The appointment in Danyuan was indeed an extremely unforgettable night.
So much so that in the following days, Jia Lian was often absent-minded.
His mind and body are unified, and his knowledge and actions are unified and he misses Ahe.
But Ahe returned to the Salt Gang.
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Her father, Xin Laoxiao, was a strong man throughout his life, but now he is old and sickly. There is a huge salt gang all over the world, and now she can only rely on her thin shoulders to support him and establish a family.
She had previously disguised herself as a boat prostitute and personally escorted a batch of ten ebony ships. Because of the unrest between Shaanxi and Gansu, the price of Zhangye peach blossom salt shipped from Gansu had soared, and the salt gang was in urgent need of this batch of salt.
But this batch of illegal salt was still secretly targeted by the Cao Gang. The salt was lost and people were killed or injured.
But even so, she still has to go back. Without her, the Salt Gang would be even less able to hold on.
The Cao Gang has official support, but her Yan Gang does not.
The hundreds of thousands of miserable poor men in her Salt Gang are still waiting for the chief gang leader of the Salt Gang to support them.
Now that her father, Xin Laoxiao, is old and sick, Xin Shuanghe has to support the Salt Gang.
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That night in Danyuan, when the sky was dark.
Jia Lian hugged Ah He and said, "Ah He, come with me. Since you and I are destined, we should cherish it."
Ah He hugged Jia Lian: "There are many kinds of fate. Our fate is not the kind of getting along day and night."
Ahe's eyes, reflected in the faint morning light, were so bright that they could penetrate people's hearts.
Jia Lian kissed Ah He's earlobe gently: "Ah He, it's too dangerous for a girl like you to walk around the world."
"I grew up in Jianghu. If I left Jianghu, would I still be me?
Second Master Lian came from the Duke's Mansion, so he naturally wanted to go back to the Duke's Mansion. But I will not go to the Duke's Mansion to be a lowly servant, that would be too unfair.
My world is still in the Jianghu."
"You will get married sooner or later."
"Whether I marry or not, it's still in the world, not in the Duke's mansion.
I will not be someone else’s mistress. Being jealous of a group of women? It’s too disgraceful.”
"Then what do we do?"
"Calculate fate.
When fate comes, it doesn't matter whether you sleep with me or I sleep with you.
Just have fun and enjoy it as much as you can, just treat it as if it’s only this time in your life, that’s enough.
As long as you like it, whether I come to you or you come to me, as long as you are willing and I am willing, it is the same."
Jia Lian finally understood why being with Ah He was the most enjoyable experience he had ever had. It turned out to be like this.
If you can treat something as if it is only once in your life, how can you not enjoy it to the fullest?
Jia Lian thinks about Ah He, and Ah He also thinks about Jia Lian, but they don't get along day and night.
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It took time for the salt merchants to collect money, so Jia Lian was happy to stay in Yangzhou longer, waiting for Ahe to come to him.
Lin Ruhai did not feel comfortable living in Guangling Tower. He was an elegant scholar at heart, and he was still thinking about the small garden where he lived before, saying that it was so quiet and elegant that it was rare in the world.
Jia Lian saw that his uncle was really fond of him, so he went to inquire about it and learned that it turned out to be the property of a small salt merchant, which had been vacant for many years. The salt merchant here needed money, so he wanted to sell it.
So Jia Lian found the entrusted middleman and bought it according to the price demanded by the seller without even paying a tael of silver.
When Jia Lian sent the land deed of the garden to Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai waved her hands repeatedly and said:
"How does this happen? How does this happen?"
Jia Lian smiled:
"A gentleman has the beauty of adulthood.
Firstly, my uncle really likes it; secondly, my nephew just has the ability to be filial; thirdly, the original owner of the garden has never suffered a loss. How can we not avoid such a perfect thing?"
At this point, the garden was named "Qiyuan".
Now that he had a garden, Jia Lian suggested that he choose a piece of land on the south side of the garden near the living gate and build a small house according to the Feng Shui pattern of "four waters returning to the hall".
When Lin Ruhai saw the drawings drawn by Jia Lian himself, she couldn't help but praise:
"I don't think you have such an ability to draw style pictures? It's really impressive."
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"In addition to studying, if you learn a few more things, you will not be overwhelmed by your skills. Otherwise, being idle during the day is just idle."
Lin Ruhai couldn't help but sigh:
It would be great if my daughter Daiyu could have been born a few years earlier!
Jia Lian is the hope of the younger generation of Rongguo Mansion. Only such a person will not harm my daughter's character.
If I could get such a son-in-law, I would be happy to go to the capital in person and take the initiative to tell the old lady of the Jia family about the marriage.
I think if my wife were still alive, she would be willing to see her daughter get such a good match.
It's a pity that Daiyu was born a few years late, and Jia Lian has already married the Wang family. Isn't it a pity?
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While they were talking, Daiyu came to greet her father. Seeing that Jia Lian was there, she stepped forward to salute and greet her. Jia Lian quickly stood up and returned the salute.
Daiyu smiled and said:
"Second brother Lian came to Yangzhou to save my father's life, and also solved a big problem in the officialdom for my father. I really don't know how to thank him."
"Is it more than that?" Lin Ruhai pointed to the land deed and house drawings on the table, "Now he not only bought the yard as a gift to his father, but also drew the drawings himself. We really deserve it." Daiyu picked up the drawing and looked at it carefully, and was very surprised:
"The meticulous lines on Brother Lian's design are so delicate that it's amazing!
The fourth girl has devoted herself to painting and practicing gongbi flowers and birds since she was a child. The feathers she painted after meditating and practicing meditation cannot be so uniform in thickness with one stroke."
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"I don't have the regular script skills that you have practiced since childhood. Even with the thinnest wolf-hair brush, I can't draw these thin and dense lines.
This is just a trick I used to draw with a quill pen."
Seeing Daiyu's interest, Jia Lian explained in detail how to select the five outermost feathers of the white goose's wings, how to degrease and harden them, and how to cut them into pen tips of suitable thickness, and how to use the goose feathers thus made.
When using a pen dipped in ink for writing and drawing, not only the hardness and toughness of the pen tip are very suitable for drawing fine lines, but the quill barrel can also absorb ink, and the ink can be continuously supplied during the writing and drawing process, which is very convenient.
When Daiyu heard him say that it was better to use the left wing of the white goose, because its growth angle was more in line with the right-hand pen-holding habit, she kept saying it was wonderful and amazed:
"Second brother Lian has seen a lot of the world and is very meticulous in his work. I have never heard of any of this."
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"These are all Western gadgets. If you think they are good, let's just use them."
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Lin Ruhai looked on, feeling increasingly depressed.
Compared with this Jia Lian, what can the treasure of the second brother-in-law's family do?
Before taking Daiyu to the capital, the old lady of the Jia family revealed in her letter that she wanted to marry Daiyu to Baoyu as his wife, but Lin Ruhai never responded clearly.
This time when Daiyu came back, father and daughter also had a talk behind closed doors.
When Lin Ruhai asked about Jia's treasure, Daiyu only said:
"Brother Bao is the old lady's pet peeve, and Mr. Zheng doesn't dare to interfere.
The old lady has always followed his temper and never goes to school. She only hangs out with girls at home and enjoys her wealth."
Lin Ruhai understood her daughter's evaluation of Baoyu without a heavy hammer when playing the drum: trash.