The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 256
Zhou Rui's family smiled and said: "My wife is the master. I don't know the minds of us slaves. We spend our lives toiling around and looking at the master's grace to live. If we meet a kind wife, we will have a good life. If we meet that stingy And cruel. We had smiles on our faces, but we didn't know how much pain we had in our hearts. Looking at the Rongguo Mansion from the outside, it was full of flowers, and we all thought that the second wife was a good housekeeper, but we didn't know that there were a lot of credits from the second grandma Lian in the past. From the maid to the old woman, who doesn't envy Lai Da's family? Look at Lai Da, although he still respectfully works in the mansion, but his own life is not bad. He built a garden, which is only a little bit worse than our mansion. Smaller. Those of us slaves see it, who is not greedy?"

Zhou Rui's family paid attention to Mrs. Lu's expression, and when they saw the other party listening intently, they became even more energetic: "There is nothing you can do about being greedy. It's because the ancestors of the Rongguo Mansion treated Lai well. Who else dares to compare! It's just closing the door and secretly It’s all about saving your own money. It’s embarrassing to say it, but for a few bunches of copper coins as a reward, who among those little girls remembers who the master is? Typical money-seekers.”

Mrs. Lu glanced sideways at Zhou Rui's family, and said with a half-smile, "Oh? Mother Zhou's words sound like experience!"

Zhou Rui's family gave a coy smile: "I have also encountered this kind of thing a few times, otherwise I would not know how dirty it is. Mrs. Xing knows that the second wife looks down on Aunt Lin. Although I, a servant, want to defend Aunt Lin A few words, but I was too lonely and unable to exert myself. The second wife called me into the back room, gave me 50 taels of silver, and asked to send it to the lotus official who was serving Aunt Lin."

Lu's body was straight, and he asked directly: "So you are the lotus official?"

Zhou Rui's family nodded lightly: "Ouguan helped to break Aunt Lin's wedding bottle, just to make trouble, and asked the Gan family to gossip behind her back. Not only that, the second wife also asked Ouguan to quietly tell Aunt Lin Write down all the dowry, and find a chance to send it back to Rongguo Mansion."

Lu's face was livid: "Doesn't Wang know exactly how much dowry Miss Lin has?"

Seeing that Mrs. Lu was angry, Zhou Rui's family hurriedly took half a step back and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, Mrs. Uncle, this is all our second wife's little calculation. She said that Mrs. Uncle will definitely make up for Aunt Lin's dowry in private. Besides, Aunt Lin has been an official for many years, so it is impossible not to leave anything to her only daughter. The dowry on the surface is only a small number, but it has been multiplied many times in secret."

Mrs. Wang is really not stupid, but it's a pity that all her ingenuity was used in useless things.

Lu Shi sneered: "I already know about this matter, don't worry, I am the most important person, rewards and punishments are the most important, I understand the kindness that Zhou's mother has treated us today. We will have a long life, and I, Lu Shi, will definitely not treat you badly." Mother Zhou."

Zhou Rui's family was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to thank him.

In order to show the importance he attached to Zhou Rui's family, Mrs. Lu personally led her out of the main hall, and asked the housekeeper's wife to send a pack of dried scallops and shark's fins as a thank you gift.Zhou Rui's family could get rewards for their unexpected actions that day, and since then, they have been more diligent in telling the Xing family what the Wang family has done to sell them well.

In addition, Lu family sent people from Rongguo Mansion, and returned to the main hall with a gloomy face. Xiuyan had been waiting by the side. Seeing that her mother was in a bad mood, she brought over cold pear juice: "Mom can't be angry, Zhou Rui's family can't be angry. Okay, so we don't have to guess wildly."

Lu snorted coldly: "I also know that there are dishonest people around Miss Lin, but it turned out to be her."

"It's not surprising, there was a Fang Guan by my side back then!" Xiuyan chuckled lightly, "But if Zhou Rui's family didn't mention it, I would almost suspect that it was that girl Xueyan."

Lu Shi was amazed: "The snow goose was brought by Miss Lin from the south, why are you so suspicious of her?"

"It's not that my daughter said that Xueyan has a second heart, but that this girl is really naive and unconventional. As long as others pay attention, she will be used by others, and even if she is used, she doesn't know where she is wrong. Chunxian, on the other hand, Although she is from Jia's family, she is always kind to Daiyu silently, she never cares about others, she is very reliable. If it wasn't for Yaner who regards Zijuan as her most powerful arm, I would like to promote that girl."

Mrs. Lu nodded slightly: "What you said is indeed reasonable. Miss Lin misses the old love. In the future, Zijuan will probably stay by her side as a confidant mother. As for Xueyan, you can find a chance to mention it to Miss Lin. Those good guys in our shop My son, after being hired out, she will become a young mistress of a rich family in a few years, and because of Miss Lin's love for Xue Yan, she will definitely agree."

Xiuyan took Lu Shi's arm: "Don't worry, Mom, I will definitely get things done before I get married."

Lu Shi burst into a smile, and nodded her daughter's forehead: "Girls from other people's families are always shy when it comes to getting married, but you are fine, and you are not afraid of others laughing at you."

The mother and daughter chatted and laughed, which relieved a lot of anxiety.Early the next morning, the butler arranged a carriage to send Mrs. Lu and her daughter to Rongguo Mansion.The relatives were very happy to meet each other. Lin Daiyu, Aunt Xue, and Lu Shi sat at Mother Jia's table.Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang led Gongcai Li and Mrs. You to sit at another table.

Several girls had a table alone, but according to the past, Shi Xiangyun was less and Li Coco was more.

Xiuyan looked around but did not see Shi Xiangyun, so she asked in a low voice, "Why don't you see Miss Yun?"

Tanchun pursed his lips and smiled: "Two days ago, her aunt sent someone to pick her up, saying she was going home to get married!" The third girl looked at Xiuyan jokingly: "When will sister Xing's happy life be? I'm afraid it will take two days. You can't go out at will, can you?"

Her question immediately attracted the attention of the people around, Xichun also asked out loudly, Yingchun only watched here with warm eyes, and did not interrupt easily.

Xiuyan smiled shyly: "It's scheduled for the eighth day of October."

"Oh, isn't that the same day as Sister Yun?" Tanchun was taken aback. Shi Xiangyun's day was obtained by her uncle who personally went to the temple to ask for it. It can be good for a hundred years.However, based on Tanchun's understanding of Shi Xiangyun, if that Nizi knew that she and Xing's sister got married on the same day, she would definitely feel uncomfortable.

Xiangyun loves face the most, her dowry is incomparable to that of the Xing family, and the two husbands and sons-in-law are even more different.

The eldest sister of the Xing family is going to marry Qianhu, the governor of the town, and Yun girl's future husband will be a playboy at best, without even any fame.

Xiuyan didn't care about Jia Tanchun's surprise, she swept her eyes and suddenly saw that there was also a table in the distance on the corridor, but Yuanyang brought a few respectable girls to drink there.Jia's mother likes girls talking and laughing the most. Her two daughter-in-laws are not up to date, Mrs. Xing is stupid, and Mrs. Wang is dumb and doesn't know how to please.Finally, there was Wang Xifeng who caught her heart, and she also separated and went out to live alone.These days, Mother Jia is either joking with her granddaughters, or can only bring mandarin ducks and wait for dominoes.

The maids started playing around, talking and laughing loudly.Mother Jia didn't care, and even liked it like this.Therefore, the table was very lively at the moment, and no one went to drink.

Yuanyang pulled Xiren to pour wine, Qingwen and Yuchuan'er booed, Hua Xiren unknowingly drank a few more glasses, his face gradually turned red, and his eyes also became smoky.She swept her eyes and saw Xing Xiuyan, so she lifted the wine pot, brought the wine cup and came here.

"Miss Xing" Xiren's footsteps were still a little unsteady, she put the wine cup on the table, and pressed the corner of the table with one hand to support her body, "I always said a few inappropriate words in the past, which offended Miss Xing, Miss Xing Daren Dayi, for the sake of my sincerity, I just drank this whole glass of wine."

The attacker was about to pour wine, but Xiuyan had already covered the wine cup with one hand, she smiled lightly: "You girl, you have so many polite words with me, besides, I have forgotten what you said. If you If you insist on mentioning it, it will ruin the friendship between Brother Bao and me."

Xiuyan snatched the jug from Xiren's hands lightly and skillfully, and casually kept aside, just smiled and said: "Brother Bao is like my own brother, you are his concubine and aunt, I have a few important words I have to say. Since I have become a woman, I should make a clear distinction with the little girls. If I don’t know, I will still be the master of the Jia family and stick to the servants!"

Everyone's eyes fell on Xi Ren's bun, which is a typical woman's attire.Moreover, Yihongyuan was never short of money, and Xiren held all of Jia Baoyu's property.Such as Qingwen Sheyue and other first-class ones, you don’t need to buy rouge and water powder from outside, but exquisite high-end products. How can the attractive clothes be comparable to ordinary ones?The idle masters Coco Li and Li Qi can't be compared with one or two.

Xiren blushed, and Tanchun hurriedly stood up to smooth things over: "Our family doesn't pay attention to those things, Xiren is kind, don't worry about Elder Sister Xing, her relationship with Yuanyang and others is comparable to that of sisters, so we don't need to be too careful."

Their table was not far from Jiamu, and the moment Xiren came over, they attracted other people's attention.

Lu looked at Jia Mu with a smile and said: "The old lady has a lot of life and a lot of children and grandchildren, which we can't even envy. Brother Lang is striving for success. In the future, he must earn his grandmother and mother a royal order. Yes Why don't you see Lan Geer and Huan boy today?"

Jia's mother laughed and said, "Our female family members eat wine, why do you ask them to come and make trouble! Uncle and wife don't know, my grandsons and great-grandchildren add up, and Baoyu can't worry about it."

Mrs. Lu nodded: "The old lady is right, but according to my opinion, although Brother Lan and Boy Huan are not called to come, Aunt Zhao should be invited to accompany her."

The faces of Aunt Xue, Wang Shi and others all changed.Only Mrs. Lu looked at Jia's mother with a smile.

The atmosphere here is not right, even the little flower noodles on the stage stopped singing, and the sound of gongs and drums completely disappeared.After waiting for a long time, the old lady smiled and said, "Thanks to my uncle and wife for helping us think about it. If Aunt Zhao gave birth to the Jia family's offspring, if she can't get on the stage, people will say that our Jia family is unkind."

Lu Shi looked in a hurry, and quickly explained: "I was thinking, Xiren is also my aunt, if she is alone here, she will not look good, it is better to ask Aunt Zhao to teach her, so that the second wife can rest assured. After all Aunt Zhao has served the second wife all these years, if Xiren has learned a little bit, what will Baoyu worry about in the future?"

(End of this chapter)