Chapter 22 The twenty-second

day While she was thinking, footsteps were heard outside the door, and the old lady was suddenly hugged, "Grandma, I'm back." The old lady came back to her senses and took a quick look, it was Baoyu.

The maid who was opening the curtain not far away was following him in embarrassment. Seeing the old ancestor looking over, she said aggrievedly, "Baoyu didn't let me inform you."

The old lady nodded and didn't blame her. The little maid breathed a sigh of relief and retreated.

"Why are you back at this time? Did you skip school again?" The old lady was about to have a headache. Although she didn't expect Baoyu to study hard, there was still Jia Lan in the future. The old lady just had to ensure that the Jia family would not be defeated before Jia Lan passed the imperial examination.

Of course, if Lady Jia died before that, it would be fine.

But even with this negative attitude, the old lady still had a headache for this child who would never listen no matter how hard she tried.

"Grandma, I didn't skip school today. It's just that the teacher has something to do." Jia Baoyu is now twelve or thirteen years old. He has grown taller, but his nature of trying to please others has only increased.

He was not honest even when sitting on the chair, shaking his head and pretending to be cute, "Grandma, what's delicious today?"

In the past two years, the old ancestor likes to cook in her own small kitchen. It is not uncommon. Sometimes, even when Rongguo Mansion holds a banquet, one or two dishes will be used. People always praise it, saying "The Jia Mansion is worthy of being a prestigious family. You can see the exquisiteness of the food from the food."

But these food recipes, in addition to the old ancestor's hands, only the two cooks in the small kitchen know one or two. And the old ancestor is not a person who likes to show off, so there are very few people who can taste the food.

Only Baoyu, Daiyu and Sanchun occasionally invite banquets, and they can ask for a reward from the old lady to let the cooks in the small kitchen cook one or two.

At this time, Baoyu sniffed, "What a nice smell, what is that?"

The old lady scolded him, "You have a sharp nose, Yuanyang, go and bring a bowl of chicken tofu pudding. The teacher is busy, so you can't study well." Then she scolded Baoyu again.

Baoyu had been scolded for a long time and became thick-skinned. He pretended not to hear it. When Yuanyang came in, he rushed over.

As soon as the blue and white porcelain cup was opened, the fragrance came to his nose. He leaned forward to take a look, the color was snow-white, like tofu pudding, and a slight sniff, it tasted like chicken soup, but a closer look showed that the soup was clear like tea, not greasy. Baoyu took a deep breath, picked up the porcelain spoon and took a bite. He was immediately surprised, "This tofu pudding is made of meat. Hmm, this soup seems to have chicken, duck, and ham."

Yuanyang laughed on the side, "The small kitchen spent more than ten hours to make the clear soup. I saw that it was chicken, duck, bones, ham and scallops, but this tofu pudding is minced meat."

The old lady snorted and wanted to say a few more words. At this time, Wang Xifeng came. Before she entered the door, she heard her laughter, "What new things does the old ancestor have here? I must try it too."

"Sister Feng, come and eat chicken tofu pudding." Baoyu hurriedly replied, interrupting the old ancestor's next muttering.

The old lady had no choice but to order, "Bring a bowl to Feng girl, and send some to each room during dinner." Yuanyang hurriedly agreed.

"I came at the right time." Wang Xifeng hurriedly sat down, happily tasting the chicken tofu pudding brought by the little girl, and told them about the Ningfu Zhen Dasao inviting them to drink tea.

Then she said with a smile, "I see that Tanchun's business is always good. The Huzhou satin that came with the Zhen family this time is very new."

"What about the others?" Although the old lady didn't care about their business conditions, she would occasionally listen.

"Miss Lin's, she has good ideas and is clever. Her shop is now the only exquisite one in Beijing. The new plum balm has a deep fragrance and delicate texture. Even the prince's mansion has masters who come to her shop. But she only has a few boxes every month, so those who haven't bought it can only feel itchy. The second lady's is also good. I see that there are some new goods in the past two days. As for the fourth girl, I just hope that she can keep her original one." Wang Xifeng counted them one by one neatly.

The old lady smiled, "Let them go. They will have another poetry meeting tomorrow. Let your sister-in-law Zhu come to me to get the order."

"Oh, this is another treat." Wang Xifeng smiled, "Then I have to go and join in the fun." After

chatting and laughing for a while, Wang Xifeng got up to go to Ning Mansion to keep the appointment. Baoyu hurriedly came over to ask to be taken with him. The old lady and Wang Xifeng couldn't persuade him, so they had to let him go.

If the old lady knew that Baoyu would meet Qin Keqing's brother Qin Zhong when he went to Ning Mansion this time, and that he would make a fuss about going back to his family school to study, she would definitely not let him go with her.

Unfortunately, people don't have foresight, and the old lady herself doesn't know the specific time of everything in the Red Mansion.

Therefore, she felt a headache about Baoyu coming back to pester her and insisting on going back to his family school.

"Qin Zhong!"

"Zhiminger!!"

"Qin Keqing!!!"

"Hey, you've had enough. But it's a pity for Qin Keqing."

"Xiangyan." "

Why doesn't the old lady take care of the mess in Ning Mansion. ' '

The old lady didn't even manage Rongguo Mansion, let alone Ningguo Mansion. ' '

Don't worry, even if Ningguo Mansion was raided, if Rongguo Mansion didn't do anything wrong, it wouldn't be implicated, after all, the two families have separated. '

The old lady took a look and to be honest, she really couldn't manage it.

She didn't have such a big ambition to be a savior and pull it up if she could. But she had pointed out Jia Zhen on the issue of the private school before, but the way Jia Zhen dealt with her, well, it's better not to say it... What

's more, Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion are separated by a mansion, and the old lady doesn't know the specific situation of Ningguo Mansion. In addition, there is Jia Jing above Jia Zhen. Even if Jia Mu is the ancestor, she can't completely bypass it.

Is she going to bring Jia Zhen over and tell him not to "bully" your daughter-in-law

... It's too shameful!

Speaking of it, the story of Qin Keqing and her father-in-law Jia Zhen is still popularized by netizens. It is said that in a version other than the popular version, there is a chapter "□□ Tianxiang Tower", which talks about this matter, and it is also what Jiao Da called "stealing ashes".

But the version was vague, and the old lady didn't even know the specific time when Qin Keqing was forced. How could she help

? Thinking of the subsequent mess, the old lady was in a bad mood and was not in a good mood towards Jia Baoyu, "I asked the Duke of Anguo to let you go to his family school. You skipped classes these two days, which was wrong. Now you don't want to study anymore."

"Why don't you study? I just go back home to study. Grandfather~" Baoyu's way of acting like a spoiled child is always familiar.

The old lady rolled her eyes in her heart. The Jia family school was so dark, how could he learn anything good?

At this time, she regretted that she should let Jia Lan go to the family school of the Duke of Anguo's mansion, but at that time she was afraid that it would be too abrupt to skip Baoyu, and she thought that Jia Lan was still young. Since the Jia family school didn't learn anything wrong, she could find a way later, so she didn't do it.

Now, she feels that all her thoughts have been wasted.

"Okay, okay, go." The old lady pushed Jia Baoyu away with one finger and said with disdain.

Jia Baoyu was immediately delighted, "Thank you, old ancestor."

Thank you, fart! The old lady looked carefully and saw the scene in the original novel where Jia Baoyu was beaten by his father. Tsk, the old lady pushed the man away with a clear conscience. He would be beaten sooner or later, she thought.

At this moment, the mall, which had been silent for a long time, made a "ding" sound.

The old lady and netizens looked over curiously, and heard the mechanical system sound with the big words on the screen, "The mall function item has opened the third page. Please check it as soon as possible, anchor Shi Damei."

The old lady quickly opened the mall.

On the third page of the function, the gray lock was now shattered, and a green grass was full of vitality, with the four big words "I love learning" shining on its head.

"Hey, what is this? " "

Old lady, please take a look at the instructions.

""Why does it feel green..." 

"A grassland--" 

The old lady was also confused by this new function. She opened the instructions and saw only one line: Please don't be careless and hit me on the head of that big stone. I will make his empty life meaningful. 

"Big stone" the old lady was puzzled. 

"It should be Baoyu, this can't be--" 

"Shenying Waiter and Jiangzhu Immortal Grass" 

"No, didn't we just separate the two people! " 

"What separation? Even in the Red Mansion, they were just childhood sweethearts at this time, and they didn't have any feelings for each other. " 

"I just want to know how to see the effect." 

This reminded the old lady, and she hurried to look at the perspective, and there was indeed a "Baoyu Dreaming Fantasy Perspective". 

『Tsk, speaking of fantasy, we didn't see Baoyu's lovemaking, what a pity.』

『It's a pity that the mall doesn't even have a Baoyu perspective.』

『Cover face.jpgThis car is driving too fast, and it turned a corner without noticing.』

『Xiren is pretty, but it's a pity that the old lady doesn't want to run more, so I only saw Xiren a few times.』

『I don't like Xiren, Wang Furen's spy, and she's a snitch.』 『That's right, Qingwen was killed by her.』

『Don't talk nonsense upstairs, when Qingwen was driven away, Wang Furen was obviously quite unfamiliar with her. If it was Xiren who complained, Wang Furen wouldn't "suddenly touch the past" and even couldn't match Qingwen's name and person.』

『Hey, don't make a fuss, let the old lady plant grass for Baoyu quickly.』

The old lady has become accustomed to the quarrels and disturbances on the Internet, but she is still speechless about their bottom line. 

After dinner in the evening, Baoyu and others were called over, and the old lady took the opportunity to plant grass on Baoyu. The magical thing is that this time, the live broadcast room seemed to have been updated, and the old lady could also watch other perspectives, without having to go through the retelling of netizens. 

That night, Baoyu saw it in a dream. 

In a trance, a river suddenly appeared in a vast expanse of white, and a slender woman appeared in front of the river. Baoyu was hesitating and called out hurriedly, but who knew that the person who came turned around and it turned out to be "Sister Lin". 

No, no, this "Sister Lin" is much older than Sister Lin, like... like Sister Lin when she grew up. Just 

when I was about to ask something, I heard the woman ask: "Why are you standing there stupidly? Come here." 

"Sister Lin." At this moment, Baoyu was still a little uncertain. Just two steps forward, two square tables suddenly appeared in front of him, with all the classics, history, and collections on the table, as well as pens, ink, paper, and inkstones. "This" 

Baoyu looked at the scene in front of him and was surprised. 

The suspected grown-up version of "Sister Lin" sat down and said, "Come on, let's read the Four Books today." 

Baoyu sat down first and touched the Four Books in front of him. "Sister, you know I don't like these." 

"You don't like these, but do I? If I have to repay you, I won't bother to care about you." 

These words were inexplicable, but Baoyu didn't feel anything wrong in his drowsiness, and didn't ask where this was. He laughed and said, "Good sister, how about I draw a new pattern for you today?" 

As he said this, he drew a hibiscus flower on the rice paper. 

The "Sister Lin" on the opposite side took out the rice paper and said, "I won't argue with you. You really draw this pattern well. Just draw it for your master to see if he approves it." 

When Jia Baoyu mentioned Jia Zheng, he shuddered even in the dream. He withdrew his hand and said embarrassedly, "Sister, why do you mention the master?" 

"Sister Lin" spread out the "Analects of Confucius" and said, "Then study hard, otherwise, I can't guarantee that your uncle won't beat you with a stick." As he said that, Baoyu actually saw two servants appearing on the side, each holding a five-finger-wide stick. He was immediately startled and said, "Good sister, don't, don't, I'll just read it." 

But he followed the book in a daze. 

Just when he read "Learning and practicing it from time to time, isn't it a pleasure?", his thoughts began to drift. His sight followed the drifting and turned to the grown-up "Sister Lin" on the side. He saw her leaning on a couch that suddenly appeared, eating candied fruit and reading a book, and was lost in thought for a while. 

Until "Sister Lin" looked at him with a clear and cool look, a ruler appeared in front of him, "snap", the palm of his open hand immediately felt painful, "ah." 

"If you don't study hard, I will tie your braids and put a spike on you." 

As he said that, Baoyu's braids were tied up and lifted into the air, and the stool under his buttocks flew out. He was so shocked that he wanted to fall, but was supported by some force, but there was really a spike under his buttocks. 

When he stood firm, the force disappeared. Baoyu's legs were shaking, and he dared not fall sideways again. 

In a daze, he seemed to have been reciting books for a long time. If he didn't recite well, he would either be hit on the palm by "Sister Lin" or be pushed down and beaten with a stick by the servants who suddenly appeared and pointed at him. 

The next day, Baoyu got up and felt dizzy. 

When he paid his respects to the ancestors, he ran into Sister Lin unexpectedly, and then he woke up suddenly, but he was scared out of his wits. The old lady and netizens who had been waiting to watch the show were amused by his little expression. 

"This is good." The old lady was satisfied. She could finally deal with this little bastard. 

"Was that Miss Lin last night?" "It 

looks like her and it doesn't look like her." 

The old lady flipped through it. "It says that this Miss Lin is a reflection of the outside world and does not have emotional migration. She has no feelings for Baoyu, only repaying her kindness." 

"That's good. Miss Lin, who was so cruel last night, must have left a psychological shadow on Baoyu. There is no need to worry about Miss Lin and Jia Baoyu getting entangled. " 

The netizens were very happy to see it, but at the same time, there were different voices - 

"Can this be considered as repaying a favor? Returning tears and watering can be considered as repaying a favor." 

"Come on, the attendant of the Divine Ying, he is a waiter, which means that it is his duty to water the Immortal Grass of the Crimson Pearl. Of course, he did contribute to the transformation of the grass into a human, but it was not a big deal. Otherwise, wouldn't the person who let the waiter water the grass also have a cause and effect? " 

"But Baoyu doesn't want to study and pursue a career in politics. Letting him study, is this considered repaying a favor? " 

"Yes, the waiter Shenying has tempted to be worldly, and wants to descend to the earth in a peaceful and prosperous era. He must want to enjoy life. Is pursuing a career in politics considered enjoying life? 

" "Since "irrigation" is to cultivate seedlings, isn't letting Baoyu study considered cultivation?" 

"Wrong logic. Irrigation is meritorious, at least it helps the grass to grow into a human being." 

"Then what merit is there in returning tears? " 

"It should be returning a love." 

"Since you don't want to return the feelings, and Baoyu doesn't need them materially, you can only return them spiritually. But in the Dream of the Red Chamber, he had a great enlightenment, saw through the world, and followed a monk. " 

"Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism should be spiritual choices, and Baoyu obviously did not choose Confucianism. "

"No, no, no, remember, there was a "Zhen Baoyu" who chose a career in government, married, had children, and revitalized the family." "

In fact, Jia Baoyu never really entered the world, because he was not a very useful person, but just wandered around in the world of wealth and fame, and when he fell, he chose to leave."

"So, among the three, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, Jia Baoyu can still make a new choice."

...

The debate was still going on on the screen. At this moment, Daiyu and the others were startled by Baoyu and were about to step forward. But Baoyu was so panicked that he retreated again and again.

Daiyu clearly felt that Baoyu was afraid of her. She was puzzled and puzzled, so she stood still.

The few people were embarrassed for a while. Baoyu seemed to have found out that he was wrong and said hurriedly, "I didn't sleep well yesterday. I had a terrible dream."

Daiyu and the other three laughed. Yingchun said, "You are so old, why are you still so delicate?"

"Why delicate?" Baoyu also recovered at this time. He apologized to the four people and said dissatisfiedly, "I dreamed that the master wanted to beat me with a stick."

Then he ran to the old lady, "Grandma, is Daddy coming back? Don't let him beat me up when he gets excited."

The old lady knew the reason best, but she just smiled and said, "If you didn't do well, you still deserve to be beaten."

With this interruption, the atmosphere just now immediately became relaxed.

The few people had breakfast.

Daiyu and the other four went to prepare for today's poetry meeting, while Baoyu was confused and forgot that he was going to the family school today, but he actually went to the clan school of Anguo Mansion.

The few people who followed him wanted to remind him several times, but they were all ignored by Baoyu in a trance.

At Rongguo Mansion, just as Daiyu and Sanchun left, the old lady heard that Jingxu brought Zhineng to pay her respects.

"What a coincidence, we were talking about Qin Zhongzhi yesterday."

"That's right."