By Jia Xiuzhen

After autumn, news came from the south that the second boy of Ji Liang's family went out with the caravan after all. Ruyi cried for a long time. When she didn't think about food and drink, she thought it was because she was too sad. She invited a doctor to see it, but she didn't know it was I have a body again.This Ruyi couldn't care less about her children, but now that she thinks about her son being sad and afraid of hurting her stomach, she doesn't dare to think about the dangerous road on the sea.

Nanny Xu smiled at Li Wan: "After all, Ji Liang's method is clever. In this way, I don't need to be persuaded, I just think about it." He also brought a letter from Yangzhou and Madam Wang along the way. , Nanny Chang took it and came back with a smile on her face.

It turned out that Mrs. Wang spent a lot of effort and finally found a gentleman for Baoyu. After failing to succeed in the examination, he simply taught books, and taught several Jinshi students, who were also somewhat famous.As I get older, I don't want to bother anymore. This time I heard that it was invited by the Duke's mansion, and only one brother was taught, and Wang Ziteng was involved in it, so it was hard to shirk.

After seeing him, Jia Zheng admired his knowledge and character very much, and today he asked Baoyu to formally worship tea and worship his teacher.Baoyu didn't dare to disobey Jia Zheng, so he served tea honestly, listened to the admonition, and learned that the formal class would start tomorrow and this time he didn't even have a companion to suffer together, so he had a quarrel in his room when he came back.

Jia Lan listened on the sidelines, and the old god said, "Second Uncle Bao, why bother? If you can't escape the master's palm, it's better to accept your fate honestly, study hard, and life will be easier."

Li Wan laughed when he heard this.Sure enough, when Jia's mother learned the whole story, she did not indulge Baoyu, and was afraid that his behavior would be a lesson to Jia Zheng's ears, so she tried her best to coax him, and at the same time strictly ordered everyone not to make a sound. go.

Nanny Chang finished the matter and said with a smile: "It's really not easy for the old lady."

Yan Momo looked at Jia Lan and said, "Our brother is all about studying, so we don't have a chance."

Jia Lan said with a smile: "Nurse, I'm resting from studying now, and I'll go to study when I gain weight."

Yan Momo said to Li Wan: "Grandma really let me go to study at the clan school? There are not only people from the clan, but also people who come to the school. I'm afraid there are too many people, and I don't know what it will be like when I go. And After all, my brother is still young, he leaves early and returns late every day, and grandma is really relieved in the wind, rain, cold and heat!"

Li Wan smiled and said: "In the next year, he will be five years old. He is going to study, not to fight, and he is always accompanied by a servant. Some, studying and managing the world, should also understand the ways of the world, we all want to protect him, and when can we protect him."

Yan Momo felt reasonable after hearing this, but she still felt distressed after all, and murmured, "You're still young after all."

Jia Lan raised his face and said with a smile: "Mother, there are a lot of people there, and I happen to have a similar temperament to make friends with. There are really not many people in this mansion who can play together, and I see them all day long. It's boring."

After hearing this, Yan Momo stroked his face with a smile, and said, "It's good to think so." Li Wan knew that Jia Lan had never slackened in training her body every day for so many days. Children are comparable, and they are more at ease than others.

Mrs. Wang was invited by the Wang family for several days, and when she came back in the evening, she went to discuss with Jia Mu. The daily affairs of the mansion were handed over to Sister Feng, and she only said that Sister Feng would weigh everything.Mother Jia's visits with old relatives were also much more frequent than usual, and many old ladies who didn't usually go out chose these days to get together and laugh.

In Li Wan's courtyard, it was as quiet as usual.This day, the nanny entered the yard, followed by a few women carrying things, and asked them to wait in the porch before entering the house by herself.Li Wan was pointing to a book with Jia Lan and talking about something. Aunt Chang stepped forward to greet Ann and said with a smile, "Grandma, uncle and grandma have sent people here from the south, and this time they don't have a wife, so they can't come in." Please be good. I just said that I will bring some property and a letter to grandma."

As he spoke, he took out an envelope from his cuff, Li Wan took it, opened it and asked: "My brother and sister-in-law are really too, so many things in the south probably just stopped, I don't say it's a good time to rest, but remember to hang up with me." Come!"

Nanny Chang said with a smile: "This means a family."

Li Wan has opened the letter and read it carefully. It is written by Wu, talking about daily trivial matters.It mentions the phrase "Pizawan Pills" that was almost sold as a elixir in some foreign countries, and was exchanged for a lot of food and silver.Several commercial firms transported grain to the north in batches to stabilize grain prices. After the disaster situation in the south of the Yangtze River stabilized, they transported grain to other disaster-stricken areas through water transport. It can also be so.

In the end, I said that I have been traveling from south to north for a while, and I got some miscellaneous things, so I gathered them together and brought them to my sister to play with.Li Wan couldn't help smiling after reading the letter, that Pizawan Pill was just one of the prescriptions collected in "Ji Shi Ji Gu Lu". He didn't expect the Wu family to trial-produce it so quickly, and it reached the point where it could be traded with the barbarians of Fan Guo. The power of Heshengdao should not be underestimated.Thinking of the rare thing he said again, he asked someone to carry it in.

Two large ones, one small and three camphorwood boxes, depending on the weight, Li Wan asked Suyun to give more rewards.You specially went to call Yan Mama over, and together they opened the boxes and checked them one by one.It really is "miscellaneous".

There are two silver-plated western clocks and several enamel and filigree pocket watches, all of which are very small and cute.A pile of colored glass bottles of different sizes, some with silver screw caps on top, some with wooden stoppers, all tightly rolled with silk, but none of them were broken.There is also bright red grape must wine, and there is also slightly yellow one with the same sticker on it, which seems to be wine too.

Two bolts of feather yarn and feather satin each, some extremely fine cotton cloth, and a dozen pieces of fur.There was a small box inside a big box, but it was made of leather with brass rivets. Li Wan picked it up and looked closely, it was really delicate.There are also several small bags of cotton and linen, which seem to contain seeds, one is as golden as horse ivory, and the other is in lumps the size of a baby's fist. kind of different.

There are all kinds of ingredients in the small box, seafood medicinal materials such as bird's nest, shark's fin, ginseng, fish maw, and dried fruits such as longan and lychee.

After looking at them one by one, Li Wan took out the small suitcase again and opened it on the table. Inside was a smaller suitcase, slightly darker in color than the larger one outside.Open this, and put this smaller one inside, but it is only one foot long and half a foot wide.Bi Yue couldn't help but praised: "What an interesting thing!"

This small suitcase contains two red sandalwood boxes, one box of round pearls and one box of agate.Nanny Chang gasped, thinking that the pair of brother and sister-in-law recognized by grandma were really generous.

Li Wan stood in the middle, looked at the three full boxes, and said to Suyun, "How can I clean this up?"

Suyun wondered: "It's okay to tidy up, but how to register, I can't even call out my name."

Li Wan said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, we're not on the big library, we only have such ideas. You can just write furs, ingredients, bottles... It's very convenient."

Biyue was fiddling with the hand clock, but when she pushed hard on the velvet-covered soft surface, the clock would make a sound, the ding ding dong dong was very pleasant.

Biyue was taken aback, she clutched her chest and said, "The clock on the old lady's side only rings when the time is up, so how can this beep when you touch it!"

Li Wan was also curious, took a closer look, and said, "Of course there is another mechanism inside." Jia Lan looked at it and was eager to try it, so Li Wan handed one to him, and said with a smile: "I know what's in your heart." It’s rare, this is for you to play with.”

Jia Lan took it, looked at it for a while, and then started to pick the joint between the soft surface and the copper-plated frame. Yan Yanma hurriedly stopped her and said, "My little ancestor, you are really quick and quick." Yes. How rare this thing is! Smaller ones are always harder to make than bigger ones. Think about it again, the bells in the old lady’s and second grandmother’s houses are always ringing, and this one can sing You broke it like that?"

Jia Lan looked up at Yanmao, and said solemnly, "I won't break it, Mama, I'll just see how that sound came out."

Li Wan stroked his head and said with a smile: "What a fool, if you can take it apart so easily and let you see it clearly, what would those foreigners give us in exchange for our things? You, keep it safe." , when you are older, I will let Duan Gao's eldest son teach you how to dismantle it. He is a master at making organs."

When Jia Lan heard this, she got excited, hugged Li Wan and said, "Mother, why can't we make it now?"

Li Wan said with a smile: "Now you are still young, and you can't even hold a guy who dismantles things steadily. You will be able to do it when you grow up."

Jia Lan looked at her little hands, sighed helplessly, hugged the bell in her arms, and said, "Then I'll play with it for a few years." Seeing that he likes these, Li Wan picked up another piece of water-blue bottom The pocket watch in enamel with flower and bird pattern and cloisonné inlaid with rice beads was given to him, which made Mammy Yan shake her head non-stop.

This day, Li Wan called people to come in to see how he looked and put on jewelry. After choosing the pattern and paying a deposit, Nanny Chang took them out.When I came back, I said that there was a commotion outside, and I didn't know what the big deal was.

Biyue then went to look for Miao'er, came back after a long time, said: "This is hard to find out, it's hard to learn how to talk, it is said that there are many empresses sealed in the palace, so it is more lively outside."

Nanny Chang laughed and said, "I mean, why is it so lively!"

Li Wan nodded and said, "I don't understand these excitement."

Mother Chang said: "We also have a girl in the palace. I don't know when I will be a concubine, but it will be really lively."

Biyue said from the side: "The madam and the second mistress are busy with this, I heard, I don't know how many taels they gave away."

Nanny Chang said with a smile: "Now you can learn how to talk again?"

Biyue curled her lips and said, "I can understand this, but just now I can't remember the name of the imperial concubine and the elder."

Mother Chang was startled, and said, "Chasing the title?" Bi Yue nodded.

Nanny Chang glanced at Li Wan and said, "I'm afraid this is going to be really lively."

When Li Wan and the others were chatting away, Mrs. Wang was already in Jia Mu's courtyard, her expression excited, Jia Mu held the armrest and half straightened up, saying: "Really?"

Mrs. Wang stepped forward to support Jia's mother, nodded and said: "The letters I got from several places have now spread outside. Concubine Hui was posthumously named Imperial Concubine, and Concubine Qing was promoted to Concubine Qing."

Mother Jia patted Mrs. Wang's hand with a smile, and said, "Okay, okay! Thanks to my uncle for reminding me this time."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Brother can only tell the direction of the wind. Without the help of the old lady, we can only watch."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "There is no sure wind direction, and there is nowhere to use it if it is strong." The two said a few more words, and they waited for the mood to calm down before letting people in to serve them.In the evening, when Jia pardoned Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen gathered at Jia's mother's place, it was also a group of joy. After returning to the mansion, Du Jiazhen sat withered in the study until midnight, and she was happy when she didn't see her again.