Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 315 4.111 In the clear sky, what else do you dare to do?

Volume Four

4.111 In the clear sky, what else do you dare to do?

Although Jia Zheng has decided to do his best to help Fu in the trial operation, and is also nominally the head of the Rongguo Mansion, many things cannot be handled by himself. Even if he is reluctant in his heart, he can only go to his elder brother Jia She to discuss .

"Brother, why don't you pay attention in broad daylight!" Jia Zheng rarely entered Jia She's study, but as soon as he entered the door, he turned his back to avoid suspicion, "I have something to discuss with you, let's see if it's okay .”

"Second brother, why are you here today when you are free, instead of listening to the praise of those few people at home?" Jia She impatiently put down the wine glass in his hand, pushed the concubine aside who was basically open in his arms, and waved her hand. Get out of here with the other maids, then look at Jia Zheng and say, "Now you are pretending? Why didn't I see you so serious when we played together?"

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Jia Zheng blushed, and moved a chair to sit opposite Jia Amnesty. A letter came, asking me to help move the position of the Shuntian Mansion General Judge."

"He has a lot of thoughts, and he doesn't take pictures of himself. He is nothing." Jia She interrupted him disdainfully, "I remember it was last year, right? He just followed the son-in-law of the Xue family named Zhou. If he goes to the Qianhu Office, it will be over with your help, but in just a few days, he can't even think about his position in the capital?"

"Brother, long articles are something you can do. Now that you have made great contributions, how can I, as a teacher, help you?" Jia Zheng looked unswerving, but he could only hold back his anger and handed over a letter and two copies of the children's residence report. In the past, "Besides, if he can be promoted and come back, that is."

"You are such a prude, do you know that there is someone in the court who can do things easily?" Jia She didn't bother to answer. He only told two pieces of information and looked through them before showing surprise, "This boy named Zhou is really worthy of the grace of the government. Are you willing to spend such a large amount of money? Fu Shi is also smart and knows how to ask for help from his master - if so, it is not non-negotiable.

It's a pity that this boy got engaged too early. Otherwise, there are no girls in the house. No matter which one is arranged, it can make him a little closer; but he has settled on a girl from the Xue family. If we have anything else The arrangement seemed to be a conspiracy against his own relatives; just judging from his behavior towards Fu Shi today, it seemed that he was someone who repaid his kindness. "

"Then-elder brother agrees?" Jia Zheng looked happy.

"It's up to you, just remember not to go too far." Jia She waved his hand impatiently, "If you need me to talk, just come over and say it yourself. There is no need for me to go over then, you just bring me My name card will come in handy for whoever it is; but there is one family you should not forget, that is the Qiu family of the Marquis of Jingtian."

"Qiu Liang?" Jia Zheng looked confused, "Although he is in charge of the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities, he is not from the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen. How could he."

"You idiot, what does Tongpuan do for a living?" Jia She was immediately annoyed, "How many people can a mere Shuntianfu Yamen have? How could this capital city's on-the-ground means not have the help of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division? It is true that Qiu Liang cannot interfere with the appointment of Tongjian, but he can guarantee that he will not be able to do it!"

"Brother is right!" Jia Zheng's face turned red from the rebuke.

"Okay, go ahead!" Jia She opened a secret compartment, pulled out a name card and handed it over, "Qiu Liang rarely eats lunch at home. He likes Huaiyang cuisine from Wanfu House the most. You can take it. I’ll ask him to be a host for my film sometime, just say it’s my idea, and let him help me after Fu Shi takes office.”

"Brother, let's go right now!" Jia Zheng looked happy and turned around to go out.

"Now?" On the contrary, Jia She was stunned for a moment, "What's the point of worrying about this kind of thing? It's better - well, you can go now. Then I'm afraid you won't be able to come back until after midnight."

"Brother, rest!" Jia Zheng casually cupped his hands and hurried out.

"When has the second master ever been so impatient?" Not long after Jia Zheng went out, the concubine who had just been sent to the inner room by Jia She threw herself into his arms with a fragrant breeze. She didn't even tidy up her messy clothes, "This slave has been I heard that he is a modest gentleman, and he always looks calm on weekdays."

"That's when you've never seen him get impatient." Jia Zheng pushed her aside impatiently and said, "You change your clothes and go to the back yard to invite the second wife over. Just say that your wife has something to ask for." She came to discuss.”

"Master!" The concubine suddenly turned pale, "I don't dare."

"Huh?" Jia She's face changed immediately.

"I'll go now, my maidservant, I'll go now, my maidservant." The concubine knelt on the ground with a "plop", kowtowed her head and said, "It's just that if the second wife refuses." "She will come!" Jia She kicked her Kicked to the ground, "Hurry up!"

Jia She's residence is a separate semi-independent courtyard. It belongs to the same courtyard on the east side of Rongguo Mansion as Jia Zheng's inner study, Mengpo Zhai, and Mrs. Wang's courtyard. The north and south lines up in a line, and the outer wall goes to the east. It was a private alley between Ning Rong's second residence, and the distance between the front and back was not large. In less than a short time of tea, Mrs. Wang silently helped the concubine to the study.

Jia She didn't say a word, and pulled her into the inner room. Even if the concubine's face was pale, she only dared to carefully prepare hot water, towels, etc., and waited in the study tremblingly. Familiar voices kept coming to her ears, and she was called in even after less than a cup of tea.

What the three of them didn't notice was that shortly after Mrs. Wang left her yard, a little sweeping girl followed to the Jia pardoning courtyard, and after confirming that Mrs. Wang had entered, she ran out in a hurry and went straight to Qiluzhai. Direction away
At the same time, Li Wan's courtyard.

"I met Lian's second grandma!" It was originally the west wing room where Su Yue lived, but after she was released with kindness, it became Li Wan's "study". Followed by Ping'er, the two of them just came in, "I don't know what orders Second Grandma has here?"

Wang Xifeng ignored her, and quickly glanced at Li Wan's desk as soon as he entered the door. His eyes lit up when he found the "target", and he walked over quickly and was about to take away the fruit plate in front of Li Wan. However, he didn't expect the other party to be as quick as Li Wan, and raised his hand to take the fruit plate away. He pulled it to the left side of his body, just avoiding Feng Lazi's "slender hand".

"You stingy bitch, I just want to eat some fruit from you, and why do you feel so distressed like this?" Seeing that the plan failed, Wang Xifeng simply walked around Li Wan, picked up a piece of cut pineapple from the fruit plate, and threw it away Putting it in his mouth, "I want to see what will happen if I eat your fruit today?"

"I'm such a prude, shouldn't I just go in and out all day?" Li Wan rolled his eyes at her, closed the account book and threw it into the pile of materials in front of the desk, and then winked at Su Yun; He immediately pulled Ping'er out with a smile, regardless of whether he wanted to or not, "Tell me, what's the matter? I don't believe that your Second Grandma Feng came here just for a few fruits."

"You should be able to earn a lot of money every month now, right?" Wang Xifeng first grabbed the account book that had just been thrown aside, flipped through it a few times and threw it back, "It's not like you don't know the situation in the house. This time Although the shortfall has been made up with groceries from the warehouse, how can such a thing ever end? I don’t know if it can be done.”

"No!" Li Wan glanced and confirmed that the two girls had gone out, then picked up the account book that had just been put down and continued to work on the abacus. I'll pay you the highest price. I don't mind helping you if this kind of thing happens again in the future, but don't expect me to clean up the house neatly.

I've been in charge of this place before you did. What's it like inside? Do you still want to fool me?Putting aside the fact that I don’t have so much money to throw at it, even if I wanted to take the next step, my mother-in-law would not agree; you are her good niece, don’t you not even understand this? "

"Then what do you think I should do?" Wang Xifeng first glanced at Li Wan to settle the score, and then sat on the long couch in the back angrily after finding that he couldn't understand it at all, and still didn't forget to take the fruit plate away, "It can't be me Can you put it in there yourself? With such a big deficit, how can I have so much money?"

"Your dowry seems pretty good." Li Wan looked at him coolly, then turned back to continue settling the accounts.

"You're such a prude, how dare you speak up!" Wang Xifeng angrily threw down the eaten fruit plate, stepped forward and threw Li Wan's account book aside, then messed up her abacus beads, and then said angrily, " Aren't you able to help His Highness Yongchang with the accounts? At least help me think of a way. If I can't do it here, what if I really want to arrest you and jack up the tank? "

"Huh?" Li Wan paused for a moment, realizing that what Wang Xifeng said was probably not a joke, and then slowly smiled, "Okay, considering the friendship between you and my sister-in-law, I will give you an idea, you , what a fool, there are many slaves, although they are all from the house, they are not the same master.

If you find a problem in the future, don’t you have to report it to your wife?Don’t forget your ancestors. In the future, whenever you find problems with Bai Guanshi, you might as well ask your ancestors to help; if it’s a problem with Shan Daliang or Lai Da, you can also let your wife take a look. As long as we discuss it carefully, there will always be a way to solve it. . "

Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up immediately.

There are many servants in the Jia family, but they are not all one family. As Li Wan just said, the Lai family is Jia's mother's companion, the Lin family is the milk brother of the old Duke, and the Shan family is the one who followed the old housekeeper Lin. These three families They are considered to be Jia Mu's people; the Bai family, who just got up recently, are Mrs. Wang's close confidants, and there are other small "factions" to talk about.

Jiamu Chabai's family will never be soft-hearted, Mrs. Wang may not dare to touch the Lai family, but Shan Daliang and Lin's family will never be polite; if it is other small stewards, neither of them will talk about "treating the servants leniently" ", just like when some of the maids needed to be kicked out later in the original work, neither Mrs. Wang nor Jia Mu showed any "compassion".

"Okay, I see what you said makes sense. I'll give it a try in the future." Even though she was already happy, Wang Xifeng still held Qiao'er. Unfortunately, the joy she couldn't hide on her face sold her away. Clean, "Let me tell you, you must have some secrets of this fruit here, so you are not worried about eating it and spoiling it? Why not take some out and let me help you."

"Your Highness did reward you with a lot of fruits." Just as Wang Xifeng guessed, Princess Yongchang must have offered sacrifices to Princess Yongchang. It is normal for people to be unable to finish the rewards. Li Wan did receive a lot, but doing things was another matter. He said the truth, "But I don't know, why do you want me to agree?"

"What do you want to do again?" Wang Xifeng froze, "What else do you dare to do in this clear day?"

(End of this chapter)