Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 12 1.12 From now on, you will settle down in Shilipu, West Beijing

Volume One

1.12 From now on, you will settle in Shilipu, West Beijing.

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A few days passed in the blink of an eye. In the early morning of this morning, Zhou Yang opened his eyes in a daze. He was woken up by the slightly dazzling sunlight that poured into his bedroom. Considering the fact that the sun rises late in winter, it should be half past Chen hour ( It was after eight o'clock in the morning), and there was a faint sound of people coming from the store. Apparently, the maid had already opened the store for business, and the morning business was almost over.

"Master, sister Qingwen is really capable. In addition to cooking pots and practicing martial arts, she actually takes care of all the rest. The slaves are not so capable." Hearing the sound of Zhou Yang getting up, Su Yun held her hand. When the toiletries came in, I didn't forget to praise them, "It's just that I've been helping out for the past few days. I feel like it's hard, but Sister Qingwen doesn't care at all."

"Uh, yes!" He responded with some embarrassment, and Zhou Yang felt guilty about "using child labor". Furthermore, he was wondering whether he had been playing too much these past few days. Today, he actually slept until three o'clock in the morning and even missed the morning exercise. "This girl is very ambitious. I wanted to help her at first, but she drove me back with a rolling pin."

"Pfft--" Su Yun couldn't help laughing, her face was extremely moist and rosy, showing an intoxicating beauty in the silhouette of the sun, "That is, in the young master's place, if sister Qingwen is in the Rongguo Mansion, I'm afraid One meal a day is not enough, how can any slave show shame to his master? The young master can still bear it, but it’s no wonder, this store cannot be separated from sister Qingwen, but you, the young master—keke!”

"Little hooves, how dare you laugh at your master, see how incompetent I am!" A PP that was neither light nor serious was exchanged for Suyun's strike that was more like a flirtatious hygiene ball.

"Hehe!" The tacit understanding over the past few days allowed Suyun to see what Zhou Yang meant. This time he really gave him a wink, but then tried to persuade him, "My young master, today is November 25th." Yes, you said last night that you would send your slave back. The most important thing is to go to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen to settle the matter. You also promised to take sister Qingwen to Beijing for a nice stroll. I don’t dare to offend that aunt. Not happy."

"This girl, she doesn't know who her master is." Some complained inwardly, and Zhou Yang quickly changed the subject, "You're right, the main task today is to go into the city. We will set off after the girl has packed up. It's just that The car going into the city is a bit crude, so I feel sorry for you."

"I don't dare." Su Yun glanced at the carriage in the yard with a strange expression, "It's hard for the young master to come up with such a... well, innovative way to prevent the slave from walking back. It's not because he's afraid of being tired. But I don’t want outsiders to see it.”

"Damn it!" He also glanced at the carriage in the yard, and even Zhou Yang himself felt a little embarrassed, "I can only wrong you for the time being, but in the future, if conditions permit, the young master will definitely give you a carriage that is at least better than your grandma's. A much nicer carriage.”

The carriage in the yard was rebuilt by carpenters in the village in the past few days. Basically, it was to completely repair the original old Wutou's old carriage, then install the carriage frame, seal the carriage roof with double-layer reed mats, and then install a The wooden door was finished. If you don't have money, you can only do this. In the feudal era, women from wealthy families were not allowed to show their faces when they went out. At least the two girls would not have to walk into the city.

He hitched up the horse, loaded the necessary things into the carriage, picked up Qingwen, whose mouth was so pouty that it could be used to tie a donkey, and threw her into the carriage. Then she went to the lobby and asked the steward, who had been fed a meal of wine and meat early in the morning, to follow her. I just wandered into the city - I checked at the city gate and had my own security guard to deal with it. After a lot of trouble, it was already afternoon in the blink of an eye.

"Thank you Mr. Li for your hard work. I wanted to invite a host, but Mr. Li is busy with official duties, so I won't delay today." At the door of the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, Zhou Yang stuffed two fifty-tael silver ingots into the pocket of "Li Experience" without leaving a trace. , said with a smile on his face, "If you are free someday, please ask Li Qiancheng to give me a chance."

"Hey (three times)" he reached out and touched his pocket. Li Qingcheng showed a satisfied look on his face, "Young brother Zhou, you're welcome. Since it's a matter that my cousin told me, I will make arrangements for you no matter what. Even if you stay in Jingxi from now on, Shilipu has been settled, and the district attorney will explain the rest clearly, so you don’t have to worry anymore.”

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"Little brother Zhou, walk slowly!"

"I didn't expect that Young Master Zhou could actually have a relationship with Li in the car. The young man is really ignorant on weekdays." After a lot of trouble, he left, and was calmed down by Zhou Yang's relationship. He was driving the car honestly at this time. Shilipu Dibao put on a fawning face. "Wang Baozhang is joking, I don't have such a big face." I didn't ask carefully about the gift last time, but I only learned about the general situation on the way today. Zhou Yang really wasn't interested in talking to him, so he grabbed two pieces and the total was only one tael. A lot of broken silver was stuffed into the hands of the land security guard, "It's been a hard day today, please don't put it off if you have a little thought, I will ask for more next time"

"Obviously, I understand!" The land security guard collected the broken silver unceremoniously, without any intention of refusing, "Young man, I will go back by myself now. Master Zhou, if you have anything to do, please do it yourself."

"This old guy, even when my cousin entered Rongguo Mansion, I never saw him so polite." As soon as the land guard walked away, Qingwen's dissatisfied voice came from the carriage, without caring about the land guard's face at all, "Now Seeing how the young master and Li got to know each other through experience, they immediately said good things to each other, bah!"

"Qingwen!" Zhou Yang silently knocked on the reed mat compartment, "This is also human nature, it's just to praise someone who is superior and to criticize someone who is inferior. What's more, this Li experience is not a good person. Suyun remember to tell your grandma, even if there is someone After saying hello to her, I didn't save any money that I should have spent, which totaled nearly 20 taels.

The only good thing is that the work was done much more quickly, and it only took half a day to complete, and no one made any obstacles during the whole process. That's it. I remember that he was able to be where he is today because of Master Li's favor, right?What you say is nice, but what you do is basically useless. This person is not worth getting to know deeply in the future. "

"Don't worry, young master, I know this." Su Yun's voice came out, but her tone was a little complicated, "Actually, it's almost the same. Since grandma left her job as housekeeper in the house, many relationships in the past have become estranged. At least, this one still has contact with her. , If it drags on any longer, I’m afraid grandma won’t be able to maintain it.”

"I'm sorry, I was negligent." Zhou Yang then remembered that this kind of relationship needs daily maintenance. Thinking about Li Wan's desolate state when he officially appeared in the original work, he was "as dead as a dead tree". Obviously, he did not have the resources to continue. Sustained, and eventually turned into a lonely widow locked in a cage in Rongguo Mansion, all thanks to the speechless environment of Rongguo Mansion.

"I don't dare." Su Yun said softly, "I just hope that the young master will be prosperous in the future and be able to take care of our grandma and our uncle Xiaolan. She lives a very hard life. Even this slave can't stand it and can't do anything." .”

"Don't worry." Until this time, Zhou Yang had basically let go of his wariness towards this "Grandma Zhu". She was just a poor person, so what if she took advantage of her. "Let's set off. Where do you need me to take you?"

"Back to the young master, grandma still has a house in Beijing. The few remaining properties of the Li family are managed by a few old servants. Uncle Sun, the driver, is there on weekdays. If anything happens, let him know. The young master only needs to Just send the slaves over there.

It is not far from Rongguo Mansion, just across Ningrong Street, which belongs to Hanlin Street, but a few alleys to the west, the slaves wait there first, and at night, they enter through the west corner gate of the mansion and report to grandma. "Suyun replied softly.

"Show me the way and let's go!" Zhou Yang nodded to express his understanding. The rather shabby-looking carriage drove slowly towards its destination. However, the Shuntian Mansion Yamen was in the outer city and the Li family's old residence was in the inner city. When the three of them arrived, By then, the sky had darkened.

The old house of the Li family is a large quadrangle with three entrances. When you enter, you will find the concierge's room with reverse seats in the outer courtyard, the hanging flower corridor when you enter the second door, the three main rooms in the main courtyard, the left and right side rooms, and the three main rooms in the backyard plus the inner house. There are eight side rooms in the ear room, two in the front and back, and two in the left and right in the backyard. At this time, only the old servant's family lives in the back-seat room. The gatehouse in the southeast corner is the handlebar type Sun Bo. The three connected back-seat rooms to the west are separated by the front door. His son's family lived in the house, which happened to occupy the front yard.

"Miss Suyun? Why did you come back just now?" When Uncle Sun ushered the carriage into the outer courtyard, a man who was well-dressed and didn't look like a slave came up to him with a look of astonishment on his face, "Grandma told me time, but it was several days ago!"

"I've seen Manager Sun." Su Yun's expression became much colder as soon as he got out of the car, "Grandma only told you to wait, but she didn't say when. Why, do you need me to go to grandma to ask?"

"Don't dare!" The man who should be Sun Xing had an ugly expression, but he still endured it. He turned to look at Zhou Yang beside the carriage and said, "Whose car is this? And this man looks strange. !”

This domineering posture made Zhou Yang's expression suddenly turn cold!
(End of this chapter)