The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

Jia Jing's words were astonishing, Jia Zheng was almost speechless after hearing this, and asked a little bit later, "Brother Jing, you mean branching?" He stared wide open, with an expression of disbelief.

Jia Jing glanced coldly at Jia Zheng, who almost jumped up like a monkey whose butt was burned, and said flatly, "That's right!"

Jia Zheng wanted to talk about eloquence, which was not very good at first, and he was a little tongue-tied at the moment, and then blushed and asked: "Brother respect, what do you mean, my Rongfu has never violated the clan rules, violated the family law, How can we get into the field of branch sects?"

A sarcasm appeared on Jia Jing's face, then he sighed, and said: "There is nothing to say, but, all of you Rongfu leaders have high ambitions, and we are ordinary people, not so High ambition, and I don't want to get involved in those things, and I don't have the life to enjoy wealth and honor. If you have different ways, you don't conspire with each other. Since your Rongfu has other thoughts, then, just do it yourself, so as not to look back You also want to dislike the fact that the clan is holding you back and blocking your road to Qingyun!"

Even if Jia Zheng was an idiot, he realized it. When he came here, he really didn't expect that Yuan Chun's return home had anything to do with Jia Jing. He simply thought that it was Jia Amnesty who made trouble, and he was afraid that he would make a comeback in the future. , and then have trouble with myself.Unexpectedly, there was Jia Jing's idea here, for a while, he didn't know what to say, and finally he pursed his lips: "Regard elder brother Mingjian, younger brother has no such intentions!"

While talking, Jia Zheng's mind also began to turn, and he said quickly: "Brother Jing also knows that the younger brother did some stupid things back then, so that he humiliated the lintel, but now that the younger brother thinks about it, he secretly hates himself for being incompetent. I can't glorify the family, therefore, I have to start elsewhere, and there is no hindrance to the family, if we succeed in the future, the family will also be honored!" Having said this, Jia Zheng became even more confident.

The people present immediately knew what Jia Zheng was talking about, and some of them frowned. To be honest, Jia Zheng sent his daughter to the palace to be a maid, which greatly affected the market for Jia's daughter to marry.

Marriage has always been a good marriage between two surnames, so it has never been a matter of one person or a family.If something happened in any village, the whole village would be gossiped, and this was especially true for a big family like the Jia family.Jia Zheng didn't treasure his own daughter, the dignified Duke Rong's granddaughter willingly degraded herself and went to become a court lady, who doesn't know what the Rong family's plan is!Immediately, people underestimated Jia's daughter.

After all, this matter seems inconspicuous, but in fact, it can show that the Jia family doesn't care about girls. In this case, what's the benefit of marrying the Jia family's daughter?The people who belong to the right family of Jia's family will ask when the time comes, which family did the eldest girl of your family marry, and when will everyone get together, and the result is that she has gone to the palace to be a palace maid. In the palace, the palace maid and What is the difference between the servants and maidservants of a rich family? For a family like the Jia family, there is no need to gild the palace with a halo to prove that their daughter has seen the world.

If the Rong Mansion was convicted, it would be fine if the daughter was filled into the inner palace. This kind of thing is a last resort, and it will not affect the marriage of the clansmen. However, the Rong Mansion is rushing to send the daughter there. Digesting that the Rong Mansion is stealing chickens and losing rice, who doesn't know that the Rong Mansion originally planned to take the granddaughter to cling to the prince, but in the end, they all willingly degenerated and went to participate in the election, but they failed to cling to, and were directly trapped in the palace.

Those low-level members of the Jia family are nothing more than that, they themselves don’t have much ability, but rely on the care of the Rongning Second House to barely get by. The marriages of children are usually like that, so they have to find them in some relatively well-to-do families. .However, some of the better ones are different, they are all officials and officials, even small officials, their levels are not the same, as a result, Jia Yuanchun came out, and he directly asked his daughter to work in those households. The place where the best friend handkerchiefs are handed over is also looked down upon by people. Originally, the marriage has almost been planned, but they also excused the incompatibility or something, and never mentioned it again.It's just that the emaciated camels in Rong Mansion are bigger than horses. Although they feel resentful in their hearts, it's not easy for them to come to find fault and seek justice.At this moment, it was obvious that Jia Jing stood up, and immediately, many people showed approval on their faces.

That's right, if Jia Daishan was still there a few years ago, he was more polite to the clansmen, and would think of the clansmen when there were good things. As long as the clansmen were still motivated, Jia Daishan would not be stingy to support them.

As a result, when Jia Zheng was replaced, the Rong Mansion plummeted, from being the Duke's family to a third-class general. Jia Zheng didn't even have a real job. If he had money, he would rather give it to those Qing people who raised him, but for their clansmen. It is lukewarm, and it is difficult for the tribe to benefit from it.

It's no wonder that the housekeeper's Xiao Wang is really starting to make ends meet in the Rong Mansion.The Shi family has always been extravagant and lives a luxurious life. An old lady has as many as eight maids with first-class monthly money, and there are even more second-class and third-class maids and servants. There are a total of 100 people .Shi Shi has always cherished herself, and her food and clothing are all very fine. She said that the account is taken from her. In fact, she spent more money on her side. Shi can't make up the difference.

Shi didn't say anything, the key is Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng's elegant hobbies are too expensive, and his eyesight is not very good, most of the things he got back were fakes, not worth much money at all, but Jia Every time Zheng was fooled by someone, he would spend a lot of money to buy it back, and he had to appreciate it with a group of Qing customers, which was another expense.

Moreover, there are too many aunts and concubines in Jia Zheng's house. The increased monthly money alone is not a small number. After all, these are considered half of the master. When I was a girl, one hanging money a month was enough. Yes, as a concubine, at least two taels of silver, not to mention four-season clothes and jewelry.Anyway, Jia Zheng wanted to spend money, so he directly withdrew it from the account. He never cared how much money was still in the account.

In the past, many properties in the clan were managed by Rongfu. As a result, after Jia Daishan passed away, Jia Daihua and Jia Jing were worried about the Rongfu family. Therefore, these clan properties cannot continue to be managed by Rongfu. , This also means that Rongfu has lost a lot of income.Mrs. Wang is very concerned about money, but she is not someone with much business skills. Mrs. Shi fought with Mrs. Wang again, so that the managers and shopkeepers below all deceived each other, and Mrs. Wang could only I watched helplessly as my Zhuangzi kept reporting disasters, shouting for production cuts, and the shop didn't make much profit.

Xiao Wang also simply rented out the shop. Regardless of whether the business is good or bad, she can just collect the rent later. Zhuangzi can't do this, so he can only turn a blind eye.

The Rong Mansion can neither increase income nor reduce expenditure, nor does it have any additional income. For example, Jia Jing, after becoming a Beijing official, the annual ice and charcoal respect is not a small number, but how can Jia Zheng have any income? These things, his little salary every year, the housekeepers don't think much of him.

Rong Mansion's own life is stretched, so there is no spare money to support the clansmen, not to mention, Jia Amnesty and Jia Jing have indeed brought visible benefits to those clansmen of the Jia clan. Comparing the two, everyone He doesn't have much affection for Rongfu.

Now that they heard that Jia Jing wanted to divide the Rong Mansion, they all took it for granted, and were even happy to see the success. After all, the Rong Mansion is just empty now, not only can't bring any benefits to the clan, but according to Jia Jing's statement , if it is not done well, it will drag down the clan!

Therefore, at this moment, when Jia Zheng was still chattering, saying that he was thinking of the family, and so on, a clan elder directly spoke up. They all had to call him Uncle Twelve. At this moment, he took a look at Jia Jing's expression, coughed dryly twice, stomped the crutch in his hand on the bluestone floor twice, and then said: " What empress, what is it for the glory of the family? I don’t understand this old man, but I only know that your girl was not sent to the palace by you to be a nobleman, but to be a court lady who served the nobleman! The Jia family was still in the land back then. When I was eating, I was not so downcast that I sent my daughter to serve others! Just because of your eldest girl, my granddaughter was already optimistic about the marriage, but it turned out to be yellow!"

Speaking of this, many clansmen nodded and said in a hurry: "That's right, you can't implicate our daughter because of your whimsical ideas!" I thought about it, if the old Jia's family had a concubine who could give birth to a dragon son, the old Jia's family would be regarded as relatives of the emperor.

But the problem is that Yuan Chun has already been sent back, that is to say, she will not be able to be an empress in the future. Although some people have some regrets in private, but, to put it bluntly, what they can see is the benefits in front of them.There is a mother in the family, they just have a bragging capital outside, it is too late for others to pull out their parents and brothers, and they can't take advantage of it, but if they stand on the wrong side right now and offend Jia Jingjia Forgiveness, then the benefits in front of me will be lost, so everyone agrees at the moment, in short, the things Jia Zheng did are completely selfish, disregarding the family, only thinking about himself, and discrediting tribe.

Of course, some people spoke to Jia Zheng. After all, there are many people in the clan who benefited from Jia Daishan back then, and some of them grew up watching Jia Zheng. It is also embarrassing that the government has fallen to the point where it needs to rely on a woman to be in power.

In addition, at the root of the new year, things like splitting clans are not pleasant after all, not to mention, no matter what the Rongfu is, there is still a title, and the historian and the Wang family are still in-laws. If the Rongfu is divided, the historian Wang will be dissatisfied with it. So what?

When Jia Zheng heard this, he immediately forgot that he wanted to abandon Xiao Wang. He was always a man who could bend and stretch, but now he hurriedly said to Jia Jing: "Brother Jing, it's because I was confused before. , Brother Jing also knows about my younger brother. My younger brother is a fool. I can't figure out many things. Besides, the matter of Yuan Chun's entry into the palace was handled by the old lady. Yuan Chun is also my own daughter, so I can't bear it either. It's just that I couldn't resist the old lady's intentions, so I did this stupid thing! Now that Yuan Chun is back, I have to find her a good husband in the coming year. If something goes wrong at this time, won't it delay Yuan Chun's youth? "

Jia Amnesty had been listening to it as if it was lively, wishing he could hold the melon seeds in his hand and kowtow them while watching. Hearing Jia Zheng's shameless words, he couldn't help but sneered: "You sent Yuan Chun to the palace earlier. Gong, I didn't expect to delay Yuan Chun's youth, but now I'm becoming a filial son and a loving father!"

Jia She's making trouble here, Jia Zheng listened, and the old hatred from before was revived again, wishing to rush forward to fight with Jia She, but he has always been aware of current affairs, and now he also knows that Jia She has great prestige in front of the clan. He is much bigger than himself, therefore, he could only suppress his jealousy and hatred towards Jia She, and apologized with a smile: "Brother's words made my younger brother feel ashamed, my younger brother really didn't mean that."

As soon as he thought about it, Jia Zheng thought of some of Shi's previous remarks, and said over there: "The situation of the younger brother, the elder brother also knows, even if Yuan Chun wants to get married, it will be a trouble. People who are similar to our family may not be happy. Seeing Yuan Chun (Jia She sneered, from Jia Zheng's point of view, the Rong Mansion is still the Duke's Mansion back then! It's no wonder people like Yuan Chun, those who can still maintain that title are not ordinary people, It would be better to marry a Xiaojia Biyu than to marry Yuanchun, who is of no help to her natal family, and her family may hold her back!), if the family status is low, Yuanchun's life may not be easy, so letting her enter the palace is also a way out, who knows , something went wrong like that!"

When Jia Zheng thought about what happened before, he wanted to beat his chest and stamp his feet. At the beginning, he said that Yuan Chun would be given to Tu Minghao as a concubine. If he had known that it was the present day, he should have gone to the Shi family to ask Jia for amnesty, so that Yuan Chun could directly enter the present day. The hidden residence!The old lady in my family thought that she was so great all day long, but in the end, she couldn't handle this matter. She said that she had made an agreement with Concubine Zhen Gui a long time ago. Without even an explanation, Jia Zheng's face changed again after thinking about it.

Jia Jing sneered at the side, and said directly: "As long as you are promising, how could you let your daughter fall to such a state! You were considered a character more than ten years ago, at least you still had a little bit of self-motivation, but it turned out like this Over the years, I don't want to make progress, but rely on nepotism, that's right, among the brothers in our family, only you have more daughters, one can't do it, there are two more!"

Jia Zheng didn't know how many times he pardoned and scolded Jia Jing and Jia, but on the surface he was extremely humble, wishing he could kneel down and hug Jia Jing's thigh and cry loudly: "Brother Jing, I know I did something wrong before. "Brother respect, our two families share the same great-grandfather, we have always been like a family, brother respect, for my father's sake, please forgive me this time!"

Jia Jing looked at Jia Zheng and hesitated for a moment. He had indeed made up his mind before, but now he was unavoidably shaken. To be honest, although he was annoyed by Jia Zheng, he planned ahead and worried about Jia Zheng. A shallow-sighted idiot brings disaster to the family, but with Jia Zheng's attitude, he can't wait to swear that if he does something similar again, he will get out of here without Jia Jing talking!

Looking at Jia Jing's appearance, those tribesmen on the side knew that Jia Jing's heart had softened. Some of them felt regretful, and some didn't care about it. To be honest, no one would believe that a person like Jia Zheng could do a good job. Something terrible happened, so at this moment, he stepped forward to smooth things over.

Jia Jing looked at Jia Amnesty, and asked in a deliberative tone, "What do you think of Enhou?"

Jia She chuckled: "Brother Jing said this, you are the patriarch, Brother Jing, you can decide for yourself!"

Jia Jing sighed in his heart, knowing that Jia Amnesty still had some knots with Jia Zheng and his family, but it was normal, he thought for a while, and then said: "Forget it, let's call some people from Rongfu over here first!"

The Rong Mansion knew that Jia Zheng went to the Ning Mansion to make a fuss, saying that he was going to divorce his wife, and Jia Jing opened the ancestral hall. To be honest, Xiao Wang was still a little uneasy. After all, what happened? However, Xiao Wang quickly comforted herself that she had observed Jia Daishan's filial piety, and she was counted among the three not to go, so naturally there would be no big problem, so , forced himself to calm down.

At this moment, a servant came over and asked her to go to the ancestral hall. Xiao Wang changed her mind, did not change her clothes, rearranged her makeup, took a handkerchief, dripped a drop of peppermint oil on it, and wiped the corners of her eyes , Eyes immediately reddened.In the past few days, she has been tossing and turning because of Yuanchun's affairs, she can't sleep at night, and she looks very haggard.At this moment, he just wore two old-fashioned hairpins casually, and then he took the people, got into the carriage, and headed for Ningguo Mansion.

Over there, Jia Zhu, who suddenly knew the truth, was still in a trance, the news was a step behind, and when the servant came to call him, he realized that Jia Zheng had actually gone to the ancestral hall, and saw that he followed him before Yuan Chun, who was comforting himself, was anxious on the sidelines, and then he woke up.No matter what, Xiao Wang really had a motherly heart towards him, and she didn't feel sorry for him at all. Jia Zhu didn't have the slightest impression of the deceased Wang, so naturally she couldn't talk about her feelings, even after she knew about it. After what the biological mother did, Jia Zhu felt deeply ashamed. Therefore, emotionally, she was naturally more inclined to Xiao Wang, who took care of herself and cared for herself since she was a child.

Now hearing what the servant said about his father's arguing about divorcing his wife, he couldn't sit still.

Yuan Chun is an unmarried girl, so of course she can't go to the ancestral hall. Now she looks at Jia Zhu with some pleadings, almost crying: "Brother, if the master insists on divorce, what should I do?" , it’s all my fault, if I just stay in the palace and don’t come back!”

Jia Zhu originally had a vague contempt for Jia Zheng, but now seeing Yuan Chun's eyes were red and tears were in them, but he tried hard not to shed them, and felt a little distressed for this poor sister. He hurriedly said: "Sister, don't worry, I'll go to ask the master right now, if the master doesn't agree, I, I will bump myself to death in front of the master!" Having said this, Jia Zhu's eyes revealed a look of determination.

Yuan Chun was horrified when he heard this, and quickly ignored his manners, and grabbed Jia Zhu: "Brother, you can't do this, if you get hurt, mom and I won't be at ease for the rest of our lives!"

Jia Zhu said softly: "Don't worry, sister, I know what's going on, sister, you go back to your room and wait, and when I get news later, I'll call someone back to tell you!"

Yuan Chun hurriedly agreed, and when Jia Zhu left with the servant girl, she took the maid who was close to her with her a little uneasy. She didn't go back to her own room, but went to Xiao Wang's courtyard. Went to a small Buddhist hall at the back of Xiaowang's courtyard, where Avalokitesvara was enshrined. Yuan Chun walked in, knelt down in front of the Buddha statue, kowtowed devoutly, and prayed: "Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, please Bless mother and elder brother, believers are willing to shorten their lives by ten years, no, 20 years, as long as mother and elder brother are safe and sound!" As she said, she kowtowed a few more times.

Over there, Xiao Wang and Jia Zhu almost arrived at the ancestral hall. Xiao Wang is not too young now, and the ancestral hall is full of members of the Jia family, not to mention there are two servants with him, so there is no What a taboo.Now she has calmed down, knowing that there should be no problem this time. If she really wants to divorce her wife, at least Jia Jing has to call the people from the Wang family. Persuaded.

As for Jia Zhu, after seeing Jia Zheng's expression, he was relieved.If Jia Zheng really wanted to divorce his wife and got his wish, he would have been unable to restrain his complacency for a long time now. However, judging from Jia Zheng's current expression, it can be seen that not only did he not get his wish, but he even told Jia to respect them. After a while, Jia Zhu looked at it, feeling a little happy in her heart.

It's not that Jia Zhu is not filial. To be honest, for a person like Jia Zheng, his previous pious mask has long been stripped away. Jia Zhu has seen through this father. He doesn't have much ability. Born at the wrong time, especially Jia Zheng, who is irresponsible and disgusting.

Jia Zhu is not an idiot, and knows some ways of the world. He knows that his biological mother murdered Jia Hu, the eldest son of Uncle She's family, when she was pregnant with him because she coveted the title of nobleman, and was eventually punished. I don't believe it. This matter has nothing to do with Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng has always been like this. He never speaks up unless necessary. In this case, the bad things are done by others, but he gets the benefits. However, he can confidently say that he has been kept in the dark and doesn't know anything, which makes Jia Zhu feel disgusted.

After Jia Zhu settled down, she politely greeted all the elders, and Jia Jing softened when she saw it. Jia Zheng was nothing but a good child, so he finally said directly "Jia Zheng, let me say it again in front of my siblings and Zhu'er today, even if your family has a quarrel at home, as long as it doesn't affect the family, then we won't ask any more questions, but if you If you do any more stupid things, I, the patriarch, can't tolerate it anymore. When the time comes, we will return from bridge to bridge, and from road to road, and you will go to your spring and autumn dream of prosperity and wealth. We will live our own lives, and from now on Irrelevant any more!"

Jia Zheng was ashamed in front of Xiao Wang and Jia Zhu, his face was red now, but he finally agreed with humiliation.