The Red Chamber: Lianyufengchai

So long-winded started from when she entered Jia's house, how to see Brother Lian's prudent behavior and mature work, and how she cared about it. One after another, such as a lot of family treasures, I am afraid that what she said in a few months will still be lost. Not so much now. Not only the old lady, but also Jia Zheng Wang's husband chain is all embarrassed. None of the people here are outsiders. What happened back then? Before Madam Wang counted the rosary with her eyes, Jia Zheng only had to break two or three of them. ,. The smile on the old lady's face is gone. It is because she is Jia Lian's mother, she is let her. In theory, if the old lady ascends to heaven, she will be the next ancestor of the Rong mansion. Jia Lian has no choice but to He stood up and interrupted Mrs. Xing: "Madam, my son has something to report to you. The uncle of the Xing family has sent someone to pick up sister Xiuyan and go back to Suzhou. My son is in a dilemma and wants to ask Your wife's instructions."

"Xiuyan"

Poor to see, if Jia Lian hadn't mentioned it, Mrs. Xing would have forgotten her. She coughed unnaturally, "Xiuyan has lived for so long, since his family came to pick him up, he should go back. A few taels of silver, and then send someone to escort me back, that's all. There's no need to go back and forth with me."

Jia Lian originally took the conversation, thinking that she would politely stay for a while, or at least say something when someone from the Xing family came to make sense. She didn't expect that she would send her back in such a hurry. Jia Lian's words were in his heart , I don't know how to get back. And Xing Zhong and his wife never thought that taking Xiuyan back was just a waste of money. He coughed, "Ma'am, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. It seems that we are too cold and ruthless."

Although Mrs. Xing had no knowledge and was afraid of asking her to make money, it was not because she was blind. She was the daughter of the Xing family. If she was dismissed like this, she would look down on herself and humiliate the big family members of the Jia family. But she still did not speak. Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "I look at Xiuyan, that child is good-looking, and she is generous and clean. Together with Baochai and the others, she is dignified and polite, and she is not inferior to other people's daughters. Old lady, why don't you let her go? Go back. Just treat it as the daughter of our Jia family, and it will only be a dowry in the future, even I will pay, so you don’t have to worry about it!”

This is the style of a big family. Mrs. Xing's complacent face is blue and white. Jia Lian smiled and said, "Auntie said it very well. Xiuyan is now in my garden and is familiar with my sisters. , I write poems and paintings every day, and once I let her go back, even I can't bear it. I simply let her live for a long time, and I'm afraid that the uncle of the Xing family will be suspicious."

The old lady also nodded and said, "What your aunt said is righteous. Our family has never driven out relatives. What's more, brother Lian now has half of his grandfather's status and power, and it will come from someone who wants to cling to him. .The child defected, and I also had a plan in my heart. Carefully choose a family that can help Brother Lian, and marry it like a daughter of the Jia family. It will benefit both."

Mrs. Xing responded with a hurried smile: "The old lady's idea is the best! I didn't expect it. Sure enough, the old lady was thoughtful."

It's not that Jia Lian doesn't understand the old lady's plan to marry, and the four major families of Jia Shi, Wang Xue and Xue are like this. It's just that it's too utilitarian, how can Xiuyan be such a good little sister, how can you rest assured that a pig will do it. "From now on, Xiuyan is mine. Daughter!"

Mrs. Xing said happily. No matter which one she said, it made sense, but this way, she and Jia Lian were considered brothers and sisters. "It's so good. In the future, sister Xiuyan's dowry will naturally be paid by her mother. I won't bother you. Auntie."

Jia Lian said with a smile. Madam Xing was holding the tea and suddenly coughed, "You don't have to change your words, just with their sisters, they are the same as our girls. Brother Lian, I will give her to you, You should treat her as your own sister. Otherwise, I won't depend on her."

Finally, the word daughter was not mentioned. Jia Lian hurriedly responded, "Madam, don't worry, my son will not treat sister Xiuyan badly."

Mrs. Wang talked about something again, "Brother Lian, the family's pavilion for saving relatives is almost finished. Your uncle can take a look. If you have time, why don't you go take a look and see if there is anything missing and make up for it as soon as possible."

Sister Feng also smiled and said: "Brother Qiang, they went to Gusu to buy twelve girls, hired teachers, and went back soon. After asking the old lady's advice, my aunt moved to the northeast. I lived there, moved out the Lixiangyuan and repaired it, and let it be there to teach women to act. Besides, there are ... makeup python embroidery piles, engraved silk and ink, and all kinds of silk and silk curtains and curtains. Yesterday, there are orangutan felt curtains. The golden rattan red lacquer bamboo curtains, the black lacquer bamboo curtains, and the multi-colored thread winding flower curtains are all available in just a few days. Other chairs, table surrounds, bed skirts, and table covers are also available."

Jia Zheng nodded: "In this way, it can be arranged by the end of the year. It's just a matter of asking the emperor to save his relatives."

Jia Lian thought about it for a while, and Yuanchun Sheng came back once, and then said: "When the house is finished, my uncle and I will give the emperor a book."

Chapter [*] The second master was just joking. Jia Lian thought that what Mrs. Wang said about the Qingqin Pavilion was a building, and it was no matter how gorgeous it was. Only then did I know what the main building is, it is majestic and splendid. Entering from the jade archway, facing the two-story main building, east and west, each with flying towers facing each other, the compound road is lingering, and the jade fence is built around. The main hall has a single eaves and a roof , Jinhui's animal face, Caihuan's head. The left and right side halls, the back hall retreat, everything is available. He turned around and said to Sister Feng: "Your Fengfeng Hall can't be used to welcome the empress, how can it be magnificent here?"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "That's it, my wife is still cramped, it's not stylish enough, I'm afraid that I won't be worthy of the status of the empress. To the east is the water of Huifang Garden, and two or three Xuan Pavilions have been built. it is good."

Jia Lian asked: "How much money did you spend in total?"

Seeing that there were all her own people next to her, Sister Feng whispered, "This building alone will not cost [*] taels. Adding up the items, it will cost almost [*] taels."

Jia Lian's face darkened immediately, "It's still thrifty to check it out. Those who are responsible for the big and small things, go through them all, I don't believe that there is no greed for ink."

Sister Feng hurriedly dragged him, "Second Master, here and outside... I'm watching, even if theft is inevitable, but after all, it's a minority. It was the master who asked the Ministry of Works to build according to the regulations in the palace, and all materials were made from the highest quality. Ok, how can it be expensive”

Jia Lian couldn't help shaking his head: "What a prodigal! Also according to the regulations in the palace, after the mother has given up the kiss, who would dare to live with their money?"

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Knowing that you care about this, we will pay [*] silver. Brother Rong has more, probably [*] silver is worth the sky. I heard that Aunt Xue also has a share, but I don't know how much, so it's only a few. Qianliang. The rest are on the go."

Jia Lian sneered: "It seems that they don't plan to let it go. After this, Curry can starve the mice to death, let's see what this family will do!"

Sister Feng gently held Jia Lian, "That's good! Just like in the East Mansion, we can hold all the industries in our hands."

Saying this, her eyes shone brightly. "It turns out that you deliberately condone it."

Jia Lian couldn't help laughing. Sister Feng spat: "Who told them to look ahead and ignore the future and maybe point to our subsidy officials, how can there be such a good thing?"

Jia Lian and his entourage left the Provincial Courtyard. A flat and broad road leads directly to the gate of the main garden. There is a small courtyard in the southeast, hidden in the woods. Pavilions and pavilions are built along the water. , and further ahead is Huifangyuan. "I'm going to see my sister-in-law, do you want to go?"

Sister Feng said with a smile. Jia Lian took her a few steps, "I'll just go for a walk."

Sister Feng said, "Do you want a few of them to accompany you?"

Glancing at Ping'er and Su'er, Jia Lian snorted, "No need, I'll go back to the small courtyard to rest. Sister Feng joked: "I'd better let Ping'er go with you. There are so many flowers and plants in this garden, you can't be careful. It's messed up again, and something goes wrong!"

Instead, Jia Lian smiled and said: "Then I really have to walk around to see what flowers and plants can be picked, and bring them back soon."

"you dare!"

Sister Feng spat: "Ping'er, take a good look at the second master, don't let those little hooves hook."

After he finished speaking, he turned around the path and went to the east side. Jia Lian looked at Ping'er with a shy look on his pretty face. "Second Master, it's time to go!"

Jia Lian picked up her hair and put it in her ear, "You have followed Feng'er for the past two years and left you out in the cold."

Ping'er quietly looked around and said, "This is my duty! The servants can't help with the important things that the second master is doing outside. Thinking about not letting the second master worry about the family's affairs, the servants should be a little tired. ."

Jia Lian grabbed her hand and walked side by side with her, "Ping'er, there are so many girls in my room, you are the smartest and most capable, and the most reassuring to me. Feng'er sometimes gets a little impatient and doesn't move at all. You have to teach people a lesson, or you should adjust in the middle and save a lot of trouble. I know all this."

Ping'er blushed and walked with her head lowered. She wanted to pull out her hand, but Jia Lian's grip tightened. "Second Master, it's embarrassing to say these things."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "It shouldn't be said. I just want to tell you that the second master has been thinking of you."

"ah!"

Ping'er covered her face with her hands, and said angrily, "Second Master, it's not ashamed in the clear sky!"

Jia Lian didn't take it seriously: "We are upright and fair, what's there to be ashamed of?"

Ping'er blushed even more, and spat: "Thinking about how to be afraid of what the second master thinks, Man'er Qingwen, and Xiangling more. We are not beautiful, our mouths are not sweet, and our hands are not good. , I can't write poetry, but I don't dare to scratch my head in front of the second master and make the second master annoyed."

Jia Lian laughed and said, "You are different from them"

"Where is the difference"

Ping'er raised her eyes. Jia Lian looked at her up and down, and stopped in her heart. Ping'er said with embarrassment, "Bah! What are you thinking about returning to the prince?"

She was busy twisting the veil and was about to leave. Jia Lian took her with one hand, "What do you think it is? I want to say that you are kind-hearted and considerate everywhere. It's really hard for you. What do you think it is?"

Ping'er's ears turned red, "I don't think why."

But Jia Lian still has to say, "Oh, I understand, how can you think that you are narrow-minded, Ping'er is the most open-minded and careless. Second master, I like you the most."

"Second Master, you still say it! Don't say it! Don't say it!"

Ping'er blushed, covered her face and stomped her feet, and said angrily, "I'll ignore you!"

With another pooh, he turned around and was about to leave. Jia Lian teased his eldest girl, and the worry about spending too much money for saving relatives just now disappeared. "Well, don't worry, if you're really angry, just leave. It's boring."

Jia Lian dragged her and didn't let go. Ping'er spat: "Be serious and make fun of our girl. The second master should also be more upright, if the frivolous look just now spread, we are afraid that our girl can't afford it if the reputation is not bad. this crime."

Jia Lian hugged her and said, "This is my own joke, I didn't want to annoy you."

Ping'er embarrassedly knocked off his hand and sighed softly: "I don't dare to say that I'm angry. Just because the master is happy, what is the grievance of the slaves and servants?"

Jia Lian comforted: "Ping'er rest assured, the second master will never say this again!"

Ping'er walked a few steps silently. Jia Lian was afraid that she would think too much, "Don't hold back what Ping'er has to say, just say it."

Ping'er rolled his eyes at him and spat: "No more"

Chapter [*] This followed her father, Jia Lian, pacing Fang Bu with his hands behind his back, and walked out of the courtyard. Ping'er looked at Jia Lian's back, and his face was still red. The second master was really, too careless, It's really embarrassing to say these words casually outside. Go out from the corner door of the East Courtyard, and then go through the back porch. "Miss Ping"

Suddenly, someone called from behind. Ping'er hurriedly turned around, only to see an old woman walking up with a smile, saying, "Hello sir, hello girl Ping!"

Jia Lian only nodded slightly. Ping'er asked, "What's the matter?"

The old woman smiled and said, "The girl in Bao Er's room sent me to ask why the money for hair oil and powder this month is so short."

Seeing that Ping'er's face was bad, she quickly changed her words, "Miss Ping, I also told them that the manor is doing such a big project, and there are some trivial chores that I can't remember for a while."

Ping'er said with a sneer: "It's not that they asked you to come here, but you want to ask yourself."

The old woman smiled anxiously, "Miss Ping Mingcha, it's really what they asked me to ask, I don't believe it."

Ping'er snorted coldly and said, "I just came from the Bisha closet, why didn't I hear them ask?"

The old woman said: "They have a low face, and I'm sorry to say that they have some."

Jia Lian never cared about what happened in the house. When I met him today, I couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

Ping'er took two steps before saying to Jia Lian: "Originally, the hair oil powder used by the girls was divided into two taels of silver every month. The comprador general took it and asked the women to pay the bill every month. It was taken over by the girls and prepared for the girls to use. Now the girls are living in our garden, this expense is only taken from Qin Yiniang's account, and has nothing to do with the officials. The rest of the old ladies dare not deduct it, The aunts and the girls in the second master’s room needed it, and the compradors became more and more arrogant. Either the things they bought were unusable, or they were too expensive. Now they spend most of their cash and entrust the nurses to buy them to make it. Last month The second grandmother fired a few greedy compradors. This month, I took a cold look at it, and it is still the same. Therefore, I made my own decision, stopped the comprador's money, and sent it directly to the girls in each room, allowing them to find people they know each other. The nanny's or the brother's son bought it. In the past, this maid was the comprador in Bao Er's house. They told me many times that they were either drinking or deducting their money. Now How dare you come and ask this, I handed it over to the raider early in the morning."

Jia Lian smiled and said: "So that's how it is. Thanks to your understanding, you can be regarded as the master of the sky!"

Ping'er blushed, "Second Master is joking, I can only see clearly after seeing more."

Jia Lian nodded, "If it's smart and decisive, how can Qingwen and the others match you, I'm afraid they can't even understand the son!"

When the old woman heard that the comprador was so lost, she complained in her heart, and immediately kowtowed to Jia Lian, "Master, my old wife has always been respectful and did not dare to spend a penny. "

"All right!"

Jia Lian shouted: "Ping'er will still wrong you to go to the cashier to get the monthly money for two months, and then go home. One more thing, I don't recognize anyone under my stick!"

The old woman didn't dare to say a word, and left in a daze. Ping'er had a smile on her face, "Second Master, don't blame me for making my own decisions."

Jia Lian took her hand, "It's too late for me to be happy, how can I blame"

Ping'er pulled out his hand and coughed softly: "Second Master, let's be fine, don't let people make fun of you."

"Who dares!"

Jia Lian passed another corner door, but unexpectedly met Li Wan in the sidewalk. He smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you are not in the garden, why are you back?"

Li Wan's face suffocated, panic in his eyes, and he quietly took a step back. He squinted but saw Ping'er following, and his heart was a little relieved. "The mansion is going to prepare to save relatives. When Feng girl came over, the old lady and my wife called me back. , to help the housekeeper."

He didn't stop, he just walked sideways, and took two quick steps. His heart was beating so hard. No, I can't see him again! "Sister-in-law"

Jia Lian noticed that Li Wan was always dodging, so she called out. But she just pretended that she didn't hear it, but pulled Ping'er and said with a smile: "What are you doing, grandma, I'm looking for her right now!"

Ping'er smiled and said, "Second grandma is going to the eldest grandma in the east to discuss business matters."

Li Wan smiled reluctantly, "I will see if they have any business to discuss."

Immediately, the crony became the wind, the tassels fluttered, and hurried to the east. Jia Lian wanted to chat for a while, but Li Wan didn't leave him a word. Even Ping'er was surprised, "Grandma Jin'er It's actually different from the usual calmness, why is it so hot?"

Jia Lian guessed for no reason: "Maybe it was to talk to Grandma You in the Dongfu, or to ask Ronggeer to rectify the clan for Langer's studies. Ronggeer is young, after all, she is the patriarch."

"Let's go back"

Ping'er looked curiously at Jia Lian, who had been motionless. Jia Lian seemed to have just regained his senses and said with a smile, "I want to go back. I've been really tired these few days, and I don't care about the big things outside."

Ping'er followed gently and entered the back of the shadow wall with Jia Lian. Besides, Li Wan walked forward through the corner door and hurriedly turned to the edge of the veranda. Guess Jia Lian couldn't see it, so she stopped on the railing, heartbroken. Slightly ups and downs. The girl Suyun hurriedly asked: "Grandma, what's the matter with you?"

Li Wan shook his head, "It's nothing, I'm just tired from walking, so take a break."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, grandma, just now with Ping'er, the second master will never do anything."

"shut up!"

Li Wan suddenly became angry, "Be careful what you say!"