Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 124, Goodbye Daiyu

"What did that duck do to you, that you were chasing it all over the yard?"

Fang Yong asked.

Baoqin's two little hands were entangled awkwardly.

"That duck ate Sister Lin's flowers. Xiangling and I are going to catch it to avenge Sister Lin."

"Oh, is there such a thing?"

Fang Yong smiled and said, "Then I have to examine it."

He looked at Xiangling standing beside him and waved:

"Xiangling, is this true?"

Xiangling came over and said softly:

"Yes, yes."

Fang Yong said: "I was wrong about you. I happened to bring some things with me. The lunchbox is a reward for you."

As he spoke, Fang Yong took Xiangling's wrist, and took Baoqin's hand, and walked towards the warm pavilion nearby.

Xiangling said weakly, "Master, I, I don't need it."

Fang Yong patted Xiangling's soft body and gently scolded her, "Be obedient."

Baoqin also said, "Sister Xiangling, let's take a look first."

Xiangling blushed and dared not say anything.

At this time, Baoqin's sense of unfamiliarity with Fang Yong has decreased a lot.

After entering the warm pavilion, Fang Yong ordered Qiao Yan, who was following behind him, to take out two brocade boxes.
When one was opened, it turned out to be a necklace made of red gold, white jade and rubies.

Baoqin looked at it and said happily, "This is great, but I wonder if it's for me or for Sister Xiangling?"

Fang Yong asked: "Do you like it?"

Baoqin said without hesitation: "I like it!"

The two looked up and their eyes met. Baoqin's face suddenly turned red and she quickly lowered her head.

The little girl has grown up.

Fang Yong thought about it and gently pulled Baoqin into his arms.

Baoqin trembled but did not resist.

Fang Yongdao:
"I'll bring it to you."

Baoqin nodded.

Fang Yong took the necklace and put it on Baoqin.

Xiangling also has a gift.

It is a soft gold necklace with a white jade gourd inlaid with pearls.

Fang Yong took the collar and wanted to put it on Xiangling.

Xiangling said weakly:

"Master, let me do it myself."

Fang Yong smiled and pulled Xiangling over.

"Why are you so afraid of strangers? Go to your room tonight!"

Xiangling's face turned red.

The face with some baby fat now looks like brown sugar jelly.

Fang Yong untied Xiangling's collar.

When their skin touched, Xiangling couldn't help but shiver.

Fang Yong put the necklace on Xiangling's neck with his own hands. The gold ring contrasted with her snow-white and soft skin, and the small gourd on it fell down along the arc.

"You've gained weight again!"

Fang Yong sighed.

Xiangling explained in a panic:

"Master, I'm not greedy, it grew up on its own!"

Fang Yong couldn't help but reach out his hand and said, "Don't worry, I like people like Xiangling. Wait for me at night."

"Master, it's cold!"

Xiangling said pitifully.

Fang Yong pulled Xiangling and said, "I'm cold too, let me warm you up..."

After chatting with the two for a while, Fang Yongsui left.

Baoqin looked at Fang Yong's back as he left, looked at Xiangling, then looked at herself, and her little face couldn't help but show a little worry.

"How can I catch up with Sister Xiangling?"

Next, Fang Yong went to look for Daiyu.

Daiyu is not here, and Xueyan is not here either.

She went to look for Baochai again, but she was not there either. Only Ying'er was still knitting her silk silk in the room.

When she saw Fang Yong, Ying'er quickly stood up and greeted him.

"Master Hou."

"Where's Baochai?"

Fang Yong asked.

Ying'er said:
"Miss and Miss Lin... Madam are both in the library."

Fang Yong nodded, then turned and left.

Ying'er looked at Fang Yong's back and pursed her lips in disappointment.

"If she had been more proactive that day, could she have been like Xiangling..." Fang Yong rushed to the library, only to see two beauties sitting inside the window, holding pens and books, writing something intently, against the backdrop of green bamboos.

A calm and talented person, he was focused and wrote down his beautiful notes.

One person is gentle and graceful, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes, smooth and fair face, and is deep in thought, like a fairy descended to earth.

Little Snow Goose was serving on the side, but he was dozing off listlessly, and it was obvious that he could not blend into this poetic and bookish atmosphere.

Fang Yong didn't want to break this beautiful scene, so he asked Qiao Yan to stay outside. He then used the martial arts he had learned from Xiao Rong'er, passed Xue Yan, and quietly came behind the two of them.

A closer look reveals that Daiyu copied theories on agriculture, and next to it there is a pile of miscellaneous manuscripts compiled by others. A quick glance reveals that the content is selected from books such as "Essential Techniques for the People", "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", "General Examination of Agriculture", etc., and has been modified and deleted according to the current climate and actual conditions.

At this time, Daiyu sorted out the contents after modification and deletion and copied them down bit by bit.

Let’s look at Baochai, who writes about business, similar to Daiyu, including "Essentials of Scholars and Merchants" and "Books for the Four Classes of People", etc.

Fang Yong watched quietly, and suddenly saw that Daiyu had written a word wrong, so he pointed it out.

Daiyu thanked him and was about to make the changes when she suddenly came to her senses. She turned around and saw Fang Yong looking at her with a smile.

"Does my sister miss me?"

Fang Yong asked.

Daiyu's eyes reddened. If there was no one around, she would probably throw herself into Fang Yong's arms.

But now that Baochai was watching, Daiyu felt embarrassed.

"I do not……"

Daiyu said this against her will, but before she could finish, Fang Yong reached out and held her in his arms.

"But I miss my sister!"

Feeling Fang Yong's warm and thick embrace, Daiyu couldn't help feeling a little happy in her heart, and thought to herself: I miss my brother too!

But at the same time, Daiyu was a little shy.

"Don't do that, others are watching!"

Daiyu said embarrassedly.

Fang Yong held Daiyu in his arms and said to the outside:
"Qiaoyan, cover Xueyan's eyes!"

Qiaoyan should be it.

Then he covered Xueyan's eyes.

"Humph!"

The little snow goose hummed in dissatisfaction.

Daiyu became even more shy when she saw this.

Brother is so mean, she was clearly talking about Baochai!

Baochai naturally understood, and said:
"My Lord, I have something else to do, so I will go back first."

Seeing that his evil plan had failed, Fang Yong said, "I'll go to your place next time."

Baochai said yes, then got up and left.

Then, Fang Yong and Daiyu were the only ones left in the library.

The two looked at each other, Fang Yong sat down with Daiyu in his arms, and their lips gently approached each other.

After a long time, Daiyu's hair became disheveled, her heart was in turmoil, her body became limp, and she looked at Fang Yong with seductive eyes.

If the Immortal Crimson Pearl Herb must shed all its tears, it might as well let the tears come from somewhere else.

Fang Yong thought so.

Heaven and earth can testify that he is not lustful, he just doesn't want to make Lin Daiyu sad.

"Let me serve my sister."

Fang Yong said.

Daiyu blushed and said softly, "It's still daytime."

Fang Yong said: "It will be clearer in the daytime!"

Not long after, Qiaoyan and Xueyan came in with red faces and presented warm fur coats.

It’s still cold, don’t catch a cold.

He stayed in Daiyu's room at night.

Although we can't really sleep together, it's good to talk to each other.

After comforting each other again in their longing for each other, Daiyu lay softly in Fang Yong's arms.

Fang Yong was chatting with her and happened to mention what Daiyu and Baochai had written during the day. Daiyu rolled her eyes at Fang Yong.

"Bad brother, you always scheme against daddy, saying something like writing a few books, and it was so lighthearted. Now daddy is so worried about these books that he's pulling out his beard!"

Fang Yong couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.

That was indeed the trap he set for Lin Ruhai.

The conditions they had discussed previously in Yangzhou were that he would spare Wei Yinghong's life and Lin Ruhai would write a few books for him.

It was said casually at the time and Lin Ruhai agreed to it without thinking.

Later, when Fang Yong stated his request, Lin Ruhai was almost scared to death.

Fang Yong asked Lin Ruhai to write a total of six books.

The first is a primer. This is not difficult. We just need to change the current primer to make it simpler and easier to learn.

Lin Ruhai agreed readily. This was not a big deal for him at all.

Fang Yong then asked Lin Ruhai to help write five books.

It is divided into five parts: scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, and soldiers. Each book is required to not add the essentials of sages, not provide ideological guidance, but only focus on practicality, only talk about famous knowledge, be written in vernacular, and record the most simple and easy-to-understand principles.

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai almost fainted on the spot.

(End of this chapter)