[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

"Grandma sincerely worships, and the Bodhisattva will bless you. There is an old lady in our place. She is more than 90 years old this year. She eats fast and recites Buddha every day. Who knows, she moved Guanyin Bodhisattva. She came to dream at night and said: 'You are so devout, you should never be born again. Yes, now I’m playing the Jade Emperor, I’ll give you a grandson.” It turned out that the old lady only had one son, and this son only had one son, and she finally raised her until she was seventeen or eighteen, and died, crying like something. I got one, who is only thirteen or fourteen years old this year, born like a snow ball, and very smart. It can be seen that there are such gods and Buddhas."

This remark really fit the concerns of Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng, and even Mrs. Wang listened to it. Aunt Xue kept asking, but it was true. Grandma Liu naturally assured her again and again. Only Madam Xing curled her lips when she heard this, she didn't seem to care, but the girl next to her saw her like this, and secretly tugged at her sleeve, Madam Xing hurriedly straightened her face, and her face He forced a smile on his face.

But still a little stiff, fortunately, Jia Mu and the others knew what she was like, so they didn't care about her, they just pretended they couldn't see her.

"Although Grandma Liu is a savage, she was born with some knowledge. Besides, she is old and experienced in the world. She is happy to see Mother Jia." speaking.

But Baoyu and other sisters felt bored after listening to it for a while, so they dragged Wang Yue to a small compartment behind Jiamu's main room to talk by themselves.

This cubicle is not big, only a few chairs and a soft couch. It was originally a resting place for the maids and women serving in Mother Jia's room, but it was later changed to be for Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Mrs. Xing, and Wang Xifeng and other daughters-in-law who came to serve as a place to rest.

Sometimes their brothers and sisters are impatient to stay in front, so they hide here for a while, and those maids and women will not bother them if they know the opportunity.

"Brother Yue, how many years have you studied painting?"

As soon as she entered the room, Xichun couldn't wait to ask, and Wang Yue said: "I started learning to draw when I was six years old, and it has been two years now."

"Two years?" Xichun exclaimed, and looked at each other with the other sisters, and they all saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Two years is just laying the foundation for painting, but brother Yue's painting skills have already entered the room , After a few more years of experience, you may not be called a master.

But only two years!These sisters are not the kind of illiterate women who believe that no talent is virtue, not to mention being called a talented woman, but they are also proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and painting is even urinating. They are all very talented, and they study hard. Although their drawing skills are not amazing, they are far superior to ordinary people, but compared with Brother Yue, they can only be called ordinary.

Now all the sisters can't help but agree with what Xichun said before, some things really need talent.

A few people began to praise Wang Yue's talent again, Wang Yue hurriedly said a few words of modesty, but fortunately, a few people didn't care about this aspect, and even though they were not as good as Wang Yue in terms of painting skills, they were not as good in other aspects. It was much better than Wang Yue, and all of them were broad-minded, and there was no situation that Wang Yue was worried about.

Under Wang Yue's deliberate guidance, everyone changed the topic for a while, and everyone began to talk about poetry and songs. Although Wang Yue's poetry was not as good as theirs, he still knew how to appreciate it, so it was not a cold one.

While talking about not knowing what to do, the topic suddenly shifted to let Wang Yue also tell them stories.

Wang Yue couldn't refuse, so she lowered her head and thought for a while. He definitely knew more stories than anyone else in the room, but stories can't be told casually. They are too modern to understand or not, but he If you want to tell it and spread it, people outside are afraid that they will give him a ridiculous name.

So tell the ancient story.

Speaking of ancient ones, Wang Yue is of course most familiar with martial arts novels, but I can't talk about that either.If it was a man who listened to the martial arts story, he would not hesitate, but now it is a group of girls who are listening to the story, and they may not be willing to listen to the martial arts story.

Of course, Jia Baoyu is indeed a man, but his hobby is eating rouge, which is not something that ordinary men would have.

Martial arts novels are excluded, and of course love stories cannot be told. Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang are next door. If he dares to tell love stories to the girls of the Jia family here, he can guarantee that Mother Jia will definitely beat him with a stick. out!

After much deliberation, Wang Yue finally settled on the fate of the mirror flower. He didn't talk about the so-called Baihua Fairy betting with Chang'e, so that she was tricked by Chang'e Fairy and needed to go down to the world to travel and reborn as Tang Ao's daughter. He only said that during Wu Zetian's life A scholar named Tang Ao won the imperial examination. Just when Xu Jingye launched an army to attack Wu Zetian, a traitor framed Tang Ao, saying that he and Xu Jingye were sworn friends.

Tang Ao felt discouraged about his official career, so he went out to do business and travel with his wife and brother Lin Zhiyang.They traveled through more than 30 countries, and saw all kinds of strange people, strange things, strange customs and customs, such as the Black Tooth Country, the White Republic of China, the Shushi Country, the Two-Faced Country, and the Dog-Feng Country.

Jinghuayuan not only has a bizarre storyline, but also portrays outstanding characters. Tang Ao is quick-witted, kind-hearted and emphatic in love and righteousness. Lin Zhiyang is humorous and sincere. People think he is very cute.

Duo Jiugong is honest and simple, well-informed, knows everything about exotic flowers and plants, birds and beasts, and he can cure many diseases. Although he makes some mistakes occasionally, he can correct them even if he knows he made a mistake. I can't bear to be harsh.

The sisters and Baoyu couldn't help but listened intently, and even the maids and women who were waiting on the side stopped what they were doing and lay down at the door to listen.

After finally finishing a paragraph, the sisters wanted to urge him to continue, but they heard Jiamu's voice from outside the house, "Stop talking! Eat your lunch first, and listen later!"

Only then did everyone come to their senses, looked up and saw that it was already noon.A long time ago, maids and wives came up to say that the food in the kitchen is ready and whether they want to prepare the meal, but because Wang Yue's story is really good, not only the sisters were fascinated by it, but even the mother Jia and others in the outside room did not talk about it. Buddha story, just listen to Wang Yue's story.

During the meal, Grandma Liu and Wang Yue also joined the table, Wang Yue was fine, but Grandma Liu couldn't help but be surprised by the big fish and meat on the table, even though she was careful in every possible way during the meal, she was still rude, but fortunately, everyone Be considerate of her, and don't hold back and blame her for her faux pas.

Even Lin Daiyu, who said in the original book that Grandma Liu is a female locust, just frowned and didn't say anything sarcasm.

After dinner, Mother Jia arranged for Yuanyang to take Grandma Liu and Wang Yue to rest in the wing room. Mother Jia entered the room to rest for a while, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing also took the opportunity to go back to the room to rest, and the rest of Wang Xifeng went back to her room. Taking care of business while eating, Li Wan took their sisters and Baoyu back to the Grand View Garden.

"I only love the twelve flower fairies. They are all different from ordinary women. They are the real strange women. It would be great if I could get to know them!"

Just as Jia Baoyu left the door, she couldn't help but said, Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "They are certainly cute, but I love Tang Ao, who is so talented and kind! It's really rare!"

"What does he have..." Jia Baoyu was about to retort, but suddenly closed his mouth. He suddenly remembered that Uncle Lin seemed to be a Tanhualang back then, and he had many similarities with Tang Ao in person. Sister Lin liked Tang Ao, but I'm afraid It was because he remembered Uncle Lin.If he scolded Tang Ao, wouldn't it be the same as scolding Uncle Lin?

Afraid of saying the wrong thing and making sister Lin cry again, Jia Baoyu quickly closed his mouth, seeing him like this, and seeing Lin Daiyu's eyes a little red, everyone lowered their heads and thought about it and understood the reason, and immediately felt sympathy for Lin Daiyu.

But this kind of thing is not easy to persuade, the sisters looked at each other, and Tanchun said: "I love the daughter country, where men wear dresses and skirts as women to manage internal affairs; women wear boots and hats instead. As a man, in order to manage foreign affairs, it would be great if I could act like a man!"

This touched upon Tanchun's sadness again. Just now everyone wanted to change the subject to avoid Sister Lin's sadness, but they didn't want to make Tanchun sad again.

Seeing this, Li Wan played the role of sister-in-law, stood up and said: "It's so easy to be so happy for a while, what are you talking about those sad things! Everyone go back and have a good rest, and then call Brother Yue to tell us in the afternoon Tell the next story!"

The sisters hurriedly responded, stopped talking, and returned to their respective residences quietly all the way.