The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Xueyan thought about it, this is true, if he is really the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, first of all, he will look down on him.Thinking about it, my vision is still very accurate, and I picked a responsible big man right away.

Thinking of this, her tone softened: "Okay, okay, forget it this time, and you must pay attention to it in the future. If you don't think about me, you have to think about the third wife. If something happens to you I can still look for it again, but the third wife is only your son..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Ming said with a dark face, "Don't worry, I won't give you a chance to look for it again!"

He blushed, and Xueyan was not afraid, thinking: who is the little girl scaring?Auntie, I can be fooled by you.

She said with a sullen face: "If you don't believe me, you can try it. I won't let you down, you will have to spare your life in the future, I am not one of those chaste women..." Someone blocked the rest of the words mouth.

After a long time, after parting lips and tongue, Xueyan said angrily: "You actually took advantage of me, I know you have no good intentions, I have to leave." After speaking, she stood up and pretended to leave.

Lin Ming hurriedly grabbed her arm, and now he didn't make a bad face, but said with a shy smile, "My good sister, I found an excuse for you to come here, so you can take pity on my injury. Bing, please stay a little longer."

Turning her head to see the gauze on his arm, Xueyan softened her heart and sat down again, but this time she moved the stool a lot farther: "

Speak as you speak, don't move your hands or feet, or I will really leave.Although I am not a chaste and martyr, I am not one of those who are not self-respecting! "

"Okay, okay, yes, yes, it's me, Meng Lang, I won't dare anymore." Lin Ming said with a smile, he was finally satisfied, and he was very easy to talk at this moment.

At this time, Lin Ming reached out and took out a hairpin from under the pillow and handed it to Xue Yan: "We saw this when we went to collect green pine trees, take a look and see if you like it?"

Xueyan took the hairpin and looked it over carefully in her hand. The red gold hairpin body is simple and elegant, nothing special, and the turquoise inlaid on it is of average quality.She didn't understand why the other party gave her such a hairpin.

Later, when Lin Ming used his eyes to show her to look at the pattern on the turquoise, Xueyan observed carefully before saying in surprise: "This is a wild goose."

"Look at what it looks like below?" Lin Ming asked again.

Xueyan looked at it for a moment, exclaimed: "It looks like a forest..." Then she looked at Lin Ming: "You really have a heart." After speaking, she inserted it into her hair without any shyness, and asked with a smile: "Does it look good? "Although she is not very obsessed with the so-called token of love, since the other party gave it to her, she will gladly follow it.In case one day they broke up, she would throw things at the other party at worst.

After all, she still thinks of modern people in her bones, and she will not seek life and death for a relationship.

After staying for another quarter of an hour, Xueyan stood up and said: "I really have to go, if I go back too late, I won't be able to explain."

Lin Ming took her hand and said: "You have suffered, you have to bear with it for a while, after returning to Beijing this time, if those things can be sold smoothly, I will have enough money to marry you. At that time, I will let my mother go plead for mercy in front of my wife."

Xueyan's heart moved slightly, and she sighed: "Don't worry about this, we have to find a suitable time, otherwise the master and wife still don't know what to think of me, even the girl is hard to explain."

Lin Ming nodded: "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you."

On this point, Xueyan believed that it was this quality of the other party that moved her. After all, he was a man who valued a maid, so if he really wanted to force Lin Ruhai, he might not be able to get what he wanted.But he was concerned about his own reputation, and he always carefully maintained this relationship, never doing things that would embarrass her in front of others.Xueyan believes that this is true love. If a man really loves you, how can he have the heart to push you to the point where everyone criticizes him?

Therefore, what she dislikes the most is Zhang Sheng first-class in the drama. How can these men not know the truth of "hiring is a wife and running is a concubine", but sometimes they ignore the other party's situation and reputation for their own selfish desires. It is a heinous crime to do that kind of tempting elopement.Of course, those women were also dazzled by the so-called "love", ignoring the etiquette, and eventually they would suffer the consequences themselves.

"Then I'm leaving, you have to take good care of yourself, don't be so impulsive again." After Xue Yan finished speaking, she turned around and left.

Jia Lian and the others were originally planning to leave for Beijing immediately after receiving the goods, but this kind of thing happened to them. Lin Ming's injuries were not healed, and the culprit had not been found yet, so he was naturally unwilling to return to Beijing like this.While waiting for Lin Ming to recuperate from his injuries, he wandered around when he had nothing to do. He saw that many of the goods he bought this time were priced much higher in Fucheng, so he discussed with Lin and Liu to sell some of the bulky goods. Sell ​​it, and return to Beijing with only expensive and lightweight things.

After this incident, both of them agreed with it, so they both entrusted Jia Lian to deal with it.In the past, Jia Lian might not have been so attentive to help the two of them, but this time they really have a lifelong friendship, and the relationship is different than before.At this moment, Jia Lian can't wait to give his heart to the two, let alone these trivial matters.

Jia Lian worked carefully, and both of them more than doubled their capital, and also said that there would be a profit after the remaining goods were sold in the capital.Both of them refused, Jia Lian said in a deep voice, "If you think highly of me, don't push me against you. It's just that Ji Liang is obedient to you. Could it be that my life is not worth even this little money?"

The two couldn't talk to him, so they had to let him go.

After Liu Xianglian got the silver, she finally felt a little better after being a little depressed by Xueyan.He hurriedly returned all the silver that the two aunts had given him, and prepared a generous gift for each.Neither of them was polite to him, especially when Aunt Liu heard that he still had more than 1000 silver in his hand, she said, "It's only been a while. I don't believe you can earn so much silver. Show me the bank note." look."

The innocent Liu Erlang thought that he was too ridiculous before, so that his aunt didn't trust him so much, so he hurriedly took out the remaining 1000 silver notes: "My nephew really didn't lie, the rest of the silver notes are in the This is it." After speaking, he took out a bank note and showed it to her.

When Aunt Liu saw him, she put the banknotes in her breast pocket casually, her eyes flashed, and she counted carefully after taking the banknotes: "This time it's true, besides the principal, there are 300 taels left." Silver, yes, I will continue to work harder in the future." After finishing speaking, he stacked the silver bills and put them into his purse.He only took out the last 100 taels and handed it back to him: "I know you. I'm afraid that the money will be ruined in a few days in your hands. It's better for me to keep it for you. If you have this money, wait for it to come back." If you come to the capital, you can buy a similar house. I will add some more for you, and the dowry is almost enough."

Liu Xianglian couldn't believe it: "Auntie, you are too..."

Aunt Liu sighed: "I'm doing this for your own good. Could it be that my aunt is still greedy for your things? Your second aunt is also here, and she is the witness. Don't worry, you will be indispensable."

Mrs. Liu also applauded her cousin's actions in her heart. She was also worried that this nephew would squander all the silver in his hand, so she persuaded with a smile: "You are a man with a heartless heart, and I will leave things to my sister to help you keep them." It's the same. Don't worry, with me watching, your aunt doesn't dare to be greedy."

As soon as the two sisters sang together, the matter settled down, and Liu Xianglian thought to herself: The ancients did not deceive me, and it really is "only a villain and a woman are difficult to raise".

I don't know if Qingshan county magistrate is really incompetent or has other plans. It's just a gang of thieves. After searching for a month, there is still no news.Everyone who originally thought that this trivial matter should be resolved soon felt a little unhappy in their hearts at the moment.Especially Lin Ruhai, when something like this happened under his own rule, it hurt his nephew, and he was so weak as a subordinate, he couldn't bear it in face.In such a state, the mansion didn't even hold the Double Ninth Festival.

This made Mrs. Liu quite uneasy, so she specially invited Mrs. Xing to drink tea in her yard afterwards to explain the matter.Mrs. Xing said indifferently: "What's the matter? Who doesn't have a difficult time? It's very lucky for these children to come back with their beards and tails this time. Otherwise, we girls will It's even more uncomfortable. By the way, how is Brother Ming's recovery? I thought about going to see him, but I was afraid that it would disturb his recuperation after he left, so I just sent a nun to see him. Once. Speaking of it, it’s been a while, I don’t know how it is now?”

Liu said with a smile: "It's almost done. Although I don't dare to practice calligraphy now, I can do some light movements as usual."

"That's good. After all, this child will participate in Qiu Wei next year. If it really hurts the meridians, what face do you think we will have to see the third wife in the future?" Xing sighed.

Liu Shi echoed: "Isn't it?" Speaking of which, she was more worried than Xing Shi.After all, Lin Ruhai is just such a family nephew, if something really happened, he might be speechless to face all the clansmen in Gusu City in the future.

The so-called "Say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here", the two were talking, and the mother-in-law came in and said, "Master Ming is here."

Liu quickly let him in, and Lin Ming greeted everyone after entering.

Xueyan, who was standing beside Daiyu, saw that he was wearing a long gown, and the place on his right arm was slightly uneven, thinking that it must be wrapped in gauze.

Seeing him, Mrs. Xing first smiled and said, "Just now I was talking about you to your aunt, but now seeing your ruddy complexion and loud voice, you can tell that you are finally recovering. After all, you are young and have a good foundation, and you recover quickly."

Lin Ming smiled and said, "Every day, various supplements are replenished in turn, and my nephew will not succeed even if he thinks about it slowly."

Xueyan thought to herself, the gauze on your arm hasn't been removed yet, so you don't know what you're doing here in the backyard.