[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

After watching Dean Chen leave, Meng Chengyun went back, stood next to the pillar of the steps and looked down silently. It took about a quarter of an hour for Jia Lian and others to stand on the platform.

Jia Lian didn't notice Meng Chengyun at first, but Baoyu had sharp eyes, and saw him as soon as he stepped on the flat ground before he could complain, and immediately forgot everything and shouted in surprise: "Brother!"

"Bao..." Jia Lian thought that Baoyu was calling him, but when he raised his head, he realized that it was aimed at Meng Chengyun, so he couldn't help rubbing Baoyu's head, speechless: "I just said that the tone is wrong! So you didn't call me .”

Meng Chengyun took a step forward, smiled and cupped his hands at Jia Lian, saying, "Brother Lian, why didn't you tell Cheng Yun when you came here?"

"Isn't this a tacit understanding?"

Baoyu shook off Lian's second elder brother's hand and ran to Meng Chengyun's side to hug his thigh to show off his cuteness. Meng Chengyun looked at him, smiled and bent down to pick him up. Seeing a little girl and...she was looking at her, her Adam's apple moved He nodded, and replied calmly with a nod, saying hello to Quan Zuo.

Then he turned to Jia Lian and asked, "I see that you have brought a lot of things. Are you going to the back mountain?"

"Yes, the scenery by the lake you took us to last time is nice, I'll take them there to have a look." After finishing speaking, Jia Lian took advantage of the situation and invited, "Chengyun, if you have nothing to do, why don't you come together?"

Meng Chengyun nodded happily, and then said: "You might as well go to my residence to fix it first. Dean Chen also saw you just now. It was his old man who asked me to stay first."

When Jia Lian heard it, it would be fine if he didn't know they were here at all, but now it would be rude if he knew that Dean Chen saw it and didn't go to meet him, so he said, "Then we really should go and see them."

So the group followed Meng Chengyun to the Meng family's residence.Along the way, Baoyu nestled happily in his arms. Jia Lian felt ashamed and said to Meng Chengyun, "Let the guards hold him, it's a bit heavy."

Baoyu was also worried that Meng Chengyun would think he was too heavy, so he moved a bit reluctantly and wanted to go down.Meng Chengyun retracted his arms slightly, smiled and shook his head and said: "It's okay, Baoyu is not that heavy, I can hold it."

When Baoyu heard this, he immediately beamed with joy, and immediately wrapped his arms around the neck of the good-looking brother, and proudly said to Lian's second brother, "Brother Meng likes me!"

Jia Lian shrugged and said indifferently, "It's up to you."

Although Baoyu likes beautiful things, his fondness for Meng Chengyun must have something to do with Meng Chengyun's attitude. Since both of them are willing, he naturally doesn't want to be annoying.

When he got outside the fence gate of the small courtyard, Meng Chengyun put Baoyu on the ground, opened the door and invited everyone in.Jia Lian noticed two old men sitting in the courtyard, and he knew Mr. Meng, so he guessed that the other plainly dressed man with his own style was Dean Chen.

He took his brothers and sisters to greet the two elders one by one, and when he heard that they were going to the back mountain, Mr. Meng laughed and said, "Why don't you take us two old guys with you?" After finishing speaking, he winked at Baoyu. Blinking, "With Dean Chen, we can go to some places that outsiders can't go, how about it?"

Baoyu glanced back and forth at the two old grandfathers without blinking, and finally turned to the kinder old Meng, activated his coaxing skills, and said with a sweet smile: "Okay, Grandpa can be with us, Baoyu thinks Flourishing and shining!"

Jia Lian couldn't bear to look directly at him, but Mr. Meng burst out laughing after being teased by Jia Baoyu. Even Dean Chen's expression eased a lot, with a little smile in his eyes.

But it is said that they are going together, and there is no rush for this moment.It happened that Mr. Meng and Dean Chen were drinking tea just now. At this moment, they came over and asked for a few more cups of tea that Dean Chen personally brewed.

It is impolite to wear a veil in front of the elders, so the two girls have already taken off the veil after they are seated.Yuan Chun has always loved tea, and after taking a sip, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he took another sip immediately.

Sitting there, Meng Chengyun noticed, his eyes flickered, and he immediately lowered his head to cover up.He thought he was secretive, but he didn't want to be seen by the two old people.

But Baoyu has managed to sit next to Mr. Meng in a short time. He doesn't like tea and has always been a very honest child. After taking a sip, he didn't like it, so he got off the stool and brought the tea to the In front of Sister Yuanchun, she said, "Give it to Big Sister."

Although Baoyu was spoiled and spoiled since childhood, after being cleaned up by Jia Lian because of the evil things, he learned to bring the things he didn't like to present as treasures, so Yuanchun took it as usual and put it in his hand. After drinking his cup of tea, he took Baoyu's The cup was also drunk.

After drinking tea, the group got up, and followed the real master, Dean Chen, from a side road to a place that only people in the academy could go.

When Jia Lian walked in, he realized that it was a maple forest. Although the leaves were still emerald green, he could already imagine what a beautiful scene it would be when the maple leaves fell, and he was immediately moved.

Baoyu also happily ran back and forth. At first, Mr. Meng was worried that he would fall or get lost after running too far. Later, he found that the servants of the Jia family were just guarding behind him and never stopped him. Baoyu never ran out. After going too far, I feel that the family education in Rongguo Mansion unexpectedly does not match the rumors outside.

Jia Lian didn't know that someone thought their family was well educated because of such an ordinary thing. If they knew it, their first reaction would be the same. The mansion would definitely feel that Baoyu was giving them Rongguo mansion a face outside, and then all kinds of bragging began.

After going forward for a while, I heard the sound of water. Sure enough, when I passed through the maple forest, I saw a small waterfall formed by a mountain spring falling from above, and then flowed all the way down the mountain.

There is a large piece of intact and smooth stone by the stream. Everyone stood on it and there was probably a lot of space. Jia Lian couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and said, "Lian is a disappointment. He came to this beautiful place. But I only noticed that it is very suitable for barbecue..."

Mr. Meng was also a free-spirited person, and when he heard Jia Lian's words, he burst into laughter again, and said: "The basic necessities of life have always been put at the top of the priority list, and only when you are full can you enjoy the beautiful scenery. It's human nature, human nature! "

Dean Chen has always been an elegant person, and this time it was rare that he didn't dislike the smoke and fire in Jia Lian's mouth for affecting the scenery here, but waited for the servants of Jia's family to put down the mat and took advantage of the opportunity to sit with Meng Lao.

Yuan Chun and Ying Chun greeted the maids to light the stove first, took some mountain spring water to boil for them to make tea, and placed snacks and fruits in the middle, and then watched them bring down all the things they brought, and started Prepare the roast.

None of them lacked things, and naturally they were very casual and never restrained.Baoyu has always been funny in front of the elders. When things came up, he immediately took an apple in one hand and handed it to Dean Chen and Mr. Meng first. Both of them smiled and nodded, looking at Baoyu with kindness. .

Baoyu himself took a snack to eat, all of which he liked, but he was not picky.Dean Chen looked at him and suddenly asked, "How old are you? Can you read and write?"

Baoyu was actually a little apprehensive of this stern-faced old man, but he still understood the principles of the elders' culture, so he answered seriously: "Baoyu is four years old this year, and he has only memorized a few books and read some characters."

"Come back and listen."

Although Baoyu didn't like reading very much, he was used to reciting performances in front of the elders, and because he was smart, he would never forget what he had recited.So at this time, as soon as Dean Chen asked him to recite, Baoyu would just memorize what he knew here honestly, and then stop.

Dean Chen nodded in satisfaction, and asked, "You learned from Mr.?"

Baoyu shook his head, turned to look at his elder sister, but found that he was alone among strangers before he knew it, curled his lips, and then turned around and replied: "It's not sir, it was taught by my elder sister." .”

The reason why Jia Lian was not here with him was because his subconscious reaction when he heard about the exam was to avoid it as much as he could. Go to the Yuanchun sisters to see if there is any need for help.

And Dean Chen didn't say much after hearing Baoyu's words. It's not uncommon for an elder to be enlightened. Although she is a girl, it doesn't hurt. listen."

Baoyu had a bit of resistance on his face, but he could only recite the book here when he came out to play, his patience was almost worn out, and it is his temper that has not lost his temper now.

Meng Lao watched the conversation between his old friend and the little doll with a smile, stroked his beard and did not make a sound.

When Jia Zhu followed Jia Lian's servants, he just heard Dean Chen's words. He glanced at the two of them in surprise, noticed Baoyu's mood, and immediately knelt down and coaxed: "Baoyu, the elders are just a little If you are bored, you can play with me to relieve boredom, can you?"

Dean Chen glanced at Jia Zhu, and didn't refute his words of "relaxing boredom and playing", but Baoyu, after hearing Big Brother Zhu's words, went to sit next to Dean Chen after thinking about it, and said, "Grandpa Chen, you Teach Baoyu, I will learn to recite from you."

So two people, one old and one young, began to say that you teach a sentence and I learn a sentence.Jia Zhu looked a little complicated after seeing it, but after all, he was his younger brother, and he was very happy to be favored by scholars.

Instead, she sat down and wanted to discuss homework with Meng Chengyun. Seeing that he was looking in Jia Lian's direction, she couldn't help laughing with her nose moving: "Lian'er likes these things the most. They taste good, don't they?"

Meng Chengyun turned around, nodded with a smile, and said, "Indeed."

Then he concentrated on talking to Jia Zhu without distraction.Mr. Meng knew about his grandson, but he pretended he hadn't noticed, and would occasionally point out Jia Zhu.