Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 410

The Xue Family was originally the courtyard within the courtyard of Rong Mansion. It was just a small courtyard with two entrances and lacked depth.

When Lai Shangrong came to the backyard, he saw Aunt Xue coming out of the house tremblingly and panting.

Maybe he was running too fast, or maybe he was excited when he heard the good news. His snow-white neck actually shone faintly under the sunlight.

She and Xue Baochai are of the same origin, both have plump and voluptuous bodies, but everyone knows that the plump and voluptuous the body, the more flavorful it is.

After all, Xue Baochai is still a little greener. Although she is more girlish than Aunt Xue, she is not as good as Aunt Xue. Aunt Xue is such a mature woman.

Relieve sleepiness, relieve fatigue, quench thirst!
Therefore, seeing Aunt Xue standing tall and trembling in front of his eyes, Lai Shangrong couldn't help but his Adam's apple rolling and his mouth watering.

"Auntie, why are you so polite?"

Lai Shangrong offered a deep staring salute, and covered up his swallowing movement by speaking.

Even though Aunt Xue knew what he was thinking, she was still frightened by the cannibalistic look. She didn't know whether it was because of fright or shyness, but her body was actually dyed with a layer of rose red, interpreting the word plump and mature. Incisively and vividly.

Lai Shangrong couldn't help being a little dumbfounded.

Aunt Xue saw everything in her eyes. While she was ashamed and angry, she was actually a little complacent about Lai Shangrong's reaction.

Because of what happened to Mrs. Wang when she hosted the banquet, she was more confident in Lai Shangrong's self-control than he was in himself.

I thought to myself, as long as the business can be settled, just look at the flowers in the mist and the moon in the water.

He smiled and said, "Shang Rong, you are a distinguished guest. There is no reason not to welcome distinguished guests when they come to our door!"

Immediately, he leaned forward slightly, opened his arms like jade pillars, and made a gesture of invitation.

Lai Shangrong was afraid of making a fool of himself, so he didn't dare to look too much, so he hurriedly walked to the inner hall.

The guests and hosts were seated, and the maid served tea. Lai Shangrong Niu took a sip to suppress the dryness in his heart.

Then he took retreat as an opportunity to advance: "Isn't Wenlong at home?"

There is a saying that if you don't have anything to show your courtesy, you can either rape or steal.

His relationship with Xue Baochai was inconvenient to be exposed, and it always seemed a bit abrupt to suddenly introduce business to the Xue family.

If the person negotiating was Xue Pan, he wouldn't have to think too much, but if it was Aunt Xue, in order to prevent her from worrying too much, he had to be careful with his words.

But Aunt Xue didn't realize his good intentions.

The servant clearly reported that Lai Shangrong was looking for his son to discuss business. When he saw him, he refused to talk to him, but asked his son if he was at home knowingly.

Thinking of his unknown thoughts, I can't help but think wrongly.

Although the Xue family is eager to find a new livelihood, they still have some financial resources. If Lai Shangrong just looks at it, Aunt Xue will tolerate it, but if she really wants her to go further, she cannot agree to it no matter what.

Suppressing the shame and anger in his heart, he said: "I heard from my servant that Shang Rong is looking for Wen Long to discuss business this time? You also know that he only knows how to fool around all day long, and he has always been careless and uncertain. Even if there is any business, He also wanted to ask me about the matter, how about Shang Rong coming directly to discuss with me in the future?"

Although he was dissatisfied with Lai Shangrong's evil thoughts, he still cared about the business, and Lai Shangrong's current status was not something the Xue family could offend.

Therefore, while asking straight to the point, he hinted that Lai Shangrong could have more contact in the future.

Of course, she has made up her mind that she can only let Lai Shangrong watch from a distance, and not let him play with her.

"It's so good! My nephew was worried that it would be inconvenient for my aunt to come forward, so I decided to go back and discuss with Wenlong first." Aunt Xue secretly slandered her, she didn't want to go to Xue Pan to discuss with Xue Pan, she obviously saw that she couldn't do it. Moved, but unwilling to stop thinking about it, he can only settle for the next best thing, intending to find opportunities from future contacts.

He said, "I wonder what kind of business Shang Rong is talking about?"

How could Lai Shangrong know what Aunt Xue was thinking.

With the conscience of heaven and earth, he had a completely appreciative attitude towards Aunt Xue, and those reactions were completely the natural reactions of a vigorous young man.

As the saying goes, a gentleman's deeds have no regard for his heart. Although he has thought about it occasionally, he has never really planned to take action.

Therefore, Aunt Xue took the initiative to ask about the business, and he explained to her everything about the shipyard in detail.

"The relevant matters have not been finalized yet. I just came to say hello in advance. If my aunt wants to buy a share, I have to make some preparations in advance. Secondly, my nephew can make arrangements in advance. However, I can't tell you how many shares I can buy in the end. A definite number.”

His help to the Xue family for Xue Baochai's sake was completely misunderstood by Aunt Xue as having bad intentions towards him.

Just like if you button the first button wrongly, the rest will just follow.

Aunt Xue had long preconceived the idea that Lai Shangrong had evil intentions, so his pertinent words, to Aunt Xue's ears, were all manipulation of herself and a means to force herself to submit.

Although she was also in a hurry because of Lai Shangrong in the dead of night, she never thought of taking action.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the shame and anger in his chest, and said with a double entendre: "It is very valuable that Shang Rong can think of our family. How can we make excessive demands? Shang Rong can decide how many shares he can buy. Although the Xue family is not rich, It’s expensive, but you can still get 30 to [-] taels of silver in cash, so you don’t need to prepare anything in advance. If Shang Rong has a final decision, just send someone to notify you in advance.”

She was reminding Lai Shangrong to just take a look. If she made any more excessive demands, she would never agree to them. As for how many shares she could give, she could only let Lai Shangrong decide on his own.

However, maybe it's because the Xue family is a family of merchants who have been doing business for generations, and everything has a certain price; or maybe Aunt Xue wants to explore her own weight in Lai Shangrong's heart.

Therefore, in a subtle way, if Lai Shangrong persists in his ambition of two to three hundred thousand taels, he will definitely allocate shares to the Xue family with heavy profits. If the amount exceeds this amount, Aunt Xue may have to struggle.

Unfortunately, Lai Shangrong was not able to understand her intention.

Instead, he stood up and said goodbye: "As long as my aunt says so, my nephew will leave first."

Seeing Lai Shangrong getting up to leave without thinking, Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down on the official chair, feeling a little disappointed.

In particular, Lai Shangrong did not make any promises, which made her worried that she had not achieved her goal and the investment in the company would also be ruined.

When I was in a dilemma, I heard Xue Pan's voice coming from outside the house: "Mom! Is Brother Lai here?"

Aunt Xue suddenly felt as if a savior had arrived, and said hurriedly: "Shang Rong is here! He also introduced a business to our family!"

Then, for some unknown reason, he tried to persuade him: "It's getting late, and Wen Long is back again. Why don't Shang Rong stay for a quick meal?"

First of all, Lai Shangrong did not make any promises. When she said this, Lai Shangrong must be given some shares.

Secondly, since Lai Shangrong is not very satisfied, let's review the situation at the wine table and see if we can let him taste some sweetness so that we can settle the matter.

Xue Pan said with joy, "Brother Lai is busy with things. Since you have time to come here today, we have to have a good drink!"

Aunt Xue immediately echoed: "Yes, yes! Shang Rong can think of us. If we don't eat even a simple meal, it would seem that our family is ignorant of etiquette."

If it were in the past, Lai Shangrong might not be willing to give this face. Now that he has a relationship like Xue Baochai, it is certainly not easy to shirk it.

So he bowed his hands to Aunt Xue and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then respect is worse than obedience. Please forgive my nephew for disturbing me."

(End of this chapter)