Red House Farm Stay

The Wang family came to the door again, because Jia Lan escorted Li Wan up the mountain and couldn't come, so this time it was the Wang family's father and son who came to the door together to renew the marriage.

Jia Lian was already a little impatient, knowing that his daughter was not here today, he went outside to look at the shop, so he simply opened the skylight to speak frankly.

"How grateful I am to the Wang family is beyond your imagination. You saved Qiaojie's life and treated her so well. This kind of kindness weighs on my heart. I really don't know how to repay it. Your righteous deeds, Even the empress knew about it, and she also said that if Ban'er is in high school in the future, she should make a premise to the emperor anyway."

Wang's father and son were not as grateful as Jia Lian had imagined, and Wang Gou'er's calmness would not be mentioned. What Jia Lian didn't expect was that even this young man, Ban'er, looked at him calmly, with a smile on his lips, which made Jia Lian Inexplicably feel guilty.

Jia Lian didn't get the expected reaction, and coughed a few times, his face was reddish, but he still hardened his heart: "Whether it's money or future career development, I, Jia Lian, can guarantee that I will give the Wang family the greatest care. But Qiaojie can't, it's not that I, the father, don't agree, it's really her marriage, the Empress has said, it's up to her to decide."

Wang's father and son looked at each other, Wang Gou'er smiled wryly and said, "Since this is the case, then of course we dare not mention it anymore."

Ban'er cupped his hands and didn't say a word.Seeing the backs of the father and son walking out, Jia Lian realized that the Wang family just let it go.

As soon as he patted himself on the forehead, he knew it was so simple, and he should have spoken a long time ago.Excitedly rushed back to the house and told Ping'er, "Hurry up and prepare more gifts for the Wang family."

"They agreed to divorce?" Seeing how happy Jia Lian was, Ping'er couldn't help but think of Sister Qiao, wondering if she would make a fuss if she found out.

"Why are you retiring? When did they get engaged?" Jia Lian waved his hand, "Be prepared to make up for them."

"Yes." Just as Ping'er agreed, Jia Lian changed clothes and was about to go out again.

"Where is Second Master going?" Ping'er asked.

"I've invited someone to drink, don't worry about it." Jia Lian turned around and left, Ping'er showed a wry smile, she told herself that she should get used to it by now, the second master has always been like this, and it's not the first day she knew this man.

Jia Zhuo was totally unaware of what was going on at home, she was looking at the shop with Wu Yan.

"This street mostly sells books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and most of the people who come and go are scholars. It is most suitable for opening a Doro shop." Wu Yan led her in, and there was a second-floor shop along the street. The small building looks a bit old.

"It needs to be refurbished. The wood has to be repainted." Jia Zhuo is very satisfied with this location.

"I have already arranged for someone to look for it. Look inside. There is a small courtyard at the back. The room is not big, but the courtyard is quite big." Wu Yan led Jia Zhuo in. The room in the backyard was used to store goods and has been dilapidated. It's unbearable.The yard is really spacious, and it was vacated because the previous owner felt that there was no need to build so many rooms.

"The yard is nice, and it can be used after tidying up. What about the shopkeeper, should I still use the old one?" Jia Zhuo asked.

"The previous shopkeeper stopped working. His whole family is in the county town. He doesn't want to move anymore when he's old. I've looked at several of them in the past few days, but none of them are too suitable." Wu Yan was also troubled by the shopkeeper. .

"There are also bonsai. I'm afraid I can't do it by myself. I need to find some apprentices." Jia Zhuo's craftsmanship is actually learned by following Baner, and gradually I can see it. Her hands-on ability is not as strong as Baner. But she has more thoughts than Baner, and now alone, she might be too busy.

"It's better to just buy a few clever little girls and boys, teach them for a few years, and you don't have to worry about them after they graduate."

Wu Yan didn't expect Jia Zhuo to be able to manage it all the time. Looking at the current situation, the Jia family has a queen, even if it can't be supported, it must be supported for the sake of the seventh prince. What's more, there are several Jia family who can stand up without support. , How could the queen look at her natal family like this all the time.

I just don't know what to do with her and Ban'er's affairs now, she said before that she would marry on a fixed date, but now she doesn't say that anymore.Wu Yan sighed slightly in her heart, after thinking about it, she still didn't ask.

"That's fine, by the way, I really have a suitable candidate." Jia Zhuo couldn't help but pursed his lips and laughed when he thought of someone.

"That's good, the house behind here is also tidy, and there is no need to find another place to live."

The two wandered around the shop for a long time before they came out. They found a clean restaurant on this street and went to a box on the second floor.

"Is the 500 taels I gave you enough last time?" He asked as he took the account book that Wu Yan handed her to open the shop.

"That's enough. This house is rented, 600 taels a year, but fortunately, it's not a big deal to pay once a season. In addition to the rent, it also costs a lot to renovate the house. The rest is used to buy some decorations and invite people."

"Is it possible to buy this shop? No matter you or me, it's considered a real estate purchase, and you can use your own shop at ease." Jia Zhuo had his own calculations.

"Such a good shop, the landlord is not willing to sell it, otherwise I would have done it long ago." Wu Yan shook her head, revealing a trace of exhaustion in her eyes.These days, she was very tired looking for a shop.

"Here, this is the deed. I didn't write the name, so you can write it yourself." Wu Yan gave Jia Zhuo a copy of the deed for the two to open a store together.

Jia Zhuo didn't hesitate, and asked the waiter in the shop to bring a pen and ink, and wrote three words with the pen.

"Wang Tianzuo, you are crazy, this is your own money." Wu Yan was taken aback, and couldn't believe that Jia Zhuo would write Ban'er's name.

"I have read the law carefully. Parents are not allowed to buy private property in their children. They say it is my money. If someone is a bit shameless, it will become someone else's." Jia Zhuo dried up his handwriting and returned a copy to Wu. Yan put her own share in her arms.

Wu Yan didn't expect Jia Zhuo to distrust her parents so much, and she held back the question she didn't ask before, but now she couldn't help it, "What are you going to do about your marriage with Ban'er?"

"Of course we have to do it, but we've encountered some difficulties at the moment." Jia Zhuo didn't say much, and the waiter knocked on the door and served the food.

The two discussed some details, and Jia Zhuo looked for the address and found the inn that Baner and the others rented.As soon as I got out of the rented carriage, I heard the sound of pulling from outside.

She was out alone, she didn't want to be troublesome, and was about to pass by the spectators, when she happened to see that the person surrounded by it was Yoko.

Jia Zhuo hurriedly pushed through the crowd and squeezed in. Yoko grabbed the sleeve of a young man tightly, calling Fugui's name with snot and tears.

But the young man who was grabbed by his sleeve shook his head in horror, "I'm not rich, you misidentified me."

"Son, how can I admit that you are exactly the same as your mother when she was young. You have a red birthmark the size of a fist on your waist. You just tell me whether it is true or not." He doesn't look like an old man in his 40s, but an old man in his [-]s. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a family member with the teenager in front of him.

The young man probably thought the same way. He stared at him for a few times, and was about to speak when he heard a man in charge walking out of the inn, frowning, "What are you doing, talking about it."

"It's okay, it's the old man who admitted the wrong person." The young man hurriedly broke free, and opened the curtain to let the steward get into the carriage. After he jumped into the carriage, he glanced at Yoko again.Looking at each other, he hesitated for a moment, seeing that Yoko was about to come forward again, he quickly waved his whip, and drove the carriage away from here.

Yoko followed closely, and stood blankly on the street, watching the carriage go away. He believed in his heart that this young man was Fugui, but Fugui had no impression of him at all, and he didn't look like he was pretending.His hands were tightly clenched into fists, the helplessness of wanting to exert force but not knowing how to exert force made him feel deeply frustrated.

"Uncle Yangzi, is this person really rich?" Seeing that there was no excitement to watch, the onlookers gradually dispersed. Jia Zhuo stepped forward to help Yangzi up and asked.

"Yeah, he is rich. How could he not recognize me? Even if he doesn't recognize me, the birthmark on his waist can prove that I'm telling the truth. Why, why doesn't he recognize me?" Yoko looked for his son For many days, there was no clue at all, and it was easy to find it, but it was such a result that he couldn't accept it for a while.

"First find out who it belongs to, and then find out about his origins. After all, we have a clue, isn't it a good thing? Besides, when the child was young, if he made a fuss, it was easy to forget the past. I was seriously ill when I was young. , I don’t remember the past. Come to think of it, maybe it’s the same for Fugui?”

"That's right, that's right, it must be like this, it must be like this. Whose family are they, it's too bad..." He was only concerned about recognizing his son, completely forgetting about other things, Yoko slapped himself hard, "You didn't Promising, after so many years, why haven't you made progress yet?"

"Don't worry, the manager of this house has been in the inn, let's ask the shopkeeper, maybe someone will know." Jia Zhuo comforted...

"What's the matter?" Wang Gou'er and Ban'er just came back from the outside, never expected to see Jia Zhuo supporting Yoko at the door of the inn, and thought for a moment that something serious happened.

When he heard that this was the case, Wang Gou'er hurried in and asked the shopkeeper to talk.If Yoko asked, maybe the shopkeeper didn't know what was going on after talking about it for a long time.

Wang Gou'er came back with a solemn expression, "The steward just now belongs to Prince Zhongyong's residence."

"Emperor, Prince..." Yoko was stunned, never expecting Fugui to enter such a mansion, "But, it's not that, it's..."

That's not what Ren Yazi's son said, but Ren Yazi is dead, and his son lied.But looking for it now, he can't remember a word, so what can you do with him.

"No matter what, there is always a place to work hard. First find out whether he is rich or not before talking about other things." Wang Gou'er's brows have never been loosened. In ordinary people's mansions, it doesn't count to ask for some money. What.But if it's the second prince, it's better to inquire about it casually.

Yoko also knew that things were going to be difficult, but he was unwilling to give up this last chance to see his son, so he looked at Wang Gou'er in embarrassment, unable to say a word for a long time.

Ban'er took Jia Zhuo's hand and entered the room, and poured tea for her, "Don't go out alone in the future, ask someone to pass me a letter, it is more convenient for me to go out than you."

"I have to familiarize myself with the terrain." Jia Zhuo shot him a look, and took out the contract from his arms, "Keep it safe for me."

Ban'er understood Jia Zhuo's meaning at a glance, and accepted it without saying anything.

"He's never going to..."

"Who knows?" Jia Zhuo thought of the big unsolved case in the Red Mansion. Isn't the whereabouts of the Lin family's millions of fortune a mystery?Although she doesn't have a millionaire fortune, there is nothing wrong with being on guard.In her heart, she didn't take Jia Lian as her father, so she naturally wouldn't have a sense of trust.

"Move Doro from the family to Jinling, and Xiaocai stays at home all day doing housework. The harder she works, the more awkward Qing'er becomes. Let her take care of Doro in the shop." After a few years of transfer/teaching, it is impossible for her to live in a shop and teach slowly, there must be someone in charge, no matter how you look at it, this job is suitable for Xiao Cai.

"Okay, I'll go back when the shop is finished." Ban'er replied with a smile.

He stretched out his hand and scraped her face lightly, "You should be happy about opening a shop, why are you always so sullen."

"Where did you and Uncle Wang go?" Jia Zhuo took the initiative to put his hand in his palm, and gently stroked his palm with his fingers.

"Ahem..." Ban'er made a gesture to cough, but Jia Zhuo stared at him with nowhere to escape, so he had to tell the truth.

"I knew it would be like this, human nature, never go to the test, since you want to test, you have already lost." Jia Zhuo smiled bitterly, with an unexpectedly calm expression.

"The second master said that the empress may have arrangements. If so..." If it was really a decree from the palace to grant the marriage, what would Shengdou Xiaomin have to fight against.

"Then we can only go to Andu Mansion to ask the prince to fulfill his promise." What Jia Zhuo said was also what Baner thought. This was their last retreat, and they didn't want to use it unless it was a last resort.

"This is not a good strategy after all. What we need now is time." Ban'er held her hand tightly. He hoped that he could hold her hand for the rest of his life and never let go.

"A few days ago, I went with Li Hong to Xiaodong Mountain to collect rice seeds. What he saw outside in the past few years is really unbelievable. The rich and powerful families enclose land everywhere, stealing farmers' cultivated land by clever means, and then live The civilians who can’t go down are taken as domestic slaves and tenants. In recent years, the times in many places have been bad, and the disaster relief from the imperial court has been delayed, and the situation is miserable.”

Ban'er took a sip of cold tea before suppressing the burning fire in his chest.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the current Da Yue Jiang Shan is in dire straits.The anti-king separatist ruled the two prefectures and established themselves as kings. The Andu Mansion was actually under the control of King Suqing, and the soldiers in each prefecture had long been ostentatious.How long can this peaceful life last?No one knows.

But the strange thing is that the people in Jinling City are all at ease, as if they don't know what's going on outside.They are still fighting and consuming, and they can't touch the dangerous atmosphere outside.

"It's not that the emperor doesn't send troops. I'm afraid the treasury has no money or food. How can we send troops?" However, when using troops, food and grass go first. less.

Jia Zhuo thought of Jia Lian excitedly planning the revival of the family, the empress ambitiously wanting to make the seventh prince the crown prince, and the wives and ladies discussing the style of clothes and the quality of jewelry, but they didn't open their eyes to see This world?How can there be any eggs in the nest, and if they lose the country of Dayue, even if they have exhausted their efforts, it will not be in vain.

"Ever since the first emperor, he has been very gracious and respectful to the old ministers. He always kept his eyes open for the sake of fighting the world together. Now the emperor has thought about changing in the past few years, but it still can't be done later. Of."

"Coincidentally, in the past few years, the Jia family was killed." Jia Zhuo sneered, she didn't think the Jia family was completely innocent, but now it seems that it is obvious that Prince Zhongshun took the three fires when the emperor first ascended the throne and burned them. Jia's family, eliminate dissidents.

If the burning continues, Da Yue may still be saved, but unfortunately, after burning several houses, the emperor can no longer push forward, and can only watch the rotten meat continue to rot. Now, when he wants to cut the rotten meat, he finds that the knife is already raw embroidered.

The two held hands and looked at each other until Wang Gou'er knocked on the door outside, then they realized it.

Wang Gou'er looked at Jia Zhuo, coughed slightly and said, "It's getting late, ask Baner to take you home."

"Uncle Wang, I'll come to see you some other day."

When Jia Zhuo returned home, Ping'er urged someone to prepare a meal, "Hurry up and wash your hands and change your clothes. Today I have your favorite fish soup."

"Ah."

After drinking the delicious fish soup, Jia Zhuo felt hungry. Even though she slowed down as much as possible, she still finished eating before Pinger.

"I'm going to the palace tomorrow. If you don't want to go out, can you watch Brother An for me?" Ping'er looked at her and said.

"Okay." Jia Zhuo really liked this little fat man who smiled whenever he saw her.

"I haven't taken the time to tell your father about the partnership between you and Rong's daughter-in-law. What kind of business are you doing? An embroidery shop, or a silk forging shop." What Ping'er actually wanted to ask was, Jia Where did Zhuo get the money to do business in partnership? If it wasn't for Rong's daughter-in-law who counted them as relatives, she really wasn't sure if Jia Zhuo had been cheated.

"Duoluo Bonsai's shop, I will be very busy in a few days, and I may have to go to the shop every day." Jia Zhuo heard her ask this, so he just mentioned it to her by the way.

"But those fingers are the size of a finger, and the flowers are neither flowers nor leaves. Doro is very popular among scribes." Ping'er was a little surprised, she hadn't expected such a bad business at all.

"Yes, it's Doro. I'm done eating. You can use it slowly." Jia Zhuo put down his chopsticks, walked around the courtyard a few times to digest food, looked in the direction of the gate, and shook his head inwardly.It was more than a month since she came back, and Jia Lian spent very little time at home.She sneered in her heart, it doesn't matter if she failed Sister Feng and lost Sister Qiao, how could he cherish Ping'er and Brother An now.

A man always feels that he is doing great things, but has he ever thought about who would stay by his side when the house was confiscated and distributed, and accompany him through that dark and painful life.

Before entering the house, she smelled the scent of hosta flowers. She called Lai Fuer, "Go, ask someone to go to Sister-in-law Qiang's house and tell her that the second grandma will enter the palace tomorrow, and only Brother An and I will be at home. But come, let her come and see us if she is free."

"Yes." Fu'er ran away, not outside first, but to the main room first, and then went to the front yard after reporting to Second Mistress.Jia Zhuo saw clearly, and with a self-deprecating curl of his lips, he knew that no one in this family would really listen to her.

Sure enough, Fang Ling came, and Ping'er had just left the house when her car arrived.Entering the door, he carried Brother An to the kang in Jia Zhuo's room, and directed his maid to put things on it.

"Just baked egg yolk cake, have a bite while it's hot."

Jia Zhuo only ate half of it before putting it down, "I just had breakfast, so I can't hold it now."

"It's a long day, eat slowly. I thought you forgot me and sister-in-law Yun." Fangling was actually very happy to receive Jia Zhuo's message.

Her identity is not as good as Xiaohong in the eyes of the Jia family. Before the Jia family was in trouble, she and Jia Qiang had already left the Jia family to establish their own family. helped.At that time, no one cared about her status, and they all complimented and praised her, which made her feel a little smug.

When Jia Peng, the Empress Empress, was born, the people in the Jia family seemed to have changed faces instantly, no one came to her door, and seldom invited her to any banquets, and only Xiao Hong was still with her as before. come and go.

"If you forget, no one can forget you. It's just a newcomer. There are too many things to do. I can't finish my work." Jia Zhuo casually talked about opening a shop, and then complained to her about the trouble of learning the rules, and the trouble of going out to sit on customers. boring.

"Opening a shop, yes, why didn't I think of it?" Fangling patted her thigh as if it was too late to meet each other. Not outsiders either."

Thinking that Wu Yan was Li Wan's natal cousin and daughter-in-law, she rounded up the word "outsider".

Jia Zhuo said with a muffled laugh: "Brother Qiang is out to earn money to support the family, so can't you be your young mistress?"

"I'm not destined to be a young mistress. These bones are almost rusting."

Fangling's son is eight years old, and he has already started enlightenment. He is like a young adult, so he doesn't know how to worry about it.She was so leisurely, but instead panicked, when she heard that Jia Zhuo was doing business, she immediately felt itchy.

"There is really one thing I would like to ask you about." Jia Zhuo thought for a while, Fangling lived in Jinling for a long time and was reliable, so I could only ask her about this matter.

"King Zhongyong, what do you want to know about him?" Fangling's expression became subtle immediately, and he looked Jia Zhuo up and down, "You also heard that his concubine was seriously ill?"