[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

The next day, after Jia Zheng returned from Dali Temple, he kept thinking about how he could test the news of historians and the Wang family without hurting his relatives.

It's just that his only cleverness was spent on appreciating calligraphy and painting. He had thought about such a twists and turns for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a good way.

Remembering that the cause of this incident was that Jia Lian and Bao Cong got into trouble, Jia Zheng was so angry that he dropped his brush, picked up his pen to write a letter, and scolded Jia Lian bloody.

When Jia Lian received Jia Zheng's letter in Suzhou, he suddenly felt that his whole body was not well!

It was a great joy to confer a concubine in Yuanchun, he happened to ask his servants to pack their luggage, and planned to go back to Beijing day and night to congratulate the old lady and the others.

Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng wrote a letter scolding him, saying that he sold Lin Ruhai's property cheaply and embezzled money, which made the Holy One furious!

Jia Lian knew that he had caused trouble, and he would have nothing good to eat after returning to Beijing, and even the money he had embezzled privately had to be spit out one by one.His heart was pierced like a knife, and he was already suffering terribly.

As a result, when the day came when he was about to leave for Beijing, that brat Bao Cong actually left a letter and left, saying that he was going to study abroad to learn from a teacher!

Jia Lian turned over the whole of Suzhou, but still couldn't find Bao Cong, so he was so angry that he went back to Beijing with Lin Daiyu.

It takes less than half a month to get to the capital directly from Suzhou by boat.

Back in the capital, Lin Daiyu should have been extremely happy, but she looked at the water, thinking that Bao Cong didn't know where she was at the moment, and felt a little empty in her heart.

The pier in the capital was still so lively, and the people in Jia's carriage were already waiting on the shore.Lin Daiyu was crowded into the carriage as soon as she got off the boat, and went all the way back to Rongguo Mansion.

First, I went to see Jia Mu.

After not seeing Lin Daiyu for more than half a year, Mother Jia held her in her arms and cherished her heart and soul. After watching for a long time, she kept saying that she had lost weight, and she must have suffered outside.

Lin Daiyu only smiled, and said in a soft voice: "Erge Lian and Brother Baocong are taking care of everything, so I didn't suffer much."

Hearing the names of Jia Lian and Bao Cong, Mother Jia's smile suddenly paused, she patted Lin Daiyu's hand lightly and said, "You must be exhausted after traveling all the way. Go back to your room and have a good rest, and come over in the evening." After dinner, let's talk again."

Lin Daiyu nodded obediently, said goodbye and went back to the house.

"Where are Lian'er and Baocong?" Mother Jia asked Yuanyang with a straight face.

Yuanyang just got the news. Although she knew it was not good at this time, she didn't dare to hide it from Jiamu, so she stepped forward and said softly: "Second Lord Lian is in the study outside, talking to Second Master, and will come over later. Third Master Bao, he , did not follow back, saying that it was a study tour to learn from a teacher..."

Before she finished listening to the words, Mother Jia slapped the table heavily, and said angrily, "You bastard! You ran away from home again, didn't you?"

The little girls in the room suddenly shook their bodies, and all of them lowered their heads and dared not make a sound.

The mandarin duck quickly poured a cup of tea, handed it to Mother Jia, and advised, "Don't get mad, old lady. The third master left a letter saying that he is going to study, not to do anything bad."

After hearing this, Mother Jia still had a dark face, took a sip of tea, and said angrily: "Still studying! I don't know where I have read the book! Otherwise, how could I do that... ..."

Just about to talk about Bao Cong selling Lin Ruhai's property at a low price, she suddenly remembered that no two people in the family knew about it, so she stopped talking and asked Yuanyang again: "Where is the letter he left? Show me."

The mandarin ducks were already ready, and with a wave of their hands at this time, a little girl came up with a brocade box in both hands.Yuanyang took out the letter inside, opened Fuping and handed it to Jiamu, and then took the Western magnifying glass to her.

Mother Jia took a magnifying glass to read every word on the letter paper.At first he was still angry, but the more he looked behind, the more serious his face became, and finally he gradually calmed down.

Seeing that Jiamu's face became calm and the corners of her mouth became loose, Yuanyang looked a little happy.

She guessed that it was because Master Baocong wrote some sage's fallacies in the letter, and the old lady was also persuaded.

It is said that in Rongguo Mansion, Lian's Second Mistress can make the old lady laugh for a long time with her clever mouth.As for Master Baoyu, who is playful and coquettish, he can always make the old lady happy.But in Yuanyang's heart, he actually admired Young Master Baocong the most.

Everyone said that he was reckless and stupid, but every time he got into a big disaster, or only received a small punishment, or was only scolded a few times, he always got over it lightly and skillfully.

This kind of ability to dare to cause trouble and get out of it easily is not something everyone has.

Just look at this time, he first stole to Yangzhou, and now he sneaked away from Suzhou to study abroad. He only left a letter and coaxed the old lady. It can be seen that he has many good ideas!

In the evening, Jia's mother had dinner here, and Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng came to greet her.

In front of everyone, Mother Jia couldn't scold him too much, so she only said a few words to him, and then asked if there was any way to remedy the matter?

Jia Lian then said that he had discussed it with Jia Zheng.

Jia Mu nodded and asked Jia Lian about various things in Yangzhou and Suzhou.Jia Lian also answered one by one.

Everyone was bored, Wang Xifeng smiled, and was about to turn the topic to Yuanchun's concubine's wedding, when Lin Daiyu suddenly took out a brocade box, handed it to Mother Jia and said, "Old lady, my father left me something Brother Lian and Brother Baocong helped convert it into silver in Yangzhou."

"I'm young, and I'm flustered with this millions of silver, and now I'm living in our house again..." Lin Daiyu paused, and said with a smile: "I'd better ask the old lady to help me put away these things." Silver, give me food and drink from it!"

Millions of silver!

Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng felt their hearts skip a beat when they heard this, and their eyes lit up when they saw the brocade box in Lin Daiyu's hand.

Bao Cong had already mentioned this in his letter, and Jia's mother had already made up her mind.

At this time when Lin Daiyu said this, she pretended to decline, and finally accepted the brocade box under the persuasion of Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, and then pulled Lin Daiyu lovingly: "Your food and drink expenses are paid by me. , where can you use your own money?"

"I'll keep these for you first, and I'll bring you to my in-law's house when I'm out of the cabinet in the future!" Jiamu joked with a smile, and everyone listened to what Jiamu said, and joked a few times.

It's just that who doesn't know, judging from what Jia's mother usually means, Lin Daiyu is likely to be the daughter-in-law of Jia's family in the future.Isn't her husband's family the Jia family?

Mrs. Wang naturally smiled even more happily in her heart. Whether she married Baoyu or Baocong, she was a decent mother-in-law.That million silver should have gone to her house!

Wang Xifeng also murmured in her heart, when the money arrived at Jia's house, the old lady should have given it to her, why is she the housekeeper now?

Yuan Chun wants to go home to visit relatives, and Rongning and Ningxia are planning to build a family-visiting villa, and she is worried about where to get the money!

Now it's all right, move the ready-made one over and use it first, and when Lin Daiyu is old enough to formally marry into Jia's family, then just carry the silver box and walk through the scene.

Several people were abashed in their hearts, but Jia Mu didn't fulfill their wish, she opened the brocade box on the spot to count how many bank notes there were, but asked Yuanyang to put it away first.

After joking again, Lin Daiyu went back to her room to rest.

In the evening, Zijuan made Lin Daiyu's bed, and when she saw her staring blankly at the back room through the window screen, she sighed: "When I was in the south, the third master accompanied the girl every night, either reading and discussing articles, or telling anecdotes. Now that I'm back home, the third master hasn't come back, so it's really deserted."

Lin Daiyu twisted her handkerchief, pursed her lips, and said awkwardly: "He is a man, so naturally he should go outside to study. What is deserted? I have always disliked excitement. It is quiet when he is not around!"

After hearing this, Zijuan laughed, held a lamp to shine on Lin Daiyu, and joked: "Don't be so stubborn, girl! If others don't know, how can I not know?"

"Who saw that the third master was gone, so he hid in the quilt and cried for two days?"

Lin Daiyu couldn't prevent Zijuan from uttering her little thoughts so nakedly, and immediately felt ashamed, pointing at her and pretending to be angry, she said softly: "Okay, you came to peep at me in the middle of the night, where am I?" Are you crying, I was blinded by the incense you ordered!"

Zijuan laughed and said, "You can blame me too? I think it's still Mr. Lai, who said that the incense sent was not good, and it made your eyes red!"

The more you talk, the more shameful it becomes. Lin Daiyu just wanted to say something to stop the conversation, but when Baoyu came in, she asked curiously: "Sister Lin's incense is not easy to use? I happened to get a new good incense the day before yesterday, and I will call someone tomorrow. Send it for you to try."

After hearing this, Zijuan laughed and said to Lin Daiyu, "It's all right now. You can't be quiet anymore." Then he put down the lamp and poured tea for Baoyu.

Lin Daiyu also stood up, welcomed Baoyu to sit in the small guest room outside, and said, "Where is the fragrance not good? We are talking about it!"

Baoyu hasn't seen Lin Daiyu for a long time. When he saw her in the afternoon, there were too many people and the house was tidying up, so he didn't say a few words to her at all.Now everyone went back to rest, so he came to talk to Lin Daiyu quietly.

Lin Daiyu didn't want to chase him away, so she just suppressed her patience and listened to him talking about a bunch of rouge poems. She didn't tell him to go back to rest until she couldn't stop yawning.

Because of Lin Daiyu's return to Beijing and the construction of the Grand View Garden, the Jia family was full of excitement.Bao Cong was outside, but he was eating and sleeping in the open, living a life of eating dry food.

Qingwen was afraid of going back alone and being punished by the old lady and Mrs. Wang, so she insisted on going out with Baocong.

She was raised by Miss Jia's daughter since she was a child, and she has never suffered a bit.

I thought that when a son like Bao Cong goes out to study, everyone should eat, drink and live well, but Bao Cong is not at all unreasonable to play cards, and finds a caravan to follow, but he is going to Xinjiang thousands of miles away!

A large group of men escorted all kinds of goods, and they were on their way all day long.When you are lucky, you can live in an inn. If you are not lucky, you can only make do in a ruined temple.

What's even more unfortunate is that the caravan's trip was delayed that day, and at night they arrived at a place with nowhere to go before the village or behind the store, so they could only sleep in the wilderness!

Qingwen was wrapped in Baocong's big fur cloak, drinking plain water from a rough porcelain bowl, shaking and thinking, following Baocong out, she must suffer all the hardships of her life!

Why not listen to Bao Cong's words and follow Miss Lin back to Beijing!

Up to now, the few of them followed the caravan from Jiangnan all the way to the west, and they didn't know how far they were from the capital.No matter how regretful she was, she didn't take the medicine to regret it.

Bao Cong had finished his dry food and drank another bowl of hot water, then took out a carving knife and uncut jade, and carefully carved a small statue of Guan Gong wielding a big knife.

When going out, safety is the most important thing.

Although he and Wu Hui were with the caravan and each knew some fists and kicks, they were still young and their strength was not high.And there is a delicate Qingwen to protect, it is safer for him to carve a few pieces of jade with a force value bonus for everyone to wear.

After finishing carving the jade with added strength, Bao Cong plans to carve some jade with added luck. Sometimes luck can be of great help at critical times!

The night watchmen gathered around the bonfire, chatting quietly, and drank a sip of sake from time to time to keep warm.

The moonlight is misty and the night is quiet.Except for the wind blowing grass and the faint rustling of leaves, there was no other movement.

Bao Cong's nimble carving movements suddenly stopped.

Summer has just passed, and autumn has not yet arrived. Why are all the insects and birds in the woods hibernating?