The Kangping Life of Mrs. Xing in Honglou

It is said that when Jia Lian went to the Yamen, Jia Amnesty was worried at home. Because he was not healthy, he went out a few days ago and got a high fever. Today he was forced to lie on the bed by Xing Yue. His heart was very dry. These things did not last long. The aunt who came to try to please Jia She, was pissed off by Jia She.

Xing Yue came to visit Jia She after finishing the business, just when Jia She got angry, looking at Aunt Mei who was kneeling on the ground, Xing Yue frowned and said: "Master, calm down, don't you get angry for a slave girl?" It's worth it, Aunt Mei, the master hasn't taken care of himself well, the most important thing is not to be angry, what you did made the master furious, all right, don't be an eyesore to the master, go back to your own room." It was born on a thin horse in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was given to Jia Amnesty by the king of Nan'an County. It was difficult to deal with it for a while, so Xing Yue sent her back with a word.

Aunt Mei also knew that the master had a bad temper, so she got angry and ignored it. This time, she originally wanted to please the master and have a child while she was young. Backed out in panic.

"Zizhu, pass on my words. Aunt Mei's misbehavior angered the master and asked her to reflect on her fasting for a year in the house. I remember Aunt Mei's good handwriting. The master likes it very much. When she is free, she will copy the scriptures and pray for the master. " Xing Yue put Aunt Mei in confinement for a year.

Watching the maids clean up the house, Xing Yuefang sat by the bed, looked at Jia She helplessly and said, "Master, you are worried about Lian'er, why are you angry at other people?"

"Since when did I worry about that bastard?" Jia Amnesty glared at Xing Yue angrily when Xing Yue said what was on his mind.

"Master is not worried, I am worried." Xing Yue looked at the awkward Jia She and said angrily, "It is Lian'er's first job in the upper echelon, and he doesn't know the relationship between his colleagues and I don't know if he can handle it. "The children of meritorious families these days are not those who have checked the information of their colleagues, and the elders in the family have given careful guidance before going to work in the ministry. With the exception of their family, Jia She has not held a real job these years. Mrs. Xing has not participated in the promises and contacts of the mansion these years, and is completely unfamiliar with them. The resources and contacts of the Rongguo Mansion are all in the hands of the old lady and the second room.

Jia Amnesty listened to Xing Yue's words and kept silent. He was also very worried about Jia Lian.

"Master, why don't you send someone to investigate? Provincial Lian'er doesn't know what's going on, so he plunged in and couldn't get out." Xing Yue was really worried that the water in the capital was very deep, and now the big house could rely on Jia Lian. In order to fight against the second room and the old lady, the first room must have a character who can shoot.

"You don't have to worry about that." When Jia Amnesty knew that Prince Rui was going to support Jia Lian, he deliberately asked people to investigate. However, there have been a lot of family affairs recently, and many slaves who betrayed the master have been found out. The news is not true, it is not true, so Jia Amnesty sent someone to re-investigate, but the news has not come back, it is better to let Jia Lian experience it for himself than being deceived by false news.

"My lord, Lian'er has a real job now. In the future, he will have to run the business up and down. He will earn at least 2 taels of silver a year. Our family has managed a lot of good properties, and there is no money in the treasury. The annual income is only 2 taels of silver. , do you think we should be more frugal?" Xing Yue asked.

Jia She frowned and looked at Xing Yue. The last time he pawned 10,000+ taels of antique calligraphy and painting, he only used 3 taels of silver, and the money he copied from Yang Lu’s house added up to [-] taels of silver. Why did Xing Yue say that he has no money?

"My lord, walls have ears. We sold most of our family property to collect the money." Xing Yue reminded in a voice that only two people could hear, and then said in a normal voice: "Last month's income has just been delivered. , it’s less than 2000 taels of silver, and the winter solstice is almost here, so I’m afraid the silver won’t be enough.”

"The matter of the inner house is up to you." Jia Amnesty knew that after paying back the money, he was still extravagant and wasteful like before, in the eyes of the Holy Majesty and Prince Rui, it was indeed inappropriate.

"Master, Lian'er is different now, and the daily expenses are much higher. You can't let Lian'er reach out to his wife. Once or twice is fine. If you do too many times this time, you will inevitably be looked down upon by your wife." Xing Yuehe Jia Amnesty discussed that this Wang Xifeng is a strong one, so let's see how she can hold Jia Lian in her hands.

"Then give him 1 taels of silver every year in private, and he doesn't have to worry about the daily ceremonies, that's enough." Jia Amnesty said after a little thought.

"Just listen to the master." Xing Yue wondered why Jia Amnesty didn't mention Jia Lian's mother's dowry.

"Master, if Lian'er's biological mother was here, Lian'er's situation wouldn't be so difficult. Lian'er's maternal grandfather had students all over the world, and many of them now hold important positions. If Lian'er's uncle was in Beijing, look at Lian'er's biological mother. For the sake of this, if we can give you some pointers, we don’t have to worry about it here.” Xing Yue said with a sigh, carefully observing Jia Amnesty’s facial expressions.

After hearing Xing Yue's words, Jia Amnesty's eyes darkened, and his hands clenched into fists. Indeed, if Mrs. Jiefa was still there, Lian'er would not be like this. Maybe she has already been named on the gold list. The second wife's hatred resurfaced in her heart again, and she closed her eyes in pain.

Opening his eyes again, he said to Xing Yue with deep eyes: "Don't mention Lian'er's family affairs in front of Lian'er." He decided to write a letter to Zhang Junhao in private to see what he meant.

"I understand this, but now that Lian'er is working as an errand in the Ministry of Rites, you must hear some. Master, instead of Lian'er getting news from others, it's better for you to tell him yourself." Xing Yue didn't know much about Jia Lian's natal family. It would be bad if Jia Lian listened to someone who cared outside.

"You don't need to worry about this matter." This matter is a deep pain in his heart. After finding out what his mother and the second wife did, Jia She felt extremely guilty and felt ashamed to face his brother-in-law. No wonder the brother-in-law was so resolute back then. He had to face, and Lian's daughter-in-law, the world is impermanent, and Jia Amnesty couldn't help regretting that Jia Lian married the daughter of the Wang family.

After Jia Lian came back, he recounted what happened in the ministry today. It was difficult to tell whether these people were true or not. The two of them could not give Jia Lian any opinion, so they could only tell Jia Lian not to go too far with any of his colleagues. Intimacy, and took out a silver note of 1 taels to him.

As the winter solstice approached, Mother Jia was also thinking about it. Since the splitting of the births, the eldest son had obviously been disrespectful to her. In the past few months, the elder brother hadn't visited her, and the eldest daughter-in-law was always pretending to be confused. in spite of.She also didn't think about how Jia Amnesty could go to see her after being beaten and still resting in bed.This old lady is also quite amazing. Ever since she saw Jia She once and was pushed back by Xing Yue, she never looked at Jia She again. On weekdays, when Xing Yue came to pay her respects, she just asked perfunctorily. Then just let your master take good care of it and that's it.

Seeing that Dafang is not as respectful as before, she wanted to make things difficult for Dafang, and Baoyu usually yelled to see his wife in front of her, so she wanted to let Mrs. Wang come out during the winter solstice.

The next day, when Xing Yue came to pay her respects, she saw Mrs. Wang standing in the old lady's house. Xing Yue said angrily, "Second wife doesn't repent before the Buddha. She prays for the blessing of the Buddha. What are you doing here?" ?" She also knew that this must be what the old lady meant, anyway, with the previous incident, the two had already turned against each other, and she didn't have to hide it in front of the old lady.

"Sister-in-law, the old lady asked me to come." Mrs. Wang said calmly.

"Mr. Wang, don't call me so affectionate, I can't afford to be your sister-in-law." Xing Yue said directly, without showing any face to the second wife, making it very embarrassing for the younger generation, and Li Wan lowered her head in shame. .

"Old lady, isn't Mrs. Wang eating fast and reciting Buddha in the Buddhist hall? How could she be at the old lady's place?" Xing Yue asked with confidence. I have to give her an explanation.

"Boss daughter-in-law, the old lady is old and lacks energy. There are so many things in this mansion. Zhu's daughter-in-law and Lian's daughter-in-law are both young. I'm afraid they won't be able to handle the slaves and make jokes. Seeing that the winter solstice is coming, The second daughter-in-law has been the housekeeper for many years, and she sits in charge, while Zhu's daughter-in-law and Lian's daughter-in-law assist in managing the affairs of the house, so the old woman can rest assured." The old lady gave a seemingly reasonable reason.

Xing Yue looked at the old lady, knowing that the old lady was determined not to make her feel better, and she would not change her mind. Looking at Mrs. Wang standing aside with a pleasing eyebrow, Xing Yue said with a smile: "Old lady, since you can rest assured that Mrs. Wang Well, the second daughter-in-law is in charge of the second child's family, as it should be, and I have no objection to the daughter-in-law. However, the daughter-in-law has something to say, although everyone understands that the big house and the family The second room is two families, isn't it inappropriate for Lian's daughter-in-law to be the housekeeper of the second room?" After the birth was divided, Xing Yue called Wang Xifeng back and did not interfere with the second room.

The old lady became angry, pointing at Xing Yue and scolding: "You have no ability to teach Lian's daughter-in-law to be a housekeeper. I have good intentions and let Lian's daughter-in-law learn from the second daughter-in-law. Are you still willing?" The old lady also counted on this king. Madam and Wang Xifeng can restore the old aunt and nephew relationship, so that Jia Lian can assist Baoyu wholeheartedly in the future.

"Old lady, what do you want Lian's daughter-in-law to learn from Wang, how to let the eldest son's family cut off their sons and grandchildren? I am incompetent, and I can't teach Lian's daughter-in-law to be a housekeeper, but Lian's daughter-in-law can't follow anyone else. I'd rather let Lian's daughter-in-law be useless for the rest of her life." Xing Yue refused to give in in front of the old lady, she is not easy to bully, although she actually doesn't care about it in her heart , she is not Mrs. Xing before.

What Xing Yue said, the old lady couldn't say a word, she just pointed at Xing Yue and couldn't speak, "You...you..." Then he coughed hard, and the girl who was close to him hurriedly beat the old lady on the back .

"Old lady, don't get excited. Since the old lady is assured that Mrs. Wang will come out to take care of the second bedroom's house, the daughter-in-law agrees. Why should the old lady make fun of her body? Our master knows it, so we shouldn't get angry." Xing Yue looked at the old lady. The wife was also very angry and gave a happy answer.

Xing Yue and Mrs. Wang went out of the old lady's house together. Xing Yue said in a low voice: "Second wife has earned a lot of money from lending these years. She dares to do this thing of cutting off children and grandchildren. I'm waiting to see the day you get your retribution." After finishing speaking, she got into the sedan chair and walked away, but Mrs. Wang hated her so much that her nails stuck into her flesh.

After Xing Yue went back, she cried to Jia She that Mrs. Wang was released by the old lady. Seeing Jia She's expression of suppressed disappointment, Xing Yue knew that her goal had been achieved. The old lady didn't know how to cherish her son's filial piety. Sooner or later, this family relationship will be completely wiped out. The old lady and the second wife live so freely, it is not the result of Jia Amnesty's indisputable result.

After thinking over and over again, Xing Yue decided to hand over the affairs of the mansion to Wang Xifeng to take care of.

After several waves of cleanup, according to the old rules, the manpower of Dafang is not enough, and Xing Yue has never meant to buy the girl Xiaosi outside. All cases were halved, and half of the servants served by the masters were cut off. The most important thing is that Xing Yue checked the kitchen and the procurement, but this time he didn't send it out, but sent it to the Zhuangzi after a warning.

After all this, the normal expenses of the entire big house are only 300 taels of silver, which greatly saves expenses.

Naturally, some people objected to these new rules, especially those aunts of Jia She, the favored aunts spent a lot of money on weekdays, and in the next month, Xing Yue directly deducted the monthly money, and made a fuss to Jia She. During the past few months of getting along, Jia Amnesty's attitude towards Xing Yue was no different than before, and he asked them to go directly to Xing Yue to deal with it.

These few thought that Jia She was supporting them, and they used Jia She's name to ask Xing Yue for money, and Xing Yue asked Zi Zhu to take out the account book and reconcile the accounts one by one.

"Is there something wrong with remembering this account?" Xing Yue asked while drinking tea leisurely.

"Ma'am, how do we remember how much money we spent? The master said that you should give us a replacement monthly payment." A young rambunctious entanglement insisted on asking for the monthly payment.

"What the master said, go and send someone to ask the master, what did the master say?"

"If you go back to your wife, the matter in the inner house will be handled by your wife, so you don't need to ask him."

Xing Yue looked at the aunt who was making trouble with a half-smile, and asked the mother-in-law to take it down and directly rewarded twenty big boards, and sold the house. The other aunts did not dare to speak again, and they all saluted and left. Yue also achieved the effect of killing chickens and monkeys. The people who made trouble with the money were all the new aunts in recent years. Aunt Zhou and Aunt Song did not show up this time. Thinking of these two hiding behind, Xing Yue sneered, if they An Fen, she doesn't mind raising them until they grow old, if they are restless, she has plenty of ways to deal with them.

After this rectification, Dafang was truly stable.Xing Yue decided to hand over the housekeeping to Wang Xifeng. She was very impatient with managing so many people and handling so many chores.

"Lian's daughter-in-law, today I will entrust you with the management of the housekeeping. You have also been in charge of the house in Wang's house. I am also relieved that you are the housekeeper. There is only one thing. The name of the master of Fuzhong is taking the lawsuit outside, so I will let Lian'er divorce you directly." Xing Yue handed over the account book to Wang Xifeng and warned her.

Wang Xifeng knew that her parents-in-law were very dissatisfied with her. In the past few months, Jia Lian had also separated from her. Her aunt was not trustworthy, and her aunt didn't care about her. No one could be trusted. These days I lived cautiously, for fear of losing my life. Something went wrong, and the in-laws divorced her in a rage.

Gaining the housekeeping right today actually gave her redemption.