[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

When the Jia family spent huge sums of money to build the Provincial Courtyard, even if they broke their heads, they would never have thought of this magnificent Grand View Garden built with millions of taels of silver. The owner only stayed for most of the night.

To be honest, if she had known in advance that this kind of operation was performed, or that she was the mother of Jia or Mrs. Wang, then she would gather all the natal families of all the concubines who wanted to visit their relatives together, and talk to them. Discuss to collect funds from several families to build a shared family-friendly courtyard.Afterwards, those empresses are asked to take turns to become monks to visit their relatives either by position or by lottery. After the family visit is over, they can also donate this family visitation house to the harem, and leave it for all the ladies in the palace to visit their relatives.

In this way, not only did several families save money, but they also naturally formed a small circle.The most important thing is that it was sold well, so that those who want to visit their relatives but can't afford to build a relative's house can have a place to have a family relationship.

But in that way, the Xue family would earn less.

(*^__^*) Hee hee...

Although he knew that the most beautiful moment in the Grand View Garden was the day of visiting relatives in Yuanchun, but as long as he thought of coming over in the freezing cold and writing poems to deal with it, Zuo Xi backed down.

Jia's mother followed suit. She was a young and invincible beautiful girl, so she couldn't do it anymore.But it's okay to simply toss, but it's just a little suffering and a little freezing.But what frightens Zuo Xi is poetry.

This, she really can't do it.

So she knew it was 'showing ugliness', so why would she want to join in the fun?

And the Grand View Garden will not be closed in the future, so you can visit whenever you want?Even though it will be difficult to have this night and this scene in the Grand View Garden in the future, it is nothing to think about it carefully.Perhaps in ancient times, glass, colored glaze and artificial flowers, etc., were rarely seen in ordinary times, and they were objects that only the rich and the rich could afford.But in the eyes of Zuo Xi, who has seen and nurtured in modern times, that is nothing.

If you want to say what the biggest attraction of Yuanchun Shengqin to Zuo Xi is, it is nothing more than the various fireworks that were set off that night.

There is no way, who said that Hyundai has banned smoking for many years.

Of course, this problem is easy to solve.After all, no one sets off fireworks under the quilt. If you want to watch them, you can climb to the attic to watch them in advance. It is warm and comfortable.If it doesn't work, it's not that there is no money, just ask people to buy more and put enough money in their yard.

Zuo Xi, who had figured these things out a long time ago, took advantage of Jia's family's unaware that Yuan Chun would stay in the relative hospital for a few days, and planned to successfully avoid the relative-senting day.At the same time, I have also established an image of being knowledgeable and understanding for myself, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Mother Jia agreed with Zuo Xi's statement, but she still wanted to make up for Zuo Xi's 'loss', so she smiled at Zuo Xi and said, "Your aunt told me that you were born on the 21st day of the first lunar month. I’ve been in the capital for several years, but I haven’t had a serious birthday celebration, so I want to celebrate your birthday.”

"It's not a coincidence. My mother and my brother also said that this year is my 15th birthday, and they want to give me a wedding ceremony. My mother and I also said that we want to invite old ladies, wives and sisters on that day I went to have fun for a day, but I was worried that my mother would not be able to leave here, so I didn't dare to speak." As soon as Zuo Xi heard Jia Mu's words, she knew that the old lady wanted to celebrate her birthday.So when Jia Mu was talking and taking a breath, she interjected, so as to interrupt Jia Mu's remaining words, "I originally wanted to have the audacity to invite the old lady to be the guest of honor, but my mother said a congratulatory ceremony, so there is no such thing as the empress's side. .Just find someone casually, and just make sense of it.”

"Nonsense, it's not a trivial matter for a woman to be a girl. Aunt Baoyu, please don't wrong our little girl." Mother Jia originally wanted to wait for Zuo Xi's birthday to call Zuo Xiniang and her mother to the relatives' hospital, and come to see Yuan Chun. Second, set up small tables and invite the family troupe to sing a few plays, which saves trouble, is decent, and doesn't cost much.She didn't want to hear what Zuo Xi said about Jiji Li, she would call someone to her house to do it.

No matter how rare this girl is, there is no reason to hold Jiji ceremony in the concubine's other courtyard.

But having said that, is this girl fifteen years old?

Aunt Xue was almost driven crazy by her own girl, how could she just open her mouth about these invisible things.It also speaks with a nose and an eye.

Unhappy, Aunt Xue gave Zuo Xi a sideways glance, and Aunt Xue bowed slightly to Mother Jia, and said with a smile, "I didn't intend to wrong her at first, but this girl just coaxed the old lady to favor her."

"Look, old lady, someone is jealous of me because of you." Zuo Xi looked at Aunt Xue pointingly, and made a face at Aunt Xue and said to the old lady: "You It's better to hurt me less, it can be regarded as my filial piety."

Zuo Xi didn't know what was interesting about what Zuo Xi said, as soon as she finished speaking, everyone in the room laughed along with her.

"It's a pity that sister Lin is not here." Baoyu, who didn't want to sit in Jia's mother's arms all the time because everyone still had something to say, suddenly brought up Daiyu with a sigh.

When Daiyu was mentioned, Jia's mother's mood also dropped a little.In the spring, the Lin family sent a letter to the Rongguo Mansion, saying that Lin Ruhai had resigned from office, that the Lin family had a male, and now they had packed their luggage and were going to live in the capital.Then every two or three months, Daiyu sent a letter back to Jia Mu, saying that she was ill again before, where she rested again, and now she set off again.

In short, the Lin family has been on the road, and it is a mystery where they are now.

Of course, the Rongguo Mansion didn't know the whereabouts of the Lin family, but Zuo Xi couldn't be more clear about it.Lin Ruhai is not in good health, Brother Xuan is still in her infancy, Daiyu's body is not very strong, and she is not in a hurry at first, but she is determined to miss Yuanchun's family visit. It is necessary to recite poems and make paintings, and to avoid the cold and keep healthy in winter.He stopped and stopped along the way, and now he is still in Maodong, only three hundred miles away from the capital.

A few days ago, Zuo Xi asked someone to pack up some furs that Xue Pan had hunted this year, and sent them to Daiyu.

But after going back today, Zuo Xi thought, she had to ask someone to come again.After all, the family home was repaired, and the day of Yuanchun's family visitation had already been set.

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"I don't know where the three of them have gone. If I had known that they were coming to Beijing, I should have asked Lian'er to wait."

"This is also something that no one expected." Sister Feng came in from the outside, just in time to hear this sentence, she took the sentence with a smile, and thought to herself that Lin Ruhai's tone was so hard to swallow.

Even death is so painful, what can you expect from him?

"May I ask the old lady to show me that the lunch is ready, do you want to serve it now?"

It turned out that it was already time for lunch when we were joking. Mother Jia asked to put it on, and at the same time left Aunt Xue and Zuo Xi to eat in Rongqing Hall. "You girls stay here for dinner, you two don't need to wait, just sit down and eat together."

During the meal, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing did not have to continue to make rules because of Aunt Xue's presence.But Li Wan and Sister Feng still have to serve their mother-in-law and sister-in-law for dinner.

At first, Zuo Xi was not used to being served by others for dinner, but later on he was able to ignore these strange rules.But there was always a question in my heart that I never asked.

After eating in Rongqing Hall, because the old lady wanted to take a lunch break, Zuo Xi followed Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang to Rongqing Hall to talk.

"...I asked someone to clean up a yard in the northeast corner. If I have free time, I will bring Bao girl to live here for a few days." Mrs. Wang took Zuo Xi's hand, and talked to Aunt Xue with a smile, "My son entered the palace before, and the empress returned. Ask about Bao girl. But are you sure you want to enter the palace?"

When Aunt Xue asked, she opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.Turning her head and glaring at Zuo Xi, can't you, then tell your aunt yourself.

"Let Treasure girl speak for herself."

Zuo Xi didn't expect that Aunt Xue had already learned to throw the pot away, her teeth gritted in her heart, but she had to return to Mrs. Wang on the face.

"People like us originally wanted to work in the palace. It's just because of the family's dignity and connections that they are two points more comfortable than others. In the early years, my brother only knew how to play, and my father was only planning for the family plan. Tell me to enter the palace. Now that my brother is promising and has started serious business, it doesn't matter whether I enter the palace or not. It's just that I dare not disobey my father's dying instructions. The second is that I have not yet passed the age , don’t rush to make a decision at the moment. The third time is that if you stay outside, you have to make connections and make troubles for the family. So I thought it’s better to wait until next year before discussing.”

"You child, you are so careful. There is nothing more than a word about your mother's presence, and even if you go, it's just a formality."

"This is unavoidable. The empress has only been a concubine for more than a year, and everyone is staring at her. How many people want to catch the empress for her fault. How can our own family make the empress useless for this matter." Hearing the words, Zuo Xi quickly persuaded, "My family does business with Master Jiu anyway, so I have some face, but if I give up some money, Master Jiu can do it for our family. Another one, not only me, sister Luan from my uncle's family My son also wants to stay outside. Either do both, or don’t do it, it’s not good to favor one over another.”

The draft is a policy of the Qing Dynasty, so it doesn't mean that if you don't choose it, you can not choose it.All they can do is work hard on their choices.To put it bluntly, it's all about using favors or money to buy off the chosen father-in-law and mother, and then find a better reason to lose the election.

As for whether to enter the palace or not, Zuo Xi really didn't make up his mind.

At the very beginning, she had no feelings for the Xue family, and the most preoccupied thought in her mind was to draft a draft and enter the palace to work for the emperor. When she was old enough to leave the palace, she was not only past the marriageable age of this era, but even marriage was a matter of her own. I can make my own decisions.In a hurry, she just won't go back to Xue's house, so what can she do.

Not entering the palace, Aunt Xue is weak and naive, with soft ears, Xue Pan is reckless and ignorant, Zuo Xi is really afraid that these two people will sell themselves if they are confused.After all, the good marriage in their eyes may not be really good in Zuo Xi's view.

Anyone who has read the original work knows that Jia Shi Wang Xue is doomed to lose, and he ransacked his home and exiled men and women to sell.Instead of staying outside and worrying about whether he would be implicated, tied hands and feet like selling animals, being picked up and sold to unknown places, Zuo Xi thought it would be better to grit his teeth and go to the palace to work go.

After all, she has a little golden finger, and she has a small apartment that followed from modern times. Isn't she happier than other court ladies who have nothing?

If she didn't enter the palace, the first thing she would have to face at the age of fifteen or sixteen would be getting married.

What kind of family will the Xue family find her as a husband-in-law, and what kind of husband-in-law will they find?

Even if it wasn't a blind marriage, it probably wouldn't be the one she expected.

What's more, do men in this era have chastity?

She is also a clean freak~

When she left the palace at the age of 25, she was rich and old, and she was considered qualified when she came out of the palace. Even if she went to work as a nun in another family, she would have to work with a certificate.As for marriage, it is not too late to think about it at the age of 25.

In this way, life can be considered clearly arranged.

But with the passage of time, Zuo Xi found that her initial thoughts began to waver.

No matter how many faults Aunt Xue has, she can't hide that she is a doting mother.No matter how many faults Xue Pan has, he will gradually mature.Moreover, the two of them treated her very well, even though she was mature in thinking and was mostly polite with them, she couldn't hide their affection for her.

Moreover, although the Xue family did business with Ba Ye, the poisonous snake nine in the party, the poisonous snake nine masters gradually became estranged from him, as if they were strangers.There is no need to worry about being settled by the new emperor Qiuhou.Although calculated according to time, it is the current Master Kong who is sharpening his knife against the four major families.

Xue Pan no longer caused trouble, and they moved out of Rongguo Mansion. Baoyu, who was like a piece of rough jade in the eyes of Aunt Xue, also became obscene due to some "little things", and lost the competitiveness of a good son-in-law.

The Xue family also has the sacrificial fields that she bought with a large sum of money, the hilltops in the sacrificial fields and the output of the fertile fields. Even if the Xue family has nothing, the Xue family can still be a rich man for decades.What's more, Xue Pan is already proficient in riding and shooting. In time, he can't really become a soldier by riding and shooting.

This kind of Xue family, whether it is from the aspect of family affection or the actual situation, makes Zuo Xi feel that he can wait and see.

A very sensible idea, but also very realistic.

It's not that Zuo Xi is cold-blooded and insists on being so clear about his calculations.It's a subconscious thinking pattern produced by a motherless child's protection of himself in those years.

Minor elections are almost always in February every year, so Zuo Xi still has at least fifteen months to think about this issue.

Now. Take it easy.

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After listening to Zuo Xi's answer, Mrs. Wang smiled and praised Zuo Xi once more. She wanted to say something more, but the daughter-in-law in charge of the mansion came to answer one by one.Mrs. Wang asked these people to go to Sister Feng to make a decision. After a while, Sister Feng brought people over again.

Seeing this, Zuo Xi and Aunt Xue couldn't stay any longer, so they got up, said goodbye and left.

When Zuo Xi helped Aunt Xue to go out, Qiaqiao listened to Zhou Rui's family saying "Miaoyu" and "Qicui Temple" under the porch, her eyes flickered, and she left without realizing it.

Miaoyu, just the Miaoyu who was 'Yujie He Zengjie', but was snatched by the robbers in the end!

Sure enough, it is better to make yourself stronger than to ask the Bodhisattva to bless you.

It seems that no matter whether she wants to enter the palace or not, she has to find two weapons that are convenient for herself.

He was thinking about self-defense equipment all the way, and before he knew it, he had already got into the carriage and returned to Xue's house.When I got back to the yard, I happened to see the maids sweeping snow back and forth on the fur cloak with a big brush, cleaning the fur cloak with snow.

If this kind of brush is replaced by steel nails. Hiss~

The picture that emerged in Zuo Xi's mind was too bloody, and Zuo Xi was so frightened that he immediately shook his head and scattered all those faces.However, although the picture was scattered, the idea seemed to take root, and it became clearer and clearer.

So a little later, Zuo Xi drew some pictures and asked someone to make some steel nails and brushes for her.

She wants two, and gives Daiyu another one. Sanchun is pitiful, and each has one. Wang Xiluan is her cousin, so give her one too, and finally give Miaoyu another one. Then make ten first. Bar.

Zuo Xi asked someone to make a steel brush, which is quite beautiful.

The handle is extremely long and can be folded upwards to directly cover the steel brush.When closed, the size is like a closed folding fan, engraved with patterns, or inlaid with some jewels, or engraved with two lines of poetry, and finally put a tassel fan pendant underneath, which is beautiful and elegant without being eye-catching.When it is not opened, it is like a thing that presses a skirt, but when it is opened, the steel nails are shining with a silvery white cold light, which makes people feel cold when they look at it.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, ten steel brushes were ready.Zuo Xi kept a few for himself, and gave another to Daiyu quickly, and at the same time asked Daiyu to make two fan covers for her as a gift.

The rest are all put away, ready to find a suitable time to give to those little girls.

Today, when I went to Aunt Xue's for dinner, Aunt Xue remembered what Zuo Xifang said when she went to Rongguo Mansion.

"What are you going to do with your wedding ceremony? Do you have any regulations?"

"No, I didn't think about it at all. I was fooling the old lady." Zuo Xi shook his head and smiled at Aunt Xue Pipi, "If someone else asks, I will say that Mom won't do it for me."

Aunt Xue: "..."