The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Mrs. Wang glared at Jia Lian dissatisfied: "I'm discussing things with your ancestors, and you don't have the right to intervene."

The purpose of her saying that was to delay the time. As long as Jia Zheng came back, there would definitely be a chance to turn this matter around.It's not that she doesn't want Baoyu to learn well, she just doesn't trust Jia Lian, and she doesn't want Baoyu to obey Jia Lian's arrangements.

"Always wait for tomorrow, everything will be in vain, so that's all I have to say. Since the second wife doesn't like it, then I don't care about it. Think I'm free?" Jia Lian cupped his hands at Jia Mu, "there is still work to be done over there, so I'll take care of it." Say goodbye first."

Mrs. Wang didn't expect Jia Lian to shame him so much, she bit her lip in anger.

"You child, just leave as soon as you say, even your second aunt is angry? She is naturally reluctant to bear the child as a mother, so you should be considerate." Jia's mother hurriedly persuaded him to make peace, and she knew Jia Lian and Wang in her heart. The madam was at odds, but she was prepared to see this scene and was not so angry.

Jia Lian glanced at Mrs. Wang sideways, and sneered: "I don't have much time, and I'm busy in autumn, and everything goes backwards, and I haven't replied to the letter from the Fourth Prince!"

Jia Lian's meaning is obvious, what kind of character can He De, Mrs. Wang, be worth his time?

When Mother Jia heard that Jia Lian hadn't replied to the fourth prince's letter, she panicked, and turned to look at Mrs. Wang, complaining that she was too self-willed and petty. Thinking about it, she is not like the mistress who cares about the overall situation now, and she can't keep up with her. It looks like a concubine on the table.

"It's for Baoyu's benefit. Why did you stop it?" Jia's mother complained to Mrs. Wang, "Also, if you want me to ask Jia Lian about begging for strawberries, I'm sorry I can't agree. It's not easy for him to be busy. , why did you tell me to make it difficult for him to put on an old face. Only the nobles in the palace are worthy of eating that stuff, so if we eat it, you won't be afraid of ruining your luck."

Mrs. Wang looked at Aunt Xue when she heard this, and saw that Aunt Xue was bowing her head silently, her eyes were dry and painful, and she choked up.She bit her broken lip and lowered her head in embarrassment.Tears had slipped down from the corners of her eyes unknowingly, one after another, she felt so wronged in her heart, but at this moment she could only bear it cautiously, not daring to say a word.

Mother Jia frowned slightly when she saw that she was still crying, and decided that Mrs. Wang was petty.How could a daughter from such a wealthy family have such a low level of vision now?Crying when you are wronged, how can you take on big things!It's not even as good as the mandarin ducks around her, but it's very similar to those concubines who pretend to be pitiful.

Mother Jia suddenly thought of those delicate and tearful little white flowers raised by the old master, and felt sick.He waved his hand and quickly sent Mrs. Wang away. As for Baoyu's affairs, Jia Lian had full authority to arrange them.

Jia Lian nodded and went out.

Aunt Xue was still sitting there in embarrassment, not knowing whether to persuade the old lady or go after Mrs. Wang.

Xue Baochai came out from behind the screen, smiled and pulled Jiamu's hand to persuade her to calm down, and gave Jiamu the handkerchief that their sisters had just embroidered.

Jia Mu took a look, and there was a delicate lotus picture on the corner, and a circle of six little blessings of different colors were embroidered on the edge of the handkerchief.Judging from this method, it should be done by Daiyu, Baochai, Xing Xiuyan and Sanchun sisters together.

"It's really a blessing, and it looks good! Who came up with the idea?"

"Who else? Of course it's our talented Miss Lin." Baochai smiled and pushed Daiyu out.

Daiyu shyly pushed Baochai back, and then threw herself into Jiamu's arms.

"Good boys, it's hard for you to be considerate. I like it so much that I have to carry it with me every day." After Jiamu finished speaking, she lovingly tapped Daiyu's forehead with her hand.After Baoyu left, Daiyu was the only person in this family who could make her feel close.

Baoyu stared foolishly at the sisters who were laughing together, and also smirked, and then went to join in the fun, saying a few words, but only Tanchun and Xichun occasionally responded to him.Sister Lin didn't even look at herself. As for Sister Bao, she did look at herself a few times, but she only had a tepid smile and didn't intend to talk.

"I heard that after the second brother Lian's autumn harvest this time, he will be busy with the new farming policy for the coming year. He will change the farming method before, so as to reduce diseases and increase yields." Mother Jia praised him in front of her.

Mother Jia felt that this grandson had a long face, which made people proud, so she nodded happily.

Xue Baochai hurriedly echoed the words: "I heard that some potato seeds are going to be given to poor farmers. The farmers outside are going crazy, and even my brother said that Lian's second brother is an unusually good official who thinks of the people. The potato seeds are all from his own farm, so sending them out is sacrificing oneself for others and helping the poor and needy."

Even though the Xue family was so rich, they never said that they would take out their own money and distribute it to outsiders for nothing.For this, Aunt Xue also admired it. "Old lady, your grandson is really a great person, I'm really enviable. I'm afraid that my family's Pan'er can be half of him, no, I'm content with one or two out of ten."

Baoyu looked at these people infatuatedly, all praising Lian's second brother.Being left out in the cold, he was very disappointed and determined to lose weight. As for whether he should read the book well, he was still struggling. Otherwise, he could also learn farming from Lian's second brother, so that he could gain attention in front of his sisters.

Baoyu didn't like reading the most, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible.When he was free the next day, he went to Jia Lian and expressed his ambition to him.

"Second brother, you also hope that I will be successful. Why don't you put me in Xiaoling Village and let me learn to farm with those people. In the future, I also want to be a promising person like Lian's second brother, so that the sisters You all like me." There was an innocent smile on Baoyu's face.

"Didn't you bring your brains?" Jia Lian was in a hurry to go out and was blocked by Baoyu, and he was in a bad mood after hearing him talk nonsense.

"Second Brother Lian, do you despise me too?" Baoyu looked at Jia Lian wrongedly.

Jia Lian frowned and looked at him: "Since you have this self-knowledge, why don't you do something serious!"

Seeing Jia Lian attacking her, Baoyu was very wronged, and suddenly felt that Lian's second elder brother was not as gentle and amiable as before, which was terrible.Baoyu's eyes turned red immediately, and he stood listlessly against the wall in aggrieved manner, making way for Jia Lian.

When he got angry, he wanted to escape, but there was no door.Jia Lian dragged Baoyu away, "Don't you want to learn how to farm with me? Let's go now."

When he arrived at Xiaolingzhuang, Jia Lian assigned a cornfield to Baoyu and asked someone to bring him a sickle. "You don't need much, you just collect the three ridges to the end, and these are barely enough for one mu of land."

Jia Lian took a sickle to demonstrate harvesting a bundle, and signaled Baoyu to come.

Baoyu took the sickle, held the corn stalk as it was, and cut down with the sickle in the other hand. After a long time of cutting, he finally cut off a tree, but in the end he almost hurt himself.Fortunately, there was an experienced old farmer watching, and he held the handle of the sickle in time.

Baoyu was so frightened that he let go of the hand holding the corn stalk, but he didn't feel comfortable, so he sniffed and let the old farmer see.

"Second Master Bao, don't worry, it's just stuck by a small burr." The old farmer hurriedly removed Baoyu's thorn, "I've never seen such white and tender hands, the skin is like a peeled egg, it's so tender Ah. Second Master Bao, don't blame me for talking too much, your hands are not suitable for farm work at all."

Seeing that Jia Lian had come back with an account, Baoyu rushed up to show him his hands.

Jia Lian glanced at Baoyu indifferently and incomprehensibly.

"I'm hurt." Baoyu said aggrievedly with her lips pursed.

"It's you who said you want to learn how to farm. That's where you come from. Let's talk about it after finishing the tasks I assigned you." After Jia Lian finished speaking, he turned his head and wanted to leave.

Baoyu quit, and hastily grabbed Jia Lian's sleeve to beg for mercy: "Second Brother Lian, I really don't believe it. It took me a long time to cut one off, and I almost cut myself. Fortunately, the old farmer helped me, otherwise I would have been injured. The leg is gone."

Jia Lian glanced at Baoyu, mercilessly, "I have made a vow, and now I am going to go back on my promise. What do you think I am, your follower? Come and go if you call it? Today you have to finish this job. As for the end Whether it fits or not, you are not qualified to argue with me until you have finished your work."

Baoyu cried in fright, looking at the cornfield stretching as far as the sky, she felt that she couldn't finish this. "I can't do it, the old farmer also said I can't do it!"

Baoyu pulled the old farmer forward, intending to ask him to speak well for her.

Old farmer: "Second Master Lian, I don't think he's the type to do this. It's dangerous to hold a sickle. Second Master Bao is precious, so once he hurts himself, he won't be able to recover."

Jia Lian looked at Baoyu, who repeatedly nodded in agreement with the old farmer, and sneered: "Then I will skip this job."

Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief and almost jumped up for joy.

Jia Lian pointed at the corn that hadn't been shucked yet, and each pile was about as tall as a person. "Go and do that, and you won't be hurt by a sickle. It's not difficult for you. You can pick up this small pile this day. I'm going to Xiaozaozhuang in a while. You work hard here, don't be lazy, I will send People are watching you."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, he walked away.

Baoyu shook her lips and was taken aback for a long while before being invited to the corn pile by the old farmer. "Peel off these layers of skin and break it. This is corn on the cob. Master Bao, you try it?"

The old farmer Baoyu saw that this thing was very easy, and immediately smiled and said: "This is much easier than the one just now, I know."

Baoyu peeled the corn as before, revealing the golden corn cob, and watched it with a smile for a while, and then broke off the stem behind the cob.It was a bit strenuous and not as easy as it looked, but with a little effort, it finally broke off.When it came to the second one, I didn't know that it finally got stuck on my knee before I broke it off.In the next few days, Baoyu became more and more boring, and finally quit.Regardless of whether it was clean or not, he just sat on the corn pile to rest, rubbing his sore wrist.

The old farmer smiled and asked Baoyu if he never did this at home.

Baoyu nodded aggrievedly: "Let's not talk about doing farm work, even washing and dressing, I don't do it myself, I have my own maidservant to take care of me."

"As expected of the Second Master Bao of Rong Mansion, he has a distinguished status." The old farmer echoed with a smile.

Baoyu didn't feel anything at first, but then he felt something was wrong, and asked the old farmer with his neck tilted: "My second elder brother Lian is higher than me. Have you ever said that to him?"

"Second Master Lian is different. He can do everything, and he is more proficient in some things than us." The old farmer said with admiration.

"Then he knows how to pick up corn and harvest it?" Baoyu asked.

"Such a simple job, of course." The old farmer began to tell Baoyu the steps of farming with his fingers, and then listed the jobs that the second master Lian would do, "...and plowing, transplanting rice seedlings, raising pigs, delivering sows, etc. Wait, these are only on the level of work. The most powerful ones are the farming techniques that Lian Erye knows. They are like magic tricks of the gods. If you follow them, you will really have a good harvest. Xiaolingzhuang and Xiaozaozhuang and others Those Zhuangzi rely on these to have such a good harvest, and the farmers and servants we work with him have enough food and clothing to live today!"

After hearing this, Baoyu was only surprised.He didn't expect that such a trivial matter as farming would involve so many things, and he didn't even know the simplest ones.I also need to learn how to farm, which seems much more difficult than studying, and it is a very labor-intensive job.

Baoyu was encouraged, and desperately began to peel the corn husks, but at dusk, only five baskets came out, and most of the rest were unfinished.

Jia Lian's carriage arrived, and when he saw Baoyu's result, he shook his head, "You must complete what you promised, otherwise don't expect to go back. You will live in Zhuangzi tonight, and return to the mansion after completing the task the next day." Jia Lian After all, he also specifically explained that the stewards of the Zhuangzi did not need to entertain Baoyu specially, and let Baoyu live with the old farmer to experience the life of other farmers.

Baoyu had never been in a house made of mud, nor slept on such a hard bed, nor had he stayed in such a dirty place for so long.This night, there were rattling noises on the floor of the house. It seemed that mice were jumping up and crickets were chirping. Baoyu was so frightened that he was so sleepy in the middle of the night that he squinted for a while. When he opened his eyes, he felt his nose itchy and found a bug on his face. , He yelled and rolled out of bed in fright.

In the morning, the old farmer taught Baoyu how to draw water from the well to wash his face.When cooking, I also show him to watch, but I don't need him to do it, because I am afraid that he will waste food if he messes up.

Because Baoyu came, the old farmer specially added two dishes. The family had two sons in their early teens, the old farmer's wife, and an old lady. Including Baoyu, a total of six people gathered around the table to eat together.When the children saw the meat, they were all happy to stretch out their chopsticks, and the old farmer scolded them back, asking Baoyu to use them first.

Baoyu had eaten such a rough meal there, drank the saliva from a black bowl, and said that he was not hungry.

When I turned around and waited to go to the field, my stomach growled uncontrollably, and the sound was loud.

Baoyu pretended to cough to cover it up, but the old farmer still heard him and explained a lot with embarrassment.The old farmer understood with a smile, and continued to let Baoyu do yesterday's work.

This time Baoyu worked so hard that his fingers were almost dry, and finally finished the job in the afternoon.Seeing Jia Lian coming, Baoyu immediately burst into tears, and, ignoring everything, rushed over and threw herself into Jia Lian's arms.

"Second brother Lian, I promise you, I will study hard in the future, I will definitely study hard."

Jia Lian looked at the corn silk sticking to his dirty body, as well as on his head, and looked at his hands, which were indeed dry and cracked due to hard work.Only then did Baoyu barely pass the test, so he was asked to take a bath and change clothes, and then go back with him.

In the car, Baoyu was so hungry that he wanted to eat the shortbread that Jia Lian had prepared in the car, but Jia Lian stopped him. "If you want to lose weight, you have to keep your mouth shut."

After Baoyu finally returned to Rongfu, he ate three bowls of vegetables and two small pieces of chicken with a flat stomach.

He had just had a comfortable shower, and was about to lie down on his soft bed to sleep, when the mother-in-law sent by Jia Lian came to tell him that he had to leave for Biyunzhuang to study tomorrow.

Biyunzhuang is currently Jia She's retreat.It is divided into two courtyards, the north and the south. Baoyu is in the south courtyard when he goes, and does not conflict with Jia Amnesty in the north courtyard.The two sides do not disturb each other and do not meet each other.Because one wants to "retreat" and the other wants to lose weight and study hard, Jia Lian doesn't add red tape to them, and simply lets them live under the same roof as familiar strangers.

Jia Amnesty had had enough troubles in the village these days, and no matter how much he struggled, he found that he couldn't escape, because he couldn't get out of Biyunzhuang without a car.And those servants are all like dead elm lumps, shouting ten words without farting, and everyone is willing to help him and accept his bribes.Jia Amnesty had no choice but to accept his fate, eat a vegetarian diet and scold his son every day.If Jia Lian scolded until his voice became hoarse, he would not mention him again, and no one else was allowed to mention him.As soon as he mentioned it, he felt flustered, uncomfortable and angry, and couldn't help being irritable.

About ten days after Jia Amnesty lived in Biyunzhuang, Baoyu's carriage and horses arrived.After unloading the luggage and some supplies, the car left Biyunzhuang.The two just wanted to escape, but they didn't have a car to go out.

Biyun Manor has its own field outside, rice, grain, vegetables, etc. are complete, and meat, eggs, etc. will be delivered by a businessman from a nearby village on a regular basis every day, so there is no need to worry about daily expenses.

Jia Amnesty roared in self-torture every day, and finally fell silent.

Baoyu, on the other hand, had to listen to the three gentlemen taking turns to give lectures according to the plan Jia Lian had arranged for him every day.His study schedule was very tight, and no one in Zhuangzi pampered him like Jia's mother did. Baoyu didn't even have a chance to be lazy this time, and his grades improved by leaps and bounds after studying for three months.

By the time the Rong Mansion sent another car to pick up Baoyu and Jia She, it was already the twelfth lunar month of winter with heavy snowfall.

This time, when I come to the car, I will directly pick them up to go back to celebrate the New Year.

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Here in Errong Mansion, Aunt Xue's family is facing winter, but they still haven't eaten the so-called strawberry fruit.

Mrs. Wang felt ashamed in her heart, anyway, she was fine on weekdays, so she often went to Aunt Xue's place to get close.Aunt Xue has been living in the east of the mansion since the beginning, and when she lived with her eldest sister, she felt very uncomfortable.Later, I heard that Lin Ruhai did not leave after coming to Beijing to report on his work before the New Year's Eve, and that Jia Lian had already bought a new house for the Lin family.When Lin Ruhai comes, Jia Min and Daiyu will definitely move out of Lixiangyuan.Aunt Xue wanted to live there, so she endured until the end of the year, but she never expected that after Jia Min left, no one would ask her to move to Lixiangyuan.

Therefore, Aunt Xue has also become lazy in the past few days, and is not very diligent to go to Jia Mu to play cards.Here also felt that living in Rongfu was no fun, so Xue Pan was asked to tidy up the old house, planning to move out two days before the Chinese New Year.

Mrs. Wang couldn't let go of her younger sister, so she went to tell Jia's mother about it. "Pan'er is a man living with me, so it's inconvenient to come and go. My sister also thinks that if she doesn't stop bothering me for so long, she must move out before the end of the year, which makes me very uncomfortable."

"Isn't that right? What are you doing in such a hurry? Let's wait until the spring of the new year is over before moving." Jia Mu said while thinking about it in her heart, taking advantage of the tea time to think about it for a while, and finally made up her mind. Then he said, "The Pear Fragrance Court just happens to be empty, your sister lives closer to me, so she can play cards with me more, and it's convenient for your nephew to go out."

Mrs. Wang was overjoyed. After so long, she finally achieved something. She thanked Jia Mu gratefully, and happily invited Aunt Xue's family to move there.

When Baoyu came back, Jia's mother saw that Baoyu had changed. Although she was still a little fatter, her figure was obviously much lighter. At least she lost more than 20 catties of flesh.

Don't ask how you are learning, as long as you are so energetic, Jia's mother is happy, "Good boy, there have been many changes. I really listened to what your second brother Lian said."

Baoyu hurriedly bowed to Jiamu, and after saluting peacefully, he threw himself happily beside Jiamu, saying that he had been begging for hard times.

When Jia's mother saw that Baoyu was more polite and stable, she affirmed Jia Lian's contribution more and more.

Jia Zheng also rushed over. He had been out for more than a year, and worked hard to get back.This time, he was at a loss for what to do with the great changes at home.What shocked him the most was Jia Lian, who had become a servant of the household department from an unlearned and incompetent son, and his official rank was several levels higher than his own. They were all those high-ranking officials whom he envied extremely in his daily life.

This child whom he had once yelled at for being useless in farming unexpectedly jumped onto his head.It's a good thing you don't have to worry about rank when you are at home, otherwise, as an uncle, you have to bow to your nephew, and you will really lose face.But outside, Jia Zheng was still reduced to a laughing stock.It's not because of the difference in rank between him and Jia Lian, it's all because of him.In the past, when Jia Lian was not an official, Jia Zheng went out to socialize and often mentioned to his colleagues that his nephew was worthless.The result of his casual jokes is that he is now reduced to the situation of being laughed at.

Jia Zheng was so angry that he wanted to bite his own weak mouth.If it wasn't for the fact that he owed Jia Lian back then, he would have been obliged to help him get promoted to a higher official based on his current relationship with Jia Lian.

Recalling the past, Jia Zheng always has a look of remorse and miscalculation.

Jia Zheng has no face to face Jia Lian, and he is even more afraid of the frustrated Jia Lian laughing at him wildly.So since he came back, Jia Zheng has been avoiding Jia Lian.Even if he went to pay his respects to Jia's mother, he would only go when Jia Lian was sure he would no longer be there.

Baoyu is back!

Now Jia Zheng sees his chubby son and sighs that he has changed a lot. What is even more dissatisfied is that he does not like that Baoyu's trip to Beijing to study is all arranged by Jia Lian.

What does it mean?Do you think their second room is empty?As Baoyu's parents, both he and his wife, Wang, are just for show!

Jia Zheng was very dissatisfied, especially since he came back, he had been waiting for Jia Lian to ask for peace, but by the time he never arrived, his dislike for Jia Lian had spread all over his body.

At any rate, Jia Zheng was a scholar with a brain. In view of the previous failures and lessons, he began to secretly plan a way to deal with Jia Lian.

Just when Jia Zheng was about to execute his three-month-long plan, a good news came from the northwest.

The next day, an imperial decree came down to Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Lian was made a Marquis!