Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 197 Uncle, Can You Stop Interrupting

Seeing that he was unwilling to speak, Duan Yu did not insist.Instead, he pulled Jia Rong's wrist and said in a low voice, "It's no small feat to open the river from Hongze Lake to the sea. I think that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built a canal that killed millions of migrant workers and caused anger and resentment. Now we are going to open a canal in Huaidong. I'm afraid it will be a lot of trouble to release floodwater and divert water to irrigate the canal."

"Our water diversion irrigation canal is not comparable to other people's Grand Canal." Jia Rong rolled her eyes and called an official from the river department. "Bring the design drawing and show it to the Shangguan."

How could Duan Yu understand the things on the picture, and said awkwardly: "We still have no idea."

Brother Rong explained: "Even if we dig a canal from the flat ground, the total project volume is not as good as the Grand Canal [-]. According to the data of each county, the total length of the selected waterway is [-] miles and passes through six counties. Let's open it first. Dig a small waterway three or four feet wide, and build embankments on both sides to reserve the flood channel for fifty feet. Baili River Embankment is easy."

Duan Yu was dazed when he heard it, and Jia Rong made him faint when he went around.

In fact, he is not to blame. Building a waterway from Hongze Lake to the ocean is not a big or small project for future generations.After all, three hundred miles is equivalent to 150 kilometers.When it comes to construction, naturally, due to the distribution of each section, the river cannot be completely straight, and some lengths will be required.

Brother Rong smiled and said, "Brother Yu, don't worry, the River Governor's Mansion specializes in water conservancy, and they are experts. The only troublesome thing now is where to find so many saplings to fill up the embankments on both sides of the river."

"What's so difficult about it? The south of the Yangtze River is rich in seedlings, and the saplings in Shenjing are all sent from the south of the Yangtze River. Are you afraid that you won't be able to plant the embankments on both banks?"

Jia Rong listened to Duan Yu's words and said with a smile: "Why don't you contact the seedlings and trouble Brother Yu to take care of them?"

Seeing this weird smile, Duan Yu paused and shook his head repeatedly, and asked, "Is there any fraud?"

"No, it's impossible. For Big Brother Yu, it's a trivial matter."

"Then... let's take it."

"Okay, very good. Brother Yu is refreshing, and we will wait for the good news from Brother Yu next year." Brother Rong applauded and said with a smile: "With what Brother Yu said, we can go to the Huaihe River with peace of mind. "

"..." Duan Yu always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

After Brother Rong left, he stopped the officials of Hedao Yamen to ask.

Just listen to the man said: "According to Uncle Rong's calculation, only trees with deep roots, such as pine, willow, and fir, are suitable for planting on both sides of the embankment. On both sides of the Taiwan Strait, [-] saplings are needed. It is not difficult to find saplings, but it is difficult to find [-] saplings at the same time next spring."

Duan Yu was dumbfounded, it turned out that there was really a pitfall.But when he went to look for Brother Rong again, Jia Rong had disappeared.

"We're so exhausted, little Que'er, hurry up and give Grandpa a kick."

It turned out that Jia Rong went back to the private house early after seeing that the Hongze Lake diversion channel plan had been calculated.

Little Que'er pouted and murmured, "Master doesn't like Que'er's service."

This little girl film.

Brother Rong stretched out his hand to pinch the little girl's face, feeling tender and fleshy.He smiled and said: "It's not that I dislike you. It's obvious that the uncle loves you for running around every day. Look at you, you have been tanned for the past two days. If it gets darker, it won't look good. I won't leave an ugly girl by my side. .”

When Xiao Que'er heard this, he immediately grinned.He leaned his face together and let the uncle pinch him.He smiled and said, "Que'er will definitely protect her face, and always keep her best appearance and stay with the uncle."

What a little girl.Rubbing this fleshy little face, it is also strange, why is there no flesh on this girl's face elsewhere?

Brother Rong found a mat made of bamboo to lie on. The days without air conditioning are really not so pleasant.

After lying on the cold bamboo bed for a while, the place where the skin touched began to heat up and become hot.I don't know where Xiao Que'er got the idea, but brought a basin of cold well water, wet the handkerchief and stuck it on Uncle Rong's back.

A pair of small hands are kneading through the cold veil.

This feeling...

Ouch.

Xiao Que'er said to himself: "The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is hot, and the outside is not as good as in Fuzhong. When I was in Lin's house, there was a place to escape the heat. I was doing business outside, so there is no way to escape the heat. The uncle still insists on drinking more water on weekdays, and drinking more water." Enjoy the cool..."

Jia Rong didn't think the little girl was talkative in the past, but she seems to have changed recently.It feels like a worried old lady, talking non-stop.

Uncle Rong said, "There's no such thing as paying attention."

Xiao Que'er's thoughts were interrupted by a sudden voice, she hummed softly, and threw the handkerchief into the cold spring water.Twirling fingers, gently twisted the handkerchief, and stuck it on Uncle Rong's back again.Another burst of deep breaths, only to feel extremely happy and comfortable.

The little maid said: "Master, can you stop interrupting."

"Um?"

"It messed up Que'er's thoughts." The little girl hummed softly. "Grandma asked Que'er to come to Jiangnan because she was afraid that Uncle wouldn't be able to take care of her. If Uncle was injured and sick in Jiangnan, how could Que'er go back and explain to Grandma?"

"..."

Then I heard little Que'er murmur, "If Grandpa suffers from heatstroke, Que'er will feel sad too."

Xiao Nizi didn't know who she learned from, this kind of words sounded strangely familiar.Uncle Rong didn't care about her, let her talk about it by herself, and he could just lie on his stomach and enjoy it.

When a person is immersed in one thing, he always feels that the days pass quickly.

Since Uncle Ewing Xiaorong is not in Shenjing, it is difficult for Ningguo Mansion to be lively for a day.This day is the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Princess Zhongshun and the Fourth Princess came to Ningguo Mansion.

It didn't alarm many people, and entered the mansion secretly, even the female relatives who were listening to the opera in Tianxiang Tower didn't tell them.

"Today is my sister's birthday, so I have to come here anyway." The fourth princess carefully took Keqing's hand, looked at the round belly, and said with a smile: "Maybe you can hear something now?"

The female officer Jiayi laughed and replied, "You have the same temperament as Uncle Rong, but you are lively."

The fourth princess was skeptical, and curiously bent down and listened for a while.He raised his head and chuckled softly, "What a powerful little guy, could it be that he wants to kick me after hearing our movements?"

"Don't scare the child in your sister's womb." The concubine princess laughed angrily, and asked someone to bring an object.

"Thinking about your life, I have never been able to think of what to give. It just so happens that you are pregnant with a child. I remembered that I had just entered the palace in the past, and my mother's family sent this thing. Maybe it was thanks to this thing that I married into the palace. 20 The five daughters and two sons born in the past few years can be regarded as prosperous."

Qin Keqing saw the thing in the hands of the eunuch in the palace, and even got up to salute, but the empress hurriedly stopped her.

The concubine scolded: "I was exempt from those rules when I was pregnant. I have been with your uncle for so long, and I haven't learned from him to be thick-skinned. I gave you all the things of my mother's house, so I treat you as a child." Treat her like a daughter, there is no need for those things between mother and daughter."

"Ke'er always remember your mother's teaching."

The concubine shook her head lightly, "You are fine everywhere, but you are too honest. You always think about the rules everywhere, and you don't know how much you will be wronged when you stay with that little bastard in the future."

Qin Keqing bowed her head and said nothing.

Seeing this, the concubine also changed her mind and asked: "Did that kid send you a letter in the past two days?"

"Here's a letter." Qin Keqing was ashamed.I don’t know how the uncle wrote the letter, such as “A light kiss has already touched my heart; a deep love made me miss it until now” and other private words in the room are also written in the letter, so I am not afraid of being read by others. Take a peek.

After listening to the princess, Fang nodded in satisfaction. "He still has some conscience. Did the letter tell you about the situation in Jiangnan?"

"Never."

"This bastard..." The concubine scolded softly, and comforted him: "Kerr, don't worry about him, this bastard is doing well in Jiangnan. It's just that he has a lot of business, and he can't get away for a while. But it won't take too long, you can do it reunion."

"En." Qin Keqing nodded slightly.

The concubine and the concubine took Keqing to explain a few more words, and after chatting for a while, she ordered the female official Jiayi Haosheng to take care of her in Ningguo Mansion.As the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, there were a lot of things to do in the royal palace, and it was not appropriate for the princess and the four princesses to stay for a long time. They sat for a while and left a pile of gifts before returning.

Tianxiang Tower is still busy.

Because Wang Xifeng went to the south of the Yangtze River, the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion fell into the hands of Li Wan.This widowed young woman has added a lot of elegance to her face now, and she has changed her previous appearance drastically. Today, she leads a group of girls from Ningrong and Rongfu to celebrate Keqing's birthday in Tianxiang Tower.

Downstairs, Jia Baoyu looked around frantically, as if looking for someone.

Li Wan said: "Serious brother, what is it like to be sneaky? No wonder sister Lin doesn't want to see you either. My sister is not here today. Can you go upstairs for a drink?"

Baoyu sneered and said, "Good sister-in-law, forgive me. My sister-in-law and a few younger sisters drank to their heart's content, so I, a dirty person, won't go up and muddy this fairy land."

Li Wan asked: "Speaking of nonsense, brother Rong's daughter-in-law's birthday today, the sisters came to have a lot of fun. Can you come up?"

Baoyu shook his head gracefully and said, "I'd better wait downstairs."

"..."

Li Wan didn't bother him, and went back to the room to chat and laugh with his sisters.

Jia Baoyu stayed downstairs in Tianxiang. Sister Lin didn't wait, but saw Qin Keqing leading some people over.Looking at Keqing's round belly, he felt that there was another dead fish's eye in the world.No matter how beautiful Rong's daughter-in-law is, she is still a dead pearl polluted by the man's turbidity.

With a soft greeting, the previous enthusiasm was completely gone.

"Why doesn't Second Uncle Bao go upstairs to listen to the play with Auntie?"

Baoyu shook his head again and said, "I'll just stay downstairs."

When Qin Keqing saw her, she had to let Baoyu go downstairs, while she was supported upstairs by the female official Jiayi and the maid Xiangling.Jia Baoyu glanced at the backs of Keqing and the others, and sighed leisurely.

"I was a filthy thing, but I was tainted with the filthy air of other men. It was really dirty from head to toe. It's no wonder that Xiaoer would hide."

Baoyu waited downstairs for a long time, but did not see Lin Daiyu coming, so he had no choice but to leave.Thinking that sister Lin has been in Beijing for more than half a month, except that she came to Rongguo Mansion to visit the old lady a few days ago, but she has never been here since then.Instead, I heard from Tanchun that he met Daiyu in Ningguo Mansion.

He knew that Daiyu had a very good relationship with Brother Rong's daughter-in-law, she was actually in Beijing, and Brother Rong's daughter-in-law should be here on her birthday.

Ugh……

Frowner must be angry with me again.

Baoyu, like a defeated rooster, left Ningguo Mansion with his head down and no energy.It's just that he didn't know that he left Ningguo Mansion on the front foot, and sister Lin led Zijuan into Ningguo Mansion on the back foot with gifts.

"Aunt Lin is here!"

Lin Daiyu always felt a little weird when Keqing called her aunt.He hummed lightly and said, "I came here in a hurry from Yangzhou, so I didn't bring anything. I picked two books that I often read from the room today, and I took them as gifts."

Everyone took a closer look and found that there were actually two collections of poetry.One is "Complete Works of Li Qinglian" and the other is "Complete Works of Wang Mojie".

Qin Keqing thanked her and accepted it, but her aunt who was a few years old snickered beside her.

Shenjing was also hot in mid-August, but Jia Baoyu, who had left Ningguo Mansion, followed the carriage, walking in a daze.The two followers behind followed carefully, for fear that the master would run away suddenly.

After walking for a while, many beads of sweat appeared on Baoyu's forehead.Just at the right time, a carriage came to a stop, and the sound of teasing was heard.

"Isn't this Uncle Guo? Why does he look like this?"

Baoyu raised her head, but couldn't believe her eyes at all.I saw that the man in the carriage was dressed in brocade clothes, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and a knife-cut face with sharp edges and corners, he was a handsome man.

"You're not..." Baoyu murmured for a long time, but couldn't believe what he saw with his own eyes.

Zhang Hongchen smiled heartily: "Do you think we are dead?"

Yes.

Baoyu heard what Brother Rong said with his own ears, that the thief in Qingxu Temple died, and was tortured to death by inhuman means by the guards of Zhongshun Palace.Why... But now it appeared in front of my eyes intact.Could it be that Brother Rong is coaxing himself?

He glanced at the thief's clothes, it was the uniform of Jin Yiwei.

Baoyu asked, "Are you working in the Jinyi Department now?"

An imperceptible cold light flashed in the corner of Zhang Hongchen's eyes, and he said with a cordial smile, "I have to thank you, the Jia family, otherwise our family wouldn't be able to be an official."

When Baoyu saw the thieves in the world looking him up and down, he felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart.It is crispy and numb, and it is smooth and moist like a long flowing stream.He asked with concern in a ghostly manner: "How are you doing recently?"

"Excellent!" Zhang Hongchen laughed and said, "Uncle Guo hasn't seen each other for several months, but he has lost a lot of weight."

Jia Baoyu's slightly plump face slowly showed red edges.Somehow, the person who used to think about it day and night appeared here, but he couldn't move anymore, and there was a feeling in his heart that he wanted to be close.

Baoyu hummed lightly, and lowered her head like a shy girl.

Seeing this expression, Zhang Hongchen smiled playfully.With a joke, he said: "Although today is not the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is rare that the sky is clear and the sky is clear. It is also a good day to appreciate the moon. Uncle Guo, is it thoughtful to have a drink with our family and look at the moon once?"

full moon?

Baoyu's mind suddenly remembered that embarrassing night, and the moonlight on that night was also extremely beautiful.There is nostalgia and yearning in my heart.When he was hesitating, he heard the thief in the world say again: "The beauty of the world, the beauty of the world, and the pleasures of the mind, the four are difficult to combine. Today, when the Mid-Autumn Festival is in full swing, we will meet our old friends again. Why don't we share it together?"

(End of this chapter)