[Red Mansion] Hairpins fly when they are

After the money shopkeeper left, Baochai happily counted the silver again. Now she is also a person with a small private house. In time, her wealth will definitely rise to a higher level!

Ying'er was also really happy for her, and came over to persuade her, "Didn't the girl just say that she wanted to lie down? Go and have a rest while it's still early. The girl hasn't had a good rest these days, and her eyes are going to boil." It's turning black."

"Is it so serious?" Women love beauty regardless of age. Baochai immediately went to the mirror to observe carefully. Sure enough, there was a trace of tiredness on her face. up.

"I'm going to lie down for a while, don't let people come in and disturb me." Baochai went into the inner room with the money box in his arms.

She was not in a hurry to sleep, first she dug out the money she had earned before, put it all into a box, sat on the bed and counted it twice, then lay down contentedly, hugged the box and closed her eyes to rest.

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Shopkeeper Qian was a familiar face to the people in Jia's backyard, and the news that he entered the west wing quickly spread.

Fan Jiaoxing was so angry when she heard it from a little girl, she immediately asked someone to go to the front to inquire. After hearing about it, she became even angrier, and immediately went to the main courtyard to look for Mrs. Song with small steps.

The old lady Song was leaning on the couch to bask in the sun, chatting with Yuhuan and Yuxi, Fan Jiaoxing saluted as soon as she came in, and then asked with concern, "The old lady woke up from her afternoon nap?"

The autumn afternoon sun came in through the window, warming people's body. Mrs. Song squinted her eyes comfortably, and nodded with a smile: "I'm awake. Sit down, what are you doing here now?"

"It's fine." Fan Jiaoxing walked over and sat on the small bench Yuxi let out, while beating Old Madam Song's leg.

Mrs. Song glanced at her indifferently, and continued to enjoy her sunbath without asking any further questions.

After a while, Fan Jiaoxing couldn't hold back anymore, and handed a cup of hot tea to Mrs. Song, and when the other party picked it up, she smiled and chatted as if she had just remembered: "Old lady, you heard No? The manager of the shop came in in the afternoon, he came and went in a hurry, and he didn't know to come in to say hello to you. "

Yuhuan Yuxi is not blind, can Mrs. Song not know?

The reason why she didn't care about these things was because the entire back house was under the control of her son. Since the shopkeeper dared to come in, he must have had his son's order in advance, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to act so boldly if he had some courage.

"He is helping us earn money. Time is so precious. For an old woman like me, it doesn't matter if I see you or not." The old lady Song is not old-hearted, and she is not angry at all. "You said he came and went in a hurry, so it must be There is something urgent, how can we delay?"

"My brain is stupid, but the old lady is well-informed." Fan Jiaoxing missed a hit and forced a smile.

Mrs. Song only nodded her head slightly and stopped talking.

Endured and endured, Fan Jiaoxing still couldn't hold back, and she took the initiative to say: "I heard the girl said that my sister can make money now, after all, she learned it when she was a child, unlike me, she is very stupid, she only knows how to make money. If you don't leave the front door at home, don't walk through the second door, you can't earn a copper coin back."

Nowadays, all the more sophisticated women live in secluded places, Fan Jiaoxing's words are meant to satirize Baochai's public appearance, and she is not at all reserved.

When she heard that Baochai had earned nearly a hundred taels of silver, Fan Jiaoxing felt sore.She is also a person who loves money, who climbed up from the bottom, who doesn't love money?

It's a pity that she won't let money make money, so she can only hug the money around her tightly like a lifeline.Now that she knew that Baochai was making a lot of money, she was very jealous, and she wished that Mrs. Song would reprimand Baochai a few words.

Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to be sisters and stay in the backyard honestly and peacefully?But you like to be the first bird, and it is easy to get eye disease if others see it, so you pay for the medicine?

The old lady Song sighed in her heart, sat up straight, embraced the cloak she was wearing, and said softly: "When your master was young, our family was once rich and powerful, but later we fell into poverty and had difficulty earning a living. If you are not full, you will gradually stop paying attention to those empty etiquettes. At that time, our mother and I had to share a bowl of rice. Suffer a little..."

As the old lady Song talked, she fell into the memory, Fan Jiaoxing remained silent, probably because she was thinking of the hard times she had when she was a child.

Mrs. Song has seen Jia Yucun suffer unimaginable hardships with her own eyes, and she has achieved what she is today.At that time, the two mothers had no one to rely on, no relatives, and the burden of rebuilding the lintel fell prematurely on the immature and weak shoulders of the son.

She watched helplessly as he became more and more calm, more and more restrained, easily concealing his emotions and anger.When was the last time he laughed heartily?Mrs. Song can't remember anymore. Yuemo is something that happened when she was a child, right?

The old lady sighed deeply, and looked at Fan Jiaoxing with dissatisfaction.

Her son was already working hard outside, and she didn't know how to be considerate, and instead of talking about it, she even fanned the flames, trying to make the family restless.She is also in her 30s, so why is she still haggling over with Baochai, who is under 20 years old?

Fan Jiaoxing was startled by the old lady's gaze, panicked, and quickly apologized with a smile: "The master is a man of great ability, the old lady is the most blessed person, why is God willing to see you suffer?"

Mrs. Song didn't buy it, and said lightly: "I'm tired, I want to go in and have a rest, you can go back to the house."

Fan Jiaoxing lost face in front of the girl, she dared not speak out in anger, so she had to endure it forcefully, and when she returned to the East Chamber, she sat on the chair with a dark face, exuding a cold aura around her.

Qiuyue didn't dare to go forward, and stood beside her anxiously.

After sitting for an unknown amount of time, a servant's voice of greeting came from outside, Fan Jiaoxing came back to her senses, stroked her temple hair first, then adjusted the expression on her face, then went to the door and looked out.

Before Jia Yucun went home, he went to the shop to check it out. After Qian reported it, he suggested that Baochai's work was very popular and that the price could be adjusted upwards. Jia Yucun agreed.

As soon as he got home, he was about to go to the west chamber to talk to Baochai, but he hadn't gone in for a few days, which was a good excuse.No, he had just stepped into the inner courtyard when he saw Fan Jiaoxing standing helplessly at the door of the East Wing and looking at him.

Jia Yucun stopped at his feet, and he couldn't pretend he didn't see it, so he had to walk over.

Fan Jiaoxing was overjoyed immediately, she took a few steps towards the outside, welcomed Jia Yucun into the east chamber, and repeatedly told Qiuyue to prepare tea and snacks.

"Master, do you want to change your clothes first?" Fan Jiaoxing looked at him eagerly.

It has almost become a custom to change into a homely robe when he gets home. In the past, he didn't mind where he changed, but now...

He pondered for a while, and then said: "I'm very tired, so I won't change for now."

Fan Jiaoxing didn't think much about it, if the master didn't want to change it, then she didn't change it. When Qiuyue served tea, she offered it to Jia Yucun with her own hands. Jia Yucun took it and asked her while drinking tea, "Is everything okay at home today?"

This is a casual question, you can answer it or not, you can answer it anyway, after all, you are a husband and wife, you can't meet without saying a word, right?

Unexpectedly, when Fan Jiaoxing heard this, she rolled her eyes, and the fire of jealousy that was extinguished by Mrs. Song's scolding was rekindled.

She thought, the old lady is old and has been living in the back house all her life, her vision and knowledge are not much better than her own.The master often runs outside, so he must not like the women at home who are too capable and domineering.

"It's not a big deal." Fan Jiaoxing said tentatively, while carefully observing Jia Yucun's face, "It's just that shopkeeper Qian came in this afternoon, and we didn't recognize him, and we were shocked."

Jia Yucun socializes with people in the officialdom all the year round, Fan Jiaoxing's tricks are nothing to mention, he put down the teacup, looked straight at Fan Jiaoxing, said calmly without any emotion in his voice: " What's the matter, you just treat him as a servant of the family, just like a senior executive."

Fan Jiaoxing missed the second hit, her face was embarrassing.

No matter how reclusive a woman is, she still doesn't know the housekeeper or servant at home. Some wives have a shop under their hands, and they will call in the shopkeeper or the head of the shop every month for questioning.

Thanks to a thick layer of powder on her face, Fan Jiaoxing's blushing face could not be seen by others. She twitched the corners of her mouth under the cover of a handkerchief, and suddenly her eyes lit up again.

"Master, I...I'm thinking..."

After all, this is a very bold idea, Fan Jiaoxing dared to think but dared not say it, she stammered for a while.

Jia Yucun was very patient: "Speak up if you have something to say."

Fan Jiaoxing was encouraged, took a deep breath, and asked: "Master, do you think I can open a shop?"

Since the master doesn't mind women making money, she can definitely make more private money for herself. When she also makes a lot of money, why should she envy Baochai?

"Yes." Jia Yucun nodded, "What kind of shop do you open? Where is it located? How much money are you going to invest in it? Is the shop rented or bought?"

Throwing out such a series of questions made Fan Jiaoxing dizzy. She only thought about making money, so she never seriously considered these practical issues.

She asked in a daze: "Who still want to invest money first?"

"Otherwise? What are you going to buy, and what are you going to hire a buddy? It takes at least half a year to rent a shop, and if you buy it, it costs more than a hundred taels for an ordinary one."

"Hehe." Fan Jiaoxing laughed dryly twice, and the heart that Gangxiong had raised suddenly collapsed.

Having been with Jia Yucun for so many years, Fan Jiaoxing has only saved more than 100 taels of private money, even if she put it all in, it may not be enough, let alone she is reluctant to part with it.

Regardless of her ugly face, Jia Yucun continued to ask, "What if I lose money?"

Fan Jiaoxing was so frightened that she immediately waved her hands, forced a smile and said, "I'm just joking, I'm really going to open a shop somewhere."

"En." Jia Yucun nodded slightly, as if he was not surprised by the result, "If you are free at home, spend more time with your bridesmaid. I will be responsible for all the expenses at home, so you don't need to worry."

"Master, don't worry, it's my duty to be filial to the old lady." Fan Jiaoxing said with a low eyebrow.

"I'll go to the old lady's for dinner in a while, and I'll go to the West Wing first." Jia Yucun lifted his feet and left after speaking.

Just as Fan Jiaoxing wanted to stop him, she suddenly remembered that the master must be talking to Baochai about the shopkeeper, so she swallowed the words back.