[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Baoyu didn't study and went to Huaniang's boat, but it was almost there.

In the Juyue Tower by the Qinhuai River, there is a leading figure named Yunxiang, who is 20 years old this year and is planning to find a good family to redeem herself and marry.No, I fell in love with Baoyu, who is good-looking, deceitful and rich.

On this day, she specially prepared a table of delicious food and wine, which was placed in a small pavilion with cornices beside the Qinhuai River.There is nothing more touching than the willows and willows, the wind blowing and the water moving, the beautiful scenery matched with beauties, plus some sincere confession.

Baoyu got out of the carriage, and before he saw anyone, he heard a lingering pipa.The sound of the piano is in the ear, and the sound is emotional. Seeing the cold and lonely figure of the beautiful woman in the small pavilion from a distance, Baoyu is already insane after hearing it all the way.

At the end of the song, amidst the smoke, the beauty in Tsing Yi slowly got up and turned her head, like a fairy in a fairyland.

"Baoyu, Yunxiang heard that you will leave soon, so I prepared a table of thin wine for you." Yunxiang said with a smile.

Baoyu was still in a daze, but Yun Xiang pulled her sleeves and led her to sit down at the table.The food on the table was full of color, fragrance and taste, and they were all his favorites.

"I'm just an ordinary person, so I really bothered the girl." Baoyu said modestly.

Yun Xiang poured wine for the two of them, offered Baoyu first, drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile, "Yun Xiang has been imprisoned since she was a child, and she has seen the warmth and coldness of people in the world. People come and go, and everyone despises me."

"Only you, young master, regard Yun Xiang as a friend and take pity on me. Why bother to practice it for a friend today? It is the blessing that Yun Xiang has cultivated in several lifetimes."

Hearing Yunxiang's few words, Baoyu thought of such a beautiful woman, who should have been pampered but was reduced to prostitution, and whose talent was only used to please others and make a living, and felt infinite pity in his heart.

If it was in the past, he would have asked his grandmother to invite her back home, but unfortunately, her grandmother is no longer here... Baoyu sighed again.

Yun Xiang was puzzled, and asked: "It's so good, why are you sighing? Could it be that Yun Xiang didn't prepare well?"

Baoyu shook his hand quickly and said: "No, Miss Yunxiang is very nice. I just remembered that my grandmother loves me the most. If she sees you, she will like you very much."

As he said that, while recalling, he talked to Yun Xiang about how kind Jia Mu used to be and how she took care of him and all the sisters.

Yun Xiang was engrossed in listening to this, and she was infinitely envious of Baoyu's life like gold and jade, but she only said words of admiration for Jia's mother and Baoyu's deep love between grandparents and grandchildren.

She knew very well what these high-ranking young masters liked to hear, but Baoyu was different from other young masters. After observing him for a while, she also understood his mind.

It is nothing more than delicious, fun and beautiful, with some elegance of reciting poems and paintings, and more cuteness and innocence of women, no matter how delicate and fun it is.As long as you think carefully, coaxing Baoyu couldn't be easier.

The two were talking affectionately and interestingly, but Yunxiang's little girl said with a serious face: "Girl, it's getting late, we should go back. The magistrate's son is still waiting to hear you playing the piano and dancing tonight!"

As soon as he said this, Baoyu's good mood was gone.

Yun Xiang showed a reluctant expression, but still smiled, glanced at the sky, then looked at Baoyu, reluctantly said: "I talked to Baoyu so happily that I forgot the time. But today I practiced for him." Let me have a few more words with him, please?"

But the little girl refused, and said in a cold voice: "This is not acceptable. Before going out, my mother specifically told you that you must go back early. If you miss the time and offend the magistrate's son, we can't afford it."

Yun Xiang remained silent, suppressed her smile, got up sullenly, and leaned towards Bao Yufu before leaving.Baoyu was in a hurry, stopped her, and said: "If you don't want to go, don't go. I also recognize the son of the magistrate. I will tell him later that he will not blame you."

Yun Xiang was about to show a smile, but was blocked by the little girl's words.

The little girl said crisply: "Mr. Jia, although our girl is still the number one in the building, but she is getting older, and maybe next year or next month, she will be squeezed out by other young and beautiful girls. If you don't accept the guests well now, If you offend someone, it would be better to be sold into someone's house as a slave and a maidservant to be an old woman in the future!"

"If you don't go to greet the magistrate's young master today, you are still in the middle. If you leave tomorrow, what will our girl do? Please do me a favor, and don't hurt Miss Yunxiang!"

In Baoyu's heart, the old women are those who are ugly-faced and dark-hearted, and talk about trouble all day long.The Yun Xiang in front of him is smart, beautiful and considerate, he can't believe that Yun Xiang will become like that one day!

He is also reluctant to...

"Girl, hurry up and bid farewell to Mr. Jia. You have to dress up well when you go back, otherwise the prefect will despise you!" the little girl urged.

So Yunxiang forced a smile, and said goodbye to Baoyu: "If we can say goodbye to the young master today, even if we can't see each other again in the future, Yunxiang will be satisfied. Let's say goodbye here, and from now on, you will forget whether Yunxiang is dead or alive, young master." ..."

As she spoke, huge teardrops rolled down from her eyes.

The beauty held the sleeves of the light gauze skirt and wiped her tears halfway. Seeing Baoyu's heart ached, she immediately said to the little girl: "How can you say that she is also your young lady? Why do you still force her like this?"

The little girl was full of disdain, and said: "Young master, you have to speak with your conscience, I am all for her own good! You can neither help her nor say you want to redeem her to marry her, so she has to be obedient and receive guests in Juyuelou Otherwise, there would be whips and boards for her to eat!"

Is Ju Yuelou still beating people?

That's pretty cool!

Thinking of the whip hitting Yunxiang's thin body, Baoyu was terrified, and hurriedly grabbed Yunxiang who was about to leave, and said loudly, "You, don't go back! I'll take you away right away!"

"Really?!" Yun Xiang was surprised, and the little girl also stared at Bao Yu with wide eyes.

Baoyu was very firm, nodded and said: "Really, you come with me, don't stay in these dirty places anymore, it's not worthy of your character."

Yunxiang immediately threw herself into Baoyu's arms, weeping with joy.The little girl was speechless, but the smile on the corners of her lips revealed her good mood.

Sure enough, Miss Yunxiang is so powerful, she can coax any man!

Baoyu hugged Yunxiang gently, and his determination to take her back became more and more firm, and Baocong saw in the illusion, tsk tsk, the heart to beat Baoyu became more urgent.

He was either working hard outside, or trying his best to plan for the peace of the family in the capital, while Baoyu was eating, drinking and having fun...how could it be that he had the same face but different fate?

It seems that Baoyu should be urged to return to Beijing quickly, and study under his nose, maybe he should be more serious.

After looking at Baoyu, Baocong carved a map in the environment, and it took a lot of effort to carve half of the alley.Collapsing from exhaustion, he wiped his sweat and left the study, which made Dongming feel strange.

In the winter, Bao Cong didn't know what book to read, but he was so hot that he was sweating.Don't read that kind of little book... right?If grandma finds out, you will have to curse!

Dongming snickered, thinking about something.Fortunately, Bao Cong didn't know, otherwise he was afraid that he would kick him a few times to relieve his anger.

Just after the Chinese New Year, Lin Daiyu didn't see anyone every day, Bao Cong found out after inquiring that she was discussing with Baochai every day about rectifying the Jia family school.

Wu Hui chirped and croaked: "Second Grandma and Third Mistress not only want to reorganize the ethnology, but I heard that another place will be prepared as a women's ethnology, so that girls of the right age in the clan can go to class every day. Oh, and those children in You'anju..."

Bao Cong was surprised, he didn't expect the battle to be so big, he said happily: "This is a good thing, I'll go and have a look, and give them some advice!"

When I was at the door, I saw a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old asking the doorman: "Excuse me, does Mr. Jia Baocong live here?"

The boy replied: "It's my master, may I ask who you are?"

The young master replied: "My name is Ruan Chengze. I came to Beijing for a study tour from Shandong. My grandfather and uncle Ruan Zhongwen specially asked me to visit Lord Hou Jia in the capital."

Ruan Zhongwen!

Bao Cong was very happy, and hurried up to meet him and asked, "You are Mr. Ruan's family? How is Mr. now? How are you?"

Ruan Chengze knew that he had met the Lord, so he made a long bow and said respectfully, "Master Jia! Uncle Grandfather now runs a private school at home to teach children enlightenment. He raises flowers and birds on weekdays, and his body is also very strong. He just remembers your lord, so Let the kid come to visit."

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Baocong with both hands.

Bao Cong took it, looked it up quickly, and repeatedly patted Ruan Chengze on the shoulder and said, "Very good, very good, I was negligent, and I should communicate more with my husband. Don't call me an adult so unfamiliar, just call me Third brother!"

According to Ruan Zhongwen's seniority, Ruan Chengze should call Bao Cong his uncle, but he is probably only six or seven years younger than Bao Cong, so he thinks calling him an uncle is worse than calling him an elder brother.

However, Ruan Chengze shook his head like a rattle, waved his hands and said, "No, no! If my grandfather finds out, I'll definitely scold the kid for being unmannered. If I don't call you an adult, then I should call you Uncle Shi!"

Uncle Shi?Isn't that still uncle!

Bao Cong also shook his head, thought for a while, and said in a compromise: "Then it's better to be called Master Uncle!" Based on the teacher's morality, you don't have to care about your age.

Ruan Chengze finally agreed, so Bao Cong asked him about his current residence, study tour arrangements, etc., and the two chatted very happily.

When Lin Daiyu came home, she knew that Ruan Zhongwen's nephew was coming to visit, so she asked Zijuan to prepare a guest room for dinner and let him stay a few more nights.

When she was a child, she also liked Ruan Zhongwen. She not only admired him for insisting not to collude with corrupt officials, but also was very happy that he taught Baocong Baoyu to make progress.

Ruan Chengze couldn't refuse, so he agreed.

In the evening, the three of them had dinner and chatted in the courtyard. Lin Daiyu talked about rectifying the family school, saying: "You only need to re-select the place for the family school, and everything else is ready-made. But it is difficult to find a suitable husband for a girl, and it takes a long time." Huan'er and Xichun are currently scheduled to teach regularly, and I, sister Bao, Xiangling, and sister Xiuyan take turns to go to classes a few times a month, so let's make do with it."

Bao Cong asked in surprise, "They can also be teachers?"

Lin Daiyu asked rhetorically, "Why can't it? It's just to teach children to read and write first, and there is no need to teach strategies and articles. Moreover, reading and learning should be applied. When they teach, they can also review and improve their knowledge. It kills two birds with one stone!"

Baocong immediately nodded and said: "I'm not surprised by Xichun. She is good at poetry and painting, better than me. What is it to be a gentleman of some hairy children? But Huan'er, now that she understands economic affairs, she can even be a gentleman." , As expected, he has grown up and sensible!"

Without Aunt Zhao's crooked teaching and instigating by her side, and Tanchun's instructions before leaving, and Baochai's constant teaching on weekdays, Jia Huan has indeed improved a lot.If you can't take the imperial examination to be an official, you can also run affairs and manage your family.

He looked at Ruan Chengze again, and warmly invited: "Chengze, you must be very familiar with teaching. During this period of time, are you interested in helping us to build a women's family school together?"

Ruan Chengze hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I heard that some aunts are very talented. How can I compare to them at such a young age? But I have been with my grandfather and uncle for many years, and I have learned a little about teaching. If I can help, it will be my honor!"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Why should you be humble? There is something short and there is something strong. Although you are young, your knowledge of teaching is not necessarily weaker than ours. If we have unexpected things, you have to point them out, and don't be vague and perfunctory. .”

Ruan Chengze stood up immediately, and said respectfully, "I will obey Auntie's words."

Seeing that Ruan Chengze still had a childish face, but his behavior and words were very mature and prudent, Bao Cong and Lin Daiyu laughed at the same time.

Ruan Chengze didn't know what he said or did wrong, so he hurriedly looked down at his attire twice, and seeing that there was nothing wrong, he looked at the two of them with doubts, and asked honestly, "I don't know what's wrong with Chengze, which attracted the attention of my uncle. Laughing like this with aunt?"

Bao Cong explained with a smile: "You are so similar to Mr. It reminds me and my wife of the time when we were young when we were studying."

Ruan Chengze was full of doubts.

He resembles his grandfather and uncle?

No, my grandfather has a wide face and thick eyebrows, but he looks like my mother. When I was young, some people mistook him for a girl, but when I grew up, the outline of a man became clearer and the misunderstanding disappeared.

Why do uncles and aunts think that he resembles his grandfather and uncle?

But he didn't know that in the eyes of Bao Cong and Lin Daiyu, what they resembled was not their appearance, but their temperament.

Ruan Zhongwen, an old-fashioned old man, taught Ruan Chengze to be a little old-fashioned who abides by etiquette at a young age!

The husband and wife understood and did not say this, but recalled a few interesting childhood memories with Ruan Chengze, and asked the little girl to lead him to the guest room to rest.

Bao Cong dragged Lin Daiyu back to the room slowly, Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "Although his temperament is as old-fashioned as Mr., but he is a good boy. It's just that Xichun sees him like this, I'm afraid he will bully him!"

Because the Jia family did not end too badly, Xichun's temperament is much more lively than in the original book, and she has become a narrow girl who loves to play tricks on others.Ruan Chengze, who is so reserved and serious, can arouse her interest in teasing her the most.At that time, the family school will be lively for a while!

After a long time of not playing around, Bao Cong became interested and said casually: "Alright, if he is really caught by Xi Chun, maybe I will be a matchmaker for them!"

A few months later, Bao Cong's words became a prophecy, but it was reversed a little.

It was not Ruan Chengze who was caught, but Xichun herself.