Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 80 Silver Hook for Tent Tension
That day, the Ding brothers drove a carriage, but they couldn't go more than two streets and entered an alley.This alley has the same name as Tai'anhou Hutong, and half of the alley was originally the residence of Tai'anhou.

As time passed and the three generations of Tai'an Hou family were defeated, the house was divided and changed hands, and part of it became the current General Fengen's Mansion.

The carriage and horses stopped in front of the door. Li Weijian looked at the bright door and frowned secretly.At this time, the shape of the mansion is certain, but not everyone can live in such a mansion.

Looking up, I saw that the plaque had already been removed, and the front door was deserted.Ding Rufeng stepped forward and called the door, and Ding Rusong briefly explained the whole story.

Dashun learned from the lessons of the previous Ming Dynasty and no longer restricted the clan. Anyone below the rank of king could take the scientific examination, become an official, and make a living economically.The previous generation of General Fengen had three sons. After his death, the three brothers were constantly involved in lawsuits over the family property.After a lot of fighting, the valuable items in the mansion were emptied out, leaving only this empty mansion.

An old family member opened the door. Hearing that he was here to see the house, he ushered Li Weijian inside with a sigh.There are only three entrances to this house, with a total of seventeen and a half rooms including the main room, wing rooms, and wing rooms. The moon gate on the side leads to the garden, and a clear water flows through it. There are several pavilions and pavilions, which look messy at first glance, but it is also due to neglect. , I think it will be considered exquisite after tidying up.

After seeing it once, Li Weijian thought to himself that the price of 9000 taels for a house like this in the inner city of the capital was really not expensive.There was only one thing... He called the old family member and asked: "Old man, I wonder which of the Li family is selling this house?"

The old man said: "My master is busy with his studies and is impatient with these common affairs. If this young master is interested, we can just pay in cash and go directly to Shuntian Mansion to transfer the ownership. Why bother to ask my master?"

"Ten taels?"

The old man hummed in agreement.

Li Weijian smiled and said: "I offer 9000 taels, but only one requirement is that the deed can only be counted if all three brothers of the Li family are present and sign to avoid future disputes."

The old man sneered at me and said, "Why is this young master doing this? My master is the eldest, so he should inherit this general's mansion. The remaining two have nothing to do with this matter."

How can Li Weijian believe it?Such gangsters from the clan are the most difficult to deal with, and countless wealthy people traveling to and from the capital have fallen victim to them.He, Li Weijian, didn't have time to chat with the clan members.

Seeing that Li Weijian didn't respond, the family just said that they would wait until the master was informed, and Li Weijian immediately led the Ding brothers away.After getting on the carriage, the two brothers looked at each other, and Ding Rufeng said: "Young Master has good eyesight. Although our brothers heard something about it yesterday, we are not as clear as Master."

The two of them wanted to be clever afterwards, but Li Weijian figured out the secret without the two brothers trying to figure it out.

Li Weijian looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "From now on, you can just tell me what to do. How to make decisions is my own business."

The two brothers only agreed, knowing that Li Weijian couldn't help but dare not show off his cleverness when serving in the future.

The carriage moved forward, circled around the inner city, and visited two other houses.They are all two-in-one in size, and there is no garden. They don't look much bigger than the small courtyard where Li Weijian lives today.

Buying a house these days is a must, and you might encounter it at some point.Moreover, if Chen Hongmou wants to change the law, he must first clean up the officials. After a while, there will definitely be changes in officials, and then there will be many choices.

Li Weijian was not in a hurry, and immediately ordered the two of them to rush to the Shitiao alley west of Laojuntang.This place is just a house for ordinary residents. The asking price is one thousand, two hundred taels. Across the street is Yan's Mansion.Li Weijian thought the price was good, so he simply asked the Ding brothers to buy it for him yesterday.

Halfway through the drive, Li Weijian found a restaurant and ordered some food and drinks. He stopped in an alley just before noon.When I got out of the car with the food box, I looked up and saw that the lock on the door was indeed off.Feeling a little itchy in his heart, Li Weijian immediately sent the two Ding brothers to stay here while he walked up to the door with a food box and knocked on the door.

After a while, a female voice came from the door: "Who is it?"

"Oh, me."

The door bolt fell and the door opened, revealing Siqi's face as expected.

"Fourth Master." Si Qi called softly, caught a glimpse of the Ding brothers on the carriage, and then stopped talking.

Li Weijian smiled and shook the food box in his hand and said, "Are you hungry? Let's use some for each meal."

"Eh."

She agreed, took the food box, and led Li Weijian inside.

As soon as you enter this courtyard, you open the door to the southwest, and there are three reverse-seat rooms to the south. There is a screen wall and a hanging flower door when you enter. After turning around the hanging flower door, you can find the ceremonial gate.There are two rooms in the east and west compartments inside, and three main rooms with wing rooms on both sides.

The Ding brothers said yesterday that the master's house was clean and tidy, but some household items were missing.He didn't know the place next to it, but when Li Weijian entered, he knew that the chess player must have swept through it again.The hall was spotless, and there was an extra quilt on top of the kang in the east room.

The tables and chairs in the house had long been moved away by the owner, leaving only a tattered wooden box and two stools.Li Weijian didn't mind it either. He and Siqi moved the box, spread out the food box, then lifted up his robe and sat down.

The four kinds of wine and food were served quickly, so Li Weijian didn't want anything complicated.Siqi stood aside and Xiaoyi poured the wine.

Li Weijian glanced up and said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, why don't you sit down and eat some with me."

Siqi's face was rosy, perhaps remembering the beauty in the wing that day, as red as a peach about to ooze honey.Hearing the words, he responded with a whisper like a mosquito, and then carefully sat down next to Li Weijian.

The two of them faced each other in silence while pouring wine and serving dishes. The game of chess was not as refreshing as usual.Li Weijian ate for a while, then he couldn't laugh or cry: "You used to be the most daring, how come you are so timid now?"

Si Qi lowered his head and looked at Li Weijian furtively, and said: "I, I know that I almost hurt the fourth master. The fourth master wants to beat or punish me. The only thing is... the fourth master can't ignore me in the future."

Li Weijian said: "When did I say I didn't care about you? If I really didn't care about you, would I have bought this house to house you?"

Hearing what he said, Si Qi said aggrievedly: "Fourth Master...does he want to take me in as his concubine?"

Li Weijian was startled for a moment, and then said: "You serve the second girl first. If the second girl can get married, you will come with me. I will give you a title. If the second girl can't get married, then I will try my best to ask for it." come here."

After hearing this, Si Qi showed his face and said: "Fourth Master can't coax me... I, I have given everything to Fourth Master. I can't get married in the future, so I can only become a sister-in-law."

Li Weijian joked: "If any temple dares to accept you as a sister-in-law, I will ask people to demolish it."

Siqi's heart suddenly became warm, his eyes were full of friendship, and he served him even more eagerly.Li Weijian asked her to eat with him again, and Si Qi was no longer restrained and ate generously, and even drank a few glasses of wine with Li Weijian.

After eating, Li Weijian chatted with Siqi for a while, and then he learned that Siqi's parents were not in the Rongguo Mansion, but had found work as a mason outside, and their life was difficult.There were many brothers in her family, but she couldn't find the cause. A few years ago, she asked Wang Shanbao's family and Qin Xian's family to follow Wang Xifeng's path, and then she joined the Rongguo Mansion as a maid to welcome the spring.After talking for a while, Li Weijian had an idea of ​​Siqi in front of him.She is only sixteen years old, which is when a girl is in love with her youth.He always seems to be straightforward in speaking and doing things, and he is tall and strong. He seems to have a bad temper, but in fact he is just impulsive and has some love brain.

To say that Li Weijian had any friendship with Si Qi would be a bit exaggerated. We can only say that we will look at it later.

But Siqi couldn't hide his thoughts, so Li Weijian spoke a few words and expressed his thoughts.But she was tall and strong, and when she saw Qingwen and Xiangling competing for beauty around Li Weijian, she felt that she could not compete with them, and she felt anxious, so she started to think about quick success and quick gain.

After hearing this, Li Weijian drank all the wine in his glass. Seeing Si Qi's face becoming more and more charming, he stood up and took Si Qi to the east room: "Eat and drink enough, now let's calculate what you owe." Pay it forward!"

There is a rustle, and in just a moment, the tent is pulled up by a silver hook, and is turned over by red waves.

There are words to prove it: In the gentle countryside, the spirit is healthy, and the graceful and graceful mood is strange before the wind.

After this game of chess, he met an opponent and a good talent. When the wind subsided, Li Weijian randomly pulled the sweat towel to wipe the sweat beads on his face, but the chess player seemed to have held his breath, and it took him a long time to regain his breath.

She was originally fair, but now she is fair and rosy, and she looks even more lovely.

He turned away angrily and came over like an octopus, grunting and saying: "Fourth Master, it seemed like I was going to die just now."

Li Weijian covered his waist and said nothing, so the young man was wary of sex.This opening was opened by chance, but Li Weijian was not a saint, so he thought it would be good if Siqi could take one or two days off every month, so he indulged a little more today.

After talking privately for a while, Siqi was no longer worried and could only think about Li Weijian.Li Weijian took advantage of this opportunity and said: "The eldest gentleman and eldest lady are greedy and despicable. If they know about you and me, I'm afraid they will use it as a threat in the future. If you don't take care of the two girls carefully first, I will find a way." Let me marry you together."

Siqi then said: "Fourth Master doesn't know that the second girl has a weak temper and is just a breathless person. Sometimes I stand up for her, but she stays out of it and looks like she doesn't care about anything. I'm really pissed off."

"Isn't this a good-natured person? It's better than the second sister-in-law in the stall... I think about Miss Ping'er, she has been working as a maid for several years, and she still has no explanation."

Siqi thought about it for a while and found that it was indeed the case, and then said: "Then I will follow the fourth master's instructions and take good care of the second girl."

"Oh, I know you are smart."

After a while of lingering, seeing nightfall outside, Li Weijian did not dare to delay any more. He dressed neatly and said goodbye to Siqi, then returned to Rongguo Mansion in a carriage.

After handing back the carriage and sending the two Ding brothers away, Li Weijian stepped across the hall and bumped into the laughing Wu Haiping.

Li Weijian frowned, stopped and said, "Quickly stop laughing and just say what you have to say."

"Hey, sir, Miss Qianxue wants to treat you to a drink tomorrow."

"Yeah." Li Weijian responded, smiling and speechless.

Wu Haiping said: "Firstly, I thanked the young master for asking for the body contract, so that I don't have to worry about it; secondly...hey."

Wu Haiping smiled and scratched his head, and Li Weijian understood in his heart that he was asking himself to be a witness.Forget it, let’s go take a look tomorrow.

He said: "Okay, let's meet at noon tomorrow."

Wu Haiping responded with a smile, and before leaving, he said, "That's for sure. I'll be waiting in front of the door tomorrow."

Li Weijian waved his hand, and Wu Hai left happily.He moved forward again, turned around the double road, bypassed the east courtyard, and soon reached the small courtyard in the northeast.

Hongyu came out and followed Li Weijian into the main room.It was getting dark now, and it was already past the hour. Li Weijian spent the afternoon just thinking about it, and his stomach just happened to be empty.

After changing off his coat and cleaning his hands, Li Weijian took his seat and sent Hongyushe some money to order some food in the kitchen.Hongyu left in response, and Qingwen came over with a teapot to pour tea. After just a brief sniff, she felt something was wrong.

She was suspicious and looked at Li Weijian furtively, but she happened to catch a glimpse of the new scratches on the back of Li Weijian's neck.The little girl was not a broad-minded person. After thinking about it for a while, she felt that the smell of powder was very familiar, and she immediately concluded that Li Weijian must have gone out to find Hu Meizi to hang out with.

So he immediately lost his composure, poured tea with a slumped mouth, turned around and left without saying a word.

Li Weijian was overworked and looked miserable at the moment, and he really didn't care about Qingwen's face.He just stretched his body lazily, drank tea for a while, and said a few words to Xiu Ying. When Hongyu came back with the food box, he started to devour it.

Today it was Xiangling's turn to be on duty. When the watch came, Qingwen, Hongyu and Xiuying left early, leaving Xiangling alone in the room to serve.

Li Weijian hurriedly washed up, rolled up his quilt and fell asleep.

At the same time, Qingwen in the west wing was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Fourth Master Jian has always been kind and generous to others. Who wouldn't like him in the whole family to praise him?I was originally a person who cared about my body and bones. Knowing that I was young, I always tolerated it.I hate that Dongfu, it’s not Dongfu who did such a shameless thing, how could Fourth Master Jian be so knowledgeable about the taste?
The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. Qingwen scolded Dongkuoyuan'er all over the place in her heart, even scolding the old man's pug raised by his concubine - he usually pounced on pretty girls when he saw her, so he was also a perverted dog!
The angrier you are, the harder it is to fall asleep.Qingwen thought that she had to persuade Fourth Master Jian to return to the right path.It's about eating the marrow and knowing the taste... There are so many girls around me, which one is not better than the foxy girl outside?

Thinking of this, Qingwen got up and said, "Hongyu, are you asleep?"

"Huh?" Hongyu was about to fall asleep, but woke up immediately after hearing this.

Qingwen rustled to the ground and held the lamp, holding the candlestick and placing it on the table. She turned to Hongyu solemnly and said, "Fourth Master... I went to look for that foxy girl again today."

"what?"

Hongyu was shocked, but in fact she was even more thoughtful than Qingwen, so how could she not notice it?

Qingwen sat on the edge of the kang and said, "It's okay to do this once or twice. I just think it's stealing. But if it goes on like this for a long time, it's not reasonable." She turned around and saw Xiuying huddled in the quilt and blinking. Looking around, Qingwen lifted the quilt and said angrily: "Don't sleep anymore. The fourth master is going to be seduced by Hu Meizi. How can you sleep?"

(End of this chapter)