Although Xing Xiuyan is young, she is gentle and fair in dealing with things. She has the ability to manage the family and reward and punishment. Therefore, after only a few months of traveling, she was always welcomed by maids and servants. Even Laiwang and his wife and Jiao Da praised her.

However, the conflict between the maids has not been completely eliminated.

Siqi relies on her previous relationship to make a decision and does not take others seriously; Yuchuan feels that she is an old man in the "Qiandi" and should be superior; Qingwen is a competitive person, and although she is not interested in Jiao Shun, she cannot allow two enemies to ride on her head.

Several people are fighting day by day, it really seems like the Three Kingdoms are competing for power.

In response, Jiao Shun just sat firmly on Diaoyutai and accepted all their actions of flattering them. Any disputes and disputes would be pushed to Xing Xiuyan.

In this way, his life is more comfortable and comfortable than before.

But on the evening of the day, after Jiao Shunsanya came back for dinner, he was pulling Xing Xiuyan to wash his feet in a basin, bullying the two tender feet indiscriminately, and occasionally teasing Xiangling and Siqi.

At this time, Yuchuan suddenly came in from outside and reported that Jia Zheng had sent someone to ask Jiao Shun to visit the villa in the next day to watch the scenery, and to write a couplet on the plaque.

Jiao Shun realized that the Grand View Garden had been built.

“It’s the fourth day of November.”

He counted on his fingers: "I remember that this garden was started on November 13 last year. It took less than a year to use it. If the projects supervised by the Ministry of Works can also have such speed, I won't have to worry all day long."

As he said that, he raised his foot to the most majestic place.

Si Qi took the opportunity to wrap his heart with a towel, wiped it carefully, and said, "That's a pile of gold and silver. If the imperial court is willing to spend three or five times the expenses, it will naturally speed up the progress."

Jiao Shun shook his head slightly: "It's more than three to five times the overhead."

Seeing Xing Xiuyan lifting her feet and Xun Xiangling asked for a towel to wipe it by herself, he hurriedly called "Let me go" and grabbed the towel with his hand, holding the tender Ling, which was rising from the warm mist, on her legs and playing with it.

Xing Xiuyan was embarrassed and wanted to pull back her feet, but how could she be able to defeat his bear paws like a clamp. She had no choice but to pretend to be nothing, "Will the uncle go to the appointment the next day? Do you need to prepare a gift at home?"

Yuchuan also reminded at the right time: "My sister is still waiting for my grandfather's reply outside."

"Oh~"

Jiao Shun sighed helplessly, lay down with the flow, muttering, "I can't recite poems, what's the point of joining in this fun?"

When all the girls heard this, they thought he wanted to refuse.

Unexpectedly, Jiao Shun immediately lazily ordered: "Go and tell your sister, just say I will be there the next day."

Everyone was a little surprised, but they just thought that he couldn't understand the affection and did not make much trouble.

Only Xing Xiuyan remembered his previous words in his heart. When Jiao Shun left home again, he took out more than ten pages of text and said that he was asking the uncle to correct him.

Jiao Shun took it and opened it and saw that it was the couplet on the plaque in the other courtyard. Not only did he write down the source of the allusion in detail, but he also included a simple sketch to prevent him from using the wrong place.

After reading it, he couldn't help but raise his eyes and asked, "Have you been to the villa specifically today?"

"I asked Miss Lin to go with me, and I also received some tips from her."

Before he finished speaking, he was already wrapped in his arms by Jiao Shun and a bear. Hu chewed for a few times and laughed: "What a beautiful and wise little lady, I'm just right to be a wife for me, a rough man."

After laughing for a while, he returned the manuscript to Xing Xiuyan. He said freely in her surprised eyes: "Why are you joining in the fun with me? But our talent cannot be buried. Tomorrow, I will ask Miss Lin to take the lead in setting up a Furong Poetry Club, so that they can also see my vision!"

Seeing that he was ridiculed by his own background and was unwilling to cheat, Xing Xiuyan was not willing to force him to persuade him, so he had to hand over the manuscript to Siqi to put it away.

Unexpectedly, Xiangling snatched it up, so she carefully took it in her hand and begged with hope: "Auntie, I'll help you with it!"

Then she explained embarrassedly: "I followed my aunt to the garden before. After seeing the scenery, I was full of thoughts. I turned to the mouth but couldn't spit out a word, so I wanted to see how my aunt wrote it."

Jiao Shun is quite familiar with this feeling. To sum up, it is: However, I am not educated and I can go all over the world by lying on grass.

…………

It was the morning of the sixth day of the lunar month.

Jiao Shun rushed to the study room to meet Jia Zheng and others, but unexpectedly did not see Jia Baoyu, and was surprised for a moment.

He vaguely remembered that in the original book, the section of the Grand View Garden Test question was a rare highlight in Jia Baoyu's life, but Baoyu has never been there now. Could it be because of his butterfly wings...

Just as I was thinking, I was stunned and ran into Jia Baoyu who was trying to escape outside the gate of the other courtyard.

Well, it seems that this plot has not been changed.

The following plot development is recorded in the seventeenth chapter of Dream of Red Mansions. Jia Baoyu showed off his literary talent in front of Jia Zheng and others, and almost took all the couplets on the plaques, but he was so proud that he was almost ordered by Jia Zheng to "go out".

But when they were halfway through, everyone rested in a pavilion. Jia Zheng asked thoughtfully: "In your opinion, what else is there to be in this villa?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know whether to praise or criticize.

Seeing this, Jia Zheng simply said, "Brother Shun, you have been in the Ministry of Works for some time. Recently, you have been visiting everywhere. Your vision and knowledge are not comparable to others. Let's talk about what are the shortcomings of this villa."

He didn't take the exam for the school, but felt that he had just left Jiao Shun alone, so he deliberately let him show his talents.

Jiao Shun thought for a moment and smiled and said, "This private courtyard can be said to be a complete scenery, and it is thanks to the fact that the upper and lower levels can be completed in just a short time. However, although the scenery is good, it lacks some colors - but this is due to the time and is not accessible to humans, so it cannot be called a disadvantage."

In winter, the plants and trees withered, and without green plants, they naturally lack some color.

Jiao Shun pointed out this shortcoming and answered Jia Zheng's question seriously, but he did not offend Jia Zhen and Jia Lian who were in charge of the construction. He was deeply attracted by the three flavors of the officialdom.

Jia Zhen immediately continued: "It's true. There are many strange flowers and plants in the villa. Unfortunately, it's not visible in this mid-winter season, and there is only three points of the scenery in vain!"

Jia Lian also made a suggestion: "This is nothing. We might as well wait for two or three months. When the flowers bloom next spring, we will ask the Empress to go home to visit her relatives."

After hearing what Mr. Lian said, there were two people in Qingke who followed suit.

Jia Zheng twisted his beard and was silent for a moment, and once again pointed Jiao Shun's name: "Brother Shun, what do you think?"

What else can I think?

Jia Lian’s situation is small!

Jiao Shunxin complained and said seriously: "The mansion is working day and night just to welcome the Empress Fengzhu back to the mansion, so as to fulfill her homesickness. Now, it has been delayed for a long time for some scenery. Wouldn't it be a move to buy a box and return a pearl?"

After a pause, he added: "I don't say anything respectful. If the relatives of other families asked for it at this time, the Empress could only watch the concubines leave the palace to visit their relatives. I'm afraid that my heart would be cold before the spring warms up."

To put it bluntly, the Rongguo Mansion is so busy working so hard that it is just to take the lead and show off?

"That's exactly what it means!"

Jia Zheng nodded repeatedly, then made a decision, and ordered Jia Lian to send someone to report to the Ministry of Rites immediately and requested the Empress to go home to visit her relatives.

When Jia Lian responded, he asked again: "As for this problem of sexual deterioration, do you have a way to make up for it?"

Jia Zheng looked at Jiao Shun when he said this, obviously hoping that Jiao Shun could come up with an idea.

"What's the hard way?"

However, Jia Baoyu had just made a big splash and was just when he was full of energy, he couldn't help but jump out and answered: "The secret manager He once said, "I don't know who cuts out the fine leaves." We simply used manpower to replace the spring breeze, cut out cloth leaves, silk flowers and tied them to the tree. It is naturally difficult to tell the truth from a distance. As for the near, they are replaced by pine, cypress and other evergreen seasons."

Is this idea good or not, but it costs 30,000 to 50,000 taels per pole!

Jia Lian and Jia Zhen exchanged their eyes, but they were both eager to speak but stopped.

Jia Zheng also frowned slightly, but soon ordered in a deep voice: "Brother Zhen, Lian'er, you two go down and improve this method, and then write a note to me."

Well……

It can only be said that one has one’s son, one has one’s father.

Jia Baoyu can still be said to be unsupervised and does not know that the firewood and rice are expensive, but Jia Zheng knew that his family was in a difficult situation, but he still chose to slap the swollen face and pretend to be fat.

However, since then, Jia Zheng was obviously absent-minded. He dismissed everyone just at noon and invited Jiao Shun to his home, saying that he needed to help him find out about it.
Chapter completed!