The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

After sending Xu Ci away, Yao Shi was in a good mood, humming a little tune to put his son to sleep.After a while, the little maid who reported the message came back and whispered: "The third master has gone to the room of the second-class maid." Everyone looked at each other for a long time, but they dared not speak to Yao.

Yao shi was amused, turned to them and said, "I let the third master go there."

The maid hurriedly asked: "Is the master still coming back?"

Yao picked up his son's little paw and kissed it, and said: "I still have something to say, [-]% will come back." The maids forced a smile and said a few good words, always feeling that there was something wrong with their grandma , Then dare not say any more.

It did not meet Yao's expectation.In less than half an hour, Xu Ci came back.Yao shi turned around with a smile and said, "Why is the third master back again?"

Xu Ci coughed twice, glanced at the servants in the room, and everyone hurried out.Xu Ci Nai said: "Hongxiao said, she's afraid that Fangcao Fangchun is too young to take care of children. Since you really don't have time to spare, you should keep her in her room."

Yao shi thought for a while: "Actually, there is no need for Fangcao Fangchun to do anything, there is a nurse. Since the mother is worried, that's all."

Xu Ci nodded, and said again: "It's just that it's quite difficult to spend food and clothing at Hongxia. She just pays for it herself, I'm afraid the elder brother is short of something."

Yao smiled wryly and said: "To tell you the truth, I'm afraid I won't be able to remember. As the saying goes, one pregnancy is stupid for three years. I didn't remember much when this brat was still in my stomach, and now I don't remember much. When I opened my eyes, I only thought about him. Until I closed my eyes and fell asleep, I no longer had the energy to think about others. How about asking Mama Fan to take care of their mother and son? Mama Fan is the wet nurse of the third master. There is nothing more spiritual than that."

In fact, just now, Hong Kao asked Wan Qian not to entrust Xu Ci to the third grandma.I just offended her, no matter how good-natured Third Mistress is, she wouldn't calm down so quickly.It was Xu Ci who thought to himself, Yao Shi has always been magnanimous, and that incident didn't hurt her in the slightest, so he probably wouldn't mind.I don't want her to still have a grudge in her heart.It's just that her idea was good, so she said: "It's also a way." After a pause, "I just heard that the third sister is the housekeeper now?"

Yao looked at his son, and said casually, "Yes."

"Isn't she just a little older? Why did you give it to her?"

"14 years old is not too young." Yao Shi said, "At first, my wife planned to let me take care of the accounts. I was confused, and told the truth in front of my second sister-in-law and sister in my wife's room - the house is struggling to make ends meet."

Xu Ci was slightly startled: "The mansion can't make ends meet?"

Yao Shi nodded: "Third Younger Sister doesn't care much, she even discussed with me about doing business." Xu Ci immediately frowned.The corner of Yao's mouth twitched, "I talked to her quickly. A gentleman lives in poverty, and a man knows his fate. Since the output is more than the income, it is good to remove some names. Clothes, handkerchiefs, rouge, etc., are not used so much in the first place. Some, the clothes made in the old years are all moldy and ruined. How can there be a dignified Hanlin family who is a merchant and vulgar thing."

Xu Ci nodded repeatedly, and said comfortingly: "She is young, and her aunt doesn't know how to discipline her. As the old saying goes, a sister-in-law is like a mother, thanks to you." He frowned again, "Since that's the case, let her be the housekeeper. "

Yao said: "The theory says that the elder sister-in-law can't manage the affairs, so she should give it to the second sister-in-law. My wife let me take charge of it just to comfort me. But I don't live up to it. I don't know what to say and what not to say. .The wife decided to hand it over to the second sister-in-law. It happened that she had an old illness. The wife probably wanted the third sister to practice for a while, and then return it to the second sister-in-law when she recovers."

"So that's how it is." Xu Cishu raised his brows, "It's just that the others really don't understand."

Yao shi said indifferently: "Others can't understand." Xu Ci was slightly embarrassed.Yao said, "Since the third master mentioned it, I happened to explain it to the third master. The situation in the mansion is such that in a few days, some people will complain about the lack of money and clothes. Talk about me, even the wife is ordinary. Less. The third master really loves that one, so he just gave her his monthly money."

Xu Ci hurriedly said: "I don't usually make money from ambassadors, so I'll give it to you starting next month."

"No need." Yao Shi said, "Third Master still has friends and entertainment, and I don't want to spend money. Anyway, there are three meals a day in the house, and the clothes from the previous two years are enough to wear."

Xu Ci ironed it in her heart, and praised: "A good wife in a family is like a treasure." Yao bowed her head and smiled.Xu Ci looked at his son for a while and then went back to the outer courtyard.

Third Miss Xu racked her brains over the account books for more than ten days, but she finally found that she had no choice: a smart woman can't cook without rice, and if she has no money, she has no money.In the end, I still have to discuss with Mrs. Xu to get rid of the cost.Mrs. Xu also weighed and weighed for many days, but finally she dared not discuss business matters with Xu Hanlin, and she sighed: "It's really impossible, so I have to leave it like this for now."

Xu's family then began to cut expenses, and the cut was so severe that the whole family complained all over the place.Most of the servants didn't know the reason, they only knew that the third girl had taken someone under the knife as soon as she started to take care of the accounts, cursing all kinds of bad things day and night.Miss Xu San's abdomen was already filled with yellow lotus water: the cost of the servants and the backyard is really not much.The biggest expenses in the Xu Mansion are the four men.

When masters and masters go out to socialize every day, good clothes are of course indispensable; fans, jade pendants and other items must not be bad, and the bookboys and servants who follow must also look decent; even the horses must be well-provided.That's all, the most terrible thing is that the four of you all love tea.The price of tea is so expensive that no one in charge would have any idea of ​​it.The monthly income list for the men's tea can't afford it, let alone anything else.Fortunately, there are still some tea leaves in Curry.From this month onwards, all the wives, grandmas and girls in the backyard of the Hefu have stopped the supply of tea, even the wives have no tea.

Yao shi shook his head again and again when he heard this: "How can there be such a man."

The maid said aggrievedly: "Grandma also loves tea. Our tea is almost gone."

Yao Shi thought for a while and said, "Even if you can't taste good tea, you can try ordinary ones."

"The third girl said that she will no longer buy tea."

Yao Shi sighed: "Even if you want to cut the cost, there is no reason to cut it like this. The third girl is really..." She thought for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable word, "It's thankless, and it's right for my wife to be the gunman. .” Nai ordered to fetch the small box beside the bed.

This box was given by Qin Keqing, who said it was a combination safe made by Dajiala.Mrs. Yao only put one thing in it: the passbook of HSBC bank.Earlier, she said that she didn't need Qin Keqing's money for Sanskrit translation, so people in the house might see her and gossip.Qin Keqing said, "This is easy." She then led her to open an account at HSBC Bank and left her fingerprints.Then, at the end of each month, Qin Keqing transferred the remuneration given to her into the bank account, and He Xiaonan brought her a bill when he came to pick up the materials.Because the bill is in Arabic numerals, it doesn't matter if people see it—others in Xu's mansion don't recognize it.

Mrs. Yao destroyed those bills after reading them, and she couldn't figure out the numbers, so she didn't really know how many private houses she had.Last month, I took advantage of the opportunity to go to the bank to make a discount, and then I realized that I had made a lot of money.Now that you have money, there is no need to wrong yourself.Yao changed her clothes, told the wet nurse to take care of her son, and led two maids to go out.

The three of them first went to the bank to get the bank notes.When I got to the place, I saw a big notice posted outside, saying that the imperial court encourages the use of banknotes, and those who are willing to receive banknotes do not have to wait in line.Knowing that Qin Keqing's shop accepted banknotes, Yao went straight to the counter and got 80 taels of silver.After walking less than [-] steps with the money, there is a Qin's cocoa tea shop, and the Qin's tea house is next door.Because of frequent meetings with Qin Keqing, Yao knows that the price of tea outside is very fake.However, Qin Keqing gave her an internal employee card of Qin's industry, which can be used to get internal prices when shopping, which is only a little higher than the cost price.Not long after, the master and servant returned with a full load.

The servant girl exclaimed, "Where did grandma get so much money!"

Yao shi said solemnly: "It's not like your grandma and I don't have a dowry."

"It turns out that grandma's house is so rich!"

The female family members of the whole family have no tea, let alone cocoa tea.It didn't take a few days for word of the tea in Yao's house to spread.Someone came to ask where the third grandma got the tea, and the maid said, "The third grandma bought it with dowry money."

When Grandma Xu heard about it, she shook her head again and again: "Her dowry can afford a few catties of tea."

This incident naturally reached Miss Xu San's ears.She wondered in her heart: Didn't the third sister-in-law's natal family only marry a small village as a dowry?Can you afford cocoa tea?Then come to find out the truth.Yao frowned when she heard that "the third girl is here" - she really didn't intend to be a sister-in-law like a mother.Before the words finished, Third Miss Xu lifted the curtain and walked in, smiling and calling out, "Sister-in-law Third is so leisurely."

Yao Shi wanted to get up to greet her, but since she came so fast, she didn't bother to greet her.So he simply sat on the chair and laughed, "I'm an idler. I only care about raising children, and I don't care about other things."

Miss Xu San looked around and saw the child lying in the cradle asleep, she said: "If the child sleeps more, sister-in-law can also walk around."

Yao looked up with a smile that was not a smile: "It's a layman's word. But don't worry, girl. When you get out of the pavilion and have a child, you will know how long the child can sleep and how noisy it is when it cries."

As if the child could hear what the mother said, he burst into tears.Yao Shi hastily put down the documents in his hand, and rushed over to hug him in two steps.The child was crying endlessly, and Yao felt that he was peeing, so he and the wet nurse and others were busy changing diapers and coaxing him not to cry, making a fuss for a long time——completely forgot about Miss Xu San.Finally the child stopped crying, Yao shi hugged him for an intimate meeting.He suddenly raised his head, met Miss Xu San face to face, and was taken aback for a moment.Immediately, she said embarrassedly: "Third sister...I'm sorry. Once he cries, I can't care about anything."

Miss Xu San laughed quickly and said, "Whatever the third sister-in-law is talking about, naturally the second nephew is the most important thing, we count which brand is on it."

Yao shi just did not hear anything, and kissed his son Fen Dudu's little cheek: "You will know when you become a mother. There is nothing more important than a child in the world."

She was so blunt, Miss Xu San couldn't say anything else.After a moment of silence, he said: "I'm here today to ask my sister-in-law for something."

Yao Shi Nahan said: "Please? Third sister, my sister-in-law's ugly words come first, I won't do work that takes too much effort. I have a little devil king here to deal with."

Third Miss Xu glanced at the documents on her desk and said, "I want to learn Sanskrit from my third sister-in-law."

Yao became more and more surprised: "That's not very useful, and even if you study hard every day, you can't learn it in three to five years. What did my sister learn?"

The third girl Xu was shocked: "It takes so long to study? How long has the third sister-in-law studied?"

"I started learning at the age of six." Yao said, "When I left the court at the age of 17, I could roughly understand Sanskrit scriptures. Even so, there are still some who can't understand."

Miss Xu San was stunned, and then she said after a long while: "...how come...it only takes half a day for us to study and learn how to work as a female worker."

Yao couldn't help laughing: "How can a mother tongue and a foreign language be the same thing. Besides, since learning takes time, teaching also takes time. I won't be free for three or four years. I have to wait for your nephew to grow up." That's fine. If my sister is interested, you can go outside and find a gentleman to teach you."

Although children are young, they also have emotions.Seeing his mother looking at other people all the time, he was unhappy and shouted.Immediately, Yao left Miss Xu San to coax his son.Poor Miss Xu San has been in the house for so long, and she didn't even have a sip of tea.Then she turned her eyes to the teacup on the desk.The maidservants of the Yao family were all attentive, and no one thought about making tea for the third girl.Third Miss Xu secretly gritted her teeth, forced a smile and said, "Since my sister-in-law is busy, I'll come back another day."

Mrs. Yao raised her head and glanced at her: "Wait a minute. Third sister, go slowly." Third Miss Xu walked away holding her handkerchief.The maids pursed their lips and smiled.

At dusk, Yao's maid went to the kitchen to get dinner.The woman in the kitchen pointed, "Your food boxes are ready."

The servant girl thanked her, opened it and saw that it was only cabbage and eggplant, and the rice was also brown rice, so she hurriedly asked: "I took our grandma's dinner, but I made a mistake?"

"That's right." The woman said, "It's difficult in the house now, the wives and grandmas eat the same food as the servants. The whole house eats these."

The maid sneered and said, "My sister-in-law doesn't even open her eyes when she lies." Nai took a few steps to the stove and lifted a lid, "Isn't this the rice you usually eat?"

The woman ignored him and said, "It's for the master and the three men. They are men, so they naturally eat good food. Women eat brown rice. If you don't believe me, go to the second grandma's yard and have a look." The maid is still waiting to distinguish, The woman said, "That's all you have in your yard anyway. Eat whatever you like, or whatever you don't like. The third grandma has a rich dowry, and it's very safe to go outside to book a banquet." Turn around and go out!The maid gritted her teeth and spat, looked at the food box for a long time, then left without taking it.

Back in the courtyard, the maid walked back to Yao Shi with tears in her eyes.Yao Shi was surprised and thought: Although the third girl is naive, she wouldn't do such a stupid thing.Nai thought for a moment and said, "We'll talk about this tomorrow. Let's go out and buy some food for now."

Another clever servant girl's eyes lit up: "Grandma! Grandma is being bullied so much, let the third master decide for grandma!"

Yao shook her head: "He will never take care of such trivial matters, so don't worry about it. Besides, I just told him a few days ago that the house cannot make ends meet and we must be frugal." She looked at everyone with a smile, "You guys What do you like to eat? Usually, what the kitchen does and what we eat. Since we are in charge today, we can just choose what we like to eat, and it will be more comfortable and comfortable.”