Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

93 Chapter 2.70

Volume Two

2.70 I will be leaving in the next few days.

After working for most of the night, he returned to Xue Xun's place and drank a lot. After eating the "late night snack", Zhou Yang quickly returned to the Xue family mansion with a dozen bodyguards, Yan Ding, and fell asleep in the guest room. I don't know how long it took before I was "awakened" by the smell of food in my nose. I opened my eyes and saw Xue Baochai sewing on the edge of the bed.

"Are you here?" Zhou Yang rubbed his face and shook his head to wake himself up. Zhou Yang sat up and leaned on the bed, took the girl into his arms and said, "What time is it now? How long have you been here? Are you waiting for something urgent?" Already?"

"It's not long, it's just before noon (thirteen o'clock), and I didn't wait long. I just saw that you didn't come home last night and you were very tired when you came back this morning, so I asked the kitchen to make a few side dishes and bring them over. "Xue Baochai let him hold her, and said with reddened cheeks, "Little sister heard that you were with your second uncle last night, but what is there to do?"

"Social entertainment?" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, and then realized what the girl meant. He couldn't help but laugh. He lowered his head and kissed her softly before saying, "You, if you suspect me of going shopping, just say so. What's the use?" Do you have to be so tactful? Let’s not talk about anything else, how can an elder take a younger person out to visit the building? Do you still want to lose face? "

"Little sister, I don't dare!" Xue Baochai immediately blushed and lowered his head slightly to hide his shyness, but had no intention of letting go.

"Well, we were indeed busy all night yesterday, mainly because we had a business." Zhou Yang smiled and recounted what happened last night, but did not say that it was salt goods, nor did he mention the subsequent conflict. He smiled at the end He said, "Now that this business is done, it will continue to flow smoothly in the future. I dare not say that it will be more than a year later. It will not be difficult to increase the income by another 10 taels."

"I see, my little sister has wrongly blamed you!" After listening to Zhou Yang's words, Xue Baochai knew that the salt business would not be as simple as Ai Lang said, even if he didn't know much about business affairs. "With this revenue , it’s worth giving up some of my family’s property.”

"Master, miss, the food is ready!" As the two were talking, Ying'er's voice came from the living room. She was obviously calling for the food to be served, "Do you need a slave to serve you?"

"Come in!" Xue Baochai gently broke free from Zhou Yang's embrace, and let him kiss his forehead before getting off the bed and said, "Brother Zhou worked hard all night, and my younger sister couldn't help, so I had to prepare some food to express my gratitude. "

"You!" Zhou Yang watched the girl go out with a blushing face, and then pulled the girl who was covering her mouth and laughing at the bedside to make up for two PPs. Then with the help of Ying'er, she quickly got up and washed up. After going out, she saw that Xue Baochai had already Sitting at the dining table, when he saw him going out, he stood up to signal.

It was a satisfying meal. Xue Baochai's "slight expression of his feelings" refers to a table of eight exquisite side dishes, a jar of five-year-old flower carvings, and a basin of rice. The master and the servant only ate it. Less than [-]% was eaten, and the remaining [-]% went into Zhou Yang's stomach. After eating, he almost didn't have to wash the dishes, which made the two girls cover their mouths and snicker.

"Brother Zhou said a few days ago that he will be leaving in a few days." After dinner, Xue Baochai called the servants to come and pack away, and Xue Baochai's expression gradually became melancholy.

"Not bad!" Zhou Yang nodded without hesitation, waved his hand for Ying'er to go out first, and then he took Xue Baochai and said, "No matter how much money is earned from the business here, if there is no maintenance in the court, the more money there will be. It will bring even more trouble, my foundation is in my official career, because I must have a higher position in order to better protect you!"

"Brother Zhou!" Xue Baochai's beautiful eyes were filled with tears, but she held back her emotions and raised her head and said, "My little sister knows your ambition, so naturally I don't dare to stop you. I just hope you won't work too hard. I heard that the eldest young master of Rongguo Mansion is I struggled with studying so much that even though I won the imperial examination, I still lost my life, leaving only a pair of orphans and a widowed mother. My younger sister still hopes to serve her for the rest of her life, so she doesn’t dare to—"

"Silly girl, what are you talking about!" Zhou Yang lowered his head and kissed her gently, interrupting her worries. After a moment, he let go and said, "Jia Zhu died. On the one hand, it was indeed because he had been studying hard. But the most important thing is that he was born in the Jia family, and he lost control of himself at a young age. His drinking and sex constantly consumed his body, so much so that even a mere cold could kill him."

"How does Brother Zhou know?" Xue Baochai asked strangely. It is impossible for such family secrets to be spread outside. Which servant dares to tell it? It is not exaggerated to kill the entire family, because it will cost the entire family. The reputation of Rongguo Mansion - well, Rongguo Mansion is in a special situation, and any slave would dare to pass it on!
"Well - you also know that I have communicated with Hachigong's family. This kind of thing is not a secret among big families." Zhou Yang still attributed the reason to "social interaction". Anyway, it can't be said that it was once He sent Li Wan to "24 Bridges on a Moonlit Night" to sing casually, and half-forced her to say, "Anyway, don't worry, I'm a martial artist, and I'm in good health. Sooner or later, I'll let you see me!"

"Brother Zhou!" Xue Baochai punched him a few times with a red face, but couldn't ask again casually, "Little sister, I heard that"

"I said where did you come from so many rumors?" Zhou Yang felt a little overwhelmed and quickly interrupted her "heard", "You might as well..." "Huh!" Xue Baochai stubbornly raised his head and faced him this time. Looking at each other, Zhou Yang looked away guiltily before continuing to ask, "I heard that there is a Dongfang Qianhu. She is a descendant of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion. It is rumored that she also carries the inheritance of the world. I just want to ask, in the future Should I call her sister?"

"This -" Zhou Yang remembered his entanglement with Dongfang girl before leaving, and touched his nose guiltily, "Listen to my explanation, this situation is quite special, and it's a long story."

"Let's make a long story short!" Xue Baochai stared at him with a pair of beautiful eyes, with an expression of swearing not to give up until the goal is reached, "If necessary, my younger sister is willing to abdicate to the virtuous!"

"You!" Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and tapped the girl's forehead, but still told the whole process of his interactions with Princess Yongchang and Dongfang Bing, especially pointing out the favor he received from the two, and finally added, "I can't possibly To marry into the Marquis Weiyuan's Mansion would be to renounce one's official career. Dongfang is not willing to give up the inheritance of the Dongfang family to marry, and is not willing to be a concubine, so that's the only way. If we meet in the future, it doesn't matter if you call her sister. .”

"Don't worry, little sister!" Xue Baochai nodded in agreement with a sweet smile.

Xue Baochai's behavior was obviously not in line with her usual dignity and propriety, but Zhou Yang did not find it unacceptable. After all, the issue of "status" in this era cannot be explained clearly in a few words, and the difference between a wife and a concubine is even more important. Like a chasm in the sky, it would be strange if she didn't care. In comparison, she didn't ask a word about Qingwen, because the two were not on the same level and there was no conflict.

It's the same in the original work. Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu have always been in conflict, but they don't care about Xi Ren, Qingwen and other maids, because they compete for the status of the head wife, while the maids compete for the position of concubine. It's not on the same level at all. He was favored like a stranger, but Xue Baochai was dismissed after a few words after he entered the family.

There was another sweet exchange between you and me for most of an hour. When Zhou Yang was almost holding back his anger but only dared to stop holding hands and kissing, Xue Baochai finally ran out of the guest room with a blushing face and took him away by the way. I found the reluctant Ying'er.

That night.

"You know how to behave like a concubine!"

"Are you leaving?" After resting for a long time, her voice was full of reluctance. The traffic in this era was terrible, and a sentence of "rushing for the exam" would last at least half a year, and it was exaggerated to say that she would never see her again in her lifetime.

"Well!" Zhou Yang was actually not willing to give up, but he was not caught up in Wenrou Township. "I have been here for a long time. It happened that the second uncle's fleet returned to Miyako Island the day after tomorrow, so I followed him back to Beijing by sea. "

"Then go!" Wang Shuying has been the wife of the Xue family for many years, so naturally she won't say much at this time. "I just hope you don't forget that there is a poor person in Jiangnan who hopes for your promotion day and night, and also hopes that you are safe."

"Don't worry, I can't bear to forget it!" Zhou Yang smiled and hugged the beautiful woman into his arms, biting his ear and saying love words, "I said something this afternoon, and I will repeat it now. I must have a higher position in order to be better." I'll protect you all! You must have seen what is going on in this world. If I am addicted to the gentle land, what will I do in the future? "

"Don't worry!" Wang Shuying blushed and nodded gently. She also understood who Zhou Yang was talking about in the afternoon. After a moment, she bit her lip, hesitated but still said apologetically, "It's Pan'er's place."

"You!" Zhou Yang was completely helpless about this. This "Idiot Xue" really deserves the nickname. He returned to "normal" just a few days after his father died. He spent more than half of his time in various buildings or flower boats, and his reputation It’s basically the same as a cesspit, but Zhou Yang and Xue Xun, the only two people who can control the candidates, pretend not to see it, “I will give him a vacant position in the future, don’t worry!
If possible, I will try my best to arrange a good marriage for him and educate the next generation well in the future. As for him, it is not convenient for me to say more now. I can only rely on him to figure it out! "

"This-" Wang Shuying was obviously not confident!
"Okay, Brother Wenlong will figure it out sooner or later!" Zhou Yang smiled and gave out the empty promise, "I won't leave until the day after tomorrow, don't forget to come over tomorrow night!"

"Humph!"

(End of this chapter)