The Kangping Life of Mrs. Xing in Honglou

The arrival of the new year is also good news for Jia's mansion. People are focusing on the New Year's Eve. The rumors about Jia's mansion have finally subsided, which made everyone in Jia's mansion heave a sigh of relief.

Now, Jia She and Xing Yue are looking for a new wife for Jia Lian. This is Xing Yue and Jia She's top priority. Make up your mind to get married in the second half of the year.Xing Yue discussed with Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian. No matter what this time, he must find a woman who is educated, reasonable, virtuous and virtuous for Jia Lian.

It's just that now the mansion has been reprimanded, and its reputation is not good. In addition, Jia Lian divorced his wife and remarried. People of the first and second ranks who are comparable to their family look down on his family. In front of the mansion, the two of them were in trouble for a while.

Coupled with the fact that Mrs. Xing has been neglecting her family all these years, her family background is low, and she rarely interacts with those officials and wives on weekdays, her eyes were darkened when she chose a wife for Jia Lian. Madam, please help, something happened in the West Mansion, and the East Mansion has no face either.

New Year's Eve is the time when officials and wives greet each other and drop by. Xing Yue made a special trip to the East Mansion just before the year before. Mrs. Xu, You Shi, and Xing Yue exchanged greetings, and Xing Yue said the name .

"Sister-in-law, I came here this time to ask you for something, you must help me." Xing Yue said sincerely to Mrs. Xu.

"Siblings, look at what you said, we are a family, if I can do it, I will naturally shirk it." Who is Mrs. Xu, she not only promised to help, but also left room for turning around.

"Sister-in-law, I won't hide it from you. The master and I are worrying about Lian'er's marriage. You also know that these years, I came from a humble background, and the old lady won't let me touch the job of welcoming and sending me. My wife is not familiar with her, but now she is blind to choose a daughter-in-law for Lian'er, and there is no way to start, besides, I can't go out about the affairs of the house, so I ask my sister-in-law to take a look at it." Xing Yue said. clear.

Mrs. Xu thought about Jia Lian's marriage. Now the West Mansion is targeting Jia Lian. This daughter-in-law can't be careless. If she chooses another one like Wang Xifeng, the Jia family's reputation will be completely ruined, and the East Mansion will also be in the dark.

"As for Lian'er, I, as an aunt, will naturally help me to think about it. Last year, didn't you also help us meet our daughter-in-law? Brother and sister, what do you plan to find for Lian'er?" Mrs. Xu asked, This should also be asked clearly.

"Wang Xifeng came out. Master, Lian'er has discussed it. This time, I must find a good daughter who is virtuous, gentle, virtuous, and knowledgeable. After all, Lian'er's biological mother was born in a scholarly family. This daughter is knowledgeable. My son likes it too, and I have to be a good housekeeper, not afraid of my sister-in-law's jokes, I can't be a housekeeper, I can only deal with the past according to the old calendar, this Lian's daughter-in-law, after entering the door, will be the housekeeper." This is true, Xing Yue Guanli's inner house is good, but it's not good at all when going to foreign festivals and paying ceremonies. There is a lot of knowledge here, which cannot be easily understood by her, a house girl who grew up in a modern small family.

"What about the family status?" Mrs. Xu understood that this time the daughter-in-law was looking for a daughter from a noble family.

"Now that this incident happened in the mansion, we also know that the reputation of the mansion may be a bit bad. We don't care about the woman's family status or the amount of dowry. As long as the daughter is good-natured and capable." Xing Yue knew Mrs. Xu I would ask this question, and said the answer I had prepared earlier in the morning.

"Brothers and sisters, there is one thing that you have to explain to me, otherwise I won't be able to agree to the woman." Mrs. Xu said suddenly.

"Sister-in-law, what's so important?" Xing Yue couldn't turn the corner and asked.

"Last year, the old lady presided over the division of the family. You dealt with the property in the family, raised money, and you and your master were punished by the emperor. What happened?" Mrs. Xu always felt that this was a very important matter. She didn't ask clearly. Uneasy.

Xing Yue lowered her head, thinking that the family has been separated now, and it has been a year since the incident. It is obvious that the big house suffered a loss. They couldn't knock out their teeth and swallow their blood. Second, if Dongfu also had Debt, but also a reminder, it's better to pay it back in time, so as to save other troubles.

Xing Yue raised her head, motioning for Mrs. Xu to let all the waiters back down.

"Sister-in-law, that matter is a major event of ransacking the family and exterminating the family. Our master risked his life and sold most of the family property. This matter is over. Originally, the master and I did not intend to speak out. This time it is related to Lian'er. I have to say something about my marriage." Xing Yue explained the ins and outs of this matter clearly in a low voice, and wiped a few tears sadly halfway, talking about the grievances of the big house, and telling how to raise money. Finally, Xing Yue said: "Our family has gone through all these things, how can we find another daughter-in-law who will bring trouble to the family? Sister-in-law, I will trouble you this time. I must find a virtuous daughter-in-law for the family." .”

Mrs. Xu was stunned when she heard this, don't bring trouble to the family's daughter-in-law, the three generations of daughter-in-laws in Xifu have all produced the best. She thought the old lady was knowledgeable, but she was old, so she was a bit biased. Who would have thought, ten It caused such a disaster to the family many years ago.In their generation, needless to say, that Wang family is vicious, and his hands are stretched too far. He wanted to cut off the lineage of the eldest son, and in Lian'er's generation, he married Wang Xifeng first. If you find out early, take a rest and go home, or the whole family will be ruined.

Mrs. Xu is a person who understands righteousness and has a long-term vision. Seeing that Xifu was ordered by the Holy One to rectify, they also invited officials from the Ministry of Rites to correct all the violations.

"Sister-in-law, you just need to know about it, don't tell others about it." Xing Yue pleaded cautiously.

"Sister and sister, I know this, don't worry, Lian'er's affairs are on my shoulders." Mrs. Xu assured Xing Yue and agreed.

After sending Xing Yue away, Mrs. Xu was very worried. Their East Mansion also owed 20 treasury silver. How could it be repaid? She couldn't make up her mind for a while. Jia Jing was invited back.

This is a mere 20 yuan, they can still afford it, but how to repay the debt has become a problem. In these years, which one has no debt in the national treasury, isn't their thorny repayment of the debt arousing hatred?The old couple discussed and discussed, but in the end they didn't come up with an idea, so they had to wait for the right opportunity to repay the debt.

The second room moved out, but not all the servants who served were taken away, and many servants were left in the mansion. Xing Yue and Jia She had dealt with a group of servants. Girls should be released when they reach the age. When the son was 35 years old, he asked him to go home to see his grandson. This time there was a big commotion. In order to appease people, Jia She and Xing Yue discussed it and built a big courtyard in the back street of Rongguo Mansion, where the servants of Rong Mansion lived. , invited the retired old accountant and down-and-out scholars to teach the children of the released slaves to read. Each student only needs to teach five hundred dollars a year. The released slaves will not make trouble anymore. You know , In this era, three generations of slaves are not allowed to take the scientific examination, even the college does not accept students who are slaves.

Except for the old lady's place in the whole mansion, all other servants were molested by Xing Yue. There were fewer messy things in the house, and Xing Yue was much cleaner.

On New Year's Eve, Xing Yue went to pay his respects to the old lady. Looking at the flowery maidservants in the house and Jia Baoyu who was surrounded by everyone, Xing Yue didn't like it.It should be said that Jia Baoyu was born well, but all the men in Jia's mansion are not bad in appearance. The old lady doted on Baoyu just because of that broken stone. The wife is disabled.

Xing Yue couldn't tell whether Jia Baoyu's stone was real or not, after all, she came here through time travel. However, Xing Yue knew that Jia Baoyu caught Yan Zhi when he was catching Zhou, and happened to save his life. Except for the emperor, who can say that there is a big origin, this Jia Baoyu is the culprit, fortunately the old lady regarded him as a treasure and held him in the palm of her hand.

There are twenty or thirty maids and women serving Baoyu alone, even the Eldest Master is not so extravagant, and the children of the second family, why should the Eldest House take care of them, the Eldest House is much poorer than the Second Household.

Xing Yue's scrutinizing eyes made Jia Baoyu shrink back into Jia's mother's arms, in exchange for Jia's mother's sharp eye shot at Xing Yue.

"Old lady, is Baoyu still at the old lady's place today? I thought it was New Year's Eve, and the old lady would send Baoyu back to her second brother." Xing Yue said with a smile.

"Like the second family, there is no decent woman in charge, how can the old lady send Baoyu back with confidence?" After Jia Zheng's family moved out, Mrs. Wang was taken care of.The old lady has no free time these days, and she will be free this time, so she thinks about bringing a flat wife in for the second child.

Xing Yue sneered in her heart, if she was worried about sending Baoyu back, then she could send Jia Huan there without worry.

"Is there anything else you want to come here?" The old lady is losing face to Xing Yue more and more now. She has lost such a big face, and she must find it back on her daughter-in-law.

"Yes, old lady, the daughter-in-law really has something to report to the old man. The daughter-in-law plans to give all the girls and women who serve Baoyu to the second brother's family. It is better to divide the family clearly. It is not possible to let the elder brother take care of the younger brother." This kind of gossip about the child is not good for the second brother's reputation." Xing Yue said that she seemed to be thinking about the second child's family. Wife’s power, these days I’m not less troubled by servants in other places, why Baoyu’s needles and threads are not good, the material is not as good as before, Baoyu wants to eat this, she wants to eat that, what’s wrong with the big kitchen in front of her head, it’s messing with other things. Seeing them everywhere gave me a headache, and they all came to Xing Yue to complain.

After the old lady heard this, she naturally understood what Xing Yue meant. If she refused to agree, the eldest daughter-in-law became cruel and spread the word, and the reputation of the second child would be lost, which would not be conducive to marriage.

"This is the reason why the family is divided. If the family is not divided, let the uncle raise the children of the uncle's family. The second child who serves Baoyu should be the second child. You give the girl who served Baoyu the contract of sale. Come here." The old lady took Baoyu's servant's deed into her own hands, her precious lump, only she can rest assured if she puts it under her nose.

"Old lady, you are old, and there is still a young Baoyu in the house. The meals need to be carefully prepared. The things made in the big kitchen are not very fine. The journey is long, and it is already cold when it is delivered to the old lady. It is like this all year round. It is not good for the old lady and Baoyu's body. Our lord is filial, so he specially found a cook with good skills and gave it to the old lady. How about Baoyu's meal?" The girl next to Jia Baoyu ran to the big kitchen to make trouble, and from now on Baoyu's meal will be cooked in the old lady's small kitchen.

The old lady glanced at Xing Yue and knew what she was thinking, but the old lady also had her own ideas. Now that the big house is in charge of the house, if she tampered with the food, then her precious jade... The old lady agreed down.

Xing Yue achieved her goal and left with a smile. The dishes in the big kitchen are all cooked according to the taste of the old lady. They are sweet, soft and greasy. A cook who is good at cooking Huaiyang cuisine came back to take care of everyone.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Mrs. Xu asked Xing Yue to go over and show her achievements these days. Xing Yue picked up one of the portraits and looked through them one by one. Finally, she chose one of the portraits. After some hesitation, she chose from among them. a portrait.

Mrs. Xu picked up the first portrait that Xing Yue had chosen, looked at it, and said: "My brother and sister have taken a fancy to Yan Peining, the eldest daughter of Yan Xueshi, this Yan Peining is a good person, this year, she has not been engaged yet, and she is very suitable for Lian'er. "

"Sister-in-law, this Yan Xueshi is an official of the second rank, and his daughter is also beautiful, why is he still not married at this age?" Xing Yue asked.

"Brothers and sisters, don't worry, the girl who got it in front of you has no problem with her character. This girl Yan is 15 years old, which is the age to say goodbye. She hasn't settled down yet, but her mother has a sudden illness, and then she has to keep her filial piety for three years. It will be delayed until next month." Mrs. Xu said with a smile. "Scholar Yan didn't marry the second wife either. This daughter took care of the family. I've inquired about it. She is a good housekeeper. She is also virtuous and good-looking. She is just right for Lian'er."

"Sister-in-law, I'll take all these paintings back and ask the master and Lian'er for their opinions." Xing Yue couldn't make up her mind, saying that Yan Peining is a good candidate, a scholar Yan is an upright official with a very good reputation, so she married him My daughter and the others are naturally willing, but this is the choice of both parties, and it also depends on the willingness of Bachelor Yan.

Sure enough, as she expected, Jia She and his son saw that Yan Peining was the best choice.The three of them decided that no matter what, they had to give it a try. Jia Amnesty also went all out this time, took out three calligraphy and paintings from his own collection, and entrusted his clan friends who knew antique calligraphy and painting to come and ask them.

At the same time, the old lady also used her network to find a second room for Jia Zheng, but the old lady and Jia Zheng's reputation was not self-conscious, and the requirements for the woman were too high. No suitable candidate could be found.