The Red Mansions

Chapter 4 Business
After eating at noon, Jia Yun wanted to continue practicing, but every time she entered the house, she felt very uncomfortable when she saw the dirty house.

So he talked to Mrs. Bu, and began to clean the outside of the house.

Jia Yun first moved the quilts, pots and pans, rice vats, tables and other things in the house to the yard one by one, and then found a bamboo broom to sweep the dust and cobwebs off the roof and walls.

The dust was flying, Jia Yun covered her face with a towel, tied a knot on the back of her head, and cleaned all the outer corners.

After cleaning, although the windows are far from clean, the sight and senses are much wider, at least it won't make people uncomfortable.

Seeing that the sun was particularly bright today, Jia Yun removed the quilt she had covered, washed it carefully before taking it to the well, and dried it in the sun. It should be dry before dark.

The three-legged table was covered with greasy and black ash. Jia Yun took straw, sprinkled sand on the tabletop and scrubbed vigorously until the table turned into a log color before giving up.

A few large pebbles were also washed, and after drying in the sun, they were all moved back to the house and put away.

After working for nearly an hour, Jia Yun went back to the eaves, sat on a rock to bask in the sun, and thought: "When I have money, I still have to buy a new house. It's not convenient to live here."

They lived in a courtyard house with three families. Apart from his family and Jia Qin's family, there was also a watchman who had no children and a daughter. He was also a member of the Jia family.

Since the Ningrong Second Mansion established the mansion in the capital, the people of the Jia Mansion have flourished in the past hundred years. The Bafang tribe living in the capital alone has nearly a thousand people, so the neighbors here basically live in the capital It's the Jia family.

"If you really make money, everyone is poor, but my family is rich, and someone must be uncomfortable." Jia Yun thought to herself.

It's not like the Ning Rong Second Mansion, which has been inherited from the title. Other clan houses also rely on the big house for many things, so although some people feel sad, they dare not provoke them.

But if the ordinary poor relatives become rich, there will definitely be a lot of trouble, especially in this era of maintaining the same clan relationship with the clan concept, the clan members are more ruthless than outsiders.

Even Jia's mansion would spend a lot of money to distribute some money and food every Chinese New Year and festival to buy people's hearts, just because they were afraid that their clansmen would gossip, let alone ordinary people like Jia Yun.

"So after earning money, I still have to find a way to move out, live in another place, and keep a low profile. Not only can I live comfortably, but I can also avoid many disputes."

When you come to this world, you want to live a comfortable life after all, so after earning money, you not only need to buy a house, but also study and practice martial arts to gain fame, so that you can last long.

The original owner had read books for a few days and could recognize a few words, but not much, let alone any knowledge, so Jia Yun didn't know much about taking the imperial examination.

As for practicing martial arts, it's much easier. After all, the Jia family started with military exploits. In the past hundred years, although most of the Jia family's children have fallen, there are still many former students and officials who are highly skilled in martial arts.

Jia Yun, as a member of the Jia family, is a side branch, but with a tiger skin, it is quite easy to find a martial arts master to learn martial arts.

Of course, the premise is to have money.

After learning the art from a teacher, the "Yin Yang Wuji Gong" he practiced will have the necessary cover, otherwise he will have a whole body of abilities out of thin air, not only outsiders will be suspicious, but even Bu Shi will probably be restless.

As for the way to gain fame in the future, whether to become an official through the imperial examination, or go to the army to sharpen and fight hard, Jia Yun is not sure at the moment.

If you can get fame through the imperial examination, that is naturally the best, after all, the status of military officers is not only lower than that of civilian officials, but they also have to fight on the battlefield.

Killing the enemy in an army of tens of thousands greatly weakens the importance of personal force. In addition, there are still unreasonable products such as firecrackers. Anyone who wants to stay safe in the army can Can't guarantee.

"Let's go and see, it's useless to think about it now." Jia Yun thought to herself.

……

In a corridor outside the Rongguo Mansion, Mingyan ran up to Jia Baoyu panting, handed him a fan and an inkstone, and complained:

"Second Master Bao, Sister Xiren scolded me bloody just now, saying that I didn't learn well at a young age, and that I had brought some low-spirited habits to Second Master, and warned the younger one, saying that if I don't learn well before dark, If Second Master doesn't go back, she must go to Madam to sue me."

Jia Baoyu didn't bother to listen to Mingyan's complaints at all, and went to the pawn shop in a hurry, and then Mingyan continued: "By the way, Miss Lin came to look for the second master today, and the second master was not here several times, so I heard that he was angry. "

Jia Baoyu was taken aback when he heard the words, and really wanted to go back to the mansion to accompany Lin Daiyu at this moment, but when he thought of going back now, his jade would definitely be found lost, and his father would definitely give him a good meal and beat him again. Forcibly endured the mind.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry about these things for now. I'll go to Sister Lin's place to find her to apologize after I come back in the evening, but don't let my father's mouth slip."

Mingyan nodded viciously, and replied: "Second master, don't worry, even if the master beats me to death, I will only bite to death and say that you went to Mengxi Garden to observe "Ping An Tie"."

Mengxi Garden is a large bookstore in the south of the city. It reopened today after being renovated not long ago. The owner brought out a copy of Wang Xizhi's running script "Ping An Tie" and invited many Confucian scholars to visit it to attract popularity.

When Jia Baoyu went to Wanjinfu in the morning, he asked Mingyan to go back and said that the reason why he was out today was to watch the excitement.

This kind of literati and elegant matter is very much to Jia Zheng's appetite, so Jia Baoyu is [-]% sure that after returning home tonight, Jia Zheng will not beat him for not coming home for so long.

As for Jia Zheng's question about the security post, Jia Baoyu said that there were too many people today, and he didn't even enter the door, so he didn't see it. He just met some students outside and discussed knowledge with them.

Seeing Mingyan's reassurance, Jia Baoyu felt relieved, he patted Mingyan's shoulder, and said: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, do this well, and I will give you a reward when I come back."

"Thank you, Second Master, I will definitely keep my mouth shut." Ming Yan's eyes lit up, and she said gratefully.

Jia Baoyu laughed, walked out of the corridor, stopped a carriage on the street, and went to the pawn shop to collect money.

……

It was still by the small river in the morning, Jia Yun sat down cross-legged, not in a hurry to practice, but first looked at the crops planted in the space.

It took nearly two hours to go back, and nearly two months had passed in the space, and many crops had taken root and flower buds, growing so fast that they were half the height of a person.

Especially some vegetables, it is estimated that they can be picked in a while, and it is really scary to grow them in space.

"After the wheat matures in the evening, we can start making money tomorrow." Jia Yun pondered in her heart.

He planned to sell steamed buns on Ningrong Street from tomorrow. There were a lot of people coming and going there, and it was the Jia family's territory, so most people would not dare to trouble the Jia family.

"When doing business, I am most afraid of being disturbed by land hooligans and officials. Right now, I am still a grassroots person. Should I borrow this tiger skin from Jia's family?"

As for the booth fee, don't worry about it. After all, it's my family. Tell the manager that you owe it for a few days before paying. It shouldn't be a big problem.

Jia Yun has never doubted her craftsmanship, as long as the buns are delicious, she will not worry about making money.

Most of the vegetable buns on the market now sell for one penny each, and the meat buns cost two pennies each. Jia Yun plans to accumulate capital by selling vegetable buns first, and then buy a few pigs to raise in the space.

After the pigs grow into groups, Jia Yun will no longer sell buns, but will sell stewed buns, because the cooking of stewed buns is easier and the price is much higher.

"By the way, it seems that there is no stewed stew sold in the capital..." Jia Yun searched the memory of the original owner, and secretly said.

Luzhu originated from Nanheng Street in the south of the capital. It is said that during the Guangxu period, because Su Zao meat cooked with pork belly was expensive, people used pig head meat and pig offal instead.

Later, through the dissemination of folk cooking masters, over time, stewed cooking and fire burning were created.

The reason why he didn't get on the stewed horse from the beginning was because he considered that everything needs a gradual process. After all, it is true that the family has no money. Although it is easy to get stewed on the horse, the cost is much more.

If Mrs. Bu asked him where the capital came from, it would be difficult for him to answer.

Therefore, Jia Yun needs to accumulate capital by selling vegetable buns, and first cover it up.

Of course, it is true that those spices are extremely expensive, and he also needs time to wait for the spices in the space to grow and mature before he can make a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)