Jia She's eldest son of the Red Chamber

The fastest thing to spread in this world is gossip. Jia Daishan only gave Jia Hu two shops and a box of calligraphy and painting in the morning, and the news spread throughout Jia's house in the afternoon.

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly told Mrs. Wang about this, and said aggrievedly for their brother Zhu, "Ma'am, you see, the old man really loves Brother Hu, and Brother Hu gave him two shops to practice his hands at a young age. Poor our brother Zhu is also the grandson of the second wife, let alone a shop, he doesn't even have a secondary painting, really..."

Zhou Rui's family sighed, as if they were really apologizing for their brother.

Mrs. Wang taught her a lesson, "Brother Zhu is only a few years old, and he can't control the shop if he owns it. Besides, you don't even have a brother Lian."

Even so, Mrs. Wang always feels bad. She is also a grandson, how can she be treated so poorly?

In the past, the old man favored the eldest sister-in-law. She thought that the elder sister-in-law was the head of the Rongguo Mansion, so she couldn't take it to heart. Now that she is a mother, as long as Brother Zhu is ignored a little bit, she can't bear it. .

"You can't say that." Zhou Rui's family said dissatisfied, "In addition to the shop, the old lady also gave a whole box of calligraphy and painting? Although Brother Zhu can't manage any shops right now, those calligraphy and painting are all right? Madam, you can help Brother Zhu put it away first."

Zhou Rui's family was really reluctant, she sighed, "Besides, although this painting is not worth a lot of money, it is a rare treasure. You see, the master almost ransacked the house in order to pay a gift, but he couldn't find it. How much is suitable, you have to go to the old lady's room to ask the old lady, if Brother Zhu also has it, the wife can also worry less in the future."

These words really entered Mrs. Wang's heart. Although her Wang family has a lot of wealth, including all kinds of gold, silver and jewellery, and even an automatic bell from the West, but the background is not good after all. There are really no famous paintings. Even if it is better, I don't know whether it is true or not, but it is really not as good as my elder sister-in-law in this regard.

Although Brother Zhu is young, she is bound to be like his father in the future, taking the path of a civil servant, and it is time to prepare some things, but no matter how hot-eyed she is, it is difficult to ask her father-in-law for it.

Mrs. Wang said impatiently, "Brother Zhu still has me, I, a mother, will naturally make trouble for him in the future, why panic?"

"Yes! Yes!" Zhou Rui's family quickly answered yes, but the corners of their mouths were raised slightly in disappointment.

Sure enough, not long after, Mrs. Wang asked again in a low voice, "What shop did the old man give Brother Hu?"

Zhou Rui's family had inquired clearly a long time ago, and Qin hurriedly stepped forward and replied mysteriously, "I heard it's a book shop and a rouge workshop."

"Book store and rouge workshop?" Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief. Although this book is precious, there are few people who buy it on weekdays, and they can't earn much money; Shops are better, but small fights can't make a lot of money, and they're just earning some pocket money.

"Isn't it?" Zhou Rui's family said with a little jealousy, "With these two shops, Hu Ge'er earns tens of taels of silver at least every month."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Look at your short-sightedness. It's just two worthless shops."

If it was a gold and silver shop, she might be in a hurry, but she really didn't pay attention to the book shop and the rouge workshop.

"Ma'am!" Zhou Rui's family said bitterly, "I'm worried about Brother Zhu. The old man is so partial to Brother Hu. How much will Brother Zhu get in the future? The second master is just the second son, and he won't get any in the future." How much property."

According to the laws of the Jin Dynasty, all the sons are divided equally, but most families divide according to the method of the descendant, the seven, the concubine and the three.Although the old man has the second son under his knees, the second master can't say that he can get [-]% more, but deducting the Rongguo Mansion and the sacrificial land that can only be inherited by those who conquered the noble, it is only enough to chew on the grain. There really isn't much left in Zhuge'er's hand.

"Enough!" Mrs. Wang's face darkened, and she scolded, "The more you talk, the more shameful you are, so don't hurry up."

"Yes! Yes!" Zhou Rui's family saw that Mrs. Wang was really angry, and hurriedly responded yes.

"Wait a minute!" Mrs. Wang suddenly called back Zhou Rui's family, and asked, "Where did Brother Hu go?"

Zhou Rui's family laughed and said, "Brother Hu just got a shop, and it's time to be proud. Let Lin Zhixiao's family take him to the shop to have a look."

Mrs. Wang replied noncommittally, "The old man loves the child too much, how does the child's family know how to manage the shop, you should pay attention to it, and don't cause trouble."

Zhou Rui's family understood, and said with a smile, "I understand."

As soon as Jiao Er left, Jia Hu did ask Lin Zhixiao's family to take him out on the grounds of visiting the shop, but his purpose was not just to visit the shop.

Although Jiao Er didn't reveal anything earlier, the emoji on his head had already betrayed him.

Jia Hu was worried, no wonder his father didn't come back after leaving for so long, he was afraid that something happened.

Although judging from the original book, Jia Amnesty must have returned to the capital safely in the end, but he knows that he knows that he is his own father after all, if Jia Hu can be completely at ease because of this, there will be no ghosts, so he asked the servant to take him out. On the grounds of looking at the new shop, he quietly went to a pawnshop that Madam Yang told him privately.

This pawn shop is not very eye-catching in the capital city, nor is it an industry under the name of the Zhang family. It even has nothing to do with the Zhang family on the surface, but the big shopkeeper inside is the elder brother of Madam Yang, and is also one of the Zhang family's secret businesses. First, Jia Hu didn't know about it at first, but since Mrs. Zhang fell ill, Nanny Yang struggled repeatedly, and finally told Jia Hu about this place.

Mother Yang knew very well, Zhang's illness, she didn't know how long she would be sick, and the dowry was confiscated by the old lady, it's really hard to say what will happen in the future, in case Jia Hu doesn't have enough money, it's okay Go to this pawnshop to pick it up, if it's too much, you can still get a few hundred taels of silver.

But Jia Hu didn't go there this time to withdraw money, but to ask the shopkeeper to inquire about something.

When Jia Hu got there, he didn't have to say any slogans, he just briefly mentioned his identity, and the big shopkeeper quickly asked someone to welcome Jia Hu in.

"Master Sun!" The shopkeeper cupped his hands, and asked with concern, "I don't know how Missy is?"

"My mother..." Jia Hu paused, then sighed, "It's alright for now, luckily there is Mother Yang taking care of my mother."

Others only thought that he was playing with incense candles, but in fact he took this opportunity to secretly analyze the incense poison on his mother's body. Unfortunately, due to the lack of modern technology and insufficient number of experiments, the analysis speed is extremely slow. Only a few medicinal materials and minerals were analyzed.

Of course, the most important thing is that he lacks money, so the progress of this research is really slow!

The story of the young mistress in the Rongguo Mansion has spread all over the capital, and the shopkeeper knows it well. In the end, it is just a day or a day. Most of the living dead can't even last a month, so it's hard for Young Master Sun to think about it. After finding many ways to make the young lady support her for so long, he sighed slightly, "Thank you, Young Master Sun."

"This is what Hu should do." Jia Hu said seriously.

That was his own mother, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would never give up.

"I don't know that Young Master Sun is here?" the shopkeeper asked curiously.

Jia Hu bowed heavily, "I want to ask Uncle Yang to help me find out about my father's whereabouts."

His father had been away for so long, he was already a little worried, but when he saw the facial expressions on Grandpa Jiao Er's head, he was [-]% sure that something happened to his father's place, so the second uncle dared to bully him He and Brother Lian, the two 'orphans', probably knew something about the grandfather, so Grandpa Jiao Er hurried over.

But looking at Grandpa Jiao Er's refusal to reveal the slightest word of mouth, he understood that his grandfather was deliberately targeting him. After all, he was still a child, and he didn't have his own people under his command. Although there were some servants, they were all the same as him, but These half-grown children really can't help, if they want to use the manpower left by their father, I'm afraid they won't be able to beat their grandfather.

After Jia Hu thought about it, she could only ask Uncle Yang to inquire about it.

The shopkeeper's eyes sharpened, "But what happened to my uncle?"

Based on this sentence alone, Jia Hu understood why his grandfather had deliberately retained shopkeeper Yang Da as the secret hand in Beijing, and the quickness of seeing the opportunity was indeed far superior to many people.

Jia Hu shook his head, blushing, "It's hard to say, but my father has been away for so long and there is no news at all, so I am really worried."

What can he say?You can't say you doubt what his second uncle did, can you?

The big shopkeeper pondered slightly, "Don't worry, Young Master Sun, I'll send someone to inquire immediately. I think there will be some news within a month."

Jia Hu bowed solemnly and thanked, "Please trouble Uncle Yang."

From the northeast of the capital, it would take almost a month's journey even if he rode a horse. Uncle Yang was able to find out the news within a month, which can be said to have done his best.

Now that the matter has come to this point, it is useless to worry any more, Jia Hu can only wait patiently for news.

The so-called play and do a full set, since he came out for the reason of inspecting the shop, Jia Hu also seriously inspected the second shop where his grandfather taught him to practice.

Jia Hu first visited the nearby bookstores. In modern times, bookstores can be said to be a sunset industry, but in ancient times, the operation of bookstores was not so easy.

Although ancient books are expensive, the cost of books is also high. Although there is movable type printing technology, due to many reasons, movable type printing is not popular. The cost is too high. Most of the time, the books sold by the bookstore are still handwritten books.

Therefore, although most of the bookstores will not lose money, they will not make much money. Of course, the bookstore that Jia Daishan gave to Jia Hu is no exception.

However, the location of this bookstore is very good, it just happens to be in Liulichang, relying on the convenient location, the business of this bookstore is good, but Jia Hu has looked up and down several times, and always feels that this location is used to make books It's really a waste.

Jia Hu secretly thought, in this Liulichang, it is natural to focus on antique calligraphy and paintings, but the source of the goods is a problem, and it is not easy to find reliable and discerning shopkeepers, so let's take our time.

Jia Hu thought he was inspecting the shop, but he didn't notice how weird it looked for a half-grown child like him, who was inspecting the shop in a serious manner, in the eyes of others.

This Liulichang is not only a meeting place for literati and refined scholars, naturally many princes like to have fun near Liulichang. Coincidentally, the prince also came today.

The prince's wedding is imminent, and I don't know where I heard that the daughter of the Shi family likes gold and stone antiques, so she dragged her cousin He Yu to the Liulichang to pick out gifts for the future princess, and unexpectedly met Jia Hu.

Seeing Jia Hu jumping up and down before and after the bookstore, the prince frowned slightly, "The Rongguo Mansion is in troubled times, and Jia Shezhi has not returned to the mansion yet, yet this child is still in the mood to play outside!"

Hearing the prince's displeasure, He Yu hurriedly lowered his hands, not daring to speak any more.He really didn't understand the prince, he was obviously impatient with Mr. Zhang Ge, and he was always called an old man in private on weekdays, but he cared so much about Mr. Zhang's son-in-law, which was really strange.

The crown prince glanced at Jia Hu several times, "Someone bring him up here!"

Since it hit his hand, don't blame him for being rude.