Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 218
Because Jia Zheng was seeing off today, Jia's mother also moved to Rongxi Hall.

Lai Shangrong did not go to Rongqing Hall. Instead, he took Yuanyang to Rongxi Hall and paid homage to Jia Mu, leaving Yuanyang to serve her.

Just exited the gate of Rongxi Hall.

"uncle!"

"uncle!"

Suyun who was guarding the door and Ping'er who chased out said at the same time.

After Li Wan received the news, he sent Su Yun out. She chased Lai Shangrong into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion and stayed outside the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. She originally planned to wait for Lai Shangrong to come out, but unexpectedly Yuanyang followed her all the way and had to stay in Rongxi. Outside the hall.

When I saw Lai Shangrong coming out alone, I didn't expect that there was Ping'er following behind the screen.

Ping'er was the same. When Lai Shangrong came out, Wang Xifeng gave her a look, but unexpectedly Suyun was hiding outside the door.

The two of them were quite embarrassed for a while.

"Sister, tell me first!"

"Sister, tell me first!"

The two of them wanted to talk about hidden things, so they both wanted to let the other person speak first.

Lai Shangrong was afraid that the two of them would make mistakes if they talked too much, so he turned around and ordered his troops, and said to Ping'er: "But Second Mistress wants to ask about business matters?"

Ping'er said with relief: "Yes, yes! Grandma wants to ask uncle when he will have time to process that batch of goods."

Lai Shangrong said ambiguously: "Just these two days! I'll do it as soon as I find the time."

Although he didn't have the chance to tell Lai Shangrong about Wang Xifeng's plan, at least he accomplished what he was asked to do.

Ping'er looked at Suyun who was gradually walking away behind Lai Shangrong, and couldn't help but wonder to himself, could grandma not guess wrong?

But then I heard Suyun say: "Grandma sent me to ask the uncle why he was not allowed to study and why he was sent to some factory?"

Secretly thinking that he was overthinking, he turned around and went back to Rongxi Hall.

But she didn't see that Lai Shangrong led Suyun to a remote place before stopping.

Not even hearing anything, Su Yun lowered her voice and said: "Master hasn't been here for so long, grandma and slaves want to harm him!"

Lai Shangrong sighed: "Your back garden door is locked at night. If I hadn't been too strong and the crack in the door was too narrow to get through, I would have sneaked in to find you!"

"Can uncle get in through the back door?" Suyun grasped this important information astutely.

Lai Shangrong nodded and said: "When we were building the garden, we were in a hurry to transport materials, so I secretly prepared a handful."

Su Yun covered her mouth excitedly and said: "Really? If this is the case, it's really a good job. Grandma is in charge of the garden key. As long as the uncle can enter the back door, when the woman in the garden is lazy, the servants can let the master come in." .”

"Oh?" Lai Shangrong said with a smile: "If this is the case, I can't wait any longer!"

Wang Xifeng can put it away first and get the garden key first.

"Grandma was still worried that the uncle could not get in through the back door, so she sent her servant to ask the uncle whether the corner gate of Lixiangyuan could be entered!"

Lai Shangrong said inwardly that he was careless, he only thought about the garden gate, but ignored it, Li Wan didn't know that he could enter the back gate.

"When do the women in the garden usually sneak away?"

"It used to be around the third watch, but it's getting earlier and earlier these days, but I still come back at the third watch to avoid suffering from waiting for too long."

Speaking of this, he looked at Lai Shangrong expectantly and said, "Can uncle come in at midnight?"

"Yeah! It's just a pain for you. It's dark at night and there are so many mosquitoes!"

"It's not hard work. I can do things for the uncle and grandma. I'm not afraid of hardship!"

"Aren't you afraid of me? I still feel bad for you! I'll tell your grandma later. When I get the key, I'll have someone beat it like this, so that you won't have to suffer in the future!"

"Hey!" Suyun happily agreed.

"Well! Go!"

After sending Su Yun away, Lai Shangrong wandered out of Neiyi Gate.

In the south hall, I greeted Jia Zheng and went straight to the second door.

Mingyan was at the door of Jia Zheng's study room, chattering with several of Jia Zheng's servants, as if they couldn't part with each other.

Seeing Lai Shangrong looking at him, he hurriedly shook off everyone and came to the front.

Lai Shangrong made a serious face and threatened: "Why didn't you report to me when you went to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion to change your red sweat towel?"

"Master, spare your life!"

Mingyan was so frightened that her knees weakened and she almost knelt down. Fortunately, Lai Shangrong had quick eyesight and quick hands to hold her up, and then let go of her hand in disgust.

He said sternly: "Speak! Don't blame me for being rude if you keep something secret. The swastika is in my house now!"

"I don't dare! I don't dare!" Mingyan hurriedly begged for mercy and gave a rough outline of what happened.

Then he explained: "It's not that I'm hiding something. This matter was not ordered by the second master. It was just Xiren's own decision. I didn't report it to the uncle..."

Lai Shangrong had already had a guess in his mind, and he just asked him to confirm it. Now he has tasted all the jade-like grandmothers in the second house, except for the unmarried Baoyu.

Baoyu was looking for trouble again and again, and although Xiren was just an aunt in name, it didn't stop her from collecting some interest first.

However, he still had doubts in his heart. "What's your relationship with Xiren? Why do you do things for her?"

Mingyan begged, "Sir, have mercy on me. I have nothing to do with her. She knows that my mother is working as an errand in my wife's house, so she often sends things to me, and... also asks me to send things home." ."

"If I can hide things from you and Xie'er, I will naturally not expose your relationship with Xiren. Now if you tell me, I will spare your life. If you dare to lie..."

"Youngster is telling the truth, I don't dare to lie to the elder!"

If Xiren had something to do with Mingyan, he would have no choice but to let her go and treat her as a tool to spy on Baoyu's movements.

Although he is eager for revenge, he is not unscrupulous and wants to be like-minded with Mingyan.

However, what Ming Yan said was reasonable. Xiren aspired to be an aunt, so how could she sacrifice herself to be a cheap boy.

Lai Shangrong raised the corners of his mouth and said secretly, it seems that the interest has been collected.

Just thinking about how to charge interest, I heard someone shouting in the distance.

"Shang Rong!"

"Go away!" He dismissed Mingyan in a low voice and said to the door: "Brother Zhen, second brother Lian, Wenlong."

Lai Shangrong turned a blind eye to Jia Rong who was following behind the three of them. After all, he was a junior.

Jia Rong licked her face and came closer, nodded and bowed and shouted: "Hello, uncle!"

Lai Shangrong only waved his hand.

Jia Zhen immediately kicked Jia Rong away and yelled: "Get out of here if you're sorry, the elders can do whatever they want!"

Then he glanced at Ming Yan who was walking away and said: "If Shang Rong likes this, my brother will arrange it for you later and keep it safe..."

Jia Lian came forward and said, "Does Brother Zhen still have some secrets? This brother is not willing to obey!"

Xue Pan hurriedly said: "Brother Lai, don't say this, otherwise the person named Pan will never get my turn!"

Lai Shangrong hurriedly raised his hand to stop it, and said ambiguously: "I heard Uncle Zheng talk about Baoyu a while ago, I'm here to ask about the situation!"

Xue Pan was originally waiting to talk about romance, but after hearing these words, there was a hint of dissatisfaction on his face.

"The things he did have made the whole family suffer because of him. My ex-son's mother and sister blamed me. How pitiful is it, I don't even know what they did, so why would I say such nonsense!"

Lai Shangrong patted Xue Pan, but did not explain for him.

He just advised: "Don't let Uncle Zheng listen to this. If anything happens again, you won't be able to run away this time!"

But Jia Zhen and Jia Lian pretended not to hear at all.

While talking, several people entered the second door.

He accompanied everyone to the Xiangnan Hall and met Jia Zheng. Because there were also members of the Jia family, the female family members stayed in Rongxi Hall to dine.

Seeing that it was already lunch time, he found a table and sat down.

Jia Zhen glanced at Xue Pan next to Lai Shangrong, and pretended to say: "Shangrong, when will the rubber factory open a new plant? Brothers are still waiting to buy shares!"

Lai Shangrong said with a smile: "It's coming soon, it will only take one or two months. Brother Zhen just needs to prepare money in advance!"

Jia Zhen picked up the wine glass and said, "Thank you so much, brother! I'd like to give you a drink!"

Lai Shangrong glanced at Xue Pan, who was looking happy, and also performed a show with Jia Zhen.

Hearing that Jia Zhen wanted to buy a stake in the rubber factory, Jia Lian stepped forward and said, "Brother! Brothers in the glass factory had limited money last time. See if you can accommodate me. I will bring my brother!"

Lai Shangrong joked: "Brother Lian, do you still have the nerve to say it? My brother believed in you and only gave you 3000 taels of shares. What? After the matter is settled, Brother Lian will stop talking about it?"

Although Lai Shangrong was satisfied with being able to spend some money to accept Xing Xiuyan, it did not prevent him from taking the opportunity to cause trouble, and it also completely cut off the opportunity for Jia She and Jia Lian to speak again.

"Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding, brother!" Jia Lian complained bitterly: "My master and my wife even hid this from me."

"I don't care whether Second Brother Lian knows or not, but it's better not to talk about it in the future!"

Lai Shangrong suddenly went crazy, but Jia Zhen and Xue Pan were confused and hurriedly asked.

This matter was related to Yingchun's good reputation. Lai Shangrong couldn't explain it and could only shake his head.

However, Jia Lian was dissatisfied with Jia She and Mrs. Xing using him as a gunman, and was eager to get rid of the suspicion, so he defeated Ku Shui regardless of the situation.

Xue Pan felt ashamed after hearing this. He hesitated several times but finally did not speak.

Jia Zhen, however, was thoughtful, patted Jia Lian and said, "It's not my fault that Shang Rong was angry. I'm not the junior to say anything. The eldest master is too ignorant to let a son-in-law like Shang Rong go. Could it be that my second sister, a concubine, still wants to marry a prince or grandson?"

He turned to Lai Shangrong and smiled: "What do Shangrong think of the fourth sister?"

Seeing his shameless energy, Lai Shangrong was quite pleased.

But Xichun is exempted.

First of all, Rong Mansion had no choice but to do so, and he did not want to get too involved with Ning Mansion.

Secondly, Xichun is only a little bit old, and it doesn’t matter how old it is when it grows up.

"The fourth girl is too young, brother, I can't afford to wait!"

Hearing Lai Shangrong's refusal, Jia Zhen looked regretful.

(End of this chapter)