Chapter 13: Baoyu was pleased to receive the master's award, and Qingwen met the young man again
"Xiao Hong, go and ask around. Who injured Grandma Zheng today? Then tell your mother and let her take care of it."
"Xiaohong understands." Xiaohong listened to Qingwen's instructions and turned around to go out to do things.
Lin Zhixiao and his wife are the internal and external housekeepers of Rongguo Mansion, and are responsible for handling such matters in the mansion.
It was night, and the two women, who were assigned to work in Yihongyuan because of their girls, were each beaten twenty times and sent to pour night fragrance.
Among the three nuns in the courtyard, after Qingwen returned to Jia Mu and Sister Feng, she assigned Aunt Zheng to her own name, and her family members became members of her room.
The remaining two nuns were driven to other places to work.
A loyal servant is worth ten, but what is the use of a hundred unfaithful servants?
What Lin Qingwen wants is people like Aunt Zheng and Xiaohong who are loyal to her. Of course, she must be the most protective master.
The monk and the Taoist said that she was tormented by three thousand crazy men and resentful women in this mortal world. Could it be that she couldn't protect a few people in her house?
Recently, Qingwen had some free time, so she hurriedly made some more sachets.
As the weather gets hotter, there are more mosquitoes in the garden. Put mosquito repellent herbs in sachets and hang them on the tent to repel mosquitoes.
Qingwen and Xiaohong held the sachets and delivered them to the sisters' houses one by one.
When I walked to the gate of Yihongyuan, I happened to see Baoyu coming back with her eyebrows full of joy and steps as if she didn't recognize her relatives.
"Have you found a treasure? Why are you so happy?" Qingwen asked with a smile.
"Look, the master rewarded me!" Jia Baoyu grinned and handed a bunch of bright red fragrant beads to Qingwen to see, "This is a tribute from the Kingdom of Goryeo, doesn't it look good?"
A young boy who is taught under high pressure by his strict father all day long becomes extremely bright when he gets a little sunshine.
Qingwen joked: "In the past, when I saw you, I would either hit or scold you, and I never had a good tone. Why is this happening today? I won't hit you or scold you, but I still favor you?"
"The master is happy today!" Baoyu raised his long eyebrows and said with high spirits, "Today the master asked me about my book. Because I answered well, the master was happy and gave me this string of fragrant beads he just got."
"This is even more strange. Have you ever heard that your homework was praised by the master?" Qingwen also raised her eyebrows and asked in confusion.
"You don't know this, right? I was taught by an expert."
Baoyu smiled mysteriously, "Sister, do you still remember the two people who came out of the abbot's meditation room with me last time I went to Baiyun Temple?
The man in the blue gown is called Mu Nanfeng, and he is preparing to take the exam next year. He is completely different from the old scholars in the school. The "Four Books and Five Classics" which are just like chewing wax are much more interesting in his mouth.
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The question my master asked me in today's exam happened to be what he asked me that day. I answered it as he said, and my master praised me for making great progress. He seemed very happy.
I couldn't hold it in anymore, so I told him the truth. The master wrote a post with his own hand, asking me to ask Mr. Mu to come to the house to talk. I am going to the temple soon, will my sister be willing to come with me?"
"Go, of course I will accompany you." Lin Qingwen responded happily.
Baoyu went into the house and changed his clothes, grabbed two sachets from Qingwen's hand that had not yet been sent out, and then went out of the garden with Qingwen and Xiaohong.
At Baiyun Temple, Baoyu went to see Master Mu Nanfeng, while Qingwen took Xiaohong to see her own restaurant.
Passing through the lush bamboo forest, I saw Jia Yun leading people to clean up debris in the small courtyard.
Seeing them coming, Jia Yun glanced at Xiaohong with a smile, and then turned to Qingwen.
"Girl, this courtyard has seven or eight rooms in total. I don't know who has lived here before. It's very clean.
A small room is set aside for girls to rest when they come; another room is used as a kitchen; the rest may be divided into individual private rooms for guests to gather and talk, or they may be left as they are for individual guests to eat.
Just paint the walls, replace the curtains and curtains, put up tables and chairs, and all kinds of furnishings, and you're ready to open the business. Girl, look at it, okay?"
Qingwen thought for a while and thought it was okay, so she said: "Okay, I'll leave the affairs here to you. Try to make the decoration as elegant as possible. Do you think the money is enough? If not, I will raise more money."
"I think it's enough for the time being. The abbot is unwilling to ask for the rent of the house. He only said that if the business does well, just donate more sesame oil money to the temple."
"The old monk is thinking long-term," Qingwen said with a smile, "Let's just accept his kindness and repay it as soon as we make money."
Qingwen finished talking to Jia Yun and turned to leave.
Xiaohong and Jia Yun haven't seen each other for many days, and she wants them to talk.
But as soon as she turned around, she saw a young man standing behind her.
With a long body, tall phoenix eyes, and graceful appearance, isn't it Mr. Chen who was talking to Baoyu that day?
"Girl, it turns out that you want to open a restaurant in this courtyard? It's really strange! The girl from the Jia family actually went out to do business?" Mr. Chen's face was clear, but there was a lot of joking in his eyes.
"You are so rude! Our girl is the girl in everyone's boudoir, how can we talk to strangers outside casually?"
Xiaohong jumped in front of Qingwen and shouted angrily, completely ignoring that the noble man opposite didn't look like an ordinary person.
"You girls are not ordinary people. You have to meet so many men when doing business. What does it mean to say a few words to your foreigner at this time?" The sarcasm in the man's eyes was even more serious.
"you!"
Xiao Hong was so angry that she kept talking, "What's wrong with our girls' business? We are also serious ladies in business. Unlike you, you are neither yin nor yang. At first glance, you look like a scoundrel on the street."
"Am I neither yin nor yang? Am I a rogue?" Mr. Chen pointed at the tip of his nose and laughed dumbly.
"Xiaohong, why are you arguing with him?"
Qingwen stopped Xiaohong from talking anymore and said seriously, "Master, what does it have to do with you whether my daughter does business or not? If the master can get used to it, he will come to my daughter's restaurant to support him. If he doesn't understand it, just pretend that he doesn't.
If you see it, go away."
After Qingwen finished speaking, she turned around and left. Unexpectedly, a strange light slowly appeared in the eyes of the man behind her.
In the backyard dormitory, Mu Nanfeng happened to bring Baoyu out.
The sharp-eyed Qingwen saw at a glance that he had more items on his body than before. Baoyu gave him her sachet embroidered with orchids.
In this era, sachets, handkerchiefs, etc. are extremely private, and it is not easy for women to give such things to men easily.
Lin Qingwen gouged out Baoyu. It was really not a good habit to give people random things. No wonder Daiyu cried hard because of this.
Baoyu smiled innocently, seeming to realize that what he did was not very authentic.
"Brother Nanfeng Xiebao presented a mosquito repellent sachet."
Mr. Mu didn't notice the private exchange of glances between the two of them. He stroked the sachet hanging on his waist with his big hand and said, "There are many trees, grass and pools in the temple, which are very easy to breed mosquitoes. This sachet is very useful.
Brother Yu, you can wear it when you go out."
"That was... embroidered by my sister Qingwen herself." Jia Baoyu pointed at Qingwen stubbornly.
Mu Nanfeng looked embarrassed, blushing and bowing his hands in a salute: "Girl, Nanfeng has offended me. The girl's beauty is really good, the grass insects on the orchid grass are lifelike, Nanfeng would like to thank you."
Chapter completed!