Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 42: A whale falls, all things are born, Chai Dai Qi explores Li Si
After being showered with cold well water that afternoon, Li Weijian felt that Yan Fenzhen's clothes were too baggy - no matter how tall and tall he was, he was only just over 13 years old at this time, and he was still shorter than Yan Fenzhen.

Because Li Weijian simply rode back, he didn't take it seriously when he arrived in his small courtyard. He only changed his clothes and went into the study to write and draw.

Qingwen Tiankui has not left yet, and Xiangling is still keeping vigil this night.She was also dull. Perhaps she was used to Li Weijian's good temper, so she slept hard at night and slept until dawn.

The next morning, Xiangling got up and saw that Li Weijian had not woken up yet. She thought that Fourth Master Jian was tired, so she went to wash herself gently. When she returned, she saw that Li Weijian had not yet woken up, and then she realized something was wrong.

After calling twice, she reached out and touched her forehead. She noticed that her forehead was hot, so she hurriedly went out to find Qingwen, Hongyu, and Xiuying. Several maids wet the handkerchiefs and wiped their foreheads, palms, and soles of their feet. Hongyu informed Li Wan, Grandma Zhu, and it wasn't until Chen that she invited him to come to the house to worship, and then prescribed another prescription.

After drinking two bowls of medicinal soup, he started to sweat again. It wasn't until noon that Li Weijian woke up slowly.

When the maids breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he was awake, Qingwen lost her temper.He scolded Xiangling a few times, and Tiankui happened to be gone that day, so he bit him and said that he would guard Li Weijian at night.

Li Weijian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He just said that he was careless, and then defended Xiangling a few words.

Qingwen was already the best friend with Xiangling, so she didn't say anything after hearing this. On the contrary, Xiangling shed tears and blamed herself in her heart.

Hongyu also said that it would be inappropriate to leave Qingwen alone at night, so she should leave an extra maid so that she could take care of her if anything happened.

Qingwen couldn't resist, so after much deliberation, she decided to keep Xiuying with her on night watch.

Li Weijian had a fever that night. Qingwen and Xiuying tried their best to stay by the bed until dawn. Then Li Weijian opened his eyes and saw two pretty faces with tired looks.

The two quilts covering his body were really thick. Li Weijian felt hot, so he gently took out his arms.Unexpectedly, the rustling sound startled the two maids.

Xiu Ying opened her eyes first, glanced at Li Weijian confusedly, and then said: "Fourth Master, are you awake?"

Qingwen woke up immediately, rubbed her bloodshot eyes, put her hand on Li Weijian's forehead, and then touched her own forehead.

The white and tender hands with nails painted with fairy juice moved away, and her bangs became messy. Qingwen breathed a sigh of relief: "The fever has gone away. If I take two more doses of medicine today, I don't know whether the fourth master will be fine tomorrow."

Human hearts are grown from flesh. In future generations, Xiu Ying and Qing Wen will be thirteen and twelve. Which girl of this age is not held in the palm of the hand like a treasure by her parents?At this time, I have to work hard to serve people.

Li Weijian apologized and said, "I'm sorry to bother you two."

Qingwen said angrily: "Look what the fourth master said, it is our duty to serve the fourth master. How can we not take the trouble?" After a pause, she added: "It's not that good for the fourth master right now, I think." Just don't get up yet. Xiuying, go and urge Hongyu to get some breakfast. Don't be afraid to spend some money and bring something light back."

Xiu Ying responded, got up, wrapped her clothes and left.

After a while, Xiuying and Xiangling arrived at Denuang Pavilion first, followed by Hongyu who brought the food box.But without Qingwen's instructions, Hongyu went to the kitchen early and ordered some light porridge.

He didn't eat all day yesterday and only had a stomach full of soup. Li Weijian's stomach was empty, so he was helped by Xiu Ying to sit up. The elder also ate the chicken porridge that Xiang Ling handed him spoonful by spoonful.

After eating breakfast, Li Weijian sighed: "I'm still careless. I thought it would be fine if I walked quickly, but unexpectedly I got caught. Even though I haven't been exposed to wind and cold in several years, this time I got infected. It’s really uncomfortable.”

Qingwen took the bowl of porridge and said angrily: "Fourth Master also said, how could anyone splash water all over and run back without changing clothes?"

Hongyu also said: "Fourth Master, please be careful next time. After all, it is February, and it is still cold in spring, so you have to wear a cloak when riding a horse. Fourth Master does not care about your body and bones. It is just a fluke this time. You can't save everyone." I also caught the wind and cold."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "I have a viral cold...forget it, I'll pay attention next time." After a pause, he smiled and said: "But sir, I'm lucky. The great epidemic didn't kill me back then." . Hehe, guess what you guys? In the past few years, I have never caught a cold."

The maids cursed a few more times and then dispersed to get busy.Because Qingwen and Xiuying stayed up late, Li Weijian asked the two maids to go back to their rooms to catch up on their sleep.

Xiu Ying was the most obedient, whatever Li Weijian said.Qingwen was unwilling to do so. The little girl pursed her lips and was very unhappy. She kept saying that she would guard Li Weijian until she was too sleepy, and then Li Weijian forced her to go.

Only two maids, Xiangling and Hongyu, were left in the warm room.There are four maids around Li Weijian, Xiu Ying was abducted by him, and Xiang Ling was a gift from Aunt Xue. According to the rules, they are all equivalent to second-class maids, and they hold the same monthly salary as Qingwen.Only Hongyu's slave status was still in the house. Although she received Li Weijian's subsidy and her monthly salary was the same as the others, her status was that of a third-class maid.

According to the rules, third-class maids are not allowed to serve in the master's chamber.However, Li Weijian fell ill and the room was short of manpower, so Qingwen had to reluctantly acquiesce.

Xiangling went to the yard to take care of the medicine, while Hongyu sat beside the bed and talked to Li Weijian.

Without Li Weijian asking, Hongyu talked about the big and small things in the house in the past two days.

"Fourth Master, now everyone in the house is saying that Fourth Master has suffered an unreasonable disaster, and that the whole Xue family is ungrateful. Yesterday, some women were gossiping about their wives, and Tongxi, who was around my concubine, happened to listen. Tongxi was quarreling with some women, but couldn't say anything for a while and was so angry that he shed tears."

Li Weijian asked: "What happened next?"

Hongyu shook her head: "I didn't believe it anymore... Yes, yesterday Aunt Wang brought Miss Yunping (Note [-]) to the house, first to Lixiangyuan, and then to Taitai's Yard. Later, for some reason, I got into trouble with the eldest wife, and I heard that Aunt Wang was embarrassed when she left, but I didn’t even look good to my aunt."

Prince Teng’s wife and daughter are here?Or are you here specifically to find Aunt Xue?

Li Weijian thought about it for a moment, then thought about it briefly.When the Xue family came to the capital, the whole family took refuge in the Rongguo Mansion, but refused to go to the Wang family, which was gradually gaining momentum. This shows that the relationship between Aunt Xue and Aunt Wang's sister-in-law was not good.

Previously, Aunt Xue went to the Wang family to look for countermeasures, but came back with no success. In just two days, Aunt Wang came after her again...

The head of the Xue family died early, leaving only orphans and widowed mothers. They were afraid that in the eyes of outsiders, they would be like a big piece of delicious fat.Don't say it's an outsider, I'm afraid a branch of the Xue family thinks the same way.Therefore, when the Xue family went to Beijing, they were worried that they would be devastated by their family members.

Now that the Xue family is being forced to lose its status as an imperial merchant in the capital, the seemingly behemoth thing is about to collapse. The eldest man Jia She, who is jumping up and down, can see it, so how can Aunt Wang not see it?
I'm afraid that Aunt Wang also had the intention of exterminating her family, and then she had a conflict with the eldest master Jia She.

Oh, it's really like a whale falling from the sky. Seeing that the Xue family is about to collapse, the other families will come to take a bite even if they lose their skin.I just don’t know if the Xue family can handle this.Lixiangyuan.

Xue Pan was restrained at home for a few days. He couldn't bear the boredom and made a fuss early in the morning. Finally, he got Aunt Xue's permission and happily went to free school.

The stupid overlord was heartless, and the remaining mother and daughter were worried.Aunt Xue knew that she and her sister, Mrs. Wang, could not come up with a charter, so she stayed in Lixiangyuan that day.

Due to the constant troubles at home, Baochai also suffered from coughing in the past two days, and stopped being tutored by her mother-in-law, and only stayed with her mother.

Seeing Aunt Xue sighing, Baochai finally couldn't help it and said: "Mom, how about...my daughter goes to seek a charter from Fourth Brother Jian again?"

Aunt Xue smiled bitterly and said, "Everyone in the house is scolding our family for being ungrateful. Pan'er and I have offended Brother Jian to death. If you come to visit us now, you still don't know what people are saying behind their backs."

Baochai said: "I heard something yesterday that fourth brother Jian got soaked in the water before and got cold when he came back. He had a high fever at night and he didn't get out of bed all day yesterday. My daughter was thinking, No matter what, you have to go and see it.”

Aunt Xue thought for a moment, nodded and said: "That's true. Then you send someone to find some good medicinal materials, and bring them to see Brother Jian later." At this point, Aunt Xue felt a little regretful and said : "Brother Jian disregarded the previous grudges and even gave him an idea. Looking back... I really feel that I can't help him."

Baochai was speechless for a while.If there had been a conflict that day, my mother would have taken her brother to brother Jian to express his grievances, and even if she had scolded him hard when she came back, there would have been no further trouble.

But Baochai also knows that her mother has always looked upward, so why would she care about the Li family who has heirlooms of poems and books, not to mention that the fourth brother Jian is just a branch of the Li family?
By now, it's too late to say anything.All Baochai could do was sigh along with Aunt Xue.

At that moment, Baochai ordered Ying'er to go to the side room to find Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Poria cocos, and Bupleurum, and wrapped four small packages in oil paper.Just as he was about to go out to look for Li Weijian, the maid was delighted and came to report that it was Master Bao who was here.

Before Baochai could go out to greet him, Baoyu walked in happily.

Baochai took two steps forward and said with a smile, "Brother Baochai, why are you here now?"

Baoyu looked at Baochai and said with a smile: "I heard that Sister Bao is ill, so I came over to take a look first. Is Sister Bao fully recovered?"

"It's already great. Thank you for remembering me."

Aunt Xue also came over quickly, grabbed Baoyu, and said curiously: "It's such a cold day, my son, I can't help but think of you. Come and sit on the kang."

Baoyu sat down on the kang and saw four oil paper packets on the table, which smelled faintly of medicinal materials, so he asked: "Is this... the new medicine that Sister Bao got?"

Baochai said, "My medicine is buried under the roots of a tree outside. I heard that fourth brother Jian was infected with the cold, so I wanted to go and have a look. I was just about to go out, but brother Qiaobao came."

Baoyu suddenly remembered that the servant Mingyan praised every day that the maids in the fourth brother Jian's room were all of good color.He had seen Qingwen before. She was indeed better than ordinary maids. She was originally named Magpie in the old lady's room. Baoyu felt bad about it. Baoyu said Qingwen's name in front of the old lady. So. Magpie just changed into Qingwen today.

With Qingwen's color, Mingyan said that the other girls were not inferior to Qingwen. Although Baoyu felt that Jian's fourth brother was a bit boring, he became interested when he thought about it.

He immediately jumped off the kang and said with a smile: "Fourth brother Jian is sick? Then we have to go and have a look. Why don't I go with Sister Bao?"

Baochai was speechless. He looked over at Baoyu and looked at his mother. When he saw her nodding, she said, "Brother Bao, please join me. It's not good to be empty-handed. Why don't you consider this medicinal material to be a part of Brother Bao's heart?"

Bao Yuhun said nonchalantly: "It's okay, so I don't have to worry about it. Thank you, Sister Bao."

The two of them immediately wrapped themselves in outer cloaks and walked towards the small courtyard in the northeast, facing the fine snow foam splashed outside.

At the same time, in Jia's mother's room, Daiyu heard that Li Weijian was ill and had the same idea.

Daiyu was a little worried, because she sat on the couch with Jia Mu for a while, and then tentatively said, "Grandma, I heard that Fourth Brother Jian is ill."

Jia Mu said, "Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law told me yesterday that she was splashed all over her body while digging a well. She didn't change her clothes and rode all the way in the wind, so she had a fever at night."

Daiyu said: "I don't want Fourth Brother Jian to be as sick as he is...Grandma, I was sick earlier, and Fourth Brother Jian was sending medicine, prescriptions and recipes. When he was sick, I always sent him medicine." You have to put your best effort into it.”

Jia Mu held Daiyu in her arms and smiled and said: "Okay, Yu'er also understands the relationship between people. Just go and have a look. Brother Jian is not an outsider either. His uncle Li Jijiu is a good friend of the master's family." .”

Daiyu was not a conventional person, so she immediately said: "Then I will listen to my grandmother and go and have a look."

Mother Jia added: "It doesn't look good when you visit a patient with empty hands. I asked Yuanyang to choose some supplements. You can take them with you. It's a thank you."

At that moment, Yuanyang took the order, found some nourishing food, packed a bag and gave it to Xueyan and Zicuckoo. Daiyu wrapped herself in a big cloak and held an oil-paper umbrella, and then headed to the northeast to the small courtyard.

After passing through halls and corridors all the way to the small courtyard in the northeast, Zicuckoo went up to call the door, and was welcomed in by Hongyu within a moment.

Daiyu looked around and saw that although there were not many houses in this small courtyard, they were exquisite.After entering the main room, I walked around the screen and saw Baoyu and Baochai in the Nuan Pavilion talking to Fourth Brother Jian on the bed.

Didn’t Baoyu go to school?Why did you go looking for Baochai again?

Daiyu felt strange. When she went into Nuan Pavilion to see Li, she felt a little uncomfortable when she started talking.

She smiled and said, "Hey, I'm just in luck!"

Note [-]: Wang Yunping, the second character, has no name.The original book was written by Wang Ziteng as his niece, but during the copying process it became his daughter.For the convenience of writing, the error version is copied here.

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