Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

It was Baoyu who came.

At this moment, the people who came in front are almost gone. After greeting each other one by one, he let them go to chat with their friends. The banquet will start later. Yinquan and Moyu are still counting the gifts, and Mingyan is busy in the front yard. with.

He remembered that there was such a group of people behind him, and he had to come to sit with him for a while, so he asked where they were, and heard Xiangyun asking questions when he first arrived.

Seeing him coming, Tanchun Xichun stood up. Baoyu saluted Jia Mu and the others first, and then they saluted him.

After sitting down, he asked with a smile, "How is it? Is this snack still tasty?" Tanchun nodded and smiled, "Of course, everything in Tianxiang Pavilion is good."

"That's good," he smiled, and asked Jia Mu again: "Madam, would you like to try a piece? It's all soft and chewy."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Then my wife will try one! Just now I heard Tan girls say it looks good."

Baoyu smiled and picked up a piece of water-colored square pastry, put it in a small plate and brought it to Jiamu: "This is a kidney bean cake with lard and red bean filling inside." Jiamu took it with a smile and ate one, and then said yes .

Tanchun Xiangyun kept praising him for the nice scenery here, so he laughed and said, "If you like, you can go shopping today, and it's not too late to leave when it gets dark." They nodded repeatedly.

Xiangyun was even more pleasantly surprised. She had thought that Baoyu had feelings for her and would definitely not give her a good look, but seeing his amiable face today calmed down her nervousness.

Baochai was unusually quiet today, just sitting beside Jiamu and laughing.

Baoyu didn't care either, and said a few words here before the start, he hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Where do the old lady and sister-in-law want to eat? Is it in the Wangchuntang or right here?"

Mrs. Wang first said: "Why don't you go back inside, although it's warm, it's windy here after all." After speaking, looking at Jia Mu, Jia Mu nodded with a smile: "Your mother said so."

Baoyu laughed and said, "Then stay inside and let Chaoyun do the preparations. If you need anything, just talk to him. I can't help but take care of you in the front. Old lady, don't wrong yourself."

Mother Jia smiled and said that she was not wronged, and told him to go to the front to get busy before he left.So all the people here looked back at Chuntang, and picked Yun to order to prepare meals.

But it is said that Baoyu hurried to the front yard, the tables and chairs were arranged properly, and the guests were all seated. Baoyu went up to entertain a few words one by one, and then the servants brought up plates of dishes at a low price, and the whole garden suddenly floated. Full of aroma, mouth-watering.

The banquet is prepared with warm rice wine and strong Lihuabai, and Shui Rong is waiting for the royal family to sit together, but there are Gu An and Yun Teng next to Shui Rong, and Jia Yucun is next to Shui Mohao.

Baoyu was also sitting here, and when he saw it, he frowned slightly, but he didn't ask, just greeted him as usual, he knew that Jia Yucun probably didn't like him too, so it was just indifferent.

In the middle of the meal, Shui Mo Hao offered him a glass of wine. "Your Excellency Jia is young and promising. This king hopes that you will do your best to strengthen our country and plead for the common people!" He sat on a chair with a glass of wine and said to him.

He stood up and raised his glass in the same way, saying solemnly: "My lord's admonition, Baoyu will definitely remember it in my heart, and I will never forget it for a moment!" After speaking, he raised his neck and drank it down.

Shui Mohao smiled slightly, and drank up the wine in his glass.Shui Rong raised his eyebrows, and Jia Yucun next to him laughed, "Lord Jia, please don't disappoint the lord's painstaking efforts!"

Baoyu sat back, without looking at his face, and said softly, "That's natural, don't bother Jia Shi to read."

Being so neglected, and in front of so many big shots, Jia Yucun suddenly blushed, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only smile embarrassingly and shrink back.

Few people present felt a little disdainful, what is Jia Yucun's identity?After so many years, I was still a small servant. I don't know what happened to King Zhongshun, but he insisted on bringing him to sit here, otherwise he would not be qualified to be here because of his status, and Baoyu didn't invite him at all.

Shui Mohao's already dark face seemed to turn darker, but then everyone started talking and laughing, but not many people noticed.Baoyu ate a few bites here casually, drank a few glasses of wine with him, and then went to other places for a walk.

Counting it, Wang Qi and his table were the busiest. They were all warriors, unrestrained and bold. They shouted and punched when they drank too much. It was very lively.

Baoyu also played a few games with them in the past, and lost a few silver coins to them.

Several generals of the Imperial City Army were sitting with acquaintances. He went over to exchange some pleasantries and persuade them to have a few drinks. Last time, the deputy general named Li Hong was a little weak when he saw Baoyu.

When the military generals in their 40s were supposed to be in good shape, most of these people had fair complexions and a faint air of decay, probably because they were indulgent and unrestrained in their daily life. Baoyu looked around and already had a plan in mind.

Besides, on Jiamu's side, all the servants who came and went to serve the meals were fourteen or five-year-old boys, so they were all a little uncomfortable, especially the girls.Don't be awkward and eat half of it, but Jia's mother can't help calling Tiaoyun.

Tiaoyun thought it was because the service was not good, but when she came over, Mother Jia said, "Why are there no maids in this mansion? We are a group of female relatives who want boys here, what's the point?!"

Tiaoyun was taken aback for a moment, he had been with Baoyu for a long time, but he really forgot to say this, now when he heard Jia Mu mentioning it, and looking at the wives and girls all looked awkward, he could only wonder: "Old lady, this... It's not that she doesn't understand the rules, it's just that... there are no girls in the mansion to serve her."

Mrs. Wang's eyes widened when he said this, and Tanchun and the others also looked surprised. They were used to girls serving close to them, and now hearing that there are no girls in such a big mansion is like a bolt from the blue!

"Is there none?" Madam Wang said in a low voice.

Tiaoyun didn't have much fear, after all, sometimes Baoyu's anger is much scarier than this, he pretended to cry and said:

"Madam, you also know that Master has always disliked maidservants being close to him, so there are no maidservants in this mansion. Boiling water, cooking, chopping firewood, serving tea and delivering water are all servants."

"Absurd!" Mrs. Wang slapped the table, "What kind of rule is this? Is it true that Madam will be like this when she enters the mansion, and will she be served by servants? Is it true that Baoyu is also served by servants when changing clothes?!"

"Yeah, the second master has always done the dressing and washing by himself, and doesn't like us to wait on you." Tiaoyun replied, and then muttered, "Besides, in the future, Madam Qingwen will come back after passing the door, and Xueyan , and nothing else is needed.”

The voice was not loud, only Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang heard it, so one frowned secretly and the other was bursting with anger and blood.

Mrs. Wang grabbed the armrest of the chair with one hand and tried to calm down. Mother Jia sighed and waved him away: "That's all, you go down."

Tiaoyun got cheap and acted like a good boy: "Old Ancestor, is there anything else you need?" Mother Jia shook her head, and then he withdrew.

Here, Baochai began to persuade: "Don't be angry, old lady and aunt. We all know Brother Bao's temperament. Anyway, this is his person, and it's not a big deal. It's just this meal."

Jia Mu nodded and sighed: "That's the reason, good boy. Just eat like this, and go shopping elsewhere after eating."

What followed was a silent lunch. Although Xiangyun was a jokester, she lost her mood after Baochai opened her mouth.

After lunch, Mother Jia was a little tired. Mrs. Wang and Li Wan were busy to settle here. Fortunately, the bed and bedding here should be complete. Tiaoyun called two young men to come and settle down soon.

Mrs. Wang is also getting old, she is too lazy to walk around after meals, and she has the habit of taking a nap, and she was upset at noon. with.

The girls were still in good spirits, and Tanchun, after drinking Xiaoshi tea after dinner, said that he wanted to visit Baoyu's place, and Tiaoyun agreed without much hesitation, and led them to Baoyu's small building.

They had already noticed this place when they came. After all, the building is six feet high, and it is in a simple and stable black tone, but the tiles are blue-black colored glaze, which shines like a metal in the sun, which is very conspicuous.

Xiangyun took the lead and walked in the front. From Wangchuntang to Baoyu's residence, the road is full of white stones, and there are green pines and green bamboos. It's like walking in the mountains and countryside.

In front of the gate of the courtyard, the most conspicuous thing is the two big yellow characters written on the door on the first floor: Sigui.

"Sigui? Did the second elder brother mention it himself?" Tanchun read it once, tilted his head and asked Tiaoyun.

Tiao Yun smiled and said: "That's right! Er Ye struggled with this name for a whole day, and after choosing a lot, they all said it was inappropriate, and finally decided on this one."

Tanchun was silent, Xiangyun chewed these two words several times in his mouth, felt an unspeakable taste, and could only sigh in his heart because of fate.Baochai looked at the two big characters chiseled in gold, her eyes drifted, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

A group of people entered inside, the first floor is the meeting place, the decoration is quiet and elegant, there is a rosewood desk with the Four Treasures of the Study, and a thin-necked round-bellied vase with a few red leaves in it, which were picked from the West Mountain It was raised and turned into a tree shape by the gardener, like a warm fire in this room.

On the west side of the house, there is a large oblate water tank with a height of half a person. There are a few small goldfish swimming around in it. swing.

The furniture is all made of sandalwood, and a touch of sandalwood is still burning in the incense burner on the table, which calms the mind.

Xichun walked around and looked here and there, and even went up to the second floor, when she exclaimed: "There are so many books!" When everyone went up to look, it turned out that more than half of the room in such a big room was filled with bookshelves. It is full of books.

Moreover, it is also fully equipped with long floor-to-ceiling windows, inlaid with light-colored transparent glass—a new product researched in the porcelain kiln, Baoyu asked to replace it, not long ago—so the lighting is very good.

It was mid-afternoon at this moment, and the sun poured in without hesitation, shining light in the room, but there was not a trace of dust in the air, only the smell of books and ink filled the mouth and nose, which showed that people cleaned it carefully every day.

The people who saw it were amazed, and they all searched inside.Anyway, I have nothing to do after dinner, and if I can find a few books I am interested in, it will be a good time to relax.

When Baochai browsed through it, he found that there were many kinds of books. In addition to the four books and five classics, which were annotated by various masters, there were also medical books such as Huangdi Neijing and Baicaojing, metaphysics books on divination in the Book of Changes, and hundreds of works from the Warring States period and pre-Qin period. Sun Tzu's Art of War, Han and Tang poems and essays are countless, and many works on geography and geology are also included in the Sushui Jingzhu.

Xiangyun found a copy of "Sou Shen Ji" and read it with relish, while Tan Chun held a copy of "Miscellaneous Talks on Mang Mountain", Xi Chun found the Shurangama Sutra, and read it word by word, Baochai shook his head. Shaking his head, he also found a collection of layman Qinglian's poems.

Li Wan couldn't read a few words, and seeing that they were all attracted to them, he could only sit on the small embroidered pier by the window, open the window to enjoy the scenery, and the scenery outside was quite pleasing to the eye.

Unknowingly, two quarters of an hour passed, and the several people stood a little numb, so they each found a place to sit down and continue watching. After picking up the tea and fruit snacks, they retreated.

After noon, the emperor sent his servants to come down with rewards. After Baoyu received the reward and thanked him, he continued to have a banquet.

Several princes and princes left as soon as the time passed, and Shui Rong didn't stay long, so Baoyu naturally sent him out respectfully.

Jia Zheng left in the second wave, Baoyu also delivered it to the door in person, and the rest were those whose official positions were not as good as his and it didn't matter, they handed over and went away.

Wang Qi and the others stayed until the end, and they took their brothers to say a few auspicious words after everyone had left.

Baoyu is quite satisfied, which shows that they have begun to truly respect and accept themselves, and it also shows that after nearly a month of getting along, they have recognized their abilities.Only when the internal processing is smooth can it start to be displayed outward.

After seeing them off, Baoyu dragged his stiff body back to the yard.

The author has something to say: I decided to take advantage of the holiday to speed up the progress, or else I would really lose all enthusiasm...

Speaking of which, Xiangyun is really going to be whitewashed... In fact, she is just a spoiled child who is outspoken, and she is much better than some of the kind-hearted and cruel characters in the Red Chamber!