Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 19 Timing Import
Seeing that Shen Biyun didn't respond for a long time, Jia Qiong stepped forward and said, "Auntie, we won't be short of money in the future.

Don't do all the work at home yourself, hire some servants to take care of you. "

Shen Biyun finally came to his senses and said with a smile: "Qiusheng, you are really amazing, you can actually make so much money by writing a book.

If the banknote hadn't been here, my aunt wouldn't have believed it. "

Jia Qiong smiled and said, "It was just a fluke. I didn't expect to make so much."

"Qiu Sheng, when you grow up, what do you want to do with this money?"

"Our family doesn't have anything to spend money on. Just buy a few servants and you can keep the rest, aunt."

"Well, aunt will keep it for you first. If you want to use it, just ask me for it.

When you get married in the future, I will give it to your wife together. "

"You can do whatever you want. By the way, give me 1000 taels first."

Shen Biyun asked suspiciously: "Why do you need so much money at such a young age?"

"I want to buy two good horses. My cousin and I are practicing martial arts and we want to practice archery, horse riding and archery.

Another reason is also for the convenience of traveling. I will go to the palace every day in the future, so I can't keep walking back and forth. "

"You two don't know how to tell horses, so just buy two random horses first. If you buy a good horse, you may be cheated.

I'll give you 100 taels, and 50 taels is enough to buy two horses.

Keep the rest as your pocket money, and don't go to shabby places. "

Shen Biyun said and gave him two 50-tael silver notes, and Jia Qiong took them helplessly.

I secretly thought that my aunt was indeed very stingy.

But she was right. Neither Jia Qiong nor her cousin knew how to read horses. If they rashly bought a good horse, the chance of being cheated was quite high.

The price of an ordinary horse is not high, about 20 taels of silver is enough, but the price of a strong horse that can go on the battlefield is more expensive, usually around a hundred taels of silver.

Horses with better pedigrees are even more expensive, costing hundreds to thousands of taels of silver, not to mention those BMW horses.

Although he is not short of money now, he does not want to be taken advantage of.
So he decided to go back and find two Soma books and read them first.

Putting away the remaining banknotes, Shen Biyun said: "I didn't expect that your grandfather is still alive, but your mother died at an early age.

I don’t know if my father can bear the news. "

Jia Qiong thought for a while and suggested: "Aunt, how about we go to Hangzhou to see grandpa."

Shen Biyun thought for a while and said: "The journey is too long, it only takes three or four months, and your sister is still so young.

Forget it, I'd better write him a letter first, since he's bound to know sooner or later. "

Shen Biyun paused and then said: "In a moment, let's go to the market together.

If you two brothers have a maid you like, buy her back and serve you. "

Shen Biyun used to be the head wife of an official family, so she was no stranger to buying maids.

Xu Shan waved his hand and said, "Mom, I don't want it anymore.

Find a maid to serve Qiusheng, he is still young. "

Jia Qiong also quickly said: "I don't need to, I don't feel comfortable with so many people in the room.

Just buy two maids to serve my aunt and Wei Rui. I have to write a manuscript in the afternoon, so I won't go. "

Shen Biyun nodded and said: "Then Shanzi, come with me. It's not a trivial matter to have people in your family. You must find someone who is honest and responsible."

After lunch, my aunt and the three of them went to the market together and didn't come back until the evening.

Behind him were six people, including a mother and son, a middle-aged man in his 30s, and two girls aged fourteen or fifteen.

The woman taking care of the child is named Chunmei and she is 25 years old.

She has two children, a boy and a girl. The older boy is eight years old and the younger girl is only five years old.This family is a local farmer. The man fell ill and died. The family was at the end of their rope for medical treatment and there was no money left for burial.

Chunmei is not young, looks average, and has two children. No one wants to remarry.

With her two children helpless, she had no choice but to pawn herself.

Not only to bury his man, but also to find a way to survive,
Seeing her honesty and duty, Shen Biyun bought her back for only ten taels of silver, which was not as valuable as a horse.

From then on, the family of three will be slaves in the Jia family for the rest of their lives, and even the children they give birth to will still be slaves.

This is a bloody feudal society, where the people at the bottom are no different than animals.

Although Jia Qiong resists this from the bottom of her heart, this is the reality.

The family of three is even very grateful to Jia Qiong's family, because it was the Jia family that gave them a way to survive.

People in this era did not have the idea of ​​​​death or freedom, and many people who could not survive were willing to sell themselves into slavery.

If you meet a good family, your life may be better than that of ordinary people.

For example, the slaves in Rongguo Mansion lived a very nourishing life.

In this family of three, the woman is responsible for the menial work of sweeping, cleaning, and washing, while the little girl works as a maid for Xu Weirui.

What a five-year-old child can do is actually be a playmate for his cousin.

As a little boy, he does the little things he can. When he gets older, he can become a boy.

The two girls are two sisters, one is called Daya and the other is Erya, one is fifteen and the other is thirteen.

The two of them looked pretty good, but they were a bit malnourished and looked sallow and thin.

Because their family suffered a disaster, their parents had no choice but to sell them in order to support their younger siblings.

Girls of their age are the most popular, and they can be used as personal maids immediately after buying them.

Therefore, the price is also higher. The two sisters spent a total of 60 taels of silver.

The middle-aged man named Tian Li looks like he is in his 30s, but is actually only 28. His situation is quite special.

He was originally a resident of the Dachu border. He was kidnapped by the Mongols and taken to the grasslands when he was a child. He just found an opportunity to escape back not long ago.

As a result, when he ran near Chang'an, he was arrested as a runaway slave because he had no identity documents, and was sent to the human market for sale by the government.

It was Xu Shan's idea to buy him back, because Tian Li was not only good at looking at horses and raising them, but he was also good at driving carts.

Moreover, he is proficient in riding and shooting, speaks Mongolian, and is familiar with the conditions of the grasslands.

Xu Shan wanted to learn riding and shooting skills from him, and also wanted to understand the situation on the grassland through him.

The price of Tian Li was much higher. He was a mature laborer and had special abilities, so he spent 80 taels of silver to buy him.

The aunt arranged their accommodation first. Tian Li and Chunmei's family lived in Dongkuaoyuan. The aunt probably had the intention of letting the two of them form a family.

Da Ya and Er Ya live in the west wing of the second entrance courtyard and serve them nearby.

In the evening, my aunt personally cooked a table of delicious dishes for them to have a good meal, which was a welcome relief for them.

Although there were more people in the family, it had little impact on Jia Qiong.

Wang Mu invited Jia Qiong to take classes at the Wang family's private school, which made Jia Qiong much busier than before.

He had to arrive at Wang's house before [-] a.m. every day to start classes, have lunch at Wang's house, and finish school at [-] p.m., so he had much less time to write books.

Fortunately, he has finished writing "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and he is currently writing "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but he doesn't have to work hard to type every day.

He can really regard writing books as practicing calligraphy now. Jia Qiong's cursive writing has improved rapidly during this period. In Wang Mu's words, it can be regarded as a master's degree.

However, you must write in regular script during the imperial examination. Good calligraphy is a big plus for the imperial examination.

So recently he began to focus on practicing regular script, and he also used regular script to write manuscripts. Although it was slower, he still insisted on doing so.

(End of this chapter)