Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

135 Chapter 3.42 How about I ask Sister Ping to come over
Volume Three

3.42 How about I ask Sister Ping to come over?
Early the next morning, Zhou Yang opened the door of the guest room in Jia Lian's courtyard, looked up at the sun that had just emerged from the mountains and stretched himself. He definitely didn't dare to stay at Li Wan's place last night, but he had enough fun and did not come back until midnight. Anyway, it was just a matter of climbing over the wall, maybe his movement was a little loud, and soon a strange maid came over with toiletries.

"Where are you Miss Ping? Why haven't you seen her?" While doing a simple wash, he asked this girl, "She sent me here for her hard work yesterday, but I haven't thanked her yet - I forgot to ask, what is this sister's name?"

"Master Zhou, my servant Feng'er!" The maid hurriedly knelt down and replied respectfully, "This morning the Second Mistress went to Madam to say hello and took Sister Ping out; then she had to take care of things in the house, I'm afraid. It will take some time before you can come back. Before you leave, please ask your servant to come over and take care of you if anything happens to Master Zhou."

"No need!" Zhou Yang quickly waved his hand. He just took the opportunity to ask. If he asked too many questions, why would he stare at other concubines? "I just said one more casually, Second Brother Lian" What, why haven't you seen him?"

"The second master hasn't gotten up yet. Listening to the noise in the room, I'm afraid we won't be able to see you until later." Feng'er quickly replied, picking up the used toiletries, "Master Zhou, please forgive me, there are no people in the yard." Too many, the slaves have to go over."

"Sister Feng'er, take care of yourself!" Zhou Yang smiled and cupped his hand, and stuffed a silver leaf into her sleeve. "With a little thought, sister will buy some gouache!"

"My slave, thank you Master Zhou for the reward!" Feng'er pursed his lips and smiled, bowed and left.

Anyway, it was okay. Zhou Yang simply went into Jia Lian's study. He shook his head helplessly as he looked at a circle of abundant but obviously untouched books. Remembering Li Wan's teasing last night, he took a copy of "The Doctrine of the Mean" from the bookshelf. , flipping through it for a while, time passed in the blink of an eye, until there was a noise outside the door.

"Brother Lian, you had a good sleep. I remember last night you said, who is a hero and who is a good man? Let's see who is a hero and who is a good man. Let's see how it goes over the wine table. It's almost time for you to be able to become more capable. In the end, Who is the hero?" He didn't even look up, threw the book away and smiled outside the study.

But he didn't expect that the movement that had just come stopped suddenly and stopped directly outside the door. Zhou Yang waited for a while but no one came in. Then he realized that he might have made a mistake. When he hurriedly opened the door, he saw Ping Ping. He had turned around and was obviously about to leave.

"I've seen Master Zhou!" Seeing that everyone was in front of him, Ping'er naturally couldn't pretend to be invisible anymore. He had no choice but to turn around again, but his expression was obviously alienated, "I don't know that you are in the room. Just now Excuse me, this is it”

"Sister Ping'er is joking. This is Brother Lian's study. I'm just looking for a place to sit temporarily. No need to disturb me." Zhou Yang was not ready to let her leave and quickly interrupted her farewell. "Why, didn't sister Feng'er just say that you were helping the second sister-in-law to manage the affairs in the front yard? Why are you back?"

"There are few things to do today and have been dealt with. I heard that Second Master Bao was a little unstable, so I took the little girl over to have a look, and sent my slave back to deliver some account books. I originally planned to put them in the outer study first, and wait for Second Grandma to come back to make arrangements. , I don’t want to disturb Young Master Zhou.” Ping’er finished speaking with a straight face, and shook the two booklets in his hands, “I’ll deliver them right away, my slave.”

"I told you not to bother me. I'm a martial artist, so I don't know anything about poetry and books." Zhou Yang looked around at no one and spoke more casually. Seeing that Ping'er still wanted to talk, he simply went up and grabbed him, half dragging him. She hugged her and dragged her into the study, ignoring her pale face, "Why, what happened yesterday scared my sister?"

"You weren't last night," Ping'er said as soon as his face changed. "You weren't drunk? Master Zhou, this servant belongs to the Second Master, and you are the Second Master's friend. How could you do such a shameless thing? Today, you actually If you don’t know how to repent, if this spreads out, I’m afraid it won’t happen.”

"You also know about my friendship with Brother Lian, what's wrong with having a girl?" Zhou Yang smirked, took the account book from her hand and threw it aside, lowered his head and took a sip and said, "Besides, you can't lie to me, what Lian Er?" Brother, I knew yesterday that you are still flawless, how about I ask Sister Ping to come over?"

To sum it up, we have to "thank" the "system" of the feudal era that did not take people seriously. It is not a problem to give a girl to friends or even "try it" in exchange. Maybe it will be regarded as a "model" of friendship. , Ping'er is just a maid in the Jia family, even if she is a maid who gets a month or two of money, if she really wants to be given away, she has no right to refuse.

"Young Master Zhou is disappointed. This slave is the dowry of Second Grandma. Even if Second Master wants to give it away, he can't get past our grandmother!" After struggling for a few times, Ping'er could only let himself fumble, but still tried to "rescue" ", "I have been serving my grandma since I was a child, and I can't be with any other man no matter what." "What if I can get your grandma to agree?" Zhou Yang paused for a moment, thinking of the special nature of personal maids in this era, but still unwilling to give up, "You know the temperament of Second Sister-in-law Lian. If I can promise enough conditions, it won't be difficult to get rid of you. Why don't you consider it?"

There are not many men in the entire Rongguo Mansion who are worthy of saving, but there are quite a few women whose personalities and experiences make people extremely distressed. For example, Ping'er is like this. It's a pity that she is Wang Xifeng's confidant. If It is absolutely impossible to leave without some extraordinary measures, which is why Zhou Yang is so "anxious".

"Oh? I would like to thank Young Master Zhou for your attention, servant." Ping'er's expression had turned into sarcasm. Of course, she knew that she was not "not for sale" with Wang Xifeng, but she also knew that her value could not be explained in a few words. "If our grandma really agrees, I will naturally let you do whatever you want. Now,"

"Now let me have a taste first." Zhou Yang knew he couldn't let her go on, he bowed his head and kissed her, and his hands were not idle, and he let her go after a full cup of tea, just watching her stagger He also knew that it would take time to take down this girl.

Jia Lian's "alcohol test" level was obviously worse than expected. It was almost noon before he heard his feeble greeting. Immediately after, the maids and slaves from the courtyard came to serve him, and nearly two more sticks of incense passed. I saw him walking into the study with a yellow face and a swaying body. He didn't look like a "hero" in any way.

"Brother Zhou, you have been waiting for a long time!" Jia Lian forced out a smile, cupped his hands to Zhou Yang and said, "I wanted to fight again today, but I forgot that you were born in martial arts, I'm afraid."

"Brother Lian, what are you talking about? I've seen the bustle in the house these days. I'm afraid I drank too much, so I took advantage of this." Even though he knew that there was a silver pewter gun head in front of him, Zhou Yang still chose to open his eyes. He's lying, "I've been hosting a lot of entertainment in the past two days. I was planning to say hello and leave, but now it's just the right time."

"Brother Zhou, are you looking down on me?" Jia Lian suddenly became serious, "It's almost noon, how can anyone drive the guests out before dinner? You are here just in time. What we discussed last night is not as good as Let’s go to my father’s place to discuss it, and then I’ll trouble Brother Zhou to add a few words of explanation, so that I won’t have to explain it unclearly to my brother.”

"In that case, I'm sorry to bother you." On the one hand, Jia Lian was right. On the other hand, since he came to Rongguo Mansion, he should theoretically pay a visit to the "head of the family." "I wonder if it's convenient for Uncle Jia to be there. Should we go there now or should we go there now?" .”

"Let's go!" Jia Lian was obviously more anxious than him. After all, he was just an individual. Who didn't want to be an official? "There are usually no big things happening with my father. What's more, our discussion this time is of great importance. Without his consent, we can't make a decision anyway."

There was nothing wrong with this, so the two of them set off together, discussing and walking along the way. Even though the Rongguo Mansion was quite large, it took only half a stick of incense to reach Jia She's outer study. However, before they could enter, they heard There was a quarrel coming from inside, and the voice should be Jia She and Jia Zheng brothers.

"Second brother, I, as an elder brother, really don't realize that you can still play such a trick. Your nephew just wants to be a county magistrate. You can personally make trouble with sesame and mung beans, and everyone is thrown outside. Now the whole capital knows that if something serious happens in Jia's house, someone will disrupt it, and I, the heir apparent, had to listen to a servant to deliver the news!" Jia She's tone was obviously furious.

"Brother, what are you talking about? How do I know Mr. He? I am an official of the Ministry of Works, how can I have anything to do with the Ministry of Personnel?" Jia Zheng's voice was full of grievances, "Besides, I am busy these days."

"You have a fart to deal with. Apart from those few strips, who else will pay attention to you?" Jia She was not so polite, and his words were very tasteful, "These days, besides farting at home, you are hugging me." Looking at that little goblin named Zhao, hehehe, I thought you really didn't care about anything, but I didn't expect it."

"Brother Lian, are we?" The content coming out became increasingly unpleasant to listen to. Zhou Yang, an outsider, obviously couldn't hold on any longer. He turned to Jia Lian who was also confused and said in embarrassment, "I want to see Jia Lian." Uncle has plenty of opportunities, but it’s still early anyway, so how about we talk about it in the afternoon?”

"Brother Zhou is saying, let's go, let's go!" At this time, the quarrel had already turned into a fight for Aunt Zhou, and Jia She missed the "taste" content. Jia Lian quickly pulled Zhou Yang and surpassed him. Disappeared from outside the study at a regular pace.

(End of this chapter)