Grand View Garden Chronicle

Afterwards, the two talked for a while about what Caiyun had seen and heard outside, and their words were full of envy.In the middle of the night, after serving Baoyu, he rested and went away separately. No need to elaborate!

One day, Jia Zheng had breakfast at Mrs. Wang's place, and talked about the New Year's gift "20 taels of gold, 400 taels of silver, some gold utensils, and some food" from the House of Internal Affairs. Scolding my uncle, Li Wan Tanchun sat down and sighed.Jia Zheng said angrily, "What kind of son-in-law is this bastard? How can this old man have the virtues of a master! Serious Brother Wu's idea is good. If you still don't separate the family, you will be exhausted by them sooner or later! I say this, not afraid of them knowing." ", Mrs. Wang said, "This is the life of welcoming a girl. When meeting such a family..." Before she finished speaking, she shed tears.Jia Zheng sighed, and said, "My niece and Tanchun are about to grow up, so I have to look for them. There are very few innocent and promising boys in our family, so I'm afraid we won't be able to. Don't dare to go too high, rely on character Those who are close to the family who are studying and becoming officials, firstly, they have someone to take care of them when they encounter problems, and secondly, they are educated, so they will not treat them too badly." "It should be so. Now our family is not as good as before. More and more nonsense. Fortunately, the master returned to Beijing to be an official, kept his business and ran the family, and the eldest daughter-in-law helped me take care of the inner courtyard, which saved me a lot of money, and it was a good idea to find a girl."

Jia Zheng smiled and asked what the idea was, Tanchun got up and replied, "Returning to my father, we want to distribute all parts of the garden to the servants who are good at managing and taking care of them. First, it doesn't cost to hire someone to take care of them. Second, every season, There are all kinds of things, which can save some money. Yesterday, the wife and sister-in-law called the nurses in the garden together and asked them, is it so lively that everyone is fighting for each other?" Jia Zheng nodded, Li Wan Then he said, "We have circled all the profitable places in the garden, and sent nuns who are good at managing and managing them. We will keep an eye on them on a daily basis. We will make the account books and submit them to the parents-in-law in the future." Jia Zheng replied very well.Mrs. Wang said, "The list of servants has been prepared. Those in the outer court have agreed with Zhan Jun to send out all those who steal, rape and play tricks! The old, weak, and unattended have moved to the courtyard in the northwest corner, and sent four The mother-in-law took care of them, and the redundant young servants were dispatched by Manager Zhan Baoer and others, and the due monthly regulations were noted at the back of the list, the master will take a look." Jia Zheng took the list and read it, saying, "Very good, slowly change it , you can"

Jia Zheng asked again, "Is Huan'er doing well recently?" Aunt Zhou answered yes, and Mrs. Wang said, "Tell him to eat less bars, and get drunk every day." It's good to be drunk to death." Mrs. Wang seemed unhappy and stopped talking.Li Wan hurriedly answered, "Second brother has been muddled for two years, but now he's better, unlike before, he only knows how to make trouble inside. He also said that he has worked hard recently." Jia Zheng heard, "It's better like this. I have a lot of things these days. I can't test his homework. If that's the case, then I just said that I burned the incense, and asked Jia Huan how many people were in the room. Li Wan replied: "The big maid, Caiyun, brought two wives." " He said, "Brother Wu Shi tired of moving to the chief envoy, and he still did not forget his friendship with me in the past, and invited me to get together at the New Year's Eve. But that brother Jia Shi in Dongmen Street has been ginsenged, and he is running around asking for advice. I Those who don’t know people are not as good as Huan’er.” Everyone sighed!

In the afternoon of this day, the weather was fine. After eating at Jiamu's place, Daiyu Xiangyun went out of the back door of Rongguo Mansion, entered the gate of Beifu Mansion, passed through the inner courtyard, and entered the Grand View Garden to talk to Tanchun Xichun and others about naughty children.Suddenly saw Sheyue Fangguan with a woman, carrying food boxes in a hurry, Xiangyun said, "I heard that the expenses inside and outside the Beifu have been reduced, such a beautiful person is also carrying heavy things", Daiyu said, "It should be like this If you pay attention to your calculations, you will know that the pretensions of the former mansion are big, but they are just empty, it is "Yinnian has eaten Maonian"", Xiangyun nodded after listening.As they walked, they saw that there were few maids and women gathered in the garden, and they were all busy: those who fished in boats, those who chopped firewood and raised chickens and ducks, those who cut trees and dug bamboo shoots, and even those who pulled weeds to dry vegetables.Both of them felt that it was amazing, and it was an eye-opener!