Red House Farm Stay

On the second day, everyone had their own affairs to be busy, Wu Yan urged Li Rong to ask Wang Gou'er to come out to be her shopkeeper, Jia Zhuo took Qing'er to the shop to pick out the little girl brought by Ren Yazi.

It was the first time for Jia Zhuo to encounter this kind of thing, and when he saw three rows of little girls standing in front of him, he couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.This is not picking radish and cabbage, this is picking people.

Seeing the unbearable expression on Jia Zhuo's face, Ren Yazi immediately became miserable, "These are girls from families who have no food and clothing and are really unable to survive, so they are sent out to beg for their lives. They are all girls from good families. It doesn't matter if you are healthy and long, you must be obedient."

Jia Zhuo took a deep breath, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and called Xiao Cai to come to him, and then said to Ren Yazi: "I believe that the ones brought by my mother are all good, but we don't buy people to come back to serve them. It doesn't matter whether it looks good or not. The key is dexterity and ability to work."

Ren Yazi laughed, knowing that Jia Zhuo had seen through his thoughts, Jia Zhuo asked Xiao Cai to ask, and she watched from the side.

Xiao Cai looked at these little girls and said directly: "We hire people to work here, and our daily job is to raise these flowers and plants, and then make them into bonsai. What I want to see is your skill. I have prepared various Flower pots, follow my request and see who can make it fast and well. If you don’t want to, we won’t force you.”

Many girls looked at Ren Yazi with their eyes, and Ren Yazi naturally didn't allow them to be picky, "Hurry up and do what this sister tells you, and behave well."

Even if these little girls were really unwilling to be sold here, Ren Yazi would not allow them to show it.They have already become commodities, so what is there to be willing or not? Wherever you sell them, you will die.

Xiaocai and Jia Zhuo looked at it. On the open space in the backyard, there were many flowerpots of various shapes, big and small. While piled up with soil, they piled up freshly baked miniature carvings. Compared with the previous ones in Wannian County It can be much more refined.They are all painted on the boards and burned according to them.

There are little porcelain figures with clear faces, little porcelain horses of various colors, bridge pavilions and fairies in colorful clothes.What these little girls have to do is to pile the soil into flower pots, and then put up these miniature sculptures according to their ability. As for Doro, they will not be allowed to touch them at this stage.

In the process of doing it, some people will observe first, and some people will drag the nearest flower pot regardless of Sanqi 21 and start.Some people rolled up their sleeves and picked up the smallest flower pots, for fear that the soil would stain their clothes and shoes.

The youngest of these children is seven or eight years old, and the oldest is no more than eleven or twelve years old. They don't know how to hide their emotions.In other words, their subconscious actions have already betrayed their thoughts.

When it is finished, you can see it more clearly. Some people will shoot off the floating soil on the flower pots when they are finished. When someone places the miniature sculptures, they will draw a picture or arrange them according to the plot of a story.But more people just waved it casually, even if they had a job.

Xiao Cai asked one by one, picked out seven people and brought them to Jia Zhuo, "Miss, see which ones to keep."

Jia Zhuo picked the four older ones, and saw the youngest girl kneel down with a "plop".

"Miss, you can just accept me. I have raised flowers before, and I am best at tending them. I..."

"Shut up." Ren Yazi covered the little girl's mouth and dragged her back, smiled and said to Jia Zhuo: "This girl usually looks quite clever, but she didn't learn the rules well, you'll laugh at her."

"Come, let me see." There are no rules, but she knows how to fight for herself instead of accepting fate, Jia Zhuo thinks her courage is commendable.

The little girl came out from behind the human teeth, wiped her face clean, and tried her best to put on a pleasing smile.The clumsy blessing saluted, and looked at Jia Zhuo anxiously.

"How old are you?" Jia Zhuo showed a kind smile.

"I, no, my maidservant is eight years old this year. I just look small, but in fact, I have great strength, and I have raised flowers and plants before, and I know a little about their habits. I am sure I can do well." The little girl tried her best to sell herself .

Jia Zhuo looked up at Ren Yazi, and Ren Yazi immediately understood, "This girl used to be a rough envoy of a big family. Later, the family disappeared, and all the servants in the family sold her. She has no parents or family members. She is alone. Sent to me."

Ren Yazi had to go to the government to register, and he also took over the servants who were resold after the house ransacked in the government.This girl is young and not good enough, so she is naturally not a good one, so she fell into the hands of this not-so-good mother who was messing around in people's teeth.

"My place is not a good place to go. All I do is rough work. Don't you want to work as a maid in a rich family's house?" Jia Zhuo looked at her, not understanding why she would take a fancy to her place.

The little girl glanced at Ren Yazi, and whispered: "I think the girl is a good person."

Jia Zhuo smiled, knowing that the little girl was not telling the truth, but everyone loves to hear good things, so he nodded and said, "Then count this one more."

"Quickly kowtow to the girl." Ren Yazi couldn't help being overjoyed to see Jia Zhuo's straightforwardness.

Girls in their teens are the most expensive, and they can be used properly for a few years, and they can be matched with boys to have children. If they look good, the price will be even higher.Jia Zhuo bargained for a long time, and took out 95 taels of silver, four of them were 20 taels, and the smallest one was 15 taels, and they settled on five people.

Xiao Cai led them down, Qing'er stood next to Jia Zhuo, didn't speak, and only sighed when Ren Yazi left, "It's so pitiful."

Yes, but what can they change.Jia Zhuo squeezed Qing'er's face, "Let Xiaocai go to work, let's go and see your father and Ban'er."

Qing'er nodded quickly, greeted Xiaocai and followed Jia Zhuo to go out, watching and playing along the way, eating a full stomach by the way, carrying a lot of snacks in his hand, wandering to the inn.

"Why are you here now?" Wang Gou'er was squatting outside the inn, smoking a pipe, finally waiting for his daughter, and took the snacks from their hands, "Come here quickly, don't make things difficult for Xiaozhuo."

"Uncle, Qing'er lives with me, why don't you worry about it, there are people coming and going in the inn, don't worry about her being a little girl living in a room alone." Jia Zhuo hurriedly stopped her. I wish Qing'er could spend a few more days with her.

"That's right, Second Grandma likes me so much, she even asked me what I like to eat so that I can prepare it for me."

Ping'er has a gentle temperament and treats others kindly.It's impossible for Qing'er to marry Qiao Jie away, so she has no reason not to like it.With just a few words, he became close to Qing'er, and felt that the second grandmother was his second mother.

Wang Gou'er laughed in his heart, his daughter listened to every word and believed it, how could she tell whether others liked it or not.But thinking of the character of Second Mistress, and thinking that it would be fine to stay in Qing'er for a few days, she let go.

"You, you are causing trouble for Xiao Zhuo again. Ban'er is out of the door. Let's wait inside. He will be back in a while." Wang Gou'er took them to sit down by the window on the first floor and told Xiao Er to come up. Tea and snacks, and the two girls ordered crisp cheese.

"Father remembers that you like to eat."

"You don't like it." Wang Gou'er looked at his daughter, tapped his pipe and smiled.

Jia Zhuo also flicked Qing'er's forehead, and laughed at her, "Since it's my favorite food, I'll have both bowls in a while."

"Good sister, can't I be wrong?" Qing'er flung herself into Jia Zhuo's arms, giggling happily.

"Uncle Wang, did Li Rong come to see you?" Jia Zhuo and Qing'er had enough quarreling before thinking of business, and hurriedly raised his head to look at Wang Gou'er.

"Come on, I said I want to discuss it with Ban'er." Wang Gou'er couldn't make up his mind either.

"Brother, we are here." Qing'er has sharp eyes, saw Ban'er from a long distance, and waved at him.

"Where did you go?" Jia Zhuo just took a mouthful of crispy cheese, took a spoon, and asked Xiao Er to serve another bowl.

Ban'er directly took the spoon in her hand and dug a spoonful into her bowl, "I'm hungry, I'll take two bites first."

Jia Zhuo blushed, pushed the bowl in front of him, and said angrily, "Did you go farming? You stepped on the mud."

"Really, brother, where have you been? It's not raining." Qing'er looked down and wondered.

Wang Gou'er chuckled a few times, and called Xiao Erduan to come over with a bowl of noodles.

After eating crispy cheese and a big bowl of noodles, Ban'er wiped his mouth. Jia Zhuo brought tea to him, and Ban'er took it and drank a couple of sips before saying, "I went up the mountain with Brother Yun. Let's talk about it later."

As soon as Jia Zhuo heard it, he understood that it must be inconvenient to say it in public, so he smiled and said, "We also have something to discuss with you."

Wang Gou'er said with a smile that Li Rong entrusted him. Ban'er didn't expect this to happen, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "What does dad mean?"

"Someone asked me to be the shopkeeper. Naturally, it is a good thing that you can't ask for. It's just that, what do you do?"

"Of course our family wants to be together, just bring grandma and mother over." Ban'er didn't think it was difficult.

Jia Zhuo laughed and said, "Of course Uncle Wang isn't worried about other people. What to do with your studies is the big deal."

After speaking, everyone at the table laughed, and the wrinkles on Wang Gou'er's face stretched out. This girl's sharp temperament is just pleasing.

Ban'er hurriedly said: "Don't worry about me, brother Lan has long said that he wants me to come to Jinling, and wants me to go to the place where he used to study."

"Really, then why don't you hurry up and respond." Wang Gou'er was more nervous than anything else. In his opinion, the place Jia Lan would recommend must be a good place. How could his son not go.

"Isn't that thinking about going back to the county seat?" Ban'er rubbed his head and smiled, it turned out that both father and son had the same thoughts.

"That's the end of it. My father stays in Jinling as the shopkeeper, my elder brother enters the school, and my grandma and mother move here to be with little sister Zhuo." Qing'er finally concluded, thinking that he could stay here and not be separated from Jia Zhuo. , The smiling face turned into a flower.

They went back to the room in the inn together, and Ban'er said: "Brother Yun and Yoko are staying on the mountain, I have to go there tomorrow, and I may have to stay for a few days before I can come down."

It was also because of the tossing back and forth that I missed the meal. I just went up the mountain, what mountain, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why.

"Yong Optimism in the west of the city, there is a Taoist priest who is very good at helping people out of luck. The situation of the princess of King Zhongyong is getting worse, and the imperial doctor is helpless. In desperation, the Jin family found the Taoist priest of Yong Optimism, and explained the divination for the princess. It is said that the debts from the previous life have not been paid off, that's why she has this serious illness in this life, and I want to do a ritual for her, hoping to survive the bad luck."

"This..." Jia Zhuo twitched the corners of her mouth. She never believed in gods. When she heard such things, she instinctively felt unbelievable.But she couldn't explain that she had traveled through time, and it was nothing to meet a reborn person, so she had no choice but to keep silent.

"You mean, Yoko can find a turning point from this matter." Wang Gou'er was the quickest to react. After all, when their father and son came, the most important thing was to redeem his son for Yoko, and they have been working hard, but they have never seen him. effectiveness.

"Well, the elder brothers of the Jia family helped me find the steward of the Zhongyong Palace, but Fugui doesn't recognize this kind of thing, and they can't ask why. In addition, Fugui has been hiding from Yoko, and we can't figure it out if we don't know. There is no way to use force. This time, I entrusted a steward to send Fugui to drive the car to deliver things up the mountain. He was required to stay for one night, and Yoko stayed on the mountain to intercept him. No matter how much he said, he should have finished. "

Father and son can't recognize each other, everything is useless, only when they recognize each other can they plan the next step.

"Let Ban'er take you back, I'll go to the shop to have a look." Wang Gou'er was in a relaxed mood, and instead of going to the shop in a hurry, he went to the place where his grandfather lived, wanting to take a look.

He has always remembered the address firmly. Before his death, his father told him that his greatest wish was for future generations to return to Jinling.

Wang Gou'er has been to Jinling many times, but he has never been to see it. Today, he especially wants to take a look. He also walks where his grandfather once walked, and tells him that his descendants have really returned.

When Ban'er took Jia Zhuo and Qing'er, he felt as if he had returned to Wannian County. At that time, he often took them to the street.

"Have you ever heard of opera?" Ban'er asked suddenly.

"Listening to an opera?" Jia Zhuo and Qing'er shook their heads in unison, they had never heard an opera before.All they knew was that there was a large theater in Wannian County, with juggling and stage performances in it, but they had never entered it.

"I'll take you there." Ban'er smiled happily. He had been there once, and he wanted to take Jia Zhuo and Qing'er there, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.

The opera garden was different from what Jia Zhuo had imagined. It actually surrounded a huge piece of land. It was said to be an opera garden, but it was actually more like a playground.There are dogfighters, cockfighters, and there are many kinds of jugglers, such as monkeys jumping through fire rings and swallowing swords, and those who smash boulders in their chests.However, the best built inside is still a stage.

There are people guarding the door, five hundred coins per person, and one return per hour.After clearing the stage, the people on the stage beat the gong to inform everyone to come and pay to enter the stage.

"My God, there is such a place in Jinling, it's so much fun." Qing'er's eyesight is not enough, and she still heard the sound of the gong, and Ban'er grabbed her, "Hurry up, or you won't be able to occupy a good place. gone."

"It's really expensive." Jia Zhuo couldn't help being speechless when he saw that Baner paid the silver, went in and paid for tea.

"At the foot of the Son of Heaven, everything is more expensive than other places. However, it is still cheap here. There are other expensive places, which are rich people's gold-selling caves, and ordinary people can't get in."

"Brother, how could he know so many things? It's really amazing." Qing'er thought that the eldest brother has only been in Jinling for more than a month, so how could he know these things that he didn't know before.

"I'm a newcomer here, so I don't listen much and read more. I don't have much to say when I talk to people. I can't just talk about sages and sages." Ban'er said lightly.

Jia Zhuo was very emotional, it seems that this problem has existed since ancient times.In another time and space, children from the countryside often go to live in the city, because the living environment is different since they were young, and there are frictions or barriers to some extent.It sounds like a trivial matter, but when placed on the person concerned, sometimes, it may be an irreparable injury and shadow.

In the eyes of some people, things that people in the city are used to or have become accustomed to, may not have been seen at all.At this time, some people's natural sense of superiority arises, and they feel that they are superior to others.There are also people who have good intentions but use the wrong method. On the contrary, his kindness makes people more embarrassed. There are always a small number of people who know how to resolve it tactfully without hurting others.

At this time, mentality is very important.

Jia Zhuo observed Ban'er carefully, and saw that his eyes were calm and his expression was peaceful. Obviously, he was well adjusted.

"No one can choose where they are born. Although we Qing'er were not born in Jinling, we still came here to watch the theater in the end. It can be seen that compared with those who were born here, we Qing'er are more powerful."

Qing'er's eyes crooked with a smile, "My brother is still the best, isn't he?"

"Of course, Ban'er is the best. If he hadn't brought us here, I might never have known about a place like Jinling."

Ban'er was stunned for a while, the corners of his lips curled up slowly, looking at Jia Zhuo, his eyes were like a net, trying to wrap her tightly around her.

"Don't worry, after all, eating, drinking and having fun are all small ways. I will always know what is the most important." Ban'er understood Jia Zhuo's meaning, and she comforted herself by talking to Qing'er.

In fact, being subjected to this kind of invisible discrimination is nothing to Ban Er. He just came from a poor background. He takes it calmly and never feels that there is anything to be ashamed of.He is indeed not as knowledgeable as many people here, who know the rules of invisibility, know the tricks and jokes of the rich.

But so what?

After all, these are the seasonings after dinner, and the dinner still depends on whether he, a scholar, can become a Juren or even a Jinshi.Once he can break through this hurdle, his background will automatically be changed to a certain year's mid-term examination, two-ranked Jinshi.

It doesn't matter whether you were a farmer or a fisherman before. All the hardships you have suffered will become medals and be praised by the world.

Ban'er suddenly let out a "huh", and took out a safety talisman from his pocket and handed it to Jia Zhuo, "I invited it from the gymnasium, I heard it is very effective."

Jia Zhuo took it, glanced at Qing'er, and then at Ban'er.

"Oops." Ban'er patted his head, time was running out, he only took one, and he even forgot that there was another sister in Jinling.

Qing'er laughed "puchi" and said contemptuously: "I'm not a child, so I don't want to eat this kind of flying vinegar. You can continue to be arrogant, anyway, I ate up all the dim sum on the table."

Ban'er lowered his head, only to find that the plate was empty, and asked Xiao Er to serve another plate, and went to scratch Qing'er's nose, "It's not in vain to hurt you, sensible."

Thinking I'm stupid, I'm also going to fight for the token of love, you can try with a bag of delicious food, Qing'er secretly smiled in her heart.

Jia Zhuo stuffed the talisman into a sachet and hung it on his waist. When he raised his head and saw Ban'er's eyes, they were inseparable.

Only Qing'er said to himself, "The sound of the gong beating on the stage is so low that many people can't hear it."

Only then did the two separate their eyes, Jia Zhuo smiled sullenly and went to look at the stage, but he didn't see Ban'er staring at Qing'er with a threatening expression, Qing'er stuck out his tongue, and turned his eyes to the stage. I couldn't move it.

Exquisite makeup, beautiful costumes, and a soft figure, flipping and jumping on the stage, the people watching can't take their eyes off it.

Jia Zhuo listened to a few words, and then looked at the appearances of the people on the stage, and finally realized that what he dared to sing was the part where the white snake rescued Xu Xian and flooded Jinshan Temple.

There are fighting and singing in this section, even Jia Zhuo, who doesn't like to listen to operas, can't help being fascinated.Following the emotions of the white snake on the stage, her eyes turned red from time to time or she smiled knowingly, Qing'er shook Jia Zhuo's arm vigorously when she heard the emotion, "Miss Zhuo..."

As soon as he uttered a sound, he was "shushed" by the person next to him. Qing'er quickly shut his mouth and looked towards the stage.

They sat on the terrace on the first floor, and there was a private room on the second floor. Someone in the private room stretched out his hand and pointed his head lightly, "Look, everyone says that the girls from the Jin family are pretty. I think the girls from commoner families are not bad." .”

"It's really a dog's mouth that can't spit out ivory. If someone outside hears it, there will be another big disturbance. He is the founding hero, and the girl from the Xining County King's family is also something you can talk about. Hurry up and stop it. In this way, you will fall into this mouth sooner or later."

"There are no other people here, so what four kings and eight princes, by the way, there are only four princes and six princes left, and I have never heard of any family that gave birth to promising children, but they are living in the shadow of their ancestors, what is so great about it. You Du Laosan is a warrior in vain, so he is afraid of this."

The speaker was very dissatisfied, and slapped the young man in front of him hard.

The young man known as Du Lao San was not old at all, on the contrary, he looked like a young man in his twenties.His straight face is very majestic, and when he smiles when he is teased, he is as clear and handsome as a breeze and a bright moon.

"Tomorrow is my sister's birthday, will you come?" Du Laosan changed the subject.

"Go, of course. Your sister is my sister. Although I can't marry you, I'm not the kind of person who is looking for life and death. I will go even if I knock out my teeth and swallow my blood."

"Jiang Jing..." Du Laosan exerted some strength, and the teacup in his hand shattered into several petals.

The big-mouthed Jiang Jing knows that something is wrong as soon as he hears his full name. Although Du Laosan can make any jokes, once his sister is involved, it is like touching the whiskers of a tiger, and he will definitely peel you off. I was willing to give up.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I have a stinking mouth, I should be spanked. I don't need you to do it, I will do it myself." Jiang Jing "slapped" a few times, and threw a few big ones at himself without sparing any effort. ear scraper.Seeing that his face was completely red, Du Laosan put down his fist and let out a slight "hum".

"If I hear a word outside..."

"You don't need to do it, I will come to see you right away."

"Humph……"

"what……"