Chapter Twenty-Three: Yixiang Gongzi 1
In the early morning of the next day, the spring breeze was several times, and the refreshed Jia Lian got up, and then let Wang Xifeng and Ping'er serve him to freshen up. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Then I only heard Wang Xifeng ask: "Second master, do you still want to go out today?" ”
"No, maybe I haven't been to the old lady for a long time, so let's go to the back with you today." Jia Lian replied casually.
The three of them first used breakfast in their own house, and then went to the back compound where Jia's mother was.
When I arrived at Jia's mother, I saw Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Sanchun, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai all there.
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Yo, this is all in the old lady's meeting, and she didn't say that she called me, so it can be seen that she dislikes me for being clumsy." ”
When Jia Mu heard this, she immediately smiled and said: "You monkey, don't say that you are late, but also say that we don't call her, saying that she herself is a clumsy mouth, isn't this a monkey who calls himself a Buddha when he becomes a spirit." ”
Everyone laughed, and Tanchun also said: "On weekdays, she didn't come the first time, but today is obviously because my second brother Lian came back, so it's late, but there is such a big thing to say." ”
Wang Xifeng is a pungent character, and he didn't dare to say it seriously to Jia's mother, but where would he talk about Tanchun, so he walked up to Tanchun with a smile, took Tanchun's hand and said: "Oh, among my sisters-in-law, I think the third sister is clever and intelligent, and she is still born like a flower like jade, and I don't know which prince and grandson will be blessed in the future." ”
As soon as he said this, everyone laughed, but they were so ashamed that Tanchun hid behind people and didn't dare to speak anymore.
Jia Lian watched her woman and the sisters in the family funny, and the old lady was very happy, and she liked this atmosphere very much.
When there was a gap, he walked in, came to Jia's mother, bowed down, and said, "Grandson, please say hello to the old lady." ”
Mother Jia helped her and said, "I've gone to see your Aunt Xue first." ”
Jia Lian turned to Aunt Xue and bowed again: "Please Aunt An." ”
Then he also greeted Xue Baochai next to him: "Sister Xue is good." ”
Xue Baochai also generously replied with a courtesy, and Aunt Xue immediately said: "Brother Lian, you don't need so much courtesy, I know that you are busy on weekdays, and this time I will come back to ask the old lady to say goodbye, which shows that it is the most filial." ”
Then he turned to Mother Jia and said: "Old lady, you are really blessed, your grandchildren have both Baoyu who is well-behaved and filial, and Brother Lian who is smart and capable, my child, if I can have half of Brother Lian'er's ability, then I will be satisfied." ”
Mother Jia listened to it and laughed and said: "Auntie, don't praise them, they are all naughty and mischievous who don't like to read, their Lao Tzu beats and scolds every day, and they don't know how to change, they only fool around outside, but they still know a little filial piety." ”
When Aunt Xue heard this, she smiled and said: "According to me, Baoyu still needs to study, but Brother Lian doesn't have to, the old lady may not know much about the outside world, just the soap made by Brother Lian before, aside from the imperial soap directly for the palace, now all over the country, which house with identity is not competing to use it, but Brother Lian also got a daily limited sale, so that how many people want to buy it can't buy, every day before dawn, I went to the sea of people queuing outside Brother Lian's shop." ”
After hearing this, Jia Mu felt even more faced, so she said: "It's still the case, we have Brother Lian supplying it inside, but I don't know that it is still so tight outside, Brother Lian, there is no shortage on your aunt and your sister Xue's side." ”
Jia Lian replied: "Ancestor, how can this be, no matter how tight it is outside, there will be a shortage of domestic use, and the ones used are the same style as those in the palace; Besides, our family is not short of silver, and I am too lazy to do it if you don't see me, except for the palace, and I don't bother to care about it if I do something casually outside. ”
Aunt Xue also immediately continued: "Brother Lian is a polite person, where will there be a shortage of our mothers, only more, there has never been a shortage." ”
The three of them were talking hotly, but they saw that Jia Baoyu, who was originally next to Lin Daiyu, also squeezed over at this time, leaning on Jia's mother and coquettishly saying: "Second Brother Lian is really good to use that soap, but another thing he is doing now has ruined his title of 'Yixiang Gongzi'." ”
Jia Lian didn't know when he had the title of 'Yixiang Gongzi', and he actually felt a little crying and laughing for a while.
I saw Jia's mother touching Jia Baoyu's little face dotingly, and said, "Nonsense, don't give your second brother a nickname." ”
Jia Baoyu was not afraid of Jia's mother, and argued: "Why is it nonsense, what's wrong with being called 'Yixiang Gongzi', I'm willing to let people call me that." ”
"In my opinion, it's more appropriate for you to call you 'rich idler' or 'busy with nothing'." Lin Daiyu couldn't help but cover her mouth at this time and interjected with a smile.
Immediately attracted Sanchun to echo for a while.
Jia Baoyu suddenly became a little anxious, and said: "It's not good, it's not good, these two don't count, I will have to take another good one in the future, but do you know what Second Brother Lian has done, which will ruin his nickname of 'Yixiang Gongzi'." ”
"What did you do?" "What did you do?" "You'd rather say it quickly." The girls suddenly became interested and asked again and again.
Jia Baoyu saw that he had successfully attracted the attention of all his sisters and sisters, and suddenly became even more proud: "Because Second Brother Lian not only made elegant things such as soap, but also the hot honeycomb coal and coal stove that have been seen on the market recently were also made by Second Brother Lian first, but he didn't do it himself and handed it over to the Beijing Mansion to do, so people outside don't know, but I know." ”
I think that Jia Baoyu and King Beijing also have a relationship, so they will know this inside story, and honeycomb coal and coal stove are now in the Rongguo Mansion, and Wang Xifeng, who handled it, naturally knows, but most of the others are delicate women who don't touch the spring water with their fingers, but they don't know what honeycomb coal is.
Jia Baoyu looked at everyone and didn't understand what honeycomb coal was and why it broke Jia Lian's nickname.
In this way, doesn't it show that your words are not attractive? Jia Baoyu naturally couldn't let such a thing happen, and in a hurry, he immediately asked his subordinates to go to the small kitchen to carry a burning coal stove and a few pieces of honeycomb coal.
Everyone looked at the burning coal stove and the black honeycomb coal next to it, and suddenly felt amazed.
Jia Baoyu looked at everyone and felt novel, and said anxiously: "Look at it, this honeycomb coal is black and dirty, and I don't know how Second Brother Lian thought of fiddling with this, isn't it the opposite of the previous soap, one makes people clean and fragrant, and the other makes people dirty and smelly." ”
It's just that his words only caused a few laughs a little, and then everyone listened attentively to Wang Xifeng's explanation.
Wang Xifeng doesn't care about what is white or black, as long as she can earn a lot of silver for her small family, it is good, and the silver she earns after these two things are made, which she never dared to think of before, although she only keeps it, and she can't spend a dime a dime on weekdays, but her nature of loving money has always made her indulge in every dividend settlement.
After listening to Wang Xifeng's explanation, everyone admired Jia Lian even more.
Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai heard some clues from Wang Xifeng's simple explanation, as a royal businessman, they can naturally see the huge profits that these things can bring, and then think about the situation of their own family becoming more and more declining, and their hearts can't help but feel a little sour.
Unlike Xue Baochai's pure admiration for Jia Lian, Aunt Xue was thinking about how to climb Jia Lian's new branch at this time, she had already heard that Jia Lian had been busy outside the city during this time, but her intuition told her that it was definitely another way to make a fortune.
Although the Xue family is not short of silver now, the situation of the business is getting worse and worse under the management of Xue Pan, if this continues, sooner or later the family will be defeated, and what should the Xue family do when the time comes?