Practical Life in the Red Mansion

Lin Yang opened the lid of the box, looked at a dozen banknotes and title deeds inside, and asked with wide eyes, "What is this?"

Jia Min was amused by his rare stupid look: "Silver."

"No." Lin Yang regained his sanity, "Why did you give me so much money all of a sudden, and the land deed and so on."

Jia Min explained: "I'll make money for your private house. You have to spend money, right? You can't control your daughter-in-law's expenses for some things that are not easy to go to the accountant. It's easy to do things with money in hand."

Lin Yang wanted to push the box towards Jia Min: "I don't want it. I eat at home and use home food. I haven't taken money back from home. Why are you so embarrassed to ask for money?"

Jia Min said with a smile: "Anyway, you will inherit this family in the future, so it's okay to use it in advance, and you deserve it because you have worked hard for this family."

Lin Yang still refused to accept, Jia Min pretended to be angry: "There is nothing wrong with parents giving things to children, you just accept it."

Only then did Lin Yang pick it up, and Jia Min instructed: "Find someone you trust to take care of this for you."

Back in the study, Lin Yang put most of it in the hidden compartment, and the remaining part was handed over to Gu Jing. When Gu Jing took it, Lin Yang was equally surprised. Silver, you gave me some subsidies in private, you can collect it for me first."

Gu Jing hurriedly handed the box to Lin Yang and said, "This is from your parents. I can't accept it. Besides, if I keep it, it's also inconvenient for you to use it." Lin Yang shook his head and said, "Husband and wife are one, I don't have Take care of these common affairs and manage the accounts of the inner courtyard, I am very relieved that you will help me take care of them." Gu Jing saw Lin Yang's firm attitude, so he accepted the things.

Lin Yang secretly sighed in his heart, Gu Jing took a step first, and had a much closer relationship with Jia Min Daiyu in the past month, he naturally reciprocated and used these things to comfort Gu Jing's heart.

When the Zhen family arrived in Chang'an, they visited relatives and friends everywhere. The Jia family and the Zhen family were old relatives, and the relationship had always been very close. Moreover, since the Jia family had a new lady, it was the time when the flowers were blooming, so it was natural to go to the Jia family. , Mother Jia also posted a post to Jia Min saying that she would have a banquet for Zhen Yingjia's family, hoping that Jia Min could come to be a guest.

Jia Min didn't read the post, so she asked someone to throw the post aside. With Jia's mother's shrewdness, how could she not guess that there was a conflict between the Lin family and the Zhen family? Let alone the fact that Lin Hai was assassinated after they entered Beijing How could Jia's mother not know about the handwriting of the Zhen family? At this time, she turned a blind eye and let Jia Min go over as a guest.

And Zhen Yingjia over there also knew that all eggs should not be put in one basket and the net should be cast widely, so after entering the capital, he made old friends everywhere, especially noble families like Siwangbagong.Zhen Yingjia knew that the failure to hit the Lin family back then would kill the Lin family. Now that the Lin family is booming, it is impossible to do it again, so she wanted to use the Jia family's hand to reconcile with the Lin family in the open, so she was very courteous to the Jia family. .

In addition, Jia's family had a concubine who was personally enshrined by the Holy Majesty. Being in contact with Jia's family can also show a certain degree of sincerity to the Holy Majesty. Moreover, Jia's family has been rooted in the capital for many years, and has many contacts with the dignitaries in the capital.When the Jia family saw Zhen Yingjia in the cabinet, they also wanted to cling to him. Jia's mother even had the idea of ​​asking Zhen Yingjia's youngest daughter to marry Baoyu.

Not many days later, the emperor issued another decree to make the relationship between the two families closer.A special order is sent to all the noble relatives of Jiaofang, whoever has a home in the other courtyard of Chongyu, can stay outside the Guanfang, and may wish to invite the inner court Luanyu to enter his private residence, so that the common people can ignore their kinship.

As soon as the news came out, the city was in an uproar, and the families of relatives discussed how to deal with it.

The family of Zhou Gui was the first to take action. Her father had already started work at home, preparing to build a family-saving villa; Wu Tianyou, the father of Concubine Wu Gui, led a dozen young men to find a place outside the city. People look straight.

Mother Jia gathered all her children and grandchildren to discuss the important matter of building a family-friendly villa. In order to win the favor of the empress, the Rongguo Mansion spent a lot of money. From the east side, through the garden in the East Mansion, to the north side, the total measurement was accurate. It is three and a half miles long, and it is built to build a provincial hospital.

As the head of the clan, Jia Zhen is even more duty-bound to do this kind of thing. She leads Jia Lian, Jia Qiang, Jia Rong and others, according to the map of Shan Ziye, to build mountains and dig ponds, build buildings and erect pavilions, or plant bamboo. Flowers are planted and construction is in full swing.

All of a sudden, Jia's mansion became lively again, everyone's face was ruddy, they walked vigorously, and they spoke loudly, and it was not to mention how proud they were when they told others about their great-aunts.

The yard will cost at least 20 taels to repair. This is still a small head, and the big head is the decoration inside, such as furniture and antiques. I can’t let the empress come to see an empty yard.Therefore, the money is naturally like flowing water, and the money on the books will soon be gone.

Mother Jia was cruel, and took out 10 taels of silver, and the rest of the family gathered together.Jia She endured the heartache and took out 3 taels of silver, thinking about where to get it back in the future, Jia Zhen obediently offered 5 taels of silver.

Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang discussed that it was because of his daughter that they made such a big show. If they got less, it would be ugly, so it would be better to take 5 taels.Jia Zheng never cared about his possessions, he only knew how to spend money, and his salary was not enough to support the guests, so Mrs. Wang naturally paid for it.

After hearing Jia Zheng's words, Mrs. Wang was very unhappy. In her opinion, her daughter's concubine made the entire Jia family look good, not just for the second wife, but also for the whole family to find a way. Why? Can make her pay so much.The silver she saved herself was reserved for Baoyu, so how could she spend it at will.

Mrs. Wang thought about borrowing money from her relatives. Among the relatives of the Jia family, both the Lin family and the Xue family had money, but she and Jia Min had always been at loggerheads, and couldn't get along, so she had to call Wang Xifeng to let her go to the Lin family to borrow money. money.Wang Xifeng's heart was filled with reluctance. Jia Min stopped coming to Jia's house after Lin Yun got lost in Jia's house.Although Mrs. Wang kept saying that it was a loan, she didn't say how to make an IOU. She clearly wanted to let the Lin family give the money in vain. How could the Lin family agree.It's just that she has always obeyed this aunt's advice, so she had to go to the Lin's house with the cheek.

Mrs. Wang herself wrote a letter to her younger sister. She first praised Xue Baochai, sighed that she also wanted to have a daughter who was as generous and sensible as Baochai, and mentioned Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu's marriage.Let me show off to Aunt Xue that although my daughter has been in the palace for many years, she was once favored by the emperor and made a concubine.In the end, it was stated that in order to benefit from the favor of the emperor and the empress, my family specially built another courtyard, but it could not be opened for a while, and I hoped to borrow some money from the Xue family. After the empress knew about it, she would also remember the benefits of the Xue family.

Naturally, Wang Xue looked down on the relationship with Jia's family. She wanted to send her daughter to the harem, but she thought that Jia Yuanchun would be made a concubine. In the future, her own daughter would have to deal with Jia Yuanchun when she entered the palace, so she should not offend Jia rashly. Therefore, I sent 2 taels of silver over, saying that the business of Xue’s family has been handed over to the second room, and there is such a little silver left over from the grain. I borrowed it as a filial piety to the empress.

Not to mention how angry and disappointed Mrs. Wang was when she received the letter, Wang Xifeng was restless in the flower hall of the Lin family.As soon as she came to the Lin family, she was welcomed into the flower hall by the maids. She just served tea and didn't mention inviting Jia Min. child.Wang Xifeng asked about Daiyu and Gu Jing again, and the maids said that the eldest grandma led the eldest girl out.

If she was in her own home, she would have lost her temper if the servants talked so much, but in Lin's house, she could only wait obediently, even after drinking tea and waiting for almost half an hour to see Jia Min was respectful and respectful, not daring to show any displeasure.

Jia Min naturally knew what Wang Xifeng's intention was in her heart. She had heard about the busy building of the Jia family's garden. Over the past few years, the Jia family declined.The most important thing is that Jia Yuanchun is not young anymore, he has been in the palace for so many years without getting ahead, and was conferred the position of concubine by a female historian for a while.Back then, the Supreme Emperor favored Concubine Zhen, and Concubine Zhen was promoted to concubine after she became pregnant. How could Jia Yuanchun, He De, be favored and concubine?Moreover, since ancient times, there has been no concubine with a double-character title, and Fengzao Palace is not an auspicious name, and the phoenix has fallen into the mud and algae.If it wasn't for Lin Yun's incident, Jia Min might have brought up the inappropriateness with Jia's mother, but because of this matter, Jia's attitude broke Jia Min's heart, and Jia Min was disheartened towards Jia's family.

Therefore, after seeing Wang Xifeng, Jia Min didn't want to listen to nonsense, so he asked the girl to take out the account booklet, put it in front of Wang Xifeng, and said: "There is only this 1 taels of silver on the family account, and the rest is nothing. For immovable living things, 5000 taels should be reserved for household use, and you can take the remaining 5000 taels."

Wang Xifeng's face was flushed, Jia Min took a sip of tea, and said, "Your Majesty is also my niece, and I have to do my best as an aunt, so 5000 taels were taken from my dowry. 1 taels. If it is too much, we can only let our family sell the property. You also know that your uncle is the secretary of the household department. I have to save some face for him. Selling the property is absolutely impossible, so I It’s also heartless.”

Wang Xifeng knew that it was impossible to borrow more money, so she chatted with Jia Min: "The ancestor thought that the mother would not see her relatives after entering the palace for many years, and wanted to borrow the grace of the sage to build another courtyard so that the mother could see her relatives.". ..... "After taking back our family's silver from Zhen's house, it was still not enough. I had no other choice, so I thought about borrowing some money from relatives, not only from my aunt's house, but Xue's family also borrowed money. Zhen The family found out and sent 1 taels of silver."

Jia Minyuan was a little impatient, but when he heard Wang Xifeng's last words, he showed a playful smile.