Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 103 Feng Family
  Shopkeeper Ping also followed him to the dock, where part of the cargo ship he took over was here.

The five large cargo ships sent by the Ma family and the three decommissioned ships from Yangzhou Daying are all parked here. Only the first three large cargo ships are performing transportation tasks.

Shopkeeper Ping was also shocked. Five large cargo ships were okay. The Ma family would not do anything with such gifts. All they gave were brand new large cargo ships.

What surprised him was that the three retired large ships, which were the main ships of the navy, had not removed the ramming angles of their bows. Even if these three large ships were not equipped with weapons, they only relied on the ramming angles of their bows to use the main force of the navy. The speed of the ship has a strong deterrent effect on the canal.

The most important thing is that under normal circumstances, even the navy will not deliberately embarrass this kind of retired navy battleship, which must have a deep connection with the navy.

Shopkeeper Ping will be very busy next. Every large ship must have sailors, captains and stewards, and he must also contact the transportation business for these ships.

Of course, you don’t have to look far for transportation business. There is always business here at the dock.

Jia Qiang's business in Jiangnan started from a dock and eleven large cargo ships. No one paid special attention to these businesses.

The scale of the eleven large cargo ships only accounts for a very small part of the entire canal's transportation volume, barely entering the medium-sized fleet. The dock currently relies on salt transportation to make the Yamen so prosperous.

But the amount of money earned from these businesses can easily exceed 50,000 taels of silver per month.

On this day, Zhang Ximing came to visit.

Jia Qiang welcomed him in, and behind Zhang Ximing was a middle-aged woman with a nervous expression.

"Brother Jia, I heard that you left Yinglian in the Lin Mansion. After contacting Gusu, we have found Yinglian's family. This person is Yinglian's mother, Zhen Feng!" Zhang Ximing stated the reason for coming here. Reason.

He had received great favor from the Lin Mansion, and he was the one who encountered Yinglian's abduction, so he was extremely concerned about it.

Over in Gusu, he asked his father Zhang Zhizhou to send out capable officers, who not only investigated the matter, but also brought Yinglian's mother back.

"Ms. Feng, a commoner woman, has met the young master. I wonder where my poor daughter Yinglian is?" Mrs. Feng bowed and bowed excitedly and asked.

"Siyu, go to the back and call Yinglian!" Jia Qiang ordered the maid Siyu.

Siyu responded and left. She ran very fast and was also happy for Yinglian.

During the time when Yinglian came to the Lin Mansion, she was liked by everyone in the house because of her pleasant appearance and good temper. Siyu also liked to play with Yinglian.

"Where is Yinglian's father?" Jia Qiang asked Feng.

"After Yinglian was abducted, my husband and I fell ill one after another. Not long after, a fire broke out in the Calabash Temple next door, and our house was burned into a field of rubble. Then the year was bad, so we had to sell the land and go to my father's house. Temporary residence.

That day a crazy Taoist came and sang a song. When the master heard this, he followed the crazy Taoist and left and never came back! "It seemed that Mrs. Feng hadn't talked for a long time, so she told her the whole story.

Jia Qiang shook her head, that crazy Taoist must be the lame Taoist.

The lame Taoist was seriously injured by him, but he didn't know where Zhen Shiyin was now.

"Feng, how are you doing now?" Jia Qiang asked again.

"I am now living alone with my maid Jiao Xing. My family's property has been sold out and I am living a miserable life!" Feng replied without any concealment.

While they were talking, Siyu led Yinglian over.

Yinglian's eyes were red. She thought she was a little excited after Siyu told her something.

As soon as Yinglian came into the room, she saw Mrs. Feng. She stared blankly at the woman in front of her. The dust-laden childhood memories were opened at this moment. She seemed to see herself being held in the arms of the woman in front of her. scene.

"My daughter Yinglian!" The moment Feng saw Yinglian, her years of waiting turned into tears of joy. With this call, she would fully vent her feelings for Yinglian.

"Mother!" Yinglian murmured.

Then she suddenly threw herself into her mother's arms and burst into tears.

So many years of grievance also turned into tears at this moment.

Mrs. Feng hugged her daughter Yinglian tightly. At this moment, their mother and daughter were connected by blood.

Jia Yucun is a private school in Lin Mansion. His place of residence is at the front. At this moment, he walked out of the room and prepared to take a walk.

After walking not far, he saw a pretty woman standing under the eaves.

This girl has good appearance and delicate features. Although she is not very pretty, she is still attractive.

When Jia Yucun saw her, his heart was filled with excitement, as if this woman was the one in his dream.

When Jia Yucun was studying in the Calabash Temple, she lamented her unlucky fate on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, Jiao Xing was still a little maid in the Zhen Mansion. Because she "had heard it said by the master once", she turned back when she was curious. I watched Jia Yucun twice.

Although Jia Yucun didn't know yet that this woman was Jiao Xing, the little maid's eyes left a very deep impression on him.

When he saw this face again, he was involuntarily attracted.

However, he did not step forward to speak immediately. This was the Lin Mansion. If he bumped into the visiting female family members, he might not even be able to stay in the Lin Mansion.

Recently, his relationship with Lin Ruhai has become better. Lin Ruhai intends to recommend him to the Jia Zheng Office of Rongguo Mansion. This is a major matter related to his future officialdom and cannot be affected by personal relationships.

Just seeing this woman, he couldn't move.

When he was in a dilemma, he thought of asking about the woman's identity first.

Judging from the woman's dress, it does not indicate a noble status.

Jia Yucun found a young man and asked, and soon found out that the woman was related to Yinglian, who had recently entered the house, and was her mother's maid.

Upon hearing this, he felt that he had a chance again, but this matter needed to be considered in the long term.

On Jia Qiang's side, neither Jia Qiang nor Zhang Ximing disturbed the meeting between mother and daughter. This scene of relatives gathering together is really touching.

After a long time, Feng Shi held back her tears and pulled Yinglian to kneel down in front of Jia Qiang.

"Master, can you keep Yinglian?" Feng asked after kneeling down.

This surprised both Jia Qiang and Zhang Ximing. They did not expect that Feng would make such a request.

When Mrs. Feng saw her daughter, she found that she was very beautiful, well-dressed with expensive materials, and had a rosy complexion.

Thinking that her daughter was abducted, it would not have been like this before she was rescued by Jia Qiang. All of this was due to the preferential treatment she received after staying in the Lin Mansion.

Feng followed Zhen Shiyin and was also educated. He knew that as a woman with no money and no power, she was unable to let her daughter live a good life and to protect her beautiful daughter.

Rather than being spied on by others in the future, it would be better for her to stay in the Lin Mansion. At least the Lin Mansion has not treated her badly.

This can be regarded as a little bit of caution as a mother. Feng's original family fortune has long been ruined, and even she can barely make ends meet.

"Yinglian, are you willing to stay?" Jia Qiang turned to look at Yinglian and asked. "I want to be with my mother!" Yinglian replied with some reluctance.

She naturally yearns for life in the Lin Mansion, which is completely different from the life of being kidnapped.

But she wants to be with her mother more. This kind of family relationship is more important than anything else.

"Mr. Feng, are you willing to stay?" Jia Qiang didn't care about raising another person, he asked with a smile.

"If I can be with my daughter, I'm willing to be a slave or a maid!" Mrs. Feng nodded in agreement.

"There is no need to be a slave. You can do something for me and earn money to supplement your own life!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

"Thank you, Master!" Feng wanted to kneel down again, but was stopped by Jia Qiang, she kept saying.

"Brother Zhang, please help with the process at the Yamen!" Jia Qiang said to Zhang Ximing again.

If Feng wanted to stay, he had to go through relevant procedures. Population mobility in Daqian was not that simple. If it hadn't been for the abduction case, it would have been difficult for Feng to come to Yangzhou from Gusu, let alone stay.

Jia Qiang then arranged for Feng's residence and opened a guest room for Feng.

He was now able to take half the responsibility for the Lin Mansion, and he was able to make arrangements without notifying Lin Ruhai and Jia Min.

Of course, he still had to explain to Lin Ruhai and his wife afterwards that if there were more people in the house, the owner should always be informed.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min heard Jia Qiang talk about this matter during dinner. The couple would not refuse, which was a good thing.

Especially Jia Min, she likes Yinglian very much. Yinglian has a very good relationship with Lin Daiyu, and their relationship is even stronger than that of Yunfei and Zhujun.

The main reason is that Yinglian's age is not much different from that of Lin Daiyu, especially Yinglian's mind is younger than her own age, and Lin Daiyu's mind is more mature than that of an average eight-year-old girl, so they are similar to each other.

Lin Daiyu has one more friend with whom she can communicate, and she can also let Yinglian study with her.

It was impossible for Lin Ruhai to object to something that both the madam and the disciple agreed to.

After Lin Ruhai finished eating, he walked out of the room. On a whim, he wanted to find someone to play chess, so he found Jia Yucun.

The two of them were sitting in the pavilion. Jia Yucun came down first with black in his hand.

For some reason, Jia Yucun's mind was unstable today, and he would often cause trouble, and his level was not as good as usual.

"Brother Yucun, what's wrong with you?" Lin Ruhai put down the chess piece in his hand and asked with a smile.

Although the feeling of winning a game is good, the repeated mistakes of the opponent make this feeling a little weaker.

"I'm not afraid of adults' jokes. The old Confucian's first wife has been dead for many years. I never thought that today I would see a woman who would be loved by a young man..." At this point, Jia Yucun's face turned red and he covered his face with his hands.

"Oh, I wonder which woman you are interested in?" Lin Ruhai asked with interest now.

"She is the maid of Yinglian's mother who has just entered the house!" Jia Yucun replied sheepishly.

He had never met Yinglian. Yinglian had been in the backyard after entering the house. Since Yinglian had not decided to stay before, she did not study with him together with Lin Daiyu.

So he didn't know that Yinglian was Zhen Shiyin's kidnapped daughter, and he didn't know that the maid he was interested in was actually the little maid Jiao Xing that he recalled many times in his dreams.

Lin Ruhai is grateful to Jia Yucun, who has the affection to teach his daughter Lin Daiyu.

If Jia Yucun's requirements were too high, he might even shirk it.

But Jia Yucun just took a fancy to a maid. He thought this was a good thing, so he matched them up, which can be regarded as a good story.

Of course, Lin Ruhai couldn't go directly to mention it to Feng. Feng was Jia Qiang's guest, so Jia Qiang couldn't avoid this matter.

The next day he found Jia Qiang and talked about it with Jia Qiang, which made Jia Qiang secretly feel the terrible power of correction in the world.

Jia Yucun's marriage to Jiao Xing happened a few years later in Dream of Red Mansions.

Unexpectedly, a lot of things had changed on his side, and Jia Yucun finally fell in love with Jiao Xing.

Jia Qiang didn't do anything evil, and Jiao Xing was definitely a high achiever when she married Jia Yucun.

And this was Lin Ruhai's suggestion, not Jia Yucun's request. Even for Lin Ruhai's sake, he had to ask Feng.

"Feng, Mr. Lin's private school has taken a fancy to Jiao Xing and intends to marry her. What do you think?" Jia Qiang found Feng and asked.

Mrs. Feng looked good and found her daughter Yinglian. She made up for the biggest regret in her life. She spent one night with her daughter and made her sleep particularly peacefully.

"Jiao Xing stayed with me, which delayed her own marriage. I just don't know what kind of character this private school teacher is. Do you want me to explain it to Jiao Xing?" After hearing Jia Qiang's question, Mrs. Feng thought for a while and replied.

"The private school teacher's name is Jia Hua, also known as Yucun, and he has a great reputation!" Jia Qiang introduced with a smile.

"Jia Yu Village, is that Jia Yu Village in Huzhou?" Feng asked what came to mind when he heard the name.

"Mr. Feng knows this Mr. Jia?" Jia Qiang asked knowingly.

Of course he knew that Jia Yucun had been helped by Zhen Shiyin when he was in Suzhou.

"Mr. Jia passed the examination and was able to take a fancy to Jiao Xing. It is Jiao Xing's blessing." Mrs. Feng felt relieved and said with a smile.

In fact, what she said about asking Jiao Xing was because Feng was thinking of staying as a retreat in case the private school teacher was dissatisfied.

Jiao Xing is her personal maid, just like her daughter. She decides who she marries, and there is no need to ask Jiao Xing for her opinion.

Now that she knows who Jia Yucun is, Feng has her own judgment. This is a good marriage.

Jia Qiang couldn't tell Feng that Jia Yucun would be a corrupt official in the future, but that was something Jia Yucun had not done yet.

Therefore, it was inconvenient for him to ask Lin Ruhai not to recommend Jia Yucun because of this.

With his ability, if Jia Yucun really wants to do something that threatens his family, he can just let it go without any psychological burden.

Lin Ruhai was really fond of Jia Yucun. In order for Jia Yucun to get married, he found a small house for him in the city to use as Jia Yucun's home after marriage.

Shopkeeper Quan's ability to do things is very good. After ten days of preparation, with the ten thousand taels of silver given by Jia Qiang, he opened two restaurants in Yangzhou City and prepared all the staff.

Jia Qiang would not put too much thought into this kind of thing. After he decided on this matter, he made another batch of MSG.

As for the matter of providing MSG to Shopkeeper Quan, he left it to Mr. Feng, who was literate and able to read and write, along with a few accounting clerks. In addition to providing Mr. Quan with MSG water, he also monitored all the things he owned. The power of business.

Fengshi is trustworthy, so don't worry about the rest. Just because of Yinglian, no one can bribe Fengshi.

(End of this chapter)