Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 13 I don't know what is good or bad
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the sky outside turned dark, probably past Youzheng hour.

After Li Weijian was full of wine and food, he stood up and left.Baochai and Aunt Xue stood up together, and Aunt Xue said, "Brother Jian, wait a moment."

She called a maid over and gave a few instructions, then the maid took the brocade box out from the inner room.Aunt Xue took it and handed it to Li Weijian personally.

"This is--"

Aunt Xue smiled and said: "This is the first time we met, and I got help from Brother Jian earlier. I didn't know how to thank you, so I picked two inkstones. Don't dislike it, Brother Jian."

Li Weijian couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it, saying: "The elder dare not refuse the gift. In this case, I will accept it shamelessly."

Aunt Xue said: "We will come and go often in the future, maybe my family will have to rely on brother Jian."

While he was talking, he heard a noise coming from outside. Before the maid could come in to report, a figure opened the curtain and barged in.

"Mom, I'm back!"

The visitor was drunk and looked sluggish, but it was Xue Pan who had returned from Jinxiangyuan.

Xue Pan stumbled against the table. Tongxi and Tonggui hurriedly stepped forward to help him, but were pushed away by him.Xue Pan said with a big smile: "This is really an eye-opener. The Siamese girl is covered with gold foil, and she is golden. I bought a sandbag and threw it on it, and a piece of gold foil fell out as soon as I smashed it. , it’s really…”

"elder brother!"

"My son, shut up!"

Baochai and Aunt Xue stopped drinking almost at the same time. The former was ashamed, thinking that this incompetent brother had shown his ugly face at this time, just in time for Li Weijian to take a look; , The goods had to be compared and thrown away, Li Weijian’s pearls were in front, and Aunt Xue wished she could stuff Xue Pan back into her intestines to grow her brain and then let it out.

Xue Pan squinted his eyes for a moment, then saw Li Weijian standing beside him holding a brocade box, and immediately said happily: "Brother Jian is here too?" Suddenly he suddenly slapped his forehead: "Oops, I forgot that my mother is going to entertain brother Jian today! "

"It doesn't matter," Li Weijian handed the brocade box to Hong Yu's hand and said with a smile: "They are all his relatives, and they will spend a lot of time drinking and drinking in the future. I think Brother Wen Long is a little drunk, so why not take a rest earlier?" , I will take my leave now."

"How can this be done?" Xue Pan frowned and said, "Let's change the table. I'll have a drink with brother Jian again. I won't come back until I'm drunk!"

Baochai became more and more embarrassed. He came over and grabbed Xue Pan and said, "Brother is drunk, please stop saying a few words."

"Why am I drunk? Don't worry, sister..."

Li Weijian was afraid that Xue Pan would cause trouble after drinking, so he said, "I drank too much today, and I'm afraid I won't be able to have a good time drinking with Brother Wen Long. We might as well talk about it another day."

Xue Pan smiled and said: "Brother Jian's drinking capacity is too bad... well, let's forget it for today. I'll give Brother Jian a favor."

No matter how Li Weijian refused, Xue Pan insisted on sending it away, and even Aunt Xue and Baochai couldn't stop him.

Then give it away.

Aunt Xue was afraid that Xue Pan would cause trouble, so she sent several maids to accompany her.Xue Pan pulled Li Weijian from front to back and swayed out of Lixiangyuan, turned around and was about to go west.

If Li Weijian had not pulled him back, he would have been sent out of Jia's house.

The group of people walked in the lane for a while, and Xue Pan blew a long breath about the wonders of the Jinxiang Courtyard. Then he regretted that the two Siamese girls had been attacked first by the dandy from the Zuodu Yushi family, otherwise today I have to taste the difference between this Siamese girl and Dashun.

Li Weijian stopped answering and just dragged Xue Pan forward, thinking to himself that he could get rid of Xue Pan, a drunkard who was not stingy, as long as he reached his own courtyard.

He didn't want to cause trouble, but something happened to come to his door.Perhaps it was because Xue Pan had never let go of his anger. As he walked, he pressed half of his body on Li Weijian. He grabbed Li Weijian's arm with one hand, and suddenly covered the back of his hand with the other hand, spitting alcohol from his mouth and said: "Hey, for some reason, I get close to Brother Jian when I see him. From now on, we should get closer."

In his two lifetimes together, Li Weijian had never had his hand touched by a man. The hair on his hair stood on end, and he suddenly swung his hand away, causing Xue Pan to stumble and almost fall.

Li Weijian suppressed his anger slightly, smiled at the maids and said, "Brother Wenlong is drunk, please take him back."

Unexpectedly, Xue Pan acted stubbornly and threw away Tong Xi and Tong Gui who were approaching him. He stepped forward with a playful smile and touched his hand again: "Brother Jian, don't be ashamed. Brother Qiang and Brother Zhen——"

Li Weijian smiled on his face, and when he came closer, he suddenly raised his foot and kicked him in the abdomen.

"vomit--"

Xue Pan felt pain and couldn't help but bend down.If Li Weijian doesn't take action, he will never give anyone a chance to breathe.But when he saw his left palm placed on Xue Pan's chin, and with a strong push, Xue Pan flew up half a foot like a kite with its string broken, and fell to the ground on his back with a strange scream.

Li Weijian followed Li Weijian two steps forward. Amidst the exclamations of the maids, he pressed his knees against Xue Pan's chest, raised his hand and slapped his face with a big ear scraper.

Snapped--

Li Weijian still had a smile on his face. Seeing that Xue Pan's drunkenness had faded a little, he asked, "Brother Wenlong, have you sobered up?"

Xue Pan looked at the smiling Li Weijian in astonishment, struggling twice but not moving at all. Then he remembered that it was Li Weijian who was shooting arrows at the bow of the boat that day.He was horrified, and his drunkenness suddenly faded a bit, and he said in a muffled voice: "Wake up... wake up, Brother Jian, move your knees, I... I can't breathe."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "It's good to wake up, it's good to wake up. Brother Wenlong, don't blame me. This Jia family is not the Xue family after all. They act randomly... If you offend the people you shouldn't offend, you must be careful to provoke those who will kill you." Woe to you."

His knees hit him hard again, and with Xue Pan groaning, Li Weijian stood up.After greeting Hongyu who was holding the brocade box, he said to the maids: "My residence is in front of me, so I won't bother Wenlong to see him off. You can take him back."

After that, Li Weijian turned around and left with Hong Yu.

Several maids hurriedly helped Xue Pan up. Daibawang breathed for a long time, and the drunkenness completely faded away, followed by shame and annoyance.He was running rampant in Jinling, how had he ever suffered such a loss?Looking at the master and the servant walking away with the lantern, Xue Pan said bitterly: "Okay, okay! I don't know what to lift, let's wait and see later!"

Tongxi and Tonggui knew Xue Pan's temperament, so they didn't dare to say anything for a while, so they just advised him to return to Lixiangyuan as soon as possible.

Li Weijian and Hong Yu turned around and saw the small courtyard on the northeast side in front of them.Hongyu, who was holding the brocade box, couldn't help but worry: "Uncle Xue is so unreasonable, actually... unexpectedly... Fourth Master, why don't you go back and talk to your concubine."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "What do you mean? Are you afraid that I will hate the Xue family?"

Hongyu pursed her lips and remained silent, that's what she thought.

Li Weijian said: "This is strange. I acted righteously to save the Xue family, but this stupid overlord didn't know what was good for him, but he took advantage of Long Yang. Logically speaking, it was Aunt Xue who came to argue with me. Why did he ask me to go with Aunt Xue instead?" Tell us separately?"

Hongyu said: "I am also doing it for the fourth master's own good."

Li Weijian reached out and scratched the tip of Hongyu's nose: "Being kind to others does not mean being patient everywhere. This is the Jia family. They are all dependent on others. I don't need to rely on the Xue family. Who is better than the other?" He knew what Hongyu was doing. I think Mrs. Wang's relatives are always a step ahead of Li Wan's relatives.

Li Weijian took two steps forward and suddenly said: "Just wait and see, there will never be a time when the Xue family asks for me in the future. Unless Xue Pan kowtows and admits his mistake, this matter can't be settled easily!"

After the words fell, Hongyu looked at the figure that was similar to her own. For some reason, she suddenly stood tall in her eyes.She didn't know what Li Weijian's confidence was, but she just believed it!My heart was also affected by those powerful words, and I felt a tingling sensation in my heart.

Hongyu took two steps and took half a step back. She let out a long breath and smiled: "I thought it was wrong. The fourth master will be a high official in the future!"

"Well, it's good to know."

As Li Weijian entered the small courtyard, Hongyu secretly took a look at his profile and thought to herself that although her fourth master looked gentle on the outside, he was round and round on the inside.

..............................

In the pear garden.

Aunt Xue was talking to Baochai.

"Amitabha, I just hope that your brother will not cause trouble." Sighing, Aunt Xue said: "We have a banquet and a thank you gift, so we have managed to survive this time. If you are an outsider, just give me some money to spend. They are relatives who are beyond reach, and they all live in Jia's house. Alas, I have to lose my fortune. Those Helan inkstones and Sizhou stone inkstones are rare and top-grade, and even Brother Jian can't pick them out."

After a pause, she glanced at Baochai aside. Aunt Xue only said that she didn't speak much during the dinner because she was reluctant, so she took Baochai's hand and said, "My son, I made it difficult for you just now, and I will never do it again." ”

Baochai felt strange in his heart and responded casually: "It's not difficult, it's all my own business."

Aunt Xue whispered: "You didn't say anything just now, and I was watching."

Baochai lowered his head and said nothing.She had seen the person before, and it was more to her liking than she had expected.Zhilan Yushu has a gentle speech and a pair of sharp eyes.Such people will not stay under others for long.It's a pity that her background is a little different. If she follows her heart, I'm afraid she won't be able to help the Xue family in 20 to [-] years.

She knew she shouldn't think about it, but she couldn't help but think about it. For a moment, she felt so depressed that she felt so angry that she covered her mouth and coughed repeatedly.

Aunt Xue was startled, caressing his back and saying with concern: "My son, he caught a cold? Could it be that the heat poison has struck him again?"

Baochai grimaced and shook his head: "Nothing..."

At this time, there was a noise outside, and Xue Pan came into Lixiangyuan cursing.

Hearing the curses of 'ignorant', 'bastard' and 'scumbag' coming out all over the place, and the curses became more and more unpleasant, Aunt Xue ignored Baochai and stood up quickly and said, "What's going on?"

At this moment, Xue Pan opened the curtain and walked into the hall angrily. He cursed a few words to himself. Aunt Xue asked again and again. The man said: "I was kind enough to see you off. I was drunk and bumped into someone named Li. That person was named Li." Then he turned his back and beat me up!"

"Ah? My son, where is the injury?"

Aunt Xue quickly stepped forward to check. Xue Pan pushed away Aunt Xue's reaching hand and said angrily: "I'm fine. Anyway, my family will never have contact with that person named Li again!"

"No contact, no contact! My son, go and have a rest. I'll go find Brother Jian and find out!"

Xue Pan hurriedly stopped: "What do you have to ask? In short... you are not allowed to go anyway!"

Aunt Xue was concerned and confused just now, but now she saw Xue Pan blocking her, and she immediately became suspicious.She knew Xue Pan's temper, and no one could stop him from losing his temper, so she had no choice but to follow his words and coax him to rest.

As soon as Xue Pan left, Aunt Xue and Baochai called Tongxi and Tonggui to ask. Aunt Xue was just a little worried, but Baochai's face turned pale and he was already angry.

Aunt Xue sighed: "This bastard business can't be done no matter what... Hey, I'll go find Brother Jian tomorrow and tell him. Brother Jian seems to be a generous man, so this matter will be over."

Baochai secretly clutched the brocade handkerchief tightly. She always knew that her brother would be prone to turbidity after drinking alcohol, but she never imagined that her brother would be so turbid!As soon as this happened, the last remaining thought in her heart was gone.

Hearing her mother's words, Baochai knew that her mother had never taken Li Weijian seriously, but Li Weijian seemed gentle, but in fact he was more temperamental than others.After suffering such humiliation, how could he let it go?

She coughed repeatedly and said intermittently: "Mom...it turns out to be...ahem...brother's fault. He saved us earlier...ahem...or...it's better to wait until I take my brother to express my regrets tomorrow. .”

Aunt Xue said: "Your brother has lost his temper. I'm afraid he can't be persuaded in the past few days. Let's talk about this matter later. If it doesn't work, I went to find Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law to talk about it. If she comes forward, the matter will be exposed at least." pass."

Baochai coughed repeatedly and was wheezing.

Aunt Xue hurriedly came over and gently stroked his back, saying: "My son, you are suffering from pyretic poisoning. Come here, serve Baochai quickly and use the cold scented pills!"

Ying'er and the other maids are naturally busy, so let's not mention it.

The next day, Li Weijian had finished eating and went into the small study, holding a pencil and sketching in detail. Qingwen and Xiuying were in the hall, taking the vowels and consonants on the hard paper to test each other's accuracy.

According to Wu Haiping's information, there are now "waterways" running rampant in the capital. Each waterway occupies a well to supply water to several surrounding alleys, and no water from outside is allowed to enter its territory.

There are waterways for drinking water, and there are also excrement channels for those who dig out excrement, which is comparable to a vibrant social group.Li Weijian generally knows the technology of mining deep groundwater. There are some obstacles, but he can always overcome them.Only the waterways running everywhere are difficult to deal with.

He thought about it last night. When dealing with such green-skinned scoundrels, he couldn't be reasonable and could only use force to suppress them.

If you want to take advantage of the situation, you must take the well-drilling matter on a grand scale, draw a big pie, and form a close alliance of interests. Only in this way can things be done easily.He secretly calculated that in order to force Shuidao to give in, Shuntian Mansion was indispensable. It would be best to attract the princes and nobles in the capital at the same time, as well as the inner palace.

In this way, even the most arrogant waterway will have to give in three points.

I was sketching the imaginary water pump when I suddenly heard Hongyu come in and report: "Fourth Master, Grandma is here."

"Oh?"

Li Weijian put down his pencil and quickly stood up to greet him.As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Li Wan hurriedly leading two maids in.

"big sister--"

Not allowing Li Weijian to be polite, Li Wan pulled him away and said worriedly: "Brother Jian, why did you get into trouble with that Xue Pan?"

　Thanks to Haiye Yefeng and Hongfeng Xieyu for their rewards.The editor said that it was recommended in the Thursday newspaper, and maybe there will be recommendations next week.I beg everyone to read more. After all, I only recommend reading and nothing else.

　　
　
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