Second-hand lady

Chapter 40

Since the Xiayuan Festival, the originally quiet Taishi Mansion has become lively, and visitors will come to the door every afternoon.

"Ma'am, the mother who passed on the meal came to ask if I need to prepare more lunch today?" Lan Yi came over and asked.

Ru Cui was fiddling with the ledger, her brain was swollen when she heard this, and said without raising her head, "Prepare more, if you can't finish it, send it to the Minister's Office and the Scholars' Office!"

"..." Tsing Yi and Lan Yi were embarrassed at the same time, and they looked at each other, and Lan Yi signaled Tsing Yi to be smarter, and take care of Madam's out-of-the-ordinary words, otherwise she would be asking for trouble.

As for why Miss Rucui said that, it was entirely because those teenagers who came to visit almost every day in recent days, they ran here during the academy's break at noon, and besides pestering Wen Liang to ask him to accept them as students, they also came here to hang out. lunch.Naturally, there is no shortage of those pairs of chopsticks in Taishi Mansion, and it is very lively with them. Wen Liang seems to like to hang out with them, and then play with the teenagers.But Miss Rucui has managed accounts a lot recently, and she has been assimilated to a tendency to be careful and careful, so there is no room for waste.

Sure enough, not long after, a servant came to report, and Master Wei, Master Zhou, and Master Mo came over.

Miss Rucui put down the ledger that made her brain swell, rubbed her forehead, and walked to the front hall.

Seeing Miss Rucui, the teenagers sitting and talking in the living room got up and saluted respectfully, and then presented the gifts they had prepared.Although Wen Liang has not agreed to accept them as students, but these days he often plays chess with Wen Liang to discuss current affairs and policies, and he already treats Miss Rucui as a teacher's wife in his heart, so he dare not be too presumptuous.

Miss Rucui accepted their gifts generously, and then motioned them to sit down.

After the servants served tea, the little fat man Mo Qian came over and asked with bright eyes, "Mrs. Wen, is Pretty Girl here today?"

"Not here." Miss Rucui said truthfully, seeing the disappointment on his face, she said: "Qiaoqiao's grandmother has been unwell for the past two days, and Qiaoqiao has to take care of her old man."

When the little fat man heard this, he was excited, and he rubbed his fists and said, "Oh, that's great... no, this is really unfortunate! Pretty girl must be very sad, Wei Shao, Zhengxu, rest tomorrow, let's prepare a generous gift to visit Hu Grandma. Hey, Young Master Wei, I remember you still have root ginseng in your medicine storehouse, so what, I don’t know if you sell it or not, so I bought it with you!"

Hearing the little fat man's words, Wei Chaozhen had an expression of hatred for iron.There is no cure for this fat man. There are so many good-looking and aristocratic daughters in Beijing, how could this boy be trapped by a tricky little girl from Jiangnan?I heard that Jiangnan women are gentle and graceful, with tender feelings like water, but look at that little girl, she is so eloquent, she looks like a person who hates dogs, how can it be worth the little fat to chase after her?Still like this loyal dog who is determined to go to the ground?
Besides, Xiaopang, don’t forget that girl is 14 years old this year, and you are only 13 years old after the new year. An old girl who is older than you, what do you like about her?
"Go, go! My ginseng is for the ancestors! Don't sell it!" Wei Chaoxuan waved his hands like chasing flies.

"Young Master Wei, don't be so ruthless, why don't I pay twice as much?" Mo Qian said pitifully, tugging on his sleeve.

"Go away, don't bother me like a bitch!"

"Young Master Wei..."

Zhou Zhengxu drank tea calmly, seeing Miss Rucui's eyes were attracted by the two, and explained the situation to her in a timely manner.

Although Mo Qian is a little fat man, one can tell at a glance that he is a little fat man with overnutrition, but I heard that he was not like this since he was a child. I heard that he was quite normal when he was a child.But he is the only lifeblood of the Mo family, not only his grandparents spoiled him, but also a mother who doted on him, so the adults always leave the best for him, and Mo's mother wants to keep their baby healthy Kang grew up, prepared several meals a day and fed them like pigs, so poor Mo Qian grew from a little girl carved with jade into a fat little man with overnutrition. They all want to kick him to see if it makes him roll like a meat ball.

Because he is the only son of the Mo family, the family will never short his money. I heard that his mother is the daughter of the Mei family in Tongzhou. He was the most affluent among the young masters, and he probably could afford the money if he said he wanted to buy land with Wei Chaoxi.

Rucui pursed her lips and smiled when she heard Zhou Zhengxu's revelation and looked at the begging little fat man over there.Turning his eyes, he turned to Zhou Zhengxu again. This young man was born in a scholarly family. He looked gentle and elegant like a school of literati. At first glance, he looked like a Confucian scholar, but there was a little cunning under that elegant appearance. There are many literati who study, no wonder they want to learn from Wen Liang.

Until Wen Liang came back, the little fat man didn't bother Wei Chaozhen to sell him his family's ground ginseng at a high price, which made the little fat man full of frustration, staring at people bitterly with a round face.

Hearing that the servant came to report Wen Liang's return, Wei Chaozhen and Zhou Zhengxu went out to greet him very actively, and the little fat man followed behind with their heads downcast.

Regarding the appearance of the three of them, Wen Liang just raised his eyebrows, waving his fan and smiling innocently.

After the meeting ceremony, the teenagers asked Wen Liang to accept them as students in the same way, but they were rejected again, but they were not discouraged, and even stayed for dinner with the cheek.After lunch, several people sat in the flower hall to drink tea, Wen Liang asked someone to bring the chessboard, and played against Wei Chaozhen at his request.

Zhou Zhengxu and Mo Qian watched from the sidelines.

"I heard that the second prince is still sick." Zhou Zhengxu said while looking at the chess game: "It's been half a month and he still hasn't recovered. Is the second prince's body weak? The two princes fell into the water at the same time, although the next day They were all infected with the cold, but after two days of recuperation, the eldest prince recovered, why is the second prince still not recovering?"

Wen Liang shook his fan and leaned against the back of the chair, glanced at the young man who was seriously thinking about the next step, the smile on his lips seemed to disappear, "Illness comes like a mountain, and disappears like a thread, everyone's situation is different. "

Zhou Zhengxu looked up at him, the words sounded normal, but why did he feel quite meaningful when Mao came out of this man's mouth?

At this time, Miss Rucui, who was pouring tea for several people, tugged Wen Liang's sleeves, and whispered: "Master Wen, the Queen Mother called me into the palace yesterday, and I saw the second prince in the Chonghua Palace. It's amazing, that little face has lost a lot of weight. But when he saw me, he seemed so surprised that he fell down."

Several people looked up at her at the same time.

Miss Rucui returned a very calm look.

Wen Liang gently tapped the folded fan on the palm of his hand, and asked, "Is the empress dowager very angry? Did you scold you?"

Miss Rucui nodded, "Well, the empress dowager got angry at me, saying that I frightened the second prince." Then she sighed, "The empress dowager is so old, it's not good for her health to be so angry. You see His father-in-law smiles when he welcomes people, and he is in good health."

Wen Liang stopped talking immediately, complaining that when he was teaching the princes this morning, he would hear the little princes say that the queen mother was mad at something yesterday, she was not feeling well, and they wanted to prepare some gifts to visit the imperial grandmother and so on.

Zhou Zhengxu and Wei Chaohui, who understood the truth, looked at Miss Rucui with admiration, and understood that this is a master who cannot be reasoned out in the usual way.If it is said that Wei Chaohui has a grudge against Miss Rucui for kicking his ass twice, then after getting along with her these days, he understands how powerful this woman is. The military division will exclude dissidents and marry her alone.

"Girl, take it easy from now on." Don't piss off the empress dowager.Wen Liang exhorted.

"Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble!" Miss Rucui promised.

"..."

Why did they feel more worried after hearing her words?

——This is the feeling of several men present.

Soon, the topic shifted to other places. Although the teenagers are still studying in the academy, because the family and their father are officials in the court, they also have a lot of research on the current situation, and from time to time they publish their opinions on some things. Then he looked at Wen Liang eagerly and asked him to make a comment.Wen Liang mostly kept smiling and said nothing, and only occasionally mentioned something, but it also greatly benefited Wei Chaozhen.

"By the way, I heard from the women in Shuke Zhai yesterday that Qu Fangfei was looking for a woman on our ship on the Lantern Festival." Zhou Zhengxu was well informed, and immediately revealed to several people.

The little fat man asked curiously: "They want to find the pretty girl? What are they doing? It can't be that... they want to trouble the pretty girl, right?" The little fat man looked like a flower protector.

Wei Chaozhen couldn't see that he looked like a lover at a young age, so he slapped his head and pushed him aside, "Go, go, children, if you don't understand, just get out of here, don't come Live."

"Young Master Wei!"

Zhou Zhengxu smiled, and said to Wen Liang who looked over: "Sir, Miss Qu is looking for the person who played Xiao Xiao that day, and said that there will be another match. This incident alarmed the eldest prince. The eldest prince promised Miss Qu and will do his best." Find the blower."

Everyone was silent again, feeling that things were broken.

Wen Liang was still waving the fan slowly, seeing that Wei Chaoxi had dropped a piece, he picked up a sunspot and put it on the chessboard.An understatement,.I didn't care at all.

"What should I do? Will they find out that the person who performed that day is actually Mr. Mo?" Mo Qian was worried, "Qu Fangfei is so proud, if she knows that Mr. defeated her, she will definitely use Mr. as her confidant, and then... ..." She peeped at Miss Rucui.

Hearing this, the corners of Wen Liang's mouth froze, and he quietly glanced at Miss Rucui, as if she didn't hear, she was also watching the game on the chessboard, and only after she realized that they were all looking at her, did she He raised his head and blinked his eyes.

This is too calm.

In order not to cause trouble for his future teacher, Zhou Zhengxu changed the topic, "Tomorrow we will rest, little fat, why don't we go to visit Mrs. Hu at Imperial Physician Hu's residence."

"Okay, okay, I'll ask my mother to prepare a big gift!" Mo Qian nodded his head, his fat face glowing.

"Would it be better for your mother to directly prepare the dowry?" Wei Chaohui sarcastically asked.

The little fat man suddenly became shy, and twisted his head and said: "This, this is the best... The pretty girl is so cute and has such a good heart, she, she will accept it, right?"

Everyone's black line: "Hello!"

When the lunch break passed, the teenagers would also bid farewell and leave.

Before leaving, Wen Liang said: "Tomorrow, I will also go to see Grandma Hu at Imperial Physician Hu's place, so you can go with me."

Hearing this, the little fat man was very grateful to Wen Liang. If they were the only ones to go, I believe Imperial Physician Hu would definitely find out that they coveted his precious little granddaughter, and they would have to be kicked out of the mansion, but it would be different if Wen Liang led the way. up.

Compared to the little fat man's excitement, Zhou Zhengxu and Wei Chaohui were not as relaxed as they had imagined. They just felt that this man was plotting something again.

After seeing off the guests, Wen Liang took his wife's hand and walked into the room, planning to take a nap with his warm daughter-in-law in his arms in the cold winter weather.

(End of this chapter)