Soul of reincarnation

Chapter 10 Jia Cong in the Red Chamber

Every winter, Jia Cong would go out of Beijing to go north on the pretext of collecting leather goods.Even when Jia Huan knew about it, he took the spare money from Aunt Zhao and asked him to bring a few pieces to help him make money.

It is precisely because of the severe cold in the north that winter is difficult, so Jia Cong decided to go to Jia Amnesty at this time to check and make up for gaps, to see how his body is and what is missing.

Jia Cong also lived with Jia She for half a month and a month every time. Anyway, there was nothing to do in winter, Jia She said that he was not allowed to go, but he refused to listen, so Jia She let it go.I also think about this son's filial piety in my heart.

At the beginning, the two servants Jia Cong bought took good care of Jia She, and Jia Cong was also grateful in his heart, thinking that they should not delay the succession of the family just because they were in this place of exile.He also specifically stated in the transaction device that he wanted to buy wives for his two servants. If they were strong and capable, the girl had to agree.

Girls with thin skin and tender flesh who can serve rich and noble families are sold at high prices, but this kind of girl is easy to find.So the two servants got married under the witness of Jia Amnesty, and even had a child.

The demands made on the trader are guaranteed, and the two women are really capable.With two more people working, Jia Amnesty didn't have to go to the fields when he was free, and people thought he was not working well, which was actually getting in the way.Jia Amnesty had nothing to do, so he got used to doing things and started a vegetable garden at home, and he was self-sufficient in vegetables in summer and autumn.I also raised a few chickens, so that adults and children can eat eggs every day to make up for it.

In the past, the servants of the Rong Mansion drank gold and swallowed jade, and they were not much worse than their masters in terms of food and drink.Even rough envoys and girls are living a good life.

Jia She was born rich, but was doted on by his elders and turned into a playboy. Has he ever met someone who really lived a hard life?

Like the four servants around Jia She, they were either tenant farmers who lost their land, or were sold off by their parents because they couldn't make a living.When I didn't sell my body before, I worked more than cattle every day, so what did I eat?It is rare to have a dry meal all year round.

Now I have to work with Jia She, but I eat dry meals every now and then, and I often have meat and eggs.They have nothing to be dissatisfied with.

Even Jia Amnesty reflected on the extravagant life of the Rong Mansion in the past, and that he was too ignorant of the sufferings of the people as a dandy, which was almost the same as Emperor Hui of Jin's "why not eat minced meat".

It is true that the Jia family lost because they had long lost their power in the court, but the family style is so absurd and extravagant, the juniors below will follow suit, and it will be a matter of time before they lose.

Now that the Jia family has fallen, won't Jia Huan and Jia Cong stand up?They are now living the lives of ordinary people in the city. Even if they have enough food and clothing because of their family background, they don't have to work hard to survive like poor people.

Jia Amnesty believed that if Jia Lian could return to Beijing with forgiveness, he would not be the lustful playboy he used to be.After suffering, he will learn to live, and he will be reborn and stand up again.

People are the most able to adapt to the environment, just like him, an old dude who was born in wealth and grew up in wealth, it can be said that he has never suffered at all in the past.The biggest grievance was that the old lady favored his brother, which made him feel aggrieved.

Now that he doesn't pay much attention to food, clothing, housing and transportation, he is used to it, and he still lives well.He can do a little work in the field.He also learned some work in the kitchen.What kind of kang, and mud walls, he has learned how to do it.Feeding poultry and livestock is even easier.In the East Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, the days of playing with antiques, drinking and listening to operas every day, now looking back, it seems as far away as a previous life.

What Jia Amnesty and Jia Cong said made Jia Cong feel a little bit emotional. Apart from reading, he was born with clothes and food and mouth.Even without the assistance of a trader, it would be difficult for him to keep his belongings, protect himself, or even set up a family business after the raid.

With the existence of a trading device, when buying and selling things, you will not encounter liars, profiteers who eat blacks, hooligans looking for trouble, and government servants who want benefits.He can't guarantee that there is no trader. Back then, he was an underage child who could really buy the house he wanted.If there is no trading device, he and Brother Huan won the money given by the old lady, and they might not be able to live on and settle down.

It is precisely because the most difficult part of the trader has been completed, that Jia Huan can feel at ease when all the procedures are completed and the lease contract is finalized.

If there is no transaction device, to buy a house, you have to find a middleman first, and if you are satisfied with the house, you have to bargain.After that, when looking for a tenant, you have to find a good person, and the tenant you look for may not be a good person who will pay the rent on time.

Not to mention the cost of money and effort in the process, after passing through the hands of so many people, if one of them has evil thoughts about the buyer who has money but no backing, the result may be loss of money and life.

In the past, the Jia family was an honorable family, even if they did not have much power, they would not be bullied by local ruffians.Now that the Jia family is already a commoner, or a commoner whose family members have been convicted, anyone can really bully them.

So Baoyu and the others returned to their ancestral home in Jinling, and Li Wan's mother and son depended on their natal Li family to live.As for Jia Cong and Jia Huan, because he was a bastard, he was not noticed by others, and he would not be hated by those who offended the Jia family in the past when they gained power.They had some money in their hands, and they lived very carefully, never leaking their wealth, so they gradually settled down in the capital.

If there is no trader, Jia Cong would not dare to say that he has the ability to be independent from the world now.After all, he learned nothing in Jia's house except studying.

The concubine of the Jia family has no social occasions for human relations, and there is nothing for the concubine to do when he entertains guests at home or goes out as a guest.Except for the time when Jia Cong was interested in the Taoist scriptures and had a little contact with Taoist Zhang, he never made a friend.

As for the economic career, Jia Amnesty himself has never been an official in court.Jia Zheng, the only official in the Jia family, might not even teach his concubine Jia Huan, let alone the concubine of Jia Amnesty.Moreover, Jia Zheng has not been promoted for many years as an official, so it is hard to say that he will work as an official.

What market conditions, if there is no trading device, Jia Cong may not even know how much a catty of rice sells for.He didn't even know how many bullies there were in those rural areas, and how bullied a foreigner would be if he wanted to settle down and survive.

Fortunately, Jia Cong met a lot of people in Jia's family school. Those offshoots and distant relatives of Jia's family were mostly commoners in Beijing.From their gossip, Jia Cong also faintly knew that the life of ordinary people was not easy.So when they settled down, they chose the vicinity of Jia Yun's house, which was kind to the direct branch of the Jia family.

In fact, with the help of Jia Yun's mother and son, he and Jia Huan gradually learned the rules of life for ordinary people.For example, Ni Er, who has a lot of contacts with Jia Yun, is also a bit of a local ruffian. He usually has no serious business and collects protection fees everywhere. It is hard to say that he is a good person.But it is also because of him that Jia Yun will not be bullied by other local hooligans.Because Jia Yun said that he is very loyal, and he has connections in the three religions and nine streams in Beijing, and it was also his connections that Jia Yun visited the prison to find.After Jia Cong and Jia Huan settled down, they made friends with Ni Er for the sake of a stable life.This is the way of survival for civilians who have no backing.

What is better than ordinary civilians is that Jia Cong has read books. Although there is no famous teacher, Jia Cong has really read a lot of books, and even now he still keeps reading.When he met the amnesty of the world, his father and brother were pardoned for their crimes, and he could take part in the imperial examination.After passing the examination, he jumped out of this commoner class, and he was no longer bullied by everyone.

Jia Amnesty also hoped that the imperial court would amnesty the world. No matter how much he adapted to the current life, he still hoped that Jia Lian would be released and return to Beijing, so that he could have children early and carry on the family line.Jia Lian has no son until now, which has become his heart disease.He also hoped that Jia Cong could succeed in the imperial examination, so that the Jia family would have another chance to change their families.

However, under such circumstances, Jia Amnesty no longer expected Jia Cong to marry a lady from the official family, but only urged him to get married and have children as soon as possible.Jia Lian didn't know how long he would have to wait, so he could only count on Jia Cong to complete the responsibility of inheriting the heir first.

Under the lead of Jia Yun's mother-in-law and fifth sister-in-law, Jia Huan has already married a daughter-in-law.The eldest wife, Xing Shi, also had her eyes on a girl, just waiting for Jia Cong to nod.

Jia Cong originally wanted to discuss this matter with Jia She.

When Mrs. Xing asked about Jia Cong's marriage, Jia Cong thought of Mrs. Xing's niece from her natal family who had a good character and good temper, and said that it doesn't matter if the family is poor if she comes to find her according to her temperament.

Not to mention, if it weren't for the age difference between Xing Xiuyan and Jia Cong, the Xing family really almost moved to the idea of ​​telling their niece to this bastard who seemed to be promising.

Hearing that Jia Cong admired her niece from her natal family so much, Mrs. Xing felt very honored.Therefore, when showing Jia Congxiang his daughter-in-law, he was quite attentive.Given the current situation of the Jia family, daughter-in-laws can only be found among ordinary people.Among ordinary girls, it is really not easy to find someone like Xing Xiuyan who has studied, has some knowledge, and has an open-minded and gentle temper.It is rare for ordinary people to let their daughters study openly.

As a result, Mrs. Xing really found such a girl from a family of defeated officials.

What is a defeated official family?Like Xing's natal family is a family of defeated officials.

The reason why the Xing family can be the successor of the first-class general is because her father is also an official.It's just that after her father's death, her brother Uncle Xing failed to get a good reputation and failed to keep the family business his father bought when he was an official.

If this kind of family has no successor, it will lose very quickly.

Referring to the situation of her natal family and Xing Xiuyan, Xing found a girl from such a family.

Jia Cong and Jia She told about the girl's situation, but Jia She had no objection at all.In this day and age, some well-informed girls come from wealthy families, either young ladies from wealthy families, or first-class girls from wealthy families.

Even if the Jia family was defeated, Jia Amnesty did not want a daughter-in-law who was born as a girl.To be able to find a educated daughter-in-law among the common people, no matter what the other person's temperament is, is already considered the hard work of Mrs. Xing.

Jia Cong smiled, this was the first time he heard the master praise the eldest wife.But Jia Cong thinks that the girl's temperament is not bad, Mrs. Xing will depend on Jia Cong for the rest of her life, if Jia Cong marries a daughter-in-law who is not virtuous or filial, what hope does she have?