Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

At night, Zhao San returned to her house after working all day. Chen Baihu was leaning on the mulberry tree in front of her house with dogtail grass in his mouth and a stack of letters. When he saw Liu Ping returning, he said he was going out for a drink.

Liu Ping shook his head repeatedly.

Don't say that Zhao San is around, he won't go out drinking with others.Even if Zhao San is not here, he still won't go out to eat and drink. They all say that they can eat someone three times and give someone back a seat. The couple are stingy people who put their money on the edge, and they can only drink their own water and wine.

No, Chen Baihu sighed: "Oh, since His Highness the Crown Prince returned to Beijing, it has become increasingly difficult for me to find someone to keep me company, and I admire you more and more, Brother Ping. You are busy all day long, and you have family members who care about you. It is really fulfilling." …”

He asked Zhao San: "Brothers and sisters, how come I never see you homesick?"

"Home is where you are, home is at your feet, why think about it?" Zhao San looked attentively, packing up the sun-dried sweet potato vermicelli and starch, waiting for the passing caravans, basically they can take action A good price.

Chen Baihu came to the opposite side of the dustpan, waved the "letter from home" and read aloud: "I hope the third sister will succeed in her work and return home as soon as possible."

The post station did not pay much attention to letters other than sending court documents. When Zhao San received the letter, it was already August and preparations for the autumn harvest of the first batch of jade millet had begun.

When she heard the increasingly familiar content in the letter, she clenched her clothes tightly with both hands, restraining herself from making any sound.

The content of this letter... was exactly the same as the drawing paper she picked up first, except that one was a graffiti board and the other was a text board.

After hearing the letter, she personally cooked a bowl of burnt sweet potato noodles and treated Chen Baihu to a meal. She also brought two glasses of sorghum wine. Everyone who worked in the fields knew that wine was the essence of grain, and one cup would make them happy.

He also deliberately got drunk, and after a few rounds of changing glasses, there was only one sober person left in the room.

Zhao San lit the lampstand and groped for a few pieces of fluffy paper from under the wardrobe. There were only a few similar handwritings, but many thoughts were already flying through her mind.

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Zhao Lu leaned on the bicycle wearing the "tires" of the mille-layer cloth soles, and was about to get up and pedal, when he saw Lin Yu looking puzzled, tilting his head and staring at him in confusion.This was the second time he had completed a piece of carpentry independently. When he found that Zhao Lu was about to lift his legs and turn over, his thinking was very rigid due to years of strict teacher's teachings, so he said by mistake: "You are a girl, how...how can... "

How can you pedal with your legs crossed?

"Why not? I didn't run naked."

"You...you still want to..." run naked!Lin Yu's face turned red, and he suddenly turned away and shouted: "I won't do your job, I can't do it!"

"Okay, you can cancel the contract." Staring at the young man whose neck was covered with red clouds, Zhao Luxi smiled and said, "The liquidated damages are 100 taels."

Seeing Lin Yu's expression turned shameful and crying, Zhao Lu took advantage of the victory and pursued him: "It's gold."

Such an old antique, if Xiaohong hadn't patted her chest to confirm, she really wouldn't have been able to handle it.But ordinary people work hard for just a few taels of broken silver. Not to mention Lin Yu, even Zhao Lu himself has never seen 100 taels of gold twice.

Sky-high liquidated damages are just to tie people to death.

"Work hard. I'll take a break tomorrow and I'll advertise for you. Believe me, you will get rich." After giving a sweet date a slap, Zhao Lu began to bewitch him.

With 100 taels of gold in front of you, who cares about a woman pedaling with her legs crossed?At least it took Lin Yu two sticks of incense to brainwash himself, and he could turn a blind eye to Zhao Lu who was chasing chickens all over the yard on his bicycle.

Then he started to count the three hundred gears on the first order, gritted his teeth and said, "It's hard for Sister Qingwen to accept your low-level job. It really lowers her grade!"

Back and forth, Lin Yu did not hide his rebellious character.

He didn't directly hurt Zhao Lu, but his words were directed at Zhao Lu. He stepped on Qingwen's precious land and let the rich embroiderer do rough work for her. It was a waste of money.

Zhao Lu retorted, "What do you know? Her old shopkeeper's house was hit by a disaster, and the old people in the family were sick. With such a menial job, the food for the winter was not available. Do you think everyone is like you?" How can you still be a rebellious little prince at your age?”

"Who are you calling rebellious?" Lin Yu became angry.

"Aren't you rebellious? Are you not rebellious and so arrogant to God?" Do you understand that the customer is God?

Zhao Lu came out of Lin's shop as the sun set.When I went in, I was empty-handed, but when I came out, I was holding a strange-looking two-wheeled vehicle, which attracted the attention of passers-by.

The slightly slender girl was dressed as a child, wearing a green cloth with a neat and smart front, and a plain stand-up collar underneath, which just blocked out the coolness of the evening.

There is a tiger brace unique to doctors hanging on his body, the bells ringing loudly, and he pedals swaggering through the busy city, showing the loyalty and youthful spirit of a young man.The only drawback was that there were no brakes, so she didn't dare to pedal too fast.

Nowadays, salt and iron are controlled by the government. If a private person wants to produce a blueprint for forging ironware, he must go through the government filing. Not to mention the complicated process, it is impossible to say how much it will cost.

Thinking about the thin and slim wallet, the two of them agreed, let's do this for now. Lower the saddle and use the foot brake as a safe configuration. No matter how slowly you ride, it will still be faster than a donkey.

But this unexpected joy came from this. Before she got home, three passers-by asked her: "What kind of Western thing do you have? Is it pedaled?"

Zhao Lu avoided answering and only said that this was a new product from Lin's Carpenter's Shop. To predict what would happen next, please pay attention to the latest news from Lin's Carpenter's Shop.

Her job right now is to make things visible to as many people as possible, and then price them based on customer flow.If it is popular, imitations will soon be available, and naturally you will want to make a profit and run away.

If he is not popular... Zhao Lu shook his head and said, "What can I say? How can I not be popular? This is much easier to serve than a donkey."

So in the final analysis it’s better to just make a profit and run away.

Needless to say, Lin Yu knows that it is not an easy task just to think about the processing of gears.To be wear-resistant and durable, the material must be hard. Once the material is hard, it will take a lot of effort.

It’s a lot of work and effort, so what’s the point of charging more?
I walked around the Qingshui Yamen in the inner city and caught the eyes of some of my target customers. Then I bought some hot roast chicken and walked home leisurely.

The grain shops along the way were closing one after another, and some door banners that had not been collected in time could still be seen. The vermilion price tags on them were bleached by the sun, indicating that the prices had not been changed for a long time.It is now the autumn harvest season, but food prices have not dropped. It seems that the food crisis is still as severe as ever.

"Liu'er, do you think Auntie's cooking is not delicious?" This voice was long and leisurely, with a hint of melancholy and heartbreak, which made Zhao Lu almost get stuck on the chicken bones.

Mrs. Hu sincerely regarded Zhao Lu as her niece, but the child made various excuses for not going to her house for dinner every three days. His temper was slippery and unpredictable, and he always had all kinds of things to say.

It's a headache.

Could it be that you have some grudge in your heart?
Zhao Lu held his forehead and felt a little headache. Suddenly he felt that Qingwen was right. He should buy a cook to take home. It would save money than buying food for Hu Junrong every two days. Is this the trouble of a free man?

It won't work if you don't do the reciprocating thing, and it won't work if you do it too much.

"Where is that? Even Miss Lin praised my aunt's craftsmanship. Didn't I just quit my citizenship? It's fresh and new. Hahahaha." She laughed dryly and changed the topic. She talked about going to the countryside to see the fields tomorrow. Do you want to come together? Go for some fun?
After all, no matter how thick-skinned you are, you are not so thick as to go to someone else's house every day to eat.

Mrs. Hu was depressed and couldn't sleep at night. She simply shook the snoring Hu Junrong. Looking at the man's sleepy and confused eyes, she said, "Are you bullying Xiao Liu'er outside?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Hu Junrong's mouth trembled. Thinking of Zhao Lu who was helping everywhere, he defended himself and said, "Why should I bully her? What a good little kid, what are you willing to do for me to bully her?"

When he heard his wife say that Zhao Lu had refused to come home for dinner recently, Hu Junrong had almost woken up from his nap, so he smiled and said, "You, when you were young, you loved to take care of everything..."

Before he finished speaking, the soft flesh on his waist felt itchy first, and then hurt. Hu Junrong hurriedly dragged the quilt back to hide it, and said hurriedly: "Oh, look at you, you can't tell at all. People also want to save face when their children are older." !”

Although Zhao Lu didn't stand much taller than the stove that Zhao San and his wife built, he already behaved like a calm adult in his daily behavior.Mrs. Hu, however, always remembered the childish look of her pair of maids wearing buns when she was in the Jia Mansion, and completely forgot about the fact that her children were growing up.

Then she remembered that the couple did not have a daughter. Mrs. Hu rolled her eyes and was about to speak out when her husband said: "That girl has a good idea. We don't need to restrain her. She can just watch from the side."

Since ancient times, doctors and divination have not separated families. How could the couple not see that Zhao Lu was a good person and knew everything about him, but his stupid son... well, let's not talk about it.

"Go to sleep." He was the first to fall. When it comes to marrying a wife, parents worry about it on one side, but their children have to live up to their expectations on the other side. Otherwise, it's just a matter of choosing one end over another and not doing anything about it.

Land circulation is under the control of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but how can the adults who really sit in high places have the time to take care of these details?
When Zhao Lu was riding her bicycle radiantly out of the city, she was dressed as a child, but the old official waiting at the city gate was stunned and asked: "You have a good mount, isn't it? Where are your adults?"

Mrs. Hu was slow to go out. The two agreed on the time and place, and Zhao Lu took the lead.Seeing that someone was curious, he just mentioned it casually and stuffed twenty big coins into his wallet. The old official stopped asking and happily started recommending land outside the city to her.

A junior official was not promoted when he was young. When he gets older, he will naturally become an old official. All he does is odd jobs, which is similar to Zhao Lu's current situation. His salary is low and he has a lot of work, so he can have a little extra income. It’s great joy.

"You're asking for trouble today." The old official's surname is Qi, and his given name is a square character.

Qi Fang pursed his lips, with an old donkey with a white beak and round hooves underneath him. He walked a long way away, and when he saw that there were no other people around him, he said mysteriously: "You know Rongguo Mansion, right? I'll take you to see his house today." of good farmland.”

He has a strong Tianjin accent and sounds like a storyteller. It seems that he is not a salesperson who likes to make negative remarks.

Zhao Lu nodded, knowing that there was any trouble in the capital, and these little people in the system were the most sensitive.

When I heard that the Jia family was selling land, of course I couldn't help but feel excited. The land enclosed by such a portal was all high-quality land, and it would naturally be a huge profit to buy it.

But after my heart beats, I can't help but worry. I don't want to be taken along again when my home is raided.

So he reluctantly said: "That's the Duke's Mansion, why should I sell it... Well, my family's situation is just ordinary, and I can't afford a contiguous piece of fertile land. It doesn't look like the land of a wealthy family like theirs, right?"

Not to mention the land in the Rongguo Mansion, if the land you are interested in is close to a wealthy family, you have to think twice about it, for fear of causing trouble and not being able to deal with it.

Qi Fang suddenly came back to his senses, put on a smile, and said in a friendly tone, "Look at me, I'm just thinking about it."

The relationship between Xuxu and Xuxu became warm because Zhao Lu paid 160 taels of silver to buy eight acres of land and sealed the offer of [-] taels of silver.

"You're right. We ordinary people want to live a stable life. Who knows why his family wants to sell their land? Don't do something wrong and want to run away if you hear the news!"

Zhao Lu: "..."

"I usually don't tell people this, just because you are young and sincere, so I just want to say a few more words. Speaking of which, a distant niece of mine is still working here. I heard that it will be released this month. What do you mean? Those big families are really using old manpower, why should they send them away? Isn’t it good to continue to use them?”

Zhao Lugong cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Master Qi is really quick to talk. How can we figure it out when people like that are the most well-behaved?"

Just as he was about to think about which of the maids in Jia's mansion had the surname Qi, he heard Qi Fang mockingly say to himself: "What do you mean, my lord, where am I the lord? Just call me Uncle Qi. You bought this land outside the city for the purpose of buying it." Build a house?”

Zhao Lu shook his head. She was currently working as a temporary worker in the Taiyuan Hospital. How could she come to build a house outside the city? In a place with no access to villages or shops, she had to make every roast chicken by herself.

Qi Fang accepted the bribe of twenty taels of silver and felt relaxed and happy. After all, the monthly salary of one ounce of money was a bit difficult to support the family, and it was rare to see such a generous and unobtrusive buyer.

So he turned over the fertile land in a good position.At the foot of the mountain, near the water, there were more than ten acres of fertile paddy fields. Zhao Lu cut off most of them, leaving three to five acres hanging in front. This was exactly Qi Fang's military strategy.

He said: "If you still need it, just come to me. How many acres of good land are there ahead, can I keep it for you?"

This means that Zhao Lu is sure that he doesn't have enough money, and the deed can only be signed for these eight acres, and he is waiting for a bribe next time.

It is true that Zhao Lu had prepared a budget of 200 taels before he came. If he took the first five acres of land in one go, he would not have a penny left in his pocket. Even if he did not need to rent a house and transportation, if anything happened, it would not be enough. A mess?
This Qi Fang is worthy of being an old official in the system. He has matured with age and is very familiar with the tricks of calculating people.

"Keep it, keep it until the end of the year." In fact, it doesn't have to be until the end of the year. She estimates that the partnership with Lin Yu will be credited next month, but people always have to leave themselves a little bit of redundancy.

In order not to attract an ignorant neighbor to herself, she decided to stabilize Qi Fang first.