Xing'er carried several brocade boxes and happily walked towards Rongguo Mansion. Suddenly someone came up and patted him on the shoulder, which shocked Xing'er.
Looking back hurriedly, he saw that it was his brother Sheng'er who was two years older than him and was now working as an errand in the Ningguo Mansion.
Sheng'er was ordered to go out to do some work, and he planned to take the opportunity to find Xing'er, but he happened to meet him. He had the same lively temperament as Xing'er, and he couldn't hide his face and said with a smile:
"Sure enough, as you said, Second Master Lian asked me to follow Uncle Qiang to Suzhou..."
"Come on, since you know it was me who said nice things to Mr. Lian, what can you buy to thank me?"
Seeing Xing'er holding something, Sheng'er knew that he couldn't fight back, so he immediately gave Xing'er a big surprise:
"I haven't made any progress yet, so you should come and enjoy the autumn wind first."
It was so painful that Xing'er cried out with a bitter face:
"If you bully me again, tell mom if you drive me home!"
Sheng'er knew that my mother favored my younger son, and my father had cotton ears and an iron fist. There was no guarantee that the consequences of his return would be that my mother would scold him and his father would beat him, so he started to rub Xing'er's head:
"Look at you, we are just joking, but you always take it seriously. It's so boring.
To be serious, even if I want to thank you, I have to thank Mr. Lian first, so it’s your turn first? Are there any rules?"
You can teach me, when I go to Xie Lian Erye, what should I buy and take with me?
It’s just that I only have a handful of money that I received this month, and this mother is still asking me for it.”
Xing'er was coaxed by his brother and lost his temper immediately. He held something in his hand and slapped Sheng'er with his elbow:
"You should also thank Second Master.
I'm telling you, you're a clever person. You can go to Nanhuo Store and buy a pack of good Soviet-style mung bean cakes for just a few bucks.
Just go back with me. Second Master Lian will be back in a while. Let’s see if he has any other instructions for you.”
"Mung bean cake? This..."
"You don't know that there is Qingwen in Mr. Lian's study. She loves Soviet-style mung bean cakes. This gift of yours doesn't cost much, but you can please her first."
After hearing this, Sheng'er smiled evilly and said:
"What's a pack of mung bean cake worth? I'll buy it right now. Can you tell me, is that girl Qingwen the second master Lian's treasure?"
Xing'er pouted:
"To say that Qingwen is really good-looking, she surpasses Miss Ping.
We have to put this first. If our second master doesn’t get it, he will be scratching his head, unable to sleep or eat. Now it’s strange to say that the second master has never done anything. How strange it is.”
Sheng'er was thinking about the other side of the road:
"To worship the Buddha, you must worship the true master. She is neither Master Lian's new love nor may it be effective.
But should I buy something to honor Second Mistress Lian?"
Xing'er quickly shook his head:
"It's okay! Second Mistress Lian is so open-minded. You threw this small amount of money into her bottomless hole without even making a sound. She doesn't care about her, so you spent your money in vain.
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Sheng'er nodded repeatedly:
"This makes sense!
These days, Second Mistress Lian is in charge of affairs in our Dongfu, and she is very powerful.
That's all. They all said that Mistress Lian was a "money ruthless person" and a "money stringer" who caught toads and urinated on them. She even stole our servants' monthly money and put it outside.
Where is the account?"
"Making money? Yu Lu's nephew?"
"Isn't it him?
If others say it, I may not believe it, but the uncle who makes money is not only our uncle who is in charge of money and rice, but also a grandma who makes money, and she is your wife's roommate from Zheng Hua's family.
What such a person says is nonsense without a shadow?
Another thing is that Mistress Lian always beats and punishes people. That’s fine. Even if we are all so bad, she still needs to take care of her.
She was able to fine three people in ten days, and the fine was one month's worth of silver rice. But the silver rice was not recorded in her account, but went into her own pocket. Even our Grandma Zhen has already done this.
We all know it."
Seeing Xing'er's surprised face, Sheng'er became more and more excited, lying next to Xing'er's ear and continued:
"If I tell you something that others don't know, you must never tell it to anyone.
We in the Dongfu all said privately that Mr. Lian caused trouble on the day of Grandma Xiaorong’s funeral because he was trying to rebel against the patriarch. He wanted to be the patriarch. Uncle Zhen didn’t care on the surface and didn’t allow his subordinates to talk nonsense.
But one time when Uncle Zhen was celebrating his birthday, I was having a drink with me. He was drunk, and he took me and secretly said: Now Uncle Zhen hates Second Master Lian so much that he has a bone in his head, and sooner or later he will have to deal with him.
, to eliminate harm for the Jia family'."
Xing'er trembled when he heard this and whispered to his brother:
"Tell Mr. Lian all these things later, and you will definitely get a big reward."
Sheng'er shook his head and waved his hands:
"Forget it, who doesn't know that Second Master Lian's money has been plundered by Second Mistress Lian? I said these terrible things and got a reward of a dime from his stingy one. What do I want?"
Xing'er pulled Sheng'er to a more secluded place, picked up one of the brocade boxes and opened it. Inside was an exquisite red gold engraved phoenix hairpin. The phoenix held a pearl in its mouth, which was the size of a lotus seed.
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Sheng'er's eyes widened: "This is pure gold..."
Xing'er whispered:
"I won't show you the rest. They were all just bought by Mr. Lian. Is this called having no money?"
Sheng'er slapped his thigh:
"Let me just say, how can you have no money if you become a high official?
Second Master Lian's official position is now equal to that of our Uncle Zhen, but Second Master Lian has not yet ascended the title of nobility, he is already the powerful magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, and his future will definitely be much better than ours.
Anyway, Second Master Lian will divorce his wife sooner or later, so there is no need for me to spend money to fill Second Mistress Lian’s hole..."
"Wait a minute, who said our father will divorce his wife sooner or later? Why didn't I know about this?"
Sheng'er was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Xing'er was really anxious, he said:
"There is a reason for this. I have some friendship with Hua Zifang..."
"Who is Hua Zifang?"
"He is the biological brother of your eldest daughter, Mr. Bao, Xiren.
His family fled to the capital ten years ago, and only a few people died of starvation. When they couldn't survive, they sold his sister to the Jia family for twenty taels of silver to survive.
Now, thanks to his sister's abilities, the family has become much more prosperous.
Last year I bought a large, neat courtyard with about ten rooms. It is only half a mile away from Rongfu, and it cost at least two to three hundred taels of silver.
Hua Zifang started a business again last year, delivering wine and food to Jixianlou, the largest restaurant in the city. Last time, he happened to have something short of something. I have some connections as a comprador, so I helped with the exchange. That's it.
As we go back and forth, we become friends."
Xing'er's eyes rolled around and asked:
"How can he, a foreigner, know what is going on in our house?"
Sheng'er has never been as smart as Xing'er. Now that he has a rare opportunity to gain the upper hand, he is naturally very proud:
"If you don't know, just say you don't know. Why bother saying that others don't know?
His sister is already Baoyu's, and Hua Zifang will soon be Baoyu's uncle."
(Xue Pan: I am Baoyu’s uncle! I am here to ask for collections, recommendations, and support for the author!
...What? Not me? What's going on? What's going on with this flower Zifang???)