Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

Let's talk about Jia Yun, since returning home, his mother and fifth sister-in-law were very pleasantly surprised, and the mother and son had a lot to say.

As he was talking, he heard someone knock on the door.

Jia Yun reluctantly stood up from her mother and went to open the door.

He thought that he had just returned home, and although he met many people on the way back, most likely no one came to him so quickly, most likely someone from the clan came to look for his mother.When he was not at home, some kind-hearted people came to accompany Fifth Sister-in-law to relieve boredom.

But the one standing outside the door was actually Chongyu.

Jia Yun was surprised, and invited Chongyu into the house, and said embarrassedly: "Uncle Lin, my house is simple, don't take offense."

The fifth sister-in-law knew it was Chongyu just by Jia Yun's address, and she was busy preparing tea and some fruits for Chongyu.

She was alone at home before, and she was used to simplicity in the past. She didn't have too many things at home, but Jia Yun brought some for her when she came home, and it happened to greet Chongyu at this time.

Chongyu wanted to ask Jia Yun some things about the road. Jia Yun answered most of them in detail, but only a few, but she didn't say too much, occasionally said a few words, and then quietly looked at her mother.

Chongyu had heard from Yang Liutong that the journey was not peaceful, and he encountered bandits several times.

These gangsters are strong and weak, the strong one is seeing that their caravan has a lot of people and money, so they take them and plan to make a fortune.Those who are weak really have no way out, knowing that they are no match for them, they can only rush forward, only thinking about robbing as much as they can, and running for their lives if they can't rob a box of things.

Jia Yun followed the caravan all the way, seeing all this in her eyes.

But now that his mother was by his side, he didn't dare to say more, for fear that his mother would worry again.

However, Chongyu inadvertently asked some relevant questions only because he had limited knowledge of what happened on the road. After hearing Jia Yun's intention, he stopped mentioning these things and only asked Jia Yun with a smile: "It's too soon now." It’s the Chinese New Year, but after the next year, my business will continue to send caravans to go out. The next time I go out, it’s not like this time, and I’ll be back in a few months. I don’t know if you’re still willing to go with me?”

Jia Yun is indeed a clever person, and Yang Liutong secretly observed that when he followed the Lin family caravan, he never made any crooked ideas, so maybe he can't try to use him.

The most worrying thing for Chongyu to set up this business is the problem of talents.

Although the Lin family can produce some loyal people, but the Lin family also has some fields and villages that need to be taken care of by others. Given the past employment habits of the Lin family, it is impossible to recruit too many people for him.Moreover, a loyal person may not be good at dealing with affairs when dealing with affairs. Jia Yun's ingenuity is exactly what he needs.

"This..." Jia Yun was really moved.

He works by Xifeng's side, even if he gains Xifeng's trust, he can make a lot of profit, but he himself is very dissatisfied with this kind of method that relies on flattery and deception to make profits, just because he was born here , and only relying on this to make some money, I have to do it as a last resort.Moreover, he has been involved in these things before, and it will not be easy for him to get out in the future.

Going out with the Lin family's caravan, while chatting with other members of the caravan, he already learned that the Lin family does not have such messy rules, as long as everyone does good things with all their heart, they will get a bonus afterwards.In this way, earning this money requires a lot of peace of mind.

However, once Chongyu agreed, it would be difficult for him to take care of his mother when he went out.How can he feel at ease after leaving his mother alone at home for many years?

The fifth sister-in-law smiled and said: "Yun'er, if you think it's good to follow your uncle Lin to do business, then go. I am here, and the neighbors on the left and right are all clan members, so there are so many people who come to chat with me to relieve boredom. Why do you worry about me?"

After Jia Yun heard this, Fang nodded with tears in his eyes and said, "Uncle Lin, if you think I am suitable, then I will follow you in the next year!"

"That's for sure!" With Jia Yun's consent, Chongyu was convinced, drank the tea in the cup, got up and smiled, "You just went home, and I won't disturb you and Fifth Sister-in-law to enjoy family happiness anymore. If it weren't for worrying that Sister Feng also thinks you are capable, I would have asked you to do things for her in the coming year first, and I wouldn't have come to you in such a hurry. You don't have to send me off, I'll just go and talk to Sister Feng."

Even so, Jia Yun sent him out of the house before returning home.

Going back to the house from the door of the house, Jia Yun felt that she had walked through thousands of rivers and mountains in just a few steps.

Back then, he was not a direct descendant of the Jia family.The Jia family has a large number of people, so they are direct descendants. If they didn't have good friends with those in power, they probably wouldn't have a chance to get ahead.

He lost his father when he was young, and he was brought up entirely by his mother. Later, he bribed Sister Feng by himself to get the job opportunity.

Although Sister Feng is also a person who knows people and makes good use of them, after he has completed the first task, she knows that he has some abilities, so she entrusts him with more tasks.

However, every time he did things for Sister Feng, especially when Sister Feng did things to gain power later on, he often felt uneasy.

Chongyu is as willing to use him to do things as Wang Xifeng, and as long as he does things normally, how can he not be happy?

After leaving Jia Yun's house, Chongyu did enter the Rong Mansion. First, he paid a visit to Jia Zheng, and then went to see Xifeng after the nephew and uncle had some gossip.

Wang Xifeng complained a few words, whether true or false, and said with a smile that Chongyu would go to her right-hand man, so she agreed.

At the end, Xifeng suddenly asked: "I heard that my cousin came back with your caravan, and brought a girl back? I just don't know if this is true or not?"

Chongyu hurriedly laughed and said, "Sister Feng is really well-informed! I just heard about this, so you will know."

Xifeng proudly said: "I also know that he said that the girl will not marry! If he really wants to marry a wife, then my aunt should also find a marriage for Bao girl?"

When she said this, Chongyu was shocked, and hurriedly got up and said: "This is amazing! I can't sit here any longer!"

Xifeng hurriedly stood up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Chongyu sighed: "You don't know. Before Xiangyun wanted to get married, it aroused my sister's parting feelings. It happened that the sisters were not around during this time. When Brother Xue came back, Sister Bao would definitely go home too. , My sister is stranded at home, and I still don’t know how to feel sad, I should go back and talk to her earlier."

Only then did Xifeng understand, and said with a smile: "Your brother and sister are very affectionate! Come on! I'll give you a little treat. We'll talk again some other day."

Chongyufang returned home in a hurry, only to find that Daiyu was still sitting on the small couch by the window, with her hands hanging in front of her body, facing the window and sitting with her head bowed.

The maids wanted to pass on the message, but Chongyu signaled them to be silent, so he quietly walked behind Daiyu, trying to scare her.

But Daiyu didn't turn her head back, she just said, "Brother Parrot, bite him!"

A colorful parrot suddenly flew up from in front of Daiyu and headed straight for Chongyu.

Fortunately, Chongyu practiced martial arts and had a quick reaction. The parrot had to fly high before jumping over Daiyu's shoulders and pounced on Chongyu, so Chongyu was able to dodge it very easily.

Daiyu just turned her head and said with a smile: "I asked you to scare me, Brother Parrot, come back."

The parrot really flew back and landed safely in Daiyu's palm.

"I didn't even have time to scare you." Chongyu sat down beside Daiyu and said with emotion, "When did you train it so well?"

Daiyu shot him a look, and complained, whether true or false: "You are getting more and more busy these days, you even find time to walk around my place, talking gossip has almost used up your time, how can you have time?" Hear what I have to say?"

This parrot was originally used by Mother Jia to relieve her boredom when she was living in the Rong Mansion.

There were already many parrots, thrushes and other birds in Jiamu's yard, and Daiyu would tease them occasionally when she had time.Later, Jia Mu Te gave her a parrot, so that she would not have to go outside the side room of the corridor through the mountains whenever she wanted to.

When Daiyu returned home, she brought the parrot with her.At the beginning, she still only taught the parrot to talk and read poems. Then one day, when she was about to play with the parrot, another woman came to her to report the matter. With a little effort, the parrot learned to open the cage door and fly out by itself.

It didn't run away, and it still knew it was going back into the cage, so Daiyu let it go freely, and the door of the bird cage seemed to be empty.

And because Chongyu was very busy during this time, when he came to play with Daiyu, he just talked about their respective affairs, the siblings cared for each other, and he was about to leave. How can a parrot be worth talking about?

When Chongyu came, he only wanted to accompany Daiyu to relieve boredom, but once he came here, when he encountered this incident, he felt that he had also become the person who caused Daiyu's sorrow.

As the siblings grow up separately, it is impossible for the two of them to be like in the past, fighting day and night, only focusing on each other.

Daiyu suddenly stretched out her hand to Chongyu's shoulder.

Chongyu was slightly stunned, only to see Daiyu pick up a small fluff and put it aside.Judging by the color of the coat, it was clearly left by the parrot accidentally when it pounced on him.

A little girl came over and took the fluff away.

The parrot is in the cage, looking up.

Daiyu laughed and said, "I'm very happy that you can come to see me."

But Chongyu's heart twisted again when he heard it.

"elder sister……"

Daiyu stretched out her hand and poked his forehead, but spoke very softly.

"It's grown up."

They all have courage on their shoulders.

For example, she wants to handle these matters in the inner house properly, and Chongyu and her father want to maintain the dignity of the family outside.

Before entering Beijing, she was just an ignorant toddler, and her mother could still enjoy asylum to the fullest before she died.Even with the teaching of his parents, he had some understanding of some things outside the home, but after all, he knew that his parents were right in front of him, resisting everything outside.

During the period of sojourn in Rong Mansion, something was different.

When I got home and took care of the housework myself, I realized many difficulties.

She still has loyal servants to help her now, and the Lin family has a good background and there is no extravagance and waste, so it is a bit easier for her to be the director of the family.

Occasionally Daiyu would think of Rong Mansion, especially when she was walking around Rong Mansion, she saw the ostentation of Rong Mansion, and when she went to play with Xifeng, she heard Xifeng chatting, and she knew that it was not easy for Rong Mansion to support the ostentation.

However, this big family, if they are not full of confidence, they are willing to take the initiative to lower their ostentation first. Once there is a lack of acceptance in the future, it is even more impossible to omit these ostentation, otherwise it will only attract suspicion from outsiders and add more trouble.Only by holding on, maybe you can hold on until the turning point appears.

The Lin family already had a simple style in its heyday, so living a simple life would not attract outsiders' imaginations.

Daiyu once worked out for the Jia family how to resolve the looming crisis in the family, but after much calculation, she couldn't figure out a solution.

If you don't start with Jiajia's family education and children's education, first make a big change in the family atmosphere, and no matter how much you do the rest, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.If you want to change the family style, the patriarch refuses to be ruthless, and he is not upright, how can he convince the people?

In the end, all Daiyu can do is to let Yingchun sisters go to school in her own home, so as to create a daughter's paradise for the sisters.

Whether I only hate Mr. Chen Xiaosheng, or the four nuns who came out of the palace, they have all talked about many ways to manage the family, and they have also mentioned a few points. Even as a daughter, you should have some insights. Being able to take responsibility, Yingchun doesn't seem to care much about it.

Before leaving the pavilion, only what the nanny does, and what the girls around her do in the name of young lady.What will happen after leaving the cabinet?

Daiyu didn't even dare to think about it.

Even if the Jia family has always been beautiful, they may not be able to protect their married daughter.What if something goes wrong with the Jia family?

In the past, Daiyu only felt that Baoyu was really good among the sisters, but now that Baoyu came back from going out this time, she was still the same as before, only caring about playing around, so how could she not worry?

With Chongyu as a comparison, it is much easier for her to see Baoyu's hidden weakness.

Playboys in a prosperous age should be carefree, but is a prosperous age really a prosperous age?

Chongyu looked at Daiyu quietly, not knowing what to say.

He originally intended to accompany Daiyu to relieve boredom, so as to save Daiyu from worrying that her sisters were not around.

How do you know that now you only see Daiyu with a light smile?

With the tacit understanding between siblings and Daiyu's sensitivity, he is not surprised that Daiyu can guess why he came, but only surprised that Daiyu's reaction is far calmer than he thought when he came.

Daiyu stretched out her hand and smoothed Chongyu's slightly creased clothes when she was hiding from parrots. Fang sighed, "I just never imagined that Big Brother Xue would be getting married so soon. I don't know Bao How will my sister be then?"

Facing Chongyu, Daiyu didn't have many worries in her speech.

"I don't know why, but when I think about it, I feel bored. It stands to reason that Sister Bao is going to get married. Isn't that a matter of course? These sisters who go to school together now will definitely separate one day. It doesn't even have to wait long, as long as the second sister and the others want to go home to get married... Most of the time, the second sister will go first, and the other sisters should also go to their own homes. I don't feel so sad when I think they will leave. Only one Thinking of Sister Bao makes me feel depressed."

When Xiangyun got engaged, she thought about telling Chongyu about her differences with Sister Bao.

However, there was a delay at that time, and she couldn't bring it up to Chongyu immediately, and she didn't want to talk about it later.

Until now, it can be said.

"Are you spending more time with Sister Bao?" Chongyu didn't think about anything else, just pulled Daiyu and smiled, "Although I don't have that much skill, I can help my sister to talk to Dad , so that Dad can pay attention to the young and middle-aged talents in Beijing for Sister Bao. You don't have to worry that Sister Bao may encounter unkind people."

It's just these words that hit Daiyu's mind again.

She was so annoyed that she stretched out her hand to pinch Chongyu, and spat, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Chongyu hurriedly complained: "Didn't you mention this first? I meant to relieve you, but you blame me?"

He said with a grin and said, "That's right! How could you want to separate from Sister Bao so quickly? Looking at it this way, I'm really not. But it doesn't matter if we look at each other first. Aunt Xue is good. , but after all, I don’t have many opportunities to meet those young princes, let alone examine their character. Even if I ask uncle for help, it’s not as convenient as daddy..."

Chongyu is really thinking about Baochai.

But when she saw that Daiyu's face was getting pale, she panicked all of a sudden, and she wanted to talk to Daiyu again, how could she be willing to talk about some of the upstarts in Beijing that I had known these days!

What the Lin family really supports now is the third prince, so naturally they can't get too close with those people in Beijing who clearly assist the prince.

However, there are always some people who rely on their own talents to enter the imperial examination and gain a firm foothold in the court.

Although most of these people are of a certain age, it is not difficult to pick out some young talents.It is certainly not easy to insist on getting to the level of the top pick.But as long as you are willing to lower the standard, there is nothing wrong with having the Lin family as a matchmaker, being able to marry the Jia family, having the wealth of the Xue family, and even Baochai's talent and appearance?

Chongyu stopped talking, seeing that Daiyu's complexion didn't improve, he quickly slapped his mouth lightly, and said anxiously: "I'm talking nonsense here again, don't take it seriously."

Daiyu shook her head and said, "Are you really thinking that I can't tell the truth? You are right. If I can really ask Daddy for help, she will be more secure in the future."

Chongyu didn't dare to talk about Baochai's affairs anymore, and even didn't dare to say more about Xue Pan's affairs. He just picked up some anecdotes from Yang Liutong and Jia Yun on the caravan journey, and most of them were said by Jia Yun. Yes, he went to Jia's house once, and Yang Liutong only focused on talking to Guo Sixi.

Dangerous places are indispensable on the road to business, but deliberately ignoring these interesting stories after the adventure is very attractive to Daiyu, a deep boudoir who can hardly go out.

Gradually hearing Daiyu's laughter, Chongyu was a little relieved.

The other girls living in Xiqiong's courtyard had already gone home, and the dinner of the Lin's family was changed to the neighbor's family eating together.

After dinner, Lin Ruhai suddenly asked, "Chongyu, your previous teacher, Jia Yucun, went to your business again in the past few days?"

Daiyu listened and became more attentive.

This Jia Yu village had previously sent her and Chongyu to the capital, recognized the clan with the Jia family, and climbed into the Wang family, and now it has become more and more prosperous.

However, when Lin Ruhai occasionally mentioned this person with his children, he no longer admired him in the past.

Even though Jia Yucun had some bad habits, he was still able to do things for one place, but now he is more dedicated to the officialdom. The people live and die.

Lin Ruhai saw clearly his changes in the officialdom, and wanted to reduce his contact with him. When he came to Lin's mansion, he was rejected a lot.

Jia Yucun has encountered obstacles many times, and he no longer learned how to come to Lin's house, but because Chongyu opened a business, he went to the business abnormally.

When he was flattering Jia, Wang and others, he couldn't avoid giving some expensive gifts, but now he simply buys some things at Lin's business and sends them over.Therefore, several families who were preparing concubines to visit their relatives all came to Lin's business to buy things, just to release them to the other courtyard to welcome their concubines back to the province. The reputation of Lin's business has already been established. Emotionally and rationally justified.

Chongyu said with a smile: "Before I asked the shop assistants to pay more attention to him. This time when he came to buy things, the assistants would first ask him who he was going to send to, and then give him recommendations. If he hadn't concealed it intentionally, he would He should have already joined the Nan'an County King's door, and he is going to the Nan'an County King's Mansion to give gifts."

"It's actually the king of Nan'an County?" Lin Ruhai was a little surprised, "I thought he climbed up to the Beijing Palace first."

In addition to being in close contact with Wang Ziteng, Jia Yucun usually likes to associate with other honorable families through the family relationship of the Jia family.The Jia family has a lot of contacts with the princes of the four counties, especially the prince of Beijing, and the prince of Beijing is the most prominent now, but Jia Yucun is not the first to cling to the prince of Beijing?

Even if it might be fake news from Jia Yucun, this matter is also suspicious.