Infrastructure masters in the red building

The memory of the original owner revealed to Jia Fang that this 13-year-old child was the concubine son of Rong Guogong Jia Daishan. His biological mother died early and he was raised in Zhuangzi. around.Jia Fang's daily life when he was a child was in the green gauze cupboard outside the old lady's bedroom.

Three years ago when the old lady passed away, Duke Rong Jia Daishan and Ding You had just turned 27 days old when he was seized by the Holy Spirit and reinstated due to an emergency military situation.Jia Fang fulfilled his filial piety for his father and stayed in front of his grandmother's grave for [-] months before being taken back to Rongfu.Within two months of returning to Rongfu, he fell ill, so Jia Fang, the soul from modern times, was seamlessly connected without changing his name.

There were very few people around Jia Fang. The old lady only left an old lady named Sun to take care of him. Fu Ya entered Jia Fang's yard to wait on him.Jia Fang has another servant, who is Sun's nephew named Zhao Cheng, who is also the son of the mansion, not old enough for maturity, so Sun did not let Zhao Cheng come over when Jia Fang was ill. .

Now that Jia Dafang is ready, he plans to walk around the Rong Mansion and look around.

He is very interested in the layout and regulations of the Rongning Second Mansion complex. He has carefully studied the text in the book and restored the layout of the Rongning Second Mansion by himself. He is very familiar with all the details described in the book .Now just gave him a chance to compare the description in the book with the reality in front of him.

Jia Fang's own courtyard is a very small "three-height courtyard"①, that is, "siheyuan" minus one, and the whole courtyard is a concave-shaped structure.There are three main rooms in the courtyard, one bright and two dark, which are Jia Fang's living room, bedroom and storage room.There is no side room in the main room, and it is directly connected to the wing room.Sun's grandparents and grandchildren live in the west chamber, and the east chamber has not been fully utilized yet.

The courtyard is close to the back street of Rongning, that is to say, behind the main house, separated by a courtyard wall and a corridor that is usually deserted, it is already outside the Rongfu.

Jia Fang stood in the courtyard, looking at the small piece of square sky above his head and smiling slightly - he remembered very clearly that the location of his small courtyard, according to the description in the book, was Jia Zheng's wife, Mrs. Wang. The accompanying room, the courtyard of Zhou Rui's house.Arranging Jia Fang's residence in a row of servants' rooms, it seems that the head of the Rongguo Mansion, the Duke's wife Jia Shishi, really doesn't like him as a bastard.

But Jia Fang doesn't care, his current goal is very clear, which is to find a way to build the Grand View Garden as soon as possible, and leave this world immediately after completion-although this is an "impossible task", for Jia Fang, Nothing is really "can't be done", especially when it comes to his line of work.

There must always be a little challenge, and life is interesting.

At this time, Jia Fang couldn't care less about being idle with his nominal aunt Mrs. Shi, but he would feel a little bit in his heart: Jia Shishi was a colorful old lord in the original book "Red Mansion", but When he was young, he was also fierce in managing the family.

The more this is the case, the more careless Jia Fang is about the twists and turns of these inner houses. He doesn't have the time to take care of them—besides, his yard is next to Rongning Back Street, which has a wonderful advantage.

It's just that Jia Fang hasn't figured out how to use this "benefit" yet, but he's not in a hurry and plans to wait until later.

Jia Fang looked around at his own yard, walked away, and walked south along the north-south wide road, passing a row of servants' houses.Along the way, he met many servants of the Rong Mansion, most of them were old ladies, and there were also some young servant girls.Some people have an impression of the original owner, and some the original owner has not seen much.

As a newcomer, Jia Fang did not put on airs.He nodded when he saw a familiar face, and called Aunt XX, or Sister XX.

It didn't take long for him to discern mixed reactions from the crowd.When the old lady saw him, she mostly showed contempt on her face, and all her anger came out of her nose.Those big maids who are dressed in gold and silver, saw Jia Fang, and saw that he was polite to others, most of them would salute, call "Third Master", and glanced curiously at his face.Later, Jia Fang even received a wink from him.

Jia Fang stretched out his hand to touch his face, and smiled wryly, remembering what Sun said.Sun said that the third master was born well since he was a child, and looking at the men of the same generation in Rongning and Ningfu, there is no one who is better than the third master.

This well explained the difference in the attitude of the servant girl and the mother-in-law towards him-but so what?The Grand View Garden cannot be repaired by relying on face.

Jia Fang quickened his pace, first walked around to a row of servants' rooms on the east side of the mansion, and found his servant Zhao Cheng.

Zhao Cheng and Jia Fang are about the same age, at most two or three years older.Seeing Jia Fang was overjoyed, he rushed up and pulled Jia Fang's sleeves and shouted, "Third Master, how are you?"

Jia Fang nodded and said, "Zhao Cheng, I'm here today to ask you to run an errand. Mama Sun always said you're not mature, but I think you're pretty good, so I decided to leave this matter to you to try." .”

Zhao Cheng couldn't be provoked, and immediately slapped his chest loudly: "Third Lord, just tell me, Zhao Cheng, you will go through fire and water, and you will do whatever you want!" I don't know where I learned the words from the opera.

"It's not that serious." Jia Fang patted Zhao Cheng's shoulder, ordered in a low voice, and then handed Zhao Cheng two silver coins, "It doesn't matter if it's more expensive, but I want a better one, bright copper, thin and tough copper wire. I won’t accept the bad ones. But if you really want to find a good one, just go ahead and bargain, and keep the rest for yourself.”

Jia Fang has no experience in purchasing in this world, so he sent Zhao Cheng to be the purchasing manager, first to make demands, and then to promise some benefits.

As for the price, he roughly calculated it based on the value ratio of copper and silver, and added a little processing fee.This time it's just asking for directions, let's see what kind of products we can buy.

After a while, Zhao Cheng went.Jia Fang continued south along the north-south road.The road under his feet can be regarded as the east road of Rongguo Mansion, leading to the courtyard where Jia She lives in the south, and the outermost study of Jia She is in the south.

Jia Fang walked all the way, thinking of a famous "public case" in the red building, the housing problem of the Jia brothers.

The orientation of ancient buildings is also based on respect. The middle road is the most respected, followed by the east road, and then the west road.Ningguo Mansion is located in the east because it is the eldest house of the Jia family, so it is called "East Mansion".In the later "Red Mansions", Jia Amnesty lived in the courtyard on Rongfu East Road, while Jia Zheng and his wife lived in Rongxi Hall on Rongfu Middle Road, and Jia Mu lived in Rongqing Hall on West Road. ②

According to the memory of the original owner, the current living pattern of Jia’s mansion is: Rongxi Hall on the Middle Road is naturally the residence of Jia Daishan and his wife. Jia Daishan is currently not in Beijing, and Mrs. Shi usually lives in the three side rooms to the east of Rongxi Hall.

Jia She has not been married for long, and currently lives with his new daughter-in-law in the courtyard on the East Road. The southernmost part is Jia She's study.

However, Jia Zheng was unmarried and lived alone in the courtyard on West Road. The southernmost study was Jia Daishan's outer study in name, but it was actually Jia Zheng's use.

The three brothers of the Jia family, based on the per capita construction area, Jia Zheng's treatment is absolutely top-notch.

Jia Fang thought as he walked south, and he was about to reach the back door of Jia Amnesty Court, only to realize that his elder brother was married, and it was not good for him to enter his brother's and sister-in-law's yard at will.Jia Fang took a detour and went to Jia She's outer study in front to see if Jia She was there, and say hello if he was there.

Who knew that as soon as he entered the courtyard door of Jia She's study, there was a burst of yelling and shouting—someone was punching?

Not only punching, there is also a card table in the center of Jia She's study, on which Pai Gow is being pushed.Jia Fang came all the way in, and the outer study was so lively that no one even noticed his appearance.

Finally, a young man in his eighteenth or nineteenth year played cards. He laughed and stretched out his hand to the people around him: "Master has played cards, give me money, give me money!"

Who would have thought that this person caught Jia Fang at a glance, immediately withdrew his hands, pushed the table to stand up, and asked Jia Fang loudly: "Sir, are you alright?"

All eyes were on Jia Fang, and someone got up and said, "Master!"

The man who had spoken earlier had a handsome face, and his words were sincere and frank.He waved his hand: "Hello, my brother, I am happy with Uncle Jia. I will let you play this game once and get all the money back."

Amidst the voices of "Thank you, sir", the man left the table and came to Jia Fang, stretched out his hand and patted Jia Fang's chest and back several times, making Jia Fang shake back and forth. He laughed and said, "Sure enough. Great!"

The young man who rushed up to condolences to Jia Fang was the eldest son of the Rong Mansion, Jia She.

Jia Fang looked at his elder brother and nodded slightly.The memory of the original owner had told him before that since Jia Fang returned to Rongguo Mansion, the eldest brother was not bad to him, and he was trying to build a yard for Jia Fang to accommodate their master and servant.When Jia Fang was in a daze of illness, he also heard this bold and unrestrained voice, bluffing, asking people to decoct medicine for a while, and ordering people to deliver supplements for a while.

In short, there is still some difference from the old master who is lustful, greedy for drinking, plundering, and coveting his mother and maidservant in the original book.

Seeing Jia Fang nodding his head, Jia Amnesty was even more happy. He suddenly called Jia Fang aside: "Third Brother, Big Brother asked you something."

Jia Fang was hooked around the neck by Jia She, and immediately listened with bated breath.Just heard Jia She asked: "You said... If your sister-in-law is pregnant with her first child, I will name your eldest nephew Jia Hu. How does this name sound?"

Jia Fang was startled: I don't seem to have heard that Jia Amnesty has a daughter-in-law?But... Isn't it true that Jia She should have an eldest son named Jia Hu?

Jia She continued: "... In the future, my eldest son will be able to bless him. I play cards every day, and play tricks! Do you think it will work?"

Look at this brain hole? ——Jia Fang resisted the urge to kneel, and whispered back: "But... our surname is "Jia"!"