In the side garden, the lanterns swayed in the wind, and the charcoal fire in the brazier reflected red in all directions.

Smack-

The wine cup slammed on the ground, Lai Shangwen's eyes were red, and he pulled his robe indiscriminately and said, "I'm afraid your dice are filled with lead, right?" ”

Wu Haining on the other side smiled and said angrily: "Second Brother Lai, what are you talking about?" When you won the other day, you didn't say lead on the dice. ”

With a shake of his hand, the dice changed to exactly the same one in the blink of an eye, and threw it straight in front of Lai Shangwen. That Lai Shangwen picked up suspiciously, shook it, but didn't notice anything unusual.

The left and right said: "It's night, I'm sleepy, why don't you forget it today?" ”

Another person also said: "It's scattered, and I'll play it again tomorrow!" ”

Lai Shangwen just lost more than a dozen dollars, where is he willing to give up? Immediately pulled the two of them: "It's still early at this hour, let's play again." Anyway, let me get back to my book. ”

Wu Haining said: "That's it, Second Brother Lai has been memorizing words for the past few days, I think it's better to talk about it another day." ”

"Just a handful! Win or lose, win or lose. ”

Someone said, "How do you count that?" ”

Lai Shangwen grinned: "I'll just write an IOU, my father is the head of Ning Guofu, can he still send you that money?" ”

Pai Gow was re-stacked, Wu Haining picked up the dice, shook his hand and played, Lai Shangwen took it in his hand and looked at it, and was overjoyed!

The two red two-point cards in hand are land cards. This card nine cards are divided into heaven, earth, people, and, plum blossoms, long three, bench, the ground card is extremely rare, Lai Shangwen lost a night, now only the way to run, is to forcibly endure, but also can't help but curl the corners of the mouth.

Seeing this situation, Wu Haining and the other family did not follow, and only the order Dahong kept following with a bitter face. The chips were higher and higher, and when they were short, they were increased to twenty hangs.

Seeing that Lai Shangwen was going to increase the weight, Wu Haining persuaded: "It's just that the brother is playing stubborn, twenty hangings is not less, I think it's almost open." ”

Lai Shangwen smiled and said, "Lao Dan, what do you say? ”

Shan Dahong frowned and said: "Don't follow, open the cards." ”

Lai Shangwen said hesitantly: "Count your acquaintance, look at it!" ”

Smack-

Pai Gow smashed on the board. "Lands!"

was about to rub his hands to collect money, but saw Shan Dahong unhurriedly dropped two pai gow, but it was one red and one black twelve points, a heavenly card!

Lai Shangwen was dumbfounded, and said in annoyance for a long time: "You, you deceive me!" ”

Shan Dahong said unhurriedly: "If I really want to cheat you, I will increase it." They all said that they would go back to the words, but they didn't believe it. ”

Wu Haining yawned and said, "That's it, Second Brother Lai, Brother Shan is also kind." It's just twenty dollars, what is it worth? Where can you get all this money back? Dispersed, Ming'er rested, and my brother took him to have fun. ”

Lai Shangwen has words of suffering. He secretly had a private meeting with Jia Rong's maid before, and was blackmailed by Jia Rong for more than 100 taels of silver, and it was easy to get to Li's house, but he lost almost 50 taels in more than half a month. He only has one or two dollars a month, what do you pay back? I can't say that I have to go home and lie, and I coaxed Lao Tzu Niang to repay the debt.

Lai Shangwen returned depressed, rolled up the futon and turned it over and over for a long time before falling asleep.

In the next day, because he had the best friendship with Wu Haining, Lai Shangwen simply found the housekeeper Wu Haiping and set Xiu Mu on this day. Early in the morning, he left the mansion with Wu Haining and headed towards the Huguo Temple in the outer city.

On this day, just in time for the temple meeting of the protectorate, the two of them wandered around, Wu Haining suddenly caught a glimpse of a pawnshop, and said hesitantly: "Second brother Lai, wait for the brothers for a while." ”

After saying that, the meteor strode towards the pawnshop, Lai Shangwen wondered, but saw Wu Haining take out an enamel snuff bottle from his sleeve cage before entering the door, but he had to wait for a while, and when he came out again, he saw Wu Haining weighing a few pieces of broken silver in his hand.

Wu Haining said with a smile: "Today's profit is good, and the second brother Lai should spend it, and they are all brothers!" ”

Lai Shangwen said with a smile: "To be honest, where did the enamel colored snuff bottle come from?" ”

Wu Haining blinked: "Where did you get the snuffbox?" Second brother Lai, don't want to wronged people. ”

Lai Shangwen was immediately silent, he had long been accustomed to this kind of situation in Ning Guofu, how could he not know the inner doorway? As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, and relying on the master, do you have to eat the master? Rongguo Mansion has a big garden, and the uncle's family has a small garden, this master eats meat, and the next person always wants to drink some soup, right?

Lai Shangwen consciously figured out the door of the Li family's mansion, because his heart was relaxed, he immediately followed Wu Haining to eat Haisai, and he didn't mention it.

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On this day, Xiangling Xincai broke the melon, Li Weijian saved for a long time, Xu is used to running, and he always feels awkward in this leisure, because he went to the steam engine factory in the outer city at the end of the day.

At this time, the factory expanded a few points, and it happened that Cao Yunsheng was also there today, and the old and the young immediately went around to inspect it. Li Weijian saw that the venue was full of pig iron, and he was slightly puzzled, and the steward hurriedly said: "Uncle doesn't know, this is the iron material that has been hoarded until February." Now it looks like the moon is coming, and when the canal is completely unsailable, and then you want to use a set of cars to pull and transport, and the price will rise by at least 30%. ”

Yes, the canal from Jinmen to Beijing will freeze in winter, and you can't go by boat, so why don't you have to pay some freight?

Then he went to check the steam engines that had been set up, and although they had been built, only two had been built. Don't look at the expansion only, the craftsmanship is not ordinary and comparable.

When it was first built, the shareholders were overjoyed and pitched it out. However, I ordered a few units from Leting Iron Factory, and although the Jiangnan gentry were speechless, none of them made up their minds. As soon as I asked, I knew that the Jiangnan weaving yard had not yet designed a complete set of power application schemes, and such a large steam engine was really useless.

Because the factory built six for the iron works, two were kept, and then began to build small horsepower steam engines.

Li Weijian couldn't help scratching his head, secretly wondering when there is a shortage of talents, if someone designs a weaving factory, a steam engine drives a hundred and ten looms, where will the Jiangnan gentry only buy a small-horsepower pot camel machine?

The road to industrialization is long and obstructive, so take your time!

After wandering around, I was about to return to my house, and there was a steward who came to look for me, and said with a bitter face: "It is said that this matter can only be asked to the uncle...... Now there is no shortage of iron, but the milk has to be purchased from the inner house. However, the inner government repeatedly shirked it, but the production of fat milk was very limited, and it had to be supplied by the inner government. This...... If there is no milk, although our steam engine can still run, but the air leakage is too much, and the strength is at least half less. ”

Another tricky question, rubber trees don't grow overnight. Li Weijian only turned his head and discussed with the inner government, and he always had to allocate some shares to the factory. Thanks to the fact that the inner government of the steam engine factory also invested in shares, otherwise the king of Zhongyong has not returned now, and the two assistant ministers are really difficult to deal with.

In another case, although several stewards were always asking for orders, there were still craftsmen who were negligent, and in June, the stirring reverberatory furnace spewed molten iron, burning three craftsmen alive.

The factory paid four hundred taels of silver before the craftsman's family was appeased, and no trouble was made to Shuntianfu. Rao is like this, and there are also imperial historians who impeached him, and Cao Yunsheng privately smashed thousands of taels to suppress the matter.

Li Wei was frugal: "The compensation for the craftsman is four hundred taels, but it costs several thousand taels to send the imperial history." Li Weijian didn't know how to say it, but Dashun's national conditions are like this, and the factory is in Beijing, so will he have to be blackmailed by those gangs of Qingliu?

Cao Yunsheng said: "According to the forehead, it is better to move the factory to Leting." Something happened in that place, and how many pieces of silver did you send to the county? ”

Li Weijian thought for a while and said: "After the New Year, try to split it and dismantle the reverberatory furnace to the Leting." ”

"That's right!" Cao Yunsheng smiled and suddenly said, "Uncle, what is the situation with the shares of the iron factory?" They are all ready for silver, why doesn't this court sell it? ”

That's right, Leting Iron Factory originally sold out a part of the shares, but Suzhou Xishan Island cement business is too profitable, now the imperial court won the battle of Qinghai, planed off the pension, reward, and even left more than 10 million taels of silver, the iron factory saw that it was a golden egg, because the Ministry of Industry, the inner government at the same time on the sage, simply this iron factory shares let's not sell, all in the hands, the future interest is the court.

This remark is in line with the sage's wishes, because the shares of this iron factory have not been listed for a long time, but it has made Cao Yunsheng and other rich people look forward to it for several months.

Li Weijian smiled and said: "It's okay, that stock can't always be in the hands of the imperial court, if you don't sell it at this time, how do you know if you won't sell it in the future?" ”

Dashun is not short of money? When he Li Weijian gets the train out, he will not be able to eat it just by repairing a horizontal and vertical imperial court, and he will have to take out this stock and sell it at that time.

Saying goodbye to Cao Yunsheng and others, Cao Yunsheng feasted and drank again, Li Weijian smiled and declined, and then set off to go to the Inner Mansion Office.

Xiangyun is about to give birth, so he must give a suitable gift. This gift should not be shabby or too expensive. Seeing that the person who came was Li Weijian, the small official of the office greeted him with a smile and walked around, and Li Weijian chose a bracelet wrapped with white agate.

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Two days have passed, and it is the nineteenth day of the winter month. In the first two days, Xiangling's heart was full of tenderness and sweetness, but after a while, the strength of the thrifty fourth master increased greatly, and Xiangling couldn't bear it between the bed.

I tossed for a long time last night, and I didn't get up until the third pole of the sun. had breakfast with Aunt Zhen first, and Aunt Zhen's exploration inside and outside of her words made Xiangling's cheeks crimson. Back to the inner house, I heard that the fourth master of Jian went to the factory early in the morning, Xiangling rested slightly, and hurriedly asked Wu Haiping to prepare a carriage and hurried to Rongguo Mansion.

Poetry as soon as she wandered outside the door, it was the time to pay attention, it was not that she had been delayed in the past few days, but she was afraid that she would come to visit Master Daiyu early.

Just after noon, the carriage and horses arrived at the Derong Mansion. Menzi recognized the Li family's carriage, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, but he saw that it was only Xiangling, and he was immediately disappointed, but he was also respectful, and looked for his mother-in-law to introduce Xiangling into the inner house.

There was a snow yesterday, this time Baoyu, Sanchun, and Baochai all went to the garden to enjoy the snow, and Daiyu was weak and intolerant of wind and cold, so she stayed in the back building to read and play the piano.

The maid Xueyan led Xiangling in, took two steps and said with a smile: "Girl, let's see who is coming?" ”

"Xiangling?" Daiyu pressed the strings and said with a smile: "You won't come until a few days later." ”

Xiangling smiled and said: "I just worshipped the master, you must be diligent, otherwise the master will not teach the real skills." ”

Daiyu smiled and said: "I'm just a rough writer, where did I get my real skills?" Writing some poems is just for the occasion. ”

The female officer Wei Kanyu knew that it was an eyesore, so she got up and said, "Girl, let's rest first, I'm a little depressed at this time, just go down for a walk." ”

Daiyu hurriedly ordered Zijuan to wait, bid farewell to Wei Kanyu, and then pulled Xiangling to sit down. The two talked about some gossip, and Xiangling asked some puzzled questions, and when Daiyu returned, it was a little abrupt.

Suddenly, he smiled and said, "With Miss Lin's doubts, it is really an empowerment." In the past few days, in addition to the words and sentences drawn by Miss Lin, I happened to see another poem, which has many incomprehensible points, and I just happened to ask Miss Lin for advice. ”

Daiyu has a clear mind, where does she not know the meaning of Xiangling? Thinking that it was probably the poems made by the fourth brother of Jian, he suddenly became a little shy, and said in a low voice: "You can say it." ”

Xiangling cleared her throat and recited: "

The remnant snow condenses the cold painting screen, and the plum blossom has been changed three times,

No one is anywhere.

I am a melancholy guest in the world, and I know what is in my eyes,

The sound of broken intestines recalls his life.

”

After reciting a song of Huanxi Sha, Xiangling saw that Daiyu was slightly distracted, and kept muttering the sentence 'I am a melancholy guest in the world', and her heart was sure that the poems of the fourth master were also the best, otherwise how could Miss Lin be in a trance?

But I didn't know that Daiyu suddenly remembered that she was playing the piano in the small building in Su Ri, and the fourth brother often walked in the small garden on the edge of the East Compound, so I thought that I heard the sadness in my piano at that time, right?

This Que Huanxi sand is clearly written for himself.

Daiyu thought about it in her heart, her face was flushed, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

Xiangling pursed her lips and smiled, until Daiyu's face faded from blush, and then she said, "Miss Lin? The word—"

Daiyu said: "Fourth Brother Jian is really very talented, I am afraid that I can't write such poems, let alone praise them." If it spreads, it won't be sung around. ”

Although Xiangling thought that the fourth master's poems were good, she didn't expect them to be so good. She loves poetry, although she is not as young as Daiyu, but she generally admires talents who can write and sing famous sentences through the ages. Because my heart is becoming more and more ironing, I only feel that the suffering of the past ten years or so has not been suffered in vain, and now it is time to operate?

Suddenly, she heard the door calling outside, and Xue Yan hurriedly opened the door, and then led Tanchun to walk upstairs quickly.

"Huh? Xiangling is also there? ”

Xiangling hurriedly got up to salute, Tanchun smiled and bowed, and then leaned over and said, "Sister Lin, Xiangyun Ming'er is a child, what kind of objects does Sister Lin plan to give?" ”

Daiyu said: "It's just for the occasion, or send fans, or send books." The third sister hasn't thought about what to send yet? ”

Tanchun said distressedly: "I heard Xiangyun say that it is hard to be a female celebrity, so I thought about sending an agate thimble, but the thimble was not found for a while. ”

Where is it not found? Tanchun but got good things, and if they only survived for a few days, they would be coaxed by Aunt Zhao's splattering and rolling.

"I haven't had a good birth for two years in a row, so this time I have to be more solemn. I'm going to send a fan, but I'm afraid of colliding with Sister Lin. ”

Daiyu sneered and said, "If the third sister wants to send a fan, then I will replace it with a book." ”

Xiangling said: "Miss Shi loves to read? ”

Daiyu's smile was even bigger: "She's ...... I'm afraid that when I pick up the book, I will fall asleep in a moment. Cluck...... But I'll give it to make sure she likes it. ”

As she spoke, Daiyu got up and pulled out a book from the shelf. Xiangling glanced at it, and saw that the words 'Guo Qingluo Six Provinces Heard and Recorded the Xinmin Public Case' were written on the cover.

Xiangling doesn't know the goods, but Tanchun is knowledgeable. hurriedly leaned over to take a look, and said: "Sister Lin is really generous, I am afraid that this book was reprinted during the Apocalypse, and it is a rare book even if it is not a unique book." ”

Daiyu smiled: "Where is the arrogance? It's just a room full of sour books. ”

At this time last year, the Tongzhou Post House was in a hurry, and the fourth brother Jian handed over a box of silver tickets to Zijuan. After the fact, there were 5,000 taels inside! Although Daiyu doesn't care about these, she knows that her heart is rare. Now a year has passed, but a few hundred taels have been spent, and there are still more than 4,000 left.

Mo underestimated these hundreds of taels, because of the purple cuckoo and the snow goose throwing silver money around, I don't know how many tongues and depression were spared, and because the two maids were so generous, the Daiyu style in the Rongguo Mansion instantly improved, and the Dudaolin girl was sympathetic.

Thinking of this, he naturally thought of Li Weijian, but Tanchun was here, because Daiyu only glanced at Xiangling, and endured the words in his heart.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, this time Zi Tanchun just asked: "Xiangling, is the fourth brother of Jian Ming'er also going to the Bowling Marquis Mansion?" ”

Daiyu couldn't help but listen intently, and heard Xiangling smile and said: "I received the invitation early in the morning, and the fourth master will go tomorrow." ”

Tanchun clasped his hands together and smiled: "I haven't seen Fourth Brother Jian for a long time, but I can see you tomorrow!" ”

Tanchun didn't know that Daiyu's words were snatched, why didn't Miss Lin think like this in her heart? Pressing her thoughts, Daiyu smiled and said, "Ming'er is about to meet the 'melancholy guest in the world'." ”

Xiangling smiled and bowed her head, but Tanchun was inexplicable, and hurriedly asked: "What kind of allusion is this, how do I not know?" ”

Where can the poems tell Tanchun? Daiyu laughed and said, "The third sister wants to know? When he bowed his head, Daiyu covered her face with her sleeve and smiled: "I won't tell you!" ”

Tanchun suddenly feigned anger: "Okay, Sister Lin also learns to bully people, see if I don't itch you!" ”

For a while, the small building was full of laughter.

It just so happened that Baoyu and the others had enjoyed the snow, and when they came out of the garden, they just passed by the back building, and when they heard the laughter, Baoyu was eager to try. Just as he was about to take a step, he saw Zijuan and Wei Kanyu turn back from a distance.

Baoyu's face froze, knowing that he couldn't be provoked, so he had to leave in a daze.

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The next day, it was too early in the morning, Daiyu and other girls hurriedly freshened up, brought the maid and mother-in-law, and together with Wang Xifeng, who took the lead, went to the front yard and took a carriage, and rushed to the Baoling Marquis Mansion together.

Although Jia's mother is the aunt of Baoling Hou and Zhongjing Hou, because of the events of that year, the Shi family and the Jia family have few contacts. The previous time was the introduction of Ning Guofu. This time Xiangyun celebrates his birthday, although Jia's mother doesn't know the inside story, but such relatives move around, Jia's mother is happy to see it. Because of the right and wrong, not only did she not stop it, but she also ordered Sister Feng to take care of her brothers and sisters.

This time, the eldest grandmother Li Kun was still unable to make the trip because of an errand in the west seat of the palace, but she also sent Jia Lan to bring a congratulatory gift. Wang Xifeng looked around, and finally persuaded his brother and sister to get into the car, and he got into the carriage.

Holding the stove, he suddenly complained: "Eh, if I knew this, I should have let my sister-in-law take this errand." Bendao can always be idle when he goes out to play naughty, who would have thought that he would be more tired than at home. ”

Ping'er smiled and said: "It's just that I have to take care of my grandmother back and forth, and when I get to the Debaohou Mansion, the girls and buddies go to play naughty by themselves, but grandma can be lazy." ”

Wang Xifeng frowned and said: "The girls are just that, even if they are naughty, they have a degree." It's that those two brothers are not worry-free. ”

Ping'er knew that Wang Xifeng was talking about Baoyu and Jia Lan, and remembered that there was an accident in the Xiangshan Villa of the Fourth Master of Jian before, Ping'er couldn't help but worry: "What else?" I can only send the next person to look carefully. ”

While talking, the carriage and horse traveled all the way west, and arrived at the Debaoling Marquis Mansion in about half an hour.

Entering the mansion from the corner gate, a group of people waited until the gate of Deyi and saw Mrs. Baoling Hou greeted her. It is said that Wang Xifeng and others are all juniors and should not work like this, but after all, the two families do not move around much, because they are Mrs. Baolinghou, they are much more solemn.

That Xiangyun was beside Mrs. Baolinghou, and when she saw the arrival of a group of brothers and sisters, she was overjoyed. It's not that the scruple of the aunt is still there, but I'm afraid that I'm going to run crazy to meet him.

Wang Xifeng was startled when he caught a glimpse of Mrs. Baolinghou, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Everyone talked and laughed and went to the inner house.

Entering the hall, Mrs. Baoling Hou looked at them one by one, praised Baoyu slightly, and talked to Daiyu and others.

From Jia's mother's point of view, except for Daiyu, who wants to be called her cousin, the rest of the people must be called Mrs. Baolinghou and her cousin, Wang Xifeng said: "My cousin takes it too seriously, we are just juniors, where can we work to welcome my cousin?" ”

Mrs. Baolinghou said: "It's rare to have a lively family, and the old man has something in front of him to stumble, and Brother Su and Brother Sui are not thoughtful, so I have to greet them?" Counting that the family has not been lively for a long time, Xiangyun, the child, has been sick once in the past two years, and then caught up with the return of the master, and he has never done it in this life.

I thought that Xiangyun was also getting older, so he had a good time. ”

Where is Wang Xifeng willing to believe such words? But for a while, I didn't know what the Bowling Hou couple meant, because they could only agree.

After talking for a while, Mrs. Baolinghou got up and went to settle the affairs of the family, and ordered Shi Su and Shi Sui to accompany them. The two brothers are the same age as Baoyu, but they are full of bookishness, and Shi Sui also wears heavy short-sighted glasses. When it comes to talking, sometimes it is the same.

Baoyu said a few words with him, and suddenly felt depressed.

Peeking at the sisters, I saw that the little birthday star Xiangyun seemed to be surrounded by the stars and the moon, and this time Sanchun and Daiyu sent congratulatory gifts one after another.

Yingchun sent a hand stove, Tanchun sent a fan, Xichun sent a painting, and Daiyu sent a book. Xiangyun was depressed in the waiting house every day, and it was rare to have such a lively time, because he was so excited that his little face was red, and he kept talking.

After receiving Daiyu's congratulatory gift, Xiangyun suddenly pouted and said, "Sister Lin sent books again, is she afraid that I won't be able to sleep well at night?" ”

"Giggles, you look carefully before you speak."

Xiangyun looked down a few times, hurriedly flipped through two more pages, and was suddenly surprised: "It turned out to be ...... Well, with such a book, Sister Lin really understands me. ”

Daiyu smiled and said: "If you don't like it, it's Sister Lin, and if you don't like it, it's Sister Lin, I'm a sister or a sister?" ”

Xiangyun got up and grabbed Daiyu's arm, and said coquettishly: "It doesn't matter if it's a sister or a younger sister, in short, just remember your goodness." When you are born, I will give you an object that suits your heart. ”

Daiyu said, "Then I'll wait." ”

While speaking, Baoyu also came over and sent one, but it collided with Tanchun. Tanchun was a little unhappy in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "Why does Second Brother Bao also send fan noodles?" Didn't you say yesterday that I would send a fan? ”

Baoyu said with a smile: "This way sent a fan pendant, but I didn't find anything to love, and I just happened to see this fan, so I simply sent it to Xiangyun." ”

Xiangyun didn't care, picked up the two fans and fanned back and forth, and said with a smile: "I want to do both, I will use this one today and that one tomorrow in the summer, which is called rain and dew." ”

The hall was bursting with laughter, and Xiangyun was waiting for Zhang Luo to go to the back garden to take a stroll first, admiring the snow and plums, and suddenly a mother-in-law entered the house to report: "Two brothers, Uncle Ling has arrived!" ”

Daiyu's body suddenly froze, Baoyu, Xichun, and Xiangyun didn't react, and Tanchun shouted: "Fourth Brother Jian is here!" ”

The rest suddenly realized that it was Li Weijian who dared to come. But seeing Shi Su and Shi Sui hurriedly getting up to greet them, a few small ones didn't feel any different, but Wang Xifeng sighed in his heart.

Looking at the average age, almost two years old, now Baoyu is still regarded as a child, but the thrifty brother is a minister and famous. Thinking of the quarrel with Jia Lian again in the past two days, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but feel depressed.

If you have the ability, it's just a matter of earning her a wife's life, and follow Jia Lian to ask for a little wife. If you don't have any ability, you know that drilling into the pile of fat powder is simply incorrigible!

Xiangyun Bendao had to wait for Li Weijian for a while, but he couldn't wait for the left and couldn't wait for the right. After a long time, the two cousins Shi Su and Shi Sui returned, Xiangyun asked, and Shi Sui said: "Father is talking to the fourth brother Jian, I'm afraid I won't be available for a while." ”

Xiangyun's heart was messy. The second uncle and second aunt have mentioned Li Weijian in the past two years, how much money they have earned today, Ming'er has been promoted to an official, and now he is an uncle. In familiar words, Li Weijian has now become someone else's child.

Xiangyun is two years older, and although he is still ignorant, he also knows some people. I know the second uncle and the third uncle, and I have the intention of matching her with the fourth brother.

The matter of marriage is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, perhaps because he is still young, Xiangyun has no thoughts. But with the placement of the second and third uncles, it is enough to act according to orders when the time comes.

In addition, she has a cheerful temperament, and if she is unhappy and troublesome, she will be forgotten in the blink of an eye. Therefore, at this time, she only thought about what the fourth brother would give her this time, and then said happily: "The opera troupe will come after a while, why don't we take advantage of this to visit the back garden and come to the snow to find plum blossoms." ”

Baoyu immediately echoed, he really couldn't bear to talk to Shi Su and Shi Sui. So everyone surrounded the outside, surrounded by maids and mothers-in-law, and looked for the back garden.

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In the study.

The fragrant tea continued, and the mist rose. There was a lamp of sandalwood curling in the corner of the wall, and Li Weijian praised with a smile: "Uncle Shi's study is a little Zen. ”

Shi Nai waved his hand and smiled: "It's just a toddler in Handan, so I know a little bit about Zen, and I can have fun when talking with others." ”

I have already said it just now, so it's hard to mention it at this time.

Because Shi Nai muttered: "When the New Year begins, I'm just afraid that I will be released." ”

Li Weijian smiled and arched his hand: "Congratulations to Uncle Shi for getting what he wanted." ”

Shi Nai's face was full of bitterness: "I messed up the errand, and the governor became an envoy, why should I be happy?" ”

"According to the provincial punishment, it is very important, it can be seen that the saint is still willing to give Uncle Shi another chance."

Shi Nai's head shook his head and sighed: "Don't hide it from my nephew, although my historian started with military merits, he has turned to literature since the previous generation, and he has never been contaminated in the way of battle. The sunset water almost choked to death. I...... It's really scared, who would have thought that Yangzhou salt merchants would be so rampant? ”

That's right, the basin that intercepted and killed Qin Cha was buckled on the heads of the eight major salt merchants. As for whether the government and the opposition believe it or not, heh, anyway, the court is so determined, love to believe it or not.

Li Weijian said: "Don't say it's Uncle Shi, isn't it the same for the little nephew?" When I went into battle for the first time that day, the two forces were fighting, for fear that the would-be thieves would come in, so they smashed the east wind in one go. The head of the wrong department sent someone to stop it, but he was afraid that the 4,000 east winds accompanying him would be released by the little nephew. ”

Shi Nai smiled and shook his head. Knowing that these were words of comfort to him, he did not take them seriously. After talking about the government for a while, Shi Nai suddenly said: "The virtuous nephew is sixteen now, right?" ”

Li Weijian hurriedly said: "The child born in June will be sixteen next year." ”

Shi Nai couldn't help but smile meaningfully: "Sixteen, it's not small, it's time to set up a household." ”

"There's no hurry. The little nephew thought that he would always take advantage of the past few years to do his job, and he might as well look for it slowly. ”

Shi Nai was secretly overjoyed. Xiangyun is only in his early tens, and he will only be eleven next year, so he is too young. If it is delayed for two or three years, the age of fifteen or sixteen is just right to get married.

He didn't know that Li Weijian only thought about Daiyu in his heart, and when Daiyu fell, it would always take two or three years, so wouldn't he be in a hurry? Baoling Hou only said that Li Weijian understood his intentions, and the two already had a tacit understanding, because he was more and more eager to treat Li Weijian.

After talking for a while, I thought that I would always let the two little ones have more contact, so I said: "Today is Xiangyun's son, I don't want to go overstepping, the virtuous nephew should go to the back." I can't say that Xiangyun has been looking forward to it for a long time. ”

"Yes." Li Weijian got up with a smile, and was immediately led to the back house by the steward.

Not to mention any foreign men who are not foreign men, Li Weijian saved Shi Nai's life, which is comparable to the good of the Tong family.

Just after the second entrance gate, the two brothers Shi Su and Shi Sui greeted them. But now everyone went to the back garden to enjoy the scenery, and then led Li Weijian to the back garden.

This Baoling Marquis Mansion was built at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is more than twice as large as the Zhongjing Marquis Mansion. There was a lot of open space at that time, and it was not easy to move when he arrived at Zhongjinghou.

is like Li Weijian, who is now a second-class uncle, who wants to expand the mansion but can't, he has a history from the front and back, and it is not good to drive anyone away.

Walking along the verandah, I heard the laughter like a silver bell from a distance, and then a red shadow beckoned from afar: "Fourth brother Jian, come quickly!" ”

(End of chapter)