The Red Chamber is not a dream

[No.18] Listening to Proverbs Wang Xifeng's Resignation Thinking about Checking and Balancing Shi Taijun's Decentralization of Power

However, Mrs. Xing said that because she knew that Xifeng was pregnant, she persuaded him to hand over the power of the housekeeper: "Even if the second room is eyeing us, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no wolfish thoughts. According to me, let's let it go You haven't taken care of your body yet, so you don't care about the family affairs. You only sit and sit in our courtyard, and the people who serve you are only trustworthy, and you don't care about it until the child is born." Although Sister Feng knew Mrs. Xing This is reasonable, but I can't let go of the desire to play power, so I said: "My wife is right, but I'm afraid that the second wife will take over the power." Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "I have already made up my mind. Although the old lady will not let me intervene Family matters, isn’t your sister in her teens now? I’ll tell the old lady another day, let’s welcome the girl and let them visit the girl to learn how to be a housekeeper. There’s nothing wrong with it. When you have a baby, you’ll be healthy Wouldn't it be great if Lian'er would be able to bring this power together slowly? One more thing: now that you are so mixed up, you are so tired every day, and you don't know who you are working hard for. If we go out one by one in the future, you will be the serious grandma. Unlike the second wife, I am the most lazy to take care of these things, and you will be busy when the time comes."

These words really hit Sister Feng's mind, and because she remembered something again, she hurriedly ordered Ping'er and others to go out, and said to Madam Xing in a low voice: "But there is one thing I want to teach my wife. There is something wrong with the money in our house now. Unexpectedly, the second wife told me that she wanted to take some silver and put it out to collect interest. When I heard what he said, I felt a sudden shock in my heart, so I didn't dare to answer. Today I want to ask my wife for advice. What?" Mrs. Xing was so angry that she opened her eyes wide and said for a while, "How dare a foolish woman deceive her heart to this point! I have a black heart and a rotten heart to do such an outrageous thing, and I treat you as such an early bird His heart can be punished!" Seeing Mrs. Xing like this, Sister Feng was taken aback, and couldn't help saying: "The second wife told me that this matter is not only harmless, but also a matter of doing good and accumulating virtue. If outsiders have We can't raise money for a while, and we have nowhere to borrow it. Isn't it convenient for us to let it out? Besides, we don't pay interest, but it's only three cents a month. If people really don't pay, isn't it true? Are you forcing me to do it?"

Mrs. Xing sighed: "Your child's family knows the advantages and disadvantages of it. Although you think so, you can't guarantee that the people below will not play tricks. If one or two slaves act recklessly and increase the benefits At that time, people are forced to die, "I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me", don't we feel ashamed in our hearts? If the government asks, it is also a crime of lax control, and the second wife will enjoy it Money, once something happens, it will naturally be pushed on you!" Sister Feng was shocked when she heard about it, and said, "Thanks to my wife's teaching, my daughter-in-law's ignorance almost caused a catastrophe!" Mrs. Xing said, "Where is yours?" Ignorance is just your honesty, so naturally you can't suspect your own aunt. Now it makes sense, but luckily I haven't done it yet, so I just took this opportunity to avoid it. What happens then has nothing to do with us. Sister Feng then said: "It's all up to my wife." After pondering for a while, she said, "I have to go back to my wife. Now that I have a body, it's not good to always teach the second master to come into my room. In my opinion, Why don't you give Ping'er to the second master, so that you can serve me better."

Mrs. Xing knew what he was thinking when she heard the words, but she was just afraid that some aunts would steal Jia Lian's favor while he was pregnant, and make herself look more virtuous; Ping'er was his girl from childhood, and she was married again. He is the one who is most loyal to him, so he made this policy.However, although Mrs. Xing maintains Sister Feng's dignity, she doesn't want to see him sit alone. Besides, Ping'er doesn't have such thoughts when she hears the servants' secret complaints on weekdays, so she smiles and says, "You are all for Lian'er's good, I am I know, but this matter is not very appropriate. You must know that the people in this room must not only be gentle and docile, but also hide their stupidity—" Then he glanced at Sister Feng, and said with deep meaning, "I look at you coldly. The girl is smart, and she is your arm on weekdays, if she is just a girl, she is a useful person; if she is a roommate, I am afraid that he will get big-hearted and something will happen again." Sister Feng was shocked again when she heard the words Thinking about it carefully, there are only two aunts in Jia Lian's room, and they are all suppressed by him, and he can't make any big waves if he thinks about it; Broken arm, too late to regret.Seeing his color, Mrs. Xing knew that she had listened, and said with a smile: "I see that Ping'er is not young anymore. If you really love him, why don't you take advantage of these few years to raise two more confidantes, and when the time comes, you may have a bond with him. Let him marry him by himself, or find a capable steward at home to match him, and be a decent lady, and it will be considered as a bond between your master and servant, wouldn't it be wonderful?" Sister Feng was convinced, and stood up to worship. Said: "Thank you, madam, for thinking so much about my daughter-in-law. I was confused. Now I know that my wife loves me so much. From now on, I will only listen to my wife." Mrs. Xing sat down and accepted his gift, helped him up and said: " You don't have to underestimate yourself. I'm just older and have more experience; you are quite talented in this housekeeping, and in the future, all the people in the house will have to be handed over to Lian'er and you."

His mother made a decision, so Mrs. Xing called Jia Lian to talk to him about it that night.When Jia Lian heard that he was going to have a son, he was working hard to make progress. Seeing that his mother had stopped thinking about it, there was nothing else to do at the moment, and the price of running water was lowered.

The next day, Mrs. Xing took Sister Feng to Jia Mu and told Jia Mu that Sister Feng was pregnant. Sure enough, Jia Mu liked it.So Mrs. Xing took the opportunity to say: "Yesterday, the imperial doctor came to check the pulse, and said that Feng girl is a little weak, and she should stay in bed for a few days. Therefore, the daughter-in-law boldly came to ask the old lady for advice, and asked for a leave of absence for Feng girl. It can't be said that the second wife has worked too hard during these days." Seeing Sister Feng standing aside, with a sallow face, she was really pitiful, so she knew what Mrs. Xing said was true, and said in a deep voice, "That's the same reason, it's just the second wife. It's a bit busy there, you are usually ignorant, Zhu's daughter-in-law is a widow and unemployed, and you have to take care of Lan'er every day. In my opinion, you should send someone to help, isn't it just the second wife? Can’t you be a human?” Mrs. Xing knew that Jia’s mother was also afraid that the second wife would monopolize the power, which meant to flatter Yingchun, so she hurriedly laughed and said: “The old lady is right. Ying girl is also in her teens, and her niece is younger than Ying girl How old is he, and the family affairs are taken care of in an orderly manner, and now he is not allowed to be lazy. It is also good to visit girls, although they are younger, they are not inferior to his second sister, so it is better to teach them to learn from the old lady Keep it up." Jiamu said with a smile, "That's exactly what she said."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was both angry and happy.I was angry because there was so much money in the government recently that I couldn't get enough money, and it was hard to save the private money, so I listened to Zhou Rui's family's suggestion and wanted to put interest money to save my own money.I didn't want to stand out, and I was about to coax Sister Feng to be a pioneer, but by chance, he was pregnant, so he couldn't be sent out for this job; the good news is that now is a good time to gather power, although Mother Jia Another Yingchun came in, fortunately Mrs. Xing was stupid, and even Tanchun was involved, so three of the four housekeepers and masters were second-bedroom, and Yingchun was gentle and silent, so she didn't care about things.The moment should be, there is nothing else to say.

In the evening, Yingchun returned to the courtyard of the big house, but finally he was unsure, so he went to Mrs. Xing's room and said to his mother: "Madam wants to praise me, I know it, but I have never done housekeeping. If something goes wrong, it will inevitably make the wife lose face." Mrs. Xing pulled him to sit beside her, and comforted her: "You don't have to be afraid of this. The third girl has never been in charge of the house, you are the same as him, the second wife Whatever you order, you do what you want. If you don’t understand something and ask, you can ask your second sister-in-law or me when you come back. Seeing that you are growing up, if you don’t learn these things, what will you do in the future? You see, you Sister Lin took care of his elder brother when she was six years old. Isn't our Jia family's daughter not as good as others?" Yingchun had no choice but to agree.Mrs. Xing asked him many things, Yingchun wrote them down one by one, and went back to her room.

Originally, when Sister Feng was there, Mrs. Wang would send him all the affairs that came out. Now that he was lying in bed, Mrs. Wang felt that she had lost her arms, and she had to support herself. Li Wan was ordered to be the assistant manager. Yingchun and Tanchun only followed Li Wan to take care of some small things. If there were any big things, they still decided on their own.Tanchun is the most competitive person, and his nature is sensitive and intelligent. Just having this opportunity to let him try his skills, he can't help but like it, and he is even more energetic.Although Yingchun is an honest person, with Mrs. Xing supporting him, and secretly telling him "don't be timid, everything depends on me", it can be done properly.

But Mrs. Wang's side went back to the room, thought about it secretly, and ordered Aunt Xue to come, saying that she wanted to ask Baochai to help take care of her.Aunt Xue was certainly moved, but now it was the year of the provincial examination, and Xue Die was preparing for the examination at home, so Baochai took care of the family affairs and had no energy to take care of Jia's affairs, so she had to explain why. , politely declined for him.Mrs. Wang couldn't be better when she heard the words, so she had to let it go.

When Aunt Xue came back to her room, she was really upset.Then she complained to Xue Die, "It's good that you want to take the exam for Master Juren, but I don't want to miss your sister." Xue Die asked, and Aunt Xue said that Mrs. Wang wanted Baochai to assist Rongguo Mansion. , and said again: "It's a big mansion, if your sister has taken care of it, it's a decent thing. Now you are busy with the exam, and you have to take care of all the family affairs. This good job is for nothing." Xue Die was so angry. He laughed and didn't want to talk to his mother any more, so he went to Baochai's room and told him about it, because he said: "Our girl from Xue's family is rushing to take the errand of his Jia's family. What's the reason! Do it! When it's good, it's not very interesting; if it's not good, that little screwdriver should chew his tongue again." Baochai laughed and said, "Don't be upset, brother. If my mother complains to me, I'll just mess around. Other people's house What does it have to do with us? If you like the exam, just go for it, even if you come to be the number one, I'm just happy." Xue Die couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Good girl, this number one scholar means that the exam is easy. For the exam? You think you are eating roasted rabbits." Baochai laughed and said, "In that case, go and win the first prize, so that I can roast you to eat." The two laughed and laughed at each other, and Xue Die just disappeared. Depressed, he called the boy and wrote a post asking him to send him to the place where Jinyu was, inviting him to go to Zhuangzi tomorrow, because he smiled at Baochai, "You are bored at home, why don't you take me with you?" Go and play." Baochai shook his head and said, "I won't go, please invite sister Lin to come and play tomorrow. You go to Zhuangzi and kill more rabbits so that we can roast them." Xue Die laughed again.

In the evening, Xue Die ordered his servant to post a post with Yunyu, asking him to go to Zhuangzi outside the city to practice riding and shooting tomorrow.Baochai also sent Ying'er, saying that Yingchun and Tanchun were busy with family affairs recently. Because Qin Shi was pregnant, You Shi also asked Jia Mu to take Xichun back to the housekeeper. Please don't mention Daiyu playing tricks in the past tomorrow.