Jia Zheng through the Red Mansions

Why Hongxi is sure to start with Ping'er, it has to start with Yi'er who left Sister Feng in tears and returned home.

This Yi'er married his own long-term worker, and the long-term worker became a son-in-law, so he discussed with his father-in-law and wanted to redeem his younger brother. That Yi'er's father knew that his son-in-law was an honest man. It happened that there was no one available, so he agreed, after inquiring, the family was in trouble, and it turned out that the younger brother of this Yi'er man was working in Hongxi's residence.

This is different from ordinary rich families. Although Yi'er's family has a little wealth now, it is a merchant family in the market, and has nothing to do with the royal family, so there is nothing to do.

Yi'er has been serving Wang Xifeng since she was a child, and she has more ideas than her father in this matter, so she told her father that there is no solution to this matter, and it is best to find a middleman among the servants.

Inquiring again turned out to be a coincidence, and it turned out that the steward in charge of carriages and horses in Baylor's mansion was Yi'er's father's distant nephew, so her father followed this way to find out about the younger brother's situation in Hongxi's mansion, Said the idea of ​​wanting to redeem it.

The person in charge is now considered a small boss, and he feels that even if he is just a servant of Baylor's house, he is much better than his uncle, a commoner in the market. , I answered with a full mouth.

The younger brother of the Yi'er man was also a dutiful gardener in Hongxi's mansion at this time. He had no outstanding talents and had never committed any crimes. Watching Hong Xi's love to wait on the saddle, and then talked about it.

"The daughter of this family was redeemed from Mr. Jia's house. I heard that she is the dowry girl of Mr. Jia's nephew and daughter-in-law, so it has some origins." The relationship between Jia Zheng's family and Jia Zheng's family.

Hong Xi really raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and agreed after a little thought, but now this matter is useful, Hong Xi called the person in charge, and said something like this, the person in charge was eager to help Seeing the master doing things so that he can climb up, he nodded and bowed in response.

That night, when Yi'er's family was having dinner, Yi'er's man's younger brother talked about what he heard from the steward today, about the fact that many noble families in the capital are still giving interest.

"The imperial court has issued repeated orders and repeated orders not to allow interest money. A few days ago, shopkeeper Wang Da was arrested for stealing gift money. I didn't expect that the masters who are officials are also doing this!" Brother Yi'er sneered. .

Yi'er's father glared: "It's fine to talk about this matter at home, talk nonsense elsewhere, let others listen, and be careful not to trouble you."

Brother Yi'er rubbed his head: "Understood, Dad."

Yi'er didn't speak, but kept this matter in his heart. Now Yi'er's family is running a spice shop. Because of his relationship with Wang Xifeng, it has become one of the regular spice shops that send spices to Jia's mansion. After all, she has been a master and servant for many years, so her relationship is naturally no better than others. Wang Xifeng also mentioned the housekeeper to her.

Yi'er was also secretly worried for the young lady, this time her brother's words touched her heart, and she hurried to Jia's mansion early the next morning.

After entering the mansion, because this day is not a regular day for sending spices, Ping'er was busy, and waited for half an hour before seeing Ping'er, Ping'er didn't know why Yi'er was in a hurry to see her, waited to hear What Yi Er said, Ping Er's expression also changed.

"Wait a minute, the second grandma is at the old lady's place at this time. I will take you to see her when she is free later." Then Yi'er went to Sister Feng's room.

Sister Feng was also taken aback when she heard Yi Er's words, and secretly guessed the possibility in her heart. After Ping'er sent Yi Er away, Sister Feng began to figure out, if Mrs. Wang also used this method to make money, then who would she arrange to do this? thing?

I'm afraid she won't be able to trust the people in Jia's house, so there is only the companion house of my aunt when she married here!When the scope narrowed down to this point, Wang Xifeng laughed instead. It would be difficult to deal with people from the Jia family, but these companions were originally from the Wang family. Although they now have seats in the Jia family, many of their relatives still remain. Work in the royal family.

After exhausting all means, Wang Xifeng finally opened the mouth of Mrs. Wang's accompanying room, Mrs. Zhang's nephew and daughter-in-law. Mrs. Wang entrusted her with these evidences of interest, but these are enough.

After Wang Xifeng got these things, she was a little hesitant. Although lending interest money is risky, it is the best way to make up for the shortfall. Mrs. Wang has been doing it for so many years and she has made up the shortfall cleanly and beautifully. There is a lot of profit, and now she is in charge of the house by herself, and she is already at a disadvantage. Maybe, should she also try this method?

Wang Xifeng thought for a long time but couldn't make up his mind. At this time, a big event happened.

Mr. Li, who secretly gave away interest money in the household department, was caught by Prince Yong Yinzhen, and this matter was reported to Kangxi. Kangxi was furious and began to order a strict investigation of this matter.

Everyone is well aware of this, Mr. Li is an unlucky person, and he is doomed this time, but the nobles of the Eight Banners are not allowed to move. The big boss who lent interest money reported two more declining families, and this matter came to an end.

Although it wasn't a big deal, this matter was rumored in the capital, and Wang Xifeng dismissed the signs that it had just started, and only hid the evidence of Mrs. Wang's deposit of interest, and then kept an eye on Mrs. Wang.

I haven't even started to put this interest money, but I have already been thinking about it. My aunt has been doing this for so many years and has earned this money. How could she give up so easily?What Wang Xifeng thought was exactly the same as Hong Xi's. Although she already had physical evidence in her hands, Mrs. Wang had been running Jia's house for many years, and these alone might not be enough. It would be better to get the stolen goods.

Now that she already knew the secret of Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng had a lot of patience, and soon, the opportunity came.

This time, Mrs. Wang really fell into a big somersault. This incident made Jia Mu so angry that she almost had a stroke. When Jia Mu woke up, she immediately sent someone to the door to wait for Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu, and went to her room as soon as they came back. Come on, ask Brother Ying to call Li Wan, then glance at Mrs. Wang kneeling on the ground in the room, and Wang Xifeng who is standing beside her with her head bowed, and finally said to the maids in the room in a deep voice: "This piece If the matter gets to the ears of other people, I only ask you!"

The maidservants in the room turned pale with fright, and all of them said they dare not. Not long after, Li Wan came, and seeing what had happened in the room, he hurriedly greeted Jia Mu, and then stood still. Sitting is not just sticking there.

Mother Jia beckoned, let Li Wan and Wang Xifeng sit beside her, and then said to Mrs. Wang: "You should also get up first, and sit aside until they come back."

Mrs. Wang hated and feared in her heart now, what she hated was that she had put such a white-eyed wolf by her side, and what she was afraid of was that she didn't know what would happen when Jia Zheng came back, because Jia Zheng had already despised herself because of what happened to Jia Huan earlier , this time... Mrs. Wang is getting more and more panicked, no, they have been husband and wife for so many years, they have given birth to two sons, Zhuer and Baoyu, and a daughter, Yuanchun, and she is also the young lady of the Wang family. Won't divorce myself!

Li Wan looked at Mrs. Wang's disheveled expression and Jia Mu's rare coldness, and felt uneasy. There was a silence in the room, and time passed very slowly. Finally, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu came from the household department and the palace respectively. After returning to Jia's mansion, everyone was present, and Jia's mother asked Wang Xifeng to tell the three people present who didn't know what had happened.

Jia Zheng had guessed for a long time, so his expression did not change after hearing this, while Jia Zhu and Li Wan were completely shocked by this incident, and looked at their mother in disbelief.

Jia Mu looked at Mrs. Wang: "What else do you have to say now?"

At this time, Mrs. Wang, who had been thinking about it for a long time, lost her initial panic and regained her composure. Seeing Mother Jia's questioning, she raised her head, with three parts of regret, three parts of grievance and three parts of calmness on her face, and her tone was very submissive. : "Thousands of mistakes are the daughter-in-law's fault, but the daughter-in-law did this for the sake of the house. Since the daughter-in-law has become the housekeeper wife of the house, the daughter-in-law is doing all the shopping and socializing. The situation in the house, the old lady It is also clear that without a high-ranking man, our family's money is spent on entertainment, but it is only out and not in, and the daughter-in-law has no choice, so this is a wrong step."

Mother Jia's complexion changed slightly: "You mean that you did all this for the Jia family. If that's the case, the daughter-in-law is already in charge of the affairs, but you are giving interest money privately. This is because the situation in the house forced you No?"

Mrs. Wang bit her lip and stopped talking, but there was still a trace of dissatisfaction in her eyes. Mother Jia sighed, and turned to look at Jia Zheng and the others: "This matter is also a scandal. If it is more serious, it will be a disaster. You don't know the ups and downs in the capital recently, how did the Qin family get copied? What do you think about this matter?"

Jia Zhu is Mrs. Wang's son. Although he knew in his heart that Mrs. Wang was wrong about this matter, as a son, he couldn't blame his mother. He bowed his head and dared not make a sound.

Jia Mu's eyes fell on Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng sighed in his heart. He thought it would be the easiest way to just divorce her, but when he saw Jia Zhu, Jia Zheng thought of Baoyu again. After all, she is the mother of two children. If he was dismissed under such circumstances, he would either seek death or become a monk.

Jia Zheng was really embarrassed when he thought of this, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "It's all up to the old lady." He directly kicked this hot question back to Jia Mu.

Seeing what Jia Zheng said, Jia's mother couldn't help it. She knew that Mrs. Wang couldn't let it go, and now she had to do so, so she said, "Go to the Buddhist hall and think about your mistakes behind closed doors. If you make up for all the shortfalls, then just let it go, and don't meddle in the housekeeper's affairs."

Mrs. Jia took back all the rights of Mrs. Wang, and let her go to the Buddhist hall where Aunt Zhao closed the door and thought about her mistakes. Mrs. Wang watched Aunt Zhao come out with a livid face, curled her lips triumphantly at her, and followed the old lady's people. .

It's really a turn of events, Aunt Zhao thought she would never see Huan'er again, and Mrs. Wang never dreamed that she would live in this place in person one day.

Grandmother Jia entrusted Wang Xifeng and Li Wan with the full power of housekeeping. Now Wang Xifeng didn't try to be brave. When Mother Jia finished speaking, she immediately said, "Old lady, I was stupid and failed to live up to the old lady's expectations. Now this Although the shortfall has been made up, but what the second wife said is correct, the family spends money like running water now, more out, less in, and if things go on like this, it will still be a bottomless pit after all, I ask the old lady to show me."

Mother Jia also had a problem in her heart. When she was housekeeper, it was the time when Jia's mansion was the most beautiful. At that time, other families were fawning on Jia's family, and all good things came to honor them. How could there be such troubles?

Li Wan didn't have any ideas either, but she thought of Yingchun: "Old lady, Yingyatou is also a good person now, she reads a lot, and it was brought out by Yuanyatou, so she might not be able to come up with a good idea."

"This..." Jia's mother hesitated, Mrs. Wang's giving interest is a disaster, especially at this juncture, so no one knows about Jia Zheng's room, and Yingchun naturally doesn't know.

Sister Feng agreed. Seeing Mother Jia's hesitation, she quickly said: "Old lady, Ying girl is the smartest one. If we keep it from her, she probably won't believe the rumors. She will probably guess something, but But she won't tell the truth, so don't worry, the old lady."

When Jia Mu heard this, she had nothing to say and nodded, so she asked someone to call Yingchun over.

At this time, the official reason for Mrs. Wang to go to the Buddhist hall to eat fast and chant Buddha has already been released. It is said that Mrs. Wang had a dream. No matter how much my wife tried to persuade her to work, she couldn't dispel her thoughts.

This kind of statement is full of loopholes, Yingchun has been muttering in her heart for a long time. She grew up with Jia Mu and spent more time with Mrs. Wang than Mrs. Xing. She doesn't like Mrs. Xing, but she doesn't like Mrs. Wang either. It can be seen that although the two of them have different attitudes towards themselves, they are actually the same in their hearts.

But even so, she could see that Mrs. Wang really loved Elder Sister Yuanchun, and Elder Sister treated her the best. Even if it was for Elder Sister, she had to know what was going on.

Just when Yingchun was puzzled, Jiamu's person arrived, and Yingchun hurriedly went to Jiamu's place with her, and only then did she know everything. Before Yingchun had time to digest Mrs. Wang's matter, Jiamu said again: " Let me tell you, girl, what can I do?"

Yingchun couldn't think of any solution for a while, but she remembered Jia Qiang's assistance in the marriage of Lian's second sister-in-law at that time, so she said to Jia's mother: "Back then, Brother Qiang in the East Mansion once asked my mother-in-law to sell the abandoned The sheet material saves a lot of expenses. At that time, I didn’t think about the ten or so taels of silver, but now that I think about it, if I can save these in every place, it will add up to a lot, but it is not a small amount!”

When Jiamu and the three of them heard this, their eyes lit up, and Jiamu was very happy, so she said to Wang Xifeng and Li Wan, "Okay, you two are right, this girl Ying is doing well now."

So Jia's mother asked Yingchun to be the housekeeper with Wang Xifeng and Li Wan. Yingchun learned a lot from Yuanchun, and she was a little eager to try at this time. His son, Jia Lan, Wang Xifeng knew that Yingchun was a girl, and she would marry off sooner or later. Even now, the housekeeper would not pose any threat to her status. This Yingchun was the daughter of her father-in-law, Jia She, and she was close to her. If it can make Mrs. Xing more satisfied, why not do it.

The three housekeepers each had their own joys, but Jia Zheng, who made it all happen, had a hard time recently. Mrs. Wang went to the Buddhist hall to contemplate the past behind closed doors. The Rongxi Hall lost its mistress, and Aunt Zhao seemed to be the second a hostess.

Jia Zheng only had these three wives and concubines. Mrs. Wang was not around. Aunt Zhou was a dull gourd who never said anything. Aunt Zhao had the highest status and gave birth to a daughter and a son. At this time, the scenery was very beautiful. , this Hall of Honor is filled with her shrill voice every day.

Even Jia Huan couldn't stay any longer, and ran out early every day to hide where Aunt Zhao couldn't find. As for Jia Zheng, the household department was very busy these days, and he wanted to take a rest when he returned home. Aunt Zhao didn't let people stop, she either complained to him that this servant girl was unruly and that servant girl was presumptuous again, or she gave him some strange tonics such as tiger penis.

Looking at Jia Zheng's increasingly haggard face these past few days, Hongxi couldn't help being surprised: "Isn't the matter of lending interest settled? Why do you look even more haggard?"