Old things in the Red Chamber

Within a few days, there was a lot of praise in the imperial court, praising the concubine's visiting relatives as "an unprecedented event in the ages" and "the merit of enlightenment".Even Jia Gu, a big bastard, knows that these people's flattery is too blatant.

People with concubines waited with their necks up for the decree to be announced to the world, while the courtiers who did not have concubines were mostly watching.

Jia Zheng waited anxiously, but it didn't take long before the imperial decree was issued, "Where there is a house in Chongyu other courtyard..." is the prerequisite. If you want to bring back the concubine, you must have a neat courtyard and house at home. .

People in Rongning and Ningfu were very enthusiastic, and Jia Zhen brought the young and old of the Jia family to look for Jia She and Jia Zheng brothers. Jia She was sitting in the hall at the moment, and it was the first time seeing Jia Zheng since he was deprived of his title. In Jia She's opinion, Jia Zheng was used to acting, so he repeatedly asked him to sit on the honorable seat. Jia She didn't say anything, and directly found a chair in the hall and sat down.

Jia Zhen came out to preside over the overall situation, "With the grace of the emperor, he has allowed the empresses in the palace to come back to visit relatives. Our family wants two empresses, which is more dignified than other families."

Everyone present was complacent.

Jia Zhen clasped her hands and said to everyone, "I invite everyone to come here today. I have two things to say. First, where will the Provincial Court be built, and second, where does the money come from?"

After finishing speaking, the young and old in the hall understood that this was asking for money, and each of them was studying the pattern with teacups, and some of them were pretending to chat, just not answering Jia Zhen's words.

Jia Zhen looked at the deserted hall, then looked at the smiling Jia Zheng and Jia She, who had nothing to do with her, and took a step forward, "Uncle She, a nobleman in the palace..."

"My lord, I have no intention of inviting the nobleman back to visit my relatives." Jia Amnesty took a sip of tea, "She just entered the palace a few years ago, and now she has to take care of the prince, so she has no time to come back to visit her relatives."

Not to mention how Jia Zheng felt in his heart, the others were anxious and went to persuade Jia Amnesty one after another, and even a few seniors pointed at Jia Amnesty, pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, and almost scolded his family for disrespecting their ancestors.

Now the glory of the Jia family is entrusted to the two concubines. Jia Concubine is still pregnant with a dragon fetus, and she is a person who should be supported by the whole family. Her own father is the first one who is unwilling to make faces for her. , Several of Shi Taijun's old wives came to talk to Shi Taijun.

"Master, as you all know, he is usually a bit leftist. I sent someone to find him just now, but he didn't want Jia Concubine to come back." Shi Taijun really had no choice, Jia She didn't want to see him, and Jia Lian also I can't talk about his father, Shi Taijun is angry at the moment.

One of them said, "Old sister-in-law, men are rough-minded, not as meticulous as our women. He only thought that it would be inconvenient for the nobleman to go out of the palace, but how could he think that everyone else would visit relatives, but the nobleman himself was in the palace. The master doesn't want the nobleman, don't those little sisters of us who are grandparents think so? Besides, the nobleman's mother, sister-in-law, brother and brother are all at home, don't the nobleman want to come back and have a look?"

These words touched Shi Taijun's heart, Jia She is not the only one in the family, but the whole family, if you don't want to see him, don't the others want to see him?

"You don't need to worry about the old man. Tomorrow, I will ask the men at home to discuss again to see where we can find a place. We will also build a villa and invite the empress and the noble to visit relatives."

The second meeting started under the expectation of everyone. Let’s talk about the place first. Last night, I heard that Zhou Guiren’s father in the palace took people to see the place outside the city. Liu Guiren’s grandfather bought several places in the outer city A piece of the yard, and now a craftsman has been found, and it is ready to be pushed to rebuild.Concubine Xian's home has demolished a yard, and Concubine De's home is also planning to buy land outside the city to build a garden...

Living in Kyoto, if a piece of brick falls, it can hit a few royal relatives. People who look at ordinary clothes on the side of the road may have an oblique relationship with someone in the palace. Therefore, people in Kyoto often live like a face.You can lose money, but you can't lose face.

The other families were either well prepared or acted fast enough, but the Ning Rong Second House was already one step behind because of the unhappiness yesterday.Today, these two things must be done.

The whole family bypassed Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian and his son, and directly set a boundary on Ningrong Street.Taking up a quarter of Ningguo Mansion and a third of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty's East Courtyard was also affected. Some members of the Jia family who lived in the back street also moved out, and all the houses where the servants lived Dismantled, moved to other places, and integrated, it is also a huge yard.

Jia She immediately disagreed, "Master, my yard is already narrow, and my yard has been taken over. Where can I live?"

This one persuaded him, "Uncle Xi said a few words less, our yard is completely demolished."

That one also advised him, "Uncle Xie should think this way. After all, the yard is for Concubine Jia, and the meat is still stuck on one of his own people. Why would this make a fuss?"

Now that I have a place, let’s talk about money. This time it’s Jia She, “Master, I don’t have any money. Ask the second wife in the mansion, where are the ladders that my grandmother gave me to the master?”

The more he talked, the more he didn't look good, everyone just pretended not to hear what he said, and they followed suit in the hall. The east family paid 100 taels, and the west family paid 150 taels. Even if the family is prosperous, the total is less than 1 taels.Counting on the money to build a garden is definitely not enough.

It is said that a penny is hard for a hero. Mrs. Wang will feel ups and downs in her heart. The money in the treasury is only 30 taels. In the eyes of others, this money is enough for the family to spend decades. The garden is not enough.Every plant and tree in the garden is piled up with silver. Today, I heard a few compradors come back and say that in the market now, not to mention bricks and tiles, even wood is hard to buy. Where to spend to buy things.

Mrs. Wang was sitting in the upper room of Shi Taijun, the prayer beads in her hands kept turning, thinking how to get the old lady to take out some money.

But when I thought about it, most of the old lady's private house belonged to Baoyu. If you touch the old lady's private house, you will touch Baoyu's private house. Madam Wang feels like cutting flesh with a blunt knife.

"After all, it is a good thing for the noble concubine and the concubine Jia. Both our master and the eldest master should contribute. The daughter-in-law here will take out 10 taels, and the sister-in-law should also take out some." Mrs. Wang didn't want to touch her private house, nor did she want to touch the old man. The wife's private room wanted to attack Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng, she said so, looking at Wang Xifeng.

Mrs. Xing has no wealth, and she is more greedy and loves money. Hearing this, she felt unhappy and rolled her eyes, "His second aunt wait a moment, I will find a proper pawnshop to pawn my dowry. , it’s all on my mind.”

Mrs. Wang never thought that she would say that. Mrs. Xing used to put on the air of imperial orders, and she was more particular about her words and deeds. Now she is not an imperial order. up.

Wang Xifeng saw that Mrs. Wang was choked by Mrs. Xing and couldn't speak, and she knew that she had escaped this time, and she would not be so lucky next time.

Mrs. Tong was thinking about the abacus, while the little granddaughter was making trouble, deliberately flicking the beads on her abacus, and Mrs. Tong was reluctant to teach her, so she had to hold her and let Jia Gui's family look at the account book and calculate.

"The income in the shop this month is 680 four taels of silver." Jia Gui's family finished the calculation and put away the account book.

Mrs. Tong held Xuan'er in her arms and said to her, "No wonder people say that horses can't be fat without night grass, and people can't be rich without windfall. Our own food, our own shop, our own servants and servants, where else do we need to pay money except the yamen?" , no rent, no capital, and a net profit of more than 600 taels a month. The family’s salary is only more than 600 taels a month. Thousands of people, relying on the shop and the farm, plus the salary of the two of you, dozens of people in our family can starve to death."

"It's said that officials in Beijing are poor, and that's what they say." Jia Gui's family also put away their abacus, "It depends on three festivals and two lives."

Mrs. Tong was walking around the house with her granddaughter in her arms. Jia Gui's family saw that she was in a good mood this time, so they said something else to her, "Madam, looking at the current capital, several businesses are easy to do. Would you like us A foot in the family business."

Mrs. Tong didn't think about anything else, "You talk to Xuan Erniang, I don't care about this. When I was in charge, I set up these few shops. Now it's up to the couple."

Lin Daiyu was talking with Qi Jing'an. Qi Jing'an just came back from the Princess Mansion yesterday, and she stayed there for two days this time. Sometimes he would make a fuss, and no matter who he was, he would say that he was not virtuous.After all, the family doesn't even have a housekeeper girl, and some outsiders say that he is a Hedong lion, and some people say that the fear of Zhongwuhou's mansion is passed down in the same line, and there are all kinds of things, but life is one's own, so let's live it day by day.

After a while, Jia Xun came back from the yamen, Lin Daiyu left when she saw the situation, Jia Xun went to the backyard, the husband and wife sat in the shade, said a few words, and Jia Gui's family came to find her.

Jia Gui's family saw that both of them were there, so they quickly expressed their plans, "Nowadays, many families in Kyoto are building gardens, bricks, wood, soil and stones, and silk and satin. They are all purchased in bulk and do business for a year. It’s more profitable than usual for ten years, the slave girl thought, we will also send people to the south to buy and make a fortune or two, and by then, it will be enough for three to five years.”

"Mother Jia, sit down." Qi Jingan hugged her stomach, and hurriedly asked someone to give Jia Gui a seat, "I've been thinking about this for the past few days, no matter what is in the south or in the north, everything that is rare has someone. Buy it, sir, what do you think, why don’t we open a shop too.”

Holding the tea bowl, Jia Xun changed into a robe she usually wears at home, and asked Jia Gui's family, "Does Mother Jia know whose shop sells these things now?"

A small business cannot swallow such a large amount, and those who do this kind of business must be big merchants.

"I heard that they are from other places. As for whether they are from Jiangnan or other places, the head of the servant has not yet found out."

Jia Gui has been asking for a few days and still hasn't figured it out, so... this matter is beyond our family's ability to intervene, so let's stop here and let no one mention it.