The Red Mansions

Chapter 102 Wang Xifeng invites the host
In the study room, Jia Yun was concentrating on drawing a picture on a piece of rice paper.

It was Xue Baochai that Jia Yun drew, and she was graceful and graceful in the painting, with a soft and plump figure, and a round, rosy face with obvious baby fat.

Xue Baochai in Jia Yun's works has a rare sense of delicacy.

In the painting, she is lying on the table and chair, her body is relaxed, her chin is supported by her hands, the corner of her mouth is smiling, and her eyes are soft, giving people a beautiful and lively aesthetic feeling.

At the same time, she is naturally beautiful, radiant and radiant, her skin is soft and delicate, and the two strands of hair on her cheeks are gently blowing against her face in the wind. spirit."

Jia Yun checked it again carefully, then nodded in satisfaction.

This is the most vivid and charming portrait he has painted recently, and it reflects his love for Xue Baochai everywhere.

After thinking about it, Jia Yun wrote another poem on the painting:

I want to write a new word to send to Jiao Niang,
Wind and rain eclipsed and half faint?
I have a lot of lovesickness,

Indestructible Ming liver and intestines.

Jia Yun liked this poem very much in her previous life. It vividly expresses the poet's lovesickness, especially the last two sentences, which make people feel heartbroken after reading it.

The last two sentences mean that I miss you in thousands of ways.

I can think of you when I read a book, and I can think of you when I see this stormy weather.

I can think of you when I eat, I can think of you when I drink tea, and I can think of you when I drink.

I can think of you even when I lean against the window and listen to the rain, and I can also think of you when I hear the thunder.

All in all, now I can think of you bit by bit, you are all in the air, and you are all in the air.

Knowing that lovesickness is very torturous and makes people sleepless at night, but still ignores sleep, still misses you, because it seems that this is the only way to express your lovesickness.

In short, this poem is a poem about lovesickness.

Putting down the brush, Jia Yun let out a long breath. He racked his brains to make this painting full of charm, and Xue Baochai was all he could think about these days.

At this time, Xiren stood outside the door, and said with a smile: "Brother Yun, look, who is here today!"

Jia Yun looked out, and saw Ping'er in a light blue dress, smiling like a flower, walking gracefully.

"Miss Ping'er!" Jia Yun's face brightened, and she said happily, "Come in and sit down, Xiren will pour you a pot of good tea!"

Xiren responded with a smile, then turned around to make tea, Ping'er walked slowly to the study, leaned over and said:

"Grandma ordered the servants to come over today and ask Brother Yun if he is free tomorrow. She said that she got a few jars of good wine and wanted to invite Brother Yun to try it. If you are not free tomorrow, you can do it this afternoon."

Jia Yun motioned Ping'er to sit down and talk, and asked with a smile, "Who are going?"

Wang Xifeng invited him so generously, he must not be the only one, that's why he asked this question.

After sitting down, Ping'er smiled and said, "Uncle Rong, Grandma Rong, Young Master Bao, Miss Lin, Tanchun, Yingchun, and Xichun are all juniors, and I didn't ask adults to come over."

"Grandma guessed that Brother Yun, you might be going to Xue's house for the festival tomorrow, so I asked the servant to come over first and ask. If her prediction is correct, please invite Brother Yun to come over this afternoon."

Jia Yun readily agreed, "Okay, I'll be there this afternoon."

Ping'er covered her mouth with a smile, and said: "It seems that our grandma guessed right, Brother Yun is going to my mother-in-law's house for the holiday tomorrow."

"Hehe, my second aunt is so smart, you can think about it without guessing!" Jia Yun laughed.

At this time, Xiren brought tea, first poured a cup for each of them, and then retreated.

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Miss Ping'er, please drink tea. This is the Dragon Well Tea before the rain that Brother Xue gave me not long ago. It tastes pretty good."

Ping'er picked up the teacup with a smile on his lips, took a few sips, and said with a smile: "This is new tea. The tea has a strong and long-lasting aroma. It is soft in the mouth, rich and mellow, and the taste is fresh and exciting. The taste is really good."

Then, she took a few sips, put down the teacup, and asked with a smile, "Brother Yun is going to get married this month?"

"Well, welcome on May [-]th, Miss Ping'er must come over and have a glass of beer." Jia Yun said with a smile.

"The servant will definitely come with grandma." Ping'er nodded and smiled, and suddenly sighed:
"Time flies so fast. When we met last year, Brother Yun was still busy making a living. Now, not only has he become a scholar, but he also wants to marry a girl from the Xue family. Who would have thought of that at that time? "

Jia Yun nodded and said, "That's right, we've known each other for over a year now."

Ping'er smiled and asked curiously, "Just now, I saw brother Yun outside the door as if he was painting, right?"

"Hehe, doodling by hand is not considered painting." Jia Yun waved her hand and said.

Ping'er smiled and asked: "Can I have a look at it? I haven't seen a painting by a scholar before!"

Jia Yun nodded and said, "There is nothing I can do."

So the two got up and came to the desk.

Ping'er only glanced at it, and said in surprise: "It's Miss Bao, Brother Yun's paintings are really good, so beautiful, just like real people, no, the paintings are even more beautiful than real people, and seem to be more spiritual."

Ping'er was amazed, looking at Xue Baochai's ruddy face in the painting, subconsciously stretched out a finger to press it, but Jia Yun held her back.

"Don't move, the paint on this painting is not dry yet, if you press it, I will paint for nothing." Jia Yun said with a smile.

Ping'er came back to his senses and said apologetically, "Your drawing is so good, I am fascinated by your servant."

After speaking, seeing that Jia Yun was still holding her hand, she subconsciously twitched, but she didn't pull it out. Ping'er couldn't help but gouged out Jia Yun's eyes. She was full of flair, but she didn't resist anymore, allowing him to hold her hand. .

"Your hands are rough, do you usually work a lot?" Jia Yun asked with concern.

Ping'er shook his head and said: "Compared to those little girls, slaves are very relaxed."

"But no matter how easy it is to be a servant girl, you still have to serve tea and water, and some of the clothes that grandma wears have to be washed by the servant girl herself, so the hands are naturally rough."

Jia Yun took her hand, walked to a cabinet, smiled and said, "I'll put some oil on you."

"No, it's useless to wipe it off, and it's washed off when I'm working." Ping'er shook his head and said.

Jia Yun smiled and said, "It's better anyway, let's pass the time now, don't you rush to leave?"

"No hurry, I can go there with you later." Ping'er blushed.

Jia Yun nodded, and took out the snow clam oil from the cabinet. Ping'er was surprised and said, "Snow clam oil? Is it the same as the one bought by Grandma Zhu in our house? Oh, I forgot that Brother Yun also studied in Qingshan Academy."

Jia Yun smiled, did not explain, pulled Ping'er to the chair, put her on her lap and sat down, Ping'er lightly pressed her a few times, looked at him with a smile, and then blushed cautiously sat down.

Ping'er rested his head on Jia Yun's arms slowly, relaxed slowly, and whispered: "You hugged grandma like this last time."

"Did you see it outside the door?" Jia Yun smiled.

Ping'er nodded, and said softly: "You guys are so brave, let the servants guard the door, can you not see it?"

Jia Yun said softly: "I asked my second aunt to ask you, but she didn't agree."

"Heh, she won't agree. It's hard to find a handy servant like this." Ping'er smiled slightly.

Jia Yun whispered: "I will ask her for you in the future, anyway, you can't escape."

Ping'er said: "The servants often went to your house last year, why did you treat them so indifferently?"

"Were you interested in me at that time?" Jia Yun was surprised, and then said: "I thought I wouldn't be able to seduce you, so I didn't bother you at all."

"Didn't you provoke me today?" Ping'er said angrily.

Jia Yun smiled and said, "If I hadn't gotten close to Second Aunt first, I wouldn't be able to tease you today, would I?"

"That's true, the servant has too many worries." Ping'er nodded.

After being silent for a while, she sighed and said, "Slaves are less courageous than attacking others."

"However, there is no other way. The status of slaves and servants is different. After all, they are maids who married into Jia's house with grandma. They don't get out of the house if they want to."

Jia Yun nodded and said, "That's right, so I have to ask Second Aunt to ask for you, and only if she agrees can you follow me."

Then, he got a ball of snow clam oil and spread it on Ping'er's hands, and rubbed it gently a few times, her hands were no longer rough, and became smooth and tender.

"God, this change is too fast, isn't it? It turns out that grandma didn't lie, she said that this snow clam oil is easy to use, it is true." Ping'er was surprised.

Jia Yun asked with a smile, "If it's easy to use, why don't you take a box home?"

"It still doesn't work, even if the servant girl is brought back, she will be taken by grandma to sell for money, so she won't be cheap!" Ping'er snorted.

Jia Yun smiled and stretched her hand into her clothes, leaned into her ear and asked in a low voice, "You are so pretty, why do you look like this?"

"Oh, that's how it is naturally!" Ping'er replied with a stiff body and a laugh.

After a pause, she whispered: "You should be gentle, the slave girl is so big, and she hasn't been touched by a man yet, so she's not used to it."

"Where's Second Master Lian?" Jia Yun asked suspiciously.

Ping'er sneered and said, "He wanted to, but he didn't have the guts. Grandma is watching day and night!"

Jia Yun snorted and stopped talking.

Time passed slowly, and suddenly, Ping'er said anxiously: "Don't, you want to kill the servant, let's do it like this today, you can play again later, okay?"

Jia Yun stopped, leaned into her ear and whispered a few words, Ping'er blushed and said, "This, this, this is okay?"

"Okay, you'll know if you try it." Jia Yun nodded.

Ping'er hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Well, you are really a tormenting enemy!"

I don't know how long it took, Jia Yun let out a long breath, Ping'er trotted to the door, opened the door, leaned on the door frame and bent over to retch, wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit, his face full of suffocation flushed.

At this time Xiren came out from the backyard, saw Ping'er's appearance, rolled his eyes, walked a few steps, came to the room and poured a cup of tea, and said to Jia Yun: "You can play tricks on people!"

Saying that, without waiting for Jia Yun to reply, she took the tea again, turned around and walked up to Ping'er, and said softly, "Sister Ping'er, rinse your mouth with tea, it will be fine soon."

Ping'er nodded, took a big gulp of the tea, gurgled a few times, and spit it out again.

Then, she drank a few more sips, grunted a few times, and used up a large cup of tea before letting out a long breath.

When he came back to his senses, Ping'er saw Xiren still looking at her with a smile on his face, his face blushed, and he whispered: "Don't make fun of me."

Xiren shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I won't laugh at you. At the beginning, I was worse than you!"

Ping'er heaved a sigh of relief, turned to stare at Jia Yun, and muttered, "He has a lot of tricks, but it's hard for you."

"No, it's not you, it's us, hehe!" Xiren covered his mouth and laughed.

Ping'er gritted his teeth, followed suit with a smile, and said, "Your cheeks are sore, and you don't feel comfortable?"

"You are uncomfortable, but he is comfortable!" Xiren said with a slight smile.

Ping'er thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right, it's all at the expense of us, and it's cheaper for him."

Then, she looked at the sky, and shouted to Jia Yun: "Brother Yun, let's go, or grandma will send someone to remind me again."

Then he asked Xiren if he wanted to go to Sister Feng's courtyard to play, Xiren shook his head and said no, because there was still work at home.

on the street.

Jia Yun looked at Ping'er, who was walking happily in front of her, and asked with a smile: "Miss Ping'er, it's rare to see you so happy!"

Ping'er slowed down, waited for Jia Yun to go up and down, and said with a slight smile: "I usually have a lot of scruples at the mansion, why don't you like your slaves to be happy now?"

"Of course." Jia Yun nodded, "I hope Ping'er will often be as happy as today."

Ping'er paused, then smiled and said, "Yes, Brother Yun, I will definitely be this happy in the future."

The two came to the gate of Rongguo Mansion laughing and laughing. Ping'er immediately restrained her smile, and led Jia Yun into the mansion with a calm expression.

When we got here, Jia Yun didn't joke with Ping'er any more, that's because it doesn't matter the seriousness.

After entering Jia's mansion, he ran into Jia Zheng who was about to go out.

Jia Zheng stopped, and after Jia Yun came forward to salute, he pinched his beard and asked, "Brother Yun is here today?"

"Master Huizheng, Second Aunt invited the host to come and invite us juniors to gather together." Jia Yun cupped her hands.

Jia Zheng nodded and smiled, "Okay, after playing around, don't forget about your studies. It's only been a few months before leaving home for the exam."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went out with a group of cleaners and servants.

After Jia Yun watched Jia Zheng leave, she turned her head and looked at Ping'er, then walked to Sister Feng's courtyard.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Sister Feng's courtyard, before I went in, I heard Jia Tanchun say with a coquettish smile: "The scholar's nephew is here, come and see my aunt."

"Hee hee, and me!" Lin Daiyu found a chair and sat down, straightened up, smiling and waiting for Jia Yun to visit.

On the other hand, Jia Yingchun and Jia Xichun didn't make any noise this time, but they were also laughing profusely beside them.

Jia Yun looked into the courtyard with black hair on her face, and found that Jia Rong and Qin Keqing hadn't come yet, but everyone else had.

Jia Yun walked into the yard, glared at Jia Tanchun and Lin Daiyu, and said angrily, "I'll go see my second aunt first, and I'll talk to you when I come out later!"

Then, without waiting for them to speak, he flicked his sleeves, turned around and followed Ping'er, who had just gone in to ask for instructions, into the house.

In the room, both Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian were talking, when Jia Yun entered the room and went forward to salute, and handed Jia Lian a bag of tea leaves.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Come here, what gift do you bring? Don't bring it next time. Is there anything in our house?"

"Take it, anyway, it's Brother Yun's wish, but your Second Uncle Lian is right, don't bring anything with you next time you come here." Wang Xifeng said with a slight smile.

After Jia Yun talked with the two of them in the room for a while, Jia Lian got up and said, "Brother Yun will stay here to play in the afternoon, and I will go back after dinner. I have something to go out, and your aunt is watching at home. Don't look outside!"

After Jia Lian went out, Wang Xifeng glanced at Jia Yun and said with a smile, "You really don't know how to meet outsiders, even his wife uses it."

Jia Yun stepped forward to hug her, kissed her hard, and laughed softly, "Auntie is so fascinated, I wouldn't even bother to look at it for ordinary people!"

"Sweet words!" Wang Xifeng pursed her lips, but with a smile on her face, she reminded again: "Don't touch here, maybe someone will come in at any time, you are shameless, I want more!"

Jia Yun nodded, took a few steps back, sat down and said, "Okay, I haven't seen you for a few days, I couldn't help it just now, when are you going to my place?"

"Let's talk about it after the Dragon Boat Festival. The mansion is very busy these days, and I don't have time to spare. I called you here because I took a break from the busy schedule." Wang Xifeng said with a smile.

While talking, Ping'er reminded at the door: "Uncle Rong and Grandma Rong are here!"

Jia Yun glanced at Wang Xifeng, smiled and said, "Then I'll go out first, remember what you just said, you must come to me after the Dragon Boat Festival!"

"Go, go, you can't believe what I say?" Wang Xifeng gave him a blank look and waved his hand.

Jia Yun nodded, went out, and met Jia Rong and Qin Keqing who had just arrived.

The distance between the two was more than one meter. If you don't pay attention, you won't find that the relationship between the two has broken down.

Jia Yun went forward to greet the two, and when they went to see Wang Xifeng, she turned around and walked to sit down next to Jia Tanchun and Lin Daiyu.

Jia Tanchun took a few glances at Jia Yun, and said with a slight smile, "Brother Yun, you only brought gifts for Sister-in-law Feng today? What about ours?"

"You're really welcome, how can you ask someone else for a gift like this?" Jia Yun laughed.

Jia Tanchun smiled and said: "If you don't take the initiative to give it, we will naturally ask you for it. Seriously, you haven't given us a gift yet, have you?"

Jia Yun was aggrieved and said, "It was very difficult for me to get to know you before, so how can I give you gifts casually?"

Lin Daiyu answered: "Then we all know each other now, bring the gift quickly!"

As soon as the words finished, Jia Baoyu who was at the side suddenly came over and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, I prepared gifts for the sisters."

"You're everywhere, didn't you see that we're looking for a gift from Brother Yun right now? If you mess with it, be careful with your skin!" Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes and said.

Jia Baoyu's face turned red, he opened his mouth, and then fell silent.

Jia Yun hurriedly said: "Hey, isn't it just a gift? If you say it so seriously, I will give it to you."

As he spoke, he took out a few small porcelain bottles the size of a thumb from his sleeve, handed one to Jia Tanchun and the others, and said:

"Be careful when you open it. It contains floral dew. It repels mosquitoes and moisturizes in summer. It's refreshing and refreshing. It's very useful."

Lin Daiyu nodded, opened it and smelled it, her eyes lit up, and said: "The lotus smells very nice."

"Mine is apricot blossom scent, fresh and elegant, different from sister Lin's." Jia Tanchun said with a smile.

Then she asked Jia Yingchun: "Sister Yingchun, what does yours smell like?"

Jia Yun looked at Jia Yingchun, she was in good shape, her cheeks were prickly pears, her nose was greasy and goose fat, she was gentle and silent, she was amiable, she rarely talked, honest and incompetent, cowardly and fearful, she had "two woods" in Jia's mansion nickname.

Jia Yingchun sniffed the scent and pondered: "It should be the fragrance of winter jasmine flowers. The fragrance is light and relatively delicate..."

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "The flower dew you gave us is based on the fragrance of the flowers we like?"

"That's the first time I gave gifts to my aunts. If you don't like the gift, won't there be something good for me?" Jia Yun nodded.

Lin Daiyu glanced at him, and said with a smile: "You are self-aware, so don't be unhappy, we might not accept gifts from other people!"

Jia Yun bowed her head and said, "Yes, yes, thank you, my cousin, for looking up to my nephew. This is a great honor for my nephew!"

"Don't make trouble." Lin Daiyu gave him a gouged look, and said with a slight smile, "Don't worry, if I accept your gift today, our sisters will return it to you tomorrow, and you won't suffer."

Jia Tanchun asked with a smile: "Scholar nephew, do you have any other fragrant flower dew?"

Jia Yun asked, "What flavor do you want?"

Jia Tanchun rolled his eyes, and asked with a smile, "Panacho, hehe, does it smell like it?"

"Coincidentally, there really are!" Jia Yun laughed loudly, "But... Miss Tanchun can't be greedy, you can only keep the fragrance of apricot blossoms, or you want the fragrance of bananas, which one do you want?"

(End of this chapter)