Chapter 63

The fundraising auction on the second day coincided with a break.

Not only did the fifth wife donate an embroidery painting, but the fifth master also donated a calligraphy and painting, so the fifth master enthusiastically pulled the whole family to the auction.

Before the auction, the donations were all displayed in the cloister of the lecture hall for people to see. Shanniang helped out at the fundraiser, and everyone in the family knew about it, so the little chubby dun took Shanniang's hand and scurried upstairs and downstairs for a while, while asking her what she had done here.

In response to the 100,000 whys of the fat dun, Shanniang suddenly realized that she had actually helped a lot in it. At the beginning, she was originally supported by Mrs. Lin, and what she did was just some miscellaneous things such as sticking stickers and keeping lists, but in the end, she was the one who had been the housewife for many years, that is, she did not deliberately show off, and her ability to deploy and coordinate was gradually revealed, so gradually, she didn't do those chores anymore, but helped Lin Ruting to schedule various affairs - Xu It was for this reason that she was jealous of that senior Liu Mei.

After taking the little fat dun around the upstairs, Shanniang and Hou Jue returned to the first floor. At this time, a circle of tables and chairs had already been arranged around the high podium, and the fifth master was standing behind the fifth wife, talking to the old mountain chief of Lin Zhilin; The fifth lady and Mrs. Lin sat side by side, and the two whispered something. Seeing Shanniang coming, the old lady smiled at the fifth lady and said, "Your thirteenth is really capable, and this time it has helped a lot." He smiled and asked Shanniang: "How do you feel after this hard work?" ”

Shanniang stepped forward to salute, sat down at the table with the old lady's hand, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that a seemingly simple thing would require so much hard work behind it." He added, "I also did the homework assigned by Madame." Although I am very busy when I am busy, I don't know why, when I am busy, I feel very steady. Is this what Madame wants me to experience? ”

The old lady looked at her and smiled slyly, and said, "You shouldn't ask me this, my experience is a very personal thing, and my experience must be different from yours." But as long as you have some understanding, it is not in vain. He added, "I heard Aru say, you are very good at deploying manpower, and there are many things that you need help with next." ”

In the past, Shanniang only had to donate, and after donating things, she didn't care where the money went, but now she knows that the original donation will not only raise funds, but also manage the distribution of those donations and the distribution of donations. She had heard Lin Ruting discuss the next step with a few seniors before. And Shanniang also likes the sense of fulfillment when she is busy, so she nodded in response.

Old Madam Lin turned her head and smiled at Mrs. Five: "When Mrs. is free, you might as well come and help." ”

The fifth lady only smiled and said nothing.

The old lady didn't insist on it, so she changed the subject and talked about something else.

Shanniang sat with her for a while, but she never saw Lin Ruzhi, so she asked the old lady, "Where is Aru?" ”

"Here we are!"

Lin Ruzhi came out of nowhere, and suddenly threw herself on Shanniang's shoulder, and said with a smile, "I saw you leading your brother around, and wanted to chase you, but when I walked upstairs, you went downstairs again." ”

She was muttering here, but Shanniang's eyes were looking behind her.

Behind her, the Lin family brothers, Yuan Changqing and others also happened to come over. Everyone saluted each other for a while, and the fifth master suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Yuan Changqing and said, "I said that I seemed to have forgotten something, but I forgot you." Your teacher asked me to take care of you, so come to my house for a light meal tonight. ”

Yuan Changqing paused for a moment and arched his hand: "I shouldn't have resigned, it's just that my aunt and grandmother have a banquet tonight, and my little nephew can't be there." ”

"Where is the old lady?!" The fifth master raised his eyebrows, and then remembered the recent rumors, so he snorted coldly, squinted at Yuan Changqing and said, "It depends on what you think." If you want to go, I won't stop you. If you don't want to go, I'll send someone to tell the old lady. ”

Yuan Changqing immediately expressed his attitude without hesitation, bowed to the fifth master and said, "There is Fifth Uncle Lao." ”

This attitude, the fifth master said that he was very satisfied.

On the side, Shanniang couldn't help but support her forehead with her hands - her father, can she be a little more uninhibited?

The fifth master said: Of course you can!

So, when the fifth wife's embroidery was auctioned off, the fifth master became wild and uninhibited again, and he actually competed with a stranger for the bid, and shouted the embroidery all the way to a high price of 7,000 taels, which was twice as high as his wind bamboo drawing with Mr. Shuyi's model. If it weren't for the fifth wife's desperate stop, the fifth master would still want to shout out eight thousand taels.

After the bid was lost, the fifth master sat back for a while of silent luck, and then the fifth wife took the initiative to pour him a cup of tea, and the master calmed down, but he was fascinated by the rare diligence of the fifth lady and immediately forgot the embroidery painting to the back of his mind.

Yuan Changqing, who was invited by the fifth master to sit at a table, turned his head to look at the middle-aged man who had embroidered the painting, and suddenly asked Hou Rui, "Do you know that person?" ”

Hou Rui, where is this monkey impatient with this kind of occasion, if it weren't for the fifth master's pressure, he would have run away without a shadow. At this moment, he was lying on the table playing with melon seeds, but he didn't even hear Yuan Changqing's question.

Shanniang frowned and quietly poked him.

Hou Rui was startled and glared at Shanniang fiercely. It wasn't until Yuan Changqing asked again that he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man, and then raised his eyebrows, and said suspiciously: "It's strange, it doesn't seem to be from our town." ”

Lin Ruzhi also crowded at Shanniang's table, and laughed at him: "It's like you can know all the people in the town." ”

Hou Rui erected a thorn like a hedgehog, glared at Lin Ruzhi and said, "It's just that no ten percent can know at least ninety percent!" He snorted coldly, "I'll take a look." As he spoke, without waiting for anyone to reach out to stop him, he slipped out with a "snort".

The fifth master has no distractions in everything he does, and now he sees that the fifth wife rarely takes the initiative to pour him tea and water, and he can't see anyone else in his eyes for a long time. When Hou Rui went out for a spin and came back, he didn't even know that his son had slipped out.

Hou Rui sat back in his place, glanced at Lin Ruzhi quite proudly, and then said to Shanniang and the others: "That person is really not from our town, but a merchant who lives in the Jixiang Inn. He said that he heard from the innkeeper that there was such a fundraising auction in the town, so he came over to join in the fun. ”

"Seven thousand taels of lively ......" Holding the teacup, Yuan Changqing muttered in a low voice.

Shanniang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Yuan Changqing, "Do you think there's anything wrong?" ”

Yuan Changqing didn't expect her to ask him, and replied habitually: "It's nothing......" He suddenly paused, glanced at her, and changed his words: "I just think it's a little strange." It stands to reason that the fifth uncle's calligraphy and painting are more famous, and foreign businessmen want to buy them, so they should go to the fifth uncle. ”

His pause made Shanniang blink, and only after a beat did he react slowly, Yuan Changqing was actually explaining to them. And according to his temperament, he should have replied to her "nothing" as he only said half of the sentence.

Suddenly, Shanniang's heart moved, and she always felt that the reason why he took the initiative to explain this way was because she had told him that she didn't want to guess his mind......

"That's right," over there, Lin Ruzhi pressed his index finger to his chin and pondered, "Seven thousand taels is not a small number. ”

Shanniang thought for a while and said to Hou Rui: "Aren't you a brother outside?" Why don't you ask someone where this person is coming from? ”

Hou Rui glanced at her, "What, don't dislike your brother at this time, I'm a gangster?" ”

Shanniang immediately stabbed his arm with her fingers, and also said horizontally to him: "You are really a bastard, aren't you my brother?!" ”

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This Hou Rui really made a lot of noise in the town, and before it was too late, he found out the way of the foreign merchant.

The fifth old man did what he said, asked Uncle Gui to send a message to the old lady, and directly intercepted Yuan Changqing home. Although Hou Rui is naughty and loves to fight, he is also obsessed with the game, and when his little servant came to report the news, several people, including Shanniang and Hou Jue, were in Hou Rui's courtyard watching him and Yuan Changqing play chess.

Nanshan said: "The guest is from the capital, and he said that he was doing embroidery business. ”

Shanniang looked at Yuan Changqing and said, "It doesn't sound like there's anything suspicious." ”

Yuan Changqing turned a chess piece between his fingers and pondered: "The number of only seven thousand taels is a bit suspicious. After a pause, he looked at Shanniang and said, "I don't know if you have noticed, when bidding, that person looked very strange." No matter how big the business is, if you invest such a large sum of money, you must be extra cautious, but that person didn't even pause, and he looked like he was imperative. ”

Don'er ...... This obvious pronunciation of the word "er" couldn't help but make Shanniang look at him again.

Yuan Changqing was still spinning the chess pieces and pondering, while Hou Rui looked at him, then at Shanniang, and shrugged his shoulders disappretently, "It doesn't matter what he thinks, it's his business how much money he is willing to spend." Besides, if you do business, can you really make a loss-making business? Maybe he's already looking for a home there. No, this is a fundraiser, so people just want to find a reason to donate such a sum of money? ”

Shanniang blinked suddenly, and looked up at Yuan Changqing.

Yuan Changqing was also looking at her.

She nodded and said, "Brother is right, no one wants to do a loss-making business." ”

Yuan Changqing also nodded and said, "I'm curious, who is next." ”

When these two people asked and answered, they actually felt that they were completely excluded from others. Hou Rui looked at the two again, smacked his lips again, knocked on the chessboard and said, "I said, you can't play chess yet?!" ”

As a result, Hou Rui lost five sets in five sets.

Even the current Yuan Changqing is far from cultivating into the later Yuan scholar, and his chess path has already been deeply understood, and he is full of foresight in stability. Hou Rui's chess move is just like his temperament, it is all open and close, even if he occasionally makes some calculations in small places, none of them can attract Yuan Changqing to be fooled. After five sets, he quit. Shanniang saw that there was a little itching, so she played a game for him. As a result, she also lost.

So Hou Rui squeezed Yuan Changqing aside and played against Shanniang.

Shanniang couldn't deal with Yuan Changqing, but it was more than enough to deal with Hou Rui, and Hou Rui was beaten again.

She picked up the chess pieces triumphantly, Hou Rui wailed and complained, and Yuan Changqing, who had been watching silently, pointed out to him: "Thirteen likes to confuse people, as long as you don't be disturbed by her, you will be able to catch her." ”

"Really?!" Hou Rui suddenly came to his senses, and he insisted on pulling Shanniang to come to another game. In this game, Yuan Changqing was no longer silent. With his guidance, Shanniang really struggled. Seeing that she was about to lose, she glanced at Yuan Changqing dissatisfiedly, "What a gentleman who is silent when watching chess!" ”

Yuan Changqing looked at her, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and he was speechless. But he didn't say anything when he watched the chess, he just didn't speak. Whenever Hou Rui was about to fall into Shanniang's trap again, he either coughed or cleared his throat, causing Shanniang to glare at him frequently. In the end, Hou Rui won.

Shanniang glared at the two of them unconvinced: "Don't count! You two hit one! ”

Hou Jueyuan sat on the side playing chess pieces, and when he heard this, he pounced, grinning at Shanniang with his toothless mouth and smiling: "Sister, don't worry, I'll help you." ”

Hou Rui squinted at him and said with a smile: "Come on, your door panel has been taken down, and you still help people?!" Hou Jue pounced on him and fought with him for a while.

Seeing their brothers fighting, Yuan Changqing suddenly whispered, "It's good." ”

Shanniang looked back in surprise.

Yuan Changqing hooked the corners of his lips at her again, and said with a smile: "It's good to have brothers and sisters." ”

Looking at the small ditch on her chin, Shanniang blinked silently for a while-this Yuan Changqing, doesn't he like to pretend to be a cold man in front of people?! What's going on today? It's just a matter of playing chess, and at this time, she was inexplicably emotionally aroused...... Besides, are they that familiar?!