The Red Mansions

Chapter 95 Wang Xifeng: You are going to die!

Jia's mother has a high prestige in Jia's family, and most of the Bafang clan in Beijing give her face.

Therefore, when Jia Zhen carried Jia's mother out, Jia Dailing, the patriarch of Sanfang, discussed with several clan elders, and agreed to let Jia's mansion come forward to hold the banquet.

Of course, such a happy event not only requires banquets, but also invites opera troupes to sing operas. Lion dances, juggling, dragon lanterns, stilt walking, dry boat rowing, Yangko dancing, and Taiping drums are also essential.

Anyway, after three days of running water, it will be very lively.

After the matter is settled, no one else has anything to do.

The three-day event was mainly organized and coordinated by Jia Zhen and Jia Lian, with assistance from Jia Rong, Jia Qiang and others.

Afterwards, all the stewards of the Ningrong Second Mansion, large and small, were called to the backstreet as long as they were free, and assigned tasks to each other, and they brought their subordinates to complete various tasks.

Jia Yun was not idle either.

Just when Jia Zhen and the others went out to assign various tasks, the county magistrate of Daxing County came to the door with a group of officials, but they didn't sit for long, drank a cup of tea, talked for a while, and then left.

After sending those officials away, Jia Dailing called Jia Yun to him and asked, "Brother Yun, I just heard you talking to the county magistrate. Are you going to take the provincial examination in August?"

"There is such a plan." Jia Yun replied truthfully.

Jia Dailing pinched his beard and said happily: "Okay, okay, let's win the first place in one fell swoop. When the time comes, we will open the ancestral hall, worship the ancestors, and write your deeds on the genealogy!"

Jia Yun coughed a few times and replied, "Old Ancestor, it's too early to talk about this."

"Well, not early, not early at all." Jia Dailing shook his head and said, "You don't know, you need to prepare a lot of things to worship the ancestors. Our three families are poor. If we don't prepare earlier, we will be in a hurry."

Jia Yun asked in a low voice, "How much does it cost to worship ancestors?"

Jia Dailing murmured: "If it is simple, it will cost a few hundred taels of silver, but if it is grand, thousands of taels of silver will not be enough."

Most of these money will be spent on banquets. The Sanfang clan has a lot of people and eats a lot. Even if the banquet is almost done, it is still a lot of expenses.

Jia Yun thought for a while, and discussed: "Old ancestor, do you think this is okay? If the younger generation really wins the examination, the younger generation will pay the money spent on ancestor worship. Please don't tell this about it."

Jia Dailing glanced at Jia Yun, shook his head and said with a smile, "I know that your shop has earned some money, but since you call me old ancestor, I won't let the tribe take advantage of you casually."

"But since you don't want to make it public, I promise you, I will prepare this matter secretly first, and only let a few clan elders know, is that okay?"

Jia Yun chuckled, nodded and said, "It's still the ancestors who are considerate."

"Stop flattering, ask the matter clearly, go and do your own work, there are too many guests today!" Jia Dailing said with a smile.

There are indeed a lot of guests at home today. As the news of Jia Yun's high school case spread, more and more clan members came to visit with congratulatory gifts.

Not only those from the third room, but also the clansmen in other rooms regard Jia Yun's high school as an honor, and feel that Jia Yun's face is radiant, and they praise everyone, which shows how much the status of a scholar is respected in this era.

At noon, Zhao Jin came with a group of Jia Yun's classmates, and Zhou Kun was naturally among them.

Zhao Jin was very happy when Jia Yun won the flag, and brought two inkstones from his collection to Jia Yun as a congratulatory gift.

Most of the classmates also gave them pens, inks, papers and inkstones. They can study in Qingshan Academy and their families are not short of money, so the gifts they give are of high quality.

For example, the box of ink ingots that Zhou Kun gave to Jia Yun is Hui ink made by famous masters, and it is hard to find.

Hui ink has the characteristics of falling paper like lacquer, black and moist color, lasting for a long time, no glue on paper and pen, strong fragrance, rich and greasy texture, etc.

It has the reputation of being light when twisted, clear when rubbed, sweet when smelled, firm as jade, silent when ground, a little bit like lacquer, and true for thousands of years.

Really good things have always had a price but no market. The box of ink ingots that Zhou Kun sent was obtained from his father.

Jia Yun led Zhao Jin and his classmates to a side room to sit down and talk. After a while, Zhao Jin said:

"Now that you have a reputation as a scholar, you can take the provincial examination this year. It doesn't matter if you pass the examination or not. The main thing is to gain knowledge and experience."

Jia Yun replied: "Students also think about it in the same way, but before the provincial examination, they still need to go back to the academy to study hard for a while."

Zhao Jin smiled and said: "It seems that you are not overwhelmed by your grades. It's very good. I asked the head of the mountain before I came here. The head of the mountain promised you that you can go to study at any time before the township examination. Not only will you not be charged, but you will also have a monthly fee Can take!"

Jia Yun said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if the monthly money is not monthly, the students just like the learning atmosphere of the academy."

In fact, his real purpose of going to the academy is to take advantage of the opportunity to expand his network.

Qingshan Academy is a big platform. There are many scholars, scholars, and scholars in it. It also has friendships with other academies in the capital. It usually has a lot of exchanges and activities. If you can seize the opportunity, you can get to know many people.

Networking is actually very important. I don't think it is a big deal at ordinary times, but it can be of great use at critical moments.

For example, Jia Yun didn't go to Qingshan Academy to study before, so she couldn't know Zhou Kun, and naturally she didn't have the opportunity to buy his current affordable house. This is the embodiment of the benefits of connections.

While chatting, suddenly Laipi Gou came in and whispered in Jia Yun's ear, "Second Grandma Lian is here."

Jia Yun nodded silently, then got up and said excuse me to Zhao Jin and her classmates for a while, and then left the room.

When they came to the courtyard, Jia Yun asked Laipigou in a low voice, "Where did Second Uncle Lian go?"

"I don't know, I searched around, but I didn't see anyone else." Laipi Gou replied.

Jia Yun nodded, without asking any more questions, and walked towards the door.

When they arrived at the door, Jia Yun was a little surprised, because Wang Xifeng came with Qin Keqing again today, and he remembered that they also came together last time, which shows that the relationship between the two of them is really good.

Jia Yun suddenly remembered that Wang Xifeng and Jia Rong were also very close.

The thought was swept away, and Jia Yun smiled and stepped forward to salute Wang Xifeng.

"Good aunt, I haven't seen you for more than a month, but you are quite refreshed!" Jia Yun smiled at Wang Xifeng, and then bowed her hands to Qin Keqing.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "You are talking about yourself, high school scholar, it is the time when the scenery is in full swing, maybe in a few months, my aunt will call you a master when she sees you!"

Jia Yun led Wang Xifeng and the others into the house, and said as she walked, "Auntie has gone out, hasn't she? Even if I pass the Jinshi exam, I can't call you Auntie when I see you?"

"Hey, speaking of it, I'm also at a disadvantage. My seniority is here. In this life, you will take advantage of it for nothing. Just have fun!"

Wang Xifeng glanced at him sideways, and said: "Young yin and yang are weird, if you don't want to call me aunt, then don't call me aunt, I didn't force you to call me aunt!"

Both the front yard and the middle yard were very noisy, but when we got to the back yard, it became much quieter immediately.

Jia Yun glanced at Wang Xifeng and said with a smile, "I hope you force me to call you!"

Wang Xifeng raised his eyebrows and stared, Qin Keqing also blushed and hid her mouth and snickered, even the maids Ping'er, Feng'er, Ruizhu, and Baozhu behind were also blushing and holding back their laughter.

"You're going to die, you're talking nonsense!" Wang Xifeng was also taken aback by Jia Yun's blatant words, her face flustered with embarrassment, and she couldn't help stamping her feet and scolding her.

Jia Yun coughed and smiled, and did not see Mrs. Bu and Keren in the courtyard. As for Mrs. Miao and Xiren, they all went to work in front, and he knew it.

Jia Yun asked Wang Xifeng and the others to wait for a while, then went into Pu's room to look, but there was no one there, so she went back to the courtyard, looked at the small door across the courtyard next door, and found that the lock had been removed, so she knew They went to the vegetable field.

"There are so many guests at home today, what are you doing across the courtyard, can't you go in a few days?" Jia Yun frowned and said secretly, a little dissatisfied with Mrs. Bu's indiscriminateness.

You must know that the next door covers an area of ​​nearly 80 mu, and this is not the time to be exposed.

The two went to the vegetable field so generously. There are so many guests in the house today, and people come and go, so it's easy for people to find out.

In fact, it doesn't matter if outsiders find out, after all, scholars don't need to pay public food, even if others are envious and jealous, they will forget it soon.

What Jia Yun is jealous of is the tribe. These people are jealous and can do anything.

Just like Jia Qin, who made a small rumor and put Jia Yun on the fire, which shows how vicious these people have in mind.

As for Jia Qin, Jia Yun will naturally find an opportunity to deal with him, and must make his life worse than death.

What is the most important thing for a reader?It is reputation, and it can also be said to be face.

Jia Qin spread rumors, if Jia Yun failed the examination of scholar, then it is estimated that many people would laugh at him.

This is the hatred that Jia Qin brought to him out of nowhere.

If he hadn't spread rumors, then with Jia Yun's low-key style, even if she failed the exam, she would have to continue the exam in the future, so that she wouldn't be on the cusp of the storm like a few days ago.

Jia Yun thought about it, and brought Wang Xifeng and the others to a guest room to sit down and talk.

The guest room in the back house was furnished by Xi Ren and Charming a few days ago, because they were afraid that, like today, there would be no place to stay after the female relatives came to the house.

Although it is a guest room, it is as big as Mrs. Bu's room, and the furniture in the room is complete. Wang Xifeng and the others didn't see anything wrong.

"My mother probably went outside right now. I looked around just now, but I didn't see anyone." Jia Yun explained vaguely.

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Fifth sister-in-law is not here, so Brother Yun, you can stay and talk with us for a while, you won't let us just sit here, will you?"

Jia Yun pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Forget it, second aunt is a distinguished guest, oh, Brother Rong's daughter-in-law is also a distinguished guest, haha..."

As he said that, he turned his head and said to Ping'er: "Miss Ping'er, please go to the middle courtyard to find Xiren, and help bring a pot of tea in."

Ping'er nodded with a smile, turned around and left.

Wang Xifeng was surprised and said: "Hey, since when did you get so familiar with Ping'er? She's quite easy to order!"

Jia Yun laughed and said, "It's quite easy, how about Auntie give me Ping'er!"

"You have a good idea!" Wang Xifeng rolled his eyes at him, and said, "Ping'er is my right-hand man, don't draw her attention, or I won't let you go!"

Jia Yun said with a smile: "Auntie said she loved her nephew earlier, but now she can't even bear to be a maid. I can tell that Auntie just means duplicity and doesn't mean anything!"

Wang Xifeng laughed out loud at Jia Yun's forceful words. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes and said, "People say I'm unreasonable. Today I see you. You are even more unreasonable than me."

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Where is my nephew being unreasonable? Last time in Ningguo Mansion, my aunt said she would hurt my nephew. Why did you not see me for such a short time? You don't admit it?"

The two of you said one sentence, and I said one sentence, Qin Keqing was stunned watching from the side.

She knew that Wang Xifeng was strong-tempered, unreasonable and unforgiving, but today she met Jia Yun who was a mess, and Wang Xifeng was so angry that she had nowhere to go.

Even Ruizhu and Baozhu behind her felt incredible, and looked at each other from time to time, seeing the surprised look in each other's eyes.

Soon, Ping'er came back with tea, followed by Xi Ren, who brought several plates of pastries and placed them on the table one by one.

Seeing traces of sweat on Xiren's cheeks, Wang Xifeng said to Jia Yun: "Now you are qualified to keep servants, you really need to prepare more maids at home, you will tire Xiren out."

After finishing the cakes, Xiren stood up and replied, "I'm not too busy at the moment. The second master of Gang Lian sent dozens of maids from the mansion to help, which made the slaves and beauties a lot easier."

"Beauty? Is it Keren's older sister?" Wang Xifeng asked with raised eyebrows.

Xiren nodded and said, "It's Keren's elder sister. Second Mistress Lian knows Liren?"

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Although I have never met her before, I know that she and Keren are twin sisters, and they should look similar to Keren. Let's put it this way, in our house, from the master to the little girl, I will take care of everyone in the family." The door is clear."

Jia Yun praised: "No wonder people say that Auntie is a strong woman among women. With this skill, she can compare with many people!"

Wang Xifeng laughed and said: "Auntie, there is no way. Do you think it is so easy to manage the Rongguo Mansion? If you really don't have a few brushes, you don't know if you are sold!"

As she said that, she was puzzled again: "It's really strange, why did all the top-notch maids released by Jia's mansion go to Brother Yun and come to your house?"

Jia Yun said with a smile: "Maybe it's all fate, like Meiren, who was kicked out of Jia's house at that time and almost committed suicide by jumping into the river. I happened to be by the river, so I rescued her."

Wang Xifeng was surprised and said: "There is such a thing? Tsk tsk, I really can't see that Mei Ren is still a strong-tempered girl!"

Meiren is famous for her charming appearance and decent personality in Jia's house. When she was kicked out of Jia's house, many people were very reluctant to give up. They just cared about Mrs. Wang, so most of them didn't contact Meiren.

Xiren then said: "Sister Meiren has a soft personality on the outside and is strong on the inside, and she will be bored when anything happens. When she left Jia's house that day, I was always uneasy. Then something happened. Fortunately, I met Brother Yun." Son."

Wang Xifeng nodded silently, looked at Jia Yun and said, "I thought you were just eloquent, but I didn't expect you to have the heart of a bodhisattva."

Jia Yun frowned and said, "Auntie still has a lot of opinions on me, no, it should be because she knows me too little, so she has prejudice against me."

After a pause, he continued: "To be honest, you go to ask the people in our clan to inquire, not to say everything, but most of them will only say that I, Jia Yun, am an honest person, so shouldn't it be right to have a bodhisattva heart? ?”

As he spoke, he sighed, and said: "I am a soft-hearted person. I don't want to see any girl suffer. I wish I could save all the girls in the world and let them escape from suffering!"

Immediately, everyone in the room roared with laughter.

Wang Xifeng laughed loudly and said, "Well, you Jia Yun, how did you manage to be shameless and not change your face?"

Qin Keqing couldn't help but said: "Brother Yun, such a girl in the world really wants you to save her, are you busy enough, hehe..."

Xiren covered his mouth and said: "Brother Yun is like this, sometimes serious and sometimes not serious, he is just joking, but he is still good in his heart."

"Xiren still understands me." Jia Yun said contentedly.

Wang Xifeng laughed even harder, and she said loudly: "Oh, it really is true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, isn't this a ready-made example?"

Qin Keqing laughed out of embarrassment, her face was covered with sweat, she fanned the wind gently with her hand, pursed her lips and said with a smile:

"It should be added that Xi Shi sees a hero in her eyes, that would be even better!"

Wang Xifeng laughed loudly and said: "Yes, yes, yes, these two sentences put together, it's just right!"

Jia Yun had black lines all over her hair, and said angrily, "Laugh, laugh, laugh, is it that funny?"

Wang Xifeng waved the handkerchief, and said cheerfully: "I just want to laugh, why, the scholar nephew can still control whether my aunt is crying or laughing?"

Suddenly, she seemed to think of something, she suppressed her smile, stretched out her palm to Jia Yun, and said, "I almost forgot, dear nephew, give me back the handkerchief you took away from me last time!"

Jia Yun stretched out her hands with a smile, grabbed her hand, and said, "Put the handkerchief you are holding now on this hand as an introduction, and I will try to see if I can get the handkerchief you lost last time." find out."

Wang Xifeng pulled his hand twice, but didn't pull it, hehe sneered twice, and said, "Hmph, I don't believe that you can still change if we have so many eyes staring at you today!"

After saying that, she hesitated for a moment, then put the handkerchief on her hand.

Jia Yun smiled, rolled the handkerchief into a ball, put it on the palm of Wang Xifeng who was holding it, then covered her own palm, brushed the floor and took it away again.

It's just that the handkerchief that was still there just now has disappeared.

Wang Xifeng said in amazement: "God, how did you do it?"

She quickly pulled Jia Yun's two over to look left and right, but she couldn't see anything wrong.

Jia Yun smiled and said: "The secret must not be revealed, Auntie, you lost that handkerchief just now!"

Wang Xifeng took a deep breath, frowned and said: "Give it back to Auntie, I only brought one here today, but I didn't have a replacement, if I don't have a handkerchief, it will be very inconvenient."

Jia Yun said: "I have some at home, how about getting one for my aunt?"

"Not good, not good at all." Wang Xifeng shook her head again and again, and said, "I just like to use my own, and I'm used to it, and it feels uncomfortable to suddenly change to a new one."

Jia Yun spread her hands and said, "Then nephew can't help it. If you want to change the handkerchief back again, you will lose a lot of skill. What do you think you can use to change it?"

Wang Xifeng sneered and said: "A joke, isn't it just a trick, it's so mysterious..."

(End of this chapter)