Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 118 I also thought about it

"Miss Fu is too worried."

Li Weijian smiled and said, secretly thinking, this woman is really smart.However, with such a brother, the marriage would be difficult.

Yan Fengzhen was obsessed with creating things, but he had a mentor named Yan Xiyao who couldn't care less about him. Fu Shi could see through his thoughts with just a glance, so how could his mentor be associated with such a stupid thing.

The breeze blew across the face, ruffling the woman's black hair, but she was looking straight at the lake.Li Weijian lamented for him in his heart, but didn't know what to say. Just when he was about to turn around and look for Qingwen, the old lady greeted him from a distance: "Hey, Mr. Li!"

Turning around, he saw the woman wiping the corners of her mouth, smiling and coming towards them. She stopped beside the two of them and said a lot of things.First, he praised Fu Qiufang for being beautiful, smart, well-educated, good at women's music, and good at playing chess, calligraphy, and painting; then he started to explore Li Weijian's family background.

At first Li Weijian was a little confused, but when he asked about his family background, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.Turning around to look at Fu Qiufang, he saw that his face was blood-red and he was biting his lower lip tightly.

This Taoist Fu Shi did this because he was chasing Yan Fengzhen. Who would have thought that he would not even let himself go if he hugged the grass and hunted the rabbits!
Li Weijian knew his current situation. After Qiuwei and his age, no matter if it was Daiyu, Xiangyun or someone else, he would always choose someone who would be helpful to him for marriage. How could he choose Fu Qiufang with such a look on his face? Cumbersome?
With gratitude in his heart, Li Weijian muttered a few words and went to find Qingwen. He asked his wife to wait for him and Yan Fenzhen to have dinner later, and then turned back to the lower floor.

After a while, a small boat approached, and several food boxes were brought up, complete with wine and food.Two tables were opened, one for Li Weijian and Yan Fengzhen, and one for the female family members on the upper floor.Not to mention the fun and enjoyment during the dinner, when the banquet was over, even Dai Xiangling was a little tipsy.

When it was nearing the end of the day, the boat docked and a group of people got off the boat. The female relatives were chattering and laughing, and each got on the carriage.Fu Qiufang and Mrs. Qu were the only ones standing on the pier at a loss. Fu Shi had said that he would come to pick them up, but there was no one there yet.

Yan Fengzhen pulled Li Weijian and whispered: "What should we do? We can't take this Miss Fu home, can we?"

Li Weijian said, "What else can we do? Just hire a carriage to take the person back."

Yan Fengzhen turned his head and glanced at Fu Qiufang, who was standing pretty. He couldn't bear it, but he gritted his teeth and said: "Fu Sheng also knows that I can't get involved in this matter, otherwise my father will have to skin me. Let Fu Sheng handle this matter." .”

Li Weijian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't say that Fu Shi even had his own ideas.Immediately, he sent Wu Haiping to find a carriage, invited Fu Qiufang and the woman to get on the carriage, and then set off back.

The carriage rattled along, Qingwen drank too much wine, and now she was so tired that she fell asleep with Xiu Ying in the carriage behind.Because it was Hongyu, she and Xiangling squeezed into Li Weijian's carriage.

Hongyu was also holding on, holding her cheek with one hand and feeling dazed; Xiangling, on the other hand, was not sleepy even though her face was flushed. At this time, she turned her head to look at the street scene outside the window and hummed a tune unconsciously.

Li Weijian turned around and looked at Xiang Ling's profile for a long time before saying, "Are you in a good mood?"

Xiangling came back to her senses, looked at him, then smiled and nodded heavily. "Um!"

From Xue Pan's place to Li Weijian's side, she no longer had to worry, and she could study poetry at home every day, so her life was going smoothly.Although several maids occasionally had intrigues, she did not participate in them at all.Even Li Weijian took good care of her, allowing her to go in and out of the study in her spare time, and occasionally told some interesting anecdotes.

Perhaps because of drinking, Xiangling looked at Li Weijian with her eyes blurred, and said, "It's all because of the pity of the Fourth Master. I heard from Hongyu that if it were the other master, how could he bring his maid out to hang out? That's it. Even after we come out, we have to be there for you at all times. How can we be so naughty like Fourth Master?"

Li Weijian smiled and said, "Oh, if you like it, we can come out when we have time."

Xiangling was happy at first, then shook her head slightly and said, "No, I'm already over fourteen, and it's not easy to come out again from now on."

According to the rules at this time, a woman can go out as she pleases before the age of 14. When she reaches the age of 14, she must be kept at home and never leave the house. This is called "waiting in the boudoir".Two or three years later, she made a promise to someone else and became another woman's wife. From then on, she lived in the house and could not see any outsiders.

Although Xiangling is just a maid, she can't go out anymore.Such rules are to prevent the maid from having an affair with the foreign man.

Li Weijian said: "What's so difficult about this? I'll just take you out for a walk when you have free time later." Seeing Xiang Ling nod, he added: "Then I saw you leaning on the railing and looking at the lake, muttering, But you wrote your own poems?”

Xiang Ling said: "I have just learned a lot of kung fu, how can I compose poetry? But I am just as wise as my predecessors. I think of the sentence 'The boat is moving on the lake, the light is shining in the autumn, I am greedy to see the young people believe in the flow of the boat', because I feel like it I feel a little bit."

However, Li Weijian couldn't remember whose poem this line was for a while. After thinking about it, he said, "I remembered another line, 'The green trees by the lake reflect the red rim, and I look for the beauty of the clear water bay every day.'"

Xiangling wondered: "Whose poem is this?"

"The former Ming Dynasty King Zhideng."

Xiangling yearned for it, held her heart in her hands and said, "It's so beautiful. I don't know when I will be able to write such a poem."

"You also said that you have just started studying. I see that you are a smart person. I wonder if you will also be a girl in the future."

The anecdote about the female students came from Empress Xu of the former Ming Dynasty. Xiang Ling quickly shook her head and said, "How can I compare to Empress Xu?"

The words were spoken like this, but it didn't make her yearn for it.After a long while, I then thought about Li Weijian next to me.

Since then, Qingwen has been busy, everyone has looked at the album, and Xiangling has been there several times.It was the first time that Fang Sheng was about to bravely serve her, but Tian Kui arrived. She frowned in pain, so she was delayed.

Later, because she was dull and lost her previous enthusiasm, Li Weijian did not speak, and she was too embarrassed to act rashly.Every night when a few maids gathered together, Xiu Ying would talk about meat and vegetables without restraint, and she would speak so vividly that her face would turn red with embarrassment.

Although she felt that it was a bit shameful to be like this, she couldn't help but think about it: Fourth Master was so close to everyone else, why did he only treat her so well?Could it be that Fourth Master doesn't care about him in his heart?
These words have been in my heart for a long time, but it has never been easy to say them out.I happened to drink wine today. There is a saying that wine makes people bold, so Xiangling boldly leaned on Li Weijian's shoulder and said, "Fourth Master——"

"Ok?"

"Why is it that Fourth Master... is like them all, but he only sleeps with me in his arms every day?"

"Huh?" Li Weijian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He put his hand around Xiang Ling's shoulders and said, "I thought maybe you were embarrassed, so I didn't open my mouth."

Xiangling thought in her heart and said quietly: "Then...can I serve the fourth master tonight?"

"Ah."

Li Weijian couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart. He lowered his head and glanced at that beautiful face. He couldn't help but pick up his chin and leaned over to make a seal.The car was rolling, and in a short time we arrived at Xiaoshun Hutong in the north of the outer city.Seeing Fu Qiufang and the woman getting off the carriage together, and then bowing to themselves to thank them, Li Weijian and Yan Fenzhen drove the carriage towards the inner city.

When the carriages were far away, Aunt Qu turned around and said, "Young lady is too reserved. I saw Young Master Li coming over to talk to you. Why didn't you say more?"

Fu Qiufang stopped, turned over with cold eyes, and said in a cold voice, "Are you trying to force me to death, Aunt Qu?"

"Ah? This...I am doing this all for the girl's good."

Fu Qiufang was too lazy to chat with her mother-in-law and went straight into the house.She had just been admitted to the hospital, and her brother Fu Shi came out with her sister-in-law. Fu Shi repeatedly said angrily: "Oh, blame me. I have been talking to Dr. Yuan for a long time. I was thinking about things and forgot about my sister." . But Young Master Li and the Second Young Master sent their sister back?"

Fu Qiufang felt desolate in her heart, nodded and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm very tired right now, so I'm going back to my room to rest."

After saying that, he turned around and entered the west wing on his own.

The woman frowned when she looked at Fu Qiufang. She was about to say something weird, but Fu Shi stopped her and said, "Don't talk about the things that are there and don't have them. Whether she can be reinstated or not, we still have to count on Qiu Fang."

The woman immediately took Aunt Naqu and asked her questions. After interrogating her for a long time, she let her go.After returning to the main room, the couple made some plans again, so they didn't mention it.

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But when Li Weijian came to Ningrong Street, he saw a melon seller on the roadside. The melons smelled sweet from a distance, so he immediately gave up his money and bought a whole cart.

Returning to Rongguo Mansion, he handed a cart of melons to the steward and asked him to look at them and divide them. This move naturally earned the steward's praise.

When they returned to their small courtyard, the maids were very sleepy. Although Li Weijian said she couldn't eat, Hongyu still went to get the food later, and then yawned and entered the west wing.

Na Xiangling originally stayed to wait on her, but now she was drunk and kowtowed beside the table.Li Weijian persuaded him to take a nap on the couch after some hard talking.

As a result, I couldn't sleep at all.Li Weijian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he went to find two rough maids, washed them with warm water, and then went to bed by himself.

When Xiang Ling woke up early the next morning, she suddenly had a little temper.She was secretly angry at herself for not living up to expectations. She finally had the courage to open her mouth, but she couldn't help but fell asleep due to sleepiness.This is a good time. Today, Qingwen should be on night duty. It will be her turn again in less than half a month.I don’t know if the fourth master will still remember this incident.

Li Weijian saw Xiang Ling's thoughts, took her hand and held her in his arms, and said warmly: "We are still young, and we are not in a hurry at this moment. There is still a long time to come."

Xiangling agreed, and after a while she raised her eyes and glanced at Li Weijian, and said, "Don't forget that Fourth Master is coming."

"will not."

After finally persuading Xiangling, Li Weijian couldn't help but secretly think that this girl looked dull, but in fact she had a delicate mind.And because of his life experience, he just goes with the flow, which is really pitiful.Originally, she only had poetic and artistic thoughts in her heart, and never thought about love between a man and a woman, but now it seems that she has made a mistake.

It turns out that Xiangling also thinks about men and women.Recalling the TV series she had watched in her previous life, Xiangling seemed not to have thought about it at all, and just immersed herself in the poetry and painting every day.Now that I think about it, how could this not be an escape move that was impossible and a last resort?

Maybe only those ethereal poems can occasionally make Xiang Ling happy?
There was nothing to do on this day. After breakfast, Li Weijian went into the study to write and draw. He only thought about it occasionally when he took a break. He didn't know if Aunt Xue and Sister Bao had made up their mind.

He was talking about Aunt Xue and Baochai, but at this moment, the two of them had already made up their minds and immediately entered Mrs. Wang's courtyard. After chatting for a long time, Aunt Xue changed the topic and said: "Sister, Baoyu It’s already eleven, and I think Brother Zhu will go to school at fourteen. In another two or three years, Baoyu will also have to die, right?”

Mrs. Wang smiled bitterly and said: "Baoyu is the one who can't bear to read the Four Books and Five Classics. Every day at home, he only reads some crooked poems for fun. Not to mention two or three years, even seven or eight years will hardly end."

Aunt Xue said: "It's not a problem to always be like this. My sister must be well controlled. Just like my Pan'er. Now that I think about it, I feel regretful. If I had been well controlled that day, how could I have caused this? Such a disaster? The royal business foundation inherited from my family has been lost like this. I don’t know how I will explain to his father in the future. "

Seeing Aunt Xue's emotional words, Mrs. Wang quickly comforted her with a few words, but she was also quite worried in her heart.

So he said casually: "Now that he is older, I would like to control him a bit, but the old lady pampers him as if she were eyeballs. He himself only cares about playing naughty——"

Baochai sat beside him and said at this time: "Auntie, maybe brother Shibao's interest is not in the Four Books and Five Classics. If we try another way, maybe brother Erbao will become interested and make progress from then on?"

"Huh? You mean-"

Aunt Xue and Baochai looked at each other, and the former said: "There is a revolution in the court now. I read in the newspaper yesterday that the saint intends to start the spring education. Tsk, tsk, it's amazing. Brother Jian can't even do it in the future. He passed the imperial examination."

Baochai then said: "Brother Bao is smart, but his mind is not on the meaning of the scriptures. Auntie can let brother Bao try to learn practical knowledge. If he can really get a future through reading, it will be great."

The mother and daughter persuaded her repeatedly, and Mrs. Wang couldn't help but be moved.

She hesitated for a while and then said hesitantly: "It doesn't hurt to give it a try? It's just that there are few examples of practical learning, and I don't know where to find the teachings of famous teachers."

Baochai secretly cheered in her heart, her heart was fulfilled!He immediately said: "Auntie, don't be in a hurry to find a famous teacher. Besides, isn't there such a person in this mansion?"

"Brother Jian?"

Baochai nodded and said with a smile: "I'm thinking about it, why don't I ask Fourth Brother Jian to give a lesson and let Brother Bao listen. If he can listen, Auntie will ask Fourth Brother Jian to find a suitable famous teacher." Autumn is coming soon, and many scholars from other places are coming to Beijing to take the exams. Fourth brother Jian doesn't have to do anything else, he can just help select someone with real talents, and I don't think it will be too much trouble."

Mrs. Wang thought about it for a while, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was a great idea.So he said: "That's right...that's it. I'll have a chat with Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law in the evening, and let Brother Jian teach Baoyu a lesson first?"

Aunt Xue and Baochai nodded together, and the former smiled and said: "Sister, that's right."

(End of this chapter)