Chapter 615 Daily Life in the Sun Mansion (VIII)
West Wing.
Qingwen pushed the door open and saw the maid Rui'er scratching the table with a feather duster. She hadn't moved a step for a long time. She immediately scolded in a low voice, "Little bitch, are you fooling around again?!"
As he spoke, he stepped forward and snatched the feather duster, pointed to the door, and said, "Go, go, go to the kitchen and tell them that my eldest sister has been coughing for the past two days. Ask them to prepare something to clear the lungs and reduce phlegm, and put less messy condiments in the soup. "
Rui'er quickly agreed and ran out of the door in a few quick steps.
Alas~
Rui'er was one of the maids bought by the Sun family when the flood occurred three years ago. She seemed to be a very honest and well-behaved child at first, but after growing up in the past two or three years, she became more and more sneaky and cunning.
It was because Xiangling was kind and never found fault with others, otherwise she would have been kicked out of the mansion long ago...
Speaking of the words "driven out of the house", Qingwen felt sad again. The experience of her brother Duo Hun Chong was quite similar to that of Rui'er.
Thinking back to the time when Qingwen was sold to Lai Da's mansion when she was young, and later given to Rongguo Mansion, when she had the support of Baoyu and wanted to find her biological parents, there was no news of them at all.
All he knew was that there was a cousin named Wu Gui, who was a skilled cook and had fallen on hard times. So he asked the Lai family for help and bribed Wu Gui to work in the Rongguo Mansion.
Wu Guichu was diligent and conscientious at first, and with the help of Lai Da, he married a beautiful maid.
But the good times didn't last long. Once Wu Gui started living a stable life, he forgot the hardships he had experienced when he was wandering outside. He lived a life of drunkenness and dreams every day, and even got the nickname "Du Hun Chong".
But his wife was not a good person either. Seeing that he only cared about drinking and refused to take care of the family, after trying to persuade her several times in vain, she simply indulged herself in lust and recruited heroes and talents from all over the house.
In just a few years, half of the young and old men in the Rongguo Mansion had their skills with guns and sticks tested by her and had to submit turbid test papers.
Because of her generosity, all the men in the mansion naturally favored her, but she also offended many of the maids.
Before, as long as Qingwen was respectable, it was not a big deal.
When Qingwen was sent to the Sun family and became the aunt's personal maid, the situation of this couple went from bad to worse.
But the couple didn't know the limits of their situation and got themselves into a lot of trouble. They were finally kicked out a few days ago and now they don't even have a place to live. They rely on Qingwen's support to avoid ending up on the streets.
But this is not a long-term solution after all, so Qingwen had to bite the bullet and come forward, hoping to ask Yuanyang to help Duohunchong find a job in the Sun Mansion.
However, Yuanyang knew more about the couple than Qingwen did. How could she be willing to let these two troublemakers into the house?
Qingwen was just worrying about Wu Gui and his wife when she heard the door open behind her. She thought it was Rui Er coming back, so she asked, "How is it? Have you explained everything?"
"What do you have to say?"
Unexpectedly, a deep voice came from behind.
Qingwen was startled. She turned around and saw that it was indeed the Second Master, Sun Shaozong, who had arrived. She subconsciously blurted out, "How did the Second Master come so quickly?!"
This...
Why is it so unpleasant to hear?
"What fast, slow!"
Sun Shaozong scolded angrily: "Yuanyang sprained her ankle in the orchard. Go and apply some safflower oil to her, and then send her to the first wife's room."
When Qingwen heard that Yuanyang had sprained her ankle, she hurriedly took out a bottle of safflower oil from the small medicine box that was always available at home. She apologized to Sun Shaozong and prepared to rush to the orchard.
"etc!"
Sun Shaozong suddenly stopped her and asked casually, "Has your uncle ever learned any craft?"
Qingwen paused, thinking that this was to help her brother, but she still couldn't believe it. She turned around and answered carefully, "My brother was an apprentice in a butcher's house for two years."
"Tell him to go to Yunshui Lane and find a man called Ni Er, the Drunken King Kong, and tell him that it was my idea. Let Ni Er help him set up a butcher stall!"
This Drunken King Kong Ni Er could barely be considered a relative of the mansion. At the beginning, Sun Shaozong saw that he was quite smart and capable, so he promoted him to be a minor official in the Shuntian Prefecture prison.
Who would have thought that once this fellow succeeded, he would start to act arrogantly in prison, and was eventually caught by Sun Shaozong, and was directly transformed from a prisoner to a prisoner.
However, Ni Er was only imprisoned for more than half a year. After he was released, he specially found Sun Shaozong, cut off one of his little fingers in front of him, and vowed to mend his ways.
Although Sun Shaozong refused to assign any more jobs to Ni Er, he still gave him some money to open a restaurant in Yunshui Lane.
It is said that Ni Er's business has been extremely prosperous in the past two years. Two days ago, he brought a valuable gift to express his gratitude. Of course, Sun Shaozong didn't even meet him. He just let Zhao Zhongji come out and say a few words to him.
Although this guy is not presentable, he is the perfect person to solve Qingwen's uncle's little trouble.
After hearing what Sun Shaozong said, Qingwen was delighted at first, but then she became hesitant and said, "Second Master, my uncle is really a good-for-nothing..."
"Ni Er is quite capable. You might as well inform him secretly and ask him to keep a close eye on your brother. I think there won't be any problems."
Sun Shaozong said this and raised his hand impatiently: "Go, don't keep Yuanyang waiting for too long."
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master!"
Hearing his confident words, Qingwen felt relieved at once. She hurriedly thanked him profusely and left the room, then rushed to the orchard holding the safflower oil.
She walked all the way to the grape trellis and saw Yuanyang sitting on the swing in a daze, unaware of her approach. Qingwen was happy, but also had some mischievous thoughts.
He quietly moved behind Yuanyang, stretched out his white little hand from Yuanyang's shoulder to her chest, and grabbed the thing that was just about to be fully grasped.
"ah!"
Yuanyang was shocked and blurted out, "Second Master! This... this cannot !"
“Hehe…”
Qingwen lay on her back, laughing so hard that she fell backwards.
Yuanyang then realized that he had called the wrong person, and hurriedly slapped away the restless claws, wanting to fight with Qingwen in embarrassment.
"Don't dare to move!"
Qingwen glared at him half-seriously and half-fakely: "Second Master has just repeatedly instructed me to escort Concubine Jin back safely, without losing a single hair!"
"You...how dare you talk nonsense!"
Yuanyang became even more embarrassed and angry when she heard this, and she pulled the rope of the swing and was about to stand up straight.
"Who's talking nonsense?"
Qingwen thrust the safflower oil in front of her eyes and said solemnly, "Don't you think about it? If Second Master hadn't told me to, why would I have come all the way to bring you the oil?"
"It really is... the Second Master..."
Yuanyang was still asking, but a blush appeared on her oval face. Her chest, which had just been touched, rose and fell rapidly a few times. She looked at Qingwen, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
Although Qingwen didn't know what she was going to ask, she had just received benefits from Sun Shaozong and knew that Yuanyang had 'long ago' given herself to him, so there was nothing to be shy about.
So naturally he was full of compliments: "Second Master was going to come and apply the medicine on you himself, but something else happened to him and he couldn't come."
As she spoke, she walked around to Yuanyang and asked which foot was sprained. She then took off the shoe and socks on Yuanyang's left foot, held the lotus-like jade feet in her hands, and said with a smile, "Although the Second Master was unable to come, he entrusted me to deliver his thoughts. Sister, just treat me as the Second Master's substitute."
The mandarin ducks didn't know whether to be happy or ashamed after hearing this.
As the white little hands evenly applied safflower oil on my ankles, I felt a hot, numbing sensation slowly rising from my legs, warming and numb my heart.
Crackling, crackling!
At this moment, firecrackers were suddenly heard in the front yard, followed by bursts of shouting coming from far away.
Because Yuanyang had official duties, he hurriedly ordered Qingwen to go outside and find out what was going on.
Qingwen was gone for a while, then returned in a daze. After being repeatedly questioned by Yuanyang, she said in disbelief, "A eunuch came to deliver the imperial edict. It is said that the court has awarded the second master a title, which is... a first-class male of Xuanfeng County!"
"What?!"
Yuanyang stood up subconsciously, then fell back down with a cry, tightly grasping the two ropes, and said in a lost voice: "Isn't this the same as the eldest master of Rongguo Mansion?"
After the reform of the nobility two years ago, the originally abandoned baronies replaced the general titles, and Jia She's title was changed from a first-class general of the second rank to a first-class baron of the second rank.
Although a title of nobility is not as good as an actual position, this leap to the second rank can be regarded as a promotion - and starting from the rank of baron, he can barely be called Grand Lord!
This is because although Sun Shaozong had made extraordinary achievements, it was ultimately about suppressing an internal rebellion, and according to convention, its merits should be reduced by several levels compared to external military achievements.
If those tens of thousands of mountain barbarians were replaced by the Mongols outside the Great Wall, this achievement would be enough to make him a baron, or even a viscount, and be awarded the title of earl!
Of course, the Mongols outside the Great Wall and the Heishui Mohe are not as loose as the Wuxi barbarians. If tens of thousands of troops are deployed, Sun Shaozong's personal bravery alone will not be enough to secure victory.
"Of course it's different!"
But after hearing Yuanyang's exclamation, Qingwen shook her head and said, "The eldest master only has an empty title, but the second master has been promoted to 'Shaoqing of the Dali Temple' this time!"
