After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

Shi Lin's daughter-in-law was angrily going to cook, but his old mother was very interested in pulling him to ask questions.What is it like in Houfu?Is the second master kind or not?Is it true that the cushions on the chairs in the Hou Mansion are made of beautiful clouds?

Shi Lin was very speechless when asked, and said amusedly: "Mother, the Hou's mansion doesn't waste things that much, the cushions are made of Songjiang cloth."

"Amitabha." Mrs. Shi recited the Buddha, "The Hou family manages the house well." Then she said to her son, "This is what is passing by, and you have to learn a little bit in the future."

Shi Lin repeatedly should be.

He knew that the second master gave him an errand, and his mother would like to see what the second master did.If the Hou Mansion is simple, it is simplicity; if it is luxurious, it is also rich.Anyway, his mother always has something to say.

Shi Lin didn't argue with his wife either, and went to Han's restaurant after dinner.

After Mrs. Shi ordered her daughter-in-law to clean up, she copied her hands and went to the street to talk to someone.

There are several good women on the street who are waiting for her, and when they see her come out, they invite her to talk with her.

"Auntie, didn't your eldest brother go to the Hou's mansion today? Why did you come back after a long time?" A woman had a concerned face, but she couldn't hide the gloating in her eyes, "Could it be a crime?" The second master?"

The other immediately followed up: "Let me just say, why is the Hou's mansion so easy to advance? I heard from our family that the second master's temper is not very good."

"Yeah, my guy said that too."

A few women talked to each other, and they talked to themselves, and they convicted Shi Lin in a short time.

At the beginning, Mrs. Shi was filled with righteous indignation, angry at them for arranging their days like this.But immediately, she thought of the ten taels of silver that she was carrying in her bosom, and it was too late to hide it. Immediately, her anger disappeared, and she smiled and watched them chewing their tongues.

The gossiping women were talking vigorously, when one of the sharp-eyed ones saw Mrs. Shi's expression, he felt that something was wrong, so he quickly reached out and poked the waist of the woman beside him, and pouted at Mrs. Shi.

When the woman saw it, the two of them looked at each other, and they both murmured in their hearts: Could this be out of anger?

Mrs. Shi waited for them to say enough, and then opened her mouth in a leisurely manner: "If you want me to say, this second master is kind. No, as soon as I heard that our family's life is difficult, I immediately arranged an errand for my boy in the mansion. One month, twelve taels of monthly money!"

She stretched out an index finger on each of her left and right hands, crossed them and made a "ten" to increase the strength of her words.

The women all took a deep breath and looked at each other, one of them said: "Ten taels? Are you joking?"

"That's right, the wife in this mansion only pays ten or twelve months a month, right?"

"Second master can find an errand for your kid. It's not bad. It's ten taels. These words are not nonsense."

With a smile, Mrs. Shi took out the ingot of horseshoe silver from her bosom, waved it around in front of the women's eyes, and took it back into her bosom when they were dazzled.

"Did you see it? This is an advance payment from the second master to my Lin'er, a total of ten taels of snowflake silver."

Nothing is more convincing than silver.

Now, the women couldn't say anything.

But soon, as if they had never gossip about Shilin, they began to praise Shilin in one go.

This one said: "It's strange that I have seen Lin Er's future since I was a child, but now she really is."

That one said: "Yes, Lin'er has been compromised since he was a child, so it's no wonder that the second master gave him the job."

"If you want me to say, you are still blessed, sister-in-law, to have such a promising son as Lin'er. In the future, won't you just enjoy the blessings?"

"Yes, my aunt is very lucky."

"..."

Mrs. Shi felt at ease when she heard it, and the wrinkles on her face stretched into blooming chrysanthemums.

Seeing that her complexion improved, those women immediately revealed their true purpose.

"Sister-in-law, what does the second master ask Lin'er to do?"

Mrs. Shi was being flattered by them, so she said casually: "Isn't Lin'er good at settling accounts? The second master wants Lin'er to be an accountant."

Immediately someone was jealous.

Although they are all accountants, can the accountant of the Hou Mansion be the same as the accountant of the restaurant?

Not only is it more pleasant to say, but was there no running water in the Hou's mansion that day?The old accountant that has accumulated over the years, if a little bit is left out casually, it will not be a small sum after a year.

"Huh? That's not right." A woman came to her senses, "There used to be a counting house in the Hou's Mansion. When the second master and the third master came to Jinling, they brought them from the capital. That is also one of our uncles."

When she said that, the others became suspicious too.

——Yes, now that the Hou Mansion is keeping filial piety, everything is easy to use, so how can there be so many accountants?

Mrs. Shi was at a loss for words.

Shi Lin didn't tell the inside story, so how could she know?

Seeing that she couldn't tell, the women said she was bragging.No matter how she argues, those few just don't believe it.

In fact, the few of them were dubious in their hearts. After returning home, they muttered with their own son, guessing what was going on.

They soon found out.

Because there is a new shop opened on Bixi Street under the name of a son of a family in the Hou Mansion, which specializes in selling something called soap.

I heard people say that using this soap to bathe and wash hands not only makes the skin whiter, but also has a rich fragrance that lasts for a long time.

And Shi Lin is one of the accountants of this shop, who is in charge of cashiers.

These people don't understand what the word "cashier" means, but it sounds very powerful when they hear it.Otherwise, how could the second master offer a monthly payment of ten taels of silver?

The clansmen in the [-]th House of Jinling were all elated.

A piece of soap with an ordinary floral scent costs three qianqian, while a piece of soap with expensive spices costs two taels of silver.There is an endless stream of ladies and ladies who go to the shop every day.Even if everyone buys one piece, how much money will they have to earn this month?

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is making money every day.

Such a large piece of fat hangs right in front of their eyes, and the dripping oil almost wipes off their pen tips, but it keeps them from getting any fishy smell.

How can this not make people scratch their heads?

But Shi Nai's methods are too powerful, he simply wiped out the family members of Dafang and those few families, which still makes people feel lingering fear.

——Everyone can see the down-and-out days of those few rooms.

No matter how greedy they are, they can only watch.

******

This incident shocked not only the historians, but also the Xue, Wang and Jia families.

Needless to say, the Xue family's soap business is now in the hands of Xue Duan. I heard that the tributes sent to the palace this month include all kinds of soaps with precious spices and medicinal herbs.Isn't it a matter of course for them to eat meat in this family's business?

The Jia family and the Wang family relied on their old friends with the Xue family, thinking that the historians would all eat meat, and they wanted to grab a bowl of soup, isn't it too much?

The Wang family is Xue Duan's Yue's family, Xue Duan couldn't refuse, so he divided half of the bonus, which was directly sent to the old lady Zhen, and half of it was given to Wang Ziteng.

As for how to divide within their family, that's up to them.

The members of the Xue family are also easy to dismiss. Xue Duan has long been displeased with those restless clansmen. Taking advantage of their troubles, a letter called his younger brother Xue Zhi back. The two brothers joined hands to send those clansmen to Cleaned up.

Then, after slapping, give Tianzao.Those honest clansmen got the right to manage Huzhou.

These two families are easy to say, it is the Jia family, which makes Xue Duan a little undecided.

Seeing that the Jia family was in decline, the centipedes were dead but not stiff, and they couldn't let go even for a while.

After much deliberation and indecision, Xue Duan went to the historian's door again.

"Brother Nai and Brother Ding came from the capital, they always know better than I do, please teach me."

The Shi Nai brothers looked at each other, and Shi Nai said: "Brother Xue, did you forget that the old lady in the Rongguo Mansion is the old aunt of our Shi family?" "

Xue Duanxin said: I just know, so I came to ask.

But just hearing Shi Nai say that Jia Shishi is their old aunt, not their aunt, Xue Duan understood what he meant.

——It seems that the old lady of Rongguo Mansion dislikes these two nephews very much.

He also remembered that he once heard from his wife that the old lady only liked the eldest nephew, and had always looked down on the nephews of the two step-sister-in-laws.

Tsk, who can figure it out, which cloud in the sky will rain?

Presumably, at this time, the old lady's bowels are regretful, right?

******

Xue Duan made a good guess, and Jia's mother was indeed a little annoyed.

——I didn't expect that my eldest nephew's blessings are so thin, it's a waste of me loving him so much for so many years.

Seeing that the Marquis Bowling's Mansion is about to fall into the hands of the second nephew and the third nephew, Jia Mu thought about it and came up with a show operation.

With great fanfare, she sent someone to the historian's house to pick up the eldest girl Shi Xiangyun, saying that her poor niece lost her parents at a young age.

"The old lady doesn't love her, who else will love her?"

These are the original words of Jia's mother. It is Jia's confidant who went to pick up Shi Xiangyun.Everyone Lai told Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Ma the exact words of Mrs. Jia, and that gesture was very dignified.

Both Yan Shi and Ma Shi who had just given birth had their noses sprained from anger.

— Mrs. Jia, what does this mean?Does it mean that the two sisters-in-law treated the niece left by the uncle and sister-in-law harshly?

It is no exaggeration to say that the two of them are most afraid of Shi Xiangyun's accident in this world.Otherwise, it's really full of mouths, and I can't tell clearly.

Mrs. Ma felt even more wronged: she also gave birth to a girl, but her daughter's spending was simply not as good as that of the older girl.What did she say?

Yan thought of her husband's explanation before he left, and said politely but firmly: "The eldest girl is still in her filial piety, so she might offend the old lady. If there is something wrong with the old lady, it is because we are the younger generation. I also ask Mrs. Lai to report back to the old lady, and when the eldest girl is filial piety, our sister-in-law will definitely take her to pay her respects to the old lady."

Everyone Lai didn't expect them to dare to reject the old lady, their eyes showed some unbelievable expressions, and their complexions became a little ugly.

"Two nephews and wives, before the servants came, the old lady specifically explained that she must take Miss Shi over. The old lady said that she missed the old man very much, and wanted to see the old man's orphan."

Yan wiped his lips with a handkerchief, put down the tea bowl, and said calmly: "No matter how you are your own relative, there is no reason to go to someone else's house in filial piety. Although our family is not a family, we still understand some etiquette. .”

Although Mrs. Ma didn't know why the second sister-in-law insisted on blocking her, but at this time, she was naturally on the side of Mrs. Yan.

"The second sister-in-law is right. If the second and third masters know that our sister-in-law is rude, they will definitely not forgive us. I think the old lady doesn't want us to embarrass her, right?"

What can everyone say?Tell the truth: the old lady just wants to make things difficult for you?

She's not that stupid.

Seeing that Yan's sister-in-law refused to enter, she had to leave bitterly.