dream of red mansion

Chapter 38

Ningguo Mansion Back Street, Li Yan's home.

Li Yan's mother, Qian Shi, was shocked when she saw her son leading two dirty little girls in!He quickly asked Li Yan what was going on.

After Li Yan explained to her that this was Jia Qing's maid who was "placed" in their house temporarily, Qian was relieved.Then he led the two girls to take a bath.

When the two little girls came out wearing sister Li Yan's clothes after taking a bath, Li Yan was shocked because the two girls looked exactly the same!
Qian Shi was also very surprised, they were so dirty just now that she couldn't tell, but when she gave them a bath, she was surprised to find that they were actually a pair of twin sisters!
It's just that the two children didn't speak much, obviously they had suffered some crimes and became very timid.

When Qian asked them about their identities, they only said that they were sold by their father because of a disaster at home. They said they couldn't remember anything else, but it was consistent with what the man who sold them said.

But Jia Qing didn't wrong the trafficker!It's fate, when he saw these two girls, they were already so dirty, and he didn't see that they were a couple, but he was not a member of the authentic human trafficker organization, it was just a coincidence. On the side of the road, he saw the two of them crying guarding over a dead body, just as he was a little short of money, so he thought of selling them for a profit!
After hastily burying the corpse, he taught them this set of rhetoric, and went to the city to try to sell them...

If so, this human trafficker is much more forgivable than the person who abducted Xiangling, after all, their tragedy was not caused by him.

It can even be said that he gave them a chance to survive!So that they can meet Jia Qing and change their lives.Who can say clearly about fate?
Seeing that she couldn't get anything out of the two girls' mouths, Qian waved her hand and asked Li Yan's younger sister Li Shu to take them to her room, then whispered to Li Yan: "Yan'er thinks highly of these two girls. ?”

Qian Shi is planning to prepare a wife for his son...

Of course Li Yan understood what his mother meant, shook his head, and said to Qian: "Mother gave up on this idea early, and the second master spent 40 taels of silver for these two girls, and is going to buy a yard for them to live in."

When Qian heard this, she really lost her mind.In their eyes, they all agreed that Jia Qing was looking for a concubine for him, so of course Qian would not dare to compete with Jia Qing.

"Also, it's best for mother not to tell others about this, the second master doesn't want his affairs to be known by irrelevant people.

By the way, this is 20 taels of silver given by the second master, and it is said to be a year-end bonus given in advance! "Speaking, Li Yan took out the money Jia Qing gave him and handed it to his mother.

Qian was overjoyed, his son had only been with the second master for a few months, and he had brought back more than a dozen taels of silver. This time, it was 20 taels again. It can be seen that his son was valued by the second master. While taking the silver, he exhorted: " There is no award, but the second master is generous and takes care of you, you have to remember the kindness of the second master, and if you do the errands ordered by the second master well in the future, it can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the second master."

Li Yan hurriedly said: "Yes, my son will follow his mother's instruction, and must do a good job for the second master! Well, my son has something to do, so let's go first." He still has to find a suitable yard with Wang Shun.

"Why panic, leave after lunch..."

"No, Second Master's errand is urgent!"

Looking at his son's back in a hurry, Qian felt that his son suddenly seemed to be a person who was doing great things, and felt relieved, so he let him go.

……

The next morning, the three of Jia Qing went to Shen Mansion again as promised. This time they went by carriage. Ningguo Mansion is still quite far from Shen Mansion. They got into a carriage, driven by Li Yan, and Wang Shun and Jia Qing sat in the carriage.

At first Wang Shun didn't dare, but after Jia Qing said, "Otherwise, don't go", he obediently got into the carriage.

This carriage was used by Jia Rong when he went to school, and it was beautifully decorated. Now that he doesn't have to go to school, the carriage is naturally idle.Earlier, Lai Sheng asked Jia Qing if he liked it, so he just gave it to him. Anyway, Jia Qing will definitely have a carriage when he goes to the Imperial College in the future.

Jia Qing suspects that Jia Rong used it, don't!

At this time, in the carriage, Jia Qing asked Wang Shun, "Did you choose your yard yesterday?"

Wang Shun said quickly: "According to the second master's instructions, Li Yan and I asked seven or eight houses for sale in the back street yesterday, and finally selected two courtyards. We only need to wait for the second master to go over and have a look." come down."

Hearing that their efficiency is so high, Jia Qing nodded in satisfaction, and said enough compliments. With their current level of trust, these things just need to be kept in mind.

After giving Shen Congcheng the soap recipe he had compiled, and instructing the technician Shen Congcheng had found to test it several times, Jia Qing evaded Shen Congcheng's retention and returned to Xicheng in a carriage.

Entering the back street of Ningguo Mansion, Wang Shun saw a yard through the window, "Second Master, that is the yard we like the most, and it is also close to our mansion. It's just that the price is a bit expensive, and the owner wants 400 taels. Don't do one or two less!"

Jia Qing knew the purchasing power of silver in ancient times. Although the houses in the capital city must be more expensive than other places, 400 taels is indeed too expensive. Let's go in and out to see how the layout is.

After the carriage stopped, after Jia Qing and Wang Shun came down, Li Yan ran over and knocked on the door. An old man in his 50s opened the door. Looking at Li Yan and the three of them, he knew that they were here to buy a house, so he hurriedly invited in.

After Jia Qing went in, he saw that it was a standard courtyard house, clean and tidy. Apart from the main hall, there were seven or eight rooms, which were very suitable for Jia Qing to be the contact point in his mind.So he turned around and asked the old man, "Who was the previous head of the household?"

Seeing that Jia Qing was clearly the rightful owner, the old man quickly replied: "It's my master! I stayed here specially to guard the house. Before the master left, he told me to sell the house when I meet a suitable buyer..."

"Oh? Who is your master?"

"My master used to work in the household department. At the beginning of the year, he was released from Jiangling county magistrate, so he moved away."

Hehe, it used to be a small bureaucrat's house, but now he has been promoted to a local parent official, no wonder he doesn't care about this house anymore.

It's just that this place is close to Ningrong and Rongfu. This house can only be bought by people from Jia's side. After all, almost all the people living around are servants from the two prefectures and side-family brothers. Who else would like to live in it?

However, buying this yard for 400 taels is still within the acceptable range, and I didn't bother to bargain with this old man like the housekeeper, so I decided to buy it directly.

The old man was overjoyed, and said that he could move out immediately, and he could come to take over the house in the afternoon, it seems that he also wanted to move out a long time ago.

Jia Qing handed over the rest to Li Yan, and returned to Yipintang by himself.

It was already the next morning when Jia Qing came here again. When he saw two identical twin sisters appearing in front of his eyes in the main hall, Jia Qing thought he was delusional and rubbed his eyes. , After finding that it was still the same, he looked at Li Yan again, wondering if it was Li Yan's fault.

Li Yan shook his head firmly at him.

What the hell, yesterday's two dirty ugly ducklings can turn into two cute little swans in one day, and they are also twin sisters!
Jia Qing was suddenly very glad that he bought them, otherwise, given the situation of the two sisters, if they were...

Suddenly, he thought, now that they are in his hands, what should he do? The idea of ​​giving away the sisters that he had planned before has been shaken...Twin sisters, what a touching term!

Now they are still so young, just in time for a good training and training!In the future...

Zi, wiped the water stains on the corners of his mouth, Jia Qing forced these bad thoughts out of his mind, looked at the two sisters who were in a state of anxiety, and said in a soft tone as much as possible: "What are your names, can you tell my brother?" ?”

The two sisters looked at the gentle expression on the face of the brother who was not much older than them, hesitantly, and didn't know if they could tell, the man told them that if he said something wrong, he would be severely beaten by the master with a whip, So they dare not go against what he said.

Jia Qing probably understood the training methods of those traffickers, so he asked softly, "Isn't that person your father?"

Seeing the terrified expressions on their faces, Jia Qing's heart was stung a little, and she endured and continued: "Don't be afraid, brother won't blame you, and brother will treat you well in the future, so now brother asks you what , you all answer brother truthfully, okay?"

Finally, Jia Qing's gentleness and kindness took effect, and one of the sisters replied: "I am Huahua and my sister, and she is Duo Duo and my sister. That person is a good person. He helped us bury our mother's body and gave us food. Yes, but yesterday my brother beat him..."

What a kind and innocent girl, in their world, the definition of a good person is so simple!I don't know if the human trafficker with 40 ambiguous money will be tortured by his conscience when he hears this.

"How did your mother die?" Jia Qing followed their words and asked.

Hearing this, the little girl couldn't stop crying, and cried, "We don't know, but more and more people died in the village, so my father left the village with my mother and us. Later, for some unknown reason, my father abandoned us and walked back alone. Woohoo!~

... We asked mother why father went there, and mother said that he went back to get food... mother lied!My father never came to see us after that.

It’s just that my mother often cried and said about the plague after falling asleep~ Harmful, brother, do you know what the plague is?Why does mother say it harms people?And why doesn't our father want us anymore, woo woo woo~"

Jia Qing stepped forward and hugged the two weeping men.

Don't you?I'm afraid I don't want to hurt you!Plague, needless to say, is one of the most terrible disasters in ancient times and even in modern times.Presumably, before their father left, he must have had a good wish for them to survive!
Father's love is like a mountain.

"And then? How did you get here?"

Jia Qing asked this question because no one had heard of a plague in the vicinity of the capital.

"Later, my mother took us all the way here. When we finished eating, my mother would beg others when she was hungry...but there was less and less food available. Then one day, my mother I can’t get up, woo~ no matter how much we cry or shout, she just can’t get up, my sister and I are so sad.”

Jia Qing's eyes were moist.

"I met that man later, he told us to call him Daddy, and then gave us food..."

(End of this chapter)