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

After the Double Ninth Festival, the first thing Bao Cong had to do was to get engaged to Lin Daiyu.

It's just... After he went to Mrs. Wang's place, he suddenly changed his mind about asking Mrs. Wang to propose marriage.

Baoyu is the older brother, and he hasn't engaged in marriage yet. Is it possible that Mrs. Wang bypassed Baoyu and proposed marriage to Lin Daiyu for him?

To the extent that Mrs. Wang loves Baoyu, there is a high probability that it will delay his affairs.Even if Mrs. Wang doesn't delay, Mother Jia, because she loves Baoyu, may delay.

In comparison, Jia Zheng is a rational person, and he is more willing to communicate with Jia Zheng.Moreover, Jia Zheng is the head of the family. If Jia Zheng agreed, Mrs. Wang would not say anything against it.

So Bao Cong turned around and went to Jia Zheng's study.

Jia Zheng was practicing big characters with a brush. When he saw Bao Cong coming, he didn't stop. Instead, he taught Bao Cong a few words to practice more calligraphy.

Bao Cong took advantage of the situation and asked a lot of related questions, with an attitude of humbly asking for advice, which made Jia Zheng very happy.

Seeing that Jia Zheng was happy, Baocong said, "My lord, Baoyu and I are growing up, and I find it inconvenient for us to live together in the Grand View Garden. I think it would be better for Baoyu and I to clean up the two small yards in the mansion. , it’s also convenient to go to the study outside.”

After all, everyone is getting ready to get married, so naturally they can no longer live together.

It was inconvenient for Lin Daiyu to move out of the Grand View Garden, so only he and Baoyu moved.

Jia Zheng used to care about his reputation, and he had long felt that Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu spoiled their two sons too much.Now that Bao Cong has proposed that the two of them move out of the Grand View Garden, he naturally agrees.

So Bao Cong said that he was going to marry Lin Daiyu, and begged Jia Zheng to help him go to Jia Mu to propose marriage.

Jia Zheng's brush hand stopped suddenly.

He glanced at Bao Cong expressionlessly, and seeing that he was respectful, he put down his brush, put his hands behind his back, paced a few times, and said in a deep voice, "Alright, it's time for you and Bao Yu to get married too."

"However... Baoyu is not engaged yet. As a younger brother, do you want to wait?" Jia Zheng stared at Baocong and asked.

Baocong had already thought about the answer, and said: "It's okay to get married first. Besides, Baoyu is too childish and always refuses to learn the ways of the world. Why don't you make an appointment for me first, so that there will be an excuse for Baoyu to get married as soon as possible. Baoyu is successful." If you have a kiss, you must be much more sensible."

That being said, Bao Cong also knew that what he said was all nonsense.

What will become sensible after getting married?

From ancient times to the present and into the future, ignorant men will still be ignorant if they have not experienced the torture of life, and will not easily take responsibility just because they have a wife.

But Bao Cong didn't care, anyway, he was planning for himself and Lin Daiyu.What's more, Baoyu really needs a sensible and good girl to be by her side to advise her from time to time.

But, I hope I don’t cheat a good girl... If Baochai still marries Baoyu, I really hope I won’t be cheated again...

Bao Cong recalled these years carefully in his heart, as if because of the addition of him, Bao Yu's perception of life was greatly different from that in the original book.

Although Baoyu is occasionally interested in practicing Zen, fortunately, he has never said that he wants to be a monk.

In the evening, Jia Zheng really mentioned to Mrs. Wang about proposing marriage for Baocong, and asked Mrs. Wang to look after the girl for Baoyu.

Mrs. Wang was shocked and felt a little baffled, well, Jia Zheng actually proposed to marry Lin Daiyu for Baocong.

Although she also knew that when Lin Daiyu came to Jia's house, there was a high probability that she would marry Baoyu or Baocong.But Mrs. Wang doesn't like Lin Daiyu's frail body and petty temper. She can't compare to Baochai who is generous, generous, and considerate in doing things.

However, Jia Zheng proposed to marry Lin Daiyu on behalf of Baocong to be the daughter-in-law of his second son, and Mrs. Wang could still accept it.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Wang mentioned this matter to Jia Mu.

Mother Jia originally wanted to match Lin Daiyu to Baoyu, but she felt that Baoyu was gentle and Baocong was always reckless and had a big temper, which was not suitable for Lin Daiyu.

She suddenly heard Mrs. Wang beg for Baocong to marry Lin Daiyu first, she was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Why did you beg for Baocong first? Baoyu is the elder brother, and he hasn't decided yet!"

Mrs. Wang then said: "It was the master who told me last night that it was Baocong himself who brought it up with the master. The master said that he should make an appointment with Baocong first, and then hurry up to see him for Baoyu. Baoyu has a daughter-in-law to persuade him, saying Might be more sensible."

Jia Mu pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, it's fine if you decide. Bao Cong has a big temper, so he can listen to persuasion in front of Yu'er." Girl."

Mrs. Wang was very willing to have Baochai as a daughter-in-law, but she didn't talk to Aunt Xue, and she didn't know that Jia Mu was thinking about it, so she suppressed it in her heart and planned to talk to Aunt Xue first before finding a good one. The opportunity brought up Baoyu and Baochai.

Marriage engagement is also a major event, Mrs. Wang moved Baoyu Baocong from the Grand View Garden back to the mansion according to Jia Zheng's instructions.

Bao Cong is very happy to have his own small yard.

When Baoyu left Yihong courtyard, he didn't see his sisters and sisters again, so he was very depressed.

However, when Jia Zheng spoke, Bao Cong also moved out of the Grand View Garden, so Baoyu didn't dare to make too much noise, but only looked for opportunities to visit Lin Daiyu and the others in the Grand View Garden.

There is also Qingshuang in the outer study, and Baoyu gets closer to Qingshuang when he is bored.Except for sleeping, reading and writing, eating and drinking tea, almost all of them are stuck together with Qingshuang.

Qingshuang's handling of Baoyu is now familiar with driving a light car, and she doesn't find it troublesome at all, on the contrary, she is very comfortable.As long as Baoyu's temper is pinpointed, most of the time, he is still very persuasive, but a little clingy.

In the mansion, Mrs. Wang asked Wang Xifeng to quietly choose an auspicious day for the engagement ceremony.

With such a big commotion in the family, everyone knew that there was going to be a happy event, so the master's servants were all in high spirits, guessing which one of Baoyu Baozheng was going to be engaged.

They all guessed that it was Baoyu. After all, Baoyu was the elder and Baocong was the second son.

He also said that he wanted to make a deal with Lin Daiyu, so the girls and women in the Grand View Garden wandered around in front of Lin Daiyu every day.

Some ran errands for Lin Daiyu, some asked her what she wanted to eat, and some found something new for her.

Lin Daiyu knew that Baocong really went to Jiamu's place to propose marriage, and she was very happy. She didn't get tired of seeing those maids and women asking for rewards, and they all had rewards.

For a while, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was bustling with people coming and going.

Baochai was lost in Hengwu Garden, and Yinger looked at her worriedly.

Although she doesn't fully understand the girl's thoughts, she knows a thing or two.

It stands to reason that the second girl is already seeing each other, and her girl is about the same age as the second girl, so she should have seen each other long ago.

It's just that her wife and girls have spent their minds on Baoyu, so they have been delayed until now, and they have never seen each other.

In recent days, there have been rumors from many girls that Baoyu is going to be engaged to Lin Daiyu.

If this is the case, what is her girl's thoughts all these years?Is it all in vain in the end?

Ying'er was lost in thought when she suddenly heard Baochai calling her from the room.She hastily responded and went over, only to see that Baochai had dressed herself and was about to go out.

Ying'er hurriedly helped clean up, and followed Baochai out of Hengwuyuan.

It turned out that Baochai also had doubts in her heart, so she went to ask Aunt Xue.

If she is really going to be engaged, her mother will know, and it is impossible not to tell her.

Even if there is no engagement, she can easily inquire about whose girl Baoyu is engaged to.

Aunt Xue now lives in the courtyard at the east corner of Rongguo Mansion. Baochai enters Rongguo Mansion directly from the side gate of the Grand View Garden, bypassing the inner courtyard all the way, and it is convenient to go back there directly.

Aunt Xue was about to look for Baochai. When she saw her come back, she pulled her and asked, "A while ago, your aunt quietly asked me if she would like to marry you to Baoyu. I was just about to ask you, would you like to marry me?" willing?"

When Baochai heard this, she was immediately ashamed, and said to herself: Is it true that she is going to be engaged to Baoyu?

So, she said to Aunt Xue: "My marriage is naturally decided by my mother, why did my mother ask me?"

Aunt Xue saw that Baochai was so narrow-minded, she smiled and nodded her nose, and said: "My son, you are my own daughter, why don't I ask you what you mean? What else can you and I not talk about? Why bother with those vain etiquettes."

Aunt Xue touched Baochai's hair, feeling a little emotional in her heart.

The son is so unbelievable, and it is ten times better to raise a daughter than a son.In the past ten years, my daughter has grown up and is going to marry someone else, I really can't bear it...

There is nothing she can do about it, Baochai still has to marry, and she has to choose the best person to marry, her daughter deserves the best one!Aunt Xue looked at Baochai lovingly, thinking in her heart.

Baochai has always been able to read people's minds, and when she saw her mother's expression like that, she knew what she was thinking.So, she leaned against her mother and acted like a baby, and the two talked a lot of homely things.

After Baochai acted like a baby for a while, she wasn't too shy anymore, so she asked about someone in the Rongguo mansion who was going to be engaged.

"Could it be that the Jia family has come to propose marriage? Is it settled with... Baoyu?" Baochai asked shyly.

Aunt Xue shook her head, and said, "The matter between you and Baoyu is just that your aunt asked me quietly to find out, but it hasn't been formally settled yet. It is Baocong and Daiyu who are going to be engaged in Jia's mansion."

As expected, Baochai nodded thoughtfully.

Aunt Xue saw that Baochai seemed a little unhappy, so she smiled and said, "Bao Cong is the younger brother. Logically speaking, it should be Baoyu who made the decision first. But this does not hinder it. I think Baoyu will bring it up soon. After all, it is you." You and Baoyu must marry first."

Hearing Aunt Xue's blunt words, Baochai felt ashamed again, and quickly changed the subject: "I don't need to talk about these things, I see that our family still has a few important things to do now."

"One is that my elder brother is the elder, so naturally I can't marry my elder brother. Mom needs to find a good sister-in-law for me first. Second, we have to find a suitable house outside to move out quickly. My elder brother is married, so I can't stay in someone else's house." Bar?"

After hearing this, Aunt Xue repeatedly said yes, and said to Baochai, "I have been looking for your brother's marriage, but I haven't found a suitable one yet."

The two talked about the house again, the Xue family was rich, even if they moved out, they had to find a big and nice place to live, otherwise they would be laughed at by others.

According to Aunt Xue's opinion, it is best to buy a semi-new and not old four or five-year-old house, and then spend money to renovate it before moving in.

Baochai shook her head when she heard this, and said, "If you buy a half-new house and renovate it, it will be difficult to move in the next few months. I think we should find a new yard two or three times and move in first. "

"The semi-new and not old house was also bought and renovated. When my brother is going to get married, I guess it has already been renovated. It would be good to move in at that time."

After hearing this, Aunt Xue put her arms around Baochai and laughed, "You still have a lot of good ideas. If I don't have you at home, I will be overwhelmed!"

No one else knows how Baochai and Aunt Xue came up with the matter of moving.

Everyone is concerned about who in the mansion is going to be engaged.

Xiren was also beating drums in his heart.

She originally thought that Lin Daiyu and Bao Cong were good friends, so she must marry Bao Cong.Now I suddenly heard rumors from the girls that Baoyu was going to be engaged to Lin Daiyu, and I was shocked.

Lin Daiyu's jealous nature must be intolerable.No one in her room has passed the road yet, so what should I do?

So Xiren thought for a while, and went to Zicuckoo to inquire about the news.

After hearing Xiren's question, Zijuan pretended to be surprised and said: "Where did you hear that my girl is going to be engaged to Baoyu? I have never heard of it, and the old lady never said it."

Xiren asked anxiously: "Then why is everyone talking about it? Everyone has seen the shopping in the house like running water. Someone must be engaged. It's not Baoyu and your girl, who is that?"

Did Baoyu order Baochai?Xiren thought to himself.

Zijuan shook her head and said, "I don't know who it is, it's not Baoyu and my girl anyway!"

Of course she knew that it was Lin Daiyu who was going to be engaged to Bao Cong.The night before last, Lin Daiyu went to the old lady's place, and the old lady had already whispered.

It's just that she hasn't formally engaged in the end, so she won't tell others about it!

I don't know where Xiren heard the news, but he actually found out that she was here.

Xiren didn't get the exact news from Zijuan, so he went back to Rongguo Mansion with anxiety.

Baoyu was still like a child, worrying about Jia Zheng urging him to study.

Next year's imperial examination, Bao Cong is going to take part in Qiu Wei.Jia Zheng remembered that he also had an eldest son, Baoyu, who hadn't even passed the exam for a scholar!

Therefore, Jia Zheng called Baoyu into the study and reprimanded him, ordering him to study hard so that he could go back to his hometown in Jinling next year to take the exam for a scholar.

Baoyu doesn't dislike studying now, but he still hates to take the imperial examination, and even more hates to be an official in the court in the future!

Studying is for cultivating temperament and for the joy of life, so why does the master insist on forcing him to take the imperial examination?

Baoyu sighed deeply, threw down the Four Books and Five Classics in disgust, and casually took an idle book from the shelf to read.I turned it over, but was stunned. It turned out to be a Buddhist story.

He didn't know when, but he randomly found it and put it on the bookshelf.

Baoyu turned over and looked in for a while.

Anyway, he just doesn't want to read the Four Books and Five Classics, and he just doesn't want to take the imperial examination!

In the golden autumn of October, the Jia Mansion is decorated with lanterns and festoons, which are arranged early in the morning.

Jia Zheng is Baocong's parent, and Jia's mother is Lin Daiyu's elder.

For Bao Cong and Lin Daiyu, they got together the Geng Tie. Knowing that it was auspicious, they ordered someone to carry the engagement ceremony from the main gate of Rongguo Mansion, around the street with gongs and drums, and carried it into the Xiaoxiang Hall of the Grand View Garden according to the engagement ceremony.

Lin Daiyu returned the gift again. Baocong got a set of inner clothes, shoes and socks that she made herself. Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang all had shoes and socks to wipe their foreheads and so on.

Everyone in the house went to Mrs. Jia Muwang and Lin Daiyu to congratulate her. Only Baoyu heard the beating of gongs and drums at home, and asked Xiren ignorantly, "What's the happy event at home? It's so lively!"

Xiren brought tea in with a smile, and said, "It's the third master and Miss Lin who are engaged. Baoyu, I heard that not long ago, the old lady and the wife will also find a marriage for you. I got married in front of my grandfather. I don't know what kind of character our Second Grandma Bao will be..."

Xiren hadn't finished speaking, but Baoyu's face was pale, and he suddenly covered his chest and spurted out a big mouthful of blood!