The Red Mansions

Chapter 203 Sister Feng: Let him go...

After Jia Heng finished speaking, Third Sister You's eyes sparkled, she picked up the jug, poured a glass for Jia Heng, then propped up her cheeks with one hand, and stared at Jia Heng as she spoke.

Except that Jia Heng is a teenager, it's like the sight of a little girl listening to an old man bragging at the wine table.

Jia Heng didn't pretend to be exaggerated, and in a few words, he finished the matter of how to fix the bandit's lair concisely, picked up the wine cup, and took a sip.

Third Sister You Yurong was slightly surprised, her beautiful eyes shone brightly, she said with a light smile, "Master Heng's idea is really amazing, even ordinary people can't think of it even if they try their best."

Second Sister You also raised her beautiful face, fixedly looked at the young man opposite, and asked, "Could this be the art of war?"

You Shi looked at the young man opposite, his eyes became more and more complicated, and he sighed quietly in his heart, "It is true that he is full of clever tricks, and his behavior is different from that of the man from the Jia family in Rongning Second Mansion."

Jia Heng said: "It can't be called the art of war, it's just a small skill."

"Such a small plan, I'm afraid the three of us sisters are tied together, and we can't think of it." Third Sister You said with emotion as she cut the autumn water, and then went to get the wine cup, her eyes glowed, and said softly: "Master Heng, I offer you a toast."

Second Sister You looked strange, and persuaded: "Sister, drink less."

She felt that her younger sister probably fell in love with this Uncle Heng.

"I still have official business, so I don't want to drink too much." Jia Heng looked up at Third Sister You, and said, "You should drink less, too much alcohol will hurt your health."

He didn't smoke in his previous life, and he basically drank less alcohol, mainly because he didn't like the feeling of hangover.

Of course, it's good for Third Sister You and Second Sister You, but his words are more formulaic and polite.

Third Sister You was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and said softly: "Then listen to Master Heng, so I won't drink it."

Jia Heng nodded without saying much, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and started to eat. There was a firm and quiet force in that unhurried movement.

Xu Shi's concentration and firmness in demeanor inspired Youshi and Second Sister You, who moved their chopsticks and ate food silently.

Seeing that Jia Heng was no longer interested in talking, Third Sister You didn't ask Jia Heng. She just picked up the chopsticks and hovered over the dishes, picking up a piece of fish, as if she wanted to put it in Jia Heng's bowl, but she couldn't get the chance.

In this kind of weird and quiet atmosphere, Jia Heng ate a bowl of rice, then put down the bowl and chopsticks, Third Sister You hurriedly handed over a handkerchief, smiled, and said softly: "Master Heng, here it is."

Jia Heng said, "It's not worth your trouble."

Third Sister You: "..."

Then, Jia Heng took a plain silk handkerchief, wiped the handkerchief, held up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, looked at Youshi and Second Sister You who had already stopped their chopsticks, and said, "Slow down first." It's useless, I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you any longer."

Hearing this, You Shi quickly said in a soft voice, "Then you go and do your work first."

Second Sister You also said, "Master Heng, let's go first."

Jia Heng nodded to the three of them, got up and left.

For the Youshi sisters, he has more of an examination and thinking about the ups and downs of the fate of the golden hairpin in the Red Mansion, almost no different from the Tanchun and Daiyu he met before.

He has read A Dream of Red Mansions, and he cannot lack the most basic feelings and empathy for some characters.

In the author's writing, a woman like Xue Lin is certainly lovable, but Second Sister You and Third Sister You are by no means detestable.

"If you simply divide the twelve golden hairpins into three, six, and nine grades, and regard Xue and Lin as flawless beauties, and regard the second sister You and the third sister You as sluts and whores who don't know how to love themselves, Sichun is the middle class." Later, Qin Keqing was a peerless beauty who could only call her uncle...then this kind of superficial and narrow understanding of the value of the twelve golden hairpins is exactly the opposite of the spiritual power that such a great work handed down from generation to generation wants to convey. "

Because, the original author uses the ups and downs of the fate of the characters in the Red Mansion in the torrent of the times, and uses tragedy to convey a kind of spiritual power.

The tragedies of the second sister You and the third sister You are the result of the joint creation of personal character and the times.

In other words, the tragic fate of all the gold hairpins is to complete the accusation against the dandies and the morals of the world. The author has devoted all his efforts and affection to each character.

Because of this, the characters are written into the hearts of the people.

The paper is full of absurd words, a handful of bitter tears.

The author is mad, who understands it?

Jia Heng was escorted by You Shi, Second Sister You and Third Sister You, and left the box, said a word of staying, then went downstairs to remit the bill, and then was escorted by Cai Quan, who had dinner downstairs, to the Four Seas Restaurant.

After watching Jia Heng leave, You Shi sighed faintly, with complicated emotions.

Second Sister You Yurong paused for a moment, pursed her pink lips, looked away, and couldn't help but said: "Elder Sister, this Uncle Heng is indeed a descendant of a prince from the Jia family, with arrogance but not arrogance, his bearing is heartbreaking. "

The more shy she is in front of others, the more she talks behind her back, Second Sister You is no exception.

Youshi seemed to laugh at himself and said, "How many children of the Jia family have you met? If all the children of the Jia family are like this, it doesn't mean that there is not even a person who has established a family outside the two mansions... I have been thinking about it recently. So, maybe Rong Ning and Xu Shi saw that the descendants of the younger generation were unworthy, and they showed their spirits, and there was such a character."

She has lived in Ningguo Mansion for more than ten years. She has grown from a concubine to a housewife, and has met many Jia family children, but none of the men in the family is as upstanding as this Uncle Heng.

Second Sister You frowned Yingxiu's eyebrows, and said: "I heard that there is a Second Master Bao in the mansion, who was born with a jade title?"

Youshi couldn't help but look a little weird, and said softly: "Baoyu's obstinate temperament, you will know it when you see it."

She almost watched Baoyu grow up. Baoyu has such a temperament. In the past, she just laughed and said nothing in front of the old lady.

Second Sister You was surprised, smiled lightly, and said, "Elder Sister, in the Rongning Second Mansion, don't you have any successful children? I heard from my mother that the Second Master Lian in the West Mansion seems to be a handsome and suave man." , I heard that he is still doing things outside now? It’s just that there is a hag in his house?”

Mrs. You kept her eyes on the men of the Rongning Second Mansion, so she knew the situation of the men of the right age in the Jia Mansion very well.

Speaking of which, when Mrs. You sent the Second Sister You and the Third Sister You to Jia Zhen, she did not have the intention of being concubines at the beginning, but Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, father and son, were not things.

"There is love, and there is nothing else." Youshi shook his head lightly, and said something, although he didn't say much, but his meaning was self-evident.

At this time, Third Sister You came slowly, but she withdrew her gaze and said softly: "Elder Sister, didn't he say that the Second Ningrong Mansion is celebrating the conferment of the title tomorrow? Let's go and have a look."

Youshi shook his head lightly, and said, "How can I go? My status is not embarrassing. If I go, what do people think of me?"

Hearing this, Third Sister You stretched out her hand to hug Youshi's arm, and said with a coquettish smile: "Sister, go and have a look, it's so boring to be at home every day, you are always bored at home, what has become of you, It's good to go and relax."

Youshi was begged for a while and felt helpless.

Second Sister You's bright eyes moved slightly, and she said softly: "Didn't he just say that Eldest Sister has worked hard, and that Eldest Sister is allowed to live in Ningguo Mansion again?"

You Shi lightly shook his head and said: "Perhaps it's just a polite way of speaking, if you can't give us a stick, let's recognize it as a needle."

Now she also has a bit of recollection. Although she was given two ways, she still hopes that she will remarry.

Third Sister You smiled and said: "If Eldest Sister can go, people will say that he is a kind and benevolent patriarch, even if the wife of the previous patriarch came to join him, he will treat her well regardless of the past."

Youshi thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Let me go back and think about it, besides, no invitation has been sent, what will happen if we come here by ourselves?"

She is also well aware of her third sister's careful thinking. From the bottom of her heart, she is actually... happy to see it come to fruition.

If Third Sister could be that man's concubine, it would not be considered a disgrace to her color.

Just looking at the meaning of the man just now, it seems that he didn't mean that to Sanmei.

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But it was said that Jia Heng left Sihai Restaurant and did not go to Wucheng Bingmasi, but returned to Ningguo Mansion.

Ningguo Mansion is currently making arrangements for the celebration of the nomination tomorrow. Jiao Da took a few servants to paint the plaques and decorate the corridors. When he saw Jia Heng entering the mansion, he jumped off the high stool and stepped forward. He smiled and said, "Master Heng, you are back."

Jia Heng nodded at Jiao Da, and said, "Just arrange it a little bit, don't be too extravagant."

Jiao Da laughed and said, "Grandma has already ordered that these lanterns and decorations are all old things collected from the warehouse in previous years, and they have not been repurchased."

Jia Heng laughed and said, "That's a good thing. These utensils and ornaments are most afraid of being used once or twice, and then they are discarded. Instead, they keep buying, which only makes the compradors who deal with them fatter."

When Jiao Da heard the words, he praised: "Uncle really understands people. In the past, there were New Years and festivals in the mansion, and it was really like this."

Seeing that the old man seemed to be open to chatter, Jia Heng smiled and said, "You are considered an old man in the mansion. If there are any expenses in the mansion that are not right, you can report them to me directly."

Instead of letting "Uncle Jiao who knows everything" eat too much water and wine and complain, let him directly report to him, and then he will deal with it, and there will be another channel to supervise his servants.

Jiao Day replied: "Master Heng, don't worry, the one below dares to steal, rape, play tricks, steal dogs and play tricks, I will definitely tell the uncle!"

Jia Heng nodded, without saying anything else, and walked towards the inner courtyard along the chaoshou corridor.

As soon as they entered the inner house, they heard chatter and laughter coming from the inner hall. Looking up, it was clear that Qin Keqing, Sister Feng and Ping'er were joking. When they saw Jia Heng coming back, they all got up from their seats and went out of the house to greet each other. .

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Just now I was talking about people going to call Brother Heng to discuss how to do ancestor worship, but brother Heng just went back."

"En." Jia Heng nodded, and while speaking, went to the hall and asked: "Sister-in-law Feng, should you inform the men in the clan?"

"I know, it's a matter of honor for the whole family, and the men in the family must be pretty much the same." Sister Feng laughed.

Jia Heng sat down in the living room, took a sip of the tea from Qingwen, and said lightly: "Now that you have been notified, it's easy to say, you can worship the ancestors in the ancestral hall tomorrow morning, and then hold a banquet at noon. The banquet can be dismissed until the afternoon. As for the old ladies and female relatives, they can listen to operas in Huifangyuan. It may not be enough to invite the theater troupe for one day, and most of the troupe masters will not accept it, no more, no less, just ask for three days."

After Jia Heng finished speaking in a few words, he picked up the teacup at the side and took a sip.

Sister Feng's face was filled with a smile, she looked at Qin Keqing at the side, and said: "Look, Brother Heng is really used to giving orders outside, we discussed it for a long time and that's how it is, and he has a plan in a few words."

Qin Keqing smiled, looked at Jia Heng, and asked, "Has your husband finished his work outside?"

"When will the official duties be over?" Jia Heng smiled and said, "It's just a sneak in."

If there is no accident, for the Three Rivers Gang, he hopes to close the net in the evening of these two days. Of course, it depends on the work efficiency of Jinyi Mansion.

Qin Keqing said softly: "It's better not to delay your husband's business."

Sister Feng suddenly said: "Actually, there is one more thing to tell Brother Heng, the old man came to the mansion earlier and took Lai Da away."

Jia Heng said: "Take it away, just take it away, it's just that the Lai family's family assets have filled the deficit of the East Mansion before, so there shouldn't be much money left."

Sister Feng smiled lightly, and said: "Master Lai must have said that there must be other money hidden, so..."

Just at this time, the mother-in-law's voice suddenly came from the outside: "Second Grandma, Wang'er has something urgent to see you outside."

When Sister Feng heard this, Yurong was surprised.

Hastily left the inner hall, came under the eaves, and asked anxiously: "Wang'er, didn't you take someone with you to copy Wu Xindeng's house with the elder? And why are you covering your face?"

I saw Wang'er covering one side of her face, and said with a bitter face: "Second Grandma, the younger one followed the old man and took a group of people to copy Wu Xindeng's house early in the morning. They copied 10,000+ taels of silver, but the old man went His yard was pulled away, and I said a few words on the sidelines, and got a slap in the face from the elder."

Sister Feng: "..."

Ping'er and Zhou Rui's family also came out of the hall, their expressions changed suddenly and they looked at each other.

10,000+ taels of silver were taken to your home?
"What did the Eldest Master say?" Sister Feng suppressed the anger in her heart, and the red phoenix eyes under the willow-leaf eyebrows were somewhat cold.

Wang'er smiled wryly and said: "The Eldest Master said that a group of thieves in the West Mansion are used to guarding and stealing themselves. Why don't you put these treasures in his mansion, and he will keep an eye on them, so there will be no omissions."

"Let him go..." Sister Feng raised her brows upright, no matter how hard she could suppress her anger, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she swallowed back the words that came to her lips, and changed her words: "Let him go to the house and you will be safe? This is Gongzhong's money , put him in the mansion, what about the expenses of the West mansion's public school?"

Wang'er said with a bitter face: "The Eldest Master said that if Second Grandma wants to use money, she and Second Master Lian can ask him to get it."

Sister Feng's bright melon-seeded face was full of anger, and she cursed inwardly, seeing an old man with open eyes for money!
"Ping'er, let's go back and find the old lady to see what the explanation is. Otherwise, this family... I can't take over." Sister Feng's complexion changed, suppressing the anger in her heart.

After all, it's her father-in-law, so if she has to, she doesn't want to make a scene too ugly.

Ping'er responded.

At this moment, Sister Feng also turned her head and looked at Qin Keqing, sighed, and said with a forced smile: "Sister, I'll go back first, and Master Heng, this matter..."

In the end, he turned his attention to Jia Heng, but he couldn't hold back.

Jia Heng looked silent, and said: "I don't want to talk too much about your housework in the West Mansion."

Sister Feng froze when she heard the words, and sighed softly, knowing that the young man on the other side didn't want to take care of this mess, and he didn't have the face to pester him any longer.

He greeted Ping'er and left.

When Sister Feng left, Qin Keqing walked up to Jia Heng and said softly, "Husband, what do you think about the West Mansion?"

Jia Heng said: "What else can I think? Let's take a look again. Some things are too lenient. They don't tell you what they don't accept you, and they even complain about you. I've been very busy recently, and I don't have much free time. Let Xifu handle it by itself first." .”

Qin Keqing nodded, her beautiful eyes twinkled, just thoughtful.

(End of this chapter)