The eldest son of the red mansion

When Mrs. Zhang left the main hall, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.

It turns out that this piece has long been heard about Madam Lai in the Rongguo Mansion, but she always thought that her family was relatively poor, and those housekeepers didn't have much money. Only when I got the property, did I keep my mind.

So I made a secret investigation, and it turned out that the housekeeper's food and clothing expenses at home were no worse than that of the Marquis herself, so the matter became obvious.

So today, Mrs. Zhang used Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry as a breakthrough, and ransacked the housekeeper's house in one fell swoop.This time, not only did she have the money for her family to go to Jiangnan, but even Shi Xiangyun's dowry was made up for her, which really killed two birds with one stone.

Besides, Shi Xiangyun, the past few days have been pretty good.The needlework assigned to her by the family has now stopped, and even the food for each meal is much better than before.But Shi Xiangyun was not happy, she knew that these were exchanged for her future youth.Although Shi Xiangyun was open-minded by nature, he was never mentally prepared for giving a concubine.

Today, Shi Xiangyun had just finished his meal, and he was sitting in the room alone with a lot of worries, complaining and sighing.

Suddenly there was a noise outside, followed by the voice of her maid Cui Hui: "Servant Cui Hui greets Madam."

Shi Xiangyun knew Mrs. Zhang was coming as soon as he heard the voice, so he stood up quickly and went out to meet him.But as soon as she reached the door of the embroidery room, Mrs. Zhang had already opened the curtain and entered.

Shi Xiangyun hurriedly gave Zhang a blessing, and then said: "Auntie is here, is there something wrong?"

"Hey, something happened at home related to you, so I came here to tell you."

When Shi Xiangyun heard that Mrs. Zhang's tone was a bit bad, she became happy instead. Could it be that her marriage has changed, if this is really the case, then it is really Amitabha.

As a result, Mrs. Zhang's next words completely dampened Shi Xiangyun's joy, "Today I went to the warehouse to check your mother's dowry, only to find that most of it had been resold by our housekeeper."

Shi Xiangyun has lived in poverty since he was a child, and he is still very sensitive about money matters.As soon as I heard that the dowry left by my mother was gone, I immediately became anxious.

"Auntie, what should I do about this?" Although Shi Xiangyun said that he was more cheerful, but after all, he was a little girl in her teens, so she didn't have any ideas now.

Chapter 473 Xiao Zhuangzi

Mrs. Zhang saw that Shi Xiangyun had misunderstood her, so she rushed over and said, "Don't worry, you won't be able to find the things, but you have copied a lot of things from the housekeeper's house, so I don't need to add anything else to you if you think about it. I picked out a small village with 300 mu of land to compensate you, what do you think?"

When Shi Xiangyun heard what Mrs. Zhang said, she thought about it. Even if she sold her mother's gold and silver jewelry, she might not be able to have as many villages as the 300 mu of land. Besides, with this Zhuangzi, she would have hundreds of taels of land every year. Income, which is a good thing anyway.

Even if the people at Jia's house treat him harshly, with the income of this Zhuangzi, he can eat and wear without worry.

After Shi Xiangyun made up his mind, he said to Mrs. Zhang: "Auntie is very thoughtful, so let's do it according to Auntie's way."

Mrs. Zhang clapped her legs happily and said, "It's still our family, Xiangyun, who understands the truth. You won't be at a disadvantage if you take the [-]-mu Zhuangzi. You will have a future every year in the future. It's better than guarding those dead things."

Shi Xiangyun sat there with a smile on his face and didn't make a sound.

"Xiangyun, Auntie has something else to tell you. Your uncle will go to Yangzhou to take office in a few days, and he will send you to the old lady of Rongguo Mansion the day after tomorrow. You also need to pack here. Once I go, I will live there for several years, so I will bring all the clothes at home." Taking advantage of her joy, Mrs. Zhang revealed the arrangement between her and Shi Nai.

After hearing this, Shi Xiangyun didn't have any objection. He just stood up and said to Mrs. Zhang: "Xiangyun is here, thank you uncle and aunt for the kindness of nurturing these years. Uncle and aunt must go to other places Pay more attention to your body."

Shi Xiangyun already had a premonition that after he went to Rongguo Mansion, he would never have the chance to return to Bowlinghou's Mansion. Although Shi Xiangyun felt that his uncle and aunt had treated him a little poorly these years, after all, he was the one who lived in this mansion so much. After many years, now that I am leaving, I feel a little sad.

Mrs. Zhang was very satisfied with Shi Xiangyun's attitude, so she took out the land deed from her bosom, and gave it to Shi Xiangyun, saying: "This is the land deed of Zhuangzi, please keep it well, and when you go to Rongguo Mansion, let the people over there The housekeeper can take a look at it for you."

After Shi Xiangyun took over the land deed, he thanked Zhang again.

When Mrs. Zhang saw that the matter had been finished, she said to Shi Xiangyun: "You should rest first, I have something to do ahead of me, so I will go first." What came out went.

Shi Xiangyun took a look at the land deed in his hand, and carefully put it in his dressing box.Then put the vanity box back in place.

After Shi Xiangyun finished this, he said to Cuilu, the little maid outside: "Liu'er, come in."

Cui Ling heard Shi Xiangyun's call outside, and immediately entered the room, "Miss, what's the matter?"

"We're going to move soon, pack up those clothes, get them ready, and don't miss them when we're leaving."

Cuilu already knew about Shi Xiangyun, and when she heard Shi Xiangyun's order, she immediately said, "Miss, are we going to live in Rongguo Mansion?"

Shi Xiangyun nodded with tears in her eyes. Only now did she understand what Lin Daiyu was feeling at that time?It's not a good feeling to live under the fence.

Besides, Mrs. Zhang in the front came to the pair of stolen goods from the housekeeper's house. She couldn't put it down when she saw this and touched the other.

This is really horses without night grass without fat, and people without external wealth without wealth. The things copied this time are enough to live in their house for several years.

Mrs. Zhang thought about it, and directly ordered that all the gold and silver jewelry and antique vases be registered and put into the warehouse carefully one by one.

As for the cash, they should be put in the small warehouse in their own yard for the time being, and they can be carried directly onto the boat when they go south in two days, otherwise it will be troublesome to get out of the warehouse and into the warehouse again.

Shi Nai was about to leave Beijing soon, and he had some things to do, some relatives and friends of the Shi family, Gu Jiu, had to be notified one by one, so he was very busy these days, either going to this house or that house.

On this day, Shi Nai came to the home of the oldest and most senior cousin in the historian family. This uncle was also somewhat talented when he was young. He almost passed the Jinshi examination, but later fell in love with him There are stories like ghost fox wild history.This time he couldn't extricate himself, hiding in the house all these years actually made him write something.

When Shi Nai came to visit the old man, he was basking in the sun in the yard. When he saw Shi Nai coming, he smiled at him and called him to his side.

Shi Nai came to the old man's side, cupped his hands and said, "How is uncle these days?"

The old man's tone was still loud: "Eat well, sleep well, what's the matter with you coming to my place this time?"

After hearing this, Shi Nai was a little embarrassed. Over the years, he really rarely came to visit this old man.

"Uncle, I came this time to bid farewell to you. The imperial court appointed me to be the magistrate of Yangzhou. I will leave in two days."

The old man took a closer look at Shi Nai's seal, and then said: "I'm afraid that you will go to the top this time, but you must remember that fortune and misfortune depend on each other, so don't make too much publicity in the future."

After Shi Nai heard this, he was baffled, why this cousin was counting his fate now, but since he asked himself, he agreed indiscriminately.

Then the two sides talked for a long time before Shi Nai got up to leave.

Looking at Shi Nai's back, the old man couldn't help but sighed. This Shi Nai is the key to the development of historians. Just now, when he looked at Shi Nai's fortune, he saw that his fortune was rising, and it seemed that he was about to flourish. , but there is a trace of blackness hidden in this luck, I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse.

Two days later, Shi Nai took Mrs. Zhang and Shi Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion by car.

At the gate of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng and Jia Ke had been waiting there for a long time. When they saw them coming, they hurried up to greet them.

The two sides said a set of polite words, and then entered the Rongguo Mansion through the side door.The carriage kept going in, and it stopped at the door of the second gate. After arriving here, Mrs. Zhang and Shi Xiangyun got out of the car.

After Shi Xiangyun got out of the car, he glanced to the side, just in time to meet Jia Ke's eyes, and her face immediately turned red.

It's not that Shi Xiangyun has never met Jia Ke, but he has never felt as shy as he is today.

Even though Xiangyun felt shy, he still looked at Jia Ke carefully, which could be regarded as a little relief.

I didn't pay attention to it before, but now when I look carefully, I realize that although Jia Ke has an ordinary complexion, he has a well-proportioned figure and an extraordinary bearing. At first glance, he looks like a person who has been in a high position for a long time, completely different from Jia Baoyu.

Jia Ke looked at Shi Xiangyun carefully, and felt that the little girl hadn't grown up yet, but she could tell from the eyebrows that she must be a beauty in the future, and she was not afraid when she saw herself, but looked at herself carefully. Her courage is about the same as those girls in modern times, and Jia Ke is quite satisfied with it.

After Mrs. Zhang got out of the car, she paid attention to the performance of Shi Xiangyun and Jia Ke. Seeing their appearance, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and laughed.

Regarding Jia Ke, Mrs. Zhang is not worried. After all, their family Xiangyun is also a beauty. How can this man not like beauties.

Mrs. Zhang's main worry was Shi Xiangyun, for fear that she would become stubborn again and mess things up.Fortunately, it was Xiang Yun who didn't react badly when she saw Jia Ke. Judging by her appearance, she agreed to the matter.

So Jia Ke led the way, Jia Zheng and Shi Nai followed closely, and Mrs. Zhang and Shi Xiangyun followed behind.Then, surrounded by a group of maidservants and mother-in-law, she came down to Jiamu's courtyard.