Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Three The Royal Gamble
After looking at Xiangyun, the old concubine stretched out her hand and took Jia Cong for a closer look. While praising her, she asked Jia's mother: "Who is this child? How come I have never seen it before? Your Jia family's child is really
All of them are so good. How come all the beautiful ladies in the world have gone to your Jia family? Why are all the children born so good?"
After hearing this, Jia's mother smiled and said: "This is my eldest son's second grandson. He has always been weak and seldom walks around. This is not because he is grown up, so I took him out to see things, so as not to be bored in the house."
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The old concubine stretched out her hand and pulled Jia Cong up and down, looking at him non-stop. She really liked it in her heart. She quickly turned around and said, "Today is the first time we meet. We can't skip this meeting gift. Old lady Jia is the smartest person."
, this is a good thing to abduct me."
It turns out that in addition to the old concubine and Jia Mu, there are also several senior female relatives of the powerful people sitting in this room. On weekdays, everyone is familiar with each other and is used to laughing and joking. Hearing the old concubine's teasing, I couldn't help but laugh.
Laughed.
Mrs. Jia then smiled and said: "Everyone in the world knows that your family is the second richest in the world, except for the current Holy One. There is no need to pick out any good things. Just give us a piece and it will be enough for us to eat and drink for half a lifetime."
Everyone knew that although Jia Mu was joking, what she said was indeed the truth. At that moment, everyone nodded and smiled, saying yes.
After hearing this, the old lady smiled and said: "It's true that you are the smartest. When you say that, I really have to give my child something good."
As she spoke, the old concubine turned around and told the maid: "Go quickly and get the piece of jade that you got two days ago."
After giving the order, he turned to Jia Mu and smiled: "This piece of jade is not bad. I like it very much. I just gave it to the child as a meeting gift today."
After hearing this, Jia Mu hurriedly stopped her and said, "Old concubine, let's just joke around. He is still young and can't bear anything too valuable. No matter what gold or silver it is, just bring a few kilograms to reward him. This jade is priceless."
How can I just give him something worth the price?"
After hearing this, the old lady laughed and said: "You old lady, are you afraid that the jade I gave you is too small and not valuable, so you deliberately blocked me with your words."
Everyone laughed when they heard this and said, "I'm afraid that's what this old lady means. You, old man, must not be fooled by her."
The old concubine then laughed with everyone and said, "I have been with her for almost a lifetime. She has always been the shrewdest. I have been wary of her for a long time. Can I be fooled by her?"
As they were talking here, they saw a maid coming over with a wooden box. The old lady carefully took the wooden box and opened it. Everyone looked into the wooden box: there was a piece of pigeon egg in the center.
The beautiful jade is as bright as the bright clouds, warm and shiny. It is a rare and good thing at first glance. It is probably better than the jade that Jia Baoyu held in his mouth when he was born.
When Jia Mu saw the business, she said, "Sister, you must never do this. This piece of jade is too precious."
The old concubine stretched out her hand and took out the beautiful jade, put it on Jia Cong's neck with her own hands, turned around and said with a smile: "Why can't I do it? I really like this child, and besides, this piece of jade matches him perfectly. If I change it,
I won’t give it to one person. No matter how good this thing is, it still depends on the person.”
When Jia Cong saw this scene, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it off and return it. He said: "Thank you, old lady, for your appreciation, but this jade is too precious. Jia Cong really doesn't dare to accept it. Why don't you give me something special?"
Yes, gold and silver are all good, the more the better.”
When the old lady heard what he said, she couldn't help laughing and said: "No wonder he is a child of Jia's family. He has as many ambitions as your grandmother, and he only wants to swindle my money." After saying that, she deliberately darkened her face.
Lai said: "I just saw that you were worthy of this piece of jade, so I gave it to you. If you don't want it, I will be really angry!"
Jia Cong saw that the person sincerely wanted to give, so he had to accept it and knelt down to kowtow to thank him.
Seeing this, Jia's mother had no choice but to give it up. She asked Jia Cong to kowtow a few more times, and then she said with a smile: "Sister, I'm not just a petty person. You gave this child such a valuable thing, and I have nothing to repay you with.
Don’t worry about it.”
When she said this, everyone laughed again and said, "This old lady has the funniest words. It makes people want to laugh after listening to her."
Jia Mu then laughed and said, "Am I really good at joking? Listen to my grandson's eloquence. The jokes he tells can really make people's stomachs hurt from laughing."
After hearing this, everyone turned to look at Jia Cong. They saw that he was handsome and gentle, but they didn't expect that he could tell jokes. At that moment, everyone didn't believe it: "Such a good-looking child and so young, what kind of joke can he tell?"
After hearing this, Jia's mother hurriedly told Jia Cong: "Good boy, please tell these elders the jokes you told at home. You will make them happy today, but you are not taking the good things from others in vain."
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Jia Cong cheered up after hearing this, and first picked a stand-up comedian who was good at it, and sure enough, he made everyone laugh.
It happened that at this time a maid came over and asked the old dowager if the play was ready, should she sing now or something else.
At this time, the old concubine was amused by Jia Cong's jokes, so she waved her hand and said: "Let's just ask them to wait. If there is any new drama, they will be tired of it long ago after watching it so many times."
As she was talking, she told Jia Cong: "Good boy, your jokes are really fresh and interesting. Come on, tell me a few more." As she was talking, she asked several ladies: "You are all very rich."
Well, this kid's jokes are really good, but you can't listen to them, and you have to pay for them."
Jia Cong hurriedly bowed to all the nobles, and then said: "Jia Cong is not talented, how dare he get the good things from your elders for no reason? How about we come to put a stop to it?"
Everyone was quite surprised to hear this and asked with a smile: "What kind of bet are you making?"
Jia Cong then laughed and said: "I'm telling a joke. If it's not funny and doesn't make all the elders laugh, then I lose. The seniors who bet with me can win something from my Jia family, whether it's gold, silver or antiques."
Calligraphy and painting are fine. Of course, the same will happen if you lose."
After hearing this, everyone laughed and said: "Okay, this bet is new and interesting, so we will bet with you!" They turned back and asked Jia Mu: "What do you think, old lady? Your precious grandson wants to bet with us.
You hurry up and prepare all the treasures you have at the bottom of the box, we are going to win them all."
Seeing Jia Cong repeating his old tricks, Mother Jia knew that he knew what he was doing. Besides, she had heard all of Jia Cong's jokes, and none of them made her stomach ache. She immediately said happily: "Okay, that's it!
I, Mrs. Jia, my grandson and I are gambling with a bunch of you old ladies. If you lose, don’t blame me."
Everyone laughed when they heard this and said, "There are so many of us betting against you and your grandson. If we lose, we will have nothing to say. I'm just afraid that your old lady will cry if she loses."
Upon hearing this, Jia's mother shook her head: "I have been a stickler for nails since I was young. Don't you know? Even if I lose, I will never complain."
Chapter completed!