The Red Mansions

Chapter 103 A Visit to Sister Feng's Courtyard
In the room, after Jia Rong and Qin Keqing went out, Wang Xifeng waved to Ping'er.

Ping'er came to Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng squinted and sneered, "Tell me, what did you do at Brother Yun's house today?"

Ping'er's heart skipped a beat, he pursed his lips, and remained silent.

"Well, you bastard, if you don't pay attention, you will learn how to hook up with men. Do you have any shame?" Wang Xifeng scolded mockingly.

Ping'er couldn't help but said: "You are still a married man, haven't you been hooked up by him too?"

"Oh, I'm a married man, aren't you? Don't forget that you accompanied me to marry, which is equivalent to being married!" Wang Xifeng laughed angrily, and said coldly.

Ping'er gritted his teeth and said, "I'm a girl of Huanghua, so I'm better than you."

"Okay, you're not only talking about me, me, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you dare to talk back, if there are not many people in the family today, see if I don't slap you a few times!" Wang Xifeng said a little angrily.

"Let's slap, I'm used to being slapped left and right by you, and it's not bad for these few slaps!" Ping'er broke the jar and slammed.

Wang Xifeng glared at her, took a few deep breaths, and after being silent for a while, asked, "Where have we gone?"

"It's his!" Ping'er said with wide eyes.

"Hey, you don't even blink an eye when you're talking, you really want to give it to him, is this what you look like now?" Wang Xifeng pouted.

Ping'er was silent for a moment, then said: "We're just short of the last level, and I've had a good bite by the way."

Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously, "Did you eat well? What's good?"

Ping'er hesitated for a moment, stepped forward to whisper something to her, Wang Xifeng opened her small mouth, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and murmured: "Can you still play like this?"

Ping'er nodded, and said in a low voice: "He said there are still many moves, such as one hundred and eight moves to destroy the enemy, 36 moves to reverse the world, and even the basic skills have seven, seven and 49 moves. Do you think it is amazing?"

Wang Xifeng gasped, her eyes straightened.

After recovering, Wang Xifeng took a deep look at Ping'er and said, "You are really coquettish, he even told you this!"

Then she looked at Ping'er's hand, pulled it over to have a closer look, smelled it again, frowned and said, "You used my snow clam oil?"

"Come on, grandma's snow clam oil is like a treasure, and the servants dare not look at it, let alone use it." Ping'er shook his head and said.

Wang Xifeng said: "I'll go check it out, if I find out that you dare to use my snow clam oil, you will be rewarded!"

After saying that, she went into the room, and after a while, she came out again.

Ping'er smiled and said, "How about it, are they still there?"

Wang Xifeng nodded, feeling a little depressed. She didn't remember that Jia Yun was also studying at Qingshan Academy, so it was not surprising that she could buy snow clam oil.

The only thing that made Wang Xifeng a little uncomfortable was that when Ping'er passed by today, Jia Yun talked to her flirtatiously and rubbed snow clam oil on her, pampering her very much.

But when she went there by herself, Jia Yun didn't say anything except to take advantage of it.

Wang Xifeng sat on the chair, and after feeling sulky for a while, looked up at Ping'er, and muttered: "Go and call Jia Yun in, don't break up with me today, let's see how I deal with him!"

"Grandma, don't act recklessly. Brother Yun is a scholar now, and the most important thing is to save face. Grandma, don't miss his future!" Ping'er gritted his teeth and said.

Wang Xifeng frowned, stood up abruptly, and took a few steps forward, her face almost touching Ping'er's.

She was vicious, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You have to find out who you are, are you qualified to preach to me?"

"If you still want to associate with him in the future, just be honest with me. Otherwise, I'd rather make him unhappy than allow you to see him again!"

Ping'er heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Oh, grandma wished to come here to harm him, why not, hee hee, I'll go and ask him to come in."

In the small courtyard, Jia Rong asked Jia Yun, "Brother Yun hasn't come out to play recently, what are you busy with?"

Jia Yun smiled and said, "I've bought a whole room of books to read, and I don't have much to do."

"Oh, that's so boring." Jia Rong said with a smile, and then said: "By the way, you are going to get married soon, and you must be very busy for a while."

Jia Yun said: "Actually, it's not too busy. Think about it, doing things on my family's terms is much less ostentatious than doing things in your Duke's mansion, so it's naturally much easier."

When Jia Yun was chatting with Jia Rong, she didn't look at Qin Keqing next to her.

He was not afraid of what Jia Rong would discover, but Lin Daiyu who was on the opposite side.

You must know that when Lin Daiyu was very young, when she first came to Jia's mansion, she could see the appearance and character of all kinds of people in Jia's mansion at a glance, which shows how vicious her eyes are.

Therefore, for unnecessary right and wrong, Jia Yun insisted on not saying a word to Qin Keqing, not even making eye contact.

After Jia Rong heard Jia Yun's words, she nodded with a smile. Jia Yun's family's conditions are limited, no matter how much they do, they cannot be compared with Jia's family.

At this time, he suddenly moved closer, and asked Jia Yun in a low voice: "Brother Yun, you are studying in Qingshan Academy, have you ever seen a peddler from outside the pass selling snow clam oil?"

"Huh?" Jia Yun was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion, "Why are you asking this?"

Jia Rong said in a low voice: "Not long ago, Aunt Zhu came back from the academy and brought a box of snow clam oil, and shared some with your sister-in-law. After I was drunk, I ate it in a daze. I didn't expect it to be a surprise!"

Jia Yun widened her eyes and asked, "What unexpected joy?"

Jia Rong laughed and said, "I didn't expect that after eating that thing, I would be so passionate. Tsk tsk, I spent most of the night with a few little maids, and I didn't feel sore and tired. Don't you think it's amazing?"

"Hiss, so fierce?" Jia Yun couldn't believe it.

Jia Rong smiled and nodded, and said, "Don't believe it, right? Just don't believe it. I actually can't believe it either, tsk tsk, that's why I call it a surprise."

Jia Yun nodded, and then said worriedly: "But Brother Rong, after all, this thing is a booster drug. If you use it too much, it will overdraw your body. If you play too much, your body will collapse."

After a pause, he continued: "I understand what you mean, you want me to buy snow clam oil from that peddler, right?"

Jia Rong shook her head and said, "No, I'm just asking you to find out when the peddler is usually around, and I'll arrange someone to buy it then."

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "I can't tell. You know that sometimes when you buy things, when you don't need them, they are everywhere. When you need them, you can't find them anywhere."

"Is that so, you don't know too well, do you?" Jia Rong asked.

Seeing Jia Yun nodding, Jia Rong said with a smile: "Forget it, it seems that I have to send someone to guard the academy, and I won't be able to keep him!"

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Brother Rong, you are really smart!"

While talking, Ping'er came over to tell Jia Yun that Wang Xifeng had something to do with him, so after Jia Yun said something to Jia Rong, she followed Ping'er into the house.

When they came to the room, Wang Xifeng was not in the living room. At this moment, Ping'er pointed to the bedroom. Jia Yun hesitated for a moment, then walked in.

In the bedroom, Wang Xifeng was sitting in front of the dressing table in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking, and she didn't even notice Jia Yun entered.

Jia Yun hugged her from behind, and stretched her hands down through the gaps in her clothes.

Surprised, Wang Xifeng came back to his senses, saw that it was Jia Yun, let out a long breath, and then relaxed.

"You're a ghost, you didn't even make a move." Wang Xifeng complained, then leaned on Jia Yun's chest, straightened her waist, and frowned slightly.

Jia Yun smelled her body fragrance, and asked with a smile, "Tell me, why did you ask me to come in again?"

Wang Xifeng was silent, she had a lot to say to Jia Yun, but now she didn't know where to start.

To put it bluntly, she can only control Ping'er, but not Jia Yun.

Although she allowed Jia Yun to torment her, she was willing to do so, and she hadn't fully given it to Jia Yun, so there was no reason to ask Jia Yun too much.

As Jia Yun's actions became more and more presumptuous, Wang Xifeng sighed, closed his eyes, and didn't think about anything.

In the yard, Lin Daiyu frowned and thought deeply.

She was a little strange today, she accidentally noticed that Ping'er and Qin Keqing were looking at Jia Yun in a strange way, but judging from Jia Yun's behavior, there seemed to be nothing between them.

"Could it be that my intuition is wrong?" Lin Daiyu thought to herself.

When she came back to her senses, Lin Daiyu looked at the small porcelain bottle in her hand, her heart moved, and she thought to herself:

"No, brother Yun gave gifts according to the preferences of the sisters, and it happened to be delivered to our hearts. At first glance, he was dishonest. I was deceived by him!"

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Lin Daiyu's mouth. She often heard people say that Jia Yun is an honest person, and she used to think so.

But today she discovered that Jia Yun was far from being honest, but too smart, and deceived everyone.

Lin Daiyu pressed her thoughts when she had the confidence in her mind. She didn't intend to argue with Jia Yun about this matter.

Besides, she quite liked Jia Yun pretending to be an honest person, and now that she found out, it was a bit funny to think about it.

At this time, Jia Yun came out of the room slowly, and when she passed by Lin Daiyu, her brows suddenly frowned again.

"This is...he smells like Sister-in-law Lian!"

Lin Daiyu was startled, she felt that she was not well, and she knew that she had discovered something extraordinary.

"Ping'er, Brother Rong's wife, Lian's sister-in-law..."

The names of several people flashed in Lin Daiyu's mind, and she suddenly felt a little dry and panicked, feeling that her previous cognition had suddenly collapsed.

Lin Daiyu raised her head and glanced at Jia Yun, and saw that he was still in the spring breeze, with a sincere smile, bright and clean eyes, a handsome appearance, a tall and straight figure, and he was amiable, a man of integrity.

Looking away, Lin Daiyu bit her lip, frowned and thought: "It's true that you know people, face and heart, brother Yun's appearance and behavior are too easy to deceive people, and he is very smart, otherwise he would not be able to deceive people."

"But, not to mention Miss Ping'er, Sister-in-law Lian and Brother Rong's daughter-in-law are all married men. Could it be that only the two stone lions at the entrance of Jia's mansion are clean?"

"No, stone lions are not clean either, they are often covered with dust and dirt..."

Lin Daiyu thought a lot, and her thoughts were mixed. She felt that if she continued to think about it, she would go crazy.

When she came back to her senses, Lin Daiyu glanced at Jia Baoyu who was dazed by the side again, and thought to herself, "Why do you suddenly find that he looks like a baby boy?"

Seeing Lin Daiyu looking at him, Jia Baoyu looked happy, and was about to go over, but seeing Lin Daiyu suddenly glared at him, her smile subsided, and she opened her mouth, not knowing what to do.

In the room, Wang Xifeng sat naked on a chair, motionless.

After Ping'er lifted the curtain and walked in, he saw clothes scattered everywhere in the room. He was startled and asked, "Grandma, are you with him?"

Wang Xifeng's eyes moved, and he let out a long breath when he came back to his senses, and then said: "What are you talking about, do you think I let him get it so easily?"

"Then grandma?" Ping'er asked suspiciously.

Wang Xifeng laughed and said: "I wanted to imitate you to eat his food, but who knew that he ate mine first, which is not bad, very good."

Ping'er suddenly said: "No wonder he has to wash his face and rinse his mouth when he goes out. I really convinced him that he has been messing around all day long!"

Wang Xifeng stood up, found a set of clean clothes in the closet, and asked Ping'er to wait for her to change.

"Come on, he's being intimate with you, and he's messing around with me. There's no reason for that!" Wang Xifeng said, rolling her eyes.

Ping'er giggled, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "I almost forgot, the girl who went to the kitchen to guard just now came back and said that the dinner can begin!"

"Then let's start the banquet, and drink all the jars of old daughter's red that others gave me some time ago!" Wang Xifeng ordered.

Ping'er laughed and said: "Grandma is really good. Second Master Lian has been greedy for that daughter Hong, but you took advantage of him to go out and let others drink it."

Wang Xifeng sighed and said: "It's not that I don't love him, it's that he's dishonest. Recently, I've smelled the scent of other women on him several times. Do you think I can't be disappointed?"

After Ping'er helped Wang Xifeng get dressed, the two went to the dressing table to comb their hair.

Ping'er pondered: "But the current situation is that grandma is not honest, you two are in the same boat, don't talk about anyone else."

"Then I don't care, he was the one who apologized to me first, hum!" Wang Xifeng snorted.

Ping'er stopped talking, and after combing Wang Xifeng's hair, he quickly put away all the scattered clothes in the room and washed them when he was free.

The meal at noon was very rich. After all, it was Wang Xifeng's treat, and the kitchen made every dish with special care.

The wine at noon is also very good. The 20-year-old Nurhong has six flavors of sweetness, sourness, bitterness, pungentness, umami, and astringency, which are unusual, fascinating and unique in style.

This kind of wine is not easy to buy in later generations, the wine gets better with age, but there is a premise that it must be original wine.

After decades of cellaring, it is opened and enjoyed. The wine is amber in color, transparent and clear, rich in aroma, mellow, sweet and fresh, with endless aftertaste.

And the kind of wine that is taken from raw wine, filtered twice, blended and then filled, this kind of wine is not raw wine, but has a shelf life, which usually expires in three to five years.

A meal is hearty and very comfortable.

At the wine table, there was Wang Xifeng making jokes, and Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun helping out, it was so lively.

It is also the first time for Jia Yun to know about the daily life of the girls in Jia's mansion. In fact, after uncovering a layer of mystery, she finds that they are no different from ordinary people.

However, something happened during the banquet, that is, Jia Rong insisted on pulling Jia Xichun to sit next to him, and asked Qin Keqing to sit next to him.

Except for Jia Yun, no one else suspected anything. After all, Jia Xichun was Jia Rong's aunt, and no one would think there was anything wrong with Jia Rong wanting to get close to her aunt.

After eating, everyone sat around in the yard playing leaf cards again.

I don't know if it's because Jia Yun just did something unclean, she was very unlucky, and lost every game.

After a while, he lost more than 20 taels of silver, and then he stopped playing and threw the cards to Jia Rong, who was watching the excitement.

Who knew that Jia Rong's luck was worse than his, it was horrible to put it bluntly, and she lost faster than Jia Yun.

On the contrary, Lin Daiyu, Jia Tanchun and Qin Keqing won a lot of money, while Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu were neither good nor bad, neither winning nor losing.

Jia Yun sat behind Jia Rong and watched them play cards, and suddenly found that Jia Yingchun was staring blankly, so she lightly touched her arm and asked, "What is Aunt Yingchun thinking?"

Jia Yingchun came back to his senses, smiled sweetly at him, and replied: "I didn't think about anything, I was just bored. Now that the weather is hot, I just want to sit quietly and be in a daze."

Jia Yun asked curiously, "I heard that you are proficient in chess, but is it true?"

"Who did you listen to? It's nothing, I just love to play chess, and I'm not very good at it." Jia Yingchun said with a smile.

Jia Yun suggested: "They are playing cards right now, and it would be boring for us to sit next to each other. How about I talk to my aunt for a few games?"

Jia Yingchun's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "Okay, wait a minute, I'll order Siqi to go to my room and bring the chess equipment."

Soon, Siqi came over with the chess sets, Jia Yun and Jia Yingchun set up another table and started to play chess.

"Auntie doesn't seem to like talking very much?" After taking a few steps, Jia Yun asked Jia Yingchun silently.

Jia Yingchun blushed and said, "I don't know what to say."

Jia Yun smiled, Jia Yingchun looked cowardly and timid, and she was dazed, but she was the most gentle, she was a girl from concubines, she lost her mother and was not taught since she was a child, that's why she was so timid.

But she is beautiful, gentle and quiet, careful and kind, filial to elders, elegant, tolerant and humble, honest, and treats brothers and sisters equally.

From an onlooker's point of view, Jia Yingchun is the easiest to get close to, get along with her, and don't have to think about those intrigues.

Seeing that Jia Yingchun was really not good at words, Jia Yun didn't force her, and played chess with her quietly. Slowly, Jia Yingchun started talking more.

She would whisper to Jia Yun some interesting stories between their sisters, and she would also talk about her views on certain things.

Jia Yun was also happy to laugh, and continued to speak a few words from time to time, which made Jia Yingchun more talkative.

The people who were playing cards on the opposite side were quite surprised to see the two talking and laughing.

After all, Jia Yingchun is a well-known "two woods", so I didn't expect to have so many words with Jia Yun today, which is a bit unexpected.

Seeing Wang Xifeng and the others looking over from time to time, Jia Yun smiled at them.

Jia Yingchun was happy to talk, but she didn't pay attention so much. While playing chess and talking to Jia Yun, the eyebrows became more and more relaxed.

Time passed slowly in this relaxed and comfortable environment, and when it was almost evening, Ping'er suddenly came to tell Wang Xifeng that Grandma Zhu had brought Jia Lan back from the academy, and she brought snow clam oil.

When Wang Xifeng heard the news, she couldn't sit still, she quickly threw away the cards in her hand, and took Ping'er to find Li Wan.

Even Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun couldn't sit still, they got up one after another and followed Wang Xifeng away.

Seeing this, Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan also followed to join in the fun.

"Aren't you going?" Jia Yun asked curiously seeing that Jia Yingchun was motionless.

Jia Yingchun shook her head and said: "That thing is useful, but there are few of them. Whoever has more and who has less, sister-in-law Zhu must have divided it up long ago. If you go, you won't be able to share many."

Jia Yun was surprised and said: "They say you are a fool, but today I found out that the rumors are wrong."

While talking, Jia Rong shouted, "Brother Yun, do you want to go over and have a look?"

"I won't go, it's an inner house after all, it's not appropriate to walk around." Jia Yun shook her head and replied.

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