[Red House] Flowers are good jade circles

After Lin Ruhai heard about this, he was indeed in a hurry to leave the house. Jia Min only thought that he was going to Rongguo Mansion, and didn't ask in detail.It was Daiyu who didn't see her father when she was eating, so she called someone to ask, and then she realized that she had gone to the fourth master's residence.

"It's business." Jia Min frowned, still thinking about what he said, whether the master listened to it or not.

"I'm afraid the drunkard's intention is not to drink." Daiyu sighed softly, today there is a freshly kneaded peach blossom cake, just smelling the fragrance in the room, but she has no appetite at all.

Jia Min stopped holding the chopsticks of the peach cake, "Do they really dare to file a lawsuit?" Even with the backing of Master Jiu, the Duke's Mansion could repay the money by selling some things at one go, but it offended the palace. What's so good about the concubine Yuan.

"What they want is not silver." Daiyu paused, a hundred thousand taels of silver seemed like a lot, to these princes and elder brothers, it was nothing.Where are they the ones who put money in their hearts? They are probably looking at something else.

In the past few years, the battle for the heir apparent has intensified. The eighth master, the ninth master, the tenth master and the fourteenth master are tied together, and everyone knows what they want to do.Lord Jiu held Xia Jingui and Sun Shaozu in his hands at this time, not because he was fancying the IOUs in their hands, but because of this excuse, he coaxed the Rongguo Mansion to go with them.

Regardless of other things in the Rongguo Mansion, there is always a virtuous concubine in the palace who is deeply favored, and it is also a help.

"Ridiculous, the old lady won't respond." Jia Min put down the chopsticks, thinking of this festival, and didn't even want to eat.

"Yes, the old lady won't agree." But if they can hide it from the old lady, Mrs. Wang is the mother of Concubine Yuan, so why should the old lady agree.But Daiyu didn't want to say this, she didn't want Jia Min to be confused and fall into it again.It's so easy to wake up, it's best to continue to wake up.

Although Jia Min said so, it was useless at night. Daiyu asked when she was about to sleep, "Is there still a light in the mother's yard?"

Chen Xiang sent the little girl to run errands, and when she came back, she said, "Not only are the lights on in the courtyard, but also sent people to guard the second gate, so please come in when the master returns."

Daiyu knew that Jia Min wanted to ask clearly, and she couldn't stop her, so she said, "Let's all rest."

Lin Ruhai was hugging Jia Min's shoulders to comfort him, "Why do you think so much about the shadowless matter, I went to see the prince, it's an official matter, it has nothing to do with these things."

Why is it irrelevant? As soon as Jia Min said it, he knew it was bad.Lin Ruhai can figure out what the ninth master is up to. The most important thing is that the second brother-in-law can't be a prince, but he has a daughter who is a concubine.If someone made a promise on the title, the second wife would be tempted.

Jia Min felt relieved, "My master said that, so I feel relieved. Look at me, I am so busy asking these things, I have never asked the master if I have eaten it. Let the kitchen use chicken soup to serve a bowl of noodles."

"I've eaten outside, and the hot water scalded my feet, so let's take a break." Lin Ruhai waved his hand, he was very tired from talking tonight, and he didn't want to say anything more.

Within a few days, news leaked out, and everyone knew that Sun Shaozu was going to marry Xia Jingui.Inside Jia's mansion, they also knew that something was wrong.

Sister Feng's face was frosty, she frowned, and said angrily: "They dare, aunt will wait for me to write a letter back to my father."

In a moment of urgency, even the title of her mother's family came out. Mrs. Wang pressed her hand, "My dear, what can be solved with money, why do you need to work on your father? No way, just tighten up the matter on the other end, and then you will be able to solve the problem." Got it."

"That's the only way to go." Sister Feng knew what Mrs. Wang's charade was about, and although Mrs. Wang's idea of ​​lending loan sharks, it was Sister Feng who was trying to figure it out.The benefits here are extraordinarily thick, and in order to avoid accidents on weekdays, they are slowed down as much as possible.Now that I am in a hurry to spend money, I have to make these lazy bones move.

Just after discussing with Sister Feng, Jia Zheng sent someone to invite Mrs. Wang.

"Didn't Xia Jingui recognize you as a godmother? What kind of trouble is this?" Jia Zheng was quite surprised when he heard about the marriage of the two outside. I think I should ask a question or two.

Mrs. Wang was full of lawsuits, and she said angrily: "Don't mention this kind of relative again, you are just a troublemaker."

Jia Zheng was told about offending Ge Ge in Shisan Ye's house and being slapped, but she didn't hide the fact that she took someone to the Lin's house to find a place.

"A little Gege can bear any grudges, just fight on the spot. Now she is cast under Jiuye's door. Since she has recognized her god-in-law, let's give her a gift." Jia Zheng cares about face, he doesn't want others to take them The thing about the IOU is publicized.

"Understood, master." Mrs. Wang was unwilling and unable to save Jia Zheng's face, so she had to agree.

The woman added makeup and said that Mrs. Wang would definitely not go there in person, and sent her mother by her side.I sent a pair of lapis lazuli inlaid Chuan Er, but the words I brought back were not very pleasant.

"Miss Xia mentioned the IOU." Mammy didn't dare to tell the truth, what Xia Jingui said was really ugly, what officials' wives have such spare money to add some face, they might as well return the money.At any rate, there was an empress in the family, but the garden favored by the empress asked them to repair it.If not, give half of the Grand View Garden to the Xia family, and don't need the money.

The mother's face was burning hot when she heard it, and she couldn't come down to the stage with embarrassment.Fortunately, there was no one around, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.

"Sure enough, a merchant girl is a merchant girl. There is no love in her eyes, only stinky stuff." Mrs. Wang could only make another trip, urging Sister Feng to take back the account outside.

Sister Feng sighed, "I'm already pulling back, but if the pressure is too tight, those rotten people will slap their hearts on their necks and hang themselves, which will be another headache."

Mrs. Wang bit her lips, "How can this be good, the Xia family can't be kind any more."

"Otherwise let Xue's family borrow more money, it's always my own family, so it's easy to talk." Sister Feng sighed several times when she thought that several women in the Wang family were helping Jia's family to move around.

"No longer possible. Your cousin just took over the job. You need to spend a lot of money on inventory, and you have to travel far away." The rich road of a poor family, let alone such a wealthy family, Xue Pan took away this time. There will definitely be no shortage of silver.In a short time, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of them anymore.

Sister Feng couldn't help it, her lips were covered with scorching foam in a hurry, and Ping'er made her clear tea and brought it in.In a soft voice, he persuaded: "It was not done like this in the past, but it has changed this year. It is inevitable that some people will sell their sons and daughters. If they are forced a little harder, I am afraid that people will die."

"I don't know why. I've said everything, but my aunt is not willing to answer. Face and heart are also important, but I have to suffer." Sister Feng was about to shed tears when she said this. She has always been competitive.When she agreed to this marriage, the first thing she did was because of this title.

But looking at the present day, Second Master Lian and her are not of the same mind, and they still go out to make troubles all day long.The family said that Sister Feng was in charge of the house, but in fact she filled it with her own dowry.In such a huge Rongguo Mansion, from old to young, no matter where you fill it.

Let's just say that the matter of loan sharks was not something she thought of herself. It was something Mrs. Wang found, but she didn't do it herself, but ordered her to do it.If you don't do it, you just sit and eat, and it took a few years to slow down at home.It is necessary to build a garden to take over. Fortunately, Xue Xia's family paid the money to build this garden.

It was Mrs. Wang's own daughter who took over, but the debt was on the Rongguo Mansion's shoulders.This title is like a carrot hanging on the front, in order to eat it, it has to be pulled like a donkey.

Ping'er took a handkerchief and wiped away Sister Feng's tears, "The IOU written to Xia's family doesn't have a time limit, can't we discuss it?"

"It's no good, the Xia family won't do it." The most important thing is, how could Madam Wang beg her.

"Let the people below do it quickly, and don't let the empress in the palace lose face." Sister Feng sighed and closed her eyes tightly.

Ulan Gege received the kite, and within a few days, he posted a post asking Daiyu to go to the peach blossom forest on the outskirts of the city for a spring outing.Daiyu thought for a while, then asked someone to pick up Jingyu one day in advance, and told Gege in advance to take Jingyu with her.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Sister Lin is on guard against you. Look, we have found all the people." Wulan Gege accepted the letter, and naturally agreed, turned around and told Hongyun, making fun of him.

"I'll tell your mother-in-law about the bag of gems, and it will be deducted from your monthly bill." Hong Yun flicked the corner of his shirt, showing no expression at all.

But Ulan Gege couldn't hold back any longer, hugged his thigh and cried, "Brother, I don't dare to do this anymore, brother, so you can spare my little sister."

There wasn't a single tear in his eyes, and he secretly looked at his expression through his fingers.

"Don't play tricks, remember to ask the Yangzhou chef at home to make some dim sum, the dim sum over there is excellent."

"Yes, Ulan remembers it." No one knew it was because Sister Lin had stayed in Yangzhou for several years, but she didn't dare to talk too much.If it wasn't for the elder brother asking her to make an appointment, how could she go out like this these days.

"Stupid boy." Thirteenth Master asked Hong Yun to be brought over, and seeing him, he couldn't help but smile.

"Ama." Hong Yun's voice was full of resentment, if it wasn't for his father's so-called overall situation in the past few years, how could he have had a quarrel with Daiyu.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you." Thirteenth Master rubbed his nose embarrassedly, knowing that it was his fault, "First of all, you have to ask someone to explain clearly, and you can't hide it under your armpit, otherwise you won't let go , how can I forgive you."

Hong Yun made a sharp move. Whoever said it seemed that the sky was going to fall, no one can tell anyone and no one can be implicated.Now it was his fault, if it hadn't been for years of training outside, he had become calm and calm, and he was still like a child, he would have jumped up immediately to expose Ama's shortcomings.

Thirteenth Master laughed awkwardly, he did not do this properly.But if we don't do that, what can we do?

After waiting for a long time, he didn't see his son moving, so he couldn't help wondering: "What else do you need?"

Hong Yun's face turned dark, "What else?"

You only said one, first, one, there may be two, there may be three, how to say, first, there is no more.

Thirteenth Lord laughed and patted Hong Yun on the shoulder, "That's right, this is how you should chase girls. The thicker the skin, the better. Well, go, Ama is your strong backing."

What and what, Hong Yun hummed angrily.What Er Niang said is correct, Ama is just a child, and she hasn't grown up yet.

On the day of the outing, there was indeed Hong Yun beside Wulan, who said that he was afraid that, like last time, someone who didn't have long eyes would come and rush.

Here, Daiyu brought her younger brother Jingyu. Jingyu was still a childish half-grown boy, not enlightened at all. Seeing that Hongyun was there, it was only because of him.Pulling Hongyun away, he just said, "Let's go play together and follow my sister, so we can only listen to her nagging."

Hongyun looked at Daiyu, who stared at her toes without raising her head.On the contrary, Ulan's face was tense, and she just wanted to find a place where there was no one around and laugh with her belly in her arms.

After a long time without Daiyu's response, Hongyun had to be dragged away by Jingyu, looking back as he walked, hoping that Daiyu would say a word so that they could stay.

When flying a kite, Ulan Gege flies a string of kites with hundreds of flowers, each flower is only the size of a palm, and there are dozens of them in a string, with small bells on it.Put it in the sky, the round flowers are still ringing, not to mention how dazzling.

Ulan Gege was so sore that he couldn't lift it up, so he was willing to give it to others, and told him, "Keep playing, I like to see it floating in the sky."

On the other end, someone has already invited them to dinner.Before Daiyu came, Ulan Gege said that they had prepared food, so that Daiyu didn't have to bring anything.

However, Daiyu still brought some fruits, and asked someone to cut them into slices and pickle them with honey. Now they are taken out as desserts before and after meals.

It wasn't until they went that they realized their ingenuity. They actually set up a pot to light the fire and ate shabu-shabu.It was steaming hot and fragrant, attracting many people to look at it.

"My elder brother is thinking, how about it, is it particularly good?" Ulan's voice was very proud, but her eyes secretly turned to Hong Yunfei.If it wasn't for Sister Lin, elder brother wouldn't have paid so much attention to his family.

"It's good to eat comfortably, of course." Daiyu answered lightly, avoiding the seriousness.

Hongyun asked his servants to bring a set of cooking utensils. Others ate cold snacks outside. They poured them out and started the pot. There was hot soup, plates of cut meat, and vegetables that were boiled and dipped in the ingredients. , The original seven points are good, but sitting outside becomes twelve points.

Everyone sat on the ground, and they didn't care about the division of seats between men and women outside, they just sat together, and the servants put up the screen to slightly block other people's eyes.

Thin slices of mutton are cooked with chopsticks, turned over a few times in the pot, and the green side dishes are poured into the soup and scooped up while they are crispy. They are fresh and tender.With the breeze blowing and eating shabu-shabu, everyone is satisfied.

Only Hongyun harbored ulterior motives and looked at Daiyu from time to time.Seeing that she stopped the chopsticks, she also put them down, "It's been eaten so quickly, don't you want to use more?"

"No need." Daiyu shook her head.

"Would you like to go for a walk to digest food, the peach orchard over there is in full bloom."

"Go, let's go, hurry up, brother Lin and I will eat for a while." Wu Lan was fighting for meat with Jing Yu, and it was obviously Jing Yu who boiled it, but when she saw that it was cooked, she wanted to take it away.Jingyu was not annoyed, and poured it in again. Ulan had already scooped up a bowl, so she didn't eat it herself, and only played tricks with him.

"Don't bully others." Hong Yun cast a reproachful glance at his sister.

Ulan just winked at him, "Day, if I don't do that, why hold him back is in it."

"Gege is playing with me." Jing Yu grinned, showing her white teeth.

Naturally, there are still people around the two of them, Chen Xiang and Xing Guo are at the back, Hong Yun's servant is clever, next to Chen Xiang and Xing Guo, one sister at a time, coaxing them to smile.

"Do you still like the new mirrors?" He was referring to the mercury mirrors that were as tall as a person that he sent to Lin's house yesterday.

"Although the diorama was opened by your family, wouldn't the Thirteenth Lord be annoyed by this way of giving away favors?" Daiyu looked up at the peach blossoms, and the tree was full of blooms.But the next son, Yugui, IKEA Qishijia, made her blush slightly, and slapped the appropriate poem out of her head.

"So you guessed it, yes, you are so smart, how could you not guess it. However, I didn't intend to hide this matter from you." Hong Yun smiled slightly.

Daiyu sighed slightly in her heart, what I guessed and what you told me are two different things.The difference between them is huge.

Seeing that Daiyu didn't speak, Hongyun thought of Ama first, and hurriedly said: "It's my fault all these years."

"It's okay." Daiyu pointed to a peach blossom above her head, and asked Xingguo to break off a small branch and play with it in her hand.

Hong Yun hit a soft nail and didn't know how to speak for a moment.Following closely behind Daiyu, she slowly walked to the highest point of the peach blossom grove, and there was a farmhouse below, which was emitting smoke from cooking at this moment.From time to time, there were a few barking dogs and chickens crowing, which had some breath of life, but broke the deserted atmosphere that enveloped them.

"What's that?" Daiyu's sharp eyes saw a few small black dots, and they chased each other into the peach blossom forest.He couldn't help but tiptoe, wanting to take a closer look.

"Let's go and have a look." The servant behind Hong Yun ran down in a hurry, and the people above saw clearly after running a few steps.

A little girl who couldn't see clearly was running ahead, and two men were chasing after her. The closer they got, the clearer she could see.

Seeing someone above, the little girl ran even faster, and just took a breath and shouted, "Help." She was caught by the people behind her as soon as her footsteps faltered.

"Save people." Hong Yun yelled, and the servant had already arrived. He didn't know what to say, and walked up with the two men.

When the two men saw Hongyun, they knelt down and kowtowed to pay their respects, and the girl who was being chased also knelt down, knowing that they were nobles, and kowtowed together.

Hong Yun sized them up and asked them to get up and answer, "What's going on, what about robbing women in broad daylight?"

One of the men was probably more eloquent, and took the initiative to make amends and said with a smile: "My lord, now that the world is in peace and prosperity, and you are at the feet of the emperor, how dare you. This little lady's family owes our master's money and has not paid it. She wants to take it." She paid off the debt."

The little girl cried loudly, but she was still able to speak, "We only borrowed a few taels of silver, but you asked us to pay back 500 taels, forcing my parents to death, even I would not let you go, I would rather die than Go to that dirty place."

Because there were outsiders, Chen Xiang stood in front of Daiyu early in the morning, she just listened behind, secretly surprised, borrowed a few taels and paid back a few hundred, even if the donkey rolls around, it must be too much.She has never experienced it, so naturally she doesn't know the twists and turns.

Sure enough, the two men laughed, "You borrowed five taels of silver to watch the lady take medicine, and agreed to pay it back in one month. If you pay it back, the interest is only two taels of silver. At the beginning, the principal and interest are calculated together, and you do the calculation yourself. After half a year, isn’t it the same number? This master is a scholar, so he naturally knows that we are right.”

This is a run on Hongyun, they collect the debt, you can either pay him the money, or leave it alone.

"The imperial court also has laws on private lending." Hong Yun's lips curled up, and he had also agreed on the interest rate, and there was a fixed amount that could not be exceeded.

"It's natural, we all acted according to the law." The two men were sure that no one else could do anything about them, and whoever could figure out how much money they would have to repay in the first half of the year, either they said it or How many.

"In half a year, according to the highest limit of the law, five taels of silver will be repaid to more than 70 taels. I will calculate 80 taels for you. How did you calculate 500 taels? You might as well tell me."

No one expected that the master, who seemed to have nothing to do with the economy, could report such a complicated calculation result in one breath.The two men looked at each other, and the one who could talk changed his words immediately, "Maybe we made a mistake, but she couldn't get it out even if it was 80 taels, so she still wants to go with us."

Hong Yun glanced at Daiyu, and saw that her eyes stopped on the little girl who had been kneeling on the ground, showing pity.He said: "Bring her IOU, I will pay it back for her."

The two men looked at each other, showing embarrassment, Hong Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, "Why, it's not bad for someone to pay back the money. A girl of this age can only be sold for two or thirty taels of silver, and she can't get it back anyway. your pit."

The big man complained that two 30 taels was sold to others as slaves, if it was sold to that kind of place, how could this juicy girl be worth a hundred and 80 taels.However, it was not because of this reason that they hesitated. In fact, someone had already made an appointment in advance.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir." The little girl kowtowed to Hong Yun, and her head hit the ground with a "bang bang". Fortunately, it was muddy ground, if it was paved with stone slabs, the sound would have caused rivers of blood to flow.

"You two, hurry up and get the IOU, our young master doesn't have that much time to talk nonsense with you." The young man jumped out just in time and pointed at the two men. The more arrogant his attitude was, the more afraid the two men would turn their backs.

"We really, really didn't bring it with us." The big man finally found a reason, "Why don't we bring the IOU with us tomorrow."

This kind of thing, that is, it happened when it happened at the time, and when I got home, who would be patient to do it again tomorrow.Even if they come, so what, they have already taken their people and ran away, where are they going to chase.

"Okay, we'll take them away. Remember to bring an IOU to exchange for money, and leave an address for them." Hong Yun pointed at the young man, leaving him to negotiate with the big man, and led a group of people back.

The little girl kneeling on the ground looked happy, and quickly stood up straight to follow.

When they came back, the screen was also removed, and a large set of stoves were also removed, and only snacks and fruits were placed, as well as the prepared rose marinade waiting for them.

"Hey, where did you go, and why did you bring someone back?" Ulan pointed to the little girl following behind, and said in surprise.

After hearing Daiyu finished speaking, she laughed loudly, "It's also a coincidence, I thought the things in the storybook were all made up, but I didn't expect it to be called encounter." After finishing speaking, he laughed again, The laughter stopped abruptly when he saw the elder brother's eyes flying over like a knife, like a cat whose throat was strangled.