The Bandit Gentleman of the Red Chamber

After Lin Chen came out from Mr. Zhuang, he was not in a hurry to return to Rongguo Mansion.Instead, Xie Qing took him to see the Lin family's house in the capital.

Normally, the people who take care of the house for the Lin family are a family with children, and they also have some face in front of the master, otherwise, how can they get such a leisurely and generous job.The man from the family who called Hu Er saw Xie Qing coming on horseback with a carriage from a distance, and hurriedly called his wife to kneel outside the gate to greet him.

After Lin Chen came down, the two followed step by step, and Hu Er laughed and said, "I didn't know that the uncle came so early and everything was not ready. It's the slave's fault."

This Hu Er is the son of Nanny Hu, one of Jia Min's confidantes, who has always had a lot of face in front of Jia Min, but now in front of Lin Chen, he speaks and acts a little more casually.

Xie Qing knew he was going to suffer after hearing his words, and looked at Lin Chen cautiously, seeing that he was smiling but not smiling, his heart skipped a beat.

Lin Chen walked around the outer palace without stopping, and then went to the second gate.A member of Hu Er's family pulled him back, and said with a smile: "My uncle has never been here. No one has lived there for a long time. It's a mess. It's autumn again, so it's really not very beautiful."

Xie Qing hurried over, regardless of the defense of men and women, and pulled Hu Er's family away.The smile on Lin Chen's face deepened, he didn't go inside, turned around and walked away.

Xie Qing led people to follow in a hurry, and smiled cautiously: "Master, don't you want to look inside?"

Lin Chen didn't turn his head back, he went straight to the side of the carriage outside the door and said with a smile: "Seeing that Hu's sister-in-law is so frightened, how can I have the nerve to go in? Xie Qing, didn't you just tell me that your cousin is useless?" Can I get a job? Now I think this house is a fat job, why not let him take the job of looking after the house. When the wife was there, Madam Hu worked hard, but now Rong Rong has no children to accompany her. Wouldn't it be passed on? Say that my Lin family treats the servants harshly? I decided to make Luo Qiwenxiu two goddaughters to the nanny, and Hu Er also went back to accompany the nanny, and drank the wedding wine of the dry sister along the way."

After finishing speaking, regardless of Hu Er and his wife who were kneeling on the ground, they stepped on Xie Qing's back and got into the carriage to Rongguo Mansion.

Xie Qing was apprehensive along the way, and waited until he saw that Lin Chen was going to Rongqing Hall before reacting, and hurriedly shouted: "Master!" Lin Chen laughed from a distance in front: "The butler will go to the yard first. Wait for me. I just came here from Mr., so I thought I should invite my ancestor Ancai."

When greeting Mother Jia, Baodai and Sanchun also sat aside and chatted with Mother Jia. Seeing Lin Chen coming, Daiyu immediately burst into a smile, and Baoyu who had been with her for a long time and almost never saw the smile of the beautiful woman was stunned.

Lin Chen went over to salute Jia's mother, and Jia's mother smiled and said, "It's the morning and evening when you come back, here's a meal for you."

Lin Chen replied with a smile: "Mr. left lunch, which has already been used up." Jia Mu said: "There are simple tea and light food there, you children's family can bear this. Someone brought the stewed rotten pheasant, Anyway, eat some."

Daiyu hurriedly laughed and said: "Old lady, don't worry about him, my brother is the first one to suffer, how could he be willing to wrong himself?"

Lin Chen went over to pinch her face, but Daiyu dodged it with a smile, Baoyu came up to add to the chaos, and they made a fuss.Mother Jia's concern for Lin Chen was just superficial. Seeing that their brother and sister were in harmony, she felt comforted in her heart—Lin Chen made the right move...

Although it was just to say hello, Mother Jia left two people for dinner, and after the meal, she couldn't help chatting with Mother Jia to eat... When Lin Chen remembered that there was a housekeeper thanking him waiting in Qingyuan Courtyard, the sky turned pale. It's already dark...

After personally sending Daiyu back to the room, Lin Chen walked slowly to the front of the room, and Nishang brought a few maids to wash him up, changed into his normal clothes, and then called Xie Qing in.

Xie Qing was left alone by Lin Chen intentionally or unintentionally for a long time, and he was even more undecided. He was originally an errand in the outer courtyard of Lin's residence, so he had never seen Lin Chen's methods.If Lin Feng, the chief housekeeper, really couldn't leave this time, Lin Hai wouldn't have sent him here either.

Xie Qing was actually quite disdainful of Lin Chen, a concubine who was lucky enough to get into the position.Even if the servants of the family praised Lin Chen as a flower, he would only take it as flattery. Which son or sister from a high-ranking family is not praised highly?

If it is said that after being with Lin Chen, he has changed his mind a lot, but Lin Chen's words and deeds today really made his palms sweat.One must know that Madam Hu is an old man of the Lin family, and she is very respectable even in front of Lin Hai—but her son, Lin Chen, also loses his hair whenever he says he wants to, without showing any respect.So, what about myself...

Thinking of his many words and deeds along the way, Xie Qing could only try his best to suppress the panic in his heart...

This trick of killing chickens and scaring monkeys, Lin Chen was tired of watching his father play it when he was a child.Now it's even more handy, if it wasn't for the fact that Xie Qing is a man who can handle affairs and live in a stable place, he wouldn't be bothered to play this trick, and just put people on the Zhuangzi.

Hearing Lin Chen's summons, Xie Qing didn't dare to trust her, hurriedly came over here, after entering, he saluted Lin Chen first, then stood in the hall without saying a word, but the hand hanging under the robe was It was pinched tightly.

Lin Chen couldn't tell that he had already frightened himself, but he was just holding on to his face and refused to give in.Not wanting to argue with him, he said with a smile: "Since the housekeeper is here, sit down." Then he scolded a few little maids: "Don't let the housekeeper move a piece of paper in!"

Seeing Lin Chen's half-smile, Xie Qing bitterly smiled, and said with a forced smile, "I don't dare to bother you, I just stand up and answer."

Seeing his appearance, Lin Chen smiled and said, "The housekeeper is rather reserved today."

Hearing this, Xie Qing immediately felt unable to stand, and when he realized it, he was already kneeling under the hall.Looking up, Lin Chen's slightly raised phoenix eyes were looking at him with interest. Seeing him looking over, he even smiled and said, "Did the butler bump into someone today? I always look different from the past."

Xie Qing gritted his teeth and kowtowed to Lin Chen three times, with an attitude of fighting for it: "Although the old man was the master in the past, I forgive Xie Qing for taking the liberty——Xie Qing has a lot of dissatisfaction with the old man. But now he has followed the old man for more than half a month. , I have also seen how the uncle behaves, and I have long been amazed... Xie Qing is not a son of the family, and being able to sit as the second housekeeper is just a compliment from the master. Now the master has given me...a slave to the master...no matter what the master orders... , Xie Qing will not hesitate!!"

Waiting for your words!Lin, who pretended to be coercive for a long time, finally got his inner satisfaction o(￣ˇ￣)o...

Smiling, he went down to help Xie Qing up, and said: "What is the housekeeper doing? How can I not understand the character of the housekeeper? You only need to do your job in Ansheng. You need to take care of things."

Xie Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked: "What did the uncle say about letting the slave's cousin look at the house today?" Seeing Lin Chen's face changed slightly, he hurriedly explained: "The slave's cousin is honest, but Too honest, I'm afraid I'll disappoint my uncle's love."

Lin Chen snorted coldly and said, "It's good to be honest! Hu Er is a shrewd man, what does a well-built house look like? I'm afraid it's just a cover for fooling people outside? At least every year it's passed over." The 2000 taels of repairing silver, whose purse did it all fall into? I will remember everything for them!"

He smiled and said to Xie Qing: "Let your cousin take over the job, I don't want him to do anything, just help me repair this house inside and out, and fill in what is missing, so that people can live in it at any time. That's fine. Another thing, I vaguely remember that my family originally had some property in the capital, and most of the Zhuangzi's fields were sold, but there are still a few shops, how about the income?"

What Xie Qing heard from him was not an excuse, but that he really wanted to use his cousin, just a shop... Xie Qing stammered, "I don't know, that shop..."

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"

"The shop got a job from the master, and we left some people to take care of it. Later, the second wife of the Rong Mansion saw that the master and wife were far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mountains and rivers were far away. She was afraid that the servants would be lazy and slippery, so she took care of it for the wife. For a few years..."

As expected... Mrs. Wang even dared to sell Zongtian at a low price and put it in her arms. There is no pressure to help relatives "take care" of the shop... The dignified Wang family has a character like Wang Ziteng again. Just love money one by one?

Lin Chen pondered for a while, made up his mind, and said with a smile, "Second Aunt is the most warm-hearted, and she has worked hard for my family for several years. Now that we have all come here, we dare not work hard for our elders. Xie Qing, If you take over these few shops with someone, I have my own calculations here."

Xie Qing saw that he was sure of what he said, and he had seen Lin Chen's methods several times. Even though Lin Chen was only ten years old, he really didn't dare to underestimate him.Hastily complied with the promise, and bowed to leave.

Lin Chen sorted out his thoughts by himself under the lamp, and then fell asleep under the blanket, speechless all night.