Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 50 The big boss’s plan

But it was said that Jia Zhen led a few servants and walked excitedly towards Rongguo Mansion. Unexpectedly, they met a carriage coming from the west of Ningrong Street halfway.

Jia Zhen didn't pay attention, but the driver suddenly shouted: "Sir, Uncle Rong and Mr. Qiang are in trouble!"

"Huh?" Jia Zhen stopped, raised her eyes and glanced over, and then she saw that next to the driver was Lai Shangwen, the boy next to Jia Rong. (Note [-])

Lai Shangwen had a sad face and jumped out of the carriage before it stopped. He opened the curtain to reveal Jia Rong and Jia Qiang who were moaning in the carriage.

I didn’t mention it in the previous article, but I said that Wu Haiping had bad intentions along the way and chose the bumpy places to pass through, which knocked Jia Rong and Jia Qiang half to death.

In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he drove Wu Haiping away and ordered his valet Lai Shangwen to drive the car.This Lai Shangwen had never done the job of a coachman before. He whipped around randomly, which was fine at first.After entering the inner city gate, the mule suddenly went crazy and ran rampantly, breaking the axle of the axle.

Lai Shangwen suffered a bruise and a swollen face. The two people in the carriage were even worse. Jia Qiang, who was originally only injured in the flesh, actually broke her leg!

Lai Shangwen had no choice but to spend money and hire a carriage, so he only arrived at the door of his house.

Lai Shangwen spoke briefly and explained the underlying reasons.However, at this moment, Jia Zhen's mind was completely focused on asking Li Weijian to treat Qin Keqing. How could she have the patience to pay attention to this matter?
He immediately frowned and scolded: "What a beast! I'm used to causing trouble. I don't know how I got beaten this time! I'm in trouble now, so I must teach you a lesson. Send him home, don't do it." Bother me!"

Lai Shangwen felt bored and had to rush the driver to Ningguo Mansion ahead.

Jia Zhen secretly thought of bad luck, scolded Jia Rong in her heart, and led a group of servants into the Rongguo Mansion.

The two houses of Ning Rong and Ning Rong were in the same spirit. Jia Zhen only said that she was looking for Li Weijian. The disciples and servants did not dare to neglect, so they hurriedly assigned one person to lead the way.

Jia Zhen walked through the corridor in front of Yiyi Gate, walked around the east cross courtyard, and arrived at Li Weijian's residence not far away.

As she approached, Jia Zhen let out a long sigh of relief, the anger on her face faded, and she began to smile.

The servant came forward to call the door, and after a while a smart maid came forward to greet him.Knowing that it was Jia Zhen who was visiting, Hongyu did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went inside to report.

After a while, Li Weijian went out to greet him. He held his hands in his arms and said, "Brother Zhen, why are you here? Hey, don't wait outside. Please come in quickly."

Jia Zhen said with a smile: "I came here uninvited, but I became a bad guest. Brother Jian, please don't be upset."

Li Weijian said: "Where are you talking? Brother Zhen is such an important guest. I can't even invite you here."

Li Weijian smiled and let Jia Zhen into the room. Jia Zhen caught a glimpse of the untied dishes on the table.Immediately said: "Brother Jian, haven't you eaten yet?"

Li Weijian asked Jia Zhen to sit down, then sat down and said, "I came back a little late today. Before I reached the inner city, I met Brother Rong's boy from your mansion. He said that Brother Rong and Brother Qiang were ambushed. I had no choice but to get a carriage and let it carry Brother Rong and Brother Qiang back."

"What about this one?" Jia Zhen said immediately: "Brother Jian, don't worry about it from now on. That bastard never knows what to say. This time, he may have provoked some noble family's children, and then he suffered revenge."

Li Weijian smiled and agreed, but secretly thought that Jia Rong had been beaten twice and Jia Qiang had been beaten once, so this revenge was avenged.

Jia Zhen paused and said the reason for her visit: "Brother Jian, I am here this time. Firstly, because of that bastard incident last time, I wanted to invite Brother Jian to come over and have a banquet. Secondly, there are also I have something to ask Brother Jian."

"Brother Zhen said it doesn't matter. I will try my best to help if I can."

Jia Zhen sighed quietly: "My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Qin, has been ill for more than ten days. I have not been able to get better after asking for medical advice. I heard that Brother Jian is good at qihuang. Could you please give Brother Jian to my daughter-in-law there?" Qin, would you like to take a look?"

Li Weijian said sternly: "It seems there is no problem, but I need to make it clear first. Brother Zhen, my medical skills are only mediocre. I can treat someone with a headache and a fever, but I'm afraid it won't be good for others."

"Brother Jian is too modest. I heard that you have a secret recipe."

Li Weijian thought to himself that the house was really full of air, and he couldn't hide his allicin.He immediately nodded and agreed: "That's okay, Brother Zhen said this. If I push him further, I don't know how to praise him."

Jia Zhen was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, I know Brother Jian is a quickie. So, without further delay, why don't Brother Jian come with me right now?"

Li Weijian was about to agree, when someone called the door suddenly. Hongyu went over to ask, and when she came back she reported: "Fourth Master, the eldest master invited the Fourth Master to go to Dongkuoyuan. He said he had something to discuss with the Fourth Master."

Discussing something?The night owl came to the door no matter what. This Jia She must have heard that he, Li Weijian, had shares in the water company.

"This-" He looked at Jia Zhen.

Jia Zhen said: "Let's send it away first, just say that brother Jian will follow me to Dongfu today. If Uncle Pardon is to blame, just say that I forced brother Jian."

Hongyu looked at Li Weijian, who nodded, and then she turned around to inform him.

Without further ado, Li Weijian ordered Hongyu and Xiuying to accompany him, put on his outer cloak, chatted and laughed with Jia Zhen, and headed towards Ningguo Mansion.

He is thoughtful in this way. Hong Yu is smart and Xiu Ying is extremely powerful. If something happens to her, she is expected to be able to cope with it for a while.

The group of people came out from the side door, bypassed the private alley, turned to Ningrong Street, walked eastward and entered through the West Corner Gate. On the way, Jia Zhen pointed, Li Weijian walked around and looked at the flowers, saw the Jia Family Ancestral Hall, and also saw the Jia Family Ancestral Hall hidden behind it. Huifang Garden.

The banquet had not yet been prepared. Jia Zhen invited Li Weijian to sit in the study, but Li Weijian said: "I'm not busy, Brother Zhen. Since I'm free now, why not go and see Brother Rong's daughter-in-law first."

"That's okay." Jia Zhen agreed in a hurry.

The two of them entered the corner gate and reached Jia Rong's courtyard. They could hear shouts like slaughtering pigs in the distance.It happened that an imperial doctor came out of the main room, saw Jia Zhen face to face, and immediately reported: "Master, I'm afraid Uncle Rong has broken his arm."

Jia Zhen just waved her hands and said impatiently: "Do I care about the life and death of that beast? How can Mrs. Qin recuperate with such noise?" She turned to look at the young man and said: "Go and invite Madam, just say that Mrs. Qin is here." It's not appropriate to rest, so why don't we move Mrs. Qin to Madam's courtyard first?"

The boy agreed and hurried to deliver the order.

Jia Zhen extended her hand to invite again: "Brother Jian, please."

"Brother Jane, please."

The two of them entered side by side, ignoring Jia Rong who was crying and howling in the west room. When they went to the Dongnuan Pavilion, they saw two maids serving Qin Keqing, all dressed up.

Qin Keqing's face turned pale. He forced himself to sit up and bowed, "Master, Fourth Uncle Jian."

Jia Zhen frowned and scolded: "Why are you up? You are sick. It's not good to toss back and forth. Just lie down. Ahem...Brother Jian is also a relative of his own family, not an outsider." Li Weijian didn't squint his eyes and waited for the maid to move in. He sat down on the round stool and checked Qin Keqing's pulse through the silk handkerchief, and briefly asked about his symptoms.

Li Weijian's medical skills were at best two swords, but there was nothing fishy about them.After thinking for a long time, he said: "Perhaps I have overthought it. Brother Rong's daughter-in-law should not think too much. Relax in everything and take care of her, and her health will eventually get better."

Jia Zhen on the side nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that's what the imperial doctor said. Brother Jian, do you think you can use your secret medicine?"

Li Weijian stood up and said: "It doesn't matter. There may be some inflammation. My medicine is only effective for inflammation. In this way, I will have someone prepare the medicine when I have time tomorrow, and I will have it delivered when it is ready."

Jia Zhen smiled as if she was relieved: "Brother Jian's secret medicine, I think it will be great." As she spoke, she looked at Qin Keqing, then reluctantly looked away for a moment, and invited Li Weijian to a banquet.

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were injured, and You, a housewife, could not keep him company, so there were only Li Weijian and Jia Zhen at the banquet.

Jia Zhen came just as Li Weijian moved his chopsticks. He was very hungry and was about to eat after a glass of wine.

Because of Li Weijian's age, Jia Zhen couldn't persuade her to drink, so she could only drink one cup after another.After a while, Li Weijian didn't do anything, but Jia Zhen was drunk.

During the dinner, Jia Zhen talked a lot, and the few words she said always turned to Qin Keqing, saying that Qin Keqing was more than ten times better than her son Jia Rong.He would rather give up Jia Rong than keep Qin Keqing.

After drinking, Jia Zhen burst into tears, which made Li Weijian confused!
Fortunately, the maid who was serving him saw something was wrong and quickly went to invite Mrs. You, thus resolving Li Weijian's dilemma.

So Li Weijian met Youshi.As expected, this Youshi was a good-looking woman, about the age of a middle-aged woman. She ordered someone to help Jia Zhen back, and gave Li Weijian a ride. She said something like, "Wait a while," and so on. He also ordered his servants to pick up lanterns and send Li Weijian back to his house. (Note [-])

Let's not mention this, let's talk about the eldest master Jia She's courtyard.

Since the maid replied that Li Weijian followed Jia Zhen to the East Mansion, the eldest master Jia She began to think randomly.

Referring to others, hearing that such benefits are in Li Weijian's hands, how can he not stop thinking about it?
Jia She and Jia Zhen usually got along very well with each other as they indulged themselves at home, but now they secretly scolded Jia Zhen for being a solitary eater.

While he was thinking wildly, he sent people to find out when Li Weijian would come back.Just wait until the next update.

The maid finally came to report that she saw Li Weijian being sent back by the servants of Dongfu.

Jia She had the intention to look for Li Weijian right now, but he also knew that it would be dark outside right now, so he was afraid it would be inappropriate.As a result, she frowned and even had no thoughts of playing naughty concubine.

Mrs.

"You're a woman, you don't understand!" After scolding, Jia Shedama Jin Dao sat down and took a cup of tea to drink.Xu Shi felt depressed and felt really uncomfortable, so he said, "Sir, I got good news today. The government is going to set up a water company..."

He immediately told Mrs. Xing about the letter he was about to receive.

When she heard about the business of guaranteeing the harvest in case of drought and flood, and sharing the money by taking advantage of the land, Mrs.

"What do you know?" Jia She lowered his voice and said, "The idea of ​​the water company came from Li Weijian! There is news circulating in the inner government that the emperor was grateful for Li Weijian's contribution and set aside [-]% of the shares for him."

"Ah? [-]%!" Mrs.

"One or two thousand? There are millions of people in the capital, and they spend more than 30 taels of silver every month. If you cut it in half, it will still be a small 20 taels. The interest will be divided according to the shares. Li Weijian can earn 2 taels of silver in a few months!"

"2 taels!" Mrs. Xing raised the door and almost lost her voice.

How much does a family like Rongguo Mansion receive per year?I'm afraid it's not as good as the amount Li Weijian earns every month!

Mrs. Xing has been secretly building a prestige for herself over the years, and the wealth she has accumulated is nothing compared to it.

Mrs. Xing was so frightened that her heart beat wildly. It took her a long time to calm down, and then she remembered why Jia She cared so much about those relatives who were beyond his reach.

"My master's intention is -"

Jia She said: "Li Weijian is appreciated by the saint and has such a family fortune. If Yingchun is betrothed to him——"

"Golden tortoise son-in-law!"

"Here! He's not just a golden turtle son-in-law!" Jia She clapped his hands in praise and said casually and proudly: "After we get married, as the father-in-law, if I ask my son-in-law for some money to spend, he can't turn him away, right? Yes, our family background is here, and he is going to be married off in the Spring Festival, so this betrothal gift...at least some stocks, right?"

Mrs. Xing laughed so hard that she almost drooled: "That's what the master said."

Jia She laughed a few times, then frowned and said, "It's a pity that Brother Zhen took the lead this time. If Xichun is determined, we will be in vain."

"No, Xichun is only eight years old, why is there any need to be so anxious?" Mrs. ?

She suddenly became more anxious: "No, I have to take care of this matter." After thinking about it, she calculated: "The second girl is fourteen, and Li Weijian is thirteen, so they are about the same age. Now that we have decided, it will be just right. The son got married two years later.

No, I have to call the second girl over tomorrow to give her some advice.Take the second girl to see Li Weijian again? "

Jia She had already been interested in money, and he didn't care about Yingchun's comments at all, and just said: "Okay, that's it. Yingchun was born with good looks, and I heard that the maids around Li Weijian were all good-looking, which made the two With so many people in contact, I don’t believe that the person named Li can’t be careless!”

"Master is so calculating!" Mrs. Xing praised with a smile.

The couple looked at each other, and they were overjoyed, thinking about the annual income of the ten shares. Oh, oh, I don't dare to think about it.

Perhaps he was talking too much, and Li Weijian, who had just washed up, sneezed repeatedly, which made Qingwen very concerned.She urged Li Weijian to get out of bed, and added more hoarfrost charcoal to the smoke cage. Finally, Qingwen gritted her teeth, and simply got into Li Weijian's bed again while wearing her middle coat.

Qingwen tilted her head and looked out of the bed, and whispered: "I, I'm afraid that Fourth Master will catch cold again at night."

"Yes." Li Weijian reached out and held Qingwen in his arms, feeling the orchid breath, and patted her back gently: "Go to sleep."

Note [-]: The second character is one of Lai Sheng’s two sons. The original text did not mention his name.

Note 40: Some book friends raised objections to You's age. I checked and found out that while admiring the moon at Tubi Villa, You claimed to be in her 32s and had been married to Jia Zhen for more than ten years.And several analysts said it was about [-] at this time.

(End of this chapter)