Lin Ruhai called Jia Lian. Sure enough, it was because Daiyu's condition had improved significantly, so they discussed setting a date to send her daughter off to Jia's house. The other thing was to let Daiyu's teacher Jia Yucun go with him, which was also cheap.
He went to Beijing to find a job.
Jia Lian saw Jia Yucun's ingratiating attitude towards him, so he said he wanted to buy some specialties from Gusu and give them back to others, but unfortunately he was not familiar with the route.
Jia Yucun was very knowledgeable and immediately climbed up the pole, saying that he would also bring some earthen rituals when he went to Beijing, so he happened to accompany Jia Lian on the street to buy them.
Jia Yucun led Jia Lian out of the Lin Mansion. At this time, Lin Ruhai, a humble gentleman, was no longer around. In order to fall in Jia Lian's favour, he immediately changed his persona of a "high-ranking and talented man" to a persona of a "romantic young man".
Just because Jia Yucun had recently met Leng Zixing, the son-in-law of Zhou Rui, who was accompanying Mrs. Jia's wife, and listened to him talk about Ning and Rong Erfu in detail, he knew that the 19-year-old Lian Erye was famous.
Lewd and lustful.
Although it was not easy to do it in broad daylight, I took Jia Lian to visit the brothel and drank wine, then in a roundabout way, I let Jia Lian into a small wine shop by the alley.
Xing'er followed Jia Lian, looking at the virtues of the pug in Jia Yu Village, his face showed disdain, and Jia Lian said: "Wait outside."
This wine shop is a little shabby, but the lady behind the counter makes people's eyes shine.
The woman was only about 20 years old, with a handsome appearance, a coquettish figure, two passionate eyebrows, and a pair of seductive eyes. She was obviously familiar with Jia Yucun, and she came up to him with a smile, her pear dimples filled with laughter:
"It's a coincidence that Mr. Jia came today. The best sauce recipe has just come out of the pot, and it is paired with winter fermented rice. It is the best in the world."
Her beautiful eyes turned and she looked at Jia Lian openly:
"This young man who looks better than Pan An is the first time he comes back. Is he a friend of Mr. Jia? At first glance, he looks like a prince from a high family. He is a distinguished guest." Wu Nong said softly, as softly as the spring breeze.
While talking, he picked a table by the window for the two of them, wiped the very clean table and stools carefully with a snow-white towel, and then invited Jia Lian to take a seat.
During this period, he glanced at Jia Lian quietly from time to time, with the corners of his eyes and eyebrows full of charm.
While she was serving wine and food, Jia Yucun smiled at Jia Lian and pursed her lips:
"Seeing her, Wenjun, selling wine on the street, why don't you, brother, be like Sima Xiangru? The goddess is already interested, and she's just waiting for King Xiang to fall asleep."
It is estimated that if this was the original owner Jia Lian, and he was brought to such a romantic place, he would definitely become lustful and his sperm would get to his head.
But at this time, Jia Lian is determined to look to the future and develop his ambitions. How can he take advantage of such a low-class person? Not to mention that Jia Yucun pretends to be romantic, but it is really a despicable pimping practice.
How could this kind of "private club" he was used to visiting be so clean?
Just a faint smile:
"I wonder what the sauce recipe the landlady mentioned just now is?"
When Jia Yucun saw that he didn't answer at all, he also understood that his move was in vain. However, he was very thick-skinned, so he changed the subject of the conversation and started talking about Gusu delicacies.
The proprietress's delicate hands brought her the sauce recipe, which turned out to be a square piece of meat that had been stewed until the sauce became attractively red and the meat was rich in flavor.
Jia Lian picked up a piece of it and felt it was fragrant, salty but sweet, crisp but not rotten, oily but not greasy, and couldn't help but nod his head in praise.
When Jia Yucun saw it, he cheered by saying:
"Brother, I have come from a long way from Jinling. What good things have you not seen? Let's try the local seasonal winter wine in Suzhou. It will be quite interesting."
The landlady took the opportunity to step forward, pour wine into Jia Lian's glass, and chuckled softly:
"This winter wine is brewed by the servant myself, and it is very clean.
The fine glutinous rice and sweet wine are added with osmanthus and gardenia. The wine has the sweet fragrance of osmanthus, which is refreshing and unique. Please try it, sir."
Jia Yucun knew that Jia Lian had no interest in this girl, so he smiled and said:
"This wine is indeed a treasure in Gusu. Where can you get it elsewhere? Madam, please go and get me two jars. I will take some to the capital to give away."
After sending the landlady aside, Jia Yucun chatted with Jia Lian some more gossip about the customs and customs of Gusu, and then he cupped his fists and said:
"Although I came to Beijing this time on the recommendation of Mr. Lin, I have to rely on the support of the Duke's office, and even less the support of my elder brother."
When Jia Lian saw that he had really got to the point, he also smiled and said:
"Now I just donate money to a fifth-grade sinecure, so how can I promote Mr. Amemura?
However, I have met a lot of people, and I have some skills in observing people.
According to my opinion, Mr. Amemura’s career in officialdom was helped by three noble people: one true, one false, and a pair of wooden ones.
It’s just that the first two noble men supported me and repaid their kindness with enmity, but for the third one, it’s our Jia family’s turn.”
His calm words immediately frightened Jia Yucun into changing his face.
He never expected that the handsome young man in front of him, who had a handsome face and full of aristocratic air, could say such heart-wrenching words while talking and laughing, and he was actually more accurate than a fortune teller.
When he was in poverty, it was Zhen Shiyin who helped him go to Beijing to gain fame and eventually enter an official career. Zhen was the "Yizhen".
After he was dismissed, when he was poor and ill, Lin Ruhai asked him to be his daughter's teacher again. This time, he recommended him to the Jia family of Rongguo Prefecture to help him return to officialdom. Lin was exactly the "double tree". And the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion, where he was about to seek refuge, wasn't just a "fake"?
The eldest son and grandson of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian, said to his face that he was a person who "repays kindness with hatred", making it clear that he refused to surrender to him.
Only then did Jia Yucun realize how powerful Jia Lian was, and he was so anxious that he almost knelt down and kowtowed in public.
He lowered his voice, cried, and swore to the sky:
"Second Master, Second Master, I beg you to be kind to me. My benefactor has shown me great kindness and kindness. I just work like a cow or a horse. My whole family has been working as cows and horses for the rest of my life, and I can't repay the Second Master's kindness.
Don't talk about repaying kindness with enmity, even if you don't dare to have even the slightest intention, otherwise you will be destroyed by heaven and earth, and you will fall into the eighteenth level of hell, and you will never be reincarnated."
Jia Lian sneered:
"Oh? Then tell me, the Feng Shui you taught my uncle destroyed the "Tianmen Flying Crossing" trend on the Lin family's water veins, but it didn't mean to completely destroy all the Lin family's vitality?"
Jia Yucun thought:
Didn't Leng Zixing say that the Jia family was inferior to the previous generation? He said that the second master Jia was just a good-for-nothing who "refused to study and had to change his ways". At this time, it seemed that he was a man of extraordinary knowledge and skill.
My lord, I will never offend you.
At that moment, I didn’t even care about my face, I hurriedly waved my hand and gave myself a loud slap:
"The second master is wise, I deserve to die! What I said is all nonsense, just to show off my knowledge in front of Mr. Lin. In fact, I don't know the art of Feng Shui and Earth at all. I really didn't know it could be such a bad thing. p>
I am confused and stupid. I am really guilty and deserve to die! I will go and confess to Mr. Lin right away. No, I will not ruin the feng shui of the Lin Mansion. No, I will plead guilty under the bush."
In his previous life, Jia Lian worked as Party A in a real estate company for eight years, and he had already mastered the method of "hitting and coaxing" Party B. Seeing that the heat was almost over, he reached out and patted Jia Yucun on the shoulder:
"Since Mr. Yucun is determined to recognize our Jia family as his own, he has to rely on the Jia family's entrustment for management when he comes to Beijing, so he naturally understands the importance.
Our Rong and Ning mansions still occupy half a street, and the halls and pavilions are still majestic, with a prosperous population, and honorable masters and servants.
However, there are some gossips outside. It is said that the children and grandchildren raised in the Jia family are actually worse than the previous generation. No one is planning the business of such a big business, and it can only barely support the empty shell of "a centipede insect, dead but not stiff".
But where do you put me, the eldest son and grandson of Rongguo Mansion?
I think since Mr. Yucun can gain the trust of my uncle, his talents and character are certainly not bad. Just remember what you said today, you will never do anything ungrateful."
Hearing this, Yu Cun was even more shocked and broke out in a cold sweat: Could it be that Second Master Lian is clairvoyant and has ears for the wind? How did he know these gossips that he and Leng Zixing had at the wine table a few days ago?
I was so frightened that I quickly stood up and bowed repeatedly:
"How dare you, boy? How dare you, boy? The second master is so talented, he will be the pillar of Jia's family and the country in the future, and his future is limitless.
If Jia Yucun can follow the second master and do a little better than the work of dogs and horses, it will be a blessing for three lifetimes. I am afraid that I will not be able to ask for it, and I will regret it for three lifetimes."
Jia Lian thought to himself: This flatterer is really smart, and what he said goes straight to his heart.
The pillar of Jia's family and the pillar of the country, his future is limitless? Haha, of course his ambition is "unlimited".
Then he laughed:
"I see that Mr. Yucun has dragon eyebrows on his face and a broad hall. If his official career goes well at this moment, he will be a prefect at least..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by several shrill female screams.
Immediately, someone yelled, yelled, and made a lot of noise, and Jia Lian couldn't help but frown.
Rou Niang hurriedly came forward to explain:
"Our little shop has never been noisy. It is most suitable for a scholar like Mr. Jia to have a drink. The embroidery shop in the back alley has always been quiet. I don't know what happened today.
I'll go over and take a look right away and tell them not to spoil your mood."
Suddenly I heard a girl yelling loudly, and the voice seemed to be right outside the window:
"If you dare to take another step forward, I will jump down immediately and fall to death!"