[Red Mansion] Plane Merchant Jia Rong

On the fourteenth day, when it was almost noon, a carriage slowly drove up to the gate of Jia's mansion.

Not long after, Jia Rong, who was feeding the fish under the willow tree by the pond, heard her own ghost housekeeper come to deliver the news, saying that the housekeeper of the Song family was ordered to deliver festival gifts.

After seeing off the housekeeper of the Song family, Jia Rong hadn't sat down yet, and heard that the housekeepers of Uncle Daguo and Uncle Erguo's house had also come to give gifts.

Jia Rong looked at the melons and fruits, moon cakes, bacon, tea, which took up almost half of the house... she had a headache and couldn't finish eating.

He used to ask Shen Ruoxu next door to help him digest some clinker, and the situation was the same in his house.

Seeing this, Jia Rong gave up the idea of ​​coming, went home resolutely, and thought about how to return gifts to several families.

Thinking of Beijing's popularity for the mooncakes packaged in the picture of Chang'e Flying to the Moon in her shop, Jia Rong prepared a few copies for the Song family and the two uncles in return.

After thinking about it, he bought a few jars of 30-year-old sweet-scented osmanthus wine from another ancient plane.

Feeling that it was not enough, Jia Rong looked at her garden, and went there to pick out some pots of begonias and hostas.

These flowers are usually served very well by the ghost maids, and they grow up eating the spiritual energy conveyed by them every day.It grows slim, its leaves are like emeralds, and its flowers are delicate and charming.

It can be said that they are Xi Shi and Diao Chan among a hundred flowers.

After that, Jia Rong picked a few baskets of various candies from her own shop, and Jia Rong asked the ghost housekeeper to drive to each house as a return gift.

Watching the ghost butler leave, Jia Rong glanced at the lark and peregrine who were following him, and her thoughts drifted to the ghost employees in various shops.

Considering that they have worked hard for several months, and I haven't let them go on vacation, I prepared a bonus for each ghost.

Of course, Jia Rong will never forget the Mid-Autumn Festival gift that belongs to Xiao Xichun.

He personally selected a lot of toffee and chocolate specially made into the shape of rabbits, various moon cakes, and a candy house half the size of a desk, etc., and asked Bai Ling to take them to Rongguo Mansion, handed them to Huamei, and handed them over to Huamei. Xiao Xichun.

After thinking for a while, Jia Rong also prepared something for a group of craftsmen who have been decorating his shop for several months.

When Jia Rong prepared the craftsmen's ceremony, the housekeeper who went out to bring back the gifts happened to return.

He pointed to the things piled up in a corner of the hall, and told the ghost butler, "You pick up each of these things as a gift. After you distribute them, you send them to the homes of the craftsmen."

Jia Rong took out a stack of papers from her sleeve and added: "This is the list and address of the craftsmen, you can take it."

The ghost butler took it, handed over his hands and promised, and after sending Jia Rong away, all the craftsmen's gifts were distributed properly with one spell.

He is very clear that Jia Rong's identity must be separated from the identity of the master behind Jinjiang Commercial Bank.

Therefore, after transporting the boxing gifts in the hall to the carriage, the ghost butler and the coachman immediately changed their appearance, and cast a spell to change the shape of the carriage, using illusion to cover the traces of the carriage.It wasn't until he drove far away from Yuema Lane that he appeared from a hidden place and haunted the streets openly.

The artisans of the capital generally live together in the western part of the outer city. Although the number of people who were ordered by the ghost steward to deliver gifts this time, fortunately, the distance between each house is not very far, and there is no need to travel around.

The carriage with the canopy on the main wheel is obviously not in the same style as the craftsman's residential area. When the carriage full of festivals drove into the street, it immediately attracted countless eyes.

Many children ran out of the house, staring at the carriage curiously, and some bold ones ran behind the carriage in small steps.

The ghost coachman stopped in front of the first craftsman's house according to the address given by the steward.

The door was open, and the middle-aged woman who was washing clothes inside was very surprised to see a carriage parked in front of her house, which was obviously from a wealthy family.

Immediately after, she ran out to greet the distinguished guest while wiping her wet hands with her clothes.

The butler got off the carriage, looked at the middle-aged woman approaching Xiao Pao and asked, "Is this the home of Craftsman Li?"

Facing the ghost butler, the craftsman's wife felt as if she had seen a superior person, and her voice trembled a little. "Yes, sir, please sit in the room."

The steward waved her hand to reject her kindness, took the boxing gift from the driver, and explained: "My master is the owner of Jinjiang Trading Company. Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, he ordered me to bring a boxing box for all the craftsmen."

"This one is for Craftsman Li, he has worked hard for many months."

Knowing that the housekeeper came to give a boxing gift to her family, the craftsman's wife was pleasantly surprised, and said embarrassedly: "The master paid the wages for our head to do the work. He deserves to work harder. How can this be done?"

"This is my master's wish. Everyone who works for him has a share." The butler reached out to the craftsman's wife and handed over the things. "I still need to rush to the next house to give a boxing gift, so please accept it quickly."

The craftsman's wife didn't dare to delay the housekeeper, so she hurriedly took it and thanked her repeatedly.

Suddenly remembered something, she quickly turned her head and said to the two children behind her: "Big baby, second girl! Go and take out the baskets I put on the kitchen table!"

The two children withdrew their curious gazes and ran towards their kitchen like flying. After a while, they ran out with two baskets in their arms.

The craftsman's wife put down the ceremony, took the baskets from the children and put them on the cart. "We little people don't have any good things at home. These are the vegetables we grow at home, and there are some sweet-scented osmanthus flowers that have just been harvested from the yard. They are fresh. You can bring them back to the nobleman to taste, and I hope the nobleman will not dislike them."

Although the things are not worth much money, they are a wish of others.The housekeeper nodded his thanks, took the basket into the carriage, and ordered the coachman to go to the next house.

Watching the carriage go away with a respectful expression, Craftsman Li's family bent down to pick up the gift box on the ground, and was about to call the two children who were staring at things into the house.However, just as she turned halfway around, the spectators around her immediately rushed up and surrounded the doorway.

"Crafter Li's, was that from Jinjiang Trading Company just now? Hearing what he said, is it a gift for your family?"

"What did you give your family?"

"Open it quickly, let us all open our eyes!"

The crowd was noisy, and it sounded like hundreds of ducks quacking in my ears, which was really annoying.

Normally, the Li family would get impatient with the broom and chase people away after hearing this, but today she was very happy, even if a group of neighbors were arguing, her smile did not decrease by half.

"It's not impossible to open it for you to take a look, but you have to spread out a little bit, it's almost too crowded for me to breathe." The Li family complained with a smile all over their faces.

The group of people vacated a space after hearing the sound, and the Li family gently put the things on the ground, wiped and wiped their hands, and opened the largest carton first.

"Wow! It's a rabbit doll!" Seeing two white rabbit dolls inside, the two children of Craftsman Li rushed over and hugged them tightly.

Seeing this, the Li family was so angry that one of them slapped them on the back of the head. "You two little bastards! These two little things are worth half a tael of silver. You two just hugged them out. What if they get dirty? Put them back in the box quickly, take a shower at night and put on clean clothes before hugging them."

The brother and sister put it back reluctantly, and felt the envious eyes of other children, so they couldn't help puffing out their chests.Unexpectedly, they saw that their eyes became more intense. The brothers and sisters hurriedly grabbed the cardboard box and pulled it towards the door, for fear that they would rush over to snatch the puppet.

At this time, the Li family had already seized the time to open the other wooden boxes.

One of the boxes contained more than a dozen pieces of crystal mooncakes, and next to it was the most popular white rabbit toffee recently.In the remaining two wooden boxes, several comic books and a set of cosmetics are placed flat.

Add up all the things, at least more than 100 taels of silver.For a family whose annual income is no more than five or sixty taels, it can be said to be an extremely precious gift.

Craftsman Li laughed so hard his gums came out, but the neighbors turned red with envy.To avoid further stimulating everyone's mood, the Li family hurriedly greeted the two children to enter the house with gift boxes.

They are all doing craftsman work, and everyone's skills are similar, but this craftsman Li is lucky.Not only was it favored by the nobles of Jinjiang Commercial Bank, but they also decorated one after another beautiful shops, and their status in the artisan world suddenly rose.On important festivals, employers thought about giving them gifts.

But the envy of those around the same profession who failed to encounter these good things.

"Let's see, this year's festival, Li Craftsman's family will definitely receive new year gifts from others."

As the ghost housekeeper continued to distribute the festival gifts to each family according to the list, in many places, the same scene as in front of Craftsman Li's house appeared, and the crowd talked about envy.

When this kind of news spread out, it caused a lot of commotion in the West District, and many people wanted to receive jobs from Jinjiang Commercial Bank.

Aunt Xue's family in Jinling saw "Legend of the Wang Family" but did not receive any news from her mother's family in the capital, so they boarded a boat to Beijing in anger and asked for an explanation.

Hurrying quickly, the family finally arrived in Kyoto before the fifteenth day.

Since the Xue family has a lot of property in the capital, Aunt Xue ordered the housekeeper to trust the people here in advance and bought a house.

As soon as the Xue family's mother and son arrived, they immediately moved into a clean and bright house.

Aunt Xue is not in a hurry to see Mrs. Wang and Wang Ziteng. Seeing that tomorrow is the reunion festival, the journey is hard, so she plans to send someone to visit the Wang family after spending a happy holiday with her children .

After a comfortable night's sleep, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Aunt Xue led a pair of children who were curious about the capital city to play in the streets.

Xue Baochai's eyes could not help drifting to a group of children holding all kinds of furry animal dolls, Xue Pan stared at those people who enjoyed eating popsicles, and Aunt Xue watched the makeup on the woman's face intently .

Xue Pan asked: "What are those people eating in their hands? It looks delicious? Where can I sell it?"

A local servant in the capital explained: "Those popsicles and ice cream sold by Jinjiang Bingshi are affordable and taste sweet and cool. The weather is still hot right now, and everyone likes to eat them to cool off."

After answering Xue Pan's doubts, the servant noticed Xue Baochai's eyes, and immediately explained her doubts intimately. "Those animal puppets in the arms of the children are sold at the newly opened Jinjiang toy store. The girls and dolls in Beijing like them very much."

Aunt Xue covered her face with a round fan, ashamed to compare it with other women.

Seeing her son and daughter looking at her eagerly, she pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's taste the ice cream first, and then go to the toy store to buy dolls."

Xue Pan cheered and jumped up and down.Xue Baochai was also very happy in her heart, but she was more reserved as a girl, and the joy was shown in the corners of her mouth.

The servant hurriedly said: "Today is the fifteenth day, and all major shops and merchants are holding promotional activities. Ladies and gentlemen, go to the shop of Jinjiang Commercial Bank to spend. If you are lucky, you may be able to draw a picture of Chang'e Flying to the Moon."

Xue Pan asked curiously, "What is the picture of Chang'e Flying to the Moon?"

Xue Baochai and Aunt Xue on the side listened attentively.After staying on the boat for a month, they saw many new things they didn't know when they arrived in the capital. They felt that they were almost out of touch with this era.

Speaking of the picture of Chang'e Flying to the Moon, the servant's expression suddenly became excited.

He said with bright eyes: "It's the portrait of Chang'e flying to the moon. There is a big picture posted in front of the Jinjiang Bingshi shop. Not to mention men, even women will be fascinated when they see it. The small mouth is stupid. Clumsy words, don't know how to describe it. Fortunately, we are going to the ice food store at the moment, and when we get there later, the young master will see it with his own eyes, and he will know how shocking it is."

Xue Pan's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help urging: "Then let's go faster."

"Don't run, there are many people on the street, be careful to bump into someone and hurt yourself." When Aunt Xue saw that Xue Pan was about to run, she quickly reached out to hold him, gave him a warning look, and then quietly asked the servant: " The makeup on those women's faces is the fashionable makeup in the capital?"

"It's not wrong to say so." The servant replied: "But it is true that they used the new cosmetics developed by the Jinjiang Cosmetics Shop to have such a beautiful effect. Our rouge shop has all purchased from Jinjiang Merchant, and our Xue family’s rouge shop in the capital also does the same, if the wife wants it, she just needs to send a maid to her shop to get some back for use.”

After a pause, he added: "A month ago, Jiangnan merchants bought cosmetics and brought them back to the southern area. The shopkeeper of our Xue family rouge shop also sent a fleet to Jinling. It's just that you, my wife, may take the boat. Hurry up to Beijing and miss it."

Aunt Xue suddenly realized, and whispered something in the maid's ear.The maid nodded, and immediately left the team to go to the rouge shop under the name of Xue's family to pick up cosmetics.

Xue Baochai's focus was different. She asked her servant what "promotion" was.After learning about it, I immediately asked questions about promotional activities: "Is it not a loss for the store to engage in these activities of price reduction, gift giving, and lottery?"

The servant shook his head and said, "There are a lot of people coming into the store to buy things for the event. Not only can they not lose money, but they can also make a lot of money. Today, almost every store in the capital is holding promotional activities, and no one will come in if they don't. Our own store also That's how it is done."

"So that's how it is." Xue Baochai looked thoughtful, and after a while, nodded to show that he understood. "Could it be that this 'promotion' activity was also initiated by the Jinjiang Commercial Bank?"

"Miss is really smart." The servant gave a thumbs up, confirming Xue Baochai's guess.

"Jinjiang? This name sounds very familiar, as if I've heard it from somewhere." As he spoke, Xue Pan's puzzled expression suddenly turned into astonishment. "But under the name of Jinjiang Commercial Bank, there is also a bookstore called Jinjiang, which published a copy of "Legend of the Wang Family"?"

"Yes, yes, but "Legend of the Wang Family" is not as popular as before. Now it is "Legend of the Wei Family" that is in the limelight." The servant was talking, and suddenly stopped, stopping at the back of a line. At the end, pointing to a glass door wall reflecting in the sun, he said: "The ice food store is here!"

Aunt Xue and the three of them heard the sound, followed the servant's fingers, their eyes touched a piece of crystal clear glass, and subconsciously narrowed their eyes.

The next moment, after realizing what he saw, the three of them breathed disorderly at the same time.

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