The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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After finally finishing the not-so-good reunion dinner, Xueyan felt relieved after seeing Daiyu return to the yard.

Daiyu is a very generous master. In addition to the rewards from Lin Ruhai and Jia's family, she took money from her private room to add a month's monthly ritual to each of them as a courtesy.As a big maid like Xueyan, what she got was a two-two-weight silver scorpion. I guess there should be only a lot more for Zijuan, and with Zhengmao and Liumama, Xueyan silently planned to spend more than half of the festival. A hundred taels of silver are gone.

Alas, if it weren't for the fact that when Wang Xifeng was the housekeeper in the original book, she worried about money all day long, and the expenses of a dozen or so people in Zhuquanyuan were not small, not to mention the entire Jia family's 400 people.In addition, the relationship between these people is very complicated, and there are inevitably people who fish in troubled waters, and it is indeed difficult to control.

After finally getting through Zhongqiu, with Jia Amnesty's patience, this time no matter what Jia's mother said, he wanted to take back the main courtyard.Mother Jia was helpless, Mrs. Wang knew she was wrong this time and dared not speak out. Jia Zheng always liked to put on airs, let alone speak out against it.

Thus, the Jia Mansion started a vigorous family separation operation, and even went to the Ningguo Mansion to open an ancestral hall, and signed documents in front of the whole family.

Although Xueyan didn't know how the properties of the Jia family were divided, she could get a glimpse of Mrs. Xing's increasingly cheerful appearance.

After working for more than half a month, the first room and the second room finally changed their residences. Jia Zheng's family moved to the side courtyard where Jia She used to live, and Jia She brought a group of wives and concubines to move into the Rongxi Hall that he was thinking of. He even directly moved into the main house as the head of the house, instead of the second room where he originally lived.

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Daiyu is a relative who lives away, and the disturbance of family separation has finally not affected her.But because the phoenix egg Jia Baoyu caused a lot of trouble, Jia's mother wholeheartedly wanted to keep Baoyu by her side.But Jia Amnesty said that Baoyu was seven years old and not suitable to live in the inner courtyard on the grounds that "men and women have different seats at seven years old".

Even though Jia's mother was "ill" for several days because of this matter, it did not affect Jia's determination to amnesty. In the end, Jia's mother still did not hold back the eldest son, so she had to move Baoyu out.But she didn't let Baoyu follow Jia Zheng and his wife to the west courtyard, but moved him to the back room where Yingchun and his wife lived, and moved Yingchun and the others to her own courtyard.

Although Jia Mu's yard is large, there are many servants and many things. Originally, there was only one Baoyu living there, but now three girls are crammed into it.

Mother Jia always said that she likes these girls the most, but the reality shows that all these girls add up to less than half of Baoyu in her heart, including her daughter.

What makes Xueyan a little strange is that the family is divided, and Tanchun still lives here, and Mrs. Wang didn't take her with her when she left, which is a bit strange.At this time, shouldn't the concubine be called back even if she is pretending?

However, this may also be the result of the game between Jiamu and the others. Xueyan just watched the excitement, but she couldn't really make decisions for anyone.

I just feel sorry for this girl, her father doesn't love her, her mother doesn't love her, and she has a kind-hearted aunt. Fortunately, she has a strong temper, otherwise she might have been manipulated by the nanny just like Yingchun. I dare not go out.

Yingchun and the others were used to being tossed about, so they didn't think there was anything wrong.The maids are also young now, and it's not their turn to complain.On the contrary, the nurses have always been used to being at ease. They followed the master to live in the old lady's house, and their words and deeds were closely watched. If they couldn't take money without authorization, they all felt dissatisfied.

Among them, Yingchun's nanny is the most troubled.This woman has always liked to play with money, so it's not good to be lucky.Usually short of money in hand, often stealing Yingchun's head jewelry, pawning or pawning them, and almost never getting them back after taking them out anyway.Now in Jia Mu's house, the girls' dowry is all placed in one place, and the valuables are all in triplicate. If there is something missing, you can see it.This old woman had no chance to do anything, and she was extremely depressed, and often encouraged the other two nurses to stir up trouble.

It happened that Mrs. Xing was the first time to be the master of the house. After a few days of being the wife of the head, she realized that the family's expenses were too high. She was thinking of ways to reduce expenses, and several nurses bumped into each other.

Hearing them complain that this place is not good and that place is not good, they said: "It's not that there is no yard in our mansion. The Zhuquan Courtyard where Miss Lin lives is very spacious. Although she is a guest, she lives alone in such a big yard. It's a bit wasteful. The old lady has always loved Miss Lin the most, why don't you discuss it with the old lady, let Miss Lin live with the old lady, and exchange with the three girls in our family, wouldn't it be a good thing to have the best of both worlds?"

"Since it's a good thing, why didn't you tell the old lady yourself? Instead, you came to use me as a weapon." At first, I thought that Madam Xing's firecrackers must be easy, but she didn't take the bait at all.

In the end, it was Yingchun's nanny who felt that she had the most seniority, and she couldn't help complaining: "The servants are also wronged for the girls, and the house is too shallow now, and it is difficult to even turn around."

Mrs. Xing said bluntly: "The girls all said that the stay is very good, but you, the slaves, are complaining? Since you feel wronged by this job, you can go home and rest. Anyway, the girls are getting older, and in the future The rules and the like will be taken care of by nuns, and you guys have been tired for so many years, so why don't you just go home and take care of yourself."

They were planning to pretend to complain a few words, so that Yingchun and the others could move out, so that they could use the situation as a dominance, but they didn't expect that Madam Xing was suddenly dismissed from their errands, so they couldn't help crying there.

Yingchun's nanny, Nanny Wang, replied even more sharply: "There are no such rules in the mansion. Second Master Lian is already so old. Isn't Nanny Zhao still working in the mansion?"

Mrs. Xing sneered: "Why don't you say that Lian'er's monthly schedule is ten times that of Yingchun's? Why don't you think about Lian's identity? He is the master's actual eldest son, and the entire family business will belong to him in the future. , so what’s the point of leaving a nanny by your side? What’s your plan when you compare a few concubine daughters with the eldest son who wants to inherit the title?”

A few people wanted to make trouble again, but Mrs. Xing asked someone to hold her down and gag her.Finally, he said coldly: "You old bastards, relying on the fact that the girls were fed for a few days when they were young, you used Joe to pretend to be the money of the elders one by one. I have heard that you all secretly manipulated the girls. , and went out to pawn the girl’s things privately. Originally, I wanted to look at the girl’s face. If you change your ways, the past will be fine. I’m too lazy to pursue it. As a result, the girls moved to the old lady After a few days, one by one can’t stand it anymore, I’m afraid it’s fake if you think the house is small, and it’s true if you think it’s blocking your way of making money! If that’s the case, then don’t blame me for being rude.”

After finishing speaking, he directly called the stewards of the outer court over: "I heard that these old bastards often steal girls' things, and the pair of lace butterfly hairpins of the second girl are missing. You go and find them at home. Find it."

The servants went to search, and sure enough, in the homes of several nurses, they found many valuable things in the girl's room, including head jewelry, decoration utensils, and gold and silver locks whose origins were unclear.Among them, Grandma Wang's house has the most things, including seven or eight pieces of gold and silver jewelry, as well as a stack of pawn notes and more than 200 taels of silver.The other two nanny's houses did not pawn tickets, but there were more than a dozen items of unknown origin.

The evidence is so clear that even Mother Jia can't speak for these people.On the other hand, her old man is well aware of the complicated relationship between the servants of Jia's mansion, and if they are dealt with, it is inevitable that some people will feel angry later. She really wants to see Mrs. Xing's jokes.

Things really happened as Mother Jia expected, after Mrs. Xing dealt with several nurses, first a few old nurses came to intercede, and then their family members began to cry and beg for mercy.

Mrs. Xing was lazy to argue with them, and finally even kicked out their family members, leaving no one behind.Even her companion, Wang Shanbao's family, and Mrs. Fei, who were entrusted by others to intercede, were rejected.

Now all the servants in the family panicked, and they all said that Mrs. Xing was even more lonely than before for some reason, and life would be hard after that.So someone said that compared with Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang has always been a compassionate person who eats fast and recites Buddhism, and she is going to the second room to seek refuge with Mrs. Wang.Someone opened his mouth, and naturally others followed suit.

Some of the quick-witted ones had secretly inquired about the distribution of the family's property, and learned that apart from this ancestral house and a few mu of ancestral property in Jinling, Jia She was to share the rest of the farm floor with the second house.The old lady's private house has not yet been divided. She has always loved Second Master Bao the most, even if the family is divided, she will not let Second Master Bao go. She will definitely give him all the private house in the future.From this point of view, it may be said that the second-bedroom family will be big in the future, so it is better to make plans early...

So after the move, the Jia family who had just settled down once again set off a storm of resignation.

Facing a large group of servants who wanted to go, Mrs. Xing didn't express her opinion, but turned around and went to Jia Amnesty.I don't know how the couple negotiated, but Jia She had someone copy the begging family the next day.All the gold, silver, soft and other things that were confiscated were confiscated, and then they gave them the deed of sale, and said brazenly: "After all, you have worked in the mansion for many years without any credit or hard work, so I won't send you to see officials. I don’t want your redemption money. If you change your master in the future, you will have to work as a servant, and you can’t fill your own pockets like this. If anyone has any objections, the Shuntian Mansion’s yamen is open, and you can go and complain..."

All the servants of Jia's mansion were panicked by this incident, even Xueyan knew about it.She was very surprised by the way Jia She and the other two handled things. It was so different from the original book. Could it be that some of them have time-traveling colleagues?