Chapter Thirteen: Being at peace with the outside world
Jia Lian followed the servant from the Lin Mansion into the back garden and saw five or six workers gathering together.
Someone made a noise: "It's incredible, I killed someone."
Others shouted: "How good is this? Save people."
In his previous life, Jia Lian worked in a real estate company for eight years and saw several accidents on construction sites. He knew how to deal with them in order to make them less serious, so he stepped forward and asked:
"I am the boss, who is the foreman?"
A square-faced man separated from the crowd and stepped forward:
"I am Li Dali, the foreman."
Jia Lian didn't think he was a cunning person. He walked directly into the crowd without stopping.
I saw a fifteen-year-old boy lying on his back on the ground, covered in dirt, his head broken and bleeding, and he was unconscious.
He immediately turned around and told the boy:
"Hurry up and ask the doctor to come over. It's important to save people. The sooner the better."
Looking towards the mouth of the water again, I saw that not only had the bluestone bridge been overturned, a large piece of one of the small sand hills had been dug out.
Jia Lian turned around and asked Li Dali:
"Who is this child? How did he fall?"
Li Dali pointed at the child on the ground: "This is my nephew Ah Qi."
Then he pointed to the bluestone bridge: "We didn't see it clearly either. We thought we were caught by the stone slab and Ah Qi rolled down.
Uncle, something happened to Ah Qi while working, I can’t ignore it."
Jia Lian knew how to appease the person involved, so he said:
"Save people first and then talk."
But when he saw Lin Yongan, an old housekeeper in his sixties, running towards this side, he asked:
"Is there something wrong with my uncle?"
Lin Yongan gasped and shook his head:
"The master is fine, please ask me to help the second master.
Someone has been sent over there to ask for Dr. Gu, but it’s just a long way there and he won’t be able to get there for a while.
The girl is still coughing and wheezing, so she can only wait for Dr. Gu to come and take a look."
Jia Lian heard that Lin Ruhai and Sister Lin were fine for the time being, and he was relieved: "The old housekeeper came just in time, how much do these craftsmen pay?"
"It was agreed that each person would receive twenty bucks per day, and yesterday's payment has been settled."
Jia Lian made a decisive decision and got rid of irrelevant people first in order to avoid complications:
"Since it is not a good time to break ground today, we will stop doing the work, but we will still pay the wages.
Except for the foreman and the injured Ah Qi, everyone else's wages will go to the accounting office to get paid now.
Everyone should go back and rest early. If you can come to work an hour earlier tomorrow, five cents will be added to your wages."
When everyone saw that they would get paid even if they didn’t work, and their wages would be raised tomorrow, they dispersed as expected.
The foreman Li Dali was a little anxious:
"Don't leave! We originally came to work together, but something happened and you just took the money and left first?"
Jia Lian waved to the foreman and said:
"It's not like our Lin Mansion doesn't care about Ah Qi's affairs. It's useless for you to drag them here to accompany you."
At this time, the doctor arrived. He stepped forward for a brief inspection and found out that Jia Lian was the most gorgeously dressed. Knowing that this was the master's house, he said to Jia Lian:
"The trauma is not serious, just use some red wound medicine and it will be fine.
It’s just that it’s a bit troublesome if the person doesn’t wake up. I’ll use ‘Shi Xuan’ to bleed here first, and then I can revive the person.”
Seeing that Jia Lian nodded, he took the silver needle with his right hand, and grasped Ah Qi's right hand with his left hand, only to find that his fingers were clenched tightly. So he had to grab his left hand instead, clenched the five fingers, and pricked a needle on each fingertip to let blood flow. Seeing that Ah Qi was still awake, he quickly called for help and took off Ah Qi's shoes and socks. The doctor then held the five toes on Ah Qi's right foot and continued to prick a needle on each fingertip to bleed.
Seeing five bright red blood beans flowing down his feet, but the person was still motionless, the doctor became a little anxious and inserted the silver needle half an inch into the Yongquan point on the sole of the foot.
Ah Qi finally said "ouch" and exhaled a breath of air. Su calmed down and called "Uncle".
Jia Lian didn't wait for Li Dali to speak before he ordered Butler Lin:
"As long as the person is rescued, send the child home to recuperate as soon as possible.
It would also be good to bring ten taels of silver and let the family buy some supplements for the children to calm down the shock."
But Li Dali still got in front of Jia Lian:
"Ten taels of silver is too little. It costs fifty taels at least.
If the child falls like this and is left with a disability in the future, what will happen?"
Jia Lian turned to look at the child who was hesitant to speak, and called Li Dali aside:
"Is anyone in this child's family sick?"
When Li Dali heard this, he immediately replied:
"Yes, his mother, my sister, always coughs when the weather gets cold.
Therefore, the uncle should give more. Although this child is young, he is also the backbone of his family."
Jia Lian thought: The mainstay? Doesn’t this child have a father?
I also know that he is just talking nonsense, but after all, Jia Lian himself was a worker in his previous life, so he is still willing to favor the weak. Said:
"Didn't you see clearly how he fell? But I know. Your nephew fell and was injured while trying to pick the fruit from the ginkgo tree next to him.
What he has been holding in his right hand are two fresh ginkgo nuts.
Mr. Lin hired you to demolish bridges and dig soil, but he didn’t ask you to pick fruits, let alone steal them. Your nephew’s injury while stealing fruits is not the fault of Mr. Lin.
What's more, the doctor said that his injury was not serious, but he was disabled somewhere?
These ten taels of silver are equivalent to the expenses of the villager's family of seven or eight people for more than half a year. I only gave it to him because he was still young and there were sick people at home.
I don’t want to point it out in public because I don’t want you and me to behave badly in the future. You have to think carefully about whether you want these ten taels of silver or not.”
Li Dali turned his head and looked at his nephew's clenched hands, then looked at Jia Lianfeng Qingyun's pale face, and had no choice but to lower his head and say:
"Yes."
Although Jia Lian refuses to be taken advantage of, he has always been a kind person, especially now that he has the ability to do good things.
Seeing that Li Dali was about to help his nephew out, he stopped them and ordered Butler Lin to send someone to find a carriage to take the nephew and uncle home.
Lin Yongan has been watching from the sidelines, sighing in his heart:
I have lived for more than sixty years, and I think I have seen a lot of the world, but it turns out that I am blind!
I just heard people say that the second master Lian of the Jia family was a worthless pervert at a young age, and I took it seriously.
I followed him today and watched him handle things with my own eyes, and I realized that this man is really a person!
Look at him, he's not showy, he's not ostentatious, he's not arrogant, and no one can hide his eyes.
He speaks calmly and calmly, not impatiently, but he has a lot to say.
Everything is done thoughtfully and clearly. Everything is done neatly and neatly, leaving a way out for others and yourself.
He is shrewd and kind in what he does, he does not suffer any disadvantages, and he still has a kind heart inside. He makes others fear and admire him, and he has one word from his heart: surrender.
How can such a person not become a big deal in the future?
Alas, it's a pity, it's a pity, he has already married his first wife. If such a person can become our master's son-in-law, why not worry about the prosperity of the Lin family!
Jia Lian returned to the side hall and saw Lin Ruhai still sitting there waiting, so he carefully explained the handling process just now.
Lin Ruhai was originally very worried, but after hearing that he handled it so appropriately, she couldn't help but nod her head.
Seeing that the time had come, Jia Lian smiled and said:
"My nephew dares to say something outrageous. If my nephew had come a day earlier, today's troubles might have been avoided."
Lin Ruhai was puzzled when he heard this and asked why.
Jia Lian opened the food box, took out a plate of Su-style sesame cakes, placed it on the table, and made a "please" gesture towards Lin Ruhai:
"My nephew ran out last night and specially asked someone to make this sesame seed cake, and asked my uncle to break it and taste it."