Red Mansion Daiyu, the Rise of the Lin Family

"Mom! It's my cousin. That punch is so powerful!" Lin Daiyu and Yong'an saw that it was their cousin who was fighting.

He immediately perked up, "Mom! Let's watch for a while before we leave!"

Regardless of whether Jia Min agreed or not, the two of them relied on their small stature, held hands and squeezed forward, one in front and one behind, and watched with great interest when they got to the front.

Sometimes he clenched his fists nervously, and sometimes he took a deep breath.

Hiss... Yongan covered his mouth with his little fist, afraid that he would shout out loud.

I was afraid and wanted to close my eyes, so I opened them a little and looked sideways.

Maids and servants surrounded him in a semicircle.

Inside, the young man in white and the young man in red were fighting each other with fists hitting each other's flesh and blood.

What a sin! How come I ran into him again when I went out? You said you didn't fight me earlier or later, so why did you fight me today when we went out?

Why don't you learn to be good? Whose decent family always fights?

Jia Min stood aside, muttering to herself, and listened carefully to the discussions of the people around her.

"Look! The young man in white has won again today. Has he won for three days in a row?"

"If we win again today, our title of No. 1 in Yangzhou will change hands!"

"What? The young master of the governor's family has been defeated twice?"

"Yes! What about the other fights?"

"I heard that he lost in the dice game, but he didn't compete in the brothel?"

"But you know about brothels. The boys are still young, so they don't take that as the standard. Isn't it that whoever has the money goes to bed?"

"What? Those top girls not only look at money, but also talent, status and appearance. Who doesn't have money?"

The more Jia Min listened, the more she felt something was wrong. No one was condemning the fight or trying to stop it. Instead, they were getting a little excited?

She couldn't bear it any longer.

"Madam, don't the police officers in the yamen care about this fight? Isn't this playboy the second master of the Fang family?"

A few people who were chatting excitedly with baskets on their shoulders noticed that the person asking the question was a lady wearing a veil.

"Madam! Are you from out of town?"

"Anyone who dares to fight here is not from an ordinary family. The constables won't care."

"Look at the guy wearing a black robe over there. He's from the yamen. He's also standing there watching the fun." A woman wearing cloth and a straw hairpin pointed at the constable in the distance and said.

"It's not okay for common people to fight in groups. Young masters are fighting alone against the dukes. This is a fight of loyalty."

Someone else interrupted, "Second Master Fang, you are so old now. The fight between playboys and dudes happens every year, and there are always hot-blooded young men every year, right?"

"I heard from the book narrator that there are different levels of playboys. The first-class playboys can steal a country, the second-class playboys can establish borders, and the lowest-class playboys bully men and women."

"Ninety-nine kicks from above, and the blows from below won't let you go!"

"Who doesn't like to watch the quarrels between the dudes? Otherwise, what would people talk about after dinner?"

"We can't talk about who's evil mistress every day, right?"

"However, I heard that the young man in white is the illegitimate son of the vicious mistress." When the vicious mistress was mentioned, someone nearby became excited again.

"Oh my! It can grow so well even under the control of the evil mistress!"

"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!"

"I can't believe it!"

The women with baskets were clicking their tongues. Jia Min's face turned pale and red. What was the atmosphere in Yangzhou like?

"Madam! You have been watching for so long. Do you think it is interesting?"

"Would you like some melon seeds? I have some fruit to quench your thirst. The best Jinghe watermelon, freshly squeezed juice!"

……

Jia Min was furious.

How can you tell that I find it interesting? I can’t pull the kids back.

Didn’t you see the anger in my eyes? It was almost as high as the sun.

But I can't talk to these people who gossip.

Jia Min waited alone for a long time before the crowd gradually dispersed. There were even voices of people talking in groups of three or four.

"Mom! It's so fun to fight!"

"I'll let you beat me to your heart's content!" Jia Min slapped Yong'an's back twice. "Bang! Bang!"

"Mom! Why did you hit me? My sister saw it too!" Yongan sniffed twice.

In the blink of an eye, "Mom! Did you buy some melon seeds?" Yong'an's eyes were filled with food faster than tears were falling.

"Let's go!" Jia Min angrily pulled Yong'an.

Hearing the noise, the Prince of Nan'an couldn't help but look over here, and Jia Min glared at him fiercely.

It seems that it's all your fault, you're the troublemaker.

The Prince of Nannan shook his head with disdain, and followed his fighting partner, with his arm around his shoulder, and walked away.

I went around in circles and wasted half a day.

As her anger gradually subsided, Jia Min took her two children to a jewelry store.

The decoration of this jewelry store is noble and elegant, which is exactly the style that Jia Min likes.

She asked the two children to sit at the reception desk and walked to the counter to carefully appreciate the various jewelry.

"Madam! You have a good eye. These are the new models that just arrived today, the Chaoyang Five-Phoenix Pearl Hairpin and..."

The female shopkeeper saw Jia Min looking around and standing next to a jewelry cabinet, so she hurried forward to greet her.

"This is our latest technology, and it just arrived today. You are so lucky. You didn't have it when you came yesterday."

"For this set of Chaoyang Five Phoenixes, all the gems are taken from one piece, it's natural, look..."

Jia Min took it in her hand and observed it carefully. It was indeed finely crafted, novel and unique in style.

The phoenix holds a string of beads in its mouth, looking lifelike.

Jia Min fell in love with him at first sight.

"How much is this set? Shopkeeper, if it suits you, I'll take it."

"Madam! I can see that you have good taste. Five hundred taels." The shopkeeper complimented happily.

Jia Min didn't want to turn around anymore, so she ordered,

"Banxia! Pay the boss the banknote."

……

"Wait! I want this set of Five Phoenixes Rising Sun."

A hand covered with nail polish slapped the table, and five hundred taels of silver fell to the ground.

Jia Min and the shopkeeper looked up and saw a woman in her twenties, dressed in jewels, like a jewelry display cabinet.

Jia Min was too lazy to argue with her since she didn't know her anyway.

Whatever comes first is the truth.

"Boss, there has to be a first come first served rule, right?"

"Banxia! Pay the banknote."

Banxia took out the silver bills, and with a "snap" she pulled the female shopkeeper's hand, and the silver bills fell into her hand.

"Boss! Do you still want to keep your store open?" the voice next to him said angrily.

"If you want to make it up, you can take my banknotes and drive this lady away."

"If you don't want to open it, I'll have someone smash your store today!"

The jewellery lady who came later raised her eyes and shot a cold light at the female shopkeeper.

The female shopkeeper's face turned pale, she looked at Jia Min apologetically, then pulled back her hand.

"Ma'am! I'm so sorry, could you please look at something else?"

Jia Min is so angry that I don’t want to watch anything else today.

The key is that I've seen other ones, but I didn't like any of them.

If it were any other time, I would have given in, but today I really don't want to turn around.

"I won't look at anything else. I only know this. Banxia, ​​if the shopkeeper doesn't want to take it, just throw the banknote to her and assume she has taken it."

"Let's go and put the things away." The things were still in Jia Min's hands, and she was not going to let go.

The deal will be done as long as Banxia pays the silver note.

I will never go out again. It's really annoying to meet a dog when I go out.

"Who dares to do that? Don't you even ask who I am? You're just pretending to be a boss here."

"Shopkeeper, tell her who I am?"

"No one in Yangzhou dares not to give me face." The woman raised her chin high.

The female shopkeeper came over to Jia Min and said, "Madam, please be considerate and move aside! It's not easy for me to run a business to support my family."

"This is Governor Fang's second wife."

When Jia Min heard this, she asked the female manager, "What a mess! Where are the second wives of Governor Fang?"

Isn't the second wife of Governor Fang Shi Yifang? How come there is another second wife who is even more arrogant than Shi Yifang!

The female shopkeeper said in embarrassment, "Madam! I dare not say that casually!"

"I don't dare to say it casually," Jia Min handed the things to Banxia, ​​asked her to put them away, and turned away.

"Let's see who dares to leave. Shopkeeper, what are you doing if you don't take the things back?"

"You don't know who I am! But I know who you are! Aren't you the vicious mistress who can't tolerate concubines and bastards?"

"Madam Censor, are you worthy of wearing the Five Phoenixes and Rising Sun?"