cost five to sixty thousand taels of silver.

The core new buildings are six small red brick courtyards standing on both sides of the horse road, which means Liuliu Dashun.The building of Rongxi Hall was not demolished, and a red brick flower wall was built to unify the style. This is the main hall for receiving and driving.

Why not Rongxi Hall as the main hall?Cha, the concubine is only the second grade, and the mansion of the Duke of the country is called Yuezhi.Concubine Xiande also asked Mrs. Wang to pass on an oral order: the layout of the main hall should not exceed the fourth rank of her "shangshu".That is to say, it would be better to make some changes in Baoxia.For example, the door facing Rongxi Hall was sealed with bricks, and the "small back door" became the main entrance.You must know that the "small back door" of the Duke's era is definitely more than the front door that can be used from the fourth rank, so the back doors of the three inverted halls on the left, middle and right have been changed to be smaller and shorter to make the front door look like.

The daylily courtyard has not been moved, but the large courtyard, which looks like a new house, has moved!Lian Er excused that the empress would definitely want to see the original appearance of the Hemerocallis courtyard, and even saved the flowers, trees, fish and birds. The daylilies are originally ornamental, and destroying them is a crime.

The rest of the work is the couplets on the plaques, not all inscriptions can be done, and one or two characters must be left for each place, and let the empress inscribe it when visiting relatives.

It's so challenging!The original book spends almost a chapter to show the literary talent of Shenying's waiter, and all the guests and political masters are the pedantic background to set off his talent.How can time-traveling goods have this talent?Plagiarized from the original, with a different setting, so there are not many that can be used.Sister Lin wrote a lot of poems for Xichun's paintings, and the female relatives have all admired them. Do you have the nerve to copy them?

Seeing the day of the Good Friday approaching, a time traveler was so sad that he wanted to hang himself.Avalokitesvara descended from the sky to rescue those in distress: Tanchun's eldest maid waited for a book and sneaked to the "Chef Garden", asking the little reds to send the servants to call the second master Bao.

Baoyu was summoned, took the "letter" to be submitted, opened it, and was overjoyed, so he grabbed him and asked what happened.

Waiting for the book to reassure him of plagiarism, saying that she personally bribed the women who looked after the yard the night before, Daiyu Tanchun Xichun dressed up as a maid, and went around quietly. There are only a few secret stuffs, and the drafts are burned. .

The fake stone burst into tears, sighing to himself that he still has to accumulate good deeds, see, let’s repay it in this world!I am ashamed that I don't care much about Sister Lin. Look at others, how to repay hatred with virtue!Regardless of other things, the ten thousand taels of silver that others took out must find an excuse to pay back.

Gossip less, with the plug-in, the fake stone children's shoes are naturally shining, and Jia Lan and Jia Huan also showed their style in a very dignified way.But regardless of Mr. Zheng's partiality, the literary talent of those two can't be compared with Fairy Jiangzhu's. In the end, they each used a couplet and a plaque in an inconspicuous place.

After the problem is finished, the woodcut has to be carved. The board has been prepared long ago, and the craftsmen procrastinated for five or six days to get it done.

Everything is ready, waiting for the east wind.As early as June, Concubine Zhou's family took the lead in visiting relatives. Her father is a cabinet scholar, so her family must be the leader.The scholarly family is low-key, borrowing a first-class official's mansion to do some repairs, it becomes a family home.

In July, concubine Wu's family visits relatives, and it is an ordinary day that is not a year or a festival.Compared with Zhou's family, her house started a lot of construction, whoever made her father just a servant had to build it outside the city.But he didn't make any big moves, and built some bamboo houses in the south of the Yangtze River by borrowing the ready-made landscape.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Concubine Zhang and Concubine Li visited relatives at the same time.Concubine Cheng and Concubine Yu's family has not been handed over for a long time--Wumen women, it was their father's generation who only prospered, and the family spent a lot of money to build a provincial courtyard.

It is said that Jia's "family home" is a little more troublesome than that of Zhou Guifei's house, and it was not announced until late August.Unexpectedly, those two projects just looked like they were about to be completed from the outside, and they were still too early to be completed, which made the Jia family stare blankly.

On September [-]rd, Mother Jia convened a lecture for the whole family, saying that the concubine Xiande is the Duke of the state, and there is no reason to come in behind the new nobles to visit relatives, and ordered the master to ask for a discount immediately. Discount on!

The author has something to say: I just wrote a plaque for it, and I lost weight twice!

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