The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 100 Daily life in Fuchu (Part [-] - Get rich)
When Jia Lian heard that Jia Rui was ill, he was thoughtful.

If what he expected was right, it was probably because he wanted to put a hat on him, so he was cleaned up by his Feng'er!

Thinking of this, Jia Lian didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.Jia Rui is such an idiot, he really doesn't have the right to be irritating!

In fact, because Wang Xifeng has to be a housekeeper, her uncle and nephew cannot avoid suspicion every day. She is the young mistress who has the most chance of cheating in the entire Jia family.

But Jia Lian didn't doubt her at all, because Jia Lian was very sure that Wang Xifeng was more respectful than ten thousand people in this regard.

Jia Lian knew very well that Wang Xifeng was a person who was romantic on the outside but conservative on the inside.

At the very beginning, in order to make Wang Xifeng change two tricks to cater to him, he didn't know how much thought was wasted, but in the end it was done by relying on brute force.

A woman like Wang Xifeng is not lewd by nature.

In the original book, even Ping'er said that Wang Xifeng stood upright by himself, that's why he had high demands on Jia Lian.

Jia Rui's boy, Jia Lian, has also met him. Although he is not handsome, he is also a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. Just because he dared to have disrespectful thoughts towards Wang Xifeng, he was punished by Wang Xifeng.

It can be said that if Wang Xifeng had a slightly crooked heart, even if he looked down on Jia Rui, he would not be so thorough.

After all, as long as she indulges a little bit, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang may take advantage of the opportunity, and maybe they will face the difficulties... What a chance to guide Jia Rong and Jia Qiang!
It's a pity that Wang Xifeng chose to beat him to death with a stick, so Jia Rong and Jia Qiang naturally didn't dare to have other thoughts.Jia Rong herself said: "Second Aunt Lian is so strong, Uncle Rui dares to blame her."

It can be seen that it is a fallacy for some people to speculate that Wang Xifeng and Jia Rong are unclear.If Jia Rong really had an affair with Wang Xifeng, he would not describe Wang Xifeng as strong when flirting with the maid.

After figuring this out, Jia Lian didn't feel that Wang Xifeng was wrong to clean up Jia Rui, or that she was cruel, and even a little relieved.

This woman finally has a cute side.

Seeing Wang Xifeng looking at him for help, Jia Lian raised an eyebrow at her.

Silly woman, I finally thought of myself.

So when the situation was most unfavorable to Wang Xifeng, Jia Lian stood up, smiled and said to Jia Mu and Jia Dairu:

"This year's weather is colder than in previous years, presumably there is more demand for good ginseng from various houses and houses, here and there, even if our house is not big enough.

But since brother Rui is seriously ill and needs to save his life, we shouldn't ignore it anyway.

Since there is none in the mansion, how about it, I just brought back a lot of ginseng from the border, most of which were captured on the battlefield, and some were specially given to me by my uncle when he heard that my father was seriously ill. Just send someone to take some out and give it to the grandfather. "

Jia Dairu thought that he didn't want to give it to him after hearing Jia Lian's previous words, and then he became overjoyed.

The Central Plains generally do not produce ginseng, and those good ginseng come from the deep mountains and old forests, and the bitter cold places in the northeast.

What's more, the participation is also divided into ranks, and the things Jia Lian brought back from the border to save his father must not be bad.

So I quickly bowed, thank you, and said: "It's just that this is what your elders want to use. I took it. Wouldn't it be too good..."

This is a common problem of sour literati. They can't wait to take things into their hands immediately, and even try to be hypocritical.

"It's okay, I bring quite a lot of those things."

As Jia Lian said, his eyes swept across the hall, and he happened to see Qingwen who was poking her head, and immediately said: "Go to the back of my study, find a sister named Ah Qin, and tell her to send some high-quality yellow sticks as I ordered. Come."

Qingwen asked suspiciously: "Is that the Tatar woman who came back with my master today?"

Qingwen had been spying on Jia Lian for a long time when she returned home, and she was the first to discover Aqi and Aqin and ran to inform Wang Xifeng.

Seeing Jia Lian nodding, he went happily.

In the hall, although Jia's mother had some ginseng in her storage, she was willing to listen to Jia Lian's opinion at this time, and acted as if she hadn't, so as to maintain everyone's face.

Seeing that Jiamu's expression softened, Wang Xifeng felt relieved, and then began to feel distressed again...

The top-quality yellow ginseng is at least ten taels of silver on the outside. If it is good-looking and big, it will be a sky-high price. It is really distressing to just give it away.

For a while, I thought, the heartless person has really grown up, and he knows to bring good things home, I'm afraid he is bragging, such good things are hard to come by, and how many he can have is just to save face. .

Everyone had their own thoughts on Jia Lian's words, but Jia Baoyu's focus was very different and his reaction was very fast.

He walked up to Jia Lian, "Second Brother Lian, you said you brought back a Tatar daughter?"

Don't get me wrong, Jia Baoyu doesn't really mean anything special.

He was just curious.

After what happened with Qingwen and Xiangling, Jia Baoyu already believed in Jia Lian's taste.

He thought to himself, the woman Jia Lian could bring back would definitely not be an ordinary woman, let alone a Sao Dazi?

This is only seen on the stage!
After Jia Baoyu said this, the attention of the people in the hall also focused.

Jia Lian said: "There is a saying in the past that the rise and fall of the common people suffer, and when there is a war, the people who suffer are also the people of the frontier, not only the people of our Wei Dynasty, but also the Tatars.

She is a woman from a small tribe whose family is ruined. I saw her on the battlefield and saved her. "

When Jia Lian said this, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

The cruelty of war, even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, just imagining it can make the group of pampered women in the room shudder.

This is also the reason why they are unwilling to let the men at home go to the battlefield.

Even Baochai next to him couldn't help but raise his head and take a look at Jia Lian.

Baochai, who has read a lot of poetry and books, is surprised that Jia Lian, who is rumored not to read, can have such insights and feelings.

From this point of view, he should have indeed been on the battlefield, otherwise, he would not have said such words.

……

On this side, Qingwen quickly found the right owner.

Just at this time, Ping'er was still arranging for someone to decorate the house for Aqi and Aqin.

Ping'er originally wanted to tidy up two rooms for them, but the other party said that there was only one room, and that the two of them could live together.

So Ping'er tidied up the most spacious room, ordered someone to remove a cabinet in the corner, and prepared to put another bed in.

Pinger's work is indeed appropriate.

Seeing Qingwen coming, Ping'er asked what was the matter.

Qingwen was originally thinking that it would be difficult to communicate with foreign women, but when she saw Ping'er, she immediately became happy and told her why she came.

Ping'er brought Qingwen over to explain to Ah Qin.

The woman named Ah Qin was not suspicious either, after all, apart from Jia Lian and others, no one else knew that there was ginseng in her package.

Because I asked Jia Lian how much he wanted.

Qingwen was stuck, happy to see the second master patronizing, but didn't hear exactly how much he wanted.

It seems to say "a few", but how much is a few?
So he said without shame: "Second Master said to take it all away, if you can't use it, just take it back."

Ah Qin glanced at her unexpectedly, and thought that this girl must have status in the mansion if she looks so good-looking, so she should not dare to be greedy for ink, so she opened the heavy package and took out one of the well-wrapped silk packages. ,put it on the table.

Qingwen couldn't help frowning when she saw this and thought: "Who doesn't know that ginseng is very expensive, but any ginseng with good quality is not well preserved. The larger ones are carefully sealed in sandalwood boxes... It's like a ginseng wrapped in sackcloth. It’s a big bag, who would believe it?”

In order to avoid being cheated, it is necessary to go up and check whether it is really there.

Sister Aqin didn't stop her either, but Qingwen thought the package would be very thick, but who knew there was only one layer, so that as soon as she opened it with her hand, the round guys with many tentacles spilled out, almost covering the whole package. a table.

This time, not to mention Qingwen, even Ping'er's eyes widened in an instant.

Those women who were busy cleaning up the house also immediately surrounded them, and they all exclaimed: "My God, can these all be taken care of?"

If you are brave enough, pick one up and take a closer look to see if it is a fake yellow radish...

"Oh my god, it's really fresh ginseng, and it's so big, so many ginseng would weigh a few catties! If it's sold outside, how much money will it cost?!"

Ginseng varies greatly in price according to its grade.

The better, the more ridiculously expensive.

In previous years, the imperial court also distributed all kinds of ginseng to officials and honored families. The appearance and grade were excellent, and they were converted into year-end benefits at five to sixty taels of silver. In this way, a catty was almost 60 taels of silver.

I heard that there is still the top one, which is even more difficult to find.

The women on the table are not knowledgeable enough to recognize how much they are worth, but in short, they are not what they can afford.

Ah Qin didn't feel like them. On the grassland, ginseng is not so expensive.

Jia Lian broke up a medium-sized tribe in Yachaha and seized a lot of things. He didn't want anything else, but he kept the ginseng and gave it to her for safekeeping.

When I came to Jia's mansion today, I received more or less contemptuous glances. Seeing their shocked appearance at this time, Ah Qin deliberately made a show of it, and said while flipping through the package: "These are yellow ginseng, and I still have white ginseng here." , and there are very few red ginseng, do you want to take these too?"

When they heard something else, Ping'er and the others didn't know what to say.

It turns out that the second master of Dao went to suffer, but he made a fortune!
Qingwen also came back to her senses at this time, snatched the ginseng that the women were reluctant to let go one by one, put them in the package and put them away, and said while tidying up: "No need, you can keep those. It’s called taking yellow ginseng.”

When Ping'er saw Qingwen running away with her things in her arms, as if she was afraid that others would snatch her, she hurriedly ordered the two women to follow.

It's not that Qingwen is greedy for ink, but that if she loses it along the way, it's a very distressing thing.

(End of this chapter)