Baoyu turned around and saw Jia's mother. The astonishment on Qingjun's face turned into joy, and she ran forward to salute and pay her respects.

Feeling Baoyu's change, Jia Mu smiled and helped him up.I don't see you in August or September, Baoyu has grown a lot taller, she is much thinner than before, her complexion is healthy, and her facial contours reveal a bit of tough lines.It seems that he has grown up a lot in an instant. This change is not only from the outside, but the whole person exudes a calm atmosphere that a normal person should have.

Baoyu seems to be back to normal.Although he still couldn't hide the joy in his eyes when he saw Daiyu, but he didn't rush forward to do any reckless behavior.Baoyu saw Wang Xifeng and Daiyu, and went back to the room with Jiamu with a smile.

Lin Ruhai and his wife had been waiting in the flower hall.Lin Ruhai anxiously asked Mother Jia how the situation was, and then saw the figure of the young man behind Mother Jia, and was stunned.After a while, Lin Ruhai recognized that the person was Baoyu, with a slightly surprised expression on his face.

Baoyu greeted Lin Ruhai and his wife with a smile.

Mother Jia explained to Lin Ruhai with a smile: "His master went to Bharatiya to seek scriptures early, and no one cared about him, so he sent him back."

Lin Ruhai looked at Baoyu several times, and praised with a smile, "There have been many changes, and the ascetic practices really grind one's temper."

Baoyu nodded: "The experience of more than half a year has been full of ups and downs, and my nephew has benefited a lot."

"Baoyu!" Mrs. Wang rushed over, and when she saw her son's figure, she hugged him excitedly with tears in her eyes.When Baoyu saw her mother, all those old thoughts came over her, and she couldn't cry.

When the mother and son reunited after a long absence, they must have a lot to say. Jia Mu asked their mother and son to go first.On Lin Ruhai's side, Jia's mother explained everything, and Lin Ruhai knew the result after inquiring.

Lin Ruhai saluted and thanked Jia Mu: "I have to say that you have done a great move. Concubine Hui can only guess whether it is good or bad. She doesn't say much to the outside world. You always saved Daiyu and the Lin family. The son-in-law owes you, I am afraid that I will never pay it off in this life."

Jia Mu happily said: "You husband and wife must take good care of my only granddaughter. If there is anything filial in the future, feel free to bring it. I won't be polite to you!"

As soon as Mother Jia said this, the tense scene instantly eased.Both Lin Ruhai and Sun Muqing laughed, feeling much more at ease.

Sun Muqing smiled and said to Jia Mu: "In the future, Daiyu's marriage will have to be troubled to you as an old man. You shouldn't, neither the concubine nor the master will take a look at it."

"Don't worry, my old lady is meddling in other things, this matter will definitely get involved." Jia Mu said happily.

Wang Xifeng covered her mouth and smiled: "We all like you to get involved more, old ancestor, you don't want to be partial. Those girls and Qiao sisters are waiting for you to worry about it. We are younger, we love Blindfolded by lard, you can't know people clearly. You, who have rich experience, have to personally check on the important affairs of the girl's family."

Lin Ruhai and Sun Muqing were so amused by Wang Xifeng's words that they nodded in agreement.

Jia's mother left Lin Ruhai's family of three to have lunch at Rongfu and asked to send them back.

After finishing everything, Wang Xifeng came to Jiamu's place to ask for advice: "Brother Bao's residence is still up front? Second Wife, do you want to—" Wang Xifeng wanted to ask whether to limit the number of times Mrs. Wang and Baoyu could meet, but in the end she was too embarrassed to say so.Although Mrs. Wang doesn't have much to say in the Rong Mansion now, her second wife's name is still there anyway, and as a nephew and daughter-in-law, it's hard for her to speak out disrespect.

"Baoyu moved to Meishe first, and studied with Huan'er and the others. Let's do that for the time being. I'll see if she's really changed, or just pretending." Jia Mu smiled lightly and turned her head. I went to think about the activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival.During this period of time, Rongfu's affairs continued one after another, and everyone never relaxed. Mother Jia felt that it was time to prepare some gratifying rewards to reward everyone and motivate the whole mansion!

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 50th, Jia Mu announced the theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival: the National Poetry Contest.The event is in September and the awards are in October.The object of the event is divided into two categories: "One is people with limited literacy, as long as they can make smooth sentences related to the theme. The third prize will be selected, 30 taels for the first-class ten; 1000 taels for the second-class 500; Thirty and ten taels in the third class. The second class is given to the masters of the mansion, and a total of five will be selected. The reward for the first prize is special, it is a 'feasible wish', and the second and third prizes are [-] taels and [-] taels of silver. For these little masters, the white silver is more attractive than rewarding gold and silver items. The items of rich and noble families are not ordinary, so they can only be kept for their own use, and cannot be pawned and sold without authorization. Money It's different, you can spend whatever you want, no one cares. So the rewards of this Mid-Autumn Festival event are still very attractive, and the most coveted one is the special first prize set up by Jia Mu.

Thus, the masters in the Rong Mansion began to discuss the word "wish" frantically, to determine what their wish was, and then fight hard.Everyone is eager to try, practicing poetry desperately, striving to win the prize.Even Wang Xifeng, who didn't understand poetry, started to learn this, so Jia She went to ask Lin Ruhai for advice.The Sanchun sisters and Li Wan who are good at poetry on weekdays, and Daiyu who came to Rongfu during the Mid-Autumn Festival are all stepping up to practice various themes.Baoyu, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, etc. are also fighting.

Everyone has a wish that they want very much, and many wishes can really come true as long as there is Jia Mu's help.The reward was too tempting, and Mrs. Wang was also moved.Only Jia Mu can solve her current embarrassing situation.There may be other ways to realize other people's wishes, but her only way is Jia Mu.

So the servants in Lixiangyuan saw a scene. Except for three meals a day and morning and evening appointments, Mrs. Wang must hide in the Buddhist hall and recite poems, one after another, good or bad, tricks out of nowhere.

When the appointed date came in September, the whole house was closed, and people crowded around the old lady's yard.The questions for the servants came out first, and the Sanchun sisters, Daiyu, Baoyu and others each thought of a simple topic to write on the paper, and drew lots to decide.In the end, Jia Cong won the title of "Bright Moon". Zhou Rui's family asked the title, and the servants were all excited.This is a topic that has been prepared, and everyone should prepare at least one song.

Zhou Rui's family smiled and said: "The old lady said, even if you come up with the best sentences you have made before, don't be reluctant. If you don't keep them all, you will win and get money. Just one point, your poems must come from your own. Originality must be original. Once found plagiarized, borrowed, etc. in the future, some will regret it. I guess everyone will not be stupid, don't ruin the future of the family for [-] taels of silver."

Everyone nodded, and those who could not read went to line up to dictate and let a special person write it down.Everyone is not very knowledgeable, and they all use popular sentences.Really invited a scholar to write a poem for a few taels of silver, and suddenly became top-notch, and it was easy to be discovered.There are a few of them like this, the money was spent, but they dared not speak out when it came to the critical situation, and they were not prepared, so they lost the opportunity.

The competition outside was fairly harmonious, but inside the house it was very intense.Everyone, big and small, stared at Jia Mu eagerly, wondering what would happen to her old man.

Jiamu looked at everyone with a smile, and said with a smile: "My question is simple, I hope you have guessed it right after half a month of practice."

"Old ancestors, don't be fooled, we can't wait any longer." Wang Xifeng pretended to be gearing up, and said to the sisters, "I'm counting on you, I don't dare to count on it, if you don't even beat people, you can win."

Daiyu giggled and asked the old lady to come up with a question.

"Simple, there is the word "green" in the poem, at the beginning or at the end." Jia Mu laughed.

Everyone froze for a moment, thinking about it secretly.Lin Ruhai is a flower explorer, and it is rare for ordinary poems to defeat him.Naturally, he couldn't participate, and as a judge, he and his wife sat on the sidelines and watched the 'battle' for the time being.Lin Ruhai and his wife felt that the scene in front of them was delightful.

Mother Jia sipped the tea slowly, and when she reached the second bowl, she asked if anyone dared to speak first.When everyone looks at me and looks at you, they all want to accumulate a lot of money, and they don't want to be the first to come out.

Jia She stood up happily, and simply said, "I'm coming! You all know that I'm not a talented person in poetry and writing, so I don't have to worry about losing face!"

How dare everyone admire Jia She.

Jia She rolled his eyes, looked at Jia's mother and muttered, "Lvying Mansion travels, children and grandchildren must be taught; if you ask who this person is, the old lady of Rong Mansion!"

"Pfft," Jiamu almost spat out a mouthful of tea.

Jia She laughed cheerfully, seeing that everyone was looking at her, she couldn't help scratching her head.

"Although it's not neat, it's rare to have a heart." Lin Ruhai praised.

Jia Amnesty received Lin Tanhua's praise, and she was overwhelmed with beauty, and gave Lin Ruhai a thumbs up, "As expected of Tanhua Lang, what you said is very insightful."

Everyone heard that Master She was boasting about himself in disguise, and they all laughed happily.

"For the first song, no matter whether you win or not, you can get two hundred silver." Jia Mu smiled and gave Jia Amnesty a look of approval.

Jia She couldn't help being overjoyed, but he didn't expect to get money for it.Although 200 taels was not much, this was the first time he won it back with his own words, so it was very meaningful.No, he will have to tell Mrs. Xing later that the money will be wrapped in red paper one by one for him, no one is allowed to spend it, no one is allowed to touch it, and keep it!

With Jia Amnesty leading the charge, the others began to write poems and submit them to Lin Ruhai.Baoyu felt dissatisfied with what she had done, and before anyone would reveal it, she voluntarily surrendered and rolled the paper into a ball.

Mrs. Wang was even more anxious when she saw that her son was not up to date.Seeing that everyone had almost finished writing, she hurriedly handed in her own, so as not to be the last one to find out who she was.Mrs. Wang stared closely at the piece of paper that belonged to her and fell in front of Lin Ruhai.It's a pity that her poems are quite satisfactory and there is nothing exciting at all, so Lin Ruhai dismissed them at a glance.

Lin Ruhai finally picked out the five most outstanding songs and presented them to Jia Mu for decision.For the sake of fairness, there is no provenance for writing poetry on paper.

Jia Mu first ordered a poem "The evening scene is clear and clear, and the sun is shining brightly. Flying mallards blow the light waves, and the green willows return to the pond" as the second class, praising the artistic conception of its poems for being very beautiful. ①

When Tanchun came out to claim it, everyone laughed.Wang Xifeng gently pulled Jia Cong's ears, and said with a low laugh, "Look at you boys, you are no match for us women, so you should study hard."

Jia Cong stuck out his tongue unconvinced: "How does my sister-in-law know that I am no better than her? Isn't there a No.1?"

Wang Xifeng pursed her mouth: "You can't count on it."

"Hey, it should be." Jia Cong said cheekily.Wang Xifeng glared at him, laughed and scolded him for beating him.

Jia Mu appointed three more people as the third class, namely Jia Lan, Yingchun and Li Wan.

Jia Mu had two poems left in her hand, she thought about it, and asked Lin Ruhai with a smile: "Both poems are good, but I think the poem "Green Pu Zi Ling Gai Biliu" is better, what do you think?"②

Lin Ruhai smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Jia's mother decided this as the first prize, and Jia Huan hurriedly came to claim it with a smile.Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect it to be Jia Huan, his academic test scores were always lower than Jia Lan's on weekdays, this competition is really lucky.

The rest of the song is naturally classified as second-class, and belongs to Daiyu.Daiyu is a talented woman, this achievement is not unusual, everyone praised her for her performance.Only Daiyu knows that the real song in her stomach has not been written, and she doesn't want to steal other people's wishes.

Mother Jia put Daiyu in her arms, without saying anything, she just praised: "What a good boy!"

Wang Xifeng pointed to Jia Cong's nose and said, "My good brother, look, I really don't have your share."

"Sister-in-law still talks about me, where is Lian's second brother?"

Wang Xifeng stretched out his hand and patted Jia Cong on the head, cursing, "Who are you to mention him?"

Jia Lian was dissatisfied when he heard the words, and rubbed his chin and ran over and asked, "What's wrong with me!"

Wang Xifeng was actually "trapped" in by Jia Cong, and made an apologetic smile to Jia Lian with an embarrassing face.The second grandma, who was watching the scenery, thought it was ridiculous.

For a while, there was constant laughter in the room.

After a while, the collection of poems outside was completed.Jia's mother asked Sanchun sisters, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Jia Lan to judge.Once the ranking is set, the money will be distributed on the spot without delay.

The brothers and sisters began to circle Jia Huan, asking him what his wish was.

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