The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

"The old ancestors don't need to worry. Since they are here, they will not stay for a few days and leave. There will be plenty of time in the future. My sister is weak. I'm afraid I will disturb you if I live with you. It's better to ask her to go with her mother. Lixiangyuan is just a few steps away from here, and it is very convenient to arrive as soon as you call."

"That's the reason. This return has already caused a lot of trouble for the manor. If she can make this girl trouble you again, that daughter will be very unfilial." Jia Min said politely with a smile.

Jia Mu took Jia Min's hand, pretending to be angry and said: "Look at you girl, what trouble is there, you are my daughter, this is your own home, there is nothing troublesome, let me see who dares to say that! "

"Mother—" Jia Min called out coquettishly.

Mother Jia gave a happy "Ai" and took Jia Min into her arms, telling her that it was not easy for her darling.

Baoyu regained his strength at this moment, smiled and said to Jia Min: "That's right, aunt, why bother to be heretics, let my sister stay with my ancestors, and I can be a company, so we can take care of each other. She just I can't make trouble with the old lady if I stay in the green gauze closet, I'll just move outside."

Jia Mu happily listened to Baoyu's suggestion, and was about to nod, but Jia Lian spoke first.

"You talk too much, but I've never seen you so diligent when you were studying. Your sister is a guest, and she will toss you out as soon as she comes, how can she feel better?"

When Baoyu heard that Jia Lian had mentioned reading again, he held his mouth shut, and stopped talking in embarrassment, and stood obediently beside Jia Mu with his head down.

Mother Jia looked at Jia Lian helplessly, even if she had something in her stomach, it was not easy to argue at the moment, "Forget it, let it be, it's up to you." Mother Jia urged Jia Lian to leave quickly, then turned her head and complained to Jia Min with a smile, " He counts what he says in this family, and we can't beat him."

"Lian'er is really a filial and thoughtful child. My mother has such a grandson, which is really enviable. It's not like me, but I have a son after all..." Jia Min was afraid that Jia's mother would change her mind after Jia Lian left. , then diverted Jia Mu's attention by exposing the scar.

Mother Jia really didn't mention the place of residence anymore, she took Jia Min's hand to comfort her, shed a few tears, and persuaded her for a long time, then ordered someone to help Jia Min to rest.

In just a few hours, the interior of Lixiangyuan has been completely refurbished, even the cushions and quilts have been doubled.Now it's early autumn, and it's already cool, Jia Lian specially ordered someone to fetch two fox fur blankets from the storeroom and bring them over.

When she was resting in the evening, Daiyu put on her clothes and naughty ran to sit beside her mother's bed, wanting to chat with her.Fearing that she would catch a cold, Jia Min hurriedly pulled her into the bed, and the mother and daughter huddled in the bed and whispered together.Tell me about what you have seen and heard in Rongfu today, talk about Jiamu, sister Sanchun, Baoyu, and the uncles and aunts of the two rooms.

Daiyu had a good impression of Baoyu at first, and she also had a feeling of deja vu.I thought it was fate, but later seeing that his second elder brother in Lian was afraid of being like that, and he didn't like to study and work hard, so he felt a little cowardly and incompetent.

"Second Brother Lian treats people very well, and what he said is very reasonable. I don't understand why he looks unwilling and dissatisfied. By the way, the second aunt also said that he is a demon king who just loves to be with his sisters in the back house. You bastard, tell me to stay away from her, are you serious?"

Speaking of Mrs. Wang, Jia Min lowered her eyes, and after a moment of silence, she sighed and touched Daiyu's face, "Your second aunt's words are not modest, seriously. Alas, it was my mother who was confused before, right and wrong. I don't know. This family will still be supported by your second elder brother Lian."

"Second brother Lian is really powerful, different from ordinary people." Daiyu's eyes lit up when Jia Lian was mentioned, and she jumped out of bed to look at her small sarong, "Today I always feel that the color of the end of the cocoon has changed, and the butterfly inside It seems to be breaking out of the cocoon."

"Don't be naughty, come and sleep quickly, if you really break out of the cocoon, you will be able to see butterflies when you get up early tomorrow." Jia Min laughed.

Daiyu nodded with a smile, and slipped into bed with a burst of cool air.Jia Min hurriedly hugged her into his arms, "You child, you have always been quiet and stable, but since your Lian's second brother went to Yangzhou, you have become a bit mischievous."

Daiyu smiled at Jia Min, "Not really, the second elder brother taught me many principles of life, I respect him very much."

Jia Min smiled and scratched Daiyu's nose, "Your second brother is indeed a promising person, and we, Daiyu, will definitely marry a particularly promising person in the future."

"I don't want to marry, I want to stay with my mother all the time." Daiyu smiled sweetly into a crescent shape, and leaned into Jia Min's arms, suddenly her nose became a little sore, "Mother, you are in better health, the journey has been tiring. , you must be tired, right?"

"It's okay, Xu is too eager to go back to her mother's house, so I don't feel anything about my body. After more than 20 years, I finally came back. I am really happy to see my old mother." Jia Min hugged Daiyu, He comforted her to sleep quickly, and then she closed her eyes and fell asleep happily.

On the second day, Daiyu got up early, and she saw a beautiful fluorescent blue butterfly in the sarong, fluttering its wings, it was so beautiful.Daiyu took Jia Min to admire it joyfully, happy with the achievement of 'breaking the cocoon into a butterfly', and let the butterfly fly.Daiyu still smiled and ran after the butterfly for a while before stopping panting.

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Because of Jia Min's arrival, Mrs. Wang's confinement was temporarily canceled. After all, family ugliness cannot be publicized. Besides, when guests come to the house, Dali and the family should have fun together.

Mrs. Wang felt that this was an opportunity for her to perform well. The next morning, Mrs. Wang came to pay her respects to Jia's mother, and took the initiative to ask Jia Min to see a doctor.

"I've already asked someone to send a message to the palace. I asked Yuan Chun to help recommend one, and I'll show it to my sister, mother and daughter, and take care of it."

Mother Jia nodded, and finally there was a little more appreciation in the eyes of Mrs. Wang when she looked at Mrs. Wang, "It's hard for you to have a heart."

Mrs. Wang said politely: "This is what it should be. Even if it takes some effort, it's worth the trouble for my sister. As long as she can be cured, it's nothing if we work hard."

Jia Mu's appreciation for Mrs. Wang became more and more obvious. Just as she was about to praise her, Jia Lian sent Feng'er to tell Jia Mu that the chief imperial doctor invited from the palace would arrive tomorrow. .

"The chief physician? But the most famous imperial physician in the capital, Imperial Physician Zhang?" Jia Mu opened her eyes excitedly, and after confirming Feng'er's nod, her eyes were full of excitement, "How dare you?" Well, no doctor in the world can compare to him."

Mrs. Wang was sitting on the side, her face was filled with a smile of achievement and pride, which suddenly froze.She lowered her head in embarrassment, pretending to drink tea, but her whole face was extremely dark, and she gritted her teeth so hard that they were numb while drinking tea.

It's Jia Lian again, ruining her good deed!hateful!

When Jia Min came, Mother Jia happily told her about it, and said that by the way, she would take a good look at Daiyu's illness. "If you come back this time, if you can recover from your illness, I will miss you all these years. If you go back again, my wife will be able to relax."

Jia Min: "It's hard for her second elder brother, Lian, to bother so much. He just came back, and he handled the matter so properly without delay. But I don't know how he invited that doctor Zhang. I heard that the adult is very noble. My lord, except for the overlord, empress dowager, emperor and other members of the royal family, no one else will see the doctor, it's hard to get a lot of money!"

Jia Mu glanced at Mrs. Wang, sent away the rest of the idlers in the house, and whispered to Jia Min: "There is one thing you may not know. Jia Lian's child is thoughtful and doesn't like to tell others about things. Even his father and second uncle I don’t even know. You’re different, so I’ll just tell you.”

Jia's mother listened to her, and quietly told about Jia Lian's work to raise military rations for the fourth prince.

When Jia Min heard about it, she was very shocked: "I didn't expect him to have such a chance and ability. Sure enough, as his uncle expected, he is a very talented person comparable to others. The old lady is very lucky, such a good grandson holds a lantern But I can't find it!"

"Exactly. In the past, I thought he was ignorant, didn't know how to study hard, and was just like his father all day long. I thought it would be fine to ask him to manage the house and manage the village. But never Thinking, this kid actually came up with his own way of farming, and he really grew flowers out of the land. This spring, he just used a few pots of peonies, and he made friends with many famous people. It's just that the prime minister didn't get to know him well." Mother Jia boasted happily about her grandson.

Jia Min smiled and nodded in agreement: "If you ask me, the Prime Minister's place will be here soon."

Mrs. Wang hadn't left yet, she sat silently on the side laughing, listening to what they had to say.I prefer to wonder what the content of the words that their mother and daughter whispered, seems to be sure about Jia Lian, what is the big deal, makes the old lady favor Jia Lian again and again, and even makes Lin Ruhai and Jia Min both Both compliments.

What did Jia Lian do that she didn't know about?

This year, Jia Lian did make friends with some people because of a few pots of peonies, but they were all casual 'flower friends', so there would be no real interests involved.The fact that the fourth prince presented flowers did cause quite a stir, but the relationship between him and the fourth prince is probably nothing more than a pot of flowers.After all, Jia Lian is not promising, and he is not an official. The fourth prince who is busy with official duties in the Ministry of Household Affairs does not need to try to win him over.

But how did this chief physician come here?A mere Jia Lian, how did he invite him?

Mrs. Wang was full of doubts, and she was about to break her head, but she still couldn't figure it out.She was very curious, but couldn't open her mouth to ask. It was obvious that Mother Jia didn't want to reveal this matter to her.

"By the way, you don't need to bother with the imperial doctor you invited earlier." Jia Mu and Jia Min chatted for a long time before remembering what Mrs. Wang said earlier. After greeting Mrs. Wang, she didn't care about Mrs. Wang. How to respond, he turned his head away, took Jia Min's hand and continued to chat enthusiastically.The mother and daughter have not seen each other for more than [-] years, and there are always endless things to talk about, and even more endless memories.

Daiyu was playing with the Sanchun sisters on the side. Jia Lian prepared a lot of gadgets from the south and handed over the assignment to Daiyu.After Daiyu delivered a few batches of things, the relationship with the sisters suddenly became much closer.Xing Xiuyan was also there, and Daiyu got along very well with her and Yingchun.

Mrs. Wang had nowhere to go and nothing to do, and she wanted to show off in front of Jia Mu, so she just sat there with Jia Mu for a whole day.But this day passed him very uncomfortable, in addition to envy, jealousy and hatred, he was full of resentment.However, these grievances are suppressed and there is nowhere to vent them. Sitting there with a smirk and suffering, this day is not as comfortable as the days of confinement in the east of the mansion.

Besides, Mrs. Xing, after saying hello in the morning, she was busy with housekeeping. When she came in the afternoon, she brought a lot of fruits from the south to share with everyone.

"These are all brought over from Lian'er's boat. They taste very good. Try them quickly."

Seeing that Madam Wang was there, Mrs. Xing said specially: "I know you are still here, so I won't order someone to take it over so much trouble, and just send it to you directly."

"It's not a rare thing, it's nothing important." Mrs. Wang looked at the fruit at hand, and depressedly picked up the tea at hand and drank it.

Mrs. Xing squinted at her, smiled, ignored her, and ran to join Jia Min and Jia's mother in their chat.Mrs. Wang was just dumbfounded, occasionally laughing in agreement with them, but most of the time she was in a daze, feeling that she couldn't get in.Later, when people were not paying attention, I picked a piece of fruit and put it in my mouth.I found that the taste was not bad, so I ate two more pieces in a row.Later, when Mrs. Xing was about to leave, she had already eaten half of the plate of cut fruits.Mrs. Wang also got up quickly, and left with Mrs. Xing.

Mother Jia saw that she couldn't say much when she stayed here all day, and it was disappointing to talk a few words, so she told her to rest in the house tomorrow and don't bother their mothers and daughters.

Mrs. Wang nodded sullenly.

After leaving, Mrs. Wang saw Mrs. Xing standing at the gate of the courtyard vigorously ordering the servant girl to do things.Mrs. Wang suddenly remembered the scenery when she was a housekeeper. At that time, she was a hundred times more refreshing than the current Xing family.But now, she has fallen into the embarrassing situation that the Xing family had in the past... Once upon a time, I was extremely contemptuous of the Xing family, and I never took it into my eyes, but now I am not even as good as her.

"Yo, younger siblings have come out too." Mrs. Xing said with a smile.

Mrs. Wang still didn't like Xing's behavior, she nodded slightly.

Mrs. Xing turned her head and told Wang Shanbao's family to bring more fruits to Mrs. Wang.

"That's not necessary. Just now I was just sitting idle and bored and forced to talk. There is no need to be so troublesome." Mrs. Wang said embarrassingly and shyly, and then hurried away clutching her handkerchief.

Mrs. Xing didn't answer. Seeing that Wang Shanbao's family was still hesitating, she insisted: "I see that she really likes food, you go and tell Lian'er to share more with her."

With a promise from Wang Shanbao's family, he quickly went to send the things to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was sitting alone in the house feeling angry, when she suddenly saw Wang Shanbao's family come to deliver fruit, she frowned and said: "I said earlier that I don't need it, why did your wife still deliver it?"

"The eldest lady said that you really like food, so I'm afraid you'll be too polite." Wang Shanbao's family hunched over, looking humble, but with a hint of disdain in his tone.

Mrs. Wang was even angrier, but she couldn't beat and scold the person who came to deliver the things, and sent Wang Shanbao's family to leave quickly with a slap in the face.

Wang Shanbao's family agreed to go out, and when they walked a few feet away, they curled their lips and muttered disdainfully: "If you like to eat, you will love to eat, and you still put on airs, and you don't know how to say thank you for taking things from others. It's really amazing." nausea."

This happened to be heard by Caixia who came out of Jia Huan's house, and she went to learn it from Mrs. Wang.Madam Wang was so angry that she overturned a large plate of fruit and trampled it to pieces.The maidservants in the room were embarrassed for a while, and waited for Mrs. Wang to calm down before going up to comfort her.Mrs. Wang raised her hand and slapped Jin Chuan, cursing: "Is it because you laugh at me and don't know how to serve you wholeheartedly? Seeing that I am annoyed, but hide aside and watch the excitement, it's embarrassing to you! "

In a word, no one in the room dared to make a sound.When Mrs. Wang entered the back room, everyone tidied up the ground in grievance.In the evening, when the masters rested, a few maidservants quietly gathered a table of side dishes in the kitchen to celebrate Jin Chuan's birthday, complaining while eating.It just so happened that Mrs. Zhao in the kitchen left something behind and came back to pick it up. After hearing about it outside, she went back and learned it for her men.Her men are working as consuls under Jia Lian's name, so they taught this to the people in the second room.

The popularity of the second room is not high enough, once it spreads to ten, ten spreads to a hundred, within three days, everyone in the Rong Mansion will know the scandal of Mrs. Wang throwing fruit and beating the maidservants.

The so-called wall is falling and everyone is pushing, and Mrs. Wang is out of power. Naturally, some people she offended before took the opportunity to make trouble, and they told Jia Mu about it.After Jia Mu heard this, she couldn't summon Mrs. Wang to reprimand her for this matter. She just swears a few words by herself, sighing that Mrs. Wang is not as good as before, and she doesn't know the general idea.

Jia Min was there at the time, and said a few words of relief.

Daiyu listened carefully and wrote it down.

On this day, Baoyu couldn't go to school because of his stomach upset again, so he went to Lixiangyuan to look for Daiyu.But Daiyu was not there, she was playing chess with Sister Sanchun and Xing Xiuyan in the Baosha where Mrs. Xing lived.Baoyu ran there again to find Daiyu.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, a woman quietly went out to inform Mrs. Xing.Mrs. Xing didn't dare to offend Baoyu, which caused Jia's mother to scold her, so she hurriedly sent someone to inform Jia Lian.

Jia Lian just came back from Zhuangzi, when he heard about it, he came here directly.As soon as Baoyu entered the room to greet Daiyu, he heard someone outside shouting, "Second Master Lian is here."Baoyu was so frightened that he immediately hid behind the house. The sisters in the house covered their mouths and laughed, telling him that hiding was useless.

Daiyu also covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, watching coldly.

Jia Lian didn't enter the house, but told her mother-in-law to call Baoyu.As soon as the mother-in-law entered the door, she didn't see anyone, but when she saw the girls glanced at one place, she knew that it was the second master Bao.

The mother-in-law walked behind the curtain, saluted Second Master Bao, and said loudly, "Second Master Bao, Second Master Lian is waiting for you outside!"

Baoyu walked out a few steps awkwardly, looked at the sisters, and finally his eyes stayed on Daiyu for a long time. When he walked slowly to the door, he turned around and walked up to Daiyu, telling her: "I'll go Just come, you wait for me."

As soon as Baoyu left, the middle-aged girls in the room burst into laughter.

Tan Chun said: "Aside from seeing my father, I've never seen him be afraid of anyone like this. Sure enough, the eldest brother is like a father!"

Yingchun also smiled: "He's more honest than me just now."

Xichun nodded in agreement.

Xing Xiuyan only smiled faintly, as an outsider, it was hard for her to say anything.The same is true for Daiyu, she just smiled on the face, but she has her own calculations in her heart.

Outside the courtyard, Jia Lian stared at Baoyu with his hands behind his back.

Baoyu lowered her head in embarrassment, and glanced away, but she dared not look directly at her second cousin.

"Why didn't you go to school again?" Jia Lian asked.

Baoyu held back his mouth: "I have a stomachache today, and I asked for leave with my husband."

"Stomach pain again?" Jia Lian asked softly, seeming to be very concerned about Baoyu's body.

Baoyu hesitated, then nodded.Suddenly, a pair of cold hands touched her forehead. Baoyu was startled, and looked at Jia Lian with wide eyes in horror.Jia Lian was looking into Baoyu's eyes with great 'concern', with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, like a spring breeze blowing on his face.

Baoyu was infatuated for a while, sniffling his nose pitifully, and said to Jia Lian, "Second Brother Lian, I really didn't fool you. I feel sick to my stomach this morning. The old lady lives with me. Did I stay?" Going to school was approved by her old man."

"She doesn't agree with what you say." Jia Lian's words made Baoyu speechless.

Baoyu was really angry in his heart. After a while of silence, Jia Lian didn't see Jia Lian letting him go, and suddenly shed tears of grievance: "I'm just sick. Second brother Lian doesn't believe me. What can I do? Besides, second brother Lian, you There are so many things to be busy, why worry about my study, my father is not as concerned as you!"

"So?" Jia Lian looked at him coldly.

Baoyu was stunned, "What...so?"

"You don't want me to control you?" Jia Lian continued to question.

Baoyu: "No...no."

Seeing that Baoyu dodged his gaze, Jia Lian was obviously guilty and said with a sneer, "Okay, very good, you know how to talk back and refute me. In fact, I don't want to control you, I just care about your body. If I remember correctly, you You had a stomachache three days ago, and you were always uncomfortable in the days before I went to Yangzhou. You can't go on like this, you need to take good care of yourself."

"So that's the case! Second brother, don't worry. I know my body. I'll take a rest. There's nothing serious about it. Then second brother, I'll go and play with my sisters first." Baoyu really thought that Jia Lian was worried about his body. Suddenly heaved a sigh of relief, said goodbye to Jia Lian happily, and turned around to meet Daiyu eagerly.

"Stop." Jia Lian's face suddenly became solemn, "Since you said that you need a rest because of stomachache, then go back and have a good rest, so as not to delay tomorrow's schoolwork. Xing'er, send Second Master Bao back."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, there was no doubt about it, and he turned around and left.Baoyu had no choice but to be 'invited' away by Xing'er.

At this time, the Sanchun sisters were still betting in the house. Except for Tanchun, everyone else said that Baoyu would not come back.Sure enough, everyone waited for a long time, but Baoyu really didn't come back.

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Baoyu was not happy to see Daiyu, and the next day he still pretended to have a stomachache and asked Jia Mu for leave, saying that the cold food yesterday aggravated the stomachache.Mother Jia felt sorry for him, so she allowed him not to go to school.

Baoyu pretended to lie down in the green gauze cupboard for a while, and was just about to say "OK" to find Daiyu when she heard a message from outside the house.In a short time, Zhou Rui's family came with an old doctor with gray hair.