Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

233 Chapter 4.29 Uncle has other things to do today
Volume Four

4.29 Uncle has other things to do today
Watching Wang Xifeng stagger away, Zhou Yang shook his head speechlessly and said with conscience that if Wang Xifeng was born in modern times, she would definitely be a strong person and a representative of women in the workplace. Unfortunately, she was born in the wrong era and had limited vision because she did not pay attention to education. Being fascinated by the small benefits in front of them, they did a series of wrong things - in fact, the Jia family, the Shi family and the Wang family were all like this.

Not to mention anything else, let’s take the famous “lawsuits and loan sharking” in the original work as an example. In fact, Wang Xifeng is not the only one in the Rongguo Mansion, because the biggest “business” is Jia Zheng’s Mrs. Wang. She also It's not a "servant doing it" style of "covering one's ears and stealing the bell", but doing it in person.

Zhou Yang learned through Dongfang Bing a few days ago that there is very little "backyard diplomacy" in the entire Jia family. Jia's mother, who has the highest status, has not been out for more than ten years. In addition, Mrs. Xing is really unable to hold up the wall. , the external communication of the Jia family's female relatives is actually mainly Mrs. Wang. It is a pity that the real head wife of Rongguo Mansion is really speechless.

In order to handle the lawsuits she took over, she dared to come forward in person, "visit" the officials in charge of the case at their homes, and communicate face-to-face about the "account sharing"; in order to compete for the "area" for lending, she "cooperated" with Mrs. Wang's wife and Mrs. Shi's third wife. ", just hold a banquet in the Rongguo Mansion to entertain the relevant family members, and discuss the "dividing" in person, ignoring the vast majority of these people, whose family background has actually been ruined - the truly prosperous family will not participate. This kind of "business"!
Is this something that a wife of the head of the Duke's mansion can do?
It was also from these things that Zhou Yang finally understood why in the original work, except for special circumstances, the Jia family never revealed the intercourse between family members other than the "Four Jinling Families", and there was never any marriage discussion in Sanchun, because the family members of the Jia family never showed up. The reputation of the Jia family has long been stinky and rotten, but any family with a little bit of status will not ask to marry the daughter of the Jia family!
"Uncle is so angry!" Standing at the door of Nuan Pavilion, just thinking about something, a familiar female voice came to his ears, "Second aunt is a hero among us, but it is a pity that she is too I paid too much attention to money, and there were too many messy things in Xifu, so I did a lot of wrong things."

"But Qing, why are you here?" Zhou Yang looked happy and took the girl back to the Nuan Pavilion, closing the door just in case.

"Uncle, I'm afraid I forgot, my residence is not far away." Qin Keqing pointed to the two-and-a-half-story attic nearly twenty feet away and said, "I didn't want to do much at first, but I didn't want to wander around in the garden. I heard the quarrel between you and the second aunt, but luckily she scared away all the maids and servants in the garden along the way. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to wait until tomorrow, and the incident between you two would have spread throughout the capital!"

"What can happen to us? It's just that bitch who got into Qian's eyes." Zhou Yang said angrily.

"Oh, really?" Qin Keqing held someone's big hand with a teasing look, raised it in front of her, sniffed it and said with a smile, "Although the second aunt is a fickle person, she prefers to use lighter rouge and gouache. This jasmine fragrance is not good at all." It's heavy, and it won't be easily contaminated elsewhere, but I wonder how uncle felt just now?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, we didn't just now." Zhou Yang froze for a moment and quickly explained.

"Of course you don't know, and you know that with your uncle's temperament, it's impossible to make him happy with just a stick of incense." Qin Keqing looked charming, but he didn't forget to continue teasing, "But this The reputation of my uncle and sister-in-law, who live in the same family and have melon fields and plum blossoms, will never care so much, not to mention that there are a lot of such things in this house, and it is really impossible for people not to think about it too much."

"Is that a lot?" Zhou Yang asked dumbly.

"Uncle, are you still interested in these scandalous things? You're not afraid of dirtying your ears." Qin Keqing rolled his eyes at him, but did not refuse to answer, "Let's not care about the West Mansion. As far as this manor is concerned, the person in the name of the concubine is My husband has many aunts who are filial to my father-in-law. Even in my mother-in-law's yard, even though I haven't seen her in person, I'm afraid it's hard to tell.

Not to mention that the master has now gone to Xuanzhen Temple. I don’t know if he has really cultivated immortality or has other things. Before leaving, he did not take the more than ten aunts in the courtyard with him. Now, except for a few of them, they are old and beautiful. Yes, most of them failed to escape from their father-in-law. Then again, whether they wanted to escape or not is another matter. "

Zhou Yang:.
"Okay, let's not talk about this, uncle, do you have other things to do today?" Qin Keqing blushed, leaned her head on someone's chest and smiled, "I happen to be here, and I have a few things to say. "

"Oh?" Zhou Yang's heart twitched, and the anger provoked by Wang Xifeng just now rose up, "But what do you want to say? I don't know if it is here or another place?"

Qin Keqing was too lazy to say more, so she gave him an angry blow and pulled him out of the Nuan Pavilion and went straight to Tianxiang Pavilion. However, he saw two female guards with swords standing beside the back door corridor of the Dengxian Pavilion where they had just been drinking. ; Not only here, the three gates of Tianxiang Pavilion and Doufengxuan in the outer circle are actually guarded by female guards, turning this courtyard into a quiet area.

"Since I came back from my uncle's house that day, I sent someone to find Zhao's sister and invited four female bodyguards to come in. It happened that there were two gates in each of the three gates of the courtyard. Twelve people were guarding them in two shifts. , except for the nominal husband, no one else is allowed to come in." Qin Keqing said softly, "A separate kitchen has been set up, and food and accommodation are no longer related to the front.

Even if there was any need every day, I would only send someone to go through the arrow path beside the east wall of the courtyard and go out to buy from the back street. I also asked my uncle to forgive me for not sending anyone to the house to report when I contacted the Zhao sister, but I promise that apart from my uncle, I will never see my husband again, let alone let anyone get involved with me, and I will never embarrass my uncle. "

"But Qing, I'm sorry for you!" Zhou Yang hugged the girl tightly, but still asked uneasily, "It's just that Brother Rong is in name only." "If he has the courage to come over, I might think highly of you." He glanced at him." Qin Keqing said quietly, "Since I entered the house that day, except for the worship ceremony, I have never seen him again. However, my father-in-law has tried to come over several times, but he has been blocked by the orb. Fortunately, now there is With uncle’s help, I won’t have to worry anymore.”

"Where's your cheap brother?" After hesitating, Zhou Yang asked.

"I naturally have to keep in touch with you these days, but I found that my uncle's worries were overblown." Qin Keqing breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Although I married into Ningguo Mansion for the same reason as I told my uncle that day, I That brother must take care of his family's face no matter what, otherwise he would not bear the name of the young mistress of the house.

My identity is not a big secret in the capital. Everyone who needs to know actually knows it. This has made it easier for me to do what I have done in the past few days, because outsiders will only think that I am secretly pretending to be the princess, and will never think of it. This is my own arrangement. No matter what my brother thinks in his heart, he can only accept it with his nose in his face. "

"Are these people still reliable?" Zhou Yang said softly, "Do we need to replace them every few days?"

"Uncle, don't worry, they will just think that the Prince of Yizhong County asked them to come in to protect my concubine." Qin Keqing said with a smile, "The Zhao family's sister also hinted like this when she recruited people; besides, What they are getting is my concubine’s money, and they all have family members and relatives outside, so they will definitely not do anything out of the ordinary.”

"That's good!" Zhou Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll find a way to prepare more money for you. Ningguo Mansion will definitely not care about your life and death in the future, even more money will do."

"Pfft -" Qin Keqing couldn't help laughing, "Uncle, are you afraid that you have forgotten Keqing's dowry? Even if I can live to be 80 years old in this life, I will never be short of money. This is still saying If I spend even one or two of my dowry, I will live in bird's nests and shark's fins every day, and I won't be poor before I die!"

"I really forgot!" Zhou Yang patted his head speechlessly, and then his expression changed, "Then you still wanted to ask me that day."

"Uncle, if you don't do this, how can you know that your uncle is reliable?" Qin Keqing showed a charming smile and took the initiative to kiss him and said, "Now that I am with my uncle and no longer have those threats, can you know that your uncle is reliable?" Why do we need to care about some yellow and white things?"

"Okay, you even scheme against me!" Zhou Yang gently rubbed the girl's cheek lovingly, but he remembered a "famous saying" of the modern "goddess", "A man who spends money for you may not be reliable, but if he even A man who is not willing to spend money on you will only become more unreliable!"

"I don't dare!" Qin Keqing's self-proclaimed name is very interesting. When talking sweetly to each other, he usually uses "Keqing". When he encounters serious business or expresses his position, he will change it to "I don't dare". "But no matter when in the future, I will be here." I swear I will never lie to my uncle again!"

"You!" Zhou Yang smiled, lowered his head for a long kiss and said, "Although we can't do anything now, I also swear to you that one day, sooner or later, I will let you leave this beautiful cage and live a true life. A true Zhou family woman!"

"Well, Keqing believes it!" Qin Keqing raised her head emotionally and narrowed her eyes, taking the initiative to offer sweetness to Ai Lang.

"I remember you said that these people are absolutely reliable?" After dozens of breaths, Zhou Yang reluctantly left and asked with a smirk.

"Uncle——"

(End of this chapter)