In the flower hall of Rongqingtang,

Mother Jia was happy that her daughter had returned safely, so she asked her two daughters-in-law and Wang Xifeng to play cards with her.

Under the hint of Yuanyang, Wang Xifeng kept letting the water go, which made the old lady very happy to win.

When the flower hall was busy, Jia Lian and Baoyu walked in under the guidance of the maid.

Baoyu saw the old lady playing cards and immediately ran over to help with advice.

Jia Mu asked Jia Lian, "Lian'er, have you seen your aunt?"

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "I see, my aunt said thank you to the old lady for the reward."

Jia Mu: "Where's Brother Yun? Is he still satisfied with the parrot?"

Before Jia Lian could answer, Baoyu interjected: "Brother Lin is just a nerd. He doesn't want a maid as good as Ying Ge."

When Jia Mu heard this, the smile on her face immediately disappeared.

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Ancestor, don't get me wrong, brother Yun wanted to give the parrot to sister Yu'er. Later, my aunt said that this was not appropriate, so he accepted the parrot."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Baoyu, your elder brother Lin has some good things for his sister to pick first. This is brother-sister friendship."

Baoyu thought to herself: "It's obvious that he wants to flatter my aunt. If it were me, I would never give away a maid as outstanding as Yingge. However, if Sister Lin wants it, I'll still give it to her."

At this time, Baoyu thought of Huamei again, and smiled at Jiamu and said: "Old ancestor, I saw Sister-in-law Lai gave a little maid to her aunt today. She looked very good-looking. If Sister Lin hadn't fallen in love with that girl, I would have

Want to come over."

Mrs. Wang frowned slightly when she heard this. Just as she was about to ask about the matter, Jia Mu said happily: "Lai Da's wife told me about this matter. Grandma Lai picked two top-notch girls and gave one to Min'er.

The other one was sent to me. Since Min'er gave the magpie to Yu'er, I will reward this one with the jade."

Baoyu was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly asked: "Old ancestor, where is he? Let me take a look."

Jia Mu: "Why are you in a hurry? People won't run away. Let me stay here for a while. Once the rules are established, it won't be too late to go to your house."

Baoyu looked behind Jia Mu, and sure enough he saw a little maid in her teens standing behind Yuanyang. Although her appearance was not as good as that of a magpie, it was not much different.

The girl also secretly looked at Baoyu and saw that he was also sizing her up. The little girl hurriedly lowered her head, her pretty pink face looking as shy as rouge.

Baoyu was so excited when he saw it that he wished he could take it back to his ancestors immediately and take it with him to compare with Sister Lin's magpie another day.

Just when Baoyu was thinking about how to be coquettish to the old lady and was about to pass her thrush, he suddenly heard Jia Lian say: "Old ancestor, before my grandson came back, I heard that Brother Yun went to Yichen Academy."

"Yichen Academy?"

Jia's mother was a little confused when she heard this. She hid in the house all day long with her grandchildren and didn't know much about the outside world.

Wang Xifeng asked curiously: "Is Yichen Academy a place for studying?"

Jia Lian: "I heard that Yichen Academy was established by the emperor's predecessors. Those who can pass the exam will most likely be named on the gold medal list in the future."

When Baoyu heard this, he immediately became unhappy. He hugged Jiamu's arm and said coquettishly: "Old ancestor, I heard that my aunt sent perfume yesterday. Can you reward me with a box?"

Jia Mu nodded and said with a smile: "It just so happens that it's useless for me to ask for it. Yuanyang, go and get a box for Baoyu to take back and play with."

"Yes, old lady."

Yuanyang naturally understood Baoyu's thoughts. She hurriedly waved to Baoyu and led him to get the perfume.

Mrs. Wang's face became even worse. She looked at Jia Lian coldly and thought to herself: "Lian'er must be suffering from hysteria. He knows that the old lady doesn't like hearing this the most, so why does he insist on mentioning it in front of everyone?" , could it be that my sister-in-law asked him to carry it?"

Jia Lian knew that if he said those words, the old lady would definitely be dissatisfied, but he was forced to have no choice. The aunt over there asked him to come back and say this, and he didn't dare not listen.

Comparing the two sides, he felt that even if the old lady was unhappy, she would not care about him. As for his wife, she was naturally not as close as her aunt.

Seeing the strange expressions on her siblings' faces, Mrs.

When Jia Mu heard this, she became angry. She shouted at Jia Lian: "I asked you to run an errand. What are you going to do when you come back with these useless things? Go back and have a rest."

"Grandson, please leave."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, he walked out of the flower hall without looking back.

Jia Mu stood up and said, "I'm tired today, so you can all leave."

Mrs. Wang was feeling upset when she heard the sound and stood up. After bowing to Jia Mu, she took her maid and mother-in-law to say goodbye and left.

Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng also left one after another.

At this time, Yuanyang sent Baoyu away and came back and asked: "Old lady, why don't you play anymore?"

Jia Mu said thoughtfully: "Lian'er said such words, how can you let me play with you?"

Yuanyang smiled and said: "It's just an interview at the academy, not admission. Besides, even if you are admitted, you may not be able to go to high school."

Jia Mu: "You don't understand, that's not what I'm worried about."

"What do you mean, old lady?"

Jia Mu waved her hand to let all the maids and wives in the room go out, and then asked Yuanyang: "Why do you think my aunt asked Lian'er to come back and mention this matter?"

Yuanyang asked in surprise: "The old lady suspects that my aunt told Master Lian what she said?"

"With Lian'er's courage, would he dare to mention it in front of me without my aunt's instructions?"

Yuanyang then started to think seriously. She thought for a while and said, "Could it be that my aunt wants to persuade the old lady to let Mr. Bao go to school?"

"It must be so."

Jia Mu said affirmatively, and then sighed: "Why don't I want Baoyu to go to school? It's just that with his temperament, even if he goes to school, he will probably do it perfunctorily. If he is seduced by the boys outside, Now, how can I live?"

Yuanyang didn't dare to take the next step now. According to her opinion, at Baoyu's age, it is only right that she should go out to study. Unexpectedly, Brother Yun in Lin's family has become a scholar, and her aunt wants him to go to the academy to study. .

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Besides, Wang Xifeng returned to her small courtyard and asked Ping'er who came out, "Is the second master in the house?"

Ping'er: "I was just called by my wife. I don't know why."

Wang Xifeng walked into the house, took off her purple fur cloak, and said angrily: "I don't know what kind of hysteria he has today, but he actually mentioned studying in front of the old lady. Even the master can't say this, and he wants to force it." Come forward?"

Ping'er took the cloak and handed it to the maid next to him, then took the tea cup from another little maid, handed it to Wang Xifeng and said, "What on earth is going on?"

Wang Xifeng sat down on the warm kang and sent all the maids and wives out. Then while drinking tea, she introduced to Ping'er what happened in the flower hall.

After hearing this, Ping'er wondered: "Second Master is not a nosy person. What's wrong with him today?"

Wang Xifeng: "Now that I think about it, it was probably our aunt who asked him to say that."

Ping'er became even more confused now. She hurriedly asked: "Don't you know that the old lady doesn't like to hear this?"

Wang Xifeng said angrily: "I usually see you as quite clever, but why are you saying stupid things today? They are mother and daughter. How can a daughter not understand her mother's thoughts?"

Ping'er said coquettishly: "Since you know it, why does my aunt insist on our second master saying it and making the old lady unhappy?"

Wang Xifeng: "This is what I don't understand. It should be said that whether Baoyu goes to school or not depends on the old lady, the master and his wife. It's not her aunt's turn to take charge."

"Yes, if my aunt interferes with Baoyu's studies, how will my wife deal with herself?"

Wang Xifeng frowned, thinking about it again and again but couldn't figure out what Jia Min was thinking.

At this moment, Jia Lian walked in from the door with a depressed look.

When Wang Xifeng saw it, she immediately gloated and said with a smile: "Did you get scolded by your wife? You deserve it."

Jia Lian sat down on the kang and said to Ping'er: "What are you still waiting for? Go and bring me a cup of tea."

Ping'er heard the sound and hurriedly went out to ask the little maid to make tea. As soon as she left, Wang Xifeng said jokingly to Jia Lian: "Second Master has become more and more temperamental recently. Could it be that he learned it from Brother Yun."

Jia Lian: "It would be great if I had his methods. You don't know that my aunt has such a stern temper, but she always talks kindly to Brother Yun."

Wang Xifeng said with disdain: "Isn't he just good at flattering? What kind of skill is this?"

"You know what the heck, Brother Yun once rescued Sister Yu'er from being attacked by several assassins on his way to the capital. Otherwise, he would be so loved by his aunt."

Wang Xifeng said in surprise: "You are not mistaken, isn't he a scholar? How can he still fight with assassins?"

Jia Lian: "This is what Qian Cong, the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, told me. Brother Yun was hit by two bullets when he tried to save his cousin, and he almost died."

At this time, Ping'er walked in with a tea cup. When she heard Jia Lian's words, she was also surprised and said: "I can't believe that Uncle Lin's nephew is so bloody."

Wang Xifeng: "Let me tell you, why did the old lady give the parrot to Brother Yun? It turns out the root lies here."

Ping'er suddenly remembered and asked Jia Lian: "Second Master, have you settled on the perfume sale?"

Jia Lian: "Brother Yun said that he would discuss it with me in detail some other time, and it will probably work out. However, it's hard to say how many shares we can take."

Wang Xifeng asked anxiously: "Isn't it half half for one person?"

Jia Lian said speechlessly: "What are you thinking? Our aunt is the major shareholder, and you still want half of it?"

"Well,"

Wang Xifeng was speechless now. She could still think about arguing with others, but she wouldn't dare to beat her to death if she argued with her aunt.

Ping'er: "As long as I can participate in the stock, that perfume is so tempting. I wish I could buy a bottle when I saw it."

Jia Lian suddenly remembered, "Ping'er, when I came back, my aunt gave me two more boxes of perfume. I will give you one box later."

Ping'er said happily: "Thank you, Second Master."

Wang Xifeng asked with a jealous smile: "Second Master, give one box to Ping'er, and who do you plan to give the other box to?"

Jia Lian smiled and said, "I gave it to you, so it's useless for me to keep it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a maid shouting outside the door: "Second Master, the young man came in to report that my aunt sent someone to deliver a message, saying that the young nephew over there has been admitted to the academy, and asked you to report the good news to the old lady."

"ah!"

Jia Lian's head got dizzy when he heard it, and he thought to himself: "This perfume is really hot to hold."
Chapter completed!