Chapter 54 Jia Baoyu's big move
During the reign of Yingzong in the Ming Dynasty, the ancestors of Jiafu made great contributions to helping Yingzong restore the throne, and Yingzong named Jia Yan, Jia Yuan was proud, and Ning Guogong was honored.
Now a hundred years later, although Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion are still big and big, they have long been far away from the power center of the Ming Dynasty, and none of the children of the two mansions occupy important positions, all relying on the shadow of their ancestors.
But this is not right in the eyes of Xiao Lori, as soon as Jia Guifei and King Yong die, Jiafu is doomed to decline.
Although Jiafu was knighted by military merits, the descendants of later generations had already left the army for fear of hardship and were isolated from the nobles! There is no one who has passed the imperial examination in the study of literature, and he cannot be linked to the civil officials.
It's all a bunch of drunken waste, and the whole family relies on the huge land left by their ancestors to collect rent, and they also spend extravagantly, and they are extremely poor and luxurious!
Little Lori's father is a businessman, and Li Yuan has an excellent vision to invest in Li Yuan and won the position of the national prince, so she can be regarded as a businessman, and she has long seen the potential crisis in Jiafu, but unfortunately these people don't know it when they die!
In the nearly a month since she came here, she had already secretly figured out everything, otherwise she would not have changed her usual caution and returned to her true nature, there was no one in this Jia Mansion that she needed to be particularly afraid of.
The shrewd and capable but incompetent Jia Mu, the cowardly and incompetent Jia Zheng, the Dharma-loving Mrs. Wang, the lustful and shameless Jia Yu, the non-existent Mrs. Xing, the scheming Wang Xifeng, the scheming and scheming of the spring breeze, the young and beautiful widowed Li Kun, and the charming Qin Keqing, as for the rest of the children, naturally they will not enter her eyes, she only needs to wait for an opportunity, a chance to officially cut into Jiafu!
It was already night, and dozens of palace lamps were lit in the spacious and luxurious lobby, illuminating the entire lobby as bright as day. Everyone surrounded Jia's mother, not only Li Kun holding the meal, Xifeng Anzhen, Mrs. Wang entering the soup, but also more than a dozen maids who insisted on dusting, gargling, and towels to serve.
Little Lori seems to be sitting on the side but is actually lacking in interest, tonight's protagonists are Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai, she is just lazy and doesn't need to pretend to be a child.
"Sister Lin! Sister Lin! Jia Baoyu didn't even respond to Lin Daiyu's shouting several times, so she stretched out her hand and patted Lin Daiyu's hand.
Little Lori was in a trance, and suddenly felt someone touching her hand, her phoenix eyes suddenly withdrew, and when she looked up, it turned out to be Jia Baoyu, and then she asked softly, "Second brother, what do you call me?" β
"It's okay, it's just that Sister Lin hasn't spoken all the time, so I'll call you!" Jia Baoyu was taken aback by the fierceness in Xiao Lori's eyes, and explained timidly.
Seeing this, a trace of disdain flashed in Xiao Lori's eyes, and she smiled with a reserved smile on her face, it was really not interesting for her to play with this group of children, especially this pestering and naΓ―ve Jia Baoyu was not to be treated by her.
This Jia Baoyu's face is like a crown of jade, her color is like a spring flower, her face is like a peach blossom, her eyes are like autumn waves, her appearance is outstanding, but how can she look down on such a person.
"Sister Lin, Sister Bao is a well-known talent among the four of us, especially good at composing poems, why don't we each make a poem today and compare who is better? What do you think? Jia Baoyu saw that Xiao Lori still ignored him after a while, so he thought of a way.
Jia Mu on the side said with a smile, "I have also heard that Bao Yatou's poem is well written, today you each make one, the poem is done well, I will reward a lot!" β
Everyone next to him agreed.
"The old ancestor's lottery must be very good, you have to work hard!"
"Baoyu, you usually write poems well, but Bao Yatou is also good at writing poems, if you want to get a lottery, you have to be careful!"
Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and others all looked at Baoyu and the others with a smile, and laughed from time to time.
Jia Baoyu was ridiculed by everyone, and she was both proud and shy and threw herself into Jia's mother's arms and rubbed her coquettishly, "Ancestor, not only me and Sister Bao want to compose poems, but Sister Lin, Second Sister, Third Sister, and Fourth Sister have to do it, otherwise I won't do it!" β
Jia Baoyu has liked to hang out with girls since he was a child, and of course he won't mention other men in Jiafu.
"Okay, let's do it today!" Jia Mu rubbed her face against Jia Baoyu and laughed.
Wait until the maids bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone and spread them on the table.
Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai, Yingchun, Tanchun, Jia Huan, Jia Lan and others all swiped their pens, of course they are not very powerful, even if it is limericks, not everyone can come as casually as Xiao Ming, not to mention these children, they are all prepared in advance.
At this moment, all the people were waiting silently, looking at the young masters and young ladies who had put pen to paper.
Only little Lori blinked her big eyes, she was really unprepared last night, and she didn't take it seriously at all. I never thought that today would be so grand.
At this time, the maid who was waiting next to Jia Baoyu exclaimed, "The second master has written!" β
Little Lori didn't panic, so she simply abandoned the pen and didn't write. Anyway, she doesn't care about these false names, not to mention that tonight's protagonists are Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai, her character naturally won't be a foil for others.
I didn't think that Jia Baoyu was very concerned about her, just put away the pen and handed the written poem to the maid next to her, so she walked to the little Lori, saw the white paper in front of her, and couldn't help but ask loudly, "Why doesn't Sister Lin use her pen yet?" β
"Second brother, I can't compare to you in writing poetry in a shallow way, so I won't be ugly!" Little Lori chuckled.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Mother Jia frowned even more, Xiao Loli's move was undoubtedly not to give her face.
"What lottery does Sister Lin want, I'll win it for you!" Jia Baoyu took Xiao Loli's words seriously, and asked diligently.
"Haha, looking at the two childhood sweethearts, it is what makes us envious, the ancestor's color head will be sent!" Wang Xifeng hurriedly smiled.
Little Lori's heart is full of helplessness, this predecessor has been alone in Jiafu for a year since her father died in office. At that time, a little girl whose parents died came to this unfamiliar Jia Mansion, and happened to meet Jia Baoyu, who was extremely enthusiastic about the girls, and of course had a good relationship with him.
But she is not her, the second brother who is extremely important in her former body and heart is not worth mentioning to Xiao Lori, and Xiao Lori has long seen through the essence of Jia Baoyu.
"Second brother, if you win, the ancestor's lottery is for you, how can I ask for it?" Xiao Lori patiently refused, this Jia Baoyu is the demon king of Jiafu, and she is not easy to offend now.
Seeing that Xiao Lori rejected herself again, in the past nearly a month, she not only stopped being close to herself, but continued to distance herself, and now she didn't even want to ask for a gift from herself, but refused in public.
The more Jia Baoyu thought about it, the more angry he became, his face flushed with excitement, who didn't hold him in the palm of his hand since he was a child, and where he had suffered such grievances.
Jia Baoyu had a seizure of dementia, took off the jade, and threw it to the ground, scolding: "What rare things, even Sister Lin doesn't like it, and she also says that 'psychic' is not 'psychic'!" I don't want this Rausch anymore! I don't want it! β
Little Lori was startled, and just wanted to rush over to catch it, but she suddenly stopped, thinking what an arrogant person she was, although she was now degraded, she had never despised herself, but was even more proud!
Being able to be in Jiafu and others is because she has a lofty mind, how could she pounce on the ground to catch that piece of jade regardless of her face!
"Bang" Tongling Jade smashed on the ground and shattered into several pieces at once!