The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Aunt Liu was anxious, and asked: "Why don't you want such a good girl?"

Liu Xianglian replied: "As I said, if I want to marry, I must have a stunning woman. It's not that I have never been to Jia's house. If that girl is really stunning, she would have been famous long ago."

"Bah!" Unexpectedly, Liu Xianglian was spat hard by her aunt: "Do you think that girls are like those Lou sisters you usually hang out with, and you have to exaggerate their five-point appearance into ten? What about your girls?" Is someone talking about her appearance? Isn’t she looking at virtue? Your second aunt praised this second girl for being good, so she is a good one. If it weren’t for your second aunt’s face, no matter how good you look I can't fall in love with you! Don't dream of spring and autumn dreams there, such a good thing will disappear after this village."

One sentence left Liu Xianglian speechless: You just said clearly that his family fell in love with me, but after a short while, you changed your tone...

But Aunt Liu didn't give him a chance to refute at all, and she said, "I advise you to put away those foolish thoughts quickly, and don't talk nonsense about marrying a wife and a virtuous person. You don't want to think about the daughter of a really good family Even if you have outstanding looks, you can’t let them see you, and they can’t marry you. Those people from ordinary backgrounds, with a little appearance, either became the confinement of big shots or went to those places of fireworks. You don’t have any Don’t hang out in these places, don’t you understand this? Are you really going to bring the women in these places back home, instead of putting a hat on yourself? I’m just saying I won’t let you hang out outside, you have nothing at this age If you don’t talk about housework and constant production, you don’t even understand the principles of life!”

Being told by her aunt, Liu Xianglian also felt a little uncomfortable, and it seemed to make sense after thinking about it.Girl from a rich family, don't say anything

Even his daily disposition will not be spread out casually.Even Baoyu, who was stupid, only occasionally mentioned the sisters at home a few times when he was a child, but he didn't say a word anymore when he grew up these few years.Occasionally someone asked him, and he would still get annoyed.However, it seems that few women who can exude the reputation of being stunning are innocent...

Seeing his nephew looking thoughtful, Aunt Liu knew that he had been persuaded.I thought it was not good to force him very much, so I said: "Anyway, you are so old, I can't control you, you can figure it out yourself."

Liu Xianglian didn't want to stay in the residence, so she went out for a walk, and just at the entrance of the alley, she saw Lin Ming coming with a servant named Shi Shiran, seeing him, she hurriedly asked: "Brother Liu, where are you going? "

"I have nothing to do, just go for a walk." Liu Xianglian smiled, a little surprised why he came here.

Lin Ming smiled and said, "I'm here to ask Brother Liu for help."

"Whether you want to help or not, my brother just speak up." Liu Xianglian waved her hand and said very boldly.

Lin Ming said slowly: "Now, the wedding of Aunt Ling and my uncle has been settled, and we will leave for Beijing in a few days. I have a small book store in the capital, and I want to buy some before returning to Beijing. The paper, ink and other things here are back. I also collected some of the county annals and scripts, so it’s not a waste of time.”

Liu Xianglian was a little surprised: "I didn't expect such a well-educated talent to start a business? I have met many scholars in the past, and they don't talk about yellow and white things."

Lin Ming smiled contemptuously: "There are people like that, either from a wealthy family or with extremely sour bones, no matter what kind of people are not on the same side as me. Especially those who don't do childbirth by themselves, relying on their mothers and wives to be female celebrities to survive I can't stand people who want to be promiscuous outside. A man doesn't want to support his family. He only cares about his own pleasure. He is really selfish. Although my small book shop doesn't make much money, I save money for my daily pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Not to mention, the money I earn is enough for my social interactions in school, and occasionally a little rich. It’s better than reaching out and asking for money at home. If I marry a wife in the future, I can also buy things for my wife and children.”

Liu Xianglian, who said this, laughed: "Your brother is not old, but he thinks far enough, that he has already thought of marrying a wife and having children."

Lin Ming didn't feel embarrassed either, and replied directly: "What's so funny about this, no matter which path a man in the world is on, in the end, it's not for the sake of getting married, establishing a career, and shady offspring? It's just that the world is used to finding all kinds of excuses to cover it up. But , There are people as bold and uninhibited as Brother Liu, but the younger brother is not successful, my mother keeps talking about it every day, I'd better save more wives."

Hearing this, Liu Xianglian was in a cold sweat. The other party was younger than me and even not as tall as me, but he had already thought about it for so long.Not only did she set up a shop, but she was very attentive, and looking at herself, no wonder my aunt refused to rest assured every time she saw her.He put his mind back and smiled and asked: "Then how do you plan to save money for your wife?"

"It's just the two of us that can't do this. Let's go to Lian's second brother together. He is a wealthy family. We need to borrow his advantage." Lin Ming said firmly.

When the two found Jia Lian, he was reconciling accounts with the steward.Seeing them coming, Jia Lian laughed loudly: "What wind brought you two here?"

"Looking at Second Brother Lian's proud appearance, you think you will get a lot of money this time around?" Lin Ming asked with a smile.

Jia Lian waved his servants to go out, and said with a chuckle: "At the beginning, my mother asked me to bring some goods with the ship. I still couldn't save face. After all, I was also a prince, so why would I want to do such a business? In the end, a ship of goods When I arrived in Jinling, a friend found a match, and the profit was three times the profit. I bought some specialties in Jinling and brought them here, and I just sold them all in the past two days, and I made a net profit of this amount." He stretched out his right hand and flipped Turned over.

"10 taels?" Lin Ming sighed, "It seems that the second brother Lian really got rich this time." He winked at Liu Xianglian as he spoke, "It seems that the two of us are here at the right time, for the lunch at noon It’s settled.”

"It's a pity that only half of it belongs to me, and the other half belongs to our wife. Her old man paid most of the money. I don't dare to confuse her old man's money. It's just a meal. It's no big deal. I heard that here Shun Fu Lou tastes good, and it just so happens that a few private rooms are reserved there today for the steward and fellows, if the two younger brothers don't mind it, why don't they go together?" Jia Lian asked with a smile.

Lin Ming saw that Liu Xianglian was a little distracted, so he decided to respond: "It's such a good thing, we must go and have a drink."

At this time, Liu Xianglian was still immersed in the profit that Jia Lian said, and she never thought that she could earn so much money by just bringing some goods along the way.I have traveled all over the years, but I have never thought about it. If I had thought about it, I would not have such a rich capital as Jia Lian, and I wouldn't even be able to afford a house...

When the group was walking out, they happened to meet a snow goose passing by.Xueyan hurriedly stopped, and stood sideways to greet everyone. Jia Lian often met her in the Xing family's house a while ago, and she was somewhat familiar with her. She asked with a smile, "Why did you come to the outer courtyard?"

Xueyan smiled and said, "Master got up early this morning and coughed a bit. After Miss found out, she sent me a cup of lily syrup."

When she replied, she couldn't help but cast a glance towards Lin Ming, who knew that Liu Xianglian, who was standing beside Lin Ming, had misunderstood: This maid must be interested in me, otherwise she wouldn't show her affection to me again and again Already...