Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

Mingyan was busy moving things, and she was so busy until the afternoon that she was free. After a quick bite of food, she came to the door of Baoyu's room to wait for the summons.

At that time, Baoyu was already asleep. He leaned against the door and listened for a while, but there was no movement inside, so he first went to talk to Qingwen for a while.

At this time, he has calmed down a lot, and he is considered to be out of experience. He just left after a cup of tea, and he will not do anything out of the ordinary.Although the master is interesting, if you do it before you let go, you will be courting death.

He came to the front yard again, and after staying here for a while, he became acquainted with the servants of the Lin Mansion. He kept greeting each other along the way, and when he came to the warehouse, Tiaoyun was still checking boxes for storage.

Yinquan came over in a hurry, holding a letter in his hand, he grinned when he saw Mingyan, and said, "It just so happens that you are here, this is a letter that was handed over by the mansion a few days ago, and I just got it today .”

Ming Yan took it and squeezed it: "Yo! It seems that there are three or four cards! Well, I will submit them when the second master wakes up later." Looking at Tian'er, he estimated that the time was almost up, so he didn't bother to say more, He hurried to Baoyu's residence again.

Baoyu fell asleep for an hour and a half. After waking up, he stretched his waist very full. Mingyan came over a moment earlier and heard some movement inside before whispering outside the door: "Master? Are you awake? "

Just as Baoyu woke up, his voice was still a little hoarse: "Yes." He got up and put on his clothes.

Mingyan had asked someone to prepare hot water for washing, and upon hearing this, he opened the door and brought it in.Baoyu bent down and washed his face twice before waking up, wiped it dry with a cloth towel, and poured another cup of strong tea.

Mingyan took a step forward, took out the letter from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Master, this is a letter from the house sweepers. It just arrived today."

Baoyu took it with his right hand, put down the teacup with his left hand and opened it, and said: "I remember that the last letter was eight days ago?" On the way. You said it was nothing serious."

Baoyu nodded and took out the letter to read.

The more she looked at her brows, the tighter her frowns became. After reading it almost at a glance, her face was already as dark as the bottom of a pot.He didn't say anything, just threw the letter paper on the table lightly, and closed his eyes.

Ming Yan didn't dare to vent his anger even at the side. A martial artist has a kind of coercion. He usually restrains himself deliberately, but now he releases it all when he gets angry, making Ming Yan break out in a cold sweat in no time.

Just when he thought that the second master would vent his anger, Baoyu let out a heavy sigh of relief and opened his eyes: "It's nothing, you go and carry the things we brought to Miss Lin's room, and let Qingwen pick some out to display. Prepare the carriage, I'm going to take a look at that mansion."

That's all!The voice was three points lower than before.

Ming Yan said in his stomach, but he didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, and should go down to find someone.

Baoyu waited for him to go out before falling back, and raised her hand to cover her forehead to cover her eyes.

Can you finally bear it?Okay, let you go on and wait for me to go back.When I go back, your wishful thinking may not work.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to be mocking, but also seemed to be determined to win.

In the Rong Mansion, Mother Jia withdrew her servants, leaving only Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue in the room.

"What does my aunt mean to let Baoyu marry girl Bao?" Mother Jia said slowly.

Aunt Xue couldn't figure out what Jia Mu was thinking, so she could only laugh and say what she meant, and said, "Baoyu is not young anymore, and now it's such a beautiful scenery, it's better to settle down earlier." After speaking, she told Mrs. Wang Wink.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly answered: "Yes, old ancestor, Baoyu is seventeen years old, and it's about time. I think Bao girl is good, that child is sensible, and she has learned the general principles of advance and retreat since she was a child, and the two are a good match."

She couldn't understand Jia Mu's smile, she hesitated and said tentatively: "...But this is a big deal, my daughter-in-law doesn't dare to be good at it, so it depends on what you mean."

"Oh, the children are all grown up!" Mother Jia sighed, "My old lady can't take care of these things. But you also know that child Baoyu, who has a big idea since he was a child, and you have seen how he treats Lin girl all these years I'm afraid this will not be easy!" Mrs. Wang's expression turned ugly.

In fact, Jia's mother was more or less inclined towards Daiyu. After all, Lin Ruhai had become more and more popular in recent years, and Daiyu was the only child left by her daughter, so she really liked her.

On Baochai's side, Wang Ziteng has just been sent to a place like Longxi. Although the governor is not a small official, he is obviously neglected. Jia Mu's heart is like a mirror. The Xue family has... It's also gone, how many years can you last if you sit and eat?

But she also watched Baochai, she was indeed dignified and peaceful, thoughtful and considerate, she was indeed the mistress of the house, even though there was such an out-of-the-ordinary brother like Xue Pan...but it was not a big problem, and Daiyu always looks too lofty, not that kind of material.

Also, if you marry Daiyu, you always feel like you are bowing your head to Lin Ruhai to show weakness, which makes Jiamu feel uncomfortable.

Weighing both sides, Jia Mu still hesitated.

"It's not that Baoyu likes to let other people make decisions. Let's wait for him to come back and ask him what he thinks." Jia Mu said.

Mrs. Wang thought that Mother Jia didn't agree, and hurriedly said: "Marriage has been the order of parents since ancient times. If the old lady nods, how can he disobey?"

Mother Jia sighed and said, "You don't know about your own child? If you don't ask him, you'll make up your mind. He can have trouble with you for ten years. Will he accept it or not?" said Mrs. Wang. choke.

But this hit her deadly spot. The relationship between her and Baoyu has never been very close. If she wants to say that she can be Baoyu's master...she herself feels a little guilty...

So this conversation can only end temporarily. They naturally don't know that Baoyu's eyeliner in the mansion has seen everything in his eyes, and the mansion can't hide things, so they found out within a few days The content of the conversation was sent to Baoyu in a letter.

Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang still don't want to give up, and Baochai also goes to visit Jiamu every day to try her best.She has always been used to be a good person, from the elders to the sisters to the servant girls in this mansion, not many say anything bad about her.

Baoyu was really furious when he read the letter, but he calmed down afterwards.

He is not in the mansion now, and if he really wants to do anything, he can't find anyone else. If he says to go back and arrange a marriage for him... then we have to see if he agrees!

He's not easy to talk to, if he's really in a hurry, he'll tear his face apart, besides, there are Shuihong and Shuirong!Once these two people sacrificed, they would definitely stop jumping.

Baoyu had her own plan in mind, so she didn't mention this matter to Daiyu. After burning the letter, she went out by car.

Lin Ruhai was very efficient. Probably as soon as he went out in the afternoon, he ordered the construction department to send someone to remove the seal on the door of the mansion, and started to go in and prepare for construction.

When Baoyu arrived at the door, someone greeted him, and asked him if he was a member of the new magistrate's family who was about to take office, and then respectfully and carefully invited him in to have a look.

The Zhang Mansion was sealed for less than a year, and at that time the house was searched and destroyed, so the buildings inside were still quite intact.Baoyu wandered around inside, followed by a few craftsmen, probably listening to his instructions on how to repair, and then went back to draw drawings and prepare materials.

The house is not broken, but it is probably a few years old, looking a little old, so Baoyu asked them to renew all the places that needed to be repaired, such as roof tiles, doors and windows, etc.

The furniture and previous items inside were also taken away, so it all needed to be remade.

Someone asked what kind of wood was used, and Baoyu thought about it: "Let's use red sandalwood, it should be simple and elegant, and it should be more atmospheric."

And the bricks on the ground have to be laid again.

Baoyu looked at it carefully, and asked someone to push away the courtyard where the concubines lived in Zhang Yuming's mansion, and turned it into a school yard, paved the floor with blue bricks, and put weapons racks and arrow targets.

As soon as you enter the mansion, the big room in front of the gate is the hall for meeting guests, behind it is the study room, and then there is the main courtyard where the wife lives.

Baoyu knew that Sister Jia Lian and Feng had a deep affection and must live together, so he asked them to enlarge the bedroom and build two more yards next to each other for the children to live in.

The Zhang Mansion occupies a very large area. Originally, even the Lin Mansion was a little smaller than this, but last year the emperor has expanded a lot, and now it is one-third larger than the Zhang Mansion.

Baoyu asked the craftsmen and learned that the Zhang Mansion covers an area of ​​about 200 mu. Everywhere needs minor repairs.

The scenery in the garden has declined, so Baoyu asked them to dig a big lake and build a few Champs pavilions.

In the mansion, one needs to be more comfortable in order to live comfortably, so Baoyu did not rigidly separate the living area from the entertainment area, and simply changed the bedroom into a three-story loft, standing on it to overlook the entire mansion. The scenery is also surrounded by various flowers and trees, and each independent small courtyard is also made into a garden style, fresh and lively.

It took a whole afternoon to arrange all this, and it was getting dark soon. Baoyu came out satisfied, and the workers also locked the gate first, and started construction early tomorrow morning.

Officials have to pay out of their own pockets to build mansions, and the public is only responsible for manpower and part of the raw materials.Anyway, Baoyu brought a lot of money.

Originally, I planned to bring 10 taels, but then I thought that Xiufu was a big deal, and the money might not be enough, so I doubled the amount. 20 taels of big ingots were packed into more than 20 boxes, each box containing 1 Ten thousand taels.

In addition, I brought more than a dozen boxes of copper coins, which amounted to more than 5000 coins. This is a huge sum of money. If it weren't for the booming business and years of accumulation, ordinary people would not be able to spend so much money.

When she got back to the mansion, Daiyu got impatient for waiting, it was already past dinner time, Lin Ruhai sent word that she would return late, she was the only one left in the mansion, and Baoyu ran away all afternoon, she was still waiting The anxious Qingwen didn't know how to persuade her.

As soon as Baoyu came back, he went straight to Daiyu's room. Mingyan opened the curtain outside. He came in, took a look and smiled, "It's because I'm late that I can hang oil bottles on my mouth!"

Daiyu was happy when she knew he was coming back, she hurriedly came up to him and said with a smile, "It's not your fault, but I didn't know you were out, and I couldn't find anyone to talk to you this afternoon."

Baoyu took her into the inner room and smiled: "It's my fault. I left in a hurry this afternoon and thought you were still asleep, so I didn't come to tell you. I'm hungry. Let's set the meal first, and talk to you while eating."

Qingwen was standing beside her, and asked after hearing the words: "Second Master, what do you want for dinner?"

Baoyu first asked Daiyu, "What about you?"

Daiyu said, "Let me eat noodles, make them warmer."

Baoyu nodded: "Then let them serve noodles in clear soup, stir-fry a few side dishes, serve with pumpkin porridge and meat pie." eat pasta.

Daiyu said: "You ran all afternoon, how can you just eat this? Let's serve some rice. Or you should wake up hungry at night."

Think about it too, when he is growing up, he can eat and get hungry easily, but if he doesn't eat, he will feel full for some nights, and his stomach will feel uncomfortable.

He smiled warmly at Daiyu, and said softly: "Listen to you." Then he said to Qingwen: "Then serve two more bowls of rice, and don't forget the beef soup."

Qingwen carefully remembered that when she went out, she saw Mingyan guarding the door, so the two went to the dining room to order food together.Not long after, a large table was set up, and Baoyu asked Qingwen Mingyan to go down to eat as well, and filled two bowls of beef soup for herself.

"By the way, why don't you see Xue'er?" Baoyu handed her the bowl and asked, "I used to always see her lying on the smoked cage, why didn't I see her today?"

Cher is that fat rabbit, who has grown up.

Daiyu put down the soup bowl and stirred it with a small spoon, and said depressedly: "Don't mention it, it was roasted and eaten by the kitchen staff!"

! ! !Baoyu was surprised!

The author has something to say: a little adjustment...