In the main room, Mrs. Wang was not there.

Li Kun, Baochai, Daiyu, Tanchun, and Xichun sat around the small round table in the middle, whispering quietly.

Behind them, in the corner of the room, several big maids such as Suyun, Ying'er, Cuimo, and Caiyun stood quietly.

When they saw him come in, they all got up to greet him.

Jia Baoyu had no intention of holding himself, so he found a focal position to sit on, let Li Kun and the others also sit in place, and then looked at the room full of beauties.

Li Kun is mature and beautiful, Baochai is immortal, Daiyu is peerless, she is youthful and energetic, and she is cute and well-behaved.

Although they are different in age and temperament, each one of them looks so pleasing to the eye.

Even these maids standing in the house are all leaders in the Jiafu maid world, all of them are delicate and moving.

It can be said that most of the beauties in Jiafu have gathered here.

Even the air seems to be filled with an intoxicating fragrance.

At the beginning, he was looked at by Jia Baoyu, and all the beauties were worried that it was caused by Jia Baoyu's long absence from home, so he was not shy.

Because they all looked at him and wanted to see if there was anything that had changed in each other.

As Jia Baoyu's gaze became more and more wanton, Zhongmei finally felt something else. If it was in the past, they would have naturally opened their lips or asked questions to divert their attention, but now no one spoke rashly, but they just went too far.

Although Jia Baoyu doesn't look much different from before, his face is as handsome and fair as ever, and his smile is still accompanied by the spring breeze, but in the end, the huge change in identity makes people dare not get close to and disturb easily.

Jia Baoyu probably knew the origin of this quietness, because he saw Xiao Xichun secretly looking at him, so he picked up her little hand, took her to the front and touched her head, suddenly showed a look of surprise, and said with a smile: "I haven't found it in the morning, I haven't seen it for more than ten days, and the fourth sister has grown taller again." ”

Xichun suddenly blushed, and squirmed: "How can there be, how can it be so fast......"

Daiyu thought to herself that Jia Baoyu had been alone with her for half an hour at dusk, and said a lot of words, and now Jia Baoyu should be the most familiar with her, so she smiled coquettishly: "Is it that the spring is born of grass seedlings, and it can be achieved in a few days?" ”

Everyone laughed along, and Xichun stomped his feet and didn't follow.

Jia Baoyu smiled happily, unconsciously locked Xichun between her legs, let her lean obediently in her arms, and then said to everyone: "There have been a lot of things recently, it's rare to be free tonight, if you have any questions, or if you just want to ask me, don't take advantage of this effort to ask them." ”

Jia Baoyu said this, but Zhongmei didn't have much reaction.

Li Kun and Baochai are self-conscious people, and it is not good to laugh with Jia Baoyu in public, Daiyu has asked most of the things she wanted to ask before, and Tanchun is hiding things in her heart, and she does not speak easily, so only Xichun, when she heard the words as if she had won the emperor's order, she immediately raised her head and asked a few questions in her heart.

Jia Baoyu bowed his head to answer with her, and there was no hesitation and reservation between his words, and occasionally pretended to be suspenseful, which made Xichun exclaim.

Xichun took the lead, Li Kun and the others were less reserved, and slowly said the doubts or concerns in their hearts, Jia Baoyu also had to answer questions, so that the atmosphere became harmonious and harmonious, and even the maids next to them couldn't help but laugh and compliment a few words.

At one point, Caiyun came over and said that the meal was set up, and Mrs. Wang asked them to come over for dinner.

Only then did everyone close their mouths and stand up one after another.

Daiyu suddenly said, "Why don't you come down yet?" ”

Everyone looked back, and it turned out that Xichun, who had been leaning on Jia Baoyu's side before, had already sat on Jia Baoyu's lap at some point, and had been holding the soft robe around Jia Baoyu's waist.

When Xichun heard Daiyu say about her, her little face turned red.

Fang Cai sat in the arms of the second brother and listened to the brothers and sisters, she could have been happy.

But the second brother's arms were too warm, and the second brother's beautiful voice lingered in her ears, she didn't speak for a while, she felt a little sleepy, her eyes narrowed, and she didn't pay much attention to Caiyun's words at all, so she didn't come down for the first time.

At this time, she came to her senses and was about to go down, but Jia Baoyu suddenly stood up, so frightened that she hurriedly hugged Jia Baoyu.

When she came back to her senses, she was already sitting between Jia Baoyu's arms, and her hands were around Jia Baoyu's neck.

"She's sleepy......" Jia Baoyu explained to everyone, then lowered his head and smiled: "It's okay, the second brother hugged you over, I haven't hugged you like this for a long time." ”

As he spoke, he motioned for everyone to leave.

Li Kun smiled: "How old is she, you still spoil her so much, now she doesn't look like a young lady, but like a hairy boy in the countryside." ”

Jia Baoyu said: "She is still ...... young"

"It's not too young, it's already ten years old."

Li Kun smiled, seeing that Jia Baoyu had already carried someone out of the room, he shook his head and didn't say much.

Although ordinarily, girls of this age should not be so close to their brothers, but after all, Jia Baoyu has hugged her like this since she was only a few years old, and the two have always been so close, so it doesn't seem abrupt.

Besides, now Jia Baoyu is tall and strong, petite and cute, looking from behind, it looks like a father holding his lovely daughter......

……

The dining room in Mrs. Wang's courtyard was much smaller than Jia's mother's.

In fact, it is an ear room in Madame Wang's courtyard.

Although it is not large, the layout is solemn and tidy.

In the past, only Mrs. Wang ate here alone, but now because of the girls and Jia Baoyu, almost all the maids in Mrs. Wang's courtyard come to serve, so it seems that this place is becoming more and more compact and lively.

In the past, even if Mrs. Wang asked Jia Baoyu or Daiyu to eat, she would sit and wait first, but today, Mrs. Wang did not sit down.

Seeing Jia Baoyu and others coming in, he greeted him cordially and asked Jia Baoyu if something was going on outside.

Jia Baoyu replied with a smile, put Xichun in front of a stool, turned around and hugged Mrs. Wang and said, "How can Mrs. be polite today, if you don't sit down first, how can they sit?" ”

As he spoke, he asked Mrs. Wang to sit at the head of the desk.

The smile on Mrs. Wang's face suddenly became much thicker, and she greeted with a smile: "Baochai, Daiyu, you should also sit down." ”

So Baochai, Daiyu, Tanchun, and Xichun sat down in order.

Baochai was thoughtful, and deliberately sat in the second position of Mrs. Wang's hand, and never faced Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang beckoned Jia Baoyu over.

Jia Baoyu was about to sit down, but saw that since entering the door, Li Kun seemed to have changed his form, broke away from them, and took over the errand of the maids on his own, waiting on the right side of Mrs. Wang, responsible for receiving cups, dishes, dishes and chopsticks, and obviously had to prepare vegetables for Mrs. Wang for a while, until they had eaten.

So he smiled: "It's rare for a family to have dinner tonight, sister-in-law sit down together, it's also more lively." ”

Li Kun glanced at him with some surprise.

It is the rule of the big family for the daughter-in-law to serve the mother-in-law to eat, even if the mother-in-law does not ask the daughter-in-law to set rules, the daughter-in-law should be conscious.

So her actions were right.

If Jia Mu or Jia Zheng were present, they would have asked her to sit at the table, because they were all people who respected Mrs. Wang.

Jia Baoyu, as a brother-in-law, had no reason to ask her to sit.

But why didn't you feel too unruly when you heard him say that?

Yes, Baoyu's status is too noble now, and the respect of the prince is long enough to transcend seniority and humanity, so it makes people feel that there is nothing wrong with him talking like this.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang didn't mind, turned her head and seemed to see Li Kun, so she said gently: "What he said is, you can also sit down." ”

"Mrs. Xie."

Li Kun saluted and was about to sit down, but Jia Baoyu took the lead in helping her to the left, sat down next to Baochai, and then paced to the other side and sat next to Xichun.

Alas, he also had good intentions.

Daiyu's jealousy is already big, especially for Baochai, if he sits next to Baochai instead of sitting next to her, he may have something to say in the future.

He wanted to insert between Baochai and Daiyu, but it was a well-known secret that Jia's mother promised Daiyu to him, and if he did, it would be too obvious and superficial.

So it's better to sit next to Xichun, firstly, next to Mrs. Wang, which is in line with Mrs. Wang's wishes, and secondly, Li Kun originally had the largest tooth order among their sisters, so it was just right to sit there.

Sitting on the stool, waiting for the maids to bring hand water and towels, Jia Baoyu was satisfied with his proper and unobtrusive arrangement, when he saw Daiyu on the other side looking at him with clear eyes, and the scrutinizing gaze in his eyes was a little obvious.

Jia Baoyu's heart jumped, could it be that his mind had been completely seen through by that little girl?

Fortunately, Daiyu quickly retracted her gaze, leaned sideways slightly, put her delicate little hand into the basin and gently stroked it a few times, then picked up a clean handkerchief and wiped it, then turned around and sat down, and didn't look at it again.

After everyone finished cleaning their hands, under the greeting of Mrs. Wang, they began to eat.

In front of Mrs. Wang, Li Kun and the others were naturally a little restrained. Although Jia Baoyu has no influence in this regard, he also knows that the rule is to "eat without speaking", and talking is at tea time after meals.

He also doesn't want to be too "grandstanding", so he only occasionally says one or two unobtrusive words.

While everyone was quietly having dinner, the mother-in-law who was serving outside suddenly came in and whispered back at the door: "Mrs., the second master and the second girl are here......

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she subconsciously glanced at Jia Baoyu first.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu had no expression, he thought about it for a while, and opened his mouth to let people in.

After a while, I only saw Yingchun coming in alone.

Today's Yingchun is dressed very plainly, inside is a blue-gray clothes with dark lines, tied with a white silk horse skirt underneath, covered with a clean coarse linen clothes, it seems that she has taken off the filial piety clothes and filial piety belt before coming in, at this time, it looks a little thin and tight, but it also completely reveals her beautiful complexion and plump figure.

In this way, with three points of loneliness, three points of crampedness, and three points of glamorous quality, she is more gentle and moving than she used to be taciturn, but she loves to smile on her face.

Yingchun was long, and Daiyu, Tanchun and Xichun all got up when they saw her come in.

After Mrs. Wang waited for her to see the ceremony, she didn't see Jia Lian, so she frowned and asked, "Where is Lian'er?" ”

When Yingchun heard this, he glanced at Jia Baoyu first, and suddenly his eyes turned red, so he bowed down first, crying: "Baoyu, please forgive my brother this time, he already knows that he is wrong......

When she came out suddenly, Daiyu and the others were immediately a little embarrassed, and hurriedly walked away.

Baochai and Li Kun also hurriedly got up.

Mrs. Wang's face suddenly looked a little unpleasant.

Yingchun has always been a character who doesn't know everything, if she hadn't been instigated, how could she have made such an unreasonable move.

Jia Baoyu let out a long sigh, got up to help Yingchun, and asked softly, "Did he force you here?" ”

It stands to reason that Yingchun is guarding Jia Lian's spirit over there, if he wanted to come, he could have come over a long time ago, but he came with Jia Lian, and no one believed it if it wasn't Jia Lian's idea.

Besides, Jia Baoyu knew that Yingchun was not good and didn't like to take care of human affairs, but now he knelt down and begged for mercy without saying a word when they met, which made people have to guess whether Jia Lian could force Yingchun.

Yingchun burst into tears, shook his head again and again, and said: "No, no, my brother didn't force me, he just ......"

He just knelt on the ground as his own brother and begged her for help, so how could she refuse?

Without mentioning this, Yingchun said: "Baoyu, my brother really already knows that he is wrong, he said that if you don't help him this time, he will really die...... Good Baoyu, you can help him, don't let him die, okay? ”

Yingchun rarely asks for help, in the past, Jia Baoyu sent gifts, she didn't even fight what she liked, what Jia Baoyu gave, what she took, what the sisters chose leftover, she wanted.

No, it doesn't matter.

With such a temperament, now he is crying and wiping his tears and begging him, which makes Jia Baoyu feel very distressed.

patted her arm gently, Jia Baoyu pulled her to stand behind her, and then said coldly outside the door: "If you are still a gentleman, come in and talk by yourself!" ”

Outside the dining room, the maids and young daughters-in-law who were not waiting in Mrs. Wang's courtyard gathered under the eaves of the porch, looking curiously at Jia Lian, who was carrying a bundle of firewood in the courtyard.

What kind of fame is this second master, a good master, what are you doing with a bundle of firewood on your back?

Jia Lian buried his head under the steps of the eaves, pointed his ears to listen to the movement inside, and completely ignored the staring and banter of the minions.

Finally hearing Jia Baoyu's voice, he was shocked, hurriedly strangled the strap around his waist, and then bent down to enter the door.

But he only stopped within a few steps at the door of the room, and knelt down with a "poof" through the silk screen, and then a crying voice sounded: "Sister Lin, it's the second cousin Lian who is not good, I am not a person, I know that the eldest lady is going to harm you, I didn't dare to say a word, I watched you being sent out of the house by them, and almost lost your life, the second cousin Lian is not a person, you beat me, you scold me......"

Jia Lian seemed to have made a big mistake of killing his relatives, his face was full of grief and pain, and after speaking, he slapped himself in the face vigorously, as if the other party did not forgive him, he would die here today.

The maids were surprised, but they still moved the screen down very cleverly so that the people inside could see the outside clearly.

Daiyu's beautiful eyes were bulging, her mouth was slightly open, and she looked at Jia Lian in front of her in a daze.

Although Jia's mother had already said that she would ask Jia Lian to apologize to her, she still felt surprised, surprised, and overwhelmed when it came to the end.

It's so strange, listening to what they said, Second Brother Lian doesn't seem to be sorry for me much, why did he repent and become like this?

It's no wonder that Daiyu couldn't figure it out for a while, in fact, she didn't take yesterday's events too seriously in her heart.

Although she secretly hated Mrs. Xing and the others, now that one of the initiators has died and one has left home, her anger has completely disappeared.

Moreover, what's even stranger is that why did the second brother Lian carry a bundle of firewood in?

Are you guilty?

Uh, do you want to be so funny?

In Daiyu's heart, she suddenly wanted to laugh, but looking at Jia Lian's dead mother, she thought again, if she laughed out loud now, would the second brother Lian be depressed to death?