Zhen Fei rises up in the Red Chamber

As the head of the family, Mr. Zhen is not at home. Even if they have something to do, many people will tactfully avoid the Zhen family and not cause trouble to the Zhen family. Even if they were not very friendly in the past, they will die down now. After the exam, maybe after a month or two, he will be a Jinshi and come back. At this time, he should restrain himself. If he fails the exam, how to mock him after returning is a later matter. When he comes back, You can fight slowly. As a far-sighted family, what you need to consider is what to do if that guy from the Zhen family is admitted!The most important thing is that you must not bully other people's children when they are not around, and give Mr. Zhen some excuses. This is the most real thing.

It is precisely because of this that Zhen Hui said that he is sitting at home. In fact, there are not many things. Even the chores at home are mostly arranged by his mother. Even if some people need someone to come forward, there are also housekeepers. Well, it's not his turn. His only role at home may be to receive visiting male guests or something. At least there is still a male master in this house, so that people won't feel left out.Of course, there are always exceptions.Some are invisible even to visitors.

No, a distant relative came here this day. It's really a distant relative. It's three thousand miles away, and it can't even be called blood relationship. But who made people really related to relatives? There is no other way but to receive them. Otherwise, if you meet someone with a bad mouth and say it outside, the reputation of the Zhen family will be ruined. People who live in the autumn wind can shrink your property by half.

"You mean, you want to give 50 taels?"

Zhen Hui stared at the silver on the tray, his eyeballs were about to protrude, how much food he had from his own kitchen, it was really distressing to give away so much, the most important thing is that this has already It’s not the first time. It’s said that this family comes here almost every two or three years. When they don’t come from home, they seem to go to other people’s homes. This is an extremely weird family, but they clearly know that their actions are too disgusting, but for the sake of their own reputation, there is nothing they can do, which makes Zhen Hui's heart hurt even more. It just feels like cutting meat.It was all his family's money, and he actually fed a disgusting thing like this.

The butler is actually very satisfied with Zhen Hui's performance. Although he looks a little less scholarly, but for people like them, the scholarly atmosphere is not real. Only the uncle is the one who can guard the family and protect the career. It looks like, just relying on his disposition to know how to keep money, he can predict the future, and the Zhen family will definitely not be prodigal.Only servants of the world like them will not be unemployed.

Of course, knowing is knowing, appreciating is appreciating, he would not say that, after all, his master is still Mr. Zhen, as an excellent housekeeper, he has to follow his master in whatever he likes.Only by being a caring person to his master can he consolidate his own position.

"When they came the year before last, the master gave you 50 taels. Today, the master is not here. They thought you were young and thin-skinned, so they came here on purpose to see if you would give me more. It is precisely because of this that the old slave did not let you go out. It is better not to see such a family, so as not to dirty your eyes."

When the butler talked about that family, his eyes were full of contempt, and he took the autumn wind as a job for money and bragging capital. Tell me, what is the future of such a family?There is no need to expect to get rid of poverty and become rich in eight lifetimes.It’s no wonder that the housekeeper can take a fancy to it. To put it bluntly, if you say 30 years in Hexi, 30 years in Hedong, or say don’t bully the young and poor, it all depends on the person. It depends on the nature of a person. Determined his future level.see the uncle?Don't think that I don't know what you're paying attention to. Don't you just think that the uncle is young, so you can fool me with words, and then go for more money. I won't give you this chance.I don't even want to see if you have that face.

In fact, Zhen Hui and the butler are not on the same brainwave at the moment. What the butler thinks is that this kind of uncle is just curious, and it is enough to know, there is no need to meet.As for distressed silver?This is something that can’t be helped. It’s been many years, and it’s not the first time. Let’s just feel sorry for a while.But Zhen Hui's mind at this moment is to calculate how much wealth these 50 taels represent.

"I remember, washing pens and they said, now outside, 20 taels of ordinary people can live a year, right?"

This is what made Zhen Hui feel even more distressed. Would it be possible to co-author him and take care of his life for two years?This is not a relative, this is an ancestor!

The housekeeper was obviously taken aback when he heard Zhen Hui's words, and then he couldn't help laughing. The old man of his family seems to have a vague understanding of the outside affairs. Thinking about the old man's absence, he seems to have explained it for the old man. Because of the responsibility of being confused, he cleared his throat and began to explain to Zhen Hui:

"What the uncle said is very true. It is true that 20 taels of silver is enough for a year's life for an ordinary family. It's just that the so-called ordinary family depends on what kind of family it is. For example, their family has three acres of land. Although it is Susukida, it is possible to grow things anyway, as long as you are careful, pay taxes, and exchange the rice for coarse grains, you can eat it for three or four months. In addition, we rented and planted five acres of our family The land, although it is not the top-grade fertile land of Dinghao, is still Zhongtian. After paying the rent, the rest is about the same as their own farmland. In this way, their family will not have to worry about food for half a year. There are also wild vegetables, the vegetable plots in the backyard of the house, so they are added up, and all they need to plan is the expenses for the remaining half a year, such as food, such as oil and salt, vegetables, clothes, and then relatives. Boxing ceremony, the occasional meal of meat, as well as money for medicine, firewood, livestock, tools, house repairs, etc., such half-year expenses are basically at least ten taels, or even 15 taels, and the remaining five The taels are used as a reserve, for example, when the harvest is not good, or the grain price is not stable, and the coarse grains exchanged are not enough to eat, etc., under such circumstances, it is only possible to say that 20 taels can last a year. And this 20 taels, like the brush washers, some are from the monthly money from the brush washers, some are earned by the pen washers’ father working outside for others, some are earned by their chickens laying eggs at home, and some of them are earned by the pen washers’ weaving cloth. Yes, it was all the hard work of the whole family."

Speaking of this, the steward's eyes also showed a bit of vicissitudes of life. The servants of the Zhen family are not like those aristocratic families. Most of them are bought from outside like this, or they are selected from tenants. , those are all dead contracts, the family members don’t know where they are, and they were brought by people’s teeth. Most of the tenants selected are living contracts signed, and most of them are five or ten years old. There are very few big families, and not many people are willing to use such servants with confidence.

The fact that the Zhen family can allow this kind of thing is a matter of background. After all, you may not be able to rest assured when you buy it. It might as well be that the tenants know the bottom line. Second, it can be regarded as the owner of the family, Mr. Zhen, who is kind-hearted and willing to give some convenience to the people below. , to give a way of life, after all tenants or something, people don’t necessarily like to be servants, and people who value the status of good citizens do more, but life is hard, so I want to use this way to tide over the difficulties, and Master Zhen is willing to give with help.

Has the housekeeper never envied these tenants?People like him, who no longer have to worry about food and clothing, and whether they can't survive, have become more and more concerned about their status. It's just that his grandparents sold themselves to the Zhen family because they were about to starve to death. It's been three generations, and they have become servants. It's a joke to want to redeem themselves. It sounds unreliable. They have already become part of the Zhen family. Can't tell the difference.Not to mention, apart from being the stewards and servants of the Zhen family, their family doesn't know how to farm or anything. If they really want to go out, they don't know if they can support themselves, so they can only be envious and envious. Don't think about it.

Lamenting that the future of my family seems to be doomed to be a big butler in the end, except for the collapse of the Zhen family, after there is no possibility of change, the butler turned back and continued to talk about this outside thing, there is another ready-made example that he did not say Woolen cloth.

"It can be said that the family who came here today is not an ordinary family. What can they say? The fields passed down by the ancestors are all gone. This family has basically sold all other valuables in the family. It's clean, and the family doesn't have any means of making a living. They say they study and make progress, but in fact, there are a few pretentious Four Books and Five Classics in the family. They don't have any books. That is to say, they just use this reading as an excuse , don’t do production, just rely on relatives here to fight the autumn breeze. If you don’t give it, they can even say that you don’t know the relationship between relatives, and you don’t even want to support relatives to study. Tell me , Is this an ordinary family? The whole family is waiting for this money to sell food, and they have nothing to do with it. There is no 40 taels. What does this family eat? As for the 50 taels, a few years ago, it was the book money that the master gave to their children by the way. I can't help it. They are very professional in the autumn wind. They even know to bring four-color fruits and even children. When you have children, you have to pay for the meeting. During the Chinese New Year, there must be someone Show it! So every time they can always get a little more money from relatives than they spend in a year."

Having said this, the housekeeper frowned:

"Today, their whole family came here. There were quite a few of them, a total of six people. They even avoided the fifteenth day, and came here almost at the end of the first month. It's different from previous years."

Zhen Hui was a little dumbfounded, he found that there are indeed all kinds of wonders in this vast world, and that such a superb product could actually make him meet, all he can say is good luck.

family?What's the meaning?This is to take advantage of his father's absence, he is still young and easy to fool, to get a big sum at once?

Zhen Hui looked at the butler suspiciously, and at the same time, the butler nodded heavily at him as if he had a good understanding, saying nothing, that's it!