Red House Farm Stay

Within a few days after entering the door, Du Yue took the initiative to stop the medicines of the two maids, which made Li Wan very satisfied.But Jia Lan never let the two interlocutors get close to each other, and only leaned side by side with Du Yue.

As for the fourth aunt of the Li family, Liu Shi, it is said that she went to Jia Lan's house and returned as she went, and Li Wan was so angry that she fell on her back.

When she came back, she scolded her directly, saying that she would not pay attention to people from her natal family because of her son's success.In the past, if it wasn't for their natal family, their mother and son would have been exiled and dispatched by the army, so there is no such thing as now.

This was said a little loudly, and it reached Mrs. Li's ears.The old lady loves her daughter and grandson very much. She had to bear it for her son and grandson before, but now there is no need to bear it.After finding a wrong place, he asked Mrs. Liu to kneel at the entrance of the ancestral hall, so that the whole family could see them going in and out, even the servants could see them.The solidity made her lose face, and she dared not go out for several months.

Li Wan originally thought that it was enough to get rid of the Li family, but unexpectedly, someone from the Jia family also came up with Jia Lan's idea.

Jia Zhuo didn't expect to see it with her own eyes. She just received a post from Du Yue and invited her to sit down.Unexpectedly, as soon as I went there, I heard that the woman who was dragged down by her last time to sober up came again.

This woman is Wu Shi, the daughter-in-law of an uncle's family in the side branch.Wu Shi didn't come alone, she brought her own daughter and a niece of her natal family with her.

"Their cousins ​​have always been Meng Bulijiao, so I had to bring them out together. I didn't take them out to watch the fun last time. I was angry with me for a few days. I just wanted to see what the big garden at Brother Lan's house looks like."

After Mrs. Wu said so, Li Wan had no choice but to ask two maidservants to accompany them to the garden.

"We have no other intentions. We are all relatives. It's really embarrassing to be so deadlocked. My cousin came to the door because she was slapped by sister Qiao, and half of her face was swollen. What do you think is going on? I Cousin is her elder, if this gets out, how will the girls of the Jia family behave."

As soon as Li Wan heard it, he understood that this person was not here to send off his natal niece, but to be a lobbyist.

"You are cousins." This was the first time Li Wan had heard that Wang Ren's wife was Wu's cousin.

"My cousin's husband's original partner didn't fight back, and my cousin is filling in the house." After Mrs. Wu explained, Li Wan came to a realization. No wonder, what happened after the ransacking of the house was a mess. She and her son hid in Li's house again. I don't know what's going on outside.

"Although you are sisters, you are married, so there is no reason to turn your elbows away. Jia Zhuo is from my own family. She has been bullied. We aunts can't help it, so there is no reason to make irresponsible remarks." .”

Li Wan didn't want to have any conflicts with the people in the clan, but he definitely didn't want to become an accomplice either.

"That's not what I said. Enemies should be settled rather than tied. Besides, they are all from their own family. Who didn't do a few foolish things when they were young. You see, sister Qiao is fine. She came back safely, maybe , This is God's arrangement, otherwise how could I meet Baner, isn't it."

Wu's rhetoric followed one after another, and the spittle flew straight away, very eloquent.

"Here, this is your daughter's worth of silver." Jia Zhuo turned in from the outside, holding two silver ingots in his hand, turning them around in his palm like Wenwan.

"What, what do you mean?" Mrs. Wu didn't expect Jia Zhuo to enter Li Wan's house without even needing an announcement, and she didn't know how long she had been listening outside, and what she heard.

For a while, she didn't realize what Jia Zhuo was talking about.

"This kid, what are you messing around with, quickly take back the money, how can my sister make fun of it." Li Wan hurriedly stopped him.

"Clan brothers can sell clan sisters, uncles can sell nieces. As a clan sister, why can't I sell clan sisters. It's a pity that I was born ugly, and I only got 20 taels. Aunt Wu can take it back for tea."

Wu Shi was so frightened that he was about to get angry, and laughed again, "Sister Qiao really knows how to joke, this, how is this possible."

"Do you think I have the kung fu to play with you? If I say sell it, I will sell it. What, if you have an opinion? If you have an opinion, hold it back for me. I want to see what you can do with me? Look at the uncle in the clan Uncles, my father and Brother Lan, will you let me lose a piece of meat?"

Jia Zhuo's almond eyes were wide open, and he looked at Wu Shi mockingly.

Seeing that Jia Zhuo's expression didn't seem fake, Mrs. Wu jumped up and jumped on Jia Zhuo's body, "Little bitch, hand her over quickly, or I won't be polite to you."

Since the mother-in-law came to stop her, Jia Zhuo shrugged his shoulders, "How can you be rude to me, please forgive me and let me be blunt, in my eyes, you are like rubbish."

"Sister-in-law Zhu, my daughter is here as a guest at your house. If there is something wrong with her, I, I will run into you and die in front of you."

Wu's voice was exhausted, and the two blue veins blocking her mother-in-law's forehead popped out, showing that Wu had used the strength of breastfeeding.The hands were grabbed by the two women, and she kicked the teacup on the table with her foot, and the hot tea splashed all over the floor.

Jia Zhuo jumped lightly, without any splash on his body.There is still time to turn around and direct to the two women, "Drag her to the middle, and don't let her kick anything. Otherwise, the 20 taels of silver will not be enough to compensate."

She was still playing with the two silver ingots in her hand, brightly stimulating Wu Shi.

Li Wan had never seen such a chaotic side at his own home, and he couldn't help but rubbed his forehead, "Sister Qiao, stop making trouble."

"Mother, what's the matter? What happened?" Wu's daughter came back, saw the mess on the ground, and saw her mother being held up by two women, she screamed loudly in fright.

"Daughter, are you alright, daughter?" Wu hurriedly broke free from the hands of the two women, hugged her daughter, and burst into tears in fright.

"I'm fine, mother, cousin..." The little girl looked puzzled.

"Let's talk about it later." Only then did Wu realize that she was tricked by Jia Zhuo, but the real fear just now was real. She didn't know Jia Zhuo, she only knew that she was a wild child raised outside without education, who dared to slap her aunt , dare to let her down in front of everyone.So, when she said she sold her daughter, she actually believed it.

"Oh, I'm so scared, I was just joking with you, don't be so stingy." Jia Zhuo stuffed the silver ingots that had been turned around for a long time into his purse, tilted his head, and laughed so much that he deserved a beating.

"You...don't think that you are the eldest daughter of the concubine and you can spoil the bitch casually. I want to tell the second grandma and ask her how she disciplines the children. As expected, they were raised outside without any rules. You deserve it If you can't marry a wealthy family, you can only find a poor man like Baner."

Wu Shi was extremely angry, cursing without choice.

Li Wan's face has already darkened. This Wu family is just a daughter-in-law of a side branch. If the Duke's mansion was in the past, he would not even be able to enter the door.Now he dares to scold the concubine's young lady in their house, it's really hateful.

Jia Zhuo withdrew the sneer on his face, and put on a sneer, "Who said when it's time to repay the grievances? They are all from my own family. How can I have such a big temper. I remember a little thing until now. Didn't you come to persuade me to make peace? Let me tell you, one day I really sell your daughter to others as a slave, and you still have to roll to me to apologize, I can forgive them, how about it?"

"How can this be the same?" Wu hopped.

"It's not the same. Wang Ren and Jia Rong really did something immoral, and sister Qiao was just a joke. Enough, the Duke's Mansion is in decline, and you people are not qualified to put your nose on the face. Come on. People, see off the guests."

Li Wan spoke in front of Jia Zhuo, and sent them out directly. It is conceivable that this was the last time they entered the gate of Jia's house so easily.

"But, my cousin is missing." The Wu family's daughter finally caught up and said what she had always wanted to say.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Wu Shi was anxious when he heard that.

"You didn't let me say that." Wu's daughter pouted aggrievedly, "We got separated in the garden."

"Ma'am, young lady, we have brought back Miss Cousin, who was sitting in the guest room." A woman escorted Wu's niece in.

"Another lost one. It seems that Brother Lan is not building a garden, but a maze." Jia Zhuo is funny, can't he make another excuse?Lost again.

"Fortunately, a woman found you. You scared me to death." Wu's daughter was surprisingly naive. When she spoke, it could be seen from her eyes that she really didn't know anything.

"It's not considered to be found. Miss Biao lost her way to the side of the second gate. We who were guarding the second gate naturally saw it." Well, this young lady is just average in appearance, how can she think that they can fascinate their elder and young master just by looking at her.

"Okay, since we found it, let's see off the guests." Li Wan didn't want to say a word, he just wanted to make these people disappear quickly.

Miss Wu lost face in front of her daughter and niece, and left angrily.

"It's my fault for disturbing my aunt's cleanliness." Jia Zhuo stepped forward lightly and skillfully, and gave a blessing.

Li Wan didn't want her blessing, so he pulled her up, "You girl, Auntie won't let her in again. Wang Ren has asked for peace over and over again. If you insist on refusing, you won't let her in later." It will be so easy to handle.”

"I'm afraid they won't come." Jia Zhuo smiled softly and whispered.

"Mother, I heard that the eldest sister is here." Du Yue came in and smiled at Jia Zhuo.

"I've been here for a while, you young people, go down and talk, and leave your sister for dinner."

Li Wan helped the servant girl's hand to go out, and she also had a headache from the trouble, so she just went back to take a rest.

Du Yue took her to play in his room, Jia Zhuo said smoothly, "Where's big brother?"

"I went to the yamen, Huo Shangshu ordered him to prepare military supplies." Although he was busy, he was lucky to be able to go home at night, which was also a sign of sympathy.

"You've only been married for a few days." Jia Zhuo pouted.

"It's supposed to be a seven-day Muxiu, but you know, the military situation is urgent now, so I can't take care of that much."

"That's good too. It saves people from getting lost in the garden all day long." It's no use getting lost when no one is there.

"Little narrow ghost." Du Yue tapped her forehead.

"The servant girl said just now that there was a quarrel in the flower hall. What's going on?" After all, Du Yue had just married in, and the dowry maid's eyes and ears couldn't be sharpened all of a sudden. There must be a time to establish a relationship.So it was too late for her to get the letter, and she didn't know exactly what was going on.

"What can there be? The Duke's Mansion is gone, and some tribesmen in the side branches thought they could put their noses on the face. I really thought that they could show off because they were elders. I can only say that they came to the wrong place." Jia Zhuo also He didn't want to say more, but he also reminded her from the side that if someone said something excessive in the capacity of an elder, she didn't have to pay attention to it.

"Don't talk about these disappointing things, you asked me to come, what do you want to see?" Jia Zhuo felt irritable when he thought of Wu's face.

"The empress wants to see you?" It turned out that the palace sent someone over to let Du Yue into the palace.

"You know, I have never been in the palace, and I don't know what the empress likes. So..." She was nervous, and after much deliberation, she could only ask Jia Zhuo.

"What else should I do? Don't worry, the empress will like you." Jia Zhuo didn't dare to say that he knew Jia Peng, but she knew exactly what she was thinking.Jia Lan married the daughter of General Du, who holds military power, the queen can only be happy, even if she marries a princess, I am afraid she will not be so happy.

"Really?" Du Yue was nervous, and only after hearing Jia Zhuo's words did she calm down a little.

"Don't worry, she will never trick you into bringing the two maids back." Jia Zhuo laughed.

Angrily, Du Yue flicked her on the head, but it was also the truth. There were people in the Li family and Jia family who wanted to put people in Jia Lan's yard. Only the empress would not think so. What she wanted was definitely a half of the Du family It is in her best interest to be a grandnephew of blood.

"Hearing you say that makes me feel more at ease." Speaking of it, it's not that she doesn't know this, but when she was thinking wildly by herself, she got into the horns and made herself more and more nervous.

"Big brother, how are they preparing? It's already spring, and summer is coming soon. Do we have to wait until after the autumn harvest?"

"Of course we can't wait until the autumn harvest. The imperial court has issued an order that no grain is allowed to be shipped from outside to the two prefectures. They used to grow cotton for profit. Even if they switch to grain now, they won't be able to supply it for a while. Before the autumn harvest, The imperial court must send troops."

It's not a secret, people with a little brain would also want to get the imperial court's plan.Speaking of which, Du Yue didn't feel burdened.Just thinking that the court's food collection was not going well, she was faintly worried.

"There may be a shortage of harvests around Jinling this year. There are people collecting grain everywhere, and the price of grain remains high. Up to now, three or four out of ten have not been raised. Huo Shangshu has lost his temper several times because of this matter."

Jia Zhuo went back worried, and she wanted to ask Jia Lian about collecting grain.

Jia Lian didn't understand why her daughter asked this all of a sudden. When she learned about the court raising grain and grass, she immediately lost sight of her smile, "Of course I know about it. In fact, most of the grain we raise will be sold to the court. Their military department can only raise food on the bright side, but many places are no longer in peace, and many things are in chaos. If we come forward, we can dig out the food hidden by those people."

Jia Zhuo felt relieved, "That's good, I thought you would stockpile it and wait for the price to rise later."

Jia Lian chuckled, "Of course I have to keep a hand, I can't show all my cards at once."

Originally, he still wanted to hoard food to buy high prices. Jia Zhuo couldn't help but persuade him, "It's fine for those merchants to do this. Our family is also the queen's natal family. If you do this, have you thought about the situation of the empress in the palace? Others How to look at Jia's family, look at the queen's mother's family."

"I just kept a little bit, really just a little bit."

Seeing that her daughter was still looking at him, Jia Lian waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, can I save a little bit for myself to eat?"

"That's all right, father, let's go to bed earlier." Jia Zhuo felt much more comfortable in her heart, she really didn't want Jia Lian to become that kind of unscrupulous businessman hoarding food.

"Ping'er, Ping'er, did you hear that? Did I hear it wrong?" Jia Lian was ecstatic, and her daughter finally called out the word "Father". How could it sound so pleasant to my father?

"I heard." Ping'er pursed his lips and smiled, the father and daughter had been awkward for so long, and finally began to relax.

"It's strange. When I helped her, she didn't call me. Why is she so concerned about food and grass? She must be hoping that the battle will be over so that Ban'er can come back sooner."

Ping'er could vaguely guess Jia Zhuo's state of mind, but he didn't say anything, just looked at Jia Lian and smiled without saying a word.

Who would have thought that in a few days, everyone would see Jia Lian in prison.

Even the emperor was outraged by the case of mildew in grain and grass, and ordered a thorough investigation.No matter who it is, it will never condone.

"I didn't, how dare I do that, Brother Lang is also inside, and the leader of the army is Brother Lang's father-in-law. Although I am not a good person, I will never cheat my family." Jia Zhuo knelt on a pile of straw , crying with snot and tears.

"Second Uncle, don't cry. I know you won't do this. You have to tell us the clues so we can help you." Jia Lan really had a headache. On the one hand, he believed that Second Uncle would not harm him, but on the other hand On the other hand, he did know the second uncle's persistence and desire to earn money.

Simply put, trust his feelings for his family, but at the same time don't trust his character.

The same is true for Jia Zhuo, after she repeatedly confirmed, Jia Lian burst into tears, how bad he is, why everyone doesn't believe him.

Didn't you say that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have a future blessing?

Why was he imprisoned again? He hated the prison cell. He had vowed that he would never step into such a ghostly place again in his life.

Jia Lian's partner was introduced by a father-in-law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This person is Jia Liu, a distant relative of this father-in-law.Because they are all surnamed Jia, when they met Jia Lian's second brother one by one, they were so affectionate.It didn't take long for me to get acquainted, and I started to plan a partnership to do shopping.

The business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is all royal, and you can get a little profit, but it is impossible to attribute it to your own name.But through this place, I can meet many people who are capable but have no money, and I can also meet many people who have money but no connections.

Some of them get a commission from them, and some even use the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to form private partnerships.Jia Liu is the one who is capable but has no money, saying that he is well-known outside and can get food.But he has no capital and no backing.

Jia Lian had both of these things, so he recruited a few more people to join the group, but he and Jia Liu were all in charge of the matter, and basically no one else was allowed to intervene.

At this point, needless to say, Jia Liu ran away early, and went to find the father-in-law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he refused to admit that Jia Liu was his relative.It's just that they are friends at the wine table. Jia Lian has nothing to do with them.

"Big brother, let me see those moldy grains." Jia Zhuo proposed.

"No problem." Jia Lan can still arrange such a small matter.

"Wait a minute, let's pick up someone first." Jia Zhuo asked Jia Lan to go to Suyunfang first to pick up Wang Gou'er.

Wang Gou'er asked why he came here, and couldn't help but nervously said, "Can I do it?"

"All clues are broken, only this trick, let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor." Jia Zhuo sighed, no one thought that Jia Lian could be tricked like this.When Ping'er entered the palace, he didn't know what the empress would say.At least with her here, Jia Lian's life can always be saved.

"This is grain that is at least five years old. It has a strong earthy smell. It is either brought in from outside, or it is grain from our surrounding areas in Jinling."

Wang Gouer scratched and sniffed, and observed for a long time before he said for sure.

Jia Zhuo's eyes lit up. This is good news. Jia Lian's grain is sent to Jinling from other places through official roads or waterways. If the moldy grain is from Jinling, it means that it is not the batch he brought into Jinling. .It is very likely that they were transferred by Jia Liu, and the local moldy grain was exchanged for their good grain.

"Although it's good news, it can't be used as evidence. There's no way to prove that the second uncle didn't change it himself." Jia Lan's brows loosened for a moment, and then they were tightly knit again.

"It would be great if we could know where these moldy grains come from." Jia Zhuo patted the grain sack and said bitterly.

Hold on, sack.

Jia Zhuo rushed forward, staring at the sack in a daze.

"Are there any special marks on these sacks?" Jia Lan also leaned over, but couldn't see anything.

"Big brother, can you tell the difference between grain that has been moldy for three years and grain that has been moldy for five years?"

"I can't tell the difference." Jia Lan twitched the corner of his mouth, affirming.

"But Uncle Wang can tell the difference. However, Uncle Wang can't tell whether the shoes he is wearing are from Aunt Wang or Qing'er, but I can tell the difference. Now, do you understand what I mean?"

"I don't understand." Jia Lan said honestly.

"Girl Zhuo is saying that since the food comes from Jinling, these sacks are naturally made by local people. Although we can't see any difference between these sacks, the people who weaved them must be able to recognize them. "

"Yes, that's it." Jia Zhuo clapped his palms, and it was not surprising that Jia Lan couldn't figure it out. He was a pampered young master, so he was naturally unfamiliar with anything he had ever done.As soon as Wang Gou'er mentioned something, he understood the key.

Jia Zhuo would like to thank that the world is not yet industrialized, and it is all handcraft workshops, which makes such a visit possible.Otherwise, the machine production is exactly the same, so there is no need to mention it.