The Red Chamber is not a dream

【No.90 Eight Chapters】Quantity borrowing and worrying

But she said that Sister Feng was coming back from Jia Mu that day, so she went to Mrs. Xing's room.Who knows that when he entered the room, before he could salute, he saw Mrs. Xing's eyebrows were tightly frowned, and Jia Lian was sitting beside her, with a gloomy expression on her face; "Madam, what's the matter?" He waved his hand to order Ping'er and others to go down, and closed the door.

When Mrs. Xing saw Sister Feng coming, she beckoned him to sit down beside her, and said, "Now there is a worry. The Zhao family where we greeted the girl Xu is going to marry now; it's just that the original date is still there. For two years, I didn't get all these things together; besides, I just took out the money a few days ago, and I couldn't find it for a while, so it's not boring!"

Sister Feng was also surprised when she heard the words, and asked quickly, "Why are you going to marry now?" Mrs. Xing looked at Jia Lian when she heard the words; The general went to the frontier to train soldiers, and he didn't know what year he would be able to return. He only had one son. Now the brother of the Zhao family is eighteen or nineteen years old, and he is getting married. Has the marriage been delayed? So Mrs. Liu sent a letter today, saying that she wants to discuss this matter with us."

After hearing this, Sister Feng frowned and asked, "Isn't it the exact date?" Jia Lian said, "Isn't this the winter moon? This year is definitely not going to happen. It will wait until February next year. It's just that it's the new year's day." , there are places where money is used everywhere; the mansion has very little income now, but it doesn't make people feel anxious."

When Sister Feng heard the words, she didn't have any good plan for a while, so she lowered her head and shook her head; after a long time, she raised her head and said, "If it really doesn't work, it's okay to pay my dowry first." Mrs. Xing knew that Sister Feng was a money lover Now I teach him his temperament, but I also want to try him; now that I heard Sister Feng's words, although she didn't intend to make his dowry, she was also happy, and said with relief: "Good boy, this There is no need. There is a sister-in-law who came out of the cabinet and used her sister-in-law's dowry? Now, let's think of a way, at least we can't wrong the second girl. Although he is not born by me, he is just like his own. I am as filial as the two of you on weekdays; let’s try our best now. If we can’t, then we will quietly change my dowry. Even if people find out, this daughter used my mother’s dowry. What's coming?"

When Lian and Feng heard the words, they got up and said, "it's all because of our incompetence, which makes mother feel so embarrassed." Mrs. Xing said with a smile, "sit down. None of the three of us don't know what's going on in this house. But it’s all about keeping the old lady a secret. If the old lady knows this letter, not to mention whether she is anxious or not, she will think that we are not managing the house properly; besides, when the second wife is here, she will keep this matter secret. Yes, even if we go to tell the old lady now, I’m afraid we won’t believe it, and we will still think that we have stolen it.” Xingxing said, sighing a few more times.

When Jia Lian and Sister Feng heard the words, they looked at each other and knew that Mrs. Xing's words were true, so they nodded in agreement.Sister Feng said: "Now I'll go back and have a look at the money in our account, and make up some money wherever it is; see if there are five or six thousand taels, that's enough." Mrs. Xing said with a smile, "I'm afraid there can be two thousand taels." It's also good luck. Don't you use money this New Year's Eve? Let's just watch it first; I will go back to the old lady when I have dinner at night, and I will talk to the master again and teach him to think of a way. I'd rather we be tight, never Don't teach the second girl to be underestimated in front of her husband's family; his daughter is a powerful one, I'm afraid she will have something to say." The two agreed after hearing this.

In the evening, Mrs. Xing took the opportunity to report the matter to Jia Mu.When Jia Mu heard the words, she didn't say anything. She thought about it for a while, but said to Yuanyang, "take 3000 taels of silver notes to your eldest wife." I bought two silver bills, handed them to Jia Mu and said, "One is two thousand, and the other is one thousand." Jia Mu put on her glasses and looked at it for a while, then handed it to Mrs. Xing and said, "You take these." Go ahead." Mrs. Xing hurriedly stood up, not daring to say anything; Jia Mu smiled and said, "Take it. Now that they have advanced the marriage, I know that you may not be able to get the money in your hand; besides, you usually love the two. The girl is as if she gave it to me, and I can see it with my own eyes. No matter how much money you have, it is not for you; just remember, you need to keep an eye on it, and use all the money to Ying Yatou; don't teach the boss hand."

When Mrs. Xing heard the words, she had no choice but to pick it up, and got up again to salute Jia Mu.Jia's mother laughed and said, "You are a very good mother. He must be filial to you in the future; I see that he is better than the boss." Mrs. Xing hurriedly laughed and said, "Words there. I No matter how much you love Lian'er and the others, they are not as thoughtful as the old lady; Lian'er must first respect the old lady. Besides, our master also respects and loves the old lady very much, but he is not good at words." Jia Mu laughed and said, "You don't have to say good things for him. Don't you know, my own son?" They said it again, and Mrs. Xing left.

For a while, Mrs. Xing returned to her room, secretly happy.Originally, it would be good if Jiamu could give two thousand silver, but now there is an extra thousand taels; she secretly decided to use the extra thousand taels with Yingchun as a private house.So he thought to himself: "This dowry is all on the bright side. If there is a big event to be used, should I break off a piece and spend it? It is more serious to have some money nearby." So I called Sister Feng and took the 1000 yuan. I handed over the bank notes of two to him, and asked him to buy things; there were also bits and pieces of items saved before, and they were all inspected by someone, and they were recorded one by one for the check.

At night, Mrs. Xing talked about the matter with Jia Amnesty. Seeing that he looked worried, she said tentatively: "I also checked during the day, and there is still more than 3000 silver that I can't find anywhere. I don't know why." That's good; maybe let's be more frugal, first draw a thousand or two thousand from the account, and I will take the rest from my dowry to make up for it." Who knows Jia Amnesty heard this, but said: "We only have one of them. Daughter, don’t be too out of character. It’s just that you don’t have to touch your own dowry, let’s take a look at all the obsolete decorations in our house, and take some similar ones to accompany him, wouldn’t it be better than buying them from outside?”

Mrs. Xing was overjoyed when she heard the words, she didn't know why Jia She changed her sex today; but she still said: "Although this is the case, these things are different from silver. Now the old lady gave 3000 taels, and taught them to the second girl; Lian's daughter-in-law took 2000 taels to buy things first, and kept 1000 taels, and then I will withdraw a few hundred taels from the account, and I will add some more, so that I can put together 2000 taels of silver, so that the girl Ying can be around her, lest we The girl went to someone's house to be wronged."

Although Jia Amnesty is a drunkard, when he heard Mrs. Xing's words, he was a little moved, and said seriously: "Thank you, Madam." After hearing this, Mrs. Xing almost shed tears, thinking to herself: "I I married you when I was young; where did I not think about you and your children? Now that my hair is graying, I can only get a thank you from you; if I really want to thank you, my whole life is not too much Are you suffering?" Yi was sore in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, Naiqiang smiled and said: "Isn't the master saying that offended me? Ying girl is my daughter, I can only hope for him of."

Yingchun's room also heard that his mother had said this to him, so he couldn't help but feel a little scared; he also knew that the family was in a difficult situation, so he was even more uncertain.It's just that Mrs. Xing said firmly to him, "Don't worry, everything is up to me"; and she took the time to show him the dowry list, and said with a smile: "You are literate, I will write this list down. A copy with you, you quietly put it in the secret compartment of this dressing box, so you can check it at that time, so as not to be stolen by others. These girls who will go with you are also decided, Siqi don't want to marry When the time comes, teach him to be a housewife and follow you. You hide this deed of sale and put it in this pillow case; it is a hidden compartment taught by craftsmen, so no one can see it."

When Yingchun heard what his mother said, she agreed one by one.Mrs. Xing just explained these things, and said to him in a low voice: "My dear daughter, you are a kind-hearted person. When you go to someone's house, you should not only care about your friends; what I just told you, even you Husband also can’t talk about it. You can’t take out the money from me and you, because there is something wrong with his family; you can only use it unless the matter is related to yourself.”

It turned out that Mrs. Xing grew up with his uncle's parents when she was young, so she naturally developed a cautious temperament in everything; besides, she knew the importance of having money by her side, and she was afraid that Yingchun's ears would be soft, and she would be coaxed by others, in case something happened to her. There is no money to use, so I asked earnestly, and then sighed: "It is not your mother who is cold-hearted, it is really unpredictable. In this world, except for the closest people, only money can be trusted." Seeing Yingchun nodded in agreement, Only then did he feel relieved, and said with a smile: "You don't have to panic, I'm just planning for a rainy day. If there is nothing wrong, everyone is fine; if there is something wrong, this is the foundation of your life. You must remember the words of being a mother."

Yingchun heard Mrs. Xing's words. Although she felt that she had never heard of it, she knew it was for her own good, so she agreed.Mrs. Xing knew that he was always submissive, she sighed a few words in her heart, and said with a smile: "Anyway, there are still a few months left, you don't have to learn the rules from your mother, it's serious to play more jokes with your sisters,— — There will not be many days when you come to your home in the future. When the time comes, you will go to someone else’s home, and you will be a guest when you come back.”

When Yingchun heard his mother's words, she could do nothing else, but after hearing the sentence "If you come back again, you will be a guest", she felt sad, even though she nodded her head in response, the tears couldn't stop falling down.Seeing this, Mrs. Xing hugged him and said: "It's fine, why are you crying again? This person has been through this. If you go, it's not that you don't want to come back home; I'm just talking stubbornly, It made you cry." So he couldn't stop coaxing him.

Yingchun was originally sad when she heard that. Now that she cried once, she couldn't help Mrs. Xing's gentle words of comfort. Fang gradually stopped crying and felt embarrassed.Mrs. Xing saw that he was well, and said with a smile: "You are grown up, and you are still the same as when you were a child. Isn't it a joke to teach your mother-in-law to watch?" Yingchun blushed when she heard his mother's joke.Mrs. Xing saw him like this, so she didn't say any more, she called someone to bring in water, watched him wash his face, and then went out.