The Fate of the Red Chamber

On the day of Daiyu's birthday, Mother Jia originally wanted to take the girls from Jia's family to Lin's house to celebrate Daiyu's birthday, but later the palace came with a decree, saying that it was a concubine who had a second courtyard at home. Visiting relatives.

The people in Jia's mansion immediately exploded. This is an unprecedented honor, and it is also a good opportunity to show their loyalty to the emperor.Soon it was reported that Wu Guifei's family and Zhou Guiren's family had begun to measure the place and were preparing to build a family-friendly villa.Who in Jia's house is willing to lag behind?The whole family hurriedly gathered together to discuss the important matter of picking up the mother to visit her relatives.

In fact, this is not a big deal for the emperor and the queen mother. The concubines go home for a day, and it doesn't cost them much money, but they can win greater support from the concubines' families. Why not do it.

"This time, we have to take over the empress's appointment. Miss Feng, how much money do you have in the government?" After waking up from the surprise and excitement, Mother Jia realized that the most urgent thing is money.

Sister Feng frowned slightly, then smiled and said back and forth: "Old lady, there are still 13 taels of silver in the government, of which 3 taels are reserved for the daily expenses of the writer. If you can't move it, it's only 10 taels." Two can be used." When speaking, he did not forget to glance at the expressions of everyone.

"What can you do with such an idea? Do you have any good ideas?" Jia's mother doesn't care about the family, but she is quite clear about the situation at home, and Feng girl has no nonsense.

A trace of dissatisfaction appeared on Mrs. Wang's face, and she quickly hid it. She took a peek at her master, and said just now: "Old lady, 10 taels may not be enough at all. For the current plan, we can only leave it to each other. Let's make it together." Although this will use your own private house, the empress is her daughter anyway, and it would be good if you can take this opportunity to squeeze out other houses. .

"That's the only way to go. You first calculate the approximate amount of money that the mother-in-law needs to visit her relatives, so we can make up the money." Mother Jia naturally saw through Wang's intentions, but this is also a way. After a pause, she finally said .

A few men thought about it together, afraid that it would be impossible without 40 taels of silver. It is not easy to take out so much silver.Jia Zheng frowned first, he didn't know that he wanted so much silver taels, and he was taken aback when he did the calculations, it was too extravagant to save his mother's relatives, and thrift is the way to manage a family.But he was obsessed with filial piety to Jiamu, and he dared not reject what Jiamu agreed to.

When Mother Jia heard that they wanted 40 taels, she was a little hesitant. They were determined not to be able to afford such a large amount of money, and they couldn't borrow it from relatives. It would be embarrassing to go to the Duke's Mansion.

Mrs. Wang secretly thought, Yuan Chun is her daughter, Yuan Chun is the most honorable for her, how could she let go of this good opportunity, and hurriedly said: "Old lady, the decree has been made, if we don't pick up our mother-in-law, it will reach the ears of Long Live God Wouldn't it sound ugly, and it can only be simplified everywhere."

Hearing this, Mother Jia nodded, and replied wearily: "That's true. My mother has been away from home for many years, and I think she misses her family very much. It is necessary for everyone to feel wronged. I will pay 5 taels."

"We will offer 3 taels." Mrs. Wang hurriedly answered, she could still afford this amount of money.

Jia Zheng was taken aback for a moment, he didn't want his wife to recognize so much all at once, and he didn't even have half a penny.

Mrs. Wang gave Jia Zheng a reassuring smile, lowered her voice and said, "Master, don't worry, the money will come from my dowry."

In one sentence, Jia Zheng had a good impression of his wife, and secretly regretted that he had been indifferent to her on weekdays.

"Where are Xie'er and Zhen'er?" Mother Jia resisted the urge to spit on the Wang family, and even though she was old, she still had the thoughts of a foxy master, and she didn't think about whether the dowry of your Wang family girls is so thick. I don't know why. Where did the silver come from?

Jia She was very reluctant, he didn't marry a rich daughter-in-law, and he didn't even have the money to buy a girl, so he complained very dissatisfied: "Old lady, you know our affairs, how can you compare with the second wife?" Where is the money?"

Mother Jia's eyebrows frowned. This son really didn't bother to talk about him, and his tone suddenly hardened: "Then there must be 1 taels."

Knowing what his old mother was capable of, Jia Amnesty dared not refuse, and replied helplessly, "My son must find a way to pay the 1 taels of silver."

Jia Zhen knew that Mother Jia was going to ask herself a question next, so before she could ask, she rushed to say: "Madam, although our house is not as good as this one, it is an honor for the whole Jia family to see your mother. I offer 3 taels."

Not much, but the empress's birth mother only paid 3 taels. Mother Jia couldn't force others to pay more instead, so she nodded slightly dissatisfied.I only got 12 taels in total, plus the previous 10 taels, there is still a difference of more than [-] taels. Where did this come from?

"Old lady, I remember that the Zhen family in the south is still taking 5 taels of silver from us." Mrs. Wang reminded at the right time that the old debt is old, and it is better to find a chance to get it back, so as not to cause any trouble.

"You're right. There must be a lot of things to buy in the south to build a provincial villa. Since you have the 5 taels of silver, you don't need to bring a large amount of money from here. The rest is hard to deal with?" Jia Mu Xu Xu glanced around the crowd, everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to look at her, feeling really sad, these children and grandchildren, she has to work hard for them at such an age.

Jia Sheyuan was very dissatisfied with the second room, and he was even more unhappy when he had to pay for them to build a villa for them. He suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: "Old lady, my aunt and her family happen to live in our house. But for millionaires, pearls are like earth and gold is like iron, it is not easy to borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver casually."

These words just hit Jia Mu's heart.Regardless of the fact that they get along very well on the surface, Mother Jia still looks down on people like the Xue family in her private heart, but an imperial merchant dares to put on airs in the Duke's Mansion.They stayed here for a while, but the whole family stayed here for a few years without moving their home. Thanks to their thick skins, they would be ashamed to death if they were someone else, and they often threatened how many houses they had in the capital.

"That's the only way to do it. It's up to you to talk about the matter. After you go down, put together the money and see how much is left. Let's think about it." Jiamu looked at Wang with piercing eyes. Shi, let her dare not say a word.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue are sisters, but it doesn't mean she doesn't want to use other people's money, but she originally planned to go to Xue's family to borrow it privately, and then count it as her extra money, so as to win Jia Zheng's favor.This time it won't work, so I can only say yes, but I scolded Mrs. Jia She hundreds of times in my heart, even my relatives, as if she was so righteous.

The Xue family lived in Jia's mansion, and they were full of reluctance, but finally gritted their teeth and sent 5 taels of silver over, before Mrs. Wang could ask.

In this way, there is still a shortfall of 8 taels of silver.