Chapter 30: Nowhere to Parasitize
I will never change my approval because of anyone's intervention.
It was officially announced at the family banquet when Jiang Kai returned from going out this time.
The other is about the future of the Jiang family.
To tell the truth, as a big family entrenched in Jinzhou, Jiangnan, the Jiang family has done a good job, and his influence is one of the best in the Jiangnan region.
But this alone is not satisfactory, at least not very satisfying to the old lady of the Jiang family.
It's a pity that he is already old, if he were so young for so many twenty years, he would definitely lead the Jiang family out of Jinzhou, Jiangnan, and out of Jiangnan.
Where to?
Go to Yingdu.
The dream of all businessmen who do business can be said to be to have their own shop in the capital of Chu State.
Every inch of land in the capital is expensive, and it is not so difficult for a shop, but the difficulty is whether it can stand in the capital.
To be able to stand on this ground, we must not only have strong financial support, but also have reliable backers.
The Jiang family's wealth is rich enough, but the problem is that he has no background in the capital, at best, he is just a rich man in Jinzhou, Jiangnan.
It's not a big family at all, it's just a contemptible businessman in the eyes of others, and he can't be put on the stage.
The ancestors of the Jiang family were originally officials in the court, but after the decline, no one was taking any fame. No money and no strength. Later, the old lady of the Jiang family also relied on her wife's family to do the silk fabric business, and then she slowly became rich. It's only been two generations.
Therefore, the old lady of the Jiang family very much hopes that Jiang Kai can inherit his unfinished business and expand his business to the capital.
If they can do business in the capital, develop and grow, and take root, their entire Jiang family can move to the capital in the future, and they will no longer be small households, not a family that cannot be put on the table.
After the banquet for Jiang Kai was held, the subordinates of the Jiang family went to sleep.
The old lady of the Jiang family called Jiang Kai to the study alone, and he ignored the others and didn't even look at them. Especially when he saw his son who was not angry, he was even more disgusted. If it is true that the son is useless, the grandson is his hope.
Jiang Li looked at Jiang Kai and the figure of the old lady of the Jiang family leaving silently, and his sister-in-law was eyebrowning at him next to him, and he didn't see it at all.
After standing in the hallway for a while, he returned to his room.
He didn't forget that when Jiang Kai was called by his grandfather, he glanced at himself, and his eyes were full of apologies.
In fact, Jiang Li knew many of Jiang Kai's business dealings, and knew it very clearly.
As for why, secretly Jiang Li can be regarded as Jiang Kai's military advisor, and he gives him advice from time to time.
He admitted that Jiang Kai was honest and kind, selfless, and often helped him say good things in front of his grandfather, but his grandfather always refused to admit him, so even if Jiang Kai said more, it was useless, it would only increase his grandfather's boredom.
Who let him hurt Jin Keshui's life, and who let him kill the entire Jiang family?
It's just a joke.
I've been looking for three days, can I still find a place to stay?
During this time, he was either chased by the beggars or chased away by the common people.
The only place to stay was that the father-in-law of the land inadvertently howled a few times because of Xiao Erhei, and then they were discovered.
Subsequently, whenever they approached the temple of the land father, they would be guarded by others like thieves. As long as they get close to the Land Gonggong Temple, they will be driven away by those people collectively.
Li Jicai was also really angry, she still didn't believe it, is there only this land father-in-law in this huge capital?
In fact, I don't know if these people are colluding to do it, they have been wandering in the capital all day these days, and many people already know them.
Knowing that the two of them plus a dog are outsiders.
And it is an outsider with no relatives and no reason.
So what does this mean? It means that anyone can bully them, even a little beggar.
There are also many beggars in this southern city, and everything comes first and last.
Everyone came first, so naturally they occupied the territory early, even if they didn't occupy it well, they successfully gained a firm foothold in addition to bloodshed and sacrifice and playing scoundrels and not wanting their lives.
If people are compassionate, most of them will reach out when they are doing well.
If you are not doing well, others still want to get a piece of the pie with you, and the degree of hostility is comparable to the revenge of killing your father.
Therefore, Li Jicai and Li Jiye, who had been in Nancheng District for a few days for some reason, and then added Xiao Erhei, basically became the public enemy of the whole people.
Especially what happened last time at Cui Kee Bun Shop.
The two little beggars wanted to snatch the bun given to Li Jicai by the owner of the bun shop, but they didn't grab it at once, and the boss retracted his hand. So the two little beggars held a grudge and told the matter upside down. completely reversed the facts, saying that Li Jicai snatched the buns that others gave them, and said that he was bullying people with a dog.
Because Xiao Erhei is very tall and strong, and he is very vicious when facing strangers.
So people believed the words of the two little beggars.
The days go by day by day, and people are chased every day, chickens and dogs jump. The amount of money in the purse is also decreasing day by day.
Even though they are already provincial, they can't be saved anymore.
But the helpless thing is that outsiders have been cheated of a lot of money, and there is not even a place to cry out grievances.
But what can I do then, a newcomer.
They also knew that the little money in their purses alone was not enough to buy a toilet in the capital. Just like in modern times, if you want to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy a toilet in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, you can't buy it.
So, in other words, they still want to find a free place to stay.
During this period, Li Jicai also thought about whether to go to some big family to be a maid or something, but when he thought of what happened in the Jiang Mansion, he was severely beaten and then discarded in a mass grave.
She can't guarantee that working as a maid in a big family in the capital will not get such an end.
Li Jiye also disagreed with it very much, because once he entered a big family, he would lose his freedom.
What's more, for him, he has always been the master before, and now let him be a slave to others, how can he do it?
So there was a delay in between.
In the end, after they lingered for about half a month, the last bit of silver in their purse was finally spent.
They lived the same days as before, when they ate the last meal and didn't have the next.
But what can be done? After all, two people and one dog, three meals a day became two meals a day, and finally became one meal a day. But you can't skip a meal, right?
During this time, Nancheng District was all over the city, and they also wanted to go to Dongcheng District to see, but they heard that it was heavily guarded, the palace was there, and there were some big families nearby, where the big families were located, and where the nobles were located, and if they were not careful, they might be arrested.
If they are arrested and thrown into prison, then they want to come out, unless someone is willing to take money to get them out, but who will take money to get them out if they have no relatives and no reason in the capital?
So don't think about Dongcheng District.
Beicheng District is also an important place in Jungi, so I dare not go.
In Xicheng District, they are still waiting, saying that it is not much better than Nancheng District, and when they try their luck, they don't come up with any doorway, so they simply stay in Nancheng District, which is the most densely populated. After all, there are many vendors and opportunities here.
Some shops see that the two of them are pitiful but also want to use them as junior two, but Li Jiye is unwilling, and Li Jicai has no one to ask for it. Maybe the big wolfdog is worth more than the two of them.
It is enough for the owner of the bun shop to ask for this wolf dog.
So what can be done? I can only resign myself to fate.
Along the way, I stumbled and went through hardships, my mood was very heavy, and I felt tired thinking about everything.
Especially Li Jicai, in the face of his accidental exile from modern death to ancient times, he was reborn in another world.
I can't go back and I can't go back, I can't live well, I can't die if I die. What do you think is all about this?
Ay!
Except for sighing all day, no one can do anything about it.
On this day, they wandered around the alley again, and this alley has been shaken by them more than five times this month.
It is basically certain that there are almost zero vacant houses in the capital, and even if there are, they have already been occupied by others.
Therefore, Li Jicai's desire to get a place to settle in the capital is tantamount to delusion.
Yes, you can find a temporary sleeping place on both sides of the road, at the entrance of the temple, or in the ancestral stables.
There were very few pigs in the capital, and there were no pigsties.
But those are temporary places to live, not places to live in for a long time.
The days of hiding in Tibet every day are also very tiring, and they have no chance to settle down at all, and then do something to support themselves in a serious and down-to-earth manner.
The world is big, at least in Ying, where they have no place to settle down.
Maybe they should try their luck somewhere else, and they don't necessarily have to stay in the capital.
After following Li Jicai all over the house to no avail, Li Jiye also had a similar idea to her.
Or settle for the next best thing, leave the capital and make a living somewhere else.
It's better than the way it is.
Maybe they were lucky when they first came, and they met two well-wishers in a row, but then they met some bad people.
All beings are suffering!
Li Jicai stopped at the door of another small courtyard and stopped to watch.
When she discovered this place a long time ago, she was already paying special attention.
This small courtyard is different from other houses, and its door, on both sides of the left and right walls, has two long grooves dug in it, and all kinds of plants are planted in it.
Some are very common plants, while others are uncommon.