Chapter 84 Brotherly Harmony
The next morning, Qingwen woke up. She looked at Jia Cong who was so close to her, her face blushing but her heart sweet!
She rubbed Jia Cong's chest gently and felt completely satisfied!
It was not until she heard a slight sound coming from outside that she hurriedly got up and got out of bed.
After getting dressed simply, Qingwen walked out of the inner room, only to see Xiaoque'er and Xiangling in the outer room staring at her with their eyes wide open! Qingwen's heart was pounding, but she raised her head and asked, "Why don't you get up quickly? I'm afraid the master will get up soon."
Xiao Que'er rarely stepped forward and tugged at Qingwen, saying with a face full of shame, "Sister Qingwen, I was too tired yesterday, and the big bed you and Xiangling slept on was so comfortable, I couldn't help but fall asleep! So I let you sleep on the small couch in my room."
Hearing this, Qingwen lowered her head hastily. She didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only wave her hands randomly, "We are all maids in the master's room. It doesn't matter who serves us! Besides, you can sleep with us anytime you like..."
Seeing that Qingwen did not blame her, but welcomed her to sleep on this big bed, Xiao Que'er nodded happily and was full of gratitude to Qingwen. In the previous courtyard, she had been obsessed with this step-out bed.
I moved in yesterday. Although I got a new quilt in the room, it's still not as good as this big bed.
She and Xiangling were waiting last night, but who would have thought that he didn't come back after waiting for a long time, so they fell asleep in a daze!
Seeing how happy this little bird was, she didn't know that Qingwen had already stolen the house without anyone noticing. Although she didn't steal everything, she had at least had a taste of it...
Jia Cong slept until the end of the morning hour before he woke up feeling refreshed!
Looking at the three beautiful maids in front of him serving him diligently, he felt very comfortable in his heart. This is the life of a rich young master.
Xiao Que'er took Xiang Ling to get the food, and placed two small tables on the upper and lower beds, and the master and servants began to eat! Nowadays, the food supply of Chenwu Academy is naturally different from before.
There were seven or eight kinds of exquisite side dishes, plus soups and the like, filling up two tables.
While eating, Jia Cong suddenly asked, "Qingwen, how much do you three get per month now?"
Qingwen stood up and replied, "We are the head maid in the master's room and the second-class maid in the mansion, so our monthly salary is one hundred yuan."
"Well... starting from this month, let's change it to two taels per month. It doesn't have to be the same as the others. The extra money will be paid separately by me."
Xiangling smiled stupidly and stood up to thank him. Xiao Que'er gave Jia Cong a big smile. To her, the amount of money didn't matter. As long as she could be with the Third Master, it was the best.
On the contrary, Qingwen was stunned for a moment, then her face suddenly turned red. Two taels of silver a month was not for the maid, but for the concubine.
As he was talking, he heard Zhuan'er shouting outside the door, "Greetings to Second Master Bao, Third Master Huan, Young Master Lan, Grand Madam, Miss Lin, Miss Bao, Miss Shi, Second Miss, Third Miss, Fourth Miss..."
Just as Qingwen and the others were about to get up to greet them, the group of beautiful girls had already entered the door.
Several maids hurriedly cleaned up the table below. Just as Jia Cong was about to get off the couch, Li Wan said, "Cong'er, please don't be so polite. We are already bad guests. If we delay Cong'er's meal, we won't be able to come in next time."
Jia Cong laughed loudly and without any hesitation, he directly ordered a few maids to serve tea to everyone, and then he started eating again.
Being stared at by more than a dozen pairs of eyes, if it weren't for Jia Cong, she probably wouldn't be able to eat. Jia Cong ate with gusto, and even asked Qingwen to fill him with two more bowls of rice before he stopped.
"Third brother's appetite is probably more than that of old cow!" Xiangyun said in astonishment.
Baochai laughed and said, "Brother Cong is the bravest among the three armies, so he naturally needs strength. If he doesn't have some skills, how can he suppress the arrogant and fierce generals in the army!"
Jia Cong rinsed his mouth, and then asked Xiao Que'er to wet a handkerchief and wiped it. Then he smiled and said, "The army is not like home. Once the war starts, it is not uncommon to not eat for a day or two. So once it is time to eat, everyone will try to eat as much as possible."
"Third brother, please tell me about what's happening in the army!" Xiangyun's eyes widened.
"What's there to talk about in the army?" Jia Cong ruffled Xiangyun's hair. "Maybe the comrades who were joking together in the morning became a corpse in the evening! After a war, thousands of corpses were scattered all over the mountains and plains, and there was no time to even grieve!"
"When I first went there, after the first battle, I vomited all over the place, and didn't eat or sleep for three to five days!" When he said this, he looked at Baochai, but saw that Baochai's eyes were full of heartache.
"I am lucky to be alive! At the beginning, the old lady prepared twenty soldiers for me. Twelve of them died in the battle, three became disabled, and only five came back alive and well! If it weren't for the countless people who risked their lives to protect me, I would have died countless times in the army."
"Puh, puh, puh!" Daiyu spat a few times and blocked Jia Cong's mouth with her white and tender palm. "Don't talk nonsense, third brother. What's the point of talking about death? I hope you can live a hundred years!"
After he finished speaking, he realized that he had been too intimate and withdrew his hand in shame.
Jia Cong laughed loudly, "Okay, then thanks to my sister, I will live a long life!"
"Sister-in-law, Lan'er is weak after all. Come to my room every morning when you have nothing to do and practice boxing with me!" As he said this, he dragged Jia Lan to his side. Now Jia Lan was like little Xichun, just like a naughty boy of five or six years old.
Jia Lan looked at Li Wan, and when he saw Li Wan nod, he saluted Jia Cong, but he was directly held up by Jia Cong.
"We uncles and nephews don't care about these things. Look at your uncle Bao, he cares about these empty formalities!"
Baoyu was a little annoyed when he saw that all the sisters' attention was on Jia Cong. But when Jia Cong mentioned him, he nodded and said, "Those useless gifts are the most boring!"
"Brother Huan, stand up straight!" Jia Cong shouted at Jia Huan again.
Jia Huan quickly shrank his neck, but still straightened his body.
"You are not young anymore. You should find a way out instead of just hanging around at home all day! Do you want to learn literature or martial arts?"
Tanchun, who was standing by, was extremely happy. Although she always scolded Jia Huan, they were brothers from the same mother after all. How could she not care?
However, she was a girl, and a concubine's daughter at that, so she could only live with Wang, and she couldn't help this brother.
Perhaps because Jia Cong did not act too harshly, Baoyu was not afraid. He just smiled and said, "Brother Cong, Brother Huan is a noble man after all, so why bother with all that nonsense?"
