Feeling Wang Xifeng staring at him with burning eyes, Jia Chen chewed his teeth and wondered, could Jia Lian not feed this girl enough?
Logically speaking, thirty is like a tiger and forty is like a wolf. How old is this little girl Wang Xifeng? How come she is as good as a wolf?
"Watch it if you like. Anyway, I'm not a eunuch like Jia Rong." Jia Chen secretly laughed in his heart.
After listening to Jia Chen's request to write supplementary clauses into the contract, Jia Zheng readily agreed. His idea was very simple. When the contract of "Disciple Regulations" was drafted, he also wrote this clause about auditing. Naturally, he could follow the precedent.
Implementation.
Wang Xifeng opened her mouth, wanting to refute a few words, but soon realized that she could not object verbally, otherwise it would be to cover up and have other agendas. Not only Jia Chen, an amazingly intelligent young man, but also the bookworm Jia Zheng would probably realize that he had
planned.
After both parties signed and stamped, Jia Zheng handed the document to Wang Xifeng for safekeeping. He did not want to worry about worldly matters such as farming and merchants. He just wanted to sing the wind and the moon every day and talk about the past and the present.
Jia Chen secretly sighed in his heart, how could the Rongguo Mansion avoid defeat with a nerd like Jia Zheng at the helm?
After chatting for a few more words, Jia Chen smiled and said:
"It's getting late today, so I'll go back first. I'll come back tomorrow to have a detailed chat with Sister-in-law Lian about the production and sale of lip cream."
In fact, he was in a hurry to deliver dinner to Lin Daiyu.
Jia Zheng smiled and said:
"Okay, then you go back and rest early. You are the hope of our Jia family's future. You can't be exhausted. You must take good care of your body. I will send you two kilograms of bird's nest and two kilograms of ginseng later. Take good care of yourself.
Make up for it.”
Wang Xifeng took a breath of cold air and secretly cursed Jia Zheng for being so poor and generous. How expensive are bird's nests and ginseng, but they gave away two kilograms each?
This nerd is really pedantic and old-fashioned. You are not as rich as Jia Chen, but you pretend to be fat and give others bird's nests and ginseng. This is really the most ridiculous thing in the world.
But it seems that Jia Chen’s weight in Jia Zheng’s mind is not that important!
"Thank you, second uncle, for your kindness!" Jia Chen did not refuse. This time he had opened up a source of income for the Rong Mansion. It was only natural for people to accept some bird's nests and ginseng.
In fact, Jia Chen can go it alone, but now he doesn't have many connections and no official position. If he wants to do business in a mixed place like Shenjing City, he needs to take care of all aspects of the relationship. It is better for Rongguo Mansion to come forward.
It's convenient, you just need to hide behind the scenes and wait to count the money.
Of course, hiding behind the scenes does not mean lying down and doing nothing, but it means achieving three goals in a planned way:
Participate in the imperial examination and strive for a title on the gold list;
Join the army and assume military power;
and secretly training private armies.
After bidding farewell to Jia Zheng and Wang Xifeng, Jia Chen walked out of Rongguo Mansion with relaxed steps, passed through the bustling crowd, and returned home with a happy face.
Qingwen was reclining on the soft couch, mending a piece of clothing stitch by stitch.
Qingwen claimed that she could not remember her life experience, but based on clues in the original work, Jia Chen speculated that she was probably Huiniang's niece.
Huiniang was from Gusu, and she was born into a scholarly eunuch family. Her ancestors studied and passed the imperial examination and became officials. She received a good education since she was a child and was especially good at calligraphy and painting.
Hui Niang was even better at embroidery, and would occasionally go to great lengths to embroider a few needlework works, either for her own use or as gifts, not for the purpose of selling them in the market for profit.
The exquisiteness of Hui Niang's embroidery lies in the fact that she used her superb taste to select the finest pieces of branch paintings, combined them with relevant poems and articles from her predecessors, and used cursive script to combine the shapes of the branch flowers, which complemented each other.
Although the quantity is rare and they are not widely publicized, "the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys". Huiniang's works are ingenious. The more low-key they are, the more otherworldly and elegant they appear, and they are still famous all over the world.
Hui Niang became so famous that even the emperor knew about it and called her embroidery "Hui Embroidery". This made Hui Niang even more "legendary".
Hui Niang's embroidery was the best in the world, but she was unlucky and died young at the age of only eighteen.
Later, Hui's family was raided for crimes, and Qingwen lived in Shenjing City and was sold to Rongguo Mansion as a maid.
Jia Chen estimated that Qingwen had such superb needlework skills because she had learned nühong from Huiniang.
When it comes to female celebrities alone, all the female relatives in Ning Rong's second house cannot compare to her.
Such a beautiful woman who can be called a female celebrity artist has now become his maid and will become his concubine in the future, which makes Jia Chen feel extremely happy and comfortable.
Qingwen saw Jia Chen coming back, put down the needle and thread in her hand, and said with a smile:
"Brother Chen, I saw that the white coarse cloth robe you were wearing was a bit old, so I cut some pieces of brocade from the market to make you a robe."
Yisha, also known as "Yisha", may come from the Yuan poem "Huailai Drunken Song": "Yisha is green with a green waistline".
This kind of robe has a continuous placket at the back, two sections at the front, and horse pleats at the bottom, rising to both sides. It is shaped like a cross-collar with long sleeves. The hem has dense folds on both sides, a flat middle without pleats, and hems on both sides.
Dazhou Jinyiwei's flying fish suit actually belongs to the type of drag suit.
Jia Chen looked at it. In front of Qingwen was a large piece of lake blue brocade and several small pieces of fabrics of other colors. She probably wanted to make a robe with a lake blue background and some embellishments on it.
Patterns of several different colors.
Qingwen took out a tape measure, smiled sweetly and said:
"Let me help Brother Chen measure the bust, waist and hips."
Jia Chen was slightly startled. It turned out that in this era, there was already a term for body measurements.
"Okay, then you measure it."
Jia Chen straightened his chest, raised his head and drew in his abdomen. He stood as tall and straight as a pine tree, and his demeanor was extraordinary. Coupled with his handsome and extraordinary facial features, he seemed to be an immortal.
Qingwen's eyes trembled slightly, her heart was like a deer, her eyes were blurry, and she unknowingly bit her lip with her teeth, her breathing gradually became disordered and rapid, and she was actually looking a little crazy for a while.
Jia Chen asked with a smile:
"Qingwen, why are you in a daze? Are you worried about something?"
"No, no!" Qingwen hurriedly denied, swallowed, and began to measure Jia Chen's measurements with a tape measure.
During the measurement, Qingwen had to wrap her arms around Jia Chen's chest and waist, which made her heart beat like a drum and her face turn red like haze.
Especially when she squatted down to measure Jia Chen's hip circumference, the tip of her nose slowly came close to her, and she could vaguely smell a masculine fragrance, which made Qingwen feel embarrassed and itchy. She almost lost her mind and couldn't control it.
Jia Chen also felt Qingwen's warm and rapid breathing on his body, which was numb and numb, as if he was being gently teased by a feather. A fire suddenly ignited in his chest, and all the muscles in his body seemed to bulge.
After finally calming down and suppressing the heat in her heart, Qingwen took back the measuring tape and said with a sweet smile:
"Brother Chen is in such good shape. I have already prepared the food and am waiting for Brother Chen to come back and eat together."
Jia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled:
"You are not in a hurry to eat the food. You help me make the robe, and I can't treat you badly. I will also help you measure your measurements. I will buy you a new set of clothes next time I go shopping."