The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 623 Zhu Fang Dispersed【Part [-]】

Flip the day to the eighth day of April.

It was the day of the palace examination, and the emperor made his public appearance for the first time after suffering a stroke. There was a lot of commotion outside, and countless people were discussing and looking forward to seeing how the palace examination would end.

But in Rongguo Mansion, it was a different scene.

The servants whispered to each other, apart from the disaster of the Wang family, it was Miss Shi's 'return'. As for whether the palace examination was not a palace examination, not many people paid attention to it.

Rikain.

The ten little opera singers were ordered to stay in the courtyard early in the morning and not to go out. Those few simple and honest ones were fine, but just obeyed orders, while the few clever ones knew that it was the critical moment to decide the future, but all Couldn't help sitting and sleeping.

At this moment, Ouguan stretched his neck and looked out for a few times, then suddenly turned his head and suggested: "From now on, I'm afraid everyone will go their separate ways, why don't you collect money and ask people to buy some practice wine? Live up to our sisters' fellowship."

A few young actors thought this proposal was good, but some were afraid of complications, and some were even more unwilling to pay.

Then someone retorted: "It is said that they are going their separate ways, but they are still wandering around in this mansion? It's just that they are scattered everywhere, and it's not that they can't see each other."

Another person interrupted: "I don't know where to go. It would be fine if I go to the girls' room, but if I go to a place with strict rules..."

"I think you clearly want to go to Bao Erye's house!"

"Don't you want to?!"

Ouguan saw that everyone was talking to each other, and gradually digressed, he sighed secretly and was about to die down.

Unexpectedly, Fang Guan'er stood up again at this time, took out half a penny and put it on the table, and said: "Big guy has money to contribute money, and is capable to contribute, and we eat this table of breakup meals, which can be regarded as a win for each other .”

When everyone saw that she had chosen the head, whether they were willing or unwilling, they also took out some scattered copper coins, and finally estimated that there would be about five or six hundred coins.

Fang Guan'er strung them up with ropes, put them into his sleeves without hesitation, and said to everyone: "I'll discuss with the mother in charge, and ask them to help set up a table as much as possible."

Saying that, without waiting for a few responses from the lotus official, he went straight to the courtyard gate.

When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw two servants guarding the gate, leaning on the door frame, eating melon seeds and chatting.

This one said: "Do you think the Wang family can survive this time?"

That one said: "You don't care if he can carry it over, as long as he doesn't get tired in our house!"

This one said again: "I heard that Dongkua courtyard is making trouble again?"

The one said disdainfully: "Let's make trouble, Second Master Lian has no money in his hand, so naturally he can't hold back the scene."

"Second Mistress is really cruel, and she doesn't keep any affection between husband and wife."

"This time, it may not be what the second mistress meant, but which of the aunts and aunts left behind by the old master is a fuel-efficient lamp? Second master Lian just wants to save money from them, can they not make trouble?"

Fang Guan originally wanted to wait for them to finish speaking before going forward, but after listening to it, this sentence was too late, so he coughed lightly and interrupted the chatting of the two servants.

The two maids turned around and saw that they were the little actors in the courtyard, and immediately scolded with a broken face: "What are you doing? Didn't you just let you stay inside and wait?"

"Mom, don't worry."

Fang Guan hurriedly took out the half hanging money from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "We sisters pooled some money, and I would like to ask the mothers to be flexible and help us prepare a table for the dinner."

One of the servants took the money and weighed it, thinking that she could get a hundred or two hundred dollars out of it, then she smiled with her companion and praised: "It is said that bitches are heartless and actors are meaningless, but I don't think you have some sense of loyalty—" —Let's go, let's take care of it, and the food and drinks will be delivered to you before noon."

As he said that, he put the half hanging money into his bosom.

"Thank you mom, thank you mom!"

After Fang Guan thanked you a thousand times, he took out a piece of scattered silver from his sleeve, handed it to the mother and said: "This is my personal filial piety to you. Mothers take care of me on weekdays. If I get a good Where to go, I can't forget the kindness of mothers."

"Hey, you kid is really caring!"

The maid didn't want to have this windfall, so she accepted it with a smile on her face, so when Fang Guan asked about the distribution, she didn't hide it: "Where else can I go? It's just this Next to the girls in the garden, then the old lady, the wife, and the second master Bao's room."

Sure enough, these are the places to go.

Fangguan made some calculations, but still felt that Baoyu's house was the most suitable place. He was about to ask the two of them for help, but suddenly he heard the servant woman lower her voice and say, "But the real good place is not in this mansion, but in Jiao's house."

"The Jiao family?"

"It's the Jiao family!"

Holding the broken silver, the servant woman proudly said: "Why do you think the door is closed today? Isn't it just waiting for Miss Shi to pick it up, and wait for her to pick the rest before distributing them to the courtyards?"

"Earlier, our manor couldn't send out monthly bills for a while, but now we see that Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year is not as good as every year, and we don't know why there will be a famine in the future. It's Jiao's side, I heard that monthly bills are only issued in advance. , never accumulating debts, and there are rewards every year and festival."

"That, that..."

Fang Guan couldn't help but be moved, mainly because she asked recently that Jia Baoyu was so devoted to worshiping Buddhism and Taoism that even Sheyue, the attacker next to her, was left out in the cold. On the contrary, it was Uncle Jiao who had a habit of employing the maids around him.

After thinking about it inside and out, she quickly made up her mind, and said with a deep bow: "I beg my mothers to be fulfilled, and I will definitely have a big thank you when the time comes!"

Seeing her being so upbeat, the two maids naturally took care of everything, expressing that they would speak well in front of Miss Shi Da so that she could get what she wanted.

Fang Guan thanked them a lot before saying goodbye to the two, and when he returned to the house, he didn't say a word about the matter, only saying that the matter of the food and drink had been properly explained.

The words are divided into two parts.

This is the first time Shi Xiangyun has returned to Rongguo Mansion since he married into the Jiao family.

When the carriage passed by the main entrance of Rong Mansion, she picked up the curtain and looked at the familiar plaque, but she couldn't help but feel as if she was a world away.

After getting off the car at the corner gate, Shi Xiangyun was holding Xing Xiuyan and sighing, when he heard a familiar voice shouting from the side: "Sister Yun, sister Yun!"

Looking at the reputation, I saw Jia Baoyu striding forward, stretching his arms to pull them as usual, but thinking that Xiangyun in front of him was married and a woman, he stopped half a foot away, with two arms. It fell down awkwardly.

Seeing this, Xiangyun stepped forward and took his hand, looked him up and down carefully, and sighed: "My love for my brother is much less."

Listening to her articulate words, Baoyu knew that she was really moved, and the circles of her eyes turned red, so she quickly wiped them off with her sleeve, and said with a smile, "My younger sister is plump, it seems that she has enjoyed a lot of happiness in Jiao's family."

Saying that, he let go of Xiangyun, and saluted Xing Xiuyan behind him.

Xing Xiuyan returned the gift generously, but kept a sufficient distance from him.

"Let's go, the old lady can't wait at home."

Baoyu turned around to say hello, and the crowd headed towards the old lady's courtyard.

On the way, Shi Xiangyun kept asking about the lotus in the pond, the willow embankment on the bank, the sika deer in the Yihong courtyard, and the cranes in the Grand View Garden.

Jia Baoyu was not used to it at first, but when the talk started, he would dance and talk endlessly no matter what his status changed.

Seeing that he was approaching the old lady's yard, he heard someone in front of him laughing and saying, "I'd say it's Sister Yun who will do the job. If it were us, it would be hard for Second Brother to be so happy even if we tried our best."

You don't even need to look up to know that it must be Tanchun.

In addition to Tanchun, Yingchun Xichun and Lin Daiyu also followed.

In two hits, Tanchun met Shi Xiangyun, while Lin Daiyu grabbed Xing Xiuyan's hand, reluctant to let go no matter what.

Although they had just met in the poetry club a few days ago, it was in front of Princess Nan'an, so it was a bit more restrained, and there was no chance to talk to each other.

When I saw the old lady, it was a lot of fun.

The old lady directly embraced Shi Xiangyun in her arms, and said: "It's so easy to come here, but you can stay for a few more days - your sisters and sisters can choose whatever yards they want, even if they live in my yard."

"I really want to come back and live for a while."

Shi Xiangyun snuggled into her arms and said with a smile: "However, when we went out, we made an appointment with our father, and he would come to pick me up and Sister Xing when he was off duty in the evening--besides, I am a caretaker, but how can we leave Xing at home?" elder sister?"

Hearing her talk about the housekeeper Xing Xiuyan, there was no grievance in her words.

Mother Jia was very pleased, she brushed the broken hair on her forehead and said with a smile: "I knew you girl is transparent, I lived half my life to know the truth of delegating power, I don't want you to understand it as soon as you go through the door."

After chatting and laughing for a while, Shi Xiangyun asked about Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng.

Mother Jia's face suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy, and she sighed helplessly: "I was invited by the Wang family early in the morning-don't mention this, didn't your aunt agree last time, asking you to pick two little actors? Third girl, let Everyone was brought here, and they were asked to open up their voices and make their appearances, which is considered lively."

Although Jia Tanchun has now fully returned the power to Zhao, after all, he has accumulated a lot of prestige after being in charge of the family for half a year, so the old lady is willing to order her generals if anything happens now.

But taking advantage of this time, Xing Xiuyan and Lin Daiyu quietly went outside.

Xing Xiuyan tightened the cloak for Lin Daiyu first, and then asked in a low voice: "I heard that the servants in this mansion are getting more and more troublesome. I don't know if it has affected your Yihong Courtyard?"

"It's mainly because there's trouble in Dongkuayuan."

Lin Daiyu shook her head slightly: "Because the third younger sister trained me better here in Daguanyuan, it is more disciplined than other places—even if there is anything inappropriate, the third younger sister will deal with it casually."

"But the third girl is going to marry us after all."

As Xing Xiuyan said, she turned her head and searched the main room, and said, "Even the wife already knows it well, and she will have sex with her when she goes to filial piety——this was brought up by your aunt on her own initiative."

Lin Daiyu remained silent.

Being in it, she can naturally feel the decline of the Rongguo Mansion. When Jiao Shun first came to prominence, the second sister had an affair with him, which would have made the old lady furious; Nothing is more impermanent than this.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xing Xiuyan sighed helplessly: "I can't help you at this point..."

As he said, he handed Lin Daiyu two silver bills and a small box of broken silver, and said, "Take these by your side."

"My sister has helped me too much, I..."

"I gave it to you, you just keep it——Snow Goose, Snow Goose!"

Lin Daiyu was about to decline, but Xing Xiuyan called Xueyan directly, telling her to keep it for Daiyu, and temporarily save the whole thing, and use the odd money to clear it.

Xueyan didn't refuse, she just knelt down and gave a big gift on behalf of her young lady.

Seeing this, Lin Daiyu shed tears unknowingly, pulled Xing Xiuyan to choke her sobs and said, "What can I do, I am so lucky to meet my sister in this life..."

"Ah~"

Xing Xiuyan sighed secretly, now that the Rongguo Mansion is in such a state, I am afraid that they can't even make up a decent dowry—then Sun Shaozu often came to ask for an explanation these days, so that the Rongguo Mansion should either return the dowry, or Continue to marry a daughter, but the Rongguo Mansion can't afford the money, and doesn't want to marry her daughter to her, so they can only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

In the early years, when Jiao Shun mentioned that Lin Daiyu was going to be a housekeeper, Xing Xiuyan still felt that she had wronged sister Lin, so she was not very active.

But now it seems that this road has become the best choice for Lin Daiyu at this stage.

Unfortunately……

At this moment, two maidservants led ten young actors in a file, Xing Xiuyan cheered up, pulled Lin Daiyu and said, "Come on, let's go in and have a look."

Lin Daiyu hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and then followed Xing Xiuyan back to the hall.

At that time, Tanchun had ordered the young actors to rehearse their arias one by one.

The two maids knew that today's highlight was on Shi Xiangyun, and they were bribed by the official, so they waited for the opportunity to go to Shi Xiangyun's side, pointing and criticizing.

When Fang Guan came on stage, he naturally praised Fang Guan for his ability, and praised Fang Guan as a first-class and outstanding figure in the theater.

Of course, Fangguan has always sung Zhengdan, and she is indeed one of the top performers among actors—but to boast that she is well-behaved and sensible and never competes with others is purely lying with open eyes.

Shi Xiangyun didn't pay attention at the beginning, but after listening to the compliments from the two maids, he took a closer look at Fangguan, and suddenly remembered something, so he asked Cuilu, "Is this little opera singer the same day Sister Xue got married?" , the one singing Si Fan to the second brother?"

Cui Wei stared at it for a while, and said firmly: "It's her, it's her!"

At this moment, Shi Xiangyun suddenly lost his appetite, and said to the two maids: "Since she is the best, then I can't pick her away. It is reasonable to respect the old lady and the wife."

Fang Guan listened with his ears closed for a long time, secretly delighted at his foresight, when he heard this sentence suddenly, he was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)