[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 44 Lin Daiyu enters Jia's house for the second time

After the Lantern Festival, the days are unhurried and back to normal life, Xue Pan works and teaches well, and the third prince Zhao Hongyi is proud of his success in learning how to whip from a teacher. Every time Xue Pan Muxiu comes to Xue Mansion to compete with Jia Huan, Jia Huan is not strong but flexible, and he has been studying longer than Zhao Hongyi. Eight times out of ten, Jia Huan wins. Zhao Hongyi is naturally unwilling. become.

Ever since Emperor Pingkang appointed Depin Enzhun to visit relatives, Jia's family has been delighted with this happy event for a long time, and Jia's mother has entrusted Wang Xifeng with full authority over the matter of building the garden. He was already wary of the Erfang family, now that the eldest daughter of the Erfang is concubine, and the old ancestor loves Baoyu too much, if it is true, it is not certain whether the future owner of Jia's mansion will be Jia Lian.

People are selfish, especially Wang Xifeng who loves money and is narrow-minded and smart.Although she is good at playing with power, she also understands that as long as she thinks about making wedding dresses for others, she will feel unhappy, and her subordinates will slack off a lot. Besides, although Mother Jia let her take care of it, she only cares about the accountants in the house. For daily expenses, it is not up to her alone to spend millions of taels of silver. After everything has been set up, the old lady has to look at it.

It's not for building a garden for her own girl, Wang Xifeng naturally wouldn't pay for it, she asked the old lady for money, Jia Mu was really afraid that Wang Xifeng would come to her yard for a few days, so that when foreign workers come to May, let alone the corner of the garden When it was built, even the bricks did not see half a piece.

Mother Jia took a look and leaned on her head. In the past few months, she has subsidized a lot from her private house, and whoever's daughter can fight it out. She immediately thought of Mrs. Wang in the suburbs of Beijing. When Jia Zheng came back that night, Mother Jia recruited her. Naturally, he would not let go of this opportunity to watch the excitement, and took Mrs. Xing along with him.

Wang Xifeng was sharp-tongued, she didn't say a word at this time, and stood aside as if she was dumb.

When Jia's mother saw it, she was even more determined that Mrs. Wang would come back. It's been almost a year since the incident, and besides, Yuanchun has been conferred the title of empress, so what are you afraid of?Is there any evidence for what happened that day? Brother Huan also lost his memory. Who knows if Mrs. Wang ordered it?Although Jia's mother thought so, she had long believed that Mrs. Wang was the murderer, but at this time she had to use people, so she naturally tried to find excuses for Mrs. Wang to shirk.

As soon as Mrs. Wang came back, Jia Zheng objected first. Mrs. Jia Shexing naturally didn't want to take it back. Did she take it back to show off her might and show off her mother's prestige?

Mother Jia glanced around coldly, and said lightly: "The Holy Majesty is merciful, and specially approved the concubine to visit the relatives. You see, all the girls in the capital are above the concubine rank, but the Holy Majesty also allowed our girls to come back to visit the relatives. It has been decades. I haven't seen the eldest girl, and if the empress doesn't come back if she doesn't build a garden, I'm going to go..."

Filial piety comes first, and Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty naturally comfort and speak well.

"Don't coax my old lady, Feng girl has been busy these few months and she can't bear it. My mother always wants to see my mother when I come back from visiting relatives. I am too old to work hard. Feng girl has never seen a girl and I don't know what my mother likes. I should still be a girl." The mother knows that the mother loves it, and there is no evidence of what happened that day, if you are filial, you will obey me and bring the second daughter-in-law back." Jia Mu insisted.

At this point, the two brothers naturally have nothing more to say, and Mrs. Xing did not speak anymore when she saw that Jia Amnesty agreed.

Seeing this, Jia's mother ordered: "Then pick him up as soon as possible. When he comes back, you, Feng girl, will help take care of it, and you will pay for the money for building the garden. One of you will be a father, and the other will be an uncle."

Mrs. Xing was not happy when it was mentioned that money should be paid. Although Jia She was not happy in her heart, she also knew that she would not be able to hide today. ...." Seeing that Jia Amnesty didn't answer his words, he said with embarrassment, "Mother, I have 20 taels of silver that I can take out."

20 taels?It is impossible for Jia Zheng, a fifth-rank official, to save so much a year with a salary of only 180 taels. The money from his private house may have been left to him by his mother.When Jia She thought about it, he felt jealous, why did Jia Zheng get this preference when it came out of his mother's womb, and lived in the Rongxi Hall that was originally theirs?And his serious master of Jia's Xijue can only live in a small courtyard?

"Yuanchun is my niece, so it's natural to take the money out." Jia She said with a half-smile: "If I have 10 taels, I will use it to build a garden for my mother. Brother, don't think too little. One son, if Brother Feng gives birth to a legitimate son in the future, he will leave some valuables for my grandson, who doesn’t care about his own child! Don’t you think so?”

How could it be possible for Jia Shen to be so friendly before he had time to beat Jia Lian?It's just to make Jia Zheng feel unhappy by blocking Jia's mother by talking.But Wang Xifeng on the other side secretly remembered it in her heart, and became even more determined that even if her aunt came back, she couldn't put a penny of private money on this invisible garden.

After the matter was finished, Jia's mother thought of Lin Daiyu and asked, "Didn't you say that you will leave in February? What did Lian'er say? But there is a letter, and when will you arrive?"

It has been almost a year since Jia Lian left, Wang Xifeng naturally thought, the correspondence continued.Hearing this now, he said: "The letter is vague, it just said that something has delayed it, and I'm afraid I will be back by the end of the month."

"My miserable Yu'er!" Jia Mu felt very sad when she thought of the lonely and helpless Daiyu, and she touched her tears.

After a few words of persuasion, they dispersed.

At the end of May, the boat from Yangzhou finally sailed into the capital wharf. Xue Baochai got the news early. She originally wanted to pick up people at the wharf, but was dissuaded by Xue Wang. There are so many people at the wharf that it would be inconvenient to pick people up in the carriage, so they simply sent greeting cards to Jia's mansion. Her sister who was recovering from illness also picked it up a few days ago, and she should go there regardless of the situation. For a visit, I happened to take Baochai and Baoqin with me. There are many girls in Jia's mansion, so I am happy to take my two children there.

When Baochai heard this, she also stopped the anger of going to meet someone, and waited for a visit two days later with peace of mind.

But I don't know, it's a good thing that Xue Wang's stopped, otherwise, with outsiders like them, Jia's mother might lose face on the spot.It is said that Lin Daiyu's second entry into Jia's mansion was a lot more pompous, and the maids and mothers Lin Linzong who followed her back and forth had a total of more than 20 people. Compared with the first time she came to Jia's mansion, she only brought two older nuns and one maid. It is much more dignified than that. Among them, there is a nanny in her 40s who is very capable. She does not dress like a servant but like a master. The soft sedan chair, the nanny was sitting in the soft sedan chair at the back, which showed that her status was unusual.

The servants of Jia's mansion had seen Lin Daiyu before, and this time Lin Daiyu came back without incident. They never thought that they hadn't seen Lin Daiyu for a year.

Jia Lian took a breath when he entered the door. He had had enough worries along the way and didn't get half of the benefits. He hurried to Jia Mu's place to greet her. Waiting happily for Daiyu.

In Rongxi Hall, Jia Mu sat tall, Sanchun sat on one side, Wang Xifeng sat beside Jia Mu and waited on her, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang sat on the other floor, but Mrs. Wang held the prayer beads on her wrist with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye. Seeing the expression, Mrs. Xing talked to Jia Mu with a smile. She only said that she hadn't seen Lin Daiyu for a long time. Mrs. Xing, who had never been able to speak, turned around today, and Jia Mu agreed, saying that she didn't know about Daiyu How is the body and so on.

The girl outside opened the curtain to announce, and Jia's mother called in again and again.Then I saw that her Yu'er had lost a lot of weight, walking like a willow.

"My Yu'er, quickly show grandma." Mother Jia stood up and said.

Lin Daiyu came to the front in three steps and two steps. Before she knelt down to say hello, she was pulled to the front by Jiamu, touched Lin Daiyu's thin face, and called out, "My Yu'er is suffering. Grandma is here and grandma is here." When I go home, no one can bully me, Yu'er."

There was a lot of sadness in the atmosphere for a while, Wang Xifeng persuaded her for a while, and then Jia Mu took Lin Daiyu to sit on the couch and talked.Standing in the middle of the hall was a well-dressed nanny. Mother Jia saw it and didn't know what to call it for a while. The nanny was not dressed like a common servant, so she had to ask Daiyu, "Who is this?"

Lin Daiyu covered her tears with her handkerchief, she didn't know how to explain it for a while, it happened so fast, everything seemed to be in a cloud.

"Old Majesty, my surname is Lin, she is the girl's nurturing mother, and she was originally the head mother of the Gongliang family in Hangzhou." Mother Lin saluted uprightly, without kneeling, and said in detail: "My master He and the girl's father are close friends. Before Master Lin left, he wrote a letter to my master... On that day, before Master Lin left, he personally entrusted my master to adopt the girl as his daughter and be raised by Gongliang's family. For the old matriarch, Madam sent me to be the nun of the girl."

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng smiled slightly, "Hangzhou Gongliang's family?! It's also a rich family, so it must be good to educate Madam Lin, and it must be appropriate for Madam Lin to teach Miss Lin the rules."

Lin Daiyu was sensitive by nature, so she couldn't hear that Wang Xifeng was satirizing Nanny Lin's rules. Ordinary nanny would kneel and salute.

"Madam loves me so much that she specially called Nanny Lin to take care of me. I am very grateful." Lin Daiyu said in detail, "Speaking of which, Nanny Lin was ordered by the Holy Lord, and now she is degrading her status by committing herself to take care of me."

As soon as the words fell, everyone was shocked.In the whole hall, there were only three people with imperial status. Mother Jia was the wife of the second rank, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing was the fifth rank, and Wang Xifeng who just made a mockery was nothing.

Mother Lin smiled lightly and said, "Miss, you are joking, you are the wife who recognizes your daughter, so there is no need to compromise your status."

Everyone was secretly surprised, but they didn't dare to underestimate this Nanny Lin. Wang Xifeng was so embarrassed that she couldn't see it on her face. She took Daiyu's hand affectionately and said, "Good sister, I heard that you are coming back. Some plain clothes were made, and the green gauze cupboard was cleaned, Baoyu misses you all day long!"

"The girl is old, so she must not live in the green gauze closet. Although it is said that cousins ​​are bringing relatives, but it is inconvenient for outside men." Lin Nanny refused, and the maid handed a wooden box behind her. The nanny opened it in public, and there were stacks of banknotes inside, "Here is 20 taels, which is regarded as the expenses of the girl's food and drink in the mansion. Don't refuse, old lady. My lord and wife know that you love the girl, but you can't let us pay for it." It’s hard to be a good family.”

Mother Jia was a little annoyed, she really loved Daiyu, but what was this Nurse Lin from outside?First he said that Daiyu couldn't live in the Bisha closet, and then he took out money to beat her in the face of Jia's family, one by one, could he recognize her god-in-law better than her grandmother?

Nanny Lin smiled softly, "Don't be angry, ma'am, you feel sorry for the girl, and the girl knows that there is a lady in the house who used the money to build the garden. The money for building the garden is also worth it, adding to the joy, old lady, please don’t make my kindness hard to do.”

Mrs. Wang raised her eyes to stare at the box full of banknotes.Mother Jia pondered for a while, then nodded in agreement, let Yuanyang pick it up and gave Mrs. Wang the cost of setting up the garden on the spot.With short hands, Mrs. Wang took Daiyu's money and smiled a little, but she was locked up for a long time, and her smile was a bit awkward.

Jia's mother was full of joy, but she was annoyed by this Nanny Lin, and she lost her love and pity for Daiyu, and finally said: "Feng girl, see if there is any yard suitable for Yu'er to clean up quickly." gone."

Wang Xifeng thought for a while, then said: "Old Ancestor, there is a yard to the west that is free, the scenery is good, and the yard is also big, but it is a bit far away from your place---"

"Let's go there!" Mother Jia said lightly.

Lin Daiyu felt aggrieved, she wanted to cry for a while but she held back, she just said in a low voice, "No matter how far away Yu'er is, her heart is still close to her grandmother."

Jia Mu had all kinds of feelings in her heart for a while.

The author has something to say: it is also effective to go with Baochai. No, the butterfly came out of the Gongliang family. [Here is empty!

Good night, Brother Chrysanthemum Pig!