It was just because I had to send someone away that I missed my loved ones at home unbearably.
Madam must be worried, right?
Is it time for the new house to be repaired?
Are Yazhi and Huairou still quarreling?
Has Xiaoyue grown a little taller?
In the car, Xia Shang was thinking a lot, and all the scenery along the way was forgotten.
We set off early in the morning and arrived at dusk. Needless to say, the journey was bumpy.
When I returned home with a dusty body, my brand-new three-door mansion was still shining brightly in the afterglow of the setting sun. It was located at the east end of the house, watched the sunrise every day, and was built upright. On the side of the mansion, the former collapsed
In the location of the thatched cottage, the messy abandoned house has disappeared without a trace. The sandy ground is neatly paved with green bricks. A right-angled corridor has just been built and is connected to the side door of the east entrance hall. There are also
Flower seeds and saplings were piled aside, apparently to create a small garden.
The horse pen, kitchen, and toilet have all been renovated and given a new look. The new furniture that used to be piled outside the yard has also been moved into the house. The whole yard looks much more grand.
Everyone was there, and Xia Shang's return quickly broke the peace of the family.
The reunion after a short separation was indispensable with laughter and frolics, but among the crowd, the lady only looked at her husband lovingly, with thousands of words in her eyes that were difficult to say in public.
Xia Shang didn't know what his wife was thinking, so he comforted the two younger girls and asked Uncle Zhong to prepare a meal early. After eating, he excused himself from the long journey and had to rest early.
Now that they have moved into the new house, Xia Shang and Qin Huairou live in the main room, while Xiaoyue and Yazhi sleep in the side hall. There is a hall for entertaining guests in the middle. There is a bay at the back of the hall for walking between the two rooms. It is for Xia.
This will make it easier for Shang to secretly harass his own girl in the future.
Thinking about the future when Yazhi grows up, I feel uncomfortable spending the first half of the night with Huairou and the second half of the night with Yazhi.
In Xia Shang's heart, Yazhi was still a sixteen-year-old girl, still a child. Although she was a powerful country, she did not think of the worst.
But Yazhi doesn't think so. She has lived in this house for these days, with no name or status, the maid is not a maid, and the concubine is not a concubine. She always feels uncomfortable thinking about it.
In the past, it would have been inconvenient to separate the two rooms. Now that we live under the same roof, the madam can't occupy the young master every night, right? No matter how you calculate it, it should be her turn, right? Thinking again about the young master when he first came to the Xia family
He looks so obsessed with himself that he might sneak into his bed tonight.
Thinking of this, the embroiderer who was hiding in the side hall couldn't help but blush. He threw the needle and thread aside, took the oil lamp and returned to his dressing table, and started messing with the bronze mirror and the rouge box.
In the cubicle, Xiaoyue yawned and brought the hot water, twisting the handkerchief a little awkwardly, and then handed it to the young master. After catching the young master and his wife, she returned to the side hall after serving the young master and his wife.
As soon as Xiaoyue left, Qin Huairou couldn't help crying.
Xia Shang was about to go to bed when his wife unexpectedly asked, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
"My husband is injured, and it's all my fault."
"What does this have to do with you?"
"I should have shot an arrow through my heart that day, but I didn't think too much. If not, my husband would not have been so seriously injured."
"Oops!" Xia Shang sighed, and hurriedly pulled the self-blaming little cutie to his side, took off the coat, and rubbed the little cutie's belly through a layer of lining, "Madam, it rained fiercely that day and there was wind.
Any archer will miss his mark. Also, forget about the past and rest early."
Qin Huairou half pushed and half gave in, and finally fell asleep after a lot of tossing.
They went to bed early today. The two of them talked to each other about what happened in recent days in bed. They didn't know when they would fall asleep.
…
When he woke up the next day, Xia Shang did not tell his wife about his dream.
He dreamed that he arrived in Suzhou and found Shangguanchan, but she was already pregnant and asked him resentfully why he found her so late.
Ever since Shangguan Chan entered his heart, Xia Shang always knew what he should do.
Today is the beginning of a new life, and Xia Shang has a lot to do.
The first is to worship his parents. This worship represents Xia Shang's complete acceptance of everything about this body.
Then I mourned Lu Xun quietly, trying to find peace of mind.
The last step is to inquire about the situation in Yulin County to see if there are any aftermaths of Lu Xun's death.
It took a whole day to worship the ancestors.
Another morning, Xia Shang packed up his clothes and prepared to go for a walk in Yulin County.
After a morning of inquiring, we found that the people in Yulin County had no idea that anyone had died, and everything was calm, as if Lu Xun had never appeared in the county.
It's not surprising when you think about it. Lu Xun's identity is extraordinary. Being killed in a small county town should not be publicized. This debt should be settled on the Honghua Society. Xia Shang feels that he will not have any problems in a short time.
Danger.
There was no news about Lu Xun in the market, but Xia Shang made other discoveries.
Many small vendors with sly eyebrows came up to chat with people when they saw them, selling something mysteriously.
Xia Shang was curious and asked a hawker to talk to him.
It turns out that the things these vendors are selling secretly are actually from their own "Dream of Red Mansions"!
There are only fifteen chapters, and the price of each volume ranges from three taels to five taels of silver.
Before this month, Xia Shang remembered that a chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions" that was living in the market could be sold for fifty taels. In the blink of an eye, the market price dropped tenfold!
At first Xia Shang didn't understand it, but when he bought a copy, he opened it and took a look.
I am Cao!
Printed versions are out!
It is said that people in ancient times were stupid and did not understand how to do business. Looking at it now, that is not necessarily the case!
These printed versions are all private printing, and it is obvious that the craftsmanship is not skilled, and the handwriting in many places is not clear enough. But this cannot stop the enthusiasm of Yangzhou readers at all.
Xia Shang had no idea that during the days when he was seriously injured, "Dream of Red Mansions" had flooded the entire Yangzhou. Especially among the young ladies from wealthy families, "Dream of Red Mansions" had become the spiritual food of the girls, which could be said to be the source of tea.
I read it over and over again without thinking about it, and I just regretted that the author was nowhere to be found and there was no follow-up chapter for a long time.
In the past, any manuscript could be sold for astronomical prices of a hundred taels of silver each. Businessmen saw the opportunity, and several private printing workshops came into being.
In the past, the price of books was mostly between one to five taels of silver, and the cost could not be recovered at all. But now a printed version of "Dream of Red Mansions" can be sold for five taels, making a huge profit, and the sales volume is huge, enough to support the printing factory.
Operation.
Although there was no such thing as copyright in ancient times, people knew that this was an act of theft, so it was inconvenient to sell it openly, so there were those sneaky book dealers in the market.
From the beginning, Xia Shang had no intention of making money through publishing and selling books, because in ancient times you couldn't control others' piracy and copying, just like the situation now. Xia Shang had already expected this situation, but he didn't
The thought spread so quickly.
Now that the time has come, it’s time to close the net!
Having an idea, Xia Shang hurriedly changed direction and went to Saifu. (To be continued)