Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

192 Chapter 3.99 Thank you, Brother Zhou Zhou

Volume Three

3.99 Thank you, Brother Zhou.
Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu's courtyard, was full of Yingying and Yanyan at this time, but except for Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, the rest were all maids. However, there was a faint shadow of someone moving behind the screen. I guess they must have been notified in advance. The girls all avoided it.

Well, it’s not just women, there is also a spirited woman with a big face, who is lying in Jia Mu’s arms with a nervous look on her face; and her maid Qingwen is also sitting at the guest seat under Mrs. Wang at the moment. When Zhou Yang entered, he quickly stood up and saluted.

"Junior has met the old lady!" Zhou Yang gave a polite salute, pretending that the last conflict did not exist.

"Brother Yang is here?" Jia Mu responded with a smile on her face. Just calling people by calling people made Zhou Yang feel twitching, because this kind of affectionate address is usually used for younger members of the family, "Yuanyang, why don't you bring a stool? You can’t let Mr. Qianhu stand, right?”

"Thank you, madam, for giving me a seat!" Zhou Yang smiled and nodded to the oval-faced beauty in front of him, then turned around and sat down, "Junior, I'm here to visit you today."

"Okay, we are all members of our own family, why are you talking about these idle things?" Jia Mu interrupted him with a smile on her face, "I heard from Zheng'er that you have been awarded an official? You can have such a status at such a young age. It’s time to make progress; Lian Er also went to Yancheng to take up his post a few days ago, you young people, don’t forget our daily friendships.”

"Thank you, old lady, for caring about me. I don't dare to look at you!" Zhou Yang continued to be polite and glanced at the smiling Qingwen, "I also want to thank you, old lady, for taking care of me. This girl has been spoiled by me on weekdays and has no etiquette or upbringing. , if I have offended you in any way, I hope the old lady will forgive me."

The three mistresses in the living room twitched their mouths at the same time, obviously realizing that this was someone reminding them of what happened last time. They all glanced at a certain maid who had not yet reacted, and they all secretly sighed at her good fortune. It is rare for a girl to be pampered like this in Beijing.

Mrs. Wang looked at Baoyu who was lying in Jia Mu's arms again, her eyes suddenly turned fierce and she lowered her head. She remembered clearly that it was because of this hoof that her Baoyu was greatly frightened last time. After seeing each other again for the first time, I still didn't have the guts to say another word to that hoof. Damn it!
"Okay, let's get over the past!" Mother Jia took a deep look at the long sword at Zhou Yang's waist, and managed to regain her smile, "They are not outsiders anyway, so don't hide behind. Come out and meet me, you can't take other people's things for nothing, but you can't even say thank you?"

"Hehe, I've met Brother Zhou!" Unexpectedly, the youngest one was Xichun who jumped out first. She also shook the coral pendant in her hand, "My little sister likes this gift very much. Thank you very much, Brother Zhou!" "

When Zhou Yang came here this time, he knew very well that all the people in the Jia family were short-sighted, so the gifts he gave were all good-looking, valuable and indispensable things. The most suitable ones were of course the various gifts that had been piled up on Miyako Island. Seafood, such as tortoiseshell combs, hairpins, pearl earrings, necklaces, bracelets, coral pendants, and ornaments, but what was given to Jia Mu was a two-foot-tall coral tree.

"You are a big-hearted person. You are a bit too generous today." Seeing all the female relatives coming out one after another, almost all except Wang Xifeng, Jia Mu said with reproach, "I know your father-in-law's family is not short of these. But after all, it’s not yours. If you take too much, how can you talk about it in the future?”

"Don't worry, old lady, although these things are valuable, the younger generation still has no shortage of them." Zhou Yang replied with a smile, and secretly glanced at Li Wan, "Besides, it's all in the house, so you should show some expression no matter what. Sisters, all of you are like this Like a fairy, can you still have some decent playthings?"

"You are so good at talking!" Mother Jia smiled so hard that she could hardly see her eyes. "Baoyu, you also took other people's things, why haven't you said a word yet?"

The whole place fell silent again, and all looked at the big-faced baby, because everyone remembered what happened last time, but they didn't expect that just because of Jia Mu's greeting, he trembled all over, and his head suddenly fell into Jia Mu's arms. , his face was pale and speechless.

"Hahaha, Brother Bao is one of our own, what's a little thing worth?" Zhou Yang smiled deliberately and brought the topic to an end. Although he hated this careless waste, he couldn't blame him for repeatedly offending Jia. "Besides, aren't all the sisters here? Brother Bao is happier if they can speak?"

"You, just get used to him!" Mother Jia nodded with a smile, turned to the female relatives and said, "Did you all hear it? Baoyu said thank you, and you all should take it with you too!"

"Hehe, our ancestors are partial!" Shi Xiangyun smiled and rushed to the other side of Jia Mu, grabbed Jia Baoyu and said with a smile, "Brother Ai asked us to thank you, so of course it's okay, but I don't know if the gift Brother Zhou brought is also Are you going to give it to us?”

"If Sister Yun likes it, just take it!" Jia Baoyu first glanced at Zhou Yang, who had a calm expression, then fearfully took off the coral pendant from his neck and stuffed it into Shi Xiangyun's hand, "What Brother Zhou brought was originally for my sister. What we have prepared should naturally be given to you. Besides, what is mine, isn’t it yours?” “I was negligent.” Zhou Yang couldn’t help laughing, but it didn’t matter. He just raised his head from Jia Mu’s arms. Jia Baoyu couldn't help but shrink back again, "I was busy preparing gifts for my sisters, but I forgot about Brother Bao. I'm really sorry. I'll make other arrangements when I get back."

Well, Xuezhao happened to have shipped a batch of high-quality Four Treasures of the Study from the south. Among them, there was a small part of the remaining fine products from the tribute, including Hu brushes, Hui ink, Duan inkstones and bamboo paper. I prepared two sets for Brother Bao - um , plus a complete set of "Four Books and Five Classics" and "Collected Annotations of Zhu Xi" published and edited by Yuelu Academy, it is just a little thought. "

As a result, the living room became silent again.

"Thank you, Brother Zhou!" After a dozen breaths, Jia Baoyu spoke again with an almost trembling voice, "I don't need these on weekdays - well, they are fine products, so I won't bother Zhou. Brother, thank you for your trouble."

"Brother, why are you so polite?" Zhou Yang continued with a "for your own good" attitude, "Anyway, you have to use these things in the school. Those you buy casually outside are not as good as the tribute ones. Is it a good quality product? Just take it and use it. If you don’t have enough, just tell me. Keep the name of snow, I have no shortage of such things here!"

"Hee hee, love my brother's school? If you don't spend three days fishing and two days drying nets, how can you use so much pen and ink? Brother Zhou might as well give him a set of the little things I prepared today. I like it a lot." Shi Xiangyun Obviously without thinking too much, he told the truth directly, "Isn't that right, brother love?"

"Naughty!" Seeing Mrs. Wang's face almost dripping with tears, Li Wan, who had been acting as a transparent person behind Jia's mother, gave someone a vague roll of his eyes and said with a smile, "Brother Bao is still young. He has to go to school in a hurry. What? Anyway, with his ability, he will inevitably achieve glory and wealth sooner or later!"

"Young?" Zhou Yang said in disbelief with a "You're kidding me" expression, "As far as I know, Brother Bao was born in Longwu 36 years ago, right? How can he not care about studying and progressing? Didn't Second Uncle Zheng take care of it? 'It's the father's fault if he refuses to teach; it's the teacher's fault if he doesn't teach strictly'!"

"Okay, why don't you thank you, Brother Zhou, for your kindness?" Seeing that they were already chatting to death, Jia Mu forced a smile and interrupted the conversation, "Baoyu has been in poor health recently, so my old lady asked for a few days off, waiting for him to recover. Well, of course I have to go back to study. Although I don’t dare to say that I will be as capable as Brother Yang in the future, I still have to get a meritorious degree."

As soon as Mrs. Jia opened her mouth, the atmosphere at the scene relaxed a lot. Except for Mrs. Wang, who still had a gloomy face, and Mrs. Xing, who lowered her head while suppressing laughter, everyone else, whether true or not, also responded with smiles on their faces - well, There is another special case. Shi Xiangyun clearly realized that he had said something stupid. He was sitting next to Jia Mu and did not dare to say another word.

"Okay, the old lady has spoken, so naturally it should be like this!" Zhou Yang smiled and nodded, "Since Brother Bao is not in good health, I will arrange for someone to send some medicinal materials. I know that there is no shortage of these three melons and two dates in the house. It’s just a little bit of my thoughts that can help Brother Bao recover quickly.”

"Thank you so much, little brother Zhou!" After saying this, Jia Baoyu was obviously too frightened to speak. Mrs. Wang finally raised her head and said her thanks with a very forced smile, "When Baoyu is well, I will Our master has arranged it, little brother Zhou, don’t worry!”

So, don't talk nonsense about this.

"Junior knows!" Seeing that there was going to be a stalemate if he continued, Zhou Yang chuckled and nodded, choosing to leave it at that, "Junior has seen the other sisters, but this one next to the three sisters, This is the first time I’ve seen you today, so I don’t dare to ask for advice.”

"You, you still don't come to the house too often." Mother Jia said with a smile, "This is your second uncle's protégé, the sister of Fu Changwen's family. It's the first time you come here today. I can't believe that this kid has such a hidden secret. What a good girl, even the old lady likes her!"

"So it's Mrs. Fu's younger sister. You're being polite!" Zhou Yang deliberately called it that way, but everyone in the Jia family didn't recognize it, but the girl's eyes lit up obviously.

"Qiu Fang has met you, sir. Thank you very much, brother!" Sure enough, Fu Qiufang said his name directly, and did not forget to explain to others, "Master Zhou has been appointed to thousands of households, and as a rule, he has a chief bookkeeper. According to Mr. Zhou, my brother has been chosen!"

(End of this chapter)