[Red Chamber] I just want to be a dummy

"Huh? Sell...sell the manuscript?" Cang Zhu always thought that their second master wrote the manuscript for his own entertainment, but he didn't expect Jia Jing to actually plan to sell the manuscript.

As Jia Jing's servant, Cang Zhu is also literate.Because he was going to sort out the manuscript for Jia Jing, he naturally became the first reader of this script.

Cang Zhu thinks that their second master's writing is really good, which makes him, who has only learned characters from him for a few years, feel unsatisfied after reading it.The scene of the fight and the beast were all described very well by the second master.

But, don't make trouble, these days, who would like to read this kind of script, there is neither a beautiful woman, nor an infatuated and handsome champion, can others like to read it?

Moreover, what the second master wrote is too straightforward, there is no other script like writing a few poems on it.This is not elegant at all, and it is certainly not liked by the public.

Cang Zhu felt that their second master might be too young and didn't have the talent to compose poems or something.

"Huh? Why, Cang Zhu, do you also think that my storybook is too good to be measured by money? I think so too, but I didn't write this book for money, and..."

Of course, the second master should not write the storybook for money. After all, he is the second son of the Ningguo Mansion anyway, and those meeting gifts during the holidays may be able to buy a bookstore.

But, can the second master stop being so self-important, Cang Zhu's heart of protecting the master has already begun to turn in his heart.

If the second master knew that the book was worthless if he worked so hard to write it all night, he would be so sad.As a qualified servant, why don't he go and take care of the second master first, first give a sum of money to the shopkeeper of the bookstore, and then ask the shopkeeper to quote a price higher than the world's?

Cang Zhu thought, the second master of his family would definitely use his real identity to sell the scripts, after all, writing a script is not a decent thing, let alone sell the script with a face.

What's more, the master will definitely not allow the second master to sell scripts.Even if the second master wanted to avoid being beaten by the master, he would definitely not use his real identity.

In case the second master was bumped into by those people who looked down on others and was bullied, what would the second master want him to do.

"Do you also want to witness the high price of the book that the master said? It's fine, don't look at me like that, just say no, and tell someone to prepare the car. Come with me."

Jia Jing watched Cang Zhu's complexion change back and forth, thinking that Cang Zhu wanted to go with him.Although being a dandy has no reason to let the boy follow him, but he is going to sell manuscripts today, so let Cang Zhu see it.

Cang Zhu felt that he could not save the second master's growing self-confidence in a short time, so he hesitated twice, and followed Jia Jing's instructions to prepare the car.

Although he had to follow the second master and couldn't go to say hello to the shopkeeper of the bookstore in advance, it would be a big deal to wink at the shopkeeper when the time came.Presumably, the person who can be the shopkeeper in such a prosperous place in Beishi must be clever.

"Cang Zhu, is this the only carriage left in our mansion?" Jia Jing stared at the dilapidated carriage in front of him in bewilderment, with a lot of mud on the curtain.

Could it be that in the past few days when he was writing the storybook, the Ningguo Mansion has been reduced to the point where men are allowed to go out and take this kind of carriage?

If he is not mistaken, this carriage is probably used by the kitchen to buy vegetables during the day, right?Even the servants and maids around Jia Jing would not be willing to sit in this kind of carriage when they go out.

"Grandpa, don't we have to hide our identities to sell chat books? The carriage you usually ride in has the emblem of our house on it, and others will recognize it as soon as they recognize it."

A qualified servant is to think of all the things that the master can't think of for the master.Cang Zhu has learned that the people who usually write the story books are those poor scholars, and they usually make carriages like this when they go out.

"Hide your identity?" Jia Jing tapped Cang Zhu on the head with a fan, "You think you can hide your identity by changing to a dilapidated carriage?"

"Which people in such a broken carriage can still wear silk and satin? Will there be a servant by his side? Don't you want to go with me?" Jia Jing felt that his servant was really stupid, so he had to Thanks to Cang Zhu's master, he has a good temper.

"Then the second master? We don't need to hide our identity? What if..." If you can't sell it and lose your face to the second master, what will you do? Cang Zhu was secretly anxious, but she didn't dare to say the latter.

"What if?" Jia Jing squinted his eyes because the sun was too strong.

"..." What did he say? If he said that the second master's words could not be sold, what would the second master think of him as a crow's mouth?

"What if the master finds out?" Fortunately, there is another reason, Cang Zhu thought wisely.

"Didn't my father go to Daying, Shanxi? He wouldn't know about it," Jia Jing added uncertainly, "It's okay if he knows, anyway, I'm a dude anyway, so what's wrong with writing a storybook?"

My second master, if you don't feel very guilty when you speak, I might still reluctantly believe what Cang Zhu thinks in my heart.

It's a long life, their second master has forgotten to be a playboy in the past few days, why is he thinking about it now?

****

"Isn't this Master Jing, you're here?" The shopkeeper of the bookstore was taken aback when he saw Jia Jing. Anyone who can be the shopkeeper in Beishi, the most prosperous city in Beijing, has a pair of piercing eyes.

It's just that he knows all the nobles who come here frequently.As a former scholar, Jia Jing used to come to bookstores often, and bought a few Annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics along the way, so the shopkeeper of the bookstore naturally knew him.

However, this master hasn't been here for a long time, and according to gossip, this master doesn't even go to school anymore, and has been clamoring to be a playboy.

However, no matter whether he is a dude or not, he is the second master of the Ningguo Mansion. Reading is the icing on the cake. If you don't read well, it is not impossible to be an official with Ning Guogong's ability in the future.

The shopkeeper thought sourly, what does the young master of such a rich family do, and people like them who barely make ends meet don't need to worry about it.

"What does the second master want to buy today? Xu Daru just published an annotated collection of the Analects, do you want to see it?" Seeing Jia Jing coming, the shopkeeper naturally thought that he was here to buy some books for the imperial examination.

Otherwise, what is such a great Buddha doing in a small bookstore like him?