Wang Xifeng's Rebirth [Red Mansion]
Chapter 099
After Zijuan went out from the main hall, she first turned to the tea room. Seeing that Feng'er was really there, she hurriedly called her out: "Sister Ping'er is talking to grandma inside, you go and stand on the porch, and be careful not to let other people overhear." .I'll go to the big kitchen."
"Sister Zijuan, let me go to the big kitchen!" Feng'er hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull Zijuan, but Zijuan loosely shook her off, and smiled and gave her a light push.Zijuan said: "It's fine if it's on weekdays. It's the same for both of our sisters. It's just not today. Sister Ping'er finally came back. Maybe I will see you old acquaintances later. Why should I bother?" Standing there to get in the way? Hurry up and guard it."
After comforting Feng'er, Zijuan quickly walked out of the tea room, went back to her room and took a half-worn cloak, summoned two rough maids, and hurried to the big kitchen.
This year's winter is really cold, Zijuan fastened the buttons on the cloak, thinking to herself, fortunately she is the powerful maid in front of the master, not only did she make a thick new cotton padded coat a few years ago, but she also got two brand new ones Fur jacket, that's it, I still feel a little cold at the moment.After arriving in the big kitchen, Zijuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, secretly laughing that she had really been in the winter with her master cat for a long time, and she was so resistant to the cold.
"Hey, isn't this sister Zijuan? But what does Mistress Lian want to eat? Just say, even if we don't have it here, I will definitely get it later." The little maid at the door of the big kitchen saw Zijuan from afar, He hurried to find the steward, who trotted to Zijuan, rubbed his palms and said with a flattering smile.
"Second Grandma Lian has guests today, so let's bring a few plates of all kinds of dim sum. If there are candies and candied fruit, bring some as well. There is a clever girl in our yard." You're welcome, your master is very expensive nowadays, it's easy to ask for a few plates of dim sum.
Not to mention, it's not a meal for Chinese New Year, it would be very troublesome if you want hot food and hot dishes, but this snack was prepared earlier.Of course, if the person who came to ask for snacks today was not the maid in front of Wang Xifeng, but the people around Li Wan, the result would probably be quite different.
"Okay, I'll let someone prepare it now." The steward smiled so that all the creases on his face piled up together, and he ordered the little maid to quickly put the plate in the basket, and put Zijuan and others Let me into the boiling water room on the side, "Sister Zijuan, come here, it's very warm here. Although the snacks are ready-made, but everything is ready, I'm afraid it will take a while, you come in first and have a cup of hot tea to keep warm."
Zijuan looked at the steward who could be her grandmother and called her so, suppressed a smile and ordered the two maidservants to put away the things, but she followed the steward into the boiling water room, not only drank a cup of tea, Also "appreciated" a few dim sum.
When Zijuan came back slowly with various snacks, Ping'er was still in the main hall, but at this time Feng'er, Xiaohong and other old people who were there all entered the main hall, chatting and laughing very lively.
"Zijuan, you are back. I thought you planned to eat and drink in the big kitchen before returning." Wang Xifeng chuckled, and after Feng'er impatiently stepped forward to take out the dessert plates one by one, Wang Xifeng But he laughed so hard, "Yo, this time I wronged our Zijuan girl, you are going to get some snacks, you are obviously going to rob the big kitchen. Look, Ping'er, look at it too. "
Ping'er took a look in front of her in a playful way, and immediately covered her smile and said, "I just heard grandma say, 'Go to the big kitchen and ask for a plate of white sugar cake, and a plate of glutinous rice and hawthorn rolls'. But now I look at it, I'm afraid At least there are more than ten or twenty discs?"
Zijuan went to the big kitchen empty-handed, and the other side of the big kitchen didn't know whether she wanted to show off Wang Xifeng's face, or watched Zijuan specially bring two maidservants over there, and generously gave all the cakes to her. There are even peanut candies, sesame candies, and even three bunches of candied haws wrapped in glutinous rice paper.
"Come on, you have all borrowed the blessings of Ping'er and Zijuan today, so hurry up and eat." Wang Xifeng sat on the chair with a smile, completely no longer the worried look before.
Because Ping'er was pregnant, she didn't actually eat too much, but it was cheaper for a few little maids, especially that greedy Xiao Hong.But Xiaohong is indeed loyal, she secretly hid a few pieces of snacks, wrapped them in a clean handkerchief and hid them in her cuffs, and secretly fed Qiaojie back, which made Qiaojie very happy.
In the evening, Jia Lian had been out socializing all day, and was exhausted when he returned to the yard.Seeing Wang Xifeng, he said: "Your good cousin has finally fulfilled his wish."
Wang Xifeng was about to tell him about her plan, but when she first heard this, she couldn't recover, and only looked at Jia Lian suspiciously.He also heard Jia Lian say with a wry smile, "Mr. Baoyuna, you suddenly came to ask the second master to resign today, and didn't say what it was, but the second master agreed to his request and gave him some money. It seems that he intends to go out of Beijing."
"Please resign on the first day of the first lunar month?" Wang Xifeng was full of suspicion at first, but then suddenly remembered that Mr. Baoyu was the one...
"Who knows? It's still cheaper for Baoyu. I heard from the second master that after the Lantern Festival, Baoyu and Lan'er will go to the ethnology school together, but Baoyu is very happy. However, there is a saying that happiness must be born." Sad, he just laughed twice before he was caught and scolded by the second master, and I was also taught a lesson." When Jia Lian said this, he couldn't laugh or cry, and seeing Wang Xifeng was still a little puzzled, he just said , "What the second master means is that now that you have a body, if you want me to study well, at least I should read poems to you every day."
"No, no, Second Master Lian, you'd better go to work, it's not easy for me to be pregnant, so don't torment me." Wang Xifeng was terrified when he heard this.Not to mention whether the child in her womb will become diligent and studious after listening to the poems read by her father, I am afraid that she will not be able to stand it.Pregnancy is hard work, why bother to find yourself uncomfortable?
That's what Jia Lian said, and after a hasty dinner, he hugged Wang Xifeng and got into bed.
Now, Wang Xifeng has been pregnant for four months, if she wears a thick cotton coat, it will not be obvious.But at the moment she is only wearing a close-fitting bodice, one can tell that her waist has become thicker without even looking closely.However, because of this incident, Jia Lian also developed a hobby, but he liked to put his palms on Wang Xifeng's abdomen, as if he could touch the flesh and blood in his abdomen by doing so.
"It was the Second Master Lian who interrupted me just now, but it made me forget what happened today. Ping'er came over earlier, and I asked her to deliver a message for me to Grandma Liu who was here last time."
"Sister Qiao's god-grandmother? What are you going to do again?" Jia Lian lay on the bed with one hand behind her head and the other on Wang Xifeng's abdomen, and said with a smile, "Brother Feng, just calm down. If you really want to make a fuss, you can go and make a fuss with the maid in our room, or else you can endure it until the child is born."
Wang Xifeng stared unhappily, but suddenly realized that the bed curtain was pitch black, even if she rolled her eyes at the knife, Jia Lian would definitely not see it, so she said angrily, "I just want that son-in-law, Grandma Liu, to help us See if there's any property for sale in the country."
"Are you really planning to buy a farm? This..." Jia Lian pondered for a moment, then said, "That's all, as long as you're happy."
Jia Lian's words obviously disapproved of Wang Xifeng's ideas, but he was also unwilling to argue with Wang Xifeng.Thinking that the left and right are just buying some land, although the income of the land is not as good as that of the shops on the street, the risk is not that great.Besides, Wang Xifeng is pregnant now, there is really no need to get angry with her because of these trivial things.
"That's fine, let's talk about it. In the future, if you want to buy a shop or a house in this capital, it will be handled by Lian Erye. As for the land property and Zhuangzi, it will be left to me. How are you?"
"Okay, okay." After saying yes three times in a row, Jia Lian obviously didn't want to talk about it.Wang Xifeng didn't force herself, thinking that he was really busy dealing with the visitors today, and guessed that he was really tired, so he simply stopped talking, and after a while, Jia Lian's very light snoring sounded in his ears.
But Wang Xifeng didn't feel much sleepiness.
It is true that she can persuade Jia Lian to buy a lot of family business outside, and even coax Jia Lian to hand over various contracts to her for safekeeping.But so what?If the Rongguo Mansion could not escape the catastrophe of ransacking the family and exterminating the family, what she had done was useless.Even if Ping'er and his wife are already well-documented, Yiying's property can be hung under his two names, but if such a disaster really happens, let alone the family property may not be able to be saved, even his life may be at stake. is hanging.
The most important thing is to separate the family, no, it should be to completely sever the relationship!But what should be done?
"Grandma, grandma."
While thinking about it, Wang Xifeng suddenly heard Zijuan's very soft call from outside, and listened to it for a while, Wang Xifeng gently raised the bed curtain, seeing that it was indeed Zijuan calling softly on the pedals, she hurriedly signaled She spoke in detail.But Zijuan said: "Grandma, Grandma Zhu is out now, waiting to see grandma."
Wang Xifeng was taken aback by these words, and instinctively looked at the window, but saw that it was pitch black outside, and only a sliver of moonlight could be seen faintly.
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Xifeng signaled Zijuan to help her up, and because it was night, she simply didn't even put on makeup, so she washed up carelessly, put on the new colorful cloak of thousands of colors that she had just acquired a year ago, and changed from purple Juan helped him to the main hall.
In the main hall, Feng'er lit up the candles that had just been extinguished just now. Seeing Zijuan helping Wang Xifeng come over, she hurriedly begged for forgiveness, and went to the tea room to serve tea.
"Sister-in-law Zhu, what's wrong with you..." It's so late, and you're still jumping around?Wang Xifeng secretly slandered, even if you are in good spirits and don't need to rest, you should also be considerate of them who have been busy all day.
"Brother Feng, I came here today to ask for something important." Li Wan's complexion was very ugly. Actually, if she had no other choice, she didn't want to come to look for Wang Xifeng in the middle of the night.However, strictly speaking, it is not too late at this time. If it is in summer, I am afraid that Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian often eat supper at this time.The problem is, it's the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it's the New Year's Eve, everyone has rested early, which makes Li Wan's visit seem weird everywhere.
"Then let's talk about it." Wang Xifeng took the teacup from Feng'er, but didn't drink it. He just held the cup in his hand as a hand warmer, and stared at Li Wan, as if he was waiting. Let her speak up.
Li Wan's original intention was to hope that Wang Xifeng would let the servant girl go out, leaving only the two of them to talk in private, but seeing Wang Xifeng's behavior, she knew that was impossible.At that moment, Li Wan's complexion turned ugly again, and he said embarrassingly, "It's about Lan'er."
Wang Xifeng remained silent. First, she felt that she did not owe Jia Lan anything. Second, although Jia Lan had no father, she had a biological mother, biological grandparents, biological great-grandmother, and even uncles and aunts. Why should she bother?If she is only the daughter-in-law of the first wife, it’s okay to help her occasionally. Mrs. Wang, who gave birth to the second wife, is still her aunt, not to mention that Jia Lan is just ignored, even if Mrs. Wang really abused Jia today. Lan, she can't tear herself apart with Mrs. Wang either.
Therefore, Li Wan obviously asked the wrong person.
"Brother Feng, Lan'er is a good boy, but it's a pity that he lost his appearance." Li Wan originally wanted to wait for Wang Xifeng to take the initiative to intervene, so that she would be able to say what happened next.It's a pity that Wang Xifeng doesn't accept this fault at all!At that moment, Li Wan's mouth was full of bitterness, how could she forget it?The daughters of the Wang family were always cold-hearted. If Wang Xifeng was willing to help her, she should have spoken up when she ran here every day years ago.
"Sister-in-law Zhu, it's getting late now, what exactly do you want to say to me? If you just came to me to praise Lan'er... well, you're right, Lan'er is a good boy, this is a good point Everyone knows it."
The grievances of the elders need not harm the younger ones, and Jia Lan is indeed an excellent child, which Wang Xifeng has never denied.She even thought that Jia Lan was more reliable than Baoyu.
"Brother Feng, the old lady has already said that I'm going to the west side courtyard early tomorrow morning. I'm afraid I'll come out again. It will be another year. I'm here to beg you, please help me." Laner."
"Save Lan'er? What's wrong with Lan'er? Is this sick?" Of course Wang Xifeng knew that Jia Lan had no problem, because Jia Lan was also present when Jia Lian saw the outsider.Besides, even if Jia Lan was ill, Jia's mother would still worry about it. You must know that Jia Lan is now raised in Rongqingtang.
"No, I'm talking about his disfigurement."
"Oh? Isn't this an old thing?"
Li Wan took a deep look at Wang Xifeng, wondering for a moment if Wang Xifeng was pretending to be stupid, or if she really didn't understand.But regardless of what Wang Xifeng thought, she had no other options.At that moment, Li Wan got up and left the chair, and knelt down directly to Wang Xifeng.
However, although her movements were fast, Wang Xifeng was one step faster than her.Of course, Wang Xifeng neither dodged nor dodged, but stretched out her hand and pulled Zijuan beside her to her, right between her and Li Wan.
In this way, it seemed that Li Wan knelt down to Zijuan.
"Feng'er, what are you still doing in a daze? Hurry up and help Grandma Zhu get up." Wang Xifeng slightly raised her eyebrows and said with a faint smile.
Feng'er heard this, and immediately stepped forward to help Li Wan who was still in a daze, and said bluntly, "Grandma Zhu, what's wrong with you? But our chairs are not comfortable? Sit down quickly, and I'll give you a seat." You add a warm cushion, come."
"Brother Feng, are you so cold-hearted? Lan'er is also your nephew after all, do you actually watch him being destroyed?" Li Wan came back to his senses, threw Feng'er away, Looking at Wang Xifeng with tears in his eyes, his face was full of accusations.
Wang Xifeng only felt that she had been wronged, and while motioning for Zijuan to get half of her body away, she said dumbfoundedly: "It's so good, why does sister-in-law Zhu say such things? If Lan'er is sick, let the housekeeper hurry up to invite her." Doctor. If ordinary doctors can’t do it, after the Lantern Festival, I’ll ask Erye Lian to go to the imperial hospital and ask for an imperial doctor to come back. How about it? If sister-in-law Zhu really can’t wait, then tell me what medicinal materials you need. If there are some in the warehouse, I will give you a sign to get them, if the warehouse is not complete, I will send someone to the cashier to pay the money, and I will buy everything anyway.”
"Lan'er is not sick!" Li Wan was angry and impatient, and since she had time tonight, she only put on her outer clothes hastily, not even a cloak, so some snow fell on her head and shoulders, and now Because of the warmth in the house, the snow melted into water and got into her clothes, making her shiver with cold.
"Okay, sister-in-law Zhu, you are right. Lan'er is fine. He is very lucky. He has big brother Zhu watching over him, so he is free from illness and disaster." Wang Xifeng didn't want to argue with Li Wan, so she simply obeyed. Follow her words and continue.Only in this way, it choked Li Wan again.
After a while, Li Wan didn't speak.
After a full quarter of an hour, Wang Xifeng, who was originally in high spirits, couldn't help yawning now.Finally, Li Wan spoke again.
"Brother Feng, I know that I have done many things inappropriately. It is all my fault. I have regretted it now. If you want to beat me or scold you, just do it at me. I will have nothing to say. Just one point, I beg you to save my Lan'er. Listen to me, Lan'er is disfigured. In front of a saint, that is a crime of indecentness, and she is not allowed to be an official. The title was passed on to Lan'er. I don't ask for anything else, but the sage to spare him the crime of indecentness. This is not a big crime. As long as Lan'er has a hereditary title, it doesn't matter. As for you and Lian After the child, I will pay for him to buy a higher position, okay?"
Wang Xifeng was stunned when he heard this, and the sleepy bug disappeared in an instant.
"Brother Feng, I'm not joking with you. Of course, I know that the matter of the title can be big or small. But think about it, the old man is now a first-rank vacant position, and if it is passed on to Lian'er, he might only be a third-rank one? You see Look at the Ningguo Mansion, isn't that the case? When you have a son in the future, you will have a five-rank vain position at most. If this is a real official position, I would dare not say this, but left and right are vain positions, why not give it to Lan'er, So that he has a chance to become an official." Li Wan couldn't help but burst into tears as he spoke.Maybe she has many faults, but her love for Jia Lan is not fake.
It's a pity that there is a saying called playing the piano to a cow, but it is barely suitable for Wang Xifeng.
"Wait... Sister-in-law Zhu, please wait for a while, let me clear things up." Poor Wang Xifeng, I have never encountered such a strange thing in my two lifetimes.In particular, the tutoring of the Wang family has never involved officialdom, hereditary and so on.Even with more memories of decades of previous lives, Wang Xifeng has more experience in housekeeping and directorship at most, and knows a lot more words. At least it is not a big problem to read letters and write letters.Of course, on the bright side, she still took it easy, lest people would notice the clues.
However, even though she felt that she was much smarter than her previous life, Wang Xifeng was still confused by Li Wan's words.
I didn't understand at all.
Thinking like this, Wang Xifeng also told the truth, she didn't understand anything.Just these words choked Li Wan again. Fortunately, it was great news for her that she didn't explicitly refuse. Originally, she never thought that Wang Xifeng would agree.
At the moment, Li Wan explained it again while thinking about it. Cooperating with the sequential reduction of the titles of the Ningguo Mansion and the examples of other families in Beijing, he broke down and explained in detail with Wang Xifeng.
So, Wang Xifeng understood half of it.The so-called half refers to the so-called inheritance of the title, as for the other half...
"Why should I give in?" Wang Xifeng wondered.
As soon as these words came out, Li Wan was really dumbfounded. After a lot of talking, she finally let Wang Xifeng understand the twists and turns inside, but she never thought that Wang Xifeng skipped everything and returned to the question. Origin: Why did she let it go?
"Brother Feng, Lan'er is your nephew. He likes reading so much, do you have the heart to watch him ruin his life?" Li Wan looked at Wang Xifeng in disbelief.
Wang Xifeng was more surprised than she: "Isn't it just that you can't become an official? Lan'er likes to study, so let him study. Could it be possible that family studies can embarrass him? It's too shameful. I will let Second Master Lian teach me a lesson later. Look at the people who manage ethnology!"
"Wouldn't it be ruining his whole life not to be an official?" Li Wan was really too lazy to speak to the family, but looked at Wang Xifeng in shock, "He can't be an official!"
"A lot of people can't be an official. Like the old man, the second master Lian, and Baoyu's child, I think I'm very concerned about it. There is also my natal uncle. He became an official, but he is a general. By the way, I remember my uncle. There are also injuries on the body, the crime of indecent?" Wang Xifeng was confused again while talking.In fact, it is normal for men to have injuries, especially generals, almost every one of them is injured.
"A general is a general, and a civil servant is a civil servant!"
"Forget it, let's stop talking about it." Seeing that Li Wan was going crazy, Wang Xifeng hurriedly stopped, "Even if everything you said, Sister-in-Law Zhu, is correct, but In a word, Lan'er is a nephew, but I will have a son in the future. Why do I have to think about giving the title to my nephew and not my son?"
Li Wan was speechless.To be precise, she was about to be fainted by Wang Xifeng right now.After a while, Li Wan struggled and said: "I will give your son the money to donate an official position, the grade is only high or low."
"I'm not short of money." Wang Xifeng blinked and said, "Second Master Lian now also has a vacant position as a five-rank acquaintance. In the future, he will still be able to inherit the title of the Eldest Master. There is no conflict between the two."
"But my Lan'er needs it! He needs a title. If he doesn't have a title, how can he ask the saint to forgive him for his indecent crime? He is only the eldest grandson of the second room of the Rongguo Mansion, not the heir of the Rongguo Mansion..."
"You still want Lan'er to inherit the Rongguo Mansion?" Wang Xifeng exclaimed again and again. Even if Li Wan immediately said that she only wanted the title, Wang Xifeng still couldn't hide the astonishment on her face. Gogo looked at Li Wan.
Rao Li Wan had thought that Wang Xifeng would refuse, but he never expected that she would refuse so quickly, without even the slightest bit of guilt.
That's right, guilt.According to Li Wan's original thinking, she didn't expect Wang Xifeng to let go of her promise the first time, she just thought that even if she didn't agree, she would feel guilty, because it was Wang Xifeng's indifference that ruined her life!But now?Li Wan was in pain and bewildered, she couldn't believe that Wang Xifeng was sitting on a high seat, looking down at herself who was sitting on the ground with a natural look.
"Grandma, it's late at night, you should go to sleep." At the critical moment, Zijuan stepped forward and advised Wang Xifeng to stay away from this crazy woman.
Even an ignorant person like Zicuckoo knows how important a title is.It is true that donating an official can also get a vacant position, but can this be compared with the hereditary title?Even if they are exactly the same... Then why not donate an official to Jialan?Zijuan slandered silently in her heart, but still had a smile on her face, softly persuading Wang Xifeng to go into the house to rest.
"Brother Feng, I beg you, I kowtow to you!"
Wang Xifeng looked at Li Wan speechlessly, who had completely lost his previous vigor, sighed, and finally said the truth: "Sister-in-law Zhu, so what if I agree to this matter? Don't talk about me about the title. Even the second master Lian can't make the decision? If you really ask, you should go to the elder of the East courtyard. As long as the elder agrees, I can't go against him."
Li Wan: "..."
After spending another cup of tea, Li Wan was finally "sent" out. Wang Xifeng hurriedly ordered Feng'er to lock the door, and immediately made it clear that if Li Wan came again in the future, she would just find an excuse to push the door out. She was really afraid of that guy.
"Just don't worry, grandma. Grandma Caizhu also said just now that she will be sent back to the west courtyard early tomorrow morning. If you think about coming out again, it should be the twelfth lunar month." Zijuan smiled and helped Wang Xifeng back to the inner room , "It's only the first day of the first lunar month, grandma can relax for nearly a year... ah!"
In the inner room, Jia Lian sat on the heated kang with all his clothes together, his face sullen.
Wang Xifeng was also taken aback for a moment, and immediately sent Zijuan out, then stepped forward to take Jia Lian's hand, and said with a smile: "Second Master Lian is listening too? Oh, look at this cold hand, how long have you been up? Come on, first." Go back and lie down, and I will tell you slowly, we are not angry!"
Jia Lian snorted coldly, but she never shook off Wang Xifeng's hand, allowing her to take off their outer clothes and put them on the kang, and then dragged him back into the bed curtain.
"Second Master Lian, if you want to think this way, it's not easy to run into a fool or fool. It's only serious if we make fun of it, and we don't have to get angry at those fools. What do you think?" Wang Xifeng smiled As he spoke, he warmed Jia Lian's hand. When he felt warm, he put his hand on his lower abdomen and said jokingly, "Come on, my good son, please coax your father quickly. Look at your father's anger."
"That's an idiot!" After a while, Jia Lian gritted his teeth and choked out such a sentence.
"That's right, she couldn't be more stupid, especially she herself is stupid, and she thinks other people are just as stupid as her. I heard that the Li family is still a scholarly family, so that's what a scholarly family is like? Tsk tsk, thank goodness I did not reincarnate into such a family."
"Hey, not all scholars are like this, maybe the Li family is very stupid." Jia Lian was comforted by Wang Xifeng repeatedly, and finally got a little better, but it can still be heard that he treats Li Wan and even the Li family very well. With great resentment.
But what does that have to do with Wang Xifeng?
"That's right, the Li family are idiots. If they are not stupid, how could they come up with a daughter like Li Wan? By the way, I hope that she can go to find the old man, but I don't know what the old man will do after hearing those words." It's gone." Wang Xifeng thought happily.
"Go ahead and dream. If she really dares to run wild in front of the old man, it is possible for her to be slapped to death by the old man." Jia Lian sneered, how could he not understand?
Jia She, this person is simply scumbag and creative. His greed for drinking and sex is only the most superficial layer. In fact, he has done so many deceitful things that he can't even count them.Just look at the second room and you will know. Jia Zheng used to have the second room, Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao. He planned to support Tongfang for the rest of his life.But what about Jia Amnesty?There are absolutely a lot of Tongfang in Jia She's room, but none of them are over 25 years old.In Jia She's words, once you pass the age, you will be old. How about selling it directly and then replacing it with a fresh one?Even not only on the issue of dealing with intercourse, in Jia Amnesty's point of view, there is no principle of not beating women. In the first few years, there were even intermediary maids who were dragged out by him until they vomited blood.
If Li Wan really had the guts to go to Jia She to discuss the issue of the title, maybe he would have to explain it there!
"No, I'm going to look for the old man tomorrow. Li Wan's death is not a pity, but it's not worth it if it spoils the East courtyard. I'll go tomorrow!" Jia Lian resented before going to bed. road.
So, when Wang Xifeng woke up the next morning, there was already nothing around her.After asking Zijuan, I learned that Jia Lian had dressed up and hurried out of the small courtyard an hour earlier.
The next few days were uneventful.Wang Xifeng heard later that on the second day of the first lunar month, Li Wan and Tanchun went back to the west courtyard together.As for the east courtyard, there was not much movement. Only on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Mrs. Xing sent someone to collect all the things left by Yingchun and Xichun and took them back. It is good to have a baby, and there is no need to worry about others.Wang Xifeng thought about it carefully, but couldn't think of a reason, so she simply ignored it and raised her baby with peace of mind.
In a blink of an eye, it is the Lantern Festival.
Wang Xifeng hadn't left the courtyard for half a month. Since it was a holiday, she dressed up early and went to Rongqing Hall to pay her respects.In Rongqing Hall, the festive decorations have not been replaced, but the popularity is slightly lacking.After careful questioning, I found out that from the second day of the first lunar month, Baoyu and Jia Lan had been sent to the study in the front yard, where they had to write and memorize poems in big characters every day, and the supervisor was naturally Jia Zheng.Wang Xifeng privately thought it was Jia She's doing it again, otherwise the timing wouldn't be such a coincidence.After all, Jia Lian only informed Jia She of Li Wan's wishful thinking on the second day of the first lunar month, and it was quite normal for Jia She to fight back immediately.
Of course, when facing Jia's mother, Wang Xifeng couldn't say that, but comforted her for a while.He also said that he hadn't seen Shi Xiangyun for a long time, so he sent someone to send a message to her when he turned around, asking her to come and accompany Jia Mu.Naturally, Mother Jia happily praised Wang Xifeng.
After all the female family members came to pay their respects later, Wang Xifeng met with everyone, said some polite words, and then went back to the courtyard.Not long after, Feng'er approached happily and said, "Grandma, there is a guest here, and it is that Grandma Liu who liked you so much before!"
It can be regarded as coming.
Wang Xifeng hurriedly ordered someone to come in, but Zijuan was a little dazed after hearing this.Wang Xifeng recalled that the last time Grandma Liu came over, Zijuan hadn't come to her side, so she explained a few words with a smile, and asked her to see if Qiaojie in the east room was alive.Because Wang Xifeng was willing to get close to Grandma Liu, she simply didn't deliberately stay in the main hall, but went directly to the small kang in the outer room.
When Grandma Liu came over, she saw Wang Xifeng and Sister Qiao looking lazy, leaning on the soft cushions and smiling at her.
"Greetings to my aunt."
"Grandma, get up quickly. It's not the first time we've met. How are you doing? But did you have breakfast?" Wang Xifeng smiled, looked at Qiaojie again, and started teasing her, coaxing, " Qiaojie, this is your grandma, hurry up and call grandma to listen."
Miss Qiao is small, but she has a lot of eyes. She took a close look at Grandma Liu, but her eyes fell on Ban'er beside Grandma Liu.She was originally a villain, she also liked villains, and seeing that this board was different from the little maid who accompanied her in the past, she immediately laughed, pointed at the board and said to Wang Xifeng: "Brother?"
"Yes, that's brother, that's grandma." Wang Xifeng's heart moved, but he still smiled, pointing to Ban'er and Grandma Liu in turn.
This time, Sister Qiao was well-behaved. Following Wang Xifeng's words, she sweetly called her brother and grandma.Ban'er didn't think anything about it yet, but he was so happy that Grandma Liu kept praying to Buddha.
"It can be said that there is such a little girl with such a symbol in this world, but she still calls me grandma. God, how can I be so lucky? Good, good girl, last time grandma treated you slowly, this time grandma will bring you good Here comes something, look." As she said, Grandma Liu rubbed her hands together, took out a red cloth bag from her bosom, and opened it layer by layer, only to see a golden longevity lock inside, and said , and stuffed it into Sister Qiao's hand.
Sister Qiao picked it up, but looked back at Wang Xifeng blankly: "Mother?"
Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Give it to your nanny, let her warm it up, and put it on for you when it's warm."
When the grandma heard this, she hurried forward to take the longevity lock from Sister Qiao. It was warm and not busy, but she wanted to check whether it was good or not.It's not a question of whether it is valuable or not, but to see if there are any edges and corners, so as not to hurt sister Qiao.However, after the grandma took it down for a closer look, she couldn't help giving Grandma Liu a high look.The thing is made of pure gold, and it looks like it is newly struck. However, unlike those brand-new jewelry, the corners and corners have been polished to an extremely rounded shape, without even a single burr.Thinking that Wang Xifeng valued this Grandma Liu very much, the grandma just wiped it carefully with a muslin cloth, and when it was slightly warmer, she brought it into the house again and put it on for Sister Qiao.
I was listening to Wang Xifeng saying: "...Then please ask grandma, I will give you 500 taels of silver first, if it is not enough, I will trouble you old man to come to my place again."
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"Sister Zijuan, let me go to the big kitchen!" Feng'er hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull Zijuan, but Zijuan loosely shook her off, and smiled and gave her a light push.Zijuan said: "It's fine if it's on weekdays. It's the same for both of our sisters. It's just not today. Sister Ping'er finally came back. Maybe I will see you old acquaintances later. Why should I bother?" Standing there to get in the way? Hurry up and guard it."
After comforting Feng'er, Zijuan quickly walked out of the tea room, went back to her room and took a half-worn cloak, summoned two rough maids, and hurried to the big kitchen.
This year's winter is really cold, Zijuan fastened the buttons on the cloak, thinking to herself, fortunately she is the powerful maid in front of the master, not only did she make a thick new cotton padded coat a few years ago, but she also got two brand new ones Fur jacket, that's it, I still feel a little cold at the moment.After arriving in the big kitchen, Zijuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, secretly laughing that she had really been in the winter with her master cat for a long time, and she was so resistant to the cold.
"Hey, isn't this sister Zijuan? But what does Mistress Lian want to eat? Just say, even if we don't have it here, I will definitely get it later." The little maid at the door of the big kitchen saw Zijuan from afar, He hurried to find the steward, who trotted to Zijuan, rubbed his palms and said with a flattering smile.
"Second Grandma Lian has guests today, so let's bring a few plates of all kinds of dim sum. If there are candies and candied fruit, bring some as well. There is a clever girl in our yard." You're welcome, your master is very expensive nowadays, it's easy to ask for a few plates of dim sum.
Not to mention, it's not a meal for Chinese New Year, it would be very troublesome if you want hot food and hot dishes, but this snack was prepared earlier.Of course, if the person who came to ask for snacks today was not the maid in front of Wang Xifeng, but the people around Li Wan, the result would probably be quite different.
"Okay, I'll let someone prepare it now." The steward smiled so that all the creases on his face piled up together, and he ordered the little maid to quickly put the plate in the basket, and put Zijuan and others Let me into the boiling water room on the side, "Sister Zijuan, come here, it's very warm here. Although the snacks are ready-made, but everything is ready, I'm afraid it will take a while, you come in first and have a cup of hot tea to keep warm."
Zijuan looked at the steward who could be her grandmother and called her so, suppressed a smile and ordered the two maidservants to put away the things, but she followed the steward into the boiling water room, not only drank a cup of tea, Also "appreciated" a few dim sum.
When Zijuan came back slowly with various snacks, Ping'er was still in the main hall, but at this time Feng'er, Xiaohong and other old people who were there all entered the main hall, chatting and laughing very lively.
"Zijuan, you are back. I thought you planned to eat and drink in the big kitchen before returning." Wang Xifeng chuckled, and after Feng'er impatiently stepped forward to take out the dessert plates one by one, Wang Xifeng But he laughed so hard, "Yo, this time I wronged our Zijuan girl, you are going to get some snacks, you are obviously going to rob the big kitchen. Look, Ping'er, look at it too. "
Ping'er took a look in front of her in a playful way, and immediately covered her smile and said, "I just heard grandma say, 'Go to the big kitchen and ask for a plate of white sugar cake, and a plate of glutinous rice and hawthorn rolls'. But now I look at it, I'm afraid At least there are more than ten or twenty discs?"
Zijuan went to the big kitchen empty-handed, and the other side of the big kitchen didn't know whether she wanted to show off Wang Xifeng's face, or watched Zijuan specially bring two maidservants over there, and generously gave all the cakes to her. There are even peanut candies, sesame candies, and even three bunches of candied haws wrapped in glutinous rice paper.
"Come on, you have all borrowed the blessings of Ping'er and Zijuan today, so hurry up and eat." Wang Xifeng sat on the chair with a smile, completely no longer the worried look before.
Because Ping'er was pregnant, she didn't actually eat too much, but it was cheaper for a few little maids, especially that greedy Xiao Hong.But Xiaohong is indeed loyal, she secretly hid a few pieces of snacks, wrapped them in a clean handkerchief and hid them in her cuffs, and secretly fed Qiaojie back, which made Qiaojie very happy.
In the evening, Jia Lian had been out socializing all day, and was exhausted when he returned to the yard.Seeing Wang Xifeng, he said: "Your good cousin has finally fulfilled his wish."
Wang Xifeng was about to tell him about her plan, but when she first heard this, she couldn't recover, and only looked at Jia Lian suspiciously.He also heard Jia Lian say with a wry smile, "Mr. Baoyuna, you suddenly came to ask the second master to resign today, and didn't say what it was, but the second master agreed to his request and gave him some money. It seems that he intends to go out of Beijing."
"Please resign on the first day of the first lunar month?" Wang Xifeng was full of suspicion at first, but then suddenly remembered that Mr. Baoyu was the one...
"Who knows? It's still cheaper for Baoyu. I heard from the second master that after the Lantern Festival, Baoyu and Lan'er will go to the ethnology school together, but Baoyu is very happy. However, there is a saying that happiness must be born." Sad, he just laughed twice before he was caught and scolded by the second master, and I was also taught a lesson." When Jia Lian said this, he couldn't laugh or cry, and seeing Wang Xifeng was still a little puzzled, he just said , "What the second master means is that now that you have a body, if you want me to study well, at least I should read poems to you every day."
"No, no, Second Master Lian, you'd better go to work, it's not easy for me to be pregnant, so don't torment me." Wang Xifeng was terrified when he heard this.Not to mention whether the child in her womb will become diligent and studious after listening to the poems read by her father, I am afraid that she will not be able to stand it.Pregnancy is hard work, why bother to find yourself uncomfortable?
That's what Jia Lian said, and after a hasty dinner, he hugged Wang Xifeng and got into bed.
Now, Wang Xifeng has been pregnant for four months, if she wears a thick cotton coat, it will not be obvious.But at the moment she is only wearing a close-fitting bodice, one can tell that her waist has become thicker without even looking closely.However, because of this incident, Jia Lian also developed a hobby, but he liked to put his palms on Wang Xifeng's abdomen, as if he could touch the flesh and blood in his abdomen by doing so.
"It was the Second Master Lian who interrupted me just now, but it made me forget what happened today. Ping'er came over earlier, and I asked her to deliver a message for me to Grandma Liu who was here last time."
"Sister Qiao's god-grandmother? What are you going to do again?" Jia Lian lay on the bed with one hand behind her head and the other on Wang Xifeng's abdomen, and said with a smile, "Brother Feng, just calm down. If you really want to make a fuss, you can go and make a fuss with the maid in our room, or else you can endure it until the child is born."
Wang Xifeng stared unhappily, but suddenly realized that the bed curtain was pitch black, even if she rolled her eyes at the knife, Jia Lian would definitely not see it, so she said angrily, "I just want that son-in-law, Grandma Liu, to help us See if there's any property for sale in the country."
"Are you really planning to buy a farm? This..." Jia Lian pondered for a moment, then said, "That's all, as long as you're happy."
Jia Lian's words obviously disapproved of Wang Xifeng's ideas, but he was also unwilling to argue with Wang Xifeng.Thinking that the left and right are just buying some land, although the income of the land is not as good as that of the shops on the street, the risk is not that great.Besides, Wang Xifeng is pregnant now, there is really no need to get angry with her because of these trivial things.
"That's fine, let's talk about it. In the future, if you want to buy a shop or a house in this capital, it will be handled by Lian Erye. As for the land property and Zhuangzi, it will be left to me. How are you?"
"Okay, okay." After saying yes three times in a row, Jia Lian obviously didn't want to talk about it.Wang Xifeng didn't force herself, thinking that he was really busy dealing with the visitors today, and guessed that he was really tired, so he simply stopped talking, and after a while, Jia Lian's very light snoring sounded in his ears.
But Wang Xifeng didn't feel much sleepiness.
It is true that she can persuade Jia Lian to buy a lot of family business outside, and even coax Jia Lian to hand over various contracts to her for safekeeping.But so what?If the Rongguo Mansion could not escape the catastrophe of ransacking the family and exterminating the family, what she had done was useless.Even if Ping'er and his wife are already well-documented, Yiying's property can be hung under his two names, but if such a disaster really happens, let alone the family property may not be able to be saved, even his life may be at stake. is hanging.
The most important thing is to separate the family, no, it should be to completely sever the relationship!But what should be done?
"Grandma, grandma."
While thinking about it, Wang Xifeng suddenly heard Zijuan's very soft call from outside, and listened to it for a while, Wang Xifeng gently raised the bed curtain, seeing that it was indeed Zijuan calling softly on the pedals, she hurriedly signaled She spoke in detail.But Zijuan said: "Grandma, Grandma Zhu is out now, waiting to see grandma."
Wang Xifeng was taken aback by these words, and instinctively looked at the window, but saw that it was pitch black outside, and only a sliver of moonlight could be seen faintly.
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Xifeng signaled Zijuan to help her up, and because it was night, she simply didn't even put on makeup, so she washed up carelessly, put on the new colorful cloak of thousands of colors that she had just acquired a year ago, and changed from purple Juan helped him to the main hall.
In the main hall, Feng'er lit up the candles that had just been extinguished just now. Seeing Zijuan helping Wang Xifeng come over, she hurriedly begged for forgiveness, and went to the tea room to serve tea.
"Sister-in-law Zhu, what's wrong with you..." It's so late, and you're still jumping around?Wang Xifeng secretly slandered, even if you are in good spirits and don't need to rest, you should also be considerate of them who have been busy all day.
"Brother Feng, I came here today to ask for something important." Li Wan's complexion was very ugly. Actually, if she had no other choice, she didn't want to come to look for Wang Xifeng in the middle of the night.However, strictly speaking, it is not too late at this time. If it is in summer, I am afraid that Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian often eat supper at this time.The problem is, it's the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it's the New Year's Eve, everyone has rested early, which makes Li Wan's visit seem weird everywhere.
"Then let's talk about it." Wang Xifeng took the teacup from Feng'er, but didn't drink it. He just held the cup in his hand as a hand warmer, and stared at Li Wan, as if he was waiting. Let her speak up.
Li Wan's original intention was to hope that Wang Xifeng would let the servant girl go out, leaving only the two of them to talk in private, but seeing Wang Xifeng's behavior, she knew that was impossible.At that moment, Li Wan's complexion turned ugly again, and he said embarrassingly, "It's about Lan'er."
Wang Xifeng remained silent. First, she felt that she did not owe Jia Lan anything. Second, although Jia Lan had no father, she had a biological mother, biological grandparents, biological great-grandmother, and even uncles and aunts. Why should she bother?If she is only the daughter-in-law of the first wife, it’s okay to help her occasionally. Mrs. Wang, who gave birth to the second wife, is still her aunt, not to mention that Jia Lan is just ignored, even if Mrs. Wang really abused Jia today. Lan, she can't tear herself apart with Mrs. Wang either.
Therefore, Li Wan obviously asked the wrong person.
"Brother Feng, Lan'er is a good boy, but it's a pity that he lost his appearance." Li Wan originally wanted to wait for Wang Xifeng to take the initiative to intervene, so that she would be able to say what happened next.It's a pity that Wang Xifeng doesn't accept this fault at all!At that moment, Li Wan's mouth was full of bitterness, how could she forget it?The daughters of the Wang family were always cold-hearted. If Wang Xifeng was willing to help her, she should have spoken up when she ran here every day years ago.
"Sister-in-law Zhu, it's getting late now, what exactly do you want to say to me? If you just came to me to praise Lan'er... well, you're right, Lan'er is a good boy, this is a good point Everyone knows it."
The grievances of the elders need not harm the younger ones, and Jia Lan is indeed an excellent child, which Wang Xifeng has never denied.She even thought that Jia Lan was more reliable than Baoyu.
"Brother Feng, the old lady has already said that I'm going to the west side courtyard early tomorrow morning. I'm afraid I'll come out again. It will be another year. I'm here to beg you, please help me." Laner."
"Save Lan'er? What's wrong with Lan'er? Is this sick?" Of course Wang Xifeng knew that Jia Lan had no problem, because Jia Lan was also present when Jia Lian saw the outsider.Besides, even if Jia Lan was ill, Jia's mother would still worry about it. You must know that Jia Lan is now raised in Rongqingtang.
"No, I'm talking about his disfigurement."
"Oh? Isn't this an old thing?"
Li Wan took a deep look at Wang Xifeng, wondering for a moment if Wang Xifeng was pretending to be stupid, or if she really didn't understand.But regardless of what Wang Xifeng thought, she had no other options.At that moment, Li Wan got up and left the chair, and knelt down directly to Wang Xifeng.
However, although her movements were fast, Wang Xifeng was one step faster than her.Of course, Wang Xifeng neither dodged nor dodged, but stretched out her hand and pulled Zijuan beside her to her, right between her and Li Wan.
In this way, it seemed that Li Wan knelt down to Zijuan.
"Feng'er, what are you still doing in a daze? Hurry up and help Grandma Zhu get up." Wang Xifeng slightly raised her eyebrows and said with a faint smile.
Feng'er heard this, and immediately stepped forward to help Li Wan who was still in a daze, and said bluntly, "Grandma Zhu, what's wrong with you? But our chairs are not comfortable? Sit down quickly, and I'll give you a seat." You add a warm cushion, come."
"Brother Feng, are you so cold-hearted? Lan'er is also your nephew after all, do you actually watch him being destroyed?" Li Wan came back to his senses, threw Feng'er away, Looking at Wang Xifeng with tears in his eyes, his face was full of accusations.
Wang Xifeng only felt that she had been wronged, and while motioning for Zijuan to get half of her body away, she said dumbfoundedly: "It's so good, why does sister-in-law Zhu say such things? If Lan'er is sick, let the housekeeper hurry up to invite her." Doctor. If ordinary doctors can’t do it, after the Lantern Festival, I’ll ask Erye Lian to go to the imperial hospital and ask for an imperial doctor to come back. How about it? If sister-in-law Zhu really can’t wait, then tell me what medicinal materials you need. If there are some in the warehouse, I will give you a sign to get them, if the warehouse is not complete, I will send someone to the cashier to pay the money, and I will buy everything anyway.”
"Lan'er is not sick!" Li Wan was angry and impatient, and since she had time tonight, she only put on her outer clothes hastily, not even a cloak, so some snow fell on her head and shoulders, and now Because of the warmth in the house, the snow melted into water and got into her clothes, making her shiver with cold.
"Okay, sister-in-law Zhu, you are right. Lan'er is fine. He is very lucky. He has big brother Zhu watching over him, so he is free from illness and disaster." Wang Xifeng didn't want to argue with Li Wan, so she simply obeyed. Follow her words and continue.Only in this way, it choked Li Wan again.
After a while, Li Wan didn't speak.
After a full quarter of an hour, Wang Xifeng, who was originally in high spirits, couldn't help yawning now.Finally, Li Wan spoke again.
"Brother Feng, I know that I have done many things inappropriately. It is all my fault. I have regretted it now. If you want to beat me or scold you, just do it at me. I will have nothing to say. Just one point, I beg you to save my Lan'er. Listen to me, Lan'er is disfigured. In front of a saint, that is a crime of indecentness, and she is not allowed to be an official. The title was passed on to Lan'er. I don't ask for anything else, but the sage to spare him the crime of indecentness. This is not a big crime. As long as Lan'er has a hereditary title, it doesn't matter. As for you and Lian After the child, I will pay for him to buy a higher position, okay?"
Wang Xifeng was stunned when he heard this, and the sleepy bug disappeared in an instant.
"Brother Feng, I'm not joking with you. Of course, I know that the matter of the title can be big or small. But think about it, the old man is now a first-rank vacant position, and if it is passed on to Lian'er, he might only be a third-rank one? You see Look at the Ningguo Mansion, isn't that the case? When you have a son in the future, you will have a five-rank vain position at most. If this is a real official position, I would dare not say this, but left and right are vain positions, why not give it to Lan'er, So that he has a chance to become an official." Li Wan couldn't help but burst into tears as he spoke.Maybe she has many faults, but her love for Jia Lan is not fake.
It's a pity that there is a saying called playing the piano to a cow, but it is barely suitable for Wang Xifeng.
"Wait... Sister-in-law Zhu, please wait for a while, let me clear things up." Poor Wang Xifeng, I have never encountered such a strange thing in my two lifetimes.In particular, the tutoring of the Wang family has never involved officialdom, hereditary and so on.Even with more memories of decades of previous lives, Wang Xifeng has more experience in housekeeping and directorship at most, and knows a lot more words. At least it is not a big problem to read letters and write letters.Of course, on the bright side, she still took it easy, lest people would notice the clues.
However, even though she felt that she was much smarter than her previous life, Wang Xifeng was still confused by Li Wan's words.
I didn't understand at all.
Thinking like this, Wang Xifeng also told the truth, she didn't understand anything.Just these words choked Li Wan again. Fortunately, it was great news for her that she didn't explicitly refuse. Originally, she never thought that Wang Xifeng would agree.
At the moment, Li Wan explained it again while thinking about it. Cooperating with the sequential reduction of the titles of the Ningguo Mansion and the examples of other families in Beijing, he broke down and explained in detail with Wang Xifeng.
So, Wang Xifeng understood half of it.The so-called half refers to the so-called inheritance of the title, as for the other half...
"Why should I give in?" Wang Xifeng wondered.
As soon as these words came out, Li Wan was really dumbfounded. After a lot of talking, she finally let Wang Xifeng understand the twists and turns inside, but she never thought that Wang Xifeng skipped everything and returned to the question. Origin: Why did she let it go?
"Brother Feng, Lan'er is your nephew. He likes reading so much, do you have the heart to watch him ruin his life?" Li Wan looked at Wang Xifeng in disbelief.
Wang Xifeng was more surprised than she: "Isn't it just that you can't become an official? Lan'er likes to study, so let him study. Could it be possible that family studies can embarrass him? It's too shameful. I will let Second Master Lian teach me a lesson later. Look at the people who manage ethnology!"
"Wouldn't it be ruining his whole life not to be an official?" Li Wan was really too lazy to speak to the family, but looked at Wang Xifeng in shock, "He can't be an official!"
"A lot of people can't be an official. Like the old man, the second master Lian, and Baoyu's child, I think I'm very concerned about it. There is also my natal uncle. He became an official, but he is a general. By the way, I remember my uncle. There are also injuries on the body, the crime of indecent?" Wang Xifeng was confused again while talking.In fact, it is normal for men to have injuries, especially generals, almost every one of them is injured.
"A general is a general, and a civil servant is a civil servant!"
"Forget it, let's stop talking about it." Seeing that Li Wan was going crazy, Wang Xifeng hurriedly stopped, "Even if everything you said, Sister-in-Law Zhu, is correct, but In a word, Lan'er is a nephew, but I will have a son in the future. Why do I have to think about giving the title to my nephew and not my son?"
Li Wan was speechless.To be precise, she was about to be fainted by Wang Xifeng right now.After a while, Li Wan struggled and said: "I will give your son the money to donate an official position, the grade is only high or low."
"I'm not short of money." Wang Xifeng blinked and said, "Second Master Lian now also has a vacant position as a five-rank acquaintance. In the future, he will still be able to inherit the title of the Eldest Master. There is no conflict between the two."
"But my Lan'er needs it! He needs a title. If he doesn't have a title, how can he ask the saint to forgive him for his indecent crime? He is only the eldest grandson of the second room of the Rongguo Mansion, not the heir of the Rongguo Mansion..."
"You still want Lan'er to inherit the Rongguo Mansion?" Wang Xifeng exclaimed again and again. Even if Li Wan immediately said that she only wanted the title, Wang Xifeng still couldn't hide the astonishment on her face. Gogo looked at Li Wan.
Rao Li Wan had thought that Wang Xifeng would refuse, but he never expected that she would refuse so quickly, without even the slightest bit of guilt.
That's right, guilt.According to Li Wan's original thinking, she didn't expect Wang Xifeng to let go of her promise the first time, she just thought that even if she didn't agree, she would feel guilty, because it was Wang Xifeng's indifference that ruined her life!But now?Li Wan was in pain and bewildered, she couldn't believe that Wang Xifeng was sitting on a high seat, looking down at herself who was sitting on the ground with a natural look.
"Grandma, it's late at night, you should go to sleep." At the critical moment, Zijuan stepped forward and advised Wang Xifeng to stay away from this crazy woman.
Even an ignorant person like Zicuckoo knows how important a title is.It is true that donating an official can also get a vacant position, but can this be compared with the hereditary title?Even if they are exactly the same... Then why not donate an official to Jialan?Zijuan slandered silently in her heart, but still had a smile on her face, softly persuading Wang Xifeng to go into the house to rest.
"Brother Feng, I beg you, I kowtow to you!"
Wang Xifeng looked at Li Wan speechlessly, who had completely lost his previous vigor, sighed, and finally said the truth: "Sister-in-law Zhu, so what if I agree to this matter? Don't talk about me about the title. Even the second master Lian can't make the decision? If you really ask, you should go to the elder of the East courtyard. As long as the elder agrees, I can't go against him."
Li Wan: "..."
After spending another cup of tea, Li Wan was finally "sent" out. Wang Xifeng hurriedly ordered Feng'er to lock the door, and immediately made it clear that if Li Wan came again in the future, she would just find an excuse to push the door out. She was really afraid of that guy.
"Just don't worry, grandma. Grandma Caizhu also said just now that she will be sent back to the west courtyard early tomorrow morning. If you think about coming out again, it should be the twelfth lunar month." Zijuan smiled and helped Wang Xifeng back to the inner room , "It's only the first day of the first lunar month, grandma can relax for nearly a year... ah!"
In the inner room, Jia Lian sat on the heated kang with all his clothes together, his face sullen.
Wang Xifeng was also taken aback for a moment, and immediately sent Zijuan out, then stepped forward to take Jia Lian's hand, and said with a smile: "Second Master Lian is listening too? Oh, look at this cold hand, how long have you been up? Come on, first." Go back and lie down, and I will tell you slowly, we are not angry!"
Jia Lian snorted coldly, but she never shook off Wang Xifeng's hand, allowing her to take off their outer clothes and put them on the kang, and then dragged him back into the bed curtain.
"Second Master Lian, if you want to think this way, it's not easy to run into a fool or fool. It's only serious if we make fun of it, and we don't have to get angry at those fools. What do you think?" Wang Xifeng smiled As he spoke, he warmed Jia Lian's hand. When he felt warm, he put his hand on his lower abdomen and said jokingly, "Come on, my good son, please coax your father quickly. Look at your father's anger."
"That's an idiot!" After a while, Jia Lian gritted his teeth and choked out such a sentence.
"That's right, she couldn't be more stupid, especially she herself is stupid, and she thinks other people are just as stupid as her. I heard that the Li family is still a scholarly family, so that's what a scholarly family is like? Tsk tsk, thank goodness I did not reincarnate into such a family."
"Hey, not all scholars are like this, maybe the Li family is very stupid." Jia Lian was comforted by Wang Xifeng repeatedly, and finally got a little better, but it can still be heard that he treats Li Wan and even the Li family very well. With great resentment.
But what does that have to do with Wang Xifeng?
"That's right, the Li family are idiots. If they are not stupid, how could they come up with a daughter like Li Wan? By the way, I hope that she can go to find the old man, but I don't know what the old man will do after hearing those words." It's gone." Wang Xifeng thought happily.
"Go ahead and dream. If she really dares to run wild in front of the old man, it is possible for her to be slapped to death by the old man." Jia Lian sneered, how could he not understand?
Jia She, this person is simply scumbag and creative. His greed for drinking and sex is only the most superficial layer. In fact, he has done so many deceitful things that he can't even count them.Just look at the second room and you will know. Jia Zheng used to have the second room, Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao. He planned to support Tongfang for the rest of his life.But what about Jia Amnesty?There are absolutely a lot of Tongfang in Jia She's room, but none of them are over 25 years old.In Jia She's words, once you pass the age, you will be old. How about selling it directly and then replacing it with a fresh one?Even not only on the issue of dealing with intercourse, in Jia Amnesty's point of view, there is no principle of not beating women. In the first few years, there were even intermediary maids who were dragged out by him until they vomited blood.
If Li Wan really had the guts to go to Jia She to discuss the issue of the title, maybe he would have to explain it there!
"No, I'm going to look for the old man tomorrow. Li Wan's death is not a pity, but it's not worth it if it spoils the East courtyard. I'll go tomorrow!" Jia Lian resented before going to bed. road.
So, when Wang Xifeng woke up the next morning, there was already nothing around her.After asking Zijuan, I learned that Jia Lian had dressed up and hurried out of the small courtyard an hour earlier.
The next few days were uneventful.Wang Xifeng heard later that on the second day of the first lunar month, Li Wan and Tanchun went back to the west courtyard together.As for the east courtyard, there was not much movement. Only on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Mrs. Xing sent someone to collect all the things left by Yingchun and Xichun and took them back. It is good to have a baby, and there is no need to worry about others.Wang Xifeng thought about it carefully, but couldn't think of a reason, so she simply ignored it and raised her baby with peace of mind.
In a blink of an eye, it is the Lantern Festival.
Wang Xifeng hadn't left the courtyard for half a month. Since it was a holiday, she dressed up early and went to Rongqing Hall to pay her respects.In Rongqing Hall, the festive decorations have not been replaced, but the popularity is slightly lacking.After careful questioning, I found out that from the second day of the first lunar month, Baoyu and Jia Lan had been sent to the study in the front yard, where they had to write and memorize poems in big characters every day, and the supervisor was naturally Jia Zheng.Wang Xifeng privately thought it was Jia She's doing it again, otherwise the timing wouldn't be such a coincidence.After all, Jia Lian only informed Jia She of Li Wan's wishful thinking on the second day of the first lunar month, and it was quite normal for Jia She to fight back immediately.
Of course, when facing Jia's mother, Wang Xifeng couldn't say that, but comforted her for a while.He also said that he hadn't seen Shi Xiangyun for a long time, so he sent someone to send a message to her when he turned around, asking her to come and accompany Jia Mu.Naturally, Mother Jia happily praised Wang Xifeng.
After all the female family members came to pay their respects later, Wang Xifeng met with everyone, said some polite words, and then went back to the courtyard.Not long after, Feng'er approached happily and said, "Grandma, there is a guest here, and it is that Grandma Liu who liked you so much before!"
It can be regarded as coming.
Wang Xifeng hurriedly ordered someone to come in, but Zijuan was a little dazed after hearing this.Wang Xifeng recalled that the last time Grandma Liu came over, Zijuan hadn't come to her side, so she explained a few words with a smile, and asked her to see if Qiaojie in the east room was alive.Because Wang Xifeng was willing to get close to Grandma Liu, she simply didn't deliberately stay in the main hall, but went directly to the small kang in the outer room.
When Grandma Liu came over, she saw Wang Xifeng and Sister Qiao looking lazy, leaning on the soft cushions and smiling at her.
"Greetings to my aunt."
"Grandma, get up quickly. It's not the first time we've met. How are you doing? But did you have breakfast?" Wang Xifeng smiled, looked at Qiaojie again, and started teasing her, coaxing, " Qiaojie, this is your grandma, hurry up and call grandma to listen."
Miss Qiao is small, but she has a lot of eyes. She took a close look at Grandma Liu, but her eyes fell on Ban'er beside Grandma Liu.She was originally a villain, she also liked villains, and seeing that this board was different from the little maid who accompanied her in the past, she immediately laughed, pointed at the board and said to Wang Xifeng: "Brother?"
"Yes, that's brother, that's grandma." Wang Xifeng's heart moved, but he still smiled, pointing to Ban'er and Grandma Liu in turn.
This time, Sister Qiao was well-behaved. Following Wang Xifeng's words, she sweetly called her brother and grandma.Ban'er didn't think anything about it yet, but he was so happy that Grandma Liu kept praying to Buddha.
"It can be said that there is such a little girl with such a symbol in this world, but she still calls me grandma. God, how can I be so lucky? Good, good girl, last time grandma treated you slowly, this time grandma will bring you good Here comes something, look." As she said, Grandma Liu rubbed her hands together, took out a red cloth bag from her bosom, and opened it layer by layer, only to see a golden longevity lock inside, and said , and stuffed it into Sister Qiao's hand.
Sister Qiao picked it up, but looked back at Wang Xifeng blankly: "Mother?"
Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Give it to your nanny, let her warm it up, and put it on for you when it's warm."
When the grandma heard this, she hurried forward to take the longevity lock from Sister Qiao. It was warm and not busy, but she wanted to check whether it was good or not.It's not a question of whether it is valuable or not, but to see if there are any edges and corners, so as not to hurt sister Qiao.However, after the grandma took it down for a closer look, she couldn't help giving Grandma Liu a high look.The thing is made of pure gold, and it looks like it is newly struck. However, unlike those brand-new jewelry, the corners and corners have been polished to an extremely rounded shape, without even a single burr.Thinking that Wang Xifeng valued this Grandma Liu very much, the grandma just wiped it carefully with a muslin cloth, and when it was slightly warmer, she brought it into the house again and put it on for Sister Qiao.
I was listening to Wang Xifeng saying: "...Then please ask grandma, I will give you 500 taels of silver first, if it is not enough, I will trouble you old man to come to my place again."
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