Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 193 3.100 Fu Qiufang is a girl with ideas at first glance
Volume Three

3.100 Fu Qiufang is a girl with ideas at first glance
"You kid, you didn't say anything about such a big thing, and you had to remind me from Qiu Fang, so that the old lady would know!" Mother Jia's attitude improved significantly, and her smile became more sincere, "It's better now. The old lady didn't have time to prepare any gifts. For these little sisters to accept so many things from you, it seems like an old woman is rude!"

"Why should the old lady care? A real man was born in the world, so shouldn't he be heading for the future?" Zhou Yang said with a smile, and the others followed suit, only to see that Mrs. Wang's face became gloomy again, "The younger generation is no better than that." I did some things that should be done. The reason why I didn’t say anything specifically is that on the one hand, the Ministry of War’s official ceremony has not yet been held, and the report has not been received; on the other hand, these things are blocked by the men outside. happy!"

"It's hard for you to be filial." Jia's mother, who always likes to use filial piety to suppress Jia She and participate in various affairs of the Jia family, her expression stiffened and she said indifferently, but the others obviously didn't notice, "I don't know. Where did you put the Que'er?"

"Old madam, Qiu Fang heard from my brother that Mr. Zhou has released Daye from Wuchang Prefecture in northern Hunan Province to guard Qian Husuo Qianhu, and the Ministry of War has also issued an official letter." Fu Qiufang smiled and answered helpfully, "According to the regulations of the imperial court. , when Wu Jinshi is sent out, it is considered good if he can have a hundred households with a sixth-grade son. I think Lord Zhou must have made meritorious service, and he will be rewarded and promoted when he is awarded an official."

Zhou Yang's heart moved, and he quickly looked at the "background panel" in the original work. He saw that she looked no more than [-] years old, with a beautiful face, no worse than Li Wan and Sanchun, dignified manner, and an indifferent expression, like a flower waiting for her. The water lilies planted here can be called a model of "every lady".

The dress in a water-red skirt was obviously a lower level than that of the female members of the Jia family, but it was pleasing to the eye when worn on her. However, she did not feel inferior and still stood gentle, which surprised Zhou Yang, because this was more like a modern workplace. Feminine style, Fu Qiufang is a girl with ideas at first glance.

"Sister Qiufang, why do you still care about these things?" Before anyone else could say anything, Jia Baoyu, who was in Jia's mother's arms, raised her head and said with a dissatisfied expression, "With your sister's grace, can't you just stay at home and play? "

"Baoyu, don't talk nonsense!" Mother Jia quickly patted him gently and then said with a smile, "I see, I didn't expect that Brother Yang could be so capable. No wonder Zheng'er mentioned it often! At such a young age, he can have An official of the fifth rank can be regarded as a young and promising person in the imperial court!"

"The old lady is absurd!" Zhou Yang deliberately glanced at Jia Baoyu, so frightened that he hurriedly buried his head in Jia's mother's arms, "Speaking of which, the younger generation has not been to the land of Huguang, so I don't know if there is anything there. Good things, let the juniors send some back to make all the sisters happy!"

"Brother Zhou, I heard that there is a lot of rice there, and it is said to be 'ripe in Huguang and abundant in the world'. I wonder if it is true?" Seeing the harmonious atmosphere, chatting and laughing freely, Sanchun, who has become accustomed to the atmosphere of Jia's house, finally Someone spoke again, but Tanchun asked with a smile, "There are also specialties over there. Is there anything delicious?"

"Hahaha, Third Sister is so scheming, why are you waiting here?" Zhou Yang couldn't help but joke, "Don't worry, I asked specifically about it. It's hard to say about big things, such as grapefruit, fungus, lotus seeds, etc. from the central and southern regions. , are all top-grade among their kind; plus Yichang black tea is famous all over the world, and there is no shortage of aquatic products in the rivers. When I get there, I will send a batch back to you guys so that you can eat enough!"

"Brother Zhou, thank you very much, little sister!" Tanchun smiled sweetly and bowed down to give him a blessing. "But I don't know if these are for little sister alone, or are all the sisters?"

"Well, when the time comes, I will fill in the name of the third sister as the consignee. As for how to distribute it, how about it being arranged by my sister?" Zhou Yang said deliberately.

"Well, you third sister, you still have such thoughts. If someone disobeys, you will take away her things, huh?" As a result, before Tanchun could speak again, Shi Xiangyun, who had already heard her "black heart", The yelling started, "Do you have to collect money before I can give it to others to try? I misjudged you!"

After she finished speaking, Tan Chun had no time to explain, and the other sisters started making a fuss. Even Li Wan couldn't help but reach out and pinch her face, and kept saying "threats". Only Fu was left. Qiu Fang nodded to Zhou Yang with a smile on her face, then turned to one side with her cheeks slightly red.

"Silver? Where's the silver?" A group of sisters here were laughing and joking. Unexpectedly, a familiar voice came from outside the door. If it wasn't Wang Xifeng, who was it? "Oh, I just came a step late and missed the silver? I wonder if I still have a share?"

The little sisters who were originally fighting all stopped, and then looked at Wang Xifeng who had just brought Ping'er in and laughed non-stop. Just when she was looking around inexplicably, she finally found Zhou Yang sitting on the embroidered pier below. .

"You are a loser, do you have anything else in your eyes besides money?" Jia Mu smiled and smashed a neck pillow next to her, "Now that Lian Er has gone to Yancheng, how can he lose your harvest? No outsiders. Embarrassing in front of me!”

"Thank you ancestor for the reward!" But Wang Xifeng took the neck pillow, turned around and handed it to Ping'er. The sisters laughed even louder, "Oh, no wonder it reminds you of silver. Isn't this the God of Wealth? Are you sitting down? I wonder if I can give you a little bit of my bows now so that I can exchange them for some high-quality rouge and gouache!" "The money is fine, but you can't just take it for free, right? There has to be a price for doing business, right? Seeing that she really bowed down to get a set of ten thousand blessing gifts, Zhou Yang quickly stood up, smiled and shouted to him, "How about I give money to the second sister-in-law Lian, and you can transfer the money to me from sister Ping behind you? Qingwen is the only one in the family. On weekdays, I can’t tell who will take care of whom, so if there are more sensible people, I can save some worries!”

"I want to blind you. I have this handy guy next to me, and you still dare to stare at me. See if I don't beat you up!" Wang Xifeng was not someone to be trifled with, so she snatched it back from Ping'er's hand. He picked up the pillow on his neck and chased someone and hit him hard until he screamed "Ouch" and ran towards the door.

"Junior, please ask the old lady to receive you. It's getting late. Let's go and talk to Uncle Zheng in front!" Seeing that Wang Xifeng stopped chasing, Zhou Yang smiled and held his hands at the door. Even as he said goodbye, "Qing Qing I'll leave this girl Wen to all the sisters. It doesn't matter if you bully her a few times, but don't hurt her. This is the only girl I have!"

"Okay, the old woman can't keep up with your outside affairs, so let Zheng'er talk to you." Jia Mu nodded with a smile, and still didn't forget to explain, "You can rest assured that this girl is here, just right. It's almost noon, so the old woman invited a host to have fun with her—you are not allowed to leave, although the house is simple and simple, a table of wine and food can still be set up!"

Zhou Yang smiled and bowed, nodded and left.

"Sister-in-law Feng, you knocked the silver away. If you don't catch up, you might not even be able to touch any silver foam!" Seeing Zhou Yang saluting at the door to say goodbye, all the sisters stood up to return the salute. Tan Chun hadn't forgotten it yet. Joking, "Why don't we catch up now and see if we can get some money back, so that we, the poor people who only have two taels a month, can be entertained?"

"You three little girl, turn your elbows outward. When this black-hearted Jinshi just asked me for peace, you didn't even say a fair word!" Wang Xifeng immediately turned her "anger" to Tan Chun, went up and hugged her. She tickled, while the others watched the fun with smiles. From time to time, they would also perform some Taiquanquan and some deflection, and the living room was quickly filled with laughter.

"Old madam, Qiu Fang has overstepped her bounds once and asked for orders to see Master Zhou off." Not mentioning the quarrel among the female family members of Jia's family, Fu Qiufang gave Jia's mother a gentle blessing and expressed her thoughts, "Brother, from now on Just making a living under Mr. Zhou, Qiu Fang should follow him to express her gratitude no matter what."

"Oh?" Jia Mu smiled slightly, "In that case, go ahead and don't forget to say hello to your eldest brother by the way. Just say that the old lady said that I will keep you here for two days to talk to me and have sex with the other sisters. Have fun for a few days!”

"Don't worry, old lady, Qiu Fang will save you!" Fu Qiufang smiled happily, then stood up and walked out the door, but didn't even look at the quarrelsome female family members of the Jia family.

Here, Zhou Yang has already left the hanging flower gate of Jia Muyuan, and is about to walk across the main courtyard of Rongguo Mansion to the "Mengpo Zhai" in Jia Zhengnei's study on the east side. Just because there are more things today, he walked I thought, so I was not going very fast, but I heard a female voice behind me, turned around and found that it was Fu Shi's sister whom I had only met once.

"Qiu Fang thanks Mr. Zhou for taking care of my brother!" Fu Qiufang was slightly out of breath, probably because he was walking so fast, "To be honest with you, my brother said that although he was selected to be elected, he was unable to go any further. He has been worrying about his future these days. If it weren't for you, sir Help, Qiu Fang doesn’t know when she will be able to see her brother become an official, and I hope you can take care of me if it is convenient for you in the future!"

Zhou Yang really didn't expect that she would catch up on her own, because the original work clearly mentioned that Fu Qiufang wanted her to marry Jia Baoyu, but because of the identity issue, the Jia family didn't like it at all. Based on her performance just now, Fu Qiufang didn't As simple as the Jia family girl.

It stands to reason that she should not have too much contact with him, at least she should avoid suspicion and put on a single-minded attitude; now that she is following him, she must have another purpose, or in other words, she has a very strong purpose and will not Running around is a waste of time.

"Oh?" By chance, the two of them had already entered the main courtyard of Jia's residence. Zhou Yang turned around and glanced around. Not far away were the heating pavilions on both sides of the Xiangyang Hall. He simply waved his hand when Fu Qiufang's expression changed obviously, gesturing for her to follow. Go in and say, "I agreed to hand over the position of chief clerk to your eldest brother mainly because of the favor of Uncle Zheng, but I don't know why you asked me to agree and be able to take care of you in the future?"

"I don't know - what does the Lord need Qiu Fang for?" Even though her expression kept changing, Fu Qiufang followed him into the Nuan Pavilion honestly. It wasn't until Zhou Yang finished speaking that he spoke nervously, "I don't dare to deceive the Lord. The Fu family has fallen now. I’m afraid I can’t be an adult.”

"Of course I know the situation of the Fu family. Your eldest brother is a highly motivated man. He joined the Jia family for the sake of his future and recognized him as a protégé of the second uncle Zheng who had no merit." Zhou Yang smiled and stretched out his hand, gently provoking Fu. Qiu Fang asked with her chin, "I am willing to support him, not only because of Uncle Zheng's reputation, but also because of his ambition, but this favor is not unlimited. Since you still want me to continue to take care of you, there will naturally be a price, such as , I said I want you?"

Fu Qiufang's expression is complex, but not much different!
(End of this chapter)