By Jia Xiuzhen

Jia Lan was just happy that he could finally get out of the hot wooden barrel after having endured endless medicinal baths. I'm afraid his appetite would be less after a while, so that Fourth Aunt and Aunt Lin wouldn't eat snacks with him Shi Lao pursed his lips in joy.How could he have thought that his mother, who was blind to gold and inlaid with jade, took from the Pearl World the powerful manuscripts that ran rampant in the Canglan World back then, and wanted to continue to "strengthen his body" and "prolong his life" for him.

This year, because my husband had something important to do, classes were suspended before the winter solstice. Baoyu was very happy, but Jialan was sleepy, just staying in the room and reading.Since Li Wan wanted him to "refine his body", he naturally couldn't help him, so he let him go out to find someone to play with.Jia Lan said, "Who am I going to find, it's so boring."

Li Wan said: "How many boys are there in this mansion, outside the mansion, in the courtyard and on the porch, can't you find anyone to play with?"

Jia Lan said: "Although there are many boys, what are they playing? If you want to make a fuss, you will be tired after running a few steps, and you are afraid of getting your clothes dirty and scolded when you go home. If you want to be quiet, you might as well read a book like me. "

Li Wan spat at him, "You're like a bean sprout, you'd be disgusted. How can you be so young that you stay at home all day? If you don't go crazy, you don't look like a kid!"

Jia Lan said: "Don't mention being crazy. The last time we kicked stones together to bet on climbing trees, Uncle Huan missed his shoe. Later, when he met me, he complained a lot. He said he was taught by his aunt when he went back. gone."

Li Wan said: "I'm not crazy. It's a stone and a tree. Don't climb a tall tree. If you can't get down, no one will save you. How can kicking a stone make your shoe leak? How long have you been grinding it! "

Jia Lan said: "It's nothing to do with the stone. For some reason, there was a hole in the toe. None of us saw it. It was Uncle Huan who told me about it later. He also said that I followed Uncle Bao is studying, but he hasn’t read it yet. I asked him to tell the master, but he refused, and I don’t know if he really wants to study. I thought, if he told the master that he wanted to study, the master would be happy , the master likes people who love to read."

Li Wan opened his mouth, but Jia Lan couldn't understand the concubine's twists and turns, so he changed the subject and said, "You are very familiar with Huan'er."

Jia Lan frowned and thought for a while, then said, "It's just that we can play together once in a while. Sometimes Third Uncle Huan sees me, but he looks him up and down, hums and leaves."

Li Wan was stunned again, "How do you say this?"

Jia Lan said: "I don't know, anyway, he can play together if he wants to, and forget it if he doesn't want to."

While the two were talking, Qing Yu came in and a boy outside the Taoist courtyard came to pass the word that Jia Huan asked Jia Lan to play with him and was waiting for him at the front pavilion.After hearing this, Jia Lan got up and left.Li Wan called Madam Yan to come in and say what Jia Lan had just said.

It is said that Jia Lan took two young men to Yuelai Pavilion, and saw Jia Huan was painting pillars there alone, so he went up to salute.Seeing him coming, Jia Huan squinted his eyes and looked Jia Lan up and down, pouted his lips and said, "What about third and second uncles, come on, I just ask you, do you still have the fireworks for next year?"

After hearing this, Jia Lan said, "I didn't take any of them, I let the boys play with them, and my mother didn't allow me to play with them in the yard."

After hearing this, Jia Huan pointed to the boy who came with Jia Lan and said, "Do you still have any? If you have any, take them out as soon as possible!"

The two boys looked at each other and said nothing.

Jia Huan became a little anxious, and when Jia Lan saw it, he came up with an idea: "Or ask the person in charge, I'm afraid there are still some left."

After hearing this, Jia Huan said loudly, "You take me as Baoyu!" Then he left, and before he left, he kicked the pavilion pillar hard.

Jia Lan watched him walk away, confused, looked at his servant and asked, "What's the matter?"

Tuanzi blinked his round eyes, seeing that Jia Lan was far away, Fang whispered: "We just heard that Second Master Bao took a lot of firecrackers for the boys to set off for the fun of the sisters in the wife's room, about... about Mr. Huan also wants to set off fireworks."

Jia Lan shook his head and said, "Children's things." Looking at Tuanzi again, he asked, "You've really finished all those things?"

Before the dumpling could make a sound, Fang Gao on the other side muttered, "If you have something, you can't give it to someone for nothing. Who can get it easily!"

Jia Lan reached out to give him a chestnut and said, "You said just now that it's all over, if you go to play again later, and Uncle Huan sees it, can't you be mad at you?"

Fang Gao said: "What can you do with me? I'm not his slave!"

Tuanzi hurriedly said: "Let's let it go secretly. With such a big yard, how can we meet it. Besides, if we meet it, we only say that we got it from Master Bao, who can find it. "

Jia Lan was too lazy to bother, and thought, since he came out, if he went back so soon, Li Wan would probably say he was lazy again, so he planned to take a detour and walk back slowly, just in time for dim sum.

A few people went out from the front yard, bypassed Meng Pozhai, and were passing Mrs. Wang's courtyard, when they heard Aunt Zhao cursing in a shrill voice, "You're a fool! You got angry with those little cunts outside, come back and turn your head and stare at me." Yes! You can compare yourself to others, and you are worthy of anything! You can be angry with me. If you are capable, don’t crawl out of my intestines and just put it in my wife’s stomach, and I will obey you!"

I don't know what Jia Huan said, but Aunt Zhao's voice became sharper: "Okay! Sure enough, someone will care about you! If you rub against something that is not on the table, no one will glance at you. I am so reluctant , It’s not like there are no one who crawled out of my intestines to climb high branches, and you are not one more!”

Jia Lan pretended not to hear, hurried around and entered the inner courtyard through the east corner gate.Back in the yard, I saw Daiyu and Sanchun talking and laughing in the room.Seeing him coming in, Li Wan asked, "Why did you come back so soon, why don't you play with your Third Uncle Huan for a while?"

After hearing this, Tanchun put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "Why did Huan'er ask Lang Geer to go out?"

Jia Lan hurriedly said: "I haven't played before. Uncle Huan asked me if I still have fireworks for next year. He heard that I didn't keep any of them, so I went."

Tanchun couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard this, and said angrily, "What kind of trick is it? I'm asking my nephew for something!"

Li Wan said with a smile: "Although they are uncles and nephews, they are only a few years apart. They used to play together, kicking stones and climbing trees. If you have to take care of them one by one, then it's okay."

Tanchun heard what Li Wan said, and saw that Jia Lan's expression was the same, that's all, just thinking in his heart that he would have time to talk to Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan.

And when Aunt Zhao made a loud noise, Jia Huan slammed the door and went out.Aunt Zhao was even angrier, she cursed all kinds of words, and when she was thirsty, she asked Xiao Que to pour tea.But seeing Aunt Zhou come in with the little girl Rui'er, she said: "You came just in time, look, look at what evil I have done, to give birth to such a useless thing, I am here to collect debts!"

Aunt Zhou reached out and poured her a cup of tea, and said in a warm voice, "Why are you bothering? There's nothing you don't understand about a child's temperament. It's just that Baoyu's eyes are hot after watching Baoyu get so many fireworks. Don't you just think of a way for him. Trample him instead."

Aunt Zhao drank the tea in one gulp. After hearing this, she was about to speak, but she couldn't swallow a sip of water, and coughed violently.Aunt Zhou hurriedly asked Ruier to pat her on the back to calm her down, and finally she was relieved, Aunt Zhao opened her mouth, but forgot what she was eager to say just now.Seeing her appearance, Aunt Zhou shook her head helplessly and smiled, "Tell me about you, when will you change your temperament that can't catch the threshold. Now it's all right, I forgot what I wanted to say, it's not for nothing one time."

Rui'er was patting Aunt Zhao's back, and laughed out loud when she heard that.Xiao Que lifted the curtain and came in, quickly took over the work and gave Aunt Zhao a break.Aunt Zhao stretched out her hand to pinch her, and said: "Where did Xiaolang's hoof go? He came only so soon! I asked you to pour me tea, I almost choked on the tea and I didn't see you !Where did you go to climb high branches and pass on small stories?!"

Xiao Que hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, Auntie. I saw that the third master ran out. I was afraid that you would be worried, so I followed him out to have a look. I didn't want to follow him after he left the second door. That's why I rushed back."

Aunt Zhou said: "Listen, such a little girl knows that you are worried about Huan'er, but you always speak loudly yourself."

After hearing this, Aunt Zhao snorted and said, "How can you still make a big difference?! Let him fool around with nothing, and dare to play with me!"

Aunt Zhou sighed and said, "Think about him too. Boy Lan is only so old, and he has gone to school with Baoyu. He is the only kid here who is the same age. Can he feel comfortable? He has always been afraid of the master. , can't you beg the master to go to school together for him?

And last time, you scolded him all afternoon for a pair of shoes, isn't it just a pair of shoes?Your craft has always been the most outstanding, as for training him for such a thing? !This is the age when you are skinny, running and jumping, and your skills in swearing are enough to fill the soles of your shoes! "

Hearing this, Aunt Zhao burst into laughter, gave Aunt Zhou a look, and said, "What do you know! He didn't kick his shoes. He just saw the shoes on Kid Renlan's feet, and he was looking for them. Something frayed the shoes! Think I'll put him in those shoes too! Don't even think about who I am!

Those shoes, I heard from the person who cleaned them, never waxed them, but they didn't get wet, they didn't stick to oil or water!In this mansion, Lang Ge'er is the only one. He said it belonged to his natal family, and he didn't even have Baoyu, so he dared to waste things for this!What a scumbag, his eyes are so shallow that they bulge out! "

Aunt Zhou heard this and said: "It's such a rare material, Grandma is willing to make shoes for such a big baby. If you can wear them a few times, you will find them too small."

Aunt Zhao said: "Hey, she is a young lady from a rich family, so there are so many things that are not rare, it's just not our turn. Didn't you see the woolen clothes of the girls in the past? What are they called Ruyi? You just listen to them." One person made a whole body of things that I have never heard of! However, we have nothing to complain about, who let the old lady and the wife let her take care of the girls? This honest man really only takes care of the girls , Baoyu didn't even get a single strand of it, I looked at that face, and I was happier than I got it!"

Aunt Zhou shook her head helplessly and said, "You don't care about other people's affairs, why don't you take care of Huan'er."

Aunt Zhao was in the middle of talking, and she was unhappy after hearing this, and said: "Why should I ignore him? Is it because he eats less or wears less? He is a seed that crawled out of my aunt's stomach, and he really wants to live a serious life. The life of the young master is not good for those who are anxious with me, and those who are blinded by fat!"

Aunt Zhou opened her mouth, she really had nothing to say, and said, "Okay, I'm just trying to persuade you in vain. I myself have no children, so I don't understand you as mother and child enemies! It's been a long time since I came out. I'm back too, you should restrain yourself, and then the other end will say something in front of the master, and you will suffer again."

When Aunt Zhao heard this, she couldn't help shrinking her neck, and immediately said: "Cut, if you have the ability, tie the master in the house and don't let him out!"

Aunt Zhou shook her head when she heard this, and was about to say something more, when it was reported that the wife had returned, she fell silent and went to the room with Aunt Zhao to serve.