Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 129 tacit understanding
"I think Fourth Master Jian is much more reliable than Second Master Bao." Xue Yan blurted out in anger, but it was not necessarily just an angry word.

Daiyu suddenly said in embarrassment, "Young Master Hu Qin!"

Xue Yan said, "Girl, I'm not talking nonsense. Since Fourth Master Jian came here, he first recuperated the girl's body and bones. Thanks to him, the girl's body and bones are now better. Let's not talk about giving gifts to the baby. The girl is quarreling with Mr. Bao and is sulking. Who cares about what the girl thinks? It’s not——"

"If you keep talking, I will really lose my face to see others!"

Daiyu was annoyed, and Xueyan stopped.He glanced angrily at Zicuckoo beside him, and muttered to himself: "I'm not talking nonsense. Besides, Fourth Master Jian can be both inside and outside, unlike Second Master Bao."

He whispered again, so close, how could Daiyu not hear it?Hearing this, he stood up immediately, covered his face and walked towards the backstairs.

As the saying goes, the speaker is unintentional but the listener is intentional. At Daiyu's age, she had just developed a hazy mind.Previously, Baoyu and I were just stuck together, but over the past few years, we have been angry more often than happy.On the contrary, fourth brother Jian is not only capable, but also understands her thoughts.

It's just that it's too early to think about these things now. You have to ask your father about marriage matters and let him make the final decision.

On this day, Daiyu annoyed the two maids and refused to say a word.But towards the two maids, the attitude was much different.

Although she was annoyed with Xueyan, Daiyu rolled her eyes at most occasionally; towards Zicuckoo, Daiyu frowned more often.

Daiyu had thought about it earlier, but this time she was exposed by Xueyan. Looking back on Zijuan's previous words and deeds, wasn't it just that she was holding back her energy to bring herself and Baoyu together?

When there are ups and downs outside, Zicuckoo will always happily talk to her about the good things about Baoyu; about the bad things, they will usually hide them in a hesitant manner and never say them out clearly and fluently.

Daiyu has an aloof temperament and hates these underhanded tricks the most, because this time she really annoyed Zijuan.

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Early that morning, Fu Qiufang looked for Ding Rufeng. Ding Rufeng found a carriage at the entrance of the alley, and then watched Fu Qiufang go to the Penal Department Yamen.

When he arrived at the gate of the yamen, Ding Rufeng went to negotiate with the yamen servant in front of the door. The yamen servant looked at the general coming and checked twice before going inside to report.

Mr. Qiao had just interrogated Fu Shi early in the morning. The case file had already been sorted out and handed over to him early in the morning. He only had to wait for the sage's personal approval before he could be convicted of Fu Shi.Therefore, the current interrogation is just a formality.

Qiao Langzhong was chatting with Liu Yushi in the back office, and then a government servant reported that Fu Shi's sister had come to pay the stolen money.

Qiao Langzhong and Liu Yushi looked at each other and couldn't help but feel curious. They immediately got up and went to the front office and ordered the clerk to go to the hall through Fu Qiufang.

After a long while, I saw Fu Qiufang and Pingting coming.When he arrived at the hall, he bowed down and said, "Fu Qiufang, a folk girl, has met these two adults."

Mr. Qiao just said it, but when Liu Yushi saw Fu Qiufang's color, he immediately lost two of his three souls. He only said that this color compared to his own yellow-faced woman, it was like heaven and earth.

Mr. Qiao asked in confusion: "Miss Fu, do you want to pay back the stolen money?"

"Yes." As she spoke, Fu Qiufang pulled out the thick stack of silver notes from her sleeve: "This is 5000 taels of silver notes. Please check it."

The clerk went over to take it, then turned around and handed it to Qiao Langzhong.Qiao Langzhong glanced briefly, then hesitated and looked at Fu Qiufang.But seeing that although his head was hanging down, his expression was indifferent, I couldn't help but feel a little pity.

It's a pity that such a woman is actually Fu Shi's sister, and she was delayed for several years. Otherwise, she would be a good match for her nephew.

Mr. Qiao felt pity and couldn't help but said: "Miss Fu, the file of this case has been handed over to the imperial court. Even if the stolen money is paid, I'm afraid it won't help the matter. The girl should be aware of it."

"Yes, the daughter of the people knows it. The daughter of the people does this firstly to eliminate her brother's karma, secondly for her own peace of mind, and thirdly to bring justice to her suffering master. The daughter of the common people has received all her food and clothing from her brother in these years, and it is expected that some of the stolen money must be included in it. The girls of the common people were born innocent, and they don’t want to bear such a reputation, lest they have no face to see their relatives and friends in the future.”

These words were so loud that Mr. Qiao nodded repeatedly.Even Liu Yushi on the side also looked like he had given up his lust and soul inspiration, and couldn't help but admired: "It's really rare for Miss Fu to have such thoughts. If your brother had such thoughts, why would he be in jail?"

The matter involved her brother, so Fu Qiufang remained silent.

Qiao Langzhong sighed, and immediately wrote a document for collecting the stolen money, in duplicate, with a big seal, and asked Fu Qiufang to read it, and then left one copy with Fu Qiufang to keep.

After everything was done, Fu Qiufang bowed and left.Liu Yushi, who stayed in the hall, became more and more anxious. He didn't care about Qiao Langzhong beside him, and chased him out.

When he arrived at the gate of the government office, he saw Fu Qiufang getting on the carriage, and there was a nursing home guarding him. Liu Yushi suddenly understood that there must be someone here.Because I paused and felt regretful, and felt as if I had lost something, so I didn’t mention it.

After returning to the former General Fengen's Mansion, Fu Qiufang thought about it for a while, rewarded Ding Rufeng with five coins, and went to the outer city to find his former nanny Qu Shi.

After unexpectedly receiving the reward, Ding Rufeng immediately beamed and left immediately.By this time, Jia Yun had already found her maid, and Fu Qiufang picked and chose a rough maid and a personal maid.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Ding Rufeng took Nanny Qu to the mansion.After getting off the self-employed carriage, Grandma Qu was a little stunned when she looked at the newly renovated family.

Fu Shi's family is just a small house as soon as they enter, how can it compare to the deep house in front of them?When she saw Fu Qiufang, Aunt Qu immediately said with a smile: "Young lady has really climbed onto a high branch. Looking at this mansion, you can tell that the master's family is rich. Oh, this maid has picked it up, tsk tsk, The girl will enjoy happiness in the future."

Fu Qiufang's face was as bright as a lake, and she sent her maid to make tea. She called Aunt Qu to sit down and said, "Auntie, you've done me a favor, and you saved me once. No matter what, I will always remember Nanny in my heart." Very good."

Aunt Qu said: "As you said, I treat the girl as my own daughter." She heard the farewell meaning in Fu Qiufang's words, so she said casually: "Earlier, it was also because of the girl's brother that I treated her as my own daughter." I was thinking that the girl would marry into a higher position, and then—but later on, wouldn’t I also be thinking about the girl?”

Fu Qiufang nodded and said: "Because of this, I first found my grandma to see her today." After a pause, she said: "I'm dead now, and the grandma in this mansion has also seen it, although she is still arranging it. , but rules should be established, and not everyone can enter at will.

I'm afraid I won't see my grandma much in the future..."

"This -" Nanny Qu felt melancholy in her heart. She thought she could pick up this job again, and didn't want to be happy in vain.

The maid came back and made tea.Fu Qiufang took out a silver note from her sleeve and quietly pushed it in front of Nanny Qu: "I know that life is not easy for Nanny at home. The master asked me to buy the 100 taels for the boss, so I will give it to Nanny first. It’s all my love for you.”

Aunt Qu looked at the banknote and immediately swallowed her saliva.For her, these 100 taels of silver were simply a blessing from heaven!
She looked awkward and reached out to grab the banknote. Suddenly she remembered something. She paused and said with concern: "This 100 tael was bought by the girl. If you give it to me, that person will ask later -"

Fu Qiufang shook his head and smiled: "It doesn't matter, I'll just tell him later."

"Hey. It's good if you have an idea, girl." Aunt Qu quickly put the banknote into her armhole, but then she thought it was inappropriate, so she simply hid it close to her body, and then she felt relieved.

Aunt Qu felt a little sorry after receiving the unexpected joy, so she asked: "Girl, who... is that person?" Fu Qiufang was silent.

Aunt Qu observed the words and said: "Can't you say?"

Fu Qiufang smiled bitterly: "Mommy, it's better not to ask. The family business has been ruined, my brother is in jail, and I am just like a duckweed now, so how can I make the decision on my own?"

Aunt Qu immediately tried to comfort her, and after talking for a long time, she stood up and left.

Fu Qiufang sent Nanny Qu away, thinking to herself, now there is no more debt... No, the old debt is settled, only the new debt remains.Thinking of Li Weijian, Fu Qiufang held her hand on the door lintel and thought about it. She didn't know what he was doing at the moment.

At this time, Shen Shi had passed, and Li Weijian just came out of Yan Xiyao's mansion dumbfounded.He told the teacher everything about yesterday, but Yan Xiyao didn't say anything and only asked Li Weijian to go to King Zhongyong to complain.

He also said that the teacher had other ideas, but unexpectedly asked him to do the misfortune.

As if he had seen through Li Weijian's thoughts, Yan Xiyao smiled and said: "Resurrection, sometimes the simpler the idea, the harder it is to crack it."

Li Weijian took it for granted and just asked him to do the misfortune, which felt a little awkward in his heart.Since the two were not around this day, Li Weijian returned to Rongguo Mansion first.

Fu Qiufang's side is being taken care of by the Ding brothers. It's expected that nothing will happen, so I won't go there for now.Wu Haiping drove back to Rongguo Mansion for a long time. Li Weijian had just sat in his small courtyard for a while when he heard that Ye Dongming was leaving the mansion today.

Li Weijian thought for a while, thinking that this person would probably live through the autumn, and he might become a colleague in the future, so he started to think about making friends.

He quickly changed into fresh clothes and went to see him off.

Li Weijian passed through Yimen all the way and saw several Qingqing guests escorting Ye Dongming out.The Qing guests were talking happily, and the poems that the master said were endless. Ye Dongming had a straight face for a long time before he responded.

He was going to say goodbye early this morning. When Mrs. Wang learned about this, she scolded Ye Dongming in her heart, but she pinched her nose and hurriedly sent Jia Lian to stop him.If you leave the house like this, how will outsiders view the Jia family in the future?
Jia Lian stopped Ye Dongming for a long time. It was not until Jia Zheng returned from the Yamen that he handed it over to Jia Zheng.Jia Zheng tried to persuade Jia Zheng to stay, but when he saw that he couldn't be persuaded, he simply paid Cheng Yi for 100 taels. Saying that Baoyu will definitely not be spread among the outside world, Jia Zheng coughed and served tea to see the guests off.

At this moment, Ye Dongming was impatient. When he saw Li Weijian, he immediately said hello and left a few other guests to come quickly.

Li Weijian smiled and held up his hands: "Brother Ye resigned? That's fine. It's autumn in two months, so you have to study your lessons carefully."

Ye Dongming smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's just a matter of catching a duck on the shelf. Whether it can be achieved in Chengdu is a matter of two minds. This kind of practical learning is not something that can be achieved overnight. Confucianism can be memorized by rote, but if you say it can't be done with this practical theory, then it really can't be done."

"Hahaha." Li Weijian laughed endlessly, and then said, "I wonder where Brother Ye will stay?"

Ye Dongming said: "Let's find an inn to settle in first, and then rent a house later."

Li Weijian said: "It's convenient now, but if we catch up with spring, it will be really hard to find a room."

"Yes."

While talking, Li Weijian sent Ye Dongming out of Rongguo Mansion and walked with him for a while. After he found a carriage, Shi Shiran returned.

Thinking that Baoyu had been beaten yesterday and had to pay a visit, he returned to his small courtyard, ordered the red jade and walked all the way towards Jia Mu's courtyard.

All the way through the east corner gate and the hall, it took a long time to arrive in front of Dechuihua Gate.The woman in front of the door hurriedly reported. Li Weijian turned around three small halls and was greeted by the maid Yuanyang.

"Fourth Master Jian is here?"

Li Weijian smiled and said, "Let me see if Brother Bao is feeling better today?"

Yuanyang said: "The imperial doctor examined me this afternoon. Second Master Bao only said that he is still a little dizzy. The imperial doctor said that he will be fine after a while."

"That's good."

While talking, I carried Xia into Rongqing Hall, where I happened to see Mrs. Wang and Baochai coming out of Nuan Pavilion.

When Mrs. Wang caught a glimpse of Li Weijian, she thought that Li Weijian was busy yesterday, blocking Jia Zheng and carrying Baoyu on his back, and she finally smiled a little.He twitched the corner of his mouth and took the initiative to say hello: "Brother Jian, are you here to see Baoyu?"

"Yes, I just asked Yuanyang, and he said that the imperial doctor came to see you this afternoon?"

Mrs. Wang said: "Fortunately, the ruler is just heavy-weight and does not have any sharp angles, otherwise it would be troublesome to open the ladle. Brother Jian came at this moment by chance. Baoyu, who was surrounded by people all afternoon, could not sleep well. I just went to bed now."

While they were talking, Jia Mu and Daiyu were about to come out of the blue gauze cabinet, and Li Weijian hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.Compared with Mrs. Wang, Jia Mu was much more enthusiastic, but she was sarcastic and didn't mention Baoyu at all.

Li Weijian took a sneak look and saw Daiyu looking gloomy, thinking she was in a bad mood.He secretly thought that Sister Bao must have given Daiyu eye drops again, right?
Unfortunately, the elder was right in front of him, so Li Weijian couldn't ask more questions.So he lingered for a while, saying that since Baoyu fell asleep, it was inconvenient for him to disturb him, so he got up and left.

Baochai also took advantage of the opportunity to retreat, and the two of them came out of Jia Mu's courtyard one after another. Sister Baochai paused briefly, and Li Weijian chased after her.

"Sister Xue."

"Fourth brother Jian."

The two greeted each other, Baochai winked at Ying'er, and Ying'er retreated further away.

For a moment, the two of them walked in the same pace, but said nothing.

After passing through the hall, Baochai suddenly said: "Sister Lin is a bit petty, and she got angry with Brother Bao again in the afternoon."

Li Weijian cast an approving look and blurted out: "Brother Bao is always too naughty. It's not okay to act like this. How will he be in charge of the family business in the future? If Brother Bao continues to be naughty, I'm afraid he will have to find a girl with an IKEA room. , so that we can close it up."

You help me drive a wedge between Bao Dai and I support your relationship with Bao Yu. Together we will benefit both sides.The two looked at each other, clearly seeing a smile in each other's eyes, and they had a perfect understanding.

(End of this chapter)