The Kangping Life of Mrs. Xing in Honglou

Later, the old lady did not know where to get another 10 taels of silver. Xing Yue guessed that it might be the old lady's own silver. In addition to the 10 taels given by Lin Ruhai, Jia's family raised a total of 70 taels of silver to build Obviously, it was impossible to build the Shengqin Bieyuan according to the original drawings. Later, people changed the drawings and went to two places.

The old lady did not hand over the money to Mrs. Liu. Instead, she set up an accounting room and ordered people to pay for all the expenses. After she checked and confirmed, she would pay the money from the accounting office. Dirty silver.

The rest of the internal affairs are all handled by Mrs. Liu, which is equivalent to the stunning beauty of the Wangfufeng back then. Mrs. Liu is a shrewd and meticulous person. Now that she is building a relative's house, there is almost no money left in the two rooms. She will not do it for the sake of Too noble people do not hesitate to sell their properties, which are the foundation for the second house to gain a foothold in the future.

As far as Mr. Liu is concerned, he really does not want to build this family home, not to mention the construction cost, even the maintenance fee in the future, which is not a small amount of expenses. The big house will definitely not pay for the money. In the future, most of it will still fall on the head of the second room, but she is the stepmother, and she has no say in this matter at all.

Of course, Jia Zheng presided over the internal and external affairs of the Liu family. As for the assistants, it became difficult. Jia Lian, Jia Rong, and Jia Qiang were all officials. Later, Jia Zheng asked his wife and younger brother Liu Cheng to assist him. Jia Zheng had some uncommon things, so he just went to check them every now and then, and spent the rest of the time at home. The sisters and brothers come to cook.

Of course, people from Jia's family and other offshoots, who felt worthless in school, also asked Liu Shi or Liu Cheng to take a job in it, so that they could earn some money.

Dafang's family did not take part in the construction of the Grand View Garden. Jia Amnesty had to take care of his own property. Apart from this, he just stayed at home with his precious daughter all day long. Xing Yue had to take care of Dafang's family business , and two boys, both of them are busy.Everyone in the Jia family also kept silent to the outside world. Everyone thought that the Jia family built the provincial house to invite two nobles to visit their relatives. Those who knew the inside story, people from the east and west, would not explain it to the outside world.

This is just the beginning of the construction of the provincial hospital, and there was a conflict with the Xue family on the site selection. If it is reported that there is internal discord in the second room of the Jia family, the Jia family will become the biggest laughing stock in the capital. All the people in Jia's mansion understood that it hurt the empresses in the palace, they only talked about building a relative's house for the nobles in the palace, but they didn't say who it was built for.

Yan Peining gave birth to a third son. When the child was two months old, Jia Lian sent someone to send his family back to Beijing. His term of office was still a few months away. He took advantage of the warm weather to send his family back to Kyoto. , all the way is far away, this procrastinating family can't go fast, and procrastinating ones have to go for more than half a year, so Jia Lian decided to send his family back first, and when his term of office is up, he will return to Beijing to return to his order, and a group of elders Ladies and gentlemen, it is convenient to travel, and there is no need to worry about the future.

Therefore, before Jia Amnesty obtained the name of the third grandson, he received a letter from Jia Lian to send the family members home. Yan Peining and his party have been on the road for three months, and there will be two more In three months, they will return to Beijing.

Xing Yue is very busy now, he has people tidy up Jia Lian's yard, and whenever the weather is good, people will take out the quilts and mattresses to dry, and the needleworkers are also busy, making clothes for the young masters , making quilts, making Beijing-style clothes for the young grandma and so on.

Jia Amnesty ordered two sets of small furniture outside for his grandson, and ordered a lot of toys.Now Jia Lian has three sons, plus Jia Cong, Jia Wan is the only young lady in the house, so she is naturally very favored.

In early October, when Yan Peining and his party arrived in Kyoto, Xing Yue and Jia She were gathered at the old lady's place, waiting for the group to go home.In the middle of the morning, a group of people entered the house. Yan Peining brought her two children to salute the three of them. How nice it would be."

Xing Yue and Jia She finally saw the second and third grandsons. For the grandson Jia Ran, who was facing the crisis of breaking the city not long after he was born, the two felt very sorry for him. Jia Ran looked very much like Jia Lian. A pair of peach blossom eyes, now with baby fat, does not recognize birth, sweet mouth, and Jia Lian's temper, worthy of father and son.

"Old lady, the children are exhausted. I'm afraid they will be tired. Let them go to rest first. Now that they have returned home, when do you want to see your great-grandson? It's not a matter of one word?" Xing Yue Seeing that Yan Peining held up his spirit to reply to the old lady's words, he opened his mouth and said.The old lady might have to talk about the construction of the provincial family home by the second room, lest Yan's spirit is not good enough to be tricked by the old lady.

"Look at me, Lian's daughter-in-law, take the child and go to rest quickly. I'm tired after walking on the road for more than half a year, boss, but I have invited a doctor to show some people a good look and grab a few pictures. Tonic, nourish the body." The old lady said kindly.

When Dafang and his family all left, let everyone Lai who had been waiting on the side come in and answer. "Old lady, I just went to see it. Second Mistress Lian has to bring a lot of salutes. There are two big boats with a deep draft. Now they are all in the house." The old lady has long been thinking about Jia Lian and his wife's private house.

There is nothing else in the south, but there are a lot of southern goods and foreign goods. She does not believe that Jia Lian has worked in Huizhou for three years and has not received any benefits. When the time comes, when the Provincial Courtyard is completed, Lian'er will be asked to bring out the southern goods and foreign goods for decoration, which can not only shine, but also save a lot of money, the old lady is calculating in her heart.

Xing Yue hugged Jia Peng and Jia Ran, and went back to her yard, telling Lian's daughter-in-law to go back to rest in the yard first, and then come to her yard after dinner.Jia Ran is now a four-year-old Xiao Douding. When she saw Jia Wan for the first time, she only called her sister, and the nurse next to her corrected her many times, "Master Ran, it's my aunt, not my sister." "I see, is it my aunt?" Sister." The boy promised very well, but when Jia Wan was in front of him, he just yelled "Sister Sister".

Xing Yue didn't care about him, and asked someone to give him the kid's favorite snacks. If he didn't pay attention, the boy would pass the snacks to Jia Wan's mouth, but the nurse at the side found out in time and stopped him. Xing Yue also Don't blame him, just tell Jia Ran that Jia Wan, like his younger brother, is still too young to eat these things, and let the nanny at the side take good care of him.

At lunch time, Xing Yue observed Jia Ran, a guy who loves meat, as long as it is meat, no matter sweet, spicy or salty, he can eat any taste, and he doesn't know who he likes.

When Yan Peining returned to Beijing, she sent the children to the old lady during February [-]th. Xing Yue asked her to take her into the palace. When she saw Yuan Chun and Concubine Rou, the old lady stopped tossing around when she was old. In addition to the gift to the two empresses, Xing Yue told Yuan Chun about the construction of the relatives' house.

Since Yuan Chun was here, my sister-in-law didn't say anything about her relatives. This Yuan Chun was also intentional, just not to leave, so that the three of them couldn't talk about themselves. Called, she left.

"Your Majesty, I have wronged you." Xing Yue said while holding Ying Ying's hand.

"Mother, sister-in-law, what are you wronged? Now in the palace, you don't have to worry about food and clothing. You have a wealth that no one else can imagine in a lifetime. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?" Yingchun is also content to build her a family home, she understands that in the future she will gain a foothold in the palace without the support of her family, and today Xing Yue brought Yan Peining into the palace with the intention of bringing the two of them closer.

The Holy Majesty has no decree for Jia Lian's post after returning to Beijing. Only after Jia Lian returns to Beijing can there be a final decision. Now that there is unrest in Beijing, the dispute between the Emperor and the Holy Majesty is becoming more and more apparent. How could the Holy Majesty be willing to be a puppet emperor? Jiangnan It can be seen from the proposal that they are all officials of the Shang Dynasty. Jia Lian is the only official in the West Mansion now. He is not yet 30 years old, and he is in charge of the government. He has a bright future in the future.Lin Ruhai and Yan Xueshi speculated about the holy will, and they were afraid that Jia Lian would continue to work outside, but where exactly it was depends on the will of the holy majesty.

In November, the construction of this relative's house was completed. When the old lady was crowded, she said that the money was not enough. The decoration in this courtyard is still a lot worse. For the sake of empress's face, let everyone think of a way , some of the decorations came out, and I specifically mentioned that Jia Lian worked in the south. I must have seen a lot of foreign goods. In short, I asked everyone to donate things, especially Jia Lian's first room.

Xing Yue looked at the old lady and didn't open her mouth, so she let Yan Peining deal with the old lady alone. Yan Peining really lived up to her expectations and said: "Old lady, the second master works in Huizhou, he is frugal and honest, and he is afraid that if he makes a mistake, it will hurt all the people in the house." , the empress in the palace was hurt, and the whole family lived on the salary of the second master. The granddaughter-in-law's dowry silver was used for the ceremony on weekdays. There are a lot of foreign goods in Huizhou, and they are cheaper than those in Beijing. It's tight, there are not many foreign goods, and they are not good. After I go back, I will have someone deliver them, which can be regarded as my dedication to the empress."

"Oh, I heard that you came back to Beijing with two big boatloads of things." How could the old lady stop, she was forcing Jia Lian to deliver things.

"Old lady, that's really wronged. Those things were brought back from other families. I passed by Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jinling, and Yangzhou all the way. I met many old friends who helped me carry them. I gave them away within a few days after I came back. Passed over." After Yan Peining returned home, knowing the details of the mansion, she had already expected such a day, and had already prepared for it. Anyway, she sent a lot of things out these days, and no one could say anything. , This can't be checked in her courtyard.

"Lian'er went to Huizhou to be the magistrate, and his salary was only a few taels of silver, and he had to support his family, how could he save money. If Lian'er is unsophisticated, greedy for money, accepting bribes, nothing else, wait for him to come back , I broke his leg, wouldn't that cause trouble for the family? Would it be dark for the empress?" Jia Amnesty continued.

After these words, the old lady couldn't force Yan Peining any more. If she forced her again, wouldn't she just say that Jia Lian had accepted bribes when she was working outside? No matter how confused the old lady was, she couldn't talk about it.Even if he refuses to admit it, this Jia Lian is now the most promising one in the entire Rong Mansion.

In the end, Yan Peining asked someone to send a box of foreign and southern goods over there. They were not very good, but they were not very expensive. They bought them in Huizhou for only four or five taels of silver. Even if they couldn't get them back, they didn't feel bad.

The old lady looked at the things sent by the first room, and finally took out the antique calligraphy and painting decorations from her collection, Wang's body, and the things that the second room got when they separated, plus some of the purchases. It's rich and honorable after all the arrangement.Mrs. Liu, the second bedroom, borrowed all the decorations that were placed in various places on weekdays. Of course, Baoyu's place was no exception. She borrowed the most from Baoyu's place. Who made Baoyu's place have the best decorations?With this action, even the old lady was speechless, so she could only take out some good things from her own body and present them to Baoyu.

After tidying up, Jia Zheng took Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, and Jia Lan to the relatives' courtyard, but there were no plaques and couplets in the building. He took his three children, first to test the knowledge of the three, and second. It was Yuanchun who liked Baoyu since he was a child, and Baoyu's inscription was also to please the empress.

Both Jia Huan and Jia Lan were mentioned by their mothers, and their performances were mediocre. In addition, Baoyu was a bit crooked. It was suitable for the occasion. Jia Zheng cursed, but several main buildings still used Baoyu. Of course, the inscriptions of Jia Huan and Jia Lan are also useful, but they are all in remote yards or inconspicuous places.

After everything was settled, the old lady took a family member to the Grand View Garden. Xing Yue had long forgotten the names of the buildings in the Grand View Garden in the Dream of Red Mansions. She only remembered Yihong Courtyard, Xiao* Pavilion, Daoxiang Village, and everything else. I don’t remember them all, but I remember these because there are special reasons. When Xing Yue heard the name for the first time, she thought it was brothel, Xiao* Pavilion, where sister Lin lived. The lack of bamboo is not forgotten. As for Daoxiang Village, it is because Daoxiang Village is the name of a century-old dim sum shop in Beijing.

Now that I have been to the Grand View Garden, these familiar names are not there. Thinking of the fact that the plaque was changed during the visit of relatives in Yuanchun, I stopped guessing which one is Yihong Courtyard, and concentrated on looking at the surrounding scenery, but it was winter after all. , No matter how gorgeous the scenery is, in the beautiful layout, it is a bit depressed. Only the blooming red plums and standing green pines give people a bright color.

After all, it was for the concubine's consolation, the 70 taels of silver was not for nothing, every plant and tree in the Grand View Garden was very splendid.

Jia Lian's term of office expired in September, and he rushed back to the capital on New Year's Eve for three consecutive months.