Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 184 Ruby

She wears a pink floral satin wind-fur cape, an apricot yellow magnolia embroidered satin wind-fur round collar robe, a beige horse skirt embroidered with folded branches and flowers, a pair of embroidered shoes, and a newly acquired hairpin on her head.

Hongyu smiled and asked: "How?"

Qingwen smiled and said: "What else can be done? If you don't know the inside story, you can only think that she is a girl from the Hou Mansion."

Hongyu rolled her eyes at him angrily: "You're the only one who talks too much. I'll go first and return at noon."

Xiu Ying smiled and said, "Sister Hongyu, come back soon. I just saw that my aunt sent people to buy a lot of seafood and came back."

"I'll do it as soon as possible." She agreed, and Hongyu finally walked out the door. After passing through the double courtyard and coming out of the Neiyi Gate, they saw Wu Zhong waiting lazily beside the carriage with his arms folded.

Hongyu leaned over and said with a smile: "Brother Wu, I'll trouble you this time."

Wu Zhong said: "What's the trouble? I just feel bored staying in the house."

Hongyu stepped on the stool to get the carriage, suddenly stopped and said: "I heard the master talking yesterday, saying that in the future, all the generals in the army will be popular with practical knowledge. Brother Wu is still young, why not follow the master? Study and practice?”

Wu Zhong grinned and said, "I'm impatient with that. I don't believe it. This ability to rush into battle has not been used yet?"

Hongyu smiled and said: "Brother Wu, just wait. I have just been appointed as an official. If I want to find a military position for you, I will have to wait a little longer."

Wu Zhongle said: "I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, the master said that if you go to Qinghai next year, you must take me with you."

Hongyu then nodded with a smile and entered the carriage.

The curtain was lowered, and Hongyu opened a corner of the curtain, feeling the cold wind blowing against her face, and looking at the street scene outside. It has been nearly two months since I moved away from Rongguo Mansion, and this is the first time I see my parents.

There are not many rules around Fourth Master Jian, and the maids are very casual on weekdays. Fourth Master Jian once said that if Hongyu feels homesick, she should go back and have a look. But Hongyu's thoughts are now focused on Fourth Master Jian, so how can he go home easily?

Now that the day of giving birth has finally come, Fourth Master Jian has promised to do so before. After the marriage is consummated, even if she is not considered an aunt for a while, she is at least a maid through the same house. Besides, her monthly amount of money has long been the same as that of her aunt. Now there is another maid giving orders, which is not much worse than my aunt.

Moreover, her husband is as young, capable and good-looking as Fourth Master Jian, so Hongyu is extremely satisfied. After today, she will be twenty-eight years old; after today, she will no longer be considered a girl...

Thinking of the shameful place, Hongyu suddenly blushed, secretly scolded herself for being shameless, and then thought about what she should say to her parents when she saw her later.

In a daze, the carriage drove into Ningrong's back street and stopped near the back door. Hongyu came to her senses, got off the carriage, and thanked Wu Zhong. He also made an agreement with her to pick her up again at noon. Wu Zhong agreed and drove the carriage away.

Hongyu watched the carriage go away, turned around and glanced at the back door, exhaled a cloud of white mist, then moved her feet and walked over.

The servant in front of the door recognized Hong Yu, and he greeted her from afar: "Hey, Hong Yu is back? Tsk, look at her, she's no worse than the young mistress in the mansion."

Hongyu was not one to be bullied, so she smiled and said, "I happen to be going to look for my second grandma soon, why don't you tell me this as well?"

The man immediately begged for mercy: "Hey, I just want to talk freely, but it's not good for me to talk in front of my second mistress."

Hongyu smiled and said: "If the words just spread out, I will definitely tell the second grandma that it is a rumor."

The man's face suddenly became confused and annoyed. Hongyu ignored the door that was slapped on the horse's hooves by such flattery, and went straight into the back door.

This Rongguo Mansion is vast. In the northeast corner is the Lixiang Courtyard where Aunt Xue lives. Not far from the back door is Zhou Rui's house. The east courtyard is in the middle of the back. On the left and right sides are the nepotistic houses where servants live. Even so, there are still many servants and maids living in the back streets of Ningrong.

Hongyu's parents, one is a housekeeper and the other is a housekeeper, because they have a small courtyard of their own in a nepotistic house in the west.

Hongyu entered the back door and walked west along the road. After passing two houses, she bumped into Zhou Rui's family. Hongyu patiently said a few words to him before moving on. When we reached the end of the road, we headed south again, passed three houses, and then we arrived at our small courtyard.

Entering the courtyard, the people inside heard the footsteps and asked, "Who is it?" Then Lin Zhixiao's family came out of the courtyard carrying a bamboo basket.

"Hongyu?" There was joy on his face at first, and then he said angrily: "Why didn't you say anything in advance when you were coming back?"

Hongyu hadn't seen her mother for a long time, but she felt something in her heart, and suddenly her eyes turned red: "Mother~"

Seeing this, Lin Zhixiao's family immediately hugged their daughter, thinking that she was wronged outside, so she said casually: "You didn't listen to my advice earlier, but now my parents are beyond reach, how can I help? Is it my aunt who bullied you, or is it someone else? Did the maid bully you? You are still young and there are some things I cannot say.

Do you know how to write the word slave? Your grandfather and father have endured two or three lifetimes, aren't they still slaves? You must also respect your master, otherwise God will not allow it.

"

Hongyu wiped her tears and shook her head: "Where are you being bullied? I, I just miss my mother."

"Didn't you tell lies?"

Hongyu left her mother's arms, pulled her cloak around and said with a smile, "Look at me, am I being bullied?"

Lin Zhixiao's family was just doubtful and said: "It's better if you are not bullied...if you are bullied, your teeth will be knocked out and you will swallow the blood. You will have to walk your own path."

Hongyu said: "If I had listened to my mother, I wouldn't be able to marry a boy now. How could such a situation be possible?"

As the two of them talked, Lin Zhixiao's family chattered: "You are favored now, and it looks good, but man, how can you not like the new and hate the old? In just a few years, new people will replace old ones. If you don't believe it, take a look Look around Master Zhen, and then look around Master Zhen."

Hongyu retorted: "Then there is still a master."

Lin Zhixiao's family sneered: "That's because my wife is very powerful, but she has a weak personality. Do you think I don't want to take a concubine?"

Will Fourth Master Jian do the same? Hong Yu thought carefully, then shook her head and said, "Fourth Master Jian doesn't know that."

"Silly, sooner or later you will suffer a loss!" Lin Zhixiao's family walked to the stove and said, "Have you eaten yet?"

Hongyu had eaten it, but then she thought about it and shook her head.

Lin Zhixiao's family said, "You are giving birth to a baby today, so you must have a bowl of longevity noodles."

Hongyu smiled: "I'm just thinking about my mother's craftsmanship."

At that moment, the mother and daughter turned on the stove. Lin Zhixiao's family kneaded, rolled, and cut the noodles, and cooked a bowl of longevity noodles nestled with poached eggs.

Hongyu took the steaming noodles and started eating. She was not hungry at all, and she felt extremely satisfied after a few bites.

Lin Zhixiao's family was still nagging: "He secretly promised you to be his aunt?" Hongyu nodded, and Lin Zhixiao's family said worriedly: "That's good, at least there is still a portion of money every month... How much is it? "

"Two taels."

"Hmm... My good daughter, I still don't know what my mistress will be like these days. Before Fourth Master Jian gets married, you, hurry up and give birth to a son and a half, preferably a son. From now on, There is hope.”

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

"This is serious. If I don't say it, who will?"

Hongyu didn't want to answer, so she asked instead, "Dad is on an errand?"

Lin Zhixiao's family member said: "Uncle Rui in Back Street is dead. Your father will go with the second master to have a look and help him." After a pause, Lin Zhixiao's family member lowered his voice and said, "I don't know who passed it on. It is said that Uncle Rui bumped into Aunt Zhu, and your fourth master Jian found out about it, and he was framed to death. Tsk, your fourth master is not a kind-hearted person."

"Who spread lies? Fourth Master is not like that!"

"I heard what Brother Cai said."

Brother Cai is Cai Ming, the school boy of his second mistress Wang Xifeng. Hongyu immediately became angry and said: "There are gossips about the master behind his back, and some of them are not clear. I will go and talk to the second grandma right now!"

Lin Zhixiao's family thought that Hongyu was just showing off, but they were shocked when they saw that she actually put down her bowls and chopsticks and turned around to leave! "Kiss" and "darling" coaxed each other, and then they pulled Hong Yu back: "You don't dare to say anything in front of the second grandma. If you do, how will my mother stay in the house in the future?"

Hongyu said: "If you can't wait, then don't wait. Our Fourth Master has good relations with Second Master Lian. Later I begged the Fourth Master to let the Second Mistress deed her body to my parents. From now on, I will never be a slave again. Mother, you Is it good to watch?"

Lin Zhixiao's family was in a daze, as if they were meeting their daughter for the first time. After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but said: "You are so noisy, aren't you afraid that the Fourth Master will dislike you later?"

Hongyu pursed her lips and said, "Fourth Master doesn't know how to do that."

Lin Zhixiao's family suddenly realized, yes, their daughter is different now. Li Weijian was knighted, and no one even in Rongguo Mansion dared to look down upon him. The daughter is Li Weijian's concubine. She doesn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face. Who in the Rongguo Mansion would dare to offend Hong Yu easily?

After eating longevity noodles, I chatted with my mother for a while. Lin Zhixiao's family suddenly became eager, pulling Hongyu to ask questions, and even secretly stuffed a scroll of pictures over her. Hong Yu couldn't refuse the offer, so she had to accept it dumbfounded.

How many styles are there in the picture? Hongyu now knows more than the above.

Lin Zhixiao's family had to run errands, and she heard that a banquet was prepared in the mansion. As the end of the day approached, she urged her daughter to return.

Hongyu Shishiran came out of the back door, and as expected, Wu Zhong had been waiting here with his carriage early. Little did she know that her first step left through the back door, and her second step, Li Weijian, entered Rongguo Mansion through the front door.

Hongyu returned to Li Di, and together with Qingwen, Xiuying, Xiangling and Fu Qiufang, they listened to their daughter's mischievous talk, laughed and laughed, waiting for Li Weijian's return.

I originally thought that there would be a banquet today, so the number of people for lunch would naturally be useless. From noon to noon, Li Weijian was not seen on the left, and Li Weijian was not seen on the right. Hongyu was fine after eating longevity noodles, but the others couldn't help but feel a rumbling stomach.

Fu Qiufang said: "I don't want to be caught up in the Yamen affairs, so why don't we start the banquet first?"

Xiu Ying echoed: "The banquet should have started long ago, otherwise wouldn't we have missed a meal today?"

Qingwen was immediately overjoyed and said teasingly: "I'm telling you, you can eat as much as the three of us in one meal. Now that we have two meals together, it's hard to say that none of us can compare to you."

Xiuying and Qingwen were familiar with each other, and she immediately rushed over with a grin on her face: "Dare you laugh at me? Let me see if I don't tear your mouth apart!"

Qingwen giggled and walked around the table, saying quickly: "Good Xiuying, just go around me this time!"

The women laughed and laughed for a while, and the food and wine were served like water. Today, Li Weijian rewarded him with ten taels of silver for his birthday banquet. Fu Qiufang asked a few maids and decided to buy some seafood.

These ten taels of silver may not be much in a restaurant, but if you buy the ingredients and cook them yourself, it will be extremely rich. The braised sea cucumber, steamed abalone, and the remaining scallops, scallops, and prawns should all be there.

The girls feasted happily. The old lady was joking, and Hongyu rewarded her with a silver barley seed, and then left with a lot of thanks. After three rounds of drinking, we saw that Shenshi had passed, but Li Weijian had not returned yet. Not to mention the red jade used for longevity, even Fu Qiufang became worried.

Fu Qiufang ordered the maid to go to Yimen to send a message and asked the housekeeper Wu Haiping to send someone to the Yamen to see why the master hadn't come back yet.

The maid Nian Xia agreed, turned around and just arrived at Yimen, when she saw Li Weijian wearing a big cloak walking in thoughtfully. Nian Xia immediately walked back and quickly reached the main room. He said happily: "Auntie, girls, the master is back."

The girls stood up to greet them, and just when they reached the door, they saw Li Weijian walking over with a smile.

"I went to Rongguo Mansion and talked to my eldest sister for a while, but I was delayed. Has the banquet started yet?"

"I can't wait to see you, Master, so I decided to open the banquet first." Fu Qiufang stepped forward and took the cloak and said.

Li Weijian smiled and nodded: "You don't have to wait for me next time. I can't starve you. Come, let's sit down and celebrate Hongyu's birthday."

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at night.

Hongyu helped Li Weijian wash up, then turned around and entered the Nuan Pavilion. The heating was sufficient today, so Hongyu took off her outer clothes, revealing a bright red tunic underneath. Then he walked to the table and lit two red candles with the character "囍" engraved on them.

Li Weijian caught a glimpse and said, "Hongyu, I've wronged you."

When Fu Qiufang passed the door, he was carried in a sedan chair once, but Hongyu only had two red candles this time.

Hongyu turned around, smiled, and said, "Where have I been wronged? Being able to follow Fourth Master must be a blessing earned in my previous life."

Li Weijian pulled her next to him and sat down, thinking: "I haven't married yet, so it's reasonable to have a room of concubines. If I take more concubines, the outside world may not know what they will say about me. I'll wrong you for a few years first, and then I'll wait for you. I will definitely make up for it later."

"Yeah!" Hongyu nodded and said, "Of course I know what the fourth master is thinking. I don't ask for anything else. I just hope that the fourth master won't dislike me in the future."

Li Weijian reached out and scratched her nose, and said with a smile: "You are so smart and well-behaved, how can I hate it? It's night, let's have a rest?"

Hongyu suddenly blushed, quickly took out a handkerchief, and carefully placed it on the bed.

After that, the phoenix was turned upside down, and the joy of the fish and water was harmonious, and the wish to fly was achieved, so there is no need to mention it.

(End of this chapter)