The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 378 The gentleman is soft and the villain is long...

Standing outside the house after a long absence, looking at the familiar plants, trees, bricks and tiles in the yard, Mrs. Wang felt mixed feelings and thoughts.

After feeling emotionally for a while, he stepped inside under the reminder of Zhou Rui's family.

The servants and maids staying at home, including Aunt Zhou and the reluctant Aunt Zhao, had already lined up in the yard to greet them.

When Mrs. Wang passed by Aunt Zhao, she paused for a moment, the corner of her eyes was cold and sharp, and it fell on Aunt Zhao's increasingly charming and rosy face, but she quickly retracted it, and walked into the main room with her head held high again.

Bah~
What an air!
Aunt Zhao gritted her teeth and cursed secretly, vowing to find out Mrs. Wang's fox tail, but forgot that she was also unclean.

Mrs. Wang saw the entrance of the main room, she subconsciously tightened her neckline first, and then she remembered that she had changed into an ordinary undershirt before coming here, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, so she felt relieved.

So she ordered Zhou Rui's family to guard the door, took a deep breath and walked into the living room.

Under the north wall, Jia Zheng was holding a copy of "Wanli Yehuo Pian" standing still, as if he hadn't noticed his wife's entrance at all.

Mrs. Wang had already expected this. It was quite rare for Jia Zheng to take the initiative to send someone to invite her to talk, and it was already a rare low profile. It was absolutely impossible to expect him to continue to subdue after meeting.

Fortunately, what Mrs. Wang wants is only a step on the bright side. She doesn't have too many extravagant demands on how to do it in private, and she doesn't dare to have too many extravagant demands.

She took a few steps forward, took the initiative to put on a low-browed and pleasing attitude, and said softly: "May I ask what is the master's order for calling my concubine?"

Jia Zheng remained calm, and moved his eyes from the book to the front of him. After seeing Mrs. Wang bowing down, he kept the Wanfu movement, obediently waiting for his instructions, then nodded slightly and said: "Sit down." Speak."

"Thank you sir."

Mrs. Wang gave another salute, and then sat down on the other side of the tea table with a slanted sign, facing Jia Zheng with her upper body respectfully.

If one only looked at the speech and demeanor of the two people in the room, no one would have thought that it was Jia Zheng, not Mrs. Wang, who took the initiative to bow his head and asked for help.

But this is the normal state of getting along between husband and wife in the big mansion today, so Jia Baoyu's consideration for women in every way makes him appear different, and because of this, he is favored by all the women-of course, this is before Jiao Shun came, and he did not hesitate to use licks to deal with it. The shameless king of the sea with dog tactics, Jia Baoyu's three tricks seem a bit unsightly.

But after Mrs. Wang sat down, the husband and wife exchanged a few more words, but they didn't take the initiative to bring up the matter of investing in money, but talked about the family's problems in the house.

Naturally, Jia Baoyu's marriage cannot be bypassed.

Jia Zheng learned about this from Jia Lian and Lai Da a few days ago. He was very displeased with this, slammed the book on the table, and asked angrily: "I was the last one to know about this kind of thing." Yes, what do you think? Am I still his old man?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Master calm down—I originally wanted to ask the master for instructions before making a decision. I didn't want the old lady to suddenly propose a charge, and it was settled after a few words. That's why I couldn't ask the master to make the decision."

In fact, Jia Zheng also understood in his heart that this matter was caused by the cold war between the husband and wife, but he was a little out of breath. Now that Wang Shi gave a relatively reasonable explanation, he stopped questioning for himself and turned to And discussed many matters of engagement with Wang.

Just chatting like this, the strange gap between the husband and wife gradually healed a lot. Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Jia Zheng took advantage of the situation and complained to Aunt Zhao, urging Mrs. Wang to move back as soon as possible.

Mrs. Wang also hurriedly reciprocated, saying that she had heard that the treasury was empty, so she had already borrowed a sum of money from the Xue family, plus her own savings over the years, it was enough to pay all the money for the shareholding.

In fact, she paid for the money herself, but first, she didn’t want Jia Zheng to think that she had amassed too much money; She worked hard for it.

After talking about these two things, the clouds seemed to clear up for a day.

But there are still a few shadows in Jia Zheng's heart that are still lingering, and I won't mention the ones that are far away, let's just say the nearest...

Why did she want to send a message to Jiao Shun? !

Also deliberately screen back left and right? !

Aunt Zhao's instigation obviously had a considerable impact on Jia Zheng. He endured again and again and still couldn't express his displeasure, so he said seriously, "Why did you ask Changqing to spread the word this time? I heard that it's better to talk to him alone. about this?"

Mrs. Wang replied casually: "Baoyu is like avoiding cats and mice when he sees the master. I can't let the maids pass on the message to the master, right? Changqing is not an outsider now, not to mention the master has always relied heavily..."

In the middle of speaking, she suddenly thought of something, and a look of shock and anger appeared on her originally submissive and gentle face, and she suddenly got up and asked, "What does the master mean by this?!"

Seeing that she had peeped through his mind, Jia Zheng felt a little embarrassed, turned his eyes away from Mrs. Wang's sight, stroked his beard to hide it, and said, "It's not interesting, just ask casually."

"It's not interesting. Why did you suddenly ask this?!"

Mrs. Wang finally waited for this opportunity for reconciliation. Originally, she thought that she would get back together no matter what, and she was even ready to bring up Jia Zheng's old affairs again, but she never expected that Jia Zheng would doubt her relationship with her. Jiao Shun...

She said angrily: "Who do you think I am?! I am a few years older than his old lady. It is because you have always relied on him that I treat him as a nephew. Who would have thought that you would beat him up... "

While Jia Zheng was in a panic, anger was also growing in his heart, he thought to himself, if you hadn't secretly dressed up like that, how could I be suspicious?

But this matter is indeed his fault, so he can only sneer and argue: "You are overthinking, I never mean it."

However, Mrs. Wang quickly grasped another point of his conversation, clutching her veil tightly and questioning tremblingly: "Then you just asked me 'Is he still Baoyu's father', what do you mean by that? Could it be you Do you really believe the gossip outside?! You, you, I have been married to you for so many years in vain!"

Baoyu is her biggest villain, so when Mrs. Wang said this, she was completely annoyed. She ignored Jia Zheng's rebuttal, and flung her sleeves and rushed out.

"This, you... oh!"

Behind Jia Zheng raised his hand to stop him, but he was eager but didn't know what to say. He watched Mrs. Wang lead the people away, and finally he could only sit back on the chair, sighing.

…………

But Mrs. Wang returned home in shame and indignation, and even smashed a set of cups and two vases, still lingering in her anger.

When it was about to continue to attack, it disturbed the mother and daughter of Aunt Xue who lived here.

When the two entered the door and saw the mess on the ground, they knew that they must have been angry with Jia Zheng, so Baochai waved back to the left and right, and stepped forward to persuade: "After all, my uncle missed the opportunity to be promoted, and he fell ill all over again. Some sulking is unavoidable—now that he passed the steps so easily, there is nothing pleasing to the eye, and Auntie should try not to argue with him, so why bother to make a fuss for the people below to see?"

"Ah~"

Mrs. Wang sighed, tears rolled down, she lightly dabbed the handkerchief with her handkerchief, shook her head and smiled wryly: "You don't know, if it's just not pleasing to the ear, it's fine, but he actually... Sigh!"

Seeing that Mrs. Wang was full of embarrassment and anger, Xue Baochai knew that there was probably an unspeakable reason. If she stayed here, her aunt would never say it clearly, so she gave her mother a wink, and then voluntarily withdrew. bedroom.

After the daughter left, Aunt Xue sat on the couch side by side with Mrs. Wang, took her sister's hand and asked, "What did brother-in-law say? If it really doesn't please you, let's ask the old lady to make the decision. If it doesn't matter, brother Support us!"

"he!"

Mrs. Wang turned around with an angry face, but she still hesitated to speak.

"Sister, can't you even trust me?"

It wasn't until Aunt Xue urged her again and again that she added fuel to Jia Zheng's suspicion that she had an affair with Jiao Shun, and even believed the rumors outside that Baoyu was not a member of the Jia family.

Aunt Xue was dumbfounded when she heard this, she covered her heart and said in horror: "This is too... How old is Brother Shun? Not to mention his sister, I can be his mother regardless of my age. How could my brother-in-law be suspicious of this?"

"Humph~"

Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and said, "He can even suspect Baoyu, let alone someone else?"

After a pause, he couldn't help but mocked again: "He's not healthy himself, so he naturally feels that evil is hidden in other people's body!"

Aunt Xue had also heard about Jia Zheng's situation, but she couldn't hide or comment on it, so she changed the subject and said, "Then what's the sister going to do next? Do you want to move back?"

"He humiliated me so much, what else is there to move?!"

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "From now on, we sisters will only live here together as widows!"

These words hinted at cursing Jia Zheng. Aunt Xue opened her mouth not knowing what to say, but seeing Mrs. Wang stripping off her formal dress three times, five times and two times, and began to pick at her inner clothes again, she couldn't help but said in astonishment: "Sister, what is this?" What are you going to do?"

Mrs. Wang walked to the closet with only her shoes and socks on, and found a few sets of coquettish clothes from inside. She gestured to her body and gritted her teeth: "Since he has determined that I am a loose woman, I can't let him down—— I won’t change them any more, just use these shameless ones!”

Aunt Xue almost had a heart attack when she heard the first half of the sentence - she thought her sister was out of breath and really wanted Hong Xing to come out of the wall to seduce Jiao Shun!
After listening to the second half of the sentence, Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief, followed her sister's words and said, "Then let's continue to live here for a while, and when my brother-in-law gets better, it won't be too late for my sister to move back."

Mrs. Wang was noncommittal about this, and she wore a lace and hollowed-out dress, not even covering it with a silk scarf or a quilt, and continued to complain to Aunt Xue.

The two sisters chatted for half an hour, and when they saw Mrs. Wang chanting scriptures, Aunt Xue left and went back to her room, leaving Mrs. Wang kneeling in front of the Buddhist altar in a solemn and naked form.

But when Aunt Xue returned to the house, Baochai, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly ordered someone to bring in an ice basin, and made a bowl of sour plum soup herself.

After being busy for a while, when the mother and daughter sat down across the kang table, Baochai asked the two sisters to answer, and Aunt Xue shook her head repeatedly: "It's a private matter between the elders. Don't ask about your children's family's affairs." .”

Hearing what her mother said, Baochai guessed six or seven points in her heart, and couldn't help but secretly distressed. If the father-in-law and mother-in-law were still at odds after she got married, I'm afraid it would add a lot of troubles.

But she smiled and said comfortingly: "Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the house by himself. Even sisters can't help. The aunt will worry about the aunt's affairs. Mom will take care of our own house first."

When Baochai said this, Aunt Xue remembered that she had received an errand earlier.

only……

If Jia Zheng hadn't suspected Mrs. Wang, it would be all right for her to ask Jiao Shun to answer him face-to-face. Now that this matter happened, it would be inappropriate to call him to the Qingtang hut—even if Mrs. Xu went in and out of the hut. , may cause Jia Zheng's misunderstanding.

She backed off for a while, but then she remembered that Baochai had said that if this matter was handled properly, it might be a good opportunity for Xue Pan to establish his prestige in the imperial business circle.

Aunt Xue's most worrying thing has always been her son's inability to support the family, especially when Baochai is about to get married, if she can take the opportunity to solve it...

Thinking of this, she became firm again, so she said to Baochai: "I heard that Sister Xu has often gone to Zijin Street to oversee work in the past six months, why don't we also use the name of supervisor to meet their mother and son at Zijin Street?" a while?"

Although Baochai is extremely intelligent, how could he have imagined that the grievances and grievances of Mrs. Jia Zhengwang would affect Jiao Shun?

She only took it as a mother because she was worried that the people in the hut in Qingtang would be too talkative and not as easy to talk as the old house on Zijin Street, so she repeatedly praised her mother for her carefulness, and said that Xing Xiuyan would give birth soon, so she might as well prepare some useful gifts for the mother and child, and give them to her face to face Jiao Shun mother and son.

After the mother and daughter had finished discussing this, they talked about the marriage of Baochai's cousin Xue Baoqin.

Xue Baoqin and Mei Hanlin's family in Jingzhong were married by their stomachs. Both of them are only 13 years old now, which is not yet ready for marriage, but Mei Hanlin's mother was seriously ill at the beginning of the year, and she was afraid that she would not be able to survive her grandson's marriage , That's why I asked Xue's family to send their daughter to Beijing to get married as soon as possible.

Baoqin's widowed mother agrees, but she suffers from phlegm syndrome before leaving for the north, so she has to let her son Xue Biao take care of her.

Baochaiyin said: "Although the eldest brother is like a father, Xue Biao is only fifteen after all. If I really want to get here, I am afraid that my mother will have to come forward to make the decision--in my opinion, you might as well try to find out about Mei The current situation of the family, when their brothers and sisters come, they can be targeted."

Naturally, Aunt Xue would not have any opinion on this, but it was troublesome to entrust someone to inquire about it.

Jia Zheng claimed that he would not be ill, and Jia Lian happened to follow Sun Shaozu to the Jinmen mansion. As for Xue Pan...

Aunt Xue hesitated and said, "Why don't you just let Brother Shun do it without bothering the second master?"

"That's all there is to it."

Baochai nodded slightly, but felt a little sad for no reason...

(End of this chapter)