Red Mansions Are Floating Clouds

But when she heard the words "a well-deserved reputation", she really thought she was famous, and the corners of her mouth turned up, but she didn't know that Daiyu was just talking casually

Everyone praised, and Niu Qianqian said, "For the sake of fairness, how about we take it to the main room later and let the ladies judge?" Without waiting for everyone to answer, he said in Xichun's direction, "Jia Miss Si, don't you dare to come to draw anymore?" His chin was raised, with a haughty look

Xichun stood up, walked around Niu Qianqian and the fat cousin beside her, walked to the table, spread out the paper, and started to draw. Using only two colors of ink and cinnabar, the prototype was drawn in a blink of an eye, it was a plum tree The branches of the tree, dotted with half-opened and half-closed petals, seem to be part of the bonsai on the shelf. Even better, the plum blossoms in the painting seem to bloom in a fairyland, with a sense of ethereal and emptiness. It is Ling Shuang who highlights plum blossoms, but Xichun paints plum blossoms as something out of the world. This kind of transcendent state is not for everyone.

Daiyu saw that the picture of plum blossoms would undoubtedly win, so she ignored Niu Qianqian's ugly face, picked up the two pictures and said with a smile: "That's great, neither picture is signed, why don't we take it to the main room now?"

Niu Qianqian gritted her teeth, her face turned blue, after all she didn't speak and Tanchun just smiled secretly. Niu Qianqian's cousin had already lowered her head, and Baochai saw that no one was talking, so she hurriedly laughed and said, "Sister Lin is really serious, she's just joking." That's all, why bother the ladies?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Sister Bao, what's the rush? Madams are well-informed, and they can point out the shortcomings after looking at the paintings. It will be of great benefit to the fourth sister and Sister Twist." Turning to Niu Qianqian, "Isn't it, sister twist?"

Niu Qianqian's face was contorted, and after a while Daiyu squeezed out the word "yes", and Daiyu giggled, already holding the drawing out

Tanchun followed closely behind, Yingchun and the young lady from the Wang family in Xi'an County, Xichun also went out with a faint smile, Niu Qianqian looked at Wang Linglong who was still playing with some toys, hesitated for a while, and went out too

Holding the two paintings, Daiyu walked lightly to Mother Jia, holding up the paintings and smiling, "Which one did Grandmother say was the best?"

Seeing Daiyu's blushing face, Jia Mu's eyes lit up with excitement, she smiled and said, "Where's the painting from?" , "These two paintings are generally good, but I can't tell the difference between good and bad." Daiyu laughed again and said, "I'm afraid it wasn't your painting?"

Daiyu just smiled and said, "Grandmother can just say which one is better."

Mother Jia vaguely guessed what was going on, so she shook her head and said, "Why don't the three wives comment on it?"

Amber took the painting and showed it to Mrs. Zhen Guogong first. Mrs. Niu knew that one of them must be a masterpiece of her daughter without looking at it. When she looked closely, the rich and noble peony picture was more like her daughter's handwriting, so she smiled and said: " I don’t know much about painting, but seeing this peony painting is lively and gorgeous, it’s just to my liking.” After reading it, I handed it to the fourth wife of Xi’an County Prince who was sitting at the bottom of her head.

The fourth wife was born in a scholarly family, and she immediately fell in love with the plum blossom painting, which is proud but not arrogant, and the flowers are delicate and beautiful, which can only be drawn by the daughter of the boudoir, so she praised: "This plum blossom painting is really unique. , I have never seen such a painting of plum blossoms before."

Amber took it to Wang Ziteng's wife. Mrs. Wang looked at it carefully, nodded and said: "I like this plum blossom too."

When Niu Qianqian came in, he just heard it, and his complexion became even more complicated, and he stood still at the door

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang looked at it and said that they are equally good

Xichun got two votes, so naturally the winner was happy to welcome Spring and Tanchun. Seeing Niu Qianqian's expression, Daiyu changed the subject and said, "Uncle hasn't let my second brother back yet, so he must be having lunch in the outer courtyard, right?"

Jia's mother was also worried about Baoyu from time to time, and when she heard the words, she ordered, "Huber, go and ask a boy to pass on my words. Don't let the master wrong Baoyu, and don't scare Baoyu."

Then a maid came in and said that the meal was ready, and asked where it was placed in the front hall.

Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife still has a baby boy who is a few months old. She is the only boy who was born with great difficulty. She really couldn't sit down. Then he left, Wang Linglong did not forget to order the servant girl to take the tea set. Mrs. Wang Ziteng gave Daiyu a gift in return after returning.

Baoyu came back in the evening and heard that there was such a lively event in the morning. Still took it away, Xichun was grateful to Daiyu for standing out for her, so she gave the painting to Daiyu, Baoyu took the painting and couldn't put it down, pestering Daiyu to lend it to him for a few days Daiyu knew that the painting was definitely made of meat buns The dog never returned, and when he wanted to refuse, he thought about it again, and gave it to Baoyu. Baoyu is a master who can't hide leftover steamed buns in the doghouse. To show off, all his cronies and friends knew this story, Xichun accidentally stepped on Niu Qianqian's head and became a talented woman with some fame

Jia Lian and Sister Feng were having a bit of a headache. The rumors of visiting relatives were probably true, but the money in the public house was really running out, and the rent that was supposed to be paid at the end of the year had already been collected in advance. These days, the two houses are full of guests. Like Yun Lai, these empty activities cost a lot of money, and now they say they want to build a provincial house, but there is no such thing as two or three million silver. Looking at the books, both of them have no choice

Mrs. Wang has long known about Gong Zhongyin’s eating money, because during her housekeeping period, it was normal to sell the Zhuangzi’s shop for expenses. The money from the public office was put into his own pocket in different ways, so that when the public office had no profit, he conveniently handed over the power of housekeeping to Sister Feng. It's ridiculous that Sister Feng would rather sell her dowry and stick to being a housekeeper without knowing her Dear aunt threw her into the pit long ago

Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, and Sister Feng were at Jiamu's place that day, so Sister Feng took the opportunity to tell Jiamu about it. Jiamu was leaning on the couch, closing her eyes and resting. After all retreated for a long time, Mother Jia broke the silence and said: "The family visit is a once-in-a-lifetime grace. For the sake of the empress, we must build a garden."

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As soon as everyone heard Jia Mu saying that they were going to build a garden, they fell silent.

Mother Jia looked at the two daughters-in-law, one of her eyes was swaying like a guilty conscience, the other's eyes were slightly closed, she counted the rosary in her hand, and sneered in her heart

Jia Mu said again: "This is a major event for the clan. Let the patriarch and the elder master and the second master be invited to discuss it." The little girl standing below hurriedly went out to spread the word.

When everyone arrived, Jia Mu said in a deep voice: "It's a big event for the whole clan to visit the mother, so the patriarch should be the first to speak."

Jia Zhen laughed and said: "The old ancestor's words really upset the younger generation, but the younger generation only obeys the old ancestor's orders."

Mother Jia nodded slowly, and said: "In that case, then I will rely on the old to sell the old. It is a royal grace for the mother to visit the relatives. It has never been done in the past dynasties. Now the noble concubine Wu Guifei's family has begun to build a relatives' hospital. Of course, our family also To build a garden, please let the empress go home and have a look, so that I can show my loyalty to the court."

After hearing this, Jia Zhen nodded her head repeatedly, and said with a smile: "What the ancestors said is that it is a big honor for a concubine to visit relatives. Concubine Wu Gui's family is just a nouveau riche, how can they compare with the concubine?"

Jia amnesty and Jia Zheng also agreed to build a family-friendly house. Jia Zheng is a pedantic person. Since Yuanchun was promoted to a virtuous concubine, and the emperor issued an order to invite relatives to visit, he deeply felt the greatness of the emperor's grace. Therefore, even though Baoyu was often reprimanded for being extravagant, at this time, he wished to build a palace in the sky to receive his concubine's relatives.

Jia's mother said: "How much money do you still have in the public?" This was asked by Jia She. Although Ningrong and Rongfu are of the same clan, they are two families. Jia She is now the nominal head of Rongfu.

Normally, Jia She only knew how to buy a concubine with money, but he handed over the power of housekeeping to Jia Lian. "Go back to the ancestors, and now there is 12 taels of silver in the account." After finishing speaking, he sneaked a peek at Jia Mu

Jia Mu asked, "Don't talk about the account, but how much is the cash?"

Jia Lian whispered: "There are less than 4 taels..."

Jia Mu glanced at him, and said for a while, "Is the rent at the end of the year included?"

Jia Lian had no choice but to say yes.

Mother Jia didn't expect Rongguo Mansion to fall so far, and she was ready to vent her anger. She looked at her elder son, Jia She, who was described as wretched with white beard and hair, and then her second son, Jia Zheng, who seemed to be in disbelief. Slowly swallow this anger

Now that Yuanchun has been promoted to the concubine position, if he can give birth to a little prince, with the support of the Jinling family and the assistance of these old nobles, he will not have a great future. to receive this great blessing

Everyone thought that Mother Jia was about to get angry, but they heard Mother Jia slowly say: "The plan for now is to find a way to raise money. I still have 40 yuan in my private house, which is stored in Yude Bank. Now it is a bit bulky to take it out." The gold utensils I bought are my dowry, and they don’t look good anymore, so I secretly took them to the south and sold them, don’t let anyone know.”

Jia Zheng was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "Mother, if you want your mother to sell the dowry, wouldn't it be unfilial for the son?"

Jia Mu sighed: "Everything is dead, and it will come back when it goes. Besides, my things will be yours in the future, but sooner or later." After that, she just looked at Mrs. Wang

Under pressure, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to say: "I only have 3 taels of private house, so let's take it all out."