Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 86 The Jade Chain Returns Home

But Yuchai picked out a bracelet from Qingwen, couldn't wait to put it on, received another 20 taels of silver, and left Lai's house happily.

When he arrived at the door of his house, he piled up the sleeve with the bracelet. Just as he was about to step in, he quickly did the same thing with the other sleeve.

Then he walked into the house with small steps.

Because Jin Chuan is the eldest maid of Mrs. Wang, her parents consider her to be superior to Yu Chuan at home.

She was just taken over by Lai Shangrong yesterday, so she got this bracelet today, and Lai Shangrong gave her another 20 taels of silver.

Thinking that my sister, as Mrs. Wang's maid, did not have jewelry of this magnitude, I couldn't help but feel a little bit showy.

Although my sister also had a share of the reward, in the end it was myself who was rewarded.

"Father! Mother! I'm back!"

Walking into the house, I saw my mother holding the hand of my sister Jin Chuan, sitting on the kang and chatting about home affairs.

He threw the silver onto the kang.

"Sister is back too! I've been walking a long way, please let me rest!"

Then he lay down on the kang, spread his legs and said, "If I had known better, I wouldn't have been brave and refused the carriage arranged by the uncle."

As he spoke, he flicked up the sleeves that had slipped down, and complained: "It's too heavy to wear, how can I ask others to work in the future!"

Of course Lai Shangrong didn't arrange a bicycle frame for her, but that didn't stop her from telling a little lie in front of her mother and sister.

Jin Chuan saw the yellow bracelet and grabbed Yu Chuan's forearm. While looking at the bracelet, he said in surprise: "Uncle Lai has taken you in?"

Jade Chai nodded shyly and said, "Yes! The uncle asked me to bring those 20 taels of silver back to my mother for her birthday!"

"Two...20 taels?"

Madam Bai touched the money bag on the kang and said with a grin: "Although his family is not as noble as the others, they are very generous. Even if your sister is so favored by my wife, she only gave her five taels of silver."

Jin Chuan complained: "Mom! How can this be the same? I am just a maid next to my wife. When I am sent to the second master in two years, I will naturally be rewarded!"

Then he said to Yu Chuan: "Although you have been confiscated now, you can't slack off. You have to work hard to succeed. Now the Lai family doesn't have a young master. If you can add a son and a half first, you will be Lai." Master and Aunt Xu will also look at you highly!"

Hearing her sister's words, Yu Chuan didn't care about the injury for a while, and quickly got up from the bed, walked to the center of the room, and began to do squats meticulously under the surprised eyes of her mother and sister.

Mrs. Bai hurriedly ran to her and touched her forehead.

"Girl! Are you in a daze?"

Yu Chuan raised his hand and swept his mother away, and said to Jin Chuan: "Sister, come here and learn from me. This is the secret recipe for childbirth that my uncle taught me. It is said that the sooner you practice it, the better. You practice it in advance and wait for two years. I’m sure I can have a son in Master Bao’s house!”

Although she can't help but compete with her sister, they are sisters after all. Her sister used to teach her and now she teaches her sister, but she is not willing to hide her secrets.

Jin Chuan was confused and asked: "What kind of recipe is this? How can you give birth to a son like this?"

Yu Chuan curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Our uncle can even make that soap, so what does this mean?"

When she said this, Jin Chuan did not dare to neglect and hurriedly ran to Yu Chuan's side, imitating her meticulously.

Not to mention how the Yuchuan sisters exercise.

Lai Shangrong was finished at this time.

Well... we can't say we're done. Since it's guessed that Baochai wants to learn, of course we can't tell the whole story.

No matter what, we have to go back and forth and become a pen pal first. Even if Baochai has doubts, he can only shirk the idea and not explain clearly in person.

Folding the letter and handing it to Xiangling, he did not forget to tell him: "Time is too tight today, I have to go to Rongfu, I am afraid this letter may not be clear, you take it back first, if there is anything you don't understand, tell him Come and ask me.”

He pondered for a while and said: "Well... I can just write a letter and ask you to deliver it!"

Xiangling took it and put it away, thanking her repeatedly.

Acting and doing a full set, Lai Shangrong didn't delay when he said he was going to Rongfu, so he got up and went out.

Xiang Ling originally wanted to go with him to find Daiyu, but when he thought of another mission, he had to part ways with him at the back door and go back to Lixiangyuan.

Looking at the messy demolition of the backyard, Lai Shangrong didn't bother to take a closer look and went straight to the meeting hall in the front yard. "Why did brother Lai come so early today?"

Jia Lian greeted warmly.

Mrs. Wang did not mention that it was Lai Shangrong who volunteered to check the accounts. Jia Lian only took it as Mrs. Wang's entrustment. It was an unintentional mistake on his part. In addition, when he later took over the affairs again, Lai Shangrong treated him and Jia Zhen and others differently, which further convinced him that Lai Shangrong was the I feel guilty because the audit implicates me.

Of course, Lai Shangrong is still in charge of the accounts, so he can only laugh and forget his grudges.

Because it was inconvenient for her to use Ping'er's soap as a gift, Lai Shangrong gave him another ten pieces of soap a few days ago, hoping to use his hand to give it to Ping'er.

Jia Lian only thought that he was trying to please her, and now the two of them had become somewhat of friends.

"It's inconvenient to come here at night. It was a last resort in the past. I just have a day off today, so of course I came here earlier!"

"If you want me to say that you and brother Zhen are also brother-in-law, it's just a small misunderstanding, why don't you give brother some face!"

Jia Lian also healed her scar and forgot about the pain. A while ago, she was raped by Sister Feng, and after more than half a month in peace, she made a small profit a while ago, and she started thinking about Jia Zhen's concubine again.

But Lai Shangrong rejected Jia Zhen's request for the gold and silver utensils, and she started to fight with him when the matter was not settled.

That's why he thought of easing the relationship between the two and taking the opportunity to implement the gold and silver vessels.

But this is just his wishful thinking. Jia Zhen now hates Lai Shangrong so much that she is not willing to ease the relationship.

Lai Shangrong didn't bother to explain anything to him, so he just said condescendingly: "You can't blame me for this. Qin Zhong is my student. How can I ignore Qin when he comes to my house?"

Jia Lian thought he had the idea of ​​reconciliation and said with a smile: "With your words, it will happen!"

Then he licked his face and said: "Brother! That soap is not easy to buy in the market now, you can give me another ten yuan later!"

Lai Shangrong glanced at Jia Lian. He had just given ten yuan a few days ago. If it was Jia Zhen, he would think it was due to the large number of concubines, but Jia Lian counted the most Wang Xifeng and Ping'er.

He joked: "Didn't I just give you ten yuan a few days ago? Why can't my sister-in-law eat so quickly?"

Just as he was talking, Ping'er came in, and Jia Lian immediately stopped talking.

Ping'er couldn't help but hesitated slightly when he saw Lai Shangrong.

Then he pretended to be calm and said: "Ms. Lin's Ginseng Yangrong Pills are almost finished. Grandma asked me to come and tell the second master to make more when I have time."

"We can just talk about this when we go back tonight. It's worth the trip."

"Grandma is afraid that if she goes back in the evening, she will forget that the second master will forget tomorrow, so she asked you to give the order now."

Seeing Jia Lian calling for someone cursing, he quickly said hello: "Brother Lian, you are busy. I have finished reading these accounts and will go back first!"

As he said this, he glanced at Ping'er secretly, then turned around and went out, wandering toward the backyard.

After a while, Ping'er was quickly followed.

There was a distance of two meters between the two of them. Lai Shangrong lowered his voice and said, "Have you received the soap?"

Although there may not be anyone in the small courtyard in the northeast corner in broad daylight, the backyard is under construction, so it is of course not easy to go there. In addition, Sister Feng is still waiting for Ping'er to reply, so she can only pretend to talk with her on the same road.

"What soap?"

"Jia Lian didn't give it to you? I thought it wouldn't be easy for you to give it to you, so I gave him some just a few days ago! They wouldn't all be taken care of by Wang Xifeng..."

Before Lai Shangrong could continue, Ping'er blurted out: "Grandma hasn't seen it either!"

Then he said to Lai Shangrong: "Second Master Lian has such a temper, he still needs to spend the money in the frying pan. A while ago, his grandma raped him, but you actually gave him back the soap. I'm afraid he will take it out and sell it!"

Lai Shangrong couldn't help but curse the country. He didn't expect that Jia Lian, the dignified heir of the Rongguo Mansion, would be so miserable.

"Bah! I was worried that he wouldn't give it to you, so I gave him ten yuan. I thought I could give you a piece with so much money, so forget it if he didn't give it to you. He had the nerve to ask me for more before you came in!"

"Ten dollars? Master, please don't take advantage of him again in the future!"

During the conversation, the two arrived in front of the Rongxi Hall, Ping'er hurriedly fell back a few steps, and distanced himself from him.

Lai Shangrong left quickly.

(End of this chapter)