You're Crossing the Red Mansions

When Jia's mother heard that the Lin family had a new young master, she had no choice but to ask someone to prepare a gift and go to see her, but she felt really uncomfortable.In addition, on the day of the second day of junior high school, Lin Daiyu only came to Jia's mansion for a while, and went back without even eating. Jia's mother had hoped that she could stay with her for a few days and have a kiss with Baoyu, but she didn't expect that She was so indifferent, and he had no reason to force her to stay, so he could only watch her go.Now that Fu Qiufang gave birth to a son for Lin Ruhai, the Jia family's words became less and less important.Thinking about it, Jia's mother has a headache. She is an old man who manages the world. She has watched with cold eyes these years and knows that Baoyu's future prospects are limited.Seeing that the girl from the Xue family no longer visits the house, as for Xiangyun, although she is close to him, but in terms of family background, an orphan girl really can't help the Jia family.It's just that it doesn't seem appropriate to send her back to the historian's family at this time.After all, Baoyu is still young now, and the marriage is undecided, so he has to keep a deep pocket.

Just when her heart was smoldering, Yuanyang came in and said in a low voice: "The old man has come to greet the old lady." Jia Mu closed her eyes and said, "Tell him, I understand, tell him to rest." Without going out, she said softly, "Master must see you." Mother Jia suddenly opened her eyes, and asked Hu Po to sit up, and said lightly, "You must see me? I have to listen to something. "Yuanyang went out to bring Jia She in. Jia's mother glanced at her eldest son, and said to Yuanyang and others: "I'm talking to your elder, you all back down."

Jia Amnesty also didn't plan to come over to speak politely to this eccentric old lady, and if he could bear it until the first month passed, he would be regarded as filial piety: "Mother, thinking about it, my son is already old with a lot of beards now, and he and his second brother are on their own. It's time to separate the family." Mother Jia knew that the elder son was not kind, but she didn't expect to say such terrible words. She barely suppressed the anger in her heart and said coldly: "My lord I'm not dead yet." Jia Amnesty used to be afraid to kneel down when she heard her words, but now he sat still and said, "Mother, the public account is already full of food, and now the brothers and sisters are in charge of the house, this huge deficit Where did it come from? Do you want to make up for it with their second wife's body, or do we have to share it with our first wife? If we mix it up like this, it's better to divide it up." After hearing this, Jia's mother hurriedly said, "What's the shortfall?" Jia Amnesty saw The old lady pretended to be confused, and couldn't help sneering: "Why didn't the old lady call the second younger sibling to settle the accounts by the way, and see how much money our family has left."

Mother Jia was partial and true, but she didn't let Mrs. Wang let go of her family's future. Hearing Jia She's plausible words, she became anxious, for fear that Mrs. Wang would cause some trouble behind her back.Yuanyang went outside to invite Mrs. Wang over earlier, but because it is always indecent for the eldest brother and sister-in-law to confront each other, they separately called Mrs. Xing and Jia Zheng together.When Jia Zheng came and heard that his elder brother was going to separate the family, he knelt down to plead guilty to his mother, and burst into tears. Seeing him acting like this, Jia She thought that he had been living in the main hall relying on his mother's doting, how could he look like a brother and friend? , and sat on the side without moving.If Mrs. Xing was willing to help and make trouble in the past, but now she just stands next to Jia Amnesty, she still doesn't say a word.Jia's mother asked Mrs. Wang, "Your uncle said that we have a deficit in our public account? What's going on?"

Mrs. Wang calmed down and said with a smile: "Although life is a bit difficult, it is not enough to make ends meet..." Hearing this, Jia Amnesty couldn't help laughing and said: "My younger brother and sister have been working hard all this time, but they even forgot these account books. Already?" After finishing speaking, he took out an account book from his bosom, handed it to Mrs. Xing and said, "You are a sister-in-law, share your worries with your younger siblings, and read to her." Mrs. Xing understood, opened a page and read Look, I couldn't help but change my expression.Mrs. Wang looked like she was about to faint, and Mother Jia said in a low voice, "Take it to me!" Mrs. Xing glanced at Jia She and saw him nodding before handing it to Yuanyang.Mother Jia hurriedly took it over, and put on crystal glasses to look at it carefully. 8 taels of the provincial villa was attributed to the Xue family, another 10 taels from the public account, 5 taels were taken by the eunuch Xia in the palace, and 3 taels were repaired in the outer study... Jia The mother knew that it was a hidden account, and after a rough calculation, it was worth 30 taels. Just as she was about to ask more carefully, Jia She said: "Mother, can you see clearly? As far as my son knows, this is just a drop in the ocean. Where are the brothers and sisters?" I don’t know how many booklets there are.”

Mother Jia was so angry that her hands shook, she threw it in front of Jia Zheng and said, "Ask your wife, are these true?" It took a lot of money, so Ai Ai Qiqi said: "Mother, this..." Jia's mother thought that her son didn't know, so she used this to push the fault on Mrs. Wang.Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng's reaction turned out to be a guilty conscience. Mother Jia's heart turned cold, and she looked at Jia Amnesty with a look of disdain, and she couldn't say anything.Mrs. Wang was born as a young lady of the family, and she has seen the storms. She reached out for the account book and flipped through it. She knew that it was Sister Feng who leaked all her background all these years. Tear it open, so I cried: "I beg the old lady to be clear, the matter of repairing the garden for the mother is always a matter of our family, and the daughter-in-law has also told you about embezzling some of the public accounts..." Mrs. Xing couldn't help but said: " Then the Xue family’s 3 taels was given to us for nothing?” Mrs. Wang’s wishful thinking is to borrow the Xue family’s debt in name, and when the public account is paid, she will put it in her own pocket.Seeing Mrs. Xing asking such a question, she thought it was bad luck, and said: "The 8 taels is an offering from my concubine to your mother. Where do I need to pay it back?" There is no evidence to say, 8 taels is not a small amount, we'd better make it clear with my aunt face to face, what will happen in the future if the second wife writes an IOU note to Xue's family and stamps our family's stamp?" Mrs. Wang bit Gritting her teeth, she was about to say something, but Mother Jia told everyone to be quiet, then lowered her head and turned over the account book.In addition to providing for the expenses of the second house, many of these accounts were unfounded, and finally fell into the second house from public to private.Since Jia Amnesty was able to point out this matter today, he came prepared. If he suppressed it and did not explain it, even if he went to court, the evidence is convincing, and everyone would be ashamed.

Jia Amnesty waited for half a day, and when she saw that Mother Jia was silent, she said impatiently, "Mother, I have to tell the family about the matter of presiding over the division of the family. I see that the day after tomorrow will be just right, so I will ask the elder of the East Mansion to take it with me." Let some old men from the family come over and divide up." Mrs. Wang is not willing to separate the family, right now she is in charge of all the future of the mansion, how decent it is to be free and easy, once the family is separated, the eldest house will be the lord's, not to mention her own The interest rate of the house is halved, and I have to move out of the Rongxi Hall. How can the mother of my dignified concubine suffer this kind of grievance?So wept and said: "Uncle's words are so unreasonable, the old lady is still in the high hall, how can the children and grandchildren talk about the separation of the family? Besides, we have to save some face for the empress in the palace!" Jia Amnesty knew that she was going to Yuan Chun took it out to speak, so he sneered and said, "It's okay for the second brother and sister to say this to fool the outsiders. We know the current situation of the empress in the palace." gone?"

Mrs. Wang was punctured by a single word and did not dare to say more. Jia She said: "The Holy Majesty has been indifferent to the empress for a long time, and the old lady knows nothing about it?" Mrs. Wang takes care of everything in the palace, and it is all about singing and dancing every day. A hundred flowers are blooming, last time it was said that the empress might be pregnant, and so on, but now the emperor's heirs are struggling, and Jia's mother is coaxed into hype, so she always turns a blind eye to Mrs. Wang's sending money to the palace.Seeing that Jia Amnesty said this again, it didn't seem groundless. Mother Jia just felt dizzy and trembling all over, and asked Mrs. Wang, "Can the old man... take it seriously?" Seeing this, Mrs. Wang said, I was also afraid that Jia She would say something worse, so I couldn't hide it anymore, so I could only half-confess: "The old lady also knows that there are some new beauties in the palace, and the emperor is busy with political affairs, so it's okay if he doesn't go to Fengzao Palace for a few days." There are..." Mother Jia didn't understand what she heard. No wonder Eunuch Xia waited for 5 taels of silver to go there, but she saw the Jia family's downturn... She immediately said angrily: "Stupid woman! How dare you hide it from me when you wait for something important!" Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Old lady, things in this palace are not accurate..." Jia Mu understood that if a concubine fell out of favor, it would be very difficult to regain her favor. Difficult, where can there be fuel-efficient lamps in the palace?If Yuan Chun was a good person, he should have taken advantage of the concubine's time to pamper her, but now that there is another beauty, seeing that the west wind overwhelms the east wind, it will be difficult to turn around in the future.

Seeing her sophistry, Jia Amnesty didn't bother to say more.Other people's niece became a concubine, and the whole family was financially supported. This niece of mine finally made it out of her head after years of suffering. Later, she had no benefit except spending the family's money.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that only Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang are still dreaming of yellow beams. If she doesn't wake up, I'm afraid Mrs. Wang will be unscrupulous and even more out of control.So I didn't say any more, just said: "Brothers and sisters, we don't care what happens in the palace, today we are talking about separation." After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and said: "At least, brothers, let's go together. My younger siblings have also worked hard to run the family for many years, and we can't trample on it just because our mother loses power. The public account is like this, let the past go. It's just that we don't share the foreign debts with our big house, and the younger siblings find ways to make up for the vacancy. The shop. Except for the sacrificial fields and so on, the rest of the houses, farms and shops are equally divided, and the main courtyard of this mansion naturally belongs to us..." After speaking, he paused, glanced at Jiamu and said, "I am The eldest son is supposed to support his mother, and Zhu's daughter-in-law and the third girl still live in the provincial villa, not to mention that the uncle does not leave room for things." Jia Zheng was about to speak, but Jia Amnesty ignored him and said to Jia Mu: "Look, mother. Is this okay? If there is no objection, I will ask Lian'er to tell the Elder of the East Mansion, and find a day to sort it out."

Mother Jia listened to what Jia She said was orderly, and in all fairness, the distribution was considered fair. Obviously, it had been planned for a long time. Originally, she held her breath and thought about going to the yamen to sue her eldest son for disobedience, but if she thought about it one more step, she really made a fuss. , It's no good for your own family to go up and down, but it will lose all dignity.At this time, Yuan Chun had already fallen out of favor, and the outsiders were all waiting to see the Jia family's jokes, so why should he send them to their door.Besides, Mrs. Wang's behavior is insatiable, and she usually tolerates Yuan Chun and Bao Yu's face, but now if she still favors her, she will really anger her eldest son. Madame is a human being, so she may not know what will happen to her.Alas, in the final analysis, Baoyu is still too disappointing. There have been so many right and wrong things all the time, and he is not good at studying and doing things.

Jia Zheng and others have always been favored by Jia's mother, thinking that this time there is no danger.Unexpectedly, Jia's mother agreed with what Jia Amnesty said after thinking for a long time.Jia Zheng was taken aback immediately, but Mrs. Wang didn't care about anything, she pointed at Jia's mother and said: "The old lady is watching the empress lose power in the palace, so she followed the elder to bully us?" When she wanted to speak, Mrs. Xing acted like a sister-in-law, and shouted, "Second wife, is there any daughter-in-law who dares to speak to her mother-in-law like this?" The fifth-rank vain job, the family and the outside are not connected, at this time he burst into tears, and said to Jia She: "Brother, why are our brothers separated..."

Jia Amnesty had a word from Jia's mother, and now he was only thinking about when to move to the main courtyard. Seeing Jia Zheng like this, he was very disgusted, so he said coldly: "Tomorrow, your sister-in-law will bring Lian's daughter-in-law to settle the accounts. Second brother, please remember that if the debts owed cannot be repaid, the old mansion will be sold for cash.” Mrs. Wang couldn’t help crying and said, “This is still a mansion of a state. The elder brother bullies the younger brother like this. ..." Jia She didn't bother to talk to her, snorted and walked out.Seeing this, Jia's mother weighed the pros and cons, knowing that the general situation is over, and she will live with her eldest son in the future, so she said to Yuanyang, "I'm tired now, you take the second wife out." Mrs. Xing also said: "Yes It's the old lady's words, younger siblings might as well go out with me..." Mrs. Wang saw that Jia's mother turned her face like a book, and it was useless to say more, so she gave everyone a hard look and went out.Jia Zheng had no idea, and when he saw his daughter-in-law going out, he ran away with her.Jia's mother was afraid that the second room would not be able to survive. If her son came and begged for a few words, she could give some money to make up for it. But when she saw her son leaving with his wife, she was very angry and simply ignored her.

Mrs. Wang knew very well that Jia Amnesty was making trouble now because Yuan Chun was in a bad situation in the palace, and Jia's mother was also a snobbish person, and she was in a hurry to get away when her granddaughter was out of power.She went back to the room, and the more she thought about it, the more she hated it to death.Jia Zheng just sighed from the side: "Now there is nothing we can do. Let's think about when to move out." Mrs. Wang said angrily: "How can this matter be settled so easily? I will write a letter with my brother, but Look at the absence of our Wang family!" Jia Zheng heard this and knew that Wang Ziteng was deeply favored and his words had weight, so he couldn't help feeling a little bit hopeful.The two talked about foreign debts again, and Mrs. Wang said impatiently: "There are too many lice and don't bite people. Anyway, your good mother and brother are all dependent on us. How can we manage when to pay it off?" Money has always had no concept, it is Mrs. Wang who decides, and she is submissive after listening to it.Mrs. Wang suddenly sneered and said: "If we live on our own in the future, what Auntie Zhao and Auntie Zhou will save, we can share a few shops. Of course we can't afford to support idlers, so we just sell them all."