The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Jia Cong casually told Niu Jicheng some backyard common sense, Niu Jicheng was stunned, and then thought again.After a long time, he asked: "Mr. Jia, is there a way to keep them from making trouble?"

The poor Jia Cong just swallowed a mouthful of buns, otherwise he would have sprayed him all over the face. "Arguing? Do you think they are arguing? Life and death, brother!" Jia Cong squinted at him with the corner of his mouth twitching, "If your mother lost back then, how would you have such a leisurely life today? Everything has to be held in the hands of others.”

Niu Jicheng said: "Everything in the house has rules, why not let my aunt be the housekeeper."

Jia Cong said: "Are you leading the army now? Is it easy to live in someone else's hands with food, grass and ordnance?"

Niu Jicheng's eyes moved, and after a while he said: "It's just a matter of the inner house, how can it compare with the army."

"As important as the army is to the general, the authority in the house is as important to the woman." Jia Cong said, "General Niu, think about it in another way. You are a general, and it is your job to lead troops to fight. You only Think about it. What does the woman in the house think about every day?"

Niu Jicheng said: "Don't they embroider and enjoy flowers all day long?"

"That's so boring." Jia Cong said, "Everyone hopes to have some power in their hands to play with, and women are the same."

Niu Jicheng frowned.Half a day later, he said: "Is it the same in your mansion?"

Jia Cong said: "Our house is different. It looks like there is no separation, but it is already separated. There is not much money in the public account, and the accountant is in charge of it outside, and the widow of the second room is in charge of the inner house. Since the money is scarce, and she points to our younger uncles to help her son, she will not treat us badly. The rest of the brothers have their own properties, and they are all richer than the public account. Therefore, no one cares about the idea in the hands of the widow Xiaoquan." Nai glanced at him, "It's like you and Wei Ruolan each lead their own soldiers and practice together a couple of times when they have nothing to do, and neither of them participates in the affairs of the other's camp."

Niu Jicheng was amazed: "How could this happen!"

Jia Cong said lazily: "It turned out that my paralyzed second aunt was greedy for the money in the public account. She didn't have the ability to manage the servants, and the servants greedily used her money to go out to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble. The prodigal family in our mansion. After I found out, although I recovered some, I foolishly paid back the debts of the treasury. How can you be so lucky in your mansion. You haven’t paid the money owed to the treasury until now. Thinking about it There is no need to pay it back."

Niu Jicheng's face darkened, and he said after a while: "Our family property was also robbed by that traitor Fang Xiong a few years ago, but your mansion is doing well."

Jia Cong shrugged and said, "What did he come to rob? The warehouse in our mansion is already empty! The warehouse in Ningguo Mansion is also empty. Jia Zhen and his father tried their best to lose their fortune, and they encountered robbers several times." Niu Jicheng was dubious.Jia Cong continued, "In the past few years, we have indeed made a lot of money. But we all earned our own money, and no one handed it over to the public account. Even if all the money in the public account is given to the widow, it's nothing. "

Niu Jicheng said: "You all only care about your private houses and disregard your family, don't you want to mess up?"

Jia Cong clapped his hands and said: "There is no root of fighting, how can we mess up? Everyone depends on their own abilities. It's nothing more than the old lady's displeasure—now that she is gone, she can be aggrieved and uncomfortable when she is still there. Children and grandchildren earn money." She is willing to respect her things even if she has money, but she doesn’t give her power. Although no one dares to provoke her, and no one listens to her, she is like an idler. "

Niu Jicheng said: "The old lady should have loved her grandchildren."

Jia Cong smirked twice: "Why don't you say that to the late Emperor?"

Niu Jicheng choked.For a moment, my heart became angry for no reason, I lowered my head and gnawed on the steamed stuffed bun vigorously, eating three buns in a row.Suddenly he said: "If you choose a woman who is fair and good at comforting the family to head the house, and the rest can just rest freely, wouldn't it be better?"

Jia Cong said: "Do you know how tired the housekeeper is? If there is no benefit, who would waste that effort? Besides, there has never been such a thing as justice. For example, when the Supreme Emperor was still there, he rewarded two excellent snow coats. At the meeting, the old lady had the final say in our family, and she chose the best one and gave it to Brother Baoyu. Because I was young and famous, she thought it over and over again, and gave the rest to me. She didn't think about it. However, this should be given to Lian's second elder brother first. Not to mention he is the eldest grandson; Jia Baoyu and I are still children, and Lian's second elder brother is already working in the court." Nai sighed, "There is no one who is not partial. "

Niu Jicheng said: "Since this is the case, wouldn't it be good for Mr. Jia to transfer his own to Mr. Jia?"

Jia Cong sneered and said, "Is my brother missing that piece of clothing? What do I mean by giving it to him?" He shrugged and said, "So I urged Brother Baoyu to give the clothes to my sisters together. Because there are four in the family. Sister, two pieces are not enough, so I went outside to get two pieces. This is what I can get, how can ordinary people have this ability? At that time, Xue Pan Xue Hou, the Zhongming Marquis, wanted to get one for her sister. Didn’t get it. Look, even if the head of the house wants to be fair, many top things are not enough at all, how can it be fair?”

Niu Jicheng thought it was true, and sighed: "Isn't there no solution?"

Jia Cong said: "Yes! Separate families and be independent." Niu Jicheng shook his head and gnawed on another bun.

After eating the buns, the two parted ways.

Niu Jicheng returned home and went to see his mother again.Although Mrs. Niu sprained her ankle, she was sitting on the kang at the moment, with a small kang table in front of her, looking at the account books.Seeing him coming, he smiled kindly and said, "Why is your child here again? It's so easy for Hugh Mu to come out, and he doesn't go out for a stroll or meet friends." Niu Jicheng greeted his mother and asked how he was hurt.Mrs. Niu just said nothing happened.

Niu Jicheng looked at her wound once, and said casually: "Mother, I just met Jia Cong from Rongguo Mansion by chance."

Mrs. Niu was slightly startled: "Meet him?" She pondered for a moment, "What do you think of him? Can you hit him off?"

"People are really interesting." Niu Jicheng said.

Mrs. Niu said: "This person is the confidant of the prince, but you are a general. The most important general under the prince's command is only Wei Ruolan who has a good relationship with him; Wei Ruolan is recognized by him when he urinates. If you two I'm afraid the prince will worry too much about making friends at this moment."

Niu Jicheng smiled and said: "Mother is worrying too much. The prince is not so small-minded."

Mrs. Niu said: "You are still young, don't just focus on what is in front of you. Even if the prince has a big heart, how old is he? I don't know who is big-hearted and small-minded."

Niu Jicheng opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. He froze for a long time, and could only say: "My son knows. I don't know him well anyway." Mrs. Niu nodded.Niu Jicheng said again, "Why did mother say that the backyard of Rongguo Mansion will be in chaos sooner or later?"

Mrs. Niu couldn't help sitting upright, and said with a slight smile between her brows: "There are no rules in that mansion. Although Duke Rong went south with his son, he even took away the eldest wife and the daughter-in-law of the eldest house. Now they are inside The host is actually the widowed daughter-in-law of the second room! Who has ever seen a widow in charge of the house? The second wife of the second room is making friends outside every day, and now she wants to run a girls' school; What will the widow use to restrain the two sisters-in-law?"

Niu Jicheng was puzzled: "What is that widow doing to restrain her sister-in-law?"

Mrs. Niu looked at him and said, "There must be a general leading your barracks, and someone in your family must have the final say, otherwise there will be chaos."

Niu Jicheng said: "I heard from Jia Cong that their family is really separated."

Mrs. Niu was shocked: "What? The Rongguo Mansion split up? When did it happen?" Niu Jicheng then roughly told what Jia Cong had said.Only then did his mother nod, and said slowly, "What am I talking about? No matter what, it's not up to a widow to run the house, and her natal family is still a small official. Her sister-in-law is no better than her."

Niu Jicheng said: "Mother, since grandfather and his old man returned home with a crane to the west, our mansion is no longer the Mansion of Zhenguo. As the saying goes, a tree with big branches, isn't it..."

His mother said decisively: "No!" Niu Jicheng asked with his eyes, and Mrs. Niu coughed, "We can't compare with Rongguo Mansion. Ever since Fang Xiong was robbed once, the family property is gone. Now there are only a few Fang Heli can make a difference." Mrs. Niu saw that her son was still bewildered, so she had to order everyone under her to go out.

The maids and women came out in a file, and Mrs. Niu said in a low voice, "Now people outside say that you and Brother Ye from the third room are two bullies." Niu Jicheng nodded.Mrs. Niu went on to say, "He is older than you, but when it comes to Er Niu, you are the first. Besides, when you two go out, he is the one who decides and you decides?"

Niu Jicheng took a breath.Sanfang's cousin, Niu Jiye, was actually six years older than him, but the two brothers were in charge of their own affairs outside.Niu Jiye's ability is not low; because the two brothers are used to making decisions at home, they still do it outside.But at home, I have the final say, mostly because I have been favored—to put it bluntly, it is my mother who has always spoiled me.Jia Cong said it well.If it weren't for my mother, where would I come from today's comfortable life.The advantage of the whole family being together is that they can use their power to one place; and the most beneficial is the most powerful house, but the third house has to suffer some small losses.If the family was divided like Rongguo Mansion, Sanfang would not be weak after becoming independent, and the two cousins ​​would become relatives.

He sat on the edge of the kang and thought about it; Mrs. Niu nodded secretly, and gently opened the account book to look at it.

After a full quarter of an hour, Niu Jicheng figured it out, stood up and bowed to his mother, "Thank you for your hard work."

Mrs. Niu stroked his head and said: "I only have two sons, you and your elder brother, and I will spend my whole life just for you two. Your daughter-in-law is well married, she understands things very well, and she can take care of the overall situation; so I I never cared about her. The old people are a bit confused. Since her natal family did not teach her, I always bring her around to discipline her. People are not sages, and no one can do anything wrong. She has suffered and corrected, why bother to put people to death ?Your brother doesn't have any great skills; it's fine to take care of some family affairs, and I'm afraid it won't work if you want to gain a foothold in the court. I won't be with your father in the future, and I still count on you to help him. "

Niu Jicheng nodded: "My son understands." He sighed again, "I'm not as sensible as Mrs. Mu."

Mrs. Niu said: "After all, she is a girl who was educated by the county prince's mansion, not comparable to the shabby Jiang family. Back then, she only looked at her grandfather's face when she set up this family for your elder brother. Who would have thought that she would be so narrow-minded. Later, when you were discussing marriage, I thought I couldn't pick a good one; I didn't want your father-in-law to take a fancy to you. Cheng'er, your daughter-in-law is really rare, so don't treat her slowly. Remember. It's cats and dogs, just let them play with them for a while if there is nothing to do; only Mrs. Mu is the most reliable person in your yard. Even if she didn't raise the children herself, all the boys raised by other women have to be with her Only by laying it in front of you can it become a weapon." Nai paused, "Don't cats and dogs come closer to spoil my grandson."

Niu Jicheng couldn't help being moved: what his mother meant, the bastards in the future would probably leave their mothers to keep their children; thinking of the concubines who were looking forward to their sons day and night seemed a bit unbearable.Mrs. Niu looked at him and coughed.Niu Jicheng closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, bowed and cupped his fists and said, "My son understands!" Mrs. Niu became satisfied.

For a moment Niu Jicheng accompanied his mother after dinner and went back to the yard, and looked at the youngest son once.Seeing his big black eyes follow the nurse's rattle, my heart is ironed.

That night, Niu Jicheng and Mrs. Mu walked out of Wushan, and whispered behind her ear: "I will feel at ease with you in this yard." Mrs. Mu wondered: How could he say such a thing?

The next day Niu Jicheng rushed back to the camp, and before leaving, he said something to Mu Shi, and held her hand and said, "I am lucky to have such a beautiful woman." Mu Shi couldn't help but blush.

After he left, Mrs. Mu thought about her husband's words and deeds, and felt a little strange.Last time in Jiyue Garden, Jia Cong from Rongguo Mansion said, "I just tried to tell him how you didn't have your first child." She was thinking, naturally, she and Cheng Erye said this.But this time she hesitated and didn't speak.Could it be that Jia Cong had other intentions and wanted him to tell Second Master Cheng himself?If the Lord knows, how can he be so calm?If you don't know, some things from last night to today are really weird.Tossing and turning inside, fidgeting.

After thinking about it again and again, Mrs. Mu called a reliable daughter-in-law in and ordered her to go to Rongguo Mansion: "Is Second Grandma Bao still in the mansion? I went back to her garden last time and saw that her flowers are growing well." She is better than me, and I intend to ask her for advice. I like that girl Chen who is traveling with me very much, and I want to see her when I have time." The daughter-in-law promised to go.

Not long after, the daughter-in-law came back and said, "Second Grandma Bao and Miss Chen have gone out. I have left a message." Mrs. Mu nodded and ordered her to be rewarded with two hundred qian.The daughter-in-law was not overjoyed, she came out and said to others, "Our second grandma doesn't care about anything, but she likes to take care of some flowers and plants. I just went out today and spread a word about growing flowers, and I got rewarded."

The next morning, Rongguo Mansion sent a daughter-in-law to the gate of Zhen Guo Mansion.Mrs. Niu ordered someone to ask why, and Menzi told her people: "It is said that it is the companion of Second Grandma Bao in that mansion, and she speaks clearly and clearly. Our second grandma misses how Second Grandma Bao raises flowers. My son, I sent people to inquire yesterday, but unfortunately Second Grandma Bao was not at home yesterday. When I went back and heard the servant reply, I came here to ask if our Second Grandma is free today? If so, we can go to their house to sit and talk to each other The recipe for growing flowers. It’s unknown if our second grandma’s recipe is better.”

Mrs. Niu said with a smile, "Second Grandma Bao is a smart person. Her husband is the leader of the literary world. It would be a good thing for the second family to study some grass and flowers with her." Then she put it aside and ignored it.

At the other end, Mrs. Mu packed up Huizi's clothes and jewelry, and led a few maidservants out to Rongguo Mansion.