The first day of February in the sixth year of Longyuan. (Due to caching reasons, please visit the browser directly.\nCOM website to watch the fastest chapter updates)

After breakfast, Jia Baoyu wrapped himself in a blanket, sniffed and copied the "Book of Filial Piety". Even though the ginger soup and snuff bottle took turns, he still felt swollen and dizzy after copying the book for a long time.

In normal times, someone would have asked him how to entertain himself.

But Xiren followed Tanchun to Jiao's house, and Sheyue was imprisoned in the woodshed in the front yard again. The two most considerate maids were not around, but the little maids were worried about their future. Invisibly, they naturally let

He felt the coldness of the world.

At first, Baoyu could barely hold it in, but when his head became swollen, he couldn't help but angrily threw down his pen, and then he tore up the "Book of Filial Piety" that he had written in the middle of the night, and threw it under the bed.

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The two little maids who came up temporarily were so frightened that they fell into silence. However, the maid outside heard the sound and came in, but was driven away by Baoyu again.

He half-slumped on the chair, wiped his nose, and asked angrily: "It's already this time, why hasn't Xiren's third sister come back yet?"

The two little maids had been staying in the house with him. How could they possibly answer this question?

Fortunately, one of them was quite smart and immediately said hurriedly: "If the second master is in a hurry, I will wait in the front yard first. As soon as I see the third girl and sister Xiren, I will come back and report."

Baoyu waved his hand and impatiently motioned for her to help herself.

Under the envious and jealous gazes of her companions, the maid fled out of Yihongyuan as if running away.

However, the little maid escaped as fast as she came back. In less than two quarters of an hour, she ran back to Yihong Courtyard in a hurry.

"how?!"

When Baoyu saw this, he jumped up from his chair and said excitedly: "But the attacker has come back?"

Yesterday, Xiren kept silent and suddenly followed Tanchun to Jiao's house. He thought about it for a long time at night, and then he roughly figured out that it was probably the suggestion of "being a monk together" that hurt Xiren's heart.

After all, her original intention was not to go to the temple, but she made an appointment with her in the temple before returning. Isn’t this a case of not opening the pot and picking up the pot?

So since the morning, Baoyu has been thinking about how to make up for this mistake - after all, his biggest advantage is that he gives in quickly, especially in front of young women.

Of course, one of his characteristics is that he will never change despite repeated admonitions, and he will commit the same crime again after he has corrected himself.

At this time, I saw the little maid panting heavily and shaking her head vigorously.

Baoyu immediately slumped back on the chair like a deflated rubber ball and asked feebly: "Since the attacker hasn't come back yet, why did you come back?"

"Reply to the second master."

The little maid quickly explained: "Sister Xiren is afraid that she won't be able to come back for a while. As soon as I arrived in the front yard, I saw someone from the Jiao family sending a message saying that Miss Shi had given birth to a baby at the fourth watch.

Big fat boy!”

"What?!"

When Baoyu heard this, he jumped up again, clasped his hands and said, "This is really a blessing from God!"

After he was overjoyed, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "All the past events are still in front of my eyes. I didn't expect Sister Yun to have become a mother."

Then he thought that after such a happy event, someone from the family would definitely come to visit, so Baoyu quickly left Yihongyuan and hurried to Qingtang thatched cottage, preparing to follow Mrs. Wang to visit the Jiao family.

He had a pretty good idea, thinking that if he took the initiative to follow him, he could visit Xiangyun and his son, and secondly, he could clear up the misunderstanding with Xiren as soon as possible.

But when he arrived at the hut in Qingtang, Bao Yu just revealed his intention, but was jointly opposed by Mrs. Wang and Li Wan.

"Aren't you sick? What should you do if the illness passes away?! By the way, where is the Filial Piety Classic that I asked you to copy? If you haven't finished copying it, go out... In short, it's a good time for you to take care of yourself!

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When Baoyu heard this, he was speechless. He was so busy trying to kill two birds with one stone that he forgot that he was still suffering from a cold and was not suitable for contact with babies at all. He immediately withered.

Mrs. Wang and Li Wan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not used to him now. When they saw that he didn't make any more noise, they turned around and discussed what gifts to give.

Nowadays, the Rongguo Mansion is really in a difficult situation, and it is not easy to give gifts to people in a hurry. Fortunately, each of them has hidden some stuff at the bottom of the box, and they have improvised a few things, which is barely enough to support their appearance.

At this time, Youshi from Ningguo Mansion also rushed over, preparing to go with the two of them to visit the Jiao family.

However, her expression was obviously a little weird, she spoke with a smile, but there was not much smile. Although she had been mentally prepared for a long time, when she thought that from today on, Brother Xiong would no longer be Jiao Shun's only one.

She couldn't be happy at all.

In this way, it was not until Jia Baoyu, who had been a transparent person for a long time after watching the three people leave the hut in Qingtang, returned to Yihongyuan in anger.

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But it was said that when Mrs. Wang and others arrived at the Jiao Mansion on Zijin Street, the first person they bumped into was neither Jiao Shun, nor Lai Wang, nor Tan Chun, but Jiao Da, whose face was rosy as if he were ten years younger.

Ever since he learned about the Jiao family, his old mouth never closed again, and he even took the initiative to take over the job of entertaining guests - after all, he had to let people know that this was his old Jiao family's incense!

However, although he was delighted to have a son, Jiao Shun did not want to make any big arrangements at this time, so he only informed the Rongning Household, the historians, and some close friends - such as Shenwu General Feng Tang and his son.

Even so, I was still busy until the afternoon.

It was only then that Tanchun and Xiren followed Mrs. Wang back home.

Before leaving, Tanchun specially found the maids who were serving Jiao Da, and repeatedly told them to serve the old man carefully. Whenever the old man Jiao felt unwell, he would immediately ask a doctor to come over for diagnosis and treatment.

Obviously, she was frightened by the successive funerals in Rongguo Mansion, fearing that Jiao Da would also die because of his excessive joy. If Jiao Da really had any good intentions, whether it was out of favor or justice, Jiao Shun would have to observe filial piety for twenty-seven months.

If this really happens, let alone this year, she will never even think of getting married next year!

Fortunately, it seems that there is no big problem for Jiao Da to survive until next winter.

The whole journey was silent.

After Tanchun returned to Rongguo Mansion, he first found Jia Zheng and handed him the 5,000 taels of cash in person. He also explained: "It wasn't so easy at first. After all, we just borrowed 10,000 taels. It was a coincidence. It just happened."

Sister Yun gave birth to an heir, and Brother Jiao was so happy that he didn't care about it anymore."

Jia Zheng nodded silently. If he had a choice, he didn't want to borrow money from Jiao Shun at all.

But the problem now is that his most cherished face has long been devalued to the point of being worthless. The only ones willing to lend money are the Xue family and the Jiao family - and considering what Baoyu has done, he would rather retreat to the Jiao family.

help.

Seeing that his father was silent in response, Tanchun didn't say anything more to him, and went directly back to Qiu Shuangzhai - tomorrow is February 2nd, and although it is not an important festival, it is still necessary to prepare in advance.

On the other side of the Yihong Courtyard, one person was talking to himself and the other was silent.

Baoyu tried his best to get Xiren's forgiveness before leaving, but the methods that usually worked so well seemed to have failed today. Xiren always responded in silence, and only when pressed for help, did he

He can speak a few perfunctory sentences.

After hitting the nails several times in a row, Baoyu finally lost his strength, waved his hand in front of Xiren's eyes, and said angrily: "What happened to you today? It seems like you left your soul outside."

"I'm just a little tired."

Xiren reluctantly grinned: "If the second master is considerate of me, just let me rest alone."

After hearing what she said, it was natural for Baoyu not to continue to pester her.

When Baoyu exited the east wing, Xiren sighed helplessly. She originally thought that after she lost her virginity to Uncle Jiao, she would be extremely regretful and ashamed when she saw Baoyu again, but this was not the case.

Facing Baoyu's fancy apology, she only felt that it was noisy.

Perhaps it was because last night's experience was like a wake-up call, breaking the last trace of fantasy in her heart.

Of course, even if you are not as ashamed as expected, you will inevitably be embarrassed when you are alone with Baoyu.

So in the next two days, she worked almost from morning to night on the pretext of helping Baoyu pack his luggage, leaving Baoyu with no chance to confide in her.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fourth day of February, the day when Jia Zheng and others were going to help Ling go south.

Early in the morning, carriages were parked in front of Rong Ning's Second Mansion. In addition to the people from Rong Ning's Second Mansion, there were also relatives and friends who came to pay their respects to the funeral, and Jiao Shun was naturally among them.

Surprisingly, Sun Shaozu, who was supposed to be on duty in Jinmen Mansion, also came.

Jiao Shun looked at him sideways for a long time, thinking that King Zhongshun was quite resolute. On the second day of the second year of junior high school, he was very busy and spread the news. In just two days, Sun Shaozu appeared in the capital.

Of course, it is possible that Sun Shaozu came specifically to Rongguo Mansion. After all, he also said some "heartfelt words" outside the door that day, and he was even more fascinated by Yingchun's sob-like voice.

As for whether it is the former or the latter, it depends on Sun Shaozu's next performance.

"Chang Qing, what are you looking at?"

At this time, a middle-aged man's curious voice came from behind.

"nothing."

Jiao Shun turned his head and smiled and said: "Third uncle, let's continue talking about sea trade."

The person he could call his third uncle was naturally Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing.

In order to reserve a way out for his wife, children, and children, Jiao Shun planned to make some preparations first, so he found Shi Ding. Shi Ding happened to be jealous of his second brother's huge income, and the two hit it off.

Even this time when I came to see Jia Zheng off to the south, I had to gather together at Zijin Street and ride in the same car.

The two of them discussed how to collect a batch of goods, prepare to go south to Guangdong and Guangxi on a certain day, and then ship it across the ocean to be sold to Europeans. Until the carriage stopped at Tiejian Temple, Shi Ding still had some unfinished ideas and wished he could make a decision on the spot.

A whole set of processes.

But Jiao Shunshi wanted to leave a way out for his family, so he naturally refused to lock up his time to go south.

In order to avoid Shi Ding's further entanglement, he hurriedly pulled Shi Ding out of the carriage and rushed to the front with all his strength.

At that time, Jia Zheng had already led everyone, kneeling in front of the old lady's coffin and muttering something, most likely telling the old lady that he was about to return to his homeland in the south.

Then Jia Zheng and Jia Lian each held banners to summon souls. Behind them, Xichun supported Mrs. Xing, and Li Wan and Xue Baochai supported Mrs. Wang, all of whom walked out crying.
To be continued...