Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Sister Feng arranges the dowry for the Spring Festival, whether it is ordering people to make jewelry or paint furniture, she has the spirit and spirit of pointing out the mountains and rivers, like a fairy concubine, which makes people dare not look at her.Even Jia Lian felt that his wife was more lively and charming at this time than before, but he was thinking about the fetus in Sister Feng's womb, so he didn't dare to make her very tired, but often advised her to rest.

Sister Feng smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? I don't care about the house or the affairs of the house. I just take care of the dowry for the second sister. You can worry about it when I go to the housekeeper. However, seeing the dire situation in the house, I won't go." Work hard."

Butler Li Wan has been quite energetic since then, and he is no longer like a dead wood, but at the same time he has aged a bit, obviously due to fatigue.

Jia Lian hurriedly helped her to sit down, nodded and said: "Madam said yes, I agree with you very much. Minger is Madam's housekeeper, and she is also in charge of our family, and we don't have to worry about that. There are hundreds of people up and down, but they still can't get a good word, and they are talked about behind their backs."

Sister Feng squinted at him, and said: "More than half of the mansion should belong to us, and the second master is really not willing to let it go? If you and I are housekeepers, we can get some benefits, at least all the filial piety of the servants will go to you and me." .”

Jia Lian shook his head and said: "Reluctance, who would be willing to part with what should belong to us? But there is no way, at least we can't separate the family when the old lady is alive, even if she is gone, the master and wife have to keep their filial piety for three years, and they can say goodbye after three years. Separation, think about it, after all these years, according to the expenses of the mansion, how much will be left by that time? You have also said that the mansion is poor, and the elder sister-in-law and the housekeeper don’t have enough money. The wall, I often cried in front of the old lady, and pawned a lot of things."

Sister Feng made a calculation and agreed very much, saying: "I heard what the second master said, it really makes sense. The public has no money, and I'm afraid that it will become poorer as it goes on, and the income is far behind the expenditure. However, the old lady and the second wife I don’t know how many ladders I have, I don’t count on the second wife’s ladder, it’s Baoyu’s, and the old lady’s ladder should be half as big as ours.”

Sister Feng didn't think it was a pity that Mother Jia planned to make Daiyu's dowry. She still wanted to make friends with Daiyu. Daiyu's beautiful marriage would bring countless benefits to their family. Add makeup to Daiyu.The money for Baoyu's marriage came from Jiamu's own wife, she also thinks it is reasonable, and she is not jealous, after all, she is a grandson raised like a baby, but if Jiamu wants to leave all her life's own things to Baoyu, it is really too much .

Jia Lian said: "Do you think that with Baoyu, the old lady is willing to leave Tiji to the master and the second master to share equally? Delusion! As long as the old lady leaves a few last words, Tiji has to do what she wants. According to me Look, let's forget about the things in the mansion and the ladder in the old lady's hands, and it is only serious to manage the property in our own hands."

Although according to the law, only the children can inherit the dowry and family property of the biological mother, and when the family of a big family is divided, except for the ancestral property, other properties are divided equally among the sons of the prostitutes, and half of the property is given to the concubines, but the premise is that the elders have no will. , distributed according to the will.

After listening to Jia Lian's explanation, Sister Feng raised her brows upside down, and said, "In this way, don't we have nothing?"

Jia Lian spread his hands and said, "So I don't ask you to work hard for the mansion and make wedding clothes for others. Now it's good. You take good care of your baby and give Qiaoer a younger brother. No matter how much money we earn, They all belong to Brother Qiaoer, we will have successors in the future, Qiaoer will have brothers to support in the future, and if you ask a teacher to teach you, you will be promoted through the imperial examination, and I will earn you a phoenix crown and Xiapei!"

Sister Feng gave him a sideways glance, her eyes moved, and she said, "Why don't you want to earn me a Fengguanxiapei? Why do you push what you should do on your son."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "I don't have that ability. This fellow acquaintance is still a vacant position donated to me. I receive a few taels of silver. I don't have the real ability to be an errand. Besides, I'm not very proficient in those things in the officialdom. If I can survive in peace When you arrive at Xijue, you will naturally have the imperial order of the third rank, if not, you can only rely on your son."

Sister Feng was startled, and asked, "Why did you say that? Could it be that we can't survive until we reach the throne?"

Jia Lian thought for a while, then whispered: "Let me tell you, don't reveal it. That's why I don't count on the mansion. I have worshiped Mr. as a teacher, and Mr. told me quietly. He doesn't know anything else, only this The two mansions have done a lot of violations of law and discipline. I checked carefully and looked back at the regulations. It was really shocking. The first thing is that our mansion still owes money to the treasury due to pick-up, which is almost 10 yuan Two silver coins, how can I afford it? Which of the other masters didn’t have many lives in their hands? Fortunately, we stopped before we had time to do this. It’s better if the superiors don’t care about it now. It's a small matter, but incrimination is the big thing."

Sister Feng blurted out and asked: "Did you tell the old lady about these things? Does the master know? This is a big deal. Our family is now very impressive, with flowers and brocade fire cooking. Who would have thought that there would be a failure?" One day?" Recalling Qin Keqing's dying words, Sister Feng turned pale and told Jia Lian the truth.

Jia Lian lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "Rong's daughter-in-law is quite knowledgeable. If she thinks about it, she would have guessed that our family would be in trouble. I would like to remind you a few words because of my friendship with you. Unfortunately, our family is not the head of the clan. Brother Zhen in the East Mansion should be in charge of the pulse, sacrifice to the fields, etc. We can’t talk about it. You asked me if I told the old lady and the master, what do you want me to say? It’s no wonder the old lady can’t scold me for talking nonsense, don’t It is said that everyone in the family is waiting. Didn’t the two of us think that our family would not be defeated in another 80 years or [-] years? Besides, the old lady was biased and looked at me, the eldest grandson, as a housekeeper. What did I remind her of? As for the master, I am looking at the master now. Last time I said a few words about the stone nerd's fan, the master beat me up. What should I say? The master only thinks I am alarmist. Why don't you and I manage the business well? It's a way to step back and get away. I can't control others. Anyway, my wife is not guilty. She got married in spring, Cong'er was young, and the master has never done anything harmful to nature other than lust and antiques."

Sister Feng said worriedly: "I'm afraid that there will be no eggs under the nest. Isn't this what the master taught you? I always remember, so although the house has its own plans, even if we can't manage the house, I don't want to." Let our mansion be ruined. What's more, our master is the head of the family, and the matter of owed money falls on the master no matter what. On the contrary, the second master is very innocent. He usually lives in Rongxi Hall, and the accident is the master. Those things that my wife did in the past have long since ended, and people will surely find out and then be convicted."

After hearing these words, Jia Lian's face changed greatly, and he was even a little frightened.

The husband and wife looked at each other, and asked each other in unison, "Then what should I do?"

Sister Feng said anxiously: "I think our mansion is powerless, and it's hard to arrange the way to retreat. As for setting up more sacrifice fields, I don't care what other people do? However, if the whole family is convicted, I'm afraid The property under the name is not guaranteed, so what if there is a way out? We still have children, what about the children? Is it really possible to get a few more acres of sacrifice land and ask them to return to their hometowns to farm?"

Jia Lian smiled wryly and said, "If you ask me, I can't help. Besides, even if more sacrifice fields are purchased, the people who manage the sacrifice fields will be from the lineage of the patriarch after all. It's better to be kind. If you are not kind, all the harvest will belong to your own family. We can see."

Sister Feng lowered her head and thought for a while, then said: "Go and ask Mr., Mr. is well-informed, maybe he can find a solution."

Jia Lian didn't expect that the money owed would fall on Jia She's head. After being reminded by Sister Feng, he hurried out the back door and went to find Li Ming in Xiaohuazhi Alley.

Li Ming finished listening, and said: "I thought you would think of this after a while, and now that you think about it, I'll tell you the truth, I can't solve it, unless the family is willing to pay back the money owed, and your father will lighten his charges. According to the means of the current sage, as long as you and your wife do not do things that are harmful to nature and reason, there will be eight or nine out of ten that you will not lose your life in the future. It may not be easy, your father is still there, your things belong to your father, father and son are one body. Once a family that is short of money is convicted, it is almost always the first to search the house to make up for it, and then look at the severity of the crime, like the widow and grandma in the house. Therefore, others cannot obtain the property issued by the imperial court.”

With cold sweat on his face, Jia Lian said in a trembling voice, "Sir, there is really no other way?"

Li Ming sighed softly: "From my point of view, the mansion is indeed powerless and its foundation has been damaged. Even if your father suddenly wakes up, it will not be able to restore the collapse of the building. Although your father is not alive, the mansion Over the years, I have done a lot of things, such as champering lawsuits, or easily finding vacancies for others. The court officials are like your family, and they are all controlled by your family. Just like the stone nerd, even if your father did not personally Do it, but because your father forced you to buy it, Jia Yucun took advantage of the situation, and it would inevitably hurt your father. These will be charges at that time, and the things done by the subordinates will also be counted on you, because of lax family management fault."

In fact, Li Ming didn't want to accept Jia Lian as an apprentice, but Jia Lian finally had some conscience. The stone nerd was beaten up. When he was dying, he quietly took money to ask the doctor to extend the medicine, which saved the stone nerd's life. That's why Li Ming accepted Jia Lian. .

Jia Lian said: "Sir, at least give me some advice." Knowing that the future is not good but having nothing to do, he can't describe the anxiety in his heart.

Li Ming pondered for a moment, and said: "Knowing that there is no way to recover, you have not broken the law after all, and the only thing you worry about is your property. You are afraid that after the time comes, the property will be confiscated by the court, and you will have nothing." Jia Lian nodded. , he said indifferently: "There is only one strategy that works, and that is to find a trustworthy person and slowly transfer most of the property to him."

Jia Lian smiled wryly, and said, "Money touches people's hearts, who can trust it?" When Lin Ruhai was seriously ill, didn't he also plan how to deal with the Lin family's property when he went south?This is still close relatives.

When I came back and told Sister Feng, Sister Feng also felt very depressed.

Jia Lian sighed, and said: "Our four families, King Xue of Jia Shi, have always been connected and closely related. If there is an accident, our family may not be the only one, so we cannot entrust them to them." Especially the Yue family, everyone Like Sister Feng, they all love money very much, Wang Ren can't believe it even more, and it's not known that they will turn their faces with money.

Sister Feng agreed: "That's right, I can't entrust it to my second sister. Although she has changed a lot recently, she is soft-tempered and a concubine's daughter-in-law. She may not be the master in Baoninghou's residence." back.

Jia Lian knew very well that he could not count on welcoming the spring.

Sister Feng raised her head and thought for a while, then said, "What does Second Master think of Sister Lin?"

Jia Lian was taken aback, but before she could speak, Sister Feng said, "No matter what happens to our family, it will definitely not affect Sister Lin in the future. Uncle Yu Yin is still here, and she has a title herself. Who will blame her for our family's affairs? Her son-in-law It’s another celebrity in front of His Majesty. There is no shortage of our tens of thousands of taels of silver. In their hands, it’s good that our family is not defeated. If it is defeated, they will definitely return the property. Not needing them to lend a helping hand can be regarded as lightening their burden and leaving a good reputation. At that time, we can’t say that we secretly entrusted the money to them, but we can only say that it was given by them.”

Jia Lian lowered his head in thought, and thought it was reasonable, but with a bit of hesitation on his face, he said, "Sister Lin has lived in the mansion all these years, we have not taken care of her extra, and we got 1 taels of silver from Uncle Lin for nothing." , is she willing to take this hot potato?"

Sister Feng said decisively: "Sister Lin is a very smart person. Let's tell the truth, how can there be no reason for Sister Lin? After all, our parents are so old now. When Sister Lin comes out of the cabinet, we will not only add makeup to Sister Lin, but also take The 1 taels of silver came out to make money for Sister Lin, so it is considered that the silver given by Uncle Lin is left to Sister Lin."

Jia Lian asked, "Are you willing to give up that 1 taels of silver?" It was 1 taels of silver, and I felt reluctant to part with it.

Sister Feng said: "I don't want the child to be able to trap the wolf. What's more, the money was originally given by Uncle Lin. Besides, the property purchased with this money will have several thousand taels of income in two or three years. Without this money, how can there be thousands of taels?" Income? Uncle Lin has great kindness to our family. If he hadn't awakened the second master, the second master would still be dreaming now! So why not treat younger sister Lin kindly? If you really get the consent of younger sister Lin, I will put you under my name Some of the Zhuangtian shops in Sister Lin’s name are used as dowry and taken out, so that others will not suspect anything. How Sister Lin’s own dowry will be spent in the future is her business, and no one else can control it. "

Jia Lian was unavoidably a little apprehensive, and said, "What if Sister Lin doesn't give it to us in the future? So what?"

Sister Feng laughed and said: "It's the second master after all. I don't know what kind of person Sister Lin is. If there is anyone in the house who is the most glorious, there is no one other than Sister Lin. What does she want you to do with these things? She doesn't pay much attention to it." These, besides, if we don’t give it to us in the future, our family will have nowhere to go if our family loses, and she still has to find a way to accommodate us, otherwise outsiders will say that she is ungrateful. I will treat the latter sentence as if I didn’t say it, and sister Lin won’t because Others’ gossip comes to settle us, and we will only do it according to our heart, and we will not sit idly by.”

Jia Lian thought about it for a long time, then clapped the case and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. No one else can believe it anyway. Sister Lin is better than those people. Let's take a gamble and ask Sister Lin to get her consent earlier. Let's come back and get the family in order."

Sister Feng said yes, the husband and wife changed their clothes and hurried to Daiyu's room to ask her to dismiss the servants in the room.

Daiyu did as she said, and after hearing the intention of the two of them, she couldn't help sighing, why does the couple need to explain?I knew that the mansion was powerless, otherwise I would have reminded Jiamu and others, so I would use Baoyu's privately hidden ladder to buy him a house and land.

Jia Lian and Sister Feng didn't say anything about adding makeup to Daiyu, they only said that Lin Ruhai had deposited 1 taels of silver with her, and when Daiyu came out of the cabinet, they would make money for her. When they heard Daiyu's sigh, they didn't know Did Daiyu agree, or refused, and looked at Daiyu eagerly, hoping that Daiyu would reply immediately.

Unexpectedly, Daiyu remained silent, still sighing.

Sister Feng anxiously said: "Sister Lin, at least tell us a word, are you willing or not?"

Daiyu laughed and said: "People who have no long-term considerations must have near-term worries. Since my brother and sister-in-law have such long-term concerns, how could I refuse? Anyway, those family properties are all in my name, and my brothers and sister-in-law are not afraid of me embezzling them. What am I afraid of? "

Sister Feng relaxed her mind and said with a smile: "Others can do these things, but my sister alone can't. Why should we worry about it?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "You guys make me feel ashamed when you say these things. How can I be so noble? Let me explain to you first that these things are in my hands, and I will only keep them for ten years. How can I take care of them at your own expense?" Thoughts, check the accounts by yourself, I will not interfere. In the future, if there is an accident in the house, I will return it to you, and if there is no accident, I will still give it to you, but I hope it is the latter, not the former." She appreciated Jia Lian and Sister Feng's worries. , of course happy to help.

Jia Lian and Sister Feng said in unison: "Just listen to my sister. Now I will clean it up slowly. When my sister comes out of the cabinet, I will put it under my sister's name. I will tell the outside world that my sister spent 5 taels of silver in the house. We husband and wife can't bear it. So I donated the properties under my name to my younger sister as a dowry, and I will not let outsiders know about other gold, silver, jewelry and other properties."

Daiyu smiled and said: "You guys are good at calculating, so that people won't doubt your intentions." It's easy to show traces if you transfer quietly, and no one can find out if you make a dowry for yourself.

Sister Feng smiled and said: "For the sake of the child, and for the sake of not living on the streets in the future, I have to use my heart to calculate."

Daiyu glanced at them, then suddenly smiled, she looked like beautiful flowers and nephrites under the light, Jia Lian and Sister Feng were so affectionate, and they came together to ask her for help, there should be no "one from two to three people, crying to Jinling to make things worse" Sad" scene?It's so good, she couldn't bear such a shrewd and decisive woman like Sister Feng to suffer such a fate.

Thinking of this, Daiyu said: "Brother and sister-in-law have really changed a lot. If they had never thought of this before, Brother Qiao and his brothers are blessed, and they will definitely not suffer in the future." The wind and dust, and Jia Lianfeng's reformation, Sister Feng will not have a miscarriage, and her son will be born safely.

Sister Feng said happily: "Then I will take more good advice from my sister."

Daiyu suddenly asked Jia Lian again, "Hasn't the family ever thought about repaying the owed money? How much can the crime be alleviated? The treasury is empty and there is a great shortage of money. Repaying the owed silver will definitely be appreciated by today's sages."

Jia Lian sighed: "Not yet. My sister doesn't know something. The public has no money at all. All the things in the warehouse have been changed. It would be great to get 20 taels of silver, and those things will be gone soon." Difficult to change, only pawn, get less money, but the family owes nearly one million taels of money! I can't afford to go bankrupt."

Daiyu suddenly understood, but also helpless.

After achieving the goal, seeing that Daiyu had nothing to say, the couple thanked the rear and left hand in hand, and began to make arrangements quietly.

In a blink of an eye, it was Daiyu Xiaoding's day. Li Wan was a widow, so she couldn't ask her to take care of this matter no matter what. , very dedicated.