[Red Mansion] Mother Jia has a paralyzed face

The night watch women got drunk and started to fight for no reason. When they touched the candle flame, they simply put out the fire in time, and only burned one room.

When Zhang Rui knew about it, he didn't know what to say. This servant of Jia's mansion really didn't have the slightest sense of being a servant.

Because Mrs. Zhang is supervising staff deployment these days, she immediately went to Mother Jia to plead guilty if someone neglected her duty, but Zhang Rui was not angry at all.

If you doze off, someone will give you a pillow. Isn't the candidate here?Who let them lose their temper?After all, there are some old people in this house who want to give more benefits when they go out. She raises her hand and doesn't take it seriously. It's a gift if she releases it. Who doesn't say that Jia Mu is a Guanyin Bodhisattva?

Of course those servants didn't want to leave Rongguo Mansion, and being a good citizen in this world might not be better than servants from a wealthy family, but Zhang Rui didn't want to hear it, and the Zhang family didn't allow them even more, so they drove out quickly.

These families have left the house, and the old servants from Zhang Wang who wanted their children and grandchildren to go to school also came directly to beg Jia Mu for mercy. Zhang Rui saw that although some of them were really useful servants, they didn't stop them. , Frankly let people go, and also promised to let their children go home to study.

But this is only a small part, and it is still far away from Zhang Rui's goal. You must know that the servants of Jia's mansion can decently earn one or two taels of silver a month, and ordinary maids also have hundreds of dollars. How much money does thousands of people have to spend every month, not to mention the food and food that the master rewards, Zhang Rui's heart is sour when he calculates it.

The little maids who are as exquisite as young ladies are kept, those with skills are left behind, those who are not capable and older have families, and those who have families go back to be married, and those who have no families are willing to do so. Good people, those who don't want to just let people pick their teeth and send them to the kind-hearted master.

She didn't give any chance to refute. Originally, she couldn't deal with those servants casually, and these little maids from outside also cried endlessly, isn't it just because she is used to it.

There are also dancers and actors raised in this mansion. It takes dozens of people to set up a stage to sing different plays. Zhang Rui directly transfers it to other Xun Zhuzi's family under the pretext of keeping filial piety. After all, Jia's theater is in memory. This land is quite famous, and it was quickly taken over after the word was released.

Jia She still felt a little regretful in private, but she didn't dare touch Jia Mu's eyebrows. After all, the old lady became more and more impatient since her father passed away. If she didn't like it, she would take the lead, and even her second brother, who had always been the most beloved, was reprimanded. After a few times, he was even less able to resist.

As for the female relatives who have not been scolded much, of course they are all grateful in their hearts. It can be seen that they are more respectful than before when they see Jia Mu. After all, no one knows when it will fall on their heads, which is really shameful. up.

In fact, Zhang Rui was just impatient and casually spitting out some venomous words. This is a mockery with no great offensive power in modern times. It is not a trivial matter in the eyes of everyone in the Jia family.

After slowly grinding for a period of time, and then putting the older ones back into the Rong family, there are only more than 300 servants left in Jia's mansion, which is already very rare in Xungui's family, let alone the family Many girls have to take some away when they get married, and it is estimated that there will be less than two hundred left. Zhang Rui still feels that there is too much, but he also knows that it cannot be too little, so he can only end with regret.

And the advantage of this small number of people, the people of the two rooms gradually came out, because Jia Mu made the decision and did not reduce the quota for each room, and the less used, the more kept in the hand, for a long time Yes, the private treasury of the two bedrooms has gradually increased.

Zhang's housekeeper is excited when he has less money to go out, and Wang's is also excited when he has more money left in his hands. Even if he got married with a lot of dowry, no one would dislike money biting hands.

Most of the servants are also excited, the masters are happy, their hands are relaxed, and the work is not as much as before, but they feel that they have received more rewards than before. As for those who left the house?Who cares!

Anyone in this capital can know about any disturbances, not to mention that the Jia family did not hide it. The other officials and eunuchs are certainly strange, but the old lady of the Jia family's statement is also passable. Besides, there is nothing wrong with people's filial piety and not wanting to be too extravagant. .

There were also Xungui families who secretly laughed at the Jia family, but now everyone who can hear it is keeping their filial piety in the courtyard and cannot go out for drinking parties, so everyone in the Jia family has not heard any gossip.

The in-laws of the Jia family can ask, the Zhang family has long disliked the extravagance of the Rongguo Mansion, and there is no disagreement, what about the Wang family?At this time, the status was no higher than that of Jia's family, and the Wang family was speechless, so how could they dare to blame Jia's mother for her actions.

The elder brother and sister-in-law of Jiamu's family, the Shi family, came over to ask someone. Zhang Rui thought about why it was also Jia's mother's family, so he picked up the Jia family's affairs and explained it. Too tight.

But other people didn't take it seriously, the emperor who had just passed his thirties in the palace was paying attention, but the higher-ups had a different format, that was to let the hidden guards in Rongguo Mansion pay more attention.

As for Ningguo Mansion, which has always been in the same spirit as Rongguo Mansion, Jia Jing and his wife handed over invitations to Rongguo Mansion as soon as the quarrel broke out, and they came to Rongguo Mansion to visit Jiamu the next day.

When Zhang Rui saw Jia Jing, she couldn't help shedding bitter tears for Jia's mother. The intelligence of her daughter was all grown in Jia Min, and the two sons were not capable people. On the contrary, it was Jia. Respect, I was awarded a Jinshi at a young age, and all the nobles and nobles in Beijing are the children of other people's families that people admire.

As soon as the two came in, Jia Jing was only wearing a dark robe, which was obviously not too embellished, but the elegance and purity of his body immediately compared Jia She and Jia Zheng.

Regardless of whether he will become a Taoist priest in the future, at least for now, Jia She and Jia Zheng are not as good as Jia Jing, Jia Jing is a person who has truly surpassed his background.

Besides, Jia Jing's wife, Zheng Shi, is also the daughter of the scholarly family. Xu Shi and her husband have a deep relationship with each other, with a gentle and quiet heart, and they are a perfect match when they stand together.

"Auntie is well."

"Why didn't Zhen'er bring you here?" Zhang Rui kindly asked Jia Zhen, the eldest grandson of the Ningguo Mansion, how many years older he was than Jia Hu.

"Zhen'er is studying in the mansion with her husband, and will visit my aunt later." It was Mrs. Zheng who answered Jia's mother.

"Brother Hu is also going to school, let the two cousins ​​play together when you have time, there is no one who is closer than the brothers of the same clan." Zhang Rui is really curious, and wants to see the ashes-picking master Zhen in Ningguo Mansion What kind of person was he when he was a child.

Mrs. Zheng replied with a smile, "Auntie said so."

"What are you couple doing here today?"

Mrs. Zheng glanced at her husband, and said: "I heard that my aunt has released a lot of servants compassionately. My master and I would like to ask my aunt's opinion. Do you think Ningguo Mansion needs to release some servants for the dead? The old man prayed for blessings?"

Zhang Rui didn't want to put her hand into Ningguo Mansion at first, and her important brain capacity couldn't allow her to think so far, but now that he took the initiative to come to the door, she naturally wouldn't push it out.

"You husband and wife will think so, and old Ning Guogong will be very relieved." Zhang Rui pretended to be more relieved and looked at the two, "There are fewer masters in your mansion than in our mansion, let them out some more. The next person is also good."

But how to operate it is the business of Jia Jing and his wife. After all, they are also two families. Zhang Rui didn't intervene much, she is also a half-hearted housekeeper.

"It's rare for you husband and wife to come here, so stay with me for dinner today. Nephew Jing will also explain to your two cousins ​​how to be an official, so you can save yourself a lot of nonsense!"

Jia Jing was naturally modest, but he also went to the outer study with his two cousins.

The female relatives sat together and talked and chatted. Zhang Rui was the oldest and had just lost her husband. His daughter-in-law and niece tried to make her happy. No one else knew, but Zhang Rui felt very happy anyway.

In the afternoon, Jia Zhen also came to Rongguo Mansion after school, and respectfully knelt down to pay respects to Zhang Rui.

At this time, Jia Zhen and Zhang Rui looked very polite, a little arrogant, but she couldn't see the signs of being a dandy. Of course, it is also possible that the bad roots in her character have not yet surfaced, but as an eight-year-old child, to say something in my heart In other words, he is more sensible than the modern bear children.

When Jia Hu came back to see his cousin, he obediently greeted the elders, and took his cousin to his room to play like a treasure. The adults also looked at the two little cousins ​​with smiles.

Jia Hu's room was right next to her grandmother's, and the two of them left the main room and walked two steps in the corridor and turned a corner.

"Cousin Zhen, look! Grandma bought it for me!"

Little Jia Hu pointed to her treasure chest with a boastful tone. Jia Zhen took a closer look and found that there were jigsaw puzzles, horse and horse runners, eight-treasure patterned paper grids, tortoise shell plates, small spinning tops, red pagodas, and chess boxes in the box. There is also a pair of small cymbals scattered around the corner.

Jia Zhen happily took out the spinning top in her hand and asked, "Wouldn't your uncle and grandma say that you are too lazy?"

Jia Hu shook his head, and said: "I learned how to recite the master, so my grandmother allowed me a toy. The grandmother also said that when I can recite three hundred thousand, she will take me to fly a kite! Cousin Zhen also went with me." Bar?"

Jia Zhen admired her in her heart, but said firmly: "How old are you now, and it will be a long time before you will be three hundred thousand! Aunt and grandma are lying to children, right? Adults are like this, they always use some words to lie We study."

Since Jia Zhen is the heir of the family, even if his mother loves him, he insists on forcing him to go to school and take the Jinshi exam like his father. Obviously he doesn't like it!I still want to force him!

There have also been many promises that have not been fulfilled. Of course, there are reasons for his own inability to complete his studies, but in his opinion, the words of the elders are really not worthy of trust.

So when I saw these toys at this time, I just admired the kindness of my uncle and grandma, and I didn’t trust them very much. After all, going out to play is quite different from such "small favors and small favors".