The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Zhou Rui's family was somewhat reluctant. She was originally ordered to deliver chestnut cakes to the old lady on behalf of Mrs. Wang, but on the way, she met Second Master Lian with a doctor and directly assigned her the job of leading the doctor to Baoyu. up.

Zhou Rui's family brought some snacks, and went back to the old lady on purpose, intending to let the old lady kick the doctor out. Who in this family didn't know that Baoyu's stomach upset was just an excuse to play truant, so what could be wrong?But I didn't expect the old lady to praise Jia Lian's carefulness when she heard about it, and said that Baoyu's stomach should be taken a good look so that she doesn't suffer from any serious illness.

Zhou Rui's family had no choice but to invite the old doctor to the Bisha cabinet.Baoyu is lying on the couch with a strange complexion.When Zhou Rui's family saw this, they really thought that they were overthinking things. Maybe this Baoyu was really sick, otherwise why would he look so bad?Little did they know that Baoyu's complexion was so frightened when he saw the doctor.

Zhou Rui's family politely asked the old doctor to diagnose Baoyu's pulse.

Baoyu was reluctant and clamored not to look at it.

Zhou Rui's family's kind words of comfort: "Even the old lady knows about this, if you don't let the second master see it, the old lady asks later, how should the second master explain it? The second master has always been filial, how can he be willing to let her old man worry about it? "

Only then did Baoyu reach out his hand in embarrassment.

While twirling his gray beard, the old doctor put his hands on Baoyu's veins, closed his eyes and shook his head, then suddenly opened them.The maids and women who watched around were shocked, and when the doctor stopped, everyone hurriedly gathered around to ask the doctor how he was doing.Yuanyang, the maid beside the old lady, was also among them, waiting for the doctor's diagnosis so that she could go back to the old lady.

Baoyu was even more nervous, not to mention the old lady, Lian's second brother had to give a response.If the doctor said that he was in good health, and Lian's second brother knew about it, he would not know how to teach him a lesson.Now Baoyu is more afraid of Jia Lian than his father. After all, since his parents moved to the east of the mansion, his father has rarely come to discipline him.

Baoyu's peach blossom eyes were wide open, only hoping that the doctor would not say anything shocking, and stared at the old doctor helplessly, giving him winks, hoping that he would stop revealing his secrets.

The old doctor twirled his beard, looked at Baoyu, and said in a deep tone: "Second Master Bao really has a spleen and stomach discomfort. I will prescribe a single medicine, and he will be recuperated for a while."

Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered the woman beside her to fetch two taels of silver to reward the doctor.

The old doctor took the money, went outside to prescribe the medicine, told the mother-in-law how to decoct the medicine, how to use it and the dosage, etc., and then went with the box.

When Jia Mu got the news, she came to see Baoyu in person, took his hand and told him to take good care of him, so that he would not have to go to school for a few days.

Baoyu was suffering on the surface, but he was as happy as anything in his heart. He didn't expect that he would be blessed by misfortune.If you are free these few days, you can spend more time with sister Lin.Ever since Sister Lin entered the mansion, he had no chance to have a serious conversation with her.His relationship with her is not as good as the Sanchun sisters being intimate with her. How can this work? He cares about Sister Lin the most, and he has to let her be the closest to him.

Baoyu lay down on the couch for a while, then called someone to wait for him to get up, and he was going to sister Lin.Now there are no second- and third-class maids in his house, they are all the four maids that Jia Lian sent last time.

The women all came over upon hearing the words, forcibly sent Baoyu back to the bed, and told him not to move around in order to recuperate.

Baoyu struggled and refused, the wives would not give him a chance, "If the second master is not cherishing his body so much, then don't blame the old slaves for being rude, go and inform the old lady, the second wife and the second master."

Baoyu glared and got angry at them, "Who is your master? I will sue whenever I have something to show how capable you are? I am the master and I am afraid that you will fail, so just say it, let's go to the old lady's place to judge Go, I want to see if you are right or I am right. I just happened to go back to the old lady and send you guys away!"

The women looked at each other, and smiled at Baoyu with a good temper, "Second Master Bao, don't be angry, if you want to be honest, the old servants will help you over here!"

At first Baoyu saw their humble attitude, and thought they were frightened by his threats, but he never expected that these women were so courageous that they were not afraid to take matters to the old lady's side.

Hu Po opened the door curtain, poked her head in and asked, "The old lady heard noises from here, come to ask if there's anything wrong?"

When Baoyu heard this, he froze immediately, and hurriedly said that it was all right.After he sent Amber away, he was still not reconciled in his heart, looking at the women, he was very angry.

"You wait, you don't want to get any reward from me in the future, and I will kick you out sooner or later!"

The four women didn't speak, one of them went out, and after a while, the hot black soup came over.

"This is for nourishing the spleen and stomach. The doctor told me to take it four times a day, once a day with meals, and once before going to bed."

Baoyu smelled the black soup with a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and immediately shook his head and didn't want to drink it.However, the wives all tried hard to persuade him, and even brought out the old lady and the second master to suppress him, and even said that they were going to invite the second master Lian.

He choked on a bowl of decoction after taking a sip, his mouth was full of bitterness, and he felt like vomiting.But the mothers-in-law still didn't let him go, holding medicine bowls and staring at him.

"Second Lord, let's finish drinking the medicine. At first, it was a bit uncomfortable to drink the medicine, but the good medicine is bitter and good for the disease. In order to improve the spleen and stomach as soon as possible, and go to school well, it is worth drinking the bitterness."

When Baoyu heard "going to school", she felt even more sick and upset, but she had no choice but to pinch her nose and drink the medicine in one go.After drinking it, I coughed violently for a while. In order to get rid of the bitter taste in my mouth, I ate half of the plate of candied fruit.

Then at night, there was another bowl, another bowl before going to bed, and another bowl before getting up early the next day... So repeated for three days, Baoyu was tortured by these bowls of bitter medicine and was going crazy. Seeing Daiyu, he was forced to stay in the house to recuperate, why bother to decoct medicine, and was tortured day by day so that he might as well go to study.

"I won't drink anymore!" Baoyu pushed the pill away and patted his stomach, "I'm well now, I can eat and drink, and I don't need to drink that stuff."

"This is impossible. The doctor said that drinking this medicine for three or two days will indeed be effective, but if you want to cure the disease, you must strengthen it for ten days. For the sake of your future health, Er Ye, please drink it well This bowl of medicine." The woman brought the medicine to Baoyu again.

"Where did you find such a poor doctor? A quack doctor, he must be a quack doctor. I won't drink it!" Baoyu snatched the medicine bowl and threw it on the ground, "I'm cured. I don't want to drink the medicine!"

"Then the old slaves can only ask the second master Lian what he wants." The women said.

Baoyu couldn't take it anymore, and his heart broke, and he cursed: "Go, go, go, you go and sue!"

A while later, Baoyu was sitting alone on the couch and groaning, when he heard the announcement "Second Master Lian is here" from outside the door, which made him tremble, stood up anxiously, and hurriedly looked for a place to hide.He looked around for a good place, and when he was about to get under the bed, he heard steady footsteps behind him.

Baoyu turned around slowly in embarrassment, and she met the iceberg face of Shanglian's second brother.

"I heard that you refuse to drink medicine." Jia Lian sat down and played with the ears of rice in his hand.Now it's the autumn harvest season, he is very busy, and when he got home, he heard Baoyu making a fuss.

This kid is really worried!

"I..." Baoyu frowned, and said listlessly, "I'm cured of my illness, but these bullying things are still forcing me to drink medicine, they are clearly trying to kill me!"

"It was you who said you were sick." Jia Lian raised his eyes, met Baoyu's, and took his cowardly fear into his eyes.

Baoyu nodded, "But I also drank the medicine, and my body is recovering now, so there is no need to continue drinking."

Jia Lian smiled lightly, pulled Baoyu to his side, and taught him in a slow, earnest tone, "Of course you should listen to what the doctor says, otherwise, who can guarantee that you will continue to have stomach discomfort next time?"

Baoyu's heart was shocked, she always felt that Lian's second brother had already seen through her little trick, and he must have taken the opportunity to teach her a lesson about taking the medicine.Thinking of it this way, Baoyu shuddered all over. It was terrible that Lian's second brother had such a plan to murder him!

"I'm asking you something, sir, that's how you teach etiquette, huh?" Jia Lian asked with a soft snort.

Baoyu lowered his head even more and shook his head, "I'm really well."

Jia Lian: "If you can guarantee that you won't always miss school with abdominal pain and headache, you can stop taking this medicine. If not, you can take good care of your illness at home, and then go out to school when you are well. After all, go to school You can't escape the things that happened to you. The Rong Mansion raised you, so you have to take on your responsibilities. People can't eat and work for free, otherwise they are really inferior to animals, and even cats and dogs know how to take care of the house Woolen cloth."

Hearing the sarcasm in Lian's second brother's words, Baoyu was so wronged that he burst into tears.I thought that this cry would attract Jia Mu's distress, so I asked him to come and have a good look at him, but I never thought that after crying for a long time, I still didn't see Jia Mu coming.Baoyu cried and cried, spread his fingers apart, and looked at the door wonderingly.Suddenly, Jia Lian's cold face appeared in front of him again.

Baoyu was startled, and his heart began to beat wildly in fear.

"What are you looking for? Old lady? Today is Princess Li's birthday. Both the old lady and your aunt went to celebrate her birthday." Jia Lian said.

Baoyu was even more afraid of being poked at the center of the matter. It seemed that Lian's second brother had seen clearly all the things he had planned in his mind.

Jia Lian looked at him, and sighed helplessly, "It seems that you are still not well, continue to drink medicine. By the way, let me tell your father what happened today, maybe you will listen to his 'words'."

When Baoyu heard about Jia Zheng, he was so frightened that he lost his soul. He hurriedly pulled Jia Lian's robe and begged him not to speak.

"Isn't it just to drink medicine? I promise you, drink it well. Yes, go to school, I will go to school today, and I will go now! I will definitely study hard, and I won't have any more stomachaches, and I won't have any more headaches. I promise to study hard and never skip school in the future.”

Jia Lian looked at him calmly, and when he finished speaking, he raised the corner of his mouth lightly and said "very good".After that, he walked away, leaving Baoyu alone in the house sad and depressed.

Jia Lian went back to his room and changed his clothes, then set off for the Prince's Mansion in Lijun.Today is Princess Jun's birthday, and Jia Min and Jia Mu, the female family members of the Rong Mansion, were invited to go. I don't know why Jun Wang Li improvised, and when he was asked, Jia Mu hurriedly sent someone to call Jia Lian over.

When Jia Lian arrived at the county palace, after meeting the princess, he was taken out to drink by the prince of Li.It seems that Lijun Wang still remembered the last time he passed out from drinking, so he insisted on drinking with Jia Lian again this time.

After setting up the wine bowls and serving the wine, Prince Li said with great interest that he would not return home without getting drunk with Jia Lian today.After Jia Lian took a few mouthfuls of food in advance, he raised his teacup to salute the county king, "Drinking too much wine will hurt your health, my lord, let's replace wine with tea. If you want to ask me something, just ask, and I will answer truthfully. "

Prince Li was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and scratched his nose, "You have already seen through my purpose, then you got me drunk last time!"

"The prince's kindness is hard to turn down." Jia Lian said helplessly.

Prince Li was taken aback again, thinking about it, it was indeed what he asked for, and he had only met the child at that time, so it was hard for him to refuse him.He also asked for two pots of Jia Lian's peonies this spring, and he had chatted with Jia Lian at the time, so this meeting is more familiar.

"Well, that, you also know that I'm straightforward, so you're outspoken. But you have to promise that everything you tell me must be true!" Prince Li said solemnly.

Jia Lian nodded: "It's all the truth, as long as the prince doesn't care about it."

"Hahaha... what do you care about, you can't be relatives, but you can still be friends." Prince Li patted Jia Lian on the shoulder, and stated his purpose straightforwardly.

"Lian'er, do you like my daughter?"

Jia Lian looked up at him, although he had expected that Prince Li would ask some strange questions, but he didn't expect this one to ask so directly.Jia Lian pondered for a moment with downcast eyes, and frowned.

Prince Li thought that Jia Lian would give a straightforward answer. After all, if her daughter married him, it would be a marriage. He should be happy to flatter him, but he hesitated so much.Prince Li was upset, but he promised Jia Lian beforehand that he would not be angry if he told the truth, otherwise he would really go crazy right now and scold Jia Lian severely.

"I don't know." Jia Lian said.

Prince Li frowned even deeper, and said in a cold tone, "What did you say?"

"I've never liked anyone before, so I don't know what liking is. To be honest, I just don't know." Jia Lian continued to explain.

King Li Jun looked at Jia Lian in surprise, and his anger disappeared suddenly.He didn't expect Jia Lian to be such an innocent doll.Generally speaking, a son of an aristocratic family like Jia Lian would release someone in his room when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and he was at the age when his love first started, so he was easy to show mercy.To be honest, when I was his age, I had already done everything.This child is strange... But it's okay, there is no one around, and it will save Jingxin from marrying her and worrying her.

"Then what do you think of my Jingxin?" Prince Li asked.

Jia Lian raised her eyebrows: "Jing Xin?"

Prince Li suddenly realized, and scratched his head annoyedly, "My daughter's baby name, but I was so anxious and stupid, I slipped it out in one bite, you can't talk nonsense."

Jia Lian smiled and said "OK".Then, he said: "I only had a photo with her before, but I didn't take a closer look at it. At that time, I didn't think much about it. See you today, I think it's very good."

Of course, Jia Lian's "very good" sentence is the result of combining the results of asking people to inquire about his character before.

Prince Li was stunned, he was used to people complimenting and complimenting with beautiful words, suddenly he liked these two simple "very good" very much.Perhaps it is because this sentence is sincere and not perfunctory.

The king of Li County laughed stupidly, poured himself a glass of wine, respected Jia Lian, and drank it all in one gulp.Jia Lian hurriedly raised his wine glass and wanted to drink it down, but when he saw Prince Li laughed, his behavior was a little weird.

King Li suddenly stood up, ran to Jia Lian, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Nephew, do you know that I really don't want to marry off my daughter, no one is good enough for him, do you know, do you know?" My family, Jingxin, is pure-hearted, playful and cute. When I was young, I accompanied her everywhere, but she is quite sensible, filial, and considerate. There is no daughter in this world who can compare to her. You Rongfu, huh, don’t blame me for telling the truth , there are old and young, there are so many troubles in between, except for you, they are all unmotivated playboys, why should we Jingxin marry in the past! It's not because of you..."

The servant girl who was on the side became flustered, and the steward lady pestered him to the back room before the Prince Li finished speaking, shouting "The prince is drunk".Prince Li was still muttering something, but because he was helped into the back room, he couldn't hear clearly.

After a while, the mother-in-law came out and apologized to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian had no special expression the whole time, and had been waiting calmly until she got up to leave when her mother-in-law said that Prince Li was fine.

The mother-in-law looked at Jia Lian's unpredictable back, stomped her feet, and hurriedly ordered someone to inform the princess.

……

After Jia Lian left the palace, he went home to rest. Tomorrow, he would discuss the military ration plan with the fourth prince, so he will not be busy today.Not long after he returned home, Jia Mu, Jia Min and others followed him.

Jia's mother called Jia Lian, smiled and said to him: "The princess of the county has asked a lot about you, and she also exchanged eight characters before, so it can be seen that this relationship can be achieved. She is so sincere, how can we refuse! "

Jia Min nodded: "Jingxin's child has excellent conduct, gentle and virtuous, and looks first-class. You can't disagree with such a good marriage."

Jia Lian looked at the two of them in surprise: "When did I say I disagree?"

Jia Mu and Jia Min looked at each other, relaxed, and laughed happily.

"So you are willing?" Jia Min asked with a smile.

"This spring, the Prince of Li County came to beg for peonies with me, and occasionally mentioned the interesting story of her second daughter who used to plant flowers and grass. It was very pleasant." Jia Lian said.

Jia Min looked at Jia's mother who seemed suspicious, and explained to her in a low voice: "What Lian'er means is that they have the same hobbies."

"Ahaha... that's good, that's good." Jia Mu was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.If her grandson can marry the daughter of the county king and reappear the prosperity of the Rong Mansion, she will be able to face her parents-in-law after her death.

"We all thought that you would have some scruples because of Prince Li's abruptness today. After all, it's the second time he's drunk in front of you." Jia Min covered her mouth with a smile, thinking it was very funny.

Jia Lian slightly raised the corners of his mouth, "I know he intended to test me a long time ago. I probably heard from somewhere that people would tell the truth when they are drunk, so he wanted to try to ask me when I was drunk. It's the first time I haven't drunk me, so I'm not reconciled. Seeing that the marriage is about to be negotiated this time, I want to try again. I don’t know where he got the recipe, but as soon as he took a sip of the wine, he really uttered the truth like a slap in the face, but unfortunately I didn’t have time to drink it.”

Jia Min clutched her stomach ache and couldn't breathe from laughing, "Lian'er, don't be surprised. My handkerchief handed me a few years ago and said that the prince loves his little daughter very much, and he is reluctant to part with it. The more you care, the more It's easy to panic and make a fool of yourself when it's important. However, our family's Lian'er is smart, and he can't even surrender to the county prince!"

Jia Mu agreed with a smile, and praised Jia Lian without hesitation. "From now on, this child will be the pillar of our Rong Mansion!"

"That's right. He must be promising. The Wang family of Li County may think it's a low-marriage now, but one day they will think it's a 'high-marriage'." Jia Min deliberately exaggerated this remark in order to make Jia's mother happy.

Mother Jia smiled and nodded, she really loves to listen.

Jia Lian looked at Jia Min's complexion, then turned his head to look at Daiyu who had just come in to greet her, "Aunt and sister look very good, it seems that the prescription of Imperial Physician Zhang is very effective."

"Indeed, it's thanks to you, otherwise we wouldn't know that the previous methods of tonic with medicine were all wrong. I can't rush to get rid of the root cause of the disease here, I need to nourish it slowly, and I have to get rid of the bottom poison first. It's better, it will take more time for your sister Lin, the poison is brought out from the womb, you have to take care of it slowly and carefully, no matter what, it will take three to five years. But it's not in a hurry. More than [-] years old, well raised, and then there is time to discuss the selection of a son-in-law." Jia Min said.

It just so happened that Baoyu came back from school, and when he heard this outside the door, he was in a trance for a while, and hurried in, and after greeting Daiyu, he looked at Daiyu obsessively, forgetting everything.

"One day we have to say goodbye." Baoyu muttered this sentence in his mouth, and suddenly tears fell like rain.

Jia's mother was happy. Seeing Baoyu weeping, she hurriedly called him into her arms and asked, "Why are you crying? Why are you going to school today?"

"It's nothing, but when I heard that my sister was going to leave in the future, I felt so uncomfortable and panicked. I went to school... because I recovered from my illness, and I couldn't delay my studies." When Baoyu said the last sentence, he looked at Jia Lian with his nose sniffling, and looked down. head.

Baoyu has been tortured by Jia Lian to drink medicine for the past few days. Although he is miserable in his heart, he is not thin but fat on the outside.Because every time he drank a bowl of medicine, he had to eat half a plate of candied fruit, and then went to eat, and was told by his mother-in-law to lie on the couch to recuperate after eating, so his body was fattened.At first glance, it really looks better.

Jia's mother and Jia Min laughed and sighed: "This child is too affectionate. The sisters like it when they see it, and they don't want to part with it."

Instead, Jiamu wiped away Baoyu's tears, and said with a gratified smile, "You are sensible and know how to go to school on your own initiative. Fortunately, your second elder brother, Lian, hired a good doctor to recuperate your body. Look, you are indeed much stronger. "

Jia Min looked at Baoyu meaningfully, and said with a perfunctory smile, "Exactly."

"Speaking of which, a character like my sister should be matched with a county king." Jia Lian interjected.

Jia Min laughed, Jia Mu was slightly taken aback, and Baoyu began to cry again, with tears rolling around her eyes.

Jia Lian looked at Baoyu and smiled: "Look why you are crying again. Your sister has a good home. Are you unhappy?"

Baoyu: "I..."

Jia Min and Jia Mu looked over.

Baoyu gritted his teeth and said, "I'm really happy."

Daiyu covered her face with a handkerchief, and hurriedly wanted to leave, "I'm not here anymore, my mother and Lian's second elder brother have arranged for me!"

Everyone laughed and dragged Daiyu to stay.

Just now Jia Lian left, and before leaving, he did not forget to tell the four big women in Baoyu's house, "Take care of him, and if anyone pretends to be sick and causes disaster, he will not give face. Don't ask him to harass Miss Lin, give him more." Talk about the rules, if he dares to threaten, you can directly learn the words from the second master. Ask the second master to beat him a few times, and he will naturally dare not. Don't be afraid, I will protect you, Yue Money and other things are also paid from me, take care of it, and it will be doubled at the end of the year."

The four grandmas all echoed their loyalty, expressing that they would keep Baoyu close.

……

On the second day, Jia Lian took the fourth prince Yinzhen to Zhuangzi to inspect the potato harvest.Jia Lian bent down and pulled out a seedling with his own hands. Many potatoes the size of a child's fist grew on the root.

"This is summer planting and autumn harvest, and it will be smaller than spring planting. But these are very suitable for keeping seeds." Jia Lian chose the next one and put it in Yinzhen's hands, then looked at the large potato field in front of him, "After harvesting all these, immediately pack them into bags and transport them to the northwest for storage. By the beginning of spring next year, bud eyes will grow on the potatoes, just like what His Highness saw this summer, and there will be a harvest in March after sowing. This thing is cold-resistant, Seldom get sick, the growing period is short, but the yield is high. The potato seeds in this land are enough to supplement the military rations for the year of the Northwest War of His Highness. Not only that, the potatoes left over can be distributed to the local people , At that time, this thing has already made a name for itself in the war, and the common people should be able to easily accept planting this, so it can also solve the problem of food and clothing in the bitter cold area of ​​​​the Northwest."

Yinzhen heard the words, and there was an infinite light in front of his eyes, "You mean that this thing can not only solve the military rations, but also solve the food and clothing of the people in the Northwest by the way? Kill two birds with one stone? If it's what you said, Jia Lian, you're sweating!" Ma has made great achievements, and the emperor will definitely reward you severely!"

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Baoyu: I want Sister Lin... Sister Lin... Sister Lin...

Jia Lian: If you are sick, you need to be cured. Drink your medicine well.

Baoyu: I don’t want it, /(ㄒoㄒ)/～～

Jia Lian (staring at him coldly, laughing): People who don't take medicine when they are sick will get a more serious disease and will be sent to a terrible place.

Baoyu: Where?

Jia Lian: Pigsty

Baoyu:  …

Jia Lian (taking the medicine backwards): Are you sure you don’t want to take it?

Baoyu: /(ㄒoㄒ)/～～, I will eat as much as I have