An old lady's life

Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Hongye is very busy these days in Rong Mansion, busy checking the storeroom, busy writing the gift list, and then sending the butler to send it to relatives and friends in Beijing.

However, when I opened the warehouse today, Hongye couldn’t help laughing when she inspected the items in the warehouse one by one. The pair of porcelain ornaments in the wooden box inside, if she remembered correctly, had been broken not long ago Yet?

It turned out that it was not broken, but was transferred by the servants.

Hongye inspected the things in the warehouse, and found that there were indeed some things that had been scrapped before but were returned intact. Hongye raised her eyebrows and ordered her servants to clean the warehouse and register again.

Liuli and Feicui were ignorant, and Lai Jian and the other servants who followed were all concerned. After hearing the old lady's order, everyone started to work in an orderly manner.

Hongye thought, recently because of her inscrutable attitude, she has caused some servants to go astray. These people can be forgiven, but some people will not repent, so don't blame her for not giving face to generations of slaves up.

After the year, the cheap son should come back.

After finishing the work in the warehouse, Hongye began to reward for meritorious deeds. The front yard was full of Rongfu's servants, about [-] people, and Hongye began to distribute rewards to the roster.

About [-] people, this is the number of employees of a small and medium-sized enterprise.

The servants of the Rong Mansion didn't know why the old lady called everyone to come together. Although it was snowing in the sky, the crowd of people in the yard didn't feel the cold.

The number one reward person is Lao Zhou and his colleagues, who work in secret and have several responsibilities.

20 taels per person!

The servants who were still watching took a deep breath, the old lady's reward is too generous!The monthly salary of the eldest maid of the Rong Mansion is two taels of silver, the steward’s mother is four taels of silver, and the monthly salary of the second housekeeper is only five taels. What about the monthly salary?

Continue to read the roster, this time the rewards are the steward and the steward, eight taels of silver each.

The stewards and nuns whose names were being read were a little at a loss. They didn't understand why the old lady gave them rewards. Did they reward them for their good work?But before them, there are still many people who usually have face in the mansion.

The hearts of the other stewards and nuns began to jump, and they always felt that the behavior of the old lady revealed some kind of message.

The next rewards are maids and servants, which is twice the monthly salary of each person, that is, the first-class servant girl has four taels of silver, the second-class maid has three taels of silver, and the younger maid has two taels of silver. The same is true for the servants.

Finally, for the servants who followed the elder master and the second master to Jinling, the steward Linye rewarded 20 taels, and the servants each rewarded [-] taels, which were received by their families.

However, as the man married by the old lady's maidservant, Lai Jian didn't get any reward. , isn't it ironic?

Lai Jian is also a bit stupid at this meeting, he is dumbfounded!

Hongye handed out rewards, looked at the dark crowd, and finally said: "In the future, the house will make a year-end summary every year, and reward those who have done well this year. After the year, the second master will come back, after we discuss it. List it One clause, and it will be implemented in accordance with the clause in the future. Those who have not received rewards this year, go back and think about it carefully, and what is wrong with it." That's it, if you still don't change it, you will be wiped out after the next year!

For such an important event in the family, Zhang, Wang, Jia Hu and Jia Zhu were all present.

Jia Hu now understood what his grandmother and Liuli Jade were writing about a few days ago, but he didn't know why his grandmother did this, so he wanted to ask her in private.

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang thought about it in their hearts. It is said that it is not unique for the master to give rewards to the servants. Otherwise, what rewards are the masters giving the servants on weekdays?It's just that the two of them couldn't figure out what the mother-in-law's intention was in handing out the reward in person. Wouldn't those who didn't get the reward hold grudges?

The reward session was over, and the servants had different expressions.

Hongye stopped Lai Jian, and continued to order Lai Jian to do things, and asked him to go to relatives and friends' homes in central Beijing tomorrow morning to give gifts.

Lai Jian calmed down his emotions, listened to the old lady's orders one by one, and then left, thinking that there was nothing else to do in the mansion, he ran back to Lai's house in the back street of Rongfu.

The next day, Hongye found that the people in the house worked harder, and she couldn't see the lazy look.

Hongye still has the confidence to manage Rongguo Mansion as a small and medium-sized enterprise, but she is impatient with this kind of thing now. Let them be the executors when Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng come back.

Lai Jian went home last night and listened to his old wife's analysis. He knew that the old lady saw their behavior in the past. If they did something wrong, the old lady would naturally not reward him, but the old lady still used him. In the new year, the whole family Do things honestly, the old lady will see, and there will always be rewards for them at the end of the year.

Lai Jian and five servants brought a carriage of gifts, and the carriage drove on the street, stopping at the gates of one mansion after another. After an hour and a half, Lai Jian finally gave the Rong mansion to the other mansions' annual gifts completely. sent out.

When I went back to the mansion, I saw that there were others coming to give New Year's gifts, so Lai Jian hurried to receive them.

The steward and the nanny that Hongye received in the front hall were sent by Miss Jia Er of the Rong Mansion. Jia Xinyao was too far away, and her father's death could not catch up with her before, but at least she caught up with the New Year's gift this time.

Hongye read Jia Xinyao's family letter, ordered Liuli to prepare pen and ink, wrote a short letter to Jia Xinyao, and picked some things from the storeroom for the steward and the nanny to take back.

Jia Xinyao and Zhang Shuo were far away from the capital, so it seemed that nothing would happen, and the Zhang family was quite trustworthy.

But thinking of the Zhang family, Hongye frowned.

There is no mention of Jia Lian's maternal ancestral home in the Red Chamber at all, and it is impossible to know what kind of existence the Zhang family is.

Zhang's father, the old man of the Zhang family, was the emperor's teacher, and he was extremely upholding orthodoxy. He hated the Jia family so much that even Jia Lian didn't care about his death.

But Hong Ye didn't think it was the latter point. After all, Dr. Jiang kept retreating from the Hou family because of Hou Yuanlong, and it was impossible for the Zhang family to completely ignore Jia Lian.

So something happened to Hongye's inclination towards the Zhang family, she was not in the capital, and she avoided going back to her hometown in the south of the Yangtze River.

Hongye rubbed her forehead, thought about it, now is not the time to think about it, Mrs. Zhang is pregnant, and her family has a filial piety. Mrs. Zhang has not returned to her natal family. How many times has Madam Zhang visited her daughter? Her breathing was stable, and her grandson's health gradually improved, and Mrs. Zhang's previous grievances towards Jia's family were completely gone.And Mrs. Zhang won't know what her father is doing, so Jia She has to go out.

After thinking about it, Hongye realized that Jia Amnesty was so important, and couldn't help laughing.

Jinling

Due to the wind and snow, the road conditions were bad, so Jia She and Jia Zheng received the letter from Beijing.After staying in Jinling for almost three months, the two brothers did their best in the first month, and they were able to fulfill the image of dutiful sons.During the intervening month, both of them were a little irritable, but under the occasional reminders from the housekeeper and the pressure of a good reputation, the two brothers still did it patiently.In the last month, it seems that my heart has calmed down suddenly, and the brothers are not so impetuous.

The two couldn't wait to open the family letter, first glanced at ten lines at a glance, and finally came back to read each word carefully.

Jia She and Zhang's relationship is very good, the letters between the two are tender and affectionate, Zhang praised Jia She's deeds, he is her perfect husband-in-law, and the father of a tall child.

Uh, Mrs. Zhang is indeed superb in controlling men.

Jia She was very happy. His wife said that Hu'er's health was gradually getting better, and now it did not affect her normal walking. As long as she continued to take care of her according to the doctor's orders, Hu'er's health would always recover.The child in the belly is healthy, and she is also very good, please don't worry Jia She, she will take good care of herself and the child.And the mother-in-law took care of the internal and external affairs of the mansion, and Rong Mansion was completely renewed.

After reading Jia Hu's letter, Jia She's mood suddenly calmed down, and then he opened his mother's letter, first read the handwriting, and then realized that the handwriting was not from his mother, nor from his fourth sister, but from Liuli, because his mother had been writing in the past few years. The letters and so on are all written by Liuli.

Hongye praised throughout the article, and then said that after returning to Beijing, Jia She will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, so at this last time, Jia She must not let his mother down, and be filial to his father.

After this time, I stopped writing family letters, and let the two brothers return to Beijing by themselves when the time comes.

For Jia Zheng's side, he read his mother's letter first. Seeing his mother's praise for him, Jia Zheng felt ashamed for the first time. His mother never blamed him, he shouldn't let his mother down, and his mother was right, there must be a teacher for threesomes, and it's not so hard to accept it if you don't feel ashamed to ask.

Before reading his wife's letter, Jia Zheng saw his son's palm print. For the first time, he didn't feel disgusted. After examining it carefully, he folded it and put it aside.After opening his wife's letter, Jia Zheng was a little disappointed. Mrs. Wang didn't seem to have anything to say to him, but only talked about what happened in the mansion.

But when it came to Chinese New Year, Jia She remembered for the first time that Chinese New Year seemed to be a gift for the elders.Lin Ye waited quietly at the side. He didn't mention the New Year's ceremony because he was already prepared, thinking that if the old master and the second master didn't mention it, he would take the initiative to ask.

But now that the Elder Master has asked, Lin Ye explained in detail that he has prepared annual gifts for all the families in the Jia family, and of course the annual gifts of the elders are different.

As for the other families he knows in Jinling, such as the Zhen family, Lin Ye does not intend to make his own decisions. He is in Jinling, but he is not completely ignorant of things in Beijing. He wrote.It's just that Xue's family, after all, is brother-in-law with the second master, so they also have to prepare for the annual ceremony.

After listening to Lin Ye's report on the New Year's ceremony, Jia Amnesty pondered for a while with his chin poised, and then looked at Jia Zheng, "Second brother, do you have any extra arrangements for the cousins? If not, follow the housekeeper's plan. Oh, and Xue's, that's your brother-in-law, do you have any special arrangements?"

Jia Zheng Fangfei's mind returned to his senses in an instant, and he shook his head: "No, it's fine if you think it's okay. Xue's place is prepared according to the housekeeper. It's just Zhou Juren's place. Don't forget Butler Lin, but Zhou Juren's place doesn't need to be so Precious...Forget it, I will prepare this myself, and then housekeeper Lin will deliver it."

Zhou Ju will also go to Beijing after the end of his life. He doesn’t look very rich. In fact, giving money is the best gift. Of course, money can’t be given as a gift. It’s just that Jia Zheng didn’t think about it. It's good that Jia Zheng can consider giving gifts.

Lin Ye nodded: "Okay, after the second master is ready, I will hand it over to the old slave."

The author has something to say: There is no third update today, and probably no second update, but I will try my best.