The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

Xue Baochai's idea was correct. When Jia's mansion was celebrating Jia Yuanchun's concubine, no one paid attention to the movements of Xue's family in Jia's mansion. After a few days, they got their wish from Jia Yuanchun. The government moved back to Xue's house.

Mrs. Wang is currently immersed in the joy of being the emperor's mother-in-law, so naturally she doesn't care much about the Xue family's affairs.Moreover, Mrs. Wang also knew that Mother Jia was somewhat dissatisfied with Xue's family living in Lixiangyuan, where Duke Rong lived for ten thousand years. There is no excuse to rely on in Zaijia's mansion.

Of course, these are not the main reasons for convincing Mrs. Wang, the main reason is Xue Baochai's idea to Aunt Xue, that Jia Yuanchun was suddenly canonized as a virtuous concubine. What's wrong, Xue Pan is a troublemaker, and it would be bad if he caused trouble now and affected Jia Yuanchun.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue are really sisters to a certain extent. The first thing that comes to mind is herself, and her children in the future.As it was about Jia Yuanchun, Mrs. Wang naturally agreed, but she wished that Xue's family would move out sooner.As for Jia's mother, no one in the second room wanted to keep Xue's family, so she wouldn't go out of her way.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang regretted letting the Xue family go. Only the Xue family secretly rejoiced that they moved away quickly after hearing the news, otherwise Mrs. Wang would surely steal a large sum of money of.

A decree suddenly came out from Gein's palace.

Nowadays, the word filial piety is the most important thing in the world to be considerate of the hearts of thousands of people. The nature of parents and children are all the same, not the difference between high and low. Today, I am serving the Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager day and night. I can’t be filial. The concubines and concubines in the palace have been in the palace for many years, and they have left their parents' voices and appearances. Is there any reason not to think about it?When children think about their parents, the branch office should think of their parents at home. If they only miss their daughters and cannot see them, if they become ill or even die because of this, they will be imprisoned by me, and they will not be able to fulfill their family's wishes.

The accident that also greatly hurt Tianhe was played by the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager. On the [-]th of each month, the family members of the Jiaofang were allowed to enter the palace and waited to see them. An old sage made another decree, saying that the family members of Jiaofang entered the palace, it is inevitable that there will be a state system, and the mother and daughter are not comfortable enough, so they are very generous. In addition, anyone who has a home in another 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 use up their flesh and blood, the ultimate nature of family relationships.

The imperial concubine visits relatives, this is a matter of the emperor's grace, and it is also a matter of the Jia family's anger in the capital.This car is definitely going to be picked up, and this family-seeking villa is definitely going to be built.

It's just that this is easy to say, but difficult in practice.

First of all, there is the issue of money. If the Erfang family is required to pay all the money, not to mention Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, even someone like Jia Zheng who doesn't care about anything will definitely not do it. After all, this honor is enjoyed by the entire Jia family.But if Jia's family has to pay money from top to bottom, the second room has been separated long ago, and even if Jia Yuanchun can speak up in front of the emperor to benefit the family, it must be for Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu. For Dafang and Ningguo Mansion, others are naturally unwilling to give money for nothing.

The second is that Dafang and Erfang are now making a fuss over family-saving matters. Normally, Mother Jia might wish that they were like this. The provincial house was built.

Seeing the noisy and extraordinary situation in the room where you said one sentence and I returned ten sentences, Jiamu became angry, and pointed her crutches fiercely towards a spot on the ground, "Quiet me!"

Jia's mother has great prestige in Jia's mansion. Seeing her old man speak, everyone quieted down, wanting to see Jia's mother's meaning.

"Naturally, this family-saving villa has to be built. Otherwise, even a little Zhou nobleman would have visited his relatives, but the empress did not. Those who didn't know would think that we had neglected the empress." Mother Jia said decisively.

Mrs. Jia Zhengwang had a happy face, and Jia Zhu and Wang Xifeng were also very happy. Their second wife had a concubine, which would be helpful for Jia Zhu's official career and status in Jia's mansion.

"Although the eldest and the second family have separated, this is a great joy for the entire Jia family, and the second room cannot bear it alone." Jia's mother glanced at the people present, and continued: "Just now, the old family's I told the second family that the family is not as good as it used to be, so I thought that before building the provincial villa, we should negotiate the money first, and we have neglected the empress anyway." But we can't save a kiss for Jia Yuanchun, Let everyone in Jia's house drink the northwest wind in the future.

"The old lady is right!" Just after Jia's mother finished speaking, the smile on Mrs. Wang's face widened, but what Jia Mu said next made Mrs. Wang's smile froze.

"It's hard for everyone to come here now, so let's settle this matter first! Your wife is my granddaughter, and I will pay you 10 taels of silver." After speaking, Mother Jia turned her attention to Jia She. body.

Jiamu's private house is rich, although the 10 taels of silver is basically all the cash in her private house, but the most valuable thing in Jiamu's private house is the antique calligraphy and paintings.

After Jia She raised his eyebrows and looked at Madam Zhang, Jia She said, "I don't dare to compare with the old lady, besides, Yingchun is preparing a dowry now..."

Mrs. Wang's originally beaming face suddenly became ugly when she heard the words, "What does elder brother mean by saying this, besides, Yingchun is not even promised by others now, why is she preparing a dowry..."

"Siblings, what do you mean by that? Misses like us have been preparing dowry since we were young! Although Yingchun is a concubine, she is a girl from the Jia family. She is about the same age now, and I have already started showing her off." It is normal for a girl to get married for a year or two, and if she starts to prepare the dowry after agreeing to her brother and sister, I don’t know when she will get married." Mrs. Zhang scoffed. They said that, but they didn't fool Jia's mother and the second room. Mrs. Zhang did start to prepare for Jia Yingchun's dowry one after another.

"Okay!" Mother Jia frowned and scolded, then continued to look at Jia Amnesty, "Boss, continue talking."

Originally, Jia Amnesty was going to say 8 taels of silver, but now seeing Mrs. Wang's attitude, she immediately changed her mind, "Your Majesty is my niece, and she has become a virtuous concubine. As an uncle, I naturally have to express it. It's just that Although Lian'er is married now, she has not established a career after all, and my wife paid 7 taels."

Mother Jia frowned when she heard the words, and then she nodded after thinking of something, "Okay, the big house paid 7 taels, and together with me, the total is 17 taels of silver." Then she turned her attention to Jia Zhen. body.

Jia Zhen knew that she would not be able to escape this kind of thing as a long-term family member, and she would definitely have to bleed, so she discussed this matter with Mrs. Ye on the way here. Originally, their bottom line was 20 silver, but there was no Thinking that Jia Mu and Jia She were too good at bargaining, the price was reduced by more than half.

"The old lady and Uncle She are right. It is the honor of my family in Jia's family to be conferred by the emperor as a virtuous concubine. My Ningguo mansion dare not compare with the old lady, so I just offered 10 taels of silver." The government is included.

"Okay!" Mother Jia nodded, her original plan was 10 taels of silver for her, Dafang, and Ningguo Mansion, so there would be 30 taels of silver, almost half of the money for the construction of the provincial villa.Although Dafang is short of 3 taels of silver now, when the time comes when the silver is short, I will ask Jia She to ask for it. less than.

"In this way, there will be 27 taels of silver." Mother Jia said while looking at the side branches who came to discuss the matter.

Originally, these people came here with the idea of ​​taking advantage of it, but they didn't expect that now that they didn't get the advantage, and instead had to pay out, these people quit on the spot.But in the end, it was Jia Muqi who was superior and dug out 3 taels of silver from these people.

Looking at the dejected looks of the side branches, Mother Jia said to the second room in a good mood: "It's about 60 to 30 taels to build a family-friendly villa, and now there are [-] taels of silver. After all, the empress came from your second room. The remaining money in the family-senting villa will be paid by your second wife."

Mrs. Wang's eyes widened when she heard this, and she couldn't help but said, "Old lady..."

Regarding the matter of silver, Mrs. Wang is still very quick to settle accounts. Even if she has 30 taels of silver, there is still a shortfall of 30 taels of silver. At the beginning, Madam Wang thought about taking this opportunity to earn money. One, but I didn't expect that I would bleed instead of getting the money. Mrs. Wang would not do this kind of loss-making business.

Why did Jia Mu not understand Mrs. Wang's thoughts, and said angrily: "Your Majesty is the eldest lady of the second room. You should be more famous." The reputation of the fox is fake and powerful, so naturally you have to pay the price. There is no such cheap thing in the world. She, the old Fengjun of Jia's mansion, has paid 10 taels of silver, and the second room has paid a total of 30 million taels of silver. To be fair.

"The old lady is wise!" Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhenqi reconciled, and the two looked at each other with a tacit understanding in their hearts. Since there will be a second house at the end, it's not too much for them to take the opportunity to get back some of the money they paid, isn't it?

Mrs. Wang still wanted to speak, but she was forced back by Jia Mu's eyes. Although she closed her mouth, her eyes were burning with anger.

Seeing that it was probably not too early when things were knocked down, everyone dispersed, leaving only Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng in Rongxi Hall.

"Old lady..." After waiting for everyone to leave, Mrs. Wang ignored Jia Mu's cold face and immediately wanted to complain.

But she was stopped by Jia Mu, who said with confidence: "A few years ago, when the Zhen family picked up the driver, they didn't have enough money and asked us to borrow 5 taels of silver. We didn't have a shortage of them before, but now we want money. The Zhen family will definitely return it. Then we take the opportunity to borrow 5 taels of silver from them, and the Zhen family will definitely not refuse."

"But it's only 10 taels too much!" Mrs. Wang said anxiously, is it true that Jia Mu really wants the second room to pay the money!They are the great heroes who gave birth to the empress, it's fine if there is no reward, and they will bleed profusely, is there any humanity!

Mother Jia glanced at Mrs. Wang unconvinced, and said angrily, "We can borrow here from the Zhen family. Are there any other relatives? The four families of Jia Shi Wang Xue are all prosperous and the other is bad. The other three families should also contribute. .”

Hearing that Mrs. Wang's eyes were shining, she went on to say without being reminded by Mother Jia: "Mr. Lin is now serving as a fat job inspecting the salt and censor. If you borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver, my aunt will definitely not refute us."

"Heh! You will infer other things from one example." Jia Mu's voice suddenly became cold, "I'll talk about this later."

"Old lady!" Mrs. Wang looked at Jia's mother in surprise, feeling a little annoyed in her heart, why should Jia Min treat her alone!Lin Ruhai was the single heir of the Hou family, and now he is the censor of salt inspection. The family must have money, but Jia Mu did not allow them to borrow money from the Lin family, which was really unacceptable to Mrs. Wang.

Mother Jia glared at Mrs. Wang angrily, "You still know that Mrs. Lin is the inspector of salt and censor! All the masters and young masters in our house are not up to date, and none of them has done anything in the court. It's hard for the empress to be in the harem. After we survived, our natal family is useless, so we hope that our relatives can support the empress in the court, so that the empress's position in the harem will be more stable.

Looking around, besides your brother and Uncle Lin, among the relatives who are in high positions and hold real power, who else is better than the historians.Right now, you’re just going to ask for a little money, but how can you open your mouth when it comes to your empress’s affairs? Besides. "

Mrs. Wang didn't understand right away, but Wang Xifeng did understand what Jia Mu said. Jia Mu's goal was not other people but the Xue family from the beginning.But it is only natural to think about it, the Xue family is an imperial merchant, even though it has lost a lot because of Xue Pan, the bottom line is that the Xue family is still a family of millions of imperial merchants, and the cash must be more than other families.It just so happened that Xue's family begged to come to Jia's mansion before, and it would be a fool not to borrow money from them at this time.

Mrs. Wang, who had been watched by Jiamu all this time, also understood what Jiamu meant, but...it was a bit inconvenient for her to speak now.The Xue family had just moved out, and she came to borrow money. People who didn't know thought that they forced the Xue family to leave because of the money.

Wang Xifeng said empathetically at the side: "Borrowing tens of thousands of taels of silver, considering the situation of the Xue family, my aunt will naturally not refute us, but my aunt just moved back. She is very busy at the moment, and it will take a while. I'm afraid I won't be free. It's impossible to complete the construction of the birthplace villa in a short while, and when my aunt moves to a new house to treat guests to dinner, my wife will talk to my aunt about it, and my aunt will definitely not refuse my wife."

Mother Jia nodded, "That's fine." Anyway, she told Mrs. Wang all her ideas. Whether Mrs. Wang wants to implement it or not is her business. If you don't borrow money, you can pay for it yourself.Anyway, Mother Jia won't take out another penny in the future, and she has to guard against old age with the rest of her private money.

***

Naturally, Shulan also heard the news, and quickly approached Xu Hao to discuss the matter. Xu Hao was very excited about this matter, and this was an excellent opportunity to strengthen himself.The provincial villa has very strict requirements. Every flower, tree, grass, and stone has very strict requirements. The requirements for the materials are very high. This time he found a lot of high-quality good things in Jiangnan. I believe he will make a lot of money. for a sum.

Shulan trusts Xu Hao's eyes very much, but there are some political things that Xu Hao doesn't understand, and perhaps many people don't understand, Shulan must explain this to Xu Hao, otherwise it will be put on the emperor's mind, then It's going to be a big deal.

It is a well-known fact that the national treasury has no money, and the emperor's private treasury has no money, because the private treasury of the emperors of the past has not been passed on to the emperor.Therefore, the emperor has no money in his hands, so it is very likely that the emperor wrote, directed, and acted the family visitation. The purpose is to make a fortune by reselling the materials while these rich and powerful families are building the family visitation villa.

For this reason, Shulan told Xu Hao not to be greedy, and would rather earn less than not to be greedy. If a careless excessive greed hinders the emperor from making money, it would be bad.

Xu Hao knew what he meant when he heard his voice, and quickly went to deal with the things in his hands. Shulan was also involved in it, but he made a lot of money because of it, and his private house became much richer.

***

Xue's family lived in their own home. After hearing the news, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai looked at each other, and they both saw the word "lucky" in each other's eyes. Fortunately, they moved out of Jia's mansion in time, otherwise they would definitely become Mrs. Wang's right now. money bag.And when the time comes, it may not be possible to keep the money, even the things in the store. After the provincial villa is built, things must be placed in it, and it is impossible to leave it empty.

It's just that Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai both knew what had happened, and it was impossible for them to shed some blood. After discussing it, they sent someone to secretly inquire about the news from Jia's mansion.

It was decided to only give Mrs. Wang 5 taels of silver at first, saying that cash is not in hand now.If the Jia family wants to talk about it, anyway, they can only give 15 taels of silver at most, and they can't give more than 15 taels of silver. The Jia family cannot develop the habit of borrowing money from them when they have no money.