How is this money spent?
How did you earn this money?
While Wang Xifeng was dumbfounded at the cost of Mrs. Wang's birthplace villa, someone was also dumbfounded at her and Jia Lian's property accounts.
The Jia family has always been the focus of the royal family's vigilance. The royal family has placed many people in the Jia family, including Wang Xifeng's dowry Zhuangzi, not to mention the properties Jia Lian bought later.
The spies who can be placed by the royal family basically have two brushes, and Jia Lian also bought a lot of properties, so it is inevitable that this account cannot be settled. The final result is that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng unintentionally asked the royal spies to help. The account was settled, and these spies also took the opportunity to send the account of Jia Lian Wang Xifeng to the imperial court.
The emperor was dumbfounded.
If these spies sent only a part of them, he knew little about Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's affairs, and he probably thought they had done illegal or immoral things. The former refers to corruption and bribery, and the latter includes usury and other exploitation Things.
But the problem is that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng didn't do this.
The common people work for them, entirely because their wages are high, and the food is good, and there is still leftovers after eating and drinking.
This is what puzzled the emperor the most.
He couldn't figure out how Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng could still earn money!
Get rid of taxes, get rid of the rent, Jia Lian Wang Xifeng earns an average of one or two silvers per mu of sweet potato land!This is still direct income, that is, the income from sweet potatoes, and it does not include the income from Jia Lian having people cook sweet potatoes, rattan, boiled pigs and feed them to pigs this year!
You must know that in this era, most people do not have the financial resources to feed pigs. Even the wild vegetables dug up are mostly put into people's stomachs instead of being used to feed pigs.Therefore, for the people's homes, what can be counted as livestock are chickens, ducks and dogs, and there is no such thing as pigs.
Those who can raise pigs are basically big local families.
But even so, the pigs were raised for a year and a half, and they were more than 140 catties, and almost none of them could reach [-] catties.If anyone's pig can raise more than one hundred catties, it is a rare thing in ten miles and eight villages.Where are those pigs weighing more than [-] catties like Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi?
The recipe for raising pigs was also in front of the emperor. The first one was: Except for sows and breeding pigs, all piglets must be steered, and pigs that have been steered will grow meat faster.The second one is that when raising pigs, you need to be married and feed them live food such as earthworms. Eating live food can grow meat...
In addition, there are diseases and epidemic prevention, etc., one by one.The recipe for raising pigs alone is a thick booklet.
And those chickens, ducks, rabbits and sheep,
The summary of experience in these booklets is nothing more than one, be willing.Wang Xifeng is willing to invest, so the return is also high.
The emperor flipped through these brochures, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "Why are there no cattle raisers?"
Dai Quan hurriedly said: "Long live back, this cow is labor."
The emperor cared about Jia She's family's Zhuang Zi, so Dai Quan naturally cared too. Not only did he know that Jia's family raised cattle, but he also knew that these cattle were not raised in Jia Lian's Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi property, but in Jia She's hands.Every year during spring plowing, Jia Lian Wang Xifeng would borrow cattle from Jia She.
The emperor suddenly realized: "You mean, if this little Jia Wang raises cattle, it is probably for meat?"
"Exactly, long live."
When the emperor heard this, he suddenly laughed.
Seeing that the emperor was happy, Dai Quan also said: "Your servant also heard that locusts did fly to Gyeonggi this summer, but Madam Xiao Jia ordered people to release all the hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks, and directly killed them." Let a catastrophe disappear invisible."
Even if each chicken and duck eats only one locust, hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks can eat at least one million locusts within a quarter of an hour as long as they let go!So what if locusts overwhelm the sky?As long as Wang Xifeng has enough chickens and ducks, there is no need to worry about locust plagues.
The emperor was taken aback: "Why didn't I know?"
He has not received relevant memorials.
"I think it's because it belongs to Jia Zhifu's field, so Jia Zhifu is embarrassed to ask for credit. I heard that Mrs. Jia handled the three waves of migratory locusts well, which made the locusts stop in Dingzhou." Dai Quan said, "Your Majesty must still remember that there are many self-purified people outside the palace. They cannot enter the palace gate, and they cannot be slaves. They can only live by begging. Mrs. Jia's family does not choose tenants when they hire tenants, so Many people have gone, there is a boy in the servant's house, and his fellow countryman went to Mrs. Jia's village, so the servant knows."
When the emperor heard this, he sighed again.
Although the civil and military officials in the court despised the eunuchs as survivors of punishment, the emperor still clearly remembered what Dai Quan had said to him back then - parents who suffer from body, hair and skin, if they can survive, who would want to bear the burden? An unfilial name hurt himself and castrated himself to be a eunuch?In fact, there were many eunuchs in Guochao who could not survive at home, and had no choice, so they castrated themselves.They thought that as long as they were cleansed, they could enter the palace to make a living, but they didn't know that there was a special cleansing room in the palace, which would only be opened when there was a shortage of people in the palace.Even if they purify themselves, they cannot enter the palace.
As a result, many people can only die miserably, and more people can only beg on the streets, struggling to survive.
The reason for this result is also very simple - hunger.
In other words, this is the case in this era, the vast majority of the people are almost struggling on the line of food and clothing.A famine will cause hundreds of thousands of victims, and if too many victims gather in one place, they will become mobs.
If it were someone else, they might point out that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng bought people's hearts, but in the eyes of the emperor, unless he could completely solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in the world, as long as Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng did not raise private soldiers, as long as they did not hide armor, as long as they He had to treat the couple preferentially if he didn't have slaves who played with swords and robbed their ears.
At least until he wins the contest with the Supreme Emperor, he has to build his image of loving the people by defending the couple on Jia She's side.
Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but make a mistake in the report.
He wanted to see how much tax Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng paid.
It's hard to say clearly the mood behind the emperor's behavior.Jia Lian is a state official. According to national law, officials and gentry are exempt from taxes, and Jia Lian does not have to pay taxes, especially land tax.However, as an emperor, he knew very well what it meant to lose tens of thousands of acres of land tax and tens of thousands of tenants' personal tax.
It means that his treasury has lost a lot of money.
Although compared with the whole country, these incomes are nothing, but for the emperor whose treasury is so empty that he can run a horse, even mosquito meat is meat.
Turning to the last page, the emperor's face changed when he saw clearly the taxes paid by Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's property.
It's not because Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng and his wife didn't pay taxes at all.On the contrary, as long as they bought the land, the land tax that should be paid was paid in full. As for the head tax of the tenants below, not only the men paid the full amount, but even the women were calculated according to half the labor force and paid together. up.
That is to say, not only the taxes that should be paid, but also the taxes that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng both helped to pay, which could be avoided. For example, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng also paid the poll tax for women.
The emperor slammed and stood up.
Dai Quan was taken aback.
He whispered, "Long live?"
The emperor did not speak.
His face was terribly gloomy.
Dai Quan didn't dare to tease the dragon's beard any more, so he could only lower his head.
Wang Xifeng didn't know what was going on in the palace, at this moment, what she cared most about was sweet potato flour.
Over the past two years, there has been a set of rules for the planting and storage of sweet potatoes.There is no way, the imperial court has not included sweet potatoes in the tax payment system, so Wang Xifeng can only slice, dry, grind, wash, precipitate, and separate the sweet potatoes first, and then process them into sweet potato powder. It's finished with sweet potato vermicelli.
Therefore, other people entered the slack period after the autumn harvest, but in Jia Lian Wang Xifeng's village, after the autumn harvest was almost the busiest time of the year.Not only do beans and pastures need to be planted in the fields, but people are hired to dry the sweet potatoes to make sweet potato flour in the villages. This must be done before the frost, because after the frost is the day to make sweet potato vermicelli.
Hunger makes the people very real.When they could have millet, they would never want white flour and white rice, and when they could have sweet potatoes, they would never want millet.
The reason is that millet is cheaper than white rice and white noodles, and sweet potatoes are cheaper than millet.In other words, for the same money, if you take sweet potatoes, you can get more than millet.
These part-time workers heard that sweet potatoes would not go bad even in the next spring, and some people came forward to say that they immediately chose sweet potatoes as the main payment method for wages.
There are also people who planted a few acres of land nearby, and they simply sent their sweet potatoes to Jia Lian Wang Xifeng's village in exchange for sweet potato vermicelli.
No way, not every household has enough manpower to dry sweet potatoes to make sweet potato vermicelli.Instead of doing it yourself, it's better to send it to Jia's Zhuangzi.The same is eight catties of sweet potatoes for one catty of sweet potato vermicelli, but if you make sweet potato vermicelli at home, you will be exhausted. That's all, plus wages and meat.
Anyone who changes is happy.
But Wang Xifeng was very unhappy.Because these sweet potatoes are too lean.
The reason is that the fertilizer has not kept up, and the field care is not enough, so that the sweet potato starch does not accumulate much and is very thin.According to her estimation, it would be the same as if five catties of sweet potatoes yielded one catty of sweet potato flour.But who would have thought that only one catty of sweet potato flour would be produced from eight catties of these sweet potatoes!One catty of sweet potato flour is used to make one catty of sweet potato vermicelli. In this way, Wang Xifeng lost nearly half of his income for nothing.
No wonder Wang Xifeng would be happy!
Jia Lian didn't know that Wang Xifeng was angry because of this incident. He thought that Wang Xifeng had a weird temper because she was pregnant.
That's right, Wang Xifeng is pregnant again, after her second daughter's first birthday.
Jia Amnesty was overjoyed.
I am not afraid that Wang Xifeng will give birth to daughters, but I am afraid that Wang Xifeng will not be able to give birth.As long as she can give birth, as long as she continues to give birth, she will always give birth to a son, Jia She is very sure of this.Anyway, the daughter-in-law is still young, and she will give birth to one every other year, and she can have four more.That is, the first ones are all daughters, and the last one may also be a son.
So Jia Amnesty called his son to him and taught him a good lesson, emphasizing that his son is not allowed to make trouble with his daughter-in-law, nor is he allowed to raise a woman outside.
Raising a waifu not only hurt his daughter-in-law's heart, but also ruined his own reputation and future.
Jia Amnesty almost broke it apart and made a statement to his son.
On the other hand, Jia Amnesty directly took advantage of Wang Xifeng's stomach to push back the invitation from Jia's mother, Jia Zheng, and never showed up during the Lantern Festival when Jia Yuanchun was visiting relatives.
I don't think so, in the original book, Jia She did his best to manage Jia Yuanchun's relatives' villa. Jia Yuanchun didn't take him seriously at all.After Jia Yuanchun's relatives returned to the palace, he issued a decree, saying that it is not good for the Grand View Garden to be empty, so he specifically named Yingchun and Xue Baochai, saying that these sisters should live in, so as not to disappoint the scenery here, but also to let them live. Jia Baoyu followed to study.
When Jia She received this decree, he was very annoyed and exploded on the spot: "After the division of the clan, there will be two families! She didn't mention her own sister, but our girl, what's the reason?! Both the baby names of the girl of the family and the girl of the Xue family are written on the edict, could it be that she has completely forgotten the word "rule" after being in the palace for so many years?!"
Jia Amnesty turned around and went to the ancestral hall, gave Yingchun a proper scientific name, and added it to the brochure.The scientific name of Yingchun follows her brothers, Congyu, and the single name is Ji.It means that although Yingchun is not perfect, he is still a jewel, the jewel in Jia She's palm.
Mother Jia got a reply, so she had to send another person here. She didn't want Jia Amnesty to tell the person directly: "Your Majesty's decree is wrong, and there is no such person in our family." She also said: "Our girl is already fourteen. It’s a serious year, how can I live with someone else’s parents? I want to be filial to the old lady, my daughter-in-law is on the top, and the eldest sister and second sister are on the bottom, so she must be the only one?”
No matter what the servant woman said, Jia Amnesty refused.
The visitor had no choice but to report to Jiamu.After Jia's mother heard about it, she didn't speak for a long time, and Mrs. Wang said: "Old lady, since the old man said so, why don't you let Feng girl's eldest sister come over?"
Jia's mother immediately shook her head: "Young girl Feng is pregnant. I heard that she will give birth in June? It won't be too late when she gives birth."
What does it mean to separate mother and daughter at this time?Let Wang Xifeng worry that her daughter will not be able to raise her baby well?Or do you want to separate the mother and daughter?
Mother Jia is not confused about these matters.
She knew very well that Mrs. Xing's ability was limited. Wang Xifeng looked like she didn't have the housekeeping power in her hands, but her influence over there was even higher than Mrs. Xing's!What's more, she is a second-class countess, so what if Jia Yuanchun becomes a concubine?Could it be possible to call her around like Li Wan?
Mrs. Wang has no choice but to arrange it by herself.
I don't want to, when it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, the palace sends out festival gifts. It is amazing that Jia Shexing's wife, Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng, and Jia Cong are all involved in the Spring Festival. On the contrary, Jia Huan, the half-brother, does not have it. Aunt Zhao is not happy.In addition to some other reasons, the matter of suppressing the victory happened again in the Grand View Garden, and Mrs. Xing was more than once thankful that Jia She had the right idea and kept her distance from there.
Until June [-]th, Wang Xifeng finally gave birth to a son.Not to mention Jia's pardon and Jia Lian's ecstasy, but this time Wang Xifeng felt that her body was so hollowed out that she was relieved only after being confinement.
This autumn, Jia Amnesty ushered in two major events. The first one was Jia Lian's promotion.He and Wang Xifeng have been planting sweet potatoes in Dingzhou, which is the area under the prefect's jurisdiction of Boling, for three years. The harvest is bumper every year, and the disaster has been eliminated twice. The emperor is very satisfied with him and promoted him to be the chief envoy of Shandong. , in charge of civil affairs in Shandong.
The other thing is that Mrs. Xing's natal brothers brought their family members to join Mrs. Xing.
That day Mrs. Xing happened to bring Wang Xifeng and Yingchun Xichun sisters to give Jiamu a morning and night sleep. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang congratulated her suddenly, and then invited four girls, Li Wen, Li Qi, Xue Baoqin and Xing Xiuyan. As soon as the four girls came out, Xue Baoqin was dressed luxuriously, and Li Wen and Li Qi were also very decent, but Xing Xiuyan was wearing what could only be called clean clothes, Madam Xing's expression changed at that time.
She wants to be a decent person the most, but the dress of her niece who is compared to the dust, doesn't she sweep all her face into the mud?
Wang Xifeng recognized Xing Xiuyan a long time ago, but she also knew her identity, so after Mrs. Wang finished introducing the four girls, she said, "Ah, so it's my cousin! I don't even recognize the second old lady. I heard that our old lady's family is the most honest. Otherwise, Mrs. Tai would not have taken a fancy to the family style of the Xing family, so she specially hired an old lady for our old lady. These years, the old lady has really cared about the family , but my sister’s home is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, so it’s really inconvenient to communicate with each other. Now that my sister is here, our old lady can feel at ease. How is uncle? How is aunt? How is second aunt? How is third aunt?”
If Wang Xifeng didn't mention the second aunt of the Xing family, Aunt Li would probably take her polite words, but Wang Xifeng opened her mouth to say that the second aunt of the Xing family was the third aunt of the Xing family. That's why I know.
Aunt Li said: "I heard that the eldest lady is the elder sister. When Master Xing brought his family back to the south, he had already saved his life. It sounds so frightening to hear that he died in a cold wind! Or the eldest lady delayed her youth. The younger brothers and sisters grew up together, watched the younger sister and daughter-in-law enter the door, and then boarded the sedan chair. I also said that although Miss Xing is simple, she is really extraordinary in her words and deeds. It can be seen that the Xing family's tutor is really excellent."
With Wang Xifeng and Aunt Li's ladder, Mrs. Xing's face softened, and she asked about the Xing family.
Xing Xiuyan is also honest, or in other words, the Xue family and the Li family already know about her family, so they can't hide it, so they can only honestly say that they are here to join Mrs. Xing.
Mrs. Xing's complexion immediately turned ugly.
Wang Xifeng immediately said: "My God! Could it be that this locust plague has spread to the south of the Yangtze River?"
Mrs. Xing was startled.
Jia's mother said angrily, "Girl Feng, you are the mother of three children, why are you still blah?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Don't blame Mrs. Sun, isn't my daughter-in-law worried about our master? Outsiders don't know, but our family knows. Our master has planted sweet potatoes in Dingzhou for three years and saved nearly [-] million catties of grain for the court. , was entrusted by the imperial court to be the chief envoy of Shandong. The daughter-in-law thought, I am afraid that Long Live hope that our master can add another granary to the imperial court in Shandong. But Mrs. Tai, these locusts are really hateful, because the yield of sweet potatoes is high. , but it is also afraid of locusts. In the year of locust plague, if you want to have a harvest, you may only have taro."
Shi Xiangyun below couldn't understand, so he turned his head and asked Jia Baoyu: "Will there be locust plagues in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Xue Baochai said: "After all, it is the daughter of the Hou family. As early as the prosperous Tang Dynasty, many places in the south of the Yangtze River, including Anhui and Zhejiang, had suffered from locust plagues."
It can be said that more than half of the demise of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was due to this locust plague.
Shi Xiangyun immediately stopped talking.
Jia's mother above also said: "Amitabha. If that's the case, let's give porridge to our family too."
But he didn't mention it anymore, instead he expressed his liking for Xue Baoqin, and proposed to keep Xue Baoqin in his room.Moreover, the following words were intentionally or unintentionally pulled on Xue Baoqin, and Jia Baoyu was crazy, fully expressing his liking for Xue Baoqin, which made Aunt Xue have to gently remind Jia Mu that Xue Baoqin already had a family. Jing came here just to get married.
Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng looked at each other, and Wang Xifeng said: "Sister Qin is for... Grandma, don't you remember wrongly? How old is she?"
Aunt Xue could only say: "Her mother is in poor health and has been suffering from phlegm disease, so I want to see her out of the cabinet as soon as possible."
Wang Xifeng said: "My aunt's words are even more strange. If Sister Qin is the same age as Sister Bao, it is reasonable to be anxious because she is afraid of missing the flowering period. But she is only so young, she should serve her mother, maybe Seeing her filial piety, the Mei family felt that Sister Qin and Xue's family had a bit of charm, and the marriage went smoothly. Our old lady was favored by Mrs. Tai because of her good reputation in her boudoir, and hired her Are you a daughter-in-law?"
Xue Baoqin blushed a long time ago.
Not just shame, but anxiety.
Just like Wang Xifeng said, in this era, the reputation of a daughter's family is nothing more than filial piety, chastity, and brotherhood, and filial piety ranks first.Mrs. Xing married Jia Amnesty in the name of being a friendly sibling. If Xue Baoqin stayed at home and took care of her sick mother, she might gain a good reputation.
Looking at Xue Baoqin's age, she is the youngest in the Grand View Garden. Now Xue Baochai is only 14 years old, Jia Baoyu is 11 years old, and Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun are ten years old, both older than her.If it is said that her mother is not good and wants to see her get married, it should be that the Xue family sent someone to discuss with the Mei family. The Mei family nodded and she came to Beijing again.
But what happened?She did abandon her mother and go to Beijing, but in the eyes of others, her behavior is enough to make people shake their heads.
In other words, what Aunt Xue said was to defend her, but in fact it put an unfilial shit bowl on her head.
Thinking of Aunt Xue's strong psychological quality in front of Jiamu before, and her quick response on weekdays, looking at today, the relationship between the two families of Xue's family is clearly revealed.
Mrs. Xing was very satisfied. She immediately glanced at Xue Baoqin and said, "Young girl Feng, you are still so sharp-mouthed!" Then she said to Xing Xiuyan: "Since you are here, I will go to my house in a while. Your cousin is also old and is following Nanny learns the rules, and you also learn how to raise and lower your eyebrows."
The implication is that she doesn't like Mrs. Wang's side anymore.
Too.After beating Xue Baochai to Beijing, she stepped on Tanchun's face and taught Yingchun Tanchun with her sister's airs. Mrs. Xing has been dissatisfied with this matter for a long time.Now that I have seized the opportunity, it is natural to have one or two outbreaks.
Xing Xiuyan obediently agreed.
Xing Xiuyan originally thought that he followed Mrs. Xing, or lived with Mrs. Xing like Xue Baoqin in front of Jia Mu, or was stuffed into his cousin's room like Li Wen and Li Qi, or else, I stayed in the hospital with my parents and two aunts.
No, she just sat in Mrs. Xing's house for a while, and when she turned around, Wang Shanbao's family came and said that she had tidied up a separate yard in the back garden for her, and tidied up all the girls and women.
She followed Wang Shanbao's family to her room, and as soon as she sat down, she saw Feng'er, the eldest girl next to Wang Xifeng, coming with a few girls and women holding two bundles.I saw two brand-new cotton-padded jackets and leather jackets in the bag wrapped in elastic ink flower silk and water red silk, the colors were bright and bright, just suitable for a little girl like her; the other bag wrapped in doraemon in jade silk Two large cloaks were also brand new, one made of orangutan felt and the other made of scarlet feather gauze.
Feng'er said: "It's not easy for an old lady to take care of the house, and our girl is not raised by the old lady. If the girl's role is used to help the cousin girl, even if the sisters in the girl's room don't talk about it, the old lady below will chew her tongue." But it’s not beautiful. These clothes were originally made outside the past two years to honor our wife. Our wife doesn’t wear the clothes made outside, but they just put them in the box for nothing. My wife asked me to pack up two bags for my cousin in case of emergency, just to trouble The elder sisters and mothers in the cousin girl’s room should do it by themselves.”
When Xing Xiuyan heard about it, she quickly thanked her.
Wang Shanbao's family acted as the master and rewarded Feng'er with a handful of newly-made copper coins.
After Feng'er left with the people, Wang Shanbao's family moved the two mother-of-pearl boxes on the kang table and opened them to Xing Xiuyan to see, but they were a box of fashionable jewelry - just suitable for a little girl like Xing Xiuyan Wearing - and a box of silver locks, newly minted copper coins.
Wang Shanbao's family said: "Since the cousin girl has come to our house, she is naturally the same as our girl. The monthly money is two taels, the makeup and powder are two taels of silver, and there are new clothes for New Years and festivals. In addition, these silver melon seeds and silver beans are also newly made. Copper coins, but our old lady specially prepares a reward for the girl. The old lady said, when the girl comes, our house is like our own. If there is anything to do, feel free to speak, but there is one thing, "
Xing Xiuyan quickly stood up.
Only then did Wang Shanbao's family say: "Our family has already become a sect. It's just for the sake of Mrs. Tai's face that I often go there. In fact, it's just a matter of face. Here, please ask Miss Cousin to decide."
Xing Xiuyan hurriedly said Wanfu, thanked Wang Shanbao's family for their guidance, Wang Shanbao's family hurriedly avoided, and beat the girl and woman in this house, and then took the people, held an umbrella, and walked away in the snow.
Xing Xiuyan personally sent her to the gate of the yard, and saw that she had gone far, so she went back to her house to resettle.
Let's talk about Mrs. Xing's side, although Wang Xifeng saved her face in front of Jia's mother, but her younger brother and sister came to join her empty-handed, but she had no windfall, which inevitably added another trouble.
Wang Xifeng is a smart person, so she couldn't guess it, so she came to Mrs. Xing the next day: "Old lady, there is something that my daughter-in-law would like to ask the old lady to explain."
Mrs. Xing then asked what was the matter.
Wang Xifeng said: "Old lady, my daughter-in-law has been thinking about this matter for several days. It is said that our master is a young Xianda, and now he is only 25 years old, and he is already a second-rank official. My daughter-in-law should be content. But this Two years ago, the daughter-in-law watched coldly, either there was a drought or a locust plague outside, or there was a flood reported there. The daughter-in-law thought that she might be short of food, so she made an exception to promote our master. But, old lady, think about it, our master He was spoiled and pampered when he was young, and others gave him way at home. How could he face those treacherous and cunning people head-on?! This is fine in Beijing, and our family can take care of him. Now that he has gone outside, my wife is so worried. I'm really worried."
When Mrs. Xing heard about it, she was also worried: "It is said that the slaves in the Rongguo Mansion were difficult to govern, but they are slaves after all. It's not good, just find a reason to report to the officials. But their wrists, compared to others, are really It's so small that it doesn't look like a big witch!"
Wang Xifeng said: "That's not the case. The daughter-in-law has thought about it. If we play tricks on others, our master may not be able to play with those people. Fortunately, what the court wants is enough money and food, especially food, which is the most important thing Yes. Old lady, I’m afraid that we will go to Shandong to buy fields and plant sweet potatoes as in the past. But in this way, someone must take care of it from time to time.”
Mrs. Xing said: "So, you have fallen for Uncle's idea?"
"Isn't the grandfather getting old, and the master has official duties, so he can't separate himself? Originally, the rules of every family are like this. The Zhuangzi outside always needs someone from the family to visit from time to time. It's our family. There is no one, so I can only trouble my uncle."
Mrs. Xing knew that Wang Xifeng was always generous, so Xie Yi and tea money would never be short.Even though he was doing the work in the name of his uncle, he gave his younger brother a living, which was much better than letting his younger brother mess around with Jia Zheng's people.
Mrs. Xing knows exactly what it looks like over there.
The next day, when Xing Zhong was called over by his sister, he was also very upset.Just as Mrs. Xing Wang Xifeng guessed, Jiangnan was also hit by a disaster, and he really couldn't survive in the south. He also heard that Jia's family had a concubine, and his cheap nephew was a high-ranking official, so he came to seek refuge with Mrs. Xing.
Xing Zhong was very aware of Madam Xing's good face, and was afraid that he would make Madam Xing angry by losing Madam Xing's face, so he was very disturbed when Madam Xing called him over.After hearing Mrs. Xing halfway through, his heart sank.Fortunately, Mrs. Xing explained it clearly to him and told him that Jia Lian also did this at the beginning, and also received dividends in the name of tea money, so Xing Zhong was happy.
Originally, he just thought that Mrs. Xing could subsidize him some money and help him support his family business in Beijing, but now that he has such an errand, he feels at ease.After returning to the guest house, Xing Zhong consulted his wife and sister, packed his things by himself, and went to Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi to study for two months before going to Shandong.
No, Jia Lian, who was about to take office, got the news and gave Wang Xifeng a good time. She moved back that night, not to mention, and caused Wang Xifeng midnight, so she reluctantly left for Shandong.
Here, after Xing Xiuyan followed Mrs. Xing, she also acted with Yingchun Xichun every day. Yingchun and Xichun went to school, and she went to school; She also followed; Yingchun Xichun never spent the night in the Grand View Garden, and she never stayed.
After following Mrs. Jia's wife here a lot, Xing Xiuyan has tasted a bit of flavor.
The dispute between the golden lock and the golden unicorn in the Grand View Garden has become day-to-day, but Jia Baoyu, the person involved, doesn't know whether he doesn't know or is unintentional. In short, every time she passes by, Jia Baoyu will inevitably leave Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai behind. entertain.
Xing Xiuyan was so troubled that she could only look for Yingchun.
Yingchun said: "Brother Bao hates official career and economics the most, but Sister Bao and Sister Yun have persuaded him. Because of this, he lost his temper several times. This is already a well-known thing in the garden. He treats you like this. Because you are a visitor from afar, and secondly, you have never told him about career and economics, nor have you ever asked him to make progress. You don’t have to take it to heart.”
Yingchun knew very well that after Jia She and Jia Zheng separated, there were two families, and even the neighbors were closer than each other.The reason why the two families still communicate is only because of Jia's mother.When Jia Mu's eyes are closed, the two families may turn against each other immediately and never communicate with each other.In this case, what does it matter if Jia Baoyu is hot or not?
Xing Xiuyan was dumbfounded: "Then the mansion doesn't care about it?"
"What do you care? Who told him to be born with jade in his mouth?"
Xing Xiuyan felt cold all over his body when he heard it.
She is also a very smart woman, and immediately realized the implication of Yingchun.
On the other hand, Yingchun was also aware of Xing Xiuyan's worry, so she simply asked Mrs. Xing for instructions and increased the class hours in the school, making it even more difficult for her to come to the Grand View Garden.It made Jia Baoyu sigh and sigh, hurting the moon god.
At this time, Xiren's mother was not well, and Xiren went home to visit relatives, not wanting to offend Xing Zhong.
Because of Xiren, her elder brother Hua Zifang was already a rich man in the suburbs of Beijing, and when Xiren returned to her natal home, she looked like a grandma from a wealthy family visiting her natal home.
Xing Zhong was born in the name of Jia Amnesty's brother-in-law, and he was in charge of affairs, and Mrs. Xing gave him thousands of instructions, so he ran into people from the Hua family on the road, so he didn't dare to argue.
Xing Zhong is honest and dare not argue, but don't forget that those who follow him are also the servants of the Jia family. It is Mrs. Jia Shexing's housekeeper who is powerful, and the servants of the Jia family have been arrogant for a long time.Xing Zhong himself didn't dare to speak, but how could those little servants bear it?He turned back to Jia Amnesty.
When Jia Amnesty heard this, he immediately reported to the official!
Thinking about the Hua family, the family couldn't live on before, so they sold their daughter, how many years has it been!He even became an outsider in the suburbs of Beijing!Nothing tricky here?
Jia Amnesty said that someone stole the old things of their old Duke and reported it to the official.Then, before the twelfth lunar month, the guards of Jingzhao Mansion confiscated the Hua family.
The author has something to say: Jia Yingchun, whose scientific name is Jia Ji, and whose childhood name is Yingchun.The scientific name is a formal name, which generally only appears in marriage letters and family trees. If a woman needs to be mentioned in an imperial decree or religious decree, it is usually replaced by father and brother. First name, if there is both a scientific name and a baby name, the scientific name must be written.Therefore, Jia Amnesty said that our family did not have a girl whose scientific name was Jia Yingchun, so it made sense to refuse to send our daughter to the Grand View Garden in terms of etiquette.Because Jia Yingchun's official name is Jia Ji, it should be Jia Ji, not Jia Yingchun, that should be written in the creed.
Of course, as a baby name, Yingchun can be used as a daily address, so, for convenience, Yingchun is still used in this article.
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How did you earn this money?
While Wang Xifeng was dumbfounded at the cost of Mrs. Wang's birthplace villa, someone was also dumbfounded at her and Jia Lian's property accounts.
The Jia family has always been the focus of the royal family's vigilance. The royal family has placed many people in the Jia family, including Wang Xifeng's dowry Zhuangzi, not to mention the properties Jia Lian bought later.
The spies who can be placed by the royal family basically have two brushes, and Jia Lian also bought a lot of properties, so it is inevitable that this account cannot be settled. The final result is that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng unintentionally asked the royal spies to help. The account was settled, and these spies also took the opportunity to send the account of Jia Lian Wang Xifeng to the imperial court.
The emperor was dumbfounded.
If these spies sent only a part of them, he knew little about Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's affairs, and he probably thought they had done illegal or immoral things. The former refers to corruption and bribery, and the latter includes usury and other exploitation Things.
But the problem is that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng didn't do this.
The common people work for them, entirely because their wages are high, and the food is good, and there is still leftovers after eating and drinking.
This is what puzzled the emperor the most.
He couldn't figure out how Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng could still earn money!
Get rid of taxes, get rid of the rent, Jia Lian Wang Xifeng earns an average of one or two silvers per mu of sweet potato land!This is still direct income, that is, the income from sweet potatoes, and it does not include the income from Jia Lian having people cook sweet potatoes, rattan, boiled pigs and feed them to pigs this year!
You must know that in this era, most people do not have the financial resources to feed pigs. Even the wild vegetables dug up are mostly put into people's stomachs instead of being used to feed pigs.Therefore, for the people's homes, what can be counted as livestock are chickens, ducks and dogs, and there is no such thing as pigs.
Those who can raise pigs are basically big local families.
But even so, the pigs were raised for a year and a half, and they were more than 140 catties, and almost none of them could reach [-] catties.If anyone's pig can raise more than one hundred catties, it is a rare thing in ten miles and eight villages.Where are those pigs weighing more than [-] catties like Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi?
The recipe for raising pigs was also in front of the emperor. The first one was: Except for sows and breeding pigs, all piglets must be steered, and pigs that have been steered will grow meat faster.The second one is that when raising pigs, you need to be married and feed them live food such as earthworms. Eating live food can grow meat...
In addition, there are diseases and epidemic prevention, etc., one by one.The recipe for raising pigs alone is a thick booklet.
And those chickens, ducks, rabbits and sheep,
The summary of experience in these booklets is nothing more than one, be willing.Wang Xifeng is willing to invest, so the return is also high.
The emperor flipped through these brochures, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "Why are there no cattle raisers?"
Dai Quan hurriedly said: "Long live back, this cow is labor."
The emperor cared about Jia She's family's Zhuang Zi, so Dai Quan naturally cared too. Not only did he know that Jia's family raised cattle, but he also knew that these cattle were not raised in Jia Lian's Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi property, but in Jia She's hands.Every year during spring plowing, Jia Lian Wang Xifeng would borrow cattle from Jia She.
The emperor suddenly realized: "You mean, if this little Jia Wang raises cattle, it is probably for meat?"
"Exactly, long live."
When the emperor heard this, he suddenly laughed.
Seeing that the emperor was happy, Dai Quan also said: "Your servant also heard that locusts did fly to Gyeonggi this summer, but Madam Xiao Jia ordered people to release all the hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks, and directly killed them." Let a catastrophe disappear invisible."
Even if each chicken and duck eats only one locust, hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks can eat at least one million locusts within a quarter of an hour as long as they let go!So what if locusts overwhelm the sky?As long as Wang Xifeng has enough chickens and ducks, there is no need to worry about locust plagues.
The emperor was taken aback: "Why didn't I know?"
He has not received relevant memorials.
"I think it's because it belongs to Jia Zhifu's field, so Jia Zhifu is embarrassed to ask for credit. I heard that Mrs. Jia handled the three waves of migratory locusts well, which made the locusts stop in Dingzhou." Dai Quan said, "Your Majesty must still remember that there are many self-purified people outside the palace. They cannot enter the palace gate, and they cannot be slaves. They can only live by begging. Mrs. Jia's family does not choose tenants when they hire tenants, so Many people have gone, there is a boy in the servant's house, and his fellow countryman went to Mrs. Jia's village, so the servant knows."
When the emperor heard this, he sighed again.
Although the civil and military officials in the court despised the eunuchs as survivors of punishment, the emperor still clearly remembered what Dai Quan had said to him back then - parents who suffer from body, hair and skin, if they can survive, who would want to bear the burden? An unfilial name hurt himself and castrated himself to be a eunuch?In fact, there were many eunuchs in Guochao who could not survive at home, and had no choice, so they castrated themselves.They thought that as long as they were cleansed, they could enter the palace to make a living, but they didn't know that there was a special cleansing room in the palace, which would only be opened when there was a shortage of people in the palace.Even if they purify themselves, they cannot enter the palace.
As a result, many people can only die miserably, and more people can only beg on the streets, struggling to survive.
The reason for this result is also very simple - hunger.
In other words, this is the case in this era, the vast majority of the people are almost struggling on the line of food and clothing.A famine will cause hundreds of thousands of victims, and if too many victims gather in one place, they will become mobs.
If it were someone else, they might point out that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng bought people's hearts, but in the eyes of the emperor, unless he could completely solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in the world, as long as Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng did not raise private soldiers, as long as they did not hide armor, as long as they He had to treat the couple preferentially if he didn't have slaves who played with swords and robbed their ears.
At least until he wins the contest with the Supreme Emperor, he has to build his image of loving the people by defending the couple on Jia She's side.
Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but make a mistake in the report.
He wanted to see how much tax Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng paid.
It's hard to say clearly the mood behind the emperor's behavior.Jia Lian is a state official. According to national law, officials and gentry are exempt from taxes, and Jia Lian does not have to pay taxes, especially land tax.However, as an emperor, he knew very well what it meant to lose tens of thousands of acres of land tax and tens of thousands of tenants' personal tax.
It means that his treasury has lost a lot of money.
Although compared with the whole country, these incomes are nothing, but for the emperor whose treasury is so empty that he can run a horse, even mosquito meat is meat.
Turning to the last page, the emperor's face changed when he saw clearly the taxes paid by Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's property.
It's not because Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng and his wife didn't pay taxes at all.On the contrary, as long as they bought the land, the land tax that should be paid was paid in full. As for the head tax of the tenants below, not only the men paid the full amount, but even the women were calculated according to half the labor force and paid together. up.
That is to say, not only the taxes that should be paid, but also the taxes that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng both helped to pay, which could be avoided. For example, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng also paid the poll tax for women.
The emperor slammed and stood up.
Dai Quan was taken aback.
He whispered, "Long live?"
The emperor did not speak.
His face was terribly gloomy.
Dai Quan didn't dare to tease the dragon's beard any more, so he could only lower his head.
Wang Xifeng didn't know what was going on in the palace, at this moment, what she cared most about was sweet potato flour.
Over the past two years, there has been a set of rules for the planting and storage of sweet potatoes.There is no way, the imperial court has not included sweet potatoes in the tax payment system, so Wang Xifeng can only slice, dry, grind, wash, precipitate, and separate the sweet potatoes first, and then process them into sweet potato powder. It's finished with sweet potato vermicelli.
Therefore, other people entered the slack period after the autumn harvest, but in Jia Lian Wang Xifeng's village, after the autumn harvest was almost the busiest time of the year.Not only do beans and pastures need to be planted in the fields, but people are hired to dry the sweet potatoes to make sweet potato flour in the villages. This must be done before the frost, because after the frost is the day to make sweet potato vermicelli.
Hunger makes the people very real.When they could have millet, they would never want white flour and white rice, and when they could have sweet potatoes, they would never want millet.
The reason is that millet is cheaper than white rice and white noodles, and sweet potatoes are cheaper than millet.In other words, for the same money, if you take sweet potatoes, you can get more than millet.
These part-time workers heard that sweet potatoes would not go bad even in the next spring, and some people came forward to say that they immediately chose sweet potatoes as the main payment method for wages.
There are also people who planted a few acres of land nearby, and they simply sent their sweet potatoes to Jia Lian Wang Xifeng's village in exchange for sweet potato vermicelli.
No way, not every household has enough manpower to dry sweet potatoes to make sweet potato vermicelli.Instead of doing it yourself, it's better to send it to Jia's Zhuangzi.The same is eight catties of sweet potatoes for one catty of sweet potato vermicelli, but if you make sweet potato vermicelli at home, you will be exhausted. That's all, plus wages and meat.
Anyone who changes is happy.
But Wang Xifeng was very unhappy.Because these sweet potatoes are too lean.
The reason is that the fertilizer has not kept up, and the field care is not enough, so that the sweet potato starch does not accumulate much and is very thin.According to her estimation, it would be the same as if five catties of sweet potatoes yielded one catty of sweet potato flour.But who would have thought that only one catty of sweet potato flour would be produced from eight catties of these sweet potatoes!One catty of sweet potato flour is used to make one catty of sweet potato vermicelli. In this way, Wang Xifeng lost nearly half of his income for nothing.
No wonder Wang Xifeng would be happy!
Jia Lian didn't know that Wang Xifeng was angry because of this incident. He thought that Wang Xifeng had a weird temper because she was pregnant.
That's right, Wang Xifeng is pregnant again, after her second daughter's first birthday.
Jia Amnesty was overjoyed.
I am not afraid that Wang Xifeng will give birth to daughters, but I am afraid that Wang Xifeng will not be able to give birth.As long as she can give birth, as long as she continues to give birth, she will always give birth to a son, Jia She is very sure of this.Anyway, the daughter-in-law is still young, and she will give birth to one every other year, and she can have four more.That is, the first ones are all daughters, and the last one may also be a son.
So Jia Amnesty called his son to him and taught him a good lesson, emphasizing that his son is not allowed to make trouble with his daughter-in-law, nor is he allowed to raise a woman outside.
Raising a waifu not only hurt his daughter-in-law's heart, but also ruined his own reputation and future.
Jia Amnesty almost broke it apart and made a statement to his son.
On the other hand, Jia Amnesty directly took advantage of Wang Xifeng's stomach to push back the invitation from Jia's mother, Jia Zheng, and never showed up during the Lantern Festival when Jia Yuanchun was visiting relatives.
I don't think so, in the original book, Jia She did his best to manage Jia Yuanchun's relatives' villa. Jia Yuanchun didn't take him seriously at all.After Jia Yuanchun's relatives returned to the palace, he issued a decree, saying that it is not good for the Grand View Garden to be empty, so he specifically named Yingchun and Xue Baochai, saying that these sisters should live in, so as not to disappoint the scenery here, but also to let them live. Jia Baoyu followed to study.
When Jia She received this decree, he was very annoyed and exploded on the spot: "After the division of the clan, there will be two families! She didn't mention her own sister, but our girl, what's the reason?! Both the baby names of the girl of the family and the girl of the Xue family are written on the edict, could it be that she has completely forgotten the word "rule" after being in the palace for so many years?!"
Jia Amnesty turned around and went to the ancestral hall, gave Yingchun a proper scientific name, and added it to the brochure.The scientific name of Yingchun follows her brothers, Congyu, and the single name is Ji.It means that although Yingchun is not perfect, he is still a jewel, the jewel in Jia She's palm.
Mother Jia got a reply, so she had to send another person here. She didn't want Jia Amnesty to tell the person directly: "Your Majesty's decree is wrong, and there is no such person in our family." She also said: "Our girl is already fourteen. It’s a serious year, how can I live with someone else’s parents? I want to be filial to the old lady, my daughter-in-law is on the top, and the eldest sister and second sister are on the bottom, so she must be the only one?”
No matter what the servant woman said, Jia Amnesty refused.
The visitor had no choice but to report to Jiamu.After Jia's mother heard about it, she didn't speak for a long time, and Mrs. Wang said: "Old lady, since the old man said so, why don't you let Feng girl's eldest sister come over?"
Jia's mother immediately shook her head: "Young girl Feng is pregnant. I heard that she will give birth in June? It won't be too late when she gives birth."
What does it mean to separate mother and daughter at this time?Let Wang Xifeng worry that her daughter will not be able to raise her baby well?Or do you want to separate the mother and daughter?
Mother Jia is not confused about these matters.
She knew very well that Mrs. Xing's ability was limited. Wang Xifeng looked like she didn't have the housekeeping power in her hands, but her influence over there was even higher than Mrs. Xing's!What's more, she is a second-class countess, so what if Jia Yuanchun becomes a concubine?Could it be possible to call her around like Li Wan?
Mrs. Wang has no choice but to arrange it by herself.
I don't want to, when it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, the palace sends out festival gifts. It is amazing that Jia Shexing's wife, Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng, and Jia Cong are all involved in the Spring Festival. On the contrary, Jia Huan, the half-brother, does not have it. Aunt Zhao is not happy.In addition to some other reasons, the matter of suppressing the victory happened again in the Grand View Garden, and Mrs. Xing was more than once thankful that Jia She had the right idea and kept her distance from there.
Until June [-]th, Wang Xifeng finally gave birth to a son.Not to mention Jia's pardon and Jia Lian's ecstasy, but this time Wang Xifeng felt that her body was so hollowed out that she was relieved only after being confinement.
This autumn, Jia Amnesty ushered in two major events. The first one was Jia Lian's promotion.He and Wang Xifeng have been planting sweet potatoes in Dingzhou, which is the area under the prefect's jurisdiction of Boling, for three years. The harvest is bumper every year, and the disaster has been eliminated twice. The emperor is very satisfied with him and promoted him to be the chief envoy of Shandong. , in charge of civil affairs in Shandong.
The other thing is that Mrs. Xing's natal brothers brought their family members to join Mrs. Xing.
That day Mrs. Xing happened to bring Wang Xifeng and Yingchun Xichun sisters to give Jiamu a morning and night sleep. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang congratulated her suddenly, and then invited four girls, Li Wen, Li Qi, Xue Baoqin and Xing Xiuyan. As soon as the four girls came out, Xue Baoqin was dressed luxuriously, and Li Wen and Li Qi were also very decent, but Xing Xiuyan was wearing what could only be called clean clothes, Madam Xing's expression changed at that time.
She wants to be a decent person the most, but the dress of her niece who is compared to the dust, doesn't she sweep all her face into the mud?
Wang Xifeng recognized Xing Xiuyan a long time ago, but she also knew her identity, so after Mrs. Wang finished introducing the four girls, she said, "Ah, so it's my cousin! I don't even recognize the second old lady. I heard that our old lady's family is the most honest. Otherwise, Mrs. Tai would not have taken a fancy to the family style of the Xing family, so she specially hired an old lady for our old lady. These years, the old lady has really cared about the family , but my sister’s home is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, so it’s really inconvenient to communicate with each other. Now that my sister is here, our old lady can feel at ease. How is uncle? How is aunt? How is second aunt? How is third aunt?”
If Wang Xifeng didn't mention the second aunt of the Xing family, Aunt Li would probably take her polite words, but Wang Xifeng opened her mouth to say that the second aunt of the Xing family was the third aunt of the Xing family. That's why I know.
Aunt Li said: "I heard that the eldest lady is the elder sister. When Master Xing brought his family back to the south, he had already saved his life. It sounds so frightening to hear that he died in a cold wind! Or the eldest lady delayed her youth. The younger brothers and sisters grew up together, watched the younger sister and daughter-in-law enter the door, and then boarded the sedan chair. I also said that although Miss Xing is simple, she is really extraordinary in her words and deeds. It can be seen that the Xing family's tutor is really excellent."
With Wang Xifeng and Aunt Li's ladder, Mrs. Xing's face softened, and she asked about the Xing family.
Xing Xiuyan is also honest, or in other words, the Xue family and the Li family already know about her family, so they can't hide it, so they can only honestly say that they are here to join Mrs. Xing.
Mrs. Xing's complexion immediately turned ugly.
Wang Xifeng immediately said: "My God! Could it be that this locust plague has spread to the south of the Yangtze River?"
Mrs. Xing was startled.
Jia's mother said angrily, "Girl Feng, you are the mother of three children, why are you still blah?"
Wang Xifeng said: "Don't blame Mrs. Sun, isn't my daughter-in-law worried about our master? Outsiders don't know, but our family knows. Our master has planted sweet potatoes in Dingzhou for three years and saved nearly [-] million catties of grain for the court. , was entrusted by the imperial court to be the chief envoy of Shandong. The daughter-in-law thought, I am afraid that Long Live hope that our master can add another granary to the imperial court in Shandong. But Mrs. Tai, these locusts are really hateful, because the yield of sweet potatoes is high. , but it is also afraid of locusts. In the year of locust plague, if you want to have a harvest, you may only have taro."
Shi Xiangyun below couldn't understand, so he turned his head and asked Jia Baoyu: "Will there be locust plagues in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Xue Baochai said: "After all, it is the daughter of the Hou family. As early as the prosperous Tang Dynasty, many places in the south of the Yangtze River, including Anhui and Zhejiang, had suffered from locust plagues."
It can be said that more than half of the demise of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was due to this locust plague.
Shi Xiangyun immediately stopped talking.
Jia's mother above also said: "Amitabha. If that's the case, let's give porridge to our family too."
But he didn't mention it anymore, instead he expressed his liking for Xue Baoqin, and proposed to keep Xue Baoqin in his room.Moreover, the following words were intentionally or unintentionally pulled on Xue Baoqin, and Jia Baoyu was crazy, fully expressing his liking for Xue Baoqin, which made Aunt Xue have to gently remind Jia Mu that Xue Baoqin already had a family. Jing came here just to get married.
Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng looked at each other, and Wang Xifeng said: "Sister Qin is for... Grandma, don't you remember wrongly? How old is she?"
Aunt Xue could only say: "Her mother is in poor health and has been suffering from phlegm disease, so I want to see her out of the cabinet as soon as possible."
Wang Xifeng said: "My aunt's words are even more strange. If Sister Qin is the same age as Sister Bao, it is reasonable to be anxious because she is afraid of missing the flowering period. But she is only so young, she should serve her mother, maybe Seeing her filial piety, the Mei family felt that Sister Qin and Xue's family had a bit of charm, and the marriage went smoothly. Our old lady was favored by Mrs. Tai because of her good reputation in her boudoir, and hired her Are you a daughter-in-law?"
Xue Baoqin blushed a long time ago.
Not just shame, but anxiety.
Just like Wang Xifeng said, in this era, the reputation of a daughter's family is nothing more than filial piety, chastity, and brotherhood, and filial piety ranks first.Mrs. Xing married Jia Amnesty in the name of being a friendly sibling. If Xue Baoqin stayed at home and took care of her sick mother, she might gain a good reputation.
Looking at Xue Baoqin's age, she is the youngest in the Grand View Garden. Now Xue Baochai is only 14 years old, Jia Baoyu is 11 years old, and Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun are ten years old, both older than her.If it is said that her mother is not good and wants to see her get married, it should be that the Xue family sent someone to discuss with the Mei family. The Mei family nodded and she came to Beijing again.
But what happened?She did abandon her mother and go to Beijing, but in the eyes of others, her behavior is enough to make people shake their heads.
In other words, what Aunt Xue said was to defend her, but in fact it put an unfilial shit bowl on her head.
Thinking of Aunt Xue's strong psychological quality in front of Jiamu before, and her quick response on weekdays, looking at today, the relationship between the two families of Xue's family is clearly revealed.
Mrs. Xing was very satisfied. She immediately glanced at Xue Baoqin and said, "Young girl Feng, you are still so sharp-mouthed!" Then she said to Xing Xiuyan: "Since you are here, I will go to my house in a while. Your cousin is also old and is following Nanny learns the rules, and you also learn how to raise and lower your eyebrows."
The implication is that she doesn't like Mrs. Wang's side anymore.
Too.After beating Xue Baochai to Beijing, she stepped on Tanchun's face and taught Yingchun Tanchun with her sister's airs. Mrs. Xing has been dissatisfied with this matter for a long time.Now that I have seized the opportunity, it is natural to have one or two outbreaks.
Xing Xiuyan obediently agreed.
Xing Xiuyan originally thought that he followed Mrs. Xing, or lived with Mrs. Xing like Xue Baoqin in front of Jia Mu, or was stuffed into his cousin's room like Li Wen and Li Qi, or else, I stayed in the hospital with my parents and two aunts.
No, she just sat in Mrs. Xing's house for a while, and when she turned around, Wang Shanbao's family came and said that she had tidied up a separate yard in the back garden for her, and tidied up all the girls and women.
She followed Wang Shanbao's family to her room, and as soon as she sat down, she saw Feng'er, the eldest girl next to Wang Xifeng, coming with a few girls and women holding two bundles.I saw two brand-new cotton-padded jackets and leather jackets in the bag wrapped in elastic ink flower silk and water red silk, the colors were bright and bright, just suitable for a little girl like her; the other bag wrapped in doraemon in jade silk Two large cloaks were also brand new, one made of orangutan felt and the other made of scarlet feather gauze.
Feng'er said: "It's not easy for an old lady to take care of the house, and our girl is not raised by the old lady. If the girl's role is used to help the cousin girl, even if the sisters in the girl's room don't talk about it, the old lady below will chew her tongue." But it’s not beautiful. These clothes were originally made outside the past two years to honor our wife. Our wife doesn’t wear the clothes made outside, but they just put them in the box for nothing. My wife asked me to pack up two bags for my cousin in case of emergency, just to trouble The elder sisters and mothers in the cousin girl’s room should do it by themselves.”
When Xing Xiuyan heard about it, she quickly thanked her.
Wang Shanbao's family acted as the master and rewarded Feng'er with a handful of newly-made copper coins.
After Feng'er left with the people, Wang Shanbao's family moved the two mother-of-pearl boxes on the kang table and opened them to Xing Xiuyan to see, but they were a box of fashionable jewelry - just suitable for a little girl like Xing Xiuyan Wearing - and a box of silver locks, newly minted copper coins.
Wang Shanbao's family said: "Since the cousin girl has come to our house, she is naturally the same as our girl. The monthly money is two taels, the makeup and powder are two taels of silver, and there are new clothes for New Years and festivals. In addition, these silver melon seeds and silver beans are also newly made. Copper coins, but our old lady specially prepares a reward for the girl. The old lady said, when the girl comes, our house is like our own. If there is anything to do, feel free to speak, but there is one thing, "
Xing Xiuyan quickly stood up.
Only then did Wang Shanbao's family say: "Our family has already become a sect. It's just for the sake of Mrs. Tai's face that I often go there. In fact, it's just a matter of face. Here, please ask Miss Cousin to decide."
Xing Xiuyan hurriedly said Wanfu, thanked Wang Shanbao's family for their guidance, Wang Shanbao's family hurriedly avoided, and beat the girl and woman in this house, and then took the people, held an umbrella, and walked away in the snow.
Xing Xiuyan personally sent her to the gate of the yard, and saw that she had gone far, so she went back to her house to resettle.
Let's talk about Mrs. Xing's side, although Wang Xifeng saved her face in front of Jia's mother, but her younger brother and sister came to join her empty-handed, but she had no windfall, which inevitably added another trouble.
Wang Xifeng is a smart person, so she couldn't guess it, so she came to Mrs. Xing the next day: "Old lady, there is something that my daughter-in-law would like to ask the old lady to explain."
Mrs. Xing then asked what was the matter.
Wang Xifeng said: "Old lady, my daughter-in-law has been thinking about this matter for several days. It is said that our master is a young Xianda, and now he is only 25 years old, and he is already a second-rank official. My daughter-in-law should be content. But this Two years ago, the daughter-in-law watched coldly, either there was a drought or a locust plague outside, or there was a flood reported there. The daughter-in-law thought that she might be short of food, so she made an exception to promote our master. But, old lady, think about it, our master He was spoiled and pampered when he was young, and others gave him way at home. How could he face those treacherous and cunning people head-on?! This is fine in Beijing, and our family can take care of him. Now that he has gone outside, my wife is so worried. I'm really worried."
When Mrs. Xing heard about it, she was also worried: "It is said that the slaves in the Rongguo Mansion were difficult to govern, but they are slaves after all. It's not good, just find a reason to report to the officials. But their wrists, compared to others, are really It's so small that it doesn't look like a big witch!"
Wang Xifeng said: "That's not the case. The daughter-in-law has thought about it. If we play tricks on others, our master may not be able to play with those people. Fortunately, what the court wants is enough money and food, especially food, which is the most important thing Yes. Old lady, I’m afraid that we will go to Shandong to buy fields and plant sweet potatoes as in the past. But in this way, someone must take care of it from time to time.”
Mrs. Xing said: "So, you have fallen for Uncle's idea?"
"Isn't the grandfather getting old, and the master has official duties, so he can't separate himself? Originally, the rules of every family are like this. The Zhuangzi outside always needs someone from the family to visit from time to time. It's our family. There is no one, so I can only trouble my uncle."
Mrs. Xing knew that Wang Xifeng was always generous, so Xie Yi and tea money would never be short.Even though he was doing the work in the name of his uncle, he gave his younger brother a living, which was much better than letting his younger brother mess around with Jia Zheng's people.
Mrs. Xing knows exactly what it looks like over there.
The next day, when Xing Zhong was called over by his sister, he was also very upset.Just as Mrs. Xing Wang Xifeng guessed, Jiangnan was also hit by a disaster, and he really couldn't survive in the south. He also heard that Jia's family had a concubine, and his cheap nephew was a high-ranking official, so he came to seek refuge with Mrs. Xing.
Xing Zhong was very aware of Madam Xing's good face, and was afraid that he would make Madam Xing angry by losing Madam Xing's face, so he was very disturbed when Madam Xing called him over.After hearing Mrs. Xing halfway through, his heart sank.Fortunately, Mrs. Xing explained it clearly to him and told him that Jia Lian also did this at the beginning, and also received dividends in the name of tea money, so Xing Zhong was happy.
Originally, he just thought that Mrs. Xing could subsidize him some money and help him support his family business in Beijing, but now that he has such an errand, he feels at ease.After returning to the guest house, Xing Zhong consulted his wife and sister, packed his things by himself, and went to Wang Xifeng's Zhuangzi to study for two months before going to Shandong.
No, Jia Lian, who was about to take office, got the news and gave Wang Xifeng a good time. She moved back that night, not to mention, and caused Wang Xifeng midnight, so she reluctantly left for Shandong.
Here, after Xing Xiuyan followed Mrs. Xing, she also acted with Yingchun Xichun every day. Yingchun and Xichun went to school, and she went to school; She also followed; Yingchun Xichun never spent the night in the Grand View Garden, and she never stayed.
After following Mrs. Jia's wife here a lot, Xing Xiuyan has tasted a bit of flavor.
The dispute between the golden lock and the golden unicorn in the Grand View Garden has become day-to-day, but Jia Baoyu, the person involved, doesn't know whether he doesn't know or is unintentional. In short, every time she passes by, Jia Baoyu will inevitably leave Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai behind. entertain.
Xing Xiuyan was so troubled that she could only look for Yingchun.
Yingchun said: "Brother Bao hates official career and economics the most, but Sister Bao and Sister Yun have persuaded him. Because of this, he lost his temper several times. This is already a well-known thing in the garden. He treats you like this. Because you are a visitor from afar, and secondly, you have never told him about career and economics, nor have you ever asked him to make progress. You don’t have to take it to heart.”
Yingchun knew very well that after Jia She and Jia Zheng separated, there were two families, and even the neighbors were closer than each other.The reason why the two families still communicate is only because of Jia's mother.When Jia Mu's eyes are closed, the two families may turn against each other immediately and never communicate with each other.In this case, what does it matter if Jia Baoyu is hot or not?
Xing Xiuyan was dumbfounded: "Then the mansion doesn't care about it?"
"What do you care? Who told him to be born with jade in his mouth?"
Xing Xiuyan felt cold all over his body when he heard it.
She is also a very smart woman, and immediately realized the implication of Yingchun.
On the other hand, Yingchun was also aware of Xing Xiuyan's worry, so she simply asked Mrs. Xing for instructions and increased the class hours in the school, making it even more difficult for her to come to the Grand View Garden.It made Jia Baoyu sigh and sigh, hurting the moon god.
At this time, Xiren's mother was not well, and Xiren went home to visit relatives, not wanting to offend Xing Zhong.
Because of Xiren, her elder brother Hua Zifang was already a rich man in the suburbs of Beijing, and when Xiren returned to her natal home, she looked like a grandma from a wealthy family visiting her natal home.
Xing Zhong was born in the name of Jia Amnesty's brother-in-law, and he was in charge of affairs, and Mrs. Xing gave him thousands of instructions, so he ran into people from the Hua family on the road, so he didn't dare to argue.
Xing Zhong is honest and dare not argue, but don't forget that those who follow him are also the servants of the Jia family. It is Mrs. Jia Shexing's housekeeper who is powerful, and the servants of the Jia family have been arrogant for a long time.Xing Zhong himself didn't dare to speak, but how could those little servants bear it?He turned back to Jia Amnesty.
When Jia Amnesty heard this, he immediately reported to the official!
Thinking about the Hua family, the family couldn't live on before, so they sold their daughter, how many years has it been!He even became an outsider in the suburbs of Beijing!Nothing tricky here?
Jia Amnesty said that someone stole the old things of their old Duke and reported it to the official.Then, before the twelfth lunar month, the guards of Jingzhao Mansion confiscated the Hua family.
The author has something to say: Jia Yingchun, whose scientific name is Jia Ji, and whose childhood name is Yingchun.The scientific name is a formal name, which generally only appears in marriage letters and family trees. If a woman needs to be mentioned in an imperial decree or religious decree, it is usually replaced by father and brother. First name, if there is both a scientific name and a baby name, the scientific name must be written.Therefore, Jia Amnesty said that our family did not have a girl whose scientific name was Jia Yingchun, so it made sense to refuse to send our daughter to the Grand View Garden in terms of etiquette.Because Jia Yingchun's official name is Jia Ji, it should be Jia Ji, not Jia Yingchun, that should be written in the creed.
Of course, as a baby name, Yingchun can be used as a daily address, so, for convenience, Yingchun is still used in this article.
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