[Red Mansion] Hairpins fly when they are

Jia Yucun came out of the east chamber, turned around and went into the west chamber. Baochai was sitting on the couch talking to Yinger. When they saw him come in, they got up and saluted.

Jia Yucun smiled and helped Baochai: "Don't be too polite, sit down."

The two sat opposite each other on the couch. Baochai poured him a cup of tea and handed it over. Jia Yucun took it and praised her with a smile: "When Mrs. Chen left, she was full of praise for you. Being able to speak well makes you have to go to a wedding next month."

In Mrs. Chen's original words, she praised both Fan Jiaoxing and Baochai, but she added a few more words when she praised Baochai, and Jia Yucun naturally understood the meaning.

"She also invited my sister, let us all go." Baochai said modestly, not daring to take credit for it.

Jia Yucun: "On that day, both you and Mrs. Fan will go."

Baochai nodded, secretly drumming in her heart, just had lunch, and it's time for a lunch break, does he want to rest here?

She hasn't worn a menstrual belt yet!

Jia Yucun smiled lightly, his brows and eyes softened a lot, and he said mysteriously: "I have some good news to tell you, do you want to hear it?"

"I want to hear it." Baochai nodded heavily, of course he wanted to listen, chatting is better than taking a nap now, right?

Jia Yucun took out a bank note and put it on the kang table. Baochai didn't know why, so he didn't dare to reach out to take it, but just looked at him blankly.

Jia Yucun pouted at her: "This is just given to me by the treasurer Qian. The account book is in the study. If you want to read it, you can ask the boy to bring it in later."

Seeing that Baochai still didn't move, he was a little surprised: "I see that you have been fiddling with your work all day long. I am afraid that you are short of money, and the shopkeeper will give you the money as soon as it is handed over. Why don't you care about it? "

"Is this for me?" Baochai was very surprised, picked it up and saw that it was a fragrant 50 taels of silver note, "Sold so much?" I couldn't believe it.

"Hehe." Jia Yucun smiled, "Don't say you are shocked, even I am too. But a few small things are so valuable, I am afraid that my shop will not earn as much as you in the future."

An ordinary shop can earn a hundred and ten taels a month, which is already very good. After all, there are thousands of taels a year. Jia Yucun's statement is not deliberately exaggerated.

Baochai held the banknotes that she earned through her own labor, and she was overjoyed: "My lord is really too modest. I remember I took several of them, and what prices did they sell for?"

"I don't remember clearly." Jia Yucun shook his head, "I just heard from shopkeeper Qian that there was a chrysanthemum buckle in it. Because it was too delicate, it caused two wives to fight over it. Shopkeeper Qian picked a few words in the middle, and finally It was bought by someone for 35 taels of silver."

"Treasurer Qian is really capable." Baochai admired him sincerely, and after thinking about it, he said, "I asked the servant to send me the account book this afternoon. It's not that I can't trust the master, but some of those things were made by Yinger." Yes, after seeing it, I can count it in my heart.”

It was the first time for Jia Yucun to see women making money. For example, Mrs. Song or Fan Jiaoxing stayed in the backyard obediently, waiting for men to support them every month.

There are other houses where the head of the house runs a shop outside, but they have hired the shopkeeper to take care of it. As long as they don't lose money, it would be great if they can earn a few cosmetics every month.

What's more, the shop is opened in the name of a woman, but in fact it is managed by the man in the family.It is really rare for Baochai to earn money by himself, and it is not a small sum.

"I don't care too much, let Shuangfu come in for you in the afternoon." Jia Yucun smiled and squinted at Baochai, "It's only the treasurer Qian who can do it, what about me?"

No matter how powerful the shopkeeper Qian was, he was hired by Jia Yucun. Baochai could tell the priority, and quickly flattered him: "Of course the master is even more powerful. By the way, don't you really need to deduct a few percent? Just let the money go for nothing." The shopkeeper has some more work, and I feel a little sorry."

"You don't need to worry about him. I asked him to be the shopkeeper on the condition that we negotiated it early in the morning and did not treat him badly. You might as well think about how to thank me."

Baochai blinked: "Didn't the master just accept a purse from me? It's worth a lot of money if you sell it?"

"A philistine." Jia Yucun snorted pretendingly, "You invite me to a banquet tonight. I don't lack those few coins, so you have to buy a jug of wine to thank me."

For the sake of long-term development, Baochai gritted his teeth and agreed even though he knew that Jiu was a sex matchmaker.

Jia Yucun had a lot of things ahead, so he didn't stay for a lunch break, and went out to do errands after talking with Baochai for a while.

Not long after, Shuangfu came in to deliver the account book. Baochai looked it over carefully and found that the nets Yinger had woven had sold for a total of one tael or seven renminbi, and the other one was given away by Qian's shopkeeper as an extra.

Baochai took out two taels of silver, handed it to Yinger, and said with a smile, "Did you hear what the master said just now? This is your share."

Ying'er pursed her lips and smiled: "I don't want it, just keep it together, girl."

Baochai advised her: "You have worked so hard, how can you not do it?"

"I belong to the girl, so naturally the silver belongs to the girl." Ying'er replied without thinking.

Baochai laughed and teased her: "Aren't you married?"

Ying'er blushed with shame when she heard this, and refused to accept the money for anything, so Baochai had to put it away for her and said, "Then I'll take it first, and when you get married, I'll make you a dowry."

Baochai was a little excited because she had just received a sum of money, but she didn't feel sleepy anymore, so she went to look for Mrs. Xue.

Just as Mrs. Xue finished the dress, she laughed when she saw the master and servant: "Coincidentally, I was going to look for you. The clothes have already been made. I will try them later and see what doesn't suit me. I will change them later."

Baochai thanked her mother, motioned Yinger to put away the clothes, and handed over ten taels of silver to Mrs. Xue: "Mother, this is my pocket money for you as a filial piety."

Mrs. Xue didn't answer, and looked at her suspiciously: "Master gave you money again? You keep it yourself, mother doesn't need it."

Xue and Xiangling received one tael of silver from the housekeeper every month, and she knew that they received three taels in the east and west. The daughter had just married in, and the housekeeper brought in ten taels last time. Baochai offered to give it to her, but she refused to take it.

Baochai laughed triumphantly: "He didn't give it to me, I earned it myself." He hurriedly said the matter again.

"Oh!" Xue's face was full of smiles, she was very happy, "I have a silver envoy on me, so you can keep it. When your brother comes out in the future, if you have it handy, you can lend him some to open a shop, and it will save us from going to the uncle. Speak up."

Baochai didn't hesitate, and immediately nodded in agreement.

After all, they are brothers and sisters, so they can't eat and drink spicy food by themselves, but watch Xue Pan sleep on the street, right?

After talking with Mrs. Xue for a while, Baochai went back to the west chamber and asked Yinger to ask Aunt Li in the kitchen about the prices of various wines outside.

Yinger went there soon, and came back to report: "There are good ones and bad ones, expensive ones and cheap ones, which one would you like to buy?"

Baochai asked, "How expensive is the expensive one? How cheap is the cheap one?"

"There are dozens of taels of silver for a jar, and there are also wines of more than a dozen or a few taels, and even a few dollars of silver."

Ying'er knew that this was for the master, so she sincerely hoped that Baochai would be able to buy a altar of good wine, a few dozen taels would be too expensive, and how much money does the girl earn!Just buy a pot of more than ten taels and it will be very passable.

Unexpectedly, Baochai was terrified by the hard life when she first came here, let alone a few taels, she felt distressed even a few taels.

"What kind of wine is there for a few taels of silver?" Baochai asked.

Ying'er replied: "Shaoxing rice wine and chrysanthemum wine are sold for a few taels of silver, but the taste is not as fragrant as the expensive ones."

"Well, my master eats banquets outside all the year round. Have you ever drunk any good wine?" Baochai pretended to say, "In my opinion, just buying a pot of rice wine with a few taels of silver is enough. Don't buy big wine." Altar, only buy the smallest one, too much wine will hurt your health."

Ying'er pouted slightly, and looked at her dissatisfied: "Since we want to treat guests, why not be more generous and make a good impression on the master."

"I can spend my own money as I like." Baochai said with a smile, "It has nothing to do with generosity. Alcohol is not a good thing. Persuading people to drink is harming others. Why don't you understand?" What about my painstaking efforts?"

Ying'er retorted: "It's not just that I don't understand, I'm afraid the master can't understand either."

"It's all because I spoil you too much." Baochai laughed and scolded, and urged her to go to work quickly, "You take ten taels of silver and go to the front to find a young man to go shopping for us, remember, only the smallest jar is enough .Also, remember to reward him with some traveling expenses."

"Be generous to the boy, but be so stingy to the master." Ying'er stuck out her tongue and ran away after saying this.

Only Shuangfu and Shuangkang were at home in the front yard. Shuangfu was guarding the study, and Yinger didn't dare to work on him. When the senior executives heard about it, they immediately called Shuangkang over and asked him to come over for the second wife.

Shuangkang responded with a smile, took the ten taels of silver that Yinger gave him, and walked quickly, returning within less than half an hour.

He kept Ying'er's instructions in mind, and only spent one or two taels of silver to buy a jar of medium-priced rice wine, but the quantity was very small, and the jar was only as big as a palm.

Shuangkang handed over the wine and the unspent money to Yinger, who took it and took a piece of silver from it as a reward, but Shuangkang didn't dare to accept it at first, saying that he didn't need a tip for running errands for his wife.

Ying'er insisted on giving it, and after pushing it twice, Shuangkang finally accepted it, and said that if you need anything, you can just come to the front yard to look for him.

Ying'er took the things back to the west chamber to show Baochai, Baochai was very satisfied, nodded and said: "You see, this young man is a person who knows how to live, and he doesn't spend too much money just because he has a big budget, you have to learn from him. "

"What are you learning? Oh!" Ying'er looked at the wine jar and sighed, "Who can drink such a small amount of wine?"

"Don't worry, I'll let you have a drink first, how about it?"

If there is too much wine, what if Jia Yucun is drunk and commits a murder?Baochai will not dig a hole to bury herself, which saves money and avoids accidents, which is great.

Ying'er was about to explain that she didn't like to drink, when she suddenly remembered that the master must have some wine in the storeroom, if there is not enough to drink at night, just ask someone to open the storeroom to get it.

Thinking about it this way, I didn't worry about my daughter's stinginess any more, and happily went to the kitchen to ask Mrs. Li to cook some good dishes for the evening.