Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 293 Assist
After all this fuss, the interest was gone.

Baochai and Tanchun didn't want to be out of date, so they didn't come up with any good works, and Xue Baoqin followed suit.

Yingchun, Li Wan and others were not good at poetry.

Although Jia Baoyu was very noisy, he also wanted to show off, but his qualifications were limited.

But Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan, remembering that Lai Shangrong said it was not easy to bring them home, only composed a decent song.

On the other hand, Shi Xiangyun, who had an open-minded temperament, was not affected at all and came out on top in one fell swoop.

"Thank you, Brother Lai! Sister Lin!" Xiangyun stuck out his tongue and took the jewelry from Lin Daiyu.

Just when Lai Shangrong's first company participation was about to come to an end, Caixia from Mrs. Wang's room walked in.

"Madam, please come over, we have something to discuss!"

Lai Shangrong was in a bad mood and hated the whole house. He said calmly: "I want to go back with Xiuyan and tell my wife that I am not free!"

Caixia looked at him in astonishment, at a loss.

Seeing this, Tanchun hurriedly advised: "Since Madam sent someone to invite you, there must be something important. If Madam knows that we let Brother Lai go, she will blame us!"

Xing Xiuyan also consoled her: "It's a trivial matter, why should I delay my business for my sake?"

Lai Shangrong didn't care about this, looked at Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan and said: "Your matters are not trivial to me."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly advised: "In this case, Shang Rong should go to see his wife so that he can teach that arrogant person a lesson."

As the chief housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, if she is not here, Lai Shangrong will not go to see Mrs. Wang, she can't be blamed, but she is at the scene, and Mrs. Wang is ashamed. She can't vent her anger on Lai Shangrong, but she must blame her. .

Xing Xiuyan said hurriedly: "No, sir! After all, Miaoyu has half a friendship with me. It doesn't matter how she treats me, as long as we don't interact with her in the future, why bother to make things difficult for her!"

Then he persuaded: "After all, Sister Lin still lives here, so it's not good to make things difficult for her."

Daiyu glanced sideways at Jia Baoyu and said with a pun: "I'm so good and I don't talk nonsense, who can blame me!"

Although Lin Daiyu didn't take it seriously, Lai Shangrong couldn't favor one thing over another because Xing Xiuyan made things difficult for Lin Daiyu.

"That's it!" He sighed and ordered the three Yuanyangs: "You should go back first with Xiuyan!"

First of all, the road is slippery in the snow, so I don't want Xing Xiuyan to run back and forth again, and secondly, I don't want her to stay here to get romantically involved.

The road leaving the Grand View Garden happened to be on the same road as the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, so Lin Daiyu left with him.

Wang Xifeng, Li Wan and others did not want to stay for a long time. Luxue'an, which was bustling just now, suddenly became deserted.

"Everyone is tired today, I think it's better to leave!" Baochai suggested.

She knew the purpose of Mrs. Wang's invitation to Lai Shangrong and was eager to obtain first-hand information, so she had no intention of staying long.

Yingchun didn't like to compose poems at all, when Baochai suggested it, she didn't wait for others to speak, she just confessed and left.

Seeing someone raising his head, everyone dispersed.In front of the gate of Luxue Nunnery, Jia Baoyu licked her face and came to Xue Baoqin's side. She smiled and said, "Since everyone has dispersed, I happen to be going to the old lady's place. Sister Baoqin, please come with me!"

Xue Baoqin saw what Jia Baoyu did today, and remembered Xue Baochai's instructions that day, and already had the intention of keeping a distance.

He excused himself and said, "I have something to do when I go to my sister's place. Brother Bao should go to the old lady's place by himself!"

Jia Baoyu said with a smile: "I don't have to go to the old lady's place, so I will accompany my sister to sit in Sister Bao's room first, and then we will go there together later."

Baochai wanted to go to Aunt Xue's room to wait for news, but after hearing the conversation between the two, she turned around and said with a smile: "Our daughter's family is talking about something personal, it's inconvenient for Brother Bao to be here, you'd better go to the old lady's place." !”

As he spoke, he held Baoqin in one hand and Xiangyun in the other, and headed towards Hengwu Garden.

On the way, Xue Baoqin couldn't help but ask: "Sister, do you think Brother Lai will ask the godmother..."

Xiangyun didn't wait for her to finish, and interrupted: "How can Brother Lai be as knowledgeable as her? Besides, Sister Xing has already pleaded for Miaoyu."

Baochai shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily the case. Brother Lai has always cared about the people around him. Last year, Baoyu made no excuses and begged Qingwen and Xiangling around him. He didn't get used to it, let alone now?"

Although there is no news from Aunt Xue, since Mrs. Wang invited Lai Shangrong to come over, she must be agreeing with the matter. Stepping on one at this time will not only highlight Lai Shangrong's image of love and righteousness, but also pave the way for Jianyou. It can also destroy Jia Baoyu's image in her cousin's heart, which is the best of both worlds.

Xiangyun didn't know such a thing, so he asked what happened.

Xue Baochai took the opportunity to retell the story of how Lai Shangrong got angry and fell for the beauty in front of Mrs. Wang.

Xue Baoqin was speechless and said: "Qingwen and Xiangling, are they the two maids who are accompanying Sister Xing today?"

Xiangyun knew her doubts and explained carefully: "It's more than that! Brother Lai didn't have the power he has today at that time. It seems he hasn't been in charge of the State-Owned Division for a long time, right?"

"Yes! Xiangling was sold back and forth since she was a child. Her mother felt sorry for her at first and was afraid that she would be ruined by her brother, so she asked her to follow Brother Lai. Now it seems that she is really lucky."

Baochai went on to say, "This girl is so stupid that she loves to learn poetry. Brother Lai is busy with official duties and has no time to teach her, so he asked Sister Lin to teach her."

"Yes, yes! I know this. Sister Lin was weak and needed to take ginseng Yangrong pills, so he covered the expenses for sister Lin. Later, when sister Lin became unwell, he gave her the blood bird's nests paid tribute by the Kingdom of Siam. To replenish my body, I was afraid that it would be inconvenient to cook it in the garden, so I even made a coal stove!"

"Isn't that right? Such a big thing happened in the Ning Mansion, and the old lady and the other ladies were helpless. Fortunately, he went all out to give clothes and food to Sister-in-law Zhen and Sister Xichun!"

"Brother Lai knows that I have no father or mother. When my two uncles asked him to buy shares in the glass factory, he proposed to the old lady to use some of the shares to add to my dowry. Thanks to his help, my family no longer has to do anything. Acupuncture female workers help subsidize the family."

"No, although Sister Xing is a concubine, he handed over the business of the snowflake candy to Sister Xing's father. I reckon this property will be left to Sister Xing and the child in her stomach in the future." .”

"Snowflake marshmallow..." Xue Baoqin said in surprise.

She traveled extensively with her father and had done this business before, so she was deeply impressed by it.

Baochai smiled and said: "For Brother Lai, these are just easy things to pick up. Last year, there were floods and an industry as big as cement, he didn't just let it go!"

In this way, with the singing and harmony of Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun, the image of Lai Shangrong in Xue Baoqin's heart gradually became fuller and taller.

(End of this chapter)