The head of the Red Mansion

Chapter 274 Raising a Younger Brother-in-Law
The eyes of many in the capital were focused on the Huitong Hall.

Old Man Suo threw the doctor out, then spent a lot of money to bring him back, begged him to give him acupuncture, then cried and begged him to remove the needles, and finally spent a lot of money to buy the doctor's exclusive secret medicine. The whole process went on...

Everyone who heard it couldn't help but laugh.

Of course, I was secretly laughing.

They can't just cut off someone's path to wealth after they've done something great.

All the medical clinics in the capital were curious about what his unique secret medicine was.

If it's something like hawthorn pills, then they're not selling hawthorn pills for a while now.

We are both from the same Zhao state and both doctors. Although we are not from the same school, we share the same origin, so we should always give him some consideration.

"That's a wonderful doctor."

When Feng Ziying delivered the dividends to Shen Ning at Ningguo Mansion, he was in a very good mood. "Auntie, you have no idea, some friends who were listening to storytelling at the teahouse a couple of days ago were discussing finding that person and teaming up to put him in a sack."

"Haha, now you don't need to wear a mask anymore, right?"

Shen Ning laughed, knowing that the Feng family's teahouse business was extremely good.

According to Jia Zhen, many纨绔 (playboys) in the capital are now gathered there to listen to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Shen Ning was delighted with this.

Life is a continuous process of awakening and growth.

Physical growth is only related to age, and has nothing to do with thoughts and soul.

Exposure to positive things can certainly lead to change.

"No, no, that won't happen."

Feng Ziying smiled and shook her head, "However, they now want to find Master Jin. Auntie, you know Master Jin, can you tell us about him? Did he write any sequels to 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes'?"
After Guo Jing and Huang Rong defended Xiangyang, did they ever see their brother Tolui on the battlefield?

They have countless questions.

But if you can't find Jin Yong, thinking about it won't help.

It was rare for this aunt to be back, and she seemed to be in good health, so Feng Ziying couldn't resist.

In fact, if you ask him, he could write a very captivating story based on this aunt.

The Feng family's teahouse became popular because of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," so he inevitably started thinking about it more often.

"Jin Da Xia?"

Shen Ning smiled and said, "I really don't know where he is now."

She still remembered the plot of The Return of the Condor Heroes, but there was a long way to go between remembering and writing it down.

Especially since her health isn't good right now, if she wants to write, it will be at least two or three months later.

But once spring arrives and the ice thaws, the coffin must still be carried back to its hometown according to custom.

Now that we've arrived in ancient times and have the opportunity to travel so far, we can't just waste our time in the study, can we?

Shen Ning wanted to wander around some more, but if she really wanted to pick up her pen again, she would have to wait until she returned to the capital.

"You don't need to try to trick me. All I know is that his next book is already being written."

"Did you write it?"

Feng Ziying was overjoyed, "As long as you write it, that's fine."

A good meal is not afraid of being late.

As long as they write, they will eventually get their wish.

"Auntie, will Jin Yong's new book also be sold in Sister You's shop?"

He also wanted to establish connections within the Ningguo Mansion in order to find Jin Yong.

"Oh, I really don't know."

Shen Ning shook her head.

This era has imposed too many constraints on women.

If some people knew early on that Jin Yong was her, their enthusiasm for reading the book might be greatly diminished.

Although the real author of Jin Yong's novel is someone else, Shen Ning still hopes to use her to subtly influence some people and things.

Feng Ziying arrived full of anticipation, but left without much disappointment.

After all, he had a very pleasant conversation with Aunt Shen, whom both his parents respected.

"Auntie's health seems much worse than when I last saw her."

Feng Ziying was worried for Jia Zhen, "If you see anything you need, or if your aunt wants to eat anything, and it's not convenient for you to do it, just let the brothers know."

"I know, I know."

Jia Zhen was very disgusted.

He only has one mother, and these people all want to take her away from him.

He used to only take from his younger sister, and out of consideration for their shared motherhood, he would tolerate it.

Then Baoyu and the others from the West Mansion came over to snatch it, but considering their young age and the fact that their mother liked them, he let it go again.

Now look what's happened, this guy is trying to take it from him.

"What misfortune could possibly be on my end?"

The Empress misses his mother.

Rare and delicious foods from all over the country are sent here.

"Go back quickly!"

Jia Zhen immediately kicked them out.

"Hey, that's no fun at all!"

Feng Ziying was displeased. "Brother, I'm going to Heihe in a few days too."

"...You're going to the military too?"

"Yup!"

Feng Ziying raised his eyebrows slightly. "If the battle in Heihe goes smoothly, I may go directly to Fuyu. That is the gathering place of the Jurchen princes. If there are no accidents, I will probably subdue them there."

The Prince of Wales's mansion is over there.

His eldest son with Princess Rongguo was also there.

"If you need anything, just write to me."

He nudged Jia Zhen and said, "Hey, Jin Yong has released a new book, and I couldn't get back in time, so you should send me a few copies right away."

One book is definitely not enough.

The guys in the army are just a bunch of bandits.

If there were only one copy, he might sleep with one eye open, just in case someone steals it.

"Did you... just tell my mother?"

"without!"

Feng Ziying shook his head, "Didn't Chief Physician He say we shouldn't overexert ourselves?"

Subduing those people at the meeting hall was no easy task.

In the beginning, when the princess was not yet a princess, he was very worried for the Jia family.

He racked his brains trying to find a way out of the predicament for the Jia family, but he couldn't come up with anything.

"Don't tell your aunt everything that requires too much brainpower outside."

We should at least try to raise it.

Feng Ziying said, "I'll think about how to do it myself."

Brother Zhen has better natural advantages than him!

His father was stubborn, and his mother... well, she was alright, but she was nowhere near the level of Aunt Shen.

They talked about this guy in private, completely baffled as to how two extraordinary people could have fathered him.

Even if they were spoiled a bit in the past, they have good innate conditions and should theoretically be able to crush them!

But just like everyone else, this guy, though he can no longer be called a playboy, is still incredibly ordinary.

Jia Zhen saw the disdain in his brother's eyes, and he was furious!
"Rolling, rolling, rolling~"

He shoved Feng Ziying out the door with a 'bang,' silencing the doorman, and closed the door himself.

"Hey hey hey~"

Feng Ziying was so angry she wanted to slam the door. "What did I say? Why are you so angry?"

As a brother, if he doesn't appreciate his good qualities, you can't be disappointed in him.

hum~
A dog bites Lu Dongbin and does not recognize a good heart.

He mounted his horse angrily, cracked his whip, and quickly rode away.

At this time, no one knew that the emperor had never intended to let them enter Heihe.

His target was Fuyu, the temporary capital of the Jurchens.

As long as Fuyu is controlled, other places are not a problem.

While the emperor was waiting for Suo Jin and the other two to come to their senses and surrender completely, he was also actively making military preparations.

As everyone said, we can't wait until we defeat the Russians before talking to those guys.

What if they still yearn for their ancestors' glory and a few of them secretly run away?

The day after Princess Rongguo saw her two children, she compiled and sent over a list of all the members of the Jin royal family. The emperor did not want to disappoint her, given that she was a frail woman.

This was also the wish of the late Duke Rongguo.

In the previous two generations, who among those with some ability didn't want to reclaim the former Han dynasty's territory?
Now that he has the opportunity, he will naturally work even harder.

The ministers in the court with some insight and intelligence also clearly realized this.

Everyone was tacitly cooperating with him. After all, leaving a mark on history was the lifelong goal of all civil and military officials.

In addition, martyrs' cemeteries are being actively built in various places...

The emperor felt that he had seized the greatest opportunity for a prosperous era from the humblest beginning, and if he didn't work hard, he would not be able to die content, let alone face the founding emperor and his elder brother, the crown prince.

Tonight, he once again set off for the harem under the starlight.

"Your Majesty, are you going to Shou Kang Palace?"

Seeing that they were going the wrong way, Liu An asked in a low voice.

"Well!"

As the emperor walked, he said, "Have someone tell the empress that I will be there later."

He wanted to visit the retired emperor.

I want to talk to the retired emperor about the current situation.

In the present day, everything in Dazhao is moving in the best direction.

He is tired but happy every day.

Even if you walk back under the starlight and walk away under the starlight, you will still feel energetic.

……

On the tenth day of the second lunar month, heavy snow fell again.

Jia Zheng and Wang Shi, who didn't have much firewood, had to buy it from the villagers.

The couple are now both very depressed.

When Wang Shi fell ill, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian hired a doctor for her, but they didn't contribute a single penny to the consultation fee or the cost of medicine.

As Jia Zheng saved more and more, his original savings of more than ten taels of silver were reduced to only two taels and three hundred and seventy-five coins.

I just bought firewood and it cost ten coins.

After that...

Jia Zheng sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) copying books, suffering a miserable fate.

He wanted to memorize another rare copy from his family's collection, but while he remembered some parts, others were completely blurry.

Jia Zheng dared not write anything carelessly.

I was too embarrassed to write anything random, so I could only go back to my old job of copying books.

Of course, this time he plagiarized "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," which is currently a bestseller in Beijing.

This book consists of three thick volumes.

It would probably take him a year to copy it completely.

However, the book is now selling well.

It's said that they're being sold for fifty taels a set on the black market.

Jia Zheng only hoped that he could copy it faster.

That's too slow. What if they release it again...?

"Go and add some more firewood."

Jia Zheng felt cold again and instructed Wang Shi, "It's too cold; the ink won't dissolve."

Too much ink is bad, and too little ink is also bad.

They need to inspect it.

If the paper is returned, not only will he have worked for nothing, but he will also have to rewrite it and pay the waste of paper money.

"It looks like this snow will last for a few more days."

As Wang resigned herself to her fate and went to add firewood, she muttered, "The firewood we bought today won't last two days. Otherwise, give me another twenty coins and we'll buy two more loads."

Jia Zheng: "..."

If you don't become a householder, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are.

When Jia Zheng counted out twenty coins from his money bag and gave them to her, he couldn't understand what he had been thinking.

He kept so many scholars and gentlemen, and all he did every day was play chess, read books, and talk...

He didn't understand the affairs of the court, and neither did they.

Even so, the least amount of silver each person took from him each year was no less than three hundred taels.

Three hundred taels!

That's almost equivalent to one or two taels of silver a day.

Oh dear, why can't he find work like this?

Touching his increasingly flat purse, Jia Zheng couldn't help but sigh.

Now he knows how hard it is to earn money.

But the opportunity to spend a lot of money was gone forever.

Wang heated the kang (a heated brick bed), and then had the old man from the village who sold firewood carry the firewood to her home. She had done everything, but when she entered the house, she saw that Jia Zheng was still writing in the same way as before.

She had just recovered from a serious illness and was freezing cold outside when this person...

Wang Shi exploded immediately, "Jia Zheng, what are you doing? Dragging it out, are you planning to write this indefinitely?" Her chest heaved with anger, "I'm telling you, if you don't write ten pages today, you can skip dinner."

She was sick for a few days, and all that bastard did was cook porridge.

I didn't even buy her a chicken to eat.

But what about the Shen family?
There's simply no comparison.

She couldn't breathe when she saw it.

"Do you still think you're the patriarch of the Jia family?"

She fell seriously ill, and her son gave her nothing.

Wang was heartbroken; she felt she could no longer rely on her son and daughter.

She could only live a life of hardship with Jia Zheng for the rest of her life. "You're no longer one. So what if your sister became a princess? Your nephew and niece have even acknowledged the so-called Eighth Route Army's maternal relatives in the Chen family and sent them gifts, but they haven't sent any to you."

Why shouldn't we send them some?
Aren't they my uncle and aunt?

Even Jia Wen, who had divorced and returned home, was seen off by the family. But with so many people around, they forgot about the couple.

Wang was furious.

Other mothers-in-law receive service and respect from their daughters-in-law, but what about her?

Li wouldn't even show her his face.

As if afraid of her getting involved with her.

"Jia Zheng, you useless piece of trash, following you has made me fall into a pit."

The women in the village often curse at the men.

But now she depends on Jia Zheng for support.

But if she didn't yell at him, she couldn't stand it.

But even though Wang Shi had toned down the scolding, it was still extremely serious for Jia Zheng.

What do you mean he's a useless thing?

If it weren't for the Wang family, would he have ended up in this situation today?
It was clearly the Wang family that ruined him.

bang~
Crash! Bang!
Jia Zheng was furious.

Without a second thought, she overturned the small writing desk, scattering the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone all over the floor. "Wang, say it again! What do you mean you fell into my trap? Who tricked whom here?"

As he spoke, he became almost hoarse.

"If you don't want to live like this, then get a divorce!"

He had had enough of this woman.

Don't even mention that he can cook now, even if he couldn't...

He also had two concubines in the household.

It makes no sense that he, the master, is being oppressed here while his two concubines enjoy wealth and luxury at home.

"Your medical treatment cost me thirteen taels of silver."

He himself couldn't bear to buy a chicken to eat.

But this woman, she got sick and cost him so many chickens!

"You still have the nerve to talk back to me?"

With trembling hands, Jia Zheng pointed at the door and shouted, "Get out of my house!"

"What do you mean 'your home'? This is my home!"

Wang plopped down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), slapping her thigh and crying out, "You want a divorce? Jia Cunzhou, do you have any conscience? I've given you children and taken care of your elders, what right do you have to divorce me?"

She was in poor health and refused to sit on the ground.

“Your sister-in-law is a heartless person; she kicked us out of the house, and your mother and brother just stood by and watched…”

At this point, she slapped her thigh again, "With my elder brother not home, who knows if it's because your sister-in-law wants to support her younger brother and doesn't like us, so she's trying to kick us out? You didn't even go when she gave birth, so why should Jia She be outside watching over her? Is that what a younger brother-in-law should do?"
And Jia Lian...

What makes him qualified to go to Jiangnan?

In what way does he compare to my Pearl?

It was clearly a case of the Shen family extending their affection to the house because of the house itself.

They just can't stand to see our second wife doing well, waaaaah, the whole family bullies me.

"Jia Zheng, you spineless coward! You let someone bully you to your face, and you don't dare utter a sound, only daring to give me the cold shoulder. If you're so capable, go back and find Shen Shi, find your elder brother!"

What kind of skill is it to hire her?
Wang was crying and making a scene, and the villagers couldn't help but crane their necks to listen to the gossip about this famous family.