The Red Mansions

Chapter 15

Jia Yun took a look at Xi Ren's pretended anger, and thought it was funny.

The sky was bright, although the light was not very good, but Jia Yun still saw Xiren's blushing faces.

To say that this girl is indeed a top-notch beauty, she has an outstanding appearance, a curvy figure, plump and well-proportioned, generous in her actions, and a kind personality with a strong personality, which is Jia Yun's favorite type.

Jia Yun put the buns into the paper bag, and asked Xiren with a smile, "Second Master Bao and the others came back very late last night, right?"

Xiren glanced at him, and walked towards Jia Yun, so as not to block others. After standing up, his eyes flickered, looked around, and replied, "Why are you asking this? Does it have anything to do with you?"

Jia Yun chuckled, shook her head and said, "That's all I'm asking, it's up to you if you want to answer."

Packed all the buns, handed them over, Xiren took them in his hand, nodded slightly, and replied: "I came back quite late."

As she said that, taking advantage of Jia Yun's inattention, she glanced at him again.

Jia Yun was busy with business, so she didn't notice her small movements, but said casually: "By the way, Erbao Erye and the others went out to play yesterday, didn't they tell you where they went?"

"I just said that Brother Rong from the opposite mansion invited the host. The master and wife thought they were going to Ningguo Mansion, but they didn't expect to go outside." Xiren bit his lip and replied unhurriedly.

After a pause, she glanced at Jia Yun again, and said, "Because Second Master Bao mentioned before that Brother Rong wanted to invite you to cook a table of delicious dishes, so I thought they went to your place yesterday. "

Jia Yun shook her head and smiled and said, "It's okay if you're stupid, you've been to my place before, and it's barely enough to seat three or four people, it's hard to turn around when there are too many people, how could they go to my place for dinner ?”

Xiren smiled lightly, hummed softly, bit his lips after a moment of silence and asked, "Are you going to be a street stall for the rest of your life?"

Jia Yun glanced at her in surprise. This was the first time the two talked about each other. Of course, the two had not known each other for too long.

Jia Yun shook her head and replied: "That's not true, I plan to put it on for a month, and then I will find someone I trust to take over, and then I will visit a famous teacher and study at ease. After I have completed my studies, I want to go to the exam. Whether you can pass the imperial examination or not, you have to give it a try.”

Xiren's eyes lit up, he turned his head to look at Jia Yun, and asked unexpectedly, "You still have this ambition?"

"What do you mean, I can't study and take the imperial examination? I used to be poor and couldn't pass the exam if I wanted to. Now, I can barely get into school." Jia Yun raised her eyebrows and said with a smile.

Xiren pursed his lips, his eyelashes twinkled, and gritted his teeth and said, "Reading is a very good thing, otherwise, you will be poor for the rest of your life."

In fact, she often persuaded Jia Baoyu to study more, but Jia Baoyu was too playful to listen to her advice.

Jia Yun smiled and asked curiously: "Miss Xiren, can you maidservants leave the house casually?"

"Of course the maid can leave the house at will. We are not big girls and young ladies who can't show our faces. Even so, we still have to avoid what should be avoided." Xiren replied in a low voice.

Then, she smiled at Jia Yun and said, "I won't tell you anymore, I have to take the buns back, or Second Master Bao will lose his temper!"

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Miss Xiren, go slowly, are you coming tomorrow? I'll bring you something delicious."

Xiren blushed, walked a few steps and then stopped, turned around and said: "It will depend on the situation tomorrow, not necessarily!"

Then, she trotted away.

Jia Yun chuckled, feeling that the attack was a bit interesting, because he was still in business, he quickly pressed his mind and got busy.

……

Bisha cabinet.

Lin Daiyu was holding a steamed bun in her hand, and whispered, "It's not too hot."

"It's not cold, is it? Sister Lin, you can eat at ease. I heard from brother Yun that this bun can be eaten even if it's cold." Jia Baoyu said with a smile while eating the bun.

Lin Daiyu nodded, took a sip, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is the food you ate yesterday really so delicious?"

Speaking of this, Jia Baoyu was extremely excited.

He said excitedly: "Sister Lin, I'm not lying at all. Brother Yun made twelve Confucian dishes yesterday, and every dish was delicious. Even Brother Lang couldn't stop eating on the way back from eating it." agreed."

"Aren't you drunk when you came back yesterday? How do you remember that he said good and bad?" Lin Daiyu smiled slightly.

Jia Baoyu laughed and said, "You know the truth when you are drunk, don't you know? Although I was dizzy from drinking, I still remember him making a fuss in the car."

After thinking about it, he pondered: "Don't say it, I'm going to ask Brother Yun to set up a table at any time, and then put it back in a food box, and let Sister Lin taste it too, and you will know if I'm lying gone."

After recovering, Jia Baoyu raised his head and asked Lin Daiyu, "Sister Lin, what kind of food do you want to eat?"

"You idiot, if you think about where I am from, you will know what kind of food I want to eat." Lin Daiyu smiled slightly.

Jia Baoyu was stunned, and suddenly said: "Oh, Su cuisine, sister Lin likes to eat Su cuisine, okay, I will ask Brother Yun what ingredients to prepare."

"I often hear you talking about brother Yun, could it be that he can cook dishes from all over the country?" Lin Daiyu said with a pursed mouth.

Jia Baoyu smiled and said, "I don't know exactly how many dishes he can cook. It's just that when I chatted with Brother Yun once, he admitted that he can cook the main dishes of the top ten cuisines in the Central Plains."

Lin Daiyu frowned and said, "Is this impossible? Didn't you say that he is only sixteen or seventeen years old? Can he cook so many dishes at such a young age?"

"You don't understand this, do you? Brother Yun has been traveling around the streets to earn a living since he was a child. He has met many famous teachers, and the word 'talent' is really unreasonable. Think about it, Gan Luo is 12 years old. He is still the prime minister!" Jia Baoyu shook his head and smiled.

"All right, all right, you just need to be more reasonable, eat the buns and go to school, or you will be beaten again." Lin Daiyu urged.

As soon as he talked about reading, Jia Baoyu's eyes became straight and listless, but he didn't refute Lin Daiyu, eating buns sullenly, and remained silent.

……

On the way home after closing the stall, Jia Yun went to the clan's house to borrow a scale, planning to go back and weigh the silver she earned from Jia Baoyu a few days ago.

Every time Jia Baoyu went to him, he gave more or less silver, sometimes one tael, sometimes half a tael, all of which were broken silver, and the weight could not be estimated with the naked eye.

Later, Jia Yun was going to go to the market to buy some livestock and put them in the space. He had been thinking about this matter for a long time, because he was busy practicing some time ago, so he kept delaying it.

Now, he has a few dozen taels of savings, so he can go shopping.

Borrowed the scale, and when she got home, Jia Yun weighed the broken silver, a total of 13 taels.

Yesterday, he earned 30 taels at Jia Rong's place, plus the money he earned from selling steamed buns. In addition to paying the stall fee of [-] Wen, he had [-] Wen left.

Nowadays, copper coins on the market are exchanged for silver, and 13 Wen is exchanged for one tael, so his copper coins are about [-] taels or more, which is equivalent to the amount of silver he earned from Jia Baoyu.

In other words, in less than half a month, he had savings of nearly 57 taels of silver.

Otherwise, it is still necessary to have a handicraft, a skill, no matter what time it is, it is quite easy to get enough food and clothing.

After putting the silver and copper coins into the space, Jia Yun came out.

The old watchman passed away, and he will be sent outside the city for burial this morning, and he has to help, raise wreaths and so on.

Jia Qin was also helping, so the two of them got together, and after the funeral manager spoke, they could walk ahead with the garden in hand.

Generally speaking, those who carry the coffin are married people. It is said that unmarried men have too much yang energy, which can easily suppress the yin energy of the deceased. It doesn't matter whether it is true or not, but everyone still follows it.

In the courtyard, more than a dozen groups of gongs and drums were beating together, the sound was deafening and extremely noisy.

As the firecrackers exploded, Jia Yun set off with the team.

When he came to the street, he looked back and found that the filial son was from the same generation as him next door, and it was probably arranged by Jia Dailing.

Jia Yun smiled, it doesn't matter who is a filial son, as long as it is not him.

Seeing him laughing, Jia Qin asked curiously, "Brother Yun, what happened?"

"It's nothing, let's go, go early and come back early, I'll be busy later!" Jia Yun shook her head.

(End of this chapter)