Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 210 The Unhappy Things in Life Ninety-Eight Out of Ten
After Xia Shouzhong went to the Jia family to announce the completion of the decree, the Jia family called together all the houses in Beijing, and announced the imperial decree in public in the Jia family ancestral hall in Ningguo Prefecture.

No matter how unwilling Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen are, they can only accept the reality.

Moreover, a letter sent by Jia Yuanchun back to Jia's family also made the uncle and nephew lose their last hope.

He could only obediently hand over the title, the power of housekeeper, and even the position of the head of the Jia family, and truly retired into a rice bug.

Even Jia Zhen was asked to choose a Taoist temple as soon as possible to become a Taoist priest, otherwise he would be asked to dress up Jia Jing from the Xuanzhen Temple outside the city.

Of course Jia Zhen didn't want to stay in the same Taoist temple as her own father.

They can only agree to decide within three months whether to build a new Taoist temple or become a monk in an existing Taoist temple.

When this happened, some people were happy and some were worried.

But most of Jia's side houses are willing to support Jia Lian and Jia Rong, which shows how unpopular Jia Zhen and Jia She are these years.

That afternoon, Jia Lian brought Jia Rong to the door directly.

Then the outside world also caused an uproar because of this sudden change in Jia's family.

Rumors and rumors were flying all over the sky for a while.

However, everyone basically believed that this matter must have something to do with Shi Zhongkui.

After all, it was rumored that he entered the palace to accompany the emperor to study, and was also left by the emperor to have lunch together.

On the back foot, Jia's side came with an imperial decree, saying that this matter had nothing to do with Shi Zhongkui, and even fools would not believe it.

And before the imperial decree came, Yuan Chun sent a letter from the palace.

Although it was not stated clearly in the letter, the emperor would of course mislead Jia Yuanchun in order to win over the Jia family through Shi Zhongkui, so everyone in the Jia family naturally misunderstood that if it was not for Shi Zhongkui, the punishment this time would not be so light.

Moreover, Yuanchun repeatedly reminded Shi Zhongkui in his letter that he must take Jia Lan and Jia Baoyu to study and practice Taoism with the utmost importance.

With these words, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and the others faintly felt that the emperor actually expected Jia Lan and Jia Baoyu to serve the country in the future.

Of course Jia Zheng was overjoyed, but Mrs. Wang didn't quite agree with what Yuan Chun said.

Jia Amnesty's face was ashen, but thinking that Jia Lian would eventually get the title, not Erfang, he felt that he hadn't actually lost to Erfang.

And thinking that if Shi Zhongkui wasn't his son-in-law, maybe he would have become a Taoist priest himself.
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After seeing Shi Zhongkui, Jia Rong knelt down and kowtowed without saying 'bang bang bang'.

Jia Lian cupped his hands, almost touching the ground.

Shi Zhongkui was not polite either, he sat on the main seat and stretched out his hand for a little support, then smiled and said a few polite words.

After chatting for a while, a land deed appeared in front of him.

After taking it over, I knew it was the garden of the Lai family.

Afraid that he would not want it, Jia Lian hurriedly said with a smile, "My dear brother, your Majesty's imperial decree did not mention the matter of the concubine Yuan's return home to see her relatives, and the empress also sent letters, repeatedly mentioning the fact that my virtuous brother taught Lan'er and Baoyu to study and practice Taoism." thing.

It is said that since the virtuous brother has great kindness to the second and third generation children of my Jia family, he sent the virtuous brother to the other courtyard for teaching purposes. "

After hearing this, Shi Zhongkui was not too polite, nodded and accepted the garden.

With the land deed in hand, the garden is his own, and when Jia Lan succeeds in the imperial examination, it can be regarded as repaying the Jia family's gift of the garden.

As for Jia Baoyu, anyway, teaching him some Taoism was originally in his plan.

After thinking about it, he glanced around Hanmoxuan to make sure there was no fourth person, so he put away his smile.

Staring at Jia Lian and Jia Rong, he said, "In a few days, Uncle Wang's family should be promoted, but I advise you to send a gift to him, so as not to lose face.

If you don't understand, then keep your doubts in your heart and do as I say, understand? "

Jia Lian and Jia Rong are not fools, Shi Zhongkui said so bluntly, of course he understands that Wang Ziteng's promotion may not be a good thing.

Jia Lian thought about it, and finally said, "My dear brother, after all, Uncle Wang is the uncle of your second sister-in-law and sister Baochai. If I don't go, it will really look bad."

Shi Zhongkui saw that he didn't say that for the sake of relatives, he would help if he could.

He smiled and said, "Then why don't you go to Wang's house and ask him to help you find an official position as the head of the fifth rank of Taichang Temple for the sake of being the son-in-law of Wang's family.

See if he will give you a hand? "

Jia Lian was immediately stunned speechless, and the worry in his heart that he would be unlucky if he offended Wang Ziteng was immediately thrown into the sky.

Jia Rong smiled and said to Jia Lian, "Second uncle, you still don't understand, it's really a good thing, the Wang family will only take care of themselves.

There are only old ladies, parents and uncles in this world who are really good to you, my uncle and nephew. "

After finishing speaking, Jia Rong looked at Shi Zhongkui and said, "Anyway, I only listen to my uncle in this life."

"A flatterer", Shi Zhongkui scolded with a smile, and then said, "A few days ago, my family took in more than a dozen mixed-breed horses. When you go back later, you and Lian's second brother will each choose one.

In the next two months, I will contact Equestrian every day, so that in case of a crisis, I tell you to run first, and you won't be able to escape. "

"Thank you uncle, thank you uncle", Jia Rong kowtowed again in great joy.

With Shi Zhongkui personally saying 'Let me run first', even if I go to the battlefield in the future, I will definitely not be ordered to charge.

Then he licked his face and said, "Uncle, you said that you would choose a marriage for your nephew. My nephew is 23 now, and if he doesn't marry a wife, he will become a widower in a few years."

"Get out", Shi Zhongkui cursed with a smile, and then he thought about it carefully.

But the first thought was actually that poisonous woman Xia Jingui.

Hurry to get this thought out of his head, Jia Rong is more respectful to himself than Jia Zhen and Jia Lian if he says that, so there is no need to hurt him like this.

"Let me think about it again, and after you have made meritorious service, there will be more room for you to choose."

Jia Rong nodded hurriedly, she didn't really want to get married now, she just wanted to deepen the relationship with her uncle.

In the future, in Jia's house and Ningguo Mansion, the voice can be louder.

After sending the two of them away, after thinking about it, he took others to see the dozen or so houses that Xia Shouzhong had carefully selected.

Since she was worried that Daiyu would be afraid and feel lonely if she lived in a big house, of course she should choose the location first and then consider other things.

In this way, the choices available are actually very limited. Even after seeing the first house with the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Shi Zhongkui decided to choose this house in his heart.

There is almost one mile between my home and Jia's, and this house is less than 200 meters away from my home.

And 100 meters away is the Yamen of Shuntianfu, and not far to the north is the Yamen of Hanlin Academy.

Really, I can go to the Hanlin Academy within 2 minutes of running errands, or go to my home and Jia's home within 5 minutes.

After the selection, simply go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to confirm the house, so as to avoid any surprises.

Afterwards, people went to Jia's house to inform Daiyu and Jiamu that if there was nothing wrong tomorrow, they would bring Daiyu to see it in person.

The next day, six sedan chairs were carried out from Rongguo Mansion.

Shi Zhongkui rode on a horse, chatting and laughing with Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu, who followed them, and dozens of servants and servants, and arrived at the place in only five or six minutes.

Jia Baoyu said with some surprise, "Brother, Sister Lin's mansion is exactly as you said, and you will be there in just a few words. From now on, come by and walk a few steps."

Shi Zhongkui gave Jia Baoyu a white look, and secretly told those nuns and maids in the palace to keep an eye on Jia Baoyu.

The reason for rejecting Jia Baoyu is simple.

Want to be the same as Rongguo Mansion, casually meet teenage boudoir girls, go dreaming.

Getting off the horse, he said to Jia Lian, "It's just to come and see the house. Do you need the elder sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law, the girl, and Miss Biao?"

Jia Lian chuckled, "My dear brother, you don't know that Miss Lin has become an expert in everyone's eyes since she learned Taoism.

Not only your second sister-in-law and eldest sister-in-law want to learn some skills from her, but Miss Shi Jiabiao also came to ask for a teacher.

Tanchun and Xichun stayed in her house for the past few days. "

Shi Zhongkui couldn't help looking at Jia Baoyu.

Seeing him shaking his head hurriedly, "Brother-in-law, although my younger brother has some talent in learning to draw symbols, his cultivation is not even comparable to Lan'er. How can he teach sisters Taoism?"

Shi Zhongkui shook his head with a smile on his face, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

Secretly, he did not waste his aura filling his body that day, allowing Jia Baoyu to experience the comfort when a handful of aura wandered through his body.

But what Shi Zhongkui didn't know was that it was true that Jia Baoyu wanted to practice Taoism, but he was also surrounded by the maids in the house for advice these days.

While finding it troublesome, he agreed to teach a few maids how to practice Taoism without much refusal.

And because Shi Zhongkui didn't deliberately request it, he was not allowed to reveal the dozen or so basic exercises.

Although Jia Baoyu didn't pass on the 8 exercises he memorized, he taught Xiren, Qingwen and others how to absorb spiritual energy.

It's just that he is a rookie himself, how can he teach others?
Even some monastic terms, I don't know how to express them in vernacular.

As a last resort, Jia Baoyu, who didn't like the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, suddenly became more interested in Taoism.

Even to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep.

While chatting, the six sedan chairs were slowly carried into the house, and Daiyu, Wang Xifeng, Li Wan, Tanchun, Xichun and Shi Xiangyun walked out of the sedan chairs under the service of the maids.

Besides Daiyu, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan, Shi Zhongkui saw Tanchun, Xichun and Shi Xiangyun for the first time.

It's a pity that these three girls are either 13 or 9 years old, Shi Zhongkui just treats them as little girls and has no other meaning at all.

First salute and say hello to Li Wan and Wang Xifeng, then naturally focus on the other four girls.

Xichun was still young, so she only regarded him as her brother-in-law, so she shouted timidly, "Second brother-in-law is good, sister is polite."

Shi Zhongkui hurriedly cupped his hands in return, but Tanchun looked at him differently.

If Tanchun hadn't been too young back then, the person who married Shi Zhongkui might not have been Yingchun.

Shi Zhongkui is such a shrewd person, looking at Tanchun's expression, he knew that she probably already had himself in her heart.

This has nothing to do with love, it's just the boudoir girl's expectation for her future husband.

But after seeing Shi Zhongkui's appearance, Tanchun really regretted why he didn't give birth a few years earlier for the first time in his heart.

I could only suppress the unwillingness in my heart, bowed my knees and said, "Second brother-in-law, my younger sister Tanchun is polite."

Shi Zhongkui couldn't reach out to help, even if he looked more often, the women around him, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu would notice him.

He could only nod with a smile, but the smile was much brighter than when he talked to Xichun just now.

The attracted Tanchun was stunned for a moment, until Shi Xiangyun's clear voice came, and then he realized that he stood up with a reddish face.

To be honest, Shi Xiangyun's personality was not pleasing in the eyes of the ancients, but in the eyes of modern people, Shi Zhongkui is nothing more than a lively and outgoing little girl.

And this girl is actually very poor.

Her parents died early, and she was brought up by her uncle and aunt, but the Shi family's finances were not good, so she and her aunt had to do the needlework by themselves, and they often stayed up late at night.

Since it was so difficult, it would be nice to be able to support her.

In this environment, Shi Xiangyun can develop a lively personality, it can only be said that she is optimistic by nature.

Shi Zhongkui knew that it was basically impossible for him to accept her as a concubine, so he naturally made up his mind.

Smiling and saluting, he was neither enthusiastic nor neglectful, and then waved to Daiyu.

"Brother", Daiyu bowed her head shyly, and Shi Zhongkui said with a smile, "It seems that my sister has not been lazy these few days, her complexion is much better than before, she should have made a breakthrough."

Daiyu nodded with a blushing face, "During meditation yesterday, little sister, I really felt that Qihai had broken through the restraint.

According to what my brother said before, he should have truly become a monk at the first level of Qi training. "

When Shi Zhongkui was overjoyed, he subconsciously grabbed Daiyu's hand, searching for the aura along her arm.

Surprised and said, "It is indeed the first level of Qi training. Congratulations, sister. From now on, you will be free from shackles, and you are qualified to live freely in the world."

After thinking for a while, Shi Zhongkui waved his hand, and ten wine jars weighing twenty catties appeared in the yard.

"Brother, I don't have anything good to give you. These ten jars of nourishing wine are given to my sister to entertain guests."

After finishing speaking, she smiled and said to Wang Xifeng and Li Wan, whose eyes lit up, "You two sister-in-laws, please tell your relatives and friends that if you want to visit us in the future, you will inevitably bring gifts.

Otherwise, my sister will be at a disadvantage, and my elder brother will not agree. "

Li Wan blushed and agreed, and probably because of Jia Lan, his attitude towards Shi Zhongkui was a bit unusual.

Ever since I got off the sedan chair and saw him, I blushed several times.

Wang Xifeng smiled generously and said, "Brother Kui, don't worry, with my sister-in-law taking care of her, she won't suffer a bit from taking care of Miss Lin.

And before the old lady, the elder, and the master came, they all paid out of their own pockets and gave Miss Lin 3000 taels of silver for the day.

Even though your second brother Lian and I are not rich, we also gave 500 taels of silver to Miss Lin as a gift. "

Said, Wang Xifeng looked at the ten wine jars, sighed, "Brother Kui still has the spirit of being an older brother, if this 200 catties of tonic wine is placed on the market, it will be 20,000 taels of silver.

From now on, the wives and young ladies of the various families who get the news, still don't break through the door of Miss Lin's house? "

Then he looked at Lin Daiyu and teased, "I just don't know if my sister-in-law will have to bring enough gifts to enter the door."

Daiyu blushed immediately when she was told, and subconsciously walked to Shi Zhongkui, stared at Wang Xifeng and said, "Come whenever you like, but if you really bring a gift, I will not let you in."

Who is Wang Xifeng? Of course she has to talk back when she is bullied.

(End of this chapter)