Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

Ma Daopo was led to Rongxi Hall by a maid, and it happened that Mrs. Wang was also at Jiamu's place.Ma Daopo quickly and courteously greeted the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and said respectfully: "It has been a long time since I greeted the old lady. How is the old lady?"

"It's okay." Mother Jia replied casually, but shook her head and sighed: "It's just that something has happened at home these days. Alas, I never thought that Rong's daughter-in-law from Dongfu would go away at such a young age! Earlier, the only grandson of Confucianism in the family disappeared, and the white-haired person gave away the black-haired person! Looking at it this way, I think it is because the Jia family has had bad luck recently, so it is not peaceful. It just so happens that you came today, from the house Take some ghee and light an ever-burning lamp for Baoyu in front of the Buddha, and let the Buddha bless him with a long life."

"Just don't worry, the old lady. Leave it to me, and I'll take care of it and arrange it properly!" Ma Daopo agreed with all her mouth, and said with a smile: "The old lady really has a kind heart for the younger generation. With the old lady's great blessing, the government Everything will be safe in the sky!"

"I heard that the second master Bao has already gone to the ethnology school. With his intelligence and aura, once he concentrates on studying, his fame is just around the corner. The good days of the old lady and the wife are still to come!"

"Accept your auspicious words!" Jia Mu said happily: "Baoyu is a man of great fortune and extremely filial piety!"

"Have you seen the flowers on the table?" Jia Mu proudly pointed to the few rouge-like red plum blossoms in the jade-white Ru porcelain vase on the table and said, "That's Baoyu seeing that the plum blossoms in the garden are blooming well." , I chose the extremely handsome one, and I didn't care about admiring the flowers, so I matched it with a good vase, and specially sent it to honor me."

Mrs. Wang also pursed her lips and smiled in satisfaction, and Baoyu also sent someone to send her a bottle of plum blossoms.At that time, many people were gathering at her place to talk, and when they saw this, they all praised Baoyu for his filial piety, and they always thought of their mother first when they had good things.At that time, Aunt Zhao was also standing beside her to wait on her. Seeing this scene, she looked sad and embarrassed.That's right, brother Huan can only be mischievous and fool around, asking Aunt Zhao for food and clothing all day long, how can he be as considerate and sensible as Baoyu?She was pleased with herself, but also gained enough face, and happily rewarded the autumn pattern of plum blossoms.

"That's really a blessing. The family is full of generosity and good deeds. The Emperor Bodhisattva is watching, and he will definitely take care of the good family!" Ma Daopo took advantage of the opportunity to turn the conversation to the topic she wanted to mention: "Old lady, to tell you the truth , I have practiced diligently with my master since I was a child, and I have a little understanding of the art of watching luck. As soon as I arrived at your mansion today, I felt a faint auspicious light in the midair. There will be happy events coming!"

"Oh, what kind of happy event is it? You may be able to see it?" Mother Jia was immediately taken aback when she heard this, and asked hastily.

"This, what God means, how can we ordinary people know in advance?" Ma Daopo didn't know what to do, so she could only smile and say vaguely: "In short, I think it is an auspicious omen, the old lady may as well be patient. Wait, see if my eyes are still sharp, what I say is accurate!!"

"Our family has been doing good deeds for decades, and Bodhisattva will take care of others!" Jia Mu nodded and smiled slightly.She felt that this was just an auspicious flattery from Ma Daopo, and she didn't take it to heart.However, it is always comforting to hear good words, and I plan to give her more sesame oil money today.

"Okay, it's always a good thing for Guangcai to have a family!" Mrs. Wang continued, but she was thinking about another thing.

The day before yesterday, Lian Er came back from Yangzhou with a message. Uncle Daolin really failed this time. He reckoned that the Lin family's property is really rich.Although the Lin family will not be reconciled at that time and will definitely compete with the Jia family, he has already contacted old relatives and friends in Jiangnan, including the Zhen family and the Jia family in Jinling. Jia Yucun is also an official in Jinling, and they all expressed that We will do our best to help.Although the Lin family is a scholarly family, they don't have much real power.Uncle Lin has a long relationship with his clansmen, and he has persuaded Uncle Lin that he is willing to entrust the family property to the Jia family and let them take care of Lin Daiyu.Well, the reason why Uncle Lin agreed is because he told Uncle Lin what the old lady meant—the two Yu'er are like-minded, they are just a couple!However, as for the marriage contract, he knew that his aunt didn't want to settle it too early, lest Sister Lin and Brother Bao get along awkwardly, and he would try to delay it as much as possible.

The wealth accumulated by the Lin family for several generations will go to the Jia family, which is extremely rich and can fill the increasingly empty old treasury of the Jia family.Lin Daiyu will also live under the eaves of Jia's house.In the past, Jia Min, who was so noble and noble, who was so high above him and looked down on him everywhere, watched his family fortune withering in the ground, what kind of feeling would he feel?

That is of course a happy event!Mrs. Wang thought to herself, it seems that Ma Daopo has some skills, even if it is not good, she knows it well.Mother Jia ordered people to bring butter to Ma Daopo to light the ever-burning lamp, and Mrs. Wang gave her an extra pouch with two silver ingots in it.

Ma Daopo took the purse and squeezed it calmly. The silver ingots are not light, two of them weigh seven or eight taels.She was secretly happy, that brother Cong was right, they all liked to hear such auspicious words.Now that there is no trace of it at all, it is exchanged for a lot of silver and precious ghee.In the future, if what Brother Cong said can really be realized, the benefits of being able to get it may be ten times or a hundred times what it is today! It seems that Brother Cong is reliable and can cooperate.But, wait and see.

Jia Cong is not in a hurry, his daily schedule is very tight.I bury my head in reading, practicing calligraphy, and writing every day.It can be said that he does not spend a day, because he has no right to waste time.

Everyone thought that after Jia Dairu lost his only grandson, he would be devastated by the blow of severing his bloodline, and he would become ill or become depressed.Who knows, he survived.

After taking care of Jia Rui's funeral, Jia Dairu returned to ethnology and continued to teach students as before.He was still quite lenient towards others, but he became stricter towards Jia Cong.If Jia Cong made a small mistake in his homework, he immediately reprimanded him in a deep voice.In addition to the daily lectures, more classics and classics were also arranged, requiring Jia Cong to be familiar with them.He said that Jia Cong's talent was mediocre, he went to school late, and his foundation was not as good as others, so he had to be a stupid bird to fly first, and every three days, he had to write another article to be considered qualified.

The other students were talking about Jia Dairu behind his back, he was so stupid, and when Jia Rui was about to die, Brother Cong went to visit Shouling, and he didn't appreciate it at all!Jia Baoyu even came to comfort him sympathetically.However, Jia Cong knew Jia Dairu's painstaking efforts, he was silently grateful in his heart, and complied with Jia Dairu's request one by one.In the eyes of others, it's a compromise, and he can only endure it to the elder Confucian who is also a teacher.

While studying, Jia Cong did not neglect his plan to make money.His first novel sold very well.In this era, when have you seen this twisted and twisted detective story, and Jia Cong's writing is also easy and smooth, and ordinary people can read it.This book is divided into two volumes, and it happened to be broken at a critical moment. It really made people stomp their feet and get angry, but also missed it very much.Coupled with the reader quiz launched by Chen Bookseller.It aroused everyone's interest even more.

Several people in the ethnology who bought this book, including Xue Pan, argued fiercely with each other, and were not convinced by other people's judgments. They each wrote down the identified murderer, and were ready to fight for the prize.

Xue Pan took this book and asked Jia Cong for advice.Jia Cong's analysis was of course clear and logical. Xue Pan was very convinced when he heard it, and he praised Jia Cong for his sharp eyesight and keen mind.Later, Xue Pan happily ran to the bookstore to vote for the quiz answer.Although he was unlucky and failed to draw the grand prize, he was given an exquisite folding fan because he guessed the murderer correctly, and the author's name "Shiwaike" was engraved on the fan bone as a commemoration.Xue Pan triumphantly carries it with him every day, and shows off to everyone he sees.

Through such publicity methods, the popularity of Chen Xi's Detective Collection has risen visibly to the naked eye.Many people had never read this book before, but when they heard people talking about it, they ran to buy a copy and read it curiously.Then, we waited anxiously to see the following developments.

When the second volume was released, readers were waiting outside the bookstore to buy it in advance.After reading it, I am even more amazed and commented.A little impatient, I began to ask, since it is a case collection, when will the next book come out?

Jia Cong's first story book was big or successful, and Chen Shushang was so happy from ear to ear, he felt that he was a talented person with insight.He immediately made an appointment with Jia Cong, urging him to strike while the iron was hot and write a new detective story.In order to encourage Jia Cong's enthusiasm, Chen Shushang offered to increase the remuneration for the manuscript, doubling it to 200 taels.

Jia Cong shook his head.Chen Shushang was startled, and hurriedly said: "Young master Jia thinks it's too little, so I can increase the remuneration, 300 taels, how about it?"

"No, it's 200 taels." Jia Cong took out "The Case of Murder in the Secret Chamber" and shook it in his hand: "I have already written the book, and it will still be sold in two volumes. However, this time we have to agree on this book." Let’s discuss the profit share of the book so that no one will suffer.”

"In this way, not only is it fair and reasonable, but also both of us will prosper and lose. We must work hard and do things seriously. Since we both want to cooperate for a long time, we can only work hard if we have shared interests. Best, isn't it?"

Chen Shushang thought about it for a while, although he felt a little distressed, but on second thought, with this method, the cooperation between the two would be more stable.Although he gave up some income, if Jia Cong became more motivated and wrote more and better books because of this, his little loss could be fully made up for.So, he nodded very boldly and agreed.

Jia Cong put away the banknotes handed over by Chen bookseller, and said with a smile, "Mr. Chen, I have another humble opinion. In fact, besides selling books to readers in bookstores, we can also make money from other ways. For example, we can Storytelling in teahouses, acting in theaters. These can be discussed with the storyteller and theatrical troupe. If the book sells well, the popular characters in the book can also be made into exquisite humanoid dolls. There is a special place in the shop for selling. People who come to buy books will also be attracted to take a look because of their curiosity, and maybe they will buy one or two. Those who have spare money to buy Chinese books will not be too embarrassed. "

Jia Cong said leisurely: "These methods can be used in all the scripts in Mr. Chen's bookstore."

Chen Shushang was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "Young Master Jia, your brain is really good!" He couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and it's really not a loss to cooperate with Jia Cong.Although he is different from other people who wrote the script, he put forward a very strong request for sharing, but he is not greedy, and he has a certain amount of advance and retreat, so it will be very suitable for him to get along with.The book he wrote is not only wonderful, but also knows how to manage it.In the future, with his advice, my business will benefit a lot.

Jia Cong smiled brightly, replaced the wine with tea, and raised his glass to Chen Shushang: "Enjoy the cooperation!"

One day, it was Jia Zheng's birthday, and the Ning and Rong families gathered to celebrate, and it was very lively.Suddenly, eunuch Xia, the eunuch of Liugongdu, came to issue an order, and immediately declared Jiazheng to enter the court, and I will see you in the Linjing Hall.

Jia Zheng hurriedly changed his clothes and entered the court. The whole Jia family was in a state of anxiety, and they kept sending people flying horses back and forth to check on the news.Two hours later, a big piece of good news came: Yuan Chun, the eldest daughter of the Jia family, was named Fengzao Palace Shangshu and Xiande Concubine.Immediately, Ningrong and Rongfu were overjoyed, triumphant, and their joy was beyond words.

Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang looked at each other, both surprised and happy, thinking in their hearts: "What Ma Daopo said has come true!"

"Could it be that Ma Daopo is a capable person!"