Chapter 127: Counting the Baht
With this response, even Chunyan, who was full of confusion, could feel the change in the atmosphere, and her heart suddenly became crispy......
However, Jia Cong was caught off guard by this change.
He originally knew that because of his appearance and a Mulan order, coupled with a "Qing Chen Body", many people would have a good impression of him.
But this kind of good feeling is mostly just a kind of intimacy, and the more rational the person, the clearer the difference.
Jia Cong has always thought that Baochai, Daiyu, Xiangyun and others are all extremely intelligent and understanding people.
For example, Daiyu and Xiangyun, although they gradually became close to him, Jia Cong saw very clearly that this kind of closeness is the closeness between relatives and friends.
But the emotions that Baochai, who is much more rational than the two of them, at this moment are by no means explained by the closeness of relatives.
Why is that?
You know, we've only met three times in total......
In fact, what Jia Cong didn't know was that for Baochai, appearance or something was only secondary.
Of course, it's always good to be pleasing to the eye.
But what really touched her was the "Qingchen body".
Elegant and quiet, quaint and peaceful, clumsy and beautiful, so that he can't put it down.
In addition, from the mouths of sisters, especially Tanchun, I learned about Jia Cong's life.
In such adversity, I still don't forget to be angry and strive for progress.
This is like a catkins drifting, uncertain in his heart, but still fantasizing about "the good wind with the strength, send me to the clouds" Baochai, is a thorough three-view combination.
What kind of people get along the most well and are the most enjoyable?
People with common aspirations!
Of course, this kind of extraordinarily close mind is not yet fully formed in Xue Baochai's heart.
It's just a hazy good feeling in her subconscious, but it has made her a little difficult to control herself in front of Jia Cong.
Especially when she didn't explain anything, but found that Jia Cong had clearly understood her hard work and kindness, this feeling was really intoxicating.
However, Baochai soon realized her gaffe.
Although she was worried that Jia Cong would clash with Baoyu and Daiyu because of the song "Lovesick Words", she happened to hit the knife edge and was cleaned up by the old lady as a scapegoat.
That's why I took this opportunity to remind him.
But she never dreamed that she would make such a gesture and respond like a ghost......
God!
Xue Baochai could feel that his face was about to burn at this moment, and then looked at Chunyan who was serving on the side, looking at himself with strange eyes, Xue Baochai's tears were about to fall.
In the eyes of others, isn't he a!
Fortunately, at this time, there was a maid's voice outside: "Third master, Yongxingfang Ye Zhai sent someone to invite you!" ”
Hearing this, it was Baochai who got up first to react, and she said hurriedly: "Brother Cong still has something to do, so I won't stay much longer and come to visit another day." ”
Jia Cong naturally didn't want people to leave so embarrassed, and it would be difficult to get along with him in the future, so he got up and smiled: "Thank you Sister Bao for today's incident." Hello to my aunt, in two days, I will go to see my aunt and Brother Xue again. ”
Listening to his tone as if nothing had happened, Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, raised his eyes and looked at it, didn't say much, and left again after answering.
After sending Baochai away, Jia Cong turned around and saw Chunyan looking at him bitterly and hatefully, as if he was looking at a bad person who was messing with flowers and grass outside, attracting bees and butterflies.
Jia Cong knocked on her head in amusement, then went into the house to change her clothes and went out.
With his understanding of Baochai, after this experience, I am afraid that he will deliberately keep his distance in the future.
It's also good......
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"Sister Qingzhu, please go to Tongyifang Chuan'er Hutong first."
After getting into the Ye family's carriage, Jia Cong said to Qingzhu, who was dressed as a scholar.
Qingzhu was surprised when he heard this: "Why is this? ”
Jia Cong smiled and said: "After receiving the great favor of your son-in-law, I always have to repay it." ”
Qingzhu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Son, do you want to give a gift to my son-in-law?" What ceremony? ”
Jia Cong smiled: "Confidential! ”
Qingzhu was unhappy, looked at Jia Cong, and said, "Keep it secret with me?" ”
Jia Cong laughed and said softly: "This is a very big thing, and it must be said strictly in front of Qing Gongzi." Of course, Sister Qingzhu will definitely know. ”
Qingzhu blinked, looked at Jia Cong's warm and jade-like side face, pursed his lips, and said, "Okay, I'll believe you once." ”
Then he instructed the coachman in front: "Go to Tongyifang!" ”
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Tongyi Fang, Kuaner Hutong.
The penultimate house is the small courtyard that Jia Cong secretly placed.
After knocking on the door with Qingzhu, you can smell a faint smell of oil in the yard.
Qingzhu frowned secretly......
"Childe is back!"
Qiu San still looked like a clever ghost, and his eyebrows flew and he watched Jia Cong beat Qian'er and ask for peace.
After Jia Cong smiled and asked two common words, he said, "Qiu San, take a box of prepared soap." ”
When Qiu San heard this, his eyes lit up, and he was about to tremble with excitement, his lips trembled, and he said, "Father-in-law...... Son?! ”
"Poof!"
Seeing him like this, Qingzhu laughed out loud first.
Jia Cong straightened Qiu San's crooked hat, and said softly: "In the past two years, you have worked hard and hard, and it is time for you to get results, go get it." It won't be long before your name Qiu San will inevitably be known to the world. ”
Qiu San is actually only seventeen or eighteen years old, although he is several years older than Jia Cong, but at this moment, he is full of excitement and childishness, wiping away tears.
However, Jia Cong, who has the style of an elder, persuaded him twice, and Qiu Sanfang hurriedly entered.
Jia Cong smiled at Qingzhu and said, "The little guy has no experience yet, so my sister is smiling." ”
Qingzhu looked at Jia Cong, his eyes were bright, but he didn't speak.
After a while, I saw Qiu San hurrying over, holding a wooden box in his hand, which was not exquisite.
After Jia Cong took it, he said to Qiu San: "This Qingzhu boy, I'm afraid that I will have more contact with you in the future, you are so respectful, don't slack off." ”
Qiu San hurriedly said: "Childe's friends are all first-class nobles, how dare Qiu San be frivolous?" ”
Jia Cong nodded with a smile and said, "Wait for the news at home, I'll come back later." ”
After Qiu San got down, he sent the two out of the house.
When the courtyard door was closed again, he jumped up excitedly in the small courtyard alone!
He was a man of great financial acumen and talent, so he knew better what he was doing now.
Childe is right, it won't be long before I will know that there is a person like Qiu San in Chang'an City!
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Yongxingfang, Ye House.
After Jia Cong and Qingzhu entered Xuanning Hall, they saw Ye Qingzheng, the son of Furong, gossiping with a young woman.
After seeing him come in, Ye Qing first looked at it twice, and then swept the wooden box in Jia Cong's hand, didn't care, and smiled at the young girl: "Oh, I've invited you, if you have anything to say, you can say it yourself." ”
After speaking, without saying much, Gu Zi took the book and leaned on the incense to read.
However, seeing Jia Cong glanced at the writing in her hand twice, remembering the situation that day, her pretty face was slightly gloomy, and she gave him an angry look.
The posture is chic and the demeanor is magnificent.
"Ning Yuyao has seen the prince of Qingchen."
After Ning Yuyao saw Jia Cong entering, a pair of eyes fell on him, and when his eyes looked at it, he bowed and said.
Jia Cong's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and he hurriedly avoided it, bowed down and said, "Jia Cong has seen Miss Ning, I don't know what Miss Ning has to say?" ”
When Ning Yuyao heard this, she heard the alienation in her words, her heart was bitter, and she said sadly: "On that day, I also specially ordered Li'er to inform Gongzi that the family would only be grateful to Gongzi for making a move to expose the face of the hypocrite, but I didn't want to, but Senior Brother Ling moved to Qiongzhou because of this." Although I have been promoted to governor, how dare I deceive myself?
I don't want to think about it anymore, and one day I will become a person who has no faith in my words and will take revenge, and I am really ashamed.
It's just that I'm just a woman in the inner house, and I can't interfere in the affairs of the front house and the court, so I can only come and apologize to the Qing minister in person......"
As he spoke, tears rolled down.
It can be seen that she is indeed suffering from inner torment these days.
Ye Qing above heard the movement, closed the book, and looked sideways.
Jia Cong seemed a little inexplicable, and said, "Is Miss Ning mistaken?" My senior brother Song Xian was promoted from the political envoy of Jiangbei to the governor of Qiongzhou, obviously because of the party dispute. It is only because of the different concepts of governance that this move is possible. Moreover, my senior brother wanted to resign a few years ago to recuperate, and this time he just had an opportunity to go to Qiongzhou as an official.
The government affairs of the imperial court are so solemn and solemn, who did Miss Ning listen to, and how could she be connected with the private affairs of such children?
Could it be that Ning Xiang told you that he had to be angry with the girl to do this? ”
"No, it's not ......"
Ning Yuyao denied it repeatedly, and then looked at Jia Cong carefully, but she couldn't see anything wrong from his face.
She said softly: "My father has never said this, I thought about it myself, but my brother...... Said the same as what Childe said. That...... Perhaps, if it is really my heart.
However, isn't Childe annoyed that your senior brother was forced to give office? ”
Speaking of this, Ning Yuyao pursed her mouth tightly and looked at Jia Cong worriedly.
Jia Cong smiled and said, "Miss Ning, you are a boudoir girl, so Xu doesn't know much about court politics."
Ling Zun is the leader of the new party, and he is bent on changing the law to strengthen the country!
This heart is good-hearted, and many new laws are also extremely clever political and legal policies.
However, if we want to transform these good intentions and good laws into policies for the benefit of the country and the people, we still need a large number of officials who are interested in the new law to implement them.
We all know very well that Ling Zun has no personal grudges with his family teacher and brother.
On the contrary, Ling Zun also respected his family teacher very much.
They just have different experiences in governance, so they have to let the senior brother become a master.
After all, compared with personal relations, it is more important to deal with the major affairs of the country and the dynasty of hundreds of millions of Li Shu.
Miss Ning, do you understand now? ”
Looking at Jia Cong, who was talking eloquently, Junxiu's face did not have a trace of blame and resentment, and was full of sunny and gentle smiles, as if she really didn't take this matter seriously, the stone in Ning Yuyao's heart finally landed, she was extremely happy, and saluted again: "Yu Yao, thank you Gongzi for explaining, so that I know that there is no selfish grudge between the old and new parties in the court, only for the people of the country."
In this way, my heart will no longer be sad. ”
Jia Cong smiled and nodded, didn't say anything more, and looked at Ye Qing, the son of Furong, who had a faintly strange look on his face and a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Seeing that his gaze shifted, Ning Yuyao felt a faint loss in her heart, but she was very bright, and after thanking Ye Qing again, she said goodbye and left.
After sending away the prime minister's beloved daughter, Ye Qing looked at Jia Cong with unkind eyes, and sneered: "It's really not a good person, so you deceived other girls with clever words, and you didn't even blink an eye!"
How can you bear to deceive such a pure-hearted girl? ”
Jia Congqi said: "Otherwise? Did she tell her that in order to maintain his authority, her father did not fall, did not put his daughter first, and disregarded moral kindness, and turned his hand over was a thunderous blow?
If that's the case, this Ning girl is afraid that she will be even more difficult to get along with. ”
Ye Qing was speechless, glared at Jia Cong with hatred, and said, "You are getting more and more tricky!" You're waiting for me to say that, right? ”
Jia Cong smiled!
It's fun to talk to very smart people.
Seeing him like this, Ye Qing also flashed a smile in his eyes, and said as if he had no intention of it: "What happened to you that bastard of the Xue family?" ”
Jia Cong hurriedly explained: "Young Master Qing, don't get me wrong, it's definitely not what happened to Xue Pan personally!" ”
"Phew!"
Ye Qing and the send-off guests hurried back to Qingzhu and spat together, Qingzhu said angrily: "I dare to say it in front of Miss!" ”
This was the first time she had called Ye Qing as a young lady.
Jia Cong couldn't laugh anymore, restrained his smile, as if nothing had happened, and solemnly presented the wooden box in his hand, and said: "Repeatedly received the great favor of the Qing son, Cong has a small gift." ”
Ye Qing smiled, but didn't blame Jia Cong for anything, only raised his chin slightly at Qingzhu.
Qingzhu took the wooden box and glared at Jia Cong, blaming him for being open-mouthed, really the queen mother's favorite niece and granddaughter is a good girl?
Jia Cong understood her concern, and her eyes were grateful.
When Qingzhu handed the wooden box to Ye Qing with a red face, he let Ye Qing take a good look......
Ye Qing was stunned when he opened it, took out a milky white lotus-shaped soap with a faint fragrance from the wooden box, and said, "This is...... You bought it? ”
Soap is not absent in this world.
After all, even a pocket watch the size of a walnut is available, let alone this one?
But like pocket watches, soap can only be found in the West, and it is very valuable!
In his previous life, when he read the Red Mansion, he only appeared once in Lin Daiyu's house.
People like Baoyu, who have no concept of gold and silver, refuse to waste it when Zijuan washes his hands with soap......
Of course, he is not only afraid of waste, but also wants to wash it with the water used by girls.
However, when Xiangyun was the host, when the ladies of Jiafu were invited to enjoy the osmanthus and eat crabs, no one used soap to clean the greasy, but asked the little girls to take the "mung bean noodles smoked by the osmanthus stamens" and prepare to wash their hands.
It can be seen that soap is expensive.
As far as Jia Cong knows, there are only three or five people in a huge Guogong Mansion who are qualified to match it.
But he is not qualified.
Hearing Ye Qingfa ask, Jia Cong smiled and said, "If you bought it, how can you be embarrassed to use it to offer treasure?" This is a recipe I developed and made people do it. ”
When Ye Qing heard this, he looked at Jia Cong, and then at the soap in his hand, it was indeed different from what she used in the search for the day, her peerless face, which was like a peerless son of the game Hongchen, had always been chic and good, and finally became dignified.
Carefully look at the soap in your hand, as if this is not a piece of soap, but an inexhaustible mountain of gold!
When he looked at Jia Cong again, his eyes were already much sharper.
She understands the truth of being diligent and stealing if she has nothing to do, and she understands it better than anyone else.
Although she is very optimistic and likes this young boy who has already shown good results, it does not mean that she is willing to be used.
Seeing that Ye Qing turned on the "coercion" mode, Jia Cong didn't hide anything, and calmly told him about his situation in the Jia family, and finally said: "My position in this world was originally obtained for nothing, and I didn't want to share the family business, so I had to be self-reliant."
And because he has no long things, he really doesn't know how to thank Gongzi for helping him several times, so he wants to repay him with this worldly thing. ”
Qingzhu on the side listened to what he said, and his eyes were red.
Ye Qing was so coaxing, and said with a smile: "I thought you were here to pay tribute to my Fangzi, but I didn't want to ask me to cooperate, so ...... So how do you want to divide the bill? ”
Jia Cong said solemnly: "Twenty-eight points, what does Qing Gongzi think?" ”
Ye Qingdao said: "You two and I eight? ”
Jia Cong smiled and said, "How is it possible...... I'm eight you're two! ”
Ye Qing's face was expressionless, and he said to Qingzhu, who was dumbfounded on the side: "Did you see it?" This is the Jia Gongzi you have dreamed of. Do you still think that he is a jade boy who does not eat fireworks in the world and descends to earth? ”
Qingzhu glared at Jia Cong with resentment that iron could not become steel, and others wanted to give gifts to her young lady, but they couldn't do it with all their might.
You're good, and you still have to worry about it!
Is it shrewd or stupid!!
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