The Red Mansions

Chapter 18 Braised Pork

Jia Yun stopped Xiren and reminded: "Don't eat too much chestnuts, just eat seven or eight chestnuts. If you eat too many chestnuts, your stomach will bloat, you know?"

Xiren waved his hand, did not reply, and trotted away.

Jia Yun chuckled, happy in her heart, based on her attacking performance in the past two days, at least this girl doesn't dislike him, this is a good start.

I went home later than usual today, and the buns were sold out after dawn.

On the way back, Jia Yun parked the car at the back of the person, and with a thought, she slaughtered one of the pigs in the space, took out a dozen catties of fat meat, and gave it to the workers at home.

Today's native pigs don't grow as fast as the pigs of later generations. It usually takes eight or nine months to grow up.

Although it took a long time, after one night, there were still nearly twenty big fat pigs in the space.

After all, a day outside is a year in the space, and an hour outside is a month in the space.

After putting the pork on the trolley, Jia Yun took out some vegetables and brought them back together.

When we got home, the yard was already busy. All the tiles on the roof of the old watchman's house had been removed, and Jia Wei was instructing people to replace the broken wooden beams.

All kinds of materials were piled up inside and outside the courtyard, presumably the workers moved them in the morning.

Jia Yun counted, including Jia Wei, there were a total of 12 people working, most of them were from Sanfang's tribe, and everyone worked hard.

Seeing Jia Yun coming back, Jia Wei smiled happily when he saw the fat on the trolley, and hurried over to say hello:

"Brother Yun is back from setting up a stall? Let me tell you first, your yard is not very spacious, so I put the furniture in my house to make it, and I will move it here when it is finished."

Jia Yun nodded and said, "Uncle Wei, you can make arrangements, and those who need my help can just ask."

Jia Wei grinned, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, it's hard for you to set up a stall, so I don't need you to intervene. Uncle will watch it for you and make sure you are satisfied."

"That's okay, I'll just point to Uncle and watch. We all stay for dinner at noon. I'll make a big pot of braised pork for you." Jia Yun said with a smile.

Because the renovation work was contracted to Jia Wei, no one would say no even if Jia Yun didn't care about the meal, but after all, they were all clansmen, Jia Yun still wanted to take care of the lunch, and everyone worked harder.

Jia Wei laughed and said: "Okay, you are generous enough, I will ask Brother Long to make you a few more chairs, and I won't charge you."

Jia Long is Jia Wei's son. He has already married. His son inherited his father's business and is also a carpenter.

People as old as Jia Wei seldom do it by themselves, and leave any work to his son and apprentices, and he just needs to check it out.

Jia Yun said with satisfaction: "Then I won't refuse, can you make me three or four rocking chairs?"

"Okay, how about I make some small tea tables for you?" Jia Wei smiled.

When Jia Yun heard this, she laughed and said, "That would be even better!"

After the two chatted for a while, Jia Yun pushed the trolley to the house and put it away. It was still early and there was no rush to make lunch.

Just as he was about to practice kung fu by the small river, Jia Wei ran in from the outside and said with a smile, "Brother Yun, Lai Sheng, the chief manager of Ningguo Mansion, has come over and said he has something to do with you."

"Why is he looking for me?" Jia Yun murmured in her heart, and when she stepped out the door, she saw Lai Sheng in silk and satin standing at the gate of the courtyard, with a few servants behind him, full of style.

Seeing Jia Yun coming out, Lai Sheng stepped forward with a smile on his face, explaining the purpose of his visit: "I'm bothering Brother Yun, the master ordered me to look for you, saying that the house will have a banquet for guests tomorrow night, and I want to invite Brother Yun to cook. "

As he said, he flipped his hand, handed an ingot of ten taels of silver to Jia Yun, and said: "No, I brought all the wages, and please brother Yun not to refuse."

Jia Yun glanced at him, took the money with a smile, nodded and said: "Since it is Master Zhen's invitation, I have no reason to refuse, please answer Mr. Lai, and I will go and wait after lunch tomorrow. "

"Okay, that's the deal. Tomorrow, when you go outside the mansion, just report my name, and someone will take you in." Lai Sheng said with satisfaction.

After the matter was completed, Lai Sheng bid farewell and left.

Jia Wei, who was standing on the sidelines watching, stepped forward and said enviously: "Brother Yun, you really have developed skills, tsk tsk, you can earn ten taels of silver for a meal, which is more expensive than what my whole family earns." There are many."

Jia Yun gave him a sideways glance, and said angrily, "Uncle Wei, don't even think about it. Such good things don't happen every day. What are you envious of?"

"Hehe, you kid will hit people. You went to cook a meal the day before yesterday, and you got 30 taels, and today you got another [-] taels. Maybe there will be rewards for you. In my estimation, such good things will definitely not be less in the future. , I knew how to make money by being a chef, and I learned it when I was young." Jia Wei said with a grin.

Jia Yun laughed and said: "To learn cooking well and master it, you need talent, just like you carpenters. If you don't have talent, you can only be a craftsman no matter how long you study. Talented people can become masters. Is this the reason?"

Jia Wei pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "This is reasonable. You have been a carpenter all your life, and you are somewhat famous in the neighborhood, but compared with those masters, you are not only a star and a half behind. This thing really needs talent. "

After putting away the money, Jia Yun was about to go out when he saw Jia Qin leading a donkey coming from the alley.

"Brother Qin, are you really going to buy a donkey?" Jia Yun asked in surprise, he didn't expect Jia Qin to be so caring, and bought it as soon as he said it.

You must know that it is still early at this moment, and it will take a while to go to the market, so Jia Qin probably went there before dawn. This guy was really not joking yesterday.

Jia Qin led the donkey to the door and said beamingly: "Yesterday, I begged my mother for a few hours before she agreed to buy me a donkey. In order to prevent her from changing her mind, I will buy it early this morning."

"It's not bad, it's exactly the same as the one I bought, with good teeth and a good frame." Jia Yun patted the donkey and said with a smile.

Jia Qin laughed and said, "I've been shopping in the market for a while, and I'll just buy the one you bought. I won't agree if it's worse."

Then, he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly asked Jia Yun: "Brother Yun, I met Mr. Lai at the entrance of the alley just now, and he rarely comes here. Could it be that he came to the west corridor to invite you?" To cook?"

Jia Yun nodded and said: "Yes, Uncle Zhen is going to have a banquet tomorrow night, so let Manager Lai come over and invite me over."

Hearing this, Jia Qin's joyful mood disappeared immediately. He sighed and said depressedly, "Brother Yun, compared to you, I'm just a waste!"

Thinking of the three taels of silver for buying a donkey yesterday, he and his mother cried and quarreled, and finally got the silver.

Now hearing that Jia Yun was invited to cook again, and at least ten taels of silver had arrived in the account, Jia Qin felt uncomfortable.

"Brother Qin, don't underestimate yourself, you are doing big things, and I'm just a cook, why are you comparing yourself to me when you have nothing to do?" Jia Yun said solemnly.

Jia Qin blinked, pushed Jia Yun, and said angrily, "Fuck you, how many catties I have, I don't know yet? It's really... Forget it, I'll go back and serve mine first." The little donkey has gone."

Jia Yun laughed, waved with Jia Qin, and walked out of the courtyard.

By the small river, Jia Yun sat down to exercise.

Today's weather is cloudy and cool, but it doesn't affect his practice at all. After the exercises are performed, the light is inhaled into his body.

"Is there sunshine even on cloudy days? Well, there should be, otherwise it will be dark." Jia Yun thought to herself.

Compared with the whole world, the sunshine he needs to practice is not even a drop in the bucket, so as long as it is daytime, no matter what the weather is, he will not be affected by his practice.

"If this is the case, is it okay to practice in the shade from now on?" Jia Yun guessed.

After all, sitting under the sun on a hot day, the heat is second to none, and if people see it, it will appear abnormal.

Jia Yun plans to try it in her own room this afternoon. Of course, there must be light. Without light, it is estimated that the sunlight will not be absorbed.

After making up her mind, Jia Yun restrained her mind and put her kung fu into full swing.

An hour later, Jia Yun opened her eyes and thought, "It's time to go back and cook. If I don't go back, I guess Uncle Wei thinks I'm going to let them go. That's not good!"

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