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Jia Lian was immediately interested when she heard Jia's mother say that she wanted to give herself something. Hurriedly asked, "Old lady, you said you have a good object for me, I don't know what it is?" ”

Shi Fei'er smiled and sold a pass, "Don't say it at this time, don't talk about it." But in my opinion, it should please you. Jia Lian listened, tilted his head and frowned and thought for a while, "The old lady said that I can like it, why don't you let me take care of it for a living?" Or is it something new? ”

"You don't have to guess now, you'll know when the time comes." Shi Fei'er was tight-lipped. Jia Lian's heart was tickled as if she had been scratched by a kitten, but Jia's mother didn't say it, and she really had no choice. The top priority is to rewrite that policy first.

Back in the room, Jia Lian put pen to paper and pondered. If you stick to your original point of view and write it again and give it to the Master, you don't have to think that it should still be the same result. But how to convince the Master is indeed a difficult problem. The master was conservative and quite strict and serious about reading. Jia Lian was about to bite out the tooth marks of the pen, and he didn't think of a good way.

Seeing Jia Lian like this, the little maid who was waiting on the side opened his mouth to persuade: "Young Master Lian doesn't have to be obsessed with this. Horizontal and vertical is just an article. Whatever the Master asks, write it as it is. It's okay to have a mind for yourself, so why bother. ”

Jia Lian put down his pen and looked at Xing'er beside him and said with a wicked smile: "You actually came to persuade me." If I can't write it, I'll just drag you to the board. As soon as these words came out, the little guy immediately made a bitter face, "Young Master Lian, the villain only spoke out for your own good, why did you pull the villain into the water together?" ”

Jia Lian smiled, picked up the paper on which he had written a few words, and threw it aside: I'm just bluffing you. Let me ask you, if the government let you out and give you some silver, it will be enough for you to buy a few acres of land, would you be willing? ”

Xing'er hurriedly knelt down when he said this: "Young Master Lian, the small one is mouthy, the small one is mouthy, you must not drive the small one out of the house." The little ones don't talk nonsense anymore. ”

Jia Lian looked at it and smiled: "I'm just saying, how can you really get rid of you?" But I'm curious, give you money to help you buy land, and you can go to slavery, a great good thing, others can't ask for it, why don't you do it? ”

Xing'er only promised: "Does the master want to hear the truth, or do you want to hear lies?" Jia Lian raised his eyebrows, picked up the teacup in his hand, opened the lid and teaped the tea: "It turns out that you are a clever person, how can you still hide your thoughts with the master." I would like to hear it today, how can I tell the truth, and how can I tell the falsehood? ”

Xing'er sighed and said, "Young Master Lian is too shrewd. Where does the villain dare to have something in mind with you. It's just that some of the words are not good. If you don't know what the master wants, please don't blame the master. ”

"You just say it, where do you get so many words?" Jia Lian said impatiently. Xing'er saw that he hurriedly spoke: "The master is looking at us as servants and suffering, and sympathizes with us and lets us out." In addition to the slave status, and the silver money, the villain is grateful. But if you ask the villain if he really wants to do this, to be honest, the villain really doesn't want to. If this is the case for a day, the villain kneels and begs every night, and wants to go back to the house to serve the master. ”

"That's amazing." Jia Lian said: "The good and decent Zhuang families don't do it, but they compete to do miscellaneous labor. ”

"Young Master Lian, to be a subordinate person, you have to divide which house you belong to. Do you know that if there is a shortage of people in our house, there is no need for people to come to the door, how many people are scrambling for miles. I don't have a long time with my grandfather, 500 yuan a month, and there is still a reward in the house at the end of the year, plus a reward on weekdays, which is a lot in a year. After three or two years, it is no problem to buy five or six acres of fertile land. If you have land and hire some people, you will be able to secure rent, and you will be able to do a good job, and you will have a silver income while you are sitting. Xing'er paused, looked at Jia Lian's face, and then said: "If you leave the mansion, even if you buy land with money, how can that day be stronger than now." What's more, the Zhuang family counts on those few acres of land to eat a year, and if they work hard for a year, they are just barely satisfied. If there is no disaster and no disease, what can we hope for in the event of a disaster? You can't eat enough dirt to fill your stomach. What does it matter if slavery is not slave? Now that I follow my master, the little one can still have the privilege of listening to a few classes, recognizing some words, and writing a name and surname. But how many of those peasant families can read? The name is just a name, and it is just a stroke of the pen and a handprint with his finger. ”

Jia Lian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this. After a long groan, he said: "What you said is not right, I remember that the maids released in the old lady's room were all elated, and they were not like this?" ”

Xing'er smiled bitterly: "Young master, you are also good at picking." Don't you know, if the maid in the house can be selected by the old lady to be picked around, it is like a sparrow flying on the branch and becoming a phoenix. Besides, the old lady's maids are all for the old lady to take care of her livelihood. The egret is now dressed in and out, and her demeanor is not inferior to that of Mrs. Guan...... That's a different story. ”

Jia Lian glanced at Xing'er: "You know a lot." ”

"Young master, Xing'er will only talk to the young master about this. Others didn't mention it. ”

Jia Lian looked at Xing'er with a nervous look on her face, and said with a smile: "Be more clever in the future, there will be a good life for you, and don't envy others." After that, he took out a silver bun from the silver bag and threw it to Xing'er: "Reward you, take it to eat some snacks and drink a pot of tea." ”

Xing'er jumped to catch the money, her face was happy, and she hurriedly stepped forward to thank her again and again. Jia Lian waved his hand: "Okay, you polish the ink with me first, and then go down when you polish it, don't hinder your master from writing articles." ”

Xing'er hurriedly rolled up his sleeves and polished ink for Jia Lian. Looking at Jia Lian's confident appearance, he knew that Jia Lian must have an idea. But I also wondered, I just said some gossip to the young master, how did the young master realize it? In the end, the young master is still powerful! Xing'er worked harder to polish ink for Jia Lian. After a while, it was a lot of grinding, Jia Lian waved his hand to signal Xing'er to go down, raised his pen and thought for a moment, and then wrote freely.

This time, Jia Lian really had some feelings. On the other hand, my previous article was indeed shallow. Listening to Xing'er casually talk about the sufferings of the people, I felt that rejuvenating agriculture was an important matter, and besides, rejuvenating agriculture and valuing commerce were not contradictory. There is no need for me to compete for a high level in my arguments. If all the farmers in the world have money, it is a great thing for the merchants. I remembered that I had also asked Jia Mu why Fang Shu was so good, why not make something ordinary, so that the people could buy and use it? Jia Mu replied with a smile: "It will be like this one day, but not now." "At the time, I was very puzzled, but now I think about it, I can understand it a little.

Jia Lian wrote a large article freely, read it carefully, made some slight changes, and carefully copied two copies before giving up. Early the next morning, he personally sent one to Jia's mother for inspection.

Shi Fei'er was a little surprised when she saw it, but she didn't expect that it would be just overnight, and Jia Lian's insight was good. This article not only fulfills the Master's wishes, but also respects his own heart, which is quite rare to kill two birds with one stone. The article even cleverly wrote about Jiafu's offering of silver, and from this article, Shi Fei'er saw that Jia Lian's ambition was not smiling.

"What do you think, old lady?" Jia Lian asked on the side, "I've been writing for a long time." ”

"Look, it's a lot better than your last time." Shi Fei'er didn't praise it too much, and put the article aside. I still want to ask Jia Lian how he has this idea. He added: "But it's not bad to be able to do this overnight!" Didn't you invite someone to help? ”

Jia Lian sighed again and again: "Old lady, where did I come from to help me?" ”

"Then tell me how you got around the corner."

"It turns out that the old lady cares about this, I thought the old lady was reluctant to reward me." Jia Lian said with a smile: "It's just that I have a deeper understanding, if it is now, it is not the right time to talk about business." When ordinary people don't worry about their livelihoods, it is natural that how to make money back will be more interesting. Needless to say, it would be the same then. Jia Lian said quite confidently.

Shi Fei'er naturally praised it very much, and she just wanted to use this matter to educate Jia Lian not to forget her original heart and not to waver lightly. But I didn't expect that he could actually comprehend other things, which is even more difficult.

"Old lady, I'm going to pass the test! Tell me what do you want to reward me? I've been thinking about it all night. ”

"I don't count what I said, it's up to the master to decide." Shi Fei'er smiled: "You hurry up and go to school first, and when you get out of school today, you will know." ”

Jia Lian listened, although he was reluctant, but he was also helpless. I hurriedly went to my home school and handed over the strategy of this new work to my master. The master took a closer look and commented: Some insight is stronger than the empty talk on paper before. When Jia Lian saw it, he was naturally overjoyed. is even more looking forward to getting out of school early to fulfill Jia's mother's reward.

Let's say that Jia Yu sat alone in the study, flipping through the newspaper, but there was another thing in his heart. Jia Hu's letter to his family hasn't arrived this month, and he doesn't know what the situation is? After all, it is thousands of miles away, and communication is very inconvenient. Jia Yu even wanted to buy a few boxes of carrier pigeons and send them to the side, so that the kid could release a carrier pigeon back a day, which was much better than waiting like this. Seeing that it was Chinese New Year's Eve, this child had never left home for the New Year.

Jia Yu was thinking wildly, and a little servant came to tell him that it was a letter from Biansai. As soon as Jia Yu heard that someone was busy presenting it, he hurriedly took the letter and read it. This look frowned. Jia Yu hurriedly read the letter, paced repeatedly in the study with his hands behind his back, walked back and forth a few times, and hurriedly called someone to find the person who carried the letter and asked, "The letter to the old lady and the lady has been delivered?" ”

The man shook his head and said, "Only let me send a letter to the master, not to the old lady and his wife." Hearing this, Jia Yu nodded, took the letter in his hand, and advised: "You will remember that there is no letter delivered today, and if someone asks, they will say that there is something at home to come back." If an old lady and his wife ask about Jia Hu, you can say that it is all right. The man looked suspicious, but nodded.