Rongguo Mansion.

Yu Liu counted the time, this time was not more than halfway over, and it was expected that the eldest master and the second master should also come back. I got a reward last time, and Yu Liu really looked forward to the eldest master sending another sum today, so I can't say that I can get another reward.

Thinking about it, he saw a group of cars and horses coming from the east of Ningrong Street, Yu Liu hurriedly moved the stool and waited, and when he got closer, Yu Liu immediately saw that something was wrong.

What's wrong? Na Xing'er and Long'er were all small men, their faces were tense, and they even talked with their sleeves together, for fear of disturbing the master on the frame, so cautious...... Could it be that the eldest master lost it today?

secretly scolded for his bad luck, he was so bad that he robbed this job today, and he had to work for others in the future. At this point, Yu Liuxin could only admit it, and when the frame stopped, he immediately put the stool next to the wheel, and he didn't dare to make a sound, so he just stood on the side.

The curtain was opened, and the second master Lian covered his face and got out of the car, peeking at it, and there was an extra slap mark on the second master's good dough! Yu Liu didn't dare to be careless, and bent over to wait for the side more and more.

Suddenly, the old man got out of the carriage with a gloomy face, and then strode towards the black oil gate. The second master sighed, shook his sleeves, and entered the mansion through the corner door.

Long Er was behind him, and Yu Liuxin wondered, and hurriedly chased after him and asked, "What did you say?" ”

Long'er said impatiently: "Don't ask!" ”

"Lost?" Yu Liu asked in a low voice.

Long'er bowed slightly.

Yu Liu asked: "Didn't you lose money this time?" ”

Long'er paused, glanced at Yu Liudao: "No less compensation?" Oh, it's not a little compensation, not to mention that it's all lost, and I still owe four thousand taels! ”

"Huh?"

Yu Liuda was taken aback, but Long'er ignored him, and followed Jia Lian into the Rongguo Mansion with two steps.

Xing'er, Long'er and the other little servants dispersed at the Yimen, and Jia Lian entered the Yimen, frowning and looking all the way to his house.

In Sister Feng's yard, the maid caught a glimpse of Jia Lian coming in, and hurriedly shouted: "Second grandma, second master is back!" ”

In the middle, Wang Xifeng is checking accounts with Ping'er, and he made some money by relying on stocks before, and the accounts of the Rongguo Mansion are flat in August. Wang Xifeng was thinking about whether to go back and draw some silver from the public school to buy some shares, and Jia Lian came back.

Wang Xifeng put down the account book and frowned slightly, then smiled: "It seems that I don't have to make any money today, otherwise, I will go to the eldest master Gao Le in the morning." ”

Ping'er smiled and said: "I heard that the second master followed the eldest master, and he has made a lot of money these days." ”

Wang Xifeng snorted and said: "If you earn a couple of melons and dates every day, you won't be at home, if you make a gold mountain and a silver sea in the future, won't you be even more invisible?" You go and greet it, and see what it means today. ”

Ping'er greeted him, got up and went to the outer room, and happened to bump into Jia Lian who entered the room. Ping'er was very good at observing words and feelings, and saw that Jia Lian's face was gray, although he forced himself to smile, but there was a sense of unease in that smile.

"Second master." She followed aside and said, "Grandma is taking account of the accounts now." ”

"Oh." Jia Lian answered, went straight inside, and saw Wang Xifeng holding the account book in one hand and pulling the abacus in the other.

Jia Lian smiled and leaned over and reached out to wrap his hand around Wang Xifeng's shoulder. Wang Xifeng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't make trouble, it's taking account." ”

Jia Lian said: "Why is this an account? ”

Wang Xifeng glanced at him and said, "You Second Master Lian doesn't care about anything, don't I have to think about it carefully?" After a pause, seeing the flattery on his face, Wang Xifeng pursed his lips and said happily: "Yo, look at the posture of the second master, I have lost it today." ”

Jia Lian sneered, speechless.

"How much did you lose?"

Jia Lian sighed: "Seven hundred taels." ”

Wang Xifeng was slightly distressed, and then said: "Brother Jian also said that day, if there are wins and losses in this stock transaction, only seven hundred taels were lost, and there was still three or five hundred left, so it was better to take it out and keep it for expenses." ”

Jia Lian's smile became more and more bitter, and said: "It's all lost, and I still owe Shuntianfu seven hundred taels." ”

"Huh?" Wang Xifeng was taken aback, his willow eyebrows raised, and his phoenix eyes glared at Jia Lian: "It's all lost, how can you owe seven hundred taels?" ”

"I'm afraid I can't say these three words, in short, I signed and wrote an IOU today to get out of the exchange. Hey, I regret not listening to the good words of my frugal brothers...... Feng'er, you're—"

Wang Xifeng didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then grabbed the white and said: "Don't think about it! My second master is every three or five times, and one or two hundred are gone. Now that I want any more silver, I simply take my gold collar and go to it. ”

"This ...... No, no, I'll think about it again. ”

Jia Lian sighed again, got up and left. Wang Xifeng was absent-minded for a long time, and the account book never opened. Suddenly, he said: "It's really strange, how can you owe seven hundred taels?" Ping'er, you go to Xunxing'er and Long'er to listen to it, isn't the second master raising an outer room outside? ”

Ping'er pursed her lips and said, "Grandma said this, even if the second master has that heart, he doesn't have that guts." ”

"If you go, you can go, and then go and see what the second master is doing now."

Ping'er responded, got up and listened. After a full light of tea, Ping'er hurried back.

"Grandma, I've listened." Ping'er got closer, and immediately talked about the matter of borrowing shares, and then turned his head and said, "I heard that the eldest master owes four thousand taels of silver." It's also a loss to people like us, who are small and small, and there are also bankrupt families for that share. After a pause, he said: "The second master is picking up in the study this time, fan, jade pendant, inkstone, how much silver can be used as a sample." ”

Wang Xifeng snorted and was speechless.

Ping'er persuaded: "Grandma and the second master are husband and wife, and you can't look at the second master without face." It's okay to say that these three or five days, but I'm afraid that after a long time, the Shuntianfu will come to collect debts, and I'm only afraid of ...... I'm afraid that grandma and the second master are separated. ”

Wang Xifeng took a deep breath and thought for a while: "That's it, you go and find him." The body that was so easy to save was taken away by him, and he was really unwilling. ”

Ping'er responded, but didn't say more, and hurriedly got up to look for Jia Lian, and didn't mention it.

East across the courtyard.

The eldest lord Jia Yu passed all the way through the triple instrument gate to enter the inner house, and Mrs. Xing came out early, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that the eldest lord Jia Yu had a gloomy face.

Mrs. Xing is a good wait-and-see person, so she immediately smiled and accompanied her carefully. All the way to the hall, Jia Yu sat down on his side, and a maid served tea.

Jia Yu picked it up and tasted it, snorted, and then threw the tea cup on the maid.

", do you want to burn me?"

Mrs. Xing had no choice but to persuade her, but instead helped her to abuse: "The eyeless slave seedling, drag it down and hit twenty boards!" ”

At that moment, a mother-in-law stepped forward and pulled the maid and left, no matter how the maid prayed, it was useless.

The rest of the people in the hall were so shocked that they didn't dare to breathe, and they could smell the needles falling for a while.

Mrs. Xing waited for a while, and when she saw Jia Yu sighing, she asked, "Master, today...... Not going well? ”

"Lost."

"Lost? Don't worry about it, if you make money, you will lose it, and you will earn it back if you can't say that you will earn it back in the future. ”

"I can't come back, the more than 10,000 taels were smashed in, and I still owe Shuntianfu 4,000 taels of silver."

"Huh?" Mrs. Xing was shocked.

Because of Jia's mother's presence, although the big house and the second room of Rongguo Mansion have not been separated, they can enter the house with their own doors, which is the same as being separated. Although the food and consumption are in the public account, the scattered expenses in the vegetarian days have to be forgiven by the two of them.

The more than 10,000 taels of silver is all the floating wealth of the East Cross Courtyard, and now it is all gone, what will happen to the expenses in the future?

Mrs. Xing frowned sadly and thought, "Why don't I go with the old man to ask the old lady?" ”

Jia Yu snorted coldly and was speechless. Because of the arrears before, Jia Yu had a trouble, and he didn't have to say anything good, which disgusted the old lady, and he didn't go to see Jia's mother for a long time. Now if you ask for help, what else can you get except to provoke cynicism?

Mrs. Xing said after a while: "Those fans in the master's study-"

"The fan can't move!" Before he finished speaking, he was cut off by Jia Yu. Jia pardon has two hobbies in his life, one is greedy and lustful, and the other is especially cherishing those fans. Because I have been getting older recently, this problem of greedy flowers and lust has been slightly reduced, so I cherish the hard-won fan more and more.

When Mrs. Xing heard this, she suddenly lost her mind, and only frowned and said nothing.

After a long time, Jia Yu said: "How is Yingchun and the person surnamed Li?" ”

"This-" Mrs. Xing sneered on her face, Li Weijian couldn't calculate last time, Mrs. Xing was punished by Mother Jia to copy the Diamond Sutra in the Buddhist hall, and her hand was about to break after copying it ten times. Later, when he came back, he was also reprimanded by Jia Yuhao, only saying that he had ruined his big things.

Or recently Jia Yu killed all sides in the stock market, so he put this matter behind him for the time being. Because of Mrs. Xing, where do you dare to touch your hands? And Yingchun moved out of the East Cross Courtyard early, and he could see each other every day when the old lady made rules.

Now that the old thing is brought up again, Mrs. Xing suddenly didn't know what to say.

The eldest lord Jia Yu raised his eyebrows and scolded: "Stupid woman, I have already told you to take care of you, it is not your fault, why should I worry today, master?" Just look for the one surnamed Li, and a few thousand taels of silver are not obediently offered? ”

Mrs. Xing was annoyed again and again, and said after a while: "Why don't you find the second girl...... The maid next to me came to ask? ”

The old man groaned silently, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Mrs. Xing hurriedly sent the maid to look for Si Qi, and when Si Qi came in, she was worried after just a glance.

Mrs. Xing squeezed out a smile and said, "Si Qi, how are the second girls lately?" ”

"It's all good."

"That'...... What about the second girl and the thrifty brother? Brother Jian has seen the second girl recently? ”

Si Qi hesitated and said, "I've come to see it twice, and after sitting for a while, the fourth master left." ”

Mrs. Xing was suddenly overjoyed, looked at Jia Yu and said, "Master, Brother Jian and the second girl are getting better." You see......"

"Hmm."

The eldest lord answered, secretly thinking in his heart. His eldest man also wants to be face-saving, how can he let the debt collector catch up with him? In three or five days, the money owed must be settled. Since Li Weijian and Yingchun have never broken off contact, this mouth asks for a sum of silver, so it's no problem, right?

Sent away Si Qi, the eldest lord Jia Yu didn't dare to take it big, seeing that it had just been dinner, he got up and led a few maids to roar towards the small courtyard in the northeast.

said that Li Weijian had just come back that day, and when he sat down, he saw that Qingwen's face was wrong.

Li Weijian thought about it for a while, and then understood, but he was afraid that his body would be contaminated with some fat and powder, and the little girl was eating it. Expecting to tease her later, Qingwen put the matter down.

But he never thought that he did his best to make a lot of naughty jokes during dinner, and the remaining three maids laughed back and forth, but Qingwen looked at each other coldly, pouting a cherry mouth, as if she could hang an oil bottle.

After dinner, Li Weijian took advantage of the other three maids to be busy, and then pulled Qingwen and asked softly, "What's wrong today?" ”

Qingwen glanced at her: "What's wrong?" The fourth master himself is not clear? The family is waiting for the fourth master one by one, and the fourth master is not enough, and he has to go outside to find those dirty and smelly ones. ”

Li Weijian couldn't grasp Qingwen's thoughts for a while, so he sighed and was speechless.

Qingwen peeked at it, thinking that what she had just said was serious, and seeing Li Weijian's appearance like this, she lowered her voice and asked, "Fourth master, but that fox is going to be blackmailed with the last thing?" ”

"Kitsune?"

With a sigh, Qingwen said indignantly: "Now the fourth master still has to hide it for her?" Look at Si Qi's virtue that can't be pulled out at a glance at the fourth master in a few days, who can't see it? ”

Li Weijian wondered: "How did you find out?" ”

Qingwen said: "Smell it." ”

Li Weijian suddenly thought about it, and said: "You also know her nature, when she has a temper, she is afraid that she will seek death and life, and she is a good person, so it is not good to find a short-term opinion for this matter." ”

Qingwen only thought that Si Qi really wanted to blackmail Li Weijian, and said angrily: "Such a shameless person, who cares if she wants to die or live?" I know that the fourth master has a good heart, and if he really can't get over it, he just asks for a deed. When you enter the room, you always have to abide by some rules, but you can't let her indulge the fourth master. ”

Li Weijian was sneering in his heart and said with a smile: "The things here are a bit complicated, actually-"

At this time, Hongyu outside shouted: "Fourth master, the eldest master is here!" ”

Jia Yu is here?

Li Weijian's second monk was at a loss, and he couldn't tell what Jia Yu meant. immediately left Qingwen and got up to go out to greet her. When he arrived in the courtyard, he saw Jia Yu's brows tightened, and when he saw Li Weijian, he squeezed out a smile.

"Virtuous nephew, we haven't seen each other in a while. Haha, my nephew didn't come to see me these days, and now I have to come to see my nephew. ”

Li Weijian smiled and bowed his hand and said: "Uncle Shi has been going out early and returning late these days, and he is busy with the economy, so the little nephew is really not good to disturb." Uncle Shi, please, Hongyu, go and make tea. ”

Jia Yu responded with a smile, and immediately entered the hall with Li Weijian, and when the two of them sat down, and served tea, they talked nonsense about the future.

After going around and around, after talking for a long time, Li Weijian couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Shi came to look for his little nephew this time, but is there something wrong?" ”

(End of chapter)