[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

In terms of honorary patriarch, Jia Zheng is actually not much different from Jia Amnesty.

For example, Mrs. Wang took Prince Teng Xue's family together to seize Lin Changzhou's business. Jia Zheng knew the general idea without knowing the basics. Mrs. Wang said that "the two are imperial merchants, and it is inevitable that some business contacts will collide. It's not a big deal" confused the past.

Lin Ruhai didn't even go to Jia Zheng to express his dissatisfaction with this matter, but went to Jia Mu directly.

It can be seen that Jia Zheng is basically a decoration sitting in the Rongqing Hall.

But decorations can also be angry.Now Jia Zheng is very angry.

He was not stupid. He turned around and asked Mrs. Wang: "Did you interfere with the matter of the Xue family in the past, so as to greatly offend the Lin family? Otherwise, as a man like Lin Shixiong, you would never embarrass me like this."

That's right, after just meeting, Lin Changzhou conquered Jia Zheng with his charisma, making him directly attribute the fact that the Lin family didn't give him gifts to Mrs. Wang's trouble.

The balance in my heart became more balanced: just now Lin Changzhou's attitude towards Jia Amnesty was better, it turned out that it was all about this woman.

Mrs. Wang just wanted to explain, but Jia Zheng felt that she would not tell the truth, so he went to Aunt Zhao's room.

And Aunt Zhao happened to have a basket of things waiting to be reported to Jia Zheng.

Originally, Mrs. Wang and Xue Jialin's business affairs were the truth that was circulated in a small circle among the upper class of the Jia family.Aunt Zhao's status is low, no one told her, of course she didn't know.

However, as soon as Lin Jiang's gift was delivered, everyone in the house knew about Jia Amnesty's publicity.

Aunt Zhao is good at inquiring about these things, and in just half an hour, she has mastered first-hand gossip information.

At this moment, I added some of my own imagination, and told Jia Zheng all at once: "Master, Doctor Xiao Lin and Miss Lin have lived in our house for a long time, and everyone knows that they are two very generous and courteous girls—or else the palace You can't like it so much, ask Xiao Lin to be an official, and ask Miss Lin to enter the palace to pay homage to the Queen Mother."

Aunt Zhao, who had completed the preparations, really got to the point: "Mrs. Piansheng didn't like Mrs. Min in the past, and she was mean to Miss Lin. Until her own sister, Mrs. Xue Jia, came to Beijing. Seeing that the shipping business was hot, she went back to her mother's house to talk about it." Let a group of people take away the business of the Lin family. Otherwise, how could Xiao Lin's family be so unfamiliar with our second room!"

Jia Zheng immediately believed it [-]% of the time: the main reason was that he had great confidence in himself and felt that no one would like his elder brother Jia She but not him.Then Lin Changzhou's move must be because Mrs. Wang did too much and hurt himself.

But he still wanted to reprimand Aunt Zhao: "You are not allowed to talk about your wife! Besides, when my sister was a girl at home, where did I have any disagreements with her?"

Aunt Zhao immediately said: "Master is a magnanimous person, and he can't see these trivial things at all." Immediately, she brought out the matter of Zhou Rui's family sending palace flowers, and hurried Jia Zheng to ask: "Master said, two Miss Lin is a guest girl, why shouldn't she choose the guest first? It's okay to be mean to the guest."

The main reason is that Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue never thought of giving Aunt Zhao two palace flowers back then, and she remembered it until now, and finally had the opportunity to say it.

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was annoyed: he claimed to be a man of etiquette and poetry, and he often said that there were no rules in Ningguo Mansion and the East Courtyard.

"Really? Is it true that there are only the last two flowers left to send to my niece? Is it true that Xiao Lin's doctor didn't send them directly?"

Jia Zheng couldn't believe it!Mrs. Wang is also from a big family, how can she not understand the principle of putting guests first?If he really did such an unreasonable thing, it was not just for the mean niece.

Aunt Zhao was about to swear: "My master sees it clearly, so I dare to make up my wife? There are many people who know about this, or the master will find out after calling Zhou Rui's family. It seems that the two girls don't care about it, especially Miss Lin was also considerate of the fact that the master is not good at speaking because of his uncle, so she swallowed her grievances."

"Now that the father of Imperial Physician Xiao Lin has returned to Beijing, knowing these things, can there be an ending?"

It made Jia Zheng very angry.

Aunt Zhao's heart was really distressed: I heard that the first house got a lot of treasures from the Lin family. If the second house also had them, they could get some benefits from Jia Zheng to keep for Jia Huan. Now it's good, there's nothing left.

Jia Zheng turned his head and lost his temper at Mrs. Wang, saying, "That's my sister's real daughter! You don't feel sorry for your aunt, but my uncle does!"

I was very angry with Mrs. Wang, and said in my heart: You ghost who loves you dearly!That Lin girl has been in Beijing for half a year, and she hasn't seen you ask someone to take care of her more. She passed away after meeting her once. She doesn't look like a real uncle!Now that someone has lost face, they will talk about me instead.

Unexpectedly, she did not dare to contradict Jia Zheng, for fear that Jia Baoyu would be beaten by bad luck, so she could only get angry with herself.

No matter how noisy the interior of Jia's second room was, Lin Changzhou's effect of buying horse bones with thousands of dollars was achieved.

There was Jia Amnesty to do free publicity, and then someone came to the door, and the historian was the first one: they wanted to order a few large corals of good quality from Lin Changzhou, and use them to send important ones to the peak during the Chinese New Year. relation.

The historian is one of the four families of King Xue of Jia Shi.Jia's mother was the daughter of a historian, and later married Rong Guogong.

Back then, the Jia family had two families, so the historians were naturally not as good, but now the historians are more promising than the Jia family, and they have two masters: Baoling Hou Shi Nai and Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding.

However, historians are in a special situation. Although it is good to look at titles and official positions, but the population of historians is too large. It is commonly known as "Efang Palace, three hundred miles away, cannot accommodate a history of Jinling", but this date is earlier than Jia's. If you don't follow suit, you will become poorer as you pass by.

In this generation of historians, they have to do a lot of old-fashioned ostentation. Even young ladies like Shi Xiangyun need to do some sewing by themselves. It can be seen that the family has no spare money to hire these working mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law.

At this time, the historian came to the door, and Lin Changzhou understood the hidden meaning of the historian: our family is relatively difficult, and I want to borrow some favors to get the best things with the least money.

After all, during the Chinese New Year, it is the time to make connections, and if you don’t have any money, you have to squeeze out some good things. Otherwise, if you only bring two taels of sesame oil to your boss’s house, you may lose your official position next year.

Lin Changzhou waved his hands very generously: "My younger brother Lin Ruhai and the Rongguo Mansion are relatives, and the two masters of the historian family are also relatives. They are just some overseas soil ceremonies that were brought back by chance, so we can talk about buying them anywhere."

Then he directly took the two historians, Lord Hou, to the newly tidied warehouses at the back, pointed to a room full of large coral bonsai and said: "You two Lord Hou, let's choose."

Pointing to the two biggest ones, the Jade Pen Corals, which are as tall as a person, said: "Only these two are dedicated to the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty at the New Year's Eve. Just let the boy carry it away. It would be too polite to talk about money if it’s such a small thing.”

This battle directly dazzled the eyes of the two marquises of the historian. For a moment, they even had an absurd idea: "These two titles are pawned. Flowing water, baby's joy as sand."

The historians are different from the Jia family, it is really difficult, and they will inevitably pay more attention to money matters.

Moreover, the Shijia brothers are people who understand better than the Jia family, so they accept the coral gift from Lin Changzhou, and they are very grateful.

Since you can't exchange silver, you can take what you have.

So after listening to Lin Changzhou's regret that he wanted his daughter to spend the New Year with him, Shi Taijun was reluctant to let his granddaughter go, and refused to let Daiyu go back to the mansion, so that his daughter would stay in Rongguo Mansion. Posing his chest, he said: You don't have to worry about this matter, let our family go to persuade Shi Taijun!

Not only did they take over this matter, but the two masters of the historian family were still in Xungui, and they promoted a wave of business to Lin Changzhou. He only said that the exotic goods he brought back from overseas were of good quality, and the price was fair (of course not I am Bai Qian), which is far better than the few shops selling western goods in central Beijing.

In fact, there are many families in Beijing Central Plains who want to befriend this newly released Lin Youyi envoy—not for money like the four major families, but because he has a good daughter who can cure diseases and save lives.

For those who have power, the most important thing is to live a long life and enjoy more power.Winning over a good doctor is an essential homework.

Therefore, every year during the Chinese New Year, Tai Hospital, as a "small" department whose top leader is the fifth grade, always receives a lot of gifts and is very rich.

It's just that the aristocratic family in Beijing sighed that the imperial doctor Xiaolin was a girl, lived in seclusion, and was dedicated to treating the two majesties in the palace, so it was difficult to deal with them directly, so starting with family members was the only way.

The historian's propaganda just gave the officials and eunuchs in Beijing a perfect step.

We are not going to make friends with the imperial physician's father, we are just using money to order New Year's goods!

So many years ago, Lin Changzhou received many orders.

Many people were surprisingly polite, and said very generously: It doesn’t matter if the goods brought back from the house this year are temporarily booked out, we will pay a deposit first to make a reservation for next year, so we can continue to walk around next year to deepen our relationship.

Of course, there were those who really wanted to place an order, especially Prince Shao's Mansion, who wanted to order [-] high-quality pearls of various sizes, and planned to make a pearl shirt for the princess to wear.

Princess Qiyang ordered a lot of exotic spices, and she always liked Hexiang.Another thing is to reserve some exotic birds and beasts for his son Gao Qiyu, and said: "Youyi Envoy sees some rare birds and small animals that he has never seen before, so he will bring back a few."

With the propaganda of the four major families and the face of the Prince's Palace and the Princess's Palace, Lin Changzhou was originally just a well-known merchant in several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, but in just a few days, he opened up the situation in the capital.

Even the fame, along with the coral, spread to the palace.

The emperor knows how to be a 'big filial son', and he also carried the big coral gifted to him by the Lin family to the Supreme Palace, saying only to respect his father.

When the Supreme Emperor saw the festive color thing, he also thought it was good. He looked at it for a while with his hands behind his back, and then told the emperor: "I just hope that next year the Game Envoy will bring back not only these toys, but also some gods and spirits."

This begins the assignment of work.

The emperor responded for Lin Changzhou: "Father, don't worry, when you are free in the next year, I will announce Lin Youyi to the palace, so I can give you some instructions. What the father said is very true. No matter how good these playthings are, they are all small, and they should be kept in the palace. Focus on urgent matters." In front of the Supreme Emperor, the emperor has always held high the banner of 'Long live the father, the father is wise, everything the father said is right'.

The Supreme Emperor nodded in satisfaction: "I know you were busy years ago, go ahead, but remember to take care of your body."

For the Supreme Emperor, this is already a rare warm and caring words.

The emperor retired calmly.

Suddenly, Mother Jia realized that she had become a loner.

This year, she was determined to keep Daiyu in Rongguo Mansion for the New Year: Although Daiyu lived in this mansion for half a year, Daiyu didn't have much contact with Baoyu. Meetings are rare, so that the relationship between brother and sister is not deep.

Baoyu is looking forward to seeing sister Lin every day, but Daiyu is just indifferent when seeing Baoyu.

It's completely different from the childhood sweetheart that Jia's mother was looking forward to - she also hoped that the two children would be separated, and Lin Ruhai's consent would be automatically unlocked.

See how this situation is not anxious.

It's just that Daiyu is willing to stay in Lanzhi Courtyard to read and write. Jia's mother has said many times that she will not come out, and Jia's mother can't do it.

But it’s different during the Chinese New Year, when the whole family sits at the same table, it’s a good opportunity to talk, laugh, eat and drink to enhance the relationship!

So Mother Jia decided not to let Daiyu go. She had already figured out what she would say if Lin Changzhou and his daughter made such a request.

But who would have expected that within a day or two, Lin Changzhou's father and daughter did not come, but countless other people came to speak for Daiyu's return to Lin's house for the New Year!

First, the two Madam Hou of the historian family, with the joy of saving a lot of money this year and the motivation to continue saving money in the future, quickly came to the door and showed eighteen kinds of martial arts to persuade Jia Mu, only saying that the same surname is the same family, There is no reason not to let the Lin family celebrate the new year.

It wasn't until Jia's mother was persuaded that her complexion became ugly, and the two Madam Hou had to leave the stage as juniors, and returned home in defeat.

Later, when Mrs. Wang Ziteng came to pay New Year's greetings, she was entrusted by Sister Feng to talk about it: "The two Miss Lin have a very good relationship, and I have to worry about leaving one and the other, so it's better to let them go home together. What? The old lady said that there is no wife over there to handle the New Year's affairs?"

Mrs. Wang Ziteng is not from the Shi family, and she still counts on the Jia family for her wealth. She spoke more directly: "Oh, these two girls are both thirteen or fourteen years old, and they are so capable. Could it be that they are still in their own family?" Can you be wronged? The old lady is too worried."

"Besides, you have raised your granddaughter for more than half a year. It is time for Miss Lin to go back and take care of the New Year's affairs, so that everyone in the capital will look at Miss Lin's ability. She can talk about New Year's events at a young age. The old lady is well educated."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng's words made Jia's mother unable to answer.

Not to mention, all the wives and grandmothers who came here actually persuaded Jia's mother, and they couldn't even think about the years of persuading Shi Taijun!

Except for outsiders, Mother Jia did not expect that even her own family would be a traitor: Mrs. Xing looked at the gleaming pearl coral, thinking about the benefits in the future, she forgot her fear of her mother-in-law, so she bravely dared to do so. Just come up.

"Although I love the girl as an aunt, I also know that I can't be happy in my grandfather's house. What does the old lady think?"

The old lady felt that she wanted the daughter-in-law to shut up!

Mother Jia felt extremely tired. For the first time, she felt a sense of powerlessness despite being betrayed by everyone in this mansion.

It turns out that prestige in this world cannot be overwhelmed by interests. Lin Changzhou and his daughter don't come to her to beg for persuasion, but the reputation they have earned with money and medical skills has created a way for her to bow her head.

She wouldn't come to break up with her at all!

Mother Jia didn't want to agree, but if she didn't agree, she would become the target of public criticism.

She could imagine that if she insisted on going her own way and insisted on keeping Daiyu, those relatives would discuss her inhumanity in private and wonder what else to arrange for the Rongguo Mansion.If he only wanted to stay with Daiyu for a new year, he would hurt the Rongguo Mansion and his own reputation, and the loss outweighed the gain.

Mother Jia's last effort was to call Daiyu, trying to persuade Daiyu herself that as long as she was willing to stay, others would just shut up.

She took Daiyu's hand: "Yu'er, are you willing to stay in the mansion for the New Year?"

Daiyu would not put on airs at this time, and only said to Jia Mu: "Grandmother loves me, I know it in my heart. But grandma thinks, uncle has been wandering overseas all year round, and this year he finally came back to Beijing. If only one person is at home Wouldn’t it be bleak to celebrate the New Year? And if only Sister Jiang goes back, the two of us will feel sorry for each other—we’ve all been watching the New Year together these years, and no one has left the other behind.”

Mother Jia let out a long sigh and began to cry, trying to impress Daiyu with her grief: "Of course what you said was true, but when your mother was around, she always stayed with me during the New Year. Now I look at you..."

Daiyu didn't want Jia's mother to mention her mother at this time, but she was not sad but chilled.

So it was rare to interrupt Jia Mu's words: "Grandmother, don't be sad, I will come back during the Lantern Festival, and stay with grandma for my mother."

Of course they had to come back. Lin Changzhou planned to go to work after the seventh day and continue to go to sea. At that time, there was no one in Lin's house, so they just came back.

Sure enough, saying this was the last straw for Jiamu, thinking that since Daiyu was willing to come back for the Lantern Festival, that's all.

The children who were not forced to stay had grudges in their hearts, so they had no choice but to let go.

So far, Lin Changzhou has successfully picked up the two girls from the Rongguo Mansion calmly.

After Daiyu returned to the Lin family's house, Lin Jiang took her to see what Lin Changzhou had brought back, the really good things.

In fact, corals, pearls, etc., are especially liked by families that are gradually declining, such as Rongguo Mansion and Shijia.

After all, they gradually became poor. In the Rongguo Mansion, Sister Feng, who is in charge of the family, began to rack her brains to find ways to save money. The Shi family’s wives and grandmas all made their own needles and threads, so that they can save money. Naturally, they are happy to see these hard currencies-the lack of money Sometimes, if you put these in pawn shops outside, or sell them directly, you can cash them in large quantities, which can make up for your family's expenses.

But Dazhou was rich and vast, and for the royal family and those top nobles, even the best coral pearl oysters were just bigger decorations, and it was fine to put them on for two days.

For example, in Prince Shao's Mansion, there are countless bonsai screens of various colors that cannot fit in the warehouse. If there are too many of these things, they are all the same to him.

Therefore, the things that Lin Changzhou gave to the Rongguo Mansion were all very decent gifts when they were given, but it was another kind of Western goods that really made the officials love them so much that they scrambled to catch up with them for their daily use.

Rare things are the most precious, and the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have many official exchanges with Western countries, so all kinds of exquisitely crafted glass products, handle mirrors, Western mechanism boxes, Western wine tokens, perfumes, glasses, etc. The "foreigner gadgets" that just entered the Great Week in [-] are very fresh, and they are the favorites of the dignitaries to collect goods that show their status.

For example, Jia Baoyu regards a self-propelled boat from the West as a precious thing. He is the only one in the Rongguo Mansion. It was specially reserved for Baoyu.

Lin Changzhou brought back a whole boatload of these Western gadgets that were newly popular among the top wealthy families in Dazhou, and he took back [-] of the Western hand mirrors that Guang Jingzhong ordered everyone to play with in their hands!

He is well-informed and has good aesthetics. He chooses gorgeous and colorful styles that are not ostentatious. This kind of high-end exotic style is what the noble ladies in Beijing value most.

For this reason, he also tidied up several rooms in the old house, specially made big locks, and turned into several impregnable small warehouses.

Depending on the storage posture, the corals and other objects placed all over the ground are not of the same specification.

Lin Jiang was stunned at the first sight: "You are really my own father, you bought me so much goods."

Lin Changzhou nodded with his hands behind his back: "I thought that you have been in Beijing for half a year, and you have some favors to leave, so I prepared some gifts for you."

Lin Jiang nodded deeply.

In fact, since she came to the capital, she has received help from many people, especially Mrs. Wu's family who stood up to support her during the team battle of Mrs. Jingzhong, and before she entered the palace and obtained the official certification of the Supreme Emperor, the public opinion was the most difficult When she was young, those relatives, friends and old friends of the Lin family who spoke for her.

Lin Jiang always remembers these people's timely help in his heart.

It can also be seen from this that Lin Jiang and Daiyu can get along well because they have the same temper and they both remember others' kindness to them.

Perhaps for Mrs. Wu, it was enough that Lin Jiang was willing to treat her and save her from suffering.

But Lin Jiang always felt that when she saw a doctor for others, these wives also gave a very generous consultation fee, which can be regarded as a doctor's registration and payment of the consultation fee.

After that, I will speak for her again, mainly to bear the pressure of Mrs. Jing Pai to speak for her, which is a favor in a timely manner.So I always want to send some gifts to these ladies individually in my own name to express my gratitude.

It's just that the wives who spoke for her were all from prominent families, especially Princess Shao, who probably didn't lack anything. Lin Jiangjiu worried about giving something to show her sincerity.

Unexpectedly, when the system's father came back, he immediately solved this problem for her.

Daiyu was also taken aback when she saw Uncle Lin's generous wholesale purchases.

Lin Jiang asked Daiyu to choose first: "Sister chooses the one she likes first, and leaves it for herself to play. The rest..."

Lin Jiang sighed, and let out a sigh of Versailles: I worry about having too much money, how to allocate it will really take a lot of effort.

So throughout the afternoon, Lin Jiang and Daiyu had no choice but to suspend sorting out the medical books. According to the list of registered goods brought back by Lin Changzhou, they began to organize things by category, thinking about which ones to give away during this New Year's Eve, and which ones can be kept for later. Also useful.

It was busy until dinner time in the evening.

Daiyu asked Nanny Xia to go to the front yard to ask if Lin Changzhou was having dinner at the mansion at night.

Nanny Xia came back soon and said with a smile: "Master has to go out early to entertain, and just let the girls have a good meal at the mansion. You can eat whatever you want."

Lin Jiang clapped his hands: "It's just right, set up the barbecue stove that my father brought back from overseas, and let's have barbecue."