Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 45 Proper Arrangement

Ning Mansion, inside Qin Keqing's house.

Zhang Youshi took his pulse and pondered for a while, then smiled at Youshi who was beside him, "Grandma is fine, and she doesn't need any medicine!"

On Jiamu's birthday, Jia Zhen asked Feng Ziying to invite Zhang Youshi again, and he should be able to arrive in the last month, but Zhang Youshi couldn't bear it after returning because of the exhaustion of the boat and car, so it took half a month to come.

Upon hearing this, Qin Keqing hurriedly pushed herself up and sat up: "But why do I always feel dizzy and depressed?"

"Uh..." Zhang Youshi stroked his beard and said hesitantly: "It's probably a heart problem. Let's do this. I'll prescribe another prescription to calm the mind and calm the mind. It's just that the medicine is three parts poisonous. It's better not to take it!"

Qin Keqing was worried when her pulse was taken. Although Zhang Youshi was sure that she was fine, it was always difficult to explain clearly what was going on in her heart, so to be on the safe side she prescribed a calming prescription.

"Daughter-in-law, please take a rest and I'll take Mr. Zhang to get a prescription!"

Youshi hurriedly asked Zhang Youshi to go aside and make a prescription.

Seeing how difficult it was to pretend to be sick, and how difficult it was to suppress Jia Zhen's dirty thoughts, Qin Keqing couldn't help but sigh.

It's a pity that her husband Jia Rong is irresponsible. If she is half as good as Uncle Lai, why should she be frightened by a weak woman.

Then he thought of his adoptive father helping Lai Shangrong to take concubines.

Not only did he seek medical advice for himself and teach his younger brother, but he also spared no effort to protect his younger brother last time. Although taking a concubine was not a big deal, there was no reason to pretend to be sick.

Since I can't hide it for long, it's better to take the opportunity to come to congratulate and express my feelings.

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Although Lai Shangrong found out the date of Zhang Youshi's coming to Beijing from Feng Ziying, he is not easy to intervene. In addition, he has been busy with business recently, not only has to teach in the school, sell paper, but also has a lot of things to do, so he doesn't think too much about it. this matter.

At this moment, he had just sold out the last batch of stocks, and he came to Deyutang, the most famous jewelry shop in the capital, with the bank notes.

The You family was not well-off, and the parents wanted to publicize it. Naturally, they couldn't make Second Sister You too shabby, so they ordered him to send two sets of head jewelry.

He has always been lavish in spending money on women. Although he is not well-off now, he still found the best shop to buy two sets.

Looking at the two sets of hairpins and a dozen hairpin bracelets on the counter, Lai Shangrong took out the banknotes from his arms angrily, paid the bill, then went out and got in the car to head south of the city.

Originally, the two sets of hairdressers were already valuable, but now that Second Sister You had them, the sister-in-law couldn't treat her too harshly, so she added two more hairpin bracelets, intending to please this future sister-in-law.

Also considering that my sisters-in-law, Qingwen, Siqi, and Yuanyang also needed a bowl of water to drink, I bought about ten more items in one trip, which cost more than a thousand taels more.

Fortunately, papermaking is very profitable. Although it has been discounted, after all, it has made a net profit of 3 taels in the past six months.

After excluding the loss of concubines and the 4000 taels spent on jewelry, there is still a surplus of 3000 taels. Of course, the [-] taels cost of papermaking is not included.

If it weren't for the recent lack of money and the impact on his future, he would really be reluctant to implement the plan in advance.

But now there is no room for him to hesitate any longer. Although there were no surveillance or photos in ancient times, it would not be too difficult for these powerful people to find someone.

The idea of ​​selling low-priced paper in large quantities by myself has aroused the idea.

I went to the workshop to pick up the goods today, and there were a lot of unfamiliar faces around the workshop looking around.

Fortunately, he had thought carefully, and when he took action, he had already stopped the workshop outside the city, and the steam engine was transported to another place and hidden.

Although he had never been to You's house, Hu Si, the coachman, had come here twice with his wife. After a while, the carriage stopped at the entrance of a small, rundown courtyard.

"Master! It's here!"

Lai Shangrong got out of the car and looked at the narrow alleys around him. There was room for a carriage. The courtyard was also a little dilapidated, and the walls were covered with moss.

No wonder the mother and daughter did not shy away from being concubines.

"Boom boom boom!"

The courtyard door opened, and Mrs. You saw that it was Lai Shangrong, and a flower burst into a smile on her face, stretching a few folds.

"Yo! Why is my uncle here!"

While welcoming Lai Shangrong into the courtyard, he shouted into the house: "Second sister! My uncle is here! Third sister! Go and pour tea!"

Third Sister You, in a red dress and a green dress, lifted the curtain and said casually, "Hey! It's not the end of the day yet! Why are you so eager to change your mind?"

The Lai family's betrothal gift was indeed quite expensive. Seeing that she had received several thousand taels of betrothal gift, Third Sister You thought of the bracelet that she had longed for. However, Mrs. You insisted on not giving her any flowers, and she always used Second Sister You to stimulate her. No wonder She didn't look good.

"Bah! How can you talk with your little hooves! I'm not afraid of your brother-in-law's jokes!"

Although Lai Shangrong didn't know the inside story, there was a saying in his previous life that he could cure all diseases. Although there was no guarantee in this era, the truth was still true.

He hurriedly took out a wooden box from his bag and handed it over. "I have never given the opportunity to give the third sister a meeting gift. It just so happens that I am here today."

"Hey! Deyutang's dowry box!"

Third Sister You was a good judge of goods, so she immediately came up, grabbed the box, and opened it slowly.

He was immediately overjoyed, took out the bracelet from the box, lifted up his sleeves to reveal his white wrists, put the bracelet on, and turned his arm over and over to look at it carefully.

Then he ran back to the room with the box in his arms, sat in front of the dressing table, twirled his hairpin, put a pair of eyes in front of the mirror, carefully drew on the pen for a long time, and then inserted them.Then he shook his head, looked left and right at himself in the mirror, and began to admire himself.

At this time, Lai Shangrong had been welcomed into the main room by Mrs. You.

Seeing Second Sister You blushing, she came over with a cup of tea.

"Old...master, use tea!"

Like Mrs. You, she changed her words quickly. Lai Shangrong was not a hypocrite either. He reached out to take the tea bowl and took the opportunity to give Sister You a firm squeeze.

"Sit down!" He pointed to the chair a few meters away.

"Hey!"

Second Sister You agreed, turned sideways to Lai Shangrong, and slowly put her hips halfway on the chair.

It was getting late, so Lai Shangrong stacked the two large dowry boxes in his bag on the square table without writing.

"It's natural to wear new ones on the big day. I tried two sets at Deyu Hall. Let's see if there's anything wrong with them first!"

Lai Shangrong had already learned about the situation from his parents. Although Sister You had some jewelry, they were all pieced together and she wanted to wear new ones just to save their face.

"Yo yo yo! My uncle still loves people, so I said she is right to follow my uncle!"

Second Sister You opened the box tremblingly, first picked up the hair crown from inside, looked at it fondly for a long time, then picked up the golden steps inside and shook them back and forth, rubbing them repeatedly. Her whole body and mind began to feel excited as the steps swayed.

"uh-huh!"

Seeing that her daughter was staring at Bu Yao in a daze, Mrs. You ignored the Lord and quickly reminded her.

Only then did Sister You come back to her senses. She abandoned Bu Yao angrily and looked lovingly at Lai Shangrong with her pair of peach blossom eyes. She wished she could immediately throw herself into his arms and recommend herself to Lai Shangrong.

That is to say, Lai Shangrong does not have the ability to read minds, otherwise he would probably enter the bridal chamber early.

"Has the divorce document been ready?"

The main reason he came here today was to see if the divorce procedures had been completed, which would be true. Not only did he not come forward about the divorce, he also didn't ask his parents to come forward. He only gave 200 taels of silver and asked Mrs. You to take Zhang Hua to the Yamen to face him. notarization.

At the same time, he was also told to leave a written document. In order to prevent Mrs. You from being greedy for ink, Zhang Hua and his son were specifically asked to indicate the amount of the refund on it.

"Uh! It's done, it's done!"

Mrs. You went back to the house and took a document and handed it to Lai Shangrong.

"If you ask me to give you three to fifty taels, it's already over the sky. The money from my uncle's house is not blown by the wind, isn't it?"

You Lao Niang has a sense of ownership and has already started to help the Lai family save money.

He smiled and put the document in his arms. He was going to enter the official career in the future. It was inevitable that there would be two people in the court that he could not deal with. To avoid complications in the future, he had to complete the procedures.

Lai Shangrong didn't bother to explain to her and just said it casually.

"It's just a little money, don't be too harsh!"

Just as he was talking, Sanjie You walked in.

"That's right! Brother-in-law still cares about that little money!"

As he spoke, he came behind Lai Shangrong, put a pair of elbows against Lai Shangrong's shoulder sockets, put a pair of pillows against the back of his neck, leaned over and blew a breath into Lai Shangrong's ear.

"My brother-in-law is still generous, not like that cheap brother-in-law!"

Lao Niang You and Second Sister You just looked at each other with a smile on their face, Lai Shangrong secretly exclaimed, this sister-in-law really killed her, so she had to raise her legs to avoid embarrassment.

The cheap brother-in-law should be talking about Jia Zhen. Lai Shangrong couldn't help but wonder. Jia Zhen is not a person who is reluctant to spend money, so why does she still have a reputation as a stingy person.

Without having time to think about it, he hurriedly said: "It should! It should!"

Third Sister You smiled sweetly, then turned her head and saw two large jewelry boxes stacked on the square table, and she suddenly felt sour.

(End of this chapter)