Fair Lady

Zhen Dafu's family returned home after a disastrous defeat. The resentment and unwillingness in his heart were like a surging river, but he couldn't find an outlet to vent it.

Because Shuwen was "frightened", Shujie and Shuyao wanted to comfort him, so they "had no choice but" to ask Yan Jin to send Zhen Dafu and the three of them out of the house on their behalf.Cheng Jin didn't talk too much, and walked quietly ahead to lead the way.Every time she sees Zhen Kebao posing as a handsome young man in front of the maids, she secretly laughs.

This Young Master Biao is not bad in appearance, but he must not stand with his Eldest Young Master, otherwise he will be reduced to nothing but scum in an instant.

Halfway along the way, Lin suddenly remembered the main task of her visit today—to ask for cash or presents, and it was hard for her husband and son to speak up, so she brought her here.The eldest son of the Zhen family, Zhen Kebao, got married, and Xia Zhai, as the house of the most respectable aunt of the Zhen family, can she shed some blood without being extravagant?Even if the treasures rewarded by the palace can't be taken, then Jin Xida and Weiyuanhoufu should have given a lot of good things, right?It is not an exaggeration to take out a few things as congratulatory gifts for Zhen Kebao.

Also, I heard that the dragon fruit sold by Wang Xi's South-North Currency Shop is all grown in Xia Zhai Zhuangzi.The dragon fruit is a precious fruit, and it has always been bought from Western Fanbang. A larger dragon fruit will sell for three taels of silver.It's not that no one has seen this golden egg. Many people have tried to grow it with great effort, but unfortunately no one has succeeded in growing it. They all believe that this kind of fruit cannot be grown in Dazhou.

A year ago, two local dragon fruits popped up suddenly in Dazhou. One is a large farm in Qiongzhou in the south, and the other is the Zhuangzi of the three Xia Zhai brothers and sisters.The large farm in Qiongzhou produces a lot of dragon fruit, but it is not so fresh when it is shipped to the north.It's almost the same as those from the West.But the dragon fruit produced by Xiazhai Zhuangzi is big, fresh, and has sweet flesh, which is more expensive than imported from the West. Unfortunately, most of them have entered the capital, and very few other places have sold them. They just have close business contacts with North-South Express. A few wealthy families snatched some.

When Zhen Kebao gets married, if dragon fruit appears at the wedding banquet, how face-saving and showy will it be?

"Wait, wait, I haven't told them about Bao'er's wedding gift yet!" Mrs. Lin muttered and was about to turn around.

Zhen Dafu grabbed her tightly.Too much force almost made her fall again.

"Can you use your brains? Those two members of the Zhang family are there, will you make your wish come true?" Zhen Dafu glanced at Cheng Jin who was walking in front, and shouted in a low voice, "I won't take anything by then, so I will give it to you later." You spread the word that the city is full of wind and rain. Shujie still has scruples, but that brat Shuwen is completely sideways."

have to say.Zhen Dafu came to his senses once in a while, and realized that once the Shujie brothers let go of any scruples, there was nothing he could do.I used to think that Shujie was in the way, but in fact the two younger ones were even more difficult to deal with. Because of their young age, they pretended to be crazy and pretended to be powerful. Shuyao's dead girl especially liked to dig up old scores and tear up old papers when there were many people.Also because of their young age.As long as you cry and make a fuss, some or nothing can be justified.Coupled with the previous rumors, most people would believe that they were being bullied again if there was any disturbance.

Zhen Dafu is not afraid of being unreasonable, what he is afraid of is Jin Xida, the Marquis of Weiyuan, and even the Empress Dowager.Those two little ones dared to make a scene too much. Judging from the situation in the book today, even a big incident might be as big as a watermelon.And when things get serious, the Zhen family will definitely not take advantage of it.Shujie and the others have a sign to enter the palace and ask to see the queen mother.

Zhen Dafu began to regret that he hadn't tried to get rid of Shujie two years earlier, so that the Shuyao siblings who had no support had already been pinned in his hands.Where did he become so insolent now?But they didn't dare to do anything casually. In the past two years, Xia Zhai was so popular and their "reputation" of Zhen's Mansion was so bad. If something happened to Shujie, their Zhen's Mansion would be the first to be caught.So I waited until Shujie became Xiaoqi before thinking about taking him far away. The mountains are high and the rivers are far away, and there are many kinds of bandits on the road. If there is an accident, no one can blame him.

Who knew... Sigh, the three brats are becoming more and more slippery now, and they are relying more and more on each other.

Lin also knew that with the prelude just now, she would not be able to please her if she went back, but she was not reconciled!After thinking about it, he shouted at Cheng Jin in front of him: "Hey, what is your name, Jin? Tell your young master that you need [-] dragon fruits to get married, so let him send someone to Zhen's mansion in advance. I forgot to tell him just now. By the way, I have to choose the big one!"

Zhen Kebao added "kindly and politely": "Isn't it orange brocade? You tell cousin Jie that you don't need to prepare other gifts. Dragon fruit is enough. We can't buy it before we ask cousin Jie." .”

Orange brocade replied crisply: "My maidservant is Chengjin. The maidservant just knows about the dragon fruit. The young master has a contract with the North-South Currency Master Wang. Except for the fruit left for the Queen Mother, Mr. Jin and the Marquis of Weiyuan, everything else is They are picked and sold by Nanbei Tongtong Bank. If we pick them privately, it will be a violation of the contract, and we will compensate Nanbei Tongtong Bank 5000 taels of silver. Two days ago, the master of Xia Mansion wanted to buy 5000 from our Zhuangzi at a cheaper price, and the young master replied like this Yes. Then the Grand Master of the Xia Mansion is unwilling to pay the [-] taels, so let it go."

The "friendly" smile on Zhen Kebao's face froze, and he almost tripped over his left foot and fell forward with his right foot.

Is not this nonsensical? 3000 taels of silver to buy a hundred dragon fruits?Isn't that nearly twenty times more expensive?Who is willing to pay?

But they have a contract there, and they have reasons to refuse wherever they go, so Wang Xi's North-South Currency is not easy to mess with.

Cheng Jin looked "unjust" and regretful: "Our young master and girl can only eat two or three meals a year, and they are specially reserved by Master Wang. The total of the whole mansion does not exceed a dozen or so."

"Well, forget it," Zhen Kebao said shyly.Cheng Jin's reaction didn't look like a lie, Shujie and the others didn't know that the three of them were coming, let alone that they wanted dragon fruit, so how could they have taught Cheng Jin something beforehand?

In fact, those words were really not taught by Shujie or Shuyao. Since everyone knew that the dragon fruit came from Xia Zhai’s Zhuangzi, many people who couldn’t buy dragon fruit, or wanted to eat it cheaper, or even free, came to the door. The three brothers and sisters of Shujie wanted to buy, and the county magistrate Yang, the second bedroom of Xu's mansion, Xia's mansion, and even Xia Ruoxue in the capital were among them.Fortunately, Jin Xida had already formulated a unified set of rhetoric with Shujie and Wang Xi.After hearing it so many times, the big maids of Orange Brocade and Hongjin would know how to recite it long ago.

Therefore, as soon as Cheng Jin heard that the shameless person in this family opened his mouth like a lion, he immediately recited it with embellishment.Five hundred?Even bigger ones cost 500 taels of silver according to the market price, how dare you open your mouth!Has anyone ever seen a cousin getting married, a cousin, or a nine-year-old child, giving a gift of 500 taels of silver?And "you don't need to prepare other gifts"?Cheng Jin really wanted to use a ruler to measure how thick this family's skin is?

Lin was indignant.Still wanting to say something, a few people walked towards them, the leading woman was dressed in a brown brocade thin dress, obviously dressed as a working mother of a wealthy family.Followed by two little maids and two servants, the servants were pushing a cart of things, which looked better than the ones sent by the Zhang family just now.Lin's eyes were full of greed and jealousy, and she wished she could pounce on her and take a good look.

That "fiery" gaze made one of the servants pushing the cart "hum" disdainfully, and cast a blank glance. Where did this woman with shallow eyelids come from?He has been to Xia Mansion several times and has never seen it.

Lin was still engrossed in reverie about the car, and didn't notice the servant's cold snort of contempt, but the faces of Zhen Dafu and Zhen Kebao instantly turned red into stewed prawns.He secretly scolded Lin for losing face.

Cheng Jin greeted her enthusiastically: "Mother Ke, you are here. Our girl was still talking about it a few days ago, saying that she hasn't received a letter from Sister Nangong for a long time."

Mother Ke also responded with a smile: "This is it, our girl wrote a thick letter to Miss Yao and Master Wen. Orange brocade to send guests? Let's talk later, and I brought some for you guys." A gadget in the capital."

Cheng Jin nodded happily: "Thank you, Mama Ke, in advance."

Mother Ke and his party walked a long way, Lin's eyes were still reluctant to pull back, Zhen Kebao couldn't help but pull her, his mother lost his face!

Cheng Jin secretly laughed, no matter how the Zhen family opened two big restaurants.Do you want to be so ugly and greedy?

"Ahem," Zhen Dafu asked casually, "Are those people from the Nangong family? Where did Shuyao and the others know friends?" He secretly guessed.Could it be the Nangong family?Judging by the clothes of that mother Ke and the servant girl, it's very possible.

Cheng Jin replied: "It's the Nangong family of Huitong Qianzhuang. Miss Nangong likes our girl and the second young master very much. She will send people to deliver letters and things every once in a while."

Huitong Bank?Is it really the "richest man" of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Nangong Family?The three of Zhen Dafu gasped at the same time, when did the Shuyao sister and brother climb up to the daughter of the Nangong family?Seeing how familiar the mother was with Cheng Jin just now, she must have been here several times, right?

Lin's heart hurts with jealousy, what makes those two sharp-mouthed brats so attractive?How could her spirit be so cute?Why do all the good things and noble people let them meet?Those people are really blind!

After getting out of Xia Zhai and getting into his own carriage, Mrs. Lin was still resentful, and muttered: "Why don't you insist on letting that dead boy Shujie go to Qingzhou? What kind of scientific examination? If we really let him get any grades in the examination, don't we just let him go to Qingzhou?" Is it difficult to deal with him? Besides, the Ding family has already talked about it, so how do you tell them now?"

"Shut up! Otherwise, get out of the car." Zhen Dafu almost reached out to grab Lin's neck.

Zhen Kebao didn't want to help this brainless mother anymore, it seemed that every time things were broken by her hands, she didn't even know it, she didn't know anything.

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