It's May, the Beijing division is getting hotter and hotter, the business of selling ice cubes is becoming more and more profitable, the price is changing day by day, and the small households can only look away, watching the big families buy ice cubes in cars.

There are not many ways for them to beat the heat, either to hide in the shade of a tree or to bring a scoop of cool well water.

By the way, the water company has been free for almost a month, and now it is finally charging. Clear and sweet water is thirty dollars a load, and Tong Suo is not deceived.

This move immediately aroused heated discussions among the Beijing teachers, saying strange things, but in the end there are still a few, most of the people have a little calculation, this year down at least half of the water bill, because it is the good of the water company, even with the praise of the saint Shengming.

Filial piety alley in the north of the outer city.

Lifu pushed the waterwheel to the door of a house and called for the door, but only an old man came out. Na Lifu frowned and said, "Can you bring it in by yourself?" No, where are those two little guys? ”

The old servant sneered and said nothing, took out thirty copper coins from his sleeve cage, then counted out five more, and handed them over: "I'm tired, let's help carry it in today." ”

Lifu was happy and said, "Won't those two little guys also sell it?" What do you say, Master Fu is not going to be an official? ”

The old servant coughed and said nothing, so Na Lifu carried a galvanized iron bucket in one hand, entered the courtyard, and poured clean water directly into the water tank in the kitchen of the east wing. Carrying the empty bucket back, when he arrived in the courtyard, Na Lifu looked at the west chamber unwillingly, but the window was pasted with green yarn, and the shadow and shadow saw a faint shadow, and he couldn't see the specific appearance.

Lifu secretly said that it was a pity, thinking that Ming'er might be able to catch a glimpse, so he took the empty bucket and left. After a while, a mother-in-law came out of the west chamber, spat at the back of Na Lifu, and scolded: "The toad wants to eat swan meat, wishful thinking!" ”

The mother-in-law secretly wondered in her heart, no matter how the Fu family is down, it can be regarded as an official eunuch, and the girl is outstanding, where can such a subordinate be coveted?

Just thinking about it, the two of them came out of the main room, and the mother-in-law hurriedly returned to the West Chamber. Fu Xian's face was full of sorrow and he didn't say a word, and on the side was an old gentleman with white hair.

The old gentleman arched his hand and said, "Dong Weng forgive me, I really don't worry about my family." In February, a letter came, and my grandson had a high fever, so it was easy to retreat, and now a letter has come, saying that my grandson is really stubborn, and he actually has a quarrel with the ya. Hey, I wanted to go around to help Dong Weng reinstate first, but I didn't want such a thing to happen, I was really ashamed. ”

Fu tried to make a bitter face, but he didn't say anything to the side, only said: "The old gentleman went early and returned early, I walked the door of Rongguo Mansion a few days ago, and I think there will be news soon." ”

The old gentleman pulled the corners of his mouth, wanted to laugh but forcibly held back, and arched his hand: "That's okay, if Dong Weng Ruoguan is reinstated, let's find another master, the old man is old, and I'm afraid that I will stay at home and make fun of my grandson in the future." ’

"Hey, it's okay, then I'll send it to Mr."

Fu tried to send the lecturer away, and returned to the courtyard in a daze under the pomegranate tree, not knowing what to do.

A woman came out of the main room, and when she opened her mouth, she scolded: "It sounds good, he just saw that the old man had lost his official position, and hurriedly went to find the next house." Phew, ungrateful, Cheng Yi shouldn't have given the five taels of silver! ”

Fu tried to come back to his senses, looked at his daughter-in-law and said, "Don't say a word, I have also been an official, so I must always leave some dignity." ”

The woman was annoyed: "Decent? There is dignity when there is silver, but what about silver? I have been an official with sesame mung beans for a few years, and I haven't caught any money, and I invite this and that to the family banquet every day. ”

It is not easy to be a Beijing official, Fu Yan is just a general judgment of the six grades, not counting Lu rice per year, only sixty taels of silver, and Bing Jing and Carbon Jing are about 1,200 taels in one place, which is a lot.

But he also threw a lot of money!

When you become an official, you always have to raise a master to help you make suggestions, right? If you invite a master, you will get three hundred taels per year; The master has it, you have to take a sedan chair when you go out, right? The sedan chair is invested at one time and is not counted, and the four sedan chair drivers are one hundred taels of foundations; There must be a maid next to the daughter-in-law and sister at home, right? There must be two servants who are outside listening to orders, which is another sum of money.

Except for the first day of the new year and fifteen o'clock in the Beijing official days, the rest of the scene is extremely leisurely, so feasting and drinking have become a trend. Fellow villagers, the same year, colleagues, you have a banquet today, and I will have a banquet tomorrow, and this has become a circle. If you don't go three or five times, it is tantamount to being cut off from the circle.

Because this Fu family looks at the scenery, in fact, life is tight.

This time, Fu tried to lose his official position, and the Fu family suddenly couldn't make ends meet, but there were signs of ruin in half a month.

Yesterday, the four sedan chair drivers took advantage of Fu Try's absence to ask for wages, and had a big quarrel with Fu Try's daughter-in-law. Today, the master is here to resign again...... Fu tried to feel that his heart was like ashes, and the road to recovery was hopeless.

The daughter-in-law chattered for a long time, and when she saw that she was silent, she suddenly glanced at the West Chamber, and said in a low voice: "Didn't you say that Qiufang was sent to Jiafu?" Why is there no movement? ”

"Shh Fu Yan came back to his senses suddenly, glanced at the West Chamber, dragged his daughter-in-law into the main room, and said in a low voice, "Don't let Qiu Fang listen." ”

The woman pouted and said, "You are hiding it deeply, don't you know that Qiu Fang is afraid that she will see it early in the morning." ”

When Fu tried to be a guest by Jia Zheng's side, he often advocated how his sister was 'Qiong Xiuyu', and he only left his thoughts in Jia Zheng's place, and he didn't want to be listened to by Baoyu.

In fact, the difference between the two is a full ten years old, and Fu Zhan didn't think about it at all. His real plan is to marry his sister-in-law to Jia Zheng as a concubine.

That Mrs. Wang is in her fifties, and she can't say when she will be sick, Jia Zheng is now surrounded by an Aunt Zhao and an Aunt Zhou, both of whom are born in a family, where can they compare to their own sister? If there really is such a day, it may be that his sister is like Mrs. Xing who fills the house.

In this way, Jia Zheng became his sister-in-law, and he should do his best to plan for himself to be promoted and make a fortune.

Naturally, Jia Zheng was just one of the alternatives, and Fu Yan had also taken a fancy to Yan Fengzhen before. However, Yan Xiyao's old fox didn't keep his hand, so he didn't give it a chance at all.

Hey, he planned well, but he gave birth to Xue Pan's case. One is the benefactor Jia's family, and the other is Yan Xiyao, who can't afford to offend, where does he dare to make a difference? simply took sick leave, which covered up the matter.

And then before he could mend the relationship with the Jia family, this Jingcha came! hated that Chen Hongmou, who also served as the secretary of the ministry, personally presided over the Beijing Chacha, and the imperial history of the Nadu Procuratorate went around to investigate, and actually set a 'careless' evaluation for Fu Xuan.

However, on the third or fifth day, the officials came to the clerk and ordered him to return home to be involved. This Fu tried to ask for help in Rongguo Mansion again, but was rejected by Jia Zheng, who had a temper.

Fu tried to know that he had offended Jia Zheng, but he had never been in the eyes of anyone's powerful people in the camp for a few years, and now he had to go to Rongguo Mansion every day to order his money.

Hearing the woman's words, Fu tried to mutter: "It's just a matter of seeing through it, you can't say it's broken." If it spreads, it will be difficult to do it. After a pause, Fu tried to stroke his beard and said: "My face is useless now, I don't think it is better to let Qiu Fang go for a while." ”

"Can it be done?"

Fu said with a smile: "The one who was born with a jade title in Rongguo Mansion likes Qiu Fang the most. Later, I asked Qiu Fang to give a four-color ceremony, and said that I would go to see the old lady, and I expected to see each other at all. There are one and two of these, and I will go to find the old man to be low and small, and I can always reveal this matter. ”

The woman frowned and said, "Where is the money in the house?" ”

Fu tried to scold: "In the woman's opinion, she is willing to give up, and she can only get if she is giving." If you really don't have any money, you will pawn your dowry first. ”

The woman also knew that this matter was important, and immediately slandered for a long time, and finally found a few kinds of head jewelry, and took them to pawn with Fu.

At that moment, Fu tried to pawn the silver money, purchased the four-color ceremony, and begged after coming back, but Fu Qiufang pushed it, so he had to follow the two mothers-in-law, hire a carriage and horse, and go all the way to Rongguo Mansion.

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Jia's mother's main room.

Xiangyun was taken back to the Shi family early in the morning, and Baoyu was guilty of hysteria, so he simply didn't go to the private school, and looked for his sisters to be naughty and unhappy every day.

It's just that he seems to have a little bit of a life with Sister Lin, Baoyu secretly thought in his heart, only to say that he almost hit Daiyu that day, because he took advantage of Daiyu to stroke the qin on this day, he led the maid to the back building.

Zijuan was guarding the front of the building, and when she saw that it was Baoyu, she hurriedly greeted her, and then shouted upstairs: "Girl, Second Master Bao is here." ”

The piano sounded for a moment, then stopped.

Baoyu laughed and led the attacker upstairs quickly, but was stopped by the snow geese at the top of the stairs.

"Second Master Bao is slow, the girl is thinly dressed, I'm afraid that I won't be able to see anyone, so I ask Second Master Bao to stay for a while."

Baoyu said: "What can't you see when you grow up together?" Flash away. ”

Snow Goose got Daiyu's orders, where is it? Left blocked, then stopped, and immediately annoyed Baoyu.

"What are you stopping me from doing?"

When the words fell, I heard Daiyu inside: "You are really a living Hades, and you can't stop it?" ”

Baoyu put his hand away from the snow goose, took two steps up and said with a smile: "Sister Lin is still annoyed?" Hey, all the mistakes are my fault, I really missed that day, and I never thought about smashing someone. ”

Daiyu folded one hand in front of him, the other behind him, and said with a slanted glance: "The vase never hit me, you want to be annoyed but you have found the wrong person." ”

Baoyu approached this time, and said with a shy face: "If I don't say it, I'm afraid that Sister Lin will ignore me again." If my sister is still angry, why don't you hit me twice? After all, I have to make my sister angry. ”

"I don't dare. Fourth Brother Jian was smashed all over his head and face with blood, which really annoyed you, and I was afraid that I couldn't bear it. ”

Daiyu turned around and sat down on the chair by herself, Baoyu was so anxious that she scratched her ears and cheeks, and said with a smile after a while: "I heard that the scenery in Haizili is just right now, why don't I ask the old ancestor for a reward?" ”

Seeing that Daiyu was silent, Baoyu said again: "Why don't I smoke myself?" ”

The attacker behind him couldn't stand it anymore, and stepped forward and said: "Miss Lin, our second master is also an unintentional mistake, Miss Lin has a lot of adults, it is better to spare the second master." ”

Daiyu glanced at him and said with a smile: "I'm not wide-minded, but I can't be praised by a good sister-in-law." ”

As soon as these words came out, Baoyu was still unconscious, and the attacker suddenly blushed. She and Baoyu tried Yunyu and kept it a secret, for fear that the old lady and Mrs. would find out, and they would be kicked out like that Qianxue.

I don't want to be known by Daiyu?

Will Daiyu tell the old lady? How can you live if you are kicked out of the house?

The attacker's face was blue and red for a while, and he hung his head and thought wildly, but he didn't dare to persuade again. Without the help of attackers, even if Baoyu is as clever as a reed, it only provokes Daiyu's salty and indifferent response.

Baoyu was bored, and seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, he had to turn back.

When I arrived in Jia's mother's main room, I hadn't said a word to Jia's mother, and there was a mother-in-law outside to report that Fu Qiufang had come to see Jia's mother.

Jia Mu immediately made a straight face: "Fu Qiufang? But that Fu Try's sister? ”

"Exactly."

Mother Jia groaned and was about to say that she couldn't see it, but Baoyu on the side suddenly clasped her hands together and said happily: "Ancestor, I have heard that Fu Qiufang is a beautiful girl, and she is also a talented and beautiful person, but it is a pity that she is too lucky. I don't want this to come! ”

Jia Mu hugged Baoyu and said, "Good girl, that Fu tried to be two-sided and three-stabbed, it is not good for people like us to have anything to do with it anymore." ”

Baoyu said: "The old ancestor's words are biased, how is Fu Qian, and what does it have to do with Fu Qiufang?" ”

Looking at her precious grandson's eagerness, Jia's mother thought about it, but she was afraid that if she didn't see Fu Qiufang today, Baoyu would make trouble again. It's okay to meet the previous face and answer correctly, and as for the request, it's all shirked.

Because it was Jia Mu, she said happily: "Baoyu said so, then let's see it." ”

The mother-in-law should go down and lead that Fu Qiufang in, and she didn't mention it.

said that on this day, Li Weijian found a clean cotton cloth and wrapped his head, and he never wore a hat, only tied his hair, and led Hongyu and Xiuying towards the east courtyard.

He was injured, and Mrs. Xing also came to visit him, this old man is sick, and he can't ignore it.

Hearing that Li Weijian came to the door with a gift, Jia Yu was suffering from not being able to have anything to do with Li Weijian these days, and he was overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly ordered someone to invite him in.

Li Weijian entered the outer study, greeted him a few times, and then sat down with the guests. The tea was served, and the two of them exchanged pleasantries, and the eldest lord Jia Yu said angrily: "Baoyu is getting more and more unseemly, look at the thrifty brother." This brother of the Jia family is always raised in the hands of the women in the house, won't he become a hakama?

Brother Jian didn't know, but I was upset for you in front of the old lady that day. It's a pity that the old lady listens to and believes partially, and can't listen to the advice of the ear. ”

Li Weijian was grateful, and arched his hand: "Thank you Uncle Shi for speaking for me." In fact, the little nephew didn't take it seriously in his heart. ”

He secretly thought in his heart, the eldest master will take eye medicine this time, but I'm afraid that he won't hold it back, and listen to what he has to say first.

(End of chapter)