My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 102 Taoist Zhang’s Thoughts

Looking at the rows of ingots and silver coins neatly arranged in the boxes, a kind of emotion called greed surged in the hearts of Jia She and Jia Zhen.

Jia Zhen turned to Jia She and said, "Uncle She, I didn't expect that Jia Yu was really willing to spend a lot of money for this wedding.

Those ingots and silver coins are good things. If they were sold on the market, they could be sold for at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, right? "

Jia She suppressed the greed in his heart and pretended to be calm: "How much money you can sell it for is someone else's business. Doesn't this also prove Jia Yu's sincerity?"

"Humph...sincerity?"

Jia Zhen sneered, "If my nephew remembers correctly, when Jia Yu first came to Shenjing half a year ago, he was so poor that he almost starved to death in an inn. How many days has he been an official now?
Then he can spend a lot of money to marry Yuanchun girl. It seems that he is really good at making money.

But from now on, he and our Ning Rong Mansion can be regarded as family members. If there is any good thing, don't forget us. "

After listening to Jia Zhen's words, Jia She's heart was as anxious as if there were more than ten rats.

This pair of uncle and nephew, one greedy for money and the other lustful, can be called the bright stars of Ningrong's second house.

Jia She, in particular, attaches great importance to money. In the original work, this guy "sold" his biological daughter for 5000 taels of silver. In the end, Jia Yingchun was beaten to death by her husband. This shows what a bastard he was.

Now, when I first saw that my brother got so many gifts just for marrying a daughter, I couldn't help but become excited for a while.

Why can't his brother do it? There's no reason why he can't do it. His daughter doesn't seem to be any worse?
The two of them were thinking about their own things for a while, and did not notice that Jia Yu and his party had arrived at the Rongxi Hall and bowed to Jia Mu who was sitting in the lobby.

"Junior Jia Yu pays homage to the old lady and wishes her good fortune and good health!"

"Okay, okay...good boy, get up..."

Today, Jia Mu is wearing a brand-new set of soft armor with silver-red glitter embroidery from Jiaolong Chuhai, a Yuanqing crepe sweat scarf tied around her waist, and green satin powder-soled court boots at her feet, which are brightly colored and full of nobility.

It can be seen that Jia Mu attaches great importance to Jia Yu's arrival today.

"Jia Yu, the junior, pays homage to the political lord and his wife."

Immediately afterwards, Jia Yu saluted and said hello to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang who were sitting next to Jia Mu.

Looking at Jia Yu in front of him, Jia Zheng felt quite emotional. He never dreamed that the down-and-out young man who was dismissed because he disliked the other party and casually sent him away would now become his own dragon. My dear son-in-law, things are really unpredictable.

Mrs. Wang's mood was even more complicated.

When he sent his daughter to the palace, he hoped that Yuanchun would climb into the emperor's bed, and in this way the Jia family would become relatives of the emperor. Unexpectedly, ten years later, the emperor did not treat her as relatives, and instead her daughter was given to someone else. Sent back.

The initiator was the guy in front of him who he defined as someone who despised warriors and didn't know etiquette.

It was impossible to say that she had no complaints in her heart, but her reason told her that this matter was a foregone conclusion and no one could change it.

Now she only hopes that the young couple can live in harmony after they get married. The most important thing is that it would be better if they can take more care of her Baoyu.

After Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang said a few polite words according to etiquette.

Jia Yu served tea to Jia Mu and Jia Zheng respectively.

After serving tea, Jia Yu waved back, and a beautiful girl wearing a red cotton-padded jacket and embroidered shoes walked up holding a tray.

Jia Yu first took out an agarwood crutch from the tray and gave it to Jia Mu, then took out a string of Ganan rosary beads and gave it to Mrs. Wang, and finally gave an inkstone to Jia Zheng.

When others saw that Jia Yu only gave an inkstone to Jia Zheng, many people were a little surprised. On this great day, this boy only gave his Taishan father-in-law an inkstone. Isn't this too stingy?
Unexpectedly, after Jia Zheng took the inkstone, he was shocked all over. He looked left and right with the inkstone, wishing he could put his eyes on it.He asked Jia Yu tremblingly: "This...this...could this be the Fang Tianyan of Dongpo layman?"

"Exactly?"

Jia Yu smiled slightly: "This inkstone is Fang Tian Inkstone. It is said that this inkstone was a strange stone that Mr. Dongpo accidentally dug up when he was playing with his companions in the open space of the Shahuxing residence in his hometown, Meishan, when he was 12 years old.

This object is light green in color, with thin silver stars on the surface. It is as warm and crystal-clear as the skin of a fish when touched. It can also make a sonorous and pleasant sound when tapped lightly.

From then on, this thing was regarded as a treasure by Mr. Dongpo and he carried it with him all his life. Yu got this thing by chance and dedicated it to Zheng Gong. "

"Okay...okay...I am very pleased that Sansi has such intention."

Looking at Jia Zheng who is smiling from ear to ear, it seems that even if Jia Yu takes Yuan Chun away now, he probably won't object.

After meeting and giving gifts, it was Feng Tang's turn, who represented the man's elder and matchmaker, to come on stage.

He first greeted Jia's mother, Jia Zheng and others, and then said simply: "Old lady, Mr. Feng came here with his nephew Jia Yu to propose marriage. Please ask the old lady and Mr. Zheng to bring his beloved daughter Jia Yuanchun to the house." I hope you will agree to marry my nephew!"

After saying that, Feng Tang took out the birthday horoscopes he had prepared from his sleeve and handed it over.

Yuanyang hurriedly walked down, took the birth date and handed it to Jia Mu.

After taking it, Jia Mu looked at it and handed it to Jia Zheng and his wife. After they looked at it, they handed it to a middle-aged Taoist priest who was sitting silently under them.

"Daozhang Zhang, I would like to trouble you to take a look."

Mrs. Wang also took out Jia Yuanchun's birth date from her sleeve and handed it to him.

This Taoist priest was Taoist Zhang who had been a monk for Jia Daishan in Qingxu Temple since he was a child.

I saw this Taoist Zhang receiving the birth dates of the two people respectively. After reading them carefully, his eyes were slightly closed and his right hand could not help but bounce lightly.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and nodded to Jia Mu with a smile: "Congratulations, old lady, this marriage is a match made in heaven, a match made in heaven!"

"Good good..."

After hearing this, Jia Mu laughed from ear to ear.

"Come and...reward..."

A maid handed Taoist Zhang a letter of money.

Taoist Zhang took the heavy amount of silver and immediately understood that the envelope of silver was at least a hundred taels, and he smiled from ear to ear for a while.

I didn't expect that today I would get such a generous reward for my hard work just by talking about it. This money is so profitable.

Thinking of this, he looked at Jia Baoyu who was sitting not far away talking and joking with a group of sisters, and another thought came to his mind.

None of the young men and young ladies in front of me seem to be married. Can I also benefit from them?

However, he also knew that he was in a humble position and if he wanted to get benefits from being a matchmaker, he had to think long term, otherwise it would not be nice if he failed to get the benefits and instead made himself a mess.

(End of this chapter)