After several people had eaten and drank enough, Brother Rong pretended not to notice Sister Feng's look and found a spacious place on the boat to sit beside him in a daze.
Xue Baochai came up from behind and said, "Brother Rong and my sister are in a relationship now. Have you ever thought about what will happen to brother Lian if he finds out about it?"
How come she has become a nosy? Sure enough, people change.
Brother Rong said: "What can we do now? We can only wait and see. If my second uncle is angry, we can only let him be beaten and scolded."
I stole someone else's wife, and I said in my heart that I have no regrets at all. That is impossible! He's not that heartless yet. He glanced back at Baochai, changed his position, and let his feet hang outside the boat. He turned his back to her, but he didn't want to talk to her about such things. He smiled bitterly and said, "Aunt Bao may not understand the love between men and women."
Love?
She is also a woman who has just begun to fall in love, so she still understands it somewhat. It's just that her childhood education told her that women don't have their own love. Supporting the family and the husband are the goals Baochai pursues.
Xue Baochai said: "If all the love in the world were like you and sister, I'm afraid the word love would be tarnished."
When Jia Rong heard this, he didn't answer Baochai's words. Thinking about it now, his relationship with Sister Feng had already started to show signs early on, and something was destined to happen. Sister Feng lived a decent life in Xifu, but she was not very happy in her heart. His more commitment and consideration made up for Sister Feng's lack of love in the past two years.
Wherever there is an opening first, it will be like water bursting from a dam, flooding out of control.
If you defile it, just defile it.
Baochai gritted her silver teeth, dissatisfied with Brother Rong's attitude. He had other plans in mind, so he sat down next to Brother Rong and looked at the lights on the other side.
"No one knows about the relationship between my sister and Brother Rong. Brother Rong can still break off the relationship with my sister, but nothing happened. This way of handling it will be beneficial to both Brother Rong and Sister Feng. In the end, what is my sister? Married women, don’t let these things harm your future and destroy Sister Feng’s reputation.”
Jia Rong glanced at her suspiciously. This girl was really brave and dared to instigate such a thing. Aren't you afraid that Sister Feng will find out and come up to scratch her face?
Can Sister Feng agree to such a thing? Uncle Rong would not agree either. I have already failed Jia Lian, but I want to fail Wang Xifeng again? He couldn't do it, and Sister Feng treated him well enough, so he couldn't lose Sister Feng. In the future, whether Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian will reconcile or remain a fake couple will have to wait until the day comes to decide.
He chuckled and said: "If you talk in front of me, you can still know that Aunt Bao has good intentions. If she listens to it, she will only think that you are being mean and she will definitely fall out with you."
Xue Baochai sighed softly, was he really kind? It's considered a good intention for the time being, at least to protect his reputation. I don't want to admit defeat in my heart. It would be a great pity if my future is ruined because of an affair between a man and a woman.
I still want to persuade you.
Even if it doesn't harm his future, if someone finds out about stealing his aunt, it will definitely hurt his spine.
She said: "If there were other women around Brother Rong, even if he accepted a few more concubines, the family would not say anything. Brother Rong has to think carefully about the different identities of Sister Feng."
Why didn't I realize that Baochai was also a preacher before? Brother Rong gave her a confused look, considering her temperament, she shouldn't be like this. Could it be that I had a wrong understanding of her before?
Jia Rong frowned and said, "Auntie, it's better not to mention this again in the future."
When Xue Bao heard this, he realized that Brother Rong was disgusted. After understanding the truth that it is still too late, I stopped trying to persuade him. He chuckled and said, "Brother Rong, just pretend I didn't say that. It's not to ruin your friendship, I'm just afraid it will cause a lot of trouble in the future."
Jia Rong said: "No matter what the trouble is, the soldiers will come to cover up the water and the earth. No matter how bad the outcome is, I will admit it."
Baochai sighed in his heart, you are very straightforward, but you have never thought about a woman's reputation. Looking at Brother Shangrong's face along the light of the lantern on the boat. His appearance and talent are outstanding, and his future is promising, so why is there such a bad thing?
Brother Rong felt uncomfortable being looked at. This look... seemed to have been seen somewhere. He touched his nose and turned around. Xue Baochai, however, straightened his head as if nothing had happened, as if nothing had happened.
After a while, Baochai felt that her other ear was hot.
After all, she couldn't stand the look in Brother Rong's eyes, and the atmosphere on the ship's armor was a little charming and even more uncomfortable.
Xue Baochai opened his mouth and said, "Brother Rong, what do you think I'm doing?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Baochai regretted it. This tone of voice, why... I always lose my composure in front of Brother Rong. She didn't dare to look at him at that moment, so she pretended to be calm and said with a smile, "Is there something on my face? It must be that girl Ying'er didn't dress me well."
Jia Rong thought about what happened in the past few days. He was laughing in his heart, but he said solemnly: "There is really something on Auntie's face, but don't move it."
Baochai didn't know why, so she turned to look at him and saw that slightly amused smile. I felt panicked for a moment, and saw Rong Geerlian getting closer and closer. His whole body seemed to be frozen, and he didn't dare to move.
Close.
It's really close.
Baochai could already smell Brother Rong's breath, and felt that her heart was beating very fast, and even her neck was stiff.
"girl……"
Ying'er came over from behind at some point and called out, "The steward brought some water. It will get cold later."
Xue Baochai came over and saw Brother Rong retreating again, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced back at Ying'er who had come to deliver the message, and said with a smile: "I know, I'll be over here."
This time I followed the Thirteenth Master down to the south of the Yangtze River. They were traveling in a hurry and rarely went into the riverside city for repairs. Many things were inconvenient. Brother Rong smiled sweetly and said, "Auntie, go quickly."
It's just that this smile is a bit playful in Miss Bao's eyes.
Her face felt hot, and she stood up and left quickly as if running away. After entering the cabin, I secretly checked my cheek. It was not ordinary hot!
Glancing at Ying'er, the little maid was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything.
Baochai took two deep breaths and said calmly: "Go and watch outside."
Jia Rong went straight to Sister Feng's room and was interrogated again. Fortunately, she didn't keep asking questions.
For the next two days, Baochai did not dare to approach Jia Rong and hid a little.
This move confused Brother Rong and ignored her. After leaving Lema Lake, the fleet was getting closer and closer to Huai'an Prefecture.
"When you arrive in Huai'an, you can look for land and repair it for two days before continuing south." Brother Rong and Sister Feng said, "This time Thirteenth Master goes south, the first priority is for the Hongze Lake embankment. He will stay in Huai'an for a long time. Time, you go back to Jinling first, and then send the message when you get to the mansion."
This night was naturally filled with madness.
In the early morning of the next day, Xue Baochai looked at him sideways again.
So when Jia Rong came back from the ship, Baochai didn't give him a good look.
This night is the last night on the ship, and we will arrive at Huai'an Mansion tomorrow afternoon. Although Baochai didn't look good, she still left Uncle Rong to talk.
"Looking for land in Jinling will take some time. Brother Rong has finished his work and should go to Jinling. Although the Xue family members have dispersed to investigate, you don't know the truth as well as you know in your heart."
"It's time to go. I'll leave it to Aunt Bao for the rest of the time."
Finding a suitable place to build a factory is very important. The transportation convenience of today's era is not as convenient as that of later generations. Now Ningguo Mansion is short of manpower. We can only entrust the Xue family first, and roughly search for a place as before. When we find a suitable one, we can call a few people from the Ningguofu cement kiln.
Jia Rong calculated the time in her mind. In the past two months, all the production facilities of the Ping'an Prefecture cement kiln should be completed. The rest is to find workers, build houses, purchase, debug, and produce. You can bring a group of old craftsmen directly from Ping'an Prefecture, led by Jia Yun or Qin Zhong.
Zong Cheng has to come over. Others don't quite understand his grinding techniques.
Baochai asked: "Brother Rong will be back on duty with the prince early tomorrow morning, right?"
Of course. He also had the name of a second-class bodyguard. It was very gracious of Master Thirteen to be able to stay with them these days. When you arrive in Huai'an, you must stay with Master Thirteen at all times.
Brother Rong nodded and said, "Does the Xue family have a resting place in Huai'an Mansion? You can also point out a shop. When my aunt arrives in Jinling, ask the shopkeeper to find me with the letter."
"The Xue family's stores are located in all provinces, with the most in Jiangnan." Xue Baochai said proudly, in the entire Grand Canal, which city does not have a Xue family's store?
"That's good. Let the shopkeeper deliver the letter to the Governor's Office of the Huai'an River. This is where the Thirteenth Master will stay during this southern tour."
Huai'an has been an important place since ancient times, and during the Yan Dynasty, its position was even more unusual. The Yellow River, Huaihe River, Sishui and the Grand Canal all converge in Huai'an Prefecture, so there are two governors here.
One is the river governor who manages the embankments and dredging work of the Yellow River, Huaihe River and the Grand Canal; and the water transport governor is responsible for grain collection and shipment, northward movement of canals, inspection and dispatching, and suppression of transportation.
They are all high-ranking officials in the imperial court!
On the contrary, the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy, which manages the salt administration of the Lianghuai River, is located in Yangzhou, so the Salt Patrol Censor who supervises the salt administration is also in Yangzhou.
"Brother Rong?" When it was time to separate, she refused to leave. Seeing that Brother Rong was about to leave, Xue Baochai quickly called out to him, but was annoyed that he had nothing else to say to her?
"Aunt Bao, is there anything else?" Jia Rong looked at Baochai in confusion. The moonlight is extremely cold tonight, and a full moon hangs high in the sky, illuminating the earth like daylight. The people under the lanterns on the boat look even cooler.
This look...
Brother Rong seemed to have returned to the day of Qingxu Temple. Baochai also looked like this, standing in the moonlight, raising her head proudly, but with complicated emotions in her eyes.
He didn't think much about it for the time being, just treating it as parting from an acquaintance. He said with a playful smile: "Fortunately, Aunt Bao screamed, otherwise I would have forgotten to talk to my aunt. If I forget this important thing, I will have a hard time falling asleep for a while."
Seeing his appearance, Baochai thought he was asking her not to reveal the relationship between Brother Rong and Sister Feng. Youyou said: "Brother Rong, don't worry, I have never been a gossip. The affairs between you and Sister Feng will not be leaked to outsiders."
Brother Rong just nodded and said, "Ying'er..."
"You still want to take advantage of her?" Xue Baochai was inexplicably angry. He didn't want to pay attention to Brother Rong anymore, so he turned around and left. I was thinking in my mind that I would replace Yinger's maid when I returned to Jinling.
What did I say? Who has Ying'er's idea?
Jia Rong quickly took Baochai's hand and said, "I'm asking if Ying'er can keep her mouth shut."
"..." Xue Baochai realized that he had misunderstood. It's strange that Brother Rong suddenly mentioned this matter. Baochai thought that this bastard not only stole the aunt's heart, but also took away the heart of the maid next to her aunt. As a result, I heard Uncle Xiao Rong suddenly say Ying'er's name, so I thought he was plotting against her and Ying'er.
Her face turned red and she said: "I let you have no fear at night, now you know how to be afraid? Ying'er is a shrewd person, what should be said and what should not be said. She understands, otherwise she wouldn't stay with me. "
"Oh." Jia Rong chuckled and said, "I still have to ask Aunt Bao to give me instructions."
When Baochai saw that his hand was still being held, his face became even more ashamed. His tone also softened, and he said softly: "I'll tell her. Brother Rong, can you let me go?"
I’m a little reluctant to let go!
Brother Rong thought to himself, how could such a beautiful person look so charming? Seeing the spring in her eyes accidentally, Brother Rong was at a loss for a moment. I secretly thought about Baochai's abnormality these days, could it be...
Could this uncle be a little narcissistic?
Brother Rong smiled bitterly and met Baochai's eyes. For a moment, my heart softened and I took two steps forward. He got close to Aunt Bao and said in a good voice: "Thank you Aunt Bao for helping Ningguo Mansion these days. Although it is a joint venture. Without Aunt Bao's help, it would be difficult for the cement kiln to make the progress it has now."
Um……
The gentle bass sounded to his ears along with the majestic wind on the river, and Baochai felt a little numb. Then he felt that his palm was being manipulated, and even though he gently twitched it twice, he could not get it out of Brother Rong's hand.
"It's...it's...it's not a big deal. They all belong to relatives, so why worry about the slightest gain or loss." Xue Baochai said slightly embarrassed.
Why doesn't this bad guy let go... His hand is so comfortable, neither cold nor warm, just right. I even don't want to take my hands off.
In the cabin, Wang Xifeng yawned and asked Ping'er, "Go outside and see if he's back. The moon is floating in the sky, and there is no trace of him."
Ping'er said with a smile: "We are about to enter the territory of Huai'an. The prince should leave the uncle to give orders. Is it possible that the trouble was not enough yesterday? Are you thinking of continuing today?"
Sister Feng let out a sigh and cursed: "You dare to tease me now, you coquettish man. Who is holding my hand at night? When I get to Jinling, I will open my eyes and see how many months you have been without a man. Are you still angry now?"
Ping'er didn't dare to accept these words and hurriedly left the cabin. Just when they turned the corner, they saw two people holding hands on the ship's armor.
"You still said it didn't matter to you!" He cursed in his mind, pouted and turned around. Seeing that Ying'er was about to go there again, he took Ying'er along and sent him back.
Seeing Ping'er go and come back, Sister Feng asked doubtfully: "You haven't come back yet?"
Ping'er said: "I didn't see anyone when I went out. There must be some unfinished matters."
The two people on the deck had no idea what had just happened in the cabin.
"aunt!"
"Um?"
Baochai was too shy to look up at him. Leaning in the warm embrace, smelling the familiar smell that I thought about day and night, I felt content and calm in my heart.
Brother Rong said: "Auntie, are you warm?"
