Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 389 Lenovo
end of February.

Qin Keqing and You gave birth to a son and a daughter one after another. The son was named Lai Chengli, and the daughter was named Lai Danqing.

The son's name was okay, but his daughter's name Lai Shangrong always felt a little strange. Originally, he wanted to be arty and rank his daughter as Yun Dan Feng Qing.

Unexpectedly, after settling down, I realized that the homophony of my second daughter's name didn't sound very nice.

It can only be attributed to the fact that the ancients have been doing it for a long time and have lost the vigilance of modern people’s homophones.

Fortunately, ancient people did not have this awareness, and even Youshi did not think there was anything wrong.

It's just that the You family seems to have no hope of giving birth to a son. Not to mention the three sisters in the family, even the You family and the second sister You are all giving birth to daughters.

You Lao Niang had to take her three daughters with her, and she was secretly sad.

Qin Keqing was satisfied and urged Lai Shangrong to write to Qin Zhong telling him the good news of becoming his uncle.

On this day, Lai Shangrong returned home after giving the letter to the Western merchants to take away.

Jin Chuan stepped forward and reported, "My eldest wife has been waiting for you for a long time!"

Daiyu and Lai Shangrong decided on the candidates for the job and did not want to delay.

Firstly, it was decided that they would marry early, and secondly, even if the Zhen family thought about the possibility of having both parents, they would have an excuse to shirk it.

However, Jia She has always been greedy. If he knew that he had changed his mind, he would have to bargain again.

So Mrs. Xing lied and relied on her sharp tongue to change Yingchun's appearance.

After these two months of experience, Jin Chuan has become proficient in business. The food and wine in the hall have been prepared, and even the servants in the courtyard have left.

Lai Shangrong changed his clothes and came to the hall, where Mrs. Xing followed him.

"The old immortal is very happy, but he doesn't want to buy a dowry for the second girl!"

In ancient times, a dowry was indispensable for a married woman regardless of family background. Even if the family was poor, there were squires, relatives and neighbors who would help donate.

However, with the family status of Rong Mansion, of course it would be embarrassing to find someone to donate.

But from selling his daughter to marrying her, Jia She was not willing to pay for the dowry.

Lai Shangrong remembered that in the original work, Jia She accepted a 5000-tael betrothal gift from Sun Shaozu, but did not get any of it, which led to Yingchun being tortured to death.

Jia She was embarrassed by Sun Shaozu, let alone Lai Shangrong, who even sold his wife to him.

"That's all! I don't expect a tough guy like him to do anything."

Lai Shangrong said this, but in his heart he thought of the glass shares he had given to Shi Xiangyun in the name of dowry.

It didn't hurt that Jia She sold his daughter, but Shi Xiangyun was just his niece, and he had seen the faces of the two Shi brothers.

It may not be much better than Jia She.

If Shi Xiangyun married normally, Shi Nai would not be able to keep the glass shares.

But if you are a concubine, there is a lot to do, and you may not be able to start from this aspect.

Seeing that he was a little absent-minded, Mrs. Xing increased her intensity.

He hesitated and said: "Master...do you want to go to the slave family again...to test it out?"

"No need! I'll get the marriage certificate ready tomorrow!"

With the idea of ​​plotting against Shi Xiangyun starting from the dowry, Lai Shangrong didn't want to make extra troubles.

The wedding date with Lin Daiyu was set, and someone was sent to invite Lai Da back to Beijing.

Since the change from concubinage to concubinage was changed, Jia Mu could not object. She would just wait for Lai Da to come back and do it together, which would save trouble in the future.

After all, marrying a wife is no less than taking a concubine, three books and six rituals, and red tape.

Mrs.

Taking advantage of Mrs.He stood up, straightened his robes, pointed to the food on the table and said, "You have been busy for a long time. Go back after eating! Brother Lang and Brother Jun will come over soon, so I won't keep you here."

County examinations and government examinations are held every year, but college examinations are held twice every three years. Although he failed this year and there will be next year, Lai Shangrong can't wait to activate the bond of Rongguo Mansion.

Although Li Wan may not disobey Jia Lan even if he fails to pass the examination, his mentality will change.

Lai Shangrong didn't want her emotions to affect his own experience, so he didn't mind waiting a little longer.

Even, to be on the safe side, he took the time to give instructions to his two apprentices.

On the other hand, he did not hesitate to threaten the outside world that if someone targeted the two apprentices in the imperial examination because of the new currency policy, they would not stop even if they made a fuss in front of the palace.

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While Lai Shangrong was tutoring his two apprentices, Aunt Xue was also giving instructions to Xue Baochai in the small courtyard of the Xue family.

Aunt Xue sighed: "The matter has come to this, the emperor has granted marriage, don't alienate Baoyu because of your uncle's illness. He has been ill for so long, and you have not come to see him. If your aunt thinks that If you deliberately avoid taboos, I’m afraid you’ll be overly concerned!”

On the night of the wedding, Xue Pan came home and heard the news of the marriage. He was so angry that he cursed his mother. Only then did Aunt Xue know about Jia Zheng's condition.

Only then did she understand why Mrs. Wang was so arrogant at first and respectful at the end, and asked for a marriage decree.

It's just that the situation has come to this, and the mute has no choice but to eat Coptis chinensis, which is extremely difficult.

Because he was afraid that Xue Baochai would know the reason for the marriage and be dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang, which would make it difficult for mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to get along with each other, they concealed the news that Mrs. Wang confided that day.

Mrs. Wang also worried that she would know the relationship between Xue Baochai and Lai Shangrong because she disclosed the news of the request in front of Aunt Xue, and she would reveal the guilt of deceiving the queen.

He told Xue Baochai not to reveal her relationship with Lai Shangrong to Aunt Xue.

Xue Baochai was already shy about speaking out, so of course he agreed.

"It's all my aunt's orders. She said Baoyu was frightened out of his wits and told us not to come to the house and let him rest in peace."

Xue Baochai was already familiar with Aunt Xue's accusations. Since Mrs. Wang wanted her to cover up, of course she would do it to her.

Speaking of Jia Baoyu's condition, Aunt Xue said worriedly: "This child has been sick for several months, why is he still not getting better? What if..."

Speaking of this, he hurriedly spat: "Bah, bah, bah! This child is blessed with great luck. He went crazy with your aunt last time and survived. Naturally, he will be fine this time."

"Maybe!" Xue Baochai responded absently.

Although Mrs. Wang was covering her up, she was still slightly worried.

There is no need to worry now. After marriage, you can move out and live alone like Mrs. Wang.

But on the wedding day, how can you escape the wedding ceremony?
If Jia Baoyu had been so ill all the time, things would have been simpler.

Aunt Xue just thought she was worried about Jia Baoyu's condition and sighed: "Although your uncle got that kind of disease and was dismissed from office, after all, there is still a queen in the palace. Since the emperor is willing to grant the marriage, she must not have suffered anything. Influence.

That day when Lin Yatou got her hair, the old lady arranged a marriage with Shang Rong for you. Even if your family is unreliable, you and your children will still have your empress and Shang Rong to rely on in the future.

I heard that Shang Rong promised Lian Er that he would help buy a property in the future. Since he has it, will it be missing yours? "

Lai Shangrong only promised Jia Lian in private, but after Jia Lian returned, he was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he turned his army and publicized it in the mansion.

Of course, in order to avoid arousing suspicion, Lai Shangrong took the initiative to ask for it himself.

When Xue Baochai heard Aunt Xue talk about the child, she couldn't help but think of the beauty of making a child, and she suddenly felt ashamed.

He secretly thought to himself that if there was a child who was also Lai Shangrong's flesh and blood, he would naturally have to take care of it.

However, his child was Lai Shangrong's flesh and blood, but Wang Xifeng's was not. Why did Lai Shangrong help buy the property?

Thinking of this, it suddenly dawned on him that since it was Jia Lian's request, most likely he was going along with the flow, laying an ambush for buying property for his own flesh and blood in the future.

But with Mrs. Wang's help, it was enough to cover up the affair between the two of them. Do you want Li Daitao to help Lai Shangrong spread his business in Rong Mansion?
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(End of this chapter)