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Mrs. Wang naturally learned from Lin Daiyu that Jiao Shun had come to the Grand View Garden early in the morning, so she sent someone to invite him.

In fact, she had been secretly paying attention to the car-making business, and had even secretly collected enough money. The reason why she did not bring it up on her own initiative was because she wanted to use this matter to sway Jia Zheng. If Jia Zheng asked for help because his treasury was empty,

In front of him, the dilemma of separation between the two places naturally collapsed.

However, after waiting for a long time and still not seeing any action from Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang herself felt a little unbearable, so she wanted to take this opportunity to give Jiao Shun a hint so that Jiao Shun could help make things right.

Unexpectedly, Jiao Shun came prepared. She had just mentioned a few words about business. Before she could get to the real purpose, Jiao Shun immediately handed over a detailed plan and explained it word for word.

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Now Mrs. Wang couldn't just be perfunctory, so she could only bite the bullet and discuss it with Jiao Shun.

Fortunately, she consulted Baochai in advance, and the questions and answers were quite informative, but after all, it was not something she came up with, so the details were inevitably a bit unclear, and Jiao Shun needed to analyze it carefully to understand the general idea.

But at this moment, Tan Chun also rushed over in a hurry, and bumped into Lin Daiyu who was about to say goodbye and leave.

"Is my sister's illness completely cured?"

Tanchun pretended to be concerned and stepped forward to inquire, but his handsome eyes and eyebrows drifted straight into the living room.

"Thanks to my third sister, I've been feeling much better these past two days."

Lin Daiyu responded with a smile, followed Tanchun's gaze and glanced into the living room, thinking that she had something to do with Mrs. Wang, she said: "The third sister is here to see Mrs. Wang? They are talking about serious matters inside. For a while,

I'm just afraid that my wife may not be free at this moment."

Tanchun said hurriedly: "The main reason is that I heard from the servant that my sister is here, so I came here to have a look. I have a small thing that I would like to ask my wife to tell me. It is not convenient now, and we sisters just happened to talk outside for a while."

With that said, he pulled Lin Daiyu to sit at the stone table in front of the main room.

However, after sitting down for a while, Tanchun kept chatting with Daiyu, but his eyes kept peeking into the room.

It was difficult to hear the conversation between Jiao Shun and Mrs. Wang clearly here, and even only the back of Jiao Shun's head could be seen, so Tanchun focused on Mrs. Wang's facial expression, trying to pry out some clues.

Personally speaking, she didn't think Jiao Shunhui had anything to do with Mrs. Wang.

This is not to say that she really believed without reservation that Mrs. Wang would not cheat - Mrs. Wang became famous as soon as she took off her clothes, and her dignified and reserved image had already been shattered, although she was not regarded as a human being.

Although she is a slutty husband, she also has a reputation of being sultry inside.

With this precedent, it would not be very surprising to say that Mrs. Wang had some private exchanges with others because she was ignored by Jia Zheng.

The problem is that Mrs. Wang is several years older than Jiao Shun's mother. Although she is pampered and well-maintained, she can't help but show the aging beauty.

On the other hand, although Aunt Xue was only seven or eight years younger than her and a widowed woman, there was not a single wrinkle on her kind-faced face, and her plump muscles were as red as snow, and her cheeks were as red as snow, as if she had two cooked meats on a silver plate.

The transparent apple makes people want to take a bite.

It was because she had just moved into the Grand View Garden that day and her every move attracted attention. She was completely unqualified to commit a crime. Jia Tanchun would definitely rank her as a suspect ahead of Mrs. Wang.

That's too far.

Let’s go back to Mrs. Wang and Jiao Shun.

Then Xing Xiuyan, Xiangling and Qingwen in Jiao Shun's house, aren't they the most beautiful people in the world?

Even his biological mother, Aunt Zhao, despite her bad character, is one of the best in appearance and figure.

With so many young, beautiful, and mature women at his disposal, how could the evil thief set his sights on the senile Mrs. Wang?

unless……

Are you coveting her status as the wife of the head of the Rong Mansion?

Tanchun has also heard of those dog slaves who hold grudges but not gratitude. Once they gain power, they will humiliate their original masters in every possible way - Aunt Zhao actually has such a tendency, but she has not yet been able to suppress Mrs. Wang.

That’s all.

Or maybe Jiao Shun also has this idea of ​​being a slave and bullying his master?

Thinking of 'being a slave and bullying the master', Tanchun couldn't help but think of being at his uncle's house...

She bit her lower lip sharply, using the pain to dispel the images in her mind, and concentrated again on observing the movements in the room.

When Lin Daiyu saw Tanchun's expression suddenly became a little strange, she subconsciously followed her gaze and looked inside, but found nothing strange at all - the only thing that was a bit annoying was that she was standing there digging her toes on the ground, her eyes confused.

Gone with the wind, Jia Baoyu is in a state of wandering mind.

"Third sister, this is..."

Lin Daiyu was about to ask the reason when she suddenly heard the faint ringing of bells outside. She knew in her heart that it must be Shi Xiangyun riding a car, so she gave Tanchun a hand and said with a smile: "Is there anything interesting in there?"

?Come on, let’s go welcome the bride~”

Tanchun was pulled and staggered a few steps. When he was about to struggle, he was afraid that Daiyu would become suspicious, so he had to follow her absentmindedly to the entrance of the courtyard.

Shi Xiangyun had just set up his bicycle at the foot of the steps. He looked up and saw Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun coming out to welcome him. He immediately ran up the steps happily and said, "Sister Lin is indeed here. She makes it easy for me to find her."

—I just went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion first, and then followed the little maid to Zhujin Pavilion, and after searching around for a long time, I realized that you were here!"

"It turns out he was looking for me."

Seeing Shi Xiangyun's temples sweating slightly, Lin Daiyu was very moved, but she habitually joked: "I thought you were here to see your wishful husband."

"Hmph~"

Shi Xiangyun spat out the cloves at her and said angrily: "They are still concerned about your illness, but you... let's see what I will say to you when you settle on me!"

Because of these words, Lin Daiyu suddenly thought of the saying of 'concurrently'. She felt flustered and short of breath for no reason. She quickly changed the topic and said: "How is the second sister doing these days? I'm going to go over and take a look later."

As soon as Lin Daiyu mentioned the arrival of the Spring Festival, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "On the surface, it doesn't look much different from before, but I secretly took her "Tai Shang Induction Sutra" and looked through it, and I didn't know what was hidden in it.

I cried so many tears that the book became thicker."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "I feel a little uncomfortable because of this commotion. I feel as if I have robbed my second sister of a good marriage."

Lin Daiyu chuckled, covered her mouth and said: "You are so shameless, how can you boast that you have a good marriage?"

Shi Xiangyun was outspoken and heartfelt for a while, but after she said it, she felt that something was wrong. But after all, she was not of such a timid nature. When Lin Daiyu made fun of her, she blushed and argued: "If it wasn't a good marriage, how could we provoke this?"

Does my sister make fun of her every day?"

Before Lin Daiyu could reply, she said seriously: "At first, I was quite unhappy with this marriage. I always thought about my life experience and appearance. But these days, one after another, one after another,

All prove that Brother Jiao is indeed a good match!"

"Although he lacks some literary talent, he is motivated and knowledgeable about economics, he can put down his airs in front of us women, and he is always considerate..."

"That's all. What's rare is that Brother Jiao is not like those vulgar officials who only want to climb up. Instead, he has the ambition to serve the country and the people. Apart from other things, the Ministry of Works recently sold kerosene lamps.

Newspapers have been praising this matter one after another..."

Grain

Kerosene lamps officially started trial sales in Beijing at the beginning of this month. They were well received once launched. The cheapest version can be purchased in limited quantities based on household registration, and the price is less than half of the cost. It can be said that it is a policy that benefits the people at a loss.

Of course, the lost profits can be recovered from kerosene, but even so, the cost is far less than that of candles, and even cheaper than soybean oil lamps, which have far inferior lighting effects.

The ones who benefit the most from this are undoubtedly those poor students who are accustomed to staying up late at night to study. Therefore, the news media controlled by literati all praise this.

Of course, these praises were limited to the Ministry of Industry as a whole. As for Jiao, the founder, because of his background and position, the literati used the brushwork of Spring and Autumn to obscure it.

But others don't know that this is Jiao Shun's handiwork. Everyone in the Rongguo Mansion is very clean, so Shi Xiangyun only said this.

At the end, Shi Xiangyun hesitated slightly, but finally said calmly: "Although I feel a little uncomfortable facing my second sister now, I am determined not to give up this marriage to her!

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"What a shameless little hoof!"

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and laughed when she heard this: "We don't dare to listen to these words of love between you and me. We should leave it to your Brother Jiao."

"You still said it, you still said it!"

Shi Xiangyun rushed towards him angrily, and the two of them became accustomed to quarreling together.

Tanchun next to him remained silent.

Shi Xiangyun's words touched her quite a bit. Although she didn't want to admit it, she often thought of herself as a woman who was not inferior to men. Her ideal husband was undoubtedly such a great man who was knowledgeable, knowledgeable, economical, and had the ambition to help the world and save the people.

If that had not happened to her, she would have thought that Jiao Shun was a good match.

Then suddenly, the idea of ​​‘concurrently’ in the peach blossom forest popped up in my mind…

"Cough, cough!"

It wasn't until Lin Daiyu's violent coughing sound was heard next to him that Tan Chun suddenly woke up. At that time, he wished he could give himself a slap in the face, secretly thinking that he was really crazy just now, how could he have the idea of ​​succumbing to that evil thief?!

She calmed down and tried her best to suppress the matter in her heart, and then looked at Xiangyun Daiyu beside her.

At this time, Shi Xiangyun was caressing Lin Daiyu's back in a panic, and kept blaming himself: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, I was so busy having fun, I forgot for a moment that you are still sick!"

Seeing that she was in a panic and couldn't figure it out, Tanchun hurriedly reminded: "Quick, help her go inside and have a rest - Zijuan, do you have the right medicine with you?"

"Take it with you, take it with you!"

Zicuckoo rushed out of the courtyard, poured out the small porcelain bottle, and said: "This is the medicine given by Aunt Xing. It is the best for relieving coughs and reducing phlegm."

As he was talking, he suddenly remembered something and turned around and shouted: "Xueyan, go and ask for a bowl of warm water so that the girl can take the medicine!"

This sudden chaos of war and chaos even shocked the main hall.

Jia Baoyu was the first to run out to see what was going on. Seeing Lin Daiyu coughing badly, he subconsciously moved forward.

"Baoyu!"

However, Mrs. Wang, who followed closely behind, stopped him and said with a stern face: "Don't follow the chaos, go back and talk to your brother Jiao in the living room, and come over after I finish dealing with it here."

Jia Baoyu was about to argue when he glanced at Aunt Xue aside. Thinking of the previous disturbances and Sister Lin's rejection of him now, he could only follow Jiao Shun back to the living room dejectedly.

Mrs. Wang then came closer and watched Lin Daiyu take the medicine with warm water. The cough symptoms gradually alleviated. She breathed a sigh of relief. Then she scolded Zicuckoo and said, "The old lady only let you because of your maturity."

How dare you be so negligent when you're serving girl Lin? You're not ready yet, just let her run wild outside!"

Zijuan was so submissive that she didn't even dare to say a word. Fortunately, Xiangyun took the initiative to admit her mistake. Mrs. Wang let her go and then ordered: "Why don't you go outside quickly and call a soft sedan to bring Lin Yatou back?"

Go home and recuperate!"

Just as Zijuan was about to agree, Shi Xiangyun said hurriedly: "There's no need to go outside to find a sedan. The rickshaw that Brother Jiao sent a few days ago is in Yihong Courtyard. Just find two maids to take Sister Lin back in the car."

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With that said, he volunteered to take someone over to pick up the car.

After about a while of burning incense, Mrs. Wang turned around and walked into the living room as she watched Lin Daiyu being escorted by Shi Xiangyun into the car.

When he entered, he saw Jiao Shunzheng pouring himself tea and Jia Baoyu sitting at the table with no intention of entertaining guests at all.

Mrs. Wang sighed secretly, remembering her real purpose today, she scolded with a straight face: "You ignorant evildoer! You go down first, I have a few more words to tell you, Brother Jiao, alone."

As if Baoyu had received an amnesty, he didn't even ask what his mother wanted to do with Jiao Shun. He got up and ran out happily.

I didn't want to almost bump into Tanchun as soon as I walked out the door.

Both brother and sister were stunned and blurted out at the same time:

"Why is my sister here?"

"Why is my brother out?"

Jia Baoyu was stunned again, and then explained: "My mother had some words that she wanted to explain to Brother Jiao alone, so she asked me to come out."

The speaker had no intention of listening. Jia Tanchun came here to find out the truth. When he heard that Mrs. Wang wanted to have a private conversation with Jiao Shun alone, he inevitably became suspicious for a moment.

Just as he was about to get closer to the door to spy, Jia Baoyu suddenly grabbed his wrist and said eagerly: "Sister, do you know where Sister Lin has gone?"

Tanchun had no choice but to tell him what happened just now.

Jia Baoyu then urged Tanchun to go with him to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to visit.

"Brother, just go by yourself."

Tanchun said hurriedly: "I still have something to report to Mrs. Ming."

"That……"

Jia Baoyu hesitated for a moment, then said firmly: "Then I'll wait for my sister to finish her work, and then we can go there together."

If he went by himself, he might not even dare to enter, so he bit him to death to encourage La Tanchun.
Chapter completed!