Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 111 Dragon Boat Festival
Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall.

Coinciding with the Dragon Boat Festival, all the eldest girls and young daughters-in-law in the family gathered in Rongqing Hall to rejoice with Jia Mu.

"Third girl! How is your poetry club doing now? Do you think my sister-in-law is qualified to join the club?"

Xiang came from the heart and solved the problem of his son's study. Now Lai Shangrong has completely solved it. Li Wan has also changed from the previous silence and few words.

Tanchun said with a smile: "My former son Baoyu was still complaining that there are too few people in the poetry club, and sister Xiangyun is always not here. It would be great if my sister-in-law is willing to join the club!"

Wang Xifeng looked at the room full of laughter and laughter, but she couldn't get interested. Jia Lian was already unhappy about having a concubine.

I originally hoped that Ping'er could bring Lai Shangrong there so that I could use the topic to investigate the crime and harvest some yellow and white things for comfort, but it was in vain again.

Listening to the room full of laughter and looking at the people chatting and laughing, she, who had always been so well-rounded, seemed out of place.

In particular, Li Wan, who has always been described as haggard and taciturn, was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic, which made him feel very harsh.

Then he jokingly said: "Sister-in-law's complexion has gotten better recently, and I saw that she was so hydrated, I don't know what kind of rouge and water powder she used!"

Li Wan felt a little guilty after hearing this. He thought he had been moisturized a little too much, and Sister Feng had figured out the clues. He subconsciously wanted to raise his hand and touch his face, but luckily he reacted in time.

After being cleared by Lai Shangrong, she was not as cautious as before, after all, she had done such big things.

She retorted: "My widow's unemployment is comparable to that of your husband and wife. There is no need for gouache. It's just that Lan'er became a disciple of Uncle Lai. I feel a lot more at ease now and look at it less worriedly." Of course it’s better!”

The day before yesterday, everyone knew that Jia Lian had accepted Qiu Tong and played gongs and drums. Li Wan was afraid that she would hold on to his face and deliberately make her angry with her words.

Sister Feng didn't expect that Li Wan's words were like thorns, piercing her lungs. Jia Lian took concubines and everyone in the house didn't know, but he said something about honey mixed with oil.

When Li Wan explained that he was leading Jia Lan to become a disciple, she took it as a deliberate mockery of him for having no heirs.

So he was not to be outdone and said: "Hey! I just complimented my sister-in-law for her good looks, but you didn't look like a sister-in-law at all. Instead, you started making fun of me. I have never seen my sister-in-law be so eloquent in the past. Could it be that she ate something? A panacea?”

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. When Li Wan listened to Sister Feng talking about what magical elixir he had taken, he unconsciously thought of Lai Shangrong's praise of his dexterity in speech and tongue. He felt his cheeks were hot and hurriedly lowered his head, fearing that he would be exposed.

Because of the noise in the house, Mother Jia was far away, so she only listened to the beginning. At this moment, she saw that Li Wan was blushing at the words spoken by Sister Feng. She lowered her head and said nothing. She just thought that Sister Feng had bullied Li Wan and said with a smile: "You monkey, don't bully me." Your elder sister-in-law, she is an unemployed widow and has a hard time guarding Lan'er. She also knows how to honor me every day and leads these sisters-in-law to harass the female workers. Unlike you, who is so fierce and lawless, you are not allowed to bully her."

Sister Feng quickly cried out: "My ancestors were wronged! Who dares to bully her? I just praised her a few times!"

Jia Mu couldn't believe it, so she changed the subject and said, "I heard that Lian'er, his father, gave him a room of concubines?"

Mrs.

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Oh! That girl looks good, but it's rare for me to do something good!"

He turned to Sister Feng and said, "In our family, the prosperity of our children is the top priority. You two have been married for a few years, so it's time for you to have two concubines."

"What our ancestors said is true, and I told Lian Er the same thing..."

Before she finished her sentence, Mrs.

"My sister came in suddenly, and the wing room was not tidied up. After all, she was given by the master, and I was afraid of wronging her, so I have sent someone to take care of it in the past two days!"

Jia Mu thought about how Sister Feng usually rode in front of her and played in colorful clothes in front of her, so she smiled and said, "You can't be petty and make people laugh. It's better to pack it up quickly and ask Lian Er and the others to move back." "

"Yeah! The old lady taught you a lesson!" Just as he was saying this, he heard a report from the little girl outside.

"The two wives of the Shi family are here with Miss Shi Da!"

When Baoyu heard this, she jumped up from her stool and said, "It just so happens that my sister-in-law is entering the club today, and sister Yun is also here. Let's call sister Bao and have a chat."

As she was about to run out, Daiyu grabbed her by the corner of her clothes and sneered, "Please calm down! When Xiangyun comes, he needs to see the old lady first. Let's just wait here!"

Baoyu scratched his head and said with a silly smile: "That's right! That's right! I actually forgot about this!"

After a while, Xiangyun followed the two aunts and walked in and saluted Jia Mu.

Baoyu, Daiyu and Sanchun surrounded him.

Tanchun asked: "It's a big holiday today, why do you have time to come here?"

Before Xiangyun could say anything, he heard the two wives of the historians over there saying to Jia Mu: "I heard from the master before me that when I came to pay New Year's greetings at home, the Lai family brothers mentioned in front of the master that our family should invest in the glass workshop. At that time, We don’t have much money at home, so we were delayed for a while, so let’s come over and ask the old lady for a favor today!”

When the news of the development of glass spread, brothers Shi Nai and Shi Ding were very upset. After much deliberation, they decided to take a two-pronged approach.

On the one hand, they summed up such a set of rhetoric. Since Jia Zheng was not at home, they asked their daughter-in-law to discuss buying shares with Lai Shangrong through Jia's mother.

Because the two of them didn't know about Jia Zhen's scandal, they went to Ning Mansion to find Jia Zhen and wanted to take Qin Ye's route.

Li Wan and Yuanyang only felt honored after hearing this, while Sister Feng was worried that all the benefits would be shared by others, and wished she could immediately ask Ping'er to guard Lai's house. For a while, each had their own thoughts.

Jia's mother didn't go to Xue's house in the third year of junior high school and didn't know about the glass yet.

He hurriedly asked: "What kind of glass? But the glass of Feng Yatou's glass screen?"

Tanchun hurriedly recounted to Jia Mu what he saw and heard when he went to Lixiangyuan on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

After speaking, he sighed: "Brother Lai is probably going to be promoted this time!"

Baoyu felt disappointed when he saw that everyone's attention was attracted by Lai Shangrong.

He blurted out: "These beautiful things were treated by him as a means of making money and gaining influence, and they were wasted in vain!"

"shut up!"

Baoyu shrank his neck in fright at this angry rebuke, and everyone was also shocked.

Seeing everyone in the room looking at her in surprise, Mrs. Wang knew she had lost her composure and hurriedly explained: "The master has always valued Shang Rong, and it is also his contribution to the title of concubine. When this evil person said such words, it chilled people's hearts. "

While talking, I thought secretly in my mind, "Amitabha, the words of a child are unbridled." Don't let any disaster happen because of this.

After hearing Mrs. Wang's explanation, Jia's mother couldn't help but think of Jia Zheng's behavior when he was granted the title of concubine. She thought Mrs. Wang was influenced by Jia Zheng, so she said in a deep voice: "Baoyu's children are unscrupulous in their speech, and no one has any control over it." Go out and talk nonsense!"

Then he ordered someone to invite Lai Shangrong.

(End of this chapter)