[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

Mrs. Xing couldn't control her face, it was naturally because she was short of money: Mrs. Xing was not born very high - at least her parents were not as good as the Jia family in terms of rank or footsteps - and they were young Both of her parents died, and her younger brothers and sisters grew up relying on her.No matter how many dowries this Mrs. Xing has, it might be acceptable to put it outside, but she happened to marry into Jia's family, and she was compared with Mrs. Wang, a sister-in-law. Not long after, her stepson married her daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng. .

Who in this capital does not know that Wang Xifeng's grandfather's generation in the south is the most extravagant in managing the tribute from the foreign domain and taking care of the seawall for the royal family.Not to mention ordinary people, even the princes and grandchildren are all jealous. Otherwise, how could there be such a thing as "there is no white jade bed in the East China Sea, and the Dragon King is here to invite the King of Jinling"?

With such sisters-in-law and daughter-in-law around, doesn't it seem that Mrs. Xing is shabby and unable to do anything?

Furthermore, although Mrs. Xing married Jia She and had the title of a first-class general, the housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion was in the hands of Mrs. Wang Wang Xifeng. However, if Mrs. Xing's expenses exceed her allowance, she can only pay out of her own pocket. Mrs. Wang's monthly allowance is a net income, but Mrs. Xing's monthly allowance includes her daily expenses.

Therefore, although on the surface she is a wife like Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing really doesn't have much money left.It is still quite heavy for her to ask her to take out two or three bags of gold to give Jia Huan and Jia Lan a few new year's money.

There is one for Jia Huan and one for Jia Lan. Mrs. Xing is not Jia's mother who has countless private houses, nor is Mrs. Wang in charge of the Rongguo Mansion, so she can use the expenses of the Rongguo Mansion to cover her own expenses.After all, she is just an ordinary housewife who has no children, is not favored, and needs a lot of money to take care of her.If it is for one year or two years, forget it. If it is given every year, it will be accumulated year after year. How can Mrs. Xing not feel heartbroken?

According to the rules of the Jia family, the silver curly is used by some respectable maids and mothers under the reward, and the young man like Jialan Jiahuan must be a golden curly during the Chinese New Year, and you can't just use one or two to get rid of it. No matter what, it should be a dozen, that is, twelve golden pickles count as a purse.A gold scorpion is at least one tael, twelve is 12 taels, plus the price ratio of gold and silver, how can Mrs. Xing not be heartbroken?

If Mrs. Xing had her own flesh and blood, it would be fine. Mrs. Xing would feel better if there were people who could get in and out, but Mrs. Xing would not be comfortable if she could only get in and out.

However, Mrs. Xing obviously worried too much. Since Jia Yan made such an arrangement, she was naturally well-prepared.

I saw that Wang Shanbao's family brought up a tray earlier, and it looked like it was full of three purses, which were for Jia Cong, Jia Huan and Jia Lan, but slightly smaller than Jia Mu's.Mrs. Xing's eyes were sharp, and she had already seen that the inside was also full of golden lockets.

Mrs. Xing hurriedly went to see Wang Shanbao's family, but she saw Wang Shanbao's family smiling and gave her a look, and then she knew it was Jia Yan's arrangement.

Mrs. Xing knew that Jia Yan was rich: not to mention Jia Amnesty's subsidies these days, nor to Jia Yan's salary that was not worth a lot of money and handed over to the public long ago, but Jia Yan's Huangzhuang, that's a real big deal!Three to five thousand silver per year!Even if I take out these two packs of golden scorpions now, it's just pasting Jia Yan's annals in it.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xing felt much better.

Mrs. Xing will not count Jia Yan's money like Mrs. Wang - she knows she doesn't have the confidence - what Mrs. Xing will do is to keep her share of the money firmly.

Now that Jia Yan took the initiative to prepare for her, she is also happy to accept this favor and turn around to be filial to Jia Yan's mother and loving daughter:

"Take it. It's for you to celebrate the new year."

Just like that sentence said, Jia's family has a pair of rich eyes and money-seeking hands from top to bottom, and the whole Jia's family is clean except for a few young girls—probably because they don't have this chance at all. Relationships—everyone else has their eyes on the money!

Mrs. Xing's temperament is clear to both Jiamu and Li Wan, not to mention that Mrs. Xing just received the annual bill and can afford the money. Maybe take out money to join in the fun.Therefore, it was definitely Jia Yan who gave these three purses of golden lockers.

Mother Jia could see it in such an obvious period, and of course Li Wan could also see it.

In terms of money, many members of the Jia family have developed a pair of piercing eyes. Li Wan could tell at a glance that the purse given by Jia's mother contained about twenty gold coins, and Mrs. Xing (that is, prepared by Jia Yan) There are about twelve of them in my purse (stupid author messing in: look at Grandma Liu and you will know that in the later period, the Grand View Garden was built and was used as a cash machine by the eunuchs in the palace. After Jia’s family was seriously unable to make ends meet, Mrs. Jia’s wife gave it to her at random. Grandma Liu still has so much money, so now that her financial situation is still good, and she is facing her own grandson, it is impossible for Mother Jia to be too stingy. Of course, Mother Jia is not stingy. , as Jia Mu's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xing also has to act with Jia Mu.).

Although his son earned an extra 500 taels of gold today, which is about [-] taels of silver, Li Wan was not happy that Jia Huan and Jia Lan received the same lucky money.Not to mention that there was no Zhuangzi shop in Li Wan's dowry - most of the Zhuangzi shops in the family were reserved for their sons, and people like the Li family would never use it as a dowry for their daughters - without a Zhuangzi shop, naturally There is no income, but Li Wan has heard that Jia Yan's income in Huangzhuang is enough to several thousand silver!Even when Jia Zhu was alive, the income of the couple for the whole year was not so much!

Therefore, even knowing that Mrs. Xing's share was paid by Jia Yan, Li Wan still couldn't hold back:

"The old lady and the wife have given it. As a sister and aunt, shouldn't you also think about it?"

Giving lucky money is usually given by the elders to the younger generation, and the elders who have not yet married do not need to give it.Just like Jia Yan, how old is she? 11 years old.Not to mention someone else's house, even in Jia's house, she is also a collector of lucky money.Even if she wanted to give the lucky money to her younger brothers and nephews, the elders would pay for her in the end, and she never asked Li Wan to ask her to pay.

When Li Wan said this, not to mention Mrs. Xing, even Wen Fengyi, who followed Jia Yan, couldn't help but stare at her: what she said was out of line, and it didn't match her personality.

Jia Yan said with a smile: "I still use my sister-in-law to say. I have sent someone to Sanyuzhai in Beijing to order a set of portable pens and inks for children. The pens are specially made, just as long and thick as the inkstone. It’s also small, and it’s packed in such a big rattan box, which just fits into your purse. I heard that this is the most popular study room in Beijing this year for children who have just started. By the way, there are also three-character scriptures in block letters and small letters. Trace red cloth. I think Lan'er and Huan'er are at the time of enlightenment, so they should be useful. I just hope my sister-in-law doesn't think it's too simple."

It is said that Li Wan is a virtuous person, but in the original book, when Li Wan led the girls in the Grand View Garden to ask Wang Xifeng for money, her jealousy towards Wang Xifeng was naked|naked|naked, and she was naked in front of the girls in the Grand View Garden. Wang Xifeng was sprayed all over his head and face.Jia Yan really couldn't figure out why Li Wan had the right to be jealous of this: that was the Rongguo Mansion, and Jia She was the serious lord of the Rongguo Mansion. As Jia She's son and daughter-in-law, Jia Lian Wang Xifeng was in charge of the Rongguo Mansion's affairs. Isn't it logical?Even Mrs. Jia Zhengwang lived in the Rongguo Mansion under the patronage of Jia's mother. What right did Li Wan want to be the housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion?

Now too.

Don't think that Jia Yan can't see it, now Li Wan's jealousy towards her, Jia Yan can clearly see it.If possible, Jia Yan really wanted to ask Li Wan: What do you mean?There are existing rules about how many shares a widowed daughter-in-law receives in the clan, if you have the ability, just pick the clan rules!Otherwise, you can also get a sweet potato and purple potato double-cropping rice that is beneficial to the country and the people, so that the royal family can also make you a wife, won't it be over?I don't have the skills and the guts to be so angry at her 11-year-old sister-in-law?Could it be that I, a little girl who is only 11 years old and not a direct branch of the clan, can stop the clan from giving you an age record?Since you get what you deserve, no more and no less, why are you jealous?If you feel that you have been wronged in Jia's house and cannot stay any longer, you can remarry!

It's just that although Li Wan has shown her jealousy, she doesn't criticize Jia Yan like she complained about Wang Xifeng in the original book. In addition, Jia Yan is a girl, and it's her duty to be shy, so it's not good to quarrel with her sister-in-law, otherwise, Jia Yan must have exploded on the spot.

Although I was angry in my heart, I still had to be dignified and decent on the surface:

"I originally thought that someone would send it to Huan'er and Lan'er later. My sister-in-law said so, so I have to take it out now."

Naturally, Jia Yan will not forget Jia Cong's share, but for Jia Cong, this kind of thing is not much different from a toy, because Jia Amnesty has prepared a full set of four treasures of the study for Jia Cong, and Jia Yan is not needed at all. Come | fuck | this heart.

Mrs. Xing also came to her senses, and said with a smile: "After all, the second girl was raised by the old lady for several years. I remember that it was the same when the eldest girl was at home. She cared about Baoyu's affairs, even enlightening Baoyu. Do it yourself. Our second girl is not as gifted in reading as the older girl, but my heart for my younger brother and nephew is the same as that of the older girl."

Mrs. Xing didn't have any money, but this ready-made good word didn't cost money.In the past, Mrs. Xing had no confidence and no one to help her make a face, so she couldn't say even this ready-made good word.It's not the same as it is now, dozens of taels of gold have been paid for by others, of course, she can also speak well of this person and help to gain goodwill in front of Jiamu.

Cheap mother and daughter, isn't that what it is?

When Jia Mu heard about it, she immediately felt comfortable.

The author has something to say: In many fan fictions, when comparing gold and silver prices, he likes to use the decimal system, that is, one tael of gold is exchanged for ten taels of silver.But I don't like it much.Because the weight unit in China is not decimal, but hexadecimal.Moreover, according to the purchasing power of gold and silver, there are great differences in different periods.

Therefore, in my Red Mansions, the official price of gold and silver is generally hexadecimal, that is to say, one tael of gold is exchanged for one catty of silver, and one catty of silver is 16 taels. More simply, it is one tael of gold. Exchange 16 taels of silver.Of course, the actual private transaction price will definitely be different from the official price.

In addition, there is probably a problem with my reading angle. In my opinion, the original book spends a lot of space talking about money and money!Apart from those poems, many things in the original work are related to money.I just don’t know how many book friends have the same feeling as me.