Lin Ruhai of the Red Chamber Reborn

As a wife, Jia Min was naturally happy when she heard her husband send out Ji concubine, but she was a little hesitant because of her reputation. Besides, except for her dowry girl, the rest of the five of them were born of the Lin family. Her family is intricately rooted underneath, and Chunlan is the daughter of the head housekeeper, so she always wants to give some face.

The maids who had come here with Jia Min, heard what Lin Ruhai wanted, knelt down and kowtowed to beg.

Lin Ruhai made up his mind. Although they didn't do anything outrageous at this time, since he suspected that there was a dispute between wives and concubines, he had to take precautions before it happened, and said to Jia Min: "According to me, it's up to you to decide which one to choose. A capable manager will match them with a marriage and give them a dowry, if they refuse, let them go and let their parents marry themselves."

Scholars always value concubines over concubines, not to mention that they only have a pair of children born to Jia Min, so naturally they don't care about the former concubine Ji.

The old concubines who had fathers at home had no children and lived alone in vacant rooms, living a cold and desolate life. I am afraid that my concubines in the previous life were not as good as them. After my death, Jia Lian dismissed them one by one. .

Strange to say, every generation of the Lin family is full of concubines, as many as a dozen or as few as seven or eight, and each generation has only one son, and he is a direct descendant, so he can get Daiyu and her two brothers, This is a rare blessing in a hundred years. Even if he had only Daiyu as his daughter, he never doubted Jia Min. Many people outside said that Jia Min used tricks. Only he knew that his ancestors had been like this for generations. Without concubine children, if Jia Min is said to be vicious, doesn't it mean that all generations of the Lin family's mistresses have been like this?

Seeing that his tone was unquestionable, Jia Min quickly agreed, feeling happy in her heart, Lin Ruhai was clean and self-sufficient, she couldn't wish for it, even though she grew up in the Duke's mansion and was used to seeing three wives and four concubines.

Although the girls were unwilling, seeing Lin Ruhai's indifferent face, they had no choice but to back out.

Lin Ruhai took Jia Min's hand and said softly: "Now that my parents are gone, there are only you and me left in the family. Let's live our lives wholeheartedly. I won't take concubines in the future, and you don't want to make trouble. You and I have been married for five years now. Years, three years of filial piety, during which I studied for the imperial examination, and now I have to keep my filial piety for another three years, no children can blame you, you don't have to blame yourself, besides, these are predestined things, let's take advantage of these three years If you take good care of your body, are you afraid that you will not have children?"

Jia Min was very excited, thinking of the gossip she had received in the past few years, she immediately burst into tears. Lin Ruhai understood her suffering, knew her difficulties, and was so considerate. Impressed.

Lin Ruhai was full of emotions. Back then, his parents chose Jia Min as his wife. One was to take advantage of the power of the Rongguo Mansion. Although the Lin family had been passed down for several generations, but his own generation had no titles and no brothers and uncles to assist him. Second, it is not because the Jia family is flourishing. Although Jia Min is a delicate daughter, it is easy to give birth. On the other hand, the Lin family has been passed down for several generations and has no direct relatives. I'm sorry, after a delay of two years, I finally went.

Wiping Jia Min's tears with a handkerchief, Lin Ruhai said again: "Stop crying, you hurt your eyes carefully."

Jia Min smiled with tears in his eyes, and said: "I just touched the master's heart. Even if I die immediately, I feel that this life is not in vain."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly said: "Don't say such bad things, we still have to stay together for a long time, but the gentleman will be killed for the fifth generation, and our family happens to be the fifth generation now, so we need to make a good plan. not to perish."

Jia Min agreed: "People in the world often say that when the moon is full, it will lose money, and when the water is full, it will overflow. Although our family does not have that kind of power and status, it is not harmful to plan more for the future. I wonder what the master has in mind?"

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "The tail must be broken, and the tail must not be lost. The servants in the family must be deeply intertwined, making it difficult for you to be the housekeeper? How many servants rely on their dignity, or rely on serving the elders, and they are also very respectful to the masters. Disrespect, I know in my heart, a servant is a servant, and it’s okay to climb on top of the master’s head to make a fortune? We only have two masters, you and me, and we don’t need hundreds of servants to serve, so the farm shop outside is left to me Investigate, you in the mansion should be more careful, and send out all those stealing, cheating, swindling, self-serving, self-pocketing, and pretending to be powerful, leaving only the honest and innocent orders."

After rebirth, Lin Ruhai made up his mind to tidy up his house. He still can't forget that when Daiyu was isolated and helpless in Rongguo Mansion, no one offered a helping hand to her. Instead, she took the money Daiyu gave her and left her to live with her husband and son. In the end, only Xueyan was left with Daiyu.Xueyan is young and ignorant, and can't control her servants, but it's rare that she is loyal to Daiyu and never leaves her.

Jia Min thought for a while, and said: "Families like us only buy people, not sell people, but if things go on like this, it will be a burden to keep so many servants who obviously don't need them, what about monthly money, monthly rice, and four seasons' clothes?" The same does not cost money? There are more than 400 servants in our family, and there are more than 300 errands. Saving 200 taels a month means 200 taels a year!"

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "That's exactly what I mean. Although our family has a rich family, we shouldn't be extravagant and wasteful. Except for the head of the village, shopkeepers and stewards outside, there are a hundred or eighty servants left in the family."

Jia Min thought about it, nodded and said: "One hundred and eighty people is more than enough, how many people can the two of us command? It's only ten or twenty. Master, why don't we check first to determine who to send out and make a list. How about waiting until the old lady graciously released them for a hundred days and spared their money?"

Lin Ruhai said: "Since it is going to be sent out, most of them must be punished. How can you be so merciful? According to me, those who should be rewarded will be kept for reuse, and those who should be punished will be confiscated and sent out, and then the money will be exempted." In this way, outsiders will say that our family is kind. The shopping errands in the mansion have to be rearranged. You don’t know in the mansion that an egg costs one penny outside, but the price quoted by the mansion is ten pennies, let alone other things. I don’t know how much money those compradors made, although we don’t care about the money, but if you think about it, [-]% of the money our family spent went into the pockets of the servants, how many businesses are enough to squander like this?”

Jia Min was surprised and said: "There is such a thing? This deceitful thing should be dealt with easily. The master is very right, so we will do as the master said. No matter how bad our family is, we can't let it go. Silverfish eat up the family property."

I don’t know if I don’t check, I was shocked when I checked, most of the more than 400 servants should be punished, there are still many stewards who are doing evil outside, some of the stewards have lives, some are exploitative, and some rely on the power of the Lin family When Lin Ruhai and Jia Min knew about the one who arranged the lawsuit, they gritted their teeth with hatred. One hundred days after Mrs. Lin's death, Lin Ruhai took care of it herself.

As soon as Lin Ruhai changed his elegant style in the past, he also ignored his previous decision to just send it out. He stayed honestly and rewarded three months of monthly money, and those servants who committed crimes were sent to the yamen. The rest of the servants who did not violate their lives were judged according to the severity of their crimes. Some had their property confiscated, and some were ordered to leave with their property. None of them asked for money.

Lin Ruhai dealt with servants drastically, and the guilty ones were even sent to the yamen. People outside heard about it, and although they felt that the family ugliness should not be publicized and Lin Ruhai's actions were not advisable, in the eyes of the common people, the Lin family's behavior was clearly rewarded and punished, which is really rare.

After this incident, the remaining servants became more respectful and cautious, so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

Jia Min combed the backyard up and down, took advantage of the opportunity to avoid the errands of his two families as companions, re-established the rules of the family, and gave Chunlan Qiuju and three house maids a dowry, so that his parents could choose their own sons-in-law, so as not to worry about the family. Get in the way.Chunlan's father was also sacked this time. For the sake of his hard work, Lin Ruhai only confiscated the [-] to [-] yuan in personal belongings from the Lin family. Silver, let their family out.

Except for Jia Min's four family companions, two families were exempted from their errands, and two families were still on errands. The Lin family only left about twenty households with servants, and there were about a hundred people in the mansion. Although there are fewer people, doing things is more effective with less effort.In the end, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min settled the ledger, but they didn't expect to confiscate nearly 40 yuan in property this time!

Jia Min looked at the account book and couldn't believe it. The Lin family went to the house for a year to earn 1 taels a year. I got nearly 20 yuan. The property of 20 yuan includes farms, houses, jewelry, heads, shops, antiques, etc., which are all kinds of things.

Lin Ruhai was also shocked. He only said that the servants of the Rongguo Mansion were greedy. When they ransacked the house, they confiscated 10 taels from the Lai family. He didn't expect the servants of his own family to do the same. He couldn't help but make up his mind to formulate various purchase rules, all according to the market price. Repay the account, and send confidants to investigate the market price every month, so as not to fill their pockets. The Lin family has a large population and buys a lot of things, which can often be bought at a price slightly lower than the market price, so those compradors can still get some money, but it is far less Not in the past.

After all the dust settled, Lin Ruhai, the house, shop, farm, etc. among the 20 property, was not confiscated in the public house, but placed under Jia Min's name, and his confidantes were assigned to take care of it. The converted 4 taels of silver plus the confiscated 3 taels of silver were used to buy farm shops, etc., and were specified to be left to the daughter as a dowry.

The son is poor and the daughter is pampered. If the children and grandchildren make progress, what is the use of saving money?Lin Ruhai hoped that his son would study and improve, rather than relying on inheriting the family property from his ancestors, but as a daughter, having a generous dowry would give her more confidence in her husband's family. Besides, he felt guilty about Daiyu, so he preferred Daiyu more. Give Daiyu a mountain with rich products. After she gets married in the future, all the delicacies and wild game to eat, the silk and lint to wear, and the firewood and incense charcoal will all come from the mountain, without costing her husband's family a penny.

Jia Min couldn't laugh or cry when she knew about it, but she was very moved in her heart. She hoped that after Lin Ruhai became a filial piety, she would have a son and a daughter soon, but she couldn't help being a little surprised that Lin Ruhai loved her daughter so much.