New Dream of Red Mansions

Hearing Wang Xiyan mention it, Jin's face was full of smiles, "This year's official assessment, your uncle is all excellent."

Wang Xiyan was amazed that the assessment of the Ministry of Officials was conducted in March and April every year, so those who should be promoted in May and June were promoted, and those who were demoted were only in March now, and there was still more than a month before the results came out.

Is it...

Wang Xiyan's face was full of joy, "In this way, Uncle is going to be promoted!"

The smile on Jin's face could no longer be concealed, "Isn't it? It's definitely the fourth rank, but I don't know if it's possible to be the third rank."

It is possible to get all excellent in the assessment and even skip two levels.

Zheng lowered her head, the sarcasm in her eyes flashed away.

Wang Ziteng's promotion is beneficial to the whole family, especially to the sons and daughters of Dafang. Although the Wang family has titles, it is nothing compared to real power. It's just that the assessment has just started, and the Wang family knows the results in advance. Forget it, Jin's propaganda is known to the world... Zheng's envy for Dafang suddenly disappeared, it is not sure if it is a blessing or a curse...

Wang Xiyan also thinks that Jin has no brains, but Sanfang has always been a transparent person, and she is a child over seven years old, so what can she know?

The third girl, Wang Xiluan, looked at her stepmother proudly and was speechless. Although she could not read, she still had some knowledge. After she came out, she went to find her second brother, who was a direct relative, "...Second brother also persuaded my father, if this matter If it gets out, the outsiders don’t know what to say about our royal family’s arrogance.”

Wang Hua naturally sees farther than his sister. If this matter gets out, it will not be a topic of arrogance or not, but a matter of deceiving the emperor.

Bribing the examiners, making false achievements, these things can be big or small, His Majesty can let it be small if he is happy, and it will be big if he is unhappy, but how can the Wang family be sure that His Majesty will always be happy with the Wang family?

After all, he is a concubine with no knowledge at all. It is the right thing not to entrust the fourth brother to her upbringing, but he just wronged his sister!

Looking at the worry in Wang Xiluan's eyes, Wang Hua felt resentful. He could only choose one brother or sister in the end.

The guilt towards his sister made him unable to breathe, but he still comforted her with a smile: "There is a brother in everything..."

Wang Xiyan thought that she had nothing to do with Wang Ziteng's promotion, but she didn't know that her and Brother Yu's life trajectory would deviate from the original track and break into another world.

Brother Yu climbed up the chair out of breath, sat upright, and solemnly picked up the book to look for the allusion that the fourth brother just said.

Wang Xiyan ordered, "Get water for Brother Yu to wash his hands and face" and left him alone. Instead, he talked to Nanny Zhuang about Aunt Jin's birthday gift.

Zhuang Momo pondered for a moment, and said: "It's not my birthday, the eldest lady, everyone in the house knows about our situation, and instead of giving those precious things as they like to attract others' attention, it's better for the girl to make a pair of needles and threads with her own hands... Even if she wins her temporary favor, she may not be very kind to the girl."

Wang Xiyan nodded, "That's what I thought too. The mother will choose an auspicious flower pattern for me. There are still two months left. I will embroider it slowly."

Brother You has already found the allusion, slipped down from the chair, and ran to find his sister, "Sister, sister, help me find out, what does this mean? Fourth brother used this to tease me just now."

After a year of raising, Brother You's face turned red and his face was chubby. Wang Xiyan squeezed her hands itchy, then looked down and explained to him in a soft voice.

Two days later, Manager Zhuang came to trouble.

"Are you still in charge of those industries now?"

Steward Zhuang bowed his body, "Master has changed a lot of people. Although the younger one is still the chief steward, most of the things have passed through the younger one."

This is expected, "Then you tell the old man that you want Zhuang Er and Zhuang San to go home, and ask for the grace of the old man. I will leave the dowry of my grandmother and my mother to you, and you will say that you have limited energy." , resign from the job in charge."

Manager Zhuang was taken aback, and looked up at Miss Wu.

Wang Xiyan stared straight into his eyes with sharp eyes. Guanshi Zhuang shuddered and had an illusion, as if the person sitting on it was not the fifth girl who was only seven years old, but the third master. After recovering, he couldn't help sighing. , It really is a tiger father without a dog daughter.

"Then Zhuang Er Zhuang San?"

"I have my own arrangements." Wang Xiyan paused and said, "You all came to the Wang family with my grandmother as a dowry, and grew up with my father since childhood. Brother Yu will only think of you when he grows up. When Brother Yu grows up, it’s fine if you want to leave, if you don’t want to, you can donate your credit to the children.”

Manager Zhuang was a little excited. In this era, slaves belong to generations, and one generation is a slave and another generation is a slave, unless the master of the family is merciful.

"The play is more realistic. I don't hope that my uncle will keep an eye on them in the future."

"Yes," Manager Zhuang bowed and answered, "Is it just that the Elder Master will accept?"

In the past year, he also expressed his intention to ask to go, but the elder has never refused, but he was afraid that people would say that he wanted to seize the property of his nephew and niece.

Wang Xiyan recalled what the Jin family said about Wang Ziteng's promotion, and the corners of her lips twitched slightly, "He will answer, now is the time for him to spend money."

Anyway, those properties won't come back after Wang Ziteng's hands, so she doesn't need to waste talents, she might as well take them back and invest in other places.

Wang Xiyan wants Zhuang Er Zhuang San to go to Heilongjiang to open up wasteland. The black land in Heilongjiang is fertile but the land price is much lower than other places. The inside of the pass needs the wild animals outside the pass, and the outside of the pass also needs the porcelain and satin in the pass. Although the business is hard, it is a real deal. of.

Wang Xiyan has always believed that it is good to have enough money. The money her father left for them will never be used up in a few lifetimes, but her heart cannot forget the deficit of the Wang family in the book. Loss and loss, even if the family has been separated, the Wang family is still together, and maybe the shortfall will be distributed to Brother Yu, so let's take advantage of the peaceful time to earn more money to guard against it.

As soon as Guanshi Zhuang said that Wang Ziteng agreed, Guanshi Zhuang brought his two younger brothers to see Wang Xiyan in the name of asking for peace.

Wang Xiyan instructed them to do some things, and took out half of the 2 taels that her father gave her and gave them to the two of them, "The money is not a lot, and I don't want you to make it big at the beginning. You need to gain a firm foothold first."

Wang Xiyan didn't plan to use the bank and the silver buried in the ground, but she also didn't plan to sit back and eat.

What's more, last year, her private Zhuangzi's shop had a good harvest. The managers are still afraid to do anything, and the annual income is more than 8000 taels, which is more than enough to meet the lives of their siblings.

Wang Ziteng's appointment came at the end of April. From the third-rank magistrate of Jiangsu, Wang Xiyan knew that he had paid a lot of money.

But the Jin family intensified, and their life became more difficult.

Wang Xiyan didn't just endure it blindly. When Wang Ziteng was happy, she wore half-new clothes to attend the family banquet, and she fainted from a pale face. Someone sent Wang Xiyan back to Chaoyang Courtyard, and the little girl who happened to go out to get a food box came back. There were only three plates of vegetarian dishes in it, the typical tofu stewed cabbage, not even much oil and water.

Wang Ziteng held back his anger and comforted Wang Xiyan, and pulled all the women and maids in the kitchen down and beat them up.

Wang Xiyan sneered in her heart, is this for her own good?Or do you want her to set up an enemy?

The Jin family also had a look of grievance, it was all the fault of the servants.

The food in Chaoyangyuan improved for a while, and Wang Xiyan saved a lot of money.Of course, this is all for later.

At this time, the atmosphere was a little tense. Looking at the curious eyes outside, Wang Ziteng felt angry for a while, and he suppressed the scolding, and the joy of recent days was washed away.

Back in the house, Wang Ziteng grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at Mrs. Jin, "How much does a meal cost? Are you taking advantage of the money? I don't want to be an official, or are the children saying they can't kiss?" Need fame? If you can't manage the house, ask Bai to help you!"

Jin's face was pale, and she argued in a low voice: "The people in the kitchen always step up and down, and the fifth girl is just pretending at first glance. Do you think Brother Yu's face is rosy, as if he hasn't eaten enough?"

Wang Ziteng was even more angry, "Don't think that I don't know about you. Where are the jewelry that the third brother prepared for Sister Yan? And this screen, why is it here?" Wang Ziteng kicked the flower Kai Fugui kicked the screen to the ground, "I don't care if Sister Yan's dizziness is real or fake, but anyone can find out the food in Chaoyang Courtyard."

Mrs. Jin looked at the screen with a distressed face. It was bought for 500 taels of silver. The third master specially invited a famous artist to embroider it for his precious daughter. It was because Brother Yu was ill last time and how many medicines did he have? It is more precious, and Sister Yan specially used this screen to change medicine.

Seeing her expression, Wang Ziteng said harshly, "I don't care what you do, if you get a bad reputation outside of it, I will, I will divorce you."

Mrs. Jin didn't care at all and asked someone to hold up the screen after he left. Seeing that there was no damage, she breathed a sigh of relief. Nanny Jin came in and advised, "Madam, why don't you just listen to the Elder Master, or the Elder Master will launch a ruthless attack?" Come on, it's you and Fourth Miss who suffer."

Jin snorted coldly, "What do you know? He didn't say that just now, as long as there is no word from outside, he doesn't care what I do in the inner court, maybe he wants me to squeeze the two brothers and sisters dry." Woolen cloth.

You also know that I will only have Sister Ying in my life, and she has no real brothers. If she doesn't have a little more dowry on her, no one knows how to bully her. "

Nanny Jin closed her mouth slightly, wanting to say that Wang Hua and Wang Ren are the brothers of the fourth girl, she swallowed it after thinking about it.Jin's stubbornness is as impossible to reverse as her money-seeking temperament.

"However, the fifth girl's courage has become bigger. She dared to make such a fuss in front of me. Order to go down and secure all the gates. No one from the Chaoyang Courtyard is allowed to be released. There are many ways to torture people. Let me see how she puts it out." Get the word out."

"Ma'am, if the servants in the family know about it, they will be talkative..."

"Then just sell it according to the old rules. If one person is convicted, the whole family will sell it. I'll see who dares to talk too much."

This is why Jin can always do whatever she wants. She doesn't have much scheming, she does things very straight, and among the crowd, she is a pig-like opponent.

But people are not only afraid of teammates like pigs, but also opponents like pigs.