Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 57 [057] Sister Feng is confused, Qingwen is obsessed with love
Feeling Wang Xifeng staring at him with scorching eyes, Jia Chen sucked his teeth and wondered, could it be that Jia Lian couldn't feed this girl enough?

It stands to reason that thirty is like a tiger and forty is like a wolf, how old is this little girl Wang Xifeng?Why is it like a wolf like a tiger?

"You can watch it if you like, anyway, I'm not a eunuch like Jia Rong." Jia Chen smiled secretly in his heart.

Hearing Jia Chen's request to write the supplementary clause into the deed, Jia Zheng readily agreed. His idea was very simple. When drafting the deed of "Disciple Regulations", he also wrote this clause on auditing, so it can naturally follow the previous example. implement.

Wang Xifeng opened her mouth, and wanted to refute a few words, but immediately realized that she couldn't speak out against it, otherwise she would be trying to cover up and have other plans. Not only Jia Chen, an astonishingly intelligent young man, but even the bookworm Jia Zheng would probably realize that he had something wrong with him. conspired.

After both parties signed and pledged, Jia Zheng handed over the deed to Wang Xifeng for safekeeping. He didn't want to worry about secular matters such as farming, merchants and merchants. He just wanted to recite the wind and the moon every day, and talk about the past and the present.

Jia Chen secretly sighed, Rongguo Mansion is at the helm of Jia Zheng, a bookworm who is not doing business properly, how can it not be defeated?
After chatting for a while, Jia Chen said with a smile:

"It's getting late today, so I'll go back first, and I'll come back tomorrow to chat with Lian's second sister-in-law about the production and sale of the cream."

In fact, he was in a hurry to deliver dinner to Lin Daiyu.

Jia Zheng laughed and said:

"Okay, then go back and rest early. You are the future hope of our Jia family. You must not be exhausted. You must take good care of your body. Later, I will send you two catties of bird's nest and two catties of ginseng. Take care of yourself." Make up."

Wang Xifeng gasped, and secretly scolded Jia Zheng for being so poor and generous, how expensive the bird's nest and ginseng were, and they gave away two catties each?
This nerd is really pedantic and old-fashioned, you are not as rich as Jia Chen now, you actually slap your face swollen to pretend to be fat, and give them bird's nest and ginseng, this is really ridiculous in the world.

But it can be seen from this that Jia Chen's weight in Jia Zheng's mind is not so important!

"Thank you, Second Uncle, for your kindness!" Jia Chen didn't refuse, this time he had opened up a source of income for the Rong Mansion, and collecting some bird's nest and ginseng was considered a courtesy.

In fact, Jia Chen can do it on his own, but now he doesn't have many contacts, and he doesn't have any official positions. If he wants to do business in a place like Shenjing City where fish and dragons are mixed, he needs to take care of all kinds of relationships. It is better for Rongguo Mansion to come forward. It's convenient, I just need to hide behind the scenes and wait for the money to be counted.

Of course, hiding behind the scenes does not mean lying flat and doing nothing, but to achieve three goals in a planned way:
Participate in the imperial examination and strive for the title of the gold list;
Enlist in the army and take charge of military power;
And secretly training private troops.

After bidding farewell to Jia Zheng and Wang Xifeng, Jia Chen walked out of Rongguo Mansion with relaxed steps, walked through the bustling crowd of people, and returned home with a happy face.

Qingwen was reclining on the soft couch, mending a piece of clothing stitch by stitch.

Qingwen claims that she doesn't remember her life experience, but according to the clues in the original book, Jia Chen speculates that she is probably Hui Niang's niece.

Hui Niang is from Gusu. She was born in a scholarly eunuch family. Her ancestors studied for the imperial examination and became officials. She was well educated since she was a child, especially good at painting and calligraphy.

Hui Niang is better at embroidering. Occasionally, she will try her best to embroider a few needlework works, either for her own use or as a gift, not for the purpose of selling them in the market for profit.

Hui Niang's embroidery is exquisite, because she uses super high taste to choose the best of Zhezhi paintings, combined with related poems and articles of the predecessors, and combines cursive script with the shape of Zhezhi flowers to complement each other.

Although the quantity is scarce and there is no widespread publicity, "the fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys".
Hui Niang became so famous that even the emperor knew about her embroidery and called her embroidery "Hui Embroidery".This makes Hui Niang even more legendary.

Hui Niang's embroidery was the best in the world, but her fate was unlucky, and she died young, only eighteen years old.

Later, Hui's mother's family was confiscated for a crime, and Qingwen was exiled in Shenjing City, where she was sold into Rongguo Mansion as a maid.

Jia Chen reckoned that Qingwen had learned from Huiniang to be a female celebrity before she could have such superb needlework skills.

In terms of female celebrities alone, all the female relatives in the Ningrong Second Mansion can't compare to her.

Such a beautiful woman who can be called a female celebrity artist has now become his maid, and will become his concubine in the future, which makes Jia Chen feel extremely happy and comfortable.

Seeing Jia Chen coming back, Qingwen put down the needle and thread in her hand and said with a smile:

"Brother Chen, I saw that the white coarse cloth skirt you were wearing was a little worn out, so I cut a few bolts of brocade from the market and wanted to make you a Yisa gown."

Yesa, also known as "Yisa", may come from the Yuan poem "Huai Lai Drunk Song": "Yisa green gold waistline green".

This kind of robe has a continuous back, two fronts, and horse-face pleats at the bottom, which rise to the sides.

Dazhou Jinyiwei's flying fish suit is actually a dragging suit.

Jia Chen took a look. In front of Qingwen was a large piece of lake blue brocade, and a few small pieces of fabric of other colors. She probably wanted to make a Yisa gown with a lake blue background, and embellished it. Patterns of several different colors.

Qingwen took out a tape measure, smiled sweetly and said:

"I'll help Brother Chen measure his bust, waist and hips."

Jia Chen was slightly taken aback, so in this era, there is already such a saying as measurements.

"Okay, then measure it."

Jia Chen raised his chest, raised his head and retracted his abdomen, standing tall and straight like a pine, with an extraordinary demeanor, coupled with his handsome and extraordinary facial features, he seemed to be a banished fairy.

Qingwen's eyes trembled slightly, her heart was pounding like a deer, her eyes were blurred, she unconsciously bit her lips with her white teeth, her breathing gradually became disordered and rapid, and she felt a little obsessed with watching for a while.

Jia Chen asked with a smile:
"Qingwen, why are you in a daze? Is there something on your mind?"

"No, no!" Qingwen hurriedly denied, swallowed, and began to measure Jia Chen's measurements with a tape measure.

During the measurement, Qingwen had to wrap her arms around Jia Chen's chest and waist, which made her heart beat like a drum and her face blush like haze.

Especially when squatting down to measure Jia Chen's hips, the tip of her nose slowly approached, and she could faintly smell a masculine fragrance, which made Qingwen feel ashamed and itchy, almost lost her mind and couldn't control it.

Jia Chen also felt Qingwen's hot and rapid breath spewing out on his body, numb and numb, as if being gently picked up by a feather, a fire ignited in his chest, and all the muscles in his body seemed to swell.

After finally calming down and suppressing the heat in her heart, Qingwen took back the measuring tape and said with a charming smile:

"Brother Chen is in such a good shape. I've already prepared the meals, and we'll eat together when Brother Chen comes back."

Jia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile:
"Don't be in a hurry to eat. If you help me make robes, I can't treat you badly. I'll also measure your measurements. I'll buy you a new set of clothes when I go shopping next time."

(End of this chapter)