From the tenth day of the lunar month onwards, it is called the New Year's Pass.

At this time, the biggest thing for ordinary people may be to prepare for a happy year, but for a mansion like Jiafu, the most important thing is to prepare for ancestor worship first.

This is true of Jiafu, and even more so of the royal family.

In previous years, the preliminary matters of the royal ancestor worship were led by the eldest prince, but this time because the eldest prince was grounded by the emperor, this errand fell on the second prince.

Therefore, the schoolwork in the study room was stopped early.

Jia Baoyu got another free time.

However, his leisure was completely stolen.

Jiafu also wants to worship ancestors, but the ancestral hall of the Jia family is in Ningguofu, so most of the Jia's ancestor worship is handled by Ningguofu.

On the side of Rongguo Mansion, it is mainly to prepare for the construction of the provincial garden.

In this matter, Jia Zheng is in charge, and the specific affairs are all handed over to Jia Lian, the Qingke, and the housekeepers in the house to arrange and purchase. Among them, Jia Lian is the master.

Therefore, he was able to steal leisure, completely thanks to having a hard-working cousin, the eldest son of Jia Lian.

The only thing that made Jia Baoyu a little puzzled was that Jia Zheng and others were still worried about the silver a few days ago, but in the past few days, they seemed to have forgotten about it and started preparations in full swing.

At home, there is no trace of the sale of the property.

Jia Baoyu once asked Jia Zheng about this matter, and the result was that he didn't need to worry about it.

Yes, if you don't worry about it, don't worry about it, anyway, the family business hasn't been passed on to my son, so you can toss it as you want. Moreover, although Jia Zheng is not good at directors, Jia Lian is extremely effective in doing these chores, and Jia Baoyu thinks to himself, even if he lets him handle it himself, he may not be able to be more secure than Jia Lian.

In the afternoon of this day, Jia Baoyu was going to greet Mrs. Wang, but when she walked to the left of Sister Feng's courtyard, she ran into Jia Rui.

Jia Rui was about to turn around and leave when he saw him from afar, but only after being stopped by Jia Baoyu did he turn around and greet: "It's Brother Bao, I, I'll come in and say hello to my wife." ”

Jia Baoyu clearly saw that he came out of Wang Xifeng's courtyard, but he didn't debunk him, only said: "Brother Narui has seen his wife?" ”

"I've seen it, I've seen it, I'm about to go back now, my grandfather won't let me stay outside for a long time, and I'm leaving."

After saying that, Jia Rui left.

Jia Baoyu stood on the spot, turned around and walked towards Wang Xifeng's courtyard.

Seeing Wang Xifeng's maid Feng'er, Jia Baoyu asked, "Is your grandmother at home?" ”

"Yes."

Jia Baoyu followed Wang Xifeng's house.

lifted the curtain and went in, but before he entered the room, he only heard Wang Xifeng and Ping'er talking in secret.

"Since that day, the eldest man in the East Mansion had a birthday, and I met him in the mansion, and I knew that he was not well-intentioned. You can see the scene just now, but I wronged him? ”

"The toad wants to eat swan meat, a thing that has no human nature, and this thought makes him die badly!"

Ping'er scolded angrily. Suddenly, there was a voice behind him: "Hehe, who is swan meat, and who wants to eat swan meat?" ”

Ping'er was startled, and hurriedly stood up, and when she saw that it was Jia Baoyu at the door, she glanced at Wang Xifeng, with a slight panic in her eyes.

Wang Xifeng was calm and composed, and said with a smile: "Brother Bao is here, sit down, Ping'er, don't pour tea yet." ”

Ping'er was slightly blessed, and then went out to pour tea.

Jia Baoyu sat next to Wang Xifeng and said in a low voice: "Is my sister a swan meat?" ”

Wang Xifeng glanced at him, suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at his forehead, and scolded: "You bastard, just eavesdrop on other people's conversations, and dare to use it to make fun of me, see if I don't tell my wife, ask her to clean you up!" It's really getting more and more presumptuous. ”

After scolding, seeing that Jia Baoyu just covered his forehead, the smile in his eyes was still bright, and he couldn't help blushing slightly and glared at Jia Baoyu.

"When I came in just now, I met Brother Rui, and I saw that he was panicking, and then I heard Sister Ping'er say this, thinking about it, he wanted to eat swan meat."

"Baoyu!" Wang Xifeng frowned, snorted, and then said angrily: "Do you know what you're talking about, you're getting more and more presumptuous." ”

Although his face was angry, he also had a feeling of inwardness.

That's right, in this era, women are not usually understood as attractive, but scolded for attracting bees and butterflies, and they are charming and charming.

So Jia Baoyu picked on this matter, and Wang Xifeng thought that he was deliberately embarrassing her.

Jia Baoyu smiled slightly and said: "Sister Feng is born outstanding, beautiful, and a woman who does not let her eyebrows, a man in the world, who sees Sister Feng and does not covet three points, and he can't complain about Brother Rui like this." ”

Seeing that Jia Baoyu couldn't be shocked, Wang Xifeng glanced at him a few times, suddenly stroked the green silk on his forehead, and said with a smile: "Oh, according to Brother Bao, it's all mine, isn't it?" ”

After the last Chang'an Prefecture letter delivery incident, Wang Xifeng has already felt that Jia Baoyu is not weaker than her. It's just that she thinks that no matter what, Jia Baoyu is also a scholar, and the most basic creeds such as "the way of a gentleman" and "don't say anything incivil" should always be observed, right?

She is his sister-in-law in the end, even if she accidentally bumps into this, she should pretend that she doesn't know anything, who knows that he still holds it and says it, and there is no shying away from it.

Although Jia Baoyu's words can be regarded as a compliment to her, which makes her heart a little refreshed, but she is not an ordinary woman, how can she let Jia Baoyu ridicule?

My heart moved, and I knew how to return it.

Jia Baoyu didn't know Wang Xifeng's thoughts, he just felt that Wang Xifeng acted properly and carefully, and it was rare to catch her "handle", so he couldn't help but make fun of her.

"Hahaha, that's not it, although my sister is swan meat, it's not something that any toad can covet." Jia Baoyu said, Shen Chang neck to Wang Xifeng's ear, and jokingly said: "If my sister is not angry, why don't I pretend to be the second brother of Lian, find a few people, use a sackcloth bag, catch him to the corner of the street, and beat him hard to make my sister angry?" ”

Wang Xifeng smiled, pushed Jia Baoyu away with one palm, and said with a smile: "Who cares about you, you still care more about yourself, something good has happened recently!" ”

Saying that, he looked Jia Baoyu up and down again, and said jokingly: "Zizi, speaking of our brother Bao, he was born well and talented, well, although he usually does things that are a little hateful, but the flaws are not hidden, no wonder he is liked, even a person who is so meticulous and thrifty as my aunt is willing to spend 200,000 silver to buy you as a son-in-law...... Hehehe. ”

Jia Baoyu suddenly frowned.

What 200,000 silver, what son-in-law, how did he not know? But looking at Wang Xifeng's bright smile, Jia Baoyu also knew that she was not talking nonsense.

Thinking of the Mengpo Zhai discussion a few days ago, Jia Baoyu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Could it be that he was sold by Jia Zheng's old man?

Picked up the tea that Ping'er had put on the table and took a sip gently.

As soon as Wang Xifeng saw Jia Baoyu's expression, he knew that Jia Baoyu was still completely kept in the dark, and was about to make fun of it again, when he suddenly remembered Mrs. Wang's warning, so he dispelled the idea, but kept laughing.

This matter is not allowed to spread randomly, if it weren't for Jia Baoyu's "deception too much" just now, she wouldn't have said it.

"Sister Feng, is it so happy to be remembered by the toad?"

Jia Baoyu's faint words made Wang Xifeng's smile freeze on his face.

"If there is nothing else, the younger brother will leave first."

Jia Baoyu stood up and said goodbye, Wang Xifeng rarely ignored him and let him go out.

Ping'er said: "Grandma, if you tell Second Master Bao about this, won't it be good." ”

"What's so bad, how long do you think you can hide this from him...... But I'm curious what he's going to do next, this kid, he's getting bolder and bolder, and he's going to dare to say anything......"

Wang Xifeng stopped when she said this, remembering the words that Jia Baoyu said in her ear before, and couldn't help but think that if she replaced Jia Rui, who didn't know whether she was alive or dead, with Baoyu, she might not be so angry......

Hmm, Wang Xifeng sat up straight slightly, suppressing this idea of not abiding by women's morals in his mind.

Outside the courtyard, Jia Baoyu glanced back at Wang Xifeng's courtyard, remembered the thin Jia Rui he saw before, and shook his head.

Although the poppy is beautiful, it is poisonous.

Jia Rui obviously has no ability to pick this poppy, if he insists on pounced on it, he will just be innocent.