The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 346 Eryou【Part [-]】

Seeing that the master had all left, the servants who were watching did not disperse, they still gathered in twos and threes to chat, and the center of the topic naturally couldn't be separated from the weird 'iron horse' and Jiao Shun riding on the iron horse.

"I used to burn boilers with Uncle Jiao at the beginning, and I didn't see any difference at that time. We are both family-born slaves with a nose and two eyes. Who would have thought that they would grow up like this in the past few years? Already!"

"That's your blindness! I've already seen that this is not a mortal. Look at his stature, he is probably half a head taller than our Uncle Rong!"

"Bullshit! He just stole the title from our mansion, if I..."

"What if you get it?!"

Everyone was talking happily, when Lai Sheng suddenly appeared at the gate of the courtyard with a gloomy face, and angrily reprimanded: "Hurry up and disperse! Recently, I have become more and more unruly, and I know how to gather in one place to chew my tongue all day long, and wait for my wife to come out." After confinement, there are good fruits for you to eat!"

Wait for all the servants to disperse obediently.

Lai Sheng stared in the direction of the back house for a while, then shook his head and said with emotion: "The world really is impermanent."

"What impermanence?"

Suddenly, someone behind him asked curiously.

Lai Sheng looked back, but it was actually Jia Baoyu and Li Gui. He hurriedly put on a smile and said, "Oh, why is Second Master Bao here? I'll let someone inform our master!"

As he spoke, he made a gesture to call out.

"not busy."

Jia Baoyu hurriedly stopped him and asked, "I heard Brother Jiao just rode an iron horse?"

"Has this matter spread to the West Mansion?"

Lai Sheng laughed and said, "That's what happened. Just now, Uncle Jiao rode an iron horse. There are two wheels under the iron horse. It runs more dexterously than a horse-brother is here to see something rare? Everyone is in our house, why don't you go tell Uncle Jiao..."

"No no no!"

Jia Baoyu quickly waved his hand to refuse, and asked hesitantly, "What is Brother Jiao doing now?"

"Maybe it's about business?"

Lai Sheng said uncertainly: "I hear what it means, Uncle Jiao seems to be going to sell the iron horse in partnership with our family."

"Talking about business?"

Jia Baoyu frowned when he heard this.

Lai Sheng waited for a long time but didn't see any more from him, so he had to ask again: "Second Master, what are you..."

"That's it."

Before he could ask clearly, Jia Baoyu shook his head suddenly: "Since we're talking about serious business, I'll just go through it myself, and there's no need to disturb Brother Jiao."

Saying that, he gave a slight salute to Lai Sheng, led Li Gui and turned around to leave. After leaving Ningguo Mansion, he drove straight to Zuo'anmen.

When we got near Zuo'anmen, there were government servants waiting on the street, leading the carriage around to a dilapidated alley, pointing to the bottom of the alley and saying, "Second Master Bao, the innermost one lives in the That scar-faced man, the carriage can't get in here, why don't you call him out to see him."

"do not!"

Jia Baoyu hurriedly called to stop the yamen servant, helped Li Gui out of the car, looked at the dilapidated shabby house at the bottom of the alley in the setting sun, feeling ashamed and regretful for a moment.

Needless to say, this scar-faced man was referring to Jiang Yuhan.

When Jiang Yuhan disappeared after leaving the Beijing Palace, it was Baochai's idea to ask Baoyu to ask Jia Yucun to help find it—and Jia Yucun was really willing to work hard, and found Jiang Yuhan's whereabouts in just a few days.

Because Jia Baoyu himself was half ashamed and half afraid of Jiang Yuhan's scarred face, he didn't dare to come alone, so he wanted to go with Jiao Shun, but he heard that Jiao Shun was discussing business with Jia Zhen, and he didn't have the nerve to disturb him, so he went to find Jiao Shun alone. Here comes.

However, standing at the entrance of this alley, he still didn't have the courage to face Jiang Yuhan. He just shook his head in tears and said, "It's right here, it's right here. I just need to take a look at it from a distance, and I'm relieved."

Seeing this, Li Gui was trying to persuade him, but he was stopped by someone who gave him a wink, stepped forward and patted Jia Baoyu's shoulder lightly, and said with a smile, "Since Brother Bao is here, , why don't you go home and have a cup of tea?"

Jia Baoyu was startled, thinking it was Jiang Yuhan who came, but when he turned around, he saw a handsome young man who was as tall as jade smiling at him.

"Brother Liu?"

Jia Baoyu was surprised: "Why are you here?!"

It was Liu Xianglian who came, and he raised his eyebrows in the alley, and said with a smile: "I live here now, if I don't come back here at night, where else can I go?"

"You, aren't you in the palace?"

Jia Baoyu was even more astonished, and turned back to point to the bottom of the alley and asked, "What about Qiguan, I heard that he also lives here, could it be a mistake?"

"He's here too."

Liu Xianglian said: "A while ago when he was in the Palace of Beijing, I heard that he was also persecuted by King Zhongshun, so I often went to visit him, not wanting to turn our temper on each other. Later, he was run on by the servants of the Palace and left in a fit of anger. At that time, I was the only one who told me alone.”

"I went to Shui Rong for this, and only then did I realize that he is also a filth who judges people by appearance! So I simply moved out, and now I am neighbors with Brother Jiang in this alley."

Listening to Liu Xianglian criticizing Beijing Wang Shuirong, Jia Baoyu didn't say anything well, so he could only embarrassingly stagger this issue and ask about Jiang Yuhan's recent situation.

Liu Xianglian smiled freely and said: "Although he looks bad and has a bad voice, he is already in good health. A while ago, someone came to provoke him, and there was a fierce battle in this alley. The two of us teamed up to overthrow several rascals."

Jia Baoyu was shocked when he heard the words: "Why is there still a provocation?!"

At that moment, Liu Xianglian was held back and insisted on raising money to buy a property for the two of them.

"Brother Chengbao's kindness."

Liu Xianglian cupped her hands and said solemnly: "To be honest, Qiguan and I will go south with Baolinghou at the end of next month. When we go to the ocean, we may not be able to return in three to five years. What's the use?"

"Qi Guan is going to the west too?"

Jia Baoyu was taken aback at first, and then became envious: "I heard that sister-in-law Zhen's third younger sister will also go with my brother. This beautiful woman has all kinds of friends. I really envy others."

He thought of the beautiful scene of Liu Xianglian standing proudly on the bow of the boat, with Third Sister You on the left and Jiang Yuhan on the right, and the three of them riding the wind and breaking through the cold, he felt a little crazy, and wished he could replace it with himself.

Liu Xianglian wondered, "Do you know the third girl from the You family?"

"It's not considered serious."

Jia Baoyu smiled and said, "Didn't the big flower hall of our house be demolished before? The Mid-Autumn Festival is always held in the East Mansion. At that time, I saw it once or twice from afar. The appearance and figure are all the best-you Didn't you always say that you want to find a stunning person to be your wife, and now you can be regarded as your wish."

"This... ugh!"

Liu Xianglian let out a long sigh when she heard the words, and stopped talking to Jia Baoyu.

"what happened?"

Jia Baoyu wondered: "You have always been a straightforward person, why are you hesitating now?"

Liu Xianglian then said: "This journey is full of difficulties and dangers. As a man, I don't know if I can handle it. How can I dare to take a weak woman out to sea? I was just afraid that she would come to my door and it would be difficult to tell, so let's just pretend to be false for the time being." , when I go south, I will tell her clearly and let her find another Mr. Right."

"This……"

Jia Baoyu frowned when he heard the words, and wanted to persuade him that it would be better for the two of them to die together than to live up to the beauty's kindness, but after thinking about it, why didn't he let down Sister Lin?

The monk didn't talk about the bald man, so he could only let him go.

…………

Let's go back to Ningguo Mansion.

At the same time when Jia Baoyu was leaving in the car, Jiao Shun and Jia Zhen were discussing the business partnership while promoting cups and glasses.

I heard Jiao Shun say: "I'm in charge of the car-making workshop. You can find out about the shop here. The Ministry of Industry will get 1 taels of silver based on the car-making skills. Let's each take out another 2 taels, and the total is 5 taels." capital."

"This……"

Jia Zhen heard the equity plan, frowned, stroked her beard and shook her head again and again: "It's just a ready-made craftsmanship, so it's not appropriate for the Ministry of Industry to convert it into a capital of 1 taels of silver? We are all from our own family. More or less is nothing, but how can the court take advantage of it for nothing? Besides, they are ignorant of goods, if you follow me, just take a few hundred taels of silver and do whatever you want."

"You can't say that."

Jiao Shun also shook his head: "My little brother is practicing in the Ministry of Industry after all, so he took things from the yamen and sold them outside for nothing. If we lose money in the end, we'll pay it back. If we make money, there will be people who will say something tricky about it." , How can this business be done stably by then?"

"And given these [-]% dry shares, when we sell things in the future, we can show off the golden signboard of the Ministry of Industry with great fanfare, which is better than advertising in newspapers for half a year!"

"Besides, this thing can't be made by a single workshop. If you don't use the name of the Ministry of Industry, how easy is it to integrate all the workshops?"

Hearing Jiao Shun's words, although Jia Zhen was still not reconciled, she couldn't care less about it, so she asked about the details of the bicycle instead.

Jia Rong, on the other hand, was fascinated by things, all she could think about was what benefits she could get from it.

"cough~"

At this time, someone coughed lightly from outside the door, and the three of them turned their heads to look in unison, but it was Yindie who was standing outside the door and looking inside, and when she saw the inside looking over, she saluted slightly and said, "Ma'am I have a few words, let the slaves pass them on to Uncle Jiao."

Jiao Shun immediately looked at Jia Zhen when he heard the words, although he has turned against the customer now, but in front of Jia Zhen, he always wants to give this local snake three points of face.

Jia Zhen laughed, waved her hand indifferently and said, "My dear brother, go and come back quickly, I'll wait for you to continue drinking."

However, when Jiao Shun left the flower hall after accusing him of sin, he immediately turned gloomy, gritted his teeth and cursed: "What a disrespectful little hoof, he is becoming more and more deprived of his master in his eyes!"

As he said that, he picked up a chopstick and chewed it hard, as if he wanted to chew someone into pieces.

Seeing this, Jia Rong moved her chair to move closer to him, and whispered with bright eyes: "Master, why don't we just make an example of others, so as to prevent my wife from becoming more and more complacent, and really trying to win over that bastard?" Come!"

"Bah~"

Jia Zhen tilted her head and spit on his face, threw the chopsticks and bones on the table, and cursed angrily: "I know I'm worried about my family's possessions, don't you see that the surname Jiao is now gaining momentum?" , if it really becomes a climate, we will point at him for the rest of our lives, so why bother to offend him for a woman at this time?"

As he said that, he sneered again: "Now I think I have two more cheap sons. The older one is filial and the younger one is filial. If you really want to talk about it, it's not certain who will take advantage and who will suffer!"

Not to mention what happened in the flower hall.

But Yindie and Jiao Shun whispered a few words in the corner, then Shi Shi ran back to You's courtyard.

On the other side, You Shi, You Lao Niang, and You Second Sister are also eating.

You Shi held the host position with a calm demeanor, and from time to time persuaded Mrs You to drink wine, but both Mrs You, mother and daughter were a little uneasy, for fear that Mrs You was holding a Hongmen banquet.

But until the meal was finished, You Shi never showed up to break the matter like Yindie did, let alone asked about the personal relationship between Second Sister You and Jiao Shun.

This made Mrs. You secretly heave a sigh of relief, but she couldn't help feeling suspicious.

When the maids came in to clean up the dishes, she pretended to help, but took the opportunity to pull Yindie to the outside, and asked eagerly: "Miss Yindie, what you said earlier, do you mean your wife, or..."

Yindie covered her mouth when she heard half of it, and the second monk, You Lao Niang, who laughed straight away, couldn't figure it out, so she explained: "Doesn't the old lady in the family know that our wife is now focusing on the young master?"

"So, is it the girl herself?"

Mrs. You became more and more puzzled, and she couldn't figure it out after thinking hard with her old face, so she continued to ask: "Then why did the girl do this?"

"Of course it's to please Uncle Jiao!"

Yindie half-truthfully said: "To tell you the truth, our wife promised me to Uncle Jiao long ago, and only two years later, when my brother is older, she will send me to Jiao's house - when the time comes Whether to be a servant girl or an aunt, it all depends on Uncle Jiao's words."

"Now I see that the second girl is interested, and Mr. Jiao may not be unintentional, so I try to make a match to make a good sale. As for whether the final thing is successful or not, that's out of my business."

This remark was not entirely true, but Mrs. You believed it when she heard it. She secretly rejoiced that she hadn't spoken recklessly during the dinner just now, otherwise it would have been self-defeating.

Immediately, she couldn't help but ask again: "I don't know when the girl plans to take the second... take us to see Uncle Jiao?"

"Is this..."

Yindie sighed helplessly, and said: "I originally wanted to invite the uncle to the next door, and then lead the second girl to meet up quietly, but when I found the flower hall in the backyard, Uncle Jiao had already gone home. It seems that today is doomed to be destined to have no fate, let's talk about it when we have a chance next time."

Mrs. You was very disappointed when she heard the words, like a cabbage beaten by frost, she went back to the room listlessly, and she was about to say goodbye and leave with Second Sister You.

Not wanting to go out of the small courtyard and was about to rush forward, the little maid who led the way led them to the east corner gate. Mrs. You couldn't help being surprised and said: "This side is close to the west corner gate, and they always go through the west corner gate. Is Ershe getting closer and farther away?"

"I don't know that."

The little girl shook her head and said: "The above only said that there is a car waiting at the east corner gate."

Seeing that she was also in a ignorant posture, Mrs. You didn't ask any more questions.

When he got outside the east corner gate, he saw a carriage waiting not far away, and unlike ordinary carriages, the horse was extremely tall and burly.

Mrs. You recognized that it was a Western horse raised in the Ningguo Mansion. It was usually the most expensive horse, but usually only Jia Zhen and Youshi could ride it when they went out, and even Jia Rong had no right to call it.

She is the most vain person, she was full of unwillingness to leave immediately when she saw this, she took her daughter to the front, first circled the harness horse three times, and said in admiration: "Good horse, good horse, really good Big horse!"

Saying that, seeing Second Sister You drooping her brows and eyes by the shaft, looking trembling, she couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You girl is really timid, you have a chewing mouth, and you can still bite you No?"

Second Sister You sneaked a glance at her, pouted her mouth and signaled her mother to look into the car.

Mrs. You raised her eyes and looked suspiciously, only to see Uncle Jiao, whom she had been thinking about just now, sitting on the car holding the reins.

(End of this chapter)