dream of red mansion

Chapter 15
Only then did the two feel relieved.He also heard Jia Qing say: "I have two things for you to do now."

"Second Master, just give orders!"

Both of them bowed in unison.

"First, you go to the flower market and buy me some things, including precious flower seeds, cutting roots, etc. There are too few flowers in the flower hall in Erye's backyard. I want to try to cultivate some rich and rich anthers. I usually don't go out of the house. , I have to let you do it for me.”

This time, Li Yan answered first: "It's okay, but I don't know if the second master still needs things like flower pots, soil, and flower fertilizer?"

Jia Qing thought to himself, this Li Yan is really calm-minded, and he is more thoughtful than him for a while.Wang Shun is worse in this aspect. It seems that Li Yan should be handed over to Li Yan for such detailed errands in the future, so he replied: "I don't need the soil. There is a lot of moist soil in Huifang Garden, so I don't need it." Thank you for bringing them in from outside. But you asked very well just now, I didn’t think about it clearly, Li Yan, go back and think about what else you need for planting flowers, and buy them for me too.”

"Yes"

Li Yan replied in a low voice, as if he didn't dare to say something.

Hearing his voice was a bit reluctant, Jia Qing asked: "Is there any difficulty?"

"Back to the second master, the little ones have no money."

Jia Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and then said: "Look at your worthless appearance, second master, if I ask you to do something, you need to pay for it yourself?
Well, here are ten taels of silver, one tael of which is for you this month’s money, and the rest you can use for your affairs, how you use it is up to you, and tell me when you’re done.Just remember to make a good account and show it to me. "Speaking, he took out a piece of silver weighing twelve taels.

When the two heard what Jia Qing said, Haisong breathed a sigh of relief. They were really worried that the second master was young and didn't know how to do things.Now that he has money, what the second master ordered is easy.

It was still Wang Shun who was in a hurry, and asked without waiting for Jia Qing's order: "What is the other thing that the second master said?"

Jia Qing turned his head to look at Wang Shun. This kid seems to have to practice, but he is not busy right now.

"The second thing is easy. The two of you should keep an eye on the situation in the West Mansion. If you hear anything important, you should report it to me in time. Don't be afraid to spend money if you should spend money to make connections. Don't hide it."

Also afraid that the two of them would argue over the use of money, Jia Qing said: "Li Yan is a little older, and the money is placed with him. Usually Wang Shun listens to Li Yan more, and if he has any opinions, come to me directly. If you two don't act like moths and delay my affairs, I will never forgive you lightly."

The two of them hurriedly said that they didn't dare, but Wang Shun was also a bachelor, so he was afraid that Jia Qing would not be at ease, so he said directly: "The villain will definitely listen to Brother Li in the future. If there is any mistake, the second master can just blame me for it." Pat chest.

Seeing this, Jia Qing stopped talking, and said: "Then go down and do things, and discuss the division of labor. In addition, recently, pay special attention to whether there are any relatives coming from the West Mansion." Get up and go outside the house.

"Yes, please, Second Master."

Li Yan and Li Yan sent Jia Qing to the second gate and went back to discuss how to do things.

It was finally time to slowly unfold his arrangement, Jia Qing was very happy, so he wandered around the back house of Ningguo Mansion,

At the east corner gate of Ningguo Mansion, as soon as Jia Zhen dismounted from the horse, his servants and the gate of the gate surrounded him and greeted her happily.All kinds of flattering voices made Jia Zhen a little irritable.

After entering the mansion, Jia Zhen asked only when there were only people she trusted by her side, "What happened in the mansion while I was away?"

A entourage replied: "It's nothing serious, it's just that the Liu family had a big birthday yesterday, and the master took Second Master Qing and Brother Rong to the banquet."

kindness?Jia Zhen's heart skipped a beat, but her face remained expressionless.

A group of people walked quickly to the place where the stewards usually discussed their affairs.Over the years, Jia Jing gradually handed over the family affairs to Jia Zhen, and You Shi took care of the inner house, so it was very leisurely.

After inquiring about a few business matters as usual, and telling all the stewards to go down, Jia Zhen left behind the entourage who had answered the question earlier.

When there were only the two of them in the hall, Jia Zhen asked, "You said earlier that the master brought his second brother to Liu's residence for a banquet?"

The entourage replied: "Reply to the words of the uncle, yes."

Jia Zhen showed hesitation. In the past few years, Jia Qingming had never participated in any human relations outside, except that he was studying in the mansion. He had to deal with these.

Half a month ago, Wu Jinxiao sent people from Heishan Village to deliver this year's spring grain, which was nearly half less than in previous years, and all kinds of daily necessities were also missing, which was said to be a disaster.Later he reported it to Jia Jing, and Jia Jing ordered him to go down and investigate clearly.

He was also a little annoyed by those troublemakers, and determined to find out the truth himself. If someone deliberately fooled him, he had already figured out how to deal with those troublemakers in Heishan Village.

However, even if he is not there, it is not Jia Qing's turn to attend the big banquet in Liu's residence. Isn't this messing up the ceremony?
"How much do you know about what happened yesterday?" Jia Zhen asked.

"The villain only stayed in the mansion yesterday, so I don't know anything else"

Jia Zhen thought for a while, and then ordered: "Well, you go down and call me Brother Rong."

Then he left.

After a while, Jia Zhen saw Jia Rong walking in slowly, as if she had just woken up.

In the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Zhen's mother died, and Youshi was not his own mother, so Jia Rong didn't have to get up early every day to greet Jia Zhen, but only to greet Jia Jing and Jia Zhen occasionally.He just stayed in bed again today.

When Jia Zhen saw Jia Rong, she was full of majesty, not to mention Jia Rong looked like this today.

"Damn it! What time is it? You haven't woken up yet? You won't know how powerful you are until I give you a board."

Jia Zhen yelled loudly, followed by a series of questioning. Jia Rong was so frightened that she didn't care about paying her respects. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Father, calm down, father, calm down."

Jia Zhen looked at Jia Rong who was kneeling on the ground, she didn't have the aura that a master's son should have, she wanted to enforce the family law for him immediately.However, thinking that I still have something to ask him today, I forcibly suppressed this impulse, snorted, and said, "Kneeling and crying? Why don't you get out of bed? I'm not dead yet."

Jia Rong stopped kowtowing after hearing the words, and stood up slowly, but she didn't dare to look at Jia Zhen.I just kept muttering in my heart: If I had known this old thing would be back today, I would have played with the servant girl on the bed and scolded me for no reason.

When Jia Zhen saw Jia Rong like this, the anger that had just been suppressed rose again, her chest heaved violently a few times, and then slowly calmed down again.He simply thought, there will be plenty of time in the future to clean up this unsatisfactory thing, so let him go today.Therefore, Jia Zhen directly asked, "Did you go to Liu's residence yesterday?"

Jia Rong didn't know why Jia Zhen asked him to come here. It turned out that she was asking about yesterday's incident, and she breathed a sigh of relief, and replied, "Yes."

"Your second uncle went too?"

"Yes."

"Is there anything special?"

"No. Oh, yes."

Looking up and seeing Jia Zhen's bulging eyes, it was obvious that she was suppressing her anger, Jia Rong hurriedly changed her words.

"Then don't tell me soon!"

Jia Rong didn't dare to deal with it anymore, thought for a while, and said: "At the birthday banquet yesterday, the prince of Beijing Jing came to announce the emperor's will and gave him many things. Finally, the Supreme Emperor also sent people to celebrate his birthday."

Hearing this, Jia Zhen felt sorry for the family members of the Liu family, but he didn't care too much. After the Jia family was a founding hero, they were no worse than others.Ignored this section, and continued to ask: "Is there anything else? For example, how did your second uncle behave at the banquet?"

When Jia Qing was mentioned, Jia Rong was enlightened, and instantly felt blessed, and understood what his father wanted to ask.He hurriedly replied: "Yes, Second Uncle will be in the limelight at this banquet."

"How to show off?"

Looking at her father's expression, Jia Rong knew that it was time to bring the disaster to the east, and she said without hesitation: "Yesterday, at Mr. Liu's house, Mr. Liu asked the juniors to compose poems to cheer up. Leading."

"boom"

Jia Zhen patted the table unknowingly, and asked, "He is the only one who can win the top spot? Forget it, no matter what, just tell me how Master Liu reacted to this?"

Jia Rong fully understood that his father was dissatisfied with his grandfather for taking his second uncle to such an important banquet.The concubine born to the second uncle and an aunt can only wait until he grows up to get some money safely and securely, and then send it out. He shouldn't make friends with these wealthy families of the Ningguo Mansion. This is a sign of irresponsibility.

But, it was grandpa who wanted to take the second uncle there, so what can you say even if you are the eldest son?However, he didn't dare to say this, so he had to reply: "I was sitting on the periphery at the time, and I didn't know how the gentlemen in the center would react. I thought it was praise. When the second uncle's poem came out, the gentlemen beside me said well written"

"Hmph, everyone says it's well written? That's just other people's praise in the face of our Ningguo Mansion. How can he, an ignorant child, know what poetry is? The master doesn't know what he thinks. Forget it, how could you foolishly let your second uncle go to this kind of banquet, if we let others know the details, wouldn't you say we were rude?"

Jia Zhen shook her head to express her incomprehension. In his eyes, Ningguo Mansion would belong to him sooner or later. Seeing Jia Jing's extraordinary importance to Jia Qing made him suspicious.

Little did they know, if Jia Qing heard what he said, he would definitely scoff.Will Liu Yong value the face of your Ningguo Mansion?If it wasn't for Jia Jing who was still in charge of the mansion, none of the three tables in the middle of Liu's mansion's birthday banquet that day would not have taken Ningguo Mansion seriously.

In the Rongguo Mansion, there is still a grand lady of a super-grade state, who is married to court officials Wang Ziteng, Lin Ruhai, etc., and later gave birth to a noble concubine, who may be given some face by others.But here in the Ningguo Mansion, after Jia Jing became a monk, who can you, Jia Zhen, bear the false title of a third-rank general to bluff?
Didn't you see that even Wang Xifeng from the Rongguo Mansion can eat you, the patriarch and his wife to death? You are really stupid.

However, if Jia Qing heard these words, he would not be angry, but would be very happy.He had originally planned to replace Jia Zhen, if Jia Zhen could be this stupid, it would be a good thing.

(End of this chapter)