Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 235 Inside and outside Ning Mansion

At this time, Youshi, Qin Keqing and Xichun in the Ning Mansion were suffering a lot.

Management and command are two concepts. You Shi and Qin Keqing are well versed in the art of speaking and know the difference between them. In addition, the three of them are already the target of public criticism, and they dare not make any undue demands.

Fortunately, with the guards in charge, no one who is short-sighted would dare to take the initiative to provoke.

However, neither the three of them, nor the three maids Baozhu, Ruizhu and Ruhua have ever done menial work. Although they are competent at washing clothes and starching clothes, they are unable to do such physical work as fetching water.

This morning, three maids gathered around the well. With their palms turned red, they finally lifted a bucket of water and poured it into the basin.

Bao Zhu carried the water basin and walked into a remote penthouse, while Rui Zhu and Ru Hua stayed behind, guarding the unused buckets.

"Grandma! The water is here, wash up quickly!"

Baozhu is Qin Keqing's maid, so naturally she takes care of Qin Keqing first.

Qin Keqing shook her head and said, "Let my mother-in-law and aunt freshen up first!"

Xichun said angrily: "How many times have I told you not to call me aunt again? I only regret that I was born in the wrong child. Your people brought it in, so naturally you wash it first."

With Xichun's character, if she hadn't seen Youshi being humiliated that day and knew that she was alone, she might not have been willing to crowd under the same roof with them.

"Yes, yes! What the girl said is that you should wash it first, my wife!"

Youshi also hurriedly lowered her head and refused. Both Qin Keqing and Xichun had maids to take care of them, but she was the most miserable and could only take advantage of it.

When Yindie was picked on by Second Sister You, she obeyed Lai Shangrong's instructions and did not speak for him. Instead, she took the opportunity to change the order of Xier. As a result, Yindie was punished by Jia Zhen, and the master and servant did not have much affection. points, even more disappeared.

And Shi'er has never been around to listen to her, and now he won't take the initiative to serve her.

Seeing that Qin Keqing was still hesitating, Baozhu urged: "Grandma, hurry up! Ruizhu and the others are still guarding the buckets. If they finish washing earlier, they can wash the clothes earlier."

Qin Keqing stopped hesitating now and hurried forward to wash up.

It's not that they don't have a change of clothes, but they are used to wearing silk and satin, and they can't stand coarse linen shirts.

Wearing those coarse cloth clothes on the body, the fine skin and tender flesh feel scratchy.

Moreover, on a hot day, there was no ice to cool down the room, and the heat generated by a room full of people was so great that wearing coarse linen clothes made it even more stuffy. It didn't take long to get wet, and it was extremely uncomfortable to stick to the body.

Therefore, unless it rains, wear rough clothes every day. It is best to wash the dirty clothes once and put them on again after they dry.

But Xichun was just like them. The baggage she had packed was confiscated by the female prison chief on the first day she entered.

After taking turns washing up like this, three maidservants came in.

Ruizhu said cautiously: "Didn't you say that Uncle Lai arranged the relationship? Why has there been no news these days?"

She and Baozhu knew that Qin Ye had planned to remarry Qin Keqing to Lai Shangrong as his concubine, so they looked forward to Lai Shangrong's rescue.

Qin Keqing also knew what Ruizhu meant, and complained: "Uncle has helped a lot. If the female steward hadn't spoken, how could we have settled down like this now. Besides, there is no news from the other end of Xifu. He can help say hello, I'm afraid A lot of thought has gone into it.”

"Yes, yes! Shang Rong is thinking of a way. He won't ignore us."

Youshi's words of determination were more of an encouragement. After all, after so many days, there was no movement in the Rong Mansion, so what could we expect from Lai Shangrong?
I can only hope that one night of husband and wife's kindness will last for a hundred days. If it really gets to the point of being betrayed, he can help.

"I knew that before I came in, the young lady should have begged the old lady!"

Unlike others, Ru Hua and Xichun lived in Rongfu since childhood, and had little contact with Lai Shangrong, so he still placed his hope in Rongfu.

Youshi sighed: "Now that the master has sentenced Qiu Hou to behead, the family is finished. I'm afraid the old lady is wishing... I wish we couldn't bear it and followed them, so as not to disgrace the Jia family's family tradition. "

This kind of thing was not uncommon in ancient times. If Jia Zhen had known that she was a capital offender before she was arrested, she might have done everything she could.

"Why should we be buried with them for the crimes they committed? Even if I die, I will not do it for them..."

Youshi's guess may not be accurate, but Xichun thought of Jia Mu's avoidance, and already had a tendency in her heart.

Turning to the painting, he said: "If you followed me because you were pointing to someone to rescue you, I advise you to give up your thoughts earlier. If you leave me earlier, you will be more at ease."

Youshi never expected that Xichun would have to cut off his arm at this time. Now there are only three maids busy in the room. If there are no more paintings, it will be even more stretched.

He hurriedly advised: "Why bother saying these words at this time? I have been busy with painting for a while. Wouldn't it chill people's hearts to say this?"

Xichun sneered and said: "I advised her to leave me so that she could have more leisure time, but why did it endanger people's hearts? To tell you the truth, before I came in that day, the old lady didn't even see me. As you guessed earlier, I was afraid that we would never leave her. ten."

Youshi was just idle and bored before, but Xichun's words undoubtedly confirmed the worries in her heart, and she suddenly collapsed to the ground.

At this moment, I heard screams coming from outside the house.

"Miss Yuchai, why are you here?"

Youshi suddenly jumped up from the ground.

He yelled at the top of his lungs: "Shang Rong! Shang Rong sent someone here, he hasn't forgotten us yet!"

With that said, he opened the door and ran out without looking back.

Baozhu and Ruizhu looked at each other, let out a long breath, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Qin Keqing, who stood up suddenly.

At this time, he knelt down and said sadly to Xichun: "I just hope that the girl will respect our love since childhood and live and die in the same place." Before Xichun could say anything, I saw Youshi holding a bag and food on her arm. A box of jade bracelets came in.

Yu Chuan put the baggage and food box in his hands on the table in the room, looked at Ru Hua who was kneeling on the ground and asked doubtfully: "What...what's going on?"

"No...it's fine!"

Ru Hua hurriedly climbed up from the ground and stepped forward to help Xichun.

After all, Xichun was only a little girl of eleven or twelve years old. She suddenly heard about Youshi's fatal speculation, and was so frightened that she had nowhere to vent, so she said those words to Ru Hua.

Everyone looked at the jade bracelet as if it were a treasure, opening their baggage and food boxes to reveal the clothes and food inside, and tears filled their eyes.

Nowadays, simple tea and light meals are extravagant. There are two meals a day at noon and evening, and there is not even soup left when it is late.

"Uncle... uncle put a lot of effort into bringing these in, right?" Qin Keqing choked.

"If not, why has it been delayed until now? I don't know how much effort and money it took to get through the relationship."

She didn't mean to lie, but she just felt that it must be difficult to handle the matter after being delayed for so many days.

Seeing everyone's lips twitching and eagerly looking at the food brought out, he said considerately: "You'd better eat something to fill your stomach first, and I'll go find our uncle and aunt."

As soon as the jade bracelet left, everyone could no longer remain restrained and gathered around the table to devour the food.

"Let's keep some...Uncle's aunt hasn't..." Halfway through the meal, Qin Keqing came back to her senses and exclaimed.

"exactly!"

Youshi hurriedly agreed and put the two barely moved plates aside.

Just after doing this, Yuchai left and returned with Lai Sheng's family.

Lai Sheng's family has been suffering these days. She couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard the news that Lai Shangrong was taking care of Jinyiwei. But when she came back to her senses, she realized that the two families had long been estranged, and Lai Shangrong didn't mention her, so she regretted it even more.

Therefore, she did not get involved in Youshi's circle.

She watched Yu Chuan enter the room with helpless eyes. She tried to inquire several times, but she still held back her words. Unexpectedly, just as she left disheartened, Yu Chuan found her.

Seeing the food on the table, he quickly joined the battle group.

At the stall where everyone was eating, Yuchai also sorted the clothes in the bags into categories.

When the meal is finished, put the cutlery into the food box and place the divided bundles on the table again.

"It's just that our uncle still remembers you, so he ordered the slaves to bring these in. It's just that these clothes are a little rushed, and I don't know if they fit."

"It fits, what Shang Rong prepared will definitely fit!" You blurted out: "Amitabha, I can finally wear clean clothes."

Lai Shangrong couldn't have rushed the clothes, but Youshi insisted on adding a prefix because Lai Shangrong had measured her body. Qin Keqing and Xichun had not thought about that, but they were led astray by her.

Qin Keqing couldn't help but recall the scene when Lai Shangrong played with his lotus feet that day.

Secretly, the clothes don't fit, but the shoes and socks should fit.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly lowered my head to cover it up and said: "It would be nice to have something clean to wear at this time. How can I ask if it fits me!"

There are women in the room, so there is no need to shy away from it. Under Yu Chuan's urging, I quickly picked it up and tried it on.

I thought it was inevitable that there would be some deviations, but when I tried it, it actually fit me very well, and I suddenly had different thoughts.

In fact, this was all Xing Xiuyan's fault. For this reason, she went to Rong Mansion, borrowed Xichun's clothes, and asked Siqi and others who had been around Qin Keqing.

But people in the room didn't know about these off-court factors, and with the fact that Yuchuan had a mouthful of uncles, they all preconceived that it was all due to Lai Shangrong.

Looking at the people in the new clothes, Yu Chuan asked: "But if there is something that doesn't fit, I will take it back and ask someone to change it."

She didn't know Xing Xiuyan's preparations, and Xing Xiuyan wouldn't ask for credit like a girl.

Therefore, it is also the reason why everyone is urged to change clothes.

I wanted to say it fit, but I was afraid of causing misunderstanding, so I could only blush and shake my head slightly.

"These clothes belong to the girls in our house."

The jade bracelet handed the last bundle to the three maids.

Then he smiled and said: "The slave will leave first. The uncle has already established the relationship. From now on, the slave will come over the next day."

"Really? Come here every...every other day?"

When they heard that they could visit him the next day, everyone seemed to see hope and looked at each other with joy on their faces.

"Yeah! By the way, this cake was made yesterday. I'm afraid it's not too fresh. If you have any hard work assigned to you, just use this as a reward."

Listening to this meticulous arrangement, everyone felt warm in their hearts. Even Xichun, who had always been cold-faced, was choked with sobs.

　It's not that I hang around on purpose and refuse to accept Qin Keqing, but I'm just laying the groundwork for Xichun, and I'll be there tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)