The Red Mansion's Late Welcome Spring

Under Mrs. Wang's shrewd leadership, Rongguo Mansion's finances have become more and more tight. Unfortunately, Xue's family moved out of Rongguo Mansion early. Aunt Xue was preoccupied with Xue Baochai's upcoming marriage. She hadn't visited Rongguo Mansion for a long time, but now instead It was Mrs. Wang who had the cheek to go to Xue's house from time to time to make friends, but probably because of Xue Baochai's persuasion, Aunt Xue only needed to hear that Mrs. Wang came to the house now. As soon as Mrs. Wang mentioned the matter of money, she immediately complained that she was too tired to prepare for her daughter's wedding, and she was almost paralyzed. I look down on their orphans and widows, and I don’t know how much money they have dirty behind their backs, and so on.

For the first time or two, Mrs. Wang cheered up and accompanied Aunt Xue to scold those shopkeepers, but after a long time, she also knew that Aunt Xue was actually scolding her around the corner, and every time she went, she returned empty-handed, so Had to change policy again.

"Feng girl, I heard that you are in charge of the housework in your mansion now? The sister-in-law is still like that, she can't take care of anything, right?" Mrs. Wang walked into Jia's mansion boldly, and went straight to Wang Xifeng. Walking over to the flower hall, where she usually discusses with the stewards, she happened to see Wang Xifeng and Feng'er were settling accounts, so she sat down politely and stared at the account books.

"Yeah, actually there's not much to be busy with, but my wife has long been used to being lazy, so I don't want to worry about it. The second wife is here today to ask me for something?" Wang Xifeng glanced at Mrs. Wang calmly, and smiled calmly.

"Is there something wrong? For a while, I just thought that although the old lady has always lived in our mansion, she is still the mother of the old man, and the old man and I have always taken care of the old lady with filial piety. If you have long eyes, you must say that the old man doesn't understand filial piety, and left his mother to his younger brother to take care of him alone..." Madam Wang said with a smile.

"Who has the guts to talk nonsense and ruin the reputation of our master and second master? If this gets to the ears of the censor, will the future of master and second master be ruined!? And as far as I know, the two houses were separated before When he was at home, the master was worried that the old lady would like to live with you, and he was afraid that you would not be able to afford the expenses of supporting the old lady, so he had to voluntarily give up a lot of public property. If this is not considered filial piety, then the second wife is talking about what should our master do to be considered filial piety?" Wang Xifeng was extremely indignant in his heart, but asked with a calm face.

"It's true to say so, but at that time we estimated that when the weather was good in the past few years, if the silver taels paid back by the Zhuangzi in various places had always been so much rent, it would naturally be able to cover all the expenses in the mansion, but Nowadays, several village heads either report waterlogging or say drought, and the rent and goods are less than half of what they used to be. Is it worth the cost of the yard? Everything has its pros and cons, it doesn’t matter if we are juniors and we can suffer a little bit of grievance occasionally, but can the elders be like us?” Mrs. Wang replied confidently.

"Baoyu is not an elder...couldn't he be wronged!?" Wang Xifeng said bluntly.

"It's not that you don't know that Baoyu is the old lady's darling, who dares to wrong him? I really want to reduce his position by a little bit, and the old lady can't immediately make up for it with her own body...Hey! Let me tell you this What are you doing? Now that the old man is not here, and I don’t know when he will come back, you and brother Lian are the ones who can make decisions about the big and small things in this family, so I naturally want to ask you, to give the old lady’s money, now we are I really can't handle it anymore, you guys have a good time discussing it, and you can get another one hundred and eighty taels a month as a share of your heart, and when people know about it, they should say filial piety to their grandson and granddaughter-in-law, right?" Mrs. Wang blushed. Said breathlessly.

"One hundred and eighty taels is impossible. Second wife, don't pretend that I don't know how much silver is in the yard of the old lady. It is enough for our family to eat for the first half of the year. How much money does our family have left? You must have already I see, when the second master comes back in the evening, I will discuss it with him, the maximum is 80 taels, if we want to give more, we don't have the ability, if you want to accept it, the second wife can decide for herself." Wang Xifeng glanced coldly He glanced at the account book in hand and said.

"It's only 50 taels!! You treat it as you... Forget it! You can tell brother Lian tonight, I don't believe that brother Lian will be so narrow-minded... If it's really only 50 taels, then you have to pay a full one at a time The year's record is fine, otherwise who knows if you will forget to give it on purpose?" Mrs. Wang gasped and shouted extremely dissatisfied.

"I'll do my best. If the second wife has nothing else to do, forgive my niece and daughter-in-law." Wang Xifeng secretly rolled her eyes, she really didn't expect Mrs. Wang to be so... thick-skinned.

Although Mrs. Wang was not satisfied with the results of this trip, she had gained something anyway. Naturally, she had no intention of staying to waste time. Hearing what Wang Xifeng said, she didn't care that her tone was lacking in respect. She just snorted softly and got up quickly leave.

When Mrs. Wang left for a cup of tea, Ping'er, who hadn't shown up, suddenly entered the door holding a stack of account books. Feng'er, who was originally in the room, also hurriedly cleaned up the sundries on the table, and then went out to guard the door.

"Grandma is really clever. Even the second wife can figure out most of the thoughts. It's not in vain for her to come here today. We have waited for so many days. At least we have passed this test." Ping'er was agile. He simply opened the account book and showed it to Wang Xifeng, with a feeling of relief in his tone.

"To be honest, I don't even want to give 50 taels, but Bao girl said that the second wife is not willing to give up until the Yellow River. If we insist on refusing to give it, she will have to come and quarrel every day? What's the matter at home? There are two children here, what if Qingning is disturbed? I just think of it as a disaster." Wang Xifeng said with a displeased expression.

"But the second wife is really strange, why don't you go to talk to your wife, but come to grandma to see you?" Ping'er asked wonderingly.

"Before the master left Beijing, he told the second master that we must not let the second wife go to the wife. Although the wife is not stupid, she still feels that she lacks confidence in front of the second wife. Moreover, everyone in the Jia family does not know the Jia family. I take care of all the housework here? Naturally, those people don't think they can get money out of their wives." Wang Xifeng twitched the corners of her lips, not thinking it was authentic.

"So that's what happened. In this way, my wife has become very wise and stupid? Compared with when grandma first entered the house, her previous ability is much worse." Ping'er chuckled lightly.

Both Wang Xifeng's master and servant knew that Jia She had given part of his private house to Mrs. Xing before leaving Beijing, but no one cared about the exact amount. In order to deal with this matter, I communicated with Wang Xifeng in private, telling Wang Xifeng not to say anything, and the two of them just treated Jia Amnesty as a little protection for their future younger brothers or sisters. A child cares about.

Wang Xifeng is not a particularly cautious person, especially when everything in front of her can meet her needs, so it doesn't matter what Jia Lian says, even sometimes, she will take the initiative to help Mrs. Xing block the like Mrs. Wang in the way.

"I don't know about that, hey! Don't talk about it, quickly put away the account books, and Feng'er's few books need to be added to make a show, I think the second wife can come this time Naturally, there may be a second time." Wang Xifeng was not good at judging Mrs. Xing's personality, but she could tell that during the years when Jia Yingchun was still at home, Nanny Zhou often taught Mrs. Xing.

It's a pity that Mrs. Xing's Xiaojiazi temperament is deeply rooted. Fortunately, she is quite generous to her family. Of course, the most generous one is Jia Yingchun who was raised by her.

"By the way, Madam seems to have said that Uncle Xing and his family plan to open a shop in the capital. Didn't they ask Qin Xian to help find a store? Grandma, have you ever heard Madam say how the business is going?" Suddenly thinking of something again, he raised his head and asked.

"I heard that it's a grocery store, and it's not very easy to find, but Bao girl got the news from nowhere, so she took the initiative to say that a shopkeeper in her family is about to retire and return home, so that if the wife doesn't mind, she can invite the old man Go to her shop first and stay for a while, and it’s not too late to open a new shop after getting familiar with the situation in the capital, otherwise they are not familiar with the place in the capital, although we have our family to rely on, but our momentum is short, You can't stop those people with real backgrounds." Wang Xifeng explained after thinking for a while.

"I think Miss Bao's suggestion is very good. After all, she is someone who has seen the world, so she understands the situation outside better than us." Ping'er nodded without thinking.

"Well... let's talk about this matter after my uncle and the others arrive in the capital." Wang Xifeng raised her finger and tapped her cheek a few times, but she didn't come to a conclusion.

By the way, Jia Yingchun also heard about Uncle Xing's family planning to settle in Beijing. Not only that, but Jia Lian and Xiao Yun found a beautiful and upright third-year courtyard with filial piety, and sent people to take care of everything. Uncle Xing and others came to the capital.

Jia Yingchun was thinking that Uncle Xing's family was out of poverty at this moment, and even the two aunts married into good families. Of course, what they think is good is only based on the standards of ordinary people. , they are still poor, but at least they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

Another thing is about Xing Xiuyan's marriage. Xue Biao is already a good choice, so there is no need to change it, but I don't know if they will meet on the road by fate?

Jia Yingchun also couldn't remember when the newly added beauties entered the Rongguo Mansion, only when she heard from the mother-in-law sent by Mrs. Xing that Uncle Xing's family had just arrived in the capital, and Xue Baochai's relatives - Xue Biao By the time the siblings also entered Beijing on the same road, it was already early winter.