On March 3, Tanchun was born on this day.

When she got up early in the morning, the little girl got up happily, freshened up and dressed up under the service of several maids, and changed into new clothes. Then he went to the courtyard without repeating, burning incense, laying tea, and burning paper.

first went to worship the old lady, and then went to worship Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Aunt Xue.

There has long been a precedent for girls in the house to celebrate their birthdays, which are slightly worse than Baoyu and Daiyu, but the congratulatory gifts of the elders in each room are indispensable.

Coming out of Lixiangyuan, several maids accompanying Tanchun were already full of congratulatory gifts. The little girl walked fast, carrying her skirt and running along the road.

The attendant said, "Slow down, girl, be careful of falling." Besides, we're still carrying things, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch the girl. ”

Tanchun only sprinkled a string of silver bell-like laughter: "It's good for you to follow behind, I heard that Fourth Brother Jian has to practice every morning, I want to go and take a look." Giggle......"

A few maids were helpless, so they had to step up.

After a while, I arrived in front of the small courtyard in the northeast, and heard a sound of trembling from the courtyard wall through the courtyard wall, sometimes accompanied by the shouts of a man and a woman.

Tanchun stopped in front of the door, today is her birth, but compared to Su Rili, it is a little presumptuous, so the little girl crossed her feet and shouted: "Fourth brother Jian, I'm here!" ”

There was silence inside, and after a while, the courtyard door creaked open, revealing a handmaid with bangs on her forehead and a sweaty face.

Xiu Ying took a closer look, and then said, "Ah, it was the third girl." He turned his head and said happily: "Childe, the third girl is looking for you." ”

The courtyard door was open, and Tanchun saw Li Weijian dressed in a short fight, holding a wooden knife in his hand, waving to this side of the room: "Third sister come in, why is this time coming?" ”

Tanchun carried her skirt and smiled into the courtyard, and said as she walked: "I went to meet the elders of each house early in the morning, and I just came out of Lixiang Courtyard, so I wanted to come and see the fourth brother of Jian." After a pause, the little girl stared at the wooden knife in Li Weijian's hand and said, "Fourth Brother Jian Su Ri also uses such a style of knife?" ”

"Well, almost," Li Weijian flipped the wooden knife and handed it to Tanchun in front of him, and said, "The weight is a little lighter than this wooden knife." ”

Tanchun started and estimated that the wooden knife was about three catties, but she thought that Li Weijian was able to write and martial arts, and it seemed that it was more compatible with the sword. Tanchun is good at words, but he won't say it this time, he handed back the wooden knife, looked around, and said, "Fourth Brother Jian still practices bows and arrows in the morning?" ”

"I don't practice much."

Tanchun was surprised and said: "It is said that if you don't practice your hands for a day, it is so wasted, but it is a pity that the fourth brother of thrift has a series of arrows." ”

"Huh?" Li Weijian felt that Tanchun was so cute, and suddenly had a joking heart, and said with a smile: "Third sister, wait a minute, and let you see what is called Lianzhu Arrow today." ”

He turned back to the main room, and in a moment he picked up a bow and came out with a long box. Tanchun Nahan, I saw Li Weijian combine the iron box with the bow, opened his hand to aim at the wooden target hanging on the wall, pulled the bowstring again and again, and the feather arrows flew out one after another.

Then he heard the collapse and trembling, and in a moment, seven feathered arrows were pierced on the target.

Tanchun's eyes widened, turned his head to look at the tin box, and said, "It's amazing!" Fourth Brother Jian, what kind of object is this? ”

Li Weijian took it off and handed it to Tanchun, and explained with a smile: "It should be called a rapid-fire arrow box spreader." ”

The so-called ability is not enough, technology to make up. Li Weijian's strength is larger than ordinary people, he can pull the seven-bucket bow at this time, and he also has some talent in archery, but it would be nonsense to practice the bead archery method in three or two years. Fortunately, when he used to sit in the office and fish, he watched all kinds of videos, so after leaving Maoshan and returning to Jinling, he tried to make such an object several times.

I thought about defending myself along the way, and when I got to the opportunity of Jingshi, I offered this thing again to make a step into the body. I didn't want to bump into the water bandits when the boat traveled to Texas, the moon was dark and the wind was high, Li Weijian only had a lantern in front of him, Xue Pan and Baochai didn't look carefully, so I thought that Li Weijian would be able to shoot arrows with one hand.

After arriving in the Beijing Division, Li Weijian only saw Dashun stepping and most of them were equipped with firearms, so this rapid-fire arrow box spreader could only be shelved.

"Rapid-fire archery casual...... Sa-" Tanchun was a little confused, and suddenly found that Li Weijian in front of him seemed to be a little different from his impression. She secretly wondered, this ...... It can be regarded as capable of literature and martial arts, right?

Well, for sure!

Tanchun made up his mind and handed over the objects to Li Weijian, and then said: "Fourth brother Jian, today is my son, I told my ancestors yesterday, and I also asked Fourth Brother Jian to go over to be lively." ”

Li Weijian responded with a smile: "I was about to ask the third sister for a glass of wine, and I will be there when I come back next morning." ”

Tanchun had grass growing in his heart, thinking about what congratulatory gift Li Weijian would give, but it was not easy to ask at this time, so he smiled and said, "Then I'll go first and go to my aunt to say goodbye." ”

"The third sister walks slowly."

When Tanchun and a few maids went away, Li Weijian smiled and pondered, yesterday I went to Shuiyue Nunnery to make incense, but it was delayed to find a congratulatory gift for Tanchun. On the little girl's birthday, the congratulatory gift should not be too expensive, but also highlight the heart, which is difficult...... He suddenly remembered that he had heard Yan Fengzhen say something earlier, and the Inner Government Manufacturing Office would sell items at a clear price.

Why don't you go to the office today?

After making up his mind, Li Weijian waited for breakfast, and then he and Wu Haiping set off. At this time, the spring light is just right, and the swallows are coming north. The two of them beat their horses around the imperial city and found the office near the Yamen of the Inner Palace.

Flashed the waist card given by the loyal and brave king, and immediately received the small officials attentively. There are many delicate objects in this office, including imitation Western clocks and watches, as well as all kinds of exquisite traditional objects, and more of them are all kinds of beads with unique shapes.

Li Weijian wandered around for a long time, thinking about the temperament of Tanchun, and chose a lovely thing in the end, and was about to leave, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a lot of gold and jade on the side. He leaned over and picked up a pendant, and thought about the jade hanging from Baoyu's chest.

The little official didn't know what he was thinking, so he leaned aside and said: "Childe has good eyesight, this is authentic Hetian jade, this one is a little cleaner, and there is Guanyin and lettering in this compartment." ”

Li Weijian frowned at first, then stretched, and said tentatively: "Driver, I want to ask, is there a way to write in the jade?" It looks like it's a natural one. ”

The little official blinked and smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Sprinkle the handwriting you want to write with chicken blood, dry it up and bury it in the soil, and after a month or two, won't it be done? After a pause, the little official reminded: "Son, you have to be careful, a lot of the blood jade sold outside is made like this, obviously worthless things, soaked in blood can be sold for dozens of taels, it's really a black heart!" ”

Li Weijian smiled: "Can you really write?" He pinched the jade pendant in his hand and shook it: "Then I paid the fixed money, can I ask the manufacturing office to help me write a few words?" ”

"Naturally, it will be done, and I ask the son to leave Mobao."

The little official beckoned a servant to come over, Li Weijian took the pen and ink, thought about it, and left a line of handwriting on the paper. paid a fixed amount again, and then led Wu Haiping out of his own office.

Riding on the horse, Li Weijian's heart hesitated. He tried cultivating immortals, but it was pure nonsense. And there is also a Kun Dao named Police Phantom who always runs to Ning Guofu when he has nothing to do, and he can't say that it is the so-called Police Phantom Fairy that Baoyu dreamed of.

After such speculation, there are no immortals here, so how can Jia Baoyu's piece of jade be real? It can't be said that it is a play directed and acted by Mrs. Wang's stupid woman!

relied on the title of jade to win Jia's mother's love, and then relied on Jia's mother's love for Baoyu to calculate the title of Rongguo Mansion...... Tsk, it seems to be smart, but it's actually extremely stupid!

Because the Jia family's personal soldiers participated in the rebellion that year, and because the Jia family's protégés and former officials were all over the army, the saint had long been afraid of the Jia family. This time, he made a jade born of jade, what do you want the Jia family to do? Do you have to replace it?

It is said that the men of the Jia family are not successful, but in fact, the women in charge of the inner house are not far behind. Ning Guofu climbed the ashes and didn't say it, Mrs. Xing of Rongguo Mansion was greedy, Mrs. Wang was vicious, and even the old lady was a fool, so it was no wonder that trouble would come to the door in the future.

After thinking about it, Li Weijian had already made up his mind. The defeat of the Jia family has long been doomed, and it is still not appropriate for him to be too deeply involved with it. When you have power in the future, you can plan to rescue the eldest sister, Lan Ge'er, and even those innocent women in the house.

When the master and servant passed through a street, they saw Liu Dazheng directing the men to dig a well. The façade facing the street has been torn down, and scaffolding has been erected in the courtyard behind, and many carpenters and bricklayers are busy working around, and they are building a water tower.

Li Weijian stepped forward to take a look, Liu Da glanced at it, and hurriedly walked over and smiled: "Li Gongzi, thank you Li Gongzi for your support." ”

Liu Da smiled on his face, and his heart was mixed. was previously detained in Yanfu, and the father and son couldn't eat and were scared, for fear that they would bury their families because of this method of digging sweet water wells.

Fortunately, Li Gongzi is kind, but after a few days, not only did he not die, but he was registered as a master by the inner government, and he has eaten the imperial grain since then!

Because of Taizong Li Guo, Dashun attached great importance to practical learning when he founded the country, and although there were repeated later, the status of this craftsman has not been low. became a master craftsman in the inner house, although the silver money per year is not much, the extra income is expensive, and the most important thing is that no one dares to bully at will. is such a peak and loop, which suddenly makes the Liu family father and son grateful to Li Weijian.

Li Weijian turned over and dismounted and said with a smile: "Don't blame me." ”

"When the son said this, the little old man only had gratitude in his heart."

Li Weijian bowed his head and asked about the project here. Liu Daqing knew that Li Weijian was involved in this, so he poured all the beans in the bamboo tube. Needless to say, digging more than 20 places at the same time must be less than 20 days; This water tower should be built eight feet high, and it should be at least two months smaller; The rest of the water pipes, cisterns and other things will depend on the progress of the construction of the inner house, and it is likely that the water tower can be built before it is completed.

After a while, before noon, Li Weijian and Wu Haiping returned to Rongguo Mansion.

After having lunch in his own courtyard and resting for a while, Hongyu reported that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng were visiting together.

Li Weijian didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted him. When I got out of the main room, I saw a pair of beautiful people coming together.

Li Weijian smiled and greeted Jia Lian, and Wang Xifeng smiled on the side: "At the beginning, there were two courtyards, and I asked the old ancestor, and the old ancestor gave this place to Brother Jian. Now it seems that this place is extremely quiet, just for the thrifty brothers to study with peace of mind. ”

Li Weijian said with a smile: "The second sister-in-law is right, I am also very proud of this place after living for these days." The second brother and sister-in-law of Lian are also invited in. ”

A group of maids and women were embraced, and the three of them entered the house. Sit down, serve tea, and greet slightly, before Jia Lian can get to the point, Li Weijian said: "Speaking of which, I was going to find my second sister-in-law in the past two days, and I happened to have something to worry about." ”

Wang Xifeng was slightly surprised, and said with a pair of phoenix eyes full of smiles: "What is the trouble or not the trouble, the ancestors have said that the thrifty brothers are their own relatives." Not counting the sister-in-law of Shangzhu, Li Saijiu and the master are also good friends.

Brother Jian has something to say, I, if I can, I will try to open up as much as possible. ”

Li Weijian smiled on his face, and he knew in his heart what the two of them were doing here, but it was just the shares of the water company in his hand. When I said goodbye to Jia Yu and Jia Zhen yesterday, I thought that it had already reached Wang Xifeng's ears, so I came to the door with Jia Lian. At this time, if you don't decide the matter of the deed, you don't know when you will have another chance later.

So he said: "The second sister-in-law also knows that my family background is thin, and there is a shortage of useful manpower around me. Qingwen and Hongyu have been serving here for more than a month, and I am used to it, I wonder if this deed can be passed to my brother? The second sister-in-law can rest assured, no matter how much money there is, I will pay it. ”

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Brother Jian said this, it's just two girls, I'll send the deed when I turn around." He looked at Jia Lian again and said, "Look, Brother Jian is talking to us outside, Ah, I have more contacts with Brother Jian in Su Ri, so as not to lose my kinship." ”

Jia Lian said: "I took a trip to Ping'an Prefecture some time ago, didn't I just come back?" He looked at Li Weijian with a pair of peach blossom eyes and said, "I've been idle for a while, and our brothers are walking around." I don't have the ability to be my brother's side, so I know how to be stubborn about this Jingshi......"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly interrupted: "The more you talk about it, the more unscrupulous it becomes, Brother Frugal has to take the exam, where can I follow you everywhere?" ”

Between the words, Wang Xifeng glanced at him angrily. Na Jia Lian was not angry, and said with a smile: "It's me who didn't think it through, so I'll wait for Brother Jian to pass the autumn season." ”

Li Weijian smiled and thanked him, secretly thinking in his heart, one from two to three people, this time Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng, the young couple, are mixing oil in honey, and I don't know when the two of them will start to make trouble.

After a pause, he said again: "This, there is another person's deed to bother the second sister-in-law." I heard that he was kicked out of the house, and his name is Akayuki-"

Wang Xifeng withdrew his smile and said in surprise: "Qian Xue? How did Brother Thrift find out? ”

"It's a long story." At that moment, he hid what he saw that day, and only said that Wu Haiping had met by chance repeatedly, and finally had a friendship with Na Qianxue. After saying that, he said: "Haiping has been following me for a long time, and it is rare to open his mouth once, it is not easy to refute the face, it is because I am cheeky to beg the second sister-in-law." ”

Wang Xifeng's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "What should I be, but I am just a maid who was thrown out." Cheng, I'll send her deed back together. ”