The Jade of the Red Chamber

One day, when Jin Chuaner came to Xuehan Courtyard, she saw Lin Zhenyu's second-class maid, Ning An, and a few young girls who had only left their hair sitting on the porch enjoying the cool air. Seeing Jin Chuaner coming, she knew that Mrs. Wang had something to do , Busily smiled and asked her to stand for a while, then went in to answer.

Jin Chuan'er frowned, she usually went directly to Baoyu Courtyard, except for the old lady, no one told her to stand under the sun and wait.

"What is the second wife's order?"

As soon as Jin Chuan'er entered the inner room, he felt cool. Seeing Uncle Lin holding a book and Young Master Lin laying down on the table to paint red, he knew he was reading. At that moment, he couldn't help but think of Baoyu, and felt that Uncle Lin was boring, so he just smiled. Said: "The girls and Baoyu are playing naughty with the wife. The wife asked Mr. Lin and Mr. Lin to go too."

Lin Zhenyu saw that her younger brother had already written a few big characters and memorized the book. The little baby should play more, although Mrs. Wang's place is not a good place to go, it's just for entertainment, so she called Mr. Jin Chuan'er go.

Chuxue grabbed a handful of big money and stuffed it for her to send her out of the yard, where Jin Chuan'er went happily.

Lin Zhenyu led her younger brother in, and sure enough, the girls in the room were joking. Jia Baoyu huddled beside Xue Baochai, and glanced at her sister from time to time. Mother Fang had a wrinkled face like a door god. He Qingkong and Changge stood behind Daiyu.Zhenyu smiled in her heart, that's what it should be.

But Xue Baochai had sharp eyes, and as soon as Zhenyu entered, she smiled and said, "Brother Lin is here, but everyone is here, and my aunt is looking forward to it."

Zhenyu frowned, what kind of moth is this Mrs. Wang doing, I am afraid that the big girl of the Xue family must beat the side drum.But it's good to find something, is it just a ready-made excuse to move back home!

Mother Fang watched coldly, dissatisfied with Xue Baochai's words and deeds, this girl from the Xue family is too immodest!Even if you have some relatives, seeing a 12-year-old girl, you should keep your mouth shut even if you don't avoid it when a man comes. How can a girl of this age be so unafraid of foreign men?

Seeing that Jia Baoyu's thieves kept glancing at the girl, Nanny Fang's already cold and serious face was darkened, looking very frightening.

Zhenyu and Fuyu met Mrs. Wang and chatted for a while, Mrs. Wang said: "Bring some frozen fruits, it's really hot and flustered."

After a while Yu Chuan'er came in and replied: "There is not enough ice, but today's serving is used up." Mrs. Wang frowned and said, "Isn't there still a basin of servings?"

"There isn't much ice left in the mansion. My wife is busy with things, so I probably forgot about it. The man who came to Wang's house told his wife about it. My wife told me to reduce the quota of each room, so as to cope with the scorching heat."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "It's true, I forgot about it for a while. It's just that I don't have enough ice in the cellar in this hot day. It's just that the girls and Baoyu are weak in nature. I'm afraid..."

Seeing no one answered, Mrs. Wang's face darkened, and she asked with a warm smile: "Brother Zhen, I heard that you bought a lot of ice a few days ago. If you have this way, can you help our family buy some?" He asked people to tell Sister Feng again, and said, "Brother Zhen, just pay your sister-in-law Feng the money."

Hmph, I'm afraid that the money will be owed to the account first, and then it will be wiped away with a word of filial piety, or worse, it will disappear without a sound. Do you really think that everyone is your money bag?Zhenyu smiled, and said in a warm voice: "The second wife doesn't know something. The quota was suddenly reduced a few days ago. Dai'er and Fuyu are not resistant to heat. My nephew only got a carload of ice from a good friend. Now I only look forward to this dog day." It's better to go quickly."

Mrs. Wang's face darkened instantly, and she said, "Don't Master Lin want to do this to the mansion?"

For a moment the hall fell silent, Daiyu and Fuyu were anxious, some wanted to say a few words, but their elder brother said unhurriedly: "Second Wife has wronged my nephew! There is not enough ice in many houses this summer's scorching heat, and it is even worse outside. It's getting harder to find. I heard that Aunt Xue's house has a big ice shop, if the second wife doesn't believe it, you can ask Miss Xue."

Mrs. Wang's complexion calmed down, but she didn't answer, she just said: "I was impatient. I was worried that your younger brothers and sisters could not tolerate the scorching heat, but I don't know where your friend came from. What if you buy some from him? At least get through it This summer."

Lin Zhenyu was already a little impatient, and this Wang family was too tired, and said with a smile: "Second wife's remark is wrong, my friend is the son of my father's old friend, and his family background is not low, even some farm shops under his hand are also servants. Who cares, which family's children would personally do these business affairs? They have lost their status for nothing!" I really think you are a comprador servant in your house!

As soon as this remark came out, Xue Baochai, who was sitting upright and smiling, turned pale. Mrs. Wang choked on her chest, and said angrily: "Brother Zhen's words are too unreasonable! They are relatives, I need your help." , it’s not the Bai Gang, but you’re here for Yilinyu?”

Daiyu immediately turned pale when she heard this, and when she was about to speak, her brother stopped her with her eyes, suppressing her anger and watching her brother respond, Xiao Fuyu was pulled by her side, and did not teach her to speak.

Zhenyu heard this, but she didn't get angry, she lowered her eyes and said in a low voice: "The second wife wants to teach me, so I dare not refuse to listen, but there are some things I have to say! The second wife asked me to buy ice, but my friend gave it to me. The ice is also from his family’s frugality, and I only got it on his behalf. Which big family would sell the ice stored in their own ice cellar?! The second wife asked me to find a way to buy ice. The government couldn't find a capable comprador, so they asked me, the young master who lives here, to buy it? How can I say that my nephew is well-known anyway, how can I become an official in the future?" He said slowly: "Today is my nephew who is ignorant. It made the second wife angry, but what the wife said, she really couldn't follow her orders."

What Zhenyu said was reasonable and reasonable, the maids and maids of the girls and young masters in the corridor and outside the hall heard and saw that the corners of Uncle Lin's eyes were red, and they couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic.

On the other hand, Nanny Fang's mouth curled up slightly, her uncle was thinking so fast, Mrs. Wang only asked him to buy ice, and this matter was left to the servants, whoever asked the uncle to buy and sell in person would not insult his identity , but the uncle twisted Mrs. Wang's meaning with a few words, and it was born that Mrs. Wang wanted the uncle to raise people to do business, and dragged the uncle's friends into the water. Isn't it just bullying and regretting coming to the Lin family.

Seeing this, Xue Baochai said aggrievedly: "Brother Lin, this matter was originally a good intention of my aunt for the sake of my sisters. It's fine if you don't want to. Why bother to say such hurtful things?" if?!"

Daiyu sneered and said: "Sister Bao said this, it is a small matter of helping relatives, the second wife said it, but my brother is too weak to do it, and I also respectfully told the reason to the second wife, even if it is because of The matter is related to the conversation, and the tone of the conversation is a little hasty, which is understandable, how can there be the crime of disrespect and hurting others that Miss Bao said?!"

Fu Yu blinked her eyes wide, and asked doubtfully: "Didn't you just say that Sister Bao's family has a big ice shop? Why don't you buy it from Sister's house? How cheap is it?"

No one answered him, Zhenyu lowered her eyes and gave her younger brother a look of approval. Fuyu was very satisfied when she saw it, and regardless of other things, she took a purple-red grape and peeled it to taste, um, it was so sour.

Mrs. Wang only felt that they were singing together, and she couldn't hold back her kind demeanor anymore, and she couldn't control Baoyu Sanchun and all the maids and women. She sneered and said, "If you ask you to do some small things, just push back and forth like this. Lala Zazaza said so Huh, did Lian’er come from a small household? Now she’s doing housework in the mansion, but has she ever humiliated him? Don’t you often run errands for the master!”

Sanchun listened to Mrs. Wang's words becoming more and more out of character, hurriedly lowered her head and remained silent, while Jia Baoyu looked at his mother in astonishment.

Zhenyu stood up and said solemnly: "Is it my nephew today? It caused the second wife's anger to hurt. My nephew retreats first, and I will come to make amends with my aunt some other day." Walking out slowly, Daiyu and Fuyu hurriedly followed, and all the maids and women in the room felt a little sad when they saw Uncle Lin, who was usually smiling, walking out desolately with his head bowed.

Unexpectedly, just as Zhenyu walked out of the door, there was a person standing in front of her, but it was Wang Xifeng. Zhenyu hurriedly saluted Sister Feng, but she still didn't stop.But Sister Feng didn't care, she frowned and glanced at Mrs. Wang's inner hall, then turned around and left in a hurry.

But she said that Sister Feng was originally a woman sent by Mrs. Wang, who said that she would pay the bill to buy ice, and then said that she would write down the money first, so she was confused.I don't want to hear Mrs. Wang and Lin Jiazhen's tone of voice is not quite right. She is also a person, so she doesn't go in. She simply waits for calmness before going to court her, but she suddenly hears her aunt tearing out her second master. What did you say!

Originally, the second master of my family had already lost his status by helping with housework, but it was because the Rongguo Mansion wanted him to inherit it in the future. Now that the two of them, one mastering the inside and the other mastering the power, can easily take over, but now When the second wife said this, it seemed that the second master Lian of his family had taken advantage of the sky, so he should run errands and be the second master's slave.

Wang Xifeng's mind of being close to her aunt in order to gain a foothold in power suddenly became clear-her good aunt obviously regarded Rongguo Mansion as her home!It was my father-in-law who took over the title, but the words and deeds of the second wife did not seem to be the same. Yes, isn't it her family who live in the main house Rongxitang now?

Holding the veil hard in her hand, Wang Xifeng used all her strength to suppress her anger. She was blinded by lard, and as soon as she got married, she was lured over by her good aunt with sweet words, and placed a large and bright room Grandma didn't do it, so Baba lived in the narrow room at the back of the road here, and how many times he quarreled with Jia Lian because of her orders, and how much dowry he subsidized for the public, but he gained a mean reputation. He is using himself as a target!My loving aunt has been holding on to the key to the inner vault!

Sister Feng gritted her teeth with hatred.

People are like this, blinded by a leaf, often can't think of a lot in peace, but once there is a small gap or crack in a very strong relationship, everything in the past will be clear, and even some irrelevant disasters will be counted there on the head.Sister Feng is like this, she has figured out many things, hated Madam Wang for a while, and remembered the boy who was lost due to overwork, and couldn't help but feel sad, what did she gain after all these years!

Leaning on the half-worn blue satin backrest pillow, Sister Feng's face was pale, but her eyes were extremely bright, and Ping'er who came in was taken aback, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay." Sister Feng forced a smile. She would not tell Ping'er what she thought of. No matter how good Ping'er was, she was still a girl. There were some things she could only say to Jia Lian. She also wanted to understand. Now her father-in-law only knows Mess with the concubine, the eldest wife is confused, and the old lady is partial to the second wife. It is not certain who will own the Rongguo Mansion in the future.Although she is reluctant to bear the power, what else can she gain if she continues to manage it, except to fill it with money for nothing and bear the notoriety?

At present, it is more serious to win Jia Lian's heart back, to have another son, and with his own means and Jia Lian's face, the couple's life may not be worse than now, and they don't have to rely on others to depend on others!But she won't forget the enemy who has been used as a gun all these years!snort!They are all the daughters of the Wang family, who is better than the other?Good aunt, just wait.

"Ping'er! Haven't done what I told you before?!" Sister Feng suddenly stood up, staring at Ping'er and asked anxiously.

Ping'er was startled, and hurriedly replied: "It's... about the interest rate? Not yet. Those who just came to Wang's house said that it's not easy to do at the beginning, and you have to wait a few days." After speaking, she looked at Sister Feng with some anxiety.

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hands and said, "You don't need to call Laiwang, just bring the prepared account book and burn it! Take the monthly money back and send it out!"

Ping'er was taken aback, seeing that Sister Feng was quite impatient, so she hurriedly suppressed her doubts and turned around to look for Wang's family.

Sister Feng leaned back heavily on the pillow, her forehead was densely covered with sweat. It was an idea given by her good aunt a few days ago in the name of being considerate to her. At that time, she was still grateful to Dade, but she felt that He found a way to make money, and he didn't care about the retribution of the hells, and said bravely: "I never believe in the retribution of the hells, so I will do whatever it takes!" Now that I think about it, I am really afraid. Why didn't my good aunt do it, but let me take [-]% of the profit?The second wife's greed for money surprised even her. Isn't it rare that Jinling's land is sold? It's the root of the clan, but after the sale, she didn't see a penny in the account of the public office, so they all went into it. The second wife's private treasury!

Xifeng sneered, Rongguo Mansion will become an empty shell within a few years, and all the money will be transferred to the private treasury of a good aunt. What is she going to do in such a place? She is cruel and mean?

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Mrs. Wang has been having a rough time these past few days. First, she asked the Lin family boy whether the ice would be enough to make her liver hurt. Thinking of this, she became a little angry with Xue Baochai. It turned out that she said that the price of ice is rising day by day, and some dignitaries come to buy it. Selling the things stored in the house in her shop can get a lot of silver taels, even if the house is not enough, the Lin family can get better ones, just borrow some.She thought this was the reason, so she simply sold most of the property in the mansion, and it turned out to be a huge profit. In this way, she didn't want to borrow from the Lin family, but asked him to buy it back. There will be no shortage of ice, she thought, it's not just a matter of saying, just ask the Lin family to owe the account first, can he really come to ask for it?I didn't want this boy from the Lin family to be too difficult to deal with, so he diverted the important points to other places after a few words, and she just ignored her after a few words, making her feel ashamed.

She was very busy with the use of ice for the house, and was trying to excuse the unwellness to push the matter onto Sister Feng, but at this juncture, Sister Feng was too sick to get out of bed. Mrs. Wang did not suspect that Sister Feng was pretending to be sick, but she knew herself This niece is absolutely reluctant to part with the sweet pastry of the housekeeper.

Mrs. Wang took over the housekeeping affairs, and pushed them back when Sister Feng was better. Not a day later, Jia Lian begged the old lady, saying that Sister Feng suffered too much from her health, and she wanted to provide for her children without being tired. She was unhappy about asking for ice and immediately agreed, which caught her off guard and could only secretly hate her.

Even if such a thing happened, even she couldn't bear it, that bitch Aunt Zhao even complained in front of the master that half a basin of ice was gone, and she could only eat the fruit soaked in well water to cool off the heat, even the master rested on her bed. Everyone in the house suffered, which made the master furious and scolded her for treating the concubine and concubine harshly!Mrs. Wang's eyes were cold, and sooner or later she would free up her hands to clean up that bitch and that little bitch!

What made her teeth itch even more was that from that day on, the three youngsters of the Lin family said they were sick and never left the courtyard and never saw any guests. Uncle Lin is going to do what the compradors do for the house, which makes Uncle Lin very angry!Let her find an opportunity to ease the relationship, but she still wants to ask the Lin family to pay some money for this matter!

To say that the brothers and sisters of the Lin family are very good at life, and whoever comes to the mansion for a few months will be rewarded no matter who does something big or small for them, and the maids and women around them are also smiling and very polite.The girls and women in Jia's mansion all saw it. It was a fat job to help the Lin family. It would be nice to get an errand job on weekdays!Besides, people gave tens of thousands of taels of silver as expenses that day, and everyone in the mansion knew about it, but in the past few months, not only the servants they brought had not taken the monthly bills from the mansion, even the monthly bills from the people in the mansion were They gave it away, not to mention that the food items of the three brothers and sisters were bought by the comprador of the Lin family!

Everyone in the mansion is smart. The Lin family is rich and noble, so they can't be easily offended. You can tell from Uncle Lin that although he respects his elders, he can still refute his wife's orders, and who knows where the words come from? It is said that Mrs. Lin is very sacred, even more honorable than the second master!When Mrs. Wang heard about it, she was furious, and ordered someone to investigate the tongue-twisters: "Wait for me to have a free time, and expose these people first!"

Mrs. Wang's side was complaining of headaches all day long, so she called Li Wan and handed over the housekeeper to her in advance.But I don't think that Li Wan is not a good-natured person, everything follows Sister Feng's old rules, although she is a housekeeper, she doesn't make any decisions, and if there is something to do, ask Zhou Rui's family to order according to the rules, and let those who come to pay money go to Mrs. Wang. I went to answer the phone, but there were a lot of people asking for instructions back and forth, and Mrs. Wang was busier than when she was the housekeeper.

There was a lot of noise outside the house, Jia Zheng came to the main courtyard twice and saw this scene, turned around and went to Aunt Zhao's room, which made Mrs. Wang so angry that she really had a headache and the world was spinning.Called Li Wan to scold him a few times, but Li Wan just listened and kept doing the same thing when he turned around. Madam Wang didn't dare to be too harsh. He took over the housekeeping himself.

Because of this, Mrs. Wang also specially called Wang Xifeng to reward some medicinal materials, and asked Sister Feng to take care of the house again.Wang Xifeng tried to prevaricate her with good words, but never agreed. After leaving the Rongxi Hall, she turned around and went to the eldest room. Although the eldest wife was confused and looked down on her in the past, she still had to be coaxed to turn around if she was the real mother-in-law. good.

It's just that the housekeeper's affairs are too trivial, and the second wife has grown old after a few days of taking care of it, and Jia Zheng's words are less and less.Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it anymore, so she simply handed over most of the affairs of the house to Zhou Rui's family, Wu Xindeng's family and others, which was much easier, but these old wives would not take the dowry for face like Sister Feng Go fill in the bottomless pit at home!

Mrs. Wang is the most stingy, and it is absolutely impossible for her to spit out the money after taking the money in her hand. As a last resort, Mrs. Wang ordered Zhou Rui's family to use monthly bills to lend money, and this matter was left to Zhou Rui's son-in-law, Leng Zixing. This Leng Zixing has some talents, Mrs. Wang has a big appetite after enjoying the sweetness, so she took her own private house and taught him to get it.In this way, not only the expenses of the public school are covered, but Mrs. Wang can also get a thousand taels of interest every month, and she is very proud for a while.

When Sister Feng heard about it, she sneered sarcastically, her good aunt really got into the money trap, she dared to do such a shameful thing herself!However, she said that a few days ago she was lying low in front of Jia Lian, trying her best to be gentle, which at least made Jia Lian change her mind. Call her ignorant!Doing this kind of thing will not only damage Yin and virtue, but also cause harm to future generations, and every penny of interest will be stained with blood, tears and resentment!

Sister Feng raised her eyebrows slightly, good aunt, you plan this and that, let's wait and see the future! ——