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

Bao Cong kicked the door, went in and threw a whip on the wine table a few times, overturned the wine and vegetables and poured them on the ground, and scolded coldly: "It's Chinese New Year, let you relax for a few days, you will become more and more wanton Already! Nowadays, those who eat wine and gamble money still take the master as a joke and gamble, do you still want your life?"

Seeing that it was Bao Cong, the boys were frightened out of their wits. They quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to admit their mistake: "Third Master, we are all joking! It's because we drank too much during the Chinese New Year, so we don't dare to say anything casually in the future!"

Bao Cong has not been at home for several years, and the servants in the family have reverted to their old ways, and all of them have exposed their inferiority, and they don't take the master seriously.

Now that he has seized this opportunity, he will not let it go lightly.

So he pointed at the two boys who gambled with their purses, and said to Wu Hui, "Take them out and beat them for [-] boards!"

Wu Hui responded, quickly called a few people, and dragged the two boys out to play with the board.

The rest of the people were trembling, knelt on the ground and dared not say a word.

Bao Cong went forward, took the purse on the table and put it into his sleeves, said coldly: "I heard someone making fun of the master, and you still booed if you didn't persuade me, it seems that you are drunk and confused."

"Give you a month's worth of money, and tell you to keep it in mind. In the future, if I hear someone commenting on my master's jokes, I will beat you with a forty board and drive you out!"

The servants heard Bao Cong's anger, and just remembered the fierce temper of the master before, and they dared not be loose, so they tensed up and kowtowed desperately, "Don't dare again! Don't dare again!"

Hearing that the boards had been beaten outside, Bao Cong went out and took a look at the two yelling boys, and said: "Today's Chinese New Year, I will only hit you [-] boards. Remember it in the future, don't chew your tongue!"

The boys were crying with runny noses and tears, "Master Xie Bao, don't dare again!"

After punishing a bunch of boys, Bao Cong went back to find Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu was lying on the bed and was going to sleep, when she saw Bao Cong coming angrily, she got up and leaned on the outside, and asked him, "Why are you angry because of the Chinese New Year?"

Bao Cong explained depressedly: "I just came back from shopping outside and came in through the west corner gate. I heard a few servants joking and betting with their masters there. These servants are getting more and more shameless, so I beat them Twenty boards, let them dare to chew their tongues like this in the future!"

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "Your temper has remained the same for many years."

"It's Chinese New Year, and the elder sister just came back to visit her relatives. When others see something wrong, they have to press it no matter what, and they only get angry after the first month. But you have a temper, and you don't care if it's Chinese New Year or not, and you will be beaten immediately. "

"It was the board that was slapped at that time, so they remembered it!" Bao Cong thought for a while, and then said: "Now I am the housekeeper of Sister Feng, I should tell her and tell her to take good care of these servants."

Saying that, Bao Cong was about to get up and go out, Lin Daiyu hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't go, you beat someone up now, Sister Feng might have known about it long ago."

"You have already accused Sister Feng of not managing her servants well by doing things with great fanfare, so why bother to speak of her in person now. Let people know, how can Sister Feng hold her face?"

Bao Cong sighed, and said, "Then I won't make amends either, it's because she didn't manage her servants well."

Even if you don't talk about the housekeeper, there are many things that Wang Xifeng wants to say face to face!

Lin Daiyu was terribly sleepy after lunch, but now she was disturbed by Bao Cong's matter, and she was sober when she was struggling to speak.

"Sister Feng is in charge of such a large family, and she was busy with her elder sister's family visits a few days ago. There must be some omissions. After the first month is over, please remind her in private!" Lin Daiyu persuaded Bao Cong a few words , and asked him again: "What did you buy outside?"

Bao Cong took out a pack of dim sum, spread it out in front of Lin Daiyu, and said, "This is corn crispy candy. I guess you haven't tried it, so I'll buy some for you to try."

Lin Daiyu stretched out her hand and squeezed a small piece, put it in her mouth, tasted the halva, it was crispy and fragrant, not too sweet, and it melted in her mouth after holding it for a while, "It's delicious!" She put the halva Wrapped it again, said with a smile: "I just ate, and I ate a lot of snacks. I will wrap these up and eat slowly tomorrow."

Bao Cong said with a smile, "Don't eat too much at once, it's easy to get angry." Seeing Lin Daiyu nodding, she thought for a while and said, "Don't leave it for too long, it's easy to spoil. If you like it, I'll give it back to you after you finish eating it." you buy it."

Lin Daiyu listened, pulled her handkerchief and laughed a few times, and said softly: "You can't eat more, and you can't eat less. Brother Baocong is telling me to count and eat one every day like the old lady? You This person is really, if you give him a snack, he doesn't care how much he eats every day?"

So she called Zicuckoo to put away the snacks.

Seeing that she was happy, Bao Cong didn't talk back, just squeezed the purse in his sleeve, hesitating to speak.

Lin Daiyu saw his hesitation at a glance, and asked curiously: "Brother Baocong, what else do you want to say?"

Bao Cong opened his mouth, and was about to take out the purse in his sleeve to ask her, but Xue Yan came in and interrupted: "Miss Shi is here, the old lady asked you to come over and talk!"

"Xiangyun is here! Let's go and have a look!" It's been a long time since I saw Shi Xiangyun come to play, Lin Daiyu ignored what Baocong had to say, and dragged him out to Jiamu's hall.

Sanchun and Li Wan were already in the main room, chatting and laughing around Shi Xiangyun.

Baoyu and Baochai came in with Baocong and Lin Daiyu. When Shi Xiangyun saw him, he laughed and joked, "Hey, you two have an appointment? Come and play, and there are one-on-one pairs when you enter the door."

Lin Daiyu smiled embarrassedly, but said nothing.

On the other hand, Baochai smiled, stepped forward, and said slowly: "Brother Bao happened to be playing with me, it's just a coincidence."

She talked about Brother Bao, and everyone knew it was Baoyu, but Lin Daiyu glanced at Baocong, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Sister Bao's speech is really vague. If someone who doesn't know listens to it, who knows which brother Bao it is?

When Baoyu saw Lin Daiyu, he came up to her and asked, "Why are you here with Baocong?"

Lin Daiyu raised the corners of her lips, and said cheerfully, "What? Only you and Sister Bao are allowed to have a coincidence, and I am not allowed to have a coincidence with Brother Baocong?"

As she said that, she gave Baoyu an arrogant look, and went to chat and laugh with Shi Xiangyun.

Seeing that Baoyu was still pestering Lin Daiyu, Bao Cong quickly grabbed him and asked, "Where are you studying now? How is your schoolwork going?"

One Jia Zheng was enough for Baoyu to have a headache. Unexpectedly, after Bao Cong's younger brother passed the examination of scholar, he became more and more like those old-fashioned scholars!

Baoyu said with a bitter face, "I'm studying in the study outside!" Then he said, "It's New Year's Eve, why do you bring this up? You go and study your book yourself, and don't care what I do?"

He was about to dodge impatiently, but Bao Cong said: "I am studying with a Mr. Zhou now, and I plan to invite him to teach in the foreign study."

"Qingshuang is also there, and Mr. Zhou's son, who is only 12 years old, looks like that Zhong Lingyuxiu, even prettier than Qin Zhong. Do you want to go together?"

Baoyu was originally impatient, but when he heard Baocong mention Qingshuang and Qin Zhong, he immediately listened to it and put it in his heart.

Qin Zhong was gone, and he was sad for several days at that time.Now that Qingshuang is back, he and Qingshuang study together, the same as before, wouldn't it be great?

So Baoyu turned around and asked, "Is Qingshuang still with us? Is Mr. Zhou's son really good?"

"Of course it's very good, you'll know when you go and have a look." Bao Cong said with a smile as if kidnapping a little white rabbit, "But now that Qingshuang has read a lot of books, she can pass the exam for a scholar. If you don't If you want to study hard, you will probably be laughed at by him."

Baoyu laughed twice, waved his hands and said, "What's so good about being a scholar? I should go and persuade him to read more poems. Writing lyrics and poetry is so fun, why bother to be a corrupt official!"

Baoyu hates studying and being an official, it's not just a day or two.Bao Cong didn't expect to make him change his mind all of a sudden, but only hoped that it would be subtle.

The two of them here agreed to study in the study outside, and Jia Zheng called for someone over there again, saying that Baoyu Baocong should go to see him.

Baocong was not afraid, but Baoyu was terribly afraid, and went straight to hide beside Jia Mu.

Mother Jia asked Caixia who came to pass the message what was the matter, and Caixia smiled and said, "I don't know what it is, but it should be a good thing. The master is in a good mood!"

After hearing this, Jia Mu pushed Baoyu to pass.

Baoyu was still lingering and refused to go. Seeing his appearance, several sisters urged him with smiles.

Seeing Baoyu's twitching, Baocong stepped forward and took him by the arm and walked out, saying: "Hurry up, the master has been waiting for a long time, and his mood has deteriorated, and you are even more unlucky!"

So, taking the reluctant Baoyu to Jia Zheng's place.

Jia Zheng is with Mrs. Wang, and Aunt Zhao and Jia Lan are also there.

After Baoyu Baoyu went in to salute, Mrs. Wang saw that Baoyu turned pale with fright, and hurriedly asked him to sit beside her.

Seeing Mrs. Wang being so pampered, Bao Cong couldn't help but secretly sighed.

Jia Zheng saw that Baocong was so generous as his younger brother, and had already passed the examination for a scholar, while Baoyu, as an older brother, was so timid, playing all day and not serious about studying, he suddenly became angry again, compared Baoyu to Baocong, and yelled at him. A meal!

Even Jia Huan, who was sitting next to him, was scolded for not being up to date.

Baoyu: Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Bao Cong: Hehehe, I am excellent, am I wrong?You don't study hard, are you right?

Jia Huan: I won't do it!It's none of my business?Why do you still scold me a few words?

Everyone was muttering in their hearts, but no one had the guts to speak out.

After Jia Zheng spit and scolded, he finally got down to business: "Your eldest sister in the palace has passed on a decree, telling you two to live in the Grand View Garden with your sisters at home, so that you can read and write..."

He said, glared at Baoyu again, and said, "Especially Baoyu, you should learn from your younger brother and stop playing and messing around all day! What can others think when they see you as an elder brother?"

Baoyu feels wronged, what other people think has nothing to do with him!

But he must be nodding like a chicken pecking rice.

Jia Huan was also aggrieved, so he said it had nothing to do with him, and he insisted on calling him, but only listened to some scolding!

Bao Cong sighed inwardly, feeling complicated.

Before Yuanchun came back, he could have mentioned to Yuanchun that he and Baoyu should not be allowed to live in the Grand View Garden. After all, we are getting older and it would not be good to live together again.

But Jiamu and Mrs. Wang were spoiled, and Baoyu was fond of acting like a baby. Maybe Yuanchun didn't tell Baoyu to move in, but he himself made a fuss about moving to the Grand View Garden.

But thinking about it carefully, Bao Cong still felt that it was his own selfishness.

Lin Daiyu moved into Grand View Garden. If he lived in Rongguo Mansion, it would be too far to find Lin Daiyu, and he would have to think of various excuses every day.

The Grand View Garden is so big, he also moved in, wouldn't it be better to live closer to Lin Daiyu?

...Bao Cong hypnotized himself, secretly hiding his small thoughts, and only said to Jia Zheng: "When I was studying in Hangzhou, Mr. Zhou, who taught me, also came to Beijing together. I just told Baoyu that I want Go to the outer study together every day and listen to Mr. Zhou's lectures."

Mr. Zhou must be good to teach Debao Cong to pass the scholar exam!

Jia Zheng nodded in agreement, and said: "Although you will live in the Grand View Garden in the future, since you are going to attend classes in the foreign study, you must get up early every day there, and you must not miss class every day."

At the end, he looked at Baoyu again and added: "Especially Baoyu! Don't slack off!"

Baoyu nodded quickly and assured him, "Got it, Master!"

Seeing Jia Huan curling his lips in contempt, Bao Cong said to Jia Zheng again: "Huan'er and Lan'er are both studying in the home school, right? I remember that a few years ago, Mr. Jia was very old. There were many middle school students in the home school. I'm afraid it will tire Mr. Jia."

"My son thinks, it's better to ask Mr. Jia to teach the young children only, and for other older students, please hire a gentleman who is knowledgeable and disciplined to teach. Mr. Jia's discipline is the same, and the class is easier. How does father feel?"

Baocong had argued with Jia Zheng on this matter a few years ago.

But now that Bao Cong is a scholar, Jia Zheng doesn't listen to him like before, he just treats him as a child talking nonsense.

Jia Zheng stared at him several times, stroked his beard, and said meaningfully: "I know about this, and I will have my own opinion later."

Seeing that Jia Zheng didn't refuse, Bao Cong smiled, bowed deeply, and said, "Master is wise, I think Mr. Hao will be here within two days."

Is fame and fame confusing people's hearts?

At first, he argued with Jia Zheng for several days, but Jia Zheng refused to listen to him.Now that he has only passed the exam as a minor scholar, Jia Zheng sees him differently.

In the evening, Baocong went to Jiamu's place again, had dinner with all the sisters, drank tea and chatted after dinner.

Sitting next to him, Lin Daiyu suddenly leaned over and asked him softly: "Sister Feng suddenly gave me tea just now, saying that she will make amends for me!"

"I don't even know what's going on. I didn't know until Sister Feng told me. Those two young men you beat up this afternoon, they made fun of me for gambling, didn't they?" Lin Daiyu pretended to be a little annoyed and twisted Bao Cong's arm lightly, and said : "What did they say about me? Why didn't you tell me this afternoon?"

Bao Cong pretended to be in pain, took two hissing breaths, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid you'll be angry for nothing. Didn't I hit them hard?"

Lin Daiyu didn't really want to pursue that, she was just playing around, so she asked curiously: "I'll be angry if you don't tell me, why don't you come and listen to me, what's the matter?"

Everyone was talking and joking around Jia Mu and Shi Xiangyun. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, Bao Cong secretly took out the purse hidden in his sleeve, and said with gritted teeth, "Look, is this the purse you embroidered for Baoyu?" ?”

"I haven't got it yet, why did you embroider the purse for him first?"