"Why don't you speak?"

Baoyu looked at the past, but Xiangling only hung her head and did not speak. Baoyu smiled and said, "If you don't speak, I'll accept you." Let's go, I'll go to the old lady now. ”

Baoyu and Qin Zhong laughed and left, Xiangling clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and was extremely worried. She was abducted since she was a child and suffered a lot, so she developed the submissive temperament she has now.

Compared with the previous time when he was in the Xue family, he was frightened every day, and he naturally felt a lot more comfortable staying by the side of the fourth master of Jian. And the thrifty fourth master treats people very well, allows her to read, and sometimes mentions a few sentences to teach her to compose poems.

Although she is a fool, she is smart in her heart. Bao Er Ye looks like the fourth master of thrift, and treats people very well, but he is a little younger and can't protect the people around him. Not to mention the side, it is Na Qianxue...... The brother who is wrong Xiuying bumped into it by chance, but I am afraid that he has already been in Willow Lane.

Feeling more and more uneasy, Xiangling bit her lower lip and returned with her head borrowed, and after a while, she arrived in the small courtyard in the northeast, and saw Xiuying holding her belly crooked and dozing off on the chair, Qingwen sat under the eaves, carefully embroidering her shoes; The ruby is left to dry the bedding.

The two of them were far away, sometimes glancing at each other, one snorting coldly, and the other rolling his eyes. Xiangling was surprised in her heart, and she didn't know how the two of them got right again after a while.

Xiu Ying's eyes were half open, and she caught a glimpse of Xiangling coming back, and greeted weakly: "Xiangling, are you back?" ”

"Hmm."

She responded in a muffled voice, thinking that she would go to the study to read the poems to calm her mind, but she thought about the words of the second master of Fang Caibao over and over again in her heart. If he is really begged by Bao Erye, I am afraid that he will be frightened day and night.

Bao Erye's side is naturally not as rude as Uncle Xue, but the attacking, charming, and blue marks are not good at stubble. She is so obedient, and she can only be bullied there.

But so what? Xiangling secretly blamed herself for not being silent, Xu thought too much, couldn't help but red eyes, and sobbed and shed tears.

Hongyu's ears were the most sharp, and she could faintly hear the sound of sobbing, slapped the quilt twice, and looked into the study. Seeing that Xiangling was weeping, Hongyu dropped her job and walked into the study quickly: "Xiangling, why are you still crying?" ”

Qingwen is the best friend with Xiangling in the past day, and when she heard Hongyu's voice, she hurriedly dropped her shoes and entered the study with Xiuying, who was holding her belly.

The three maids, you said a word, I said a word, and after asking for a long time, Xiangling told the situation.

Hongyu frowned when she heard this: "This is not good! Bao Erye is the most favored by the old lady in the past day, except for the master, there is no longer anything to be afraid of. The fourth master is now sending people under the fence, this matter - always wait for the fourth master to come back. ”

Qingwen was a charcoal character, and immediately frowned and blurted out: "Second Master Bao? Wasn't Xiuying's sister-in-law in Bao Erye's room earlier? It is said that Second Master Bao pities the maids around him the most, but he can't even protect Qianxue. If you go, you might be bullied! Maybe after a year and a half, I also learned that Qianxue, and I was sent out of the house by my mother-in-law as soon as I covered it. At that time, there may not be Xiuying's brother to rescue it! ”

Xiangling suddenly cried even more when she heard this.

Qingwen said: "Who are you crying to?" Who told you not to speak? You can think clearly, if you want to go, then don't steal to wipe the tears; If you don't want to go, then I'll take you to make it clear to Second Master Bao. ”

Hongyu had just quarreled with Qingwen, and she had the heart to mention it, but she was angry, and although she felt that it was inappropriate, she didn't stop it. Xiu Ying returned to Han, but she also sensed that something was wrong.

said: "Qingwen, this is not good...... I have to wait until I tell my son before making plans. ”

Qingwen said: "When the son comes back, the second master Bao is only afraid that he has begged the old lady a long time ago, how can the fourth master refute the old lady's face?" If you want me to say, it's a matter of hurrying and not rushing. After a pause, she looked at Xiangling with hatred: "You have something to say!" It's really a desperate person! ”

Xiangling wiped away the tears on her face and shook her head again and again: "I don't ...... I don't want to go to Bao Erye's room. ”

"That's what I want from you!" Qingwen grabbed Xiangling with her hand, turned around and left: "Let's go, I'll take you to make it clear to Bao Erye!" ”

Although Xiangling was cowardly, she was sensible, and she was pulled forward, but she said: "This, Second Master Bao is the master, we can't deal with Second Master Bao, why don't we wait for Fourth Master Bao to come back——"

But where is Qingwen willing to listen? He only said: "The great truth of the world is the greatest, your body deed is not in the house, and you are not happy in your heart, you can't let the second master of Bao force it!" ”

Xiangling hesitated, and was dragged out by Qingwen. Xiu Ying blinked, for fear that the two of them would suffer a loss, so she hurriedly added: "Wait, I'll go too." ”

Hongyu saw that the three of them had gone, and secretly gritted her teeth, saying in her heart that if she only left herself behind this time, how should the fourth master look at himself in the future? So he hurriedly chased after him, and only before going out of the door, he ordered the two rough maids to take care of the door.

On the road, Hongyu couldn't help it after all, and persuaded a few words, but Qingwen's temper came up, where could she listen to persuasion? Just urged forward, from the sandwich road through the hall to the door of the inner instrument, met a housekeeper, Qingwen asked, and learned that Bao Erye was in the study Qi Hail Zhai this time, so he pulled Xiangling to the study again.

In Qihail Zhai, Baoyu and Qin Zhong are calligraphy and painting. The four maids of Raider, Charming Person, Musk Moon, and Bi Marks are waiting on the left and right.

Qin Zhong wrote a few strokes, causing Baoyu to shake his head again and again: "It's not good, it's not good, I just have its shape, I don't see its meaning." As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed Qin Zhong's wrist and slowly moved the pen, so a line of handwriting was written on the paper.

Spreading his hand, Baoyu smiled and said, "Look at the words now." ”

Qin Zhong smiled shyly and said, "I really can't compare to you." ”

Baoyu was about to speak, when she heard a woman shouting outside: "Second Master Bao is here?" ”

The attacker leaned out half of his body and looked out, turned his head and said, "It's Qingwen and Xiaohong in the fourth master's room, it's strange, why did the four maids come together?" ”

Baoyu thought of Xiangling, and said with a smile: "You go and take a look, maybe there is something to say." ”

The attacker responded, and when he got out of the study, he met Qingwen and the others. Qingwen pulled Xiangling and said, "What about Second Master Bao?" I want to talk to Bao Erye. ”

The attacker's face suddenly had a sense of displeasure, because he said: "Second Master Bao is studying with Uncle Qin, why don't you come back later?" ”

Where is Qingwen willing to wait? He only craned his neck and shouted, "Second Master Bao, I have something to say to you!" ”

"You-"

The attacker was frosty, and was about to scold, but Hongyu stepped forward and smiled: "Sister, don't blame, Qingwen is also in a hurry." ”

Baoyu was about to come out of the study at this time, and at a glance he caught a glimpse of Xiangling with a red eye circle hanging down his head, and saw Qingwen humming angrily, he walked over with his hands and stopped and said, "Are you looking for me?" ”

"Second Master Bao-" Hongyu was about to speak, Qingwen grabbed Bai and said: "Second Master Bao is so unreasonable, Xiangling is now a maid in the fourth master's room, and she is not in the house, she is not happy in her heart, how can Second Master Bao take Xiangling away regardless of it?" ”

"Huh?" Baoyu was surprised: "I just asked, she kept her head shut and didn't speak, didn't she just agree?" ”

"Where is it?" Qingwen pulled Xiangling and pushed hard: "You tell Bao Er Ye by yourself." ”

Xiangling clenched the sweat towel, looked up at Baoyu, and muttered for a long time before saying, "Second Master Bao, I am now in the fourth master's room...... It's good, I don't want to move around. ”

Baoyu felt sorry in her heart, a look of ridicule appeared on her face, and she smiled bitterly: "I thought you were unsatisfactory in the fourth brother's room...... Stop, you are bent on staying, why should I be a wicked person in vain? When I go back, I'll talk to my ancestor again, this matter ...... Forget it. ”

Qingwen stayed with Jia's mother for a few months, and she could always see Baoyu on the same day. Seeing him talking so well, most of the temperament in his heart suddenly disappeared, because Hongyu hurriedly whispered a few words in her ear, Qingwen bent down and said: "Second Master Bao, I just said inappropriately, I'm annoying to you here." ”

In the face of a pretty woman, Baoyu was always very tolerant, so she smiled and said, "What kind of offense is this? It's just a trifle. ”

Hongyu hurriedly stepped forward and said a few good words, and Baoyu said a few perfunctory words and went back to the study. The four maids were annoyed, sad, worried, or worried about looking all the way, but when they returned, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Qingwen seemed to have won a battle, and said proudly: "I just said, the world is the greatest, and Bao Er Ye is a reasonable person." ”

Xiangling's mood improved, and she pulled Qingwen's hand and thanked her without saying anything: "Thank you for this experience." Then he thanked Xiuying and Hongyu respectively.

The girl Xiuying laughed playfully, but Hongyu was worried.

She had been waiting outside Baoyu's room earlier, and Su Ri knew that the few maids beside Baoyu were not fuel-efficient lamps, and she was so troubled by Qingwen, although Baoyu said that she might not think much about it, where could those maids allow outsiders to knock on the door? I'm afraid that there will be trouble after this, so I have to go back and talk to the fourth master.

But as Hongyu expected, as soon as they left with their front feet, they found an excuse when they attacked people with their back feet, and quietly went out of Qifeizhai and went to Mrs. Wang's courtyard.

It was still early in the morning, and Mrs. Wang was talking to Aunt Xue.

In the end, it was a sister, and Aunt Xue finally saw the faces of these relatives clearly a while ago, seeing that the Xue family was about to decline, she pounced like a wolf and a tiger, for fear that she would eat less.

The old man Jia Yu and Aunt Wang are proof of this. She scolded her stomach for a long time, and she was also depressed and tight, and she didn't know who to talk to.

Mrs. Wang only comforted for a while, and then she didn't know how to persuade again. All kinds of reasons can't be separated from the cause and effect. If Aunt Xue had disciplined Xue Pan for a long time, how could there be such a thing?

Now that the matter is over, it's too late to say anything.

Mrs. Wang said: "Pan'er's case, you always have to think about ending it." ”

Aunt Xue sighed: "Hey, the case is in the Criminal Department, and it is impossible to say that the Inspectorate has a sub-register, unless it is through the sky, otherwise-"

Although Baochai told Aunt Xue about the method proposed by Li Weijian, she repeatedly told Aunt Xue not to say that she would go out, and it was these relatives who were guarded against.

Mrs. Wang twisted the Buddha beads, recited a few words of 'Amitabha', and was about to say something, when the maid came to report, saying that the attackers from Baoyu's side were coming.

The attacker's real surname was Hua, who was originally a maid beside the old lady, who served Shi Xiangyun for several years, and later Jia's mother saw that she was conscientious and sent to serve Baoyu.

Attacking people is a thoughtful, since he has a skin-to-skin relationship with Baoyu, he regards the position of his aunt as his own, thinking that if he wants to be an aunt, he must pass the pass of Mrs. Wang, so he walked around Mrs. Wang openly and secretly.

"Attackers? Xu is Baoyu is confused again, I'll ask. Mrs. Wang explained, got up and came out, called the attacker aside and asked carefully.

There is no need to add oil and vinegar to the attack, but only the original situation of Fang Cai, and Mrs. Wang was suddenly so angry that her face was cold!

For Mrs. Wang, Baoyu is her lifeline, and whoever can't get along with Baoyu, she will fight with that person!

I didn't like my daughter-in-law Li Kun in my heart, and I didn't even like Li Weijian, but now it's good, the maid in Li Weijian's room has bullied Baoyu!

"Good! The slave seedling has bullied the master! Mrs. Wang said hatefully, took a deep breath and calculated.

This is not mentioned, and said that Li Weijian first went to the firearms test site of the Ministry of Industry outside the city to light the firearms test site that day, and then went to the city to check the progress of the well sinking.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, there are pros and cons. The advantage is that it is convenient to sink wells, and the disadvantage is that it is not easy to block shallow groundwater. The two sides are offset, and it still takes more than ten days to dig a sweet water well.

Yesterday, I heard that I could produce sweet water today, so Li Weijian went to the left of Xinjiekou, staring at Liu Da and the others to direct the craftsmen to dig wells.

After chiseling for an hour, suddenly a craftsman shouted, "Out of the water!" ”

Liu Da didn't give in, tied the rope and fell to the bottom of the well, bowed and took a sip, and then shouted: "Sweet!" ”

There was thunder of joy around him, and the craftsmen became more and more energetic.

Some people came over to inquire how to sell this sweet water. The little official of the inner house said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this sweet water well belongs to the water company, and it will be sold in a few days after it is reinforced." This is the saint's act of mercy to the people, and the price is naturally cheaper than the market. How much cheaper? Shangguan said that sweet water is only sold as bitter water, and it will be forty yuan per load! ”

At this moment, even the onlookers thundered with joy. Li Weijian walked away from the crowd with a smile, called Wu Haiping, and the two returned in a carriage.

He calculated in his heart that the inner government had built a batch of water pumps, which could be installed the next day. However, regardless of manpower or animal power, it can always save a few laborers. Counting the cost of hiring a water man, there are always more than 30 dollars left for a load of water, which is really a good livelihood to sit on the ground and collect money!

The carriage moved forward, and the front was suddenly congested, Wu Haiping asked, and then drilled into the alley. As a result, he didn't go far away, and was blocked by a few big men.

Wu Haipingle stopped the carriage and said with horizontal eyebrows: "Childe, I'm afraid these people are just coming for us." ”

"Huh?" Li Weijian opened the curtain, and saw the Ding brothers among several men.

The brothers of the Nading family also saw him, and immediately hesitated. knows that Li Weijian's hands and eyes are all over the sky, and he knows the roots of the two of them, but it is not easy to offend.

At this time, Li Weijian said to the two: "Ding Rufeng, Ding Rusong, how much money did the employer give this time?" ”

Ding Rusong said: "Three or two! ”

"Tsk," Li Weijian said in disgust: "It's too picky!" I'll give you ten taels, and the water will beat me with this man!" I'll take you as a helper afterwards. ”

The two brothers looked at each other and swung their sticks in all directions.

"Grandma! The Ding brothers are backwater! ”

Crackling -

(End of chapter)