[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

"Did you see your cousin?"

Jia Baoyu nodded, "I'll visit my grandmother first when I get back, cousin..."

"What happened to Daiyu?" When Jia Lian heard him mention Lin Daiyu, thinking of that famous scene, his eyes were unconsciously filled with inquiry.

Baoyu didn't hide from Lian's second brother, his eyes were dazed, "When I saw my cousin, I felt familiar, and there was a kind of intimacy in my heart..."

Jia Lian stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup, unconsciously put on the mentality of watching a play, and asked him, "And then?"

Baoyu shook her head, "I just asked my sister what books she has read and what she usually does for entertainment. After sitting down for a while, I came to look for Second Brother Lian."

Baoyu is a rich son of aristocrats, and has been taught by great Confucianism. Naturally, his demeanor is different from that of ordinary sons of honorable families. However, his appearance is no longer as immature as when he was young, and his face has a bit of elegance. When he grows up I must have touched the hearts of many daughters...

Daiyu is also a girl who is out of the dust. Although Jia Lian does not approve of close relatives, of course they only look at the dividends between the two when they gossip. lost.

But now they are still ignorant, even if there is a natural bond, it is impossible to have love at such a young age, so Jia Lian patted Baoyu's head indifferently, and said to him: "There are indeed some wonderful things in the world. Fate exists, nothing surprising."

Baoyu felt that he was no longer a child, so he ran away immediately after being patted on the head by Lian's second brother.Jia Lian didn't care, and naturally withdrew his hand and asked him, "What do you want to eat tonight? Cousin asked the kitchen to cook."

"The ones with a stronger taste are too light to eat in the academy."

Dean Zheng is old, and his taste has always been bland, and his granddaughter has been growing up by his side, so naturally her taste is similar, while Baoyu has completely different preferences, so she can only follow her.

When Jia Lian heard this, she felt a little sympathetic and said, "Why didn't you tell Dean Zheng?"

"The cook at Master's place is not authentic, it's better to eat light food."

"Picky." The co-authors have taken care of him, it's him who has a picky taste and doesn't like to eat.

Shaking his head, Jia Lian called the maid to come in, and said to her: "Let the kitchen prepare more, brother Liuzhu and Chengyun Baoyu will eat here in the evening." After speaking, he glanced at Baoyu again and asked him, "Is Jia Huan Also at home?"

"Are you there?" Baoyu didn't get along with Shudi much, and he wasn't familiar with him, but he had some vague impressions, "It seems that the family invited Mr., and he and Jia Conglan'er studied together, and didn't go out."

"Then call all the boys from our family over to have a meal with me." Jia Lian remembered that he had never met Jia Cong, and it happened that all the males of Jia's family got together, and the only brother-in-law of the same generation, so they became It's dinner.

Baoyu had no objection, and he didn't have any ill feeling towards the younger brother who was a concubine in the family, it was just that he didn't know him well.

There were more people all of a sudden, so Jia Lian went out and explained to the maid in person again, asking the kitchen to prepare enough things, and then worried about having children, he ordered the kitchen to make some sweet soup for them.

After giving this order, he returned to the study and saw Baoyu standing in front of the bookshelf flipping through his script, so he asked him, "Why, do you want to read it?"

Hearing the voice, Baoyu turned around and asked curiously, "Second brother Lian, why are you full of ghosts and strange people here? Are there no talented men and beautiful women?"

Jia Lian walked up to him, reached out and took out two books from the corner, and said: "There are only a few books, and they are all books about marriage first and love after marriage.

"I also think that kind of thing is very boring. Why do good girls like to endure hardships, and make themselves into fish eyes."

Jia Lian didn't expect him to think so, and asked curiously: "As far as I know, many people yearn for this kind of love, why do you say that?"

Jia Baoyu's face was wrinkled together, and even though he was not very old, he still sighed and said: "I see a lot of poor scholars in the academy, and I feel disgusted when I marry a rich lady from a merchant's family! So I said that studying is not interesting, not necessarily They are all people like Brother Zhu and Brother Meng."

"It turns out that's the case." The things Baoyu said are not uncommon in the first place, and it seems that it is not a bad thing for him to see them.But Jia Lian looked at his disgusted face, and persuaded him: "The essence of a person has nothing to do with whether he reads or not, but it is a fact that he reads rationally. Since you hate people who don't cherish girls, when you get married in the future, take care of yourself." Just treat her."

Baoyu blushed a little, "It's still early!"

"Be good to yourself from an early age, lest you grow up to become a scum." After finishing speaking, Jia Lian took out a script book and handed it to Baoyu, saying, "This book is good, you can read it."

Jia Lian also came across this book by chance, and it turned out to describe all kinds of life, without any romantic color, and it only deals with all kinds of love thoughts.

However, Jia Lian recalled the happy look of the bookstore owner when he bought it. He guessed that this book must not be easy to sell. After all, people yearn for the beautiful and are very good at whitewashing the peace. Such a collection of stories that expose the reality is really unsatisfactory to some people. There is no beauty.

But Baoyu didn't know, so he immediately accepted Lilian's second brother's recommendation, took the book and sat on the rocking chair and read it slowly, the more he looked at it, the more his brows frowned, but the person who wrote the book was quite powerful, so that Even though he was uncomfortable, he still couldn't bear to give up.

Jia Lian didn't bother with him, he was still very proud of the attractiveness of his collection of vernacular books, if even a young boy like Baoyu couldn't figure it out, it would be a waste of years for him to read.

Just finished bragging, and then looked at the classics he brought back from the Four Translation Hall, which was also "chosen carefully" by himself, but he couldn't stand it at all...

So when he looked at Jia Lian, his eyelids slowly drooped, and when he woke up again, he was woken up. When he opened his eyes, he saw Meng Chengyun standing beside him, and subconsciously touched the corner of his mouth.

"Second Brother Lian, long time no see." Meng Chengyun looked at Jia Lian with a smile in his eyes, "It's still the same."

Jia Lian sat up, woke up and asked him, "When did you arrive?"

"Just arrived."

"Have you met grandma?" He stood up while talking, reached out to the table and took a glass of water to moisten his throat.

"I've met my cousin and cousin too." Meng Chengyun found a chair and sat down, and said to him: "I brought my cousin here by the way, and grandma said that if you want to entertain the boys in the family, your cousin can't be left behind. "

Jia Lian didn't see anyone in the study, so he asked, "Where are you?"

"It was dark in the room, so I didn't let Baoyu continue reading, and took them to the garden to play."

Jia Lian nodded, opened the window screen and saw that it was getting dark outside, so he invited Meng Chengyun to go outside, ordered the servant girl to light a few more lamps, and then prepared the rice noodles in the yard.

After a while, it was almost time, so Jia Lian asked his servants to call the children back, and after a short wait, Jia Zhu led the way, followed by a bunch of little ones, and sat around together according to the maid's guidance. .

Here, only Jia Huan and Jia Cong are bastards, so they were a little cautious after sitting down.Jia Lian also just met Jia Cong, saw that he looked quite like Cheap Dad, and thought he was very kind, so he asked a few words, seeing that he was always nervous, he stopped talking.

But it can also be seen that Jia Zhu is also very concerned about his younger brother, Jia Huan and Jia Cong are well-educated in speech and etiquette, and they are both good children.

The children sat closer together, and they seemed to be able to talk together. Jia Zhu looked at Lin Ke for a while, and said to Jia Lian, "You can let Ke'er rest for a few days, and then you have to study with Mr. .”

When they were in Changzhi County, Lin Ke and Sister Qiao had always been enlightened together, but when he returned to Rongguo Mansion, he would definitely be with the boys, and Sister Qiao would also be with the girls.

Jia Lian thought he knew the child well, so he said, "Ask Ke'er directly, and let him see when he is going to study. This child knows it well."

Meng Chengyun heard the two discuss a few words about the studies of the younger brothers in the family, and suddenly said: "Grandfather also said that my son is smart, and when he grows up for two years, he will personally enlighten him."

Jia Lian and Jia Zhu looked at him at the same time, seeing Meng Chengyun with a smile on the corner of his mouth and a hint of showing off in his eyes, he couldn't help being speechless, his son is only a few months old, does this mean he is smart?Sure enough, anyone's cub couldn't help but scream.

After Meng Chengyun finished speaking, he was also a little embarrassed, touched his nose and changed the subject: "How about you go to the Fourth Translation Hall?"

When talking about the Fourth Translation Hall, Jia Lian felt a little headache, and asked very curiously: "I like this place very much, but you know that? I know there are a lot of books that may interest me, but I I don’t understand, can you understand my thirst for knowledge?”

Jia Zhu ignored his pretentiousness and asked directly: "How do you know that there are scripts you like?"

"There are pictures." Although there are not many books with illustrations, you can tell the general type of many books from the pictures. It is a pity that I have no interest in art, otherwise I can probably tell from the illustrations what happened.

"If you are interested, there are some missionaries in Beijing, you can go and get in touch with them." Meng Chengyun poured himself a glass of plum wine, and said: "But don't be influenced by them, after all, they are aliens, and they are good at deceiving people."

Jia Lian is not easy to refute the words of "foreign race", and he doesn't think he will be "bewitched" by others, but he is just thinking about when to get to know him, and it is good to learn foreign languages ​​when he has nothing to do, so that he can "read widely" .

Later, Jia Lian ordered his servants to send the children back to rest, and the three of them drank for a while, and when Wang Xifeng came back, Jia Zhu and Meng Chengyun left Jia Lian.