Red House Farm Stay

Jia Zhuo had no choice but to put down the matter of going to see Jia Lan first, and went to Li's house first after preparing gifts.At that time when the city was besieged, Jia Zhuo sent vegetables grown by the Li family a few times. The whole family cared about her as a pregnant woman, fearing that the child would not grow up well, and when she was born, although a little thinner, but very healthy, the family let her go. heart.

Although she is a girl, she is the first grandchild of the Li family, and she is still highly valued.Li Rong's parents also returned to Jinling from other places to report on their work, and they are still waiting for the evaluation by the Ministry of Officials. They are walking around and want to stay in Jinling.

The most unexpected thing was meeting Yuan Ziwen at the full moon banquet.He took his newlywed wife Li Xiaojia and followed his eldest brother Yuanzi Shangzheng to the land of the two prefectures, and he didn't know how he came back alive, it was really not easy.

Wu Yan carried her daughter into Jia Zhuo's arms first, "Hold me for me, and get some of your blessings."

"Don't bother me. Among us, who can be more blessed than you." As he spoke, he still took the child. The full-moon child didn't know how to recognize life, but felt that Jia Zhuo's body smelled very comfortable, so he stretched out Grabbing the corner of her clothes with her little hand, Jia Zhuo patted her lightly, and she fell asleep soundly.

Wu Yan's face darkened, Li Rong saw a bright future, but King Su Qing came to power, who knows what will happen in the future.

Knowing Wu Yan's worry, Jia Zhuo only advised her, "It's not a good time to open Enke next year to let your sister and father play well."

The Li family also thought the same way. Fortunately, their Li family had nothing to do with the late Emperor and the other princes. If they could go to high school, it would be a safe path.

The eyes of those who had been sitting next to him lit up when they heard Kai Enke.Impatiently said: "Who is the chief examiner?"

The chief examiner is Mr. Zhou, but this kind of news, the insider will not leak it in advance, so they are waiting for the announcement of the emperor's list.

Wu Yan glanced at her, "We are just housewives, why ask about these things."

The person's face froze, and he immediately fell silent.

While the people in the room went out to dissipate, Wu Yan left Jia Zhuo to talk, "Yuan Zishang, do you still remember, Yuan Ziwen's eldest brother, what a glorious figure back then, he took refuge in the anti-king and was sentenced to be cut in half. If it wasn't for the kindness of the crown prince, without Zhu Lian, how could they come back."

"Then what about Li Xiaojia." It stands to reason that Yuan Ziwen came, and she, as a wife, should also appear.

"Dead." Wu Yan knew about it, whispered to Jia Zhuo.It was Prince Zhongshun who rebelled at that time, and Yuan Zishang firmly believed that he followed the right person and wanted to stay.Yuan Ziwen refused and wanted to take Li Xiaojia home.

Li Xiaojia didn't know what to think, but she felt that what her elder brother said was right, and she could gain support by staying in the two houses, so she refused to leave desperately.Yuan Ziwen had no choice but to stay.

"It turned out to be a good thing. The Japanese pirates came ashore. Li Xiaojia still showed off her life and death. She thought that Yuan Zi was still a scribe who opposed the king, and these people would treat each other with courtesy. In the end...he died a terrible death." Those omitted in the middle, It goes without saying that she must have suffered inhuman torture, and finally died in humiliation.

"As soon as General Huo left, Yuan Ziwen leaned over and brought the roster of officials who surrendered and rebelled against the king. It was considered a meritorious service. Unexpectedly, the emperor changed people. Although he was not implicated by the eldest brother, he can be rewarded It's not his turn either."

Character determines destiny, it's really not a joke.With Li Xiaojia's temper, she is really courting death.Jia Zhuo thought to himself, he didn't feel sorry for her at all.Killing someone for a trivial matter when he was a teenager, and now being killed by himself is also karma.

It's just that Yuan Ziwen is a little strange, and someone else has gone home early to be a farmer.He refused to go home and stayed in Jinling all the time, and said, "Probably still not reconciled."

"Isn't it?" Wu Yan didn't know how to evaluate him, but she knew that Wang Tianzuo and Yuan Ziwen had a pretty good relationship, so she reminded Jia Zhuo to pay attention and not to offend the new emperor.

Of course Jia Zhuo appreciated it very much, thanked Wu Yan, and slowly talked about business.

"It's getting better this month, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to be the same as before." In the old Jinling, the aristocratic families had endless money in their hands, and everyone loved to compare.In Jinling now, the aristocratic family wants to be a man with their tails between their legs, so naturally they don't have the intention to make comparisons.

"I don't have the time to care about the things in the shop these days. It's all because of your hard work." Wu Yan carried the child back, and said with a smile, "You're tired. I was a little weak when I was born. It's only been a month, it's like the wind has blown, and it looks like a piglet."

"It's nothing to worry about. Everything in the shop is on the right track. There is my father-in-law in the front and Xiaocai in the back. It's the same when you have time to look." Jia Zhuo shook his arms, hugging him for a long time. I'm really tired.

"I have something else I want to discuss with you." Wu Yan took the shop very seriously before, she always felt that her marriage was stolen, and worried that one day she would be kicked out by the Li family.With the dowry shop, she can always leave a way out for herself and her mother.

But now, Li Rong has accepted his heart and is willing to live a good life with her.After the child was born, even though it was a daughter, the mother-in-law specially gave her a big gold bracelet to comfort her by saying that it will bloom first and then bear fruit.The whole family regarded her as their own, and she gradually let go of the hidden worries in her heart.

She knew that the family was collecting money to help her father-in-law, so that she could stay in Jinling as an official.So he also wanted to contribute, and discussed with Li Rong about transferring the shop to Jia Zhuo, and Li Rong strongly agreed upon hearing this.So she became more determined, and negotiated to transfer half of the shop to Jia Zhuo, and she would run it in the future, and she would just get back the money she had invested in before.

"Are you kidding? If the turnover is not working well, I will borrow it from you." Jia Zhuo shook his head repeatedly. He only invested two or three hundred taels of silver when he opened the shop, but he earned back ten times the profit.It's a pity to get out.

"No, I'm sincere, we have the opportunity to work together again."

Seeing the seriousness of what she said, Jia Zhuo obviously made a decision after careful consideration. After repeated persuasion, Jia Zhuo had no choice but to agree, "Then I will buy it for you with double the money."

"Then thank you very much. Speaking of which, Doro is yours in the first place, and I earned so much money through your light." Wu Yan hurriedly took out the prepared contract. The books are all ready, and I can't help being more surprised, this is too urgent.

After returning home, fearing that Wu Yan would need it urgently, she asked Qiuyue to take 600 taels of silver and send it to Li's house.After counting some money, I found that all the money I earned was spent. 2000 taels were given to Qing'er to add makeup, and 600 taels were used to buy back the other half of the shop.Fortunately, there is still the dowry money from her natal family, otherwise it would have been exhausted.

Ban'er waited for her to send the money away, then slowly said: "I'm afraid I'm sorry to take advantage of you again."

"Do you know something?" Jia Zhuo couldn't help feeling suspicious because of the presence of an old god on the board.

"It's not a big deal, but the crown prince asked me to order a hundred pots of Dolo for him in Suyunfang to send to the palace. In a few days, the emperor will enjoy the flowers and compose poems with the students of the Imperial College." In fact, it is a test of knowledge. , these people must have been so excited that they couldn't sleep for a few days.

"Ah..." Jia Zhuo realized belatedly that Li Rong must have known the reason and didn't want his wife to take advantage of it.

If it wasn't for Ban'er who was accompanied by the prince, the prince would never have thought of asking Suyunfang to give Doro a potted plant.

"They're too careful." Jia Zhuo shook his head, and then said, "Since the students from the National Academy are going, why don't they let them do it themselves. I know what is easy to do is hard to do. To move hands, to know the people hard work."

"This is a good idea. There are many people who think of the emperor's exaggeration, but few people can do things in a down-to-earth way. This will also let them understand what the emperor means."

Ban'er also thought it was good, and after discussing with the prince, he ordered ten large potted plants, and then sent Doro and all the needed utensils to the palace, and let them do it by themselves.

Jia Zhuo took time to meet Du Yue, she was about to give birth, Li Wan stayed with her at home, not going anywhere, Wen Po had invited her back half a month earlier.

"If I hadn't been afraid that you were newly married and would serve your in-laws, I would have posted a post to ask you to talk about it. Sitting all day, lying down doing nothing, not even allowed to read a book, this life is really unbearable." Du Yue said that she couldn't live with it, but her cheeks were rosy, and her whole body was like a well-moistened peach, wishing she could squeeze out the juice.

"Didn't I come here? Brother Lan is doing well recently."

"He, he must not be able to live well, but there is no way, this is his fate. Anyway, he came back with a full beard and tail. Those who died on the battlefield, they still want to complain, but unfortunately they will never cry out. It’s gone. Looking at it this way, there’s nothing I can’t bear.”

Seeing her thinking like this, Jia Zhuo also laughed, "It's better to be more open-minded. There are many things that people encounter in this life. There are many things that cannot be done by human beings."

It was only then that Du Yue thought of the sister-in-law in front of her. Her family was copied and resold when she was young, and she lived in a farm for several years.If you say that you are broad-minded, she is truly generous.

As she said, many things cannot be done by human beings, and they can only comfort themselves when encountering them.

"That's not the case. As long as there is someone, everything will pass." Du Yue responded more sincerely.

Jia Zhuo talked to her slowly, and then helped her walk around the yard.Knowing that Jia Lan just sits idle in the yamen every day, he panics when he is idle.

He couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled, pretending to have no intention of saying: "It's not that there is nothing to do, it's just that there are some things, if you really do it, you will offend others."

Du Yue knew that my sister-in-law would not aim at the target indiscriminately, so she couldn't help but took her hand, "Sister Qiao, I sit at home every day, tell me what's new outside."

Jia Zhuo then said that the prince and his people were checking the account books of the account department, and Du Yue's heart moved.

When I came back at night, I said to Jia Lan: "I think my sister-in-law came to tell us specially. If you want to surrender, this is an excellent opportunity. It's just that the prince is also smart. He used the matter of checking the account books to get his People and the people of the first emperor directly set up a confrontation, don't point to both sides to please."

"Let me think about it carefully." Jia Lan stared at Du Yue's stomach, and Du Yue hurriedly covered her stomach, "Don't worry about me, you mother is watching at home every day, and Wen Po has been invited long ago. I can't stretch out such a long hand."

Jia Lan held Du Yue's hand, "Since this is the case, for the sake of the child, I have to make a career out of it."

After all, he is a Jinshi of the second list, how could he be willing to do nothing for a lifetime.

When Jia Lan also entered the Prince's Mansion, someone finally realized that if he wanted to surrender, he had to cut off the two-sided idea.

When Duo Luo from Suyunfang entered the palace, the emperor was so excited that he personally made a potted plant and sent it to the empress's palace.And let the Ministry of Internal Affairs buy potted plants from Suyunfang every month, and send them to the palace to play with.

The empress is weak, and takes medicine for half a year. She doesn't like clothes and jewelry, and she is not good at reading and playing the piano. When she saw Doro, she exclaimed that she was cute.I asked for some tools and came back to fiddle with it myself. It really didn't look like flattering the emperor, but I really fell in love with it.

You know, these ladies don't even know what to talk about with the queen when they enter the palace. Her natural environment is different from others, and her hobbies are even more unpredictable.Now that they have hobbies, at least these wives will have something to talk about when they enter the palace.

As a result, Suyunfang's business boomed all of a sudden, and when it got busy, Xiao Cai had to go outside to help.

Seeing that the prince had set up the manpower, he recruited dozens of experienced accountants from all over the country, carried the account books to the East Palace, and asked the accountant to live in it. If he did not check clearly, he would not go out.

The prince sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, but the aristocratic family panicked. There were too many bad things in the household department, and behind many things there was the shadow of the aristocratic family.

But Jia Zhuo buried his head and devoted himself to running the shop. Wang Gou'er hurriedly recruited people, and Xiao Cai also recruited people to take his place, and bought a few girls to come in as apprentices.

Xiaocai entered Wang's house, and went to Li's house with Qing'er as a dowry as agreed before.

Jia Zhuo privately told her, "You go into the inner house and straighten out the family affairs for Qing'er, then transfer you outside, redeem yourself and marry a commoner, and take care of Qing'er's dowry house, shop and farm. Look, is this good?"

"Xiao Cai always listens to Young Mistress's orders, but, just..." But she was still worried about that child.

"Don't worry, I have already entrusted someone to redeem that child, and placed it in the shop where I was married as a dowry, and entrusted someone to take care of it. When you redeem yourself in the future, you can take it and take it with you if you want."

Seeing that Jia Zhuo had already thought about it for her, Xiao Cai knelt down and kowtowed: "Xiao Cai thanked Young Mistress, don't worry, this servant will definitely help Miss Qing'er."

Jia Zhuo has done so many things, isn't it because he is worried about Qing'er?When something big happens, they can come forward. If it's a small matter at home, and her mother's family is inconvenient, she can be counted on to help Qing'er in Li's house.

Xiao Cai couldn't help but sigh, although the Wang family has great kindness to Jia Zhuo, but she is so attentive to Qing'er, it is no longer a kindness, but she sincerely treats Qing'er as a younger sister, or half of her daughter, she is the Liu family. Would not think so much.

"You can move here today, Qing'er is bored in the house every day embroidering dowry, please persuade her more, don't tire your eyes out."

"Yes." Xiao Cai had already arranged the things in the shop, brought her luggage when she came, and was led by Qiu Shuang to Qing'er's yard.

As soon as Xiao Cai left, a little girl came to report that Jia Fu was outside begging to see her.

"Let her in." Jia Zhuo hurriedly invited her in.

Jia Fu is half a year younger than Jia Zhuo, and the two are sisters from the clan, so as soon as Jia Fu came in, she shouted: "My sister is doing well, I don't see her for a few days, and I miss her so much, the sisters can't take their time to do something at home." Needlework, I don't know if my sister can see it or not..."

"Look at what you said, take it and have a look. Needlework hurts your eyes, so don't do it too much." Jia Zhuo laughed heartily. Watching Qiuyue unfold the embroidery, he realized that it was a statue of Avalokitesvara delivering a child.Avalokitesvara's brows are calm and compassionate, and a fat boy in his arms is agile and cute, as if he would jump out of the painting at any time. This skill is really extraordinary.

Jia Zhuo was stunned, and quickly asked Qiuyue to hang it up, lit incense again, and bowed three times in person.Only then did he ask Jia Fu to sit down and talk, "Recently, there are still people looking for trouble."

"It's gone, all the sisters wanted to see my sister, but they were afraid of disturbing her peace, so they appointed me as a representative. We also worked together to send the Son-giving Avalokitesvara, thank you sister for protecting us." Jia Fu said here , already red eyes.

They were ill-fated, and finally met Jia Zhuo, who knew that the family members in the clan who had heard the news, refused to take them back before, but now came to pick them up in a hurry.Fortunately, they saw through the hypocrisy of their family members and categorically refused.But there was one person who chose to trust his parents and followed them home.

As soon as he got home, he was sent to the Buddhist hall by his parents, and no one was allowed to see him.Not to mention letting them marry, they simply intend to lock them up until they die.It was Jia Zhuo who got the news, took the woman's registered permanent residence and brought her out.

Jia Zhuo even said bluntly that if they don't want to marry, they will set up female households, even if they don't go out to be independent, just in this house, they will take care of them until the end of their lives.

"Speaking of which, you might like the roster I sent back last time." This was a favor Jia Zhuo asked Li Hong to do her.

Many of the soldiers under King Suqing moved to Jinling from Andu, so the tall ones were naturally unattainable.But there are always some small flags at the bottom of the class, which can only control hundreds of people if they are high, and can only control dozens of people if they are low.Many of them are bachelors, or their wives and children died, and they couldn't get into the army, and they got up from the top soldiers by resigning their lives.

Among these people, pick out those who are honest and have a small family business, at least able to support their wives and children, and let them choose.

Jia Fu lowered her head shyly, hiding the disgust in her eyes, and said: "Everyone is passing it on for a look, and there should be some favorites. However, everyone is a little worried."

Some of them used to be slaves and servants, and some of them even went to the Jiaofang Division and suffered all kinds of humiliation. Does the other party really not dislike it?

"I told them very clearly about this before. If you want to, you can choose a day to ask them to meet. If you want to come to ask for marriage, our Jia family will prepare a dowry, and we will marry you in a good manner." This is Jia Zhuo and Li Hong. It was agreed that the first marriage will follow the father, and the second marriage will be free.Although they are not second marriages, but the current situation is similar, as long as they are willing.

"Well, only my sister is willing to do her best for us." Jia Fu's eyes were shining, she was indescribably moved and attached to Jia Zhuo.

"It's you, who are different from them. I don't know what you think..." Jia Fu entered the palace as a slave at the beginning, and was given to the eldest prince. mirror nunnery.

She has seen the luxury of the palace, served the nobles, and enjoyed the favor of the prince. Even if she has no name or role, it is enough for her to devote herself to pursuing this unforgettable glory and wealth.

Why should she marry those rough men who are illiterate? She touched her face, she was still young and beautiful.To put it simply, she is still unwilling.

"My younger sister naturally listens to her." She answered quickly, Jia Zhuo couldn't help smiling, and patted her hand, "I will search for you in a few days."

I knew in my heart that she was afraid that she would not want to marry a soldier and suffer, so it would be more suitable for her to find a merchant.

After the two talked, Qiuyue sent Jia Zhuo out of the house.

Qiushuang's embroidery work is good, but seeing this embroidered appearance, she can't help being defeated.She thought to herself, knowing that the young lady's sister-in-law was going to leave the court, why didn't she make some embroidery and send it to her, but when she thought about their identities, she realized that she was afraid of her own bad luck, so she didn't dare to get married.

Qiuyue came back after Ban'er. She was sending Jia Fu out, just as the young master came back.The two faced each other, but Ban'er didn't remember at all that this was the person they had saved, and he was thinking about something, so he just nodded indiscriminately.

Jia Zhuo came over to change Ban'er's homely clothes, and Ban'er gave Jia Zhuo a box in his hand, "See if you like it."

"What?" While speaking, Jia Zhuo opened the box, and inside was a set of ruby-studded heads, and he couldn't help laughing, "Is this for Qing'er to add makeup?"

Ban'er's expression froze, and then he said with a funny smile: "This is for you, the crown prince sees that we have worked so hard on errands these days."

"The crown prince rewards you for your appearance." Jia Zhuo twitched the corners of his mouth. This style is really hard to describe.

Seeing her strange appearance, Ban'er couldn't help but smile, "It's not that the crown prince ordered it himself, but he ordered it, and the people working below picked it from the private treasury."

Thinking that the crown prince invaded the two mansions and ransacked the Fang Wang's house, Jia Zhuo could have imagined that his private treasury must be quite rich.

In fact, it is more than rich, the anti-king almost copied all the property of the two families, many of which have been passed down for hundreds of years, and the treasures handed down by the family are naturally good things.These things were piled up in several large warehouses, and in the end they were all cheap for the prince.There are too many things, how can he remember what he has, the precious ones are handed over to Concubine Xiao for collection, and the ordinary ones are piled up in the private treasury, ready to be used by others.

"The crown prince also knows that there are hungry soldiers, not bad." Jia Zhuo put his head away and asked Ban'er again, "I heard that the aunt of Li Hong's family is having trouble again."

Ban'er sneered, "I really don't know how to live or die." Li Hong's aunt Zhao's natal family is the most clever at making tricks. She took Bai Xi's beauty by her side as an adopted daughter.

Now Bai Xi was sent to the palace with the power of the Crown Princess, but it was a pity that Jia Zhuo pointed it out.Naturally, Bai Xi died quietly, and Zhao's eldest brother and sister-in-law were sent to prison for this and will be executed soon.Without Zhu Lian, it was because of Li Hong's face that he was extra merciful.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhao went to the door of Li Hong's branch house repeatedly, asking Li Hong to save her elder brother and sister-in-law, otherwise it would be unfilial.