Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 136 3.43 Come on, bring me a big stick——

Volume Three

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3.43 Come on, bring me a big stick——

A tasteless banquet at noon, followed by a lonely lunch break, and Jia Lian woke him up before he woke up, and dragged him straight to Jia She's study. Zhou Yang felt at a loss. The Jia family has actually begun to pay attention to efficiency?Fortunately, Wang Xifeng was given a meal by Jia Mu and did not come back with Ping'er, otherwise there would have been another scene.

"Brother Lian, have you figured it out? Where's Uncle Jia?" No matter how embarrassed he was, Zhou Yang decided to clarify it in advance. Although he was very interested in the "news" of Brother Jia She, such as what he heard during the quarrel in the morning, Jia Zheng secretly "interacted" with Aunt Zhou, but Jia She blocked the bed and simply "come together", but this matter cannot be said, at least the responsibility must be taken out first.

"Brother Zhou, don't worry, it will never happen again!" Jia Lian was also in a cold sweat. If he was really caught by Jia Amnesty, Zhou Yang could still run away as an outsider. At worst, if he didn't enter the Rongguo Mansion in the future, he, as a son, might really be beaten. Death, "I just sent a servant to check. My father has already taken a nap and there is nothing else going on in the study."

"Second brother Lian, please forgive me for being rude. After the rest, did Uncle Jia really wake up? What if" what if he got in the mood to do some "events" and so on, he would still be punished if he went. Beat to death, "Are you asking someone to go over and find out?"

"Brother Zhou, don't worry, it won't happen!" Jia Lian was quite confident this time, "Father is old after all, so I guess everything will be fine at this time. Well, anything will happen."

It turns out that was the case. Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief and followed Jia Lian all the way. He thought nothing happened, but after walking through the corridor along the east wall of the mansion and passing by Mengpo Zhai, he met Jia Baoyu with a grave expression on his face. When I was about to go in, I felt a little distressed when I looked at his handsome face, which was quite big.

"I've met Brother Lian, I've met Brother Zhou!" Since we met in person, we must greet each other with greetings. "I wonder what the two eldest brothers are going to do?"

"Brother Bao is busy, I happen to have something to go to." Jia Lian greeted casually without stopping. After all, being the county magistrate is much more valuable than a big-faced Bao who doesn't want to be seen, but he didn't leave. He stopped after two steps.

"Second Master, Second Master, wait!" But it was because a pretty maid hurried over and stuffed a pair of cotton pads with straps into Jia Baoyu's arms, "You left in such a hurry, you didn't even leave your things I have forgotten that if I get angry, I will see if you feel any pain at that time!"

"Thank you sister Xiren!" Jia Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief and tied two cotton pads to his knees with Xiren's help. It seemed that he was already "used to it".

"I've met Second Master Lian, I've met Young Master Zhou!" Only then did Xiren have the time to turn around, "Please forgive me for being rude. Just now, the master ordered someone to call Second Master Bao over. He said that he was going to take an examination of his recent academic studies. Servant I was so busy going to my ancestors just now that I forgot to prepare something for the second master, so I was rude, please forgive me!"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Jia Lian's energy was obviously not in talking, and he looked straight at the attacker. He only saw her hiding behind Jia Baoyu before he remembered to speak, "I haven't seen you for a while, and my pearls have already grown. It's really "

"Second Master Lian, please respect yourself, this servant girl is now called Xiren!" The servant girl showed a look of disgust, and looked to Jia Baoyu for help, but saw that he was still terrified, and he didn't even look at her maidservant at all.

"Okay, second brother Lian, let's leave quickly. If Uncle Jia has something else to do, won't we be delayed?" Zhou Yang smiled and pulled Jia Lian, not paying much attention to the attacker. Although this girl is also Jia Baoyu's eldest daughter, The maid is not as good as Qingwen in appearance. No wonder she is still not as favored as Qingwen as the "initiating teacher" in the original work.

Moreover, she and Qingwen are not the same kind of people. Although they are rivals vying for the position of "aunt" in the original work, she has no "character" at all. Basically, she is loyal to whichever master she serves, a good slave who is forged from iron to iron. , of course it’s good to have it, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t have it.

"Beast, are you standing outside lying dead? Why don't you come in immediately!" I don't know if everyone stood at the door of Mengpozhai for too long and there was too much noise, but I heard a loud shout from inside, which made Jia Baoyu tremble all over. His face turned pale instantly, "Have you memorized the ten chapters of The Analects that were assigned to you last month? And the big red characters?"

"I've met my second uncle (Second Uncle Zheng)!" Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng walked out after saying this. Since they met, Zhou Yang and Jia Lian must have bowed and saluted. "So Lian Er and Zhou Xian's nephew are both here?" Probably because there were outsiders present, Jia Zheng's tone was no longer as harsh as before, "Beast, why don't you come over and take a look? Your brother Zhou is not much older than you, and now he is already It’s the merit of being a Wu Jinshi!

And you?He didn't even memorize the Analects of Confucius by heart. He didn't learn the lessons assigned for his father, so he didn't even want to die.Where are your big characters?Didn't I ask you to write one big character every day, and now you have at least twenty big characters, and you came here empty-handed?Come on, bring me a big stick—"

Before the boy with the big stick came in, Jia Baoyu was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground. He didn't have the slightest intention to hold back, and raised Jia Zheng's anger, which was already in a bad mood, and his face was as red as blood. , pointing at Jia Baoyu, his whole body was shaking, and he was speechless for a long time.

"Second Uncle Zheng, please calm down. Brother Bao is still young, how can he withstand such a beating?" Considering that he would come to Jia's house again in the future, Zhou Yang thought it would be better to say something symbolic, "It's better to give him a small punishment but a big warning." , education is the main priority, not to mention the opportunity to teach well!”

"Hey!" After walking down the steps, Jia Zheng no longer put down his hands as weakly as before, but his voice was still trembling, "If he was as dedicated as his nephew to making progress, how could he be like this? I don’t dare to ask for the No. [-] Scholarship. If he can win the imperial examination like Zhu’er, I can rest in peace even if I die - you beast, if you don’t get up, who will show you the body if you stand there?”

"Second Uncle Zheng is joking!" Zhou Yang saw that the matter did not get worse, and had no interest in telling lies against his conscience anymore, "If Brother Bao can change, that's not the case."

"Hmph, I don't want to do anything like this!" I don't know where Jia Baoyu got the courage to even dare to fart, "Brother Zhou is such a talented person, why should he indulge in such muddy things? Nothing like those Like turbid matter, it has simply lost its spirituality. How could it be like me - ah!"

A slap across the face, of course it was Jia Zheng, he was obviously out of breath, and the strike was so hard that he slapped Jia Baoyu to the ground, trembling again when he spoke, "You bastard, Where did you learn this thing? Dirty things? I worked hard in the yamen, but you are talking about dirty things? Beast, you, you—"

"Baoyu -" Before he could continue, a shrill and tragic cry came from far in front. A bejeweled old lady trembled, standing next to a bee-waisted, shoulder-cut, duck-oval face, and black oil. With the help of the pretty maid with long hair and a high nose, she knelt down tremblingly and gently touched the "pretty face" of Jia Baoyu who had been slapped, "My sweetheart——

If you are beaten for good or bad, what will the old lady do?You want to kill him, right?Then beat me to death first. Everyone is dead and this house is clean. You are willing to let people use such a thick stick to beat my precious jade. Why don't you beat me to death too."

"If the mother is like this, what should she do to her son?" Jia Zheng was ashamed and angry, and his face was only bloody and twisted. Seeing Jia Mu's appearance, he had no choice but to kneel down, "My son is also here to help him make progress." It's better to do it sooner rather than later."

"To make progress? How to make progress?" Mother Jia interrupted Jia Zheng's explanation rudely, turned around and glared at Zhou Yang and Jia Lian fiercely, "Are you going to make progress like Lian Er at home, or like Mr. Zhou? Poor my Pearl, she was so motivated, but she died early, leaving only an orphan and a widowed mother with no one to take care of her."

"Uh..." Zhou Yang didn't expect to be shot while lying down, so he had to look around to divert his energy, but saw a nest of family members, old and young, crowding the entrance of the small Meng Pozhai, including Li who was standing behind. Wan, and the three little ones hiding behind her, seeing that other people's attention was on Jia Baoyu and Jia Mu, he deliberately winked, gave Li Wan a look, and exchanged a white one.

He patted Jia Lian and pulled him back slowly and silently, away from the place of right and wrong, because he saw that Mrs. Wang had also rushed forward, hugging Jia Baoyu and kept crying "My heart, my heart, my flesh", It was as if this slap could really kill someone, and while crying, she didn't forget to call "Zhu'er". The entire Mengpo Zhai door turned into a mess, with everyone weeping and feeling sad.

Shaking their heads speechlessly, the two of them turned around the corner to avoid their sight, looked at each other and shook their heads together, then stretched out their heads to look again, and saw a group of women who were only busy crying, forgetting about Jia Zheng, and were stunned. It was the fact that the actual Patriarch of the Rongguo Mansion knelt there, and no one paid attention to him for a long time. The scene was indescribably embarrassing.

"Let's go!" Jia Lian curled his lips disdainfully and pulled Zhou Yang away directly.

"Brother Lian, what happened just now will not be done to you." Zhou Yang decided to throw another nail in the coffin, "What if the old lady gets angry?"

"So what? If you want to discipline me, my father has to do it!" Jia Lian snorted and didn't bother to bother anymore. "If my father heard that Baoyu was beaten because of me, he might not be able to reward me in time. What is there to worry about? "

"Pfft -" Zhou Yang thought for a while and couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)