After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

After the Laba Festival, it is time for each family to go to the New Year ceremony.

Due to the filial piety of the Baolinghou Mansion, they cannot go out as guests, but etiquette is unavoidable.

Especially now that Shi Nai is an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs, the most important thing is to pay attention to the exchanges between colleagues.There are also contacts in the army, Shi Ding will definitely fight for his future on the battlefield in the future, and he can't be careless.

However, Shi Nai handed over all the contacts in the army to Mrs. Ma, and let the husband and wife run them on their own.

After all, civil and military are different.

He is now a civil servant of the third rank. If he contacts with the army again, not to mention that the censor wants to join him, even a sage will be suspicious.

Previously, after the sage returned the IOU to him, he wrote to Shi Ding and withdrew the 5 taels of silver from the public treasury, and the two brothers shared it equally.

Therefore, I am not afraid that Mrs. Ma will run out of money for the ceremony.

"Master Hou, this year's Zhen Guo Gong Mansion, Shan Guo Gong Mansion, Ning Guo Gong Mansion, and several other Hou Mansions all gave [-]% more gifts than last year." The Yan family was both surprised and delighted.

She thought that after the old man left, her family would be further away from these nobles.She was ready to be left out.

After a little thought, Shi Nai understood what was going on, "It's okay, just return the gift as usual. They are thanking me for the snow disaster. We received their generous gift, so they feel at ease."

"Hey," Yan replied, "It's all according to Lord Hou.

Shi Nai took advantage of the snowstorm to repay the debts owed by his ancestors, giving these nobles who had money but no chance to repay them a chance to repay.

On the morning of the next day when Shi Nai came back, Jia Jing and a few nobles who had negotiated in private, wanted to pay back the debt owed to the ancestors in the name of sharing the court's worries.

Of course, in order to prevent the censor from saying that they would not pay back the money, they did not return all of it, and each family only paid back part of it.

For example, Jia Jing from Ningguo Mansion only paid back half, 35 taels.

Moreover, what Jia Jing said was so nice.

——"When the mansion was built back then, part of the flowers were used. When the family ancestor was dying, he was still thinking about the friendship with the Tai-zu, so my father made the decision and took part of the official silver that the Tai-zu gave to the family. The ancestor was buried with him. Now, the family can only take out these, hoping to temporarily relieve the urgent need of the saint."

The sage and Tai-zu have a deep love between father and son, how can they not move after hearing this?

Therefore, the sage forgave the remaining debts of these nobles in court.

Which family has not saved hundreds of thousands of silver?What is it worth to give to historians?

Therefore, Shi Nai accepted it with peace of mind.

Well, this kind of thing of entering more and leaving less really makes people feel comfortable and refreshed.

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The Bowling Marquis Mansion here is planning the etiquette, and the Rongguo Mansion over there is also planning the etiquette.

Zhou Rui's family and Wu Xindeng's family went through the boxing ceremony sent by Xue's family together, and looked at each other with some surprise and some trepidation.

Zhou Rui's family said: "Why do I feel that the Xue family has lost a lot of etiquette this year?"

Wu Xindeng's family held a gift list that was half shorter than last year, "It's not just my sister who thinks that this ceremony is indeed missing. Look at the list, not only the number is less, but the treasures are also much less."

"This... the wife won't be angry, will she?"

The two looked at each other, seeing worry in each other's eyes.

Based on what they knew about Mrs. Wang, it was inevitable that she would be angry this time.

Mrs. Wang was indeed very angry.

"What a Xue family!"

In fact, since she wrote a letter to question the Xue family last time about the soap, the Xue Wang family has not replied to the letter, nor has she sent a gift to make amends. Madam Wang has a premonition that this younger sister is going to have a divorce with her.

However, she never expected that the Xue family would really dare to distance themselves from the Rongguo Mansion.

Is this the thigh that hugged Ning Guofu?

After Mrs. Wang was angry, she began to meditate.

No matter how arrogant she is, she also knows that the current Rongguo Mansion is not comparable to Ningguo Mansion.Moreover, Jia Jing, the head of the East Mansion, has always disliked the old lady meddling in the affairs of the clan, and even liked to ignore them in the West Mansion.

If the Xue family really reached an agreement with the Ningguo Mansion, the Rongguo Mansion really couldn't do anything to them.

Seeing that his wife had stopped talking, Zhou Rui's family and Wu Xindeng's family looked at each other, feeling that his wife was about to start trouble again.The two silently prayed that we must not be implicated.

After a long time, Mrs. Wang sneered and said, "Cut off half of Xue's ceremony, give me the gift list, and go see the old lady later."

Zhou Rui's family only felt terrified, but they still bowed their heads and said "yes", and went with Wu Xindeng's family to clean up the Xue family's rituals.

And Mrs. Wang entered the inner room with the gift list, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and rewrote the Xue family's gift list like every time before.

It's just that many treasures of the copy that she rewrote are gone.

Needless to say, the destination of these things must be Mrs. Wang's own private treasury.

Not long after, Zhou Rui's family came back, Mrs. Wang took Zhou Rui's family to Chunxi Hall with the newly written gift list.

At this time, Jia's mother was teasing with Baoyu in her arms, and Yuan Chun took the two-year-old Yingchun to the side to make fun of it.Seeing Mrs. Wang coming, Yuan Chun hurriedly brought Yingchun to salute.

"Get up, don't be too polite." Mrs. Wang raised her hand in a vain manner, greeted Jia's mother, and showed a look of hesitation.

Mother Jia is old and smart, and when she saw her acting like this, she handed Baoyu to the nurse, and beat Baoyu's nurse worriedly, not letting her fool the master when he was young.Then, he comforted her again, saying that if she took good care of the little master, she would be well rewarded.

The nanny agreed tremblingly, and went down with Baoyu in her arms.

"Yuanchun, take your sister to play in the side room."

"Yes, old lady." Yuan Chun agreed, lowered his head and coaxed Ying Chun a few words, and told Ying Chun's nanny to hug her younger sister, and went to the side room together.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Mother Jia wiped her hands, handed the used Songjiang cloth to Yuanyang, raised her eyelids, and glanced at Mrs. Wang indifferently.

Mrs. Wang showed a look of grievance on her face, and handed over the gift list: "Old lady, take a look."

"Huh? What is this?"

The mandarin ducks over there cleverly brought the tortoiseshell eyes, and Jia Mu put on the eyes, took them over and squinted at them: well, which family's etiquette is this? "

Mrs. Wang said: "The Xue family."

Jia Mu frowned: "Why do I look at it, it is much thinner than last year? Why, there is a quarrel between your sisters?"

As soon as she opened her mouth, she shifted the responsibility to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang choked for a moment, and the expression on her face was distorted for a moment, but she was completely suppressed by her.

——If you, an old bastard, hadn't asked me to write to question the Xue family last time, would today's matter have happened?

Mrs. Wang was filled with resentment, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, she just said in a low voice: "It's about writing a letter last time, which angered my sister."

When talking about what happened last time, Mother Jia also felt embarrassed for a moment, thinking that Mrs. Wang was ignorant, and she would carry which pot without opening it.

"Our two families are old relatives. How can we divide because of this little thing? You should write a letter to your sister to talk about what happened last time. Don't take it to heart. "

While proud of her identity, Mother Jia knew in her heart that their Rongguo Mansion had really fallen.These old relatives are already considered the closest forces in the Rongguo Mansion, and it's good to be able to hug one of them.

She really didn't expect that the Xue family's temper would be so strong that they would be born if they said they were born.

Alas~ It's just Zheng'er's bad luck.If not, who would dare to underestimate their Rongguo Mansion?

"Yes." Mrs. Wang answered aggrievedly.

——In the past, it was her sister who said good things to her and flattered her.Now it's about to turn upside down, she hasn't done it yet, just thinking about it makes her feel sick.

"By the way, the historian's gift, has it been delivered?"

Mother Jia suddenly remembered that her second nephew is doing well now.Not only let the sage decree to seize love, let him inherit the title of Marquis of Bowling, but also let him be the servant of the household department.

If he can help Zheng'er, Zheng'er's path will be much easier.

Speaking of historians, Mrs. Wang looked carefully at Mother Jia's face, then shook her head, "Not yet."

"It's already this time, and the historian's ceremony hasn't arrived yet?" Mother Jia couldn't help being annoyed, "Sure enough, he was born to the second wife, but he doesn't know how to be polite!"

Just last year, when her elder brother and eldest nephew were still there, they were the housekeeper of the eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, and gave the gift to Rongguo Mansion, but it was delivered on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.

What time is this?It's already twelve, and there is still no shadow?

Because she guessed that she would be furious, Mrs. Wang was very calm, "Perhaps it's a filial piety this year, and there are many things to do, so there must be mistakes in the busy schedule."

But in her heart, she couldn't help but feel a sense of elation.

——My sister doesn't give me face, but how can your nephew be any better?In the past, you were always proud of yourself as the daughter of the Hou Mansion, but now the Bowling Hou Mansion recognizes you as an aunt, or not.

Obviously, Mrs. Wang is very clear about the grievances between Jia Mu and Brother Shi Nai.

She didn't think that the historian was a capable person before, but the old lady followed like a demon, and decided to support this nephew.For this reason, the other two nephews were offended and killed.

If the boss of the historian is a long-lived and blessed man, that's fine, but he is short-lived. This Nuoda is a marquis mansion, and finally fell on the second master.

Alas~ who knows which cloud in the sky will rain?

It's just that God is really blind, why did the historian just die of illness?If this one from their family...how much trouble would it save her?

Mrs. Wang has been favored since she was a child, and her stepmother Zhen has been showing her to the old man of the Wang family, and has cultivated her innocent temperament. She is almost forty, and she still doesn't know how to hide her emotions.

Mother Jia could see her thoughts at a glance.Can't help sneering secretly, said: "The Shi family can't stop it. If you can let Nai'er move around a bit, transfer Zheng'er to the Ministry of Households..."

For the rest, she doesn't need to say more, even Mrs. Wang knows the difference between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households.

Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "The old lady is more considerate."