Chapter 619: Glazed World: White Snow and Red Plum Blossoms (Part 1)
The results of the autumn examination were announced, and Jia Baoyu failed.
She was originally very depressed, but when she returned home and saw Xue Baoqin, Xing Xiuyun, and Li Wan's two younger sisters, the clouds of the day seemed to have mostly dissipated.
Later, I heard that the old lady forced Mrs. Wang to acknowledge Xue Baoqin as her goddaughter, and also "locked" four beautiful girls into the Rongguo Mansion. She was so happy that her nose was choking with snot bubbles, but she no longer cared about fame and future.
He had been having fun for more than ten days, causing no one know how many jokes he had made, but he still went his own way and refused to restrain himself at all.
Early that morning, Jia Baoyu packed up in a hurry and was about to go talk to his sisters. However, when he got outside, he found that there was a big storm between heaven and earth.
Xiren, Sheyue and others came up to dissuade him, but he became more and more interested. He took his hat and raincoat and rushed out of Yihong Courtyard regardless of anything.
I had originally intended to report to Xue Baochai's Hengwuyuan as we had agreed yesterday, and then chat with my sister Baoqin about all sorts of interesting stories from all over the world.
But halfway through the journey, he suddenly became worried about Lin Daiyu, fearing that she had caught a serious cold like him, so he simply changed course and went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
Walking along the bamboo path leading to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, I bumped into Zijuan who was coming out to pour water.
Seeing her holding the copper basin and opening her mouth to shout, Jia Baoyu quickly made a gesture , and approached her with a smile, asking, "My dear sister, has Sister Lin gotten up yet?"
"Our girl got up a long time ago."
As Zijuan spoke, she made a face at Sheyue who was following behind her and asked with a smile, "What's the matter? This little ancestor refuses to obey you again?"
Musk Moon smiled bitterly, but Baoyu had already walked into the house as if he was familiar with the place, and then quietly entered Lin Daiyu's boudoir.
He originally wanted to scare Lin Daiyu, but after entering the room, he saw her sewing with great concentration, as if she was sewing a thick woolen dress.
Jia Baoyu immediately forgot his original purpose, stepped forward and stroked the woolen material, saying happily: "After all, your health has improved. In the past two years, you were reluctant to sew purses for me, but now you are taking the initiative to make clothes for me!"
Lin Daiyu was still frightened by him. She bent her willow-like waist back, frowned, and said angrily, "People say that you have lost your mind recently. I was anxious to explain it to you, but now it seems that you are really a little confused!"
As she spoke, she shook off the woolen material on her knees and thrust it in front of Jia Baoyu's eyes: "Here, if you can really wear it, feel free to take it."
Baoyu then realized that the clothes were very tight and only a child of four or five years old could wear them.
"This is……"
"Sister Ruan has taken care of me over the past few years, and I don't have much to repay her, so I simply picked out a piece of fabric and prepared to make a winter coat for Cheng Yi, which can be regarded as a small token of my appreciation."
In the past two years, Sun Shaozong has not been in the capital, which has made it more convenient for Lin Daiyu and Ruan Rong to visit each other. The two of them get together every now and then and are much closer to each other than to Yingchun, their real cousin.
Jia Baoyu also knew that she was often taken care of by Ruan Rong. He first said "should" several times, but suddenly stamped his feet and beat his chest.
Lin Daiyu hurriedly asked what happened, only to hear him sighing and saying, "I thought this first piece of clothing was made for my sweetheart - but I never thought that my fame would be ruined by a brat."
"Pah, what nonsense are you talking about?!"
Lin Daiyu spat at him in annoyance and wanted to say something disparaging about him, but she was concerned that he had just was afraid of accidentally irritating him, so she simply stretched out her green little hand and pinched his waist lightly.
"Ouch! This hurts me!"
Jia Baoyu let out an exaggerated cry and fell limply towards Lin Daiyu.
"What did you do again?!"
Daiyu scolded him but did not really put in any effort to stop him.
As the two got closer, Baoyu's eyes full of laughter turned into nervousness and anticipation, while Daiyu's oval face was covered with two red mists out of thin air.
"Second Master, Miss!"
Just at this moment, someone outside suddenly shouted, and the two of them were immediately thrown back a few feet as if they had been electrocuted. They avoided each other's eyes, one lowered his head and pinched the corner of his clothes, and the other looked up at the roof.
When Zijuan came in from outside, seeing such a sneaky attitude, how could she not know that she had ruined their good fortune?
But she also knew that her daughter was the most naive in this regard, so she had to pretend that nothing had happened and reported with a smile: "Grandmother just sent someone to say that it snowed and she wanted to discuss inviting someone to write a poem tomorrow."
"Is it snowing outside?"
Jia Baoyu was eager to change the subject, and when he heard that the icy rain had melted into snow, he hurried out to see.
When I got outside, I saw snowflakes falling lightly.
Just then Xiren sent someone to bring a gorilla felt cloak. After Baoyu put on his clothes, he invited Daiyu to go to Daoxiang Village with him.
Unexpectedly, these things happened one after another. Just after the two of them left Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Xiren hurriedly caught up with them.
"Second Master!"
But she pressed her chest and said breathlessly, "Master Sun has come to our house. Because the eldest master stayed outside last night, Second Madam asked you to go and greet him quickly!"
Jia Zheng was sent out as the academician, Jia She was sleeping in the flowers and willows and had not returned home, and Jia Lian went to the farms in various places to check on the harvest this year.
So, among all the people in the room, Jia Baoyu was the only proper male host left. No wonder Wang Xifeng was anxious to ask someone to invite him out to meet the guests.
"Why is Brother Sun here?!"
Jia Baoyu was startled and said in surprise, "A few days ago, when my cousin, elder brother Feng, and brother Liu went to look for him for a drink, he said that he had to wait for the imperial court to reward him at home and could not go out ."
Before Xiren could answer, Lin Daiyu, who was standing beside him, pushed him and urged him, "It might be something important. Go out and take a look!"
Jia Baoyu suddenly realized what was going on and hurried to the living room in the front yard, but he did not see Sun Shaozong. After asking around, he found out that Sun Shaozong had been invited by Mrs. Wang to talk.
This made Baoyu a little puzzled. Although the two families were old friends and related by marriage, there was no taboo. But his mother never paid much attention to these trivial matters. Why would she suddenly call Sun Shaozong over?
I wanted to go over and find out what was going on, but I was stopped by Zhou Rui's wife on the way, and she talked a lot of nonsense.
When he arrived at Mrs. Wang's courtyard, he ran into Sun Shaozong coming out. Jia Baoyu hurried forward to greet him, but found that Sun Shaozong's expression was strange, and he became more confused.
Although they had not seen each other for two years, he still did not feel awkward towards Sun Shaozong. Since he had doubts in his mind, he went straight to him and asked for the truth.
Sun Shaozong wanted to evade the question at first, but when he was pestered by him later, he revealed half-truthfully: Mrs. Wang called him over because she wanted to act as a matchmaker.
"So that's what happened."
Jia Baoyu laughed and asked with a wink, "I wonder which famous lady my mother wants to match my second brother with?"
"this……"
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped him, scolding: "This is something that hasn't even been decided yet, why are you asking about it?"
Jia Baoyu covered his head and laughed, thinking that Sun Shaozong was angry and embarrassed, but he did not expect that the candidate proposed by Mrs. Wang actually had a great relationship with him...
