[Red Mansion] Plane Merchant Jia Rong

Back home, Shen Ruoxu looked at the sky, and there were still two hours before dark.After thinking about it, he planned to go to the Song Mansion to visit Mr. Song.

Seeing that Jia Rong came out after taking a shower and changed into men's clothes, Shen Ruoxu picked up the jade hairpin on the table and inserted it into his hair, and kissed his lips lightly. "I'm going to see my great-grandfather, can you go with me?" He had met Jia Rong's aunt, so he should take Jia Rong to meet his elders.

The protagonist Ge Jia Rong who just came out couldn't immediately remember who Shen Ruoxu's great-grandfather was.After thinking about it, he remembered that Shen Ruoxu was referring to Song Qing's great-grandfather.

Jia Rong nodded and said, "Okay, you go back to your home and ask Uncle Yuan to prepare the carriage, and I'll pick a few things to send to your uncle's family."

After finishing speaking, she was about to get the presents in a brocade box, took two steps, and suddenly couldn't remember how many people there were in Song Qing's family, Jia Rong looked back at Shen Ruoxu and asked, "By the way, how many people are there in your uncle's family? "

Shen Ruoxu smiled and explained: "My uncle's family has four generations under the same roof. It sounds like a lot of people. In fact, their family is passed down from generation to generation. Now there are only my cousins, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers in the family. Grandfather, plus a little cousin who is less than four years old, but there are only seven."

"Seven, right? I can save it." Jia Rong nodded and said, "Go, prepare the carriage and send someone in to call me."

Shen Ruoxu went over to exchange a deep kiss with Jia Rong, and then walked out the door.

In fact, there is nothing good in Jia Rong's house, and all the gifts are taken from the system space.

After thinking about it, he prepared a fat orange cat puppet for Shen Ruoxu's little cousin, the kind that can accommodate her a little girl who is only a few years old, and sleep with her whole body buried in the fluff.

The sister-in-law and aunt each prepared a set of cosmetics and perfume. Since the cosmetics shop has not yet officially opened, Jia Rong specially asked Bai Ling to use the negligence technique on this gift, so that people would ignore its origin.

As for Song Qing and the three male elders on his head, Jia Rong presented the paintings of Baishi Shanweng, Mr. Beihong, Mr. Xuetao, and Mr. Binhong.

There are several modern planes that Jia Rong has contacted, and these paintings are traders from some of these modern planes, who exchange them for antiques in Jia Rong's hands.

As soon as several greetings were prepared, Shen Ruoxu walked in.He saw a fat orange cat in Jia Rong's arms, and saw a few boxes on the table. Without saying anything, he stepped forward and took them into his arms, helped him take them out, and put them into the carriage.

Jia Rong always took out some strange things from time to time, and he didn't avoid Shen Ruoxu many times, so he knew very well that Jia Rong harbored some magical secrets.

Shen Ruoxu never asked about this, because he knew that whenever Jia Rong wanted to say something, he would naturally explain it to him.

The carriage arrived at the Song Mansion unimpeded all the way. When the two entered the house, four generations of men from the Song family were gathering in Mr. Song's yard, making fun of the only little cutie in the family.

Jia Rong and Shen Ruoxu gave the things in their hands to the maid, and followed the servants to the old man's yard.

There is no luxury or magnificence in the scenery and objects of the Song Mansion, but it looks fresh and elegant, pleasing to the eye and in line with the consistent aesthetics of literati.Jia Rong walked all the way and felt very fond of it.

"Meet uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather!"

"Greetings to the two Lord Songs, I have met Mr. Song!"

Stepping into the courtyard, Jia Rong and Shen Ruoxu bowed and greeted each other in unison.

"Ah Xu is here!"

"Huh? You brought someone here this time? Why don't you introduce yourself to your grandfather soon?"

When the elders saw Jia Rong standing beside Shen Ruoxu, they couldn't help showing surprised expressions.It's no wonder they were surprised, who made Shen Ruoxu live for nearly 20 years, and they haven't seen a single friend.This is the first time today, it can be seen that the young man has a lot of status in his heart.

Shen Ruoxu glanced sideways at Jia Rong, and said with a smile, "This is my dear friend Jia Rong, who studied at the Imperial College with me, and is also our neighbor outside."

Song Qing, who knew their real relationship, hugged the young girl and silently rolled her eyes.

Jia Rong smiled and bowed again.

Shen Ruoxu's aunt, Mrs. Cao, had an intersection with Jia Rong because of Xiangnizi's business.The relationship between him and Song Qing is also very good.Therefore, when Song Qing communicated with his mother, Mrs. Cao, Jia Rong was often mentioned in his mouth, and other people in the family heard too much, and left an impression in their minds.

It's just that they didn't have the chance to meet this junior until today.

Lord Song greeted warmly: "Come, come in and sit down."

After Shen Ruoxu entered the room and sat down, he saw a few maids who came in with gift boxes in their hands, walked over and put one of them in front of Mr. Song and the others. "This is a meeting gift prepared by Brother Jia for everyone."

On the way here, Shen Ruoxu asked Jia Rong which share was for whom.While speaking, he had already placed the gift box on the table next to everyone's hands.

Song Qing picked up the long brocade box and said in surprise, "I have it too?"

Jia Rong nodded, and shifted her eyes to the white jade doll in Song Qing's arms. Seeing that her eyes were fixed on the fat orange cat, she couldn't pull it out, so she smiled.

He picked up the fat orange cat and handed it to the little girl, and said softly, "This big puppet cat is for you."

The little girl looked up at Jia Rong, her eyes crooked with a smile, she immediately abandoned Song Qing, and ran over to hug her with her legs clattering.The small dumpling was completely buried in the orange cat's soft belly, and Jia Rong was already calling "Brother Jia".

Shen Ruoxu put the remaining two brocade boxes on the tables of Father Song and Song Qing respectively. "This is for my cousin and aunt. Please pass it on to my uncle and cousin."

"Here you come, what gift do you bring?" Mr. Song looked at Jia Rong softly and said.

Jia Rong smiled and replied, "It's a painting by some old gentlemen I knew before, and it's not worth much."

Master Song stroked his beard and smiled, seeing the young man's clear eyes, clear and upright brows, he liked him very much, and couldn't help talking to him.

The more in-depth the conversation, Mr. Song felt that Jia Rong had his own gaps in his chest, covered a wide range of topics, and each issue had his own unique insights, so he became more and more fond of Jia Rong.

Listening to the old and the young talking endlessly, Father Song couldn't help but join in the conversation after a while.

Looking at the three people in the ecstasy exchange, and at Song Qing who was playing with puppets with his younger sister, Mr. Song quietly gave Shen Ruoxu a wink, signaling him to go out with him and have something to say.

Slowly pacing in the yard, Mr. Song fixed his eyes on Shen Ruoxu, and asked, "You and that boy are really just ordinary friends?"

Shen Ruoxu took one step at a time, then picked up the interrupted steps, and continued to walk slowly behind Mr. Song.

Without changing his face, he asked with a confused expression: "I don't know why the great-grandfather asked such a question?"

Mr. Song snorted coldly, turned around and poked Shen Ruoxu's forehead. "Don't come play with me and pretend not to understand this. You kid grew up watching you grow up. It's the roundworm in your stomach, and I don't understand you. Although your great-grandfather and my eyes are blurred, I still can't see you. It's not that you can't see that there is a problem between you and that boy."

Now that they were all seen through, Shen Ruoxu simply did not hide anything. "We are in love with each other, and we only want each other for the rest of our lives."

"Then...would you object?" He asked cautiously.

Old Mr. Song snorted, "That child looks pretty good, but your vision is better than your mother's. But have you ever thought that if your problems are not solved, you will face the threat of death one day. If one day you What happened to him?"

Shen Ruoxu's joy only lasted for a moment, before his mood turned to worry.He lowered his head, staring at the ground in silence.

Mr. Song brought to him the problem that Shen Ruoxu had never dared to face, and there was a sense of urgency in his heart, eager to solve his own troubles.

Seeing the appearance of his great-grandson, Mr. Song sighed. "Go back! The strange person from the south of the Yangtze River that your uncle found for you will arrive soon. I hope he can solve the curse on you."

Shen Ruoxu nodded, restrained all his emotions, and helped the old man into the house.

Jia Rong and the two stayed at Song's house for meals, and then brought Song Qing with them, and the three went directly to the Imperial College together.

Father Song sent the three juniors away, but when he returned, he saw his father and grandfather put together their black heads, staring intently at a painting on the table, their faces full of admiration and obsession.

He glanced at the long open brocade box on the table, knowing that the two had opened Jia Rong's gift, and seeing the intoxicated expressions of his father and grandfather, he immediately stepped up and approached.

Father Song lowered his head, his eyes fell on the drawing paper, and his eyes burst bright instantly. "This painting of flowers and birds is full of spirituality, vivid and colorful, an absolute masterpiece!"

His face was full of excitement, and he couldn't help reaching out to touch it, but the two elders slapped it away mercilessly, glaring at each other angrily.

"Brother Rong gave it to me. You have to take a good look at it, and if you touch it, you will be beaten." Master Song threatened his son.

Father Song withdrew his hand in resentment, turned his gaze around, and stayed on the other three unopened long brocade boxes on the table.

Unfolding the three picture scrolls in the box one by one, after admiring them, Father Song fell into a deep intoxication, clapped his hands and praised: "This picture of a horse is so natural that it seems to be galloping off the paper; this picture of a shrimp is concise and vivid, lively and vivid. , has obviously entered the realm of perfection; and this landscape painting is majestic and majestic, with profound charm. Good painting! Really good painting!"

Seeing something good, his hands trembled slightly, and he stroked it lovingly, wishing to know the data for himself.

Mr. Song and Mr. Song next to him heard this, and immediately pushed Father Song away, took his place, and admired the other three paintings.

The more the two old people looked at their faces, the more excited they became, and they couldn't help saying: "As the saying goes, there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people. Although these painters are not well-known, their realm and skills have already surpassed all the famous masters today. .”

"When Mr. Jia comes again some other day, I must ask where these masters live. If we can meet them, this life will be worthwhile!"

Regardless of who the paintings originally belonged to, Mr. Song Zuo quickly put away the two favorites, put them in the box with great care, and hugged them in his arms. "Of these two paintings, one is mine and the other is Ah Qing's. He is too young to hide things well, so I will keep them for him for now."

Keep it for now, as for how long this "temporary" time limit is, it is up to him to define it.

Father Song and his son looked at the old man's rascal behavior, and couldn't laugh or cry.

Master Song begged: "Father, can you let me watch it for a while?"

"Don't give it, don't you have it? Go back and look at your own!" Mr. Song hugged the painting tightly, and waved away impatiently. "I'm tired, I want to rest, you two go! Go!"

After talking, he ran into his bedroom first and closed the door.

At this time, Song Qing was still on his way to Guozijian, and knew nothing about Mr. Song's ignorance of his painting.

A few days later, Jia Rongluo's cosmetics store on Taohua Street had a grand opening.

Countless women flowed into Peach Blossom Street, and the whole street was filled with the fragrance of powder from women.The cosmetics store was surrounded and submerged in a sea of ​​powder.

Once a woman becomes crazy, her terrifying power will definitely surpass that of a man.

The ice food store and bookstore opened by Jia Rong before, although eye-catching, have a good appeal.However, for women, after all, it's just something to eat and watch, which is far less important than things related to their own beauty.

This time, the appearance of a cosmetics store that improves the level of beauty made the women's madness completely explode.

Compared with the madness they spent in ice food books in the past, compared with what has erupted today, it is just a small stream versus a vast ocean.

The men stared at the sea of ​​makeup and powder on Taohua Street from afar, dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.

Facing a group of crazy female customers, the dozens of female ghost clerks in the cosmetics store never stopped talking.From the moment the door was opened, it introduced cosmetics, skin care products, and perfumes to the endless stream of guests... letting them understand the usage and effect.

Fortunately, they are ghosts with such a large workload. If they were a human being, their mouths would have been dry and their voices would have been hoarse, and they would have fallen down.

"This kind of pearlescent lip balm, the lips are more shiny after application, making your whole body look shiny and moving, and this kind of matte lip balm..."

"This is red bean paste lipstick, this one is called peach blossom powder... You can choose to use it according to your makeup preferences."

"The little girl's lips are rosy red after applying it, you can see the actual effect."

"Ma'am, your lips seem to be relatively dry. I recommend using this moisturizing product. It is very easy to use! I can assure you that you will have moist and tender lips after using it!"

"Guest, you have several small spots on your face. It is recommended to use concealer to cover the blemishes when applying makeup. This one is more suitable for your skin tone. It only costs one hundred dollars. After you buy makeup, you can get a perfect picture. Flawless pretty face!"

"This powder is oil-absorbing, long-lasting makeup, and the price is not expensive. Would this lady want to buy one?"

"Good eye makeup can greatly increase a woman's charm, madam, let's get some eye shadow!"

The ghost clerks are all eloquent and articulate.

Under the amway of their tongues, the female guests were so dazed that they saw something and wanted the same thing, and started the crazy shopping mode.

After spending a lot of money, they bought big boxes and small boxes and brought them out. There was no trace of heartache on their faces, and they hugged each other tightly like a big baby, laughing until their eyes disappeared.

Among the customers who came in, apart from going straight to the shelves to buy, a small number of them went upstairs.

Although the cosmetics store has two floors, only the first floor is used for buying and selling cosmetics.As for the second layer, it is used to apply makeup for the guests.

Of course, this makeup is not free, you need to pay [-] Wen to complete a makeup look, and the cosmetics needed for makeup are provided by the shop.

There was a sign at the entrance of the corridor, which said that there was a professional makeup artist on the second floor, and it cost [-] renminbi each time.In addition, it also said that the cosmetics store opened a makeup course on the last day of each month, and the tuition fee was [-] yuan a day.If you pay the tuition fee of one tael directly, you can study continuously for one year.

The small group of people who went upstairs just saw the content of the sign and went up to ask the makeup artist to apply makeup.

In Jia Rong’s cosmetics store, the cosmetics sold vary from cheap to expensive depending on the quality, capacity, and packaging.

As far as packaging is concerned, the cheapest is wooden, followed by porcelain, and the most expensive is glass.The aristocratic class is very competitive, regardless of whether they have money or not, they have to buy a set of colored glaze.

The female relatives of the petty official's family and the merchant's family below saw it, and followed suit one after another, even if they were reluctant to buy a set, they would buy the same.

Women from ordinary families only buy the cheapest solid wood.

In the end, within a day, glazed and solid wood packaging sold the most in the store, and the shipment of porcelain packaging was several times less than the two.

The appearance of various cosmetics in Jia Rong's shop has brought a huge impact to the rouge and gouache shops in the market.

Compared with the ones sold in cosmetics stores, the makeup powders from other stores have become the defective products among the defective products, which cannot be compared in any aspect.

Seeing the bustling business of the cosmetics store, their eyes were red with jealousy.

If at the beginning there were still a few nostalgic little fish and shrimp who dismissed Jia Rong's cosmetics shop, but when they saw that the people they knew around them had more exquisite makeup than themselves and their beauty greatly increased, gradually they could not bear the cruelty. It's defective.

Watching all the customers rush to Jia Rong's cosmetics shop, the shopkeepers of all the rouge shops in the capital were so anxious that their mouths were bubbling.

Until one day, Jia Rong heard Bai Lu report the population pressure of the shop, and asked someone to release the news, selling cosmetics in large quantities to various rouge shops at a lower price than the market, and they escaped the danger of shop closure.

Therefore, each rouge shop is grateful to Jia Rong who lives behind the scenes.And Jia Rong not only gained a wave of favorability, eased the population pressure of her cosmetics store, but also increased her income.

The two parties reached a win-win outcome.

On the day the cosmetics store opened, a bookstore with the same name as Jinjiang Bookstore on Guozijian Street also opened in a low-key manner.

Unlike the cosmetics store that caused a frenzy before it opened, the bookstore did not attract much attention at the beginning.Only a few people saw the word "Jinjiang" on the plaque of the bookstore, recognized the origin of the bookstore here, and walked in.

In Guozijian Street, besides Guozijian, there are many folk academies, where literature is popular, and [-]% of the people who come and go in the middle of the street are scholars.

On the opening day of the bookstore, the guests who came in were just a few scholars from the nearby academy.

Before entering, they thought that this bookstore was the same as the bookstore on Changle Street, selling recreational books such as story books and comic books.However, stepping into it, I found that the layout of the bookstore here is completely different from the previous one.

Looking closer to the bookshelf, I found that the bookstore here is full of special books such as the Four Books and Five Classics.

There is also a part of the bookshelves, which are classified into historical books, poetry collections, medical books and agricultural books, law encyclopedias, military books, travel notes and so on.

You can even find books related to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as books related to astronomy, geography, and Qimen Dunjia.Each is also carefully divided into entry, in-depth and other levels.

The most incredible thing is that there are also language learning books from Korea, Fusang, and Western countries in the bookstore.

There are so many beautiful things in eyes, only what you can't think of, there is no kind that you can't find.A few scholars were amazed and firmly believed that there is no book shop in the world as complete as this one.

Fan Ming is an ordinary student of Mingyuan Academy. After walking around, he chose a chess record with a feeling of amazement, and came to the shopkeeper to pay the bill.

When withdrawing money, I suddenly remembered that I had run out of writing paper, so I pointed to a stack of blank paper and asked, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this paper?"

According to Fan Ming's observation, the quality of this white paper is high-quality, and the price should not be cheap.The price given by the clinker shopkeeper was actually [-]% lower than that of ordinary paper, Fan Ming was stunned.

"My lord heard it right. It's this price. All the pens, inks, papers and inkstones in our shop are of good quality and cheap. May I ask how much do you need?" Lan Yu saw his thoughts from his face and explained.

Fan Ming showed joy on his face, stretched out a finger, and said, "Give me a hundred sheets." Each sheet is as wide and long as the tabletop, save it, a hundred sheets will last for a long time.

Lan Yu frantically rolled up a hundred sheets of paper, and then took out two sets of test questions that Jia Rong had produced from the back, as well as a copy of "Great Confucian Lectures".

"My lord, would you like to take a look at our shop's imperial examination question collection? After finishing this question collection, your imperial examination score will increase a lot. The thin one is three hundred Wen, the thick one is one tael of silver. There is also this great Confucianism book." The essence of lectures, three taels of silver. Buy it all and finish it, and you will definitely win the next year!"

Fan Ming is a person who is not firm in his will, and his heart is shaken just by saying that.

He thought for a while, and under Lan Yu's expectant gaze, he pointed to the cheapest test set. "I don't have enough silver with me today, so I'll just buy this one."

While talking, Fan Ming glanced at the things on the shelf on the left, and asked curiously: "By the way, what is that on the shelf here? Is it a decoration for the house? Why does it look so weird?"

"It's a desk lamp. Put it in a place with sufficient light during the day to eat it up. Press this little dot, and it will reveal light at night. One lamp can make a room as bright as day." Lan Yu took one down and explained while explaining Function, while demonstrating usage.

Seeing the blue pheasant's finger press the dot, and immediately a large beam of soft white light shot out from the strange thing called a desk lamp, Fan Ming opened his mouth wide, and his eyeballs almost fell to the ground. "This, this is too amazing!"

"I guess the young master also needs to read at night, the light of the candle is dim, and it is not good for the eyes if you use it too much, why don't you buy one?"

Fan Ming glanced at what looked like glazed glass on the desk lamp, and hesitated. "How much money is one set?" Ask, if it is too expensive, don't buy it.

"One tael of silver for one set." Lan Yu replied with a smile.

Very cheap!

Fan Ming opened the purse, took a look, and immediately said: "Buy, give me one, I want the blue one!"

Seeing this, several other people in the shop also came forward and gritted their teeth to buy a lamp and a set of test questions.

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