Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 4 Qingwen Hongyu
Li Weijian opened his eyes and sat upright, raising his chin and winking at Hai Ping and Xiu Ying.

Haiping stiffened his neck and turned away, while Xiuying's eyes flashed, not knowing what he meant.

"Tsk!" Li Weijian frowned and stood up, raised his hand and counted the servants and said: "How can you serve me in the future with such a lack of expression?"

"Sir, what do you mean?" Xiu Ying asked.

Li Weijian just waved his hand and said, "That's all, you two put your things away first" and walked out the door.

The two brothers and sisters in the hall looked at each other and then went their separate ways.

But when Li Weijian came out of the main hall, he saw several maids surrounding a woman in front of the small courtyard.The woman wears a peach-heart bun, a small phoenix hairpin, and stands pretty with her hands folded. She has a beautiful face and is dressed in gold and silver.Her appearance is very quiet, but her eyes are very smart.

Li Weijian took a few steps forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to bother you, sister. What do you call me?"

The woman covered her mouth and said with a smile: "But it's not appropriate for Fourth Master to call me sister. It's okay for Fourth Master to call me "Sister"."

It turns out that this woman is Ping'er.

Li Weijian smiled and extended his hand to invite you: "Miss Ping'er, come in quickly. I just settled down and haven't packed up yet."

Ping'er stepped into the hospital and said with a smile: "I won't go in. I was told by Second Mistress to send a maid to Fourth Master." She half-turned around and waved slightly: "Come on," Two maids, one short and one short, came up. Ping'er put his arms around one of them and pushed her slightly: "This is Xiaohong. She is the third-class maid in Master Bao's room."

Li Weijian raised his eyes and saw that the maid was wearing clothes that were not old, and had good black hair with a hairpin. She had a long face, a slim figure, but was very pretty and clean.Judging by his stature, I don’t know whether he is hairdressed or not.

Xiaohong was carrying a baggage and quickly bowed down and said, "I've met Fourth Master Jian."

Ping'er pulled the shorter maid over and said, "This is Qingwen from the old lady's house. She was originally a second-class maid."

Qingwen?

Li Weijian looked carefully and saw that he had a slim waist, slender shoulders, a face with oval seeds, a pair of big and round eyes, thick eyebrows, and fair skin.At this moment, he was also carrying a baggage, and with a straight face, he bowed down and said in a muffled voice: "I have met Fourth Master Jian."

Ping'er glanced at Qingwen and said, "Since you are here with Fourth Master, you must do your duty and don't act arbitrarily." After nodding at Qingwen, Ping'er smiled at Li Weijian and said: " I have brought her here. If the Fourth Master does not handle her well, just say a word and I will ask the Second Mistress to change her. Then the housekeeper will send two more rough servant maids, the usual one, the one for the servants, and the one brought by the Fourth Master to salute. We will also send them here. There will be a banquet in the old lady's room in the afternoon. Fourth Master will have a rest first and I will ask the maid to call him later."

"Okay, Miss Ping'er, walk slowly."

After watching Ping'er leave with the maid, Li Weijian withdrew his gaze and looked at the two maids.Unexpectedly, the two maids were also looking at him furtively, and when their eyes met, Qingwen looked away and saw that her face was no longer as depressed as before.But Xiaohong smiled and said: "Fourth Master, I heard from Sister Ping'er on the way that Fourth Master is here to take the exam this time?"

"Yes." Li Weijian responded with a smile.

Then Xiao Hong said: "Look at the fourth master, I have a plan. I wish the fourth master first to be named on the gold list."

"Haha, it's just a candidate, not a candidate for the gold medal." After a pause, he said, "Your name is Xiaohong?"

"Yes, my original name was Hongyu at home, but later when I came to live with Mr. Bao, I changed my name to Xiaohong to avoid Mr. Bao's taboo."

Li Weijian said: "The original name is still nice. I don't need to avoid taboos here. You should change it back to Hongyu."

"Hey." Hongyu responded with a smile.

"You two will go settle in first, and we'll talk in the main room later."

Hongyu agreed and went to settle in the west chamber first. It took Qingwen a while before she took a step forward. She paused when she passed by Li Weijian. She hesitated to speak, but she didn't say anything. Went to the west wing with Hongyu.

Li Weijian smiled and shook his head, then returned to the main room with his hands behind his back.I thought in my heart that Qingwen was so unhappy because she didn't go to Baoyu's room, right?

Jia Mu didn't know what to think. The concubine who was originally prepared for Baoyu was actually sent to her.

It can be seen from this that Jia Mu's treatment of Li Wan is indeed cordial, and her treatment can be regarded as loving the house as much as the bird.

Entering the main room, the baggage and bookcase were open, the knife and bow were leaning against the wall, and the brother and sister were biting their ears.Seeing Li Weijian come in, he hurriedly left.

Li Weijian was annoyed when he saw Hai Ping's disobedient and angry look. He frowned and waved his hands as if to shoo away flies, and said, "Get out of here, you don't need to deal with it anymore."

"I'm too lazy to serve you!" Hai Ping said back, then turned around and told Xiu Ying: "Si'er, remember what my brother said."

Xiu Ying nodded repeatedly, Hai Ping turned around and glared at Li Weijian who was leaning on the Grand Master's chair, and then strode away.

As soon as they left, Li Weijian asked: "Xiu Ying, what did your brother say?"

"Brother asked me not to let you take advantage of me."

"Hahaha," Li Weijian laughed for a while and looked at Xiu Ying: "Then what do you think?"

Xiu Ying suddenly looked at Xiafei's cheeks, lowered her head and said shyly: "I... I just won't tell him."

"What a beautiful thought!" Li Weijian scolded with a smile: "Don't think wildly at a young age."

"Oh." She responded with a flat mouth, and Xiu Ying moved books out of the book box with a bang.

Sitting on the Taishi's chair, Li Weijian was slightly lost in thought.After a few years, he finally understood roughly what kind of world this place was.

Li Zicheng died in an ambush at Jiugong Mountain. Li Guo took up the banner of Dashun and beat up the Manchu and Nanming dynasties. Not only did he conquer the Central Plains, he also entered Liting in Liaodong to sweep holes, achieving an unparalleled legacy.

This Taizong of Dashun should be a time traveler. His words before sending troops to Liaodong, "If you want to be victorious and brave to chase the enemy, you can't pretend to be a famous scholar." This is clear evidence.Since then, the Dashun Dynasty has continued, and has experienced four emperors for more than a hundred years.

When Li Weijian's soul passed through this body, there was a severe epidemic in Beijing, and Shuntian Prefecture strictly ordered all affected households to close their doors.He was less than seven years old at the time. The epidemic did not harm him, but the lockdown almost starved him to death.

Finally, the epidemic subsided, and Li Shouzhong hurriedly sent people to check. Only Li Weijian survived, so he was taken home for treatment.After that, Li Wan, who was about to get married, took care of her day and night, and Li Weijian finally saved his life.

A year later, Li Wan got married, and it was Jia Zhu from the Duke of Rong's palace. Only then did Li Weijian realize that his soul had traveled to the world of Red Mansions.

What would you do if you traveled to the world of Red Mansions?Li Weijian's first thought was to cultivate immortality!That monk, the police fairy, they are all immortal figures!
It happened that his uncle Li Shouzhong resigned and returned to his hometown. Li Weijian followed Li Shouzhong back to Jinling. He stayed honest for only one year before sneaking away to Maoshan.As a result, in just over a year, the master who was summoned by the Supreme Emperor many times and was known as the god of the world died...

If you can't cultivate immortality, why should you cultivate Taoism?

Li Weijian simply returned to Jinling and was scolded by Li Shouzhong, and then he settled down to study official career economy.

He studied the Four Books and Five Classics attentively for a while, but Jiangnan was too complicated, and he knew it would be difficult to get ahead.Then last year came. Today, the emperor issued an imperial edict to set up a rural examination for practical studies. Scholars from all over the country could take the examination, and 80 people were selected for the first subject.Li Shouzhong scolded practical learning as a strange trick and a crooked way. Li Weijian took a rough look at the newspapers and newspapers since he came to the throne, and believed that this was a precursor to reform, and he immediately became excited.

So he found a pawn shop, encouraged Wu Haiping with his sharp tongue, and led Wu Haiping to the official residence of the Li family and Lin Ruhai. Then he borrowed money to get through the door, and won the first prize in the county and government examinations, and even the college examination. He even got on the list even after he answered the question completely, and became a real scholar.

When I came to Beijing this time, one was to visit Qiu Wei, the other was to see my eldest sister Li Wan, and the third was to see Twelve Hairpins.

In Qiu Wei, he thought he had everything he needed. Although most of what he had learned in his previous life was returned to his teacher, he still remembered calculus, which was considered a rare talent in this day and age.

I only saw a few of Twelve Hairpins. Except for the eldest sisters Li Wan and Wang Xifeng, Daiyu and Sanchun were both as young as bean sprouts, which was a bit early;

As for Li Wan... Li Wan was the one who helped him survive. Now he still can't forget that Li Wan took care of him for two months before he recovered.The eldest sister Li Wan was not having a satisfactory life in the Jia family. Due to his previous kindness, he always had to mediate to make the eldest sister happy.

While he was lost in thought, someone came from outside again, but it was Zhou Rui's family who sent two rough servants, one named Chun Chan and the other Yunzhi.Another servant brought a gift from Li Weijian.

Without Li Weijian's intervention, Qingwen, who had just been arranged, came out of the west chamber, thanked Zhou Rui's family, made arrangements in a few words, and arranged for two maids to go to the east chamber. placement.

Li Weijian and Xiu Ying stood in front of the door and looked at each other interestingly. Qingwen turned around and caught a glimpse of the two of them. She smiled with a straight face and then walked into the east chamber with small steps.

Xiu Ying said timidly: "You look younger than me, how can you be so fierce?"

Li Weijian said: "She can't beat you, what are you afraid of?"

Xiu Ying murmured nothing. She was frightened by the overwhelming wealth when she entered the Rongguo Mansion. How could she dare to draw knives and throw darts like outsiders?

Li Weijian knew it well, smiled and flicked Xiu Ying's forehead, and then walked to sit down on the Grand Master's chair.

Xiu Ying chased after her and whispered: "Master, I...where do I live?"

"Huh? Where do you want to live?"

Xiu Ying said: "I see there is a couch next to Nuange's bed..."

"Okay, then go and squeeze in with Qingwen and Hongyu."

Xiu Ying suddenly pursed her lips.

Li Weijian ignored it. The couch was reserved for the maidservant, so how could he just give it to Xiu Ying?

After a while, Qingwen and Hongyu settled down. They said hello outside the door and then came in to listen to their orders.

The red jade eyebrows were curved with joy; Qingwen still had a straight face, looking like a laborer without a soul.

Li Weijian was amused in his heart and turned to greet Xiu Ying: "Go, you should also go and stand still."

"Oh."

When Xiuying, Qingwen and Hongyu stood side by side with their hands tied, Li Weijian said: "I don't have many rules here, except that you can't move around in the study, the rest are free. The three of you discuss the work in the room, and we'll talk about the rest later."

Hongyu and Qingwen responded, Xiuying blinked, and then responded belatedly.

Li Weijian waved his hand: "Okay, let's go. Xiu Ying will go to the west wing to settle down first. Hong Yu will go and pour me a cup of tea."

The maids all agreed.After a while, Hongyu brought warm tea and said with a smile: "Fourth Master, use tea."

"Yeah." Li Weijian took a sip, glanced sideways at Hongyu who was smiling, and couldn't help but said, "Why is Qingwen so unhappy? It's like someone owes her two ounces of money."

Hongyu covered her mouth and smiled: "She is very angry. She rushed to the second master Bao's room to work hard. Naturally, she will not be happy when she comes to the fourth master."

"Then why are you so happy?"

Hongyu said: "There are so many maids around Second Master Bao, so there are sixteen maids. I am just a third-class maid outside the house. The people around me are as guarding against me as they are against thieves. How can I get ahead?" People live and trees die, the fourth master looks like he has a bright future, if I can serve him well, I can be promoted to a second-class maid."

"You're really good at talking," Li Weijian said with a smile, "But why are you second class and not first class?"

Hongyu said: "A first-class maid must serve the old lady. The next master will be promoted to a second-class maid at most."

"What's the difference between this first class and second class?"

"Of course it's different," Hongyu counted with her fingers: "Daily expenses, clothing during the four seasons, and gifts during the New Year's Day are all different. The first-class people will be given one tael of silver per month, and the second-class people will only be given one ounce of money."

"What about the third-class ones?"

Hongyu pursed her lips: "The third-class ones only have five hundred dollars, which is not even enough to buy rouge and gouache."

Li Weijian felt that the red jade was so delicate and pretty, and he felt happy and said: "Seeing how smart you are, a third-class maid is really wronged. I will make the decision to promote you to a second-class maid."

Hong Yuyin smiled and said: "Thank you, Fourth Master, for your kindness, but you can't decide this matter. Only Second Grandma has spoken and re-entered the register, then it will count."

Li Weijian said: "I just came here, so I don't want to trouble my second sister-in-law. Why don't I give you half a drop of money every month, and then find an opportunity to talk to my second sister-in-law later."

Hongyu immediately beamed with joy, bowed and said, "Thank you, Fourth Master Jian, for the reward."

Li Weijian shook his hand, took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve pocket, weighed it briefly, found that it was about two taels, and then threw it away.After Hongyu caught it, she smiled and said: "You have already thanked me for the reward. I can't let you go away empty-handed. Let's discuss how to divide the money. It can be regarded as a meeting gift. Go ahead."

"Hey." Tiantian responded, and Hongyu happily walked out the door.

She walked all the way to the west wing with small steps, opened the door and lifted the curtain, and saw Qingwen tidying up the bed, and Xiuying carefully spreading the clothes in the bundle beside her.

Hongyu said happily: "Fourth Master Jian has given a reward. Everyone has a share. Let us discuss how to divide it."

Before Xiu Ying could say anything, Qingwen snorted coldly: "Huh! Little hooves who have never seen the world, they are so happy that they are nothing. I see, if we don't have more, we have to be secretive. Climb into the master’s bed!”

Hongyu's complexion changed, her smile faded, and she said: "Who are you talking to about this weird thing? I know you are useful by the old lady's side, but if you build a tent thousands of miles away, there will be no feast that lasts forever. Who will guard whom for the rest of their lives?"
If you feel aggrieved and go to Aunt Lai for help, who will you show your face to? "

Qingwen sat with her back on the kang and bit her lower lip without saying a word. Xiuying's eyes wandered, looking at this and that. She felt that neither of them were easy to mess with, and she was suddenly scared and silent.

(I’m used to writing big chapters, but if I break it down, I’ll find it awkward, and I guess everyone will find it awkward too. Newbies are setting sail with a new book, so please keep it in your collection and read it.)
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