Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 49 Brother Zhen doesn’t think so too, does he?

Liu Quan lived upstairs, and Li Weijian caught a glimpse of the chaos. He was only slightly happy at first, and then frowned.

The carriage he used was Jia's carriage, and it was parked in front of Liuquanju. If Jia Rong and Jia Qiang caught a glimpse of it right now, I'm afraid he would be implicated later.

Li Weijian secretly thought that Zhou An was also insidious this time, and his move was clearly to drive a wedge between himself and the Jia family.

The capital is a place where talents gather, and you must be extremely careful when doing things, otherwise you will fall into a trap if you don't check.

Thinking about this, how could Li Weijian dare to continue having fun?He immediately hurried downstairs, called Wu Haiping, and hurried back.

Wu Haiping drove the carriage for a while, then turned around and whispered: "Sir, those two young masters were beaten for fun. Why don't you stop the carriage in the alley and go back by yourself?"

"What are you thinking about? This matter is not my idea in the first place. Let's go back as usual, so as not to be delayed for a moment and a half and be suspected later."

"Young master, what you said makes sense...but it's just too unpleasant." Wu Haiping waved his whip and said, "If it were me, I would definitely watch the fun in the crowd. Dare you plot against me? Grandma!"

"So you are the coachman and I am the master." Li Weijian teased cheerfully. Without waiting for Wu Haiping to reply, he lifted the curtain and handed over a stack of banknotes without any fireworks.

Wu Haiping turned his head and glanced, suddenly confused: "Sir, what are you doing?"

"Take it, since Qianxue is with you, we can't let my girl's family suffer. Use these for spending first. If you don't have enough, you will tell me."

"Hey, that's what I said." Wu Haiping happily accepted the banknote and twisted it a little. This is 200 taels of silver!

He earns only three to forty taels a year as a green-skin trader in Jinling, and can support his family.This two hundred niangs can save some money, enough to last seven or eight years.

Wu Haiping was so happy that his molars were exposed, and he said with emotion: "I have been following the young master for half a year, and now I can finally see the money back."

Li Weijian smiled and said, "Just follow me carefully. From now on, you will be indispensable for your good deeds!"

Wu Haiping took advantage of the situation and agreed: "Don't worry, Sir, you can just watch from now on!"

Li Weijian had a smile on his face and said nothing else.Putting down the curtain, I secretly sighed in my heart, my family background is still very poor and I don't have anyone around me that I can use.

Wu Haiping has a close relationship with Prince Zhongshun, so he needs to use it but also guard against it.Spending money now is to raise the threshold for outsiders to bribe Wu Haiping, lest Wu Haiping get the benefits of three melons and two dates and sell himself out.

After two years of accepting Xiu Ying, Wu Haiping became his advantageous brother-in-law. As the relationship became closer, he would naturally worry about selling himself out easily.

As he was thinking about it, a shout suddenly came from the back compartment, followed by a horse crossing the carriage and approaching.

Immediately, the young man eagerly held his hands in his hands: "The young man is the young man next to Mr. Rong in Ningguo Mansion. May I ask who is sitting in the car? Please do me a favor. Mr. Rong and Mr. Qiang were ambushed. I have difficulty moving right now, so please ask the man in the car to help me take him back to the house."

Wu Haiping frowned and was about to scold him.Behind him, the curtain was lifted, revealing Li Weijian's extremely surprised face: "Brother Rong, what happened to Brother Qiang?"

"Uh... I've met Fourth Master Jian."

The young man looked awkward, knowing that Jia Rong and Jia Qiang had plotted against Li Weijian before, and now he wanted help from someone else, not to mention those two people. The young man felt awkward in his heart.

The boy endured the awkwardness and talked for a long time. Li Weijian frowned and said: "In broad daylight, where did this naughty idle guy come from? Has he reported to the official?"

The boy said: "The Shuntian government officials have been here a long time ago, but the group of people fled quickly. I'm afraid I won't find them for a while."

Li Weijian nodded and said: "Hey, that's what I said. Haiping, turn around and pick up Brother Rong and Brother Qiang." As he spoke, he opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, pointing to the inner city gate ahead. : "It's not far to the left or right, I'll just walk back."

Wu Haiping curled his lips and said, "Young Master, you are kind-hearted. If it were me... hmph!"

"Stop saying weird things and go pick them up quickly!"

Wu Haiping said no more, found an alley, turned the carriage, and followed the boy back.

Li Weijian walked slowly and strolled towards Rongguo Mansion.After a while, Wu Haiping drove his carriage past him, and then winked at Li Weijian.

Li Weijian didn't know what he meant, but when he saw that he had not gone far, the wheel happened to hit a pit, and a scream like a slaughtering pig suddenly came from the carriage: "Bison fucked! Can you drive the car?"

Li Weijian smiled secretly in his heart, thinking that these two guys are good at this!
This walk is naturally inferior to a carriage and horse. By the time they return to Rongguo Mansion, it will be the second quarter of Shenchu.The weather turned warm at the end of February, and Li Weijian was sweating all over after walking. When the wind and sand blew, he felt a little gray when he entered his small courtyard.

Hongyu came up to greet him and immediately handed over the handkerchief: "How did Fourth Master do this?"

Li Weijian said happily: "Forget it, I bumped into Brother Rong and Brother Qiang on the way and got beaten for some reason, so I gave the carriage to them."

Hongyu was startled: "Is Fourth Master okay?"

"I just took two more steps, what's the matter?"

"That's good--"

At this time, Qingwen also came out. After hearing what Li Weijian said, she immediately said with a sullen face: "Fourth Master is so kind. If it were anyone else, who else would listen to him?"

Li Weijian did not answer, but asked Qingwen and Hongyu: "Are you still coughing?"

Qingwen said: "It's great. Fourth Master's garlic juice is really useful. After two days of taking it, my throat feels much better."

Li Weijian did not correct Qingwen's remarks, but only allowed Shiran to enter the main room. After Xiangling fetched water, washed his hands and face, and changed into clean clothes, he sat down and rested.

After dinner, Hongyu picked up the food box and asked Li Weijian what he wanted to eat. Li Weijian casually ordered two things, and Hongyu took some money from Qingwen and left quickly.

It was calm in Rongguo Mansion today. Li Weijian asked a few questions and then began to think about it secretly.

Going out today was the right thing to do, and as expected, I bumped into Zhou Changshi.As the saying goes, there is no airtight wall, and he was afraid that the news about [-]% of the water company's shares would be spread tomorrow.

Now that we have decided to be reluctant to sell, it is natural that we won’t be able to go out for a while now, so we have to stretch our hair for a few days before talking about it.On the other hand, in Jia's house, I'm afraid we'll hear the news tomorrow, right?

Little did he know that the East and West mansions had already gotten the message.

Ningguo Mansion.

In the main hall of Three Rooms and Five Rooms, Jia Zhen was calm and focused, slowly sketching with a pen. When the pen and ink fell, a picture of a beautiful woman appeared on the paper.The concubines around her came up and praised her without words, but Jia Zhen's face was languid.

A few days ago, my daughter-in-law, Qin Keqing, fell ill, ranging from good to bad. She invited two imperial doctors for consultation, but she couldn't get better even after taking decoction and medicine as food.

Today, I got a letter from the Yamen, saying that the saint took pity on you because of the rising investment fees, so he allowed you to pay one to three cents to buy shares in the water company.According to grade, Jia Zhen got a share of [-] shares.

The money was neither too much nor too little, so Jia Zhen didn't care. She made up her mind early in the morning and paid it tomorrow.As for the fact that Li Weijian had a lot of money in his hands, although he heard about it, he didn't think much about it. At the moment, most of Jia Zhen's thoughts were on his daughter-in-law.

Shi Shiran sighed, and suddenly looked at the concubines who were not interested, so he waved his hands like coaxing flies: "Everyone, please go down, I will be alone."

Jia Zhen said in the house that the concubines did not dare to get into trouble, and they left in a short time.

After a while, the steward Yu Lu suddenly came to see him.Jia Zhen patiently let her in. Yu Lu saw it and said politely, "Young man, I heard something. It may be said that it can cure the young lady's body. I don't know whether I should say it or not."

When Jia Zhen heard this, she immediately perked up and shouted: "How many generations of slaves do you think this should be done? Please tell me quickly!"

Yu Lu bowed and said quickly: "I heard from a servant in the Xifu that Grandma's cousin, Fourth Master Jian, is holding a prescription in his hand. It may be a fairy prescription obtained from Maoshan. It doesn't matter what it is. Symptoms, take two doses and the disease will be cured."

"Really?" Jia Zhen was immediately overjoyed.

Yu Lu said: "I have inquired carefully. Miss Lin, who is next to the old lady, fell ill again a few days ago. Fourth Master Jian gave me a jar of medicine and she was fine after taking it for two days. It is said that Fourth Master Jian was cured." The maid in my master’s room has been suffering from the cold these days, and she eats the same way.”

Jia Zhen stood up with her hands clasped behind her hands, walked back and forth for a few steps, and said with a happy face: "It's inappropriate for you to leave a post for Brother Jian..." He suddenly remembered that he had done something about Jia Rong some time ago. , I have already begged Li Weijian once, and now I still owe a banquet.

After pausing to think for a moment, Jia Zhen stroked her beard and said, "Go down and prepare a banquet later. I'll go and invite brother Jian myself."

At the moment, Jia Zhen didn't care about the servants preparing the sedan chair, so she walked quietly in the carriage, led a few boys, and headed towards the West Mansion.

Jia pardons the children.

The eldest master Jia Shexin got a beautiful concubine and had plenty of money. He only played naughty things at home for two days and then lingered in the brothel outside.

Although I was very drunk that day, I returned to the mansion in time.

After entering the Eryi Gate in the east courtyard, the mother-in-law spoke, and concubines and other concubines came out to welcome her.Mrs. Xing saw that Jia She had drunk too much wine, so she quickly ordered her maid to prepare sobering soup, and also sent people to prepare hot water and so on.

Jia She entered the main room, sat down and drank the sobering soup. His drunkenness gradually faded, and he sent his concubine away. He sat upright, twirling his beard and frowning, thinking endlessly.

Mrs. Xing accompanied Xiaoyi, came over and asked, "Does the master have something on his mind?"

"Huh? Well..." Jia She didn't answer and asked: "Did you go to Lixiangyuan today? What did my concubine say?"

Mrs.

"That's good." Jia She was used to spending a lot of money, and he spent most of the 3000 taels of silver in just ten days.Thinking of the letter he got today, Jia She silently made some calculations. If Che Qinghe got the 2000 taels of silver, he would also have the money for this stock.

But he also got the news that Li Weijian actually held [-]% of the water company's shares!Jia She immediately became interested.

He silently calculated that the water channel was now earning 10,000+ taels of silver per month. When the water company opened, it was said to be a move to benefit the people, but it couldn't be a loss, right?

Even if the water price is halved, that's still 10,000+ taels of silver in that month, and 2% of the shares is just [-] taels!
Money attracts people's hearts, not to mention that the eldest master Jia She is a money-hungry person?
At this time, he had forgotten what he said to offend Li Weijian a few days ago, and secretly resented why Li Weijian was the cousin of his second wife, Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law. It would be easier to talk about if he had anything to do with his family.Now it's hard to find a reason to find Li Weijian.

Mrs. Xing saw Jia She's expression change suddenly, and she thought for a long time, and then she said: "Master, these two girls are getting older, and they are about to get married. Master, I have to think about all the arrangements." ”

"Huh?" Jia She looked at Mrs. Xing suspiciously.

He rarely asked about the Spring Festival, and Mrs. Xing rarely asked about the house filling, so why did he suddenly talk about the Spring Festival now?

Little did he know that Si Qi had been seeking advice from Wang Shanbao's family during these free days. Seeing that Li Weijian's situation was rising, the Wang Shanbao family also began to think of finding a good place for their granddaughter.

So I went to find Mrs. Xing early this morning. She only said that Li Weijian came from a small family. The second girl was marrying off during the Spring Festival, so she didn't dare to say anything about the meager dowry.In this way, by saving money on weddings, Li Weijian will have a good life and a bright future, and the two girls will probably be very happy about it. Wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone?
Mrs. Xing thought about it for a while, and she was really interested.

Jia She also had a reputation as a womanizer, but Mrs. Xing was just greedy for money.When she got married a few years ago, for fear of being looked down upon by the Jia family, Mrs. (Note [-])

When he entered the house, he was even more careless about flattering him. He didn't care how ridiculous Jia She was, and he only focused on making money for himself.

Although the second girl is getting married in the spring with a sum of money from her father-in-law, Dongquaoyuan still has to show off.If you really marry Li Weijian, you will save the cost of marriage.So, wouldn't this money just fall into her hands in the future?
Because it was only now that Mrs. Xing brought it up.

Seeing Jia She glance over, Mrs. Xing suddenly smiled stiffly and said, "Master, am I right?"

But he saw the suspicion on Jia She's face fade away, and he suddenly smiled. He clasped his hands and praised, "Yes, why is it wrong? Hahaha, that's so right! Why didn't I think of that!"

Stay!It’s the best time for men to get married when they are college students, and for women when they are college students. This is the best way to start!
After thinking about it carefully, Jia She suddenly thought that if the marriage was decided and Li Weijian became his son-in-law, wouldn't it be too much to give some stocks as a betrothal gift?

The more Jia She thought about it, the more beautiful it became. He rubbed his hands and stood up, pacing back and forth.He didn't have much in the city, so he couldn't bear to wait. He immediately called a maid and said, "Go and leave a message for Brother Jian. Tell him that I have something to discuss with him."

The maid agreed, took Jia She's name card, and quickly went to the backyard to find Li Weijian's residence.

After a while, the maid came back alone.

Jia She couldn't wait to ask: "What did Brother Jian say? When will you come?"

The maid bowed down and said, "Come back to me, Master Jian. Fourth Master Jian is currently entertaining guests. He just said that he would come visit me later when I have some free time."

"Huh?" Jia She frowned and said, "The man named Li takes himself too seriously... What kind of customer is he treating?"

"Sir, it's Uncle Dongfu Zhen."

Jia Zhen?

Jia She recommended himself to others and immediately became anxious: "Oh no, Brother Zhen doesn't want to marry Xichun to someone named Li, does he?"

Note [-]: Xing Dequan mentioned in the original article that Mrs. Xing’s marriage left the Xing family empty, which shows that she has a selfish character.

(End of this chapter)