Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 109 Sister Lin is sick

Daiyu was a little hesitant. The previous time she broke up Baoyu's good deeds at Qixiezhai, and when she came back, Daiyu fell ill due to depression.

From then on, Daiyu never went to Qixiazhai again. She spent these days with clear thoughts in her mind, how can there be a cat that doesn't steal fish?The world is like this, and those earlier thoughts were just extravagant hopes. Thinking that you understand me and I understand you is great.

She declined politely, but Baochai took her arm, dragged her and said, "Let's go quickly. Brother Bao doesn't know how to be angry right now."

Daiyu said helplessly: "It's not like you don't know what kind of temper he has? Who can persuade him when he loses his temper? Let's talk about it first. I will only give you a few words of advice. I don't care whether you listen or not."

"Sister Lin is gone, I remember you well."

Daiyu thought, the sky had just turned dark at this time, Baoyu couldn't do those things without a screwdriver, right?Besides, Baochai is accompanying him. When the maid sees him later, she can always tell Baoyu.

Because of this, she was dragged out of the room by Baochai, all the way out of the hanging flower door, and walked along the side road towards Qixie Zhai.

The first two maids lit the lights, and Daiyu and Baochai walked side by side.The snow goose leading the way said 'Huh' in surprise, and Zicuckoo asked, "What's wrong?"

Xue Yan shook his head suspiciously: "I clearly saw a figure, but in a flash it disappeared again. Maybe I saw it wrong."

Zicuckoo scolded: "Don't talk about these things, or you will scare the girl at night."

Xue Yan only responded, and the group walked over immediately.A figure suddenly appeared from behind a tree beside the road, but it was the attacker next to Baoyu.

She held the handkerchief and watched the group of people arrive at Qixie Zhai. She hummed softly and then walked quickly towards Jia Mu's room.As he walked, Xiren felt more and more comfortable.

Today, Baoyu gave birth to a child and was playing naughty in Huifang Garden. Thinking about the clouds and rain in his dream, Baoyu kept staring at Qin Keqing.Now Qin Keqing recovered and looked much better. As he looked at it, Baoyu had other thoughts in his heart.

Later, he was reprimanded by Jia Zheng, so he didn't mention it. When he returned to Jia's mother's room, Baoyu made use of the topic. Baochai was annoyed and tried to persuade him, so he only ordered a few maids and went to Qilaizhai.

After drinking wine today, he sent his maid to fetch water for bathing.Xiren ordered the maid to fetch water on her front feet, and the green marks on her back feet were waiting for Baoyu to undress him.

Xu Shi saw that Bihen's eyebrows and eyes were similar to Qin Keqing's, so Baoyu left Bihen and sent Xiren back to the room to get clean clothes.

Xiren felt depressed and secretly scolded Bihen for being shameless. After walking out for a while, he happened to bump into Baochai and Daiyu who had found them.Xiren's mind was spinning, and he hurriedly hid behind a tree, barely avoiding this group of people.I thought happily in my heart, if Baochai and Daiyu broke up the good deeds of Baoyu and Bihen, I'm afraid there would be some trouble!
Xi Ren knows best what kind of character the old lady is.When something like this happens, the fault is naturally the fault of the maid. I'm afraid that if trouble breaks out, Bihen will follow in Qianxue's footsteps!In this way, she would have one less opponent on her way to being promoted to aunt.

When he reached the end of the passage, Xiren glanced back, with a smug smile on his face.After pausing for a moment, Shi Shiran entered the hanging flower gate.

But Baoyu's Qixie Zhai was divided into two rooms, and a few rough servants fetched water and stayed in the outer room.According to the rules of the Jia Mansion, only first- and second-class maids are qualified to enter the house to serve their master, while third-class and even rough servants can only stay outside the house.

Because it was Baochai and Daiyu who entered Qixie Zhai, two maids came to greet them. After greetings, Baochai smiled and said, "Where is Brother Bao?"

"Second Master Bao is in the study at the moment. He just fetched water and I don't know if he has taken a shower or not."

After the third-class maid finished speaking, another rough maid said: "Sister Xiren has gone to get some clean clothes. I guess Second Master Bao hasn't bathed yet. If you two girls want to hunt for Second Master Bao, I'll go and let him know."

"Eh?" Baochai stopped the maid and said with a smile: "Brother Cai Bao annoyed me just now. I'm afraid he will hide away again after he found out. I think it's better for us to go find him on our own."

"This--"

Before the maid could respond, Baochai took Daiyu and walked inside.Daiyu frowned and said, "What if he just took off his clothes right now, how bad would it be to go in so rashly?"

Baochai said: "Let's just say hello through the door."

While the maid stayed outside, Baochai took Daiyu into the inner courtyard, where the sound of men and women laughing could be heard in the distance.

Just listen to the male voice: "Good sister, let me have a taste of rouge."

The female voice said: "It's unreasonable, Mr. Bao. If you don't want to taste Miss Lin's, why would you want to taste mine? I'm just a maid, how can I afford to buy good rouge?"

The male voice said: "Motilin is a younger sister, so it's better to be an older sister. Eh? Speaking of which, my sister's lips are as plump as Sister Bao's."

"Second Master Bao, please stop talking. How can I dare to compete with Miss Xue? Uh-huh...Second Master..."

Baochai was startled, and quickly glanced at Daiyu.But Daiyu's frowning eyebrows relaxed and she said nonchalantly: "It seems that we came at the wrong time. Let's talk about it later when he is free, right?"

"Brother Bao..."

"Sister Bao, let's go?"

"Ah."

The two of them returned to the outer courtyard and chatted with the maid. They only said that Baoyu was taking a bath at the moment, and then they left Qixiezhai together.While walking on the road, Baochai said: "Sister Lin, don't be too worried. Brother Bao has always been a naughty person."

Daiyu said calmly: "Why have I ever been too worried? It's Sister Bao who is too worried, right? The men in this mansion always have two useful maids around them before they get married, and the same is true for Sister Bao's brother."

"Yes. It's just that at this age, Brother Bao... doesn't care about his body and bones too much."

Daiyu said nothing, Baochai turned around to observe, and saw that the pink and white face was now very white.Baochai thought to herself that she didn't care, but she really cared!
In front of the entrance hall, Baochai returned to Lixiangyuan, and Daiyu staggered when she entered the hanging flower door.Zijuan and Xueyan hurried over to help, and Zijuan asked, "Girl, what's wrong with you?"

Daiyu's heart was like a knife, thinking about Baoyu's words, "Motilin is a sister, it's better to be a sister." But it turns out that when he was playing naughty with the girl next to him, would he forget about her?

Suddenly I remembered Li Weijian's two poems from that day, "...passion should bring laughter and tears but also shame."The shades of red make the spring breeze smell, and stir up all the romance.How can I be so skinny and so miserable that my beauty is cut off from Fangzhou. '

She knew that her body was weak and her thoughts were heavy. If she and Baoyu continued to be so good and bad, bad and good, she might really be "unlucky and beautiful."

Breathing a sigh of relief, Daiyu pushed Zicuckoo away and said, "It doesn't matter, maybe I drank wine all afternoon and got drunk now."

"Then I'll help the girl to rest."

Xueyan said, and together with Zijuan, she helped Daiyu into the blue gauze cupboard. After that, Daiyu was thinking a lot, tossing and turning and secretly angry, so she didn't mention it.

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Go to the small courtyard in the northeast.

The first watch has passed, the windows of Nuange are closed, and the window lattice is covered with fine gauze material.

The candlelight flickered inside, and Li Weijian, who was just washing, sat on the head of the bed, tilting his head and thinking about what Sister Bao would do.

Baochai is precociously intelligent and thoughtful, so he predicts that he will not break Baoyu's good deeds on his own... there is no chance that there will be a drama of lending a knife to kill people.I just feel sorry for Sister Lin, she is going to be sad again this time.It's okay, I'm sad now, but it's better to be sad to death in the future.

There were sounds of crickets outside, and the night became increasingly quiet.Qingwen sat on the end of the bed, wearing only a lotus root bellyband because the weather was getting hotter.The lower body was covered in the brocade quilt, and a pair of rhombus feet kept moving, causing the brocade quilt to turn red for a while.

"Why don't Fourth Master take me with you today? I heard that Huifang Garden is very good, but it's a pity that I have never been there."

"Well," Li Weijian came back to his senses and said, "I'm afraid that there will be another uncle or second uncle who will beg for you when he sees you."

"Damn! Fourth Master knows how to coax people. I'm just a maid. How can someone want to beg me?"

Qingwen said this, but her heart felt as if she was filled with honey.

Li Weijian said, "That's hard to say. Did Brother Rong catch a maid and tease her at the banquet today?"

Qingwen frowned: "How could it be so unbearable? No wonder Dongfu's reputation is so bad."

She paused briefly, then stepped up her movements. After a while, her legs were sore.Glancing at Li Weijian with an angry look, Li Weijian smiled and said, "That's all, why don't you sleep."

Qingwen bit her lower lip, thinking that the Fourth Master cared so much about her, so she had to serve him well.Because he closed his legs, lifted the quilt, turned around and got in.

After a long while, Qingwen whimpered a few times and went outside to rinse her mouth.When he returned, there was a bit of resentment on his face.Li Weijian reached out and pulled it over, causing Qingwen to scream in surprise.

"Fourth master?"

"As promised earlier, I will serve you today."

Facing those clear eyes, Qingwen's body softened.

In the west chamber, Xiuying and Hongyu had already laid down, but Xiangling was still reading Tang poetry.Xiuying fell asleep in a moment, but Hongyu was unable to sleep due to the candlelight.After a few words of urging, Xiangling reluctantly put down the book.

I had just taken off my clothes and was about to get into bed when I suddenly heard a cry-like sound from outside.She was puzzled and asked, "What's going on?"

Hongyu blushed and spat secretly, then said: "Maybe it's a night owl."

Xiangling was dumbfounded. She glanced at the cat lying aside and said, "This is strange. I usually hear night owls meowing, and this cat always gets agitated. Why is it like this today?" quiet?"

This is how Hongyu responded, she just kept urging: "Go to sleep, don't worry about it."

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In the morning, Hongyu went to the kitchen and came back with a food box. Li Weijian asked about it, but Hongyu only said something about it, and it had nothing to do with Baoyu.

Li Weijian wondered, could it be that Sister Bao didn't understand yesterday?Or did you understand but did nothing?

It was not easy to inquire too much about this matter. After midnight, Li Weijian Shi Shiran left the Yimen.

Jia Yun had been waiting outside the Yimen for a long time. When she saw Li Weijian, she hurried forward to greet him. After seeing the ceremony, she said: "Fourth Uncle, we have invited craftsmen here today. It is up to Fourth Uncle to decide how to repair the house. What's more? It’s the garden on that side—”

Jia Yun hesitated to speak. Li Weijian had just boarded the carriage. Hearing what he said, he was stunned. He turned around and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Yes, my nephew has seen that side garden. Although there has never been a stream running through it, it is very well-organized. It would be a pity to bulldoze it like this. If my fourth uncle kept the side garden, why not buy another one on the side? A house can be used for general purposes even if it is bulldozed."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "Is there a restaurant nearby that sells takeout?"

Jia Yun smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence. Yesterday, my nephew asked, and the owner who entered the house for the second time did intend to sell takeout. But the asking price is a bit high, 6000 taels."

Li Weijian thought: "Then let's go and take a look first."

Wu Haiping drove, accompanied by the Ding brothers and Wu Zhong on horseback, and the group headed towards General Feng'en's mansion.Now that the house deed has been passed, the three entrances to General Fengen's Mansion with its garden belong to Li Weijian.

The plaque at the main entrance has long been removed, and only a watchman is watching over it during the day. At night, Wu Zhong and the Ding brothers come over to prevent Xiaoxiao from climbing over the wall and stealing.

The mansion was old. Li Weijian took the craftsman Jia Yun had hired to look around. Many window lattice and beams needed to be replaced, and a lot of tiles on the roof were damaged. The craftsman made a total calculation and said: " Mr. Li, I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back even if I don’t pay 500 taels for this order.”

Afraid that the high asking price would scare Li Weijian away, the craftsman hurriedly said: "That's all. The bricks and tiles are all clearly priced, but the beams require large wood, and the price can't be cheap. And there are the gravel paths in the garden." It needs to be renovated.”

"500 taels is not a problem, the problem is the construction period. How long will it take to complete the project?"

The craftsman made some calculations and said, "I'm afraid it will take more than a month."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll give you a deposit first."

The craftsman accepted the order and left happily.Li Weijian and Jia Yun went to the side garden again. This side garden was not as good as the small garden in Rongguo Mansion, but it was more exquisite.

There are two pavilions and a rockery. Thin bamboos are planted on both sides of the corridor. There is a pavilion hidden in the bamboo forest. It is a nice and quiet place.

Li Weijian thought for a while, thinking that when he moved in someday, Qingwen, Hongyu, etc. would not be able to wander around the house all the time, and would have to come to the garden to relax from time to time.Because he said casually: "It's really a pity to bulldoze it. Then you go and make a bid and almost buy it."

Jia Yun happily accepted the order and left. After only half an hour, he returned happily.

When he found Li Weijian, he congratulated him from afar and said, "Fourth uncle, the house has been negotiated for five thousand, five hundred taels. But the owner's family is moving south, and they are in a hurry to get rid of it. If fourth uncle takes advantage of the money, today You can go to Shuntian Mansion to transfer the ownership."

"Okay."

At that moment, Li Weijian met with the landlord. After paying the banknote, he went to the Shuntian Mansion to transfer the ownership. When he came back, he asked the craftsman to recalculate the total cost of leveling the second house and extending the wall.

The craftsman did some calculations and gave a price of 700 taels, with a construction period of one and a half months.

Li Weijian paid the deposit immediately and waited for acceptance after completion.When the day came, Li Weijian and Wu Haiping returned to Rongguo Mansion.

As soon as they entered their small courtyard, Hongyu came up to her and said, "Fourth Master, Miss Lin is sick again!"

"sick?"

Li Weijian was still thinking when he heard Hongyu say: "The old lady got angry for some reason and found Bihen, the son of Master Bao. She has already kicked Bihen out of the house."

(End of this chapter)