Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 230 The most difficult night

"Biography of Lie Nu" was put back on the case by Li Wan, and there were still traces of wetness on the side where it had been rolled up.Grandma Zhu sighed softly, pressed the wet volume with other books, and felt relieved until no traces could be seen.

Lying on the pillow mat on his side, his hands and legs can't help but hug the quilt and bury his head in it.

It seemed that only in this way could Li Wan resist the coldness and loneliness in the cold night of the first month.

Tonight is the most difficult night.

Many people lost sleep that night.

In another courtyard in the same Rongguo Mansion, Xiren who was sleeping in an outhouse hugged his stomach and secretly wiped his tears.Next to him, Qiuwen and Qingwen were busy shuttling inside and outside, and finally waited for Baoyu to sleep. Qingwen just looked bored at the injured Xiren's eyes.Qingwen said politely: "He came back proudly, but you locked the door out all night and ruined his interest. It's no wonder he doesn't get annoyed."

But Xiren was in distress, she was not the one who closed the door, but she who went to open the door for Master Bao was kicked.Shrinking his body, resisting the pain in his lower abdomen, he asked with concern, "Did the second master fall asleep?"

"Sleep."

Qingwen looked at Xi Ren indifferently, and felt that Xi Ren had brought on her own discomfort.What's the use of caring about Second Master Bao? It's obvious that Second Master's thoughts are no longer in the mansion.Otherwise, she wouldn't think about going out every night, and even drive all the maids away.Just now when she was changing the clothes of Second Master Bao, she still smelled a special smell from Second Master Bao.She is clear in her heart.Second Master Bao had an old illness again, but this time it was not a servant from the two mansions, but someone from outside.

Those of them who work as maids by brother's side know more and calculate more than those who work as maids by sister's side.

Xiren is someone who doesn't have too many calculations, or his heart has long been attached to Bao Erye, and he has no other calculations since then.She rubbed her belly and said, "Since the second master is asleep, you should rest earlier."

Qingwen looked at her coldly, and went to rest without making a sound.

The second day, Shangyuan Festival.

Jia Baoyu woke up, remembering the agreement after yesterday's joy, and called the maid to come over and dress up.Changed into gorgeous clothes, repaired his face, and took two boxes of rouge and gouache from the maid in the room.

Although he was curious as to why Xiren hadn't woken up today, he didn't ask any further questions, as he was still angry at being locked out at night.He didn't eat any time before yesterday, so Second Master Bao slipped out of Rongguo Mansion in high spirits.

The other maids are also busy with their own affairs, and the flowers on the bed alone are sick and uncomfortable.

Dongfuli.

Uncle Rong invited Wang Xifeng to Qin Keqing's courtyard.The three of them sat in a circle, and a group of maidservants came over with food, while Ruizhu, Baozhu, Que'er, Xianglian, and Ping'er waited on them.

Qin Keqing secretly glared at Uncle Rong who had been careless early in the morning, then at Wang Xifeng, and then at the five people beside her.Said: "There are no outsiders in the room today, let's sit down and eat together."

After finishing speaking, Ke Qing looked at Wang Xifeng, and said softly, "Auntie won't blame my niece and daughter-in-law for not only overstepping the boundaries, but also breaking the rules of master and servant at home?"

The words aunt, nephew and daughter-in-law used to sound somewhat weird to Wang Xifeng, but today she doesn't feel it at all.Feng Lazi gave Ke Qing a deep look, and the Qin family was declaring her sovereign status as Grandma Rong.

Feng Lazi smiled, but instead of answering directly, he said: "No matter how big the rules are, it is human. Ping'er and I often eat at the same table. Everyone sit down, let Ruizhu and Baozhu take their seats, Ling Er, Queer, rely on Brother Rong to serve you at the same table."

Jia Rong also recalled it now, and looked at Sister Feng gratefully.On the first day after entering the mansion, the two daughters-in-law finally did not quarrel. .However, listening to Wang Xifeng's tone, it also shows that she is also a serious master, able to command Ruizhu and Baozhu, the two Dongfu aunts.

In the future, it's hard to say whether they will quarrel.

Qin Keqing figured out what Wang Xifeng said, but didn't say anything.Whether it is the aunt of the Wang family or the second grandmother of Lian, Wang Xifeng's status cannot be lowered after entering the Ningguo Mansion.Just look at how to calculate the status of this aunt and aunt in Uncle Rong's room, is it tied with Grandma Rong?Or willing to be under Grandma Rong.

Ping'er next to him took the seat first, and then Baozhu thanked Sister Feng with a smile.Ruizhu was left hesitating, and Xiangling was at a loss.

Grandma Rong said: "Sit down."

Ruizhu and Xiangling were seated because of their talent.Seeing this, Wang Xifeng couldn't help laughing and said: "I don't know how long I will stay in the East Mansion for recuperation. I will need you hosts to take care of me in the future, and I have prepared a lot of gifts. After lunch, everyone will come to my yard Just take it."

Seeing that Sister Feng and Ke Qing were going to confront each other secretly, Jia Rong hurriedly stopped them.Pick out what they like, give them to their bowls, and say with a smile: "Today is our reunion, and the days will be long in the future, and we will talk about anything later."

Everyone at the same table heard the word reunion with different expressions.Ruizhu and Baozhu take a peek at Wang Xifeng and Ping'er, while Sister Feng and Keqing look at Brother Rong playfully.

Ke Qing said politely: "Ling'er waits for a while to eat, go to Xue's house and invite Miss Bao to come."

"..."

In fact, there is no need for someone to invite Baochai. Today is the Lantern Festival, and there must be wine in Huifang Garden of Ningguo Mansion.It's just that Jia Rong doesn't know when Xue Baochai and the others will come.He didn't even know that Xifu Zhu's grandmother Li Wan was hesitating how to come to see him.

Li Wan was worried, and his face was depressed.The scene last night, the dream last night made her tangled and flustered.

It's just that Jia Rong didn't know these things at all, and he didn't even remember what happened after he was drunk at all, and he didn't know that Li Wan had watched him clean yesterday when he was having fun with Baochai.

At the moment, he is in the study of Ningguo Mansion.

"Jing Qing has matured a lot and grown a lot taller." Brother Rong smiled reassuringly, and patted Qin Zhong on the shoulder.Said: "Jingqing has worked hard for the incident in Ping'an Prefecture."

Qin Zhong replied shyly, "It's not hard."

"After all the hard work, I still know it in my heart." Brother Rong pulled Qin Zhong to sit down and bought tea for Master Qin Ye.Said: "I thought Jingqing would be able to come back on New Year's Eve, but I didn't expect to go around the south of the Yangtze River. Fortunately, it was in time for the Lantern Festival, otherwise my wife would not know how to blame me."

Qin Zhongdao: "General Yu at Hongze Lake is in a hurry, so he made another trip."

"Did they not rest during Chinese New Year?"

"It's a rest. It's because I'm worried that the delivery will be too slow after the next year, so I asked to send more batches before the year." Qin Zhong scratched his head and laughed, and asked, "Master, I am in a hurry to let Jingqing come back. What's the matter?" Something important?"

"Your sister gave birth, and it's the first month of the month, so you have to go home and have a reunion dinner." Jia Rong said leisurely, and saw Qin Zhong smiling again, and said: "Today's Lantern Festival, the female guests in the mansion Many. After a while, the guests went to Tianxiang Tower and called the daughter-in-law over to meet the master and brothers."

Qin Zhong responded with a humming sound.

Jia Rong said again: "In the future, in the kiln factory in Ping'an Prefecture, some cement will be kept every month and will not be sold."

"Why did the uncle make such an arrangement? At the end of the year, we communicated with the second master Qiang, and production was already underway in Jinling. The shopkeeper of the Xue family has also started to rush the goods recently, thinking about splitting some of them to be bought and sold by the Xue family to the folks." Qin Zhong Asked doubtfully, "Now is the time when we are most short of cement."

Jia Rong doesn't know where.Not to mention the large demand of the river government offices, even the camp fields in Gyeonggi are in short supply of cement to build canals to divert water.There are also private individuals who want to build fields, build bridges and dams by themselves, and they are all waiting for the cement from Ningguo Mansion.

But he still has calculations in his mind.

It is planned to save a batch of cement and transport it to Heishan Village after the spring.It is planned to build a small kiln there, which will be used for shipbuilding in Beiliao and expansion of Vladivostok port in the future.

"Don't rush to save a lot, in short, prepare some in the warehouse, so that the Ningguo Mansion will have to wait for production when it urgently needs cement."

Jia Rong entertained the Qin family father and son for a while, then invited them to go to Tianxiang Tower to listen to the play first.He also received the masters of the West Mansion and called Jia Qin to accompany him.When Xue Pan and others came over, Brother Rong asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you see Second Uncle Bao?"

"I went to Brother Bao's yard to look for him, not to mention my aunt, even the maids in my brother's room don't know where he is." Xue Pan sighed helplessly, and said, "Brother Rong doesn't know, my aunt heard that my brother is gone, But it’s easy to beat the maids in the brother’s room. When I went over, I heard from the other maids in the courtyard that the two first maids were lying down.”

Brother Rong was stunned.This is the ethos of the Jia Zhengyuan in Rongguo Mansion. No matter what Baoyu did wrong, the servants will always be punished.

Even Li Wan, the living Bodhisattva in other people's mouth, treated his servants like a lady like a king, as long as these grandmas uttered a word, people would kneel down and receive the punishment.The complete opposite of Jia Zhengyuan is the Ningguo Mansion. When Jia Zhen was in the past, the servants of the Ningguo Mansion were about to ride on the head of their master.

Both extremes are bad.

Now that the atmosphere in Ningguo Mansion has changed, Jia Zhengyuan has become more stringent under Li Wan's management.

Jia Rong sighed secretly. He guessed where Baoyu had gone, but he couldn't tell.

Thinking about tomorrow, I should find time to have a good chat with Uncle Bao, after all, they are relatives at home.If it is said that indulging in masculine sex is harmless in the current society; but it is really unreasonable for a good descendant of the Duke and a small uncle of the Rongfu to serve others with masculinity.

"Uncle, let's go to Tianxiang Tower first." Jia Rong led Xue Pan to Huifang Garden.

Xue Pan grabbed Brother Rong instead, frowning tightly, as if he had something difficult to say.

"Uncle?"

Xue Pan looked at him sadly for a long time, and said, "Brother Rong and my sister have some conflicts?"

Baochai?

"What happened?" How could I have conflicts with Baochai, unless I took yesterday's affection as a 'spear and shield'.Brother Rong couldn't laugh or cry, and asked Xue Pan instead. "Why did uncle say that? I have always been careful with Aunt Bao."

After all, the weapon is too sharp, if you are not careful, it is easy to hurt Baochai.

Xue Pan frowned, his expression twisted.Depressedly said: "Sister, I don't know what's going on recently. It seems that I don't care about things at home. She often avoids me and my mother. When I came back last night, my expression was even more wrong. We thought my sister was being bullied. But she didn't want to say anything, and even scolded me angrily."

Uh...what happened last night, that...does have something to do with me.Baochai must be too tired, too tired.Brother Rong said coyly: "Don't worry, Uncle, Aunt Bao is smart, which of the two houses can bully her."

"Yeah, I'm also puzzled. Which..." Xue Pan sighed, and suddenly looked at Jia Rong, looking him up and down.

"Uncle, you don't think I bullied Aunt Bao, do you?"

"This... I don't know." Xue Pan refused to let go of Jia Rong's eyes, examined him, and said: "Although I always heard that Brother Rong from various prefectures said that Brother Rong is the best bully, and he is the most bully. Thinking about it , should not bully relatives here."

"Ahem!" Rumors spread by which animal, he does things in a down-to-earth manner, and when does he overshadow others.Jia Rong coughed twice, met Xue Pan's gaze, and said guiltily, "When will Uncle see that I have tricked others, let alone my relatives."

Xue Pan nodded suspiciously.Without asking what happened, he could only sigh.He said again: "Recently, my sister often runs to Ningguo Mansion. Brother Rong can pay attention to what she is doing. Mother is also worried, whether my sister has a private relationship. Sigh..."

Have a girlfriend in private?That is my uncle.Brother Rong said awkwardly: "Aunt Bao is the most polite person, how could she do such a thing."

Xue Pan said: "I can trust my sister, I'm afraid she will be coaxed by someone. If my sister is wronged because of this, I don't have the face to be my sister's big brother."

"..."

Jia Rong laughed dryly, not daring to talk nonsense.He knew that although Xue Pan was a dandy, he treated Baochai extremely well.So Uncle Rong only promised to report to Xue Pan if he found any news.I was afraid that I missed something, and Xue Pan would catch me and beat me up.

Uncle Rong hurriedly called someone to lead Uncle Pan to Tianxiang Building, but he hurried away on the pretext of entertaining guests.

"Why did I forget Xue Pan, this one-headed scum, if I let him know that I have brought trouble on his sister, the beating will probably be inevitable." Jia Rong looked at the sky and sighed leisurely. "Procrastinate for a while, wait until you find a good opportunity to speak."

The guests from the two prefectures are almost here.

Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng also left the yard today, and after meeting the guests in Tianxiang Building, they sat down together in a separate room downstairs.

Jia Rong, who had just arrived at Tianxiang Tower, went to meet the two daughter-in-laws first, and then talked about the Qin family's father and son, so she chose a room next door to meet with the Qin family's father and son.

It's a scene where the siblings are deeply in love and the father and daughter are speechless.

Qin Ye and Ke Qing didn't say a few words, only Qing taught Qin Zhong a lesson, and gave him clothes, jackets, gold, jade and stones as a filial piety.

It's still early for the big banquet, so we're all having fun in Tianxiang Tower.

Li Wan took the opportunity to find him.

Wang Xifeng joked: "Sister-in-law is not upstairs to accompany the old lady, why did you come here?"

"You guys are in a good place, it's not as noisy as above." Li Wan replied with a smile, but his eyes looked like Brother Rong's, thinking about how to speak to remind him to learn.

The room was full of spirits, and one could tell from Li Wan's expression that something unspeakable had happened.Wang Xifeng waited to watch the fun, but Qin Keqing went over to take the hand of the auntie and asked, "Auntie, what do you want to say?"

He also annoyed Uncle Rong and said: "When the uncle saw my aunt coming, he didn't know how to avoid suspicion and leave. This is our women's world, why should you stay here like a man."

"..."

Seeing Jia Rong leave, Li Wan became anxious.

　Chapter 228... Sigh.speechless

　　
　
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