Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 175 Warm Pot

We walked half a circle around the East Courtyard on the short road, and in a blink of an eye we arrived at the Yingchun Courtyard. Xiuju was tying strings under the eaves. When she saw Li Weijian, her face suddenly lit up with joy. She stood up and called to her: "Auntie..."

Li Weijian quickly made a sign of silence. Xiuju quickly covered her mouth, and the subsequent words stopped.

It was late September and the weather was getting colder. The doors and windows of the main room were closed, and through the glass one could vaguely see Yingchun sitting at the Kang table with her cheek propped up, as if she was dozing off.

Li Weijian said, "I'm going to talk to my second sister and I'll be leaving in a while. You guys should do your work first."

Xiuju agreed and was immediately pulled into the side room by Si Qi. Li Weijian gently pushed the door open and entered the inner room. He saw the two girls welcoming the spring with their cheeks in one hand and the book they were reading in the other. Their eyes were closed and they were breathing evenly. I guess it was because I hadn't slept well in the past few days that I fell asleep during the day.

Li Weijian quietly came closer and glanced at the book. It turned out to be the chapter on the Supreme Being's Sensation. He took out the book from Yingchun's hand, and even such a small move made Yingchun wake up from her drowsiness.

The second girl opened her eyes in confusion, and saw a familiar figure. She immediately beamed with joy: "Brother Jian!" After a call, she suddenly became worried about gain and loss, bit her lower lip, and stopped talking.

Li Weijian said: "I was about to come to see my second sister when I heard from Si Qi that my second sister has not slept peacefully in the past few days. No, I came over quickly to have a look."

Yingchun nodded slightly, and secretly looked at Li Weijian for a few times, and saw that his sweetheart had not been seen for a few days, and his demeanor was even better than before. Yes, he has been knighted now, but he is a concubine from the Duke's palace.

She was at a loss for words and said: "Brother Jian is here today -"

"I'll post a post and invite my second sister to come to my house to have some fun together. It'll be a warm meal."

"I, I won't go."

As they spoke, the two girls turned away. The second girl was the most arrogant, with all the joy, anger, sorrow and joy on her face. Li Weijian could tell with one glance that what she said was not true.

Because Minato was sitting aside, he put his arms around Yingchun's shoulders and said, "How can I not go? I want to take the opportunity to let my second sister see my future home, so why should I bother?"

When the second girl heard this, she was heartbroken, but she said angrily on her face: "You will try to coax me. Now that you have been knighted, we... can't make it happen or not."

"How could it not work?" Li Weijian pointed to the sky and said: "At most there will be some twists and turns, but in the end I will always take over my second sister."

The second girl turned her head and met his eyes. For a long time, she didn't see the flaw. In an instant, her eyes turned red. She sobbed and threw herself into Li Weijian's arms, crying: "Brother Jian, I don't know, these two days... these two days, I ,I--"

Li Weijian sighed, patted Yingchun's back gently, and said comfortingly: "I know that I have suffered a lot for my second sister."

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect? Originally, it was only out of pity that he came to flirt with Yingchun, but how could there be no affection at all when we spend all day and night together, rubbing shoulders with each other?

Yingchun sobbed and shook her head in his arms, saying: "I've had nightmares every time I fell asleep for the past two days. I dreamed that I couldn't get married, and still... wu wu wu..."

Li Weijian felt uncomfortable, thought for a moment, and said: "How could it not be possible? It must be possible. If the situation has forced me to marry someone else, I would have risked my life, made great achievements, and asked for the saint's blessing. Always marry the second sister."

Yingchun in her arms shook her head repeatedly and said: "Brother Jian, don't take risks for me. If you and I are destined to be together, it's probably because of fate. If I can't marry you, then I will twist my hair and become a sister-in-law. .”

Li Weijian blinked and said, "You can do Kun Dao without twisting your hair."

The Yingchun in her arms froze, and she raised her eyes and looked at Li Weijian angrily.

Li Weijian immediately comforted him and said, "If you become a sister-in-law, I will follow the example of the King of the Mountain and burn down the nunnery, and then take you up the mountain to be the wife of the village."

Weeping in the springtime turns into a smile. This was the first time Xu heard Li Weijian swear such a conclusive vow, and Yingchun felt a lot more relieved.

At any rate, he has her in his heart. If the situation does not allow it, then... then it will be his fate.

Li Weijian took out the handkerchief and carefully wiped his tears for Yingchun. When he put down the handkerchief and looked at each other, his lips were pressed together for a moment.

It may have been two days of suffering, but once I saw Li Weijian, my heart felt hot in the spring, and my body suddenly became hot, and a burning passion arose. During this handover, Li Weijian usually gave everything he wanted. Now that the spring is coming, the lilac tongue, although astringent, is actively exploring it for the first time.

After waiting for a long time, the second girl's shirt was half unbuttoned. Li Weijian forced himself to stop and said with a smile: "If this continues, Siqi will be called."

The second girl lowered her head and chirped for a long time, and said in a voice like a mosquito or a fly: "Yeah, there's no need to call Si Qi."

"Ah?" Li Weijian didn't understand for a while.

Yingchun bit her lower lip and said, "I will only agree to you in my whole life. If I really can't get married, then I will definitely become a sister-in-law."

Li Weijian was moved, and what was even more surprising was that the second girl, who had always been independent from the world, now had some obsessions in her heart. And all this is because of him, Li Weijian...

After having a cup of tea, Li Weijian left. Si Qi was suspicious, so he asked Xiuju to see off Li Weijian while he entered quietly. At this moment, the second girl pushed open the window lattice. Si Qi looked around and found nothing suspicious, so he said: "Girl, it's cold outside, be careful of catching a cold."

With her back to Siqi, the second girl Yingchun said: "It's okay, I was feeling a little depressed just now."

As he spoke, Si Qi turned around and caught a glimpse of the crystal on Yingchun's collar, and his eyes suddenly widened. "Girl, you-"

Yingchun was puzzled, looked down, and immediately broke the news, turned red with shame, hid his face and walked away: "Don't say it, don't say it!"

Although Si Qi said nothing, he could not hide the teasing look on his face. Then I thought about it, that's fine, if we keep going back and forth a few more times, when the two of us are consummated, then even if the marriage doesn't work out, it will be done!

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Turning around, after dinner, the girls, who had already packed up, led their personal maids towards the Neiyi Gate.

Tanchun and Xichun were still living together, and these two little ones were the first to arrive; followed by Li Wan and Wang Xifeng, and then Daiyu, Yingchun, and Baochai came together.

Seeing that everyone had gathered together, Wang Xifeng joked a few times, and then greeted everyone to go out of the Neiyi Gate and get on the carriage. Jia Lian rode a tall horse in front to clear the way, and a group of seven or eight carriages headed toward Li Weijian's house in Tai'anhou Hutong.

At half past midnight, a group of carriages and horses arrived in front of the door.

Li Weijian and Fu Qiufang received the news from their servants and were already waiting in front of the door.

Seeing the carriage arriving, I quickly stepped forward to greet it with a smile. I briefly exchanged a few words with Jia Lian, then turned around to greet Li Wan and Wang Xifeng, and then found the time to talk to the girls.

Tan Chun pulled Xichun, who was wearing a pink carving, and came forward and said, "Fourth brother Jian, have you invited Xiangyun this time? Last time, fourth brother Jian didn't call him Xiangyun, but she scolded fourth brother Jian." I favor one over the other.”

Li Weijian smiled and said: "I remembered it when I came back yesterday, and hurried to the door to invite her. Unexpectedly, by chance, sister Xiangyun has caught a cold at this moment, and is being raised at home. Now it's hard to come over and join in the fun."

Tan Chun praised: "Fourth Brother Jian is really appropriate."

Fu Qiufang on one side greeted a pair of young girls, and Li Weijian looked at Yingchun who was following him. Perhaps it was because Si Qi pointed out what happened yesterday, the second girl blushed with shame after just looking at each other, and timidly greeted: "Brother Jian." "Second sister, I have invited the Hui class today. Second sister wants to Just order whatever drama you want to watch."

"Ah."

After giving Li Weijian an affectionate glance, the two girls passed by.

Behind her is Daiyu. She wears a pink-edged coat and skirt, a jade-red embroidered peony jacket, and a pink-edged horse-faced skirt embroidered with chrysanthemums. It's like a hibiscus bursting out of the water and suddenly appearing in front of you.

Li Weijian immediately smiled and said, "Sister."

"Fourth brother Jian." When close friends meet, there is a special feeling of affection. Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled and said: "Yesterday, the sisters were saying that it was thanks to Fourth Brother Jian that we could come out to play. I know that Fourth Brother Jian is burning the bottom of the pot, so I don't know what to give as a gift. , I thought about it for a few days, and finally wrote a sour poem to suit the occasion."

"Sister, what are you talking about? Am I still hoping to make a fortune by warming pots?"

Daiyu suddenly became playful and said: "No wonder outsiders call Jian Fourth Brother the God of Wealth. If we buy a few more mansions, we can live here today and there tomorrow, and we will burn the pot every now and then, and we will have made friends." , and getting a gift doesn’t mean you’re at a disadvantage, isn’t it just right?”

Li Weijian blinked and raised his hand towards Daiyu seriously: "It turns out that my sister is the female Tao Zhu. This is a wonderful idea. I will definitely adopt it for my brother's sake."

Daiyu was immediately teased to the point of leaning back and forth, and said: "It's not good to talk nonsense with Fourth Brother Jian in front of the door. I'll go say hello to 'sister-in-law' first."

As Daiyu walked away, Li Weijian thought to himself, it turned out that Daiyu could also joke and joke, this was the first time he had seen her like this.

After taking back his thoughts, he saw Sister Bao coming in all directions.

"Fourth Brother Jian." She said lightly, her head slightly lowered, but she raised her eyes to look at Li Weijian.

Li Weijian cupped his hands and smiled: "Sister Xue."

Sister Bao hesitated to speak and whispered: "Fourth brother Jian, my brother is a confused person. If there is any offence in the future, I hope that fourth brother Jian will let him go for the sake of past kindness. It really can't be done. , Brother Jian, the fourth brother, speaks to me, and my mother and I will definitely teach him a lesson."

Um? Listen to what this means, that guy Xue Pan bought the house next door to avoid getting into trouble with him?

Li Weijian blinked and said with a smile: "Sister Xue, I probably won't see you for ten days or half a month on weekdays. Wen Long won't break into the house to look for me, right?"

Baochai sighed, looking depressed.

Li Weijian became more and more confused. Could it be that Xue Pan really made his own decision?

No matter whose suggestion it was, he didn't bother to pay attention to it anyway. If you provoke yourself, hey, then you have something to say. Everyone had gathered, and Fu Qiufang came over and said, "Master, it's cold outside, so we'd better invite the guests in."

"Ah."

Immediately, Li Weijian called everyone in, entered the mansion through the Jiao Gate, and then passed through the Yi Gate. His house is not huge, with only three entrances inside and outside. Compared to Rongguo Mansion, it is small and pitiful, but it is more exquisite. On the east side of the second entrance, there was a moon gate leading to the side garden. Everyone sat in the hall for a while and drank some hot tea. Fu Qiufang then led the girls to the side garden to wander around.

Since Jia Lian was also there, Li Weijian had no choice but to stay and talk to Jia Lian.

After a while, Tanchun pulled Xichun back and asked, "Fourth brother Jian, is there a treasure hidden in the east courtyard?"

"how to say?"

"Two servants blocked the moon gate, so we didn't dare to go through."

Li Weijian had a look on his face, pretending to be mysterious and said: "It's true that I have a treasure. Second brother Lian, why don't we go and have a look at the treasure in Dongkua'er?"

"Oh that's fine."

Li Weijian immediately stood up, walked out of the hall to the second entrance, and greeted Yingchun, Baochai, and Daiyu. The group of people walked meanderingly, and passed the moon gate on the east in a blink of an eye. Yingchun looked around and saw that there were only two rows here. A strange-looking house with a sloping roof and glass panels.

Tanchun wondered: "Fourth brother Jian, is there something wrong with this house?"

"Heh, don't you think third sister can find out if she goes and takes a look?"

Tanchun turned around and walked quickly for a few steps until he reached the front of the greenhouse, jumped up and looked inside. At first, he looked confused, as if he hadn't seen it clearly, but when he saw it clearly the second time, he suddenly let out a "yeah" with joy.

Xichun was short and could not see it even with her legs crossed, so she asked Tanchun aside: "Third sister, what kind of treasure is inside?"

Tan Chun said happily: "I didn't expect Fourth Brother Jian's house to be a flower hall!"

The so-called flower hall is a place for receiving guests outside the hall. Evergreen flowers and plants are placed inside, so it is called the Flower Hall.

Li Weijian smiled and shook his head: "It's not as simple as a flower hall."

He nodded slightly towards a vegetable farmer, who quickly opened the cotton curtain and pushed open the side door. Li Wan, who was close, felt a sultry heat gushing out from inside.

The eldest sister Li Wan said in surprise: "Hey, why is it so hot inside?"

Li Weijian stepped forward and said: "There is a coal stove burning inside. Sister, please wait for a moment. Let's go in after the ventilation is released."

After a while, Li Weijian entered first. When the group of people entered, it suddenly became lively with chatter.

It was late September, with morning and evening frosts, and all the flowers withered. The greenhouse was full of greenery, with green seedlings more than half a foot above the ground, arranged neatly horizontally and vertically.

Li Wan only glanced at it and said, "Brother Jian, do you have to farm in this house?"

"Why not?"

"This is too much money."

Li Weijian pointed at the green seedlings and said with a smile: "Sister, I planted the seedlings after I calculated the time. They will be picked in the winter. By then, the price will be the same as that of the hot spring vegetables. Not to mention it will be a loss. After one or two years, I am afraid that it will not last long." Dongkuaoyuan has made all the money back."

Li Wan suddenly became speechless. He always felt that Li Weijian, a second-class man, was not doing his job properly and he couldn't find any fault with it. Sanchun, Daiyu, and Wang Xifeng didn't care what Li Wan thought, especially Wang Xifeng, who was slightly moved after a few words of praise.

I don’t know how much this greenhouse costs. If it’s cheap, I might as well build more in the nearby Zhuangzi. Wouldn’t Rongguo Mansion benefit from this?

Wang Xifeng was thoughtful, and Baochai behind her was also thoughtful. But Wang Xifeng was thinking about this profitable business, while Sister Bao was staring at the person who came up with such a business.

(End of this chapter)