Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 19 Recruiting Servants
  Lao ShunTou and Fei Cui waited outside the gate of Wucheng Bingma Division to meet Jia Qiang. Behind Jia Qiang were two women, one old and one young.

"Master!" As soon as Feicui saw Jia Qiang, she threw herself into Jia Qiang's arms.

"Is your face still hurting? Apply some medicine when you get back!" Jia Qiang was very calm with Wenxiang Runyu in her arms. Jade had been waiting for him for a few months, and he had already regarded Jade as a family member. He looked at Jade's face. The red seal on it said with concern.

This body is too small, and it is too early for him to become a woman.

"My face no longer hurts!" Jade realized that she was impulsive. She came out of Jia Qiang's arms with a flushed face and lowered her head to reply.

"Master, it was my failure to protect him that made him suffer!" Lao Shun said, knocking his head to the ground.

"Get up, it's not your fault!" Jia Qiang waved her hand and said.

That is to say, Ni Er didn't want to do too much in the city, otherwise with Ni Er's ability, he could just as well have taken away Lao Shuntou by force.

Lao Shun Tou's strength can only scare people at best, so if you want to fight with others, you don't have to think about it.

"Mr. Wen Tian, ​​what are your plans?" Jia Qiang turned to look at Ms. Wen Tian beside her and asked.

"Please take me in. Our house has been taken away. Qin'er and I don't even have a tile. I have learned Wen's recipes, and Qin'er is also very hardworking!" Lao Shuntou stood up, and Wen Tian followed. Kneel down and kowtow to pray.

She knew that if no one took her and Wen Qin in, their fate would never be much better than being betrayed by Ni Er.

Wen Qin is beautiful. For them today, this is the biggest original sin.

They were rescued by Jia Qiang. This life-saving grace and the fact that Jia Qiang was a scholar at the age of twelve gave her hope.

However, hearing Tian's words made the two people next to him alert at the same time.

When Lao Shun first heard that Wen Tian was good at cooking, he thought of his mother-in-law's craftsmanship. Although he didn't know how good Wen's recipes were, they were still better than his own mother-in-law's skills.

Jade looked at Wen Qin. Wen Qin was bigger than her, with a longer body, and looked more attractive than her.

She wants to be Aunt Jia Qiang. If Wen Qin joins, the competition pressure will increase.

Although Laoshuntou and Feicui both had their own thoughts, neither of them spoke, but waited for Jia Qiang to make a decision.

Jia Qiang is the master of this family and decides the fate of everyone.

"Mr. Wen Tian, ​​are you willing to sell yourself to the government with your daughter?" Jia Qiang confirmed.

In this era, only selling one's body into the house can guarantee the loyalty of the other party. The second courtyard is his own home, and he does not want to bring unsafe factors into his home.

"I and my daughter are willing to sell themselves and join the family!" Mrs. Wentian gritted her teeth. Survival was the most important thing, she said firmly.

"Okay, come back with me!" Jia Qiang nodded.

It was just to feed two more mouths. Besides, he was also curious to know about Tian's cooking ability. Besides, Jade needed help to take care of herself alone.

When Jia Qiang returned home, she saw Lao Shuntou's family preparing a brazier.

This is an old rule. When ordinary people enter the yamen and get sued, they have to jump into the brazier to get rid of the bad luck.

Jia Qiang didn't care about this at first, but seeing everyone's concern, she obeyed their wishes and jumped over the brazier.

It was getting late at this time. He was originally going to Baicaotang today to pick up the ordered medicinal materials from shopkeeper Sun, but he was delayed by Ni Er's incident.

After Ni Er's incident, Jia Qiang became more determined to practice the 'Jia's Hundred Turns Refining Technique'.

If he had practiced the 'Jia's Hundred Turns Refining Technique', at least he wouldn't have to resort to small tricks to solve trouble when he met Ni Er.

You must know that when he was caught by Ni Er, if Ni Er wanted to kill him directly, he would not even have the strength to resist.

He doesn't like this feeling of being dominated. Practicing 'Jia's Hundred Turns Refining Technique' can give him the power to fight back when he encounters this kind of thing again.

Ni Er was arrested, and the Wucheng Army and Horse Division quickly found out from his mouth the person in charge, namely Lai Sheng, the steward of Ningguo Mansion.

But given the background of Ningguo Mansion, it is impossible to capture the chief manager of Ningguo Mansion with just the confession of a Poppy scoundrel. This matter was not let go so easily. Combined with the previous incident in which the Ningguo Mansion instigated a seventh-grade official to frame Jia Qiang in the college examination, the two consecutive incidents were related to the Ningguo Mansion, causing many civil servants to express their disapproval of the Ningguo Mansion. There is dissatisfaction with the Jia family.

"Bang!" Jia Mu placed the tea cup heavily on the table. The saucer cracked due to the excessive force.

In front of her, Jia Zhen remained silent, not daring to raise her head to look at the angry Jia Mu.

"Uncle Zhen, do you know how many relatives have sent messages to the Jia family in just a few days, asking the Jia family not to act recklessly?" Mother Jia pointed at Jia Zhen and said in a deep voice.

Although the Academy Examination is just a talent test, it is also an important national examination, and the consequences of daring to interfere will be extremely serious.

If Ning Guo Mansion hadn't contacted the seventh-grade official directly, but had gone through an intermediary, this incident alone would have gotten Ning Guo Mansion into big trouble.

But at this time, Jia Zhen still didn't know whether to live or die as a prisoner. If Jia's family didn't still have some information, if the housekeeper Lai Sheng was really taken away by the Wucheng Army and Horses Division to recruit something, the title of Ningguo Mansion might not be preserved. .

"Old lady, I didn't ask anyone to do what Jia Qiang did, it was a servant who did it privately!" Jia Zhen muttered in defense.

"No one is a fool. Do you know that although these two things can't do anything to the Ningguo Mansion, they have offended those civil servants, and they may be tripped up by the civil servants in the future!" Mother Jia shook her head helplessly.

Jia Zhen instigated people to tamper with Jia Qiang, who had just become a scholar. This touched the foundation of the literati, especially it also affected the compilation of the Hanlin Academy, which was considered to have severely offended the Hanlin Academy.

What kind of place is the Hanlin Academy? It is the transitional place for promotion to high officials in the future. This is what gives Jia Mu the most headache.

"Don't touch Brother Qiang anymore. You have removed him from the family tree. No matter how big the conflict is, it should be over!" Jia Mu calmed down and continued.

Although Jia Zhen was unwilling, he could only obey Jia's mother's instructions when it came to the interests of the Jia family.

Of course, the hatred for Jia Qiang in my heart has not diminished by half because of this, and as the actions against Jia Qiang failed one after another, this hatred became even worse.

Mother Jia is so mature, how could she not see Jia Zhen's expression? She sighed in her heart, this is a troublesome thing.

At the same time, she thought of Jia Qiang, but she did not expect that Jia Qiang, who had left Ningguo Mansion, had passed the scholar examination in just one month.

Among the two mansions of Ning and Rong, except for Jia Zhu, there is no younger generation in the Jia mansion who has the reputation of being a scholar.

She thought of the little boy who stood in the Hall of Honor that day. At that time, she just hoped that the book left by Jia Jing would be of some use to the little boy. Jia Qiang did better than she imagined.

"We can't let Jia Qiang and the Jia family form a big feud!" She suddenly thought.

She was about to call Lai Da, but thinking about the relationship between Lai Da and Lai Sheng, she changed her mind and called Yuanyang.

Because it was late, the physical contract between Wen Tian and her daughter Wen Qin could not be processed until the next day, but Qin'er had already taken on the responsibilities of the maid and served Jia Qiang together with Feicui.

Mr. Wentian lived in another room of the reverse room, next to Lao Shuntou and his wife.

That night, Mr. Wen Tian showed off his cooking skills.

Tasting the dishes made by Wentian, Jia Qiang was a little surprised. The craftsmanship was not much worse than that of the master of Mingyuelou.

After asking, I found out that the cooking skills of the Wen family were passed down from ancestors. Originally, the Wen family inherited the craftsmanship, and a wealthy man did not have to worry about his life. But who made the head of the Wen family become obsessed with gambling, and eventually his family was ruined.

The Wentian family was able to inherit the cooking skills of the Wen family because the head of the family didn't want to cook when he returned home, and gave all the cooking tasks to the Wentian family. The head of the family was also a greedy person.

Therefore, the head of the family passed on the ancestral recipes and techniques to the Wentian family. This Wentian family is particularly talented in this industry, which means they have the current skills.

It's a pity that Wen Tian is a woman, otherwise it would be no problem to support her daughter Wen Qin with this craftsmanship.

Jia Qiang was very satisfied with keeping the Wentian family. This craftsmanship would bring him good fortune in the future.

Even in the Jia family, he was not able to enjoy chefs with such skills. Only Jia's mother and several heads of family had such conditions.

As soon as Jia Qiang was happy, she immediately improved Wen Tian's salary and raised his salary to the same as Lao Shun Tou.

This small courtyard has a more detailed division of labor. Lao Shuntou is in charge of the outside, Jade is in charge of the inside, and Wentian is in charge of food and drink. The Laoshuntou family can only work under Wentian.

(End of this chapter)