novelraw Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Pooh! He crawled out of the water, spit out a few mouthfuls of bath water, and shook his head vigorously.
He walked to the bed naked, put on a robe and sat on the bed.Carefully recalling the dream just now, he jumped up and rummaged around. "Where's my secret book?" In a moment of impatience, he ran to look under the bathtub for a long time, then turned back to the bed, and finally found it beside the pillow.
"My Nine Yin Manual! So that dream is real!" He jumped three feet high in ecstasy.This thing is exactly what he needs.In the future, he will inevitably have to go out for a walk. If he goes outside to play, it can also be used for self-defense. After training, there is nothing to be afraid of!
He preciously pressed the scriptures under the pillow, and had a good night's sleep.At night, I was alone in the room and started to practice from the inner strength.
Baoyu's life here is getting better and better. After waiting for a day, Sister Jialian and Feng happened to arrive at an inn at night, and the group settled down.At dawn the next day, someone came to report that Baoyu had sent someone to deliver a letter to him.He hurriedly asked Sister Feng to go to straighten things first and settle the rent.When I asked someone to come in to see it again, I recognized Baoyu's young man picking medicine.
As soon as he came in, he called Qian'er and said, "Second master, please! Second master Bao sent you a letter, and said he would wait for your reply before taking it back." He took out a bag from his arms. Envelope, hand it up.
Jia Lian took it and said with a smile: "You must have driven all night, right? Go down first to have a rest and eat something. I'll call you over when I'm done." He agreed, and went to the hall to order some drinks.
Jia Lian opened the letter and saw that it read:
"Second brother, as soon as you left today, I packed some things and went to a pawn shop to pawn more than 2000 taels of silver, and told Fu'er to show him a relatively large shop and prepare to sell it. I am writing to you to say By the way, can you bring back some older and experienced old gentlemen who can be shopkeepers. It’s best to find some chefs from Huaiyang, Suzhou and Hangzhou. I plan to open it in a few years A restaurant, prepare it now. Please trouble brother, if you make money in the future, brother will definitely repay you!"
The main reason is that both of them came here through clothes, and they didn't use those polite words, they were all vernacular.Jia Lian smiled after reading it: "This Ye Hai has so many evil ideas and a big heart!" He wrote back with a pen.After a while, he called hoe medicine, gave him the reply letter, rewarded him with some money, and sent him back.Let's not mention it here.
It is said that Baoyu practiced according to the secret book for one night, and when she woke up the next day, she felt refreshed, and she was even more convinced of this good thing.After warming up a few volumes, he started to take a walk in the courtyard. While operating the true qi in his body according to the method recorded in the Nine Yin Manual, he thought about what kind of shop he should open.
Now it is the first month, and the chrysanthemums are in full bloom in the yard, and the fragrance is wafting.He suddenly had an idea and thought: why not open a rouge shop, selling rouge and gouache exclusively?Now most of the products sold in the market are lead powders, which are green, heavy and astringent, and are not good for the skin. Originally, Jia Baoyu had a lot of research on these.
He still remembered that when he was watching the new Dream of Red Mansions, there was a scene of Baoyu and all the sisters making makeup powder together when they first moved into the Grand View Garden.At that time, when he saw the stuff they poured out, it was pink and tender like jam, and he wanted to taste it too.Now why not open a shop, teach the guys how to make rouge and gouache, and sell them.The quality is good, the market is wide, and the demand is also high. It won't take long to make a brand!
The more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt, the wind was blowing under his feet, and he walked faster and faster.He was smart already, even though it was only for one night, the true energy in his body had already accumulated a lot.Now that his mind was agitated, his zhenqi was a little uncontrollable. He felt a little stuffy in his chest, so he quickly restrained his mind, held his breath, and calmed down after a while.
He took a breath and continued to think: "If you want to make rouge, flowers are essential. But you can't buy a lot from other places, right? In this way, it is best to have a yard behind the shop itself, and then plant it All kinds of flowers can also be self-sufficient. If the Grand View Garden is completed in a few years, there will be many flowers in it, so there is no need to worry about raw materials!"
He has a vigorous temperament, and after he has made up his mind, he can't wait to call Mingyan.I planned to go out again like yesterday, but I was afraid that going out too often would arouse suspicion.I had no choice but to order Mingyan to go out, "Go to the broken jade pavilion we went to yesterday, find Fu'er, and tell him to look for the one with a big yard when looking at the shop, and the one with a lot of land to grow things," he said. Instruct Mingyan carefully, "If you really can't find it, go to the outskirts to see if there are any unoccupied, cheaper villages with gardens, ask the price, and then report to me when it's almost there, and I'll go out and look for it myself. "
Mingyan laughed and said, "Second Lord, is he really planning to open a shop to make money?" Baoyu said with a smile, "Could it be that there are fake ones? You should do your job well and don't reveal your real identity when you are outside. Just say that you are Mr. Ye Hai." .When I earn money, I will naturally benefit from you!"
Mingyan is also a smart person, so she knew that this matter must be kept a secret from the manor, so she nodded and said: "Don't worry, Lord, I will definitely take care of this matter. Just relax and wait." Then he left.
Baoyu had another thing on his mind. Suddenly he remembered the dream he had at noon yesterday, and he couldn't help thinking: I don't know what the legendary sister Lin looks like?It's not a loss to meet a goddess once you travel through time!After another calculation, if nothing happens, she will be in the capital next year, so I really can't wait!
After thinking wildly for a while, I was startled again: Didn't you say you can control your heart?Why do you think that some of these are gone?Hastily went back to the room to take out the scriptures, get rid of distracting thoughts, and concentrate on practicing.
Jia Lian's reply said that he would take care of the matter and reassure Baoyu.From now on, I will write letters wherever I go, and everyone will exchange ideas and experiences.Baoyu rewarded him with hoe medicine, and planned to train him to be a confidant like Mingyan, and it would be easy to handle things with one more person in the future.There are also Yinquan, Sweeping Flowers, Tiaoyun, Companion Crane, etc., to try out how the character is before making a plan.
Fu'er went out to follow Mr. Ye's request and ran around looking at the shop, while Mingyan often went out to report the latest developments to Baoyu every day.At home, Baoyu spent the rest of his time practicing martial arts, except for morning and evening meditation and occasional surprise inspections by Jia Zheng.
Every time he sees the words "Nine Yin Scriptures" in writing, he always imagines himself as Brother Jing.But he is a hundred times smarter than Guo Jing, plus he has practiced more frequently in the past few days, his martial arts progress is really rapid.However, the Nine Yin Scriptures are extensive and profound, so he decided to slow down the progress. On the one hand, he can prevent the practice from becoming obsessed too quickly, and on the other hand, he can thoroughly understand the kung fu in it, lay a solid foundation, and wait a year or two before starting to practice. Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms on silk.
More than ten days passed like this.At noon that day, Baoyu had just rested for a while, and began to practice the heart-destroying palm chapter in the Nine Yin Manual, when there was a hoe back and forth: "Second master, the old lady sent someone to call you over!" Shang Baoyu has been determined to hoe medicine these few days, so he is the one who serves closely.In fact, it was just passing on a message and running an errand.
After hearing this, Baoyu thought to himself: "I just came out at noon, and now I want to call again?"Then he asked Hoe Yao, "Do you know what's going on? Why are you calling me now?" Hoe Yao said, "I listened to it, and it seems that Miss Shi is here. Let the second master go to see her! She said she wanted to see her." After staying for a few days, even the luggage and clothes have been packed!"
Baoyu frowned when he heard this: Is it Shi Xiangyun?That arrives so fast?Although I wanted to keep a distance from these women, but there was no good reason, I changed my clothes and went to Jia Mu's room after all.
The author has something to say: What's going on if I can't write it anymore... There are still a lot of ideas, but it's hard to connect them.Alas~ Sure enough, it doesn’t work, I’m getting more and more unconfident, what should I do...