Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 228 Sister-in-law’s night talk
Summer rain comes and goes quickly.

In the second watch, the rain gradually stopped.

There was no sign of Lai Shangrong in the room. Wang Xifeng, whose body was lying on the bed and hair on her hair was scattered, raised her feet with difficulty and hooked Li Wan who was in a daze beside her.

He joked: "I didn't expect that my sister-in-law, a soft and soft person, could be so tenacious."

Li Wan sneered: "Ha! I didn't expect that the hot-tempered Feng Lazi would be so unkempt!"

After all, it was a friendship where we carried guns together, and there was no risk of being denounced, so she no longer panicked.

He was just a little worried and said: "If he goes back like this openly, nothing will happen, right?"

"What can happen? We both slept, how different is this house from his? Besides, you don't know about our house? They are all the masters that Ba Gao looks up to, and today it is the old lady who is looking for her again He's here, it's only the second watch, and he smells of alcohol, which of the gatekeepers dares to ask more questions?"

"Bah, bah, bah! A dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth, so why can't it sleep? Don't let anyone listen to it!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! As for my sister-in-law, you are a noble person and like to play tricks that deceive yourself and others. How can you still treat your husband as a father-in-law? You are a wild father-in-law, right?"

"you……"

"Okay! Our eldest sister-in-law, don't talk about the second sister-in-law. This time, you are not afraid of me trying to sue you. If you back down again in the future, you will stop doing my business!"

"Huh?" Li Wan asked suspiciously, "Why am I a little afraid of him when I look at you?"

Competing on the same stage with Lai Shang's every movement, every instruction, Wang Xifeng immediately obeyed with flattery, and today she made such a move again, Li Wan can more or less see some signs of it.

"Bah! Who's afraid of him?" Although Wang Xifeng was a little afraid of Lai Shangrong now, he didn't want to show his timidity in front of Li Wan, so he quickly covered up and said, "My outside business is all directed at him, how can I do it if I don't flatter him?"

"Business? How much money can you make?"

Li Wan is also a money-keeper, but unlike Wang Xifeng, she wants to make money for herself, but for her son Jia Lan.

Wang Xifeng stroked her temples and wrote lightly: "Ten thousand taels a year!"

"Oh! There are so many?"

"What? Sister-in-law is also greedy?"

Wang Xifeng sneered: "Haha! My sister-in-law is not called husband-in-law for nothing, right? Do you want him to recognize Lan'er, this cheap son?"

"I...you..."

It has to be said that no one who can survive in the mansion is a human spirit. Li Wan was disturbed when he was called out and suddenly seemed a little flustered.

Wang Xifeng saw it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, since I told you in front of you, can I still accuse you behind your back? Once the second master in our house leaves, there won't even be a decent man. Isn't that right?" You have to find someone to rely on outside!"

Then he laughed at himself: "I'm not afraid that my sister-in-law will laugh at me and make excuses. I was also forced. Lian Er doesn't live at home, and I don't belong to this house. How can I still manage the family here for the rest of my life? If you don't talk about it, just say it." Baoyu has a wife who can’t even tolerate you, how can she tolerate me?”

What she said really touched Li Wan. She thought it was because Jia Lan was studying and her family ignored her, so she had no choice but to...

Recalling the past, I couldn't help but sigh: "Yes! If I hadn't studied for Lan'er, how could I have been so confused..."

Wang Xifeng saw this and said: "That's right! Mr. Lan is also the eldest son and legitimate grandson. My sister-in-law, are you willing to be kicked out in the future?"

Lai Shangrong's road to marrying Baochai was blocked, so Wang Xifeng began to look for allies internally. Otherwise, even if he wanted to please Lai Shangrong, he would not have to compete with Li Wan.

Li Wan sighed: "My widow is unemployed, and Lan'er's grandpa doesn't love her, so what can I do?"

He said rejoicing: "Fortunately, now that he is helping to teach me, I am still promising."

Wang Xifeng did not allow her to back down, and said with a smile: "How can you know that there is nothing you can do if you don't try? Baoyu doesn't study or take imperial examinations, and he is impatient with secular affairs. How can this family still count on him in the future?"

"Then what do you mean?"

Although Li Wanping never fought or grabbed, she was not worried about poverty but inequality. How could she ever really be willing to do so?

"Of course it's a combination of internal and external, a two-pronged approach. Now the old lady and the madam check and balance each other. As long as we control the inner house, when Mr. Lan becomes more successful in the future, and he has the support of his cheap father, does the madam still dare to be too harsh on you mother and son?"

"But he is an outsider after all. How can he help with matters in the house?"

Wang Xifeng sneered and said: "I'm not afraid to tell you, these two years have been spent on building a garden and visiting relatives, the mansion has been unable to make ends meet, and it is not as good as before." "Ah!~ You didn't tell the old lady and the wife about this?"

"Isn't it obvious that this is a lice on a bald man's head? Do you need me to tell him?"

"Then they just let the mansion fall?"

Wang Xifeng sneered and said: "It's not a big deal if we fail, we can still support it for at least one or two years."

Li Wan was not a fool. He heard the connotation of her words and asked hurriedly: "You mean... if the family wants to live a rich life in the future, they still have to count on Shangrong?"

"That's right! If the government wants to stay afloat, it is nothing more than to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. But how much can we save by reducing expenditure? In the end, it still depends on whether we can find other sources of income.

His state-owned company was all about making sure profits without losing money, so the government didn't give it any thought?Why would you, as an eldest wife, give your niece as his concubine?Aren't you just coveting his shares?In fact, the eldest man wanted to marry the second girl, but the old lady refused, so he had to settle for the next best thing. "

"What? Is there such a thing?" This was the first time Li Wan had heard about the details.

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "So, as long as the government wants to maintain a decent life, we have to count on him. As long as he favors us, who will dare to say no? "

Li Wan still had doubts and said, "But if he really favored us, wouldn't he have picked out the jade? How could my wife agree?"

Wang Xifeng sneered and said: "Baoyu is incompetent in writing and martial arts, but my wife has no idea? If you can provide delicious food and drink, please ask grandpa to sue grandma. Do you insist on breaking up and eating more and occupying more when the time comes?" A little bit, how many years can it last him?”

After listening to Wang Xifeng's words, Li Wan said thoughtfully: "It is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. What you said makes sense."

"Isn't that right! My sister-in-law, look at my family. It hasn't reached that point yet. I gave him some shares and fawned over something. If it's really hard to continue, he will know , I’m afraid I’m also a coward…”

"Just calm down! Don't cause any trouble!"

"I'm afraid you don't know that this mansion is getting worse every day. I'm afraid the East Mansion is no longer safe this time..."

The more he talked, the more excited he became. He actually forgot that he had an injury on his waist. Just as he was about to twist his waist and sit up, he suddenly pulled on the affected area and grimaced in pain.

"Ouch!……"

After all, Ping'er was her maid, so she had no idea of ​​competing with her own maid. But today, she was on the same stage with Li Wan. The two sisters-in-law were of equal status. She wanted to please Lai Shangrong, and she was suddenly aroused to be competitive. , so he insisted on secretly competing with Li Wan.

I thought she was just the same as Ping'er, so I just gritted my teeth and stood up and passed away. Unexpectedly, Li Wan looked harmless to both humans and animals, but he was a master of hidden things.

She had already sprained her waist due to lack of exercise, and due to the muscle spasm at that moment, she was unable to move for a long time afterwards.

"Grandma!" Ping'er, who had just returned from outside the house, heard the sound and hurriedly walked in.

Seeing that the two of them were naked, they quickly and carefully closed the door.

Li Wan helped Wang Xifeng lie down again and asked, "Did someone send him out?"

"Yes! This slave is lying in the corner of the garden, watching the uncle go out the back door, and then comes back."

Li Wan glanced behind Ping'er and asked, "Where's that girl Suyun? Why didn't she come back together?"

Ping'er lowered his head and glanced at the speckled gauze skirt on the ground, covered his mouth and said, "I'm afraid I can't wear these clothes of grandma's. Sister Suyun went back to the garden to get a change of clothes."

Li Wan blushed, twisted towards Ping'er's waist and said, "Well, you are so narrow-minded, you actually learned how to make fun of your grandma, your uncle has no time to love you today, you..."

Before he finished speaking, Ping'er twisted his waist and said shyly: "Grandma, please stop touching me. It makes you tickle!"

Li Wan grabbed Ping'er's gauze skirt and said with a smile, "Hey! What kind of hard-on do you have here?"

"key!"

"You are your grandma's master key, what else do you need this key for?"

Ping'er laughed and said, "Grandma drank wine and teased me again."

Wang Xifeng on the side spat: "Bah! How could she be drinking? She is..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was blocked by Li Wan...

(End of this chapter)