Jia Baoyu was even more frightened when Jia Zheng yelled at her, and she almost trembled and fell to her knees.
Of course, Mai Fan couldn't let Jia Baoyu find a chance to escape. He smiled and helped his cousin out of the siege, allowing him and his brother to sit down first.
After the two people were seated, Jia Zheng had the opportunity to ask further.
The question was naturally about Xue Pan's studies, and it was also the issue that Jia Zheng was most concerned about.
"I got a recommendation from Uncle Lin, and now I'm studying in the Imperial College."
"The results of the ten-day exam last year have come out. I was lucky enough to rank in the top ten and be placed in Class A."
"Yes, I plan to take the provincial examination the year after next. I will probably have to return to Jinling Prefecture to take the examination."
"But I hope that when I return to the Imperial College in three years, I won't have to go back to my hometown and take the exam again."
"My mother and sister will be in the capital, and soon my father will move his property to Kyoto."
"This way, the Xue family won't delay their reunion because of me."
Look, this is too confident.
Jia Zheng looked at the teenage Xue Pan and then at his son, thinking that a few years ago he had a son who was as 'excellent' as Xue Pan, but now he is gone... All that is left is this
one……
Thinking of this, Jia Zhengqiang suppressed his anger and lectured Jia Baoyu: "Look at your cousin, learn from others more in the future."
"I don't ask how old you are before you can take the scholar exam. I just ask you to master the knowledge taught in the school."
"Let me ask you, sincerity and clarity are called sex, what are the next few sentences? How do you explain these sentences?"
"Ah? Ah?" Jia Baoyu panicked when he was suddenly asked about his homework.
During the Chinese New Year these days, the Jia family’s clan studies have been suspended for many days.
Even if school starts normally on weekdays, Jia Baoyu would not go if he could.
Now I am suddenly being tortured by my father about my daily homework, even the simplest part of memorizing the Four Books...
Jia Baoyu was very nervous and had never memorized it a few times before, so she got stuck.
Mai Fan was too close to him and couldn't give him a hint. What's more, he didn't want to give him a hint in the first place.
He just looked at Jia Baoyu with an expression of "Ah, you don't know such simple knowledge", and then shook his head helplessly under Jia Zheng's gaze.
This is like saying to Jia Zheng: Uncle, how can a person with such outstanding literary talents like you raise such a child?
Let Jia Zheng's old face be completely embarrassed in front of so many people.
Then, this foreigner with a very good demeanor gave Jia Baoyu a very considerate advice: "Cousin, I may have forgotten it for a moment."
"It's okay. We have enough holidays during the Chinese New Year. If my cousin doesn't mind, feel free to come find me in the yard and we can study together."
"It's just that I won't go to the backyard again. There are too many sisters there, so I can't calm down."
Hearing this, Jia Zheng threw the tea cup in his hand on the table: "Animal abuse! I have been hanging around among girls all day long! I have not made any progress at all."
"You don't have any ancestors to protect you today. As a father, I have to teach you a lesson!"
"Lai De, bring me my family skills and give him twenty sticks to teach him a lesson!"
After saying that, the front hall became chaotic.
How could Mai Fan rush up to take punishment for Jia Baoyu at this time? He is not a servant of the Jia family.
He only gave a few words of false persuasion before being pushed out of the room by the noisy crowd.
Then, like the Jia family, Jia Lian, who was watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously, met.
"cousin?"
Jia Lian was not a stupid person. He just smiled strangely at Mai Fan and said, "It seems you really don't like our baby bump?"
Mai Fan smiled like a little fox: "Yes, who told him to make my sister unhappy?"
"My sister from the Xue family has never been molested by a little bastard? I will still go to the Imperial College to study after the Chinese New Year."
"Even if I have to stay in Jia's house for a while, as I live in the front yard, I never worry about going to a woman's backyard."
"And this cousin from our Jia family likes to get in front of little girls the most."
"Just for the sake of my sister, I have to give him a warning."
"Originally I thought that if we live under someone else's roof, we can't touch the Jia family's treasure. But now I have found a suitable elder who can control him. I don't want to do it first with military force and then with courtesy."
"After what happened, I think cousin Baoyu will never dare to get in front of my sister."
After hearing what Mai Fan said, Jia Lian was silent for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "Brother of the Xue family, I haven't offended you in any way, have I?"
Mai Fan was smiling in his heart but his expression was very serious: "How could it be? Brother Jia Lian has taken great care of me, and you have never offended my sister, so how can you offend me?"
"I understand. Does my brother blame me for not walking around with you even after I came to the capital?"
"It's true that my brother's studies in the Imperial College are too heavy and he doesn't have time to come out to see his brother."
"How about this. After two days of Chinese New Year, I'll treat my brother to a drink and give him some lovely treasures. I'll take it as an apology for my brother's rudeness."
Jia Lian was just saying this casually, but he didn't expect that this brother of the Xue family was really a good person.
The slight discomfort he felt due to the other party's small movements was quickly dissipated.
To say that Jia Baoyu is a bit unbearable, he really needs to be disciplined.
Xue Pan has taken care of the men of the Jia family here, so he doesn't care what the reaction of the old ladies in the backyard will be.
When the next day he saw his aunt and sister at home looking a little worried and asking him to go with them to their aunt's yard again, Mai Fan knew that Jia Baoyu had learned a big lesson.
He looked very calm, but his mother and sister's faces were full of curiosity.
In order not to make them worry too much, Mai Fan briefly explained what happened yesterday.
"It's just twenty slaps. This cousin of the Jia family behaves as if his life is about to end."
"I think back then, when I was admitted to Qingsong College at the age of six, because I was too young, my handwriting was too ugly. If I didn't make progress in my daily calligraphy practice, my husband would show me three handwritings without saying anything."
"If I hadn't memorized the knowledge from the previous day, I would have finished it in ten strokes."
"There are so many officials and officials in Jinling Mansion, but none of them are as squeamish as my cousin from the Jia family. So, mother and sister, don't worry too much."
Regardless of what Aunt Xue thought, Xue Baochai really rolled her eyes in her heart.