Rebirth of the Red Mansions: Jia Lian's way of turning over

Poor Wang Xifeng has something big to do today, and the old man has been following the sedan chair all along, fearing that Jia Lian won't let it go and will force the old lady hard.

As for Wang Xifeng, who was sitting on the sedan chair, she wasn't so noticed by the old man, at most she was just a housekeeper's wife, and she didn't stand beside him very much. .

Compared with the nervousness of the old man, even if the old lady was angry, she didn't pay much attention to Jia Lian. She couldn't punish the boss, what if she couldn't get a daughter-in-law?Tell me who will object.

Jia Lian just returned home after taking the Chunwei exam today. After enjoying the lingering love, he soon fell asleep. The Lixiangyuan was quiet and quiet, and few girls just made a noise. Here, you can still see the old family of the Jia family rule.

Ping'er, who was embroidering handkerchiefs in the outer room, suddenly heard a noise outside. When she went out the door, she looked up and saw her grandma who was being helped off the sedan chair.

"Grandma! What's the matter with you! Why... why is there blood all over your head!" Ping'er screamed and ran up, seeing her grandma still covering her head with her hands, her face turned pale in panic, "Xiao Hong , hurry up and ask your father to find a doctor, and you two go fetch water and prepare clean clothes."

Jia Amnesty stood aside, unable to intervene, and said very dissatisfied, "Ping'er, where is your second master Lian?"

"Falling asleep in the house." Ping'er casually replied to him, and then ignored this person. If the Eldest Master valued their grandma, how could they let their grandma come back like this?At any rate, it is good to send someone a message in advance, or ask someone to find a doctor in advance.

And at this moment, Jia Lian, who was sleeping in the room, was also awakened by Ping'er's yell. When he heard that he saw blood, he rushed out without putting on his cloak. Seeing Wang Xifeng's distressed appearance, his eyes turned red instantly.

"What's going on! Who did it!"

The anger in this cry suppressed Jia Amnesty.

But this man insisted that he was Jia Lian's old man, so he said forcefully, "Didn't you see your master here? What do you eat with your eyeballs, you little bastard."

Jia Lian's eyes suddenly fell on Jia She, his eyes were round and bloodshot, "The Eldest Master is here too, Jia Lian really has bad eyesight, the Eldest Master can even beat his own daughter-in-law like this." Lobbyists, Jia Lian’s poor eyesight can be regarded as having the same origin.”

After all, there was obvious mockery on Jia Lian's face, and Jia Amnesty's entire face turned crimson purple, pointing at Jia Lian and shouting unfilial piety.

Not to mention Jia Lian, this time even Ping'er doesn't want to see his old man. This old man is most afraid of the old lady. Their grandma suffered such a big loss, and they can come to Lixiangyuan to make peace with the old lady. How did it grow, why is the old lady so scary?

Wang Xifeng, who was carried into the house, remained silent, her body was limp and exhausted. Ping'er carefully wiped off the blood on her head and face, and changed her clothes carefully. The bruises and bruises on the face are really painful, and the tears are falling down.

Jia Lian stood outside the house with a gloomy face, listening to the old man's buzzing scolding, his heart burst into anger. With some faces, he climbed up slowly and cautiously, and in the end it was impossible for people to suppress him.

But now, what did Wang Xifeng do wrong?The old lady wants to be punished like this?It's just that I was late for a while, but I didn't serve so carefully, so I was going to beat someone like this?Do you really think Jia Lian is shameless?

Jia Lian, who was also silent, was sitting in the outer room, and the girl served him a cup of tea. His sudden calm expression made Jia Amnesty a little flustered.

"Lian'er, you don't want to deal with the old lady, do you? How can you deal with the old lady? You don't know what she means? What's more, she is your own grandmother, so you don't care about what you do."

Jia Lian put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at the old man with deep eyes, "What if I say she is not my real grandmother? Will you still be filial to her, old man?"

"What the hell did you say?"

"Heh, did the elder never think that he is not the old lady's own thing? Otherwise, it would be a crime for our eldest family to live well, and it would be a sin if we didn't live well. How could we make the old lady an eyesore like that?"

"What do you mean by that? There is no evidence, you said that I am not a descendant of the master? Are you crazy? The second room is waiting to catch us."

"Handle?" Jia Lian smiled disdainfully, "If this is really the trick, can you secure the title, my lord? But don't worry about it, my son, I will look for evidence, I've torn my face from left to right, let's ride a donkey to see Let's wait and see."

Jia She panicked all of a sudden, "You really want to fight with the old lady? What are you using to fight with the old lady? Could it be that having a dead eunuch as a backer can make you feel that you can fight the old lady?"

Jia Amnesty's words were already full of sarcasm, Jia Lian stared at the old man with wide eyes, "Why not? A dead eunuch with great power can destroy the Jia family, not to mention an old woman in the inner house, if the weight is not enough, Then Jia Lian asked the palace to reprimand the old lady for her bad manners, do you think the old lady is ugly?"

"You... are you trying to embarrass my Jia family?"

"Lost it? My lord, is the face of our Jia family all on the old lady? Is the face of me, the eldest son, not important? Maybe in your opinion, the old lady is more worthy of care than the second grandmother Lian, but I, Jia Lian But I don’t think so, it’s okay to hurt me, Jia Lian, but if I hurt Wang Xifeng, then if I, Jia Lian, don’t resist, am I still a man?”

"What kind of man are you? How old are you? What can you do?"

Jia Lian smiled, "What can I do? I can make the Rongguo Mansion run out of food, vegetables, water, and all kinds of things. Since the old man doesn't believe it, then give it a try and see how capable Jia Lian is."

After all, Jia Lian put on her clothes and went out, and she didn't entertain Jia She at all. Since the old lady is really comfortable, then he will do something to make her feel uncomfortable. It won't take long, three In the future, it is guaranteed that the Rongguo Mansion will not be able to buy anything again, unless it costs a lot of money.

Note that it is actually not that complicated. The supply of fresh melons and fruits in the capital is often brought in from surrounding counties, especially after the cold weather, the fields have already run out of goods, that is, old farmers with some surplus will want to bring them to Beijing. Change some silver.

Jia Lian found those peddlers who often go to surrounding counties, and asked them to buy melons, fruits and vegetables from old farmers at the market price lower than a copper coin. For a crime, you can buy all the vegetables at a good price at once, so why not do it.

In the past, even if these people went to Beijing to buy vegetables, they would have to pay for street stalls to enter the city, and the people in Beijing were picky, and the vegetables that were slightly frozen could not be sold at a good price.

In addition, Jia Lian also went to those farms outside the city to buy fresh melons and fruits. If those people couldn't finish eating, they would give them to the master's family, and the master's family would be willing to sell them if they couldn't eat much.

In just one day, Jia Lian purchased goods from several warehouses in a big way. With the help of Jingzhong Chariots and Horses, Jia Lian opened several shops specializing in selling vegetables and fruits in the inner city and outer city that day. It is a second-class product that ordinary people can see, but the price is the same in every urban area.

On the way, Jia Lian also asked the guys from the chariot and horse dealers to help them display their first-class and high-quality goods in restaurants and various wealthy houses. The prices were higher than usual, but there were many varieties and they were delivered to the door.

From the second day onwards, it is difficult to sell vegetables in central Beijing, and even if they sell, they are the goods that have been stored in their shops for a few days. Like the old farmers who often carry baskets to Beijing to sell vegetables, there is no one at all. , but who doesn't know that this group of people sell good and cheap food.

However, this does not prevent others from buying vegetables. Jia Lian opened two shops dedicated to buying vegetables in a crowded vegetable market. They are not expensive, and they have everything they want. There is no need to shop around. It is very convenient to just buy and go.

Jia Lian deliberately asked people to prepare a few more servants, which came in handy. Almost every shop was crowded with people, and it seemed that the business was booming.

Those big restaurants are even more happy. It is better to find a stable source of goods than to buy from everywhere. Even if you spend a few more money, you will not be able to calculate the goods and buy them. It's a troublesome thing if you can't buy fresh dishes someday after you've come to Beijing.

After such a day, Jia Lian did some calculations and found that those shops could not earn much money. If they could make a lot of money, someone would have made it bigger. If he hadn't owned a car dealership, he would have earned even less money. .

At the end of the day, those good products can make a little more money. Ordinary people basically earn a penny or two. On the best day, so many shops add up to a net profit of ten or two taels at most.

But if the price he charged the old peasants was too low, they would rather take it to Beijing by themselves than sell it to Jia Lian, so he was just earning hard money and finding a temporary job for a car dealership.

But this blow to Rongguo Mansion is really not small. The farms outside the city of Rongguo Mansion were the first to be acquired, and now all the surplus vegetables and fruits have been wiped out. I made some money, but I want to buy more. It will be difficult to come back.

Because when the people in the shop go to Rongguo Mansion to deliver goods, they pay double the market price, and the people in Rongguo Mansion just dismiss them as a joke. As a result, they can't buy good food the next day, so they can only go to the shop. inquire about.

The people in the shop heard that they were from the Rongguo Mansion, so they directly slaughtered him like a fat sheep. Every shop was twice the market price, and they refused to lower the price no matter what. If they wanted to buy some inferior goods like ordinary people, then Please feel free, the shops in each urban area are clearly marked with prices.

But an egg costs one tael of silver, and a catty of cabbage costs five hundred cash. This price is too high, so that those who buy in Rongguo Mansion have no room for greed, and what they report to the mansion is nothing more than that. That's all.

The people in the shop are obviously not afraid of the people of Rongguo Mansion, no matter how threatened they are, they will not lower the price, and they will not entertain them if they say too much, obviously they also have people behind them.

In the end, I still had to grit my teeth and buy it, because there was no other place to sell good food, and if I bought inferior products, I would not be scolded to death.

Rongguo Mansion buys fresh vegetables and fruits every day, and the appearance of the vegetables that have been stored for two days is not very good. The masters are tricky, and they will scold the kitchen for any bad food. Except for cooking for the servants and servants, the kitchen staff took the food by themselves, and even Lian's second grandmother didn't say anything.

But now the kitchen doesn't even have a trace of stock in stock. If you don't buy it, can you eat the northwest wind?

And even if they bought it, it took a long time. The cooks were anxious to get angry. Seeing that the vegetables were all used up and the ones they bought hadn't come back, they might not have time for lunch.

It’s so rare to buy the vegetables back. I heard that the price was twice the usual market price, and the guy in charge of the purchase hardly vomited blood. Yesterday, people came to the door with double the price and free delivery. Today, the double price is still not enough Package delivery.

Just when Jia She was laughing at Jia Lian's big talk, Rongguo Mansion really didn't have much to eat.

In the lunch meal on the second day, the vegetables in Jia She's order were reduced, but the meat dishes remained the same, but only a little green could be seen sporadically on the ten or so dishes on the table, and Jia She lost his appetite at all.

In the spring, people still eat such a greasy dish, so it's not as refreshing as the fresh cabbage.

Seeing that there were a lot of meat and vegetables in this meal, Jia She didn't say anything, but at night, it was still the same, so Jia She was not very satisfied.

Don't say that Jia She is not happy, Jia Zheng, Wang and the old lady are not happy, they like to eat some fresh food in cold weather, but it really doesn't look good in the kitchen like this.

But Lian's second grandma doesn't care about things now, and the old lady has no excuse to question her.

When Wang Xifeng, who we ate happily and slept comfortably, heard about this, he was too happy to watch the fun without mentioning it. I have to say that the second master's method made people quite uncomfortable.

The daughter-in-law in charge of the kitchen and shopping all explained the situation outside to Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang didn't believe that the food was hard to buy. She just thought it was Wang Xifeng playing tricks to make her look ugly. After all, the timing was too coincidental, so she simply suppressed it. Go down and wait until you find out.

Mrs. Wang just took over this matter, and she was not decisive, so the old lady finally endured it.

But it was still the same on the second day, not to mention that Mrs. Jia would be dissatisfied with patting the table, and even the other maids and servants in the house would not do it, and even the master couldn't eat a few bites of food, let alone the group of waiters. up.

Mrs. Wang can see that the kitchen and the shoppers are Wang Xifeng's people, and these scumbags don't give her Mrs. Wang face at all. Mrs. Wang pointed to Zhou Rui's family to go to the vegetable market outside, while Zhou Rui's family looked at those shops. The prices of the vegetables here are not expensive, but you just can’t find good ones. Thinking about it carefully, it’s true that good food is hard to buy.

Later, when Madam Wang heard about this, she realized that the price of vegetables in Beijing might have changed, so she asked Zhou Rui's family to buy good vegetables in the name of Rongguo Mansion again. up.

After the old lady found out about this, she was gloomy for a long time and asked Nanny Lai to ask about the price of vegetables in the name of Ningguo Mansion. As a result, the price of vegetables was only two tiers higher than usual, not as exaggerated as their Rongguo Mansion. .

Once the two women combined, they asked the family to buy vegetables under the name of Ningguo Mansion, so that they could save a lot.

But those shops stopped delivering goods to Ningguo Mansion that day, and the servants in Ningguo Mansion waited and waited. The required dishes are gone, so their shop will no longer deliver.

The shop not only took out the purchase list, but also the receipt list, all of which were marked with Lai Da's name, and all of them were money and goods.

The people in Ningguo Mansion had no choice but to ask them to send another batch, but the shop refused, saying that it was a rule of the shop to only send one batch, and even if they wanted to sell, they couldn't go to the warehouse to pick up the goods.

At this moment, the people in Ningguo Mansion were dumbfounded. Lai Datou was so big that he asked people to buy some second-class goods in the shop, and later asked the people in the shop to stop accepting others to buy vegetables under the name of Ningguo Mansion. If you buy vegetables like this again, you must inform Ningguo Mansion.

But the servants in the shop could only agree to the former, but refused to reveal the name of the buyer. Ningguo Mansion had no choice but to arrange people to wait in each shop.

When the people in the shop heard about this, they asked the boy who was going to deliver the goods to confirm with the purchasers of each company to see if they only accept door-to-door delivery, and ignored the rest of the fake names. Most people agree with this The way of doing it, after all, being falsely recognized by others, I don't know what will happen, and the only thing I can't do is not being able to buy groceries, which makes people extremely uncomfortable.

In the morning of the fourth day, the servants in Rongguo Mansion could no longer buy vegetables, and they were caught by the people of Ningguo Mansion for pretending to be their names. Jia Zhen rushed to the door to inquire, but learned that Rongguo Mansion was sold The small vegetable shop was slapped in the face, so I understand a little bit, and let Lai Da go to the vegetable shop to buy more.

But at this moment, Jia Amnesty didn't know what was going on inside, and felt uncomfortable for a few days. Naturally, he was so angry that he walked towards Lixiangyuan. He wanted to see what kind of ability he, Jia Lian, could resist the Rongguo Mansion so hard. If he was allowed to Feeling uncomfortable, he went to smash those shops.

And Jia Lian was sitting in the outer room right now, Lian's Second Mistress, Ping'er, and Mother Zhao were all sitting in the outer room, all of them looked very nervous, Jia Amnesty was taken aback when he came in and saw their posture.

"What are you doing? Feeling wrong and afraid that someone will come to your door?"

Jia Lian hooked the corners of her lips, "It's rare for the elder to come to the door. I think he saw my Jia Lian's tricks. How about it, it's still comfortable."

"You little bastard, you're not afraid that the old lady will let someone smash your shops."

"If the old lady thinks about it, Jia Lian is quite happy. After all, those shops are all owned by the King of Beijing. I, Jia Lian, are just doing business for the King of Beijing. Even the cart dealer who delivers the food is also in the hands of the King of Beijing. If the old lady dares to come and pull out the tiger's whiskers, Jia Lian will have nothing to ask for."

After all, Jia Lian smiled mischievously, "Nowadays, the price of vegetables is unified, and in the future Rongguo Mansion may only be able to eat fresh food during the harvest, and there may be severe shortages at other times, but if the Elder Master wants to Let the people in Zhuangzi grow it themselves, and Jia Lian has a way to destroy it, so it will not make you feel comfortable."

"You... You are an unfilial son, aren't you afraid that the old lady will say you are unfilial?"

"I'm not filial? It's not my property. Why am I not filial? What's wrong with me, Jia Lian, spending my own face to eat a few catties of vegetables for free? Even if I take them all, it won't be enough for the family to fill the teeth. If the old lady wants to say that I am not filial , let’s wait for outsiders to say that the Rongguo Mansion is in dire straits.”

Jia Lian believed that the old lady would never let the Rongguo Mansion bear this title.

Wang Xifeng and Heping'er felt relieved when they heard it. None of you can eat good food, and they can still make a lot of money, which is really comfortable.

Jia She's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that Jia Lian could do this. In his impression, Jia Lian had always been a big talker.

But now that Jia Lian showed his skills, he actually made the Rongguo Mansion so passive. Fortunately, the Ningguo Mansion is no longer within the scope of being targeted, but Jia Amnesty is a little worried. Will not let go.

It turned out that the shop was not willing to sell so many more dishes, and did not agree with Ningguo Mansion to buy it for other houses. After all, the prices of each house are different, and the prices are set directly by the store. It's against the shopkeeper's idea.

In the end, Jia Zhen was defeated, and the Rongguo Mansion sought out contacts to inquire about many other mansions. A lot of money was spent, but it was obvious that there was no way to solve the problem fundamentally, unless the owner of the shop was found.

But the people in the shop said again that the shopkeeper didn’t see people from Rongguo Mansion, Rongguo Mansion didn’t value their shop very much, and even injured someone when they first came to the shop. The people in the mansion want to help Rongguo Mansion, and their shops are not very friendly.

When Jia She heard the news and came to Lixiangyuan again that day, Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng, Ping'er, and Nanny Zhao were all extremely excited. Even the other girls in Lixiangyuan were very happy.

Jia Lian gave him a good face this time, "Master, do you recognize my ability, Jia Lian?"

"What are you capable of? Are you not afraid that other households will fear you three points if you do this?"

"Afraid? That's fine. Others can come to grab business if they want. I, Jia Lian, make money anyway. After all, the employment fee of a car dealership can be much more than this? Who can afford this loss-making business, whoever takes it away Yes, but Rongguo Mansion's price is difficult to lower, after all, money is not easy to earn."

Jia Lian curled her lips and smiled wickedly, "Besides, the Elder Master still doesn't agree with me, Jia Lian? The fact that I, Jia Lian, can fight with the King of Beijing is enough to show that I have a very close relationship with him. The queen mother values ​​it, do you think I can ask him to let the queen mother order to reprimand the old lady?"

Speaking of this, Jia Lian tilted his head again, "By the way, I have a good friend in the Ministry of Industry, who happens to be the second master's immediate boss. What evaluation do you think the second master will get this year? At most, he will be good. It's impossible to get promoted, sir, what do you think of Jia Lian's ability?"

Jia She was dumbfounded, "You..."

"My lord doesn't believe it again, but just wait and see, and I have some good news to tell you, but it's a pity that you can't restore our father-son relationship. After all, human hearts are long, and the lord doesn't trust me so much. Jia Lian, how can Jia Lian talk to each other?"

"Hmph, do I, Jia Amnesty, rely on you? Tell me, what good news do you have? In my opinion, it's just a matter of currying favor with some dead eunuch, or earning a few thousand taels again."

Wang Xifeng took a sip of tea and said, "Is this how the Elder Master treats the Second Master? Our Second Master is far more powerful than you imagined. You dare not target the Second Family. Our Second Master has done a lot. Not only did he do it, but he also did it beautifully." , otherwise, why do you think Yuanchun suddenly fell out of favor? And Ningguo Mansion, don’t you think that the relationship between Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion is not close now?”

"Yes!" Jia Lian smiled slightly, "Does Jia Zhen still have the same kindness towards you as before? Let's talk about today's matter. They only have a few owners in Ningguo Mansion, so what's the point of giving half of the vegetables they sell to Rongguo Mansion? Did he do it? It was just a superficial effort, think about it, if in the past, if he wanted to curry favor with Prince Teng, could he not be more careful?"

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"I said, Ningguo Mansion has fallen out with Wang Ziteng, and Wang Ziteng has completely stood on the opposite side of His Highness the Crown Prince. Baochai wanted to enter the Seventeenth Prince's Mansion. I stabbed Ning Guofu, and Ningguo Mansion helped the Prince. Prove Wang Ziteng's ulterior motives, otherwise the master thinks why the prince suddenly lost interest in Yuan Chun, and Yuan Chun is useless to Wang Ziteng?"

"You... what have you done? Yuan Chun's being the princess is only good for you!" Jia She was furious when he heard that, wishing he could smash this little bastard to death, but he dared to say in front of him, How dare she be so proud in front of him.

Jia Lian finally restrained his emotions, and opened his mouth indifferently, "What did I do? I just wanted to make the Rongguo Mansion calm down. Yuan Chun's idiot personality, being a princess is just a disaster. I, Jia Lian, don't need nepotism."

"You... who do you think you are! You are just a coward who can't get on the stage and can't pass the imperial examination. If you are capable, you don't rely on the favor of the Rongguo Mansion to become an official!"

"A coward?" Jia Lian snorted coldly, "The old man is a coward, I'm not Jia Lian, just today I have good news for you, Jia Lian has passed the Jinshi examination and will be an official soon, what do you think of the old man?" ?”