Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 41 2.18 My girl’s maiden name is Baochai
Volume Two

2.18 My girl's maiden name is Baochai
While Xue Tu was arranging various experiments, Zhou Yang was preparing for the martial arts with all his strength. The time naturally flew by, and it entered May in the 48th year of Longwu in a blink of an eye. Fortunately, although these exercises were hard, the results were really good. He Being able to judge according to the strength of his weightlifting and squatting and the weight he lifted, his strength has stabilized at more than [-] catties, and the explosion can be even more exaggerated.

The main reason why he works so hard is of course for Qiu Wei, but there is also another consideration, which is to "establish a character" and give the Xue family an impression of "striving for progress and having excellent qualifications", so as to obtain more With the support of the Xue family, he now has nothing substantial to attract the Xue family, so he can only paint a "picture of a better future."

With the coming of summer, all the green plants in the entire garden have begun to enter their most prosperous state. The four walls are close to the two-foot-high lucky bamboo, and the bamboo wall forms a pedestrian path with mixed flower ponds, and the flower ponds are "surrounded" The bluestone activity field and the resting stone pavilion in the northeast corner of the garden all seemed to be alive, covering up a comfortable and cool area. Naturally, he would not let down such favorable conditions in vain.

"Mr. Zhou has to work so hard at night, are you tired now?" He let out a long sigh and put down the two-stone tension training bow provided by the Xue family. Zhou Yang finally completed the physical training after dinner. Before he could sit down on the stone bench, Steady, I heard a clear female voice at the door. It was Ying'er who came here from time to time to "deliver benefits" these days, "There happens to be some iced sour plum soup here, why don't we relieve ourselves from the heat!"

"Thank you, Miss Ying'er!" Zhou Yang stood up with a smile, and took the kettle from the tray in Ying'er's hand unceremoniously. He didn't even bother to pour it into the bowl, and poured it directly into his mouth. He only felt the cool liquid flowing down his throat. It has been flowing into the intestines and stomach, and the heat caused by midsummer and exercise has been dissipated in a short period of time. "Wow - it feels so good!"

"As long as Mr. Zhou likes it." Ying'er chuckled and confirmed from the corner of her eye that the Li brothers had left the garden and even closed the courtyard door. Then she took the kettle from Zhou Yang and put it on the tray together. On the stone table, "Besides, even if you have to work hard for martial arts, you can't neglect your health like this, right? It's nice to be cool at night, but the scorching sun during the day makes people feel irritated just by looking at it."

"You girls should take a break from the summer heat. If you get tanned, you won't be the only one who feels bad." These days, we have more contact and our relationship has become closer, so we can naturally joke, "We men will be miserable. If we don't work hard, , naturally there is no future, how will we support our family in the future?"

"Hehe, I'm just serving people's lives. Why should I worry about getting tanned? Our girls are naturally beautiful and can't bear to feel a little wronged." Ying'er replied with a smile, "I just don't know, if I really get tanned, I don't know. If it’s dark, who else will feel bad?”

"It's far away, but it's close at hand." Zhou Yang smiled and stretched out his hand, tentatively grabbing her delicate hand that was twisting the handkerchief, pressing it on the stone table and caressing her gently, watching her cheeks gradually turn red from embarrassment. Overwrite, "I just don't know, are you willing or not."

"Mr. Zhou——" Ying'er tried hard to pull her hand away, but of course there would be no result, so she had no choice but to let it go. "A slave is just a girl who waits for others. She naturally does what you want. I don't know what Mr. Zhou wants." , I don’t dare to think about it anymore.”

"Is what you said at the beginning true?" Zhou Yang let go of Ying'er's little hand, and his expression became serious, "The Xue family is a wealthy family in Jinling. I just came back from Nanyang and am just a martial arts scholar. If you are mistaken, "

"Hmph, is it possible that in Mr. Zhou's heart, slaves just want to be bullied? Even with Mr. Zhou's magical power, wouldn't it be enough if the slave doesn't come?" Ying'er threw him a sanitation ball angrily, "I grew up in the Xue family. , on the contrary, I have never seen her since I was a child, so I just treat this house as my own.

Although the master and his wife treat each other as maids, but looking at Jinling City, how many of the young ladies in the city can afford more food and clothing on weekdays?The slave is committed to the girl. Wherever the girl goes in the future, the slave will go to serve her. The slave will serve whomever she has promised in the future!
Mr. Zhou, on the other hand, is belittling himself. Although you only have the reputation of being a martial arts scholar, the world has always been about "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce". Otherwise, how could I be so polite?Not to mention that with Zhou Xianggong's strength, Wu Juren is just picking something out of his bag, who would dare to underestimate it? "

"What do your girls mean?" Zhou Yang asked seriously after a moment of thought.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhou is so unreasonable. I have a servant who comes here every now and then. Is it possible that I can still go out secretly?" Ying'er couldn't help laughing, "I wonder if Mr. Zhou is sure that he will let this servant serve him for the rest of his life?"

"Little hooves are very courageous!" Now that they had understood each other's intentions, Zhou Yang naturally no longer worried. He smiled and stretched out his hand to grab the delicate hand in front of him. "If I don't want to make progress, why am I working so hard? Don't talk about anything else. Even if he sticks to his current reputation as a scholar, there is still no problem in having enough food and clothing for the rest of his life.

I work hard every day for the autumn palace, the spring palace in the future, and even the imperial examination, but no matter which one, isn't it for a better life?But, let’s not talk about my future. Even if I become a general, it’s hard to say whether I can be as wealthy as the Xue family is now. Do you girls really not care? "Xianggong Zhou only saw the wealth and luxury of the Xue family, so he didn't know the sufferings of the master and his wife!" "Ying'er smiled bitterly and allowed Zhou Yang to pull her into his arms, "Since ancient times, 'a good girl is sought from every family'. With our girl's appearance, how can we be short of people who come to ask for her hand in marriage?However, their identities were either the young master of Yuan Zhang or the young master of Yuan Li. They were just merchants' families like the Xue family.

Which of the real aristocratic families is willing?It’s not like the slaves didn’t go out to socialize with the wife and the girl. The wealthy businessmen in Jinling City, even if they met a female family member of the government, they had to politely come forward and flatter them?But in terms of their appearance, which one can match my girl's appearance? "

"You girl, you know a lot." Zhou Yang smiled and touched Ying'er's head, but what he was thinking about was the marriage of Xue Pan, the real heir of the Xue family in the original work. The marriage was finally decided by another imperial merchant, and he was still an outcast. Xia Jingui, the daughter of Huang Shang, and the three "idle" daughters of the "close" Jia family, were never mentioned by anyone, "Well, you have already mentioned this. If I say more, it will make it seem Pretentious.

When you go back, tell you girls that I am not only sure about Qiu Wei, but also the next Spring Wei. If there are no big changes, you will not be able to stop me. You have all seen how strong I am. As for the so-called The 'infield' literary test, I'm afraid even the difficulty will make you girls laugh. "

"Really?" Ying'er's eyes lit up and her eyes were fixed on Zhou Yang's face, "You didn't lie to me?"

"Stupid girl, since you know your girl's temperament and you are still allowed to come to me by her, you don't think she doesn't understand anything, do you?" Zhou Yang smiled and gave her a hook. Fans of "Red Mansions" are still divided into The "Baochai Party" and the "Daiyu Party" are even said to be "Chai Black". One of the most prominent "black spots" is Xue Baochai's "snobbery".

Paying attention to "official career economy", being suspected of "looking at people's plates", obvious problems of "winning people's hearts", etc. This is the general direction. In fact, it is also the same when it comes to treating "one's own family". She and her personal maid Ying'er The relationship between them is actually that of master and servant, but the relationship between Lin Daiyu and Zijuan can be described as "sisters with the same affection".

But these are not problems for Zhou Yang. As a modern person, he feels that this is the way to live life. Being too "pure" is not good. To take it to the extreme, what kind of heroine is the most "pure" "?At Grandma Qiong's place, people basically "drink water to satisfy their love" and would ignore everything when "love" comes, including their biological parents.

"Hee hee, it seems that Mr. Zhou is not honest either. It turns out that he has had an idea for our girl a long time ago." Ying'er couldn't help but tease, "I don't know if there is a bad talker in the family who is not afraid of death. He dares to tell anyone about anything, slave. I do know that our girls have read a lot of things about martial arts these days."

"Actually, there are still a lot of things I don't know." Zhou Yang interrupted her with a smile, "For example, does Miss Ying'er know how to explain the four words 'waiting in the boudoir'?"

"Humph!" Ying'er grew up with Xue Baochai, so she was naturally not illiterate. After hearing what he meant, she glared dissatisfied, "These things are not something that a slave can say. Otherwise, no matter how kind-hearted my girl is, It will also break the slave’s legs.”

"That's it!" Zhou Yang hugged the girl tightly in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her gently on the forehead, almost instantly making her blush to the root of her neck, "Let's not mention other things, at least there must be a title. Right? She always screams 'Sister Xue', but it doesn't sound very interesting."

"My girl's boudoir name is Baochai." After thinking about it, she decided to compromise. Ying'er raised her head and said the answer that Zhou Yang already knew, "It's just that, I'm afraid you won't see our girl a few times."

"Good girl." Zhou Yang smiled softly, regardless of the pointless struggle, lowered his head and began to taste the sweetness, and did not let go for a long time until...
"Mr. Zhou, it's getting so late, and the servants have to go back to serve our girl." Almost desperately trying to break away from someone's grasp, Ying'er hurriedly packed up her torn top, turned around and ran towards the courtyard door. He almost ran into the door frame because he was running so fast. He quickly disappeared and even forgot to take the tray of sour plum soup he had brought.

"Hey!" Looking at the open door reluctantly, Zhou Yang murmured helplessly, "I have been hungry for so long, and I finally came here to eat, but I don't have the guts to really move."

(End of this chapter)