Speaking of which, it wasn't Lin Zhixiao who took the initiative to find Jiaoda.

Jiao Da is an old servant of Ning Guofu, and he has performed three or four times with Ning Guogong Jia since he was a child, and once carried his dying master out of the pile of dead.

There was no food to eat, so he went hungry to steal something for his master to eat, and there was no water to drink, so he drank horse urine himself, and gave his master half a bowl of water to drink.

Due to his past merits, the masters of the Ning Mansion looked at him differently and were not embarrassed for him.

Lin Zhixiao is even more unlikely to send him an errand.

It was Lin Zhixiao who selected people among the small maids to go to Black Mountain Village to find out the news, but those little guys refused to go.

Black Mountain Village is outside the gate, but it is a bitter cold place. To go on this trip, just on the way back and forth, it will be delayed for a month or two.

I don't know how much hardship I have to endure along the way, and I will even encounter various dangers.

Where to stay at ease in the house?

Therefore, although Lin Zhixiao promised heavy profits, those little guys refused to go.

Just when Lin Zhixiao was about to raise the reward again, Jiao Da took the initiative to stand up.

reprimanded those who were lazy and unwilling to solve problems for the Lord, and took the initiative to express his willingness to go.

Even Jia Huan was impressed after learning about this incident.

Jiao Da's first appearance in the Book of Red Mansions:

That Jiao Da and Jia Zhen are not at home, even if he is at home, he is not good, and he can be sprinkled at will.

Because he took advantage of the wine, he first scolded the chief manager Lai Er, saying that he was unfair, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and sending others when he had a good errand. Blind housekeeper!

You don't want to think about it, Mrs. Jiao is stilted, taller than your head. Who is in the eyes of Mrs. Jiao in the past 20 years? Don't talk about you bastards!

Where did Jiao Da put Jia Rong in his eyes, but he shouted, and rushed Jia Rong to shout:

"Brother Rong, don't make the master sexual in front of Jiao Da. Don't say that you are like this, even your father, your grandfather, don't dare to stand up with Jiao Da! If you are not Jiao Da alone, you will be an official and enjoy glory and wealth? ”

"Your ancestors have earned this business by dying all their lives, and now, instead of repaying my kindness, they have become masters with me. If you don't talk to me about anything else, if you say anything else, let's go in with a red knife and come out with a white knife! ”

If you just look at this paragraph, then Lai Da is a thorn in the book of past merits, lazy and disobedient.

However, Jia Huan saw from the fact that he was willing to go to Black Mountain Village that Jiao Da was not cheating and unwilling to do things.

If Lai Sheng can distribute the errands fairly and impartially, he is still willing to do it. But if he arranged the worst, hardest and most tiring errand for him, Jiao Da felt insulted and would not do it.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan's gaze withdrew from Jiao Da, and he couldn't help but look at Wu Jinxiao.

He couldn't help asking, "Wu Zhuangtou, what else do you have to say?" ”

Wu Jinxiao's face was extremely ugly at this time.

He has dealt with Jia Zhen, the former patriarch of the Jia family, for many years, and knows that Jia Zhen is a waste who only knows how to eat, drink and play with women.

Now that the Jia family has changed to a younger patriarch, Wu Jinxiao has never paid attention to it.

Over the years, the Jia family's grange, one of the three pavilions has been swallowed up by him.

Coupled with the secret deduction, not even half of the year's harvest can be delivered to Jiafu.

In another ten or twenty years, he will be able to turn all the fertile fields in these granges of the Jia family into his Wu family.

As for the younger new patriarch of the Jia family, Wu Jinxiao only thought that he was just a gentleman.

He still knows a lot about the Jia family, and knows that the younger generation of the Jia family is full of gentleness.

From the bottom of his heart, Wu Jinxiao really didn't take this new patriarch seriously.

As a result, this year's harvest is even less than last year's.

He never expected that the new patriarch would send someone to Zhuangzi to find out the truth about Zhuangzi.

This lie was exposed, and Wu Jinxiao suddenly panicked, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead.

He hurriedly knelt on the ground again, kowtowed again and again: "Please spare the third master, although the small one is a lie, but this year's harvest reduction is also the truth." The small ones are just greedy for one or two from it. ”

"Please let the third master take care of the little Zhuangzi, there is no merit and hard work, and forgive the small one."

"The little ones are willing to take out all the money they are greedy for, and they don't dare to hide anything."

Jia Huan looked at Wu Jinxiao with a smile and asked, "Then I don't know how much money Wu Zhuangtou has embezzled over the years?" ”

Wu Jinxiao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Back to the third master, the small ink-greedy property is converted into silver taels, and there are always five or six thousand taels." ”

"The little one is willing to take out eight thousand taels, and I ask the third master to forgive the villain."

Jia Huan's face turned cold and said: "You are a silverfish, insatiable, treacherous and cunning, how can I spare you?" ”

"Someone, grab him and tie him up for me, and put him in the firewood room first."

"Yes, Third Master."

Lin Zhixiao waved his hand, and suddenly several small servants stepped forward to take down Wu Jinxiao.

Wu Jin Xiao begged for mercy again and again, but Jia Huan just ignored it.

Soon, Wu Jinxiao was gagged and dragged down.

Lin Zhixiao hurriedly said: "The third master took Wujin Xiao, over there in Black Mountain Village, it is necessary to change the head of the village, I don't know if the third master has a favorite candidate?" ”

Jia Huan smiled: "My favorite thing is naturally you, but your Lin housekeeper can't get out." I don't know if you have any recommended talents? ”

Lin Zhixiao smiled bitterly: "Don't be afraid of the jokes of the third master, the little guys in this house are all used to living a rich life." Let them go to such bitter cold places, all of them are like dead old people, where are they willing to go. ”

"This candidate can only be found slowly. You must not only have the ability and be able to manage so many fields, but also be loyal, not like an ungrateful person like Wu Jinxiao. ”

Jia Huan nodded, and when he was about to speak, he only heard Jiao Da next to him say: "Third master, the old slave is willing to go!" ”

Jia Huan frowned and said: "Jiao Da, you are an old man in the house, and you have great merit, so you should be at ease in the house." In such a bitter cold place as Black Mountain Village, you are also an elderly person, so don't go. ”

Jiao Da said with a smile: "Third Master, in the eyes of others, the Black Mountain Village outside the gate is a bitter cold place, and in my opinion, it is obviously a treasure land!" ”

"Hehe, although it is cold in winter, as long as the Wangwang kang is burned, it is very warm. Drinking wine and eating meat at home all winter, happy like a fairy, where is the hardship? ”

That's true.

Jia Huan is a person who has been baptized by the information explosion of later generations, so naturally he will not really feel that Guanwai is a bitter cold place.

He couldn't help asking, "Oh, Jiaoda, are you from the north?" ”

Jiao Da said with a smile: "Third master, yes, my family is from the north." I've been used to living in the ice and snow since I was a child. ”

Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but nod and asked, "Then if you go to Black Mountain Village, are you going to deal with Wujin Xiao's family?" ”

(End of chapter)