Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 453
In fact, Mr. Meng's purpose in scolding the Zhen family was to harass Zhen Yingjia. He only wanted to scold him for two days. He took the trouble and gave more property to his son, so he stopped scolding him.After all, he is also his son-in-law, so he can't be too vicious, can he?
Who knows that Zhen Yingjia is a son of a bitch, every day he hears people telling him where Mr. Meng is, and scolding you, some of the Zhen family's servants inquired about it, and some of him made people tell it on purpose, but Zhen Yingjia was like a clay bodhisattva molded in a temple, she pretended not to hear it, and didn't express it at all, but attracted more and more people who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

Two days ago, someone invited him to dinner at a restaurant, and today a tea delivery man came. Tomorrow, he guessed that he would go to some library to watch the storyteller for a day, and someone really bought a ticket.

Well, you Zhen Yingjia, you are very rich, but now you are getting more and more stingy with our Meng family. You are so picky, is it possible that you are going to carry a mountain of gold and silver to your grave?
This is really the more you think about it, the angrier you get, and the more you get angry, the worse you scold.

In fact, Zhen Yingjia was also very wronged.

Concubine Zhen has always been favored, but her family background is not high, so she can always be favored in the harem, apart from her beautiful appearance, it is naturally the financial resources of the Zhen family.There is a reason why the Zhen family is so rich.

Tracing back to the origin, although the Zhen family was not a powerful family in the Qing Dynasty, it was prosperous in the Ming Dynasty, and it had been hereditary for countless generations, and its financial resources were accumulated bit by bit.

Later, when the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the Zhen family knew how to assess the situation. They were the first group of Han officials to submit to the Qing court. Naturally, they won many honors and favors. In major events such as San Francisco, the Zhen family not only took the lead, but was also willing to donate generously. Naturally, they were highly praised by the Empress Dowager.

Later, as soon as Concubine Zhen entered the palace, the glory of the Zhen family reached its peak.

Before and after, how many generations and how many things have gone through, the Zhen family has boundless wealth.That's why Zhen Yingjia has always spent a lot of money, and has never been complained about being stingy.

Then why did he become stingy with the Meng family this time?

It was said earlier that he was wronged, but in fact it was not his problem at all.

In previous years, the contributions made by salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River were very impressive.The Zhen family is so powerful, who is not eager to curry favor?Who doesn't know that if you have a thick skin, eat an extra piece of meat?The salt merchants are only afraid of giving the Zhen family less property, and they are eager to compete with each other, how can it be simple?
But this year is strange, the sun has never been like this since it came out from the west.What the salt merchants paid filial piety was not as good as one-tenth of the previous years. What Master Zhen gave to the Meng family was paid out of his own pocket.

Zhen Yingjia was also very upset, and when she asked the salt merchants below, they only vaguely said that the business this year was very sluggish, not to mention that they did not make any money, and there were several consecutive thunderstorms, and the salt water from the salt well was not good.Anyway, it was just an excuse, and Zhen Yingjia didn't believe a word, but there was really nothing he could do about them.

But Mr. Meng didn't know this, and Xue Hong didn't know even more. He only thought that Mr. Meng scolded nicely, and he was listening with great interest.

This is where Zhen Yingjia is scolding for not being able to educate children: "It's so easy to get a grandson, a child who is as precious as jade. He knows that he will study and make progress to become an official, but he doesn't know how to teach children at all. What kind of gentlemen are you hiring? None of them have any knowledge. Skills, the children who only get it are less and less fond of going to school, they only know how to run around in the room of their sisters and sisters every day, and they still refuse to work hard when they are teenagers. If this continues, even the best children will be useless. , but gradually inferior to Qingyu of the second room, he is helpless as a father. Bah, really incompetent!"

When Xue Hong heard the word "grandson", he knew that he was talking about the legendary Zhen Baoyu who had the same appearance and the same financial background as Jia Baoyu.

Xue Hong remembered that Zhen Baoyu in the original book had a dream. In the dream, he went to a temple similar to the blessed land, and went in to see the life sentence of his daughter and the illusion of countless women turning into ghosts and skeletons.After waking up from the dream, she became enlightened, and she never let go of her childhood naughtiness. She aspired to fame and study, and finally won the exam, became an official, and married Li Wan's cousin Li Qi as his wife.

But now, even Jia Baoyu, a bastard, has started to study hard with Li Zhixing, so why is Zhen Baoyu still so stubborn here?Could it be that he hasn't had this dream yet?Or is this Zhen Yijia's fate changed?

However, when Master Meng mentioned Qingyu just now, Xue Hong couldn't understand it even more.Only after asking the people next to him did they know that Zhen Yingjia, the eldest son of the Zhen family, had a son Zhen Baoyu, and the second son Zhen Xujia had a son Zhen Qingyu.This Zhen Qingyu is different from Zhen Baoyu. He has been studying since he was a child. Although he is a few years younger than Zhen Baoyu, he can read books decently.

No wonder Mr. Meng mentioned this. Although his Meng family is not good, it is also a family of scholars for generations. His father was abolished by the teaching, and when people talked about it outside, everyone gave Zhen Qingyu a thumbs up and praised Zhen Qingyu, and when they mentioned Zhen Baoyu, everyone avoided talking about it. How could it not make Mr. Meng feel ashamed?

Here, Master Meng became sad after cursing and cursing, and changed the subject again, scolding Zhen Yingjia for doting on his concubine and killing his wife.Perhaps the tea drinkers sitting around would be willing to listen to this kind of topic, but Xue Hong found it boring. After hearing a few words, he took advantage of others and slipped away.

In ancient times, communication was inconvenient, and this teahouse was like a headline on the entertainment page, with everything going on.Some gossip, whichever is useful, is enough to listen to. The fact of making tea in a teahouse is a waste of time, and Xue Hong really doesn't like it.Besides, what he did to give tea today has already offended the Zhen family.In fact, he wanted to get close to Mr. Meng and ask him something.Who knew that Mr. Meng was so forceful, he could scold for hours without Xue Hong asking, he said everything he should say, just trying to relieve his anger, but Xue Hong felt sorry for her good tea, then It was rewarded by Prince Yong.Tsk tsk, ruined.

At present, Xue Hong has a general idea of ​​the basic situation of the Zhen family, but when it comes to starting an investigation, he really doesn't know how to do it.The affairs of the Su family have been going on for a long time, and everyone thought that there was no one in the Su family, so Xue Hong couldn't get started with such an inquiry.

Forget it, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger cub, Xue Hong decided to use the old method, squatting on the roof.The last time he squatted was on the roof of his third uncle's house, this time he planned to squat on the roof of Zhen Yingjia's.But the most urgent thing is to find delicious food that can buy Xinxin off.

(End of this chapter)