The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 145

Not long after the brief talk in Yushufang this time, Xiaozong re-arranged a tutor for Zhengde.This master's surname is Wang, and he is also from Jiangnan, so he is not well-known, but Zhengde has only been with him for a few days, and he feels that this person has great wisdom hidden in his chest, even compared to Mr. Bai from Bishan Academy, his ability is not weaker at all.

From then on, Zhengde put away his playful heart and devoted himself to studying with Master Wang.

This master Wang is also strange to say that he doesn't talk much about the Four Books and Five Classics, but only focuses on historical records and other things.Among them, Zhengde has learned from his sister, and some have not, but after hearing what Master Wang said, Zhengde was suddenly enlightened, and he felt more enlightened than before.

When the Supreme Emperor heard that Xiaozong had found a new master for the fifth prince, he didn't say anything, but asked someone to send a piece of Hui ink to Master Wang.

That Hui ink has an extraordinary origin, and it was a coming-of-age gift from his teacher when the Supreme Emperor was the crown prince.

According to rumors in the palace, when the eldest prince got the news, he broke a Ru kiln plum vase that night. The little eunuch who was close to him was dragged out because of his inappropriate words, and was beaten with forty sticks. He disappeared the next morning.

The inner palace is full of turmoil, and the concubines with sons are cruel to each other, and those without sons try their best to make friends with the inner servants and supervisors, hoping to regain the emperor's favor in the future.

Soon it was the Double Ninth Festival, and Mother Jia sent Li Wan to Fengwei Alley to pick up Daiyu.Ever since Lu's pregnancy, every time Li Wan came to the door, he had to bring a few small gifts that were inconspicuous but attractive.

This time it was a small basket of autumn pears, the quantity was really not much, Li Wan said a little embarrassedly: "I grow it in my yard, it is more sour than the ones bought outside. Please don't dislike it, uncle and wife!"

Lu said with a smile: "Yesterday I told Xiuyan that I was greedy for this! Grandma brought it here today. It's really drowsiness and pillows. You can come to whatever you want."

The autumn pear is not big, but it is very round and firm, with yellow skin and white flesh. It is not astringent like rotten cotton wool, but crunchy and crunchy with sweet water overflowing from the mouth.

The maidservant wanted to peel and dice the pears, but Lu Shi had already stopped her with a smile: "I eat them by myself, and I don't need to dice them. The fragrant pears smell like rust."

Mrs. Lu sent away the servant girls and the maids who served in the house, and said to Li Wan in a low voice: "I heard that Feng girl came and said that your second wife went to her secretly. Where can I borrow money? Could it be that the mansion is so difficult?"

Li Wan smiled wryly: "My uncle and wife know that our second wife is a hands-off shopkeeper. When Feng girl was around, she only looked at the results and didn't ask about the process. The money in the business is only a lot. The man spent a lot of money. We can only use small things. .The old man wanted to pay 3000 taels of silver from the account to buy an aunt. My father-in-law went to work in a local area. Even if he was an old man, who would dare to stop the old man from doing things? He did this, this month The silver that can be used by the public is less than 200 taels. Think about it, my uncle and wife, the expenses of our family, even the monthly silver of the maids and women, a few of them cost 300 taels. Could it be that the old lady and the girls Don't you want to eat or drink? My mother-in-law won't give me a penny more, so I'm in a dilemma now."

Mrs. Lu nodded lightly, and sighed a long time: "Hey, it's the end of the new year, and your family will have to hold a few more banquets this year. Feng girl is not here, and your second wife is so annoyed that she will ask you to come forward to make arrangements. The things produced in the garden, or melons and fruits, or fresh vegetables, or lotus roots, save a lot of chewing, and you will have more money in the next year, so you don’t have to be so embarrassing.”

Hearing this, Li Wan couldn't help sneering: "Didn't my uncle and wife hear about our family's new method? All the things in the garden were distributed to the servants, and we even picked one more fragrant pear and one more fragrant flower." , that is also impossible.”

Unconsciously, Mrs. Lu was greatly surprised, and hurriedly asked why.

"Hey! This is Sanyatou's idea. She originally meant well, but now it has become a bad thing." Li Gongcai gave Tanchun how to manage the family a while ago and how to disperse the work in the garden. All the stories of the old mothers were told to Mrs. Lu.

Lu Shi was surprised: "The third girl still has a bit of courage!"

Li Gongcai's sad face immediately appeared: "It was a good intention at the beginning, but my uncle and wife can't guess that those old women are the most stingy people. At first, they were able to deliver things to each room on time. It has been a long time. It doesn't matter if you see the girls or me, neither of them are the ones who fight for everything, so they are bold and secretly deduct. The fruit is delivered late, it's okay, but you shouldn't bring some stale ones. The most annoying thing is "

As soon as Li Wan mentioned this, he became angry: "The most annoying thing is that those women take the benefits for granted. Yesterday, sister Bao's girl, Yinger, broke a wicker flower basket in the garden and gave it to us. Every girl in the room, but who knows, offends the people who look at the flowers. I heard it unintentionally when passing by, and the words can be as ugly as they are. Uncle and wife don’t know, Bao girl never likes to take advantage of others. I didn’t take the initiative to ask for things in the garden, but now I open my mouth, but people are cursing in secret. Fortunately, it’s just me who heard it, if Bao girl knows, what’s the fun for everyone!”

Li Wan complained a lot, and Lu Shi patiently explained it from the side.

After a while, Xiuyan led Daiyu in, saw the fragrant pears on the table at a glance, and couldn't help laughing: "How does sister-in-law know that Mom wants to eat this?"

Li Gongcai got up quickly and pulled Xiuyan to sit beside him.

Lu Shi held Daiyu and sat beside her, and looked at Li Wan with a smile: "You sit in your seat, she is a junior, it is only reasonable that she should serve you tea and water."

"Hey, look at what my uncle and wife said, it's too late for me to love, how can I have a big girl to serve me?" Li Wan forced Xiuyan to sit on another big chair: "There are two pear trees planted in my garden. It just happened to pick up the fruit, the eldest girl likes it, I will ask someone to pick it tomorrow and send it to you."

Xiuyan didn't wait for Mrs. Lu to decline, and said with a smile: "Okay, I like pears the most, but I prefer frozen pears, which are like frozen ice cubes. When you feel hot, take a sip. It's better than any cold tea. A hundred times stronger."

Lu Shi said angrily: "The more you don't behave properly, your sister-in-law is just being polite."

"My uncle and wife have misunderstood me. I'm telling the truth. Eldest sister loves to eat, so why should I be reluctant?" Li Wan said eagerly, lest Xiuyan might misunderstand.

Li Gongcai was eager to court Xing Xiuyan, and now everyone in Jia's family could see that it was not the master Xing Zhong or his wife Lu Shi who was in charge of the entire Xing residence, but this young but extremely shrewd girl.

When it was almost noon, Li Wan was going back with Daiyu, how could Xiuyan not stay behind!Li Wan insisted on refusing, and Xiuyan had no choice but to personally send her and Daiyu to the front yard.

Li Wan took advantage of Daiyu's change of clothes and Lu's absence, hurriedly lowered his voice and whispered to Xiuyan: "Eldest sister, take a step to talk."

Li Gongcai took him under the pomegranate tree, and told Suyun and Biyue to keep a distance so that no one could approach him.

"I didn't dare to show my whereabouts in front of my uncle and wife just now. I was afraid that my uncle and wife would get angry. Let me tell you something important." Li Wan said in a deep voice: "Youshi in the East Mansion has been away with the eldest wife very much recently. Looking at the situation, it doesn't look like discussing something good. Eldest sister, you should be careful."

Xiuyan thought for a while, then looked at Li Wan suspiciously: "Dongfu never walks with the eldest lady, why did Hao Duanduan think of her?"

"You forgot." Li Wan sneered: "You's family has two beautiful girls, and Zhenri is right in front of her eyes. She can't be bothered when she sees it! Keeping filial piety in the temple is not at ease, and from time to time, people will be sent back to the mansion to greet Mrs. You. The national filial piety and the family filial piety have rushed together, and they still act like this, the eldest sister, tell me, what is this?"

Xiuyan Bingxue is smart, when Li Wan said this, she understood the other party's intention of calling her.

"Sister-in-law is saying that Youshi wants to be a matchmaker for her two sisters?" Xiuyan didn't need to think too much, she understood what Mrs. Xing was thinking.Mrs. Xing couldn't see their family living a good life for a while, Xiuyan thought that after Mrs. Xing suffered a serious illness, she had let go of all her efforts to fight fiercely, she didn't expect that she was still here waiting to trip her family!
"Sister-in-law, I can't vouch for it, but when I heard the girls in your aunt's room talking in the garden, they revealed a few words."

Xiuyan thanked again and again, not only sent Li Gongcai outside the gate, but also helped her into the carriage with her own hands.Xiuyan led Meilian, Miying and the others to stand at the gate, watching Li Gongcai and Daiyu's carriage disappear at the intersection, she turned around and walked back.

"Miss, look at the door!" Meilian pouted at Xiuyan: "Isn't that Gu Erlang?"

Xiuyan subconsciously turned around to look, Gu Erlang was wearing a snow-white scholar's uniform, holding a folding fan in his hand, looking at Xing Xiuyan with a smile on his face.

"Ouyang's family and Gu Erlang stand together, there must be nothing good!" Meilian said angrily, "Look at Gu Erlang's complacency, wait for him"

Mio was afraid that she would miss the point, so she grabbed Meilian's wrist with gravity, and said softly: "Don't make up your own mind, the girl is so smart, why can't she make up her mind?"

Gu Erlang seemed to be unaware of the atmosphere that he was not expected to be seen here at all, and happily tried to get down from the high steps in front of Ouyang's house to look for Xing Xiuyan on the opposite side.

Just halfway through, there was a sound of horseshoes at the entrance of Fengwei Hutong, and a puff of thin smoke rose quickly.

Song Chen in military uniform came galloping on a maroon horse. Gu Erlang squinted his eyes and looked around, his face froze, obviously recognizing the identity of Song Qianhu, the governor of Zhenfu.

Gu Erlang didn't have the heart to "trick" the little girl of the Xing family, so he hurriedly raised his hands to greet Song Chen.

Song Chen didn't even look at Gu Erlang, reined in the horse, and stood firmly in front of Xing Xiuyan.

Seeing Song Chen staring at her, Xiuyan panicked, "What's wrong?"

Song Chen's face was peaceful: "I heard that you are sick, so I asked Doctor Mi to make some Qingxin pills for you."

Xiuyan started yesterday morning, she was a little dizzy, and the seasons changed, she just thought it was a cold, and didn't care.

But how did Song Chen know about this?
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PS: In the next chapter, Song Qianhu PK Gu Erlang

(End of this chapter)