The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 706 Mid-Autumn Festival [Part [-]]

Although it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mrs. Wang still drove to Wang's house with Baoyu, Jia Lian, Jia Huan, Li Wan and Wang Xifeng early this morning.

Along the way, she sighed and sighed with a tired face. She thought that after Wang Ren was released, he would be able to share some of the funeral affairs, but who knew that he was scared out of his wits in the prison, and now he just stays at home and ignores everything, so he knows how to pester his aunt My uncle begged, hoping to go through the palace or Jiao Changqing's way again, and get him out of this matter completely.

After all, he can only be regarded as parole now, and what will happen after the funeral depends on the arrangements of the higher authorities.

Jia Zheng was so annoyed by this, he excused himself to host the Mid-Autumn Festival at home these two days, so he simply didn't come to the Wang family again - but his brother-in-law can hide, but Mrs. Wang can't hide, and if he hides, the Wang family will And no one made up their minds.

But after all, she is a little old, and she is only in one aspect like a wolf and a tiger. Naturally, her energy is not good after going back and forth.

He sighed helplessly, and was about to close his eyes and take a nap in the car, when he suddenly heard the noise of people in front of him.

She couldn't help frowning and looked at Caiyun beside her. Caiyun quickly poked her head out to look around, and replied after a while: "Madam, it seems that the Yamen servants from Shuntian Mansion are investigating in front, and they got into a dispute with someone."

Mrs. Wang nodded and ignored it.

This kind of thing happened not once or twice recently. Ever since Jiao Shun was assassinated, the emperor, in a fit of rage, ordered the investigation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang officials one after another—especially those who had worked in Yandao Customs.

How many officials in the world can withstand strict investigation?Not to mention these officials who had served as fat vacancies, so people were panicked for a while, and they all sought out connections, hoping to escape or end this targeted crackdown as soon as possible.

And the most direct way is undoubtedly to find out the real culprit behind the assassination, and then achieve the effect of bringing disaster to the east.

So these days, the thresholds of Shuntian Mansion and Dali Temple were almost broken by officials at all levels. The final result was that the servants were not allowed to take vacations during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and were forced to visit and investigate street by street.

Not to mention this.

But he said that when the group arrived at Wang's house, the Xue family's mother and daughter had already arrived.

Xue Panyuan also came every day. Later, seeing Wang Ren's dejected look and thinking of his arrogant and dismissive attitude towards him, he couldn't help but sneer. The two cousins ​​almost made a fuss in the mourning hall. Since then, there have been fewer Xue Pan visits.

Mrs. Wang was chatting with Aunt Xue when she suddenly saw Baochai next to her who was hesitating to speak, she couldn't help wondering: "What's the matter?"

Baochai didn't answer, but looked past Mrs. Wang in the direction of the scripture shed.

Mrs. Wang understood, turned her head and looked over, and saw Jia Baoyu got into the scripture shed at some point, clasping her palms together with a pious face, talking with an eminent monk wearing a brocade cassock.

This unbelievable evil!
Mrs. Wang suddenly became angry and asked Jia Lian to call him over.

Jia Huan also volunteered to follow, and when he came back with Baoyu in charge, he gloated and said, "Madam, just now the eminent monk praised Bao's second brother for his understanding."

Mrs. Wang glared at this little villain, and ordered Jia Lian to take the two brothers to join Wang Ren. In name, she was supposed to undertake the task of socializing with others, but in fact she wanted Jia Lian to keep an eye on these few, lest they cause trouble—— After all, given the current situation of the Wang family, few would come to express their condolences.

Jia Lian led the way with a heavy heart, while Jia Baoyu muttered something behind him, but he didn't know what he was muttering.

Jia Huan followed behind and looked at this and that, and couldn't help but said in a strange way: "Second brother Bao is really powerful, the great monk heard that he is the presiding abbot of the monastery, and even those who have no hair can't get into his eyes Well, the second brother Pianbao got him to look at him differently."

Before Jia Baoyu opened his mouth, Jia Lian turned around and scolded: "What are you talking about! What does it have to do with whether you have hair or not? Those monks are just trying to cling to wealth and status, and they just say good things to coax people. It can't be true!"

Jia Huan shrank his neck, not daring to say more.

Jia Baoyu also fell silent. Ever since he was frightened on the canal, his little bit of energy to work hard was immediately dissipated.

Just now, he was coaxed by the old monk a few words, and he was quite elated, thinking that he was really born with wisdom.

Now that Jinglian's second brother reminded him, he was a little uncertain again. Is he a person with wisdom roots, or a stubborn rock?
If he really has the root of wisdom, can he transcend...

wrong!

He shook his head fiercely, and pressed back the ideals that were about to be released, thinking that sister Lin was still waiting for him to marry her, how could he become a monk and a Taoist priest at this moment?

It's been so long, why haven't there been news from Suzhou?
"Brother Lian, Brother Bao!"

At this time, there was an eager greeting from the front, Jia Baoyu raised his eyes and saw Wang Ren trotting to meet him, his face was full of flattery, and he did not see the arrogance he had when he was a Taiwei Yamen.

the other side.

Mrs. Wang led the crowd to the mourning hall, and chatted with Wang Ziteng's wife about the funeral. Seeing that she was more depressed than herself, she left Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, and Xue Baochai as supporters, and went to the side hall to meet Xue Baochai. Aunt gossips.

After saying a few words, she changed the subject and said, "Although there has been a change, October 26 is indeed a good day for getting married. According to my opinion, there is no need to postpone it any longer."

Due to the sudden death of Prince Teng, the two families once considered postponing the wedding date, but seeing Jia Baoyu's appearance just now, Mrs. Wang felt that the marriage must not be delayed any longer.

"Not pushing back?"

Aunt Xue hesitated when she heard the words: "But these two filial piety periods are stacked together. If we don't postpone it until next spring, I'm afraid it will cause criticism."

Nowadays, people with other surnames like grandfather and uncle who died only need to observe mourning for 49 days, just counting the date, which coincides with the end of Jia Amnesty's mourning period, and will not hinder the wedding at the end of October.

But usually, families who send off their elders one after another like this will postpone the date of marriage for a few months, so as not to be accused of violating filial piety.

Seeing that she was hesitant, Mrs. Wang hurriedly found an excuse and said: "Why don't I want to play it safe? It's just that our old lady is not looking well these days. If something happens this winter, wouldn't it be delayed for another year?"

"The old lady is not in good health?!"

Aunt Xue was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "The old lady is always in good health, but why suddenly..."

"Ah~"

Mrs. Wang couldn't say it clearly because of Daiyu, so she could only vaguely say: "It's not because of these recent incidents. Nowadays, people are a little confused. They often talk out of their heads and have a big temper. Even your brother-in-law often takes the lead."

It's not that the time and place are inappropriate, so Aunt Xue has to ask: Which brother-in-law are you talking about?

Speaking of brother-in-law...

Aunt Xue remembered that Jiao Shun had concluded that Lin Daiyu would never return to the Rongguo Mansion. In this case, this marriage is still reasonable, so she didn't bother about the marriage date anymore, and instead discussed it with Mrs. Wang The details of getting married.

The line of sight was drawn back to the mourning hall.

After Wang Ziteng's wife was persuaded to go back to the house to rest, the rest of the mourning hall were young people, and there were no outsiders at this time, so they gathered together in small groups and whispered.

According to their closeness, Wang Xifeng and her younger sister should get together as a group, but she dragged Li Wan away to hide in a corner, leaving only Xue Baochai and Wang Xining gossiping in the front row.

Sitting cross-legged on the straw mat in the corner, Li Wan looked at Wang Xifeng with a half-smile: "Tell me, what kind of hole do you want to dig for me to jump in?"

"Look what you said!"

Wang Xifeng rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "With the relationship between us, can I still harm you?"

"Bah~"

Li Wan spat: "What a rascal!"

"You are serious, you are the most serious, right?! I haven't seen you dislike this or that when you use it..."

"Are you serious?!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Only then did Wang Xifeng refrain from joking, and said seriously: "I saw that I was going to follow my second sister to Muni's courtyard to raise a baby, nothing else, but I just couldn't worry about Qiaojie, after much deliberation, it's best to entrust it to you to take care of her." .”

"That's easy to say."

Li Wan nodded without thinking about it and said, "Brother Lan just has a lot of homework lately, so she may not be able to come back once a month. When the time comes, I will let sister Qiao move to Daoxiang Village, and our mother and I will just be companions."

After finishing speaking, she couldn't help questioning again: "If you really want to send the second sister to the Muni Court, wouldn't it be the same as sending a sheep to a tiger's mouth?"

"So what?"

Wang Xifeng sneered: "She asked for this all on her own, as the so-called seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence—why, are you reluctant, or are you jealous?"

"It's serious!"

Li Wan gave her a blank look, then said worriedly: "If she gets into trouble in the future..."

"Then let her make trouble!"

Wang Xifeng didn't take it seriously: "The old lady is already confused, how long the second girl will stay in the Muni Courtyard, it's not up to your mother-in-law and my mother-in-law to decide-hmph, I don't need to say more about my family, your mother-in-law is behind the scenes. Who has the final say, I'm afraid it's still uncertain!"

"Nonsense again!"

In fact, Li Wan also had some vague speculations, but she didn't bother to pay attention to these messy things: "I can't take care of so much. I thought of fighting with you before, but now I just want to take care of Brother Lan."

"With his godfather taking care of him in secret, what are you worried about?"

As Wang Xifeng said, she turned her head to avoid Li Wan's plain white hand, and said jokingly: "Anyway, if you are idle, you are idle. Do you want to have one too, so that we can be companions?"

"Bah~"

Li Wan spat and said angrily, "Sister-in-law Youzhen isn't enough company with you, but she still thinks about dragging me into the water, and it's thanks to you that you said that you didn't change your mind!"

Hearing her talking about Mrs. Zhen, Wang Xifeng showed a little contempt on her face, and said disdainfully: "It's not just Mrs. Zhen, I heard that Brother Rong's daughter-in-law is also vying to give her uncle a younger brother—the most ridiculous thing is Brother Rong not only didn't stop him, he even drove the carriage to deliver the goods several times."

She looked down on Jia Lian who was incompetent and furious, and didn't dare to do anything, but after understanding what Jia Rong did, she seemed to have three backbones as an uncle.

It can only be said that the Rongning Second Mansion is a weasel and a mouse, one nest is not as good as one nest.

"Is there such a thing?!"

Li Wan was also dumbfounded. In her opinion, it was not uncommon for Jiao Shun to steal other people's wives, but it was the first time she heard of Jiao Shun rushing to deliver goods to her door.

"Isn't it? I also heard that..."

"You ah you."

Seeing that Wang Xifeng's eyebrows were beaming and she was still waiting to describe the details, Li Wan interrupted her dumbfounded and said, "Why are you thinking about these things all day long?"

"if not?"

Wang Xifeng spread her hands: "Now that the money I got is gone, I don't need to take care of the family anymore. Why don't we just have fun?"

Li Wan frowned: "I have already handed over the booklet that I asked to put the money into the treasury?"

"I handed it over early."

Wang Xifeng propped his hands on the ground, stretched his long legs and curled his lips: "I heard that people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were robbed of their homes. The second master is afraid of something. He only thinks the money is a hot potato. He wished he could throw it far away in the morning, without waiting for my brother." After releasing it, I handed over the paperwork for voluntary donations.”

"Ah~"

Li Wan sighed: "The second master is not in charge of the family and does not know how expensive the firewood is. Now the mansion does not say 20 taels, I am afraid that 2 taels of silver will not be available."

"2 million taels?"

Wang Xifeng snorted: "Just 2000 taels of silver, you have to borrow money to get it out!"

As she said that, she calculated with her fingers again: "When Baoyu gets married, the appointment will be a big expense, and then the third girl will get married - she is a concubine, and she didn't need much, but now the house relies on that for everything. Enemy, at least you can't be too shabby."

"What's more, the third girl is going to be a concubine, and there is Yun girl for comparison, which is even more frugal--I can understand now that this family will be ruined sooner or later. Instead of sitting and waiting for death, it is better to quietly arrange some properties outside , to prevent future troubles."

Li Wan nodded slightly as he was listening, when he suddenly saw most of her body leaning over, and said with burning eyes: "Why don't you bring out some more body, let's work together to buy some property outside."

Li Wan leaned back, and said angrily: "I said, it turns out that you are waiting for me here - are you going to cheat me out of my coffin?"

"You don't have any coffin book, it will belong to Brother Lan in a few years!" Wang Xifeng said, picking her weakness and persuading: "You don't think about yourself, you should think about Brother Lan, right? If things continue like this, when Brother Lang marries a wife, the only thing left in the family is the IOU!"

Li Wan was silent when he heard the words, obviously a little moved.

Wang Xifeng hurriedly strikes while the iron is hot: "I don't want to handle it myself, and let that friend show us a clear way, we just wait for the money to be paid-not to mention anything else, even the car dealers who are not optimistic Can be revitalized by him, why do you have any worries about him?"

Li Wan hesitated for a moment, finally nodded and said: "Alright then, I will trust you again."

While Wang Xifeng was overjoyed, she couldn't help curling her lips: "You don't trust me, you clearly trust him!"

As he said that, he took another handful from Li Wan's arms, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I handed over Miss Qiao to you to pave the way for you - when the time comes, you take your children to see me, so you can just be able to get along with that girl." enemy……"

"Bah~"

Li Wan slapped her hand away and spat: "It's better to be a good boy if you don't take advantage of it here."

After a pause, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Now it's not the same as before, the second girl and Miaoyu are both in the temple, and there will be too many monks and too little porridge..."

(End of this chapter)