I don't know what they were talking about in Rongqing Hall. Before Jia Qiang entered the door, she heard bursts of laughter coming from the corridor.

Even the seven or eight girls on the verandah wearing red satin thin coats and blue satin waistcoats crowded in at the door and looked in, laughing at the top of their lungs as they watched.

Jia Qiang coughed twice, and all the girls were startled and quickly moved out of the way.

Although Jia Qiang is the most handsome among the Jia family and seems to be able to see into people's hearts with just one look, the people in the Jia family respect him the most.

For all the generations of masters in the Jia family combined, he could not kill as many servants of the Jia family as he could on his own...

On weekdays, these girls, big and small, are most afraid of falling into his hands.

Something like this happened at this moment, and everyone's little faces turned pale.

Naturally, Jia Qiang didn't know how to show off to a group of girls, so she walked in without saying anything.

I saw Vivian making an exaggerated gesture, her face full of compassion, and she looked a bit like the Virgin Mary...

But as soon as he saw Jia Qiang coming in, he couldn't keep up the pretense. He rushed to Jia Qiang and shouted in an aria: "Ah~~Jia Qiang~~"

Just this action and tone made everyone in Rongqing Hall, from the master to his wife and maids, burst into laughter.

Seeing her going to hug Jia Qiang, Daiyu was not very jealous, she just laughed and spat: "This foreign woman is crazy again!"

Bao Qin whispered to Baochai, who couldn't help but feel it was rude, and said in a low voice: "This is the meeting gift for Westerners, and there is also a face-to-face gift."

"What is called……"

Before Baochai could finish speaking, his almond-shaped eyes widened.

Everyone in the Rongqing Hall couldn't laugh out loud because they saw Vivian actually kissing Jia Qiang on both cheeks.

Daiyu covered her eyes with an embroidered handkerchief, feeling fishy.

Li Wan, Sister Feng and the sisters started to spit one after another. Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and others were also startled.

Jia Qiang waited for Vivian to finish her troubles, then pushed her head away and said, "This is Dayan after all. If you act like this outside, you will be dragged into the pig cage sooner or later."

Vivian giggled and said: "Jia, I have been coming to Dayan for several years, how can I not know this? I have never done this to anyone except you, so don't worry!"

Jia Qiang laughed angrily and said, "I don't worry about you, you big-headed ghost!"

"Big-headed ghost?"

Vivian said in surprise: "Do you think my face is big? My face is not big, that... Baoyu's face, his face is big."

Jia Qiang laughed, walked forward, arrived at the front of the hall, and asked, "Why haven't we served dinner yet? Didn't the old lady say we'd like to invite a host?"

Mother Jia didn't look good, thinking that Vivian's actions just now had instigated the girls in the family, and asked: "What's going on with these two foreign women?"

Jia Qiang said: "Don't underestimate me. It was all thanks to Vivian that I was able to save my husband. It was she who wrote the letter and sent it to Catherine's father. Then Catherine's father sent the life-saving medicine to the Yanyuan Yamen and saved him." Mr.’s life.”

As soon as she said this, Jia Mu turned back to look at Daiyu. Daiyu slowly nodded and said, "That's true."

Jia Mu's face softened, and she sighed: "In this way, I have become a life-saver, that's all. But what did you call it just now?"

Jia Qiang smiled and said: "Westerners have had this custom for thousands of years. They don't feel that such things are harmful to women."

Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Li Wan and others just shook their heads. Sister Feng smiled and said: "Qiang'er, you are getting better and better! Are they here to join you?"

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "It's just cooperation! There are also two door shops selling Western utensils on Xixie Street. Vivian and the others are here to take care of them."

In fact, not only that, in addition to appliances, more and more Western craftsmen, shipwrights, watchmakers, etc. will be introduced.

These two shops are just an introduction, allowing the court to adapt...

Jia Mu said curiously: "I haven't heard that you are short of money. Have you fallen into the money trap? You only want to make these round and flat things, but you can't get enough..."

Sister Feng's face brightened when she heard this, and she thought that such a man was a good man.

Jia Qiang shook her head and said: "If you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, you have so many people under your command, and you throw away hundreds of taels of silver without even a sound. What should you do if you don't seize the time to make money?"

Jia Mu's frown relaxed and she asked again: "Didn't you buy a lot of properties in Yangzhou?"

Jia Qiang smiled bitterly and said: "I just learned that something happened over there. The clan members of Jinling's hometown, as well as the Xue family and the Wang family, saw that Tian'er went to beat the autumn wind, and if they didn't give it back, they would offend..."

Mother Jia was not happy about this. If Baoyu asked for it, she would be unhappy if she didn't give it to her. But besides Baoyu, if other people reached in, weren't they bullying others?

She said angrily: "Eight hundred years ago, even the sects were divided, and the ancestors were not worshiped together. What's wrong with the autumn wind? Ignore them! Who dares to talk, just say it was me! There are so many people in the capital who can't take care of them.

In my hometown, I occupy the ancestral property, except for the two old houses, and everything else is given to them. Are they still not satisfied? What does the Xue family have to do with the Wang family? "

Aunt Xue's face was full of shame and she said: "It must be that good-for-nothing bastard who saw Qin'er and her father in Yangzhou, so he rushed over. I will write a letter to Qin'er's father later.

Tell him to ignore that shameless guy."

Mrs. Wang's face was also ugly, she nodded and said: "It makes no sense..."

Jia Qiang waved her hand and said: "There is really no need to be angry about this. It was only for the sake of relatives that I came to ask for help. It is only for three or five people, but it is not enough to take care of it. So I have sent someone to tell them.

, I can’t afford it in the future. I’m afraid that someone will come to complain to the old lady, wife and concubine in the future, saying that I’m a tough guy, so I’m going to say something in advance. However, I’m not asking you to come forward. If you come forward, I’m afraid they’ll have to think too much about it.

The relatives in Beijing look down on them, but they are relatives after all... If I, a junior, come forward, there is room for change."

Hearing this, Mother Jia smiled at Aunt Xue and said, "It's obvious that she's grown up. She even knows how to take care of the face of us old women and clan members."

Aunt Xue smiled and said: "After going through so many things..."

Jia Mu said to Sister Feng, "Let someone serve the food!"

Then he suddenly remembered and asked Jia Qiang: "You ask your second aunt for Ping'er just to take care of her? Ping'er is just a girl. What has she experienced that she can do?"

Jia Qiang smiled and said: "There is also Youshi. She is from a lower background. In terms of ability, she can be regarded as a hero among women."

Sister Feng smiled half-heartedly and said, "That's Sister-in-law You's ability. Who doesn't know it?"

Jia Qiang covered her forehead and said: "Of course I can't compare with you, Second Aunt. Otherwise, Second Aunt, you go over there and ask Youshi to take care of the house here and serve the old lady?"

"Pooh!"

Sister Feng spat and said, "Who cares about those lazy people? I'm so embarrassed that I'm so embarrassed."

After saying that, Bai Jiaqiang glanced at him and turned away.

Jia Qiang sneered and ignored it.

After the meal was over, Jia Mu took Baoyu for a lunch break, while Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang went to Mrs. Wang's courtyard to talk.

Jia Qiang returned to Dongfu together with the sisters of the Jia family.

…

"Brother Qiang, don't come in yet, we girls are going to talk to each other!"

After going to Dongfu, Xiao Xichun was elected as the spokesperson and talked to Jia Qiang.

Even so, the other girls all blushed with embarrassment.

Jia Qiang nodded and said: "It just so happens that I have something to do in front of you. You guys can just chat. If you have something to do, just call me. Vivian, Catherine, you can come with me."

After that, he turned around and left with the two foreign ladies.

Bao Qin said with a smile: "Brother Qiang, I will take them to find Chu'er, Xiao Jiao'er and Xiao Jixiang to play tricks. Is that okay? I told them about a blond and blue-eyed Western beauty, but they only said that I was playing nonsense."

Dharma conch deceives people."

Jia Qiang thought for a while, waved her hand and said, "Then you can take him with you first, and we'll talk about other things tomorrow..."

"Qin'er!"

Baochai frowned and said to Baoqin, "Your brother Qiang has something serious to do."

Bao Qin was obviously in awe of this cousin, and said "Oh" and left.

"Eh……"

Jia Qiang smiled at Baochai and said, "What's the most serious thing to do? I just want to ask how many people have been brought here and what Father George is busy with. Now go ahead and be stubborn. I'll have plenty of time to talk later."

Catherine's voice was soft and thin as she said, "George has gone south and is busy with your business."

Vivian also said: "Your matter has become a serious matter now, and he wants to make more gold coins from you! We brought eight maids this time, which is enough for you. Jia, do you want to see Catherine and I wearing clothes?"

A maid outfit?"

"Vivian!"

Catherine's face was flushed with embarrassment and she gave Vivian a hand to tell her not to talk nonsense.

Jia Qiang was too lazy to pay attention to the foreign woman and said to Baochai, "Well, I've finished asking."

Baochai had no choice but to smile at Baoqin and said, "Go!"

When Baochai heard this, his eyebrows were dancing with joy.

After he left, a group of girls entered the Xichun Courtyard with blushing faces. After entering the main hall, Xiangyun was the first to be unable to bear it and spat: "Brother Qiang is really a big man, and he doesn't mess with girls."

!As he said that, his eyes were darting in front of Yingchun and Baochai."

Yingchun's pretty face looked like a cherry, and with a shy personality, she said "Oh!" and turned sideways to prevent Xiangyun from looking at her.

Baochai glared, and Xiangyun became honest and said with a smile: "You don't blame me, you blame Brother Qiang."

Baochai shook his head and said: "If it is true as he said, then what Brother Qiang has done is worthy of a great husband. Couldn't he have imagined how much infamy he will bear?"

Daiyu looked strange and said: "Bao girl, are you still wearing a bra wrap?"
To be continued...