The Honor of the Red Chamber

However, when Daiyu returned to Jia's house this time, she hugged each other and was no longer alone like she was before. She looked at herself and felt sorry for herself. In front of the sisters, Steward Lin personally handed over the silver tael to Mother Jia. However, considering his son-in-law's intentions, he felt pity that Daiyu was the only child of his daughter-in-law. Although he is the one who is in power in the Jia family, he is the daughter-in-law after all, but it is different from Jia Min who still accepted it before he left the cabinet. She kept it for Daiyu, and added a dowry on the day Daiyu came out of the cabinet. Steward Lin measured what Jia Mu said, and it was true.

Since then, Daiyu's life has changed. Nanny Lin only said that since Xue's family provided all their supplies, Lin's family naturally couldn't fulfill the facts. The maids and servants of the Lin family, only Zicuckoo is left to serve closely.There are also Xuefeng, Hongzhi, Lvyun, and Fenyu four maidservants, one is good at medicine, one is good at martial arts, one is good at needlework, and the other is good at cooking. If you offend someone, the monthly money will be the same as that set by the Jia family, and it will not be too high, but the daily rewards are very generous, and it is only passed on among servants and servants, only making a bunch of small people jealous and jealous, wishing to sharpen their heads Seek to work in Daiyu's courtyard.

Nanny Lin is the elder of the three dynasties, she has served the grandmothers of the Lin family all her life, she has seen a lot, but the rules of the prince's inner courtyard are better than ordinary young masters, and they have always been strict. Beside him is like an iron bucket gate, firmly guarding Daiyu's territory, staring at her like a tiger, and Baoyu has no chance to break into Daiyu's boudoir casually, but if he makes a mistake, he will not only be dizzy. Even Daiyu had to copy books such as "Nvjie" and "Nvzhi" frequently. After so many times, Baoyu went to Daiyu's place less and less, and only chatted in front of Jia Mu. , Daiyu was a little lost at first, but after a few times, she got used to it and felt at ease.

Mother Jia watched coldly, knowing in her heart that this represented Lin Ruhai's attitude towards her letter. Although Daiyu had been ignored for a few days, after all, she was her direct granddaughter who shed her blood and acted just like Jia Min. Daiyu was sad and distressed as if seeing her dead daughter. Kuang Daiyu served her filially, and there was nothing wrong with it. Mother Jia was always soft-hearted. Rubbing in his arms, as if the estrangement of those few days had never happened before.

Here, Baoyu and Daiyu gradually drifted apart and returned to the place where their cousins ​​got along normally. Although Jia's mother was not happy, there was another person in the house who had a different idea—Mrs. Frowning and holding her heart together, there are reasons why she doesn't like Daiyu. Jia Min had a strong temper back then, and she was the only biological daughter in front of her parents. Not arrogant, but also much more dignified than Mrs. Wang, who is just one of the unfavored daughters-in-law at home. Although Mrs. Wang is clumsy, she has thoughts in her heart, so she left a thorn in her heart. Now Jia Min's daughter Daiyu With the addition of delicate body and frailty, even a magnanimous mother would never wish her daughter-in-law to be so delicate and noble. Now seeing her son leave her behind, she is relieved.

Because I often ask Aunt Xue to chat with Baochai, I only let Baochai teach and control Sanchun, and persuade Baoyu to make progress. Dare to be too presumptuous.

That day when Jia Rong was nominated on the gold list, Mrs. Wang thought of Jia Zhu, who died young, who was obsessed with studying hard, but was exhausted, and left early. She didn't see Jia Rong who worked hard on weekdays, how could she be nominated on the gold list, Become famous all over the world? ——Ms. Wang's mentality is common. There are those parents who don't want to see other talented children if their own children don't get better. When they have the opportunity, they just complain and say a few mean words. happy.

When she became a concubine in Yuanchun, Mrs. Wang immediately beamed with joy. Although bound by filial piety, she could not do anything to Jia's mother, but now she is the mother of a dignified and virtuous concubine, and her status in Jia's family is incomparable. After thinking about Jia Rong, he thought about it, and said a few words casually in front of his confidants. The next day, there were rumors that Jia Rong passed the exam because of the concubine Jia's glory. Rong looked at the generation with admiration, and returned to his usual attitude. Jia Zheng also stopped using Jia Rong as an example, and frequently urged Baoyu to study. Mrs. Wang was proud of it, and she said that this would kill two birds with one stone, but she didn't know that rumors could spread so widely, but she was just a victim Jia Rong didn't care at all and deliberately indulged.

The success of this plan seems to have opened a closed door of demons and demons, and released all kinds of things in Mrs. Wang's heart that could not be outsiders. The method was widely spread in Jia's house. Not only did the master not be strict with the housekeeping, but secretly manipulated it to fuel the flames. Even the woman who watched Yexiang from the back door was able to chew a few bad words about the master. The master is not the master and the servant is not the servant. It really complied with Daiyu's poem - "360 days a year, the wind, the sword, the frost, and the sword are threatening each other", and it began to fall apart from the inside.

But concubine Yuan visits relatives, which is both an honor and an annoyance. At first glance, it looks like icing on the cake, but in fact it is a fire cooking oil. It actually wants to burn out the foundation of the Jia family before giving up. The Jia family is not as good as before. It’s already empty, and everyone in power doesn’t think about how to revitalize the family. Instead, they focus on moving the money from the public account into their own pockets. The masters below don’t know what money is. Countless deficits?

Mrs. Wang is sitting on a generous dowry, and she has never raised a dime for many years. She can only go in and out. Li Yin made up for the shortfall in the account, and did not move his private house easily, and the benefits of the activities in the Iron Kan Temple were collected without any loss, so the public account became more embarrassing and embarrassing.

When Jia Zhen and Jia Lian checked the public account, they suddenly frowned, and they didn't think about the usual 35 taels of expenditure. Now, looking at the total amount, the hole is so big that these two people who have always been bold and reckless are scared into a cold sweat-the account is a piece of money. Confused and muddy, it was too horrible to look at. If Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng saw it, he would be fined to go to his hometown Jinling to kneel in the ancestral ancestral hall!

The two of them thought hard and racked their brains to no avail. Jia Zhen's Ningguo Mansion is not yet a land of poverty, and there is no reason to fill the hole in Rongguo Mansion with his own money. designing.

Jia Lian went back to discuss with Wang Xifeng and asked for a solution. Even though Wang Xifeng was clever, a clever woman could not do without rice.

Mrs. Wang is not a quick-witted person, and she has always been well aware of the confusion of Rongguo Mansion's public accounts. She has been concentrating on this matter for the past few days, but she has an idea, just waiting for someone to bring it up first. It's also good to get ahead.

Although Jia Lian and his wife are tactful and flexible, they are young and have little experience. How can they be wary of the "aunt" ("auntie") who looks like a bodhisattva on the surface?He talked about embarrassment all at once, and only waited for Mrs. Wang to scold or raise something. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang raised something, but it made the couple feel as if a basin of cold water had been poured into their hearts, and they fell into a dilemma in an instant.

Mrs. Wang only said that Daiyu would honor Jiamu's 5 taels of silver as soon as she was able to make a move. She couldn't say that she kept more of it. She was a girl and her family, even if she ate bird's nest and ginseng every day, it didn't cost much, and she kept it for nothing. It's also useless, why don't they borrow it first, and when they have more money, it's not too late to return it.

Wang Xifeng has always been good at observing words and demeanor, trying to figure out what to do with Mother Jia's wishes, so she deliberately made friends with Daiyu. In the past few years, she has really developed a bit of sincerity. How could she not understand the meaning of Madam Wang's words, and return it when she is free? Now that there is less money coming in and more money coming out, when there is still plenty of time, Mrs. Wang's words are just empty words, and she is asking her to cheat Daiyu with money. No matter how shameless she is, she can't do it. If Jia's mother blames such shameless things, who can bear such shameful things?

Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng were foolishly looking at Mrs. Wang, who was drinking tea with her head down slowly, her plump, white, dignified and charming face was like a golden statue with no expression in a temple, showing her share of compassion and peace. With evil spirits, both of them could not help but fight a cold war, not daring to stay any longer, and hurriedly retreated.

When Jia Rong led Jia Qiang to see Jia Lian, they met the couple huddled in the room worried about this matter, sighing, relatively speechless.