Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

"Nonsense!" Jia Amnesty roared angrily.

"What do I want to buy, the public is pushing and pushing and I have no money. In the end, I don't use my own money, the master. I also know that your wife is the most simple person. It is impossible to reach out to the public. Could it be?" Both of you and your wife have emptied the office, can't you?"

Wang Xifeng choked on Jia Amnesty, but couldn't refute anything.

Just like what he said, Jia She never liked the old lady very much, and the old lady had ordered her to say that the old man is arrogant and extravagant, if he doesn't control it, maybe the whole family will be defeated by him, so Nine times out of ten, Jia Amnesty's request was unanswered.

Jia Amnesty also made trouble a few times, but he never dared to go to the old lady's side, so that's all, anyway, the old man has no shortage of money, and the old Duke and his wife left a lot of private houses for him , he squandered his private house in his own east courtyard.

But other people don't know, they only know that he is extravagant and dissipated, that he has to buy antiques one by one, and begs for young and beautiful girls one by one, just because he spends a lot, even Wang Xifeng has heard too much, and he thinks it is like this.

As for Mrs. Chen, don't say what kind of person she is inside, just say that she is not much worse than Mrs. Wang on the outside, and she won't leave any excuses, just say that Wang Xifeng has never doubted her now, so you can see her character, she It is true that he has never asked for anything from the public, and even if he did, it was in accordance with the rules.

Jia Lian looked at Wang Xifeng again. Jia Lian was lustful and happy to make money, but he worked successively in two real-power departments of the Ministry of Officials and the Household Department. Enough for him to squander.

The only one left was Wang Xifeng. Seeing that their family didn't believe in her at all, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but gritted her teeth, and suddenly felt a little pain in her stomach.

Said, "If you don't believe me, just ask Ping'er to match my dowry account book with the dowry list to see how much I have lost over the years, and then take a closer look at the account book to see if I have been corrupted." Every bit of your Jia family!"

"Then let Ping'er get it!" Jia Lian said.

Jia Lian is used to her provocative methods. In the past, he was nervous and would always ask her for pocket money. If there was a conflict, Wang Xifeng only needs to tell how rich their Wang family is, and just sweep the cracks on the ground. They, Jia's family, have been waiting all their lives. At that time, even if he felt uncomfortable, he could only endure it, and instead he had to please her.

As for now, if you want to investigate, you will investigate, and Wang Xifeng will not leave half a point of face. Wang Xifeng is so angry that she can only bear it.

Ping'er suddenly heard a voice calling himself outside, pushed the door and went in, saw the solemn atmosphere in the room, for some reason, he was too cautious on his feet, went forward to say hello, but was stopped by Wang Xifeng, said,

"Ping'er, go and collect the income and expenditure account book from the public office in the yard and my dowry account book. Don't use outside accounts, use our private accounts!"

Ping'er's heart trembled, the ones outside were the public ledgers, that is, the ones that could be shown to others, and they were full of flowers, and most of the ledgers could still be matched. On weekdays, Wang Xifeng taught the girls to be housekeepers and directors. This account book, as for private accounts, there are many, including such things as managing the palace, such as lending interest money and silver, etc. that cannot be handed out.

If such a private account is brought out, it will be to spread Wang Xifeng's own red fruit for others to see, and even half a secret can't be hidden. Ping'er was surprised, looked up at Wang Xifeng, and suddenly yelled One sound.

"Grandma, what's the matter with you? Why is your face so ugly, but you don't feel well, can you go to the doctor?"

Only at this time did everyone realize that Wang Xifeng's face turned blue, and the thick rouge color not only lost the slightest sense of beauty, but made his face very ugly.

Wang Xifeng took a breather, and patted her hand. The first family member here, only Ping'er, was thinking about her. Immediately, she noticed that she was not feeling well, and said,

"I'm fine, go and get it quickly, our family's master, wife and second master don't believe me, so they want to check the account by themselves!"

These words were very ironic, Ping'er glanced at the embarrassed three people, hesitated, and left under the urging of Wang Xifeng's eyes.

Mrs. Chen has been keeping an eye on the affairs of the family, and has been in charge of the house before, so she knows the hardships of being in charge. A few years ago, when she was in charge of the house, she missed a piece of Lin Ruhai's etiquette. She, Wang Xifeng, could last for so long.

Seeing her swearing so swearingly again, she knew that she might be telling the truth, and seeing that her complexion was not good, she said,

"Even if the audit is not in a while, why not sit down and wait slowly?"

Jia Lian had everything he could do, so he agreed, and Wang Xifeng felt a dull pain in his stomach, secretly thinking that menstruation was coming, so he agreed.

After a while, Ping'er came over with the account book, afraid that others would find out, so he specially packed it in a food box. If anyone smelled it, they would think it was the second grandma's filial piety to the master and wife, and he dared not reveal what happened to the master and wife. We're coming to check the accounts.

After all, the old man and his wife want to check grandma's account, and if they say it, it will hurt grandma's face. What's more, the old man just made such a mess not long ago. If the old man wants to check the account book of the office If he came out, he might think that the old man had taken a fancy to Gongzhong's money, and he would startle the snake instead.

Just like that, I went all the way to Jia Amnesty's yard in a low-key way, and handed over the account book. Jia Amnesty flipped through it, couldn't understand it, and threw it to Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen took it and turned it over. This is also the matter for her to hand over the housekeeper. In the past six or seven years, it was the first time she looked at the account book. After reading it for a while, she couldn't read it any longer. Wang Xifeng's dowry list was full of sympathy and looked at Wang Xifeng.

It's no wonder that she has come to do this thing that hinders the underworld. It's really difficult for her to be short of money.

Jia Lian also took it over and looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the darker his face became, until he saw Wang Xifeng's dowry list, he also felt a lot guilty.

Only Jia Amnesty didn't understand, and asked, "What are you doing? Tell me, what's written in this notebook?"

Wang Xifeng just sat, half-closed her eyes, and refused to speak. Jia Lian had no choice but to go up by herself, said.

"According to what was written above, our house is indeed an empty shell, especially now, it's the end of the new year, and we spend a lot of money. There is no money left..."

Jia Shen's expression changed, and he scolded, "Who are you fooling? Although it's the end of the year and the expenses are high, it's time for the rent from the village to be paid, so how can there be no money left?" gone?"

"Well, the past two years have been bad, and the rent on Zhuangzi has dropped a lot. Although some have been sent up one after another, they have been divided as soon as they are sent up, so there is not even half of the rent left. .”

"Then where do our family's daily expenses come from?" Jia She asked.