[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

When they arrived at the place, Liu Ding and Jia Lian got out of the carriage one after another, and saw that many carriages had parked at the door, and they greeted those they knew, but most of them were unfamiliar.

Liu Ding walked in with Jia Lian and introduced, "My cousin rented this garden specially for the literary meeting. Lian'er, is this your first time here?"

"Yes." Jia Lian nodded, looking at the surrounding mountains, rocks, vegetation, and said with a smile: "It seems that there are some graceful and delicate things in the south of the Yangtze River..."

"That's right, the designer of this yard is good at the southern style."

Since it was Jia Lian's first visit, Liu Ding took Jia Lian to stroll around the garden first, and then went to greet his cousin after walking around for a while.

Liu Ding's cousin can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, his mother is the princess, his father is Cheng Enhou, and he has his own abilities, so the people around him are also different, and he is always the center of sight when he shows up , a typical child from someone else's family...

Because I said in advance that today's banquet can be seated freely regardless of status, so the two just randomly chose a place near the upper stream to sit down. Although it was a bit out of the way, the situation in the banquet could be seen at a glance.

"That." Liu Ding pointed to the rockery, where a group of scholars gathered together, and there was a very conspicuous one in the middle, "That's a Jinshi who went to the first subject, and was admitted to Shujishi. I heard that his eloquence is very good."

Jia Lian looked in the direction he pointed, and the man was very confident in his eloquence, presumably he was very confident in his talents and learning.Just as he was thinking, he heard Liu Ding whisper in his ear: "Brother Wei talked to him nearby, and I personally think Yushitai is more suitable for him..."

"Pfft—" Jia Lian glanced at the person in the middle again, and quietly gave a thumbs up, "Image."

Liu Ding pointed out a few people he knew and introduced them to Jia Lian. During the period, he also made a few whispers of complaints, which made Jia Lian very happy to hear, but he didn't hear Meng Chengyun introduced by him after walking around. It's strange. Asked: "Didn't you say that the child prodigy of the little Sanyuan will come? Which one is it?"

Liu Ding casually put the melon seeds in his hand on the plate, and said nonchalantly, "I haven't seen it before..."

"I don't even know you!" Jia Lian was speechless. When he was invited to come, he used a child to arouse his curiosity, and then he didn't know what it looked like when he came here. How could they rely on such a huge garden? Can you tell who is which with your own naked eyes?

Liu Ding shrugged, and was about to tell Jia Lian that someone else must have recognized him and pointed it out, when he heard a clear and youthful voice from the right side of the two: "I'm Meng Chengyun."

The two turned their heads in surprise, and saw a handsome young man in a white Confucian shirt sitting there in a leisurely posture. Seeing the two turn around, he cupped his hands and said, "Please forgive me, Cheng Yun didn't mean it." Overhear, I've been sitting here since you two came over."

Jia Lian glanced at Liu Ding. When they came over, they actually noticed this person. Although they were surprised by the other person's appearance, their upbringing made it impossible for them to point and point in person. Afraid of people's ears, naturally he didn't speak too carefully. He didn't expect to bump into the client.

But since he said something, Jia Lian directly pulled Liu Ding to stand up and walked towards him.When Meng Chengyun saw the two of them approaching, he immediately stood up, but he didn't expect this action to stop Jia Lian.

"Are all the people in Ludi as tall as you?"

Jia Lian's own height was considered short among the people around him, but Meng Chengyun was almost as tall as him when he stood up. I remember Liu Ding seemed to say that he was thirteen or fourteen?Anyway, smaller than Jia Lian.

Meng Chengyun didn't expect that the first thing he said would be such a thing, he glanced at Jia Lian in surprise, then cupped his hands and said with a smile: "That's not the case, it's because Cheng Yun is taller."

"Hahaha!" Liu Ding laughed a few times, waved his hands to signal the two to sit down, and then said: "Jia Lian always has some whimsical ideas that make it difficult to resist, brother Meng Xian must not take offense."

Meng Chengyun shook his head to express that he didn't mind, and because of this beginning, the conversation between the three of them became less unfamiliar in an instant.

After introducing themselves to each other, Meng Chengyun immediately said after hearing their identities: "I'm sorry, I never thought that I would be the son of Rongguo and Liguo's mansions. I'm Meng Chengyun."

Liu Ding said casually: "The two of us have nothing to praise except for our family background, but brother Meng Xian's name has long been known."

Jia Lian shook his fan twice, echoing, "It's just pure curiosity. After all, neither of us is very enlightened in reading."

Meng Chengyun listened to such words too much, but his expression did not show pride, and he said in a flat tone: "Chengyun has also studied hard for many years in winter and summer, and some evaluations from the outside world are really exaggerated."

If you said that you were just curious before, and that you wanted to make friends was just casual talk, now Jia Lian is really interested in him.

Scholars are dignified and proud, so his second uncle and those clean men who are clearly incompetent also look down on fame and wealth.But Meng Chengyun's talent is outstanding, and he still doesn't think highly of himself, on the contrary, he makes people look up to him even more.

Not to mention Jia Lian, even Liu Ding admired him more and more after chatting with him for a few words, wishing to make him his confidant.When I went back, I couldn't help but said to Jia Lian: "It's a pity that I'm not a sister-in-law, otherwise I must promise to be my brother-in-law."

"Didn't you still like me before? It's too fickle!" Although Jia Lian also felt that Meng Chengyun was indeed a very good person, Liu Ding's voice changed too quickly, right?

"You are already married, don't have some unrealistic fantasies in your mind."

Jia Lian was speechless, who on earth said that to him?

Liu Ding was just joking, and then he explained: "It's because I feel like brothers and sisters with you, so I'm more casual, brother, what do you think?"

Jia Lian is not the kind of person who is so easy to be beaten with a stick and give Tianzao. After hearing his words, he immediately said with ill intentions: "It is true that we are brothers and sisters. My eldest sister is full moon, you, uncle, will definitely not be absent?"

"Of course." Liu Ding patted his heart and assured, "Your daughter's full moon gift is absolutely indispensable."

"Then I'll wait for you."

The eldest sister's full moon banquet was held on September [-]th, and Jia Lian didn't expect that Jia Zhu would make people hurry back, just to give the eldest sister a full moon gift in advance.

So that morning, while the eldest sister was awake, Jia Lian took the full moon gift from Jia Zhu, squatted beside her daughter's bed, and said to the little doll who didn't understand anything: "Let's take a look, my eldest sister. Do you like the full moon gift your uncle gave you?"

The eldest sister is now taken by the nanny to the room next to Wang Xifeng, so Jia Lian will come and have a look during the day if she has nothing to do, but now she doesn't recognize her father at all except for food, and even if someone talks, she will take care of herself He fiddled with his limbs and didn't pay attention to the things in his father's hands at all.

Jia Lian looked at it and scolded with a smile: "Your child is not as good as your father. It doesn't matter whether the things given by the elders are good or bad, just accept them first and then talk about them."

As soon as Nanny Qin came in, she heard that the second master was indoctrinating the eldest sister, she immediately coughed, and when he looked over, she said, "Second grandma has already cleaned up, let the slaves come and take the eldest sister over."

When Jia Lian heard this, she stood up and handed Jia Zhu's full moon gift to the elder sister's foster mother, "This is the full moon gift that elder brother Zhu gave to the eldest sister, and mother Yin will help put it away first."

Mother Yin, the elder sister's nurturing mother, was found with the help of Mother Qin.There are old friends here who can get along with the masters of Jia's family comfortably. When Jia Lian said it, she took it and put it away with a smile. She has a completely different personality from Mother Qin.

Jia Lian sometimes saw Mother Qin and Mother Yin standing together, cold and hot, and felt that the relationship between people in this world was very wonderful, no matter how different people were, they could get together.

Jia Lian did not hold a full moon banquet, and all the people invited to participate were close relatives.The only one who is quite special is Meng Chengyun who I just met. He is the only person whom Jia Lian invited over shortly after he met him.

At that time, he didn't think about whether there was anything wrong with inviting a 13-year-old boy to his daughter's full moon banquet. The invitation was sent and the other party agreed to come, so Jia Lian put aside those complicated thoughts.

After the noon banquet, Jia Lian invited his friends to sit in his yard for a while, but it was a pity that Liu Ding, Li Shao and others had things to do, so in the end only Meng Chengyun was invited by him to his yard.

After asking Meng Chengyun for his opinion, Jia Lian brought over the gift he had prepared for the elder sister. It was a jade pendant carved in the shape of a book, and it even caught her attention by shaking it in front of the elder sister.

"Let your uncle know that your child doesn't like his gift, how heartbroken he is." But having said that, Jia Lian actually noticed that what she likes should be the red string on which the jade pendant is attached. Color is irresistible.

Meng Chengyun looked at the eldest sister for a while, and didn't plan to stay too long. He was about to leave and go back, but Jia Mu sent someone to invite him. Is it because the elders like it?"

There was no way, Jia Lian couldn't let him deal with the strange old lady by himself, so he had to take someone to the grandmother's yard himself.As soon as he walked to the yard, he saw Baoyu rushing out of the door, and he couldn't control himself and threw himself on Meng Chengyun's lap.Others were worried, but this kid looked at the person in front of him with a smile on his face.

Jia Lian took a look, well, this is another foolishness when he sees a good-looking person!

"Baoyu!"

Yuan Chun chased after him nervously, not paying attention to seeing a stranger at all, he just reached out and picked up Baoyu's collar, angrily said: "Didn't grandma say that there are guests coming, so you are not allowed to run around? Go back with sister."

But Baoyu didn't care about her sister's anger at all, pointing at Meng Chengyun happily, said with a smile: "This brother looks good!"