The Red Chamber: My Stunning Confidante with a Variety of Styles

The capital, Zhou's Rice Shop.

The entrance of the rice shop, which used to be peaceful in the past, has become very lively these days. Every day before dawn, there are long queues of people here.

The reason, of course, was the plague of locusts.

A large number of crops were destroyed, causing the price of food to soar. In a short period of time, the price of food has doubled several times.

But this still can't stop the people's willingness to buy food. Everyone knows that famine will follow the locust plague. Now stock up more food so that they will not starve when the famine comes.

Near noon, under the expectant eyes of all the people, Zhou's Rice Shop finally opened.

However, what appeared in front of the common people was not the food, but the shopkeeper of Zhou's Rice Shop.

"Fellow folks, Zhou's food stock has long been sold out, and there is nothing to sell now, you should go elsewhere." The shopkeeper said to everyone with a bitter face.

All the people were in an uproar when they heard the words:

"It was selling well a few days ago, why is it gone today?"

"That's right, don't you want to sell me?"

"I'm afraid it's not for sale, and you want to make a lot of money?"

"Your Zhou family is the largest grain merchant, where do you teach us to buy?"

……

"Everyone, stay safe and don't be impatient. Now that the locust plague is raging, we can't collect food!" The shopkeeper tried his best to explain.

But how could the crowd listen, clamoring for the shopkeeper to release food, but the shopkeeper had no food to sell, seeing that a riot was about to happen.

At this moment, they suddenly saw a group of people approaching from a distance.

But at the front of the people and horses was a shirtless old man.

This really caught their eyes, and Qi Qi stared at the team.

When they got closer, they realized that the old man was carrying a small bundle of thorns on his back!

At the same time, someone recognized the old man: "Is Yan Jin, a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts? Why is he like this?"

Strong curiosity immediately made them ask about the people in the team, but the answer they got was:

"Master Yan lost a bet with Young Master Jia Jue of the Rongguo Mansion, and he is about to come here to plead guilty!"

This answer made many people feel surprised, so they asked:

"Oh? Rongguo Mansion? The Jia family? Is that the unfilial son?"

"Wrong! The unfilial son is from the Ningguo Mansion, but this Jia Jue is from the Rongguo Mansion. He is not an unfilial son, but a great benefactor of our people."

"How do you say that?"

"Hey, you don't even know about this? What's going on..." The aunt in the team explained everything before and after.

"What! This weird flute can kill locusts?" Everyone was surprised and delighted when they heard about it.

"That's not true. It is said that the imperial court is now vigorously rushing to make the son's flute. By then, the locusts will be wiped out, and the food will be saved!"

"Amitabha, this Mr. Jia is a living Bodhisattva, there are countless living people!"

"Thank God, I don't need to buy food anymore. This is my son's life-saving money! Mr. Jia is our life-saving benefactor!"

"Isn't that right? Otherwise, how could such a dignified scholar beg Mr. Jia for his crimes?"

"Before, I misunderstood the Jia family. I thought that the Jia family was like that unfilial son. Unexpectedly, there are such good people as Mr. Jia Jue. Let's go, let's go to Jia's mansion together and say something to Mr. Jia. Sorry, thank you in person."

"It should be like this, go together, go together!"

Conversations like this kept appearing, and Jia Jue's achievements in killing locusts spread in the capital area at an extremely fast speed, and Yan Jin's team of pleading guilty was also constantly expanding.

……

Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu Xiaoyuan.

Jia's mother leaned on the short tower, her expression was depressed and her face was gray.

This incident dealt a great blow to her, and it made her, who was already old and frail, unable to support herself. After lying in bed for so many days, she was able to walk a few steps.

But since she was able to get out of bed, it didn't mean it was easy. She had to deal with the worsening situation in front of her.

"Have you ever invited a doctor to show Master She?" She asked Mrs. Xing.

During this period of time, Jia Amnesty's situation has become worse and worse. He can no longer speak or act normally.

Mrs. Xing's face darkened: "Please, but the doctors are all trying to shirk and don't want to come."

Now the reputation of Jia's mansion is notorious, and some famous doctors are unwilling to come to the door.

"Hey! What a crime!" Mother Jia sighed, but the tears fell again.

All the girls hurriedly persuaded.

Mother Jia barely stopped her tears, and asked Mrs. Wang, "Let Mr. Zheng please."

Mrs. Wang shook her head: "Master is also sick and can't get out of bed."

"Ah? What's the matter?" Mother Jia was taken aback and asked hastily.

"Brother Rong's incident already taught him to be excluded by his colleagues, and later he was ridiculed because of Brother Jue's incident. He became very angry and fell ill." Mrs. Wang explained.

"Sin, is this God going to kill my Jia family?" Mother Jia burst into tears again.

All the girls fell silent when they heard the words, and the Jia family had suffered one after another, showing signs of defeat.

Mrs. Xing suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "If you want me to say, it's all because Brother Jue lost his head and went to participate in some locust plague. If it wasn't for him, how could Mr. Zheng fall ill? If he is good at studying, he will go back to Empress Empress Crying to me once, how could the mansion be reduced to such a situation?"

All the girls frowned when they heard the words. At this time, she still blamed Jia Jue.

They wanted to retort, but they saw Jia Mu waving her hand:
"Don't mention him, don't mention him."

Mother Jia was very disappointed with Jia Jue. Originally, he had the best chance to recover some losses for the Jia family, but he was lucky enough to participate in some locust extermination, and even used the imperial fan bullfighting suit as a bet. How could she not be angry or disappointed when he just discarded all of her cards after a good hand?

At this moment, a woman suddenly came to report:
"Old lady, ladies and gentlemen, something is wrong. Thousands of people suddenly came to the street. It seems that they are coming for us."

Ah!
All the female relatives were startled and panicked, their faces paled.

At this time, so many people came, what good could this be?
Could it be that he provoked public outrage?
"Quick, let the door be closed!" Mrs. Wang said hastily.

Jiamu's complexion changed for a while, she stood up suddenly, her face full of determination: "No need, I'm going to see what they are going to do, if they dare to touch the mansion, they will kill me first!"

The girls were shocked and tried to persuade each other, but they didn't stop Jia's mother. With the support of a group of women, she came to the gate of Jia's mansion.

Sure enough, she also saw a huge crowd approaching Jia's mansion.

Looking at this scene, her whole body was trembling slightly, her eyes were full of death, she had already made up her mind to live and die with the Jia family, even if it was death, she would die standing up!
Under her resolute gaze, the large group of people finally came to the gate of Jia's mansion. The crowd stopped and looked at her with excited and eager eyes.

"What are you going to do?" Mother Jia shouted excitedly towards the crowd, these people really did not come here with any kindness, their eyes seemed to want to eat people.

Amidst her angry shouts, a shirtless old man came out more and more, and he said to Jiamu:

"May I ask where Mr. Jia Jue is? The old man has come to plead guilty."

Following his voice, the surrounding crowd also shouted: "I'm here to plead guilty to Young Master Jia."

"You guys!" Mother Jia was about to scold angrily, but seeing such a scene, she was stunned. She stood there, her eyes widened, and the corners of her mouth trembled for a while, she asked in disbelief:
"What are you talking about?"