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

Baocong looked through the box, most of them were ordinary, and there were many flaws, only occasionally a few pieces were better, a large box was full, but few of them were suitable.

Seeing that Bao Cong was not satisfied, Wu Hui was a little embarrassed, and said, "Young master, it's not that you don't do your best, it's because you really don't have much money at home. Just this box, my father spent three liang of silver to buy it." of."

When Bao Cong heard this, he scolded himself for being negligent.

He didn't spend money at home, but he asked Wu Hui to go out to find things, but he forgot to give him money.

Baocong said to Wu Hui, "It's not your fault. You did a good job in this matter. I was negligent. I should have given you the money first." Then he recruited a young man and told him to go to the second gate to send a message to the inner court. , "Ask Xiren to give me 20 taels of silver, I want to use it here."

The boy went for a long time, but he came empty-handed, and said: "Master Bao San, Sister Xiren came here in person with 20 taels of silver, and is waiting at the second door!"

Seeing that the boy didn't go to bring the silver, but Xiren came in person, Bao Cong knew that Xiren was worried.He didn't scold the boy either, but asked Wu Hui to go to Ermen's place with him carrying the big wooden box.

When they arrived at the second gate, the attacker was holding a handkerchief and walking back and forth anxiously, while Sheyue was holding a small brocade box.

Seeing that Baocong came with a familiar boy, Xiren pulled Sheyue back a few steps and hid behind the pillar.Bao Cong followed and asked her for money.

Xiren glanced at Wu Hui and asked, "Who is that boy? Why do you want so much money? Don't be deceived by those black-hearted boys!"

Bao Cong laughed, waved his hands and said, "No, that's my grandma brother. I asked him to find something outside for me the other day, but I forgot to give him money." The small brocade box was opened to have a look, and sure enough there were four small silver ingots of five taels.

The attacker is still worried.Then he muttered: "What are you looking for? There is nothing in the house. What do you want? I will go back to Second Mistress tomorrow, and Second Mistress will definitely buy it for you."

Baocong remembered that the box of stones had come, and beckoned Sheyue to bring it to Wu Hui, "Sheyue, ask someone to move this box of stones back to my house, and no one is allowed to move it, not even Baoyu."

Musk Moon opened the big wooden box and saw that it was really a pile of messy stones, and exclaimed: "What is the third young master looking for these stones for?"

I used to compete with Baoyu for purple jade rabbits to play, but now that I don't have that thing, I don't want to find any good ones anymore, I want to play with these dusty things.Looking at the smile on Yan Baocong's face, She Yue suddenly felt that he was as dumb as a stone.

Baocong didn't reply to Sheyue's words, but said kindly to Xiren: "Sister Feng is busy there, I don't bother to bother her looking for these little things." Suddenly, he thought that he still lacked something, so he said: "There is really a grandma Brother can't find something, I drew a blueprint later, you give it to Sister Feng, let her send someone to make a set for me."

Xiren naturally nodded yes, and watched with concern as Bao Cong gave Wu Hui 20 taels of silver, saying that five taels of it would be rewarded to his family, and the other 15 taels would be used to find more uncarved jade of various colors.

Wu Hui took the reward and went back happily all the way.But Xiren was still persuading Baocong: "You ask people to do things, why don't you find someone who is old and sensible? Although he is your baby brother, but he is young after all. If you cheat, it will be in vain for those bad guys."

Before Baocong could speak, Sheyue smiled: "Sister Xiren is too worried, right? I think that kid is honest and honest. Although he is young, he is older than us and can run errands. "

When Musk Moon saw that Wu Hui was fairly upright, with a respectful smile on his face, she felt that he was a good person, so she helped to speak.

But in fact, he was right, Wu Hui was one year older than Bao Cong, so he could have been a serious errand in the front yard long ago.Because he is the son of Mrs. Wu, in fact, he has already been assigned to Baocong with the order.Only Baocong is in the inner courtyard, so Wu Hui is not very useful.

But even though Bao Cong didn't need it, no one else dared to order Wu Hui to do chores.

After all, Xiren was still worried, and sighed: "How do you know the danger outside." So a strong woman was asked to carry the wooden box, and She Yue followed Bao Cong back to Jiamu's back room.

Back in the back room, everyone was curious when they saw the wooden box, but lost interest when they opened it and saw all kinds of rough jade.

Bao Cong is still precious, so let the wooden box be put in his room.When he got to the house, he saw that there was only his own bed inside, and there was a small round table for tea in the outer room, so he was dissatisfied.

So he went around the whole back room, chose the small cubicle next to the small study, and moved the wooden box there, and he repeatedly asked everyone not to enter the cubicle easily.

The maids responded one after another on the face, but they laughed and talked more behind their backs. When everyone saw Baocong, they felt that he was getting more and more dull, not at all worse than Baoyu.

Nowadays, there are also those who like gold and stone seal carving, and simple carving tools are available.It's just that the set that Baocong wants is more complete and more detailed.Moreover, his hands are small and tender, and he is not good at handling grown-up tools, so he drew his own drawings and asked Xiren to take them to Wang Xifeng to make a set that is exactly the same.

Although it's a busy New Year's Eve, Wang Xifeng has to be strong, and he has to take care of things as small as a sesame seed.And when Bao Cong came to ask for something, Wang Xifeng naturally took care of it, and ordered someone to make a set of huanghuali wood early on and send it to him.

Baocong was happy to get the tool, so he didn't hang out with Baoyu and the maids anymore, but just burrowed into the compartment by himself to look at the stones.

The first thing to come out is the first yellow and white beeswax, each of which is about the size of a fingernail.

A few days ago, Baozheng had slightly sanded the edges and corners of the outer skin with sandpaper.Now that I got the tools, I plan to use the nail hammer to pass through a few pieces of beeswax, and then hold it in my hand to play with it, and ask the girl to weave a red string on it, just to make a bracelet.

Don't look at the yellow and white inside of these beeswax balls, when they are made into bracelets and worn on people's bodies, soaked in human sweat and body odor all year round, it will become more and more transparent and crystal clear, similar to good jade.

Baocong hasn't carved for a long time, and his hands are already a little raw.But piercing the beeswax through the heart is just a small craft, but I found a smooth feeling after a few strokes.

When a piece of beeswax was ready, Bao Cong picked it up and put it in front of his eyes to see if it was straight inside, but he saw something strange after seeing it.

I saw a few words written on the little beeswax: "Health +1".

Bao Cong was stunned when he saw it, he had been an ancient person for several months, and a simplified number suddenly appeared, almost startling him!

Rubbing his eyes and looking again, the word was still there, so Bao Cong rubbed it with his fingers.It was confirmed under the touch that there is no engraving on the beeswax, and the words may be floating on it.

"Okay, okay, I've traveled through it all, and there are also wood and stone alliances from past and present lives here. It's a strange place, and it's normal to have any strange things." Bao Cong patted his small chest, comforting himself.

After accepting the strange thing, he was calm, and he became curious again.So I took the remaining small beeswax and put them in front of my eyes to look at them one by one, but none of the remaining ones had that superficial word.

Bao Cong thought for a while, then used a small hammer to pierce the beeswax through the heart, and then looked intently in front of his eyes, and saw "health +1" again.

"So that's the case, why is it similar to refining equipment in a game?" Bao Cong muttered happily, and since then he has been working hard to refine it even more happily.

On the day of the new year, when the ancestral hall offered sacrifices, Baocong didn't know the ancient etiquette, so he just did what Baoyu did, as long as he didn't lose his manners.

Afterwards, big and small gathered around Jia Mu to talk and eat melons and fruits. They played and played until the Lantern Festival, and each family invited them to drink. The bustle continued until the first month of the lunar year.

After Jia Zheng was busy socializing, he met many young talents from other families, so he thought of his sons at home.So just over two months old, he urged Baoyu to go to the front yard to check his homework.

Baoyu played for a long time, but he still couldn't remember the previous homework. He was afraid that Jia Zheng would scold him, so he pestered Jia's mother and said that he wanted to talk to her.Of course Jia's mother is a treasure. She holds Baoyu and doesn't call.

Seeing Baoyu's crooked appearance of a girl's family, Jia Zheng felt more and more that other people's children were good, but he was so angry that he couldn't do anything about it.

Seeing that Baoyu refused to go, Baocong wanted to go.

In this ancient feudal society, only merit in the imperial examinations is the right way.

In a mansion like the Jia family, now only Jia pardoned the prince, Jia Zheng became a fifth-rank member who was not embarrassed, Baoyu refused to take the imperial examination, Jialan was small, and the rest had nothing to support the family business .

Regardless of whether the house will be ransacked in the future, it will not be ransacked. After Jia's mother passes away, the family that has lived for several generations will not be able to keep it.

After much deliberation, although Bao Cong felt that he was not smart in reading, he had to pay more attention to the imperial examination.Fortunately, he is mature in mind and learns better than those children.

Jia Zheng had long believed that Bao Cong was dull, and didn't want to spend time and energy teaching him how to read, so he sent a disciple who only had a bowl of water to teach him.

Bao Cong didn't dislike it either, so he quickly finished a few enlightenment books, learned to practice calligraphy, and then began to read "Four Books".

Seeing that Bao Cong was so smart, the doorman naturally praised and flattered Jia Zheng from time to time.Little did he know that Jia Zheng had a prejudice in his heart, and he only thought that the diners were falsely flattering him, and he didn't take it seriously.

Seeing that there was no reward for teaching Baocong to study, the latter disciple spent some money on his own, found a serious position under Jia Zheng and left.

Bao Cong was worried that the guest was not knowledgeable enough, and the lectures were rigid and boring, so it was just right to leave.He himself found a gentleman among Jia Zheng's followers to teach him to read.

The doorman was Ruan Zhongwen, who was originally from a poor family. He had read a lot of books, and finally got a job in the examination, but because he refused to do anything, he was denied an official position for a long time.Later, he offended some nobles, so he voted for Jia Zheng to be a guest here, seeking asylum.

He didn't usually go to Jia Zheng's side, only occasionally offered some useful ideas, and he was kind and upright.

Ruan Zhongwen was originally impatient with teaching, but his family was increasingly struggling with more money and less income, and it happened that Bao Cong begged Jia Zheng to promise a generous amount of money, so he agreed.When the class officially started, seeing Bao Cong respecting the teacher, not only being smart, but also studying hard, I was happy.

So he tried his best to teach every day, and told him all kinds of difficult world situations. When he learned that Bao Cong wanted to take the imperial examination, he was pleasantly surprised and asked Jia Zheng to find a martial arts master to teach him some fists and feet to strengthen his body. .

In the past, when he took part in the imperial examination, because his family was poor and his body was weak, it took half his life to pass the examination.Now that he likes the little apprentice, he also wants to plan more comprehensively for Bao Cong.

Seeing Ruan Zhongwen thinking about him like this, Bao Cong felt that he was right at the beginning, and regarded him as a master even more.

In the front yard, Bao Cong studied and practiced martial arts every day, but Bao Yu studied with Jia Zheng but spent three days fishing and two days drying nets.Fearing that Jia Zheng would test his homework, he would often call himself sick and avoid laziness, pestering Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang to be tired of acting like a baby.

Jia's mother only said that at the beginning Jia Zhu was exhausted because of being forced to study, but now she is naturally reluctant to bear Baoyu's hard work, and she always protects her.

By the way, she felt sorry for Bao Cong's hard work, and wanted to ask him to play with Bao Yu in the inner courtyard, but Bao Cong was getting stronger every day, and insisted on getting up early every day to go to the front yard to fight with some martial arts master.

It doesn't matter if the boys are skinnier, the ancestors of Jia's family also had military exploits, since Bao Cong is not good at studying, it is better to practice martial arts more, so that he won't be bullied by others in the future, so Jia's mother rested her thoughts in the inner courtyard.