The Jade of the Red Chamber

Shui Yang saw him muttering there alone, rubbed his soft hair and said with a smile: "What are you thinking? Mr. finally agreed to take us out for a walk, if you lose your mind, your tears will be wasted. "

Lin Zhenyu leaned towards him, annoyed: "It's up to you, talk too much! Hmph, and don't touch your paw on the head of the master!"

Mr. Ye pays attention to the combination of work and rest, and rests one day every five days, but Lin Zhenyu is too young, and Shui Yang has a special status. Since they came to this beautiful Yangzhou, the two have never left the gate of Lin's mansion.This time the year is approaching, Lin Zhenyu couldn't help it anymore, so I begged Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye didn't agree at first, but Lin Zhenyu couldn't help rolling her eyes wide, with two tears in her eyes, she reluctantly agreed Yes, the price is that Lin Baozi has doubled his daily ten sheets of characters.

Seeing Shui Yang rubbing the child's hair, Mr. Ye's little monkey Jin Zi jumped from Ye Qiong's body to Lin Zhenyu's shoulder, pulled Lin Zhenyu's braid that was tortured by the maids, and squeaked.Lin Zhenyu patted Jin Zi lightly and said, "Jin Zi, sit down! I'll buy you some fruit to eat!"

Lin Zhenyu really bought the little monkey a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts with the money from his purse, and the little monkey was comfortably held in Lin Zhenyu's arms, eating the chestnuts, squealing with joy, which aroused Mr. Ye's disdain glance.

Lin Zhenyu went straight to the best shop, just took a look at those interesting small vendors, which made Mr. Ye and Shui Yang confused, what does this kid want to buy?

Lin Zhenyu didn't stop until he arrived at Qinjinglou, the largest jade shop in Yangzhou. This was the best and most exquisite jade shop in Yangzhou that he had inquired about from the maids!

The shopkeeper of the jade shop knew at a glance that the big customer was coming. Looking at the appearance and clothing of the three of them, they were all of good material, not to mention the hanging clothes of the three, which were hard to buy even if they had money.When he saw the little monkey in Zhenyu's arms, the shopkeeper came up to greet him with [-]% hospitality.look!People have to have eyesight, right?The pride of the shopkeeper: That little monkey is not ordinary, look at its smart appearance, that fur, that color, tsk tsk... the most important thing is that it has real top cat eyes hanging around its neck, even in the most beautiful place in Yangzhou. In a good jade building, it can't be taken out easily!

"The three masters, please come to the private room!" The shopkeeper greeted him and sat down in the private room. After serving tea, he said, "I don't know what you want to see?"

Both Mr. Ye and Shui Yang looked at Zhenyu, only to see Lin Zhenyu took a sip of tea slowly, then pulled the shelf and said: "Bring the best jade, no matter what material it is, as long as it is carved!" The shopkeeper Nuonuo is ready to go.

Seeing Zhenyu's small appearance, Mr. Ye "slapped" the child's forehead, and turned him away: "If you don't learn well at a young age, what are you doing with your accent?"

Seeing that the child's forehead was red, Shui Yang pulled him closer to sit down in distress, and rubbed him gently with one hand.Zhenyu grumbled aggrievedly: "Don't you have to do this when you buy things? You are the one who said 'the big shop bullies the owner'!"

Mr. Ye's long and narrow phoenix eyes flashed coldly, he turned sideways, and said in a long voice, "Oh? Then whoever pulled Mr. by his sleeve yesterday, tearing up and snotting his nose, said that he was 'staying' at home. Yu Xin can't bear to go shopping with your husband?"

Zhenyu choked, and said with a smile: "Good sir, isn't this master well-informed, the disciple is afraid of being deceived, so he invites him to palm his eyes~~"

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This Qinjing Building is indeed the best jade building in Yangzhou. The jade materials brought by the shopkeeper are all excellent. Ye Qiong even found a piece of "long jade" in one of the brocade boxes. This kind of jade is cool in summer and warm in winter. What's even more rare is that this jade is more healthy than the usual warm jade, but this piece is smaller.Lin Zhenyu and Shui Yang were overjoyed when they heard that, and Lin Zhenyu quickly brought it in front of her eyes, touched it, and asked politely, "How much is this worth?" shameful!

The shopkeeper was a little dumbfounded, looked at Ye Qiong and replied dryly: "5000 taels of silver."

"Huh? So expensive!" Lin Zhenyu frowned, and pitifully touched the little pouch on her waist.It should be said that Lin Hai and his wife are really nice to Lin Zhenyu, and they have given them good things on weekdays, but they are not silver, so Zhenyu's small purse contains what Aunt Zhou gave when she left Jia's mansion. The total monthly cases for rewarding silver and coming to Lin's mansion were less than 500 taels. He thought it was a lot, but he didn't expect... In fact, 500 taels was indeed a lot. Considering that one penny now equals one yuan in the previous life, one tael is one tael. A thousand Wen, 500 taels is about 50, and there is no inflation in this era, 500 taels is enough to buy [-] to [-] mu of medium-sized fields.

Ye Qiong rested her forehead with her hand, covering her eyes so as not to look at this horrible thing, shame on her, that's "Longyu"!The shopkeeper's asking price is not outrageous. Everyone knows that "Longyu" is hard to find. If it is not that the piece is not big enough, the shopkeeper may not take it out easily.

Shui Yang touched Lin Zhenyu's little head with a smile, and explained: "This is Longyu, which is cool in summer and warm in winter, warming the body and nourishing the skin, it is very rare, but this piece is too small, it is not enough for a jade token .” Pointing to other jades: “The quality of these jades is not bad, why don’t you choose others?”

Lin Zhenyu's eyes lit up when she heard "very rare", and then she heard "too small", and hurriedly asked: "This...long jade, can it be used as a pendant on the neck?"

Shui Yang's eyes darkened slightly, and he said with a smile: "It's not impossible... Maybe it can only be made into a small and delicate object worn by women, but it can't be made into something more majestic for men. Zhenyu, want to make it as a gift...? "

Zhenyu nodded and became more satisfied. Holding that piece of Longyu, she couldn't put it down, thinking, the rarer the better, the province's younger sister was ridiculed by others, although she would never let her have any affection for Jia Baoyu, but Can't let her be compared with the precious jade of "Xian Shou Heng Chang" and the gold collar of "Fang Ling Yong Ji"!

Zhenyu stared at the shopkeeper's eyes with 'piercing eyes', and said: "You also heard from my friend that this jade is a bit small, is it cheaper?"

When Ye Qiong heard this nondescript bargaining, her head hurt even more. She just wanted to drink Zhenyu, but she heard Shui Yang said with a faint smile: "Yes, shopkeeper, it's not as good as 4000 taels."

The shopkeeper of Qinjing Tower felt that he was very unlucky, and thought he was a big customer, so he brought up all the good products, even the piece of long jade that he just got!That's an advanced item, if it wasn't for the small size...it's because their boss is quite powerful!Unexpectedly, such a child is buying it. What's even more annoying is that the other big and small look at the jade and know that it is a good product. He doesn't dare to report falsely to these connoisseurs, in case anyone can't afford it My son is finished!The shopkeeper smiled stiffly and said: "This is a rare long jade. Although it is a little smaller, but the young master just said that it is still suitable for making women's accessories, 4000 taels... this..." He said sincerely: "One If you see this young master, you will know that you know how to do it, why don't you pay 800 taels for the young master."

Ye Qiong looked at Shui Yang with great interest, but he knew the real identity of this person, if it wasn't for this master, he could be aggrieved as a teacher for three or four-year-olds and six or seven-year-olds?I just don't know why this young master who has always been stern is so kind after he came to Lin's mansion.If it was to win over Lin Hai for his third brother, it would be a bit of a fuss, but he knew that the fourth master was already the next boss...

Shui Yang said calmly, "Take a good deal, four thousand five hundred taels." Regardless of the fact that Lin Zhenyu couldn't even take out the 500 taels in her purse, Lin Zhenyu was stunned watching the back and forth bargaining. .

Seeing that the expression on this man's face was "All right, forget it if not", he could only sigh dejectedly: "Forget it, the young master is a man of knowledge, so it's only four thousand five hundred taels." Then he said to Lin Zhenyu: "I don't know. What kind of pattern the young master wants to carve, these drawings are all unique, we have the best masters in Yangzhou in Qinjing Building!"

Lin Zhenyu touched her small purse again, and bought it with all her heart!Said to the shopkeeper: "You are busy first, let's discuss it first." The shopkeeper's caller moved all the jade down, and brought them to the door with a wink before leaving.

Then Zhenyu turned her head and asked Ye Qiong pitifully: "Sir, why don't you borrow some money from the students first?" She planned in her heart to let Lu Hui talk to her brother quietly, and the old lady, master and wife would not care about it before Jia's departure. Whether you like it or not, you have rewarded a lot of good things, and you should sell them quietly and pay back the money.

The old god Ye Qiong sipped the tea and asked, "Who did you buy it for?"

Zhenyu was proud: "My sister is about to be born! Is it necessary for my daughter to bring some good ones?"

In Shui Yang's dark eyes, it was only then that the clouds and the sun came to light, that's right, it's almost the same as giving it to his sister, if it's someone else... Shui Yang thought sourly, how many good things he had searched for him with his heart, why didn't he see it? How about this little guy get something for himself?

Ye Qiong nodded in satisfaction, and it was considered filial piety for Lin Qianjin who was not yet born, and it was more reliable, "How much less?" The old lady gave him as much as 1 taels secretly, not to mention other people and her own shop, lending some to her disciples is nothing.

It's also Ye Qiong who has always disdain those pedantic rules, Zhenyu is lovable, and she is also a father, a teacher and a friend when she stays here, try another person, such as Jia Baoyu and his own father Jia Zheng, it's no wonder if they don't get a good beating!

Lin Zhenyu poured her purse on the table, counted carefully under Ye Qiong's twitching eyebrows, and said, "It's still four thousand and twenty-one taels short."

Ye Qiong almost choked on a sip of tea, and couldn't help but tap Lin Zhenyu's forehead again with a black face: "Don't be ashamed, you look like a master like you!" Looking at Zhenyu's aggrieved With a small appearance, he smiled and said, "Okay..."

Shui Yang stopped Ye Qiong's words, and said: "It's better for the students to lend Zhenyu, and it's not good to borrow from the husband on credit."

Lin Zhenyu looked at Shui Yang in surprise, he was so rich!Compared with the husband, Shen Yang's borrowing money is naturally more reasonable, he nodded hurriedly: "Then lend me four thousand and twenty-one taels first, and I will pay you back after a few days!"

Ye Qiong glanced at the indifferent Shui Yang with interest, pointed at Zhenyu and scolded with a smile: "You think the blueprint carver doesn't need money? If you want to borrow it, just borrow 5000 taels, and keep your little money for yourself."

5000 taels?many!Lin Zhenyu nodded with a bitter face, and took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table by the window to write the IOU.Shui Yang hurriedly stopped him, "We are so familiar, can I still not trust you? It doesn't matter if I don't write this IOU."

Lin Zhenyu insisted on refusing, and said sternly: "Brother, I will settle the account, if I don't write an IOU, then I can't borrow money!"

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In the end, Lin Zhenyu wrote down the IOU.After choosing the pattern, paying the money, getting the ticket, and agreeing to pick it up in three months, Lin Zhenyu decided to get it before her sister's full moon.

After returning to Lin's Mansion, Lin Zhenyu called Aloe to his brother to secretly sell all the items brought from Jia's mansion in the box, and did not mention it to Aloe.Fortunately, Lu Hui's elder brother is capable, so he managed to scrape together 5000 taels, and Baba repaid Shui Yang Zhen Yu, so he felt at ease.

At night, Shui Yang smiled and looked at the money sent by Lin Zhenyu on the table. There were large bills and silver ingots, and there were even some broken silver. Thinking of Zhenyu's embarrassed face, "I'm sorry!The money is too small, but it’s the New Year’s Eve, and you can’t make it if you don’t have any money, so...’After all, there are no banks these days, so it’s not easy to exchange them for full bills before the New Year’s Eve!Shui Yang thinks this kid is more and more interesting, and he often thinks about him inadvertently, is this a friend?

Lin Zhenyu held the shriveled purse in pain, but she didn't regret it. Is this kind of jade worthy of the younger sister of 'Xianzhu Lonely Forest'? It's so easy to look down upon!

Lin Zhenyu was lying on the bed, seriously thinking about ways to make money, she couldn't always live on a monthly basis, after all, she was an adult who had lived her entire life, what's the point of always reaching out to her family, besides, her mother was still there with "a pair of rich eyes" In the Jia's mansion of "Son", how about giving the mother some money so that her hands can be loosened!

This way of making money is not difficult. There is a shop in a good location that sells some cloth and powder. Yangzhou is rich. From the mouth of the comprador in the mansion, I know that these women's clothes are in short supply during the New Year's Eve. As long as the items are exquisite, you are not afraid of not making money .It's just that the funds and manpower are not easy to get. In terms of the source of goods, the government sends ships to Suzhou every year to buy fabrics and other items for the government's own use and as a gift to Beijing and other relatives, so that people follow along.It's just that he is going to be an official in the future, and he must not get a reputation as a merchant, so he can only hand it over to trusted servants, but he is still young, and he doesn't even have a servant.

Lin Zhenyu made up her mind, so she waited for the new year and saved some money first.

Lin Zhenyu and Shui Yang ate together and went to school together, and their relationship became better and better. Gradually, even Lin Hai was amazed that the two were as good as brothers...