I pretend to be a unicorn in the Red Mansion

After being blessed by the good-lucky charm, Jia She's luck suddenly improved. He liked collecting ancient fans, but he hadn't been able to find one that satisfied him for a year or two before.

There are already several copies delivered to him, all of which are the types he likes very much.

Jia She played with the ancient fan sent by Li Meng and smiled mysteriously, with an expected certainty on his face.

Li Meng was a little surprised that the master was not particularly excited. Was he unhappy?

Li Meng and Jia She were brothers, so they talked about everything. Li Meng tentatively said, "Master, it's so strange. I always found ancient fans when I went to look for them before, but today three pawnshops sent me messages.

These fans are all fine products and are well preserved. I heard that this one has plum blossoms painted on it and has inscriptions by famous people.

If that person's family hadn't been in urgent need of money, he definitely wouldn't have become a pawnbroker. He's really lucky, sir. Are you happy?"

Jia She smiled and glanced at Jia Cheng, who was supervising the moving servants, and replied in a master's tone: "What's so strange about this? You are making a fuss about nothing. My fortune will change for the better.

There will be many good things in the future, Mengzi, your current mentality is not good, you have to adapt to my good luck, good things are yet to come."

As Jia She was talking, he became happy. He said that he would not always be so unlucky, and his luck had indeed turned around.

Jia Cheng is his rare son, his lucky star. He will be better to Cheng in the future, even if it means treating him as his ancestor.

Because of the incident of deposing the crown prince, his family was implicated, and he had never had any hope for the future. He never expected that his son would be a turning point.

With a divine son, he has nothing to be afraid of.

If anyone dares to provoke him in the future, he will complain to Cheng Ge'er and ask him to ask Lei Gong and Dian Mu to strike his enemy to death.

From now on, I will be invincible.

Jia She laughed out loud, which confused Li Meng. The master's mental state was really a little crazy.

Listening to Jia She's laughter, Li Meng thought that he was happy about moving into Rong Xi Tang. Also, today Jia She got an ancient fan that he liked, which was a double happiness.

No wonder Jia She couldn’t close his mouth because of laughing.

Li Meng hadn't seen Jia She smile like this for a long time. Seeing Jia She happy, Li Meng was happy for him too.

Li Meng grew up with Jia She. Even though his slave status had been eliminated, he still stayed by Jia She's side to protect him.

Li Meng experienced Jia She's spoiled childhood, his high-spirited youth, and his decadent middle age.

He felt sorry for Jia She, as he was the eldest son in the family, but he had always been treated unfairly and was not loved by his mother.

Because of his standing with the right party, he could only live in the East Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion to make way for his younger brother.

Li Meng actually felt a little resentful towards the emperor. It was you who sent Jia She to be the deposed prince's companion in study. Now when something happened to the deposed prince, you took your anger out on Jia She. How could that be logical?

Jia She was clearly forced to take sides, but ended up taking the wrong side. The royal father and son had a conflict, which implicated a group of innocent people.

Li Meng was a rebellious person. From time to time, he would have some outrageous thoughts in his mind. He felt that Kangxi was not a good emperor or a good father.

Kangxi Kangxi had to eat bran and drink water, and the people did not live well at all.

These slaves who depended on the nobles were able to live a life of well-fed and warm clothing, but it came at the cost of their freedom, and they had no control over their life and death.

Although other helpless people have freedom, they can only live in poverty.

When there was a famine, there were starving people everywhere and people would even eat their own children.

This world is a cannibalistic one.

Li Meng glanced at the well-behaved and sensible maids and servants behind Jia Cheng. They served Jia Cheng carefully, fearing that the young master would get bumped into something.

The oldest of these children was no more than ten years old, and the youngest, like Jia Cheng, was only six years old.

But they do not have the innocence of children, each of them is extremely precocious.

Children from poor families have to grow up early. These children are now slaves and are not qualified to be children.

This year, there were floods in the south and locust plagues in the north, grain production decreased, and victims appeared in many places.

Some victims even traveled thousands of miles to the capital. They didn't know if they had a chance to survive here, and they thought they could have a meal by coming to the imperial city.

But the reality was cruel. A group of disaster victims were blocked outside the city gate and could not enter the capital at all.

The city and outside the city seem to be two different worlds.

There is singing and dancing in the city, and some people spend a fortune just to win the smile of the courtesan.

There was wailing everywhere outside the city, and some people sold their children just to survive.

If it hadn't been a year of famine, the Rongguo Mansion wouldn't have been able to buy a group of high-quality children so quickly.

These children are just the smarter ones picked out by the traffickers. The others who are a little clumsy may be sold to slightly inferior places.

What's worse, some beautiful girls and boys would be sold to Qinlou, Chuguan and Nanfengguan.

These parents do not necessarily sell their children for their own benefit, but also think that selling their children can give them a chance to survive.

I don’t know what the emperor does for a living, he can manage a country like this, the people are so miserable.

Li Meng shook his head and suppressed his complaints against the emperor.

He can't always have such outrageous thoughts. It's okay to think about them occasionally, but if he thinks about them too much, he's afraid that he'll say them out in his sleep one day.

If this were heard by others, it would be a big handle. Not only would his life be in danger, but the master he is loyally protecting would also be implicated.

Li Meng withdrew his thoughts, laughed along with Jia She, and said auspicious words to please Jia She.

Mrs. Xing also heard Jia She's laughter, but she had no time to pay attention to him.

Today is their moving day, and she has to keep an eye on these clumsy servants to make sure they don't lose her belongings.

Logically speaking, one should choose an auspicious day for moving, but after having Jia Cheng, a divine son, Mrs. Xing no longer believed in those things.

With his son as the guardian beast of the house, nothing is taboo.

She couldn't wait to move into Rong Xi Tang. She was going to become the real mistress of the Duke's Mansion.

Mrs. Xing couldn't help laughing when she thought of her own majestic appearance.

With Nanny Xu's instruction, Mrs. Xing's ability as a housekeeper has skyrocketed. She has used the combination of kindness and severity quite well, and now no one dares to mess with her.

All the maids and housekeepers in the mansion were very respectful to her and no one dared to act rashly. If anyone dared to offend her, they would be prepared to be sold out.

Recently, there have been some thieves lurking in Rongguo Mansion, hoping for a chance to make a fortune.

When Madam Liu's family was sold out, those human traffickers got a great bargain. It was such a pleasure to do this business with no capital investment.

Although the servants trained in Rongguo Mansion have low loyalty, they seem to be well-behaved and their every move is very methodical.

The human traffickers were very smart. They sold some people who Jia She had no special instructions for to the homes of businessmen who were willing to pretend to be cultured or show off, and they were especially popular.

Moreover, there are many young and fresh girls and young wives in Liu Ma's family. They can make a lot of money by selling them to other families as concubines or to brothels.

The human traffickers sold these people to different places, and the family was separated into different parts of the world.

Madam Liu's husband was tied up in the farm and sold directly to the quarry.

Jia She did not let any member of the Liu family go.

Liu Jinzhu kept shouting that she was not a slave, but a commoner. The human trafficker made her a contract to sell herself for one penny.

The human trafficker used both his left and right hands to turn Liu Jinzhu from an ordinary citizen into a slave. Because she refused to obey his orders, the human trafficker ignored the scholar who came with silver to buy Liu Jinzhu and wanted to sell her to a brothel.

Liu Jinzhu was so angry that her eyes turned red and her heart was filled with hatred.

When she looked at the scholar, her eyes were filled with pain, confusion, love, and a very complicated expression.

The scholar was Liu Jinzhu's fiancé. It was a pity that their next meeting was in such a scene of life and death.

The scholar still had some conscience and wanted to redeem Liu Jinzhu. Even if he couldn't marry her, he could keep her by his side as a concubine, at least to prevent her from wandering around in a brothel.

But the human traffickers would not help this star-crossed couple to be together. After all, Madam Liu's family had offended Jia She, and they could not take the initiative to release Liu Jinzhu.

In the end, Liu Jinzhu was sold to a brothel owner in Yangzhou. From then on, Liu Jinzhu embarked on a journey of no return, and the scholar could only feel sad.

Nanny Liu was sent all the way to the mine but her master never came to rescue her.

After being contradicted by Jia She several times, Lady Jia became much more obedient and no longer dared to interfere in the affairs of Matron Liu's family.

Grandmother Jia is like a spring. When you are weak, she is strong. When Jia She becomes tough, Grandmother Jia will weigh the pros and cons and compromise.

Mrs. Xing admired Lady Jia's flexible character. As long as she didn't go against their family, she would still be the supreme lord of Rongguo Mansion.

If Lady Jia dared to get angry, Jia She would peel off her face and step on it.

Grandmother Jia is now in poor health and no longer has the ability to direct the country's affairs, so she is particularly tactful and shows favor to Jia She.

Mrs. Xing felt that Lady Jia was quite wise in survival. Those who tried to confront others head-on were fools, while Lady Jia was a smart person.

However, the woman that Mrs. Xing admired the most was Nanny Xu. This woman named Xu Moshao was really extraordinary.

She was grateful and even if her slavery was abolished, she would still return to Rongguo Mansion to be a slave because of Jia She's words.

She also has her sense of propriety and will not become arrogant because of her favor, nor will she act insolently just because she is Jia She's wet nurse.

Mrs. Xing felt that Xu Moshao was very smart and would not rely on her master's favor to stir up trouble, nor would she give up her free life for the wealth of Rongguo Mansion.

Nanny Xu always knows what she wants and will work hard for it.

Mrs. Xing sometimes envied her. Xu Moshao had a good relationship with her husband and her children were very successful.

Although I have not achieved success, I am content with a small fortune.

Mrs. Xing sometimes thought that if she had not married Jia She, she might have been able to live a simple but happy life.

Mrs. Xing shook her head. She still liked to climb up the social ladder. Perhaps a simple life was not suitable for her.

No matter how much she suffered, she was still the wife of a first-rank general.

If she married into a small family and didn't have Xu Moshao's ability to run a household, she might also suffer.

Rather than being bullied in a farmer's family or a minor official's house, it is better to suffer in Rongguo Mansion. At least on the surface it looks glorious and enviable.

After having Jia Cheng, Mrs. Xing's life became better and better. She should be satisfied, and she was very satisfied.

This is another advantage that Mrs. Xing learned from Xu Moshao, to be content with what you have.