Chapter 174 Playing in the garden
The garden of Ningguo Gongfu is complete with pavilions, pavilions, bridges and flowing water.
It's spring now, and all the flowers are blooming.
A winding white stone bridge, with bunches of delicate flowers dotting the banks on both sides...
There are all kinds of exotic colors such as mud gold, snow blue, ink, and green.
Coupled with a few leisurely mandarin ducks playing in the river and a few spring willow trees by the river, it creates a good scene.
Yesterday Qingwen said that Daiyu invited him to play with her. Jia Yun thought that there was nothing going on in the palace, so he took a leave of absence and returned home.
Jia Yun sat in the pavilion, watching with interest a group of girls breaking branches and fluttering butterflies among the flowers. It was really pleasant.
Turning his head and looking at Baochai who was sitting quietly in the pavilion, Jia Yun smiled and said, "Aunt Xue, why don't you go and play together?"
Today, Baochai is wearing a large peony, emerald green smoke gauze and Bixia Luo Shang, which is extremely bright, not as plain as usual.
However, it is normal. Naturally, it is unlucky to not dress plainly when accompanying an attendant in the palace. Therefore, after entering the palace, Baochai's dress became brighter. Not to mention, such dressing made Baochai's skin as white as snow look even more beautiful.
Hair looks brighter and brighter than ever.
Baochai sat demurely on the stone chair, lightly opened her red lips, and said: "I'm tired, let's take a rest first, but Brother Yun, you were just sitting here, and you didn't want to have fun.
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Jia Yun looked at Baochai's elegant demeanor. To be honest, he admired it quite a lot, but Daiyu was not bad either, full of aura, and both of them had their own merits.
"It doesn't matter to me. Seeing their stubborn joy makes me feel comfortable." Jia Yun replied with a smile.
When Baochai heard this, her heart moved. Baochai also praised a man like Jia Yun. In the past, he saw that Jia Yun was a vigorous and resolute person, even the old lady didn't give him face, but he treated these daughters with a gentle voice.
Whispering, they are completely two people.
"Brother Yun has a good temper. Girl Lin will be lucky in the future."
Faced with Baochai's joke, Jia Yun did not comment and said: "We will talk about the future later. By the way, how is Aunt Xue in the palace?"
Although Jia Yun was on errands in the palace, Jia Yun always ignored the affairs of the harem. This was his duty, so Jia Yun did not know Baochai's situation. Not only Baochai, but also his eldest aunt Yuanchun, Jia Yun also
I have never heard from her.
Baochai was startled when he heard this, and replied with a strange look on his face: "Princess Leping is kind to others. I am just an escort in the palace, and my life is going very smoothly."
When Jia Yun saw Baochai's strange expression, his heart moved. Could it be that Baochai had been brutally murdered? After all, although Jia Yun ignored the harem affairs, for a high-profile person like Princess Leping, some news would always reach Jia Yun's ears. Princess Leping
He also knows about Baochai's character, I'm afraid Baochai will be tortured a lot!
But if the royal family doesn't care, what can Jia Yun do? Let alone what can happen between his daughters?
At this time, Shi Xiangyun came over with a smile on his face, holding a few peach blossoms, and said to Baochai with a smile: "Sister Baochai, look at how beautiful these flowers are, they are just right for you."
After saying this, he put the flower between Baochai's ears.
"Although the flowers are beautiful, Sister Bao is even more beautiful." Xiangyun looked at it and said narrowly.
Baochai tapped Xiangyun's forehead and said angrily: "You girl, I'm just going to play tricks on you. I'm having a rare break today and I'm not enough to play with you. You even teased me. I'll change it tomorrow."
I don’t have time to spare, I’ll leave you to your own devices.”
After hearing this, Xiangyun threw herself into Baochai's arms and said coquettishly, "This can't be done. I won't be happy if Sister Bao doesn't come."
Facing the coquettish Xiangyun, Baochai had no choice but to pat Xiangyun's head lovingly.
"Okay, let's all hide here and laze around." A crisp voice sounded. Jia Yun looked up and saw that it was Gao Le's Daiyu.
Then a group of girls came in, each holding a few flowers in their hands.
Qingwen trotted to Jia Yun, held up the wreath in her hand and said to Jia Yun to take credit: "Sir, please see if this slave's weaving looks good."
Looking at the beautiful Qingwen, Jia Yun felt more and more comfortable. He took the wreath and looked at it. The weaving was careful. The flowers on the wreath were neat and orderly, and the intervals were almost the same. It must be said that Qingwen was not only gifted with words,
The little hands are also so dexterous.
Jia Yun smiled and joked: "It looks good, but there is always something missing."
When Qingwen, who was originally trying to please Jia Yun, heard what Jia Yun said, she frowned, pursed her lips and said, "Tell me, what's wrong with this slave?"
After the girls sat down, they looked at Qingwen who was sobbing and covered their mouths and snickered.
They all knew that Qingwen was from Jia Yun's house, she was also quick-tongued, and they didn't feel anything was wrong. The master didn't say anything, so naturally they wouldn't say anything either.
Jia Yun put the garland on Qingwen's head, looked at it for a few times, and said: "It looks much better this way. The garland is fine and the girl is even more handsome."
"Oops... I'm making fun of you again." Although Qingwen liked Jia Yun's praise of him, saying this in front of so many people made Qingwen embarrassed and stomped her feet in embarrassment.
Everyone was amused by this scene.
Jia Yun looked at everyone. There was some sweat on their foreheads, and the soft black hair stuck to their temples, giving them a special flavor.
Daiyu held the cattail leaf fan and swayed gently. She turned her head and saw that Jia Yun seemed to be looking at her, holding the cattail leaf fan against her temples without leaving any trace.
Jia Yun naturally noticed Daiyu's strange movement and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Aunts, are you stubborn enough to have fun today?" Jia Yun said.
"Brother Yun, your garden is big, but it doesn't seem to be pruned very well. You need to have someone take care of it carefully tomorrow, otherwise we aunts will not be happy." Shi Xiangyun was the first to jump out.
Baochai took a look and pulled Xiangyun. She pursed her red lips and smiled at Xiangyun and cursed: "You are also a heartless seed. Brother Yun entertains you with delicious food and drinks, but you talk about other people."
It’s no longer true, let’s put up my aunt’s score.”
Faced with Baochai's reprimand, Xiangyun spat out his tongue, as if he knew he was wrong.
Jia Yun didn't care and said: "Aunt Shi, you have wronged me. There are few people in the house, so it is normal for you not to take care of me carefully."
The garden of Ning Mansion is not small. There are various rockeries, artificial lakes, stone caves, plum groves, and bamboo groves that produce bamboo shoots. There is always a shortage of people in Jia Yun Mansion, and Jia Yun doesn’t care about the garden.
No matter how concerned I am, I don’t have many people who know how to garden to take care of it.
However, when Jia Yun saw that Shi Xiangyun had said it, he said, "But Aunt Shi is right. The garden must be well taken care of."
Saying that, Jia Yun turned his head and looked at Daiyu, and said, "Aunt Lin, please worry about it and take care of it appropriately."
Daiyu glanced at Jia Yun angrily and spat: "You mind your own business, what are you doing with me?"
Xiangyun covered his mouth and laughed, and said narrowly: "Shouldn't this garden be managed by my nephew and my wife? Hey... then what are we doing here? Let's go back as soon as possible so that we don't have to talk too much."
All the girls covered their mouths and laughed, and the maids beside them couldn't hold back either.
Daiyu raised her eyebrows and cursed at Xiangyun: "You crazy girl, what are you talking about?"
Xiangyun put his hands on his hips and said with a smile: "What the hell am I doing? Aren't you our nephew-in-law?"
Daiyu's pretty face turned red with anger, but she didn't know how to respond to these words.
After a pause, Daiyu said angrily to Jia Yun: "I don't care about the garden."
After hearing this, Jia Yun pondered for a moment and said: "Well, let's find some old friends in the garden and mothers who know a little about gardening, and let them pay for it themselves. Let them set the money themselves, and you can carefully consider the decision. "
Tan Chun's eyes moved when he heard this, he raised his eyebrows with a hint of heroic spirit, and said: "It's a good idea. I have a dedicated person to handle it. I can't get rid of it even if I get it done."
Jia Yun raised his eyes and looked at Tanchun. He knew that Tanchun was a good housekeeper. In the original work, the housekeeper Tanchun was also remarkable, but he touched the interests of too many people and ended up with nothing.
But Jia Yun doesn't need to worry about these things here. Anyone who is disobedient will be dealt with, regardless of whether he is an old servant in the mansion, Jia Yun is not merciful.
Jia Yun nodded and continued: "Not only that, the fruits, vegetables, bamboo shoots, fish and shrimps in the garden are also taken care of by them. At the end of the year, the general ledger is calculated, excluding the evidence from the government, and the benefits obtained Half of it is given to the government, and the other half is earned by them."
"Use it for power and use it for profit. I never thought that Brother Yun is also a good housekeeper." Tan Chun said in surprise.
Yingchun nodded and said: "This is somewhat similar to the Lai family's. I heard that they can earn hundreds of taels of silver every year."
Everyone was startled when they heard Yingchun talking about the Lai family. Daiyu said at this moment: "These things can bring in hundreds of taels of silver? Don't listen to what others say."
When Baochai heard this, he covered his mouth and laughed, and said: "It's true that there is nothing in the world that cannot be used. If it can be used, it will be valuable."
Daiyu raised her eyes and glanced at Baochai, frowned, but didn't say anything.
Jia Yun didn't know that these people's twists and turns were just changing the subject. Jia Yun was not surprised at all about the conversation between Daiyu and Baochai. Daiyu was the daughter of a Hou family and had been raised since she was a child. Even when she came to live in Jia's house, Jia's mother never treated her badly in terms of food and clothing, so she didn't know much about these things.
Although Baochai also came from a wealthy family, her father died early and her brother was ineffective. She had been working with Aunt Xue in her early years, so she knew these things.
In Jia Yun's view, Lin Daiyu is the goddess of immortality, while Baochai is the beauty of fireworks, each with its own merits.
After pondering for a moment, Jia Yun said with a smile: "Second aunt is telling the truth. It is indeed somewhat similar to the Lai family. As long as the method works, it doesn't matter whose method it is. Second aunt, don't you think so?"
Seeing Jia Yun's expression as usual, Yingchun nodded with a smile and said, "Brother Yun is right!"
The girls' eyes lit up when they saw Jia Yun's grandeur. If it were anyone else, they would have gotten angry, and they had seen many of them.
After a pause, Jia Yun saw that Daiyu looked worried, so he said, "Aunt Lin, you can take care of it. It's just some small things for you to pass the time. If you don't have time, just let Yuanyang handle it."
Listening to Jia Yun's thoughtful words, Daiyu felt warm in her heart and said, "Then I'll give it a try. If I don't manage it well, you can't blame me."
Jia Yun chuckled and said, "How can I blame you for just these things? How can I be so stingy?"
A group of girls looked at Jia Yun's considerate and caring man, and had different thoughts. Which daughter wouldn't want her future husband to be so tolerant and generous?
Jia Yun didn't know what these daughters were thinking, but when he saw Qingwen's pouty look, Jia Yun said, "Aunt Lin, take Qingwen with you to take care of things. This girl has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, and all the women are afraid of her."
, I am sure to be your good helper."
Upon hearing this, Daiyu raised her eyes to look at the embarrassed Qingwen, nodded with a smile and said, "Brother Yun is right."
"Girl..." Qingwen scolded Daiyu, making everyone laugh...
Chapter completed!