Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 126 No matter what is best

Li Zhongzhi sat on the armchair in front of the kang and said slowly: "I got the letter referring to the marriage, I will pay attention to the sub-mansion and the repairs later, let's talk about the sub-fu first, I have to praise the fifth master, I picked this mansion The house is good, the location is good, and the scenery is good. These two things are the most important. The fifth master has a good eye. On the evening of the day he chose it, I found a few old masters to take a closer look. The house is a bit old and needs to be repaired. There are many places, but this is not a big deal. Let’s talk about repairs, this is the old nine of Anyuan House.” Li Zhongzhi pointed to the middle-aged steward who was sitting stiffly opposite him and introduced: “It’s called Li Xiaoning, and the old nine is serving as a supervisor. He has been on the job for 20 years, and there is no way he doesn't know about repairs, and people are smart and flexible, so I don't have to worry about entrusting him with the repair of the house."

"This job happened to be assigned to Brother Nine?" Li Tian interjected, Li Zhongzhi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Fifth Sister is a sensible person, and the job of repairing the Prince's Mansion was originally to be done, but This is a general prisoner, and the job our Li family wants to take is not up to anyone else."

"Fourth Master's house is also the head of our family's children?"

"Fourth Master's house is naturally taken care of by Dongyang County Prince's Mansion. Our Li family has always been honest and responsible." Li Zhongzhi smiled very kindly, and Li Tian nodded clearly. Naturally, things that compete for profit cannot be done.

"Let's move on to the business. The first thing about building this house is that you don't have a lot of money. There are rules for building the prince's mansion. First, when the eldest prince opened the mansion, he was frugal. This rule was established. When Lao Jiu received an errand, he got his hair up." Speaking of which, it was said in the palace that you don't have to be too tight on money, if you don't have enough money, you can make up for it from the ban. This matter has to be discussed with Wu Niangzi. I asked someone to inquire about it. There is no such thing in Si Ye's mansion. What I mean is, since there are such words in the palace, there is always a need to support a little bit. You can’t let the official’s love for your son be disappointed, but you can’t pay more. Firstly, I am afraid that the officials will look back at the account book and feel sorry for Yinzi, and secondly, I am afraid that other masters will feel uncomfortable. Besides, there is Yushitai, so I don’t want to give it to the gang of Yushi who have nothing to do. Is there still Huang's family? I asked Lao Jiu to go to Qingfenglou. Although I didn't see Wu Ye, but I got the words of the shopkeeper Huang, saying that there are some shortcomings. Just write clearly and use it to send money to Qingfenglou. Come on, money will be fine."

Li Tian put down the blueprint, listened intently to what Li Zhongzhi said, and just pursed her lips and smiled. Her cousin, she looked honest and kind, she knew very well, and knew where the money was useful.This mansion will be the place where she will live every day, maybe for a lifetime or half of her life, so it is naturally the best if she can repair it to make her happy.

"Then there is the construction period. We need to repair it carefully. The construction period is very tight. Lao Jiu has calculated carefully. As long as the arrangements are made properly and the work is rushed, there is still time. The only thing is that the fifth master is in charge. Can't delay, one day's work will be missed!" Li Zhongzhi stopped talking and looked at Li Tian, ​​Li Tian tapped his chin with two fingers and thought for a while: "Is this a matter of building a house? Is it best not to bother him? Don’t bother him. If you have anything to do, come and find me. I’ll bother you. It’s the same thing. The craftsmen must be working harder than usual. It’s summer, one is wages, and the other is food and soup. Don’t worry. Kekou, I will pay the money."

"Fifth lady, don't worry." Li Zhongzhi seemed to have expected Li Tian's answer, looked at Li Tian with a smile and said, "You don't need fifth lady to pay money, so many projects, no matter where it is, it is enough to save a little money. There is one more important thing Regarding the matter, the gardener, which one does Wu Niangzi think is better?"

"There is a man named Luo Zichu in Beicheng, does uncle know?"

"I know, it's good for Luo Zi to build a garden at the beginning, but it's too expensive and the asking price is too high, so it's just him?"

"Well, the house he built is luxurious and thoughtful, it's about his wages"

"It's okay, just spread it out and go in." Li Zhongzhi took over the conversation. Li Jiu sat opposite, smiling and nodding in agreement. Li Tian looked at the two of them with raised eyebrows. What a master at making paste!
After seeing off Li Zhongzhi and Ninth Brother Li Xiaoan, Li Tian was slowly looking at the blueprints when Yue Niang came in and said, "How much money will the Huang family have to pay for repairs like you do?"

"I don't know, I have to wait for Mr. Luo to come up with the picture. Don't worry, there won't be much money. With Uncle and Brother Nine, all the things you get from the Ministry of Industry and the palace must be top-grade. If you don't waste them, you can save money." A lot of money." Li Tian said without raising his head, Yue Niang stood by the door, thought for a while and said: "Who are the rest of the bad ones? Assign them to the fourth master's house?"

"How do I know!" Li Tian interrupted Yue Niang depressedly.

After performing the tedious etiquette, the Shinke Scholars went to various state banquets, ministerial banquets, and various banquets. The state ceremony came to an end, and the piles of banquets among relatives and friends were already waiting.

The congratulatory banquet at the Prince's Mansion of Nanning County was naturally ranked very high, and there were not many people who could invite Sanding Jia all at once.

The two brothers Lin Yangfeng and Lin Yangwen greeted the guests with windy feet. Standing in the corner of the most spacious flower hall in the mansion, Lin Yangfeng looked at the distinguished guests and talents full of people, and his pride was beyond words. Will it be ranked in the top five in the capital?No, it can be ranked in the top three!

Lin Yangfeng looked around the entire flower hall over and over again, but saw Jiang Hong holding a cup in the corner of the flower hall, with his back to the crowd, looking at the flourishing flowers and trees outside the window in a daze.Lin Yangfeng walked over in a few steps, patted Jiang Hong on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Why are you hiding here alone? There's a couplet over there, it's so lively."

"The flowers outside are so beautiful." Jiang Hong pointed to the flowers and plants outside the window and smiled. Lin Yangfeng looked at it, but he couldn't see where it was good. He turned around and asked the boy for a glass of wine, and stood with Jiang Hong started gossiping: "I heard that the people who came to your house to propose marriage in the past two days are almost breaking the threshold?" Start a family and start a business, you are doing well now, you won the number one prize, this business is established first, and the other family has to be established quickly. According to your status, you should be picky and picky, but you can't be too picky "I don't think any of the families I heard from my aunt yesterday are worse than Mrs. Li's family."

"What's the matter with Mrs. Li's family?" Jiang Hong looked like a cat with bristling hair all over his body. Lin Yangfeng looked around and said with a mysterious smile: "Auntie originally wanted to propose marriage to Mrs. Li's family. You know, right? Hey, I know about this!"

"How do you know? Don't talk nonsense, right?" Jiang Hong squeezed the cup tightly with one hand, and slowly brushed the skirt of his clothes with the other hand, smoothing down the suddenly raised hair little by little. , asked with a calm smile, Lin Yangfeng looked proud: "How could I not know? Is there anything I don't know? Speaking of this, you really have to thank me."

"Thank you for what? Tell me in detail." Jiang Hongxiao narrowed his eyes.

"It's a long story." Lin Yangfeng pulled Jiang Hong aside, leaned closer and said in a low voice, "This has to start from last year. I remember I mentioned it to you once. In March last year, four Master saved Li's wife, A Ke and the others once, you always know about this, right?"

"I know this, you even thanked the fourth master on behalf of the Li family's wife." Jiang Hong nodded and replied, Lin Yangfeng said with a trace of mystery and pride on his face: "I tell you, this must have started from here Get up!"

"The matter of thanking you is not what Li's wife means, is it?" Jiang Hong is a very agile person, and his mind has turned countless times in a few words: "Is it what my aunt means?"

"I knew you were a smart person, but that's what my aunt meant!" Lin Yangfeng patted Jiang Hong. He never knew what it meant to be tempted. He was extremely honest with Jiang Hong, but Jiang Hong couldn't help listening. Lin Yangfeng let out a sigh of relief, took a sip of his wine and continued: "The reply is thanks to you." Jiang Hong shook his fingers Now, Lin Yangfeng didn't feel it, and just said it happily: "Speaking of this matter, I can't figure out what's going on. It is reasonable to say that there are differences between the inside and the outside. Later, the fourth master treats Li's wife more and more."

"This is not something we can talk about! I mean, I know about it, so you don't need to go into details." Jiang Hong couldn't help interrupting Lin Yangfeng's words, and hurriedly concealed it. Lin Yangfeng nodded hurriedly and said, "What did you say?" That's right, A Niang also said the same thing. The marriage between Li's wife and the fifth master was ordered by the government. Who dares to say anything more? If it is serious, it is deceiving the emperor! Fortunately, not many people know about it. If you didn't make such a scene, let's start from the beginning. Your mother wanted to tell you about the Li family's wife. My mother heard about it at your house on the day the provincial exam was released. Know what to do, think about it, if your aunt begged for this marriage for you, wouldn't she offend the fourth master to death? Do you want your future? After thinking about it, aunt really has no choice but to Let me go and tell the fourth master, no matter what, I can't make the fourth master angry, and I didn't dare to say more when I went." Lin Yangfeng suddenly remembered that he had confessed everything about the Jiang family, so his words were a little vague: " You also know what happened later. The fourth master made such a fuss. You said it was scary, right? Who knew that the officials would marry Mrs. Li to the fifth master. What's the matter, it's their royal business, how dare we mess with it? Do you want to have a future? Look, how dangerous it is!"

Jiang Hong only listened to the burning of the five insides, his whole body was so weak that even breathing felt extremely painful and heavy, he shook his body, and slowly leaned back against the window lattice, his legs trembling and struggling to support his body, his smile was like a mask His face was frozen, his fingers pinching the cup were pale and frightening, he looked at Lin Yangfeng who opened and closed his mouth, but couldn't hear what he said at all.

After a long while, Jiang Hongcai gradually regained consciousness, took a breath slowly, lowered his eyes slowly, suppressed the indescribable grief and anger, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Listen to what you mean, my aunt has contributed a lot to this matter." , Auntie is determined to give the Li family's wife to the fourth master? Why? Just to climb the big tree of the fourth master so that the Lin family can take advantage of the wind to rise to the blue sky? "

"I think it is, A Niang is also for our brothers, you know, I Weng Weng and Dad, alas, the son does not blame the father, A Niang can only put hope on me and my brother, A Niang is a strong one I don't know how sad it is for our mansion to decline day by day. I don't think Aniang thought so much at the beginning. Aniang herself said that this matter can only be pushed along with the flow. As for how it can be pushed So, it depends on the fate of the two of them. How can I not like the lady of the Li family? This push was successful, but it was a pity that it didn’t work out in the end. I think it's not bad, at least we and the royal family have reached a turning point, and when we go out later, they will give us a little more face. Speaking of which, the officials actually pointed out the Li family's wife to the fifth master. I can't figure it out, since the wife of the Li family pointed out the marriage, I haven't heard Aniang mention it again, and of course I didn't bother to ask, you know I have a new job and I am very busy every day."

"I really forgot, you just got a high-end job. It seems that you got it in the past few days, right? You reported the letter to the fourth master, and the fourth master rewarded you?" The anger and sneer on Jiang Hong's face almost Can't hide it, but Lin Yangfeng's awareness is extraordinary, his face was flushed with pride, he nodded sincerely and politely: "It's not considered a reward, I did a good job in the previous job, fourth master That’s what he said, he praised him very much, and he also said that I am practical and hard to come by, so I was transferred to the household department.”

"Indeed, it's hard to come by!" Jiang Hong gritted his teeth and smiled. After finishing speaking, he swirled the wine in the glass, then suddenly turned around and poured the wine into the flowers and leaves outside the window. He also threw it out, took out the handkerchief, wiped his hands slowly, looked at Lin Yangfeng who was surprised and inexplicable, his smile was like spring breeze and flowers, but the resentment in his heart exploded like a volcano.

(End of this chapter)