After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

After serving the first cup of tea to the guests, Shi Nai began to taste the real tea.He showed no curiosity about Qiao Shangshu's reason for coming.

If he had just arrived, Qiao Shangshu would still feel uncomfortable, thinking that he was arrogant and very rude.

But at this moment, before taking off the filters on Qiao Shangshu's eyes, he felt that he deserved to be a person who could become a Shangshu at a young age, and he really held his breath.

For the person he admired, Qiao Shangshu didn't feel embarrassed anymore, after drinking half a cup of tea, he said bluntly: "Master Shi, to be honest, Qiao came to the door today to ask for advice."

Shi Nai was keenly aware of the change in Qiao Shangshu's attitude towards him.Although he didn't know where the change came from, he reached out and didn't hit the smiling face.He's not really young and energetic, so naturally he won't hold on to any previous grievances.

"I don't dare to ask for advice. Mr. Qiao has something to do, so you might as well speak up." Shi Nai's attitude has also improved a lot.

Qiao Shangshu felt that he was a good person, not as unkind as the rumors said.

So, he was no longer restrained, and asked directly: "Master Shi also knows that our Ministry of Industry is researching artillery recently, and wants to make a comeback in the southeast. However, it is still difficult to overcome the moisture-proof point."

Seeing that Shi Nai's tea was finished, he poured a cup for Shi Nai, "Qiao heard that the looms made by Mr. Shi are not afraid of the tide, so he wanted to ask Mr. Shi if he could use the same method. , used on artillery."

Shi Nai's heart skipped a beat, and he thought of all kinds of powerful and easy-to-carry cannons of later generations.

If you can improve the current artillery...not to mention anything else, as long as you can solve the problem of bombing, no matter where you fight in the future, it will be a great weapon.

"I wonder if Shi can go to the Ministry of Industry to have a look?"

What are you looking at?Of course it was the artillery.

Qiao Shangshu knew that he agreed to help, so he couldn't help saying happily: "Of course."

Before he came, he didn't expect that things would go so smoothly, so he couldn't help thinking to himself: As expected, the rumors from the court cannot be trusted.Mr. Shi is just used to frugality.People treat everyone equally, and they don't corrupt the state treasury.It is really hateful to spread rumors outside.

Well, it can only be said: filter, what a good thing.

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Here, Shi Nai is busy with business and does not touch the ground, while Yan's family is at home, but is harassed by Jia's family.

The news that the saint wants to choose a concubine for his grandson has spread throughout the capital, and anyone who has a daughter of the right age at home has the heart to gamble for the overwhelming wealth.

Yuan Chun, the prostitute's daughter of the second room of the Rongguo Mansion, happened to be born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone in the mansion believed that she would be blessed in the future.

Therefore, as soon as I heard that the grandson was going to choose a concubine, Yuan Chun was just 13 years old, which happened to meet the criteria for the election.

Coupled with the fact that Yuan Chun was born round and round, with a dignified and beautiful appearance, Jia Shishi and Yuan Chun's birth mother, Mrs. Wang, decided that Yuan Chun should be the grandson's concubine, and in the future, at least, he would also be the head of the palace.

During this period of time, Mrs. Wang really walked with the wind, and the dullness on that bodhisattva's face could not be maintained, and she was full of spring breeze to everyone.

Jia Shishi also couldn't keep her mouth shut all day long, and she didn't ask her grandchildren to accompany her to talk. She just pulled Yuanchun every day, reported to Baoyu, and taught ancient times to her siblings.

She was talking about the glory of their Rongguo Mansion in the past, and she was talking about when the old man Shan Gong was still there, every time she went out as a guest, it was the month when the stars were holding the moon.Even the noble concubine in the palace, talking to her is also pleasant.

Then, he would complain about Jia She's failure to live up to expectations, causing the title in the mansion to be reduced to a first-class general all of a sudden, making her wife ashamed to go out to meet people.

As he talked, it turned into an earnest exhortation to Yuan Chun: "Yuan'er, you must strive to be strong, and you will support your family and support Baoyu in the future."

She patted Yuanchun's hand, touched Baoyu's head, and said earnestly: "As long as you two are well, my old lady will die immediately, and she will have the face to see the old man."

"Old lady!" Yuan Chun said angrily, "What are you talking about, old lady? For such a compassionate person, Bodhisattva will definitely bless her and live a long life."

Baoyu also said good things, "The ancestors still want to watch Baoyu grow up, and wait for Baoyu to be filial to you."

"Good, good, good." Mother Jia was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, she put her arms around one of them, feeling that she had seen Rongguo Mansion rise again.

However, Yuan Chun felt bitter in his heart.

——She didn't know where her grandmother and mother got her confidence, and she felt that she would definitely be chosen.But when she learned the rules from Mammy, Mammy saw that she was smart and smart, and would talk to her about palace affairs in her spare time.

Of those ladies and lords in the palace, which one has no color?And each has its own merits.

Those nobles, what kind of beauties have you never seen?

Although she was not bad, she was described as young and tender, and she didn't open her eyes at all. Compared with those top-notch beauties, there was still a gap.

Therefore, for this draft, she herself did not report much hope.

But both grandma and mother acted as if as long as she went, she would definitely be chosen, and if she couldn't be chosen, it would be that she didn't live up to it, and she didn't dare to say a word of frustration.

The servants of Rongguo Mansion had always looked up to Erfang, but now that Yuan Chun had a hope of entering the palace as a concubine, they flattered Erfang even more.

Not to mention how convenient Mrs. Jia Zhengwang's affairs are, even Jia Zhu, who has just married, has many maids who secretly flirt with her, which makes Li Wan's teeth itch with anger.

On this day, Mrs. Xing sent someone to the kitchen to bring her a bowl of custard.But after waiting for nearly an hour, the maid who was sent out came back with an aggrieved expression on her face.

"You girl, where did you die? I asked you to serve an egg custard, did you wait for the chicken to lay eggs first?"

Because of the recent rumors in the mansion, Mrs. Xing was unhappy in her heart, so she seized the opportunity to vent her anger on the maid.

The servant girl complained again and again: "How dare the servants neglect the errands ordered by the madam? It's just..."

"Just what?" Mrs. Xing had already vaguely guessed, and her eyes almost burst into flames.

Sure enough, the servant girl said: "In the kitchen, there are custard stews. I heard that my wife wants to use it. The second wife's family has to take it for her. Sister Caixia from the second wife's room suddenly came and said yes. The second wife wants to eat. From the second Liu's family, they gave the custard to the second wife first."

I knew it was like this, this kind of thing didn't happen once or twice these days.

Mrs. Xing was so angry that her liver hurt, but she dared not, and was unwilling to ask her to turn against the second room.

——She was afraid that Yuan Chun would really be chosen, and the second room would retaliate against her after she gained power; she also wanted to follow Yuan Chun after she became a concubine.

Therefore, she could only bear it until her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys hurt.

However, she is a human being, not a saint.How can she endure this day after day?

Just at this time, Jia She came back from Liulichang, Mrs. Xing rolled her eyes, and took the custard with her own hands, and gave it to Jia She to eat.

Jia She took a look and smelled a fishy smell. Knowing that it was sweet steamed goat milk, he stretched out his hand and pushed it away, "I don't like this, you can keep it for yourself."

Mrs. Xing smiled coyly, and said: "Originally, the concubine prepared something salty for the master, but it was intercepted by the second room. The kitchen said, that's all I have."

Jia She took a look at her and saw that she had a flattering face and a timid demeanor. She didn't have the demeanor of a big wife, so he couldn't help but hit her up, "Look at you, how can you look like a big wife? No wonder the servant in the kitchen People dare to neglect you."

Mrs. Xing's face froze all of a sudden.

She originally wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, so that Jia Amnesty would attack the kitchen staff.But who knows, I ate a meal first.

At this time, she was extremely envious of Mrs. Wang.

——If she is like Mrs. Wang, with children by her side, why should she be so cautious?

Jia Amnesty said impatiently: "If you are fine, go out, don't disturb Master, I am enjoying antiques."

Mrs. Xing smiled awkwardly, and was about to go out when she suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she said: "Master, you said that I will record Yingchun under my name, how about it?"

Her thoughts were almost written on her face, and Jia Amnesty could see clearly at a glance.

He laughed "heh" and said blankly: "Not at all. Do you think everyone else is a fool?"

In the royal draft, it is clear that as long as there is only a prostitute, who has the guts to get a registered pro daughter to fool the saint?

Mrs. Xing was very disappointed, "Master, the concubine will go out first."

"Go." Jia She waved his hand, thought for a while, and finally ordered, "Recently, the second child's family is very rampant, don't provoke her, and hold back for a while."

——Would you like Yuan Chun to be selected as the grandson's concubine?Hmph, what a beautiful idea!

However, Mrs. Xing didn't understand Jia She's implication at all, she just replied wearily, and went out with the custard.

Seeing her so dull, Jia Amnesty couldn't help but shook his head.

——In his whole life, he really committed crimes against his wife.

Although the first wife, Song Shi, is quite intelligent, but she is the youngest daughter in the family, loved and loved by her family since she was a child, she has no city, and she is not the old lady's opponent at all.

Moreover, the Song family is noble, proud of their scholarly family, and looks down on their noble family everywhere.

He was also young at that time, so it was inevitable that he would be arrogant.Although the two gave birth to two children together, they did not develop a deep relationship.

Later, Mrs. Song went, and the old lady decided to hire Mrs. Xing as his sequel.This Xing family is even worse than the Song family.Except for a face that can be seen, the rest is useless.

Pian Xingshi likes to dress up in an old-fashioned way, and the original seven-point color is only three-point left.

However, he didn't think about it, the Xing family was originally in decline, with a thin dowry and no children.However, he, the only husband who can be relied on, also looks down on her in various ways, and refuses to show her eyes.

Naturally, she didn't have the confidence, she just desperately withheld a little money, trying to protect herself.