The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Mrs. Xing knew that this matter was not so easy to break up today, so she was not surprised to hear the news at all. The old god said: "What are you talking about, the old lady is the mother of the elder. This mother wants to beat her." Son, is it possible that I, the daughter-in-law, can still stop me?" She wished that Mother Jia would really beat Jia Amnesty, so that she would have more reason to not give up money once she came home.

But this was just her extravagant wish, and Mother Jia was not stupid, she just pretended to yell a few words, and Jiazhen and the others calmed down as soon as Jiazhen and others persuaded her.

Jia She also knew that this old lady was not a very reasonable one, and sighed: "Mother only thinks that visiting relatives is a matter of honor, but forgets that this matter is not an ordinary expense. You asked me about the idea of ​​dividing the family." Where did all the belongings go? Didn’t it be handed over to the Ministry of Households to make up for the shortfall that our family owed to the treasury? All the money my grandmother left me from my private house was put into it. Is it true that I have lived so hard in the past two years haha?"

Jia's mother said anxiously: "Nowadays, which honorable family in the court doesn't owe the treasury money, why don't others pay it back, and you have so many things?"

Jia She sneered: "I'm timid and afraid of death." He said in his heart that if I return the money to the treasury, I can sell it to the new emperor anyway, which is better than filling that bottomless pit in your Grand View Garden.

Hearing this, Jia Zhen turned her head and asked, "No wonder the uncle ransacked and ransacked all the servants' houses at that moment, isn't it just to collect the money?"

"I didn't think about them at first. I originally wanted to sell some unused and bulky things for some money, but it turned out that there were a lot less things in the warehouse. After this investigation, I found out that these hamsters were one by one. I was so pissed that I was so angry. Guess how many things I found that time?" Jia She asked mysteriously.

Now even Jia's mother, who didn't want to talk to him next to him, listened with her ears open. Jia She sighed and said, "When I opened my eyes, I found thousands of gold and silver things, but after a detailed investigation, these people actually There are also people who secretly bought houses and land, and sold them together with antique ornaments, jewelry and jade for a total of 10,000+ taels of silver.

Jia's mother and Jia Zheng looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to believe that those servants who usually seemed to be respectful and obedient were so bold and dared to greed so much money.And Jia Zhen was also moved. When Jia Amnesty copied those servants, he still laughed secretly in his heart that this person was stupid. Now it seems that he should be the one who is really stupid.No wonder the income of the public school is getting less and less every year, but the expenses are getting bigger and bigger every year.

After being dazed for a long time, Mother Jia cleared her throat and said, "Okay, since these things are over, there's no point in bringing them up again. Just say it straight, how much money can you give this time for your mother-in-law?"

Jia She said with a sad face: "I really don't have much money in my hand. Last year, I wanted to build a village in the suburbs. I just bought some wood and stone there. Those things cost me nearly 10 taels of silver one after another. .Since the empress wants to build a family-saving villa, she has to take out these, which can be regarded as saving a part of the expenses, isn't it? In addition, at most 2 taels of the original coffin, nothing more."

Jia Mu frowned: "What is 2 taels enough for?"

Jia Amnesty replied very disapprovingly: "My mother has been living in the back house. I am afraid she doesn't know much about the world. Nowadays, for an ordinary family of five, ten taels a year

The silver is very generous.Two thousand taels can buy a lot of good things.Besides, the Holy Majesty has always advocated frugality. If we are too extravagant, the Holy Majesty may not be happy.Furthermore, old lady, don't forget that this time the empress declined the offer of visiting relatives. "

Although Jia's mother was a little flustered when he moved out of the empress, she thought that her granddaughter was going to make a living under the empress's hands.Besides, the two families are separated after all, if he is determined not to give out money, even the Holy Majesty can't say anything, thinking that there are still 10 taels of wood and stone, plus [-] silver, it's all he can do.

I also asked Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen, because they were my own daughters and relatives, so Jia Zheng had to take out most of the second room, and took 15 yuan.Jia Zhen originally thought of 20 yuan, but after hearing Jia Amnesty's words, she was a little discouraged. Seeing that her own father only got 15 yuan, she smiled and said: "It has become more and more difficult in my house in the past two years. It is a big deal for my mother to visit relatives." , I will pay 6 taels."

The total is only 23 taels, which is much lower than Jiamu's estimate.But Jia She comforted her and said: "Don't worry too much, old lady. The wood and stone materials I brought are all high-quality goods. It is enough to build a yard of three to five acres, and the others are not much different. The 20 yuan It must be able to last for a long time.”

Mother Jia sighed: "These are too few, I will take out another 10 taels of private money, and I must make my mother look good."

In the end, several people demarcated the land again, instead of the large land that stretched for three and a half miles in the original book, they only used the garden of Jia Zheng's current courtyard to extend eastward, and demolished the group houses around the servants, and added Rong A piece of land in Guofu is less than two miles long.The place is not too small. Fortunately, it was originally the old garden of Rongguo Mansion, and the rocks, trees, pavilions and railings can be borrowed from the previous ones.There is even a stream of running water inside, so there is no need to re-drain the water.In this way, a lot of money is saved.

Such a huge project directly attracted the covetousness of many clansmen.Everyone is gearing up one after another, using all kinds of magical powers to get in here

Step up.

Because Jia Zheng was not familiar with general affairs, Jia Zhen had limited manpower and material resources this time, so the matter finally fell on Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian and his son.For several days, the wives and grandmas of the clan came to visit Mrs. Xing in turn, but Mrs. Xing simply didn't see anyone, and these people had no choice but to turn their attention to Wang Xifeng.

Ping'er sent another group of female relatives away, then turned around and said to Wang Xifeng: "Madam is really good at planning things. A few days ago, grandma didn't care about the family and these people didn't come here very often, but now they come one by one to show their courtesy."

Wang Xifeng sneered and said: "Come on, come on, anyway, I didn't say anything to death, and I don't care if the matter will be completed or not." She even came to beg her, she wanted to get in the way, but Look at the battle of the father-in-law, this time he doesn't intend to follow the gang of vampires in the clan.Wang Xifeng did not dare to offend this somewhat uncertain father-in-law, and Jia Lian had been trained by his father to become more mature and stable in the past few years, so it was no longer something she could handle at will.

These bustles have nothing to do with Zhuquanyuan, Xueyan managed to catch up with Mrs. Xing's work, and was about to rest for two days.Coincidentally, Mother Jia called her over again and gave her a new task: to ask her to embroider a large and neat floor-to-ceiling screen core, which was to be placed in the provincial hospital.

The pattern is not too difficult, it is a common picture of wealth and honor in Yutang, just to show the atmosphere, the light screen core is one and a half meters high and two meters long.

Looking at the embroidered picture in her hand, Xueyan felt like crying: From now until the end of the year, I don't think I have much free time...