Chapter 266: Gather in the Snow Nunnery and Build a Dream Red Mansion
Except for Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu, who have lovers and eventually become married, the sisters have their own unspeakable things, at this time, they can't help but say it, naturally they pity each other, but they feel that the relationship is getting closer and closer than before. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Seeing that the dishes were ready, Li Kun cleaned up his mood and said with a forced smile: "Girls, please sit down, if you have wine today and get drunk today, there will be a big thing, and we will let it go today, our sisters will get together rarely, and we will have to get drunk and rest!"
Because he didn't see Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, Yingchun smiled and said, "Don't you need to invite the second uncle and second aunt?"
Li Kun said with a smile: "Since the death of my uncle and the dispersion of the Wang family, my wife rarely comes forward to socialize, but concentrates on reciting Buddha in the Buddhist hall. ”
Everyone sat down one after another, and the girls went up one after another, kneeling on the edge of the chairs with copper basins, and serving them to wash their hands.
Shi Xiangyun took the handkerchief, and said quickly while wiping his hands: "I heard from outside, thanks to the close relationship between Rongguofu and King Beijing, Brother Ai is now the confidant of the Prince of Beijing, and the affairs of the Ministry of Industry can be turned into a big thing, but Brother Ai has never been familiar with the economy of the official career, and he is the most serious in his actions, and he doesn't know how to advance and retreat and detour, don't you know that the water is clear and there are no fish, his idea salary is not enough for himself, where can he support a family!"
"Isn't there still Brother Lan to help me? I don't understand the career economy, but I still have to be cautious and honest, and I won't be afraid of being a ginseng in the future. ”
Jia Baoyu laughed at himself, peeled a shell of crab roe and gave it to Lin Daiyu to eat, Daiyu ate it in his hand, took a lotus leaf cup, poured soju, and took a shallow sip of himself.
Shi Xiangyun pouted and said angrily: "You are a pair of nerds with us!"
Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, she wanted to follow a few words of ridicule, but seeing that Baoyu was silent, obviously unhappy, she looked at Xiangyun and said: "It's good if you stay until you really can't do it, I'm hoping that he will resign and go home, and the Hengzhi family doesn't point to them to support, although there are only two granges left, the south one is for the ancestral ancestral hall, and the one in the east doesn't pay much grain and silver every year, but fortunately, those two stores have monthly income, as long as they don't talk about pomp and circumstance like before, it is more than enough to maintain the family's livelihood." ”
Since it was time to talk about livelihood, Li Kun just said about the preparation of the "Drunken Red Mansion" and asked the sisters to help with ideas.
Jia Baoyu was surprised and said: "This thing will never work, the master will not agree, besides, this garden has been handed over, Sister Lin and I are still discussing, and I specially came to ask for the opinion of the eldest sister-in-law, and I am going to clean up a yard over there so that you can move over." ”
Jia Lan took the words and said with a smile: "I think the second uncle doesn't know yet, thanks to Prince Heng's intercession, yesterday's holy decree has returned the garden to the nephew, however, Prince Heng's meaning, although the ownership of the garden is in the nephew's name, the right to use it is all under the control of the Qing'er girl, to put it bluntly, to be able to take back this garden, it is all the blessing of the Qing'er girl, the prince is just a fake self, and the Qing'er girl's wish to open an entertainment city is just a blessing, so there is no need to ask the grandfather to show it." ”
Everyone nodded tacitly, feelings, Prince Heng wants to match Jia Lan and Miss Qing'er, but the attitude of the eldest grandmother is puzzling, it stands to reason that Brother Lan marries Qing'er, which is equivalent to climbing the backer of Prince Heng, isn't she still happy?
Looking at Qing'er again, she didn't like to eat crab legs with toothpicks, as if what everyone said had nothing to do with her.
Shi Xiangyun stared at her for a while, remembering Lin Daiyu's words, he slapped the table and quipped: "Qing'er's little hooves are really bold, don't you want to recruit a prince to be your son-in-law?"
"Grandma Hugh has to laugh, Qing'er is self-aware, and she doesn't want to be someone else's joke after dinner. Due to touching the sore spot, Qing'er's emotions were a little out of control, she still looked smiling, but her words were very blunt.
"Okay, stop scolding her. By the way, Miss Qing'er, let's talk about your drunken red mansion. Lin Daiyu hurriedly diverted the conversation.
Qing'er's heart was gloomy for a while, "Drunken Red Mansion" can be described as Jinyao's gift, and it will also be her only spiritual sustenance in the future.
"Young Master Sun's words are to lift the youth, in fact, are the grandmother and Young Master Sun, the first time I entered the Grand View Garden, I want to open an entertainment city here, the service object is the consumer group above the middle class, using people's curiosity about the life of the royal family, in the imperial princess provincial villa to make a fuss, hold a day tour of the Grand View Garden, and according to the characteristics of the garden, launch a variety of theme catering and entertainment services. ”
She thought in her mind that she could create different styles of themes according to the characteristics of each garden, or attract people with elegance, or satisfy the vanity of the rich with luxury and luxury, of course, these items need to be charged separately.
For example, in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, in the half-rolled Xiangfei curtain, sandalwood is swirling, beauties are stroking the qin, and bamboo shadows are swaying.
Yihong Courtyard can be built into a free cave, rendering luxury and romance to the extreme;
In summer, you can launch a fishing competition, and you can enjoy the lotus in the concave crystal pavilion;
In autumn, a poetry meeting is held, and the moon is tasted in the Tubitang;
Then gather the twelve girls of Fang Guan'er to reorganize the troupe, and the lotus root Champs will be used as a special stage, and the Jinlou will undertake all kinds of wine banquets, and the guests can enjoy the drama while drinking while drinking through the lotus pond;
Qiu Shuangzhai collects and exhibits celebrity calligraphy and paintings, satisfies the appetite of calligraphy and painting collectors, and then comes to auction and sell them at the right time;
As for the Wuwu Courtyard, you only need to quietly let out the wind, which is the garden where the new favorite of the prince lives today, and then process the exotic flowers and plants in it into small handicrafts and sell them as souvenirs......
Her "auspicious fruit" can also make a big fuss and open up a broader consumer market.
Shi Xiangyun clapped his hands and praised: "How did you come up with it, I must participate, after the Wei Mansion was fired, the silver sent by my sister-in-law and my brother was used by me to dredge up the relationship, and Cui Wei was still worried on the way here, my family's salary is limited, and the appointment is far away, I am afraid that I will not be able to make ends meet, can I not rely on relatives for a lifetime?" I have an idea, my sister-in-law always says that the servants in the house are superfluous, and they want to send them out, and they have no means to make a living, so it is better to hand them over to the Qing'er girls for unified deployment and use, and if they do well, they will stay, and if they don't do well, they will be driven out. ”
Qing'er hurriedly responded: "If you can get Mrs. Wei's help, it would be great, the financial and personnel management of the Drunken Red Mansion, as well as the project planning, need someone to be responsible, Bao Er/Grandma has to manage the Rongguo Mansion, naturally the doppelganger lacks skills, Lord Sun's Mansion must be inseparable from the aunt and grandmother, and I will not be reluctant, but Mrs. Wei can't speak, so she will be the personnel manager of the Drunken Red Mansion." ”
"I also have an idea, I promise to be a hundred times better than the young girl's. Lin Daiyu didn't finish speaking, she laughed first, which made Shi Xiangyun anxious, but just urged: "Say it quickly, I don't believe there is anything better." ”
"Why not? We put a chaise longue under the begonia tree, but whenever the beauty is drunk, she will go there to cool off, ten taels of silver to lie down drunk, and then let people write a poem as a souvenir. ”
Shi Xiangyun didn't react for a while, and still said to Daiyu stupidly: "I'll help you think about it, what kind of poems to write......
"It's all ready-made, so you don't have to think about it. Lin Daiyu forced a smile, cleared her throat and chanted: "The east wind is full of sublime, and the fragrant mist is empty and the moon is in the corridor." I was afraid that I would fall asleep in the middle of the night, so I burned the high pillar and made up red. ”
Shi Xiangyun then remembered the mess under the begonia tree in the past, then she was willing to follow her, and scratched her when she caught Lin Daiyu, Daiyu couldn't resist it, and shouted "Baoyu save me", while laughing breathlessly and continued to tease Shi Xiangyun: "Hehe, no, change the word 'late night' to 'Shiliang' to meet the situation, hehe, Yun'er, don't make trouble, hehe, I'm really annoyed......"
This trouble, the depressed atmosphere suddenly disappeared, Shi Xiangyun was in a good mood, he could get together with his sisters at any time in the future, and his livelihood was guaranteed, which is the so-called unexpected joy.
That night, Xiangyun and Yingchun stayed in Daoxiang Village, Qing'er followed Lin Daiyu to visit Zijuan and Fang Guan'er in Rongguo Mansion, and then went to Rongxi Hall to greet Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang left her, and still lived in the room next to the small house in the east corridor.
I got up early the next day, but it was Mrs. Wang who presided over the feast, and after Jia Lan's candied meal, the family sent it to the carriage.
Sending Jia Lan away, Shi Xiangyun proposed to go to Xue Mansion to congratulate Baochai, Li Kun was in a bad mood, saying that he would go another day, Jia Baoyu is naturally a big man who is not good at visiting the girl's boudoir, so only Lin Daiyu, Yingchun, and Qing'er responded, and took Chunqian, Cuiwi, and Embroidered Orange to sit in two carriages, and came to Xue Mansion with a smile.
Xue Baochai is teaching her nephew to speak, I heard that a few of them are here, I like it very much, Aunt Xue hasn't seen Daiyu for a while, so she held her hand and said angrily: "Feng'er is back, with Baoyu, I forgot my mother to the second, and I see that your sister's good days are approaching, but I am afraid that it will be rare to see each other in the future." ”
Daiyu said with a smile: "My mother taught me that when my sister gets married, I must often go home to see my mother." It turned out that there were many things in the house, and Feng'er was clumsy, not as thoughtful as when Sister Feng was alive, and she often took care of this one, but she forgot about that one, but she didn't dare to forget her mother. ”
Xue Baochai laughed and said: "Mom, you blame you, I just said that the girl is more filial than my own daughter, and I sent people to see it at both ends in three days, and there are still a few days left in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Boxing Rites have arrived early, and my mother likes them." She was worried that I would not be able to come home once in the future, so she wanted you to know, so she pointed to your daughter to accompany her more. ”
This is said quite sentimentally, King Beijing is now the crown prince, naturally different from ordinary families, in the future, Shui Rong will ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Honor, but I am afraid that she will be even more involuntarily.
Aunt Xue hurriedly diverted the conversation, took Xiangyun's hand and asked, "Yun girl is separated from us, your sister Bao asked people to send a hundred taels of silver, why did she return it?"
"Auntie, where is this? Just because I am my own person, I accepted the snacks from my aunt and asked me to bring the silver back, when Brother Xue didn't have an accident, my aunt and Sister Bao didn't help me less, Yun'er just thought, now that my aunt's family is the same as the Wei family, when they all use silver, I can't help a little, is there still a face to increase the burden on you? Besides, my brother often comes to see me, and my sister-in-law sends silver every month according to the example of the grandmothers in Jiafu, and I don't have to worry about food and clothing. ”
This is Shi Xiangyun's heartfelt words, she has heard Baoyu say that the prince Teng is mercenary, and he will not let go of his own sister, in order to save Xue Pan's life, the Xue family's property has been scraped by him.
"Of course, Yun Yatou is thinking about us, but it makes my aunt feel more and more uncomfortable. Aunt Xue said a few words of greeting, and then went to order the luncheon to be prepared.
Xiangling brought the girl to make tea, the four-color tea was very exquisite, and it was said that it was sent by the Beijing Palace, so that the girls could taste it.
Xue Baochai pulled Daiyu with one hand and Xiangyun with the other, and choked up: "Thinking about how innocent our sisters were when we were in the Grand View Garden before, we knew that there would be a difference, and we should cherish it at that time." ”
He said to Shi Xiangyun again: "It's rare that Sister Lin is careful, willing to plan for you, if it weren't for this time to go home and listen to my mother, I wouldn't know Yun'er's difficulties, although my family is not like before, but it is not as embarrassed as you think, thanks to my mother's heart, I kept the 30,000 silver that my father gave me as a dowry, and I redeemed the pawnshop, which is enough to support my family." ”
Looking at Xiangyun's men's dress, all of them were Jia Lan's clothes, Xue Baochai was silent, but quietly instructed Ying'er to pack up a few high-quality silk horses, pack them and hand them over to Cui Wei to take back, and her master and servant made clothes to wear.
Xue Pan's son was a toddler, and at this time he was staggering over with a walker, Lin Daiyu, Yingchun and Xiangyun were all rare, and they surrounded him to tease him, taking advantage of this opportunity, Xue Baochai happened to talk to Qing'er about himself.
"I went to see you yesterday and slept like a lazy cat. ”
"I've heard what the girl said. My sister's big day is on August 16, right?"
"Hmm. Baochai suddenly pursed her lips and smiled, and teased Qing'er: "It's very interesting to think about it, do you remember when you called me cousin before? I don't think it's intimate enough to let you call me sister, but I didn't expect that this time I will change my name again." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Qing'er pretended to be stupid.
"Can't you call me more than Jinyao?"
Qing'er blushed and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid that Qing'er doesn't have this blessing." ”
Xue Baochai was surprised: "Why? Are the two of them playing petty again? When I talk to Jin Yao, I can't always bully Miss Qing'er." ”
"Sister Bao, Prince Heng has already set off to return to Mobei, maybe when he will return to the capital. ”
The reply was Yingchun, she was older than Baochai, because there were too many sisters and sisters in the garden, and she couldn't tell the difference, and she followed Tanchun and others to shout, and now she is used to it.
"When did this happen? Jin Yao was still at home when I left the palace. ”
Yingchun returned: "I left yesterday, because my family accompanied me, so I know." ”
Sun Shaozu is now a general of the chariot cavalry under Prince Heng, and this time he followed Jin Yao back to Beijing to face the saint, and visited his wife by the way.
Xue Baochai was surprised: "If it weren't for the urgency of the border pass, the emperor shouldn't easily let the imperial grandson go to the border, right?"
Yingchun thought of Sun Shaozu's goodness, and couldn't help but feel gloomy, I said, when the lord came back this time, he was very considerate to me, and said a lot of crazy things, and the feeling was that he was worried that it would be difficult to see each other again...... (To be continued.) )