Wang Xifeng's Rebirth [Red Mansion]

"Brother Feng, my good second grandma, what have you done today? Didn't you mean to try to teach Baoyu a lesson by beating one by one? Why..." But Jia Lian had been busy outside all day , I must be tired if I'm tired, so I didn't lose my legs.However, he finally got a lot of money. He planned to ask Wang Xifeng for credit for a good night, but he didn't expect to hear a big news just after returning to the mansion.At the moment, Jia Lian didn't care about anything else, and went back to the courtyard, and asked Wang Xifeng all the time when he caught Wang Xifeng.

It's not too late at this moment, there is still a lot of time before dinner is served, Wang Xifeng is leisurely drinking tea, and when he sees Jia Lian, he puts down the teacup slowly, and said in a leisurely way: "What's the rush?" With Baoyu’s temperament, it’s only a matter of time before he gets beaten and taught a lesson, but if something goes wrong, it’s us who are anxious, and if we plan slowly, it’s only a matter of a few days.”

"Yes, Baoyu will be beaten sooner or later." Jia Lian echoed without sincerity, and then said, "I heard a news in the front yard, but I don't know if it's true or not. Are they all rewarded to the people in the house?"

Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lian with raised eyebrows and a smile, the expression on his face said everything.

"Yo, is it true? Then you must have made trouble again!" Jia Lian said with certainty, and suddenly remembered something, a little puzzled, "Didn't you say that you want to make friends with the eldest wife? She behaves like this. Can you please?"

"First, it is the old lady who rewards the people in the house, not me. Second, how do you know that the eldest lady will not be happy? Tsk, she just left, and she smiled at me for a full quarter of an hour before she left." Wang Xifeng pointed to Jia Lian said, just talking, she also felt a little helpless.

It is true that Wang Xifeng made up her mind to make Mrs. Wang feel bad.But she never imagined that what she said would irritate Jiamu so much that she didn't even want to wait for a moment, and after lunch, she announced that she would reward each of the two masters in the house with a person in the house.Of course, what was even more surprising was Mrs. Xing's reaction.

Laughing wildly for a quarter of an hour, can Wang Xifeng say that she was dumbfounded at the time?

"...Is she stupid?" Jia Lian asked in a daze for a while.Although he is not a woman, it does not mean that he does not understand women.Maybe Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing really don't have much affection, so it's not enough for Mrs. Xing to be happy like that?It is estimated that even Jia Amnesty himself would not be overjoyed by having an extra person in the house.

Wang Xifeng rolled his eyes at him angrily, and said: "Second Master Lian is really stupid. The eldest wife doesn't care how many people are in the old man's room, even if there is no one left, the old man will not even look at her She was so happy that the old lady and the second wife were in a difficult situation, and she just wished she could watch a good show while eating dried fruits." As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing.Jia Lian didn't see the situation at that time, and it would be an understatement to say that Mrs. Xing was crazy with joy, but she didn't beat the gongs and drums to show her congratulations.

Jia Lian thought about it for a while, but he also figured it out.And because Mrs. Xing was mentioned, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't seen Qiaojie for a long time, so I hurriedly asked: "Brother Feng, when are you going to pick up Qiaojie? After all, the eldest wife is not Qiaojie's real grandmother. The reason? One more thing, sister Qiao's status will be lowered."

"Wait, wait until I've dealt with Miss Yao's affairs before I go to pick up Sister Qiao, so that I won't be frightened when I bring her back." After mentioning this matter, Wang Xifeng simply talked about the matter of welcoming the spring. "Second Master Lian, the last time the eldest wife brought the second sister to me, she briefly mentioned that the second sister was recorded in her name. These two days are really busy, I forgot .”

"Write it in her name?" Jia Lian repeated in amazement, just now he disliked Madam Xing's lack of status, even though he knew that sister Qiao would be served by nurses and maidservants even if she stayed in the east courtyard, but he was still not happy .But after thinking about it, I understood.

Jia Lian himself is the son of his first wife, and his biological mother is the daughter of a wealthy family, so he naturally dislikes Mrs. Xing who came from a small family.Even if you don't mention your background, the first wife and the second wife are more than a step behind.But for the concubine Yingchun, no matter how bad Mrs. Xing is, she is definitely not something she can climb high.If it can be recorded under Mrs. Xing's name, Yingchun will be a serious daughter-in-law. If she was originally married to a daughter, her status may be lower. The problem is that Yingchun is an only daughter.

The eldest daughter of the head of the Duke's Mansion, this status sounds higher than that of the second wife, Sister Yuan.However, if you calculate it carefully, it may not be so. After all, Yuan Chun is born of a serious original spouse, who also occupies both the first wife and the first wife.But for Yingchun himself, if it is recorded in Mrs. Xing's name, it will definitely be a matter of no harm.

"Have you figured it out?" Wang Xifeng asked with raised eyebrows.

"Well, that's fine, no matter whether they are the daughters of the first wife or the daughters of the concubine, they will not compete with me for family property." Jia Lian's impression of Yingchun is not bad, and of course it is not much better.It's no wonder Jia Lian, it's really because Yingchun has never had a sense of existence, and Jia Lian is not Baoyu, so he doesn't care about any of his sisters and sisters in the family.

"Fighting for the family property? Don't worry, as far as the second sister is concerned, ten times she is not my opponent. Besides, this matter is not without benefits for us."

Jia Lian wondered, "How do you say that?" He didn't object to mentioning Yingchun's status, but it was just that he didn't object, and he never thought that he could get benefits.

"How can there be no benefit? The proportion of prostitute daughters is twice as high as that of concubine daughters. When they get married, the dowry from the public will be much more, and the dowry from the elders of each house must be absolutely indispensable. of."

"Wait, is this a benefit?" Jia Lian was a little dazed.

But I heard Wang Xifeng explain with a smile: "Second Master Lian, didn't you tell me before that our eldest family is a family. This public... Let me tell you the truth, although I am called the housekeeper grandma outside , but in fact the key to the warehouse in our house has always been held by the second wife. There are quite a lot of things in it now, but who can be sure that after a few years or more than ten years, there will still be left in the warehouse. How many things to download."

Jia Lian raised her head sharply, a trace of cruelty flashed in her eyes: "Hmph, she dares!"

"Why don't you dare? She has been in charge of Zhongfu for more than 20 years. If she takes another ten or 50 years, counting the back and forth, it will be 50 to [-] years. This is not to be done in one year Evacuate the warehouse within two days, and in four or fifty years, even if there is nothing left in the warehouse by then, what can we do? I’m afraid we can fool it by making fake accounts.”

"It's that simple?" Jia Lian still didn't want to believe it.

"What's so difficult about it?" Wang Xifeng pulled out a hairpin casually, and said, "Second Master, what do you think of my hairpin? How much is it worth?"

Although Jia Lian was a little confused, he still looked intently.However, what Wang Xifeng was holding in her hand was a red gold hairpin inlaid with pearls, even if it was not considered workmanship, the fine red gold alone could fetch a lot of money, not to mention the extremely rare pigeon egg inlaid on it, which was of the same size and no size. Flawed pearls.At that moment, Jia Lian made some calculations and said with a smile, "At least it's worth 2000 taels of silver."

"I bought it for 500 taels, but the second master is good. He just erased nearly half of it for me."

After Wang Xifeng gave him an annoyed look, Jia Lian felt that his bones were going to be crisp.Seeing that Wang Xifeng was reaching out to insert the hairpin back into the bun again, she hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and personally helped: "Let me do it." When it was ready, Jia Lian took a few steps back, took a closer look, and teased, "" Second Mistress Lian looks good like this, I see no one in the entire family can compare to you."

"Spoof!" Wang Xifeng smiled reproachfully, "How many people are there in the entire family? The old lady and the two wives are so old. Even if the maids are good-looking, how dare they compare with me? As for the girls... ...Second Master Lian, just keep an eye on it, after a few years, the girls will all grow up, and you will know what a beauty is!"

"Then I only remember how they cried and wiped their tears when they were young." Jia Lian wiped his nose with his hand, and said with disdain on his face, "Why did you let me see this hairpin?"

"Let you see how to set the price." Seeing that Jia Lian still didn't quite understand, Wang Xifeng explained, "The easiest way is to sell good things at a low price. Those antiques that cost 8000 taels a piece can be sold at a discount of 4000 taels." Yes, who would be able to detect it? There is an account book in the warehouse, but the account book is very useful? Like my hairpin, if it is written on the red gold inlaid pearl Ruyi hairpin, and then note the weight of the red gold, the size of the pearls, the color, and the craftsmanship. That's really valuable. But if you just write a sentence, "Ruyi Hairpin...Second Master, how much do you think it's worth?"

Jia Lian is not a stupid person at all. Over the years, he has dealt with many things in Zhuangzi and shops outside.But after all, there is still some difference between the two. At least Zhuangzi and the shop stewards are all in contact with small objects, and they don't have such courage.

"That's what I thought, instead of saving the money for the second room, we should use it to our heart's content. It doesn't matter to the second sister, after all, she is also from our first room. Another thing, because of her temperament, let's give it to her first. Add makeup, when Sister Qiao gets married in the future, will she return it? Besides, this concubine is different from a concubine, and if we tell her about a good family marriage, we will have a bright face, but what can we do? A family of in-laws can have multiple paths."

"I said Second Mistress Lian, have you ever thought about it, what if we are overwhelmed?"

Wang Xifeng approached with a smile, looked at Jia Lian with a pair of red and phoenix eyes, and said, "If we are really overthinking... This huge Rongguo Mansion belongs to your second master Lian, so why not use it in advance?"

Jia Lian was finally persuaded. Based on the habit of hurrying to the early hours rather than late, he only told Wang Xifeng to settle the matter as soon as possible. At this time, even if he could ask for more money from the public, it would be good.He also talked about what he was doing today, although he hadn't investigated all the things clearly, but he also found out a few ridiculous things about Zhou Rui's brother.Of course, these alone are definitely not enough. Jia Lian is very clear about what it means to be injured by a tiger if he fails to fight a tiger.

The two talked for a while, and suddenly heard Ping'er reply, saying that it was Jia's mother who asked them to go to Rongqing Hall together, and only said that they all had dinner there today.Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng looked at each other, and they both saw that it was funny in each other's eyes.

Mother Jia, this is about to cause trouble.

"Ping'er, stay here and let Zijuan go with us." Before going out, Wang Xifeng stopped suddenly, and said so.Immediately, afraid that Ping'er would be uneasy, Wang Xifeng hurriedly added, "When Lin Zhixiao's family returns from Yangzhou, they will be busy with your marriage affairs. Let Zijuan follow for a few days. If there is any problem, please remember Teach it carefully. In addition, other things in the yard can also be slowly transferred to Zicuckoo."

Ping'er smiled and nodded, and Zijuan hurriedly followed.

On the way there, Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian were chatting and laughing, but against the background of Zijuan, she became less and less present, completely like a servant girl.In a short while, Rongqing Hall arrived.Wang Xifeng affectionately took Jia Lian in to greet Jia's mother, but he never expected that the room was already full of swords and swords.

Mother Jia sat on the big red sandalwood carved chair with an angry face, and there were many people kneeling under it, the first was Mrs. Wang, who was always very respectable, followed by Li Wan, Tanchun and Xichun.Looking aside, Mrs. Xing was holding Yingchun and only standing in the corner beside the screen, but the others didn't see it.

If it was on a normal day, Wang Xifeng tried to persuade them earlier in the morning, but this time, he just pulled Ra Jialian's sleeve and hurried outside while no one noticed them.

I didn't want to, so I took a few steps outside, and then I heard Jiamu inside say angrily: "...what's wrong with me rewarding a few people in the house? The eldest daughter-in-law accepts it, and Lian's daughter-in-law also accepts it. Why are you the only one?" Is it so impolite? Don't tell me that Aunt Zhao is making a fuss. She is an aunt who can control the people in the man's house? Look at me, I'm old and stupid, and I'm almost out of breath, right? I know what good things you're thinking, The best thing is to use the name of Aunt Zhao's troubles to push people out first. Even if I am annoyed, I should send Aunt Zhao off. Huh, dreaming! As the head wife, I can't even discipline my aunt well. What use are you I’m leaving my words here today, man, I’ve sent it over, there’s no reason to return it. If you think this person is useless, yes, I’ll reward you with some good ones later.”

Because I just walked a few steps outside, Jia Mu's voice inside, without missing a word, was heard in the ears of Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng.The two of them could hardly hold back their laughter, secretly applauding Mrs. Wang's excuse.

Pushing Aunt Zhao as a target... How should I put it, it is really suitable, because Aunt Zhao is the most stupid and impulsive person, and she will rush ahead as if she is sure to die if she provokes her a little bit, regardless of who is in front of her. The broad road is still the road of thorns.It's a pity that this kind of tactic is useless to Jiamu, or in other words, if a few years later, after Yuanchun becomes a virtuous concubine, no matter how clumsy the reason Mrs. Wang uses, Jiamu will not be so arrogant speak out.

What a pity, what a pity.

"Old Ancestor, I heard that you have good wine here? No, Second Master Lian and I came here as soon as we got the news. You can't fool us." Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Mu and finished cursing, and it was her turn. When Mrs. Wang argued, she hurriedly dragged Jia Lian in.When she saw Mrs. Wang half-opened her mouth and swallowed it back with aggrieved expression, Wang Xifeng couldn't say how happy she was.

Jia's mother got angry a lot, but now she was quite angry, and when she saw Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian, she could barely force a smile, and when she saw Zijuan who was following her closely behind her, her smile was even more sincere. Many: "Lian'er and Feng girl are here, okay, you two are not young anymore, you can't mess around like you were when you were young. This is very good now, Zijuan is made by me, the most It's fine, but if you have anything to do in the future, just send her to do it. Brother Feng, you have to take good care of your body and give birth to a fat boy for Lian'er as soon as possible."

"Old Ancestor, you're laughing at me again!" Wang Xifeng made an extremely shy look, which made Jia Mu laugh out loud.

But Jia Lian also felt that Jia Mu's words were very reasonable, so he nodded and echoed: "Brother Feng, listen to your ancestors more. By the way, you can dismiss that Yao girl in my courtyard when she turns around. She was drunk. He came here after drinking wine, and now he is sober, so it doesn't look good." Then he said to Jia Mu, "After all, the ancestors can take care of people, and Zijuan is like this. I'm afraid even the young lady will have to be proud if I leave it outside. I’m ashamed, and thanks to my ancestors who are willing to give it to me.”

"I'm willing to do it." After hearing Jia Lian's words, Jia's mother looked at Wang Xifeng again. Seeing that there was no jealousy on her face, she was even more satisfied at the moment, "Brother Feng is the best. If she hadn't been there I said a lot of good things to you before, so I am not willing to give you people. Just ask your father, the people I gave him are not even half of Zicuckoo's."

"The old ancestor loved his grandson and didn't love his son, grandson remember!" Jia Lian saluted with a smile, and Wang Xifeng followed suit with another good word, and finally managed to get over the embarrassing atmosphere.It's just that in this way, it's hard for Jia's mother to trouble Mrs. Wang again, but Mrs. Wang also lost her only chance to defend herself.Regardless of what she thought, the reputation of this jealous woman had to be borne.

Mother Jia asked Mrs. Wang and several others to get up, and the matter was over. Then she asked people to set up dinner and called Baoyu and Xiangyun over.He also said that they were all close relatives, and there was no need to sit at separate tables. A dozen or so people sat at a big table, and had a lively dinner.

During this period, Jia's mother kept carrying Xiangyun, but she left her grandchildren aside.Naturally, neither Jia Lian, Baoyu, nor Sanchun had any objection to this.The first two are purely big-hearted and will not be jealous of the sisters at all, but the last three can only swallow it even if they have thoughts, and dare not say anything.

In this way, the dinner was happily used until the end. After half an hour, Jia's mother announced that they were going to disperse, and she personally took Baoyu and Xiangyun to the inner room.

……

"Hahaha, I found out for the first time that our ancestor is also a second person." After holding back for the whole night, Wang Xifeng couldn't stop laughing as soon as she returned to her room.The same is true of Jia Lian, he really did not expect that Jia's mother would not show up to Mrs. Wang in this way. God knows that when Jia's mother took Baoyu and Xiangyun away, Mrs. Wang's face was so green.

"It should be your good aunt who is even better? How dare she use Aunt Zhao's dislike of concubines as an excuse? Jia Lian shook her head again and again. It has to be approved by my aunt. There are not many people in the second master's house, if it is like the elder master, there are more than a dozen concubines in the house, and if you take in a new one, wouldn't you have to ask them one by one, is it a toss?"

It is as useless as Mrs. Xing, and I have never seen her ask the opinion of the aunt and concubine in the house.

In fact, for things like adding someone to the house, let alone the aunt, even the master and son don't need to be notified.Just like back then, didn't Wang Xifeng take care of Jia's mother's dignitaries without Jia Lian's consent?And afterwards, no matter whether Jia Lian is willing or not, no one will go back. At most, if he likes it, he will pamper him more, and if he doesn't like it, he will put it aside.

"I'm not surprised by this, I'm afraid it's..." Wang Xifeng paused, as if remembering something, she smiled heartily.

"What's the matter?" Jia Lian wondered.

"I remember that there are only two aunts, Zhao and Zhou, in the second master's room? And these two are not too young. Aunt Zhao is extremely vulgar, and Aunt Zhou is like a shadow. Rather than saying that these two are aunts, It would be more appropriate to say that it is a shield. The second wife has been comfortable for these years, and suddenly the old lady came down with a beautiful maid, can she not be in a hurry?" Wang Xifeng became happier as she talked, and then clapped her hands and laughed, "Second Master Don't listen to the old lady saying, it's better to give to the second master than to the two masters. Zijuan is good, that's what I compared with Ping'er, and I plan to use her as a confidant maid and helper in the future. But if the one-finger house……"

"Some are beautiful, enchanting and scheming maids, right?"

Youdao is a good wife and beautiful concubine. There are many things to consider in getting a wife, but taking a concubine does not need such trouble.Those like Wang Xifeng who expect to be his right-hand man are exceptions, but the two wives don't need such a person, so Jia's mother only needs to find those beautiful and sweet-mouthed women, even if they don't know anything else. It doesn't matter.

Wang Xifeng nodded in agreement, and said: "The two wives are both old, there is no such thing as a concubine murdering the mistress's mother and heir. There is no need to say more about the old man, there is no difference between one or two, Not to mention the eldest wife, I'm afraid even the eldest master doesn't care much about the people in his house. As for the second master, Baoyu and Tanchun are raised by the old lady, and a brother Huan is also watched by Aunt Zhao. The old lady is still counting on the new aunt to have more children, although she can't make it to the stage, if she can raise them like Tanchun, she will be able to establish a good relationship in the future."

Jia Lian rolled his eyes, and a bad idea came to his head: "We want to trouble the second wife, why do we need to let Baoyu be beaten? Of course, this will continue as usual, so don't worry, just take your time. As for... Hehe, I will find a few good people and give them to the second master!"

"Don't make trouble." Wang Xifeng totally disapproved of this idea. Seeing that Jia Lian was extremely surprised, she had to explain with a wry smile, "I said Second Master Lian, but you don't know what kind of temperament Second Master is? He is the most face-saving, Zhou. Auntie is an old man, so she will send out the old ones, but Auntie Zhao has a son and a daughter, and there is no way to get rid of them. As for the old lady's reward, it is the elder who dare not resign. The second master If you want to find someone to cause trouble for the second room, you must remember to think of a perfect plan first, and you must save face for the second master, otherwise, he will never accept it."

After hearing this, Jia Lian couldn't recover for a long time, because he didn't know how to evaluate Jia Zheng at all.After thinking about it for a while, he simply put it aside and ignored it, and turned to Wang Xifeng and said, "Don't worry about those messes about the second room, this is enough for the second wife to deal with. Let me straighten out Zhou Rui's house Brother, if you try to get the second master to beat Baoyu, I don't believe she still has the energy to fight against us."

Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows, she vaguely felt that Jia Lian had something to say.

Sure enough, Jia Lian said again: "The matter of the second room is not in a hurry, I think the old lady is right." Seeing that Wang Xifeng didn't react for a while, he simply bullied him, "The old lady said, let you hurry up Give me a big fat boy, do you dare not obey?"

The laughter of the masters came from the inner room, and Ping'er and Zijuan looked at each other outside, both dumbfounded.Regardless of Ping'er, she had already given up some thoughts and only hoped that Lin Zhixiao's family would come back from Yangzhou quickly so that she could arrange the marriage affairs for her.On the other hand, Zicuckoo had a vague guess in her heart. After hesitating for a while, she quietly pulled Ping'er to speak in a corner outside.Although she has been given to Wang Xifeng by Mother Jia, some things have not been fully clarified after all. Whether she is the right-hand man of the mistress or a plaything for the men is still to be determined.Of course, if possible, Zijuan hopes to be both. Unfortunately, she is not Ping'er, and she doesn't think Wang Xifeng will trust herself as much as she trusts Ping'er.

"Sister Ping'er, please show me the way. I have no other thoughts, I just hope that one day I can go out to have a good life and raise children like my sister, and live an ordinary life." Zijuan also I don't know whether my words can impress Ping'er, but at least the words have been spoken, regardless of whether I can succeed or not, at least I have worked hard.

Ping'er really listened to the words, but he didn't reply directly, he just smiled and promised that he would pass the words to Wang Xifeng, and promised to help Zijuan with good words and make arrangements for Zijuan as much as possible. A bright future.

It was late at night, and everyone went to sleep with a heavy heart in their hearts. Of course, some people could not sleep all night, but that was another matter.

News came the next day that Baoyu had been beaten.