Ring Lord of the Red Chamber

Returning to Miyun Village from the capital, Aunt Zhao started to work day and night again.

The business of fresh vegetables on Zhuangzi is unbelievably good, and the closer the New Year is, the more so it becomes.In the past two days, their people didn't have to deliver goods to the capital at all, and the customers had already sent people to wait in Miyun County.As soon as you see fresh vegetables coming down, you will rush to grab the land.

Originally, after spending thousands of taels of silver in the capital, every time Aunt Zhao thought about coming, she always felt a little regretful in her heart, feeling that she was really in trouble.Fortunately, in the past few days, thousands of taels of silver came into the account again, which made her feel a little bit better.I also made up my mind in my heart, I have to be more careful in the future, and I can't indulge myself anymore.

The farmers' enthusiasm for buying and selling is also extremely high, and they don't need to be supervised every day. Men, women, old and children take care of the ten acres of greenhouses properly.Except for the vegetables for my aunt, Master Huan, and brother Cong, no one in the whole Zhuangzi touched those vegetables, and even a shallot had to be sold for silver.

Think about it, every vegetable sold has their share of two. In the past two or three months alone, they have earned more than 1000 taels of silver, which can be divided into dozens of taels at least for each household.God, if this is left to the past, it will not be saved for half a lifetime.

This is only the first year, and the time is a bit rushed, and only ten acres of greenhouses have been cleaned up in Zhuangzi.It will be different in the future, next year they will definitely get busy early and turn the entire Zhuangzi's land into a greenhouse.Ha ha, more than 100 acres, how much money can you earn? !

They don't know how to count at all, and they don't dare to count at all.

The 29th of the twelfth lunar month is the busiest day in Zhuangzi, because the vegetable trading will be suspended tomorrow, and it will not open again until the sixth day of the first lunar month.The customers who are acquainted with each other know this, so many of them have to rush to buy vegetables on this day, for fear that if they come later, the masters will not be able to eat fresh vegetables during the New Year.

Aunt Zhao and the farmers were busy with their work, but Jia Xiaohuan was so leisurely that it made people grit their teeth.Still getting up in the middle of the day, after running and jumping to warm up, it is the time for daily practice, and it is not until the end of the hour that the work is done, and then I start to do nothing after breakfast.

Originally, he could still play with Jia Xiaocong, that child is quite stubborn, sometimes he would cry and ignore people if he teased him hard, but as long as he gave him some fun and delicious food, he would soon get back together with you.However, now that he has a new playmate, he has no interest in Brother Huan.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and Jia Xiaohuan was too idle to sit on the kang in a daze. Sitting turned into leaning on the pillow, leaning against it turned into lying down again, and her small body seemed to have no bones.When he realized his state, he couldn't help but spit to himself: You're lazy.

Fortunately, although Bones was lazy, Jia Xiaohuan's head was not idle.What he has been thinking about is how to go next.

The woman from the Wang family sent someone to explain that she was worried about their mother and son and would not let them live in Miyun for a long time.That is to say, it was the Chinese New Year now, and the woman couldn't spare any manpower, so they could enjoy themselves for a few days.Once the Wang family recovers, their mother and son will definitely return to Rongguo Mansion.

If you really want to leave the Rongguo Mansion, you have to make a long-term plan.

Of course, Mr. Huan also thought about it, if it doesn't work, he should just use his strengths and prescribe drugs one by one.As long as anyone in the old Jia's family misbehaved their mother and daughter, the young master would take good care of them and let them enjoy the leisure and comfort of being sick in bed.

However, the matter of prescribing medicine is not so foolproof. It is impossible for people to see the flaws and catch them at any time. The young master is weak and weak, and he has no chance of protecting his son, mother and son.

What worried him the most was his mother, so Jia Xiaohuan didn't plan to take her back to Rongguo Mansion, but was secretly thinking... How can his mother willingly abandon Jia Zheng, change her face and change her identity to start a new life?

If she can settle her mother well, then Jia Xiaohuan's confidence will be much stronger.After leaving the young master Huan, who has no worries about the future, he is fearless even in heaven and earth. He thinks that even the prince and county king were teased by him in the palm of his hand.It's just a mere Rongguo Mansion, from the old lady Jiamu to the housekeeper and maid, he doesn't fear any young master.

However, what made Jia Xiaohuan difficult was that his mother seemed to still have some thoughts about Jia Zheng, and never thought of leaving him.

Putting this aside for the time being, there is still his own business.Jia Zheng's father, he didn't plan to have it, so adopting him out would be a good choice.From Jia Xiaohuan's point of view, this shouldn't be a problem.

The Jia family has a total of eight households in Beijing, and it is not difficult to choose one of them to adopt.Even if it doesn't work here, isn't there still Twelve Houses whose ancestral home is Jinling?Jia Xiaohuan didn't believe it yet, with so many close and distant relatives, he still couldn't pick a suitable adoptive object that he was satisfied with.

Probably, if he is adopted out, Wang and the others should be happy to see him succeed.

……

"Hey, my lord, why are you back now?" Wang Xifeng hurried into the room with a tired face, and asked in surprise when she saw Jia Lian leaning on the kang pillow.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the entire family is busy with work, not to mention her daughter-in-law who does housework.No, it's been a long time since the lamps were lit outside, and she just got some free time and was able to rush back for dinner.Originally thinking that his man was not at home, he asked Ping'er to accompany him to use it, but he didn't expect Jia Lian to be there.

After Ping'er was sent to tell people to serve dinner quickly, Wang Xifeng came and sat down opposite Jia Lian, tugged at his sleeve lightly, and asked, "May I ask you, old lady, lady told you to go to Miyun, are you Haven't you gone yet, or have you come back? Brother Huan and his wife have already brought back?"

Jia Lian was playing with something in his hands, and when he saw Wang Xifeng coming, he hid it in his sleeves, glanced over, and said, "I didn't go. It happened that the master was busy, so I ran with the master. I also reported to the old lady just now. Time is too tight right now, we'll wait until the New Year is over. It doesn't matter if Brother Huan is a kid."

Wang Xifeng didn't care about Jia Huan's mother and son, and didn't take this matter to heart, just ask.However, she was sharp-eyed, and she saw Jia Lian's cover-up, but she didn't see what he was holding.

"What is it, why don't you want me to see it?" With a light spat, Wang Xifeng's expression was not good-looking, and he thought that Jia Lian took some dishonorable thing, or some little prostitute.Wife's token.With one hand propped up on the kang table, she would snatch it to see what she had explored.

"Oh, be careful, this thing is rare and very fragile. Don't do it, I'll just show you." Seeing this, Jia Lian hurriedly held her hand, coaxing her.

After Wang Xifeng snorted and settled down, he just rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his hand to her face, and said proudly: "Here, let's take a look. This is a new item, there is no such item in the world. How many people have seen it. With this, the foreign businessman can no longer feel ashamed."

"What? That's so precious, don't tell me you have a narrow vision. It's a joke to let people know." Because the ancestors were only in charge of the tributes and congratulations from various countries, many foreign ships and seafood were handled by the family. Wang Xifeng thinks she is well-informed, and looks down on Jia Lian's self-satisfaction.

However, she casually glanced over it, and immediately couldn't move her eyes away. Subconsciously, she stretched out her hands, took the things in Jia Lian's hands, and asked in a low voice, "Hiss—this is... Liuli's?"

The smile on Jia Lian's face was even more complacent. After appreciating her shock for a long time, he shook Erlang's upturned legs, "It's not just glass. Just tell me, have you ever seen such crystal clear and flawless glass?" Let me tell you, even foreigners can’t make this kind of glazed glass. You know how many foreigners and barbarian merchants are desperately asking for the price at the Liulifang auction a few days ago.”

This is a small and exquisite wine glass, the mouth of the glass is only slightly larger than a copper coin, and the body of the glass is only as high as a little finger.Wang Xifeng looked at the cup carefully in front of her eyes, and found that it was indeed as Jia Lian said, the glass was crystal clear and colorless, and there was not even a single bubble or speck on it, which was something she had never seen before.but……

"Tch, it's just a small thing the size of a sesame mung bean, let's see what you can do." Wang Xifeng spat at Jia Lian coquettishly, although she didn't care much about the glass, her hand held it firmly without any hesitation To let go of the meaning.

"What's the matter, our second grandma is looking down on her, why don't you hurry up and return it to me." As he said that, Jia Lian made a gesture to grab it, but Wang Xifeng dodged it with his phoenix eyes.He slightly twisted his wife's pretty face, and just now with raised eyebrows, he took out two boxes from behind, "Look, let's see if these can fit into our second grandma's phoenix eyes."

Wang Xifeng looked sideways, she was very clever, she couldn't make a general guess when she saw the situation.When she thought of the items that might be stored in the box, she was inevitably overjoyed, and hurriedly fished it to her, and carefully lifted the lid.

Sure enough, there were several wine glasses in a box, which were exactly the same as the one in her hand, and each one was extremely delicate and clear.Wang Xifeng held one of them in his hand for a closer look, and then put the original one back, just now he closed the cover, and was about to embrace it in his arms.

Seeing this, Jia Lian was displeased, took the box first and hid it behind her, stopped Wang Xifeng who came to snatch it, and pushed the other box to her, "It's just a few wine glasses, and you don't need them, what are you grabbing from me? This is yours."

"Why do I use a lot? The size of the cup is just right for me." The second grandma Lian was very unhappy when the good things were taken away, but seeing that the man still remembered her anyway, she stopped entangled with him. Let's see See what she is.

This box was bigger than the one just now, and when I opened it, Wang Xifeng couldn't take his eyes off it.Inside the box are twelve glass mirrors, each of which is only the size of a palm, but all of them are extremely clear.

Wang Xifeng picked up one side and shook it in front of his eyes. In the mirror was Zhang Jiao's flower-like powder noodles, just like a Bi person.She couldn't help but burst out laughing, and the man in the mirror smiled too, so beautiful that it dazzled her eyes.

Jia Lian couldn't help laughing at her daughter-in-law's appearance, flicked the jade pendant around her waist, and said jokingly: "Oh, it's not easy, but I have something that can suit Second Grandma's eyes. This mirror has twelve sides in total, and the back is It’s about the twelve zodiac signs. Liulifang sells it for 120 taels, but do you know how much money it will cost if you want to get this set?”

"How much? Tell me quickly." Wang Xifeng saw her man's trickery, and when she caught up with her, she was very happy, so she grabbed his hand and shook him to ask.

"Not much, that's the number." Jia Lian, coaxed by her to make her feel at ease, moved closer and raised a finger.

"One thousand...couldn't be 1 taels?" Wang Xifeng suddenly opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief.

"It's just 1 taels." Jia Lian slapped his hands and picked out a mirror from the box, "See, this mirror with a dragon carved on the back is not just for sale, do you understand? Hey, what are you doing..."

"Why don't you tell me quickly, how did you get so much money? Well, you, I have been married for a few years, and I don't know that my father still has so much money in his private house. You, You really called me..." Wang Xifeng clenched his fist and beat Jia Lian hard twice, tears fell from his mouth, but he still didn't forget to hug the mirror box.

"What nonsense?" Jia Lian hurriedly pushed the kang table away and hugged him tightly, "You are also the head of the house. You don't know what's going on in our house? Where can I save tens of thousands of taels of private house for a big man? Go for the money. Didn’t I tell you just now, I’m going out with the master today, these, wine glasses, mirrors, are all given by…”

At the end of Jia Lian's speech, his eyes flashed.He accompanied his father to Liulifang today, which was really eye-opening, and... a lot of gains.Dad definitely made him look at it with admiration, saying that it was 23 pieces, definitely not just 23 pieces!

For example, to his father, a set of drinking glasses was just one piece.Therefore, in addition to the two sets of items in front of him, Jia Lian also had 22 pieces (sets) of glass products, one of which was a meeting gift from the shopkeeper of Liulifang.It was also at that time that Jia Lian found out that his father was still in the Liulifang where Jin Wanjin had entered that day.

Shock!Jia Lian was so shocked that he couldn't help himself. For the first time, he didn't know how to look at his father.

"What's the matter? Where did you go with the master? Who did you meet, who is willing to give you such good things." Wang Xifeng couldn't help the doubt in his heart, and hurriedly asked.She really wanted to know where the sacredness was so generous to her man.

"Hey, I just went to Liulifang with the master and met the big shopkeeper over there." Jia Lian didn't tell her about the relationship, but lazily explained: "I just found out, the master and that The big shopkeeper has been friends for decades, and played together in the palace when he was young. No, now that he can go out of the palace to work, the master went to catch up on the old relationship. I think he was looking at the second master, Yushu Linfeng, Those who look dignified and show talent, don’t they give a little greeting.”

"Really?" Wang Xifeng widened his eyes when he heard the words, and clicked his tongue in amazement.She also didn't expect that the old man in the family had such a connection.And... "What's the matter, the master still has friendship with the palace?" She didn't know that.

"..." Jia Lian glanced down at Wang Xifeng, and said in a low voice, "Master used to be Prince Yizhong's companion. At that time, the old master was still there." This matter has long since been mentioned in Jia's house. If he hadn't heard about it from the shopkeeper, even he, who is his son, wouldn't know about it.

Wang Xifeng also knew the importance, and fell silent after hearing the word 'Yizhong'.Nowadays, those two words are a taboo in the Daqing Dynasty.However, she understood something in her heart, perhaps there was a reason why her father-in-law was so dishonest.

The husband and wife sat opposite each other in silence, but the silence was broken by the maid who delivered the food after a while.Wang Xifeng dismissed Ping'er and others, poured wine and vegetables for Jia Lian herself, and said with a smile, "I have to thank you, Lord. With these precious mirrors, I have something to show off during the Chinese New Year."

"Hey, let me tell you, these mirrors are not only yours, but also the second girl, the third girl, the fourth girl, and cousin Lin, and sister-in-law Zhu and sister-in-law Zhen. You pick one and give it away. Yes By the way, there are also the cousins ​​of the Shi family, those younger sisters of your Wang family, even the old lady, the wife, and the big maids around Baoyu..." Jia Lian couldn't get used to her arrogant appearance, deliberately Counting on his fingers.

"Stop, stop, stop, my lord, you should stop now. If I ask you to keep counting like this, let alone my twelve small mirrors, even twenty is not enough." Wang Xifeng covered it My man's mouth, I dare not listen to him counting, "I understand what you mean, just hide this in a corner, and no one will see it."

Because of pardoning the Elder Master, Jia Xiaohuan escaped from what happened years ago, and finally passed the year in peace.Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang and others in Rongguo Mansion are busy all the time, not visiting relatives and friends, or receiving old friends. It was not until the Lantern Festival that they thought of the mother and son.

However, before they could send Jia Lian to bring someone back, bad news came from Miyun——Aunt Zhao has gone.