The Bandit Gentleman of the Red Chamber

Chapter 21 Zan Keqing and Daiyu Suspected Qin Zhong and Lin Chen Surprised

The peach blossoms in Ningfu are in full bloom this year, You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law posted a post early to invite the family members of Mrs. Jiamu and Wang to come and enjoy the flowers.Baoyu learned that where Kenyi is, he will go there if he is pestered.

It's just that since Lin Chen met the fifth prince last time, in order to avoid trouble, he reported to the Imperial Academy for a few days off. At this time, Baoyu admired this cousin's character and knowledge, and asked Lin Chen to go too.Mother Jia dotes on him blindly, even though Lin Chen is a foreigner, she doesn't care, she does everything to make her grandson happy first.

Lin Chen didn't think it was disobedient, and the family members didn't say anything. It's really hypocritical for a man to pay attention to these things. Besides, he also wanted to meet that grandma Rong.

So the two men, Lin Chen and Baoyu, boarded the car with all the female relatives of the Rong Mansion, Aunt Xue, Chai Dai, and the three got into the car and went to the Ning Mansion.Long ago, Jia Zhen's wife, Youshi, and Jia Rong's wife, Qin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, led Ji concubines and girls out of Yimen.

Mother Jia took Qin Keqing's hand, and You Shi personally helped Mrs. Wang into the door.After everyone entered the upper room and sat down together, after Mrs. Qin offered tea, Lin Chen came up to meet people. Before Mother Jia could speak, Sister Feng laughed at Mrs. You, "Why did you invite us here? What's the good?" Those who are filial to east and west, it will not be too late to be filial first."

If she and Youshi's sister-in-law didn't meet, they would laugh at each other when they met. Everyone knew this, so they didn't persuade each other. They just watched her bickering to make Jiamu amused.

Just as he was enjoying himself, Jia Rong came in to say hello.Baoyu asked, "Isn't elder brother here today?" You said with a smile, "Go out of the city to greet the master. But our mother and I are gossiping, and you are bored here. Why don't you go out with Brother Lin for a walk? Get rid of boredom."

Mrs. Qin said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that Uncle Bao was going to see my brother immediately last time. He is here today, and he wants to be in the study. Why don't Uncle Bao go and see him?" Baoyu heard this, and immediately pulled Lin Chen To leave, Sister Youshifeng said hurriedly, "What are you busy with?" Mother Jia even ordered her servants to follow her, and she must not let him be wronged.

Seeing Lin Chen and Baoyu going down, You Shiyin said with a smile: "I told my ancestors to come and enjoy the flowers, and the banquets are all ready over there, and the little play is on, so I'd better take advantage of the sun today. It is necessary to let us also enjoy the glory of our ancestors, and be loose and happy."

Everyone who said it laughed, and Jia Mu said with a smile: "You have a heart." Then she said to Daiyu: "Yu'er, come here, this is the first time you have come to this mansion, and you have a good time with your grandmother. back."

As he spoke, he took Daiyu's hand to Ningfu Garden, but the peach blossoms in his family were not in Huifang Garden. Instead, they were bustling with peach blossoms along a bay of shallow water. The breeze caressed them, and the petals were scattered. Floating into the pool, from a distance, it looks like nothing in the world.

Jia Mu smiled at Mrs. Wang and said, "The flowers here bloom better than ours. I remember that the peach trees here hadn't matured the year before last, but this year they are so gratifying!" He couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Sister Feng was most unwilling to let her go, so she joked at this time: "Take a good look at the scene, what are you laughing at?" Youshi pointed at Qin Keqing and just smiled, without speaking.Qin Keqing blushed with embarrassment, she just lowered her head and played with the corner of her clothes.

Only then did Youshi smile at Jia Mu: "The old ancestors still thought that these were the few small trees from the year before last? But how could they grow into such a climate in two years. It was Rong's daughter-in-law who mentioned that there was such a peach blossom in the house. Wu, Rong'er listened, and immediately moved these peach trees from Jiangnan."

Mother Jia beckoned Qin Keqing to come forward, and said with a smile to everyone, "I've lived all these years, and only such a great-grandson daughter-in-law is the most suitable for me. This child is good-looking and good-natured, and it really hurts." He comforted Qin Keqing, "Good boy, you young couple, Rong'er is also a caring person, if he is not well, just tell me."

Daiyu watched coldly from the side, it was a bit strange, I heard that Grandma Rong was just the daughter adopted by the secretary of the camp, now it looks like the whole family is surrounded by her to flatter her?

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Here, Lin Chen and Baoyu went to the study, and Baoyu kept praising Qin Zhong to Lin Chen along the way.Lin Chen was tired of hearing this, and asked with a smile, "Brother Bao, have you ever seen that young master Qin?" Baoyu also felt that he was exaggerating, and said with a sneer, "I haven't seen it before, but I just saw Rong'er and his wife." character, you know that her brother is definitely not a bad one."

Lin Chen has long been used to this guy's "innocence and brilliance", so he doesn't care, and just laughs it off.

When the two of them saw Qin Zhong, Baoyu's eyes lit up, and he saw a young man with delicate features, pink face and red lips, handsome figure and romantic manner, but timid and shy, like a daughter.Even Lin Chen, who dislikes effeminate men, has no choice but to say "yes" to this Young Master Qin's appearance.

The three of them met, Baoyu pestered Qin Zhong and asked him how old he was, if there was a sign, and how many brothers?Qin Zhong also spoke in a soft voice, and answered them one by one.Baoyu insisted that he should be called a brother, and Qin Zhong would make trouble if he didn't obey him.

Qin Zhong glanced at Lin Chen shyly, but it meant to ask him to save the siege.Lin Chen felt strange, shouldn't this Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu hit it off and have a happy conversation, why doesn't it look like this?

But he still persuaded Baoyu with a smile: "Brother Bao, don't mess around. His sister is your nephew and daughter-in-law. Instead, you let people call you brother. Let's just joke. Let outsiders hear it, don't you want to be a joke?"

Baoyu has always respected this cousin, so after hearing what he said, he stopped mentioning the change of title. Instead, he pestered him to ask about the recent housework and schooling, and asked him if he had been a teacher and what book he was reading now.Qin Zhong said in a soft voice: "The teacher passed away last year, and my father is old, disabled, and has a lot of work, so the matter of extending the teacher has not yet been discussed, and the current thing is just to review the old lessons at home. The matter of studying again must be done. One or two confidantes are companions, and only by discussing with each other can we benefit."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Lin Chen faintly, there seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes, full of water, very moving.It's just that this "person" naturally does not include Lin Chen, Lin Chen was frightened by such eyes, why did Qin Zhong look at him like this?

Baoyu was unaware of the ups and downs between the two people, but he warmly invited Qin Zhong to study at Jia's house: "That's right, we have a family school, and those in the clan who can't get a teacher can enter the school." For reading, there are relatives among the children who can also read it. I went home last year because of my teacher, and it is now abandoned. My father also wants to send me to review old books for a while. They each read at home. My grandmother said: "One is that there are too many children in the family school, and it is not good for fear that everyone will be mischievous. The other is that I have been ill for a few days, so I postpone it for the time being. In this way, the old man is now I'm also worried about this matter. When I go back today, why don't you tell me, and come to our old school, and I will accompany you, and we will benefit each other, wouldn't it be a good thing?"

Qin Zhong smiled and said: "My father mentioned the matter of extending the teacher at home the day before yesterday, and he also mentioned that the righteous school here is good. He wanted to come here to discuss the recommendation with his relatives here. Because things are busy here, it is inconvenient to bother about such a trivial matter, so I just I didn't have time to mention it. But is it just that Uncle Lin also studied at the attached school at home?"

Lin Chen just smiled and didn't answer, but he began to worry about where did he meet Qin Zhong, why did he look so familiar to him?But Baoyu said with a smile: "Cousin Lin is different from us. He worshiped Zhuang Youzhuang as his teacher early on. Now, because Mr. Zhuang is busy, he is also in the Imperial College."

Qin Zhong was a little disappointed when he heard that, he lowered his head and fiddled with a coral pen stand on the table without saying a word.

At this moment, Lin Chen remembered why Qin Zhong treated him so differently—it was funny to say, that day when he had nothing to do to wander around the city, he saw a little boy surrounded by several people making fun of him.He has always been too lazy to meddle in such nosy matters, but the man in plain clothes was crying miserably, and the noise really annoyed him, so he ordered Sun Gui and Sun Fu to go forward and relieve him.But I don't think, that miserable young master is actually Qin Zhong?How could he leave the city alone?

Lin Chen was engrossed in his thoughts here, but Baoyu on the other side had already talked to Qin Zhong about the benefits of studying together. I was a little bit moved by what he said.

Baoyu is a man who says that wind is rain. Seeing that he has moved, he immediately wants to take people back and forth to Jia Mu.

Lin Chen really had a headache for this ignorant guy, so he quickly pulled him back, and said with a smile, "Brother Bao, what are you doing? Let the girls meet your nephew?" Yixing said, and they pulled Qin Zhong away from Baoyu.

Only then did Baoyu think of this, and he couldn't help being ashamed, and apologized to Qin Zhong repeatedly.Lin Chen said with a smile: "The old lady and the second wife are probably thinking about you when you left. Why don't you hurry over to accompany the old lady and the others, cousin Qin is here with me."

Seeing Baoyu leading the people away, Lin Chen smiled at Qin Zhong and said, "I never thought that my cousin and nephew have such a fate." Qin Zhong's face turned pale when he thought of that embarrassing day, and he said after a long time: "Then Thank you so much for your cousin’s help.”

Lin Chen smiled slightly, but only gently persuaded: "At any rate, you are also a son of an official family, why are you so careless, and you don't take one or two with you when you go out?"

Qin Zhong's eyes turned red, and he said: "That Japan is the anniversary of the family's death, and my nephew was upset, so he didn't bring anyone with him, but he didn't want to be in trouble. If it wasn't for my cousin, it would be, it would be..." As he spoke, he started to sob ...

Lin Chen hurriedly persuaded him, but Qin Zhong threw himself into his arms and wept uncontrollably.Lin Chen and his entourage caressed his back, and they listened to the words of persuasion, as if they were affectionate.

It's just that there is no warmth in his face, and his eyes are even colder—even if he is just a small clerk, his wife will not be buried in the civilian burial ground in the west of the city... By chance, he met her in the west of the city. Dear Qin Zhong...

Lin Chen's eyes darkened as he looked at the twitching darling in his arms. This "kind of love" is really not simple... I just don't know who pushed him over, and what he was trying to achieve Woolen cloth?