[After tinkering for a long time on August 15th, I found that I still have to write about August 14th...]

It's approaching noon.

In the small hall with three reverse seats.

Wang Xifeng, who had just finished handling the housework, stood up and walked back and forth a few times to relax his muscles a little, and then asked Ping'er who was standing by: "Is there any movement over there, Madam?"

Unexpectedly, Ping'er didn't respond at all and still stood in front of the bed with his head bowed. He didn't know what he was thinking.

"Ping'er, Ping'er?!"

It wasn't until Sister Feng raised her voice twice more that Ping'er came to his senses and hurriedly smiled and said, "What do you want grandma to do?"

Wang Xifeng looked at her suspiciously and said, "What's wrong with you recently? You seem to be losing your soul day by day?"

What else could it be for?

Of course it's because of the appointment in the cave tomorrow night.

But this matter must not be explained clearly, so Ping'er covered it up in a panic: "First it was the old lady's birthday, and then it was the August Festival. I was very busy with my grandma, and I was a little nervous for a while.

That’s all.”

"really?"

Wang Xifeng still didn't clear up her doubts, frowning and saying: "Are you helping the second master again and hiding something from me?"

"Grandma, this is really an injustice to me!"

Seeing that she had changed her mind, Ping'er breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly complained: "Second Master's quarrel with us is not a recent thing, so how can it be blamed on me? Besides, Second Master is here

If you play outside, nothing will reach my ears, let alone help him hide it from you!"

They say money makes a hero bold.

Although Jia Lian is far from being called a hero, since he got the job of supervising other courtyards, his courage has become stronger day by day.

And because of the affairs with many girls, I no longer dared to live on the sidelines, so I often used the name of the project to spend the day and night outside, drinking and staying up all night.

Now Wang Xifeng is in a bit of trouble.

She has all kinds of means to deal with things at home, but she is beyond her reach outside - but she can't stop Jia Lian from going out to socialize, right?

Especially after the title of Imperial Concubine in the Jin Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty, new friends from all over the world often came to invite me, and there was no reason to refuse them all because of emotion and reason.

Ordinary women would cry and complain to their parents-in-law when encountering something like this.

But Jia She and Xing...

It’s good as long as it doesn’t cause any trouble!

As for Jia's mother, to put it mildly, the old lady will only make peace with her; to put it seriously, she is afraid that if a strict investigation is carried out, the couple will be implicated in the embezzlement of project funds.

Faced with this dilemma, Wang Xifeng felt so angry that nothing she saw was pleasing to her eyes.

I just suspected that Ping'er was causing trouble, but he was just venting his anger.

After Ping'er's explanation, and then thinking that Jia Lian's absence at night would not be of any benefit to Ping'er, Wang Xifeng dismissed the matter and asked again: "Is there any news over there, Madam?"

"I heard in the morning that Baoyu's condition has relapsed, and his wife probably passed away..."

"I'm asking our wife!"

Only then did Ping'er realize that she was talking about the eldest wife, Mrs.

Let’s have a look inside.”

"Every three to five?"

Wang Xifeng only heard that the Xing family would visit Jia She in the Buddhist hall, but she didn't know that the frequency was so low. When she heard this, she couldn't help but be surprised and said: "This is strange, she doesn't visit every day?"

Ping'er thought about the eldest wife's usual behavior, and felt a little puzzled, so he suggested: "That's the caretaker of Lin Zhixiao's family over there, why don't we ask her to come..."

Wang Xifeng nodded slightly, and Ping'er sent the little girl to Ermen Luding to deliver the message.

Not long after, Lin Zhixiao's wife Liu hurried over. When she entered, she paid homage and called her godmother. Her festive and affectionate gesture made Wang Xifeng giggle.

When Mrs. Liu got up, Ping'er asked from the side: "I heard that my sister is taking care of the Buddhist hall? But what orders does the old lady have? Why can't she visit often?"

"this……"

Mrs. Liu hesitated for a moment, then thought that she also wanted something from Sister Feng, so she didn't hide it: "Although the old lady set the time, she didn't say not to visit her every day. As for the eldest lady, she didn't visit often - I heard that the eldest master every time

When we met, I forced my wife to raise money to pay off the debt. Maybe I didn’t raise enough money to go see the eldest man."

"Are you in debt again?"

Wang Xifeng frowned and secretly thought that the couple really couldn't stop. Then she wondered: "How come the second master and I haven't heard of this?"

Last time he owed a debt, Jia She was the first one to go to Jia Lian and staged the drama of a loving father and a filial son.

"It seems that the elder is afraid of disturbing the old lady, so he will add insult to injury, so he specifically ordered not to disturb the family."

"Hmph~"

Wang Xifeng couldn't help snorting when she heard the words, thinking that the master is obviously hiding his ears and stealing the bell. The house is full of ventilation, how can there be any secrets that can be hidden?

But how did she know that what Jia She wanted to hide was not the debt itself, but the worry that the government would know that he had borrowed money from King Zhongshun? In today's civil and military dynasty, who would dare to have anything to do with King Zhongshun?

"knew."

After asking what was going on, she waved her hand towards Ms. Liu: "Go down and do your work."

"this……"

Mrs. Liu was about to speak but stopped.

"Why, is there anything else?"

"It's my girl."

Mrs. Liu rubbed her hands and said with a smile: "Qingwen has been transferred to Jiao's family for several months now. The place for the maid in Master Bao's house is always vacant. Look, do you think..."

"I said, kowtow to me as soon as you come in."

Wang Xifeng suddenly realized, holding the handkerchief and holding Qiao's hand, she asked: "What is your girl's name?"

"It was originally called Hongyu, but because it interfered with the name taboo of Second Master Bao, it is now called Xiaohong."

"Xiao Hong, I've written it down."

Wang Xifeng said again: "Brother Bao is not well yet, and I can't remember this matter. Let's wait for a few days when we are free. Brother Bao and I will discuss it - of course, it also depends on how well your girl is trained. If you can't get into Bao

Brother's eyes, you can't blame me."

"Thank you, godmother, for the support. Thank you, godmother, for the support!"

Mrs. Liu was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to express her gratitude.

Before leaving the house, he specially gave Ping'er twenty-two bodies, and then he left full of longing.

Ping'er returned to the house and saw Wang Xifeng pacing back and forth in the house again, with the expression on his face flickering.

"Grandma, what's wrong? If the Lin family's affairs are difficult to handle, why bother..."

"That's not what happened!"

Wang Xifeng interrupted Ping'er's words and gritted her teeth and said: "I wonder why the wife asked about the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Wang earlier, and why the old lady suddenly turned against the master - but it turned out that she planned to knock a sum of money from Brother Shun's head to pay off the debt.

!”

As he spoke, he stamped his feet and cursed: "These two people who care about their heads but not their bottoms are willing to turn against Brother Shun for a little money. Fortunately, the old lady knows everything clearly, otherwise I am afraid that even I will be involved!"

She actually had the idea of ​​blackmailing Jiao Shun before, but now that times have changed, Jiao Shun is not only valued by the emperor, but also promoted by Prince Teng, so the situation is completely different.

Ping'er was surprised and said: "No way? I heard that my wife often calls Brother Shun recently, intending to bring him into a relationship with his cousin - if he has just made a feud, how dare he..."

"Perhaps Brother Shun is still kept in the dark!"

Wang Xifeng sneered again and again: "My wife just came to me to ask for the deed, and the matter was stopped by the old lady. He may not know the reason for this - why is there no connection? I'm afraid he wants to sell his niece or his daughter.

!”

After a pause, he added: "In this case, you can find an opportunity tomorrow to quietly mention a few words to Brother Shun, so as to prevent him from being coaxed by his wife and getting beaten up!"

This is exactly what Ping'er wants.

She was worried that she wouldn't be able to find an excuse to escape tomorrow, but Wang Xifeng gave her an upright reason!

Wang Xifeng, who unconsciously sent out an assist, quickly put this matter behind her and ordered: "You ask someone to inform the second master and the second girl and ask them to gather together in Dongkua Yard. Just say it is important."

thing!"

Ping'er vaguely guessed something, and without saying anything more, he sent people to inform Jia Lian and Jia Yingchun separately.

Wang Xifeng sat directly on the sedan chair and transferred to the east courtyard.

Not long after, Jia Yingchun came over with Siqi. The sister-in-law and her sister-in-law chatted about each other, and waited for nearly two-quarters of an hour before they saw Jia Lian arriving late.

After seeing Wang Xifeng, Jia Lian wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and complained indifferently: "I am paying wages to those mud-legged people, and you called me in such a hurry, what's the matter?

"

"It's serious business!"

Wang Xifeng glanced at him and said angrily: "Tomorrow is the August Festival, and I am still locked up in the Buddhist hall. Others can just pay it forward. As sons and daughters-in-law, how can we continue to pretend to be deaf and mute and turn a blind eye?"

"

As he said that, he pinched the orchid and pointed inside: "When you go in and see my wife later, you can tell me that you will take the lead in asking the ancestors to show mercy and let me go out to celebrate the festival."

It wasn't that Jia Lian hadn't thought of this section at first, but he just didn't want to let Jia She go out, so he subconsciously rejected these thoughts.

Now that Wang Xifeng pointed it out, he was shocked to realize that something was wrong.

So he patted his forehead and said: "Yes, yes, it's not because you reminded us in time that we almost lost our filial piety - let's go, let's ask my wife to take the lead, and if we have a better life, I beg you, old lady!"

Wang Xifeng said that he was asked to take the lead, but he blamed it on Mr.

With his brother and sister-in-law taking the lead, Jia Yingchun followed suit and followed the crowd.
Chapter completed!