Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 240 Bewitching

Daiyu was distracted, Baochai secretly bit her lower lip. Seeing that Baoyu was about to compose four poems in a row, she moved closer to him.

Seeing that Baoyu had made a mistake, he quickly pointed it out. After hearing this, Baoyu suddenly felt happy and said with a smile: "Damn it, damn it! I can't even remember what I have in front of me. I can really be called a 'one-word master'. From then on I will only call you master, and I won’t call you sister anymore.”

Baochai also smiled quietly and said: "Why don't you go up quickly? Just take care of your sister. Who is your sister? The one wearing the yellow robe is your sister. You recognize me as your sister again."

Baoyu continues his work, and has already obtained three poems. At this time, his talent is lacking, so how can he think of the fourth poem? Seeing this, Baochai quietly moved over again and whispered a few words to give some advice. Then Baoyu suddenly realized, and with just a few strokes of pen, he managed to piece together the fourth poem.

Xiao Huangmen presented Gong Kai. After reading it, Concubine Jia felt a little disappointed. The matter of marrying one's parents is a gift from heaven, and it needs to be treated like a poem before it can be answered correctly. Although the four poems written by Baoyu are affectionate, they lack praise. Because he took up the pen and erased the last two lines of the last poem "The Apricot Curtain is in sight", he changed it to "The descendants will remember their ancestors' virtues, and they will be loyal and filial to the Qing Dynasty."

He also ordered Tan Chuncai to copy and record the biography and send it to the outside chamber. Naturally, everyone praised it. After that, four plays were ordered, the first one, "A Banquet"; the second one, "Begging for Skills"; the third one, "Immortal Fate"; and the fourth one, "Leaving Soul". Because the young actor's seniority was 'excellent', he was rewarded by Concubine Jia.

After watching the play, Concubine Jia gave out rewards. Mother Jia was the first, followed by Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang. After that, everyone from Baoyu to servants got rewards.

After everyone had finished thanking them, the deacon and eunuch said, "It's already the third quarter of the year. Please drive back to Luan."

The separation of flesh and blood, the feeling of farewell is needless to say.

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Li Weijian was slightly disappointed and said: "With Qinghai's great victory, how can the saint still restrain his hands?"

Speaking of this, he glanced at Li Weijian and saw that his expression was as usual. Yan Xiyao continued with a smile: "Nabaduo confessed early in the morning. Not only this, he also conveyed military information to the Rakshasa Kingdom and injured King Zhongyong's rocket. , because he couldn’t figure out what the Dongfeng Rocket looked like, so he simply bought a Sky Monkey in the downtown area to fool the Rakshasa Kingdom into paying money. He didn’t want the Rakshasa Kingdom to turn around and gave this thing to Junggar.”

At this time, many children died in infancy, and even wealthy families would not name their newborns and hold banquets. Just like the eldest sister under Sister Feng's knees, she has never been given a serious name so far.

The fragrant wind blows, and autumn waves can be seen everywhere. Golden lotuses are stacked on top of each other, willow waists are swaying, and fish and dragons dance all night long.

Li Weijian was extremely resistant yesterday, and Fu Qiufang couldn't take it anymore after half an hour. She had no choice but to call Bi Tong to help. Unexpectedly, Li Weijian had evil intentions and dragged her along for a while.

Yan Xiyao's smile faded, he glanced sideways at Li Weijian and said, "You are here again to ask about the case?"

joy? Of course there are some, but more are shy. Then I thought about it, it was just this once, and it was already done if I didn’t think about it anymore, so why bother talking?

Fu Qiufang secretly thought to herself that the new year old master was about to turn sixteen, tall and strong, and full of strength. The children of ordinary families should now make arrangements to get married and take concubines, because since the Chinese New Year, Fu Qiufang has no longer restrained himself. Who knows that Li Weijian is very fond of him, he takes turns every three days, and he has only one pleasure with Qingwen, Xiuying, Hongyu, Xiangling, etc., and he is never greedy for more.

"Well, I'll go to the Military Academy to have a look in the morning, and I have to go to the teacher's house in the afternoon." Suddenly thinking of his wife's incredible cooking skills, Li Weijian solemnly asked: "Remember to leave some food, I will definitely come back to eat. "

At this moment, he is about to enter the cabinet, so how can his future be hindered by Ning Guofu, who is seeking death?

She also saw that her master Li Weijian was always writing and painting in the study even during the Chinese New Year, and never slackened off, so Fu Qiufang became more and more excited.

"Well, just look at the arrangements."

"What did the saint say?" Li Weijian asked earnestly. He could hide this trick from others, but he couldn't hide it from the old fox Yan Xiyao. Because Yan Xiyao had just exposed it, Li Weijian didn't care.

Li Weijian laughed when he heard this and said: "It's dignified in the hall, but slutty in bed. This is a couple's pleasure, don't say you weren't happy yesterday."

Apart from these two things, the only thing left is the new fire gun. In terms of urgency, Li Weijian thought that this matter was not as important as the first two. Unexpectedly, both the government and the public believed that this musket was the top priority.

Fu Qiufang wondered: "Master, you won't be practicing today?"

After a busy half day, I got to Deyan and took the bus to Deyan Mansion in the afternoon. I walked into the study room by a familiar door and waited for a while before my teacher Yan Xiyao came in casual clothes.

Fu Qiufang was not easy to talk to, so she asked instead: "Master, are you going to sit in the government office today?"

Fu Qiufang said: "Thirty years is not something to be ignored. Besides, the master is close to the prince——"

"They are just dead bones in the tomb, so don't worry about it." Yan Xiyao said: "I have been working hard for more than ten years, and the saint is not a generous person. In addition, King Zhongyong was seriously injured because of this. How can the saint let Ning Guo Mansion go this time?"

Yan Xiyao said: "The saint has such a temper, what can be done? Don't be anxious about his resurrection. I am sure that Prince Teng will not open his eyes to the Ningguo Mansion."

"Alright."

"You've got half a day to spare." Li Weijian responded, putting down his book and saying: "Last night, Shu Xiuying lost the most when throwing pots. I guess she is still drunk at the moment. Even if I practice, I can't find an opponent. "

Li Weijian made up his mind and said, "So, Ning Guofu has fallen?"

In desperation, Li Weijian had to put the first two aside for the time being and concentrate on building a new type of fire gun.

Yan Xiyao smiled and said: "What else can I do? I'm so angry." He took a brief sip of the tea and said, "Ningguo Mansion has suffered a disaster this time. However, although the saint is furious, he will not attack Ningguo Mansion for a while. Wait for Prince Teng to write the letter."

Perhaps it was because of drinking that Fu Qiufang was a little reserved at first, but later he became more and more unrestrained. He lost his soul no matter how many times, as if he was falling into the clouds. When I woke up now, although my waist and legs were sore, my whole body felt relaxed.

Then I heard Yan Xiyao say: "Fusheng's plan is flawless——"

In the early morning, I saw black hair scattered on the bed, and my shoulders were half exposed. Fu Qiufang opened her eyes and yawned slightly, with a rare lazy and carefree look on her face. When she raised her eyes, she saw the person next to her pillow was sitting slightly, holding a book in her hand.

Fu Qiufang responded, raised her head slightly and nestled in Li Weijian's arms, saying, "It will be the birthday of the second concubine of the prince in a few days. I will count the gifts. I will have to take a look at them later."

Not to mention the water and cement services, the money earned from the railway service alone filled the inner government with money, so they were willing to spend the money to buy steam engines. The train is quite complicated. Li Weijian proposed the idea early and gave a rough drawing. Now the steam engine factory has gathered more than a dozen master craftsmen and practical scholars to work hard to build it.

Outsiders say that the four great families in Jinling are connected by the same spirit, but in reality they all have their own agendas. Wang Ziteng relied on the power of the Jia family to rise to prominence. Now he is inspecting the capitals of nine provinces and inspecting borders according to orders. He will join the cabinet only when he succeeds. To put it bluntly, this person dyed his official robe red with the blood of the Jia family soldiers.

Li Weijian wondered: "When is the second concubine's birthday?"

Li Weijian estimated that the train would not be built within two years. However, the wool spinning machine was simple. There was a wool spinning machine passed down from the Western Yi Dynasty. Li Weijian slightly modified it and it could run with the matching pot camel machine.

After leaving the book behind, the sky was already bright outside. Hongyu called out, and the two of them got up. After breakfast, Li Weijian took a bus to the outer city of Wubeiyuan. At this time, it is customary to not celebrate the New Year until the first lunar month, because most officials and officials in the court only work for half a day, and the rest of the time is spent gathering with colleagues or visiting relatives and friends.

Li family.

The two masters and apprentices sat down and waited for the servants to serve tea. Li Weijian smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations, teacher, on your successor. Brother Jing Wen is so happy to have Lin'er. I will have a full moon of wine when I come back. I will definitely give you something pleasant as a gift."

"I know I can't hide it from the teacher."

Li Weijian thought deeply and asked, "Teacher, do you think that after Ningguo Mansion, how much resentment is left in the saint's heart?"

The Armed Forces Academy was different again. Since Li Weijian took office in the twelfth lunar month, he used a few tricks to subdue Chief Chen and others, and immediately promoted power reforms.

Nodding in agreement, he suddenly thought of last night's absurdity, his pretty face turned red, and he said angrily: "Master, what you did last night was too absurd."

Yan Xiyao couldn't hide the smile on his face, waved his hands and said: "It's only been a few days since I took a shower, so it's still early to say this. I asked Jing Wen, and they all said that we won't do it after the full moon, and we will wait for a hundred days."

Yan Xiyao said quietly: "The Holy Heart is unpredictable, and the power of God is even more unpredictable." Seeing Li Weijian frowning and saying nothing, Yan Xiyao said: "Are you worried about the sister of the clan being implicated in the resurrection?"

"Yes. Teacher also knows that eldest sister has a great debt to me."

Yan Xiyao then smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this? With the power of resurrecting today, all he has to do is write a letter to ask for permission. He is just an orphan and a widowed mother. How can the saint be in trouble for the sake of resurrecting?"

Li Weijian blinked and cursed in his heart: Teacher, that's not what you said before.

But I heard Yan Xiyao say again: "This time I am resurrected, I can take advantage of the situation and make plans without getting involved in smoke and smoke, which shows that I have matured my mind. I am committed to learning and doing things wholeheartedly, but I should also know that in the officialdom, it is easy to hide the open guns and the hidden arrows are difficult to guard against." . Since you have such a strategizing ability, I can rest assured as a teacher."

Li Weijian suddenly couldn't laugh or cry and said: "The teacher is inciting the students to deal with the Jia family, is it just to check the students' abilities?"

Yan Xiyao said sternly: "Let's do it casually... Saints are more resourceful than decisive. Otherwise, how can we cut off the four kings and eight princes?"

Yes, I've been busy for two months and it's all in vain. Li Weijian reflected on himself, as if he was on this mountain and didn't know the whole picture. It seems that what you can do is more important than imagined? Even if the building collapses one day, can I use my own abilities to seek grace and rescue the eldest sister and the second sister?

Tsk, if I had known this, why would I be such a bad person?

I was upset, but had no regrets. This time, he was just taking advantage of his power. If Jia Rong didn't have the intention to plot against himself, how could he have fallen into this trap? Youdao is the fault of a poor father. Giving birth to a fool like Jia Rong, Jia Zhen deserves to be unlucky.

At this time, Yan Xiyao was heard saying: "And the death of the Qin family is unclear... She is the eldest daughter after all, not to mention a saint, even the supreme leader is worried. At this time, it is the right time to plan the Ningguo Mansion. .”

The two masters and apprentices talked about the affairs of Ningguo Mansion, and then mentioned the issue of sharing the land. Chen Hongmou tried his best to implement this policy, but there was a lot of resistance. Recently, he reported to the sage that he would implement it in Zhili first, and only after it is correct can it be implemented throughout the country.

After wandering around for an hour, seeing that it was almost dinner time and Yan Xiyao wanted to leave some food, Li Weijian hurriedly found an excuse to escape.

When I got back home, I happened to bump into Mrs. You at the corner gate. Nao Madam You smiled with a smile on her face, flattered her a few words, and then turned back to her home. Li Weijian was puzzled and walked all the way to the back house. When he arrived at the main room, he saw Hongyu and Fu Qiufang were there, so he asked, "What's the matter with You'an coming to the house again?"

Hongyu said, "It just so happens that the master is back. Why don't I ask the master for advice?"

Fu Qiufang said: "You Lao'an just came over and sat down for a while. He mentioned that there was a new stock issuance in the capital, called Shanxi Coal Mining Stock. It is said that it was promoted by the Shanxi government. Now three coal mines have been discovered, and they are just waiting to be raised. To get money, you have to mine coal. It is said to be ten times better than Xishan Coal Mine..."

Qingwen helped Li Weijian clean her hands, and Li Weijian smiled and said, "That's true. Shanxi is rich in coal mines. To exaggerate, you can see the coal mines by digging two feet at will."

"Really?" Fu Qiufang thought, "Master also knows that our family still has 30% of water stocks, 20% of Xishan Coal Mine stocks, 20% of Xishan Cement stocks, and 20% of Laoting Ironworks stocks. After deducting the annual income and expenses, there are still 20% left. More than 100,000 taels of silver. After saving over the past few years, there are more than 500,000 taels in the warehouse.

The concubine thought that the money left at home was just a dead thing, so it was better to find another way to make a living. "

Li Weijian smiled and praised: "Qiu Fang's idea is good, but Shanxi is thousands of miles away from the capital, and there are mountains blocking it. Even if coal is everywhere, how can it be transported to the capital?"

Fu Qiufang said in surprise: "Master, are you saying this is inappropriate?"

"It's very wrong, unless -" Unless the railway is built, transportation costs can skyrocket, so how can we compete with Xishan Coal Mine?

Fu Qiufang did not ask any further questions, and only took a long breath and said: "Since the master said so, then let this matter be dropped."

Qingwen turned around and said in surprise: "It's strange, why did You Lao'an come to the house to sell stocks?"

Hongyu then smiled and said, "What else can I do? I used to rely on Ning Guo Mansion to make a living, but now Ning Guo Mansion is involved in a lawsuit. Today, there are many officials in the newspaper criticizing Ning Guo Mansion for bullying men and dominating women. It seems that everyone is defeated. Push. The Youlaoan people have lost their livelihood, so don’t they have to find another way out?"

As soon as these words came out, Fu Qiufang and Qingwen nodded repeatedly, and Qingwen said: "Then You Lao'an can't wait to push his two sisters in front of the fourth master. It's better to have less contact in the future."

After saying that, he glanced sideways at Li Weijian. Li Weijian sat down and smiled: "Why are you looking at me again? I am not sensitive to those two people."

Fu Qiufang smiled and said: "Although I am also greedy for flowers, I can be regarded as a clean and self-sufficient person. Qingwen, please don't be petty with me in the future."

Qingwen said angrily: "My aunt was talking about this just now, but now she is pretending to be a good person, but it has become my fault. Come on, I am just a maid, and my mistress is worried about this matter. Why should the maid be anxious?"

Xiu Ying then joked: "Sister Qingwen, look at you like this, you don't look like a maid. I wonder if you will be happy in a few days."

Qingwen was born in March, which happened to be her hairpin. Although she never said it in private, she had long been looking forward to being brought into the room by the fourth master after her birthday. At this time, he was exposed by Hanhan, and his face suddenly became ashamed and angry. He chased Xiu Ying for a while and then stopped.

There was nothing else to do that day, but Li Weijian paid attention, and the next day he looked for someone to investigate the Shanxi coal mine stocks. You don’t know if you don’t ask, but you’ll be shocked if you ask! Although the Shanxi coal mines have government shares, they only use land as shares, and the rest is managed by Guangtaihang Company.

The Guangtai Hao was only established for a year, and the amount of money needed to leverage Shanxi Coal was only 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. This time, he entered the capital to do things around, and spent hundreds of thousands of money on it. However, because King Zhongyong vetoed it at a glance, it was not allowed to be issued on the stock exchange. Because of this, I had no choice but to publish it myself.

Li Weijian thought for a long time after receiving this letter. I am afraid this is a typical Ponzi scheme!

Blowing bubbles will attract nobles and businessmen to buy junk stocks while the stocks are hot, and then the buildings will be empty and there will be no place to cry.

I wanted to talk to King Zhongyong about this matter, but then I thought about it. Since King Zhongyong and the inner government were not involved, and the people who were tricked were all wealthy families, it would be a good lesson for the Dashun Dynasty. After another thought, the eldest master's raid on the Lai family became a joke in the capital. He mobilized his troops and went away, only to pick up more than 4,000 silver coins. Later, he was scolded by Jia's mother, making him very embarrassed.

The elder doesn't plan his family's fortune once or twice. If he doesn't teach him a lesson, he's afraid he'll get slapped in the face again in the future. A ready-made Ponzi scheme is not afraid of the big boss getting into trouble.

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Rongguo Mansion.

After dealing with all the affairs of the house that day, I returned from Mrs. Wang's place. I was just pushed into the courtyard of my house by Ping'er, and I met Jia Lian coming out of the courtyard.

Jia Lianyin said: "The eldest lady just came to talk to me and wanted to borrow your Kang screen for a few days."

Wang Xifeng said: "That thing has been gathered up long ago. I will ask Ping'er to send it to you later. You came just in time. I have something to discuss with you."

The three of them got inside. Wang Xifeng was sitting in a wheelchair. The splint had been replaced today. The imperial doctor only said that it was not out of place and would be ready in another month. Jia Lian sat on the edge of the kang, and Wang Xifeng said: "The 21st is Sister Xue's birthday. How are you doing?"

Jia Lian said: "I know how it is! You have planned many birthdays, but now you have no idea?"

Sister Feng said: "There are certain rules for big birthday dishes. Now her birthday is neither big nor small, so I'll discuss it with you."

After hearing this, Jia Lian lowered his head and thought for a long time and said: "You are confused today. With the current proportion, Sister Lin is an example. What you did to Sister Lin in the past, just do it to Sister Xue now."

After hearing this, Sister Feng sneered: "Don't I even know this? I thought so too. But yesterday I heard the old lady saying that she asked about everyone's age and birthday. I heard that Sister Xue is fifteen years old this year. Although she is not The old lady said that she would do it for her birthday. If she really did it for her, it would naturally be different from what she did with Sister Lin in previous years. "

Jia Lian said: "In that case, it will be more than Sister Lin's."

Sister Feng said: "I thought so too, so I'm trying to please you. If I added something privately, you'd blame me for not telling you."

Jia Lian laughed and said: "Come on, come on! I don't accept this empty love. It's enough if you don't check me, and I blame you!" After a pause, he said again: "Huh? The future of the greenhouse business is all yours. Why are you here to check me now?"

Sister Feng sneered: "If I don't check you, I can't say that all the gold and silver will be scattered to Hu Meizi!"

Jia Lian knew that he was in the wrong and did not defend himself. He just asked the eldest wife for a reply and went out.

Wang Xifeng didn't know that Daiyu's marriage had been decided long ago, but now there was a rumor in the house that the marriage was going to be a good one. She didn't know it, but it must have been the handiwork of Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue. Because it was Wang Xifeng who made things difficult for her, it was because she had a hairpin. Compared with Daiyu's old practice, I'm afraid Mrs. Wang will find fault later.

After thinking about it, Ping'er said: "Grandma, why should I be in trouble? Since this matter was ordered by the old lady, I have to let the old lady make the decision."

Sister Feng nodded and let Ping'er push her towards Rongqing Hall. At this moment, Xiangyun was also there, staying for two days before turning around. Jia Mu was trying to persuade the little girl to stay, saying that she would return to Baolinghou Mansion after Baochai's birthday.

Xiangyun was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly sent people back to Baolinghou Mansion to bring back the two-color needlework he had made in the past as a gift for Baochai's birthday.

The two of them had just spoken, and Ping'er pushed Sister Feng over. Sister Feng asked Jia's mother about Baochai's birthday, and Jia's mother said that she had twenty taels of wealth.

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng suddenly had something in his mind. There are old rules for birthdays in the Rongguo Mansion. For the daughters-in-law of Wang Xifeng and Li Wan, everyone collects money to celebrate their birthdays, each time around one hundred and fifty taels. The girls and brothers who have not left the palace naturally come from the father-in-law. Spending money to celebrate a birthday and arranging a banquet will cost more than a hundred taels.

Is it possible to buy wine with only twenty taels? Is it still possible to do the show?

At this time, Baoyu, Daiyu, Sanchun and Baochai were all here. Seeing Baochai lose face, Sister Feng laughed and said: "An ancestor celebrates birthdays for children, no matter what, who dares to fight, what can I do?" It's a drinking show. Since I'm so happy and lively, I can't say that I have to spend a few taels of old money on myself. Sooner or later, I will find this rotten twenty taels of silver to serve as a host. I mean, I have to pay for it.

Sure enough, it’s just that we can’t take it out. The gold, silver, round, and flat ones all collapsed the bottom of the box, just strangling us. Lift your eyes and see, who is not your old man’s son or daughter? Could it be that in the future only Brother Bao can support you and climb Mount Wutai? Those bodies are only reserved for him. Even though we are not worthy of using them now, don’t let them hurt us. Is this enough wine? Enough drama? "

The whole room laughed. Jia Mu also smiled and said: "Listen to this, I am pretty good at speaking, but I can't speak to this monkey. Your mother-in-law doesn't dare to force her words, you and I are tied."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "My mother-in-law also loves Baoyu the same way. I have no place to complain, but I am said to be strong-mouthed."

Sister Feng was about to make another joke when suddenly Yuanyang came in and reported: "Old lady, Fourth Master Jian is here."

Jia Mu suddenly said happily: "Brother Jian is here? Call him in quickly."

In the first month of the year, because the Rongguo Mansion was busy with marriage arrangements, Li Weijian only sent New Year's gifts and did not visit. Counting the whole group, they had not seen Li Weijian for more than twenty days.

Yuanyang agreed with a smile, and immediately led Li Weijian and Xiang Ling into Rongqing Hall.

Li Weijian smiled and raised his hands in greeting: "How are you always, old lady? I would like to send you my regards, this junior."

Jia Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, all good. Brother Jian, sit down quickly."

At that moment, a maid took over the outer cloak, and Li Weijian Shishi took a seat. Raising her eyes, she glanced at Sanchun, Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Baochai, and her eyes paused briefly on Yingchun and Daiyu. The two girls couldn't hide their thoughts, so they immediately covered their faces with a handkerchief and felt ashamed. Daiyu pursed her small mouth and forced herself. Holding back his shyness, he looked at Li Weijian.

Jia Mu said, "Brother Jian, why did you come to the door just now?"

Li Weijian said: "The mansion is busy with wedding arrangements, so I don't want to disturb you. I'm taking a bath today, so I expected that the mansion is in order, so I came to visit you."

After saying a few common words, Xiangyun smiled and said: "Brother Jian is here just in time. It will be Sister Bao's birthday in a few days. At this moment, I am looking for my aunt to discuss the purchase of a wine show."

"Oh?" Li Weijian looked at Baochai and saw that Sister Baochai lowered her head calmly. Although she was smiling, she was not very happy. Li Weijian nodded and said: "Yes, the 21st is Sister Xue's birthday, and I will send you a congratulatory gift then."

Baochai hurriedly thanked him.

Xiangyun smiled again and said, "It's just a gift. This time, Sister Bao is still in her prime years. I have to stay for a few more days. I won't go back until Sister Bao's birthday. Why don't Fourth Brother Jian come and join in the fun?"

This made it difficult for Li Weijian to answer. I really wanted to come here, so that I could see Yingchun and Daiyu more often, and perhaps even exchange a few words with them. However, his status is different now, and even Jia Mu can no longer treat him as a child. How can a dignified Jingling Bo be better than his sisters?

Wang Xifeng hurriedly came to the rescue and said: "Brother Jian has to sit in the office every day to take care of military and state affairs. How can such a shameless person have time to come here?"

Baochai raised his head and hesitated to speak. In the end, he never said anything.

Na Xiangyun then said coquettishly: "Second sister-in-law, do you think I don't understand? You sit in the office during the day, and the birthday banquets are all in the evening, so there is no time left?" Then he looked at Li Weijian: "Isn't that right, Jian? Fourth brother?" Then he took Jia Mu's arm and shook it and said, "What did my aunt say?"

Mother Jia felt that Xiangyun's charming and naive appearance was particularly pleasing, and she kept nodding her head: "It's very, very good." She turned to look at Li Weijian: "Brother Jian is not very old. If you have time, you might as well come and have fun. lively."

Jia's mother said this, so Li Weijian responded: "Okay, I will listen to the old lady."

After uncovering this matter, Li Weijian nodded to Xiang Ling and said, "Xiang Ling, go study poetry with your master."

As soon as these words came out, Sanchun and Xiangyun immediately made fun of Daiyu, but Daiyu didn't care and simply got up and led Xiangling to the back building. She knew in her heart that there must be something given to her by Fourth Brother Jian in the small bag that Xiang Ling was carrying.

After talking briefly for a while, Li Weijian stood up and left, saying, "Old lady, I'm going to talk to the lord."

Mother Jia's face sank, and she just said: "Go, go, I'll come back as promised. I didn't make it during the New Year's Day. I have to leave food for everything today."

Mother Jia is worried about her eldest son being greedy and ignorant, and she is also wondering about how they almost broke up with each other the previous time. Why does Brother Jian still want to get close to his eldest son? Could it be that we really decided that we must welcome the Spring Festival?

Seeing that Li Weijian was leaving and wondering if he could talk to her later, Wang Xifeng hurriedly said: "I happen to be going to talk to my wife. Brother Jian, let's go together."

After a while, Ping'er pushed Wang Xifeng and left Rongqing Hall with Li Weijian.

Li Weijian walked slowly, looked down at Wang Xifeng, and said with a smile, "Second sister-in-law, are your legs and feet better?"

Wang Xifeng said: "The splint was just replaced today. The imperial doctor said that it will take another month before I can go to the ground."

Wang Xifeng smiled on her face, but her heart was filled with annoyance. One is because Jia Lian was looking for flowers and willows and got involved with some slut in the house; the other is because the eldest lady borrowed three thousand taels of silver from her yesterday.

It was also strange that Lai Wang was not secretive. He had previously returned with the prospect of making a living in a greenhouse, but unexpectedly the banknotes fell out of his sleeve. Thousands of taels of silver, if it falls into the eyes of interested people, it will spread everywhere.

The eldest wife received the letter and immediately started making plans after the wedding ceremony. After looking for Wang Xifeng, I only found out that Dongyuan had not been able to get enough money recently, and that if he borrowed it for two months, he would return it.

Mrs. Xing, for the sake of money, Zhenzhener didn't even give up her face. Seeing Sister Feng shirk her, she decided to give her dowry to Wang Xifeng.

Then there is the stepmother-in-law, who is also the mother-in-law. If the dowry is really paid to Sister Feng's son, how will Wang Xifeng behave if word spreads about it? Because of this, I had to borrow three thousand taels from Mrs. Xing reluctantly.

It's easy to lend it out, but it's going to be difficult to get it back. I told Jia Lian about this, but Jia Lian didn't care about anything. He only said that Sister Feng earned a lot of income, which was not as good as spending a few hundred taels with him.

Wang Xifeng was so angry that she had a quarrel with Jia Lian, and now she felt aggrieved and didn't know who to talk to. Seeing Li Weijian's arrival, Sister Feng chased him out and realized something was wrong.

After briefly saying a few words, seeing Wang Xifeng hesitate to speak, Li Weijian whispered: "Second sister-in-law, are you in trouble?"

Wang Xifeng sighed and finally told the matter. As for Jia Lian, she was too embarrassed to say it.

This was a normal vent, but unexpectedly, Li Weijian frowned immediately after hearing this: "I think the eldest master and eldest wife are so temperamental that I may not get the money back."

"It's true." Wang Xifeng said angrily: "It's all because Lai Wang was careless in his behavior if he didn't reveal his wealth." After a pause, he warned again: "I'm afraid that I will become suspicious. If I ask about it later -"

Li Weijian smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, you still don't trust me?"

Wang Xifeng quickly apologized and said, "Brother Jian has such a good character, what else should I worry about? It's just that I don't know when the day will end."

Li Weijian suddenly stamped his feet, glanced at Ping'er, and said, "Sister Ping'er is tired of pushing, why don't you do it for me?"

Ping'er was smart and knew that the two of them must have something private to say, so he immediately smiled and said: "My hands are sore when I push them. That will trouble Fourth Master Jian."

"It doesn't matter." Li Weijian took the wheelchair and pushed it slowly, and Ping'er went ahead to clear the way.

Li Weijian lowered his voice and said: "Second sister-in-law, did you know that there is a Shanxi coal mine agent recently?"

Wang Xifeng frowned and said, "Have you vaguely heard that Brother Jian is optimistic about that stock?"

At this moment, Wang Xifeng had more than 20,000 taels of silver left on hand after the dowry, and she was worried about how to hide it.

Li Weijian said seriously: "I personally think that this Shanxi coal mine is just a scam, and my second sister-in-law must not buy it."

Wang Xifeng nodded and suddenly realized: "Yes, the day before yesterday, Mr. You Laoan came to the door to do some sales. My concubine couldn't bear to beg, and finally bought three thousand taels. Brother Jian, is this really unreliable?"

"Well, it's like passing the flowers by beating a drum. The one who enters the game first can make some money if he escapes early. The one who enters the game later will lose the flowers if he doesn't know."

"That's it." Wang Xifeng wondered. Brother Jian mentioned the matter seriously and avoided Ping'er. Could it be that he was just reminding himself not to be fooled?

Suddenly, Li Weijian said: "Speaking of which, the elder has had a stroke. If it happens again... it's hard to say."

Wang Xifeng nodded habitually, but then felt something was wrong.

First, he solemnly mentioned that Shanxi coal mines were unreliable, and then suddenly said that my father-in-law had suffered a stroke...could it be true?

Wang Xifeng looked up and saw Li Weijian smiling and speechless.

Yes, the eldest man had a lot of troubles on the stock exchange before, but now that he has raided the Lai family, the more than 4,000 silver dollars have not been entered into the public account. Great sorrows, joys, and drinking can lead to recurrence of stroke. If the great master is gone, won't the title fall on Jia Lian?

(End of this chapter)