The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

Mother Jia herself married into Rongguo Duke's mansion as the daughter of the Marquis's mansion to serve her mother-in-law who had a double background. The ancestors were more tolerant and pleasant.However, perhaps due to the many experiences in the past few years, Jia's mother can't help bringing out some unkindness towards her daughter-in-law in the subtleties.

Mrs. Wang could bear it at first. After all, Wang's family is not comparable to Shihou's mansion where the old lady came from, nor can she be compared to the first sister-in-law who is the daughter of the prince and his wife. There is no other way.

But times have changed, the sister-in-law's family has collapsed, and the historian has also been involved in the conspiracy. It is not as good as before. It is her turn to exhale and raise her eyebrows, and the days are getting happier and happier.Now that Mother Jia is pressing and rubbing her with trivial matters, Mrs. Wang can't stand it anymore.

It can be seen that it is difficult to return from extravagance to frugality, and the ancients were sincere and never deceived.

Keeping filial piety firmly in her heart, Mrs. Wang suppressed her anger and dealt with all the things that Jia's mother had told her, before returning to her own yard to recline and recuperate.

Zhou Rui's family originally had something to report back, but seeing Mrs. Wang went to the room once, it seemed that most of their energy was emptied, so they waved their hands to wink and ordered the little girls to back down, and prescribed the medicine himself He took a pill for calming the mind and smoothing the Qi from the cabinet, and brought it to Mrs. Wang respectfully, served her to eat it, and massaged the acupuncture points on her head.

After about three quarters of effort, Mrs. Wang felt that her tense scalp felt better and her body felt tired. She leaned on the pillow and breathed a sigh of relief, she closed her eyes and asked, "What happened again? Tell me." , I can still bear it."

As she spoke, Mrs. Wang curled her lips in disdain and snorted coldly.He proudly Yang Rongguo Mansion, how bright it looks from the outside, only she, the wife in charge, knows that it is just a rotten shell riddled with holes, and there are so many bad things going on every day, and she can't make ends meet in the past two years, so she can't be counted on her Fill in the dowry by yourself.

It is true that Zhou Rui's family did not come to announce the good news.She looked at Mrs. Wang's frowning brows for a moment, and then whispered the matter.

Because the eldest daughter of Li Ji Restaurant has already arrived, Jia and Li's two families have been moving more and more closely these days, and the matchmaker they hired has also started to move around to set the dowry for the two families' final marriage and the bride's dowry.

Jia Zhu is the eldest son of the second family. Mrs. Wang has always loved treasures more than treasures and regarded him as her reliance for the rest of her life. This time when he got married, he picked out all kinds of treasures and antiques from Mrs. Wang's private treasury even more than the public's share. Double, even Jia's mother also has more subsidies.It can be said that Jia Zhu's wedding this time is not much different from the time when Jia She married his original partner.

But the more betrothal gifts the Jia family gave, the more shabby the dowry of Li Ji Restaurant was.

Although the Li family is also known as the family of Jinling eunuchs, they relied on the imperial examinations to get promoted after the peace of the world.

At the beginning when Li Jijiu agreed to the marriage with the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion, there were people from his family who had been educated enough to criticize him for selling his daughters for glory and flattering the rich and powerful. At this moment, the two families are discussing the dowry and dowry, and Mrs. Li can't bear it anymore.

Today, when Zhou Rui's family came in to answer, it was Mrs. Li who gave the message, saying that the marriage of the two families is the most important thing, and the dowry of the Duke's Mansion is really too expensive, so I hope it can be reduced as appropriate.

Mrs. Li spoke elegantly, but there was such a meaning in the words. Zhou Rui's family learned the words carefully, and Mrs. Wang sneered.

"Their family is so poor that they want to bring shame on my Zhu'er? Ask the matchmaker to tell Mrs. Li that our family doesn't expect the dowry from our daughter-in-law, just bring back the dowry. Are those things making fun of my Pearl?"

Opening her eyes, she glanced at Zhou Rui's family who stood respectfully and bowed her head. Mrs. Wang felt that her headache was getting worse, and she couldn't help but frowned.

The fly in the ointment of Zhu'er's marriage is that the Li family's dowry is too frugal.For the historians of Jia's family and Wang's family, which of these old relatives married daughters did not have a generous dowry, and the husband's family and mother's family could do their best to supplement it.At the end of autumn this year, Zhu'er is going to be married, and in the early spring of next year, her niece, Feng Geer, will be getting married. By then, when compared with others, wouldn't Zhu'er's place look very shabby?

Originally, she was still thinking that since Jia Lian had lost such a good marriage with the Wang family, she didn't know which family would marry a daughter with such a terrible reputation, maybe she would marry a poor and settled family.However, Jia Min opposed her again and wanted to choose a wife for Jia Lian from the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.

With Lin Hai's current status in Jiangnan's officialdom and the favor behind him, it's hard to pick a good marriage for Jia Lian with all four corners.

At that time, Jia Lian will be supported by a mentor and supported by his wife and family. Even if the mud is spread on the wall, it will crush her Pearl for nothing, which is really unfair.

The more Mrs. Wang thought about it, the more angry she became. At this moment, only her confidants were present, so she no longer concealed her ugly face, frowning without knowing what she was thinking.

Zhou Rui's family held their breath and waited for a while before thinking about another matter: "One more thing, the beauties in the uncle's room just came. Because my wife praised the good soles of her shoes last time, I specially made some new ones. Honor your wife."

Only halfway through, Mrs. Wang curled her lips in disgust: "Who do you want to show me? Tell her that I don't need her here. They are good at serving you, and I will be Amitabha."

Seeing Mrs. Wang's displeasure, Zhou Rui's family didn't stop there. After all, she received a lot of tribute from the beauty, and her son-in-law Leng Zixing had already given it away for profit.

"Look, servant girl, the beauty is not the one who asked for credit from Mrs. Tetelai." After serving Mrs. Wang personally for so many years, Zhou Rui's family knew her temperament clearly, and immediately pinpointed her pulse: "Although the beauty is not What to say, but the servant girl listened to what the women said, the two new maids in the uncle's yard were very good at dealing with the men, and they couldn't run out the beauties by singing and singing. I can't get close to my uncle."

Because Jia's mother felt sorry for Jia Zhu's hard work, she only rewarded two smart and beautiful girls to Jia Zhu's yard last month.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang was furious when she heard this, and she slapped the table heavily with her palm: "That girl, Li Ren, is a dead person! Anything dares to provoke my Zhu'er."

Zhou Rui's family heard that the cooking time was almost ready, so they quickly poured tea to persuade them: "Madam, don't be angry, the girl and servant of the beauty are the most honest and responsible, and they can't compete with those vicious and domineering ones. Fortunately, the uncle in the yard It’s not far away, so they won’t be able to hide it from others.”

As for the one who is far away, isn't it Jia Baoyu who was raised by Jia's mother.

Mrs. Wang thought of her youngest son who could not be raised by herself, and she felt an evil fire in her heart. She sneered and said nothing. When she saw Baoyu who came to pay her respects in the evening, she was much more kind than usual. Baoyuxi, who was a little scared, was as tired of monkeys in her arms and refused to leave. The mother is kind and the son is filial and very harmonious.

On the second day, Mrs. Wang went to the upper room to ask for peace, and Mrs. Wang was supported by Zhou Rui's family and went to Jia Zhu's yard.