Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 35: The stupid overlord pleads guilty to Li Weijian and uses retreat to advance.
Go to the small courtyard in the northeast.

Shen Shi had just finished eating, and Li Weijian was about to go to the study to sit down. There was a call at the door. Hongyu hurriedly went out, turned around and came back happily: "Fourth Master, Grandma brought Lan Ge'er to see you." !”

Li Weijian did not dare to neglect and hurriedly came out of the study to welcome him out.When they arrived at the door, they saw that it was indeed Li Wan leading a young boy carved in pink and jade, accompanied by several maids and nannies.

He smiled and stepped forward to greet her: "Why are you here now, eldest sister? Is Brother Lang here too?"

Li Wan smiled reservedly and pushed Jialan's back with his hand: "Hurry up and call someone."

Then Jialan looked like a little grown-up with a sullen face, bowed solemnly, and said in a childlike voice: "Jialan pays homage to the fourth uncle!"

"Okay, okay, get up quickly and take a closer look. This child and eldest sister are very close to each other." After a pause, Li Weijian leaned over and extended his hand to invite her: "Eldest sister, let's talk inside. It's still a little cold outside."

Li Wan smiled and agreed, leading Jia Lan and Li Weijian into the main room.The maids and mothers-in-law were waiting around, and Hongyu and Qingwen served tea and snacks. After a lot of work, they settled down.

Li Weijian talked with Jia Lan for a while, and Li Wan sent the nanny to take Jia Lan aside to play while he stayed to talk to Li Weijian.

The maids and wives around him were not too far away. Li Wan lost his smile and said worriedly: "Brother Jian, I heard yesterday...it seemed like you had a quarrel with your concubine?"

"Why did it all reach big sister's ears?"

"Suyun went to get goat's milk for Brother Lan last night. He heard some women talking at the side, so he came back to learn a few words." After a pause, Li Wan said with concern: "Brother Jian, what on earth is this? How did you do it? They are all relatives, so we don’t want to cause trouble in the whole city."

Li Weijian said: "Eldest sister also knows my temperament, and I can't bear my mistakes. Why should I quarrel with my concubine?"

At that moment, he recounted all the past events one by one, which made Li Wan frown.Before she left the cabinet, she was a person who did not argue about anything. After Jia Zhu passed away, she only focused on teaching Lange'er, and there was very little interference from everyone in the house.

Except for Mrs. Wang who had ulterior motives, Li Wan was praised by everyone.Even with such a soft temper, he was very angry after hearing what the Xue family did!

He couldn't help but said: "How could my concubine be so...so ignorant? Brother Jian, we won't do such thankless things in the future. The Xue family is the Xue family, and you are you. Why bother to go out and fight back?" Did you complain?
Calculating that Qiu Wei was only half a year away, brother Jian had to contribute to Da Sikong and Shao Sikou. He didn't have much time to do, so how could he take care of so many other things? "

Li Weijian smiled and said: "What the eldest sister said is that I will not care about the Xue family's affairs in the future."

Seeing that he listened to the advice, Li Wan's face softened slightly and he said: "That's it. If you want to study well, you will be a candidate for the imperial examination after Qiu Wei. You are only fourteen after all. After a few years, you have won the Jinshi. Uncle and aunt may be very happy."

Li Wan's concern was beyond words.After all, she had been with Li Weijian for more than a year before she came out of the cabinet. She treated Li Weijian as her biological brother.

Even Li Weijian, who was accustomed to intrigues and deceitful tactics, couldn't help but feel moved. In this world, gold is easy to come by, but friendship is hard to find!If the eldest sister treats him like this, he will always make it easier for Li Wan in the future.

So he said: "I just heard from Langeer that he went to free school after the first month of the lunar month?"

"Yes, Brother Jian also knows that I only know a few words. I need to find a suitable teacher to teach me about the articles in the Four Books and Five Classics."

Li Weijian thought to himself, he still remembered that there seemed to be a commotion in the free school in the TV series, and he didn't know when it happened. It's hard to say that the free school was not good at the moment.

So he turned around and said: "Sister, you are right to have read these Four Books and Five Classics, but don't forget that today's school attaches great importance to practical learning. The Qiuwei exam I am taking now is about practical learning. I wonder if there will be Jinshi in the future.

I think Lang Ge'er is a precocious person. He only reads the Four Books and Five Classics at the moment. I'm afraid he will suffer a loss in the future. "

"This -" Li Wan pondered for a while and said: "After listening to Brother Jian's words last time, I sent my maid to collect some newspapers. From what I said, it is indeed like this. But where can I go when I am new to learning? A career seeker?"

Li Weijian smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? It's so far away but right in front of you. Why should I sacrifice the near for the distant?"

Li Wan quickly shook his head: "This can't be done. Brother Jian still needs Qiu Wei. How can he have time to teach Brother Lang?"

Li Weijian said: "It doesn't matter. To tell you the truth, eldest sister, for me, this autumn is like searching for something. Otherwise, how would I have the time to work for those two adults now?"

Li Wan was secretly happy. She had this intention, but she was thinking that it would not be too late after Qiu Wei.Unexpectedly, Brother Jian actually spoke first now, which was an unexpected surprise.

After chatting for a while, Li Weijian was concerned about improving Li Wan's treatment, so he lowered his voice and asked: "Sister, how much money do you have saved there?"

"Brother Jian, are you short of money?" She said with a slight embarrassment on her face: "I still have three or five hundred taels over there. If it's not enough, I still have some jewelry there, so you might as well pay it first."

"Eldest sister, I thought it was wrong. Now I am running around for you two adults, and I also got some things myself. It can be seen from these few days that they are not useful. If it is used, I will make a lot of money every day. Sister, if If you have spare money, you might as well invest it. I don’t dare to say that next to my brother, it’s still guaranteed that it will double several times a year.”

"And other good things?"

She was about to ask more questions when she suddenly heard a man calling the door from outside.Hongyu and Xiuying hurriedly welcomed him out. After a while, Hongyu came back with a strange look on his face and said: "Fourth Master, Uncle Xue and Miss Bao are here. Uncle Xue is shirtless and carries a few pieces of dry firewood. His posture looks like I’m here to apologize.”

Asking for forgiveness?Would idiot Xue still do this?What kind of drama is this?

Li Weijian looked calm and looked at Li Wan on the other side of the table.Li Wan frowned and said, "I'll follow Brother Jian to have a look."

No matter how soft-tempered she is, she can't let others bully Brother Jian.

The two stood up to greet each other, and just after they walked around the screen and came out of the main room, they saw a person standing in the courtyard in the distance.He only wore pants on his lower body, and his upper body was bare, revealing an arm of white flesh.Half a step behind stood Baochai, who was whispering something worried and persuading.

Seeing Li Weijian coming out, Xue Pan stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, clasping his fists and saying, "Brother Jian, I'm here to apologize to you... you... uh..."

He suddenly saw that Li Wan was there, and he didn't know what was wrong in his mind, so he thought about the time he beat someone to death in Jinling... Could it be that Sister-in-law Zhu secretly told Li Weijian?
So he turned around and stood up and asked, "Did Sister-in-law Zhu tell me about that matter?"

Li Wan's face changed with anger, he clenched his hands tightly and almost cursed.

Li Weijian had a stern face at first, and when he saw this, he immediately scolded: "Brother Xue is here to express his anger, but he is here to ask for guilt. It's really strange. I, the Li family, deserve it, and you, the Xue family, are so reckless. False accusation?"

Baochai was furious and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Xue Pan and said, "Brother is so confused! My mother only wrote to my aunt about what happened in Jinling. The old lady didn't even know about it. How did Sister-in-law Zhu know about it?"

Xue Pan blinked, and after thinking about it, he quickly knelt down on one knee and said with a smile: "Brother Jian, I made a mistake..." Li Weijian didn't wait for him to finish, and said coldly: "Wrong or not, right or not Yes, it’s not important. We are just roundabout relatives. I, the Li family’s heir of poetry and calligraphy, consider myself not as wealthy as your Xue family. We just don’t have contact with each other from now on. Brother Xue, please come back. Xiu Ying, Hong Yu, See off my guests for me!”

Li Weijian turned around and walked away. Li Wan suppressed his anger and only nodded slightly at Baochai. Without saying a word, he turned around and followed Li Weijian into the house.

Hong Yu and Xiu Ying greeted the general. Hong Yu was quite polite and said, "Uncle Xue, Miss Bao, our fourth master has spoken, so you should go back first."

Xiu Ying on the side, no matter how naive she was, now also felt the same hatred towards the enemy. She quietly put her right hand into her sleeve, waiting for the stupid bully in front of her to act foolishly before she dared to throw the willow leaf dart at him.At this moment, a pair of eyes were looking up and down, thinking about where to stab him later.

A pair of jade hands in Baochai's sleeves were clenched tightly, the knuckles turned green and white. The pitiful thought of that period was probably going to be completely gone now.What can she do?There is such a brother in the stall, who can't stop me and can't stop me, and can't listen to my advice.I can at least redeem myself by asking for forgiveness, but I don’t want to make the mistake again!This time, Li Weijian and even Li Wan were completely offended to death!
Baochai knew that it would be useless to talk any more, so he sighed and pulled Xue Pan: "Brother, go back first."

Xue Panwu didn't know that he had made a mistake, and said in confusion: "I haven't expressed my regrets here yet. Huh? Sister, please don't tease me...Brother Li, I am here to express my regrets sincerely!"

Not to mention Xue Pan yelling outside, in the main room, as soon as Li Weijian and Li Wanfu entered, Li Wan said angrily: "I think Xue finally knows what a good guy is. I didn't expect him to be so shameless! I originally wanted to persuade him." Brother Jian, please be more generous, we are all relatives after all. Looking at this situation now, people clearly don’t think that we are relatives!"

Li Weijian smiled and said: "That Xue Pan can't carry it clearly. Big sister, don't be angry."

Li Wan was really angry and said: "Brother Jian, don't worry about this. I have to go to the old lady and talk to her. I can't watch the man named Xue sitting on the head of the Li family and peeing." !”

Li Weijian winked repeatedly, and the two maids, Suyun and Biyue, came forward to persuade him for a while. Only then did Li Wan calm down, and at the same time, the noise outside also stopped.

After lingering for a while, Li Wan hurried away with Jia Lan.

Qingwen scolded the Xue family for a while, but Li Weijian just listened with a smile.When Qingwen stopped talking, he nodded at Hongyu and asked, "Have you been talking a lot these past two days?"

Hongyu curled her lips and said: "If you have a big family and a big business, it is inevitable that there will be a few people who imitate your wife's talk. Fourth Master, just ignore them."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "You mean, you didn't say anything nice about me?"

Hongyu murmured without saying anything.

This is not okay. Rumors are so powerful, how can you let them ruin your own personality?
Li Weijian immediately said: "Qingwen, take another ten taels of silver and give it to Hongyu."

"Ah?" Xiaoxiao was surprised, but Qingwen finally twisted the water snake's waist and went to get it from the warm room.

"Fourth Master?" Hongyu raised her head and looked at Li Weijian.

Li Weijian waved, and she hesitated for a moment, then came over with secret joy.The thin sound was accompanied by soft breathing, rubbing the girl's ears. It was Hongyu's first time to be so close to a man, so even if she memorized it carefully, her ears would inevitably feel hot and her heartbeat would heat up.

Li Weijian briefly explained a few words, then moved his head and said, "Do you understand?"

Hong Yu was a smart person, so she immediately concealed her strange look and nodded quickly: "Don't worry, Fourth Master, I guarantee that this matter will be done well!"

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Unity time.

Hongyu carried the food box through the hall and arrived at Dedong Courtyard. There was smoke in the kitchen, and several women were busy working on the stove. Sister-in-law Liu was taking down the steamer while talking to the women nearby.Suddenly the woman caught a glimpse of Hong Yu and whispered in a low voice. Sister-in-law Liu looked up and saw Hong Yu, so she stopped talking.

When Hongyu approached with a food box, Sister-in-law Liu smiled and said, "Hongyu, are you here to get snacks for Fourth Master Jian again?"

With a sad smile on Hong Yu's face, she placed the food box next to the stove and said, "Sister-in-law Liu, please pack the snacks for tonight."

"Hey."

Sister-in-law Liu responded and neatly put a few snacks into the food box. Just as she was about to close the food box and hand it back, she saw Hongyu stuffing a broken piece of silver over her.

"Hey, this is it?" Sister-in-law Liu took it and her face changed.

Every now and then, Hongyu would give him a few cents or a few cents of silver. How could he be so generous with this broken piece of silver, at least two taels?Could it be that I heard that the old lady specially ordered the wolfberry, ginseng and honey porridge today?
Sister-in-law Liu was wondering when she heard Hongyu say sadly: "Sister-in-law Liu, our fourth master Jian said that the sisters-in-law who have been working hard on the stove these days don't know what to give before leaving, so we might as well give something Let the sisters-in-law spend the money as they wish."

"Blind! Fourth Master Jian is leaving?" Before Sister-in-law Liu could say anything, the woman on the side came over to ask.

Hongyu said: "Fourth Master is kind-hearted and helpful to others, but they are giving him a thumbs up. Now the person who talks behind his back compares Fourth Master to the scheming villain behind the screwdriver. Our Fourth Master wants to take the test for merit. If this spreads out, If your reputation is ruined, how can you live in the autumn? The fourth master thought, why not just move out and stay away from right and wrong."

Sister-in-law Liu immediately frowned: "What a pity, Fourth Master is such a good person... What about you, Hongyu?"

Hongyu furrowed her brows and shook her head: "The contract is in the mansion, so it's not easy to follow the Fourth Master."

"What did you say?"

"That's right, I just heard what others said, what's going on here?"

Hong Yu once again recounted what had happened just now and all the previous details, and she was very upset!
On weekdays, Sister-in-law Liu and the other mothers-in-law benefited a lot from Li Weijian. Previously, they didn’t even notice that Li Weijian was imitating his wife. Now that they heard that Li Weijian was going to leave the house, thinking that this would no longer benefit them, Sister-in-law Liu and the other mothers-in-law suddenly secretly I hate the Xue family.

When Hongyu returned gloomily with the food box, Sister-in-law Liu and others immediately forgot about the lies they had spread before, and they all criticized the Xue family for being here.

　Second more.

　　Seek to read, seek to read.

　　Thanks to Aragaki Yui’s one-piece pajamas book friends for the tip.Thank you. Thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)