Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 349
"It's not a relative in the house, it's a stone nerd from the Nancheng Alley. I just look at him holding a box, I don't know what is in it, and he protects it like a big treasure. It's always the first month, sir I’ve had contact with him again. It’s not easy for the manager to refuse him, so he just led the stone nerd to the front hall for tea.”

"It's him."

Uncle Rong knows how poor the stone nerd is, so what gift can the other party give?What's more, Jia's family has no relationship with Stone Nerd, Shi Nerd is still an idiot who doesn't know how to make money, and the sun came out from the west when he came to our door today.

Very strange.

Uncle Rong left Xiangling to talk to the two grandmas Keqing and Xifeng.Curiously, she followed the servant girl who was passing the message from the mansion to the front hall, but when she got to the ground, she couldn't see the stone idiot.

"The uncle is here. The gentleman couldn't say anything, but he wanted to leave in a hurry. He left this box again, saying it was for the uncle, and there was still something to say to the uncle in it."

Uncle Rong had already discovered that the box in the front hall belonged to Dongfu.That time when Jia Amnesty and Jia Yucun stole the stone nerd's fan, it was Uncle Rong who sent it in this box.

Could it be that the stone nerd specially sent the box today?
"How long have you been gone?"

"I just entered the living room, and I didn't even take a sip of tea. Mr. Shi put down the box and left."

What a neat guy.Uncle Rong opened the box carefully, only to see a book on the upper layer and a handful of familiar folding fans below.

"Journey to the West"?
There have been more than ten versions of Journey to the West novels from Ming Dynasty to Dayan.In addition to the earliest "Journey to the West Pinghua", "Journey to the West in Hundred Chapters", and "Tang Sanzang Journey to the West", "Journey to the West Biography" is the most widely circulated version.

Therefore, "Journey to the West Biography" and "Tang Sanzang's Journey to the West and Shi'er Ji" are readily available in Nancheng.And because "Journey to the West" has only 41 chapters, it is much cheaper than "Journey to the West in Hundred Chapters".

Why send such a book in a box?

The gift should be an embroidered version of "Journey to the West" with exquisite illustrations. It is really impossible to give a copy of "Embroidered Image of Jin Ping Mei" or "Embroidered Image of West Chamber".

Uncle Rong picked up the book in doubt, took another leaf and opened it, only to see a beautiful picture of the concubine Xiang painted on the leaf.After counting, it was found that there were more than ten fans.

The stone nerd sent all the fans.

What does this mean?

"Did he leave any words before he left?"

The steward replied: "Mr. Shi only said that he was in a hurry to return to Jinling, but he didn't leave any other words."

Back to Jinling?
It's just past the Lantern Festival, so don't worry about it for a while.Inexplicably, he gave away his most precious fan, which is really incomprehensible.Uncle Rong frowned and flipped through the box again.

There was no letter in it.

"Didn't the stone nerd say that there are letters?"

The box was rummaged through, but apart from a dozen or so fans, there was only one copy of "Journey to the West".

Uncle Rong opened the book curiously, and saw the first page read:

"The chaos is undivided, the sky and the earth are chaotic, and the vastness is indistinct and no one sees it. Since Pangu broke the majesty, he opened up the distinction between clear and turbid.

Overwhelm all living beings to look up to benevolence, and to create all things to be good.If you want to know the good luck and the Yuan Gong, you must read the biography of Shi'er in Journey to the West. "

He raised his eyebrows immediately, and saw that the world was chaotic and chaotic, and no one could see it. In the sentence, the words 'bangmang' and 'miaomiao' are circled by the ink brush.

What the stone nerd wants to say is hidden in the book?
Turning back again, I saw another trace of being used by a Zhubi circle.

"The moon hides the jade rabbit, the sun hides the crow, and there are ghosts and snakes coiled together. The phase is coiled, and the life is strong, but it can plant golden lotus in the fire. Gather clusters of the five elements and use them upside down. When you are done, you will become a Buddha and a fairy."

It is the three places of 'upside down', 'Buddha' and 'immortal' in the above sentence.

There is no other vermilion pen circle for the full version later.

Boundless, insignificant, upside down, Buddha, fairy.

What do these words mean?What does the stone nerd want to express?
After thinking about it for a while, I have no clue.Boundless and insignificant both mean far-reaching and vast.Nothing can be connected with upside-down, Buddha, and immortal.

He really couldn't figure it out, and he didn't think about it anymore.Think of it as the vermilion pen that a stone nerd keeps handy.

He was about to throw the book aside, but suddenly stopped, and curiously opened the last page of the book.There is an illustration drawn on it, but it is not the original four people who went west to learn Buddhist scriptures.

In the painting, there is a monk, the one in the monk's robe of Baina is full of lameness, and the one in the tattered Taoist cloak is limping and leaning on a cane.

On the side of the statue of the monk, the word "Bang Mang" was written, and on the portrait of the Taoist, the word "Miao Miao" was written.It seems that 'Bang Mang' and 'Miao Miao' are the names of this monk.

"You can't speak clearly, just play these riddles." Uncle Rong murmured, closing the book without composure and holding hands tightly.Just ask someone to move the box and more than a dozen fans inside into Grandma Rong's yard.

The next day, seventeen.

Aunt Xue invited wine in the small courtyard on the east side of Rongguo Mansion. Not only Mrs. You Shi and grandma Qin Shi of Dong Mansion were invited, but even Uncle Rong was invited.

Although the small courtyard is not spacious, there is still a space.It is also a rare and good place with Grand View Garden in the north and Rongguo Mansion in the west.

At noon, Mother Jia, Aunt Li and the grandma and wives of the two houses drank in the big room, while Uncle Rong was entertained by Xue Bian in Xue Pan's study.Another person who came to this study was Lian Erye, and the three of them enjoyed a drink here leisurely.

During the conversation, it was inevitable to mention Xue Pan who went south, and since he was thinking about it, he couldn't help talking about the marriage between Baoqin and Mr. Mei Hanlin.

Brother Rong said: "Uncle Tiao needn't be worried, just wait for the Mei family to return to Beijing, can they stay in hiding?"

Although Xue Biao is relatively young, his spirit is more mature and stable than Xue Pan. "Although the two families exchanged letters, the matter of the marriage contract was rarely mentioned. What the Mei family meant, oh..."

Jia Lian asked, "Where has the Mei family climbed in recent years?"

Xue Biao said: "It's not a matter of high branches or low branches. Now the two masters of the family are gone, and the mother is sick again. It is reasonable for the Mei family to have concerns, but the mother is in a hurry. In the past two years, Qin girl has not been taken care of. After two years of marriage, if the mother is good or bad, Qin girl will have to wait for another three years. After a few years, Qin girl will be seventeen or eighteen years old."

"Seventeen or eighteen is a good time. You don't need to worry if you don't get married until eighteen or nineteen," Jia Lian comforted.

That's the way it is said, but everyone knows that the Xue family loses more and more as time goes by.There is no one in the family to support the scene, how can Baoqin be called a good family after a few years.

Brother Rong raised the wine and said: "The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. With so many shops in the Xue family, at least they can maintain their wealth. It just so happens that the business between Ningguo Mansion and Uncle Pan is short of people recently. Uncle Tiao came to take charge. I Don’t worry too. The business between the two is also closer, and you have more income, and the Ningguo Mansion is an extra layer of protection.”

He really wanted Xue Biao to host the business, even if it was a copy of Xue Biao's family, at least Xue Biao was more reliable than Xue Pan.The most important thing is that Xue Biao's character is guaranteed, and he also has a way of doing things. He is trustworthy.

There are not many reliable and reliable people around Jia Rong who can use it with confidence.At present, Ping'an Prefecture, Jinling, and Heishan Village are all short of people.In particular, Heishan Village is still sending people to Qiaktu, the trade zone between Eros and Mobei. He even plans to send a caravan from Qiaktu into the hinterland of Eros to Yekaterinburg, the newly built industrial city of Eros.

Learning from scriptures is very necessary for the development of industrial cities. If possible, Jia Rong even wants to turn Heishan Village into the Yekaterinburg of the East.

Lack of people, lack of reliable people.Fortunately, there is no such thing as child labor in this world, so let him put his mind on Xue Biao.

(End of this chapter)