Battle of the Red Chamber Ring III

After Wang'er went in, he didn't come out. Jia Huan waited outside for a long time without seeing anyone. He looked up at the sky and saw the huge sun climbing to the top of his head, emitting the heat brightly. He lowered his head and touched his stomach, grunting. He yelled a few times, and he was naturally hungry after thinking about it.I didn't eat anything when I came out in the morning, and when I thought about it, I felt like a little hand was scratching in my stomach, it was sour and digging.

Jia Huan thought again that there was a conspiracy and he couldn't reach him for a while, so he gave up following him, turned around and went to find some good food in the restaurant, and after walking two steps, he suddenly remembered that he didn't bring his clothes It cost a lot of silver, so I found a small stall along the way, ordered a bowl of wontons and ate it.

When it comes to wontons, the south is somewhat different from the north.Now it is completely different from Kyoto to the northwest. The wontons in Xining are spicy and sour, and they are big. One mouthful can be worth several. After eating ten before and after, he will be full. Xili snores the soup in the bowl After drinking, he yelled at the boss: "Check out!"

The boss wiped his hands in the bib in front of him with a smile, glanced at the table, and said, "Guest officer, this is five copper coins."

Jia Huan took out five copper coins from his pocket and gave it to the boss.

The boss smiled and said, "Exactly."

As he spoke, he took the cloth beside him and wiped the table clean.While wiping the table, he struck up a conversation with Jia Huan and said, "The guest officer looks strange, I guess he just came to Xining?"

Jia Huan said: "Of course it's the first time I've come here, but now I'm going to live here for many years."

"In that case," the boss said, "we need to get to know each other more, and take care of the small business from time to time. Although the place here is poor and chaotic, the neighbors are loyal. If you need help, Just say hello, and the neighbors in the neighborhood can help you."

Jia Huan said: "That's good. If there is such enthusiasm, I think it will be a blessing to come here."

The boss smiled and said: "You will understand after staying for a long time, but you need to be more cautious when going in and out of daily life. Naturally, there are good people and bad people here. People here can come from anywhere."

Jia Huan looked around and said, "I just lost my way and came from a small alley in the north. There seems to be no one there. I don't know if the boss knows who probably lives there."

The boss said: "In the past, everyone lived casually. After the general came for many years, they gradually went back to their own places. In the important area of ​​Xining, the streets and alleys are clearly divided. The people who come to this East Street are all people from the imperial court, and the West Street is where rich businessmen live. This small courtyard is on North Street, and all the people who serve in it have moved out. "

Jia Huan asked suspiciously, "Why, can rich merchants from West Avenue come to live in this small courtyard?"

The boss said: "Where are those rich merchants living? They are servants who serve those rich merchants. After receiving the favor of the master, they have some private property, so they are placed here, which is not far away."

Jia Huan thought wistfully, they were really close, the West Street and East Street were not far from each other in the first place.Because of the water problem in Xining, most people live in one place, and there are many people coming and going. Just when he was eating wontons, he saw some foreigners crossing the street from time to time.After inquiring, he got up and left. The boss waved to him briskly, then turned around and went back to his business.

Jia Huan left the wonton stall and walked westward. Since he had just mentioned West Street, he decided to go there. Sure enough, after walking for a stick of incense, the number of people on both sides began to increase, and it became a little messy.

East Street is full of officials, so the two sides are more strictly controlled, and most of them are well-behaved people. On West Street, it seems that because there are more rich people, people need to spend money, which is more convenient than East Street. Naturally, humans and snakes were mixed together.

The Holy Majesty appointed Xining Minister of Affairs in Xining. Since then, this area has been officially ruled. A department was set up under its jurisdiction, and the army was stationed. Dading was the minister of Xining at the beginning, and Guihua City later. Dutong, the great-great-grandson of Guge, is the guardian of Tumote Zuoyi Banner, and now this son is Dutong Danze's parent-son De Ling, who is under the Qinghai Fanren Affairs, the Prime Minister of Manchuria Xianghuang Banner.

After the rebellion of Luobuzangdanjin, the grandson of Hebu Gushi Khan, the place was pacified by the general the following year.After Nian Yao, the most valued general in the world, wrote the thirteen articles on Qinghai’s aftermath, the imperial court granted permission, stipulating that the Mongols should be nomadic in the north of the Yellow River, and the Tibetans should be nomadic in the south of the Yellow River. Because Xining Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, Qinghai Minister of Affairs, Prime Minister Qinghai Mongolia, and other Tibetan affairs are set up.

When Jia Huan was in the mansion before, he found the imperial court newspaper to read, and drew some important personnel relationship diagrams.Now that he has arrived at the place, he realizes how naive he was thinking at the beginning.

This imperial examination only needs to be studied one after another, but this army is not easy to mess with. If you say it is all about military exploits, it has only produced a general since it was enthroned. No wonder others say that a hero in troubled times is a peaceful and prosperous age Sure enough, the imperial examination is more useful than the military examination, but it is too late to regret it.Jia Huan scratched his hair depressingly. He suspected that he was fascinated by ghosts at the beginning, so he gave up his good career and refused to leave. He wanted to be independent. It really was because of the nine-year compulsory education. , What can't be moved by the poor, the mighty can't be subdued, the rich can't be lewd, it's all bullshit!

He thought so in his heart, but if you let him speak out by himself, it would be impossible.Jia Huan was thinking about it, but there were some noisy voices in his ears. It turned out that conscription stickers had been posted at the gate of the city.The crowd crowded around the past, it is not bad to be a soldier these days, there are not many wars and a lot of silver taels in hand, Jia Huan didn't know what he was thinking, so he went over silently, looking at the thing Clearly.

Completely suitable!like!After Jia Huan looked at the male and age requirements written on it, he felt that he was on the verge of going on the path of the little soldier Zhang Ga!Just such a happy decision.

When he returned to Zhen's mansion, Zhen Baoyu and Zhen Yingjia were still not there, but Jia Baoyu was packing up. Seeing Jia Huan, he said, "Go and pack up. Now that Zhen Baoyu is here, I'm free too. We're here today." Let's move out."

Jia Huan raised his eyebrows: "Do you have silver on you?"

Jia Baoyu looked at Jia Huan for a while, then silently grabbed the jade pendant around his waist: "It can be used as some money, but I still have it around my neck." The jade brought out of the mother's womb is too old, so it's hard for him to part with it.

"But what's your plan?" If he had nothing to ask for, Jia Baoyu probably wouldn't just want to move out like this.

That Jia Baoyu looked at Baoyu eagerly, blinked, not to mention that he was still a bit pretty, he blushed and said: "When I came back in the morning, I heard that the rough envoy in the mansion proposed marriage to a maid, saying that he had a house and a land. , and I have an errand, I thought that I have nothing to do now, and I am worse than that boy, so I might as well earn some silver, so that I can use it in the future.” He has never made any money in his life, and the silver he has handled in the past has no money. Bottom line, it is natural to think that making money is easy.

Jia Huan wanted to train Jia Baoyu, so he accepted him. The two of them packed up together and said goodbye to Zhen Yingjia. Unfortunately, he was not there, so he told the manager of the mansion, "The master told me when he went out. If the young master wants to leave, he will give you money." While talking, he took out 50 taels to Jia Baoyu and others, which was the scapegoat money Jia Baoyu had exiled for Zhen Baoyu.If it is mentioned in the future, there is no reason to grasp it.

Jia Huan wanted to let Baoyu know the ways of the world, so he didn't remind him. He waited for Baoyu to take the silver and left the house before saying, "You did his son a great favor. You two are clean, just let him go so simply?"

Jia Baoyu shook his head and said: "Now that he is an official in Xining, no matter what we can't get back the debt, if you and I can go back in the future, this matter will never be good and let it go! But if you and I can't go back, naturally It's another story."

Jia Huan felt that Baoyu was not stupid, so they found an intermediary and found a small courtyard outside the city. Since they were not in the city, the price was naturally not high, and the total of four or five mu of land outside was only 25 taels of silver.If the lease is one or two per year, it is really cheap.It's just that the intermediary couldn't tell where the yard came from. Fortunately, Baoyu didn't ask in detail, and Jia Huan didn't bother to ask any more, so he finalized the contract on the spot.

Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan moved in that day, but neither of the two men knew how to clean up. The furniture in the house was all there was. Looking at the furniture, Jia Huan felt that the furniture alone was worth some money. How could he sell it? so cheap.

The courtyard has three entrances and three exits, but it takes half a day to drive a carriage to the city. Could it be because of this that it is cheap?

Jia Baoyu didn't think much about it, and hastily divided the house. The two brothers lived opposite each other, and the living room was used as a reception room in the middle.Baoyu originally wanted to hire a housekeeper and buy a few servant girls, but Jia Huan stopped him and said: "Now you and I have no income, if we buy a few more mouths, what if we don't have enough money?"

Naturally, it was sold again, Jia Baoyu thought in his heart: "If there is no waiter, what about your clothes and mine?"

Jia Huan glanced at Baoyu: "How many clothes do you have?"

Baoyu was dumbfounded for a moment. When he came out, he disliked that there were too many things, so he only brought three pieces of laundry.Jia Huan only had two sets, and the two brothers sat silently in the room staring at the empty gate and thought for a while, then Jia Huan spoke first: "Why don't you go to the market to buy some daily necessities, besides, your food and mine are also the same. Problem." Neither of them know how to cook, so they probably just died of starvation.

The two of them were about to go out when a carriage arrived outside, and an old servant came down and knocked on the door. Jia Huan got up and opened the door. It happened to be Mrs. Zhao who followed Shi Xiangyun. If you want to say that this woman has some relationship with Jia Huan , following Aunt Zhao is a distant relative, although they don't move around on weekdays, they still know each other, and they have received a lot of care from each other when they were young.

Seeing the mother-in-law, Jia Huan cupped his hands and said, "Didn't Mammy come here with Sister Yun? What about Sister?"

Mrs. Zhao smiled and said: "Miss is now in Zhen's house, the young master of the Zhen family welcomed the young lady into the door, and now he has met the master of the Zhen family, and the elder also recognized this daughter-in-law, but when the young lady came, he gave it to Master Baoyu. The young master brought a lot of clothes, so the master of the Zhen family sent me to bring them to you." After that, he didn't plan to let himself go back. After all, Mrs. Zhao is from the Jia family, and she doesn't care much about Shi Xiangyun. Anyway, Shi Xiangyun There were several wives brought by historians by her side, she thought that Jia Huan would not treat her badly here.

Jia Huan welcomed Mrs. Zhao into the door. Jia Baoyu saw Mrs. Zhao and got Jia Huan's explanation, so she knew: "It's a good thing that my sister has a lover now. Since you are here, stay here. There is a shortage of items, I wonder if Mammy knows how to buy them?"

Mrs. Zhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, young master. The clothes have been brought by the family's orders. Although my mother-in-law is not good at cooking, she can handle three meals." Baoyu and Jia Huan were ecstatic. Thoughtful.