[012] Goodbye Sister Lin
Jia Zheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where does the joy come from?" ”
Jia Dairu smiled:
"Chen'er has written an enlightened book, which can be compared with the "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text", or even above it!"
Jia Zheng's eyes widened, and he asked in a lost voice, "Is this true?" ”
Jia Dairu stroked his beard with a smug face and said, "It's true! ”
The fact that his students can write books and speak shows that he is a good teacher who teaches well, and Jia Dairu naturally feels honored.
Jia Zheng's face was strange, and he still didn't believe it.
"Chen'er is only nine years old and can write a book? What a miracle! Show it to me! He urged impatiently.
Jia Dairu solemnly presented it with both hands, his expression was excited, and his face was full of smiles, as if he were the author of the book.
Jia Zheng took the book as if it were a treasure and opened it impatiently to read.
He has been reading poetry since he was a child, and he originally wanted to be born in Kejia, but his father Jia Daishan was dying on a posthumous book, and the emperor gave Jia Zheng an additional title of director because of his compassion for the ancestors, so that he entered the ministry to study, and now he has been promoted to a foreign officer.
In recent years, he has been obsessed with reciting poetry and talking about the past and the present, and he has long forgotten the content of the imperial examination, but he is more talented than Jia Dairu, and he reads books faster than him, and he finished reading them all in less than half an hour.
After reading the last word, Jia Zheng's heart fluctuated, his breathing was short, and even the hand holding the book was trembling slightly.
"What a copy of "Disciple Rules"! The standards of filial piety, loyalty, courtesy, righteousness and shame are condensed in more than 1,000 words, in simple terms, concise and concise, every word is beautiful, and every sentence is classic. ”
Jia Zheng sighed, and couldn't put it down, and read "Disciple Rules" back and forth a few times.
When a gust of wind blew the pages of the book, Jia Zheng realized that Jia Dairu and Jia Chen were still waiting aside.
Jia Zheng coughed lightly with some embarrassment and said:
"I was so fascinated by it just now that I almost neglected the two of you, master, Chen'er, please come into the house and sit down to have tea."
This time, Jia Zheng was more polite than the previous one, even slightly respectful.
Jia Dairu naturally knew that this was all because Jia Chen wrote this "Disciple Rules", which impressed Jia Zheng and attached great importance to it.
Under the guidance of Jia Zheng, Jia Chen and Jia Dairu walked into Rongxi Hall together.
Jia Zhengchao's maid Jin Chu'er commanded:
"Go and get a good daughter's tea, and ask the grandfather and Chen'er to taste it."
Jia Dairu's eyelids twitched, this daughter tea belongs to the treasures of Pu'er tea, Pu'er tea is a tribute tea, and together with deer antler velvet and ginseng, it is known as the "Three Treasures of the Palace".
The daughter tea of Rongfu was given by the Emperor Taishang, and it was extremely precious, and it would only be taken out when entertaining distinguished guests.
It can be seen that Jia Zheng has regarded Jia Dairu and Jia Chen as distinguished guests.
Of course, Jia Dairu knew very well in his heart that he was stained with Jia Chen's light to be fortunate enough to taste such a precious tea.
"Yes!" Jin Chu'er bent her knees and glanced at Jia Chen in surprise.
In the past few days, she has been serving by Mrs. Wang's side, and today it is because Jia Zheng's personal maid is sick that Mrs. Wang temporarily assigned her to serve by Jia Zheng's side.
Therefore, she didn't know Jia Chen, she didn't know that Jia Chen was shining in Rongxi Hall before, and she didn't know that Jia Chen wrote a poem "Linjiang Immortal Hanliu" that shocked the Jinshi of the dynasty, and she didn't know why he came today.
Jin Chu'er only felt very strange, and didn't understand why his second master was so polite to this son of the Jia family? Even to take out the precious daughter tea for guests?
Although she was puzzled, Jin Chu'er was just a maid with a humble status, so she didn't dare to ask.
Jia Chen found that Jin Chu'er was quietly looking at him, so he looked back generously.
Touching Jia Chen's gaze, Jin Chu'er turned her head shyly, lowered her eyebrows, and was embarrassed to look at Jia Chen's eyes.
Jia Chen looked her up and down, this maid was not a few years older than herself, she looked a little baby fat, and because she had not fully grown up, her appearance could only be regarded as medium to high.
In the original work, Jin Chu'er is one of the twelve maids in Jinling's twelve hairpins and sub-volumes, and the comment is "love spirit".
The reason why she has such a comment is because she was eaten by Jia Baoyu with the rouge on her mouth, but she was beaten and scolded by Mrs. Wang, and was kicked out of Jiafu, as a result, she jumped into the well and died in shame.
Jia Chen felt a little sorry that such a pity-looking little girl would be forced to commit suicide in a few years, ending her short and bitter life.
Since he has made up his mind to save Jia Rui, saving one is to save one, and saving two is also to save him, so I simply saved Jin Chu'er as well.
I only hope that there will be fewer tragedies in the world, and the hairpins will not suffer the same bad luck again.
Jia Chen is not a saint, but he is also a kind and good person, who has the world in mind, and if he is poor, he will be good to himself, and if he is good, he will help the world.
Waiting for Jin Chu'er to offer fragrant tea, Jia Dairu smiled at Jia Zheng and said:
"Master Zheng, in fact, I came this time to ask you to help Chen'er engrave the "Disciple Rules" and help find a suitable channel to sell it.
You also know that this child is miserable and miserable, if he can sell books to make money, he can improve his life, and he also needs a lot of money to participate in scientific examinations.
Therefore, the old man had the cheekiness to ask the political master Yu to do this, and also made this classic work able to be published in the world for the benefit of the people. ”
Jia Zheng agreed without hesitation:
"Okay! This is a good thing for fame and fortune, and when I understand the old lady, I will pay from the public in Rongfu to help Chen'er print books and sell them. ”
Jia Chen smiled generously:
"Second uncle, in business, when this "Disciple Rules" is published, it will definitely make a lot of money, I think we still need to agree on the profit sharing of the book in advance."
Jia Zheng bowed slightly:
"What the virtuous nephew said is very true, you are the author, so it's up to you to decide."
Jia Chen was slightly happy in his heart, Jia Zheng was really not popular, old-fashioned and pedantic, and easy to be deceived.
Although Jia Zheng is a nerd, Jia Chen is not a liar.
After thinking for a moment, Jia Chen said unhurriedly:
"I'm fifty-fifty with Rongguo Mansion, how about it?"
In fact, this sharing proposal is very fair, no matter how many copies are sold, the cost of engraving and selling the "Di Zi Gui" is borne by Rong Guofu, and he only wrote the original manuscript of "Di Zi Gui" of more than 1,000 words, but he can enjoy a fifty-fifty share, which is very cost-effective.
If he only talks about cooperation with Jia Zheng, Jia Chen can open his mouth widely, increase the sharing ratio to six or four points, or even seven or three points, and take the lion's share, but considering that Jia Zheng still needs to ask Jia Mu for instructions, and Jia Mu is an old yin and yang person, and the city is very deep, Jia Mu will definitely not agree to let him, the original author, take the lion's head, and divide the account fifty-fifty, which should be the bottom line that Jia Mu can accept.
After a little hesitation, Jia Zheng readily agreed:
"Okay, Nephew Xian's proposal is fair, and thank you for increasing the source of income for the Rong Mansion."
"The second uncle doesn't have to be polite, I also want to thank the second uncle for his great help, so that this "Disciple Rules" has the opportunity to be widely disseminated." The corners of Jia Chen's lips raised slightly, the purpose of coming here has been achieved, and he will wait to count the money.
Although the disciple rules are only more than 1,000 words, and the price will not be too high after printing, this book is a classic among enlightened readings, and once it is published, it will definitely sell well and make a lot of money.
At this time, I only heard the sound of "squeak" opening the door.
Jia Chen followed the prestige, only to see a purple gold crown with a bundle of hair inlaid with treasure through the crack in the door, and the red ball on the crown and hat trembled slightly, and then the thief leaned in with a big white and round face, which turned out to be Jia Baoyu.
When he saw Jia Zheng in the house, Jia Baoyu suddenly saw a cat like a mouse, and he shrank and wanted to escape.
"Sister Lin, there are too many people in there, let's go play elsewhere." Outside the door, Jia Baoyu muttered quietly.
Listening to the tone, it seems to be said to Lin Daiyu.
"Evil obstacles! Where to run? Why don't you come in and see Master Xueli and your eldest brother? Jia Zheng's hair was all open, his eyebrows were raised, and he let out a snort outside the door.