The Red Mansion's Late Welcome Spring

Mrs. Xing didn't know what happened to Jia Yingchun in the garden. After she said goodbye to Mrs. Linchuan uncle, she only heard the woman in Linchuan uncle's mansion tell her that Jia Yingchun had already left the gate first, and nothing else happened. Mrs. Xing didn't mention a word, thinking that Jia Yingchun had been happy with the two little girls a few times before, so she didn't doubt it. She thought that Jia Yingchun might be tired, so she went back to the carriage first.

After Mrs. Xing got into the carriage, she saw Jia Yingchun sitting sleepily in the corner, and she still asked with concern: "What's wrong? Is it uncomfortable there? Do you want to ask the doctor to come and have a look after you return home?"

"No need, I'll just go back and lie down later." Jia Yingchun shook her head and declined.

"Oh!" Mrs. Xing still vaguely felt that something was wrong. She looked at Jia Yingchun worriedly, and then urged the carriage back home.

When Jia Yingchun returned to Rongguo Duke's Mansion, she still maintained a nonchalant expression. After saying goodbye to Madam Xing as usual, she turned and went back to Feixue Pavilion to rest. Madam Xing didn't know what to do when she saw her. When asked, even Mrs. Linchuan didn't remember to ask Jia Yingchun about the matter mentioned by Mrs. Linchuan.

No matter how much Jia Yingchun pretended to be calm, the abnormalities revealed in his behavior could not be hidden from Nanny Zhou and Siqi, who got along with each other every day. Yingchun's mood was only after waiting for Jia Yingchun to rest, and then took the embroidered orange to the door to ask the reason. After hearing what the little sister of the Xiao family said to Jia Yingchun, Siqi was so angry that he wanted to rush immediately. In front of those two people, he scolded them severely.

Nanny Zhou thinks more deeply. She remembers that although Jia Yingchun has been to the Linchuan uncle's mansion many times, she has never seen the few men in the Linchuan uncle's mansion. Now that such rumors suddenly spread, there must be something about them Do not know the reason.

"Xiuju, you said Mrs. Lin Chuanbo talked to his wife in private, but she didn't mention it to you on the way back?" Mother Zhou asked again.

"No, maybe it's because the girl doesn't seem to be in a good mood, so the wife didn't say anything?" Xiuju shook her head after thinking about it for a while.

"According to the situation in the Linchuan uncle's mansion... How could it be possible to say that the girl should be the aunt of their uncle? Don't say that the girl's status is impossible to commit herself to be a concubine. I still remember that the second master Xiao has never married, right?" Zhou Mammy half-muttered to herself.

"What does Mammy mean... Could it be that the girl was framed because of..." Si Qi understood Zhou Nanny's meaning, and she said in astonishment.

"Shh! This is just my guess, so I can't talk nonsense. I don't know the truth. Forget it, let's go and see the girl first." Nanny Zhou quickly stopped Siqi's words, and looked sideways at the room. Then he warned Siqi and Xiuju in a low voice to be careful.

How could Xiuju and Siqi not know the intention of Zhou Nanny's reminder?So they shut their mouths tightly, stopped bringing up this topic, and then went to their respective duties.

Xiuju entered the room, and saw Jia Yingchun lying limply on the soft couch, her eyes staring blankly at a certain place, it seemed that she had been like this since just now, she hadn't moved for a long time, her face was expressionless She couldn't see any joy, anger, sorrow or joy, but Xiuju knew that Jia Yingchun must still be feeling uncomfortable at this time, she approached and persuaded: "Miss, don't worry, Mrs. Madam is not so foolish as to let you be a dignified mansion. The young lady went to be a concubine without being a wife. Besides, if they thought about taking you for glory and wealth, wouldn’t it be better to send you directly to the palace during the selection last year? How could the old lady not report a word? Didn't report it?"

"I'm fine now. Although my heart still hurts, but fortunately, I'm not some kind of person who looks up and down. At most, I won't be a guest in the Linchuan uncle's mansion in the future. What kind of person is Linchuan uncle's wife? She won't let that useless The matter of their identity has been spread outside their residence. By the way, isn’t it Xiumu today? The second master and elder brother probably didn’t go to the yamen, and they will probably take advantage of their free time to discuss the matter of building a garden. Where is the chess player? I want to ask She was in the mansion during the day, did she hear about the building of the garden, do you know which regulations the Second Master and the others have discussed?" Jia Yingchun didn't want to keep her mind on a frustrating matter, so she asked Two days ago, I only heard Mrs. Xing mention the matter of building a provincial house.

"Siqi just said to go to the kitchen to see if there is any snacks, and he will be back in a while." Xiuju said quickly.

"En." Jia Yingchun nodded, and sat there silently waiting for Siqi to come back.

Not long after, Siqi came back with the sugar-steamed shortbread cheese, butter-fried noodles and jasmine tea that the kitchen lady had just made.

Siqi probably also felt that the atmosphere in the room was much better than when she first went out, so with a smile on his face, he briskly put the tea on the low table next to the soft couch, and said: "The girl is bored, Let's relax with some tea fruit."

"No hurry, I'm looking for you." Jia Yingchun said to Siqi calmly.

"Miss, what do you want to ask me?" Siqi's tone was calm, as if he guessed what Jia Yingchun was going to ask her.

Jia Yingchun asked Siqi whether there was any news about the garden in Rili Mansion.

Si Qi understood it, and immediately replied: "Where is the need to inquire about that matter? At some time later, the second grandma turned around to find me and my grandmother. She said that Uncle Zhen had invited a few days ago. The old man asked Shan Ziye to help plan the garden. Yesterday, the gentleman showed Uncle Zhen the sketches he had prepared, and also calculated the consumption of rocks and trees in various places for Uncle Zhen to see. This morning, Uncle Zhen brought them to Mr. Zhen again The second master Lian and the second master discussed, and the second master Lian secretly recorded the numbers, and then went back to the yard. The two quietly calculated the accounts, and found that no matter how economical we are, if we want to build the garden well At least it will cost four to five million taels of silver. Of course, unless they agree to delete half of the land for building the garden, maybe the remaining money in the mansion can still be carried. Second Mistress naturally dare not hide it from her second wife About my wife, I quickly went to the second wife to explain it, but I didn't expect that after she told the second wife, she was reprimanded. The second wife meant that we built the garden not only for the face of the empress, but also for the Jia family Therefore, the face of the empress cannot be discarded, and the face of the Jia clan is even more unbearable. When the second mistress heard this, she had no choice but to leave the second wife's place in despair."

"I guess it's the same. How could the second wife be willing to reduce the scope of the garden? She waited for many years before she got a chance to feel proud. Even if the old lady asked, she could find many reasons to refute, but the second master and Uncle Zhen also Is that what they mean? Have they ever been to the old lady's place?" Jia Yingchun didn't need to use her brain to know that Mrs. Wang would never easily agree to reduce the space in the provincial hospital. This is a matter of her face and dignity, but she has no money. How much is face worth?

"I think I haven't gone yet. Uncle Zhen heard that the old lady is not in the house, so he said that we should discuss it with the old lady after they come back." Siqi replied again.

"What's the deal? I think it's true that they want to ask how much money the master and wife can come up with!" Jia Yingchun snorted softly and sneered disdainfully.

"Isn't that what you mean? I forgot to mention one thing just now. After the Second Mistress was scolded by the Second Wife, she thought about it for a long time, and she always felt that she wanted to raise such a large sum of money only by relying on the income from the public school." It's impossible at all. Later, she thought about it again, and finally guessed that according to the second wife's thoughts, she had to dig out private money from several masters to make up for it, so she hurried over to reveal something first, and asked her grandmother to remind her My wife should be more careful then, and don't be deceived by the second wife." Siqi quickly nodded in agreement.

"This kind of money is not up to us to get the big bucks. The problem is that no matter how good the reasons are, as long as the old lady speaks, she will definitely speak for the second master. By then, it will be very difficult for us not to lose blood. ...By the way, when my wife and I came back, the master didn't seem to be back home? I don't know if he's back now? Could it be that he has been called to the old lady's place?" Jia Yingchun stretched her neck to look at it while talking. to the door.

"I didn't notice it when I came back, why don't I ask He Ye to go to the second door to have a look." Siqi responded and hurried outside.

Indeed, before Jia Amnesty had time to step into the black oil gate, he was intercepted by a servant sent by Jia Zhen, and he was invited directly to Jia's mother.

Jia Amnesty came to Jia Mu's Courtyard and saw that apart from Jia Zhen from the East Mansion, Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and his wife, Mrs. Xing, and Jia Lian and his wife were all in the house, and it seemed that he was the only one waiting for him.

"The old lady is in a hurry to find her son, but there is something wrong with building the garden?" Jia She is not stupid. Recently, there is only one major event in the family's mansion, and now they are all invited. Things to say can also be tricky.

Sure enough, after Jia Zhen quickly talked about the things discussed with Jia Zheng in the morning, Jia Amnesty only noticed that it would cost at least a few hundred thousand taels to build the garden, and he couldn't help sneering from the bottom of his heart.

"Nowadays there are so many people in the capital who want to build gardens, and many trees, stones, flowers and plants are much more expensive than before. What I mean is, let's prepare 50 taels of silver and add them one by one. If it is enough, it will be a good thing. In case If it’s not enough, let’s see how much it’s short of, and we’ll make up the numbers.” Jia Zhen explained the plan to build the garden to everyone, and suggested accordingly.

"Big brother said it easily, but I have already told my wife at noon that we don't have much money in the park now, so if we move the unimportant places and use them first, we can get together 20 yuan at most. That's all, nothing more." Wang Xifeng spread his hands, looking helpless.

"Why is there only that kind of money in the public house? Did you confiscate all the rent from last year?" Jia Mu stared at Wang Xifeng and asked suspiciously.

"Naturally, they have all been collected, but the heads of several villages complained about waterlogging and drought, crying poor and mourning, and the rent paid was less than two-thirds of previous years, so I can't confirm it one by one. Whether it's true or not, I just have to turn my eyes and close my eyes to forget it, who would have thought that even the turnover would be a problem when there is a great celebration this year." Wang Xifeng closed her eyes and replied as if she was extremely ashamed.

"How could this be? Besides, the public's money can't all be spent on building gardens..." Mother Jia sighed in embarrassment.

"Old Ancestor, how about this, I can take out 10 taels on behalf of the Jia clan, but the remaining amount has to be discussed by the two uncles. If the garden can be successfully built one day earlier, we can also take over it one day earlier." Your Majesty is going back to the mansion, don’t you think so?” Jia Zhen was generous, and she offered 10 taels, but it was only one-fifth of the amount, so what would she do with the 40 taels left?

After hearing Jia Zhen's words, Jia's mother still frowned. She looked at Jia Amnesty, then at Jia Zheng, but did not speak for a long time.

Seeing Jia Mu's expression, Jia Zhen thought that the next thing was a matter for her own family in the Rong Mansion, and it was inconvenient for him to participate in it, so she said goodbye to Jia Mu and Jia She's brothers on the pretext that she still had something to do.