Red House Farm Stay

Jia Zhuo always felt that his body was the soul of an adult, and Qing'er was a child. Although they were only two or three years younger in the eyes of others, in Jia Zhuo's eyes, Qing'er was a younger sister who was much younger than her.

Unexpectedly, Qing'er surprised her today.

"Sister, am I wrong?" Qing'er asked anxiously seeing Jia Zhuo's silence.

"No, no, what I mean is, Qing'er, you surprised me so much. What kind of luck did Ban'er have to have a sister like you, if he doesn't have any prospects in the future, he will be sorry for your hard work. "

"My sister is right, then she must be right." Qing'er pursed her lips and smiled shyly.

Jia Zhuo went to Zhao's house, but Bai Xi unexpectedly asked her to come in and talk.

"Third grandma." Jia Zhuo slightly bent his knees, "I'm afraid you won't be free, so I'll ask first, and I'm going to deliver it to you tomorrow."

"Sit down, you're here, just in time to chat with me." Bai Xi called the maid to serve her tea.

"Wannian County was very lively a few days ago. Did you hear that? The wife of the Prince Zhongshun's mansion is actually abducting and selling people here."

"We've only heard about this matter, how can ordinary people dare to ask." Jia Zhuo smiled, Bai Xi was the person she couldn't figure out the most.

There is always a reason for other people's behavior, but she is the only one who cares about things that have nothing to do with her.Is it really because you feel flustered when you are idle, so you are bored?

"By the way, I went to a banquet a few days ago and met the county magistrate's wife. She said that the ninth son just got married. Do you know about this?" Bai Xi changed the subject again, but Jia Zhuo didn't know about it.

"That's really congratulations to Young Master Ninth. We heard about his engagement at the time." Jia Zhuo admitted generously.

"I don't know if I have taken Wan Qing into the house or not, but that girl has a high spirit." Bai Xi looked into her eyes and asked with a smile.

Jia Zhuo was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't even know about this kind of thing."

"Don't you think it's a fool's errand for Wan Qing to go back to her hometown with the boss of the Liu family?"

"There is one thing, but it may just be that we don't know the inside story." Jia Zhuo replied after deliberation.

"Do you know what business my father used to do?" Bai Xi continued to ask her.

Of course Jia Zhuo didn't know, all she knew was that the Bai family was now in the dry goods business, and they were famous for being innocent.The time-honored brand for many years, although small in scale, is well-known.

Seeing Jia Zhuo shaking his head, Bai Xi smiled lightly, "Of course you don't know, many people don't remember, my grandfather was in the medicine business. Until now, many old people in the family know a little medicine, the family He also collected a lot of medical books."

"Medical materials." Jia Zhuo's voice was very soft, but if it was made of medicinal materials, it seemed to be able to explain many things.

"For a while, my father asked the boss of the Liu family to clean and organize the collection of books handed down by the ancestors, and I asked Wan Qing to help. Later, Wan Qing annoyed me, so I pretended to sell her. What did the boss think, that he actually bought Wan Qing to be his younger brother's bride-in-law?"

Bai Xi shook her head, expressing that she couldn't understand it until now.

Jia Zhuo nodded again and again with a look of sudden realization, "It's also a pair of scourges, fortunately they are far away from us."

"It's good that you understand. I won't be here tomorrow, so I'll let the servant girl come to your house to pick up the embroidery. There's no need to make another trip. The little girl is at home, and the adults at home are not here."

"Thank you, Third Grandma, for your compassion." Seeing her serving tea, Jia Zhuo got up to say goodbye, and took the maid home to pick up the embroidery.

He grabbed another handful of coins for the maid, "Thank you, sister, for making this trip. If the third grandma is not satisfied with the embroidery, please come and see if you can change it."

"I don't think there is any need to change it, our lady will definitely like it." The maid inspected the goods and was full of praise.

"At first glance, there seems to be no problem." That evening, Jia Zhuo sat on the swing in the backyard and said to himself.

"But if you think about it carefully, the problem becomes bigger." Jia Zhuo raised his head and said into the air.

Bai Xi started to treat the Wang family as bumpkins, maybe out of some secret psychology, asking them about Wan Qing was actually to satisfy her inner desire to show off.Later, Jia Zhuo's questioning of the maid made Bai Xi understand that Jia Zhuo was not an idiot.

So she began to regret it, and felt that she was too impulsive. The way she saved it was to make this matter look more reasonable, and it was the same as the final trial result of the county government.Boss Liu found relevant content from medical books and made a plan.Then buy Wanqing and use it to implement this strategy.

But if it is Bai Xi who plays with two people in the palm of his hand.

As the most favored youngest daughter of the Bai family, Bai Xi could have allowed Boss Liu to assign this job quietly, and even let Boss Liu see this book on purpose through Wan Qing's hand.

"Actually, she doesn't want to accept this marriage, so she just needs to talk to Bai Dong's family. How can a person who is full of compassion to outsiders be so hard-hearted towards his daughter." This is what Jia Zhuo doesn't understand the most. , It is obviously easy to solve, why does she make things so complicated.

"In this world, there are always some people that we will never be able to understand, don't you think so?" After Jia Zhuo finished speaking, he realized what he was doing and couldn't help touching his cheek.Ban'er only returned to Xiaodongshan for a few days, what happened to him.

Jia Zhuo hastily jumped off the swing, picked up the hem of her skirt and ran back into the house.

The third grandmother of the Zhao family was admiring the embroidery at this time, and the maid helped her take out the clothes that she was going to wear tomorrow morning, incense and hung them up, and began to match the headgear again.

"I want the set of pearls inlaid with emerald silver inlaid with red and green gemstones." Bai Xi glanced at the clothes and said that it was very suitable for her.

"Yes." The servant girl hesitated for a moment, but took it out and put it outside, so as not to be in a hurry tomorrow morning.

"Why, are you afraid that I'll hurt my eldest sister's face by dressing too well?" Bai Xi sneered.

"No, no, how can Missy's life be compared with Missy's? Look at Missy's life now. Her in-laws love her, and her son-in-law loves her dearly. She can have whatever she wants. Missy is only envious." The body replied.

"Of course." Bai Xi sneered again, pointing at the embroidery, "After setting it up, put it on. This is one of the annual gifts for Mrs. Qin."

"Yes." The servant girl put away the embroidery as she said, and prepared to take it and inlay it into a kang screen tomorrow.He asked again, "If Mrs. Qin asked at that time, what should the slave girl answer?"

"Everyone knows that I can't do embroidery, of course I bought it." Bai Xi smiled.

"Yes, servant girl understands." The servant girl sighed in her heart, the young lady has been smart since she was a child, but she is too strong, and anyone who doesn't like her has to be suppressed to feel comfortable in her heart.Her mind was too busy, she might not have been able to comprehend the meaning of it if she had not been with the young lady for so many years.

The Wang family is not a wealthy family, and they can give gifts to the county magistrate's family. Naturally, their daughter's embroidery is one of the annual gifts that can be handed out.The things embroidered by my daughter's family are always extraordinarily precious.But as soon as my lady gave the kang screen, Mrs. Qin knew it was from a girl from Wang's family just by looking at the stitches.

Since Miss Wang sold her embroidery to others, the embroidery she gave to Mrs. Qin is naturally not considered as a precious gift.

Otherwise, how could my young lady spend so much money asking her for a little girl's embroidery.It's not that the embroidery is not good, it's just that it's faster and better to find an embroiderer, and it's much cheaper.

After the autumn harvest, Wang Gou'er brought his family back from Xiaodongshan.

Taking advantage of the time left on the leave, Ban'er told his family that he would bring his two younger sisters to Rongshan for a night.

"Let your mother go and relax together." Wang Gou'er glanced at Mrs. Liu.

"It's riding in a car and climbing a mountain. This is also called loose and fast. It's okay, I got it, I'll go." Seeing Wang Gou'er's face collapsed, Mrs. Liu knew that he was worried about the children going alone, so she had to agree.

Ban'er drove the car, Jia Zhuo, Qing'er, and Mrs. Liu sat in the car, and there was a rattan box at the back. They were going to stay for one night, so they brought some simple luggage and food.

"You guys still know the Kiln God? You know, the most famous thing in Rongshan is not the Kiln God, but the Songzi Niangniang Temple." Liu told the two children about ancient times.

"Is it Avalokitesvara?" Jia Zhuo asked.

"No, Songzi Guanyin is Songzi Guanyin, Songzi Niangniang is Songziniangniang, each belongs to their own." Liu shook her head and told them that the most prosperous temple of incense in Rongshan was Songziniangniang Temple, and many people went to pray for their children. Also called a doll.

"Then let's go and have a look." Qing'er spoke quickly, and was slapped on the back by Liu's gesture.

"It's nonsense for children." Those who go to the Ziniangniang Temple are all married women, and it doesn't matter if children go. It's ridiculous for Qing'er to go at half an age.

Qing'er snorted angrily and turned her head away to ignore Liu Shi, Jia Zhuo pursed her lips and smiled, then opened the curtain to show her the scenery beside her, and finally calmed down.

They set off early in the morning, and it was already afternoon when they arrived at Rongshan Mountain. They went up the mountain to arrange a room and put the mule in place.Mrs. Liu stayed on the mountain, and the three children went down the mountain together.

Rongshan is not high, and the road is very wide. When walking down, from time to time, I see women walking up with blue clothes.On the top of the mountain, there is the Temple of the Kiln God and the Temple of the Empress of Song Dynasty.

Jia Zhuo lightly tugged on Qing'er's sleeve, and said softly, "Look at the one going up the hill ahead, and the one walking on the side is Xiao Cai."

Qing'er raised her eyes and was meeting Xiao Cai's eyes, both girls pursed their lips and smiled.Xiao Cai is no better than Qing'er, she hastily made a silent movement, Qing'er covered her mouth tactfully.Seeing Xiaocai pointing in the direction of Sending Ziniangniang Temple, Qing'er quickly nodded to show that she knew.

Jia Zhuo also smiled at Xiao Cai, watching the two carriages pass by, and the three of them continued to walk down the mountain.

"The magistrate's wife is..."

"Shhh, don't say it if you know it." Jia Zhuo covered Qing'er's mouth, the county magistrate's wife has never had a child, so it's not good to say it out.

"I hope she can get what she wants." Qing'er felt that the county magistrate's wife was gentle and beautiful, and it would be really unfair for such a good person to have no children.

"Here we are, these are all below." Ban'er pointed to the foot of the mountain, where most of the kilns around Jinling are located.A street full of stores.Porcelain samples are placed in a storefront outside, and behind it is the place where people live.

The three of Jia Zhuo and the others seemed to be here with adults to play. Most of the shopkeepers just glanced at them and continued to discuss with the guests in front of them.

Jia Zhuo didn't care. He found a relatively deserted shop and saw no customers, so he went up and asked, "Uncle, do you have any vases and dishes that were burnt? I want to collect some for handicrafts."

The uncle looked at her in surprise, and pointed in a direction, "The burnt porcelain is transported there and piled up, and someone will clean it up every once in a while. If you want it, you can pick it up yourself."

"Thank you, uncle." When Jia Zhuo heard that he didn't want the money, he quickly asked for the location and looked for it excitedly.

"It's too broken." Just as Jia Zhuo was about to step forward, he was pulled back by the board.

"How can we just go like this? What if you cut your hand? You stand by the side first, and I'll take a look." Ban'er wrapped the cloth strips prepared in advance around his hands, and squatted down to the side of the mountain of broken porcelain. Going up and pulling, there is almost no shaped or slightly damaged porcelain here, all of which are very broken pieces, almost useless.

Ban'er shook his head at Jia Zhuo. At this moment, someone pushed a cart over and poured out the whole cart of waste porcelain.Jia Zhuo's eyes were sharp, and he saw that some of the porcelain bottles that were still intact were smashed into slag after being thrown up like this.

"Hey hey..." Jia Zhuo breathed in distressedly, her vase, what a beautiful white porcelain, what a beautiful water pattern, just disappeared.

Ban'er stepped forward to stop the person pushing the cart, and cupped his hands, "Ask this big brother, will you clean up all the waste porcelain here?"

The man pushing the cart nodded. He was hired by the porcelain burners in this area. He brought the waste porcelain here every day, and after a few days, he carried the pieces up the mountain and dumped them into the uninhabited valley.

When Ban'er heard this, he exchanged a look of joy with Jia Zhuo, and Ban'er immediately took out a purse, counted ten copper coins in it, and gave him to him.He said he wanted to buy some discarded but relatively intact porcelain, depending on the size, two to five coins a piece.

When the person pushing the cart heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately responded, "Wait a minute, I'm going to pull another cart today, I'll be careful later, and I'll fix some better ones for you."

They waited at the same place, and the people pushing the cart came over. Because of the lightness of their hands, there were indeed a lot of porcelain that were only slightly damaged.Jia Zhuo picked out two vases, three jars, and four or five dishes, and tidied them up satisfactorily.Baner told the cart pusher again that he would do it again tomorrow, and asked him to leave some for them to choose according to the current standard.

Finally, the three of them carried a bamboo basket, put the porcelain in it, and carried up the mountain.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liu twitched the corners of her mouth and shook her head, "I ran out because of this pile of junk, I really don't know what to say to you."

"Auntie, we saw the magistrate's wife's car on the road, and Qing'er went to look for Xiao Cai, and see if you want to kowtow." As soon as Jia Zhuo finished speaking, Mrs. Liu got up immediately.

"Songzi Niangniang Temple, you should ask first, maybe she doesn't want to be alarmed."

Jia Zhuo and Qing'er managed to find Xiao Cai, and Xiao Cai really shook her head, "Shuan dolls are very particular, don't be disturbed by others, for fear of scaring the doll away."

Sure enough, it was the same as what Liu said.

"Here, the plums we bought at the foot of the mountain, I tasted good, you can eat and see." Qing'er stuffed a bag of plums for Xiao Cai, and went back to the Yao Temple.

The next day, I drove the mule cart directly down the mountain, and when the man pushing the cart came over, I picked up a few more large items and some small items, and agreed with him.Come over every half a month and ask him to keep the same things.

They came back with a load of junk, and Liu laughed all the way.Qing'er also asked Jia Zhuo in a low voice, "Can this thing really be used to hold flowers and plants?"

"Yes, it looks good. It's best for a literati to be arty."

Jia Zhuo pinched Qing'er's nose confidently, yes, she changed her mind.Originally, in her perception, succulents were mostly things that girls who were a little free and didn't want to be too troublesome liked to raise.In this time and space, the daughter in the boudoir should be the first choice.

But when she was breeding succulents, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was too difficult to break into the boudoir of the rich lady.Moreover, she had to walk among them, and if anyone saw her, it would be another troublesome matter.

One day when it was raining, she was standing under the eaves to hide from the rain, and saw someone on the road holding a lotus leaf as an umbrella and walked over unhurriedly.I thought it was very funny, but I didn't expect that a scribe who was hiding from the rain together drank a good demeanor, chanted a poem, and followed the rain.

It was at that time that she suddenly had an idea, why did she have to do business in the boudoir?To change the way of thinking, the literati of this era all like elegant things.

Then she will let her succulents be elegant and elegant, and become the new favorite of literati, isn't it much easier than breaking into the boudoir.

It's just that the first shot had to be fired, so she didn't hesitate to think of the shape she had seen in another time and space, and wanted to copy it.

Of course, in this era, it is not easy to find so many utensils of different shapes, colors and even materials.The only thing that can be used is probably porcelain.She couldn't afford complete porcelain, and even if she could afford it, the profit she got would not be too high if the cost increased.

Simply use the broken porcelain to go back to process, so that the color and material are still as good-looking, those rich guys may think that they deliberately broke the porcelain for styling, and they can cheat more money.

"Ban'er, about poetry?"

After returning home, the three of them put the porcelain in the warehouse, and Jia Zhuo asked.

"It's on me." Ban'er said with a smile.

Jia Zhuo was overjoyed looking at the porcelain on the floor.

I couldn't wait to choose a round belly vase. The belly of the white porcelain vase was originally a picture of rich and noble peonies. Because the body of the bottle collapsed during the firing process and the mouth of the bottle was broken, it became a waste product.

Laying the vase horizontally on the ground, I want to use a tool to cut the belly of the vase into a third, just to remove the flaws on the body of the vase, and then use a grinding stone to smooth the fracture, so that it will not cut people.

But as soon as it hit it, she knew it was going to be bad. The porcelain was too brittle and couldn't stand the force at all, and it smashed a big hole that she didn't expect.As for grinding, the tools that I used to think were very handy, now seem to be against him, and I can't use them well.

As for the few tiles from large to small, they couldn't fit in their positions no matter what.

"Didn't you agree, let me do these jobs?" Ban'er stood outside the door, knocking on the open warehouse door, laughing and sighing.

"I just want to try."

"What to do if you cut your hand." Ban'er held more tools in his hand, looked at it, told her to stand aside, and took a look at the vase she smashed.

"Be gentle, there is no rush for this kind of work."

"I don't know if it will be successful." Jia Zhuo thought very well. He used a vase to make a progressive potted plant shape, and each layer was composed of succulent plants to form the scenery in a poem.The bottom layer is the largest and gradually shrinks upwards.But after only one start, I found that I was far away from what I thought.

What she wants is beautiful, but now lying on the ground, with dirty porcelain rolled, an ugly gap opened, and broken porcelain pieces piled up all over the floor, she feels that the things made may be Can't see it at all.

Ban'er pushed her out, "Rest early, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

"If it doesn't work, there are still those bowls and plates. It's better to make some simple ones first." Jia Zhuo has begun to regret that he has a high-sightedness and a low-handedness. How can it be so easy to make the amazing shapes that he has seen on the Internet before? .

"Sister, the water is ready." Qing'er boiled the water in the kitchen, and then asked her, "My mother just told me to embroider a picture of the empress giving birth to the magistrate as a present to the wife of the magistrate."

Jia Zhuo yawned and said to Qing'er, "I'm too tired today, let's talk about it tomorrow."

"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow." Qing'er also went out with water.

Jia Zhuo didn't think it was a good idea to embroider the Empress Dowager, although Qing'er was talented, she embroidered very well.But she was liked by the county magistrate's wife and Bai Xi mainly because the patterns she embroidered were fresh and elegant, which couldn't be seen in the market.

As for the traditional portraits, especially the statues of gods, there are too many old embroiderers whose craftsmanship is much higher than that of Qing'er.Besides, if you send this kind of idol, should people worship it or not?In case there is a Guanyin of Songzi in someone's house, where do you put the statue of Songzi Niangniang?

Embarrassing the receiver is the most important thing the giver should avoid.

Early the next morning, Jia Zhuo explained her disapproval to Mrs. Liu.

"Then what do you think you should embroider?" Mrs. Liu agrees with what Jia Zhuo said, thinking to herself, is this what Ban'er's father said, which is better than being able to work.

"Let me think about it again. There is still time left and right. I will go out with Qing'er for a stroll, and first look at the fashionable flowers. Hey, where is Qing'er?"

"Oh my god, sister, sister, come here, come here..."

Jia Zhuo heard Qing'er's exclamation from the backyard, and rushed out in three steps at a time.