dream of red mansion

Chapter 42 Liu Xianglian Reappears in Ningguo Mansion
The courtyard of Jia Zhen in Ningguo Mansion.

After Jia Zhen and Youshi had lunch together, and the girls cleaned up the tableware, Jia Zhen asked Youshi, "Do you know the soap that has been making a lot of noise outside recently?"

Youshi didn't know why, so he replied: "Yes, I heard that the cleaning effect is very good. I also heard from the girls, but I haven't used it. Why do you ask this?"

Jia Zhen sneered and said, "It's a shame that you are still a sister-in-law. I heard that this soap was made by my second brother, but you don't know anything about it."

Youshi was surprised and said, "Second brother made it? It's impossible, isn't it?"

Jia Zhen hated in her heart, Jia Qing concealed it really well, if he hadn't sent someone to watch out for Jia Qing's movements, and happened to know that Jia Qing made some soap in his yard and gave a lot of it to the sisters at home, he would Also kept in the dark.

If he didn't care about it at first, what's the value of a kid making a gadget?It's just that several "Shen's Soap Shops" have recently opened in the capital, and they heard that they are very popular, so they asked someone to buy one, and it was confirmed that this was the stuff Jia Qing was tinkering with in the yard a few days ago.

It's not that Jia Zhen thinks how much money this thing can make. After all, this soap has just appeared on the market now, and the popularity is not enough. Jia Zhen is obviously not a person with a business vision, so she doesn't bother to think about it.It's just that Jia Qing kept this matter from everyone, which made him very suspicious of Jia Qing's intentions.

He couldn't see through this concubine brother, which made him feel very bad!
So Jia Zhen sneered again: "Impossible? The sisters in the family have used it for several months, can there still be fakes? You can find out if you ask!"

Hearing what Jia Zhen said, You Shi believed it.Jia Qing really likes to tinker with strange things in the yard, and he doesn't want to make something good.Seeing that Jia Zhen's complexion was not very good-looking, she understood what was going on after a little thought.

She intentionally spoke for Jia Qing, and said: "It's just a child's play, and it's worth being asked by the uncle himself? Why don't you ask the second uncle to ask, don't you understand everything? Why bother trying to guess here."

Jia Zhen said dissatisfiedly: "What's the use of asking? The second brother is a villain, and now he has a father who loves him. I don't think he will be honest. I don't want to play tricks with him either." , I have my own way to make him take the initiative to explain!"

From Jia Zhen's words, You Shi could hear Jia Zhen's dissatisfaction with Jia Qing, and she was a little worried that Jia Qing was only a little older now, and Jia Qing must be the one who suffered in the end from the quarrel between the brothers.

But she can't help Jia Qing anything, saying good things to him is already her greatest ability, and she doesn't have much right to speak in front of Jia Zhen.

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After the small year, it is time to celebrate the big year in a blink of an eye.

For a family like Jia's, celebrating the New Year is definitely not an easy task!The original book of the Red Chamber has a clear introduction to the heaviness and luxury of Jia's New Year's Eve.

Both Ningrong and Rongfu began to prepare for the New Year's Eve long before the New Year's Eve.At the New Year's Eve, all those who have orders and ranks from Jia's mother in Jia's mansion will wear heavy makeup, sit in eight large sedan chairs, and enter the palace to congratulate them. After receiving the palace banquet, they will return to Ningguo Mansion to worship their ancestors.

Worshiping ancestors is the top priority of a family. On this day, all the children of Jia's family in Beijing gathered in Jia's ancestral hall in Ningguo Mansion to participate in ancestor worship.

At this time, it shows that there are so many children in the Jia family.When paying homage to the ancestors, there are five halls outside Jia's ancestral hall, and three huts are surrounded by people kneeling together, crows and magpies are silent, and there is no gap.

At the end of the ceremony, all the people went to pay respects to Jia's mother again, a group of men and a group of women, in an orderly manner, meaning to pay homage to the most honorable person.

After all the etiquette is down, it is already evening, and the next step is the family banquet.

Those whose families were far away all left early. In previous years, Mother Jia did not have a banquet at Ningguo Mansion at this time, but this time she rarely stayed.Jia Zheng and others saw that Jia's mother stayed, so they dared not leave without authorization, so they also stayed together.

In this way, Youshi and Qin Keqing couldn't help but be more careful and wait on Jiamu.

Speaking of a family banquet, it is impossible for Jia Mu and other masters of the two houses to have a banquet with the ordinary Jia family children outside. They also set up a separate banquet in the inner courtyard, divided into two tables, separated by a screen in the middle, and a stage in front. .Jia's mother and sisters in the family have a table, and Jia Jing and other boys and brothers in the family have a table.

Of course Jia Baoyu is considered a female relative at this time!
In fact, the banquet of the big family is quite boring, it is nothing more than drinking and watching the theater.

The first play is "Single-knife Meeting", which tells the story of Guan Yu going to Lu Su's banquet alone, and then returning with his whole body.Everyone has seen it many times, and they are not very interested.But when the second play started, most people slowly sat up straight.

On Jia Mu's side, Jia Mu, who watched for a while, said to Mrs. Wang next to her: "Well, this "Wangjiang Pavilion" is better than the previous "Single Sword Club", especially the vivid performance of Huadan, which will make Tan Ji My son's talent and wit are on display."

Mrs. Wang replied: "What the old lady said is that this Huadan act is good, but why haven't I seen it before?" Mrs. Wang looked at Youshi who was on the side.

Seeing this, the Lai Sheng family who was standing next to him explained: "Go back to the old lady, madam, that's how it is. The name of the Huadan performer on this stage is Liu Xianglian. With a free and easy nature, he doesn't want to revitalize the family, and prefers to make friends with the three religions and nine streams in the world.

It's strange to say that he knows a thing or two from the king and grandson in Beijing to the traffickers and pawns... The reason is that Liu Xianglian not only has a good appearance, but also has a lot of research in opera, and is willing to come Sing on stage on various occasions.

When our uncle went to invite the theater troupe, he happened to meet him, so we invited him together.Now it seems that there is nothing wrong with asking. "

Jia Mu wondered: "Listen to you, this Huadan player is still a man? How can he be so handsome, and Tan Ji'er is three points more beautiful than a woman."

Youshi smiled and said, "That's why he is so popular among the princes and grandsons of Beijing."

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"You said this Huadan is Liu Xianglian?"

On the other side of the screen, Jia Qing looked at Jia Rong in surprise and asked.

Jia Rong was also very surprised, and asked back: "Could it be that the second uncle recognizes him?"

Second uncle is only eight years old, how can he know Liu Xianglian?

Jia Qing shook his head and ignored Jia Rong.He was thinking, this Liu Xianglian is independent and proficient in martial arts, if he can be included in the account, it will be a great help.

When Jia Qing was thinking about how to get close to Liu Xianglian, Jia Zhen suddenly said, "Second brother, I heard that you made something and it's still being sold in Beijing?"

Jia Qing didn't expect Jia Zhen to ask him this question in front of everyone, so he didn't know how to answer it.

Jia Zhen continued to ask: "Could it be that there is anything that cannot be said? If you want to come here as a family, there is nothing taboo?"

Although Jia Qing couldn't figure out Jia Zhen's intentions at the moment, but he gave the soap to the sisters for use first, so he didn't think about hiding it. Anyway, it's done now, so why not if they know?So he said: "Big Brother, there is indeed such a thing."

At this time, Jia Zheng and the others were also attracted attention, and they only heard Jia Zheng say: "Oh? My nephew doesn't study hard, but also delve into business affairs?"

"Back to the second uncle, my nephew has no intention of studying, but just came up with this thing in my spare time."

Jia Zhen looked at her father at this moment, seeing that Jia Jing frowned, she was convinced, she thought that Jia Qing really didn't tell anyone about it.

What he didn't know was that Jia Jing just didn't want to discuss this issue on this occasion, he felt that it would be harmful to Jia Qing's reputation.

"Since the second brother can make money by making this thing, why not give it to the family and make it cheaper for the Shen family?"

Although the current Ningguo Mansion is still not short of money to spend, anyone who knows that his son has good things not to give to himself but cheap to outsiders may have thoughts in his heart. Jia Zhen just wants to make Jia Jing feel dissatisfied.

What's more, if the children of a large feudal family can save a private business, what is the majesty of the parents?If this kind of thing is serious, you can even be expelled from the family!Although Jia Zhen knew that it was impossible to expel Jia Qing from the family, as long as Jia Jing's love for Jia Qing could be reduced, it would be fine if he would not be affected.

Knowing that Jia Zhen felt threatened by him, Jia Qing fought back.It's just that the counterattack is too weak. Neither Jia Jing nor Jia Zheng would care about this kind of thing. They are typical powerful people who don't pay attention to businessmen, and don't think that doing business can be useful. They only care about learning. If you are good, you will be an official, and you will be a prime minister, with great power in your hands!

Even if he knew that Jia Qing had this tendency, he would only stop him and tell him not to delay his studies.And Jia Qing will not stand up to this matter, so it is destined that this conflict will not cause much trouble.

The key is that Jia Qing and Jia Jing got through this matter!
Jia Qing figured this out, and it was easy to talk, so he said: "Big brother doesn't know something, and younger brother didn't know how useful that thing is, so after making it, he only gave some to the sisters at home. Later, the news spread to Boss Shen somehow. He found the younger brother and said that he was willing to pay 5000 taels of silver to buy the younger brother's formula... The younger brother thought, anyway, it's useless for me to hold it, so I sold it to him. I don't know how useful that thing is." Jia Qing deliberately didn't mention that he told Jia Jing about it.

At this time, Jia Amnesty said from the side: "After all, he is a child of my Jia family. The one surnamed Shen didn't dare to expire. He knew that he would give 5000 taels of silver to trade."

Jia Amnesty's words represent the mainstream thinking of those present, none of them know the true value of soap!
It was because Jia Lian often dealt with outsiders and knew a little bit about the market, so he said to Jia Qing: "So that Shen's soap is actually written by the second brother? It is really a disadvantage to sell it for 5000 taels of silver. If the second brother gave it to me, I will also buy it I can give the second brother a price of no less than 5000 taels."

Jia Qing pretended to be innocent and said: "That little brother is young and ignorant, I would have given it to the second brother Lian if I knew about it."

Jia Zheng didn't want to listen to these fussy things, he said: "Since the Shen family has bought Fangzi, we don't care about this matter, and how much money he makes has nothing to do with us. There is only one thing, Brother Qing needs to be careful. Remember, if you get some silver taels, you must not take them out for pleasure and waste your studies! You must not think that doing business can be a little bit of a petty profit.”

It can be seen that Jia Zheng is mentioning Jia Qing as his younger generation. Whether he is right or not, he is always concerned. Jia Qing also respectfully replied: "Thank you for the teaching, my nephew won't, just My nephew is going to keep the silver that I got now for future study tours."

Jia Zheng nodded in satisfaction.

Jia Zhen still wanted to say something, and Jia Jing made the final closing statement: "Okay, there is no need to worry about some trivial matters, let's watch the next play."

Although it was a trivial matter, seeing that Jia Jing didn't think he was disobedient at all, Jia Zhen couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, many thoughts turned in her mind, and she bowed her head in silence.

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