The yard of Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion.

After Jia Zhen and Youshi had lunch together, after the girls packed up the tableware, Jia Zhen asked Youshi: "Do you know the soap that has been causing a lot of trouble outside recently?"

You Shi was not sure, so she replied: "I know, I heard that the cleaning effect is very good. I heard from the girls, but I have never used it. Why are you asking about this?"

Jia Zhen sneered and said, "You are still my sister-in-law. I heard that this soap was made by my second brother, but you don't know anything."

You Shi said in surprise: "The second brother made it? Isn't this possible?"

Jia Zhen secretly hated that Jia Qing had concealed it very well. If he hadn't sent someone to pay attention to Jia Qing's movements, he happened to know what kind of soap Jia Qing had made in his yard and gave it to his sisters at home, and he would have been kept in the dark.

He didn't care at the beginning, what was the point of making a kid's gadget? It was just that recently several "Shen's soap shops" were opened in the capital. I heard that they were very popular and asked someone to buy one, so I confirmed that this was the thing Jia Qing tinkered in the yard some time ago.

Jia Zhen didn't think that this thing could make much money. After all, the soap is now on the market and is not well-known enough. Jia Zhen is obviously not a business-oriented person, so he doesn't bother to consider these things. It's just that Jia Qing hid this matter from everyone, which made him very suspicious of Jia Qing's intentions.

This gangster brother was a little unable to see through, which made him feel very bad!

So Jia Zhen sneered again: "Impossible? The sisters at home have used it for several months, and can there be fakes? Just ask what you know!"

When Youshi heard Jia Zhen say this, she believed it a little. Jia Qing really likes to tinker with some strange things in the yard, but she doesn't expect to make a good thing. Seeing that Jia Zhen's face is not very good, she will understand what's going on after thinking about it.

She deliberately spoke for Jia Qing and said, "It's just a child's thing, and it's worth asking the old man himself? Why don't you ask the second uncle to ask? You'll understand all this? Why bother here to make a fool of yourself?"

Jia Zhen said dissatisfiedly: "What's the use of calling me to ask? The second brother is so terrible. Now he is loved by his father. I don't think he will tell the truth. I don't want to be foolish with him, so I have a way to let him take the initiative to explain!"

You Shi heard Jia Zhen’s dissatisfaction with Jia Qing from Jia Zhen’s words and was a little worried. Jia Qing is only so big now, and it must be Jia Qing who suffers in the end if he doesn’t get along with his brothers.

But she couldn't help Jia Qing, saying good things to him was her greatest ability. In front of Jia Zhen, she had no say.

After the Little New Year, it is time for the New Year to celebrate.

For families like the Jia family, the New Year is definitely not an easy task! The original book of the Red Chamber has a clear introduction to the heavy and luxurious New Year of the Jia family.

Ningrong’s two mansions began to prepare for the New Year before the New Year. On New Year’s Eve, all those who had imperial edicts and official titles from Jia Mu were given high-quality makeup, and they sat in the eight-stage sedan chair to the palace to celebrate. After receiving the palace banquet, they returned to Ningguo’s mansion to worship their ancestors.

Ancestor worship is the top priority of a family. On this day, all the children of the Jia family in Beijing gathered in the Jia clan ancestral hall of Ningguo Prefecture to participate in the ancestor worship.

At this time, it showed that there were so many children from the Jia family. When visiting the ancestors, there were five halls outside the Jia family's ancestral hall, and three people and figures were kneeling together in their arms. The crows and magpies were silent, stacked together, and there was no gap.

After the ceremony, everyone went to Jia Mu's house to pay a visit to the grand ceremony, with a group of men and women, in an orderly manner, meaning to worship the most venerable.

It was evening when all the etiquette came down, and the next family dinner was to come.

Those who were far away from home left early. Jia Mu did not use banquets at Ningguo Mansion in previous years, but this time she stayed rarely. Jia Zheng and others saw that Jia Mu stayed, so they did not dare to leave without permission, so they stayed together.

In this way, Youshi and Qin Keqing couldn't help but be careful again and serve Jia Mu.

It was said that it was a family banquet, so it was impossible for the two masters of the mother Jia and other family members to have a banquet with ordinary Jia family outside. They also set up a separate banquet in the inner courtyard, with two tables separated by a screen in the middle, and there was a stage in front. Jia Mu and her sisters in the family, and Jia Jing and other men in the family.

Of course, Jia Baoyu is considered a female family member at this time!

In fact, the banquets in the big family are quite boring, they are just drinking and watching operas.

The first drama is a one-sword meeting, which tells the story of Guan Yu going to a banquet alone at Lusu and then returning all over. Everyone has watched it many times and is not very interested. But when the second drama starts, most people slowly sit up straight.

On the side of Jia Mu, after watching for a while, Jia Mu said to Mrs. Wang next to her: "Well, Wangjiangting's performance is better than the previous one, especially the vivid performance of the actress, which portrays Tan Ji'er's talent and wit."

Mrs. Wang responded: "What the old lady said is that this actress is good, but why haven't you seen her before?" As she said that, Mrs. Wang looked at You Shi on the side.

The Lai Sheng family standing next to him explained: "Go back to the old lady, madam, this is how it is. The actress who performed this stage was named Liu Xianglian, who was originally a family member, but later the family declined. He was also a free and easy person by nature, and he didn't want to revitalize the family, and preferred to make friends with the three religions and all the people in the world.

It is strange that he could recognize the princess and princes from the capital to the peddlers and pawns. The reason is that Liu Xianglian not only has a good appearance, but also has a lot of research on opera, and is willing to go on stage to perform on various occasions.

Our uncle happened to meet him when he went to the opera troupe, so he invited him together. Now it seems that he is not wrong to ask for it."

Jia Muqi said: "After you say that, this actress is still a man? Why is she so handsome? She is even more gorgeous than a woman in her role."

Youshi smiled and said, "That's why he is so popular among the princes and grandsons in the capital."

"You said this flower actress is Liu Xianglian?"

On the other side of the screen, Jia Qing looked at Jia Rong with surprise and asked.

Jia Rong was also surprised and asked back: "Does the second uncle recognize him?"

My second uncle is only eight years old, how can I know Liu Xianglian?

Jia Qing shook his head and ignored Jia Rong. He was thinking that Liu Xianglian was alone and proficient in martial arts. If he could keep it under the tent, it would be another great help.

Just as Jia Qing was thinking about how to get close to Liu Xianglian, Jia Zhen suddenly said, "Second brother, I heard that you made something, and it is still sold in Beijing?"

Jia Qing didn't expect Jia Zhen to ask him this question in front of everyone, and didn't know how to answer it for a while.

Jia Zhen continued to ask, "Is there anything else that cannot be said? I think it's all a family here, so there is no taboo, right?"

Although Jia Qing couldn't figure out Jia Zhen's intention for a while, he gave the soap to his sisters first, so he didn't think about hiding this matter. Anyway, now that the situation is done, why bother if they know? So he said, "Brother, this is true."

Jia Zheng and others were also attracted by attention at this time, and they heard Jia Zheng say, "Oh? My nephew doesn't study hard, and he still goes to study business matters?"

"When I go back to my second uncle, my nephew has no intention of studying. I just occasionally made this thing in my spare time."

Jia Zhen looked at his father at this time, and saw that Jia Jing really frowned and felt confident. He thought that no one told Jia Qing about it.

But he didn't know that Jia Jing was just unwilling to discuss this issue on this occasion. He felt that this would hinder Jia Qing's reputation.

"Second brother can make money by making this thing, why don't he give it to the family but make it cheaper for the Shen family?"

Although Ningguo Mansion is not short of money and expenses now, no matter who knows that his son doesn't give him good things, but doesn't give him a cheaper one, outsiders will probably have ideas in their hearts. Jia Zhen just wants Jia Jing to feel some dissatisfaction.

What's more, if everyone in a feudal big family can accumulate private business, what's the majesty of the parents? If you encounter such a serious situation, you can even expel your family! Although Jia Zhen knew that it was impossible to expel Jia Qing from the family, as long as Jia Jing's love for Jia Qing could be reduced, it would not affect him.

Jia Qing knew that Jia Zhen felt his threat to him and counterattacked. However, the counterattack was too weak. Neither Jia Jing nor Jia Zheng would care about this kind of thing. These typical powerful figures would pay attention to businessmen, nor would they think that business could have any effect. They only care about academics and become officials, become generals and ministers, and have great power!

Even if he knew that Jia Qing had this tendency, he would only stop him and not delay his studies. And Jia Qing would not take the blame on this matter, so this conflict was destined to be insignificant.

The key is that Jia Qing and Jia Jing were angry!

Jia Qing figured out this and said it was easy to deal with it, so he said, "Big brother doesn't know anything. I didn't know how useful that thing was. After I made it, I only gave some to my sisters at home. Unexpectedly, the news came to Boss Shen. He found me and said he was willing to pay 5,000 taels of silver to buy my formula. I thought, it was useless to hold it anyway, so I sold it to him. I really don't know how useful that thing was." Jia Qing also deliberately did not mention that he told Jia Jing about this.

At this time, Jia She said, "After all, I am a child of my Jia family. The one named Shen dares not expire. He knows to take out 5,000 taels of silver to trade."

Jia She's words represent the mainstream idea of ​​sitting, and they don't know the true value of soap!

It was because Jia Lian often dealt outside and knew the market situation. He said to Jia Qing: "It turns out that Shen's soap was actually the second brother's hand? It's really a loss to sell it for 5,000 taels of silver. If the second brother gives it to me, I can give it to my second brother at a price of no less than 5,000 taels."

Jia Qing made an innocent statement and said, "Isn't that young man ignorant? If I had known this, I would have given it to Brother Lian."

Jia Zheng was most reluctant to listen to these petty things and said, "Since the Shen family bought the prescription, don't worry about this matter. No matter how much money he earns, it has nothing to do with us. There is only one thing, Brother Qing needs to remember that if you get some silver, you must not take it out for pleasure and waste your studies! You must not think that doing business can make some small profits and do not addicted to this."

It can be seen that Jia Zheng was referring to Jia Qing as his junior. He was always concerned whether he was right or not. Jia Qing also replied respectfully: "Thank you for your second uncle's advice. My nephew doesn't know what he doesn't know. Even the money he has obtained is ready to be kept for future study tours."

Jia Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

Jia Zhen wanted to say something, and Jia Jing made the final statement: "Okay, there is no need to worry about some small things, let's watch the next drama."

Although it was a trivial matter, seeing that Jia Jing did not offend at all, Jia Zhen could not help but feel cold in his heart, and many thoughts turned to his mind, lowering his head and silent.
Chapter completed!