Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Pan You'an did not expect Jia Lian to have such wisdom and courage.

To be honest, he was very afraid that Jia Lian would be too greedy and could not accept it from the very beginning. This way, he might end up with no talent.

The reason why the ancestors of the Pan family had to sell themselves to avoid misfortune was because their wealth was exposed, and people saw the clues. His grandparents were kidnapped, blackmailed, tortured and interrogated, and almost wiped out.

The master and servant have discussed and decided, and Pan You'an is going to prepare not to mention it.

Here, Jia Lian, taking advantage of Liu Xianglian's cultivation in the capital, negotiated with him about managing the shop.

To be honest, Liuli Street is not an easy place to mess around. A shopkeeper needs to have a foundation behind him, and he must also have a flexible mind, courage and vision, otherwise, one bad one will cost you nothing in minutes.

Jia Lian really doesn't have time to take charge of these things, and he is not proficient in business.Sister Feng is proficient in business, but her energy is low at the moment, and Jia Lian can only entrust the business to someone she trusts.

There are many servants in the mansion, loyal and conscientious people, but no one can compare with Pan Youan's vision and Liu Xianglian's courage.

Moreover, these two people are extremely smart people, and they will not be caught easily.

Fortunately, Jia Lian is lucky, Liu Xianglian has no particular place to go right now, she thinks Kyoto is nice, and plans to stay in Kyoto for a while, visiting relatives and friends.

The bodyguard bureau in his hand was smoothed out as soon as he played with it, and he happened to have time to look at the shop for Jia Lian.

Jia Lian's asking price was not low, which also made Liu Xianglian very tempted.

His aunt was already trying to see a wife for him, but Liu Xianglian was very demanding, and she fell through every time she saw her.His aunt loves him and doesn't force him, for fear of wronging his nephew, she can only look at him slowly according to his temperament.

Liu Xianglian had been selling goods for the raw medicine shop before, and accepted the position of shopkeeper very smoothly. The shop assistants didn't even notice the change of shopkeeper, because Liu Xianglian was there to help when the raw medicine shop opened. Liu Xianglian is a straightforward person with a temper As far as pointing fingers at the store, Pan You'an respected him very much, so Liu Xianglian had the right to speak in the store.

The clerk in the store only occasionally thought, after not seeing shopkeeper Pan for a few months, why hasn't shopkeeper Pan come to the shop for a long time?

This is something to say, let alone.

But Jia Lian was overjoyed when Liu Xianglian took over smoothly. From then on, Jia Lian devoted himself to the scientific examination.In the palace, except when they are on errands, most of the guards will find that Jia guards can't leave their books now.

Jia Lian occasionally accompanied Sister Feng when she was at home, and spent most of the rest of the time studying books.Although he has memorized many poems and books in his stomach, he can use them at his fingertips, but Jia Lian wants to take advantage of the time now, when he is young, to go through all the things, become familiar with them, and truly become his own things, so that it will be easier to use .

Now that Jia Lian has the blessing of energy in his body, no matter his memory, sharpness, or responsiveness, he has made a qualitative leap.Even if he visits Qiuwei immediately, Jia Lian is confident that he can be on the list. He does not stop reading every day, but it is just the process of Jia Lian sorting out knowledge and cultivating his mind.

At the end of July, Jia Lian basically reorganized the poems and books in his memory. Jia Lian picked out all the books related to the art of war in Meng Pozhai according to his memory, and studied them carefully after the scientific examination.

Jia Lian felt that it was too slow to advance his qualifications slowly among civil servants. He neither wanted to be attached to civil servants nor to be a pure military officer.During the war, he immediately raised his sword and marched forward with high singing. After the war, his horse Fang Nanshan, holding an ivory fluorene board and wearing a purple python jade belt, stood in the court.

On the first day of August, after Jia Lian came off duty, he asked Wang Ziteng to take a rest in writing, because he was going to take part in the Qiuwei examination.

Jia Lian was going to take a bath from the sixth day of junior high school. Jia Lian hadn't taken a bath in the first half of the year. Counting one day in a month, he should have seven days to rot. Since the sixth day of junior high school, it happened to be two days of preparation before the exam and two days of recuperation later. From the first three days, the seven days were just right.

Participating in the imperial examination is a good thing, but Wang Ziteng found Uncle Zhang and yelled at him, but even the emperor knew about it. When he heard that Jia Lian wanted the imperial examination, it was a good thing. Jia Lian rested for seven days.

The emperor was very happy and very interested, so he told the bodyguard office that from now on, the bodyguard office will add an additional rule that all bodyguards who take part in the imperial examinations will be given a seven-day rest period.

The emperor thought that it would be a sign of prosperity if there were more young talents with both civil and military skills in the court, and this must be strongly supported!

On the eighth day of August, Jia Lian once again brought up the wicker bookcase used by his grandfather, the Four Treasures of the Study given to him by Uncle Zhang. They were dressed in purple robes and lined up in a long line. After a rigorous search, they finally entered the Gongyuan.

It is said that there are nine hundred and ninety-nine test sheds in the Gongyuan, which is as many as the rooms in the Forbidden City.

Jia Lian quickly got his own room number 66.Jia Lian took the number plate and counted all the way, and found his number room. Fortunately, the number room was next to the toilet, and the other side was next to a piece of water.

Jia Lian's number plate, No. 66, is right next to these large water tanks, where water lilies are planted and fish are raised. The weather in August is very hot, but there are bursts of cool fragrance drifting by next to the water tanks.

Jia Lian closed his eyes and sensed, the fragrance gently brushed his nose, and suddenly penetrated into his heart, making people feel refreshed and extremely comfortable.

The exam started immediately, and the invigilator led a team of fully armed guards to deliver the exam papers.

Jia Lian opened the examination questions, and wrote a poem on the first day.

The king is bright and the minister is virtuous, the focus is on the king.

For example, Li Shiming and Wei Zheng, the most famous monarchs and ministers in history, were the wise and wise ministers.

This topic is obviously to ask the students to sing praises for the emperor.

This is not difficult to do. Grasp the achievements of the king's virtuous ministers and praise them.Jia Lian waited for most people to hand in the test papers before he handed in the time.

On the second day of the exam, the Fu was done, and the maozheng was very good. The examiner brought the guards to the shed to give him a meal.

This Fu etiquette is more clear, the generals will be in harmony, the country will be peaceful, and the eight directions will be dynasties.

During this period, Jia Lian mixed his own thoughts, civil officials are not greedy and generous, military officials are both wise and brave, and the thought of rushing to die in the face of national crisis is in it, and then made it into a fu.

Regardless of poetry and fu, Jia Lian followed Uncle Zhang's instructions and followed the doctrine of the mean, not to compete for the top spot, and not to fall behind Sun Shan.

Perhaps Uncle Zhang deliberately comforted Xie Yuan because he was afraid that Jia Lian would fail the exam, but Jia Lian took what Uncle Zhang said deeply, and Xie Yuan Huiyuan didn't mention it.

If you win the first prize in the palace examination, although it is honorable, you will be excluded in the officialdom, and the three tripods are all the emperor's relatives. When the palace confers officials, you don't have the opportunity to join the ministry and learn from the teacher, and you will lose a lot of the friendship between teachers and students in the same year. Most of them developed into orphans.

For Jia Lian, this is a great loss in terms of connections, and it will leave a great regret for his future official career.

Jia Lian didn't want to be the lonely minister who crashed into the palace and died. What he wanted to be was a competent minister, a capable minister who could govern the country with literature and martial arts. Therefore, unless Uncle Zhang reminded him, he was not prepared to be this early bird.

Entering the Liubu experience, although the newcomer's vigor will be wiped out by the stereotypes and bad habits of those officials, but vigor also has two sides. When you hurt others, you will also hurt yourself. Only by understanding the rules of officialdom can you innovate and do things with ease.

Uncle Zhang has the minimum requirements for Jia Lian. He hopes that Jia Lian can be a Jinshi in the next spring, instead of being a Jinshi. It is better not to be a Jinshi.

Therefore, Uncle Zhang especially reminded Jia Lian that if he could not rank among the top [-] in the provincial examination for this subject, he might as well study for another three years and strive for the next subject.

Therefore, Jia Lian was very cautious this time. After finishing the manuscript, he did not rush to copy it, but listened intently to the neurotic murmurs of nearby candidates, who were quietly reciting their own essays.

Jia Lian's current ear strength covers almost most of the examination room within a radius of ten feet, and he can hear everything in his ears.

After listening for a full two hours, Jia Lian listened to revise, trying to make his article different from the same words and sentences, so that people can read it fresh and pleasing to the eye, and there will be no suspicion of clichés.

During the night shift, Jia Lian meditated and cultivated, letting out the old and inhaling the new. The pendant on his chest was just a piece of spiritual stone that had worn off the skin, which could provide Jia Lian with a steady stream of fresh spiritual energy.Overnight, Jia Lian felt that his hearing coverage had increased a little.

All morning, Jia Lian was honing his essays, trying not to write too many words, but at the right moment after lunch, Jia Lian began to transcribe.There is no time limit for Qiuwei, as long as you exceed the time of the emperor.

Jia Lian's transcription was not completed until the first quarter of the unitary hour. At this time, nine out of ten students handed in their papers in the examination room.

According to Zhang's uncle's advice not to be the first to wait, now is the right time, and Jia Lian raised his hand to hand in the paper.

After waiting for the invigilator to collect the papers and put them in the paper case, Jia Lian walked to the line waiting for demining and waited to get out of the gate.

This wait lasted for two hours, and by the time Jia Lian left Longmen, it was already midnight.It was already dusk outside, and the moon and stars were few and far between.

Most of the students who came out of Longmen together staggered and looked tired.

Jia Lian was originally in good spirits, and it was fine for him to leap as a dragon or a tiger, but it was because Jia Lian deliberately staggered to avoid showing off his various colors. In addition, he hadn't shaved his beard for three days, so he looked just like the others.

It was the tenth day of August.

As soon as Jia Lian came out of Longmen, he saw his nanny Zhao Liangdong and Xing'er. These two didn't see Jia Lian, and stretched their necks all the way to look for him.Jia Lian raised his wicker box high: "Here it is!"

Zhao Liangdong and Xing'er broke their mouths with laughter, and rushed over, and when they saw Jia Lian, they bowed to congratulate Jia Lian: "Congratulations to the second master, congratulations to the second master."

Xing'er said: "Your old double happiness is coming."

Zhao Liangdong hurriedly added: "The second grandma gave birth to twins last night. The eldest son weighs more than four catties, and the eldest girl is weaker, just three catties."

Eldest son, eldest daughter?

I have a son, and Qiaoer is back?

Jia Lian was suddenly pleasantly surprised: "Is the child okay? Where's your second grandma?"

Xing'er said: "Young Master and Miss are all well. Although the young lady is a little younger, she cries loudly. She is indistinguishable from the younger brother. The second grandma is also fine. I heard from my wife that the second grandma gave birth to a baby and breathed a sigh of relief. After eating six poached eggs, she complained to Ms. Ping that she was not full. Ms. Ping was about to add more, but she was stopped by Mother Zhao and her in-laws, saying that she could not eat too much, for fear that she would not digest it. That's all, it's just a grievance!"

Jia Lian was relieved when he heard this.

Pregnant in October, Sister Feng's due date is in September, I didn't expect it to be one month earlier, which is fine, after another month, according to Sister Feng's diet, the baby will definitely gain a few more catties, and giving birth earlier now can avoid danger.

Just why earlier?

Jia Lian asked, "Why did you give birth before the due date? What did the imperial doctor say?"

Zhao Liangdong's complexion was a little grim, submissive.

Jia Lian paused: "Say?"

Zhao Liangdong said: "It's the wife of the in-laws who came to visit the second grandma, why don't you think that Grandma Wang, the daughter-in-law of Wang Ren's uncle, also came, and she said something nonsense when she saw the second grandma, as if she mentioned the matter of money. , the second grandma got angry and argued a few words. At that time, there was nothing wrong, so the night shift was activated. Fortunately, the mother-in-law and nanny just happened to enter the mansion on the eighth day of the eighth day, and it happened that the doctor Wang also came to invite the old lady Ping'an pulse, all caught up.

"Everyone in the house said that the second grandma, mother and son are blessed, otherwise, what a coincidence, the wife of the in-law happened to be hugging the eldest girl for a kiss, and when he talked about it with Mother Zhao, they all laughed. It's a coincidence that the girl came by coincidence. The second grandma said, "It's a coincidence. When I was not born, the second master said her name was Qiao'er. When my wife and Zhao Momo made a plan, it was just a coincidence." Decided that the eldest girl's baby name will be Qiaoer."

Miss Qiao?

Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, sighing inwardly for God's will, saying that the days had changed, and after leaving Grandma Liu, Qiao'er was still called Qiao'er.

Jia Lian returned home, first went to Rongqing Hall to greet Jia Mu, and then returned to Xuancao Hall. He thought that Sister Feng must be extremely tired after giving birth to double sticks. The white is rosy and the pink is tender, and it seems that honey can flow out with a pinch.

Jia Lian looked at the three pink faces. Now that he has a son and a daughter, he was very happy and excited. In his previous life, he died so desperately, but who knew there would be such a happy day!

Jia Lian was so happy when he saw it that he couldn't find it. He stretched out his hand to scratch Sister Feng's upturned nose, and grinned, just like a fool who stole a cucumber from the neighbor's house: "Oh, my second grandma, if you look like this I didn't see you pregnant with my own eyes, I just thought you stole another family's child?"

Sister Feng was very happy to see Jia Lian coming back, and she was going to ask for credit, but when she heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows: "Hey, what are you talking about, good you Jia's second son, how hard it was for me to give birth to my son Girl, do you really want to deny it?"

Jia Lian didn't dare to provoke her, so he quickly waved his hands: "That's not what it means!" He picked up his son and kissed his blushing cheeks. No wonder I said it took three years to have a baby, I was praising you for looking good."

Sister Feng pursed her lips and winked at Jia Lianfei: "You still need to talk about it!"

Jia Lian smiled and coaxed his son, and when he saw his features clearly, he immediately became proud: "Look at me, this kid is staring at me and spitting bubbles? Doesn't it mean that a newborn baby only knows how to sleep soundly? How could he recognize someone?"

The nurse next to me was busy complimenting her: "That's right, this servant found out last night that this little boy is very smart, as soon as grandma hugged him, he would quietly spit bubbles, and as soon as this servant hugged him, he cried loudly. You hugged him today, but the young master didn't cry, doesn't that mean you recognize someone?"

Jia Lian was very excited when he had a son, but when he heard this, his heart was overjoyed, my son is very talented, he recognizes people, he is a god-given child prodigy.

Jia Lian can't wait to start teaching his son to read and practice martial arts immediately.Thinking of practicing martial arts, Jia Lian hurriedly put his son down, took off the swaddling clothes, stroked his son's legs, and gestured with his hands. He was very pleasantly surprised: "Oh, look, these legs are straight and long, just like mine!"

Sister Feng spat: "Damn, your son doesn't look like you, but who does he look like?"

Jia Lian giggled, "You don't understand." She took her son's arm and looked left and right, and said with emotion: "Oh, look, this arm is so long..."

Sister Feng snorted: "It's long and straight, just like you, isn't it? Nonsense!"

Jia Lian was not angry either, she just smiled and turned her head to tease her daughter: "Qiaoer, do you recognize your father?" Teasing her daughter to spit a few bubbles, Jia Lian turned around and praised her daughter to Sister Feng: "Our Qiaoer is so beautiful, look at her." These eyes are like bright jewels, like you, with curved eyebrows, beautiful, long eyelashes, one by one, so cute, and this little nose, also like you, so beautiful..."

While Jia Lian praised, Sister Feng happily followed him to answer.

"Yes!"

"Really!"

"Oh, it's so beautiful!"

When Ping'er saw his couple like this, he was so stupid that he couldn't see it. He was busy making gestures. .

Jia Lian glanced left and right, there were no outsiders, and regardless of Sister Feng's staring at the head of the chicken coop, he kissed her on the forehead and between the eyebrows: "Thank you, Second Grandma, I will have sons and daughters at once, and life has no regrets. Second Grandma, thank you for your hard work." gone."

Sister Feng was beautiful for a while, then suddenly remembered Ping'er's words, put away her smiling face, and puffed her cheeks: "Huh, they all said that my face is fat like a bun, so ugly."

Jia Lian stared: "Who said that? Tell me, I'll go find her!" Then she held Sister Feng's face and looked left and right: "I really have no vision. My wife is a blessing. Her face is as beautiful as the mid-autumn to full moon. If the peach blossoms in March, how beautiful! Don't bother with them, they are jealous. Yes, it is jealousy!"

Sister Feng squinted at Jia Lian with a curved mouth: "Really? But my body is rotten, and my hair is like a bird's nest. They don't allow me to take a bath and comb my hair. I don't think there is any problem with my body. Now it's August again. The weather is fine, what are you afraid of after washing?"

Confinement children can't take a bath and wash their hair, for fear of falling to the root of the disease.

Jia Lian was afraid that Sister Feng would be violent, so she was busy sniffing Sister Feng's head, tasted it with her eyes closed, and shook her head: "Where is it smelly? Then we are also the bird's nest on the sycamore tree."

Sister Feng's heart was sweet, and she smiled and showed her small canine teeth: "Really, everything is fine, don't you dislike it?"

Jia Lian nodded quickly: "I don't dislike it, I like it from the beginning to the end."

In order to prove his words, Jia Lian kissed Sister Feng from her head to her fingertips, shaking her head and saying, "Sweet!"

A woman's happiness is simple.

Women are sometimes very simple, so simple that a few unrealistic words can make her happy for a long time.

Even Feng Lazi, who dares to steal the sky and sell the sun, is no exception!

Jia Lian just had a few good words, but she was so happy with what Sister Feng said, she leaned in Jia Lian's arms and giggled happily, forgetting the heart-piercing pain of the previous night.

Listening to Sister Feng's laughter outside, Ping'er was very puzzled. She was gnashing her teeth in pain and wanted to settle accounts with Jia Lian, but today is like this.The second master is so good, good enough to make people forget the pain?

Sister Feng knew that Ping'er would definitely laugh at her. You haven't tasted the good taste of the second master, of course you don't know!

Jia Lian had seven days off for bathing, and the emperor specially approved seven days, so there were fourteen days in total, just to accompany his wife and kiss his children.

The next day, Jia Lian wrote a book again and asked to rest for seven days, because his wife gave birth to a double stick, and he wanted to celebrate.

Wang Ziteng hit it with a stroke of his pen.

Jia Lian expired at home as a nanny.

On the first day, I was resisted by the mother and son.Sister Feng probably suffered from labor fatigue and lethargy, so did her son and daughter. The three of them had almost the same pink and tender sleeping faces. They were really pretty, but they just ignored Jia Lian.

Jia Lian asked for leave to take care of his wife and children at home, but his son and daughter ignored him like sleeping pigs. Jia Lian couldn't help touching and teasing his pink and tender son and daughter, and the two little guys howled up to the sky together. , often one of them started to cry, and the other immediately chimed in, singing as if it was very lively, waking up Sister Feng, and Jia Lian couldn't help but roll her eyes, making Jia Lian scratch her heart and lungs and feel unhappy.

Jia Lian's heart is sour and sweet, it's all caused by doing nothing.

The next day, Jia Lian began to return to normal life. From Mao to Chen, he practiced in the study, and he was the director in the morning, receiving Zhaoer, Xinger, and Zhao Liangdong.

This day is August thirteenth.

Before Xing'er knew that Jia Lian and Xiu Mu didn't dare to disturb him, because Jia Lian said that he wanted to kiss his son and daughter and cultivate their relationship. believe.

When they came to the study for a while, Jia Lian was indeed there, and they were overjoyed.

When the master and servant met, Jia Lian couldn't help asking about the affairs of the house. These days, because Jia Lian was preparing for the exam, they never bothered Jia Lian about family affairs. Therefore, Jia Lian was really smeared about the family affairs these days. The only thing he knew was that the treasury in the backyard had started construction. Yes, the Grand Master personally supervises the work, and the money is also spent by the Grand Master.

Jia Lian asked, "Do you know how Zhao Tianliang and Zhang Shunfeng are doing these days?"

Xing'er reported back: "Zhao Tianliang has become awe-inspiring following the old man these days, and that guy has grown up in skills, and his calculations are slick. Qian Qi wanted to play tricks with the old man, but Zhao Tianliang exposed him. He was in the account Lost [-] silver, but the old man ransacked his house overnight, and found [-] snowflakes in his house, which shocked everyone. He was just a small cashier. Everyone said that they didn’t know about Lai Da. How much money does the chief steward have at home?"