Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 66 2.43 You have reached this point in the house
Volume Two

2.43 You have reached this point in the government
Sure enough, as Jia Lian said, Zhou Yang discovered the problem as soon as he followed Xing'er into the garden. Since the place was going to be used for entertaining tourists after the banquet, he naturally cleared out his servants in advance; the female guests would never mess around after such a banquet. In terms of strolling around, most of the male customers here drank too much; the individual visitors in the front yard were not qualified to come, so the huge garden was actually very deserted.

"Well." Xing'er said with some embarrassment, "I didn't expect that there were really no people. Please forgive me, Mr. Xie Yuan, the young ones are not qualified to go in."

"It's okay." Smiling and waving his hands, Zhou Yang was even more disdainful to the relatives and children of Jia's family. You must know that in such a large banquet, getting drunk is a very bad performance, but most of the VIP seats like them drink There were more, but he was not interested in taking care of it. Instead, he took the opportunity or deliberately asked about the situation, "How old is the young master just now? Where are the ladies?"

"Second Master Bao was born in the 36th year of Longwu, and he is 13 years old this year." Regarding Jia Baoyu's situation, Xing'er answered happily, but Sanchun said otherwise, "Among the four girls, only the second girl is a few years older. The others are all younger than Mr. Bao."

"Are you 13 years old? That's interesting." Zhou Yang smiled faintly and deliberately threw some nails, "But according to the rules, 'men and women do not sit at the same table until they are seven years old.' What is this second master Bao? The house is not afraid of affecting a few people. The girl’s reputation?”

"This." Xing'er's expression changed, but he didn't dare to say a word. Instead, he changed the subject abruptly, "Mr. Xie Yuangong can go on his own, and I'll leave first."

"You can go on your own." Zhou Yang chuckled and watched Xing'er hurried away. Of course he did it on purpose just now. The few words he asked were actually a bit too much, but he still said it on purpose. Presumably these will come out soon. Word will spread throughout the Jia family, it depends on how the masters and ladies in the family arrange it.

The courtyard where the VIP seats were just now is located on the east wall of Rongguo Mansion, and the same is true when entering the garden. He has actually been "familiar" with this place for a long time, because he went to Li Wanyuan more than once at night to solve the "anger" problem. Now he looks at the empty garden, Naturally, he would not waste time here. Instead, he walked quickly to the west and soon arrived not far behind Li Wan's Courtyard. He even faintly heard the conversation between the master and servant in the room.

"Dang Dang Dang!" Zhou Yang quickly walked to the back window of the main room and knocked on the window frame three times with a smile. Master and servant Li Wan, who was sitting on the edge of the bed chatting, looked at him in disbelief, "You two beauties, you missed me. without?"

"Why are you here?" Li Wan's face changed slightly, and he waved his hand to Su Yun to go out and lock the courtyard door. Then he stood up and went to the window, watching Zhou Yang easily climb into the room through the large back window, "Today's banquet is so... There are many people, just in case someone sees it"

"Don't worry, the whole garden is deserted, and no one would think that I would take the opportunity to turn over to you." Zhou Yang smiled and explained his analysis of the situation in the garden, "The banquet has come to an end, but Regardless of whether the distinguished guests are male or female, there are definitely many topics that need to be discussed. It’s already midnight when you go home after the show. It’s only noon, and there’s still more than an hour left.”

"That's okay!" Just in time to see Su Yun return and nod to her after cleaning up, Li Wan let Zhou Yang hold him in his arms and his tone relaxed, "Didn't we just meet yesterday? Why are you here again today? Already?"

"Haven't you ever heard of the saying, 'One day is like three autumns before we see each other'?" Zhou Yang smiled and lowered his head for a gentle kiss. Naturally, Zhou Yang didn't mind talking about love with his sister. Of course, he could also chat, "Why didn't you Do you want to go to the ladies' table and follow?"

"Hmph, do you want to go over there and see how they look?" Li Wan sighed quietly and said nothing. Suyun was no longer so restrained, "either no one is paying attention, or they are looking at me and want to put their faces on my wife. Just three words Just turn to the one with jade, as if there is only one master in this house, and don't even look at what he is like."

"Su Yun!" Li Wan interrupted her lightly, but did not mean to refute. Instead, he turned to Zhou Yang and said, "I'm just tired these days. Now that everything is over, it's natural to go home and have a good rest. If I also went to the female guests’ table, didn’t you miss out today?”

"Suyun, have you reached this point in the house?" Zhou Yang frowned seriously. He really didn't expect that Li Wan's life had become so deserted. Even though it was mentioned in the original work, Wang Xifeng usually passed by Li Wan's courtyard and found that She was either a bored working girl or sleeping during the day, but that was many years later, and she never imagined that she would be like this now. "Ever since grandma took off her job as housekeeper, things have been getting worse in the house." Su Yun said bitterly, "When there was nothing else to do, grandma could still take Uncle Xiaolan to the garden to relax. It was only a few steps away, but even a few times later, there were rumors in the house that the widowed person was not at ease and was only thinking about the outside world.

There are also those dog slaves. When grandma was the housekeeper, they were all like lapdogs. All they did was say hello. Who would dare not listen?Now, they are only two or three years old. They are still like dogs, but they have become wolves one by one. They even dare to bite their own masters. How can they still look like slaves?
I don’t know what the rules are in this house. A slave is not like a slave, and a master is not like a master. When the master asks, they dare to reply ten times. Even Uncle Xiaolan’s three meals a day, some people now dare to deduct the meat. The food was not fresh. I went to ask twice and there was a rumor in the house, saying that "you can't keep your filial piety and can't be a vegetarian with peace of mind." If such a slave was in the Li family, he would have been sold out long ago. "

"Is it already like this?" Zhou Yang was really dumbfounded. No wonder the description of Li Wan's appearance in the original work was "as dead as a dead tree", while Jia Lan became "deserted and lonely". When the Jia family was destroyed, The mother and son just closed the door and no one cared about them. Living in such an environment, it would be great if they could not directly retaliate against society. What else could be expected of them?
"You also said that 'all the cats and dogs in the ancestor's room should be respected'. A girl came to deliver something and asked grandma to accompany her carefully. Who is the master?" Suyun shed tears as she spoke. "What do they care about our petty intrigues? If they are just grandma and slaves, that's all. Even Uncle Xiaolan..."

Only then did Zhou Yang realize that such rumors in Jia's mansion were spread intentionally by Jia's mother in order to use "filial piety" to suppress Mrs. Wang. No, those old slaves can still take advantage of their old age and bring out "filial piety" at every turn, so that the entire Rongguo Mansion has become a funny place.

"Suyun!" Li Wan also had tears in his beautiful eyes at this time, but he still interrupted Suyun's complaint, turned his head and whispered to Zhou Yang, "I just hope that you will not forget today's friendship, and take good care of Lan in the future. That's all, but now, some problems are difficult to avoid.

After all, there are many people in the old house. Although my father has been gone for a few years, many people know about the owner of the house. It is enough that Lang Jun goes there a few times. If he goes there often, it will inevitably cause the gossip of Gua Tianli Xia. , if the news reaches the house, it’s okay for me to suffer a little bit, but I’m afraid I’ll wrong Lan’er. "

"What do you think?" It's really not an option to "marry" his sister's mansion all the time. Zhou Yang also arranged for shopkeeper Yang to check it out. The problem is that in his current status, buying a house in an outer city is really not difficult, cheap and fast. There are plenty of houses; but if you turn your target to the inner city and don't talk about the house, people may not be in the mood to respond to him when they hear his identity. The saying "the east is rich and the west is expensive" does not contain any water!
"There is Wang Hanlin. When his father was still alive, he often came to visit. He can be said to be a disciple of the Li family." Li Wan said softly, "It's a pity that my father went early and couldn't help arrange the place, so it was a waste of time." So far, I finally had a chance at the beginning of the year, but unfortunately the location is too remote, and he doesn’t have many connections, so he probably won’t have the chance to come back once he leaves.”

"In this way, there is no need to keep their mansion in the capital." Zhou Yang understood what she meant and said with a smile on his face, "I guess you can still contact them? Do you have any price requirements?"

"Three in and three out, spanning the courtyard from east to west, it is twenty feet long from north to south. It only costs 3000 taels, but it must be cash." Li Wan said softly, "Now Wang Hanlin has taken office in the middle of the year and left his family behind. I will leave after handling the property. Mrs. Wang and I are handkerchiefs, and we are in constant contact on weekdays. All other store properties are easy to talk about, but this house is the only one."

"Yes!" Zhou Yang agreed happily, "Presumably because of identity issues, they can't publicize the sale of the house and can only release the news privately, right? You write a souvenir and I will arrange for the handover between shopkeeper Yang and the housekeeper of the Wang family. , whether it’s the dental shop or the official procedures, I’m sure they won’t have any trouble, right?”

"It's natural!" Li Wan blushed and nodded, "Everyone in the house knows about my relationship with Mrs. Wang Hanlin. We had frequent contacts in the past, but now only the master is the director of the Ministry of Works. I don’t know much about all kinds of information, and I don’t know anything about the Wang family. The house is only three alleys to the west and two streets to the south.”

"When the time comes, I will naturally continue to invite you to my home in the name of the Wang family!" Zhou Yang smiled and hugged her tightly, "Lan'er's affairs can be arranged at any time. It doesn't matter if I leave you a place to live, but what are you going to do? Thank me?"

"It's up to you!" Li Wan showed a rare charming look, squinting his eyes and letting Ai Lang hug him tightly, and raised his head to meet the wanton demands.

(End of this chapter)