dream of red mansion

Jia Zhen continued to ask: "Could it be that there is anything that cannot be said? If you want to come here as a family, there is nothing taboo?"

Although Jia Qing couldn't figure out Jia Zhen's intentions at the moment, but he gave the soap to the sisters for use first, so he didn't think about hiding it. Anyway, it's done now, so why not if they know?So he said: "Big Brother, there is indeed such a thing."

At this time, Jia Zheng and the others were also attracted attention, and they only heard Jia Zheng say: "Oh? My nephew doesn't study hard, but also delve into business affairs?"

"Back to the second uncle, my nephew has no intention of studying, but just came up with this thing in my spare time."

Jia Zhen looked at her father at this moment, seeing that Jia Jing frowned, she was convinced, she thought that Jia Qing really didn't tell anyone about it.

What he didn't know was that Jia Jing just didn't want to discuss this issue on this occasion, he felt that it would be harmful to Jia Qing's reputation.

"Since the second brother can make money by making this thing, why not give it to the family and make it cheaper for the Shen family?"

Although the current Ningguo Mansion is still not short of money to spend, anyone who knows that his son has good things not to give to himself but cheap to outsiders may have thoughts in his heart. Jia Zhen just wants to make Jia Jing feel dissatisfied.

What's more, if the children of a large feudal family can save a private business, what is the majesty of the parents?If this kind of thing is serious, you can even be expelled from the family!Although Jia Zhen knew that it was impossible to expel Jia Qing from the family, as long as Jia Jing's love for Jia Qing could be reduced, it would be fine if he would not be affected.

Knowing that Jia Zhen felt threatened by him, Jia Qing fought back.It's just that the counterattack is too weak. Neither Jia Jing nor Jia Zheng would care about this kind of thing. They are typical powerful people who don't pay attention to businessmen, and don't think that doing business can be useful. They only care about learning. If you are good, you will be an official, and you will be a prime minister, with great power in your hands!

Even if he knew that Jia Qing had this tendency, he would only stop him and tell him not to delay his studies.And Jia Qing will not stand up to this matter, so it is destined that this conflict will not cause much trouble.

The key is that Jia Qing and Jia Jing got through this matter!

Jia Qing figured this out, and it was easy to talk, so he said: "Big brother doesn't know something, and younger brother didn't know how useful that thing is, so after making it, he only gave some to the sisters at home. Later, the news spread to Boss Shen somehow. He found the younger brother and said that he was willing to pay 5000 taels of silver to buy the younger brother's formula... The younger brother thought, anyway, it's useless for me to hold it, so I sold it to him. I don't know how useful that thing is." Jia Qing deliberately didn't mention that he told Jia Jing about it.

At this time, Jia Amnesty said from the side: "After all, he is a child of my Jia family. The one surnamed Shen didn't dare to expire. He knew that he would give 5000 taels of silver to trade."

Jia Amnesty's words represent the mainstream thinking of those present, none of them know the true value of soap!

It was because Jia Lian often dealt with outsiders and knew a little bit about the market, so he said to Jia Qing: "So that Shen's soap is actually written by the second brother? It is really a disadvantage to sell it for 5000 taels of silver. If the second brother gave it to me, I will also buy it I can give the second brother a price of no less than 5000 taels."

Jia Qing pretended to be innocent and said: "That little brother is young and ignorant, I would have given it to the second brother Lian if I knew about it."

Jia Zheng didn't want to listen to these fussy things, he said: "Since the Shen family has bought Fangzi, we don't care about this matter, and how much money he makes has nothing to do with us. There is only one thing, Brother Qing needs to be careful. Remember, if you get some silver taels, you must not take them out for pleasure and waste your studies! You must not think that doing business can be a little bit of a petty profit.”

It can be seen that Jia Zheng is mentioning Jia Qing as his younger generation. Whether he is right or not, he is always concerned. Jia Qing also respectfully replied: "Thank you for the teaching, my nephew won't, just My nephew is going to keep the silver that I got now for future study tours."

Jia Zheng nodded in satisfaction.

Jia Zhen still wanted to say something, and Jia Jing made the final closing statement: "Okay, there is no need to worry about some trivial matters, let's watch the next play."

Although it was a trivial matter, seeing that Jia Jing didn't think he was disobedient at all, Jia Zhen couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, many thoughts turned in her mind, and she bowed her head in silence.

Chapter 42 Entrance Exam Yuhouhu

Seeing that nothing happened, Jia Qing was eager to see Liu Xianglian, so she withdrew from the seat in the name of going to the toilet.

I asked a servant in the mansion to find the backstage where the theater troupe changed their makeup.After entering, the smell of pollen came to the nostrils, and there were young women and niche students changing clothes and putting on makeup everywhere.

Since Jia Qing was a child, no one cared about him and let him walk through it.Jia Qing looked here and there, and the focus of her eyes was usually the three inches below the chin of those beautiful girls.

Suddenly, he found a tall girl sitting in front of the dressing table taking off her makeup. His eyes lit up, and he quickly approached her and said, "Hi sister, do you know where Mr. Liu Xianglian is?"

The woman in front of her was startled when she heard the words, she turned her face slowly, looked at the child in front of her, and asked, "Oh? I don't know what the young master is looking for?"

Jia Qing realized something was wrong when he turned his face sideways. Isn't this the Liu Xianglian who sang on stage earlier?Knowing that he had made a mistake, Jia Qing immediately changed his words: "It turns out that Mr. Liu is Xianggong Liu. I didn't see clearly from a distance just now. It's because my younger brother was rude."

Liu Xianglian didn't even say anything, anyway, more than one person said that he was better than a woman in dressing up as a woman, so she didn't mind, and continued to ask: "Is there something wrong with the young master?"

"It's nothing... I just heard about Brother Liu's talent and name, and it happened that Brother Liu came to the mansion again, so I wanted to come here to talk about it. Oh, by the way, my younger brother's name is Jia Qing, and he is from the Ningguo Mansion."

A narrative?He knows that those big masters are after him, but what can this kid who looks like he is only in his teens talk to him?Take a closer look, isn't this the kid I met with Sun Wu at the east end of Ningrong Street last time?However, this kid looked like a dandy that day, but today he behaved politely and decently, which is a bit interesting!

"Then I wonder what Brother Jia wants to tell me?" Liu Xianglian asked curiously.

Jia Qing didn't know how to speak, so he couldn't tell him: I have a crush on you, be my younger brother!It's no wonder that it's not regarded as a neuropathy.

After thinking about it, Jia Qing decided to make some friendship first, so he asked, "Is Brother Liu's lifelong wish to marry a peerless woman?"

Liu Xianglian was amazed: "How did Brother Jia know?"

Jia Qing smiled mysteriously, and said: "Brother Liu, don't worry about where I got it from... I know that a peerless woman can be a good match for Brother Liu!"

Liu Xianglian looked at Jia Qing dumbfounded, she never imagined that such a thing would happen to her, a child came to introduce her in a mysterious way, it was funny even thinking about it.

"Oh, I don't know who Jia Xiong is referring to? Which family's daughter is it?"

"It's not from another family, it's the girl from my sister-in-law's natal family in my younger brother's house. She looks like a shy flower in a closed moon, which is a sign of..." Jia Qing said with a matchmaker face.

He also doesn't know if the current Third Sister You has seen Liu Xianglian. In the original book, Third Sister You told her sister, Second Sister You, that she saw Liu Xianglian, who was a young student, when she was celebrating her mother's birthday five years ago. At that time, Baoyu It should be about [-] or [-] years old, but now that Jia Baoyu is less than nine years old, it's really hard to judge.

But he didn't want to match them up. Marriage is something you have to fight for on your own. Both of them are responsible for the tragedy in the original book.Now he was just trying to hook Liu Xianglian's curiosity so that he would have more chances to make friends.

Hearing what Jia Qing said, Liu Xianglian was really moved, and asked: "Really? Maybe Brother Jia will introduce you to Brother Yu?" He was a willful person, so he said it when he thought about it in his heart, and then he realized that it was wrong OK.How can the young ladies of these families meet as soon as they say they see each other!

Of course Jia Qing didn't care about these things, and said after hearing the words: "It's easy to say, but she is not in our house now, when she comes later, how about I introduce Brother Liu?"

Regardless of the embarrassment in his heart, Liu Xianglian said: "In this case, I will thank Brother Jia first..." Suddenly he asked: "Why does Brother Jia help me Liu so much?"

Jia Qing laughed and said: "The first time I saw Brother Liu, my face was very kind, and I often heard that Brother Liu is both civil and military. I really admire him, and I want to become friends with Brother Liu. I don't know what Brother Liu wants?"

This Liu Xianglian was also quite self-willed on the other side, without being coy, she said directly: "What's so difficult about this, I think Brother Jia is also a man of temperament, why don't we call each other brothers in the future?"

Jia Qing chuckled, bowed his hands and said, "Little brother has met Brother Liu!"

"My dear brother, please get up quickly."

After exchanging pleasantries, Jia Qing asked, "I don't know where I can find Big Brother Liu?" Liu Xianglian said, "I've been living in an opera troupe recently, and on weekdays I usually live in Wuzi Street, Shundefang. Brother Yu bought a small yard there in the clothing alley, Brother Xian can look for me there in the future."

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After bidding farewell to Liu Xianglian, Jia Qing went back to the banquet table to watch a play with him for a while, and soon after the play was over and the banquet was over, Jia Qing returned to Yipin Hall.

In the fifth year of Zhengqing, the morning of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.

"Go ahead, take the exam well, and strive to be assigned to Class C."

At the east corner gate of Ningguo Mansion, a beautiful carriage was parked on the side of the street, while Jia Jing was giving Jia Qing his final instructions.

The bustling year in Jia's mansion is almost over, and today is the day for Jia Qing to take the entrance exam for the Imperial College.

Jia's way of celebrating the New Year is that today you treat me to a drink, and tomorrow I treat you to a theater, which doesn't make much sense.But yesterday was Jia Qing's birthday, Jia Baoyu brought his sisters over to celebrate his birthday, but it was a lot of fun.

With his current status, his birthday is probably just for the sisters to have fun together, and the elders don't care about it. On the other hand, Jia Zhen's birthday, although he can't have a big banquet, but he will invite the masters of the two houses to set up a table .

This also made Jia Qing firmer in his strategy of studying in the Imperial College. As long as he can succeed in his studies, his status in Jia's mansion can rise further, to the point where he can finally compete with Jia Zhen.

And what Jia Jing said about getting into Class C is not a high requirement. These days, Jia Qing has also figured out the establishment of the Guozijian.It is divided into four classes, A, B, C, and D. Class A is the highest, and each class needs to take a grade test.