The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

Aunt Zhao is really helpless. She is like a trapped animal in Rongguo Mansion. Seeing that a master who can talk has finally come back, she doesn't care about other things. She thinks that she will be beaten up and locked up , she is going to make such a scene no matter what!

Since what happened before, not to mention that her elder brother and sister-in-law often complained about her, blaming her for acting recklessly without discussing with them, letting her take advantage of the opportunity to be implicated, forcefully causing trouble for the wife, and even more divorced from the master .She said that she didn't dare to argue again, and she slowly came to her senses, and she regretted it very much.After all, something like that happened... Fortunately, my wife is fine. If something happened to my wife, Aunt Zhao would also be afraid. She really is going to be beaten to death immediately!

But the life she is living now is really hard, the main reason is that she is uncomfortable with anger, and the servant girl dares to show her face secretly!Although due to his wife's rules, no one withdrew her food and clothing, but no one was willing to chat with her, and all responses were indifferent, and she would never make a sound unless she barked!No matter how delicious she ate alone, she couldn't feel the taste anymore!

She really wanted to explain it to others, but she was really wronged!She really didn't want to harm his wife!Where does she have such courage?But Lai Da's family was sent to Caishikou, and no one paid any attention to her. She really couldn't argue with it.I wanted to stay safe and wait for the master, and I would think of her sometime. She was careful to flatter and accompany me carefully, and then I would explain it carefully. After three to five years, I would always be able to understand this. It's over!

I never thought that the master's official position is getting bigger and bigger, and he has gone farther and farther. He can't think of her, and he has nothing to do with her!

Year after year, she is not like Aunt Zhou, who makes flowers in her needlework. Several little masters have little things from her, so that the wife will always remember them, and she will be cute and behave, and follow her early. A group of maids and women get along very well.Helping everyone with their needlework, she is such a person that she does not feel tired when she is busy working every day.Occasionally she went to visit Aunt Zhou, and many girls who were not on duty were willing to talk and have fun with her. Except for her monthly salary, her wife had always been generous in this regard, giving her all kinds of income. It was a happy life, which made her jealous.

She wants to change, but day after day, the master is not here, and the wife is not here, she just wants to change her mind, establish rules and be careful, but she has nowhere to go.

From the East Courtyard of Rongxi Hall to the Grand Master's Heiyou Dedicated Courtyard, I'm afraid the Master doesn't even know where her house is!The master went to Shanxi, and finally came back after three years. She followed the big guy and waited hard to greet An, kneeling to greet her, and only met his wife, and couldn't even touch the hem of the master's robe.The wife was really busy there, and Aunt Zhou was quite respectable, so she couldn't squeeze in to see the wife at that time.After the wife got sick, she calmed down a bit. The eldest girl entered the palace to run for election, and was bestowed with a wonderful marriage that no one could have imagined by the empress. Needless to say, everyone knew that the wife was even busier than she was.

But at such a time, the master is also busy, how can he think of them?

Aunt Zhao once thought about sending some gold and silver to them to help her spread the word, or to let herself go out to meet the master again, but no one dared to accept it, even the two maids who took care of her looked at her coldly, It was as if she had done something evil like killing the king of thieves and rebelling against her.She didn't have any ideas yet, the master and his wife got up and left again, this time they went further, south of Lingnan and Guangxi!

She originally thought that it was because the wife was too strict with the master, she followed her wherever she went, and she couldn't blame the master for not liking her before.But when the news of his wife's serious illness came later, the master actually wholeheartedly hid it from everyone, and she faintly felt that this was not the case.Master, that person is actually a bit naive, what he thinks is good in his heart, even if you and the world think it is bad, although he does not argue with others, he will silently stick to what he thinks in his heart.His wife's illness, he was so anxious to hide it from everyone in the world, isn't it in his bones? (Big mistake!)

Afterwards, when she thought about the master again, she became indifferent. The master is a man, and there was little room for girls and aunts like them in her heart, but now she might have forgotten it.

But she looked at herself still beautiful in the bronze mirror, but she could only count the monthly routines in loneliness, she was not reconciled!

Since the master doesn't want her anymore, then she will find another man. With this money, she can support a few children.

Li Wan never thought that Aunt Zhao would have such a pursuit of her own, so she naturally sneered, "My wife is dismissive of her, and she is still showing her face?"

Suyun didn't answer, and didn't know how to pick it up. The wife was good enough to Aunt Zhao. She did such a thing, and she didn't beat or scold her. All the rules were the same as Aunt Zhou. Not satisfied!

"... Sigh, take the pen and ink." Although Li Wan looked down on Aunt Zhao, she was someone who had served the master, and it was not good for her to make decisions on her own as a daughter-in-law.Aunt Zhao wanted to remarry, but she knew that Mrs. and Mrs. were the ones.

Two days after the letter was sent out, Li Wan took care of Jia's mother after eating lunch, and told the old lady some homely stories collected by the wife from Dr. Zhang and others.

Not to mention that Jia's mother was fascinated, even Wang Xifeng often listened intently.

"... Mrs. Chen made a decisive decision, and led the whole village to press their fingerprints on the contract loan book, and borrowed 500 taels of silver from the wife's Guizhi business in one breath, and then bought carts, cattle and horses, and just developed The tricycle that came out."

Wang Xifeng only thinks that Mrs. Chen is a confidant, but she is much better off than Mrs. Chen, "Is it still up?"

"Everyone is wholehearted, sincere, and sincere in their work. Why don't you pay it off? Before I come back, I have already paid off two installments of principal and interest."

Li Wan told how Wang Guizhi met the wronged lady Chen from Chenjia Village on a stormy night, and how he upheld justice for them.

Mother Jia still feels a little pity when she thinks about it now. If she can keep it, she will be such a cute and smart little grandson, but this kind of thing is also impossible to ask for.But Wang Xifeng is concerned that since the borrowed money can be recovered with an interest rate increase, isn't it similar to interest money?She has always been interested in this aspect, and when Jia Mu woke up, she grabbed Li Wan and asked her carefully.

"My grandma, please tell me, what's the matter with the principal and interest?" Wang Xifeng is not short of money. After she took care of the family's affairs, the monthly money was also raised. In addition, Jia Lian was a scholar. The two of them didn't need to pay for food, drink, and chewing. After she came in, the silver box was exchanged for silver bills several times, but it was left in vain.Who doesn't want more money?Her dowry girl once said that she might as well release the money to collect interest.It’s just that she has read some books after all, knowing that these are not honorable, if she is short of money, she will just pay it back, and she is not short, so why bother to do those things of lending money.

Li Wan suddenly remembered that his wife asked her to pay her. The money from Guizhi Company was loaned out, but the loans were only given to merchants or workshops that they had examined and knew that they could make money back. They were not loaned to someone at all. Those who have more than 100% repayment ability, and their loan interest is relatively low. It is not the kind of borrowing seven or twelve returns, but only one tael per month for [-] taels of silver. According to my wife, it is [-]% One, and it is not rolling interest, compound interest, but setting the repayment date and repayment amount, and repaying in June, October, and June.

"I know your brain is moving fast, so your heart must be moving, and you want to put the money out yourself, don't you?" Li Wan took Wang Xifeng's hand and persuaded, "The wind is getting harder, and I won't be able to tell for a while. , let me talk to you in your room."

Wang Xifeng knew that she was taking care of him and was pregnant, so he smiled and took her hand to his yard.

The two of them were talking and went up the steps to go around the inverted hall to the main room, but they heard someone in the room making a lot of noise.

Li Wan stopped, and Wang Xifeng put a smile on his face immediately, and pressed Ping'er and An'er who were about to be summoned, not allowing them to pass on, and sneered, "Don't shout, I want to listen, and when I'm not at home, they'll talk about it." It's going to turn upside down!"

The dozen or so maids in the room had already been torn into a ball, with Ning'an leading the way. Although the four maids that Wang Xifeng married were older, they were not as clever and powerful as the little girls.

Fu'er jumped up anxiously, "What are you doing, wait for grandma to come back later, and see what you can do!"

"Bah, grandma is back, she must have torn your skin first, they dare to treat me like this, you must be the one who instigates... Sigh, who pinched me!" It's the last game, but it's a pity that these four are really like sisters, sometimes she deliberately picks thorns, even if she gets angry, she has a companion to hold her down, but she can't make a fuss in front of grandma.This time it's good, but they secretly deducted the little girls' two or three months of regular money, so I dare to quarrel with her!If it wasn't for one of the four of them to tell the truth, who would have known that the little girl in Second Grandma's room would cost a hundred dollars more than the girls in other rooms!

Seeing that Wang Xifeng's face was flushed with anger, Li Wan pulled her out again, "Go, come and sit with me. Last time you said that Miss Qiao If you like dolls, our Aunt Zhou is especially good at making them, let her make a special one for you."

Wang Xifeng was still a little annoyed, "Sister-in-law, just wait until I clean them up!"

"Then why bother? They are ignorant and break the rules, so someone will punish them. You have a big stomach, what if you accidentally bump into it?" Li Wan pulled her into his carriage.

As soon as she sat down, Wang Xifeng smelled a sour and sweet smell, which made her swallow her saliva, and made her forget most of her breath, "What is this smell? It smells so good?"

"You like this smell too?" Li Wan said with a smile, "It's made from the cinnamon peel. My wife doesn't like incense in summer, so I made some by chance and thought it was okay, so I gave some to us. Let it slowly emit a little fragrance in the car in the house. If you like it, I will share some with you later."

When she was pregnant, she couldn't touch some spices. Seeing that Li Wan was willing to give it to her, Wang Xifeng knew that it was safe for pregnant women to use, so she accepted it with a smile.

When the carriage arrived in front of the black oil gate, the four gatekeepers on duty led the carriage in person to log in. Wang Xifeng saw that Li Wan had pressed a button on the carriage, and was a little surprised. Long, broad and generous several layers of wooden planks, with a daughter-in-law next to it, it will naturally become a ladder.She stepped down from it, only feeling stable and safe.Only then did I think that the carriage didn't feel too bumpy at all.

Li Wan casually ordered, "Prepare some refreshing tea and snacks, and see what Aunt Zhou is doing. If you are not busy, please invite her to come over. Oh, remember to ask Aunt Zhou to put all the brochures and material books with dolls in various colors Bring it."

"understood."

Holding hands with Li Wan, Wang Xifeng walked through the small hall full of flowers and trees, she was a little surprised and said, "Why are there still so many flowers blooming?"

"You should say, why do you feel that it's much warmer when you enter our yard?" Li Wan covered his mouth and laughed. She made a plan for underground heating renovation, and the eldest girl asked the prince of Yijun to approve the copper material, which was made into copper pipes for watering, but moving mountains, rocks, flowers and trees was all second-guessing.

But it's really easy to use, it's not like the kang before, it's occasionally hot and sometimes cold, and it's so dry that people always want to drink water at night.

After entering the room, Wang Xifeng took off her cloak without Li Wan saying anything. It was still a little hot, so Li Wan took her to change into her own clothes, "They rushed to make this for me before the eldest lady." Shou Xiao, I came back late, and you haven't put on this suit yet, so you should put it on first."

As soon as Wang Xifeng saw the inlaid pattern of dark blue and light blue, she liked it, "Then I'll take advantage of it."

"Put it on!" She is really suitable, she is a perfect beauty.Li Wan thought about her going home after a hundred days to have a look, she was wearing a similar set, and Li Qi and Li Wen also loved it like something, but unfortunately, her mother thought that the clothes were not very good, so she didn't give them .

The two were drinking tea and talking, and Ping'er also asked Wang Xifeng if he understood.

Wang Xifeng asked her directly, "Sister-in-law, what are you afraid of, tell me quickly!"

"The monthly rules of our Rongguo Mansion are one liang of silver for the eldest girls of the old lady, one tael of silver for the wives, nine hundred for the grandmas, and eight hundred for the second-class girls, and none for the little girls in March. five hundred."

Both Li Wan and Wang Xifeng knew this.

Ping'er continued, "Second Grandma, the two big girls next to you are Fu'er and Ning'er. They are full this year, and it's time to hire someone." There was only a touch of blush on her face. It’s no surprise that the Guofu said, “Actually, as long as you don’t get married, you can still work with your second grandma. In addition, Fu’er and Ning’er’s marriage has not yet been settled, and it has not been reported to the mothers in charge of our house. So Second Mistress, you may not know about this."

Wang Xifeng nodded, Fu Ningpingan was easy to handle, and she was smart enough to handle things, and she didn't want to get caught between her and the second master Lian. They should be married when they reach the age. Some dowry, so that they can get married with dignity.This is the person who followed her.

Li Wan ate the rose melon seeds without saying a word, but thought that Suyun Biyue's marriage would also make them search for it. She was also like his wife, and the people around her made it easy for them to get acquainted. As long as they were willing, they would marry You can run errands by her side.

"Ning'an and the others know, maybe they just want to compete for the position of this big girl, and they have some problems with Fu'er and Ning'er." Ping'er paused for a while, then secretly raised his eyes to see if grandma was not angry, and tried his best to be calm and fair, " She didn't know that grandma had the final say on who would be the big girl, maybe she wanted to get some money to manage, so she secretly paid some monthly money that was just transferred to your little girl."

Wang Xifeng asked her to continue, "The little girl who just came here has such courage? I didn't believe that she had a fight with her without telling you."

"There are two little girls among them. The old lady pulled them from her own girls because she thought that grandma is pregnant again." Ping'er explained, "They were originally awarded second-class, but they were transferred to be less. It’s nothing more than money, but there is no penny, just..."

On the other hand, Wang Xifeng was not angry with the two tempered little girls. She didn't move Ning'an because she was afraid of hurting the hearts of the people she married as a dowry.

"Which two are these?"

"It's called Xiaohong, Musk Moon."

Hearing this name, Li Wan laughed, "Why do these two names meet together?" She glanced at Wang Xifeng, "My second grandma, no wonder your house is so lively." Jin Xing competed with Wu Nu , The musk moon was so cool with Chang'e.I'm afraid it's not the handwriting of her younger siblings, but she doesn't seem to have changed the name of the girl under her hand, and she doesn't care about it in terms of aspects.

Wang Xifeng also laughed, "Sheyue is fine, Xiaohong is too vulgar."

Ping'er said, "She is the daughter of Lin Zhixiao who manages the farm affairs in the mansion. Her original name is Hongyu. Because she violated the nicknames of the two young masters in the family, everyone called her Xiaohong and Hong'er."

"How did you develop it now?" Wang Xifeng also picked up a fruit and ate it.

"You and grandma just left, and the manager rushed over and asked them to kowtow on the bluestone first." Ping'er said, "The second manager asked me to go back and forth to understand grandma. According to the rules of the family, the monthly payment will be exempted from three For a month, those who provoke trouble have to be slapped twenty times on the palm of the hand. Do you still want to use them?"

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In fact, the protagonist is not Musk Moon...

Continuing on the current living conditions of the women in Rongguo Mansion~