"What are you thinking about?" Li Wan recalled that day when he was drunk and lost his temper. He actually leaned over to eat, which made Brother Rong very proud. He hummed and said, "I'm going back. If Brother Rong cares about the progress of the agricultural book, he has to come to Daoxiang Village."
Jia Rong also felt bitter in her heart. It's not that he doesn't want to go to Daoxiang Village, but he is afraid of entering the Grand View Garden. There were a lot of maids in Baoyu's room. One day when he bumped into her on the road and was sent to Yihong Courtyard, Jia Baoyu couldn't catch up and begged him to come in and do ridiculous things with the maids?
Sometimes, men are indifferent to beauty. Wenrou Township is the Tomb of Heroes, and Brother Rong clearly realizes that he has become a hero, and he is even more afraid now.
He hurriedly grabbed the palace judge and said calmly: "I have a grown-up married brother who always runs to the big garden, which is not ridiculous. There are aunts from the Shi family, the Lin family, the Xue family, and so many maids. , nuns, actors, and even the aunts in the house are all very old, so it’s not appropriate to go there often.”
Li Wan said carefully: "What's going on with the Xue family and the Lin family? The ladies don't know, and I live in the garden. Don't you know? Those two girls often go to Yixia Pavilion to accompany Feng Yatou."
Brother Rong said with a smile: "It must be that they have a close relationship as sisters. I thought about Aunt Lian living alone in Huifang Garden, and I was worried that she would get bored."
Li Wan didn't believe it. She didn't know about Lin Daiyu's situation. At least Xue Baochai was someone she had seen with her own eyes, and she still looked so naked that she had a tiring dream for half a year.
She was about to go back, but she also remembered that the maids from Xifu often ran to Daoxiang Village with their things recently, and their enthusiasm was really scary. It wouldn't be a good idea if the maids of the West Mansion accidentally bumped into the two of them having fun.
I could only reluctantly reply: "Anyway, whether they are friendly sisters or not has nothing to do with me. Brother Rong doesn't want to go to Daoxiang Village, so there's nothing I can do about it. I'm not begging you whether love will come or not."
Brother Rong held the palace judge's hand and said softly: "These words are a bit hurtful. I don't want to go. I'm just worried about ruining the palace judge's reputation, and I'm afraid that the palace judge will be in a dilemma between the two houses."
Speaking of these things, Li Wan was also confused and troubled. At the moment, he didn't reply to Brother Rong's words. He looked at the fish at ease under the stream and let his mind wander.
Brother Rong whispered: "It is always inconvenient to enter the big garden in the west, and the Ningguo Mansion is also spacious. There are also many places for compiling agricultural books, not to mention the many empty rooms in Tianxiang Tower, and There is a large study room in the front yard, a side study room in the green hall, and the Ningxi Pavilion by the northeast stream. There are places everywhere where you can edit and read books.”
Li Wan gave him a faint look. If you are serious about compiling books, you can do it anywhere as long as it is secluded. But most importantly, she wanted to stay in private with Brother Rong. Regardless of whether they are looking for fun or not, even if it is just two people reading and editing books together, they still have to find a satisfying and secluded place.
"How can we entertain guests occasionally in the large study room in the front yard of Ningguo Mansion? Isn't Conglvtang a retreat for Princess Beijing in your mansion? When the princess comes one day, won't I occupy the magpie's nest? . Ning Xixuan and Tianxiang Tower are even more banquet places, and I don’t want to go either."
Brother Rong thought about it, Ningxi Xuan was mostly a place for men to sell cards and drink, which was really not good. Tianxiang Tower is feasible, but...he suddenly noticed that Li Wan's face was not angry, and he suddenly remembered that Li Wan had actually said that he liked Cong Lutang.
He chuckled softly and said: "It's not like Cong Lutang has been put under someone's name. The princess can live in it, and the palace magistrate can live in it even more. It's rare for the princess to come here in a month or two. When the county princess comes someday, I will allocate some rooms for them to retreat to."
Li Wan grimaced and thought carefully in private. Daoxiang Village is out of bounds these days, otherwise I wouldn’t often run to Dongfu to avoid trouble. Tianxiang Tower is also close to Yixia Pavilion. If you run into Feng Yatou someday, you will inevitably be in a bad mood.
After much calculation, Cong Lutang was the most suitable.
"I still don't know what Cong Lutang became like after being taken in by the princess." Li Wan said sourly.
Brother Rong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "Why don't I take the palace judge over to have a look, and also take a look at the room. When I'm tired, I can rest in the green hall."
Li Wan was slightly moved. But under Brother Rong's hot eyes, he said shyly: "I was late reading yesterday and forgot to wash myself. Let's go to Conglutang tomorrow instead."
Brother Rong raised his eyebrows, this girl doesn't like to be clean. In this weather, I didn't even bother taking a shower, I didn't even wipe it off. However, they, the grandmothers, stay in a quiet place every day. They can eat ice to cool down when it is hot, so they neither sweat nor get dirty.
He leaned over and whispered, "I'll ask Xiao Que'er to fetch water for the palace judge later, and I'll help the palace judge scrub his whole body clean."
Li Wan looked at him differently and said with a smile, "Brother Rong said it himself."
“Not only do you say it personally, but you also take action personally.”
"..."
Xiaoque'er listened to the two people talking, but her face became more and more unhappy. In these years, she had never done such a rough thing in Grandma Rong's room. On the contrary, the uncle had to fetch water for Grandma Zhu.
He quietly chopped up the pair of bitches, then looked at the maid Suyun next to him, thinking to himself that the person doing the work should have such hoofs.
Uncle Rong and Aunt Zhu were still calculating in Huifang Garden, but several old ladies from Daoxiang Village were walking outside.
One person asked: "Miss, do you know when the eldest grandma will come back?"
Biyue replied: "You can't say the time. If you have anything to do, you might as well just say it. I'll wait until grandma comes back and report it."
The ladies hurriedly shook their heads after hearing this, picked up a big watermelon from the basket and presented it to them. He smiled and said, "What's the matter? I just thought that the weather has been dry recently, so I picked some melons to pay tribute."
Biyue replied: "I send you melons every three days. Grandma also thinks of you well. Unfortunately, grandma has been busy recently and is not in the room. People in our courtyard can't eat so much. It's better not to be like this when we come over in the future. .”
Another woman had just come from the foot of the mountain, also carrying a basket. Seeing the situation outside Daoxiang Village, he hurriedly rushed forward with a melon basket and said with a cheerful smile: "It's all our slave's thoughts. Girl, please accept it for grandma first."
Seeing this group of people, Biyue was unable to refuse, so she had no choice but to accept them.
But I never thought that these women who had just come to Daoxiang Village to deliver melons would pick up their baskets and go to Qiu Shuangzhai.
After Tanchun heard this, he didn't leave the room. He just scolded with a cold face: "They are probably sending the wrong person."
The maid waited for the book and replied: "The little maids outside are also sending them away, but these women are as shrewd as ghosts. The maids are no match for them. It is difficult to deal with one person, let alone a group of them."
"group?"
"That's right. I went over after seeing one or two of them, but before I sent them away, a few more women came behind me. All of them were holding things in their hands, and their enthusiasm might scare people to death."
Tan Chun asked in surprise: "Did they give melons to all the maids, or just to us?"
Waiting for the letter to reply: "I heard the ladies making a fuss in private. It seems that some of them have just come from Grandma Zhu's place. It seems that Grandma Zhu is not in the courtyard today, so everyone crowded outside our door."
Tanchun said: "I haven't seen them be so flattering in the past. What happened recently?"
Waiting for the book smiled and replied: "Young lady, you can't even remember this? Yu Chuan'er's sister died earlier, and there is still an empty place for a maid in the wife's room. The girls of these mothers-in-law are now in the wife's room." I work as a girl in the house, trying to earn one tael of silver every month."
After hearing this, Tanchun became even more annoyed and cursed: "The idea is all over me. I can't talk about who is the big maid or the little maid in my wife's room. I have them all driven away and blocked outside." What kind of words."
Waiting for the book said: "Don't be angry, girl. I have asked the maids to persuade these women to leave. There is no need to treat them coldly. When these people are not in power, they are as docile as cats and dogs that have been hungry for a few days. Wait until When God got the upper hand, they took advantage of the relationship and became domineering."
"There has never been a slave who can be arrogant and domineering in front of the master. They study their skills, so it doesn't matter if they become popular with the wife. Those who are domineering in front of me will inevitably give her a slap."
Tanchun said angrily and stopped asking questions. He just asked the maid to send the mothers away.
Let's say that after Grandma Zhu entered Conglutang, she looked like a different person when she came out again. I don't know if it was the dusk light that illuminated her face that made her look rosy, or if it was just the way it should be.
Her face looked as if she had been drunk. Although she looked clean after washing, her steps seemed slightly unsteady after being drunk.
Grandma Zhu was supported by Suyun, and she did not forget to give instructions: "Bring someone to clean up the room tomorrow, and bring some books from the study room in Daoxiang Village."
Suyun asked a few times, "Are you going to stay here at night from now on?"
Grandma Zhu stabbed her in the face and hummed: "You are a prodigal, you are unwilling to get what you want today? I will give you a chance in the future. If you don't go back to Daoxiang Village at night, wouldn't you be as shameless as Feng girl?"
Su Yun replied in a low voice: "What I'm thinking about is that grandma will have to help the girl from the Shi family plan a banquet tomorrow. I'm afraid she won't have time to come to Ningguo Mansion."
Li Wan's legs were a little weak and he actually forgot about it. He said calmly: "You can just bring two little maids to clean up tomorrow. The garden will be busy in the next two days. It is necessary to invite the old lady and the others, and it is inconvenient to run here. Take your time, don't rush now."
The master and the servant chatted, and when they returned to Daoxiang Village, the sky had turned blue. The afterglow of the setting sun had a little light, and I could barely see clearly the pieces of rice in the paddy fields in front of me, bent down by the ears of rice.
Li Wan calculated: "It's time to harvest in these days. Don't forget this. Remember to remind me to call Brother Rong to come over and watch the ceremony before harvesting."
Su Yun smiled and said, "I will keep everything in mind."
After the two of them entered the room, Biyue rushed to reply and told everything about the melons given to me by my mother-in-law today. Li Wan sighed, these women are also difficult to deal with. He frowned and said: "When I come back later, I will tell you that there are too many fruits in the courtyard and it is not suitable to harvest them."
Biyue asked: "If these women talk about requests, how should this slave respond?"
Li Wan said: "Although your grandma is in charge of the affairs of the inner house and the garden, she can't interfere with my wife. If she can pick these up, they are still rejected by others, so she has no ability. If she can't help, she just can't help. Just do it. Tell them that if you send them here, they might as well send them to Yixia Pavilion."
Su Yun smiled and said: "They are like ghosts. They have probably already thought of going to Yixia Pavilion to pay filial piety and flattery. It's just that Yixia Pavilion is in Ningguo Mansion. They brought things there, and they must give them to Grandma Zhen and Grandma Xiao Rong. Grandma will also serve it. It will make them feel distressed."
Li Wan said: "If you ask for one tael of silver per month, can they still feel sorry for this little money?"
Su Yun laughed again: "Grandma, don't you know that Second Grandma is famous in the house, and those women scolded her behind her back. Now that Second Grandma is not doing anything, she feels happy in her heart. How can she still send her to her door? Aren’t you happy to find it?”
Biyue also followed: "No. I have also mentioned several times that those women said privately that no matter how many things they send, they may not be able to satisfy Grandma Lian Er. The things were sent one by one, just in case Lian Er Grandma didn’t want to help, so all her efforts were wasted.”
Li Wan said coldly: "She doesn't want to, so I do?"
Suyun smiled and said: "Who doesn't know that our grandma is the most kind-hearted and kind-hearted?"
Li Wan waved his hands and refused to discuss the matter.
Two days later, Grandma Zhu did not go to Ningguo Mansion again. Instead, she was dragged by a group of girls in the garden to participate in their poetry club activities.
Brother Rong also heard about it. It turned out that they had made some kind of crab feast. Even Wang Xifeng, Qin Keqing, Xiang Ling and others were invited, but he, Uncle Rong, was completely uninvited.
Wang Xifeng came back after drinking. Seeing him like this, he asked Ping'er to wash a cucumber.
"I haven't eaten the crabs today, and I haven't finished the wine yet. Try this. Grandma Liu brought it from the countryside."
Brother Rong took the cucumber and looked at it. It was neither big nor small...
He asked: "Why are the thorns on it gone? You must not have used them. "
Wang Xifeng was confused and puzzled, and curled her lips and said: "The old man's hard work and thoughts are very fresh, how could he be so fooled."
Brother Rong still didn't dare to eat it, so he asked, "Why are the thorns on the cucumber gone?"
Ping'er replied: "I was afraid of hurting my hands, so I washed them carefully."
After hearing Ping'er's explanation, Brother Rong felt a little relieved, and then carefully looked at Wang Xifeng's appearance to see if he was telling lies. He once bowed his head and felt extremely ashamed and humiliated. Although he could still think of it as a boudoir pleasure, it would be really depressing if he ate a used melon.
Li Wan said: "Although your grandma is in charge of the affairs of the inner house and the garden, she can't interfere with my wife. If she can pick these up, they are still rejected by others, so she has no ability. If she can't help, she just can't help. Just do it. Tell them that if you send them here, they might as well send them to Yixia Pavilion."
Su Yun smiled and said: "They are like ghosts. They have probably already thought of going to Yixia Pavilion to pay filial piety and flattery. It's just that Yixia Pavilion is in Ningguo Mansion. They brought things there, and they must give them to Grandma Zhen and Grandma Xiao Rong. Grandma will also serve it. It will make them feel distressed."
Li Wan said: "If they ask for one tael of silver per month, can they still feel sorry for this little money?"
