[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

Mrs. Xing dragged Luochun to discuss the matter of laying off staff in her courtyard, and scolded Sister Feng for being cunning. She knew that this was troublesome and would offend personnel, so she, who always loves to seize power, handed over the matter.I lament that this is a tricky matter, because the family has children for several generations, and no one can tell how many melons are connected to a vine.Luo Chun doesn't take this seriously, given the current situation in the mansion, even a servant may not be willing to live and die with the doomed ship in the mansion, fleeing the mansion is the best policy, so I think this matter is very simple .

Luochun told Mrs. Xing that this matter was on her, and called the little girl waiting outside, asking her to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.When the Four Treasures of the Study were delivered, Luochun pondered for a moment, wrote down the list of people who needed to be abolished and the list left by Mrs. Xing, and handed it to Mrs. Xing.

Mrs. Xing took the list, looked at it, her eyes were full of surprise, and said angrily: "Luo'er, I am discussing serious matters with you, and I am worried. You don't want to help me solve my problems, but you still have the mind to talk to me." Are you kidding me? You didn't put Wang Baoshan's family and Mrs. Fei on the list of layoffs. Otherwise, according to your list, all the people who are close to me will be kicked out by you. How could I? There are others."

Luochun smiled and said: "Mother, I didn't joke with you. I wrote this list after careful consideration." After a pause, before Mrs. Xing asked, she explained: "Mother also said that Jinping They are your caring people, they have served you for a while, in view of all these years of friendship, it should have a good result. Before the situation in the mansion is at its worst, let them out as soon as possible. If it's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave even if I want to."

Mrs. Xing's eyes widened in surprise, and she asked in amazement: "Why, is the situation so bad?" She stretched out her hand to grab Luo Chun's wrist, and asked, "Is it really irreparable?" Luo Chun barely squeezed out A smile, nodded.Mrs. Xing received a positive answer, but she still couldn't believe it. She shook her head vigorously and said, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it, how is it possible? How is it possible?...Luo'er, don't scare me with alarmist talk here, If this is the case, why did no one else in the mansion respond? There is no news from your father either?" Anyway, she and Jia She are a husband and wife, it's really bad, Jia She should tell her One sound.

"Mother, I didn't scare you." Luochun sighed and said: "What I said is the truth, the title in the mansion is definitely lost, and the second uncle's official position should not be long. I am not aimless , It is well-founded. Gentlemen's families, even those who have returned home, have a copy of the court's residence report, but our family has not sent a residence report in the past few days. What does this mean, mother do you understand?"

The ground in this part of the capital has always been relatively evil. Many incidents, the official has not yet received official news, and all kinds of gossip have been flying all over the streets and alleys.The bosses of the various ministries have been in office for a long time, and they are used to seeing the ups and downs of the officialdom, and they have become slick, so they never speak accurately about official affairs until there is no official official news.But the small officials at the bottom of the yamen don't have this kind of skill. They are the most watchful people. If it weren't for the fact that the mansion is really in a terrible state, knowing that there is no hope for the mansion, how could they not report to the mansion? Come to the house?

"Report to the mansion?" Madam Xing repeated unconsciously, and asked with some confusion: "What's the matter with the mansion? You can tell from this that the situation in the mansion is not good?" Luo Chun nodded Said: "Although the matter is small, it is well known. My father and second uncle usually don't care about this. Before the report from my father's residence was delivered, I didn't see my father looking through it once in ten and a half months. As for my second uncle, although I I'm not very clear, but it's probably similar to the situation on my father's side, so it's normal that they didn't find out. In fact, not only the matter reported by the mansion, but also many things have already revealed clues. For example, now our mansion is outside What merchants buy from the merchants are all settled in cash on the same day, and no credit is accepted. These merchants have official forces behind them. If the titles of the mansion can be preserved, how dare these merchants do this?...In fact, the mansion of the mansion Others, the news is much better than us, it's just that they are lucky, before the emperor's decree, they always have such a one-ten-thousandth hope, so they blinded their eyes and couldn't see clearly."

Mrs. Xing was persuaded by Luochun, and she said in a daze: "How could this be? Why did it come to this?" Suddenly her eyes lit up, she took Luochun's hand, and asked with a glimmer of hope: "Did you make a mistake? " Luo Chun stared into Mrs. Xing's eyes, and sighed: "Mother!" Mrs. Xing let go of Luo Chun's hand in disappointment, and sat on the side with her head downcast, without saying a word.

Seeing Mrs. Xing's appearance, Luochun couldn't bear it, thought for a while and said, "Maybe I've thought too much, but I don't know why I drew up this list. I just made the worst plan. Jinping and the others served Well, it's what should be done, it's not a miraculous achievement, even if I go, it's not without merit, if I make a mistake, I'll just pick a better one to make up for it, or if they want to come back, my mother will take them Just call it back, otherwise, if there is really an emergency..."

"Okay, you don't need to talk about it, I know what to do." Mrs. Xing interrupted Luochun and sighed: "As you said, they have served me for a while. I can't let them not have a good result. Besides, even if there is nothing wrong with the house, they will be old in two years, and when they reach the age of being married, I also want to let them go out and be free with my parents. Just advance the time." Paused for a while, looked at Luo Chun and sighed, eyes were red, and said: "If you let them out, they will end up with a good result, but I'm sorry for you, Luo'er. The daughter of the family... It would be nice if I waited for another two years, when you get married, even if there is no title in the mansion, I don't think it's a pity."

Hearing Madam Xing's words, Luochun couldn't help laughing, and said: "What did mother say, I don't think I have anything to be pitiful about." Sighed: "Silly girl, you don't understand." Luochun smiled, not as shy as her daughter in her girlfriend's talk about her marriage, but said: "I understand what mother means, but I just feel I have such a status as the daughter of the Hou family, so I can talk about marriage, but my daughter doesn't think so. On the contrary, losing this status may not be a bad thing for me. If the house is always good, it doesn't matter. But if I get married When I went out, something happened in the mansion. At that time, who can say for sure what the attitude of the family I married to? Knowing people, knowing the face, not knowing the heart, when I am the daughter of the Hou family, I may not be really good when I look good, because this It doesn’t mean that when I’m down and down, treat me the same. At that time, it’s still good to speak harshly, put on face for me, or even abandon me. I’m afraid that on the surface, they treat me as before, but they secretly try to torture me. Me, and even my life is possible..."

"Don't talk about it." Mrs. Xing heard Luochun mention that possibility, she couldn't accept it even after thinking about it, and hurriedly interrupted her.Luo Chun got up and went to Mrs. Xing's side, sat down next to her, hugged her arm, leaned on her body, and said: "Mother, although she no longer has the status of Duke Hou Men, she has become a Common people, life may not be as comfortable as it is now, but this does not mean that there are no other benefits, for example, we will not be bound by this identity in the future. At least if I get married in the future, I can take you over to live with me. This folk, mother-in-law and Daughter and son-in-law spend a lot of time together, and I haven't seen anyone say anything, and it will save you from worrying about me all the time, and also save me from worrying about Lian's second brother and second sister-in-law treating you badly, how nice it is."

It would be great if we could really live together with Luochun. Let Luochun say this, Mrs. Xing would not be so disappointed about the loss of her title in the mansion.She patted Luo Chun's hand holding her arm, and she was in the mood to joke with Luo Chun, teasing: "You don't feel ashamed, which girl who has never gone out is like you, talking about getting married Oh, you don't think it's shameful, but I feel shameful for raising such a thick-skinned daughter."

"Mother, you are laughing at me!" Luo Chun said coquettishly, shaking Mrs. Xing's arm.Mrs. Xing was shaken by her body, and she said seriously: "Okay, we will talk about the future in the future, let's talk about the business now. I have no objection to cutting Jinping and the others, Wang Baoshan's family, and Mrs. Fei and the others They are all my companions, and the two of them help me manage the outside business. These two must be properly arranged. Otherwise, if something happens in the mansion, if they are not arranged properly, the things in their hands will follow. The house suffers together, and we can’t get it out.”

Mrs. Xing's life in the mansion is not satisfactory, and she only has a daughter like Luochun. The title of the mansion will eventually fall to Jia Lian's head. Luochun is just married as a daughter of a noble family. That's all, so Mrs. Xing doesn't care that much about the title in the mansion.In the past, when Luochun was young, Mrs. Xing had the idea of ​​taking Luochun to climb higher, but as Luochun grew up, the mother-daughter relationship between her and Luochun became deeper day by day, and with her love for Luochun Knowing her temperament, Mrs. Xing feels that Luochun's personality is not suitable for marrying into a noble family, and she only gave birth to Luochun, whether it is Jia Lian, Baoyu, or Jia Cong. In Mrs. Xing's opinion, Luochun will marry in the future. None of them can support Luochun.

Mrs. Xing's life in the mansion is not good. Apart from being a successor to the house, another reason is that her family background is low and the dowry is thin.She has suffered so much, and she doesn't want Luochun to suffer again, so in order for Luochun not to be wronged, her arrangement for Luochun's future marriage is to marry at a low price.As for the dowry, although there is a dowry in the public office, Mrs. Xing has not counted on it for a long time. She has already planned that she must prepare a thick dowry for her daughter, so that she will have enough confidence in her husband's family to hold her chest up Look up and speak up.Among them, it was the business of Wang Baoshan's family and Mrs. Fei's that gave Mrs. Xing this confidence.

The arrangements for these two families have already been made by Luochun, and it is impossible to let them go. Hearing Mrs. Xing's words, she hurriedly said: "Just transfer them to uncle's name." Mrs. Xing was taken aback, After a while, he said: "Well, that's right. Then do it this way."