The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Mentioning Jia Zheng, Zhou Qingyuan couldn't help but think of Rongguo Mansion and Jia Lian, and his teeth itch with hatred.But he knew that Jia Zheng and Jia Lian were not top-notch, Jia Zheng was Lilan Yuanzhi, a noble and clean person, he was different from Jia Lian, a half-farmer who couldn't read.

Zhou Qingyuan warmly welcomed Jia Zheng with his hands. When he saw Jia Zheng, he excitedly held his hands and asked Jia Zheng to sit down. He ordered him to serve the best tribute tea.

Jia Zheng was in a good mood after receiving Zhou Qingyuan's warm hospitality.After drinking tea and the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Jia Zheng comforted Zhou Qingyuan not to be depressed, "My nephew Jia Lian is a freak, with an even more tricky and eccentric temperament, full of tricks. You, you are too impulsive!"

"I don't know—" Zhou Qingyuan looked at Jia Zheng with apprehension, shut his mouth, and didn't dare to continue. After all, Jia Lian was his nephew, and it seemed inappropriate to say that his nephew was bad in front of his uncle.

"You can do whatever you want, I hate him more than you do." Jia Zheng's face suddenly darkened, with resentment showing between his brows.

Zhou Qingyuan realized that Jia Zheng was on the same side as himself, and he finally had a trustworthy support in his heart. He moved to Jia Zheng's side, and began to criticize Jia Lian for all kinds of wrongdoings.From the beginning when he was arrogant and arrogant when he first joined the household department, all kinds of incidents and dissatisfaction were detailed one by one.

Jia Zheng's mouth was not idle, starting from the time he reprimanded Jia Lian, he was cut off his meat and vegetables to retaliate, one after another, they intensified the conflict between the second wife and the first wife, and finally reached the point of completely irreconcilable mutual hatred.

Zhou Qingyuan found that the two of them were getting more and more speculative, and they couldn't just chat, so he ordered people to set up a table of small wines, and they condemned with Jia Zheng while drinking.

"To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that there is an old lady who needs to be filial, I really wish I could move out of that house immediately. Brother Zhou, do you think the place I live is still called home?" Jia Zhengyou drank a glass of wine, his face red , shaking his body, it seems that he has drunk too much wine.

"No, your place is not home at all, it's a devil's lair! Compared to this, I'm better off. I only meet him occasionally in the household department on weekdays, and I can hide if I get bored. You can't, you have to deal with this devil every day, It's terrible!" Zhou Qingyuan pursed his lips, feeling a bit pitiful for Jia Lian.

Jia Zhengyi sighed and nodded: "That's right. I'm afraid no one will believe what happened in my family in the past two years. I'm a good scholar, but I can't match a farmer who doesn't know a lot of characters. This Life is still unreasonable, I was afraid that it would be difficult for my old lady, so I let them over and over again, but I didn't expect them to put on the nose, and now they are getting more and more insatiable."

"Cun Zhou, when dealing with this kind of villain, you can't be soft-hearted, and you can't use your gentleman's heart, otherwise you will definitely be defeated. Look at me now, it's a good example!" Zhou Qingyuan said indignantly.

Jia Zheng hurriedly echoed: "That's the reason, I also understand."

"I can't afford to offend Jia Lian. Now that I've been demoted to a commoner, not to mention I don't have my part in the court, even if I'm at home, I guess I won't even have the right to speak in the future. Once the success is on the verge of failure." , I will not be able to turn over for the rest of my life!"

"That's not necessarily the case. Even the king of Beijing Jing said that Mr. Zhou was wronged for a while. You must have caused the emperor's jealousy with that sentence, so you had bad luck. After a while, your lord's bad luck will be gone, and the emperor will miss you." For your kindness, you will naturally be reinstated."

"Really? The lord really said that?" Zhou Qingyuan asked excitedly. He had only one hope left. No matter whether the lord said it seriously, he could only choose to believe it.

"Of course, I'm here today, one is to see you and greet old friends; the other is to convey this message. So don't worry!" Jia Zheng patted the comforted Zhou Qingyuan on the shoulder, cheerfully Goodbye.

After returning to the mansion, he sent a servant to deliver a message to the prince, and he went straight to Mrs. Wang's room. The couple chatted briefly, and Jia Zheng lost his patience.

Mrs. Wang is bound by the curse of Dafang Jia Lian every day, and the content of her daily conversations is naturally three sentences that are not far from Dafang, and her emotions are either jealous or angry.Jia Zheng was naturally annoyed seeing her like this every day.

After "showing respect" to Mrs. Wang, Jia Zheng went to Aunt Zhao's room, intending to rest in her room.It happened that when Jia Huan came back from school, Jia Zheng saw that the child was looking more and more upright, and he stood upright, sat upright, and his speech and behavior showed self-cultivation and politeness.

Looking at Huanxi, Jia Zheng suddenly remembered that when he was a young man, he greeted Jia Huan with a smile to come over and test his two knowledge.In the past, Jia Zheng basically didn't care about the knowledge of the concubine. After all, the difference between the concubine and the concubine was like a cloud and mud. In addition, Jia Huan was raised in front of Aunt Zhao, so he was naturally petty.Jia Zheng didn't intend to put high hopes on him at all, so naturally it didn't matter what he was studying.It was already his limit to be able to remember to ask in five or six months.

Jia Zheng was interested today, and he liked Jia Huan because he was smart and upright.After asking two simple questions, Jia Huan answered them calmly.Jia Zheng asked two more rare questions, and answered them both.

Aunt Zhao laughed and praised Jia Huan for being motivated and eager to learn, and praised Jia Huan for studying like his elder brother Jia Zhu.

Jia Zheng smiled, nodded perfunctorily, thinking of Jia Zhu, his heart sank, and he couldn't help but think of Baoyu, his other son-in-law.Jia Huan is a bastard, but he can still be dignified and calm, with quick thinking.But Baoyu and Da Jiahuan's age, he is a dignified son, and his behavior is not as good as that of a young concubine.

Jia Zheng was dissatisfied with Baoyu, very dissatisfied.

Aunt Zhao is still praising Jia Huan, "Sir, everyone said that with Huan'er's current situation, if she studies hard for three to five years, she will be able to enter school."

Jia Zheng came back to his senses, smiled and patted Jia Huan's head, "That's more promising than his elder brother. His eldest brother Zhu entered school at the age of 14, and he has already been praised by others."

Aunt Zhao said yes beamingly, and hugged Jia Huan happily in her arms, feeling very proud.This child was brought up by her, and it is also due to her that she is able to make such a progress today.However, the greatest credit goes to Second Master Lian, if he hadn't invited a good gentleman to teach Huan'er and Cong'er, Huan'er would not be where he is today.

"I should really thank Second Master Lian!" Aunt Zhao was so happy that she muttered what was in her heart.

Jia Zheng's eyes widened suddenly, and the smile on his face disappeared, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"No, nothing." Aunt Zhao looked away, not daring to look at Jia Zheng.She knew that Jia Zheng hated the big house and was even more afraid of the second master Lian, so she dared not talk nonsense anymore.

Jia Zheng grabbed Aunt Zhao's wrist, "Speak clearly."

"Second Master Lian was kind enough to hire a teacher to teach Cong'er and Huan'er, nothing else." Aunt Zhao said timidly.

Jia Zheng shook off Aunt Zhao's hand and snorted coldly: "Whoever hires him, our second room will have no money! Don't go in the future, just ask Huan'er for a husband."

After Jia Zheng finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and hurried to find Mrs. Wang.

When Mrs. Wang heard that Jia Zheng wanted to find a husband for a concubine, Jia Huan, she was immediately upset.Her son Baoyu now goes to school by himself, without a separate teacher.What kind of thing is Jia Huan's lowly seed, why should she pay for the husband?

"Since he learned well with Cong'er, let him learn, why bother!"

"I told you to invite another one, what's the trouble!" Jia Zheng suddenly shouted to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, and glared at Jia Zheng aggrievedly. She couldn't believe that Jia Zheng would treat her like this because of a bastard.When her natal family was in power, Jia Zheng treated her with great respect, and the husband and wife have always treated each other with respect...

It's easy to hire a gentleman, but it's not in accordance with the rules. Why should she, the aunt, pay the money. "When Yuanchun was in the palace, I had already put a lot of dowry there, and the place where the master was an official and had to move around, I tried to save money. Now that Yuanchun is back, he is old and the marriage is not good. In other words, if you want to make your in-laws look up to you, you will naturally have to add some color to the dowry. This is another sum of money, and I have nothing to do with it, so I just need to pick off the things on my head and put them in. Now the master wants more money. I care about the study of a concubine. He is willing to study with Conger and has a future. ?”

"Please teach me a good teacher. Look at what Huan'er was raised in the past, and what he is like now. After you raise him well, they will take care of each other as brothers in the future. For Baoyu, there will be more helpers. Isn't that good?" ? As a aunt, how can you be so vicious and selfish, only thinking about your own son? You——ah, that's all, I understand why the second room is in such a situation now." Jia Zheng stared at Mrs. Wang, revealing a "I'm disappointed in you" face.

Mrs. Wang laughed angrily at Jia Zheng's attitude, and her heart became even colder.He usually doesn't care about any housework, he only knows how to hold the ready-made, and judge right and wrong, but he doesn't know how many hardships and difficulties there are in his life.

Mrs. Wang sneered, and suddenly her heart died. She felt that there was nothing to hope for like Jia Zheng, "If the second master thinks so, I can't help it. Since you despise me, the second master can do whatever he likes, I don't care." Wang As the madam said, two lines of tears of grievance came down, and she twirled the Buddhist beads and entered the Buddhist hall with a face ashen.

Jia Zheng was furious and refused to accept this tone. He found a cleaner himself and told him to handle the matter, and the money would be withdrawn from the account.

The next day, Qing Ke went back to Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng sounded good as the candidate, so he thought it should be good.It's just that Qing Ke hesitated, as if he had nothing to say.Jia Zheng asked again, only to learn that the accountant refused to pay this part of the fee.Since Jia Lian took over the power of housekeeping, many expenses in the mansion have been restricted, such things as hiring a husband for the children will definitely not be on the payment list of the accountant.

But Jia Lian didn't do anything wrong. Except for the original school in the clan to choose from, he paid for a few gentlemen himself.There are two female gentlemen on the girl's side, and three on the men's side, taking turns to attend classes every day.As long as they are children in Rongfu, they can go to learn.

Jia Zheng just didn't want his son to be in Jia Lian's side, so he decided to pay for the husband himself.But he picked up his own pocket, since the accountant no longer paid for the cleaning of his customers, he had to spend his daily pocket money and salary on it. money.

Once again, Jia Zheng was clearly aware of the hardships of his life.All thanks to Jia Lian!Jia Lian, Jia Lian, Jia Lian... The mention of this name made Jia Zheng itch.

Hmph, let's forget about Huan'er this time, but he will definitely find a way to drive this guy out of Rongfu!

"Second lord, my aunt is here, and the old lady sent a servant to pass the news."

Jia Zheng agreed, and turned to ask the woman: "I remember she came here two days ago, why is she here again today? But the old lady is not in good health or in a bad mood?"

The mother-in-law replied: "Second master, there is no need to worry. The old lady is very healthy and there is nothing wrong! My aunt is here today to send Miss Lin to school, so I just came to chat with the old lady."

Go to school sometimes!

If his mother-in-law had told him about it the day before yesterday, Jia Zheng might not have known about it.But today, after he inquired about Jia Lian's affairs, he figured it out very well.I don't know when Jia Lian started to slowly set up a small school in Rongguo Mansion, even taking care of the girls.

"...The person that the second master invited is the most famous female gentleman in the circle of noble ladies in the capital. After the aunt heard about this, she specially brought Miss Lin to class. However, Miss Li still needs to rest carefully because of her body, so It takes one or two days to come to the class. Today is the second time." The mother-in-law was afraid that Jia Zheng would not understand, so she explained it specially.

Jia Zheng laughed twice, originally he wanted to see his sister, but after hearing what he said, he excused his inconvenience and left the house in a hurry.But Jia Zheng didn't go out, and slipped into Ning's mansion.

"Second uncle is a rare visitor!" Jia Zhen hurried out, smiling and invited Jia Zheng to sit down.

Jia Zheng didn't sit there, but told Jia Zhen to find a room to talk.Jia Zhen hurriedly ordered someone to set up a small table, and chit chatted with Jia Zheng agreeably.

When it comes to the two houses of the Rong Mansion, especially Jia Lian, who is now the official secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Jia Zheng's temper immediately exploded, Chen Ci was filled with righteous indignation, and his expression was even more angry.

Jia Zhen held her mouth shut, drank in a muffled voice, and just listened without speaking.

Jia Zhen is not stupid, but he knows the weight and power of the Ministry of Household Li Shangshu in his heart.

"...What? Potato seeds are given away to poor farmers for free. I think he is trying to get credit, pretending, and hypocrisy." After Jia Zheng said, he put a peanut into his mouth and chewed.

"Speak softly, he is a first-rank official appointed by the emperor," Jia Zhen reminded.

Jia Zheng came to work and asked Jia Zheng; "What's wrong with the first-rank official, what is the first-rank official?"

"It's amazing, we don't have that ability." Jia Zhen glanced at Jia Zheng shyly, and said truthfully.

Although Jia Zhen's personal relationship with Jia Lian has faded now, as the patriarch of the Jia clan, he told Jia Lian that he belonged to the same family, and many people flattered him when he was away from home, and he was smart when he mentioned Jia Lian.Jia Zhen really thinks that he is amazing to say his name is so amazing.

Jia Zheng was speechless for a while, and found that the people around him had been stained even more dirty by Jia Lian, especially their eyes, all of them were blind, unable to see Jia Lian's true face.

Outside the door, a light figure flashed by, and Ping'er quickly came to Wang Xifeng, repeating what she had heard at the back window as she happened to pass by.

"What a big deal, I think he is a live donkey. It's just a matter of luck. He bumped into a nobleman casually. But now this nobleman has lost his power. Just look at it. In a few days, his sister princess will be crying blind I blinked." Wang Xifeng said with a sneer and sour words.

The live donkey she mentioned naturally refers to Jia Lian, and the nobleman refers to the fourth prince.As for the daughter of the princess, it is an exaggeration, because the second grandma Lian of our Rongfu is of noble status and is the favored youngest daughter of the prince.But after all, she is the daughter of the county king, and she doesn't have the title of "Princess Lord", so Wang Xifeng used this to satirize Jingxin. The term "sister" refers to the younger sister.In short, she not only made Jia Lian sour, but even brought the noble daughter-in-law he married into sour.

This also corresponds to the common saying that if you lack something, you will envy and hate it when you see someone else has it.What's more, Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian had feuds before.

Thinking about what happened back then, Wang Xifeng wished she could eat Jia Lian alive, peel her skin and cramps, and throw it into the tumbling oil pan to fry it thoroughly!

Now, Brother Rong has nothing to choose in terms of appearance and temperament, but it's a pity that he is a little younger, and he is too young to make progress, so she has to do everything by herself.Since she made this marriage, she has watched Jia Lian rise up step by step, which is not what it used to be.I hated him even more, and regretted my recklessness even more.She often wondered, if she had changed her way back then, would she be the one who is now Lian's second mistress?

She has always dreamed of becoming a top-notch lady in the aristocratic circle of the capital, with style and integrity, and the object of everyone's admiration.Wearing imperial orders, the most important thing is that her husband is excellent, which gives her the confidence to show off among the many ladies.

Today's Jia Lian is completely in line with her imagination, and even exceeds her expectations.The hateful thing is that she just missed him, only one step away.

This regret lasted longer and fresher in Wang Xifeng's heart. If she thought about it too much, she would complain, and if she complained too much, she would become hostile.She wants him to regret, regret that he chose wrong!

"Girl, you were still young, and the second master Lian was not very old. They were both ignorant. The girl is married, and he is also married. Everyone is well, and the girl is being ignored. Don't get angry. , Hurt and hurt."

As soon as Ping'er finished speaking, Wang Xifeng raised her hand and gave her a resounding slap.

"It's so rotten to my stomach, there is no evidence for that matter, and I will deny whoever mentions it. If you mention it again, be careful that I will tear your mouth apart!"

Ping'er covered his face with tears in his eyes and said yes.

"Uncle, he just complained about this and didn't say anything else?" Wang Xifeng asked again.

Ping'er shook his head, "No."

Wang Xifeng smiled: "Those ministers who were close to the fourth prince have all been demoted. I don't believe he can escape. Just wait, it will be his turn in a few days."

Looking at the smile on Wang Xifeng's mouth on weekdays, I feel chills in my heart.

……

Jia Lian has been running towards Jiamu's side very diligently recently, and his diligence has made Jiamu start to worry.

"Yuanyang, do you think Lian'er has a grudge against me, so she comes to stare at me every day?"

Yuanyang shook her head and said, "Definitely not."

"Is that Baoyu? Does he want to stare at Baoyu?"

Yuanyang still shook her head, "I don't seem to worry about Second Master Lian's affairs."

Jia Mu frowned in confusion: "Then why does he squat outside my courtyard every day, and no one comes in?"

"This..." Yuanyang smiled awkwardly, "Didn't I say it earlier, the second master was looking at the hibiscus tree."

"Mu Furong? I told you a long time ago, that's nonsense, and it's just to deceive you little girls! Such an ordinary thing, how can he deserve his attention. I think he clearly used it as an excuse for another purpose. " Jia's mother was guilty, but Jia Lian Su Ri was very strong, so she naturally thought of Jia Lian in a deeper and worse place.

And hibiscus is no better than peony, it is not sought after in Beijing.The peony symbolizes wealth and wealth, and is highly sought after. It can enter the house.As for Mu Furong, because of the allusion of "Mrs. Huarui", it implies lovesickness, so it is really not easy to show it on the bright side.

Furthermore, Mother Jia also specifically asked Jia Lian. He didn't mean to cultivate new varieties of hibiscus, but he still squatted in her yard every day, in front of that hibiscus, for about a stick of incense.One time earlier and one time later, even more punctual than Dingsheng.

Jia's mother was frightened by Jia Lian's appearance, and she checked herself every day, supervised Baoyu, and even reminded the second room every day.

To be honest, this time when something happened to the fourth prince, Mother Jia even hoped that the emperor would lower Jia Lian's rank.She didn't want the gap between the first room and the second room to be too large, so that the entire second room was overwhelmed by the big room and couldn't breathe.Not to mention the second bedroom, even she, an old lady, now has to look at Jia Lian every day to get by.

Jia Lian focused all his attention on this special individual that grew in Jiamu's courtyard, and did not expect that his actions in the past few days would have an indelible impact on Jiamu.Dig one tree of Hibiscus hibiscus, and then look at it after dawn, and there will be another tree of the same height, as if it has not been dug.

Because of the specialness of this hibiscus tree, Jia Lian kept it from others.

A few days ago, Baoyu and others saw him plucking hibiscus for the second time.When Baoyu saw that the tree in the yard was still there the next day, he was happy to think that Jia Lian had planted it back again.

Jia Lian was worried that such mysterious and mysterious things would appear in the Rong Mansion, and if it spread out, it would lead to right and wrong.Especially considering that many ancient people were quite superstitious, and he was in a sensitive period in the court, so he was extra careful.Jia Lian simply admitted it, saying that he planted it while no one was looking.Second Master Lian had done too many things of pulling flowers and planting them, and the people in the Rong Mansion had already seen it, so naturally no one doubted it.

Later, for the sake of convenience, Jia Lian made an excuse at random, and in the name of poor Feng Shui, ordered someone to move the west wall of the courtyard a foot inward, just to get the hibiscus tree "outside the courtyard".

Jia Lian came to observe the rising trend of the new hibiscus hibiscus during the day, and picked seedlings in the dead of night at night.

After several observations, Jia Lian found that there was no pattern to follow in the data.

That night, Jia Lian pulled out the seedlings and sat there with a lantern, ready to witness this with his own eyes. He wanted to see how the things grew.