The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that a child came to the Liu family and wanted to find out about the lost twin sister, so Liu Xiaoqi took the opportunity to wake Jia Cong up.The two came out to have a look, and Shi Li's face of grandma wolf hadn't had time to put it away.Liu Xiaoqi rushed over and pushed him: "Don't kidnap my nephew!"

Shi Li smiled and said, "This kid is so funny, much more interesting than when I first met you."

Jia Cong saw that he was as white as a pink sculpture, and he was holding a glutinous rice cake with red bean paste rolled in sugar in his hand, eating it carefully, and the corners of his mouth didn't even get a trace, so he sighed: "How can this taste compare to Liu Xiaoqi?" .”

Liu Xiaoqi said: "There are strict rules at home, and I used to eat like this in the early years. Now Shi Li has spoiled it, isn't it?"

Shi Li glanced at him: "Forget it, if you are a diamond, even if I have the ability like a grinding disc, I can't break it, right? I heard that you don't laugh at home? Is your family not allowed to laugh?"

Liu Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment: "Why don't you laugh?" After thinking for a while, "It's nothing funny."

Jia Cong shook his head, sat down in front of the child and asked him, "Hello, young man, what's your name?"

The child looked at Liu Xiaoqi, and Liu Xiaoqi said: "Uncle Jia asked what your name is, you tell him."

The child put down the glutinous rice cakes, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and said, "My name is Liu Zhuang."

"Which village?"

"Zhuangzi's Zhuang."

"Oh, you are very handsome." Jia Cong said, "My name is Jia Cong. Xiao Zhuang, nice to meet you."

Shi Li glanced at Liu Xiaoqi: "Who is abducting your nephew?" Liu Xiaoqi coughed twice.

Jia Cong said, "You want to find your sister?" Liu Zhuang nodded.Jia Cong squinted at him, "Even if you find your sister, what will you do? Can you take her home and raise her? Has your family agreed to adopt the girl?"

The child froze.After a long while, he said, "...I don't know."

Liu Xiaoqi glanced at Jia Cong complainingly: "Since she is our niece and her father is not at home, as an uncle, I should take care of my elder brother."

Jia Cong said, "Where are you raising them?"

"Falcon Bookstore."

Jia Cong thought about it, Falcon Bookstore hadn't opened yet, besides Liu Xiaoqi hooked up with Liu Si, and made an appointment with the siblings, there must be no need to worry about all kinds of spies.He couldn't help laughing: "It's fine, that style of painting must be very beautiful." I just wonder if Mr. Liu will vomit blood in anger. "Then expand the yard more, or there won't be enough children to run around." Nai patted Liu Xiaoqi on the shoulder, "You also want to be a tyrant in the west of the city, don't disgrace Sangu Qin." Liu Zhuang said, "Do you know what your sister's name is?"

Liu Zhuang said: "Her name is Liu Mingyue."

Jia Cong then called a servant: "Go to the yard of Second Grandma Bao and ask her if there is any girl named Liu Mingyue among the young girls released from the palace in the early years." Then he asked Liu Zhuang, "How old are you?"

Liu Zhuang's eyes lit up: "11 years old!"

"Then your twin sister is also 11 years old. Tell Bao Second Grandma Liu Mingyue that this year is [-]." The kid agreed and left.

Shi Liqi said: "Second Grandma Bao also knows this?"

Jia Cong then told about Shi Xiangyun leading the Yangsheng Tang and nunnery Taoist temple in Hejing to pick up the little maids outside the palace gate, saying: "You usually look down on these idlers who donate money? They are also useful. "

After a while, the boy came back and said, "Second Grandma Bao said, she remembers this girl, from Chang'an, she has been raised by the Yangsheng Hall in Lingdang Hutong, and she is probably helping Miss Chen at the mansion in the south of the city."

Jia Cong said "Oh" and told Liu Xiaoqi: "My father has a big house in the south of the city, near the Zhenwu Nunnery, and it is now vacant. Sister Chen is going to open a girls' school there for the girls in the Yangshengtang. Some children with big ideas go to work-study programs, and they are asked to help with some things, and Sister Chen pays them. The name of the school is Tsinghua Charity Women’s School. Since it is a charity school, it is naturally short of money. Please teach them that the wealthy people in the neighborhood can read women. They teach for free, without training."

Liu Xiaoqi wondered: "Zhenwu'an is almost at the moat, there are quite a few houses there, are there many women who can read?"

Jia Cong said: "Most of my father's soldiers and uncles who were in the military camp in the early years built houses there, and they all worked in our family's horse escort agency shop. They are richer than ordinary people. Therefore, there are also many shops in that area. The shop is quite lively. The children in their family, both men and women, practice literature and martial arts, so it is no problem to teach a few children, and it will save those sisters and sisters-in-law from having nothing to do all day long."

Liu Xiaoqi thought for a moment and then asked: "Who will be in charge?"

"There will be many charity schools like this in the whole city, and the second sister-in-law Bao is in charge. This one in the south of the city is just one of them. The principal is going to invite sister Anniang to be the principal." Jia Cong smiled, "Jarvis's sister, Jia Anniang. Don't worry, she will never It will delay your niece."

Sanjia has a great reputation.Even though Jarvis has been away from Beijing for many years, his name can still scare people.Immediately, Liu Xiaoqi lost her doubts, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously: "Since this is the case, I will bother Grandma Jia to worry a lot."

Jia Cong said: "The school is usually dormitory. There are four days off every month on the first day of the 45th day and the [-]th day of the [-]th. The little girls go back to the Yangsheng hall to have a rest. Holidays are not counted, and there are two holidays in winter and summer. Later. When Sister Chen comes back, ask her to show you a schedule."

Liu Xiaoqi hurriedly said: "My niece doesn't need to go back to the health care hall, it's good to go back to the bookstore when the bookstore opens."

"That's your Liu family's business." Jia Cong stretched his waist, "I don't care. Is there anything else? It's okay. I went to sleep. I didn't sleep enough."

Wang Fu frowned and said, "It's enough to catch up on sleep for a while. If you sleep too much during the day, you won't be able to sleep at night, and you won't be energetic tomorrow."

Jia Cong lay down on the case listlessly: "Uncle Fu...I'm sleepy..."

Xiaoliuzhuang listened for half a day, finally finished speaking, and asked in a low voice: "Where is my sister? Is it a health hall? Or a school?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "She is helping the adults in the school at the moment, and she lives in the Yangsheng Hall at night. Since Sister Chen is over there, how about I take him there to have a look?"

Jia Cong said in a daze, "I'm too lazy to accompany you, you go to find someone to find the way by yourself."

"You're too lazy!" Liu Xiaoqi turned her head and asked Liu Zhuang, "Does the family know you're out?"

Liu Zhuang shook his head.After a long while, he said again: "Anyway, no one noticed that I was gone."

Liu Xiaoqi was silent for a moment and said: "If they don't look for you, you can live with me, and uncle will support you." Then he ordered people to pull the horse, and led Liuzhuang away.Jia Cong was lying on the desk and started snoring for a while; Shi Li had no one to accompany him, so he played cards with Wang Fu again.

In the evening, Chen Ruijin came back alone, and told Jia Cong and others: "Xiao Qi took his nephew and niece to his bookstore. This kid seems to have grown up a lot in the blink of an eye."

Jia Cong said: "Send more people to fix the bookstore quickly. Brother Huan is waiting to accompany his daughter-in-law back to her mother's house."

Chen Ruijin asked: "What are the bookstore and Princess Jian'an doing when they return to their mother's house?"

Jia Cong shook his finger: "You will know when the time comes." Nai and Shi Li winked.Chen Ruijin didn't bother to talk to them, and sent someone to the kitchen to fetch dinner.

For a while, the dowry of Princess Jian'an came to give a gift, saying that it was to thank Chen Ruijin for the cocoa tea, and asked her where to buy it.Chen Ruijin said: "That was originally a sea product, and the production was greatly reduced due to the war in the producing country a few years ago. Fortunately, the war is over, and at the latest next year, businessmen from Java will come to the capital to trade. The newly enthroned lord Zhou Xiaolan It's a woman from my court, your princess will change and I will talk to her tomorrow." The servant girl agreed, thanked her and left.

Because many abductees were caught, Zhao Cheng was busy interrogating and disposing of them in the next few days, and sent people to rescue the abducted women and children.If it is sold in the country of Yan, it is fine. If it is sold to other countries, it is not easy to find.Jia Cong gave him a trick, asking him to write a long booklet to Situ Pan to express his merits and describe in detail how miserable the family who lost the child was. country children.The Wanmin Umbrella Wanmin Biao made by the common people was brought to the yamen with great excitement. Liu Aiyun also paid three respects to Mr. Zhao for the fancier who found the child at the curtain call.It didn't take long for Situ Pan to be alarmed by this matter.

Situ Pan wondered: "I didn't realize that Zhao Cheng still had such thoughts earlier, it's really rare."

The official who reported the matter to him said: "It's just that many children's teeth have been sold to other countries. I'm afraid they won't be able to find them back. Many families have been desperate for a long time, and then they suddenly found hope, and turned back to despair again."

Situ Pan said: "Since there is a place, why can't I find it back? All countries have special envoys in Beijing. Tomorrow, I will invite the special envoys of the kings to discuss this matter alone." Flattery.Situ Pan listened well.

Two days later, Jia Huan and Princess Jian'an got up and left Beijing to return to Luzhou to visit relatives. Feng Ziying, Jia Cong and others personally sent Shili Pavilion.Pulling his horse back to the city, Jia Cong said, "Brother Feng, what's up today?"

Feng Ziying said: "Which day will I be fine? What?"

Jia Cong said: "There is a bookstore in the west of the city that opened today, specializing in Lulin Pinghua. Would you like to go and have a glass of opening wine with my younger brother? I recognize their owner."

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "I won't go to children's stuff."

Jia Cong said: "If you don't go, why don't you ask someone to send a film, just congratulate him on his successful opening?"

Feng Ziying listened, he seemed to have other intentions, and asked: "Then who is the boss?"

"The owner's name is Yin Qi. He is a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. He is barely handsome. His injuries are obviously not healed. There is a clerk in the store, Yin Si, who is Yin Qi's brother and is also a wounded man; My little nephew, said to be the son of Da Yin." Jia Cong said with a smile, "The name of the store is Falcon Bookstore, Brother Feng can go and have a look when you have time. Their signboard is quite interesting."

When Feng Ziying heard what he said clearly, she suddenly felt strange.It's just that I have important things to do right now, so I don't have time to spare.After thinking about it again and again, he really ordered one of his subordinates to take his own film to accompany Jia Cong to check it.Jia Cong winked: "Brother Feng, don't worry, this film will not be sent out at a loss." Feng Ziying became more and more curious.

Jia Cong led his men to urge the horse all the way, and arrived at the Falcon Bookstore in the west of the city. Seeing the firecracker clothes all over the floor, he knew that the firecrackers had been let off.Approaching the door, many children were playing noisily, Jia Cong pointed at the plaque on the horse: "Brother Zhang, look, the signboard of this store is not bad."

Feng Ziying's people saw the shining "whistle eagle" at a glance, and they were shocked!After a while, he looked at Jia Cong and said, "Mr. Jia really doesn't want to eat other people's wine for nothing."

Jia Cong said: "So I let Brother Feng come by himself."

The man thought for a while: "Indeed, it would be better for Mr. Feng to come in person. Mr. Jia will go in first, and the villain will invite Mr. Feng right away."

Jia Cong cupped his hands: "You can do whatever you want." Naifei dismounted from his horse, and the man turned his horse back.

Jia Cong went into the bookstore and saw Liu Xiaoqi was chatting beautifully with the neighbors in the neighborhood, he secretly laughed in his heart: he is a quick learner.Liu Si sat beside him silently; Liu Zhuang was quiet, but had a good appearance, and Liu Mingyi led a group of friends chatting around him.Jia Cong was acquainted with several of the guys, and asked some questions quietly.

After a while, Jia Cong went out to stretch his waist and legs, and suddenly a figure flashed by the side of the road.Jia Cong cupped his hands: "Brother Liu!" This person is one of the Liu family's children who helped find Liu Mingyi a few days ago.

The man was silent for a moment, and asked: "Have Princess Jian'an's people gone back to Lu Country with her?"

"That's right." Jia Cong said, "General Zhong and his troops are gone. Maybe your old man wants to get Xiao Qi's idea after he leaves."

The man nodded: "I'm here to remind you. Please tell Mr. Lao Jia." After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Wait!" Jia Cong said, "It's already here, why don't you go in and take a look?" The man shook his head.Jia Cong smiled and said, "Your Liu family is full of boring gourds. Go in and have a look, otherwise how would you know why Xiaoqi dared to open a bookstore blatantly?" The man was startled, and Jia Cong dragged him in.

The Liu family brothers saw the two of them immediately, Jia Cong waved his hand to be silent, sneaked to the counter and said to the waiter, "Where are the films of those guests who came to congratulate in the morning? Let me have a look." The waiter hurried from inside Pull out a stack of sheets.Jia Cong handed it to the person in the Liu family.When the man saw it, his expression changed.The first film is Wang Shao, the special envoy of King Qi; the second is Zhang Zihong, the special envoy of King Wu;

But at this moment, a few local ruffians barged in, put their hands on their hips and shouted loudly: "Who is the boss here?"

Liu Xiaoqi walked out with a smile: "I am."

"Oh—so you are. Do you know the rules here?"

"I know." Liu Xiaoqi said, "Isn't it just whoever picks a quarrel and beats someone?"

The local ruffians were taken aback for a moment, and now Zifang raised his eyes to look at Liu Xiaoqi a few times.Liu Xiaoqi pointed casually, and saw a bird that could not tell whether it was an eagle or a kite painted on the whitewashed wall.The local ruffians suddenly remembered that someone went to the gambling house to tear down the roof a while ago, and seeing that the boy was the same age and appearance as the one in the rumors, they were so frightened that they "owed" a few times, and without a word, they rolled The belt climbed out.

Liu Xiaoqi waved from behind: "It's okay to leave~~"

Jia Cong shouted: "Welcome to come again next time~~"

Liu Xiaoqi followed up and shouted: "Welcome to come again next time~~" The neighbors roared with laughter, and secretly understood that this little Yin Qiye was unusual, and he was afraid that he could protect the neighbors.

Liu Xiaoqi walked over to Jia Cong, Jia Cong hurriedly said: "You Liu family said something, I won't join in. By the way, Feng Ziying will come over later." Liu Xiaoqi nodded.Jia Cong ran inside to read the commentary.

Not long after, Feng Ziying really came over in person.The member of the Liu family was standing against the wall, seeing Liu Xiaoqi and Feng Ziying bowing and talking nonsense for a long time, he lowered his eyebrows and smiled, and left.