Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 143 Brother Bao is not young anymore
Guests live in a small courtyard.

The girls chatted and discussed, exploring the spring and enjoying the spring together, and chose a small courtyard; Xiangyun saw the newly arrived sister Bao getting close, so she took Baochai and chose a small courtyard; the rest welcomed the spring. He and Daiyu chose the small courtyard in the middle.

The girls had just settled down and were gathering together for a walk in the garden. Li Weijian, the second girl, came out of Li Wan's small courtyard.

Xiangyun and Tanchun were playing around, and after running for two steps, they ran headlong into Li Weijian's arms.

"Hey~"

Li Weijian hurriedly supported Xiangyun. The little girl rubbed her head and looked up. She immediately smiled and said, "It's fourth brother Jian. I wonder whose chest is as hard as an iron plate."

"Sister Shi——"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Xiangyun frowned and said, "Why did fourth brother Jian break up with me after not seeing each other for a while? In the past, I always called sister Xiangyun."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "Aren't you afraid of being rude...Is Sister Xiangyun okay?"

"No problem, no problem," Xiangyun rubbed his forehead twice, then smiled and said: "Brother Jian came just in time, and I was about to ask Brother Jian to show me the garden. Just now, Sister Bao and Daiyu both said that the scenery here is very good. , I said that I will write two poems later if I am moved by the scene."

Daiyu retorted from behind: "I never said that you should do it. Everyone is waiting for your masterpiece."

Xiangyun turned his head and wrinkled his nose, snorted, then turned around and walked side by side with Li Weijian: "Brother Jian, please leave quickly. You should only tell me what you said, don't let them listen."

With his sleeves being pulled, Li Weijian turned around and smiled apologetically at the girls before turning back and moving forward.

Xiangyun said: "Brother Jian, have you heard that there is a hot spring here?"

Li Weijian pointed to the north and said, "That's the Qingshuzhai. There are two pools, one large and one small, separated by walls. When Sister Xiangyun is tired from playing, she can take a dip in the warm soup at night to relieve herself. "

"Okay, okay, I will definitely give it a try tonight."

Li Weijian deliberately walked slowly, and within a moment Daiyu, Baochai and others caught up with him.Xiangyun was just being narrow-minded and playful, not really occupying Li Weijian.So Li Weijian wandered around and pointed out a scene wherever he went.

Surrounded by mountains and surrounded by clear water, wandering among them is naturally charming and lush.

This garden is a little larger than the Huifang Garden in Ningguo Mansion. Even so, after wandering for half an hour, Li Weijian and others also passed the waterside pavilion and passed the Zhichuntang where Baoyu stayed. They turned in front of a piece of rock, and on top of it was the Qingzhai, the path to the northeast is the second entrance of the house where Li Weijian lived.

As expected, Xiangyun became interested and hummed a poem for the occasion, which attracted everyone's applause.Just as they turned around the rocks, they suddenly heard a noise coming from the end of the path.

"Good sister, I will go in to see Miss Fu and leave after saying a few words. Why are you stopping me?"

A female voice said: "Second Master Bao, please respect yourself. This is an inner house. Are outsiders not allowed in?"

"Me? Am I a foreigner?"

Xiangyun looked at him, but because he couldn't see clearly through the trees, he said, "It sounds like he loves his brother."

They were still laughing and joking before, but now all the girls were quiet.From those two sentences, we knew that Baoyu was making a fuss about entering Li Weijian's inner house, but was stopped by the maid.

Why are you going to the inner house?Qingwen, Xiangling and other maids were busy at the moment, but Fu Qiufang had just returned.Baoyu met Fu Qiufang again, and he must have gone to look for Fu Qiufang!
Xichun is still young and a little unclear;
Yingchun was secretly annoyed, but she would never show off her temper.At this moment, he only looked at Li Weijian with concern;
Xiangyun is charming and naive, and she still doesn’t understand the inner truth;
Baochai didn't care at all, but only looked at Li Weijian, wanting to see how Li Weijian would deal with it;

Daiyu was worried.I secretly thought that it would be fine if I stayed in Rongguo Mansion and let Baoyu walk around in the inner house.But when you're at someone else's house, how can you break into the inner house?You have been hanging out with the maids for a long time, and you know people's affairs. How can you treat yourself like a child?

Tanchun took a deep breath, and the third girl naturally understood the truth.He glanced at Li Weijian and saw that he seemed indifferent. Li Weijian knew that it was difficult for Li Weijian to come forward.He casually said: "How can Brother Bao break into the inner house at will? Xiangyun, let's go and call Brother Bao back."

Li Weijian had already made up his mind. He stopped Tanchun with a smile and said, "Brother Bao wants to see Qiu Fang, just let him meet him. Brother Bao is still young."

As he said that, he walked straight down the path, and several girls followed him, fearing that Baoyu would make trouble.

When they got closer, they saw Xiren and Meiren pulling Baoyu, and the maid Nianxia blocked the door. Baoyu struggled forward but refused to leave.

"Brother Bao."

Li Weijian greeted Li Weijian, and Baoyu caught a glimpse of Li Weijian, as if he had sobered up from drunkenness, and said, "Fourth brother Jian came just in time, but this maid stopped me from going in."

"Brother Bao, what are you going to do when you go in?"

"Naturally—"

"Second Master!"

"Second Master!"

Xiren and Meiren quickly stopped Baoyu's words. Baoyu remembered what he wanted to say and immediately sneered in Li Weijian's face.

Li Weijian smiled and said: "Oh, I understand, I think it's Brother Bao who has an old relationship with my concubine Qiu Fang. Is this time to reminisce about the past?"

"Uh... Exactly."

"Then I'll just call her out. Brother Bao... um -" He glanced at Xi Ren and Mei Ren and said, "After all, she's too old to go in."

Meiren's face was fine, but Xiren's face suddenly burned, and he lowered his head with a red face.

Baoyu either didn't hear Li Weijian's secret sarcasm, or he didn't care, and just said happily: "Really? Then call her out quickly!"

Li Weijian nodded and said hello inside, and Fu Qiufang walked out with a livid face in a moment.When he arrived at the door, he bowed and said, "Master."

Li Weijian pointed at Baoyu: "Brother Bao wants to talk to you. You should go and rest after talking to him."

At this moment, Daiyu, Baochai, Sanchun, Xiangyun and other girls also came close. Fu Qiufang said solemnly: "I only met Mr. Bao once, how can we talk about old times?"

"Miss Fu——"

"Second Master Bao, I am the master's concubine now. I can't call you a girl anymore." Baoyu choked, and Fu Qiufang said again: "Everything must be said to others. If Second Master Bao has anything to say, please do so in front of him." Let’s talk about it for everyone’s sake.”

"This -" Baoyu is just crazy, not stupid.How could you say what you were feeling depressed about in front of Li Weijian?So he pondered and looked at Li Weijian.

Li Weijian smiled and said: "I think Brother Bao doesn't want everyone to hear it. Then Qiufang, just talk to Brother Bao for a while, and I'll take the sisters for a walk over there."

Although the time they got together was still short, Li Weijian had a rough idea of ​​Fu Qiufang's temperament.Baoyu's temperament was the least popular with Fu Qiufang.Such pretense of magnanimity only serves to highlight Baoyu's actions.

True to his word, he turned around and left.

Tanchun still wanted to speak, but Li Weijian pulled his sleeves: "Third sister, there is a hot spring pool in front of you. Let's go over and have a look."

Baochai's face was as smooth as a lake, and he looked at Daiyu at the side again. He saw Daiyu frowning and secretly annoyed, she took a deep look at Baoyu, snorted and turned away.The two girls Yingchun and Xichun also glanced at Baoyu and followed Li Weijian towards the outside.Xiangyun came to his senses at this moment, paused and said angrily: "Brother Ai, Qiu Fang is the concubine of fourth brother Jian, what are you going to say to someone? Why do you have to carry someone behind her back?"

"I..." At this point, Baoyu already felt that he was not a human being inside and out, but he was obsessed with it.Feeling uncomfortable not to vomit, he said, "Just say a few words. Sister Xiangyun will go first, and I will chase you later."

"You——" Xiangyun paused and walked away: "——I don't care about you anymore!"

A group of more than a dozen people gradually moved away, while Xiangyun and Tanchun still looked back.Baoyu sighed, glanced at Fu Qiufang, whose face was as heavy as water, and immediately came forward: "Miss Fu——"

Fu Qiufang took a step back: "Second Master Bao, please respect yourself."

Baoyu stopped immediately and murmured: "You... are you doing well? I heard about your brother's case, but that case was only committed by your brother, so what does it have to do with you? How can you surrender and commit yourself? Did you become a concubine?"

It was just a one-sided relationship, and you didn’t know the underlying reason, so why did you let yourself down?

When she just walked through the door, Fu Qiufang felt a little unwilling.During these days, Li Weijian treated her with gentleness and respect, showered her with money, and deliberately supported his boss... It's terrible to say that many wives from wealthy families have never been treated like this!
She, Fu Qiufang, is just the sister of a prison officer. Before, she was considered a small family, but now she has become a commoner. In addition, she is already in her twenties. With such respect, why should she be unwilling to accept it?

"But...but Fourth Brother Jian was forced to——"

"Second Master Bao!" Fu Qiufang said sternly with a livid face: "The decline of our family is a private matter of my Fu family. Who I marry and who I make as a concubine are also my private affairs. I have never met Second Master Bao, so I don't think so. It’s not Mr. Bao’s turn to interfere with my private affairs, right?”

Baoyu frowned and said, "It's a pity that a beautiful lady like you has become a concubine."

Fu Qiufang laughed angrily and said, "What does Second Master Bao think I should do?"

"She is raised in the boudoir like a fairy daughter in the sky, and writes poems and songs every day. Only in this way can she live up to her reputation as a beautiful lady."

"Why not eat minced meat?" Fu Qiufang sneered.

Baoyu blinked and said: "Yes, life outside is not easy. Then just come to my house. I begged the ancestors. The ancestors will definitely be happy to see you -"

"No need!" Fu Qiufang was no longer interested in talking, glanced at the frowning Xi Ren, and said, "Is Second Master Bao thinking of keeping me close to him like Xi Ren?"

"That's natural——"

"Second Master!" Xiren shouted, finally waking up Baoyu.

Baoyu suddenly had a confused look on his face, hesitating and not knowing what to say.

Fu Qiufang took a deep breath and said: "The master wanted me to be his concubine. I begged him to be his concubine, but he refused several times, so he agreed. There was no coercion.

In addition, Mr. Bao and I only met each other once. We are strangers and have no contact with each other.I also ask Mr. Bao to respect himself and don’t look for me again in the future.Mr. Bao Er is not afraid of rumors, but I, Fu Qiufang, also value good reputation.

Having said that, please come back, Mr. Bao, and I won’t send you far away! "

After a slight bow, Fu Qiufang turned around and entered the courtyard.Then he ordered: "Nian Xia, close the door! If any other people come to disturb you in the future, just beat them out with sticks!"

Nian Xia angrily gouged out Baoyu's eyes, closed the door heavily, and lowered the bolt.

Baoyu raised his foot to pursue him, but Fu Qiufang's words were so decisive, so he just sighed, turned around and walked towards the path.

Xiren couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Second Master, just think about the things that you have and don't have. Why bother to say it out?"

Meiren also said: "It's good now. Fourth Master Jian is a generous man, but he has annoyed Fu Qiufang. I may not know how to arrange Second Master in private."

"More than that!" Xiren said, "The girls were all here just now, what did the Second Master ask me to think?" Besides, Fourth Master Jian is not a generous person.

Baoyu's mood was waning and he just said: "You don't understand... Hey, this is a good girl. Before she left the palace, she was a priceless pearl. Now that she has left the palace, she has become a dead pearl for some reason. That's all, now that she is like this , I will just ignore it from now on."

They are slandering people, but you still don’t pay attention to them?I'm afraid that people will no longer want to pay attention to you.

The three masters and servants murmured, mostly persuaded by the two maids, but Baoyu lowered his head, as if he had never heard anything.

Walking slowly along the path, it took a long time to arrive at Deqing Restroom, but it was empty. I guess Li Weijian and his sisters had already visited it.

After bypassing Zhiyuan Hall and walking along the Chaoshou veranda, I saw Xiangyun and Tanchun looking for Zhanqingxuan, but they couldn't see the girl beside them.

While Baoyu was hesitating, he saw Zicuckoo turning out from the side.Seeing Baoyu, Zicuckoo cooed, with a complicated expression on her face.

Baoyu came over and smiled: "Where is your girl?"

"The girl is not feeling well. She is going back to her guest house now."

"Sister Lin is unhappy? I have to go and take a look!"

Zijuan secretly cursed that it was because of you that the girl became angry.

It was difficult to say these words, so Zijuan said: "Second Master Bao, please go quickly. I'll go to the kitchen and ask if there is any soup to relieve the heat."

Baoyu immediately looked for the small courtyard of the guest house, and soon entered Daiyu's guest house.

Xue Yan was packing her clothes on the bedside bed. When she heard the footsteps, she turned around and saw Baoyu coming. She immediately said, "Girl, Second Master Bao is here."

Baoyu glanced around and saw Dai Yuxian sitting at the table, holding a book in her hand and studying.

Baoyu leaned over with a smile and said, "I heard that my sister was not feeling well, so I came over to have a look, but is she sick again?"

Daiyu glanced sideways and said, "If you don't go to Fu Qiufang to talk, why are you here to find me again?"

Baoyu said: "I've looked for it, but it's a pity... the beautiful jade, a beautiful lady, lost her luster after she got married."

"So, in your opinion, a woman should never marry for the rest of her life?"

This was meant to be sarcastic, but Baoyu nodded and said, "It's very, very true, it's better not to marry."

Daiyu was speechless for a long time, then said: "In a few years, I will also get married."

Baoyu was stunned for a moment.Thinking that Sister Lin, who is so handsome and beautiful, will get married one day?He had never thought about it.

Daiyu was vaguely aware of Baoyu's temperament, and sighed and said: "Both you and the maid... In short, my brother is getting older and can no longer act as willfully as he did when he was a child."

　Let’s change the update time to tomorrow morning.The starting point statistics are from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] the next day. Because of this, I suffered a loss last month.Alas...it's all tears.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)