The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

Seeing her daughter-in-law came back, Mi Pozi put down her arms and hugged her sleeping grandson, and hurriedly went up to pour her a cup of tea, "You are on duty, drink up, the weather is very dry, you must be thirsty Come on. Let's have a rest!"

"Grandma, you don't have to be busy. I have to go out later. I have to go home to do things." Although Caiyun was not thirsty, she took the cup and took a sip of water. She just came back to see if she wanted to feed the child, and saw that the child was sleeping soundly. , I was relieved, took something to the back room and expressed the milk.

"Mother-in-law, tell me... why don't you wean Niu Wazi from breast milk? He doesn't want to eat it now, and it's not a problem if I always come back." Caiyun took the clean water prepared by her mother-in-law from the door. After wiping and tidying up, he discussed with her after he came out.

Mi Pozi looked at his daughter-in-law and hesitated, "Is there something wrong? If there's nothing wrong, you are in good health and have milk. Can't you feed Niu Wazi more?"

Caiyun smiled, "If Niu Wazi still wants to drink milk, let's just ask the kitchen to order some milk. How many young daughters-in-law in the family have stopped breastfeeding by themselves, they are all fed milk, and they are well raised." She thought for a while, "That's what I want to feed. I'm afraid I can't feed because of something happening in the mansion recently."

"Oh, since that's the case, let's do it. I'll order you some malt decoction. What's the matter?" Mi Pozi asked, but quickly stopped, with a dry smile, "I'm talking too much, this matter Can't ask."

Caiyun changed her clothes and straightened her hairstyle, "Yes, don't ask. Then don't inquire about it, and I dare not tell you. You also know that I have many things with my wife, so I dare not go out casually." Said, when the time comes, instead of bringing blessings to the family, it will bring disasters, you know more and know less, that's the way it is, I will be responsible for everything."

"Oh, I see, so I'm just asking in vain. The boy is fine. You don't have to worry about it at home. What should you be busy with? Hurry up and get busy." Mi Pozi hurriedly said, the son can marry his wife Girl, she just hit the jackpot. Not to mention paying the family money every month, she also gave birth to a big fat grandson for the family. She is also smart and strong, so she has nothing to argue about.

"Hey, then I'll go to work." Caiyun responded and said.

As she walked outside, she thought about going home to discuss something with her parents, and at the same time, she was glad that she was much better than Yu Xin's family, that is, the former little sister Caixia. Compared to her, My own mother-in-law is much more sensible.But I heard that recently, her mother-in-law has also improved a lot, and she is much more obedient than before.That's right, seeing that my brother is getting older, and his wife is getting more and more attentive, following his wife is like following a cash cow, even a villain will be able to observe his words and feelings.

Back home, she kicked out her younger sister and little girls to play, Caiyun only talked to her parents, who were also the housekeeper.They are also people who have to deal with and do things.

"Hurry up, select some capable and shrewd boys from your own hands, and the maids should also choose some, and prepare for the wife to choose someone, so that I can go to Guangdong and Guangxi with my wife to serve my wife... The most important thing is You must know how to look at your face, keep your mouth tight, even if you can't speak like a gourd with its mouth sawn off, don't make a big joke like the one who went to Shanxi before and hit our wife in the face for nothing! You also lost our Jia family The style! We can't go out from Jia's house like that again!"

Caiyun's mother pouted, "It's up to you to say, now there are rules, you can only ask people or not. We all know."

Her father nodded in agreement, "You are right, then we must take care of it, so will you go this time?"

"Go, why don't you go? It's not the same when you go back to Shanxi last time, okay? I'll go this time. Follow my wife, where to go." Like Caixia, she would rather serve her wife all her life.

"It's true, how many people want to go but can't go."

"By the way, someone talked about your sister's marriage, and she is the eldest son of a sixth-rank official outside. What do you think?" Her father's ancestors were slaves of the Jia family for two generations. They were honest and mature, and they raised two daughters. He was also cheerful, saying that he was unlucky, unexpectedly, Caiyun became the right-hand man of the increasingly prosperous second-bedroom head wife, and the whole family followed suit. Now he is in charge of the wife's door, and his wife is exclusively In charge of the care of the concierge and the foyer, it was not as bad as it used to be, because my wife just doesn’t know how to invite guests here, and there are hundreds and eighty invitations every day. The big and small managers of the shop, when it came time to reconcile and summarize the accounts, the concierge was full of people sitting and waiting.

Caiyun thought for a while and said, "They can take a fancy to our sister. To put it bluntly, it's not because they want to get married with Jia's family. I don't know what you two always think, our sister is some kind of master. But if according to my If you want to make up your mind, let's take a look at it for the time being and leave it alone. I don't know how the character is? After all, you two also know the rules of the Jia family. Once you get married, you can't tell her about the Jia family's affairs, absolutely not Just reveal a word. You are not allowed to bring people in, which is equivalent to being separated, and they are no longer members of the Jia family, so naturally the benefits of the Jia family will be gone."

Thinking about this, the two of them felt a little bit troubled. They also knew that this was a matter of their daughter's life, and they couldn't be careless, but it was rare that they would have the opportunity to be an official wife after they got married. What a chance it was.

"Call the girl in and talk about it."

Speaking of this matter, he simply called his sister in to discuss it together, after all, it was her marriage.

"If I don't do it, I won't marry that official. Besides, he is not an official, but his father is an official. I would rather marry the son of Aunt Cui from the Jia family."

Her mother asked, "Is it Aunt Cui who is in charge of the flowers and trees on the west corridor?"

"Yes, it's his family. His son Cui Cheng has recently been selected as an apprentice in the kitchen. Even if it's a bit harder for now, I'd rather follow him. At least I will have food and drink in the future. I won't marry that man Well, what about being an official? If you can think of marrying our Jia family girl, then the official must be as poor as anything else. Don't pretend that I don't know. I also know very well what kind of life it is outside. Well, what leaked out from between the madam's fingers is enough for them to live for a year."

"That's right, many of the officials now are hired houses, and they don't even have their own homes. It's not as good as our servants' houses in Jia's mansion."

"Father, mother, sister, at least I live at home, and no matter where I go to work in the future, I will have my own resting place. After another year, I will still have monthly money. Even if it is..." She had a dark face Hong, "It's done... After that, our house is a little smaller, and our life is much better than outside. Everyone talks about basic necessities. Mom and Dad, you often see outsiders know what kind of things your wife gave you to take out. Besides, without my words, wouldn’t our family’s lucky bag be missing?” She gestured with her fingers, “Just one lucky bag from Jia’s family is enough for us to save a lot of money. By the way, you still want to go out?"

Of course Caiyun knew about the lucky bags, "You also know about the lucky bags? I heard that the second-class lucky bags received by the stewards outside have been fired for one or two hundred silver apiece, right?"

"What's 200 taels? I bought it just now and took it out of my hand, so I don't take it apart or touch it. It's a one-buy price, 300 taels of silver. If you want it, just take it away! Otherwise, I'd rather take it home and use it myself." His father laughed.

"Is it so expensive?" Caiyun was surprised.

"It's not so expensive. Sister, you are used to seeing large sums in front of your wife. How do you know the market outside today. If it is something used by your wife, they are still fiercely snatching it. Sister, you don't know, They all say that the wife is the reincarnation of the Nine-Heaven Xuannv, otherwise how could the family be prosperous and husband be prosperous, son be prosperous and daughter be prosperous.”

"I also know that. There are some poor people out there who pay homage to their wives, but they don't dare to set up longevity tablets. They say they burn incense every day to pray for their wives."

What is this?

"Oh, why? I don't even know." Caiyun made up his mind to ask carefully, and went back to his wife later.

His mother said in detail, "Didn't Madam always study medicine with Dr. Zhang before? In winter and summer, one penny and one bowl are given to passers-by at Tiekan Temple, and almost every ten days will treat those people for free. In addition, Dr. Zhang's disciples and grandchildren have to see many people for consultation, pulse acupuncture and acupuncture. Although the medical skills of the apprentices may not be as good as Dr. Zhang, most of them are just common diseases. For the most part, there are still some difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Generally speaking, Doctor Zhang can cure them. They put up bills to keep accounts, or trade things for medicine. Alas, everyone knows in their hearts that it is the same thing whether they give or not. It is simply that the wife is doing good deeds and helping the world. You say, such a big Ender, how can you not be grateful?"

Caiyun sighed as she listened, her wife was always so kind, "My wife is kind, she still eats vegetarian food and prays to Buddha on weekdays." She reminded her family, "So she hates bullying the most, you should be more careful on weekdays, Whenever this point is encountered, the wife can't rub the sand in her eyes."

Her sister said coquettishly, "Sister, needless to say, we also know. There are so many people and things under Madam's hands. If she is too conniving, the people under her will be turned upside down."

"Sister, it's good that you are sensible."

"Sister, I have practiced gauges for so long, can I take the exam to serve my wife and gain knowledge. It's not me, sister, your knowledge is much better than some men now, what do they know? Have they ever been to Shanxi? Do they know what a boat looks like? Have they ever eaten delicacies from mountains and seas?..." She counted them one by one, "If it wasn't for my lack of qualifications, I really want to be by my wife's side, even if it's just being a sweeper. Any little girl can do it!"

"You think it's beautiful. Everyone is staring at the position next to my wife now. It's my apprentices who have been carefully selected and come here after many tests. Okay, let's not talk about this, I just came back and asked You don't want to say anything about your matter, if it leaks out from us first and disturbs your wife's affairs, even I won't intercede for you. "

"We all know."

kitchen

When Li Gunian said that he was going to Guangdong and Guangxi with his wife, the eldest sons disagreed.

"Father, you are so old, and your grandson has given birth to a great-grandson for you. Guangdong and Guangxi are so far away, and it takes ninety days by boat. Let your sons and grandchildren go."

"You guys, hmph, you really don't see enough. I asked Li Yan to go to Shanxi with Feng Dao last time. What happened? Just let the Feng family overwhelm our Li family. Who is in charge of Boweilou now? Feng Daona! It's all you guys who are not up to date, this time I'll do it myself. I can dance with a knife, my wife likes my roasted duck with skin!"

Seeing that the children were still trying to persuade him, he pretended to be pitiful again, "Well, besides, you are all young, and you will still have a lot of opportunities in the future, you can take turns to follow the caravan to see the original appearance of the ingredients. , I am already at this age, if I don’t go, what chance do I have? If I don’t go, can I see a salmon with only one big thorn and no bones like my wife said? What else? Longli fish without a single thorn, white claw fish, etc. What's more, there are lobsters and crabs that are longer than humans. As a chef, if you can't even meet this knowledge, it's too much It's such a pity."

Anyway, he was definitely going. At that time, he made boiled fish fillets according to his wife's method. When his wife ate the fishbone, he mentioned it casually, which made him remember it for a long time.

The case has been decided, "You don't need to persuade me anymore, this time I will definitely beg my wife to take me away."

Seeing that the old man was doing his part, the sons looked at each other and said, "Then you should at least take a few people with you?" So you don't give the children a chance at all?

"That's natural, pick a few clever ones from home who can write." Li Gunian smiled, "My wife has always asked you to learn a lot, not only to practice cooking skills, but also to know how to distinguish flavors and seasonings, and to eat as a way of life." If you need to be able to read and write, look, it will come in handy now. The recipes must not only be passed on orally, but also recorded in writing, so that our future generations will have a mark, even if our Li family is extinct, It doesn't matter if it is passed on to outsiders, so that we can continue and keep what we have learned."

"understood"

Ruyihui Leisure Club

It looks unattractive from the outside, and the house inside is relatively small, but it is divided into men's bath and women's bath, so you can come with your wife and mother for some rest, by the way, it is the rest that the wife said.

"It's really good what Ma'am said. A short rest is for walking a longer distance." A fat man floated on the water, covered his eyes with a handkerchief and sighed leisurely. To tell you the truth, if the lady makes something, it will make people feel exquisite and comfortable, and there will be people there to take care of her, but she will never talk too much, just do whatever she asks, and if you don’t know how to rub your back, she will chat with you For a long time, it seemed that he was chatting instead of rubbing his back.Don't worry about losing your belongings. Although you can't find a few girls to kiss and kiss, you may bring the old ladies at home. They have never tried bathing in such a big bathtub. Professional massage, especially if they are here, there are other beauty and skin care products that even the queen is using that can't be bought even with money.

Although the things here can also be bought at a high price, but what, isn't he making money for his family to spend?purchase!If the empress can use it, let his Chengyu family members use it too!

After a while, someone fell into the water, "Hey, isn't this Master Cheng? He just got rich?"

"Didn't dare to be." There are all elites here, Cheng Yu didn't dare to be sloppy, so he pulled himself together, took the towel from his eyes, and stared at it, "So it's Master Qiao, you are the rich man !" He couldn't help being a little surprised, what was it that could alert Qiao Yanxue to come to the capital in person, and he splashed water on Qiao Yanxue's chest, "Master Qiao also stopped the wind? Did you come to see Madam?" He said I guessed, apart from Madam, I'm afraid even the emperor summoned him, Boss Jin Xiqiao, and he didn't come so fast.

Qiao Yanxue laughed, "In terms of being well-informed, no one can compare to you, Master Cheng." He didn't know that Cheng Yu's incident happened by chance, and thought that he came here after receiving the news, so he couldn't help but praise him.

"It's easy to say, I don't know how much you plan to invest this time?" Cheng Yu quickly started to think, and came to Qiao Yanxue. This time, the wife must be doing a big deal!He has to find a way to raise money quickly!

"It depends on Madam, and I don't know how Madam plans this time." Qiao Yanxue sighed in her heart. This is the advantage of someone being an official in the court. Madam can respond to everything, not only because she has never lost money in business. However, Xinnuo is a daughter, and she has a profound background and unique vision. Not to mention, her daughter will be a princess, maybe...

Cheng Yu used his superb language skills to talk to Qiao Yanxue, and two other industry leaders who were caught by the wind rushed over, "Hurry up."

"Hurry up, I missed my business, I really peeled your skin!"

Hurriedly bumping into each other at the door, the two of them didn't care about talking, so they took out a shiny gold nameplate from their sleeves, on which only complicated flowers were carved, and a small number, and handed it to the counter.

"Please write down the password."

After checking, "Are you going to bring someone in this time?"

"Without."

"Okay, please come in, distinguished guest."

One person took the lead, leaving the other person anxiously waiting to verify their identity.After all, Ruyihui is a private club specially set up by Madam for the rich and powerful in her guild, and all the people in it recognize the cards but not the people, so as to avoid leaking information.

He didn't care about anyone's help, he quickly took off his clothes, rinsed it casually a few times, strode into the bathtub before slowing down, pretending to be here just in time, "Oh, congratulations, this is not Master Qiao and Cheng Grandpa, it’s rare to see you today, let’s take this bath together.”

Qiao Yanxue knew that none of the people who entered the Ruyi Club was a fuel-efficient lamp. Anyway, the power of speech was still with the wife, so she stepped back a little to make room.

The person here is specialized in wood, and his ancestors made a living on Baoshan forestry farms. It happened that my wife just wanted to recruit elites, so she volunteered to come here. Originally, the leader of the wood industry was not his family, and that family survived the change of power. Everything Chamber of Commerce After the disbandment, the first one wanted to be the head of the line, but his wife found him to cooperate, sea freight plus cargo ships and land, and other industry leaders helped. In less than a year, that house was squeezed out He didn't even dare to make a sound, apologized, agreed with him as the leader of the line, and entered the industry at the price he would like.

Looking at Cheng Yu and Qiao Yanxue, he secretly became more wary and excited. There is only one person in each industry in the Ruyi Club, so that they can work together faster and better.Needless to say, Qiao Yanxue, he was the first one in the Central Plains of Shanxi Merchants, and from Chengyu, it was as if there was smoke from his family's ancestral grave, and he dared to go to Yunnan-Guizhou area to mess around without any skills. Surprisingly, the incident became a big deal, and the court was shocked. Madam disbanded the All Things Chamber of Commerce, and others were detained there. It was Madam who tried to get people.Following Cheng Yu is stinky and shameless, and immediately climbed up the pole, just like this, with the help of his wife, he opened up licensed goods in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and made endless money.

But he is really envious in his heart, with such an opportunity, he can soar into the sky with his wife!

This time I don't know what big move Madam made, he will definitely not hesitate any longer, and must follow Madam with all his strength.

Wang Guizhi had to tie a warm hat on his head (actually it was a forehead with a big jewel in the middle), cut two pieces of gauze and put some cooling ointment on it and pasted it near the temples, even if he had a sick appearance.

Seeing that her sister-in-law was so concerned, she took one off and showed it to her, "I'm really not sick, it's just that I'm bothered by something and don't want to see guests, so I call it sick."

"Nonsense! No one cursed himself like that." Feng Zhenlan sniffed the gauze lightly and threw it away, "You, you didn't send someone to tell us earlier, your brother was so anxious that he sent someone before he was on duty. Urging me to come and see you." She pouted her mouth backwards, "Look, how many good medicinal materials I brought here. Nothing else, this good tea, you have to serve me a cup Bar."

"Yes, yes, I will give you everything you want." Wang Guizhi responded with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you are busy. I thought you came over for the old lady's birthday."

Feng Zhenlan has something to do, "Firstly, it's because your brother is worried about you, so I want to take a look in person. Second, there really isn't much else that you gave to the empress?" Of course she is useful, even The eldest daughter also has a set, but that's not it, there is nothing extra, her natal family always asks, so she just wanted to ask her sister to open her mouth.

"One more thing, what are your plans? Do you want to do big business again? Good Mrs. Jia, why didn't you tell me?"

what?

Wang Guizhi was a little inexplicable, "Here, sister-in-law? I don't understand. Where do you start?"

"Don't pretend to be confused. If it wasn't for you, the stewards of those ticket banks would come to me and ask me to come and beg you. No matter how much money your Mrs. Jia wants to spend, just speak up, but don't worry about it." Don't let everyone exchange their money!"

???

She has no place to spend money for the time being?

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