The Red Mansions

Chapter 36 Big husbands must not be without power for a day

Jia Heng put away the slave bond, put it into his sleeves, cupped his hands at Yuanyang, and said: "Sister Yuanyang, thank the old lady for me."

It was only at this moment that he was convinced that Mother Jia really wanted to show kindness.

Seeing that the young man's expression softened a little, Yuanyang also smiled and said, "Master Heng, I'll take you out."

While talking, Jia Heng led Qingwen out of Jia's mansion under the guidance of the mandarin duck, and when he was standing on Ningrong Street, he realized that it was already mid-noon, and the soft autumn sun was shining on his body. It makes people feel a little lazy and comfortable.

Jia Heng glanced at the majestic and majestic Jia Mansion behind him with vermilion eaves and blue eaves. After a moment of silence, he cast his eyes on Qingwen and said, "Let's go."

This trip to Jia's mansion can be regarded as temporarily suppressing Jia Zhen's seizure of marriage, but Jia Zhen's revenge will never subside.

As for the Qin family, there is no guarantee that there will be no recurrence.

After all, he is still in the body without meritorious titles.

Qingwen looked at the young man in front of her without speaking, and followed silently with her bundle.

Come to the wicker alley and enter the courtyard.

Aunt Cai was under the pomegranate tree, feeding the horses with fodder, looked up to see Jia Heng, put down the dustpan, clapped her hands, and asked anxiously: "Brother Heng, have you seen the old lady? What did the old lady say?"

Jia Heng said: "The old lady has upheld justice, so Jia Zhen dare not do it again, so she hired a little girl to serve her. Aunt Cai, please tidy up the side room of my room first, and settle Qingwen down. "

Although the house he lives in is square, crude and narrow, without two entrances, there are quite a few houses. The wing room under the east window where Jia Heng lives is a big house with five rooms in a row. This is the ancestral home that has been passed down.

There are ear rooms and stove houses on both sides, facing the eaves of the gatehouse, there is a green wall with mottled hanging flowers. Every spring and summer, vines spread on it, and the roses are in full bloom. Colorful small flowers, in a cluster of green In the shadows, like clouds holding the moon, that is all the colorful childhood of Jia Heng, the predecessor.

And Jia Heng asked Qingwen to rest in the room next to the East Wing for easy care.

Qingwen raised a pair of clear eyes, looked around the courtyard, and saw that although it was simple, it was also orderly.

"Miss Qingwen, come with me. I'll put a pair of good quilts in that room for you." At this time, Aunt Cai was also looking at Qingwen. The ones in the paintings are no different, they are not worse than brother Heng's mother.

Jia Heng came to the wing room, put the sword on the wall, took down a piece of paper, wrote the letter of appointment with a pen, prepared a gift to be bought later, and went to Qin's house to apply for the appointment.

Although the marriage certificate was decided early, but the marriage process, three letters and six rituals cannot be left behind.

On Qin Keqing's side, no matter what, from the day he visited Qin Ye, he stood up as a woman and said that this friendship of trust and fulfillment is quite precious.

Listening to Aunt Cai and Qingwen talking in the side room separated by a wall, Jia Heng smiled softly, dried the written letter of appointment and put it in the envelope.

On this side, Qingwen looked around without saying a word, and there was no expression on her pretty melon-seeded face as white as jade.

I heard that Aunt Cai said in my ear: "Miss Qingwen, brother Heng is used to taking care of himself alone, even if the hot water is all by himself, you don't have much to do on weekdays, but when brother Heng is drinking tea, Bring the tea and send it over, as for the rough work of boiling hot water and washing clothes on weekdays, I will take care of it."

Qingwen listened quietly, raised her eyes to look at Aunt Cai, faintly saw the silhouette of herself who had passed away early in the woman's smiling face.

"Auntie, I'm used to doing this in the mansion."

Jia Heng was listening outside, then went into the house, and said with a smile: "Aunt Cai, here is ten taels of silver, and I will hire a reliable woman to do these laundry, sweeping, lighting, chopping wood, etc. Aunt Cai, on the other hand, usually only cooks."

Even in a past life with advanced technology, housework cannot be separated from human power.

Speaking of which, Aunt Cai could still read, so it would be a pity if she walked around between the stoves and did some chores.

It was less than half a month since he was reborn, and he probably knew a little about the situation at home.

At this time, the mother left some dowry, about a few hundred taels of silver. Originally, the father had dozens of acres of land, which Aunt Cai and her husband Li He's family planted, just for his food and clothing.

Aunt Cai waved her hand and said with a smile, "Brother, what are you doing with that money? I came here alone."

Jia Heng said: "In the future, we will need to add someone to the family. Aunt Cai always manages it alone, and she can't be too busy."

What he said was that after Qin Keqing passed through the door, this young mistress must have never touched the spring water with her ten fingers.

Besides, Aunt Cai also has two daughters and a half-eld son. The two daughters were married a few years ago, and the half-eld son is also at the age of marriage. In the past two years, they may not be able to take care of each other.

Aunt Cai thought for a while and said, "If that's the case, you might as well go to Renyazi's place to buy two maidservants. In the past two years, the floods and droughts have not been harvested, and there are many people who have gone to the capital to beg for a living. Even if you want to sell them at high prices There is a big house with a door, and there is no way to go."

The high-end mansions all pay attention to the innocence of origin, and the servants and maids who have children are the first choice. Even if you buy someone, you must choose the innocence and know the roots.

Jia Heng was silent for a while.

To a certain extent, according to the wonderful book "Jin Ping Mei", which reflects the life of the city in the Ming Dynasty, Ximen Qing spent five liang of silver to order Chunmei to buy a little girl named Xiaoyu to serve Yueniang, and bought it for Jinlian for six liang of silver. He picked up a stove girl named Qiuju.

Although "Jin Ping Mei" describes the events of the Song Dynasty, it should be able to reflect the price level at that time because it was written by people in the Ming Dynasty. A minor maid.

Of course, the better the appearance, the more expensive it is, so it goes without saying.

In this era, the purchasing power of silver is still very strong. After all, Sun Shaozu spent 5000 taels of silver to bring the serious Jia family concubine Yingchun into the house.

This is the evil old society...

Qingwen raised her head, her smoky eyebrows were frowned under her airy bangs, her apricot eyes showed no sign of weakness, and she said, "I'm not a pampered daughter, I can also boil water and do laundry for you!"

Aunt Cai smiled, looked at Qingwen, who was already beautiful and charming in her youth, and said, "Miss Qingwen came out of the old lady's house after all, where did all this rough work be done? Although my family's life is a bit tight, but It won't make Miss Qingwen work too hard."

Jia Heng glanced at Qingwen, and said in her heart, it really makes you do hard work, I'm afraid it won't take long before you feel wronged and angry.

He doesn't have a fan to tear.

Thinking this way, Jia Heng gave ten taels of silver to Aunt Cai, and said, "Aunt Cai will buy a rough servant girl first, and I will go to the Qin Mansion later, so I still need to buy some gifts."

Aunt Cai was puzzled and didn't answer, and asked, "Brother Heng, what is this money?"

Jia Heng didn't hide it either, as a reassurance for Aunt Cai, he explained: "Yesterday, I went to Hanmozhai to sell a volume of manuscripts, and the shopkeeper of Hanmozhai gave me a total of 50 taels for polishing the pen, and there will be more money after that."

50 taels, so I went to ten taels all at once, and later I have to go to Qin's family to apply for a letter of engagement and buy gifts. Afterwards, almost every step of the wedding process requires money to be wasted.

Sure enough, a big man should not be without power for a day, and a young man should not be without money for a day.

No wonder Jia Zhen felt confident that she could buy out his marriage certificate with 1000 taels of silver.

1000 taels is like millions of fortunes for future generations. For many people, they will never earn it in their entire lives!
Shenjingju is not easy, thousands of taels can buy a double-entry mansion.

Aunt Cai took the money, and said with a light smile, "Then I'll go and make arrangements later, and I'll take care of buying a good-looking maidservant for Brother Heng."

"Honest and reliable, as long as you can bear hardships and stand hard work." Jia Heng pondered.

Qingwen curled her lips aside, what does this mean?Are you saying that she is stealing and playing tricks, like Miss Qianjin?

When Aunt Cai left, there were only two people left in the wing room.

(End of this chapter)