It is said that Jia Cong used some money to establish favors in the capital and obtained household registration for several people who had followed him since childhood. Lingdian Kanshuhong and Xiu Lanxiang were from the same family, so he conveniently included their parents, brothers and uncle's family.
They went out. However, their family members did not come to the south, only the two of them followed.
Only two days later, Tian Gengzi came over and hesitated for a long time. It turned out that he wanted to marry Jin Jiang. Jia Cong laughed, pointed at him and said: "Your temper is not like her temper, you will be bullied for the rest of your life."
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Tian Gengzi said honestly: "She has never bullied me. She has taken good care of me since I was in Lixiangyuan."
Jia Cong was surprised: "I didn't notice this at all!"
Xiao Xiang said on the side: "I have seen it a long time ago! Everyone else has seen it, only the third master is blind."
Jia Cong became more and more surprised. He glanced at Tian Gengzi and saw that his face was stiff and nervous, so he pulled Xiao Xiang to the side and whispered: "Your sister Jinjiang is really a beauty. That day at Lixiangyuan
There are all good boys in the yard, so why did she choose Tian Gengzi? This guy is average-looking and stupid as hell, and he can't even say a sweet word."
Xiao Xiang glanced at him disdainfully: "What sweet words do you want? Is Sister Jinjiang such a short-sighted person? Master Tian is very kind to Sister Jinjiang. Sister Jinjiang came back from the girls' yard once, and the second girl gave him
She had a white jade bracelet, and she told a few of us that we at Lixiangyuan are busy with things on weekdays, so we don’t dare wear jade bracelets, for fear of breaking them. Mr. Piantian happened to be around and heard it, guess what?"
Jia Cong asked: "Buy her a box to put it in?" Immediately, he clearly saw contempt in Xiao Xiang's eyes, and said sarcastically, "How did I know?"
Xiao Xiang smiled and whispered: "Master Tian personally carved a camphor wood bracelet for Sister Jinjiang!"
Jia Cong frowned and said: "How can you use camphor wood to make bracelets? Even if it is a wooden bracelet, it should be made of sandalwood? Camphor wood is used to make furniture, and it is extremely heavy..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Xiang sighed softly with an air of "rotten wood cannot be carved" and muttered: "Third Grandma is so pitiful." She left him and retreated to the edge of the kang to do needlework.
Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Women are strange creatures." Then he looked back at Tian Gengzi, who was still standing there like a pillar, so he walked over and asked him, "Then when are you going to get married?"
Tian Gengzi said: "Listen to her."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "You are still not convinced when I say you will be bullied for the rest of your life! Such a big thing must be discussed by two people, right? You have to read through the book to choose a date, right? You have to buy a house when you get married, right?
?The decoration of the house must be...forget it, Sister Jinjiang probably has the final say on this matter." He waved his hand, "Anyway, I don't know anything about it, and your family is not short of money. It's just that the Ministry of Construction can't do without you now.
I can't let you go to the capital to get married, so please have your parents brought over."
Tian Gengzi nodded and said: "The general said so too."
Jia Cong was stunned for a moment before he realized that the general was referring to his father. He and the boy went to report to Jia She first. Then he clapped his hands and said, "This old man is also bored. Give him something to handle."
good."
The matter was left to Jia She. How could Jia She know this? It was just that Tian Gengzi was the first junior to get married since they arrived in the south, so the old man was just making fun of him. After a roundabout way, he still ordered Wang Xifeng to take care of it.
Wang Xifeng happily agreed, and turned around and couldn't help but sigh to Ping'er: "That Jinjiang was just a little girl in the ancestor's house, but he has such a blessing! This Tian Gengzi can get it even if he doesn't say much in the future.
A minister from the Ministry of Industry."
Ping'er said: "Everyone has their own destiny. She doesn't want to suffer losses, but Master Cong is also such a character. At first, I thought that the two of them, master and servant, would offend many people. Who knew that Master Cong would offend many people?
He is actually someone with a provenance."
Wang Xifeng hummed: "Jinjiang has an outstanding appearance, Hong Xiu has a gentle temperament, and Cong'er is young. I have already guessed that the two of her will be given to two of the boys in Lixiangyuan to take Cong'er's place.
Winning over people's hearts. I never thought she would be able to win the right wife."
Ping'er said with a smile: "I had already guessed it. One person can ascend to heaven with a chicken or a dog, and Mr. Cong treats the people who follow him very well. If she were still in the old lady's house, she might not have such a good life. I heard it yesterday
Third Master Cong said that the mandarin ducks and ambers in Beijing have not been released yet."
Wang Xifeng sighed: "Both of them are good. If there is no good person, the old lady will not give it."
Ping'er said, "How many suitable people does the old lady know?" The master and servant felt sorry for a long time, and Ping'er said quietly, "Second grandma, I'm afraid we have to put more effort into this marriage. Jinjiang
Even though she was just a girl in the past, the Tian family’s uncle was still valued by him.”
Wang Xifeng glanced at her: "You are too wildly thinking. No matter how much Jinjiang is a girl, she is also the girl next to Cong'er. Sooner or later, Cong'er will become the emperor. The emperor is a real dragon, and the people around him are naturally nobler than others.
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Ping'er hurriedly stood up, saluted, and said with a smile, "I'm just worrying too much. Our grandma is really insightful and knowledgeable. It's rare, it's rare."
Wang Xifeng said: "Are we getting married? The important thing is the man. Regardless of Jinjiang's identity, Tian Gengzi is always a promising person. With Jinjiang's appearance and temperament, why don't you manage him to be docile? Let's take care of it for them. It will be cute in the future.
My son is also well taken care of by him."
Ping'er smiled and said, "That's what grandma said." The two of them went shopping alone to arrange for a matchmaker, not mentioning it.
The money to buy things for the marriage went to Jia She, but Tian Gengzi bought the house himself. His father accumulated a lot of wealth when he followed Jia Si to rob wealthy slaves in the early years, and later received a lot of dividends. This time he went south.
I had a lot of money with me when I came here, and I had nowhere to spend it on weekdays. Now I had the opportunity to use the money. So I often went out with the stranger to look at the house. After looking at it, I would draw a picture with charcoal and bring it back to Jinjiang. Jia Cong had
When Hui saw it, he laughed and said, "How can it be like this? The person who makes the decision doesn't go to see the house but only looks at the pictures, and the errand boy doesn't know how to talk! Can't Sister Jinjiang just go and see it by herself?"
Jin Jiang was eager to hear this and said with a smile: "Since you are the master, I will go to see the house tomorrow!"
Jia Cong was stunned and immediately realized whether he had been deceived by her. Sure enough, with just a cup of tea, Hong Xiu came over and killed him. It turned out that Jia She bought the next door to the Xiao Xiang Pavilion a few days ago and expanded it.
, they were about to move some people next door, which was when they were busiest. As soon as Jin Jiang left, all these things were piled up for Hong Xiu.
Jia Cong flattered her and handed her a cup of tea: "You only get married once in your life, so don't rush to move the yard, just take your time."
Hong Xiu said: "How could I not know this? Anyway, I'm done with my busy schedule and go shopping with her!"
Jia Cong took the opportunity to ask: "Where is Sister Hongxiu?"
"What?"
Jia Cong pouted and said, "I just don't believe you don't have anyone to ask for your hand in marriage."
Hong Xiu's face suddenly turned as red as her name, and she said angrily: "That girl in Jinjiang has gone to buy a house. If I go out too, will your Xiao Xiang Pavilion be able to move?" After saying this, he turned around and left.
Jia Cong smiled from behind and said: "Thank you sister! I'm waiting to see who will ask for marriage next~~"
Seeing that Hong Xiu was gone, Jia Cong became curious and ran to Xiao Xiang and asked, "Has anyone taken a fancy to your sister Hong Xiu?"
Xiao Xiang nodded and said: "Yes."
"who?"
Xiao Xiang held out three fingers: "Three! Don't ask me, I don't know who she will marry."
Jia Cong was stunned on the spot with his mouth wide open. For a long time, he touched the back of his head and said to himself: "I didn't know about such a lively show!" He accidentally caught a glimpse of a shadow passing through the moon cave door, which seemed to be his father. It was just Jia Cong.
She rarely came to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and he thought he had made a mistake, so he let it go.
In fact, that person was indeed Jia She. Seeing Tian Gengzi going out to buy a house every day, the old man became more and more anxious about Yuanchun. Yuanchun was a girl, so it was inconvenient to rush him. Every time Wang Ziteng wrote a letter, he murmured that she and she had nothing to do with each other.
Gong Kun was alone on the way to Lingnan from horse racing that day, which is hard to say. Today he got another letter from Guangzhou. Jia She couldn't bear it anymore and went straight to find Gong Kun to ask for information.
Gong Kun was currently discussing matters with Wu Xiaoxi and a few people below her, writing down a table of Western firearms and the names of Western arms dealers. Hearing people outside shouting "General", he quickly put down the charcoal in his hand. Now.
They already have many generals. Those with names are generals with military affairs, and the "generals" without surnames are Jia She.
Jia She came in slowly and looked around, knowing that this group of people might be able to discuss the matter for a whole day, so he said: "Gong Yizhi, please come out, I have something to ask you." After saying that, he turned and left.
His identity as an old man was on display. Gong Kun had no choice but to follow him out.
Jia She led him to a stone table and bench under the shade of flowers. He sat down first, coughed, and called Gong Kun to sit down.
Gong Kun cupped his hands and sat down.
Jia She said: "Gong Yizhi, I just want to ask you, what do you think of our eldest girl? Don't tell me lies."
Gong Kun smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone knows how big a girl is. I know what the master means, but I don't have the heart to focus on this matter."
Jia She asked curiously: "You are twenty-seven or eighty years old, how can you say you are not interested?"
Gong Kun said: "There are too many things at hand to think about."
Jia She glanced at him for a long time, Gong Kun only smiled bitterly: "Besides, big girls generally have no thoughts, and they are so busy every day."
Jia She snorted: "How do you know she has no thoughts? Is Bao Qi Qi busy just to show you?"
This was just something to say, and Gong Kun had no way of replying.
Jia She said: "Anyway, you just said one thing back to me. How do you think we girls are doing?"
Gong Kun said: "Excellent."
Jia She high-fived him and said, "Very good!" He patted his shoulder and left. Gong Kun stayed behind for half a day.
When Jia Cong returned home in the evening, Jia She ordered someone to call him over and said, "I went to find Gong Yizhi today. He said that the eldest girl is very good, and she should arrange the marriage for them."
Jia Cong stayed for a long time: "Huh? Why didn't I see it at all?"
Jia She said: "What can you see? I have already seen it."
Jia Cong suddenly remembered that everyone else had seen what happened to Hong Xiu Jinjiang. He was the only one who didn't see it, so he actually believed it! He muttered, "I really didn't see it. How on earth did you see it?"
Jia She snorted: "What do you think of these things? Go about your business and don't worry about it!" Then he wrote three letters, one to Wang Ziteng in Guangzhou, and two to Beijing respectively.
Jia Mu and Gong Sanyi wrote in the letter that they decided to make the decision themselves. Yuanchun and Gong Kun didn't know anything about it.
But at this moment, something troublesome happened again in the Rongguo Mansion in the middle of the capital. Jia Mu heard the gossip from the people below and said that Jia Cong had used connections to help Hong Xiu Jinjiang and others in his house apply for good citizen household registration at the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Then she knew that the three girls in his house must be married to good families, and they would inevitably think of Yuanyang Amber. But she really couldn't find any good families for them to marry, and she couldn't bear to let them go.
After leaving the house, after thinking about it for several days, he sighed and ordered someone to call Baoyu.
Jia Zheng had lost his reputation in the brothel. Baoyu was reluctant to go out these days and only studied behind closed doors in his house. When his grandmother called him, he put down his books and went there.
Jia Mu then sent the others away, took his hand and said, "Baoyu, you are old now. Next year it will be time to prepare for your marriage."
Baoyu lowered his head. The last time he asked Jia Cong to say something, he had given up all other thoughts and accepted his fate and waited to marry Shi Xiangyun.
"It's just that besides your wife, you still need to have two caring people around you to take care of you."
Baoyu was stunned.
Jia's mother said: "Yuanyang and Hubo have been with me for many years, and their temperaments and conduct are both good. She is older, so your wife probably won't worry about it. She doesn't look too attractive either.
They are not as good as Yun Yatou. The three of them are already good. I thought, so I will put them in your house to be your two aunts. They will make your wives and concubines harmonious, which is better than others."
Baoyu was immediately stunned. It took him a long time to say: "Old ancestor, are you kidding me?"
Jia's mother said: "How can you be joking? Don't you despise her two? She Yue in your house is also a good person. After you get married, I will just take it away and make a marriage."
Baoyu hurriedly knelt down and said, "Ancestor, I can't do this! I have already decided not to accept concubines in the same room."
Jia Mu shouted: "Nonsense! How can any of our young masters not accept concubines in the same room?"
Baoyu said with tears in his eyes: "My grandson doesn't want to, please ask our ancestors to take back his life."
Mother Jia's face turned cold: "But Girl Yun refuses? She hasn't even written a marriage contract yet, but she's in charge of your house!"
Baoyu shook his head repeatedly: "It has nothing to do with Sister Yun, she doesn't know anything about it. I had already decided not to have concubines in my house many years ago, so I sent the attacker out of the house."
Only then did Jia Mu remember that there had been a girl named Xiren in the past, and she also heard Yuanyangtong's gossip about the person below. Xiren seemed to have had an affair with Baoyu, so she hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with that Xiren? You
Still thinking about her?"
Baoyu shook his head and said: "I have never seen her again. It's just..." Baoyu gritted his teeth, "My grandson doesn't want to have a concubine with him because...because..."
"Say it quickly!"
"..." Jia Baoyu thought about it again and again, and really didn't know how to tell her old man. If the truth was told, Jia's mother might have a grudge against Shi Xiangyun; if he didn't tell the truth, he couldn't make up a proper lie. In the end, he just
Shaking his head, he didn't say why.
How could Mother Jia know what he was thinking? Seeing that he refused to agree or tell him the reason, and was reluctant to force him again and again, she had no choice but to let him go with a sigh. She had thousands of thoughts and doubts in her mind. After thinking about it, suddenly,
Patting his knees: "How could you mention that attacker for no reason? Could it be that she did something in the mansion back then?"