Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

After Sishifang and Fugui Embroidery Village changed their bookkeeping methods, they gradually became more formal. These two are high-end stores in the family, and they have old customers and are used to it. Jia Lu doesn't want to make a big change. Just made some small adjustments.

One day, it rained yesterday, and it was rare to see some shade. Jia Lu ordered someone to clean it up and went to the suburbs. Today, she was going to have a look at the plants from overseas to see if she could find some useful ones. .

Jia Lu sat on the carriage, looking at the vigorous wheat seedlings outside, with a little moisture from yesterday, even if she didn't know the crops, she knew that the wheat was growing well, she was happy when she saw it, and said,

"Mommy, the wheat grows well. I'm afraid this year will be a bumper harvest."

Nanny Li came along with her. She glanced at the stretch of selling fields outside and said with a smile,

"That's right. The past two years have been dry for a long time. No matter how carefully you take care of the grains, the grains are still shriveled. This year is a blessing in disguise. There was a snowfall in the winter of the previous year. The old man said that the auspicious snow heralds a good year. Sure enough. There is a reason for him, when the seeds are planted in spring, there are a few crops, and in summer, there will be crops from time to time, and it is a good year, and the old farmers can relax."

Jia Lu heard that everything she said made sense, so she said, "Mammy's words sound a little bit, could it be that Mammy has also been exposed to these things in the palace?"

Nanny Li smiled and said, "This old slave was not born to grow up in the palace. This old slave did not have this blessing. When he did not enter the palace in his early years, he was also born in a peasant family, and he also plucked weeds and planted seedlings. "

Just as they were talking and laughing, there was a rumbling sound and a shock from the carriage, and Jia Lu almost fell to the ground. Luckily, Jiao Qian held her up, but Nanny Li accidentally fell over and hit the back of her head. , endured the pain, and shouted outside,

"Do you know how to drive outside?"

After a while, a sweaty head opened the door curtain and came in, saying, "Girl, please come down first, the left wheel of the carriage has sunk into a ditch, and a stick has been broken, and it is about to be repaired. Come down first!"

Helpless, since this is the case, I can only go down first, Jiao Qian was about to support Jia Lu, but she pushed her away, and said, "I'll go down by myself, you just need to help Nanny Li."

As he spoke, he lifted the door curtain and jumped down. Jiao Qian and Nanny Li also helped him down. They looked over and found that it rained yesterday, and a deep ditch was filled with water. The coachman Thinking that the ditch was not deep, he drove through it, but sank in instead, and broke a stick on the wheel.

It's hard for Nanny Li to suffer this at such an advanced age. She rubbed the back of her head and scolded the handlebars like hell.

Apart from Nanny Li and Jiao Qian, there were five or six other men who came out with Jia Lu. These were the guards of the Ning Mansion. They didn't take a carriage, but followed on horseback. Seeing that something happened here, they hurried over to help , a few men pushed the carriage out in a short while, it was simple, but the stick in the wheel of the wheel broke, and the group of people were helpless.

After waiting for half a stick of incense, the sun gradually came up, the cloud cleared, and the moisture in the air was evaporated by the sun, and it was hot and dry, so Jia Lu and Nanny Li couldn't stand still. Living.

Fortunately, there was a village not far away, and it couldn't be called a village. There were only five or six families. There was a tea house outside the village. Several people supported each other and passed by.

When they arrived at the teahouse, Jiao Qian yelled a few times, and a yawning woman came out from behind cursing. When she saw Jia Lu and the others, her expression immediately changed, and she flattered and laughed,

"No wonder the magpies were calling this morning. It turned out that some nobles came! What do you guys eat and drink?" He said, wiping the table and stools with a dirty rag, and asked Jia Lu and the others to sit down.

Jiao Qian looked at the dirty rag in the woman's hand with a look of disgust, she took her own handkerchief as a cushion, and let Jia Lu sit, but she didn't sit down herself, so she stood aside and said to the woman,

"What can you do in this little place!"

The woman's eyes kept rolling around, looking at it from the beginning to the end. Because they were going to the Zhuangzi, they were dressed as plainly as possible, but compared with ordinary people, they still stood out from the crowd. The woman couldn't help being speechless. I have never seen such clean and light clothes, and I am not afraid that they will be torn if I use force.

It was hot, and Jia Lu was sweating all over her forehead. Nanny Li looked at her heartache, and reached out to fan her. The clothes on her wrists slipped off, revealing the golden bracelet, and her eyes widened when she saw the woman.

Seeing that she was getting more explicit, Jiao Qian coughed heavily, and said, "What are you looking at! I'm asking you something!"

The woman wiped her saliva and replied, "We have barley tea, cold water, boiling water, mung bean porridge, steamed buns, scones, and some pickled vegetables. I wonder what the nobles need?"

Nanny Li looked at the environment here, but she didn't dare to let her get anything out, for fear that she would have diarrhea if she quenched her thirst, so she told Jiao Qian,

"Go to the car and get a teapot and a few bowls. Let's boil the water and drink it ourselves."

Jia Lure's mouth was parched, and she said urgently, "Nurse, why are you boiling hot water on such a hot day, it's true that she should pour a bowl of cold water to quench her thirst."

Nanny Li refused without thinking, saying,

"Girl is obedient. You can't eat unboiled water. Who knows what's dirty in it. If you're thirsty, ask Jiao Qian to get the kettle out of the car. There's still some water in it. Just quench your thirst first."

Jiao Xi got the order and went back. Jia Lu and the others were more troublesome. Those men didn't care about it. They asked the woman to pack several pots of cold well water and a few plates of scones. They squatted on the ground and ate them. .

As soon as Jiao Qian came back, she saw a group of high-spirited people dressed as servants riding past in a hurry, rushing all the way, kicking up dust all the way, Jiao Qian originally planned to go to ask for help, but her face was covered in ashes in vain. Cursing and cursing caused everyone to burst into laughter.

This group of people flew past and ran towards the village chief behind him. Jia Lu noticed that the woman in the teahouse was so happy because she had a big customer, but when she saw them coming, she trembled and turned pale. , almost unable to stand.

Out of curiosity, I wanted to ask her to come over to ask, but unexpectedly there was a scream from the village behind me, and the woman fell to her knees on the ground with a "plop".

The guards around Jia Lu were all trained and trained by the family. When they heard the sound, they stood up, threw the food in their hands, and surrounded Jia Lu to protect them.

"I beg the master to forgive me a little more, and how many of you are there!" An old man in rough patched clothes, gray hair and beard, dark skin, and a face full of dimples knelt on the ground, prostrating, kowtowing and begging.

A wretched man with a mole on the corner of his mouth kicked the old man away and cursed,

"Old man, when we borrowed money from Liang Yuanwai last year, he said that he would pay it back after a year. You old man has delayed until this time, and you still want to delay it for another month. How can you be so shameless? !"