Jia Cong, the concubine who crossed the Red Chamber

Jia Cong not only loves food, but also loves money.

He now has three properties in his hands.A Zhuangzi given by Mrs. Xing when he was young; a other courtyard given to him by Jia Mu who compensated Jia She, and Jia Amnesty compensated him;

Jia Cong thought about how to get more silver flowers all day long.Although he usually has food and drink in the public office and does not need to spend money, but he needs money to reward servants and socialize.Now that they entered the school, all they met were famous people, and the cost of meeting each other was not small.He pays five taels a month, which is not enough at all.

The farm given by Madam Xing has a good income every year, and there are 600 taels in full.The other courtyard given by Jia Amnesty is next to the other courtyard of Shan Guogong, which is a rare location, so Jia Cong told Mrs. Xing that it had been repaired and kept it for himself.

The yard given by my brother and sister-in-law is very interesting.At the beginning, this courtyard was repaired by Jia Lian and given to him as a gift to congratulate him on entering Qingyun Academy.It was built like a garden, with flowers and trees everywhere.There are plants in all seasons, and the scenery is beautiful no matter what time of the year.

Jia Congkong guarded the yard and couldn't pay any money. He was worried when he saw Tanchun come to learn embroidery from Sister Feng again with a pattern.With a thought, the housekeeper Tanchun's method in the original book is not bad.Immediately begged Mrs. Xing to give him someone to take care of the flowers and plants in the other courtyard. He kept [-]% of the annual income and Jia Cong received [-]%.

In this way, Jia Cong's money will be much more abundant, and he will often participate in the communication between classmates, and he will quickly integrate into it.

On this day, Chen Ruiwen, who was born in the Qi State Mansion, got two cooks and specially invited everyone to come and experience them.These days, the chefs of the aristocratic family are very particular about their skills, which are handed down from generation to generation. They have been cooks for several lifetimes and have recipes handed down from their ancestors.The food made is not only delicious, but also healthy.Rich people give each other a cook, which is much more tasteful than giving a woman.

Both Jia Cong and Chen Ruiwen were descendants of the Eighth Prince of the day, and they were on good terms with each other on weekdays. Today they brought two plates of special snacks, made by Jia Amnesty's chef.Another pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed by myself.

Jia Cong came not too early or too late, and it just so happened that Ma Shang, who ruled the country, and Hou Xiaokang, who was the ruler of the country, were fighting poetry.Seeing Jia Cong coming, everyone hurriedly said: "Brother Cong is here, hurry up, this kid is usually a bit crooked, ask him to do justice."

Jia Cong hurriedly laughed and said: "You have found the wrong person. Brother Liu is still a romantic talent. How can it be my turn to criticize poems? I have only been in school for a few days, so I don't know what is good or bad. Usually, my husband looks at me. It's so pitiful, you want to comfort me."

Chen Ruiwen said with a smile: "That's the reason. You two don't help each other, but you want Brother Cong to take the lead. No one wants to do things that offend others. Are you looking at Brother Cong so you can bully him?"

Liu Fang laughed and said: "Bah! You are the only one who knows how to be human, who is really embarrassing for him, it's just a joke, but the two of you sing together. Hurry up and drink!"

Ma Shang heard the words and said: "It is said that brother Cong brought good wine, let's go to the sea first."

Everyone hurriedly poured wine and toasted. At this moment, a servant reported: "Uncle Shi is here."

Seeing this, Chen Ruifang laughed in a low voice and said, "You don't know him, he is the grandson of Duke Shan. He also studied with us. He was five years older than you. A few months ago he went to the outside of the Great Wall. , so we never met."

As soon as Jia Cong heard it, he knew who it was, Shi Guangzhu, the son and grandson of Shan Guogong's mansion.Shi Guangzhu's parents died young and lived with his grandfather.The Shi family has been passed down for several generations, and when Shi Guangzhu comes here, he is the only one.Because the Shi family has no female family members who are in charge, and the outsiders are old and young, there is no one who can socialize on weekdays, so the friendship with the Jia family is just a New Year's greeting.

As soon as Shi Guangzhu entered the door, Jia Cong couldn't help but swallowed. My mother said that beautiful men in the Jin Dynasty were treated like throwing fruit carts, but he didn't believe it at first.Now that he has really seen it, his brows are slightly frowned, his eyes are starry, and he has a blue blouse and a wave of sleeves. If he is paired with a mandarin duck sword, it will be Pan An's rebirth, nothing more.

After seeing Li, everyone introduced him to Jia Cong individually.He is the youngest, and everyone treats him like a junior.Jia Cong is not ashamed to rely on his tender skin.Holding Shi Guangzhu's hand, he said with a blushing face, "I've heard about Brother Shi's name for a long time, but I just never got to meet him, so I'm sorry."

Seeing Jia Cong's nympho look, Chen Ruiwen frowned, and said, "Wipe your drool quickly, I've never seen such a shame. I'm not bad looking, why haven't I seen you blush at me before?"

Shi Guangzhu smiled and said: "It's okay, he's still young, don't scare him."

Jia Cong immediately became complacent, held Shi Guangzhu's hand and said to Chen Ruiwen triumphantly: "See, this is the gap. Brother Shi is the most gentle, unlike someone who is dark all day long." face."

Chen Ruiwen felt oppressed when he saw that he was kind enough to be a donkey.Hmph, just keep sticking. What kind of a good person is Shi Guangzhu? One day you will know how powerful he is.

During the whole banquet, Jia Cong stayed by the beauty's side, eating tofu and feeding him wine.Maybe Shi Guangzhu really didn't mind, or maybe he was very scheming, he kept a gentle smile all the time, and never got annoyed.Everyone looked sideways, wondering when Shi Guangzhu's temper became so good.

After drinking and eating, Jia Cong returned to the mansion contentedly.As soon as he returned to the house, the big maids, Chen Yu and Luo Yan, surrounded him and complained: "Master, you should take care of yourself. Why is he smelling of alcohol? What should I do if Master bumps into me?" As he said, he hurriedly changed Jia Cong's clothes, prepared hangover soup, and smoked his hair to get rid of the alcohol.

Jia Cong said with a smile: "It's okay, you don't have to be busy. I haven't drunk much, just a few cups. I am young, who would dare to drink me."

Chen Yu said: "It's not for anything else, just now the old lady sent someone to say that everyone will go there to eat today. The fresh melons and fruits sent from the countryside, I ask everyone to try something new."

Jia Cong wondered: "This is amazing, the old lady wished that I never appeared in front of her, why did she ask me to go again today?"

Luoyan chirped and said: "That's right, I even asked my wife to go too, and I'm courteous for nothing, so I have to be careful for a while."

After hearing this, Chen Yu spat and said: "Say a few words less, you can say this too? Master, don't listen to her, just follow your wife for a while. Grandma's room is not a wolf's den or a tiger's den. There will be no more What a big deal."

After hearing this, Jia Cong nodded in his heart, it really was safe.

Ever since Erfang moved out of Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia has been annoyed with everyone in Dafang.That is, Sister Feng and Jia Lian, and Jia's mother can say a few words without holding a gun and a stick.The kindness of the elders is all compensated by Baoyu and Yingchun who are by my side.Unexpectedly, today Jia Mu seemed as if nothing had happened, with a kind and kind face, she called the whole family to have dinner with her.

During the banquet, Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng should not set rules. Some Sister Feng would joke, talk and laugh, and the atmosphere was very good.Jia Cong took a look and saw that Li Wan came by himself, and Jia Lan was left in the house.She couldn't help sighing in her heart, no matter what Mother Jia said she loved her grandson and daughter-in-law, she still wanted to stay behind in her heart.Thinking in my heart, I made a secret note to ask someone to deliver some soup and water to Jia Lan in a while.

After the meal, everyone gathered around Jia Mu and chatted for a while. Jia Mu suddenly said to Sister Feng: "According to the time, your aunt's sister will be here soon, but is there any regulations?"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "What's the matter? My wife has already prepared the yard. It is just in front of Tingfengzhai, which is very close to the ancestor's place."

Jia Mu said: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, just let her live in my green gauze closet, so that our mother and I can get closer."

Mrs. Xing then said: "It's also available in the green gauze closet, but it depends on how many people my niece brings. If there are too many people, I'm afraid it will disturb the old lady."

Mother Jia was speechless, then turned to ask Sister Feng again, and said, "Your sister Lin's monthly money is compared with Baoyu's. The clothes of the four seasons, in addition to the public ones, I will add another one here."

Sister Feng responded crisply.After chatting for a while, everyone dispersed, and Sister Feng and Jia Cong took Mrs. Xing back to the house first.

Mrs. Xing said: "You don't have to go, I just got a few bottles of rose water, I don't like it too much, you can try it."

Mrs. Xing waved her hand and told the maids to find rose dew, leaving Sister Feng to talk to Jia Cong.

Sister Feng hesitated for a while, and said: "Just now the old lady said that sister Lin's monthly money is paid according to Baoyu's rule. How can the Lin family make it...?"

It turned out that when the second bedroom was in charge, Jia Baoyu was the most favored, five liang a month, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang 20 liang, Jia Mu [-] liang, Yingchun and Tanchun sisters [-] liang each, and another [-] liang for powder.Then there are Aunt Zhao, Jia Huan and Jia Cong.Since the second room moved out, it can't be the same as before.Without the monthly money of the eldest son Jia Cong, there is no reason why there is not as much as Jia Baoyu, the son of a commoner.

Therefore, after discussing with Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Xing changed the monthly money of the masters.The second room moved out to live, so naturally it is not under the management of the house.Jia Cong's monthly payment was changed to seven taels, and even Jia Lan was changed from two taels to five taels.Among them, five taels like Baoyu went to the public account, and the other two taels were paid by Dafang himself.

But after the daughter of the Lin family came, if the monthly money was still compared with Baoyu, it would not be appropriate.

Jia Cong was the son of a first-rank general with seven taels of monthly money, while Jia Baoyu was just the son of a commoner with five taels of monthly money.Lin Daiyu is the daughter of a second-rank member of the Lin family, if she is also five liang, it would be a slap in the face of the Lin family.Before Daiyu arrived, Jia's mother spoke first. If the Lin family blamed her, Jia's mother could just say that she didn't know how much Jia Cong's monthly money was, and she could pour all the dirty water on Da Fang.But if you don't follow Jia Mu, you will openly ignore your elders.

Jia Cong thought of this, and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about it? In the future, the monthly money and silver will be sent by my sister-in-law in person. My son, Wu Liang, is like Brother Bao, and he has listened to the elders' teaching. Let the big house fill in two taels of silver privately." , it’s our wish. Could it be that grandma will stop my wife from loving my niece?”

Mrs. Xing smiled and said: "That's the reason. Tingfengzhai is very good. The utensils inside are all recorded in the book, and all of them are high-quality goods. In the future, when your younger sister Lin comes, you need to worry about it. If you are not so old, you will be all over the place." Live in Bi Sha Cabinet."

Sister Feng nodded one by one, took the rose dew and left.Just then Jia Cong asked: "Why did the old lady ask about Sister Lin today?"

Mrs. Xing shook her head and said, "I don't know, I haven't heard from the Lin family."

Jia Cong pursed his lips and said with a smile: "The old lady has finally recovered, her mind was very unclear a few days ago."

Mrs. Xing said solemnly: "You also know that she finally understands now, so she can no longer underestimate her. Today, one is to warn us that even if we are the housekeeper, there are still people outside her who can pass on the news of the Lin family, even more than We are still early. The second is to take the opportunity to break the current deadlock. If you don’t believe me, look, she will be that kind-hearted old lord again tomorrow, and it’s not easy to disobey as a junior. The third is to keep silent Give me a difficult problem, deliberately draw the Lin family over there. You must not be complacent in the future, and underestimate the old lady, she is not a vegetarian if she can stand in the Jia family for decades."

Jia Cong hurriedly lowered his head to listen to the training, remembering all of them in his heart, thinking to himself, this old lady has retired long ago, but still has such long hand extensions, she is not afraid of being chopped off!Even so, after returning home, he restrained the servants one by one, especially Luo Yan, and told Chen Yu to take good care of her, and not to show any disrespect to the master of the house in the future.