old lady in red

Does the Bai family have an old house in Kyoto?

Shi Mei doesn't have much memory of Bai Jintang's grandfather, Bai Zhenxing's family. The only imprint is that this person is Jia Daishan who found her husband's family for the eldest girl.

At the beginning, Jia Daishan, as the favorite minister of the emperor and the prince's teacher, was in charge of the military department, and he was in full swing.

Now that Wang Ziteng opened his mouth, he could recommend Jia Amnesty as the fourth-rank Fuzhen envoy of Fuzhen.

Jia Daishan was even more arrogant than Wang Ziteng at the beginning.

Emperor Jiahe asked who to send as the commander of the capital.

Jia Daishan's performances were reported up, and every performance was accurate.

Jia Mu followed the rising tide and became very popular.

She only loves to associate with female relatives of the four kings and eight princes, the princess's son-in-law.

As the in-laws of the Zhang family, the Jia family was just trying to save face.

Bai Zhenxing is just Jia Daishan's underling, his wife is trying to please him, and Jia's mother doesn't like to move her eyelids.

Therefore, Mother Jia really didn't know whether the Bai family had a residence in Beijing.

Shi Mei said: "I don't care about outside affairs, but I will mention this matter to your uncle. Oh, isn't your uncle with you?"

Bai Jintang said: "After my uncle handed over his grandson to his two cousins, he left on business."

Jia Lian said: "Father asked us to practice with my cousin, and I went to talk to Mr. Li Jinshan by myself."

Shi Mei nodded, Jia Amnesty probably went to talk to Mr. Bai Jintang about the attached school.

As Jia Lian spoke, he bowed to Shimei: "Grandmother, father said that we should take our cousin to know the way. From now on, my cousin will live with us in the front yard, study together, and practice together. Grandson wants to introduce a classmate to my cousin. Yes. My mother also asked us to help my cousin settle down, so I won’t bother you here.”

Mrs. Zhang thought very much.

Since he wants to tear himself apart from the Bai family and prepares to protect Bai Jintang's mother and son, Bai Jintang will stay permanently in Rongfu.

He is already eight years old, and it is indeed not suitable for him to live in the inner house.

Mrs. Zhang ordered Jia Lian to follow because she was afraid that the subordinates would perfunctory their errands and neglect Bai Jintang.

It seems that Mrs. Zhang listened to her words.

Shi Mei nodded: "Go ahead, what's wrong, you can mention them a few words."

At this time, Mrs. Zhang brought Jia Cong and Yuan Chun to talk to her eldest sister Yuxiu, comforting her to recover from her illness, and then introduced Jia Cong and Yuan Chun to Bai Yajuan as friends.

Yajuan looks very good, Zhang likes it very much, and wants to hug her. As a result, Bai Yajuan is very shy and shy, and refuses to leave her mother.

Not only does she not want Mrs. Zhang to get close, she also doesn't like to communicate with Jia Cong Yuanchun.

Her mother called people in a proper manner, and then she didn't say a word.

Standing beside my mother, I have to tug on my mother's sleeve to feel at ease.

The disturbance made Jia Cong and Yuanchun feel bored.

Mrs. Zhang didn't know how to explain it to the two children, so she had to say that her aunt and cousin were tired.

Mrs. Zhang turned back to Rongqingtang, just sighed: "Yajuan is more distressed than Jintang."

Shi Mei nodded: "At that time, she was only more than one year old, less than two years old. His father wanted to kill her mother in front of her, and even slapped them. One can imagine how frightened the child was. This is a heart disease. It takes time to forget, and it is up to the mother and son to come out on their own, and no one else can help them."

He also said Mrs. Zhang: "In the future, except for dinner and festivals, don't let Jia Cong disturb your sister-in-law, mother and daughter. Your sister-in-law has a strong self-esteem, and that child is a frightened bird. Too many people is a bad thing. Her aunt will probably be here tonight. "

Zhang said: "Is this aunt also placed in Liuyuan when she comes?"

Shi Mei said: "It's natural, but, when you see her, you can say that you don't want to come and kowtow to me. I have nothing to say when we meet, and I don't have the patience to talk to them about bitterness and sweetness. Besides, I don't want to cry Smile and scare Cong'er and Yuan Chun."

Now both Jia Cong and Yuan Chun live in Rongqingtang.

Although Zhao Shuhua entered the mansion, she was only a concubine, and she was not qualified to teach the daughters of the first wife. She was only responsible for the clothes, shoes and socks of Jia Zheng and his father and son.She is not allowed to do it herself, but when the season comes, she can arrange for the father and son to choose cloth and cut clothes in advance.

The influence of Jia Cong Yuanchun is that Bai Yajuan doesn't like the two of them.

Shi Mei told Yuanchun Jia Cong to be kind when she met Yajuan, and told Jia Cong that Yajuan was the daughter of her aunt's family, and Jia Cong would call her cousin on March's birthday.

Yuan Chun's name is Yajuan's cousin.

Everyone is a year old, and no one can beat Yuan Chun, who is on the first day of the first lunar month.

Jia Cong was very puzzled: "We invite her to eat cakes and refuse to eat them, and even shake her head when we ask her out to play. She doesn't care to play with us."

Shi Mei said: "My sister is from Gansu. There are few adults there and there are no playmates. His brother wants to study and has no time to play with her. My cousin is not used to it. It will be fine after a long time. My sister is afraid of being shy." Shy, don't laugh at my sister when we meet."

Jia Cong immediately expressed sympathy: "So it's like this, it's so pitiful, we also have a lot of playmates in Jinling, why does my aunt go to Gansu, it's good to live in Jinling, in this way, we have recognized each other a long time ago, cousin It won't be pitiful and have no playmates."

Shimei's heart skipped a beat, remembering that Daiyu and Baoyu also started to get in touch at the age of five or six, and the ancients seemed to be more emotionally mature than modern people, so she hurriedly said: "I won't now, cousin Yajuan will go to school with your sister Yuanchun in a few months, school There can be six or seven young ladies playing with her."

Upon hearing this, Jia Cong laughed and said, "That's good, lest I have to spend time playing with my cousin."

In the evening of this day, Yuxiu's biological aunt, Aunt Bao, came into the mansion.

Shi Mei ordered Aunt Bao not to pay her respects, but she insisted on coming.

Mrs. Zhang couldn't forcefully stop her.

Shi Mei had no choice but to receive her, asked her to kowtow, and ordered someone to take her to the durian garden: "I am so good to take care of the eldest girl, the imperial doctor said that she is depressed, please let me know, don't bring up the matter of Chen Zhima rotten millet, lest you Delay the big girl's treatment. I don't need you to pay my respects here, just take good care of the big girl."

Jia Xun has been discussing with Lai Da about opening a shop these days, and his wife has been helping in the mansion.

Mrs. Zhang is pregnant, so she doesn't go to Liuyuan much, Jia Xun's wife is in charge of taking care of Gu Yuxiu's family.

Because of Jia Xun's warm welcome, Yuxiu got along very well with Jia Xun's wife.

At Xushi, Jia Amnesty returned to the mansion and first came to Rongqingtang to report to Shimei.

He went to the criminal department to investigate Bai Zhenxing's case.

There are two main crimes committed by Bai Zhenxing, one is empty pay, and the Gansu garrison is short of [-]% of the personnel.

Another crime is that he privately sells salt and tea.

Empty pay is not a big deal in a poor place like Gansu. The military expenditure itself is seriously insufficient, and there have been no wars for many years.No one wants to waste money.

Generally, when there is an inspection by the superior, idlers are temporarily recruited to make up the number.

Many officials participated in the private sale of salt tea.

As a result, when the abolished prince fell, Jia Daishan was injured.They still didn't touch him, just waiting for Jia Daishan to die, the Holy One didn't honor Jia Daishan.Everyone felt that Jia Daishan was done.

Some or no crimes were blamed on him.

The strange thing is that Bai Zhenxing didn't defend himself, he admitted everything.

Then, the official position of the third rank was smashed to the end, and he went to Mobei to be Huiqiu Ba.

When he started his family as Qiu Baqi in Mobei, he had turned a circle and returned to the original point.

Jia Amnesty scolded: "If he treats his eldest sister well, I will stretch out my hand, if he treats his eldest sister well, he will at least go home and enjoy a good life. That white-eyed wolf will still be the boss... ..."

Shi Mei suddenly remembered the matter of Jia She's betrayal of officials and nobles, and immediately turned black: "Put away your tricks, don't let me hear someone stretch out your hand, open your mouth, this world belongs to him..."

Shi Mei raised her hand to the sky and poked it: "It's not yours. Let the censor hear what you said today, and immediately participate in the performance of you selling officials and nobles and taking on lawsuits. These two cases of money are all illegal money. Although our Jia family owes debts, but , resolutely don’t use money for crimes, and you can change it slowly if you owe money, it will ruin your reputation, and no amount of money can buy it back.”

Jia She hurriedly got up and bowed: "Mother, calm down, that's what the son said..."

Shi Mei said: "Hmph, three people become tigers, if you talk too much, if you don't do it, people will suspect you. Examine yourself three times, think twice before speaking, too many words will fail, how many eyes are staring at you? Do not Waste your father's life!"

Jia She also broke out in a cold sweat, bowed and said, "Son, I've made a note of it, and I won't do it again. Not only will I not talk about it, I will definitely not get involved in these things."

Shi Mei knew that Jia She's unscrupulous words were the customs of Yan Hou, and said: "I know you have a good relationship with Yan Hou, he is a friend worth making, although he is your friend, but, You have to know your weight and your identity. You have to know that although you are brothers, in fact, you and Liu Shizi and Hou Shizi are all friends who support Yanhou. You can hold Yanhou But, you can't learn from him. There are some things he can do, but you can't. Because he just pierced the sky, and there are people in the sky.

What about you?

This family, or even a clan, all depend on you.

Therefore, don't get carried away with complacency and forget that you have hundreds of lives on your shoulders! "

Jia Amnesty bowed and saluted: "Thank you mother for teaching me, my son has memorized it."

Shi Mei nodded: "Just remember it."

Jia Amnesty tiptoed down.

Shi Mei propped her head, curled her lips in her heart, oh my god, she has really become the old lady of Rongfu.

Then, I saw Jia Cong and two heads protruding from behind the screen, and asked cautiously, "Grandmother?"

Shi Mei glanced at it and continued to support her head: "Sneaky!!"

Jia Cong rushed up to beat Shi Mei's back: "Grandmother is angry with my father, grandson will beat your back for you, grandma, don't be angry, you will get wrinkles when you are angry, it is not worth it!"

Mammy Lai chuckled.

Shi Mei couldn't hold back her laughter anymore, she touched her shoulder: "Punch hard, your mouth is sharp, you just talk but don't practice, kid!"

Shi Mei smiled here, and came in silently like a Yuanchun cat outside: "Grandmother, Fourth Aunt sent people to send a lot of things to Eldest Aunt, including food, clothing and medicinal materials, but Grandma Lin doesn't allow her to go out. She said that it was Jasmine who came here because she was afraid of getting sick. Jasmine said that there are medicinal materials in the gift, so it is not good to come here, so she went there first to visit her eldest aunt, and then came back to pay her respects to her grandmother... "

The girl Jasmine went to the Lin family and became superstitious.

This Mrs. Lin is really a grandson fan.Since Jia Min became pregnant, Mrs. Lin can't wait to hold Jia Min's belly.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I also heard that Mrs. Lin was talking about putting a girl in Lin Ruhai's house.

Shi Mei stared at her, ready to deal with her anytime.

Later, I don't know what Lin Ruhai said, and it disappeared without a sound.

In the entire Rong Mansion, unless Shi Mei came to the door in person, the girl who delivered the things could not see Jia Min.

I'm afraid that the unclean body will make her grandson sick.

Shi Mei didn't dare to come easily because of the trouble, the three generations of the Lin family passed on alone, if something happened, who would be able to afford it?

Although Shi Mei knew that according to Jia Min's current physique, she was afraid of any germs, but she still had concerns in her heart.

Don't be afraid of [-], just be afraid of what happens.

I have no choice but to be patient and avoid going to Lin's mansion.

Shi Mei pinched her fingers, she still went to the Lin Mansion on the day she got Yuxiu's letter, and in a blink of an eye it was more than half a month.

Originally, Shi Mei didn't intend to tell Jia Min the news here, because she was afraid that she would be sad, but Jia Min still knew about it.It is estimated that Lin Ruhai inquired about the news from Jia Amnesty.

When I was young, Jasmine came.

After inquiring, it turned out that Jia Min asked Lin Ruhai to inquire about the news every day. He learned that his sister had returned to Beijing, and that everything was taken over by the Bai family. The rescuer packed a few boxes of things.

Jia Min also brought Shi Mei something, all fruits from the south, and some dried fruits from the north.

Jasmine said: "These are because the old lady was afraid of sending someone to buy them back. She said that the child grew white after eating the fruit, and the child became smart after eating the dried fruit. She also taught grandma the experience. She said that it was when she was pregnant with my uncle. , Eat fruits and dried fruits every day. Grandma is not allowed to eat pork, saying that pigs are stupid, only chicken and fish are allowed, saying that chicken is phoenix meat, saying that eating fish, the child must have double eyelids in the future, it looks good."

Shi Mei was amused: "This old lady Lin can go to the street to set up a stall to tell fortunes. She can calculate whether the child is white or not, smart or not. She didn't let your girl eat some beef. In the future, the child will grow up strong and healthy." ?”

Jasmine pursed her lips and smiled: "Madam, you are the magician!!"

Shi Mei was taken aback: "Did she really say that?" "

Jasmine smiled and said, "Isn't that right, let grandma eat some mutton, say some sheep, auspicious!"

Shi Mei just warned Mrs. Zhang not to eat crab and shrimp, and not to eat too spicy food, and not to eat raw food during pregnancy, and there are no other requirements.

Compared with the old lady of the Lin family, Shi Mei felt that she had not done enough.

Then, when Mrs. Zhang came, she told Mrs. Zhang.

But Mrs. Zhang said: "Hello, mother. She is only responsible for spending money to buy things, and will not stare at her daughter-in-law to eat, otherwise, her daughter-in-law will really cry."

Zhang dislikes the smelly smell of beef and mutton, she only likes to eat pork and fish.He also refuses to eat too many eggs, saying that eating too many eggs smells like chicken droppings.

The trouble caused Shi Mei to not drink chicken soup for half a month.

It just so happened that this time the doctor Wang was on the verge of rushing in, it was best to boil a pot of thick chicken soup for Yuxiu every day, saying that it could help treat her choking disease.

Shi Mei wrote a letter, telling Jia Min that Yuxiu's body was recovering, and that she had caught the Bai family's handle, and she would not let Yuxiu suffer.To prevent Jia Min from worrying blindly and affecting the fetus.

Shi Mei endured it until the eighth day of the winter month. Shi Mei went to Lin's house to deliver Laba porridge in person.

Then, Shi Mei received a frightening news.

Shi Mei asked casually if her son-in-law was at home.

Mother Lin told Shi Mei happily: "Brother Hai went to the office today to go back to Mrs. Du's house. His Majesty summoned Brother Hai yesterday and intends to let him be a foreigner. Jiangnan Daoist Yan Yushi..."

There was a loud bang when Shi Mei made a noise, and all the blood in her body was used on her face.

The smooth days have passed for a long time, and Shi Mei has forgotten about Lin Ruhai's assignment abroad these days.

It's not that I haven't thought about this before.

However, Shimei's memory is that Jia Yucun was a teacher for the new master Yanke.This is the time, Daiyu is at least three years old.

Lin Ruhai is 40 years old.

Shi Mei thought it was a long time later!

She is happy that Daiyu has a brother and sister she can rely on.

Suddenly, it was imminent for Lin Ruhai to go to the south of the Yangtze River to get something.

If Jia Daishan was present, he could go to the palace to beg the emperor's father, even if he knelt down, it would be like Bai Jintang abandoning the gold under his knees to beg for a way out for his son-in-law.

She doesn't have the right to play the book, and the queen can't even participate in politics. How old is Shimei as a widow in the back house?

If Lin Ruhai assigns any other positions, he can still muddle through the errands.

But what kind of official is the patrol salt censor? To put it bluntly, he is in charge of the salt tax of the court, distributes salt quotations, and collects salt tax.

However, since ancient times, selling private salt has become a common practice.

This salt tax is not so easy to collect.

The salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are not just businessmen. Almost every corner of the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River has tentacles, rooted in the salt tax.

And these tentacles push back, and have been drawn from the south of the Yangtze River to the princes and ministers in Kyoto, and even the princes and grandchildren.

Collusion between officials and businessmen is no longer enough to describe.

Jiangnan’s profit-sharing profit network, which strictly checks taxes, is like a bunch of grapes, pulling the whole body.If you want to eradicate it, you must touch its roots, and then you can pull it out in one fell swoop.

But this root lies in the descendants of the dragon and the phoenix.

Emperor Jiahe had made it clear before that the sons and grandsons of dragons and phoenixes could not move.

Little Xunyan censor, if you face off with the son of the phoenix and the grandson of the dragon, you are begging for death.

If you don't grab more salt tax profits, you are incompetent, and you can't do business in front of Your Majesty.

Collaborating with others can guarantee temporary peace, but this is undoubtedly drinking poison to quench thirst, and in the end, one day, you will suffer the consequences.

In the original book, Lin Ruhai only escaped from her mother, Daiyu.

Shi Mei suddenly became nervous, held Jia Min's hand and asked, "What do you think?"

Jia Min said: "If Big Brother Lin lets go, I want to follow."

Shi Mei's voice was too high: "No way, you will be eight months in the first month of next year, how can you be tired, and how can you be so tired that you have moved your tire on the road with ten thousand yuan? Absolutely not!

Even if my uncle can't shirk this errand, you still have to wait for the child to be born, and it's best to go to Jiangnan after the child's full age.Or, you and your mother-in-law are sitting in the capital, whether the magistrate is doing well or not, first look at the achievements of the government, and second, see if there is anyone in the court..."

Jia Min's face was full of depression immediately: "But, I don't want to leave Brother Lin..."

Shi Mei rubbed Jia Min's stomach, knowing that this time is when Jia Min is most vulnerable, and only when her husband is with her can she feel at ease and feel happy.

However, this non-existent child may be the key to changing the lifeline of the Lin family...

Or, there was this child in the first place...

Shi Mei shook her head, not daring to think about it.

Shi Mei patted Jia Min.He said against his will: "Don't scare yourself, maybe your Majesty just had a whim, those officials and lords in the Jiangnan officialdom are all veterans who have been around for decades, Your Majesty will not send this tender young man... "

Jia Min was appeased for the time being, she lost her business,

Lin's mother was very enthusiastic that day, and ordered people to send the noodles to Shuangmei Garden, and persuaded Shimei: "Brother Hai's daughter-in-law is talking about her mother-in-law every day these days. If her mother-in-law has time, she might as well stay for a few days. It will be far away in the future. I'm afraid it won't be easy if I want to be kissed again."

Mother Lin felt that what she said was reasonable and well-intentioned.

However, Shi Mei was terrified when she heard it.

In the original book, Jia Min seems to go to Jiangnan and never return.

Shi Mei said: "Mother-in-law was joking, Lin's house is three streets away from Rong's house, not too far away. Although Min'er went to see me with a heavy belly, it was inconvenient to drive and horses, I wanted to come, and I came in the blink of an eye."

Before Lin Ruhai officially notified the Yue family of the transfer, Shi Mei pretended not to know.

Mother Lin heard that it was inconvenient for Jia Min to have a big belly, drive and ride, and the smile on her face froze. She was just happy that her son was reused. It is said that once the order is transferred, the official rank will rise.

If the errands are done well, the official position will be promoted.

Of course, Lin's mother didn't understand the world's malice towards the Lin family. As a mother, she hoped that her son would be successful and promoted, which is understandable.

It's just Mother Lin's smiling face that made Shi Mei, a discerning person, suffocate.

With Lin Ruhai leaving, the Lin family is doomed to be wiped out!

Shi Mei, as Jia Min's biological mother, must not stand idly by.

If Lin's mother doesn't keep her, she will stay at the Lin's house and wait for Lin Ruhai to return.

Shi Mei had lunch at the Lin residence.

Lin Ruhai didn't go home, and asked the accompanying boy to go home to deliver a letter, saying that the teacher Du Jijiu needed his help for something.

At this time, Lin Ruhai was in Du Jijiu's study.He listened solemnly to his teacher explaining the importance and complexity of the Jiangnan Salt Course.

Du Jijiu has been an official for more than [-] years, so he naturally knows that His Majesty dispatched a patrolling salt censor when the capital in the south of the Yangtze River was transferred to the salt transport envoy Si Yamen, this is a role of firecrackers.

They were all transferred to the salt transportation envoy Si Yamen, who not only managed salt affairs, but also played the role of court procurement, and also had the role of scouting people's sentiments and supervising officials.

If this position is done properly, it will benefit one side.

Selfishness is a blood-sucking organization that seeks the people's fat and people's anointing.

Lin Ruhai is responsible for monitoring the salt government and correcting illegal activities in this salt censor.

Du Jijiu said: "If this position is done well, it will basically be an enemy of the entire officialdom. If it is not done well, it will be a failure of the Holy Grace. It is difficult!"

Lin Ruhai had been in the Hanlin Academy for several years, and drafted imperial edicts for Emperor Jiahe many times. Before he could miss him, the prefects of Yangzhou, Hangzhou, and Suzhou changed twice in three years.

Being dismissed from office is regarded as virtuous in the ancestors, and most of them end up dead.

Du Jijiu had a same year, when he was dying, Du Jijiu asked him why he forgot his original intention?

In the same year, he sighed and said: "Yangzhou City is like a big dye vat. If you go in, you can't come out clean unless you die."

Lin Ruhai's face turned pale and red when he heard what his teacher said.

Lin Ruhai said: "Although His Majesty is asking the students if they are willing or not, how dare the students say no?"