The Red Chamber: Lianyufengchai

Sister Feng blushed, she only took Li Wan's wine, and spat: "I'll drink the elder sister-in-law's, but you'll be free!" Sister Feng drank lightly.

You Shi looked at Jia Lian who was standing in the middle, intentionally or unintentionally, "My grandmother and I are the same, why can't mine be drunk from hers?"

During the talk, it is necessary to pour hard.

Jia Lian hurriedly shouted, "Big sister-in-law!"

You Shi's panic flashed past, and smiled to cover up the past, "Why, even you can't see it?"

Jia Lian saluted respectfully, and You walked sideways.

"Feng'er can't drink cold wine these days. Sister-in-law's affection, I took it for her?"

Instead, You Shi looked restrained, not knowing what to do with the wine in his hand.

Sister Feng took it, and she didn't wait for him to pick it up, she just put it to his lips, "Drink this glass of wine from sister-in-law, you can go out and watch a play with big brother and the others."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Brother Zizhen is busy at the ancestral hall at the moment. I will only cause trouble for him. Let's talk with the old lady here."

The old lady was hunched over and waited by the mandarin ducks, wearing a pine-colored bead on her forehead, "It's good to have your wife to accompany you, you stay with the girls, and your sister-in-law and sisters are there, what does it look like?"

Jia Lian just pretended that he didn't hear the meaning, "Old lady, it is a difficult opportunity to honor you at the end of the year, even if you don't speak, you only serve the sisters and don't speak. already."

The old lady smiled and said, "It's hard for you. It's just that you don't have a seat!"

Speaking of which, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun all stood up and offered their seats.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Sisters, hurry up, the old lady just said that there is no seat for me."

He walked to Xichun's side, "I'm standing here, you can't dislike me!"

Xichun smiled and said, "No way! Second brother, the glass beads you gave me last time were dismantled and made into bead flowers. Can you give me some more? This time I'm going to play counting beads."

Jia Lian nodded and said, "This thing is rare outside, and it's worthless in our house. If you want it, just let the artists write a note and give it to Xing'er, and there are people who can pull a cart for you."

Xichun smiled with frowning eyes, "How many beads should there be in a car? You can't even string them together!"

Tan Chun pulled her, "Who told you to want beads? Those uncommon gadgets, delicate small bowls, and those that don't need glass, are bamboo basket wood carvings, looking at the artistic conception, just don't fall into the clichés. it is good!"

Jia Lian stretched out his thumb and praised: "It seems that the third sister is very particular. In the future, as long as my brother goes out, there are roadside stalls, and when I see this in the corner of the store, I will bring it back to you. I'm afraid that your house will be at that time. Can't fit."

Tan Chun clapped his hands and said, "That's right, I like it the most! Second brother, can I make you a pair of shoes?"

Jia Lian saw the shoes embroidered with wild ducks under his feet, and they showed them generously, causing Sister Feng on the other side to be so embarrassed that she had no choice but to hug You Shi and bury it in her arms.

The old lady could see it clearly from above, and couldn't help laughing happily: "Three girls, your sister Feng has no time for her work. If you have time, I can help you make a pair for the second brother!"

Mrs. Wang covered her mouth and chuckled, "Young girl, since you want to do it, you should be careful. Your brother is a gentleman, don't let people laugh at it."

So the others laughed even harder.

The maid and old woman below would not dare to be presumptuous in front of Sister Feng on weekdays, but today it is a good ridicule.

Jia Lian didn't do it on purpose. He just said that he should wear it at home, but he forgot about it later.

After watching more, I feel that the wild duck is still very kind.

Madam Xing turned her head and smiled at Sister Feng: "Even if you don't have the skills, you can tell Ping'er and the others to do it. It's also a good choice. Being an official will make people look down on it and lose face."

Sister Feng responded carefully.

She glared at Jia Lian and walked up to the old lady, "Ancestor, grandson and daughter-in-law told you a joke! Our second master Lian is very forgetful. One time, he was in a hurry to find something outside, and second master Lian was still relying on it. He put on a book on the kang and pretended to cover his face without looking closely. After getting off the kang, he put on his shoes and walked out. He was almost at the gate, and his shoes hadn’t been put on yet. Guess what?"

The old lady smiled and said, "Can he still wear the wrong shoes?"

"Isn't it?" Sister Feng sneered: "Second Master Lian took out a pair that I don't usually wear. Isn't that shrinking?"

The crowd laughed again.

Baoyu rolled into the old lady's arms, clapped her hands and repeated, "Haha, it's interesting, it's really shrinking!"

"That's not enough!" Seeing that the old lady and the wives were so happy, Sister Feng deliberately took Jia Lian to joke, "There's more cola! I don't know which time, Second Master Lian went to the east. From the elder brother's place, he came back drunk, and this time he didn't lose his shoes, but there was an extra one. I asked him who the shoes belonged to, but he couldn't even tell."

Needless to say about Jia Zhen's style.

What Sister Feng said was very rich.

The old lady understood as soon as she heard it, and smiled: "Feng girl, you shouldn't ask. When their grandfathers are entertaining outside, it is inevitable that they have a red sleeve to add fragrance, and Tsing Yi is serving wine. It is normal to come back with more things and less things. When his grandfather was there, it was even more ridiculous than this! It's not worth anything."

Madam Xing and Madam Wang laughed without saying a word.

But a few little girls didn't understand what was going on.

Xichun asked crisply: "Second brother, why did you take someone else's shoes? Then how did he get home?"

Seeing Xichun's flawless face, everyone laughed out loud.

Only You Shi, who was hiding behind Li Wan, blushed and turned white.

She lost a shoe that day, which caused her to walk on the gravel road with one foot, but she had to pretend to be nothing.

This pervert!

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Chapter Fifty-Eighth My Baoyu Does Not Take the Imperial Examination Sister Jia Lianfeng and his wife actually made fun of each other, making the old ladies and sisters laugh and laugh happily.

Li Wan said to Xichun, "Fourth girl, don't believe your sister Feng's nonsense, she's just joking!"

Xichun was still young, so she heard ignorantly, "Second brother, when I grow up, I will also make shoes for you, so that you don't have to steal other people's shoes to wear!"

Jia Lian couldn't help laughing and crying, "Fourth sister, second brother will never rob again."

Speaking of which, Sister Feng also smiled and said, "Even if you want to grab it, then grab a pair and bring it back. If you can't wear it yourself, you can wear it for Ping'er!"

Everyone in the room laughed again!You Shi agreed, trying not to make a sound to attract the attention of others.I kept complaining in my heart, or pretended not to see it, and found a place to put it away when I picked it up. I don't know if the sharp-eyed girl Feng Feng realized that the shoes belonged to her.

She was still thinking, Li Wan asked softly, "Sister-in-law, what about the old lady asking you, just eat here and not go back!"

You just laughed and walked out, "The old lady cherishes the food, how much honor is it? What are you going to do when you go back? Just let the two of them greet them by themselves!"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Old lady, let's not keep her, right? We don't have to pay her to save her from paying grandma's money here, and eat something she shouldn't eat and break her stomach!"

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "We know that the two of you have a good relationship, so I don't mind. If you meet someone you don't know about, I think you have a feud!"

You Shi pulled Sister Feng, "She, every time she doesn't say a few weird words, she can't live! I'm used to it!"

The old lady said: "Then it's settled! Let's set the meal!"

So the wives-in-law below cleaned up the small flower hall and put the food, cold and hot, one by one.

The old lady sat up, Baoyu sat next to her, Madam Xing and Madam Wang accompanied her, and Sanchun sat down.

Sister Feng, Li Wan and You, passed the message to the old lady and placed them in front of her.

They are busy one by one, but they have forgotten one person!

Jia Lian seems to feel that he is redundant.

The kind little Xichun tugged at the front of his shirt, "Second brother, will you sit with me?"

Jia Lian was moved, "Fourth sister, you still feel sorry for your brother! You sit down, I'll do it while I'm standing!"

Only then did the old lady notice him, and she said unhappily, "Why are you still here? You stay here, can't we stand and see if you can't eat?"

Jia Lian smiled and said, "I don't feel like I'm alone outside, old lady, just let me stand for a while!"

It's a big New Year's Eve, and the small courtyard is deserted, it's better to be disgusting here!

Mrs. Xing smiled and said, "It's not suitable for you to be a man. I'll put a small round table for you behind the screen, and you can eat it yourself?"

Mrs. Xing has been worried that Jia She's illness has not been healed for a long time. She also saw that Jia Lianzhong was able to hold an official. After all, he was the son of the first son, and he might depend on him in the future. Therefore, she was not as indifferent to Jia Lian as she used to be.

The old lady was displeased, "Why come here? If you want to buy it in the kitchen, just squeeze next to the girl Xichun."

"Yes!" Jia Lian moved Jindun and sat down by himself, "Thank you old lady for your grace."

"Second brother, after the new year, do you still need to take the jinshi exam?"

Xichun asked in a low voice.

Before Jia Lian could answer, Baoyu said with a smile, "I persuade Second Brother Lian not to go, but you won't listen to me!"

Hey!

Jia Lian was about to ask, "Why don't I go?"

Baoyu said with a smile: "Second brother Lian went wrong in studying the imperial examinations. The purpose of reading was originally to understand reason, but if one or two comrades in the future roam around Lin Quan and sing poetry and articles, this will be the right way. Second brother Lian is good at economics, and only uses The memorization of the Four Books and Five Classics on the top of the book is not seen in the poems of the predecessors. It is like buying a casket and returning a pearl. How is it different from the Lulu beetle? Before there was no imperial examination, there were still seven sages in the bamboo forest, Tao Yuanming handed down the generations, and the imperial examinations themselves were annihilated. Smell, it can be seen that such a book is better than not reading it."

There was a black line on Jia Lian's head, "According to you, so many talented people are promoted to jinshi, are they all the lupins you said?"

Baoyu said: "Some are vulgar and vulgar in the first place. For ten years, the purpose is not the true morality, but the black gauze on the head and the gold and silver in the family. Once the gold list is inscribed, Ji Jiran abandons his old ambitions and only cares about making money and harming the people. , where is there a little bit of loyalty and patriotism? There are people who are not very harmful to the people, who are famous for their reputation, and who eat vegetarian meals. Isn’t it more abhorrent than these people? I said that they were Lu beetles, and I said it lightly.”

Jia Lian looked at Baoyu in surprise, can these words be said by a ten-year-old child?

For a while, I didn't know how to refute, "Baoyu, are you living in a dream? Only people like you who have no worries about food and clothing and who play all day in life are likely to make such a sigh."

Seeing Jia Lian refuting him, Baoyu immediately became enthusiastic, "Do you think I'm wrong? The way of the university is to be bright and virtuous, to be close to the people, and to be perfect. The focus of the "Four Books" is self-cultivation, which is a person's life. The foundation. The imperial court took the "Four Books" as the content of the scientific examination, and the original intention was to promote the rule of virtue and the moralization of the world. But most scholars only use the "Four Books" as a stepping stone to obtain official positions, and forget the most important self-cultivation in their eyes. Here, the so-called governance of the country and the world is actually an attempt to make officials bigger and gain more personal benefits, so they are called national thieves, what is the problem. In my opinion, except for the four books, it would be better to burn the other books. ."

Jia Lian shook his head and said, "I don't want to say this in front of the old ladies and wives. Since you asked me that, my brother will solve you. It's not that we read the book wrong, it's you who read the book. It's crooked. Mencius has a cloud, and if you are good, you can help the poor and you will be alone. We read the sages not only for our own understanding, but also to have a more lofty ambition and a feeling of being born in the world. This is the so-called reading of the wind and rain. The voices are in my ears, and the family, the state, the world, and the world are all concerned. Only in this way can you be worthy of the sages. If you are like you, you can read a few books and then shut the door and secretly have fun. Murder and arson have nothing to do with me, when you kill yourself, maybe your little poetry can save you?"

There are indeed many people who you mentioned, but you have forgotten how much you love the people and virtuous people, and you have the opportunity to talk about the truth today.How old are you?How many books have you read?Kill everyone with one shot?You can only talk to the old ladies at home. Let's listen to Le Yile and praise you for your cleverness, but don't spread it outside, thinking that our Rongguo Mansion is so arrogant. "

Jia Lian raised his brother's stand and taught Baoyu a few words.

Baoyu was unhappy and wanted to speak, but she didn't know what to say.

But the old lady was not happy, "How old is Baoyu? Besides, for people like us, just reading a few books is enough. You still have time to teach Baoyu a lesson, but your daughter-in-law doesn't know how to read! Teach your daughter-in-law tomorrow. , my Baoyu does not take the imperial examinations."

After hearing this, Madam Wang's face changed greatly, "Old lady, Baoyu..." You can't spoil him too much.

Jia Lian immediately smiled and said: "Baoyu is a blessed person, and he will not do anything in the future, just be a wealthy and idle person. Unlike me, I have to be a national thief for this family. As long as my family survives Well, as long as my sisters and sisters are carefree, and I work hard outside, it's worth it no matter how hard it is."

Sister Feng and Sister Sanchun looked overjoyed.

Yingchun, who had never spoken much, said timidly to Jia Lian at this time: "Brother, why don't I make you a pair of shoes, too? You can also change the same pair as the third sister." After speaking, her face turned red.

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Then it's settled! I can point to your shoes!"

You Shi spat many times in his heart, and jokingly said, "It's still your brothers and sisters who are deeply in love, and someone hit your shoes."

Sister Feng took her hand, "Why don't I give you a pair?"

Li Wan smiled and said, "If sister-in-law wears the shoes you made, we promise to pretend that you didn't see it and won't laugh."

The old lady and the others burst into laughter again.