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

Fortunately, Lin Hongyu was still young so she wasn't in a hurry. Besides, Lin Shuyu's future was still unclear. If he could be promoted by going to the south to suppress bandits this time, it would be of great help to Lin Hongyu's marriage.At this juncture, no one will mention Lin Hongyu's marriage, so Lin Zhixiao and Shulan are simply idle and have nothing to talk about, just painless.

Lin Zhixiao and Shulan were painless and itching, but Aunt Xue on the other side was not like this. Mrs. Wang came to borrow money from Xue's family as Xue Baochai said without accident.

Fortunately, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai had made a confession long ago, saying that what Mrs. Wang said was not a coincidence, that Xue's family came to Beijing for Xue Baochai's draft, and before that, Xue Pan beat someone to death for robbing Xiangling.In addition, it is the end of the year now, they are moving and buying people, seeing the money flowing out before them, they are waiting to make a fortune at the end of the year, and use all the money to buy goods , only a few thousand taels of silver are around.

Mrs. Wang's complexion sank on the spot when she heard the words, even Wang Xifeng's complexion was not very good, Aunt Xue just pretended not to notice.But at this time, the Xue family didn't dare to offend Jia's house, so Aunt Xue said that Jia's house would not be able to build a provincial villa for a while, and wait until after the Chinese New Year, when their family turns around.

In fact, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng didn't know this truth. They just thought that they could borrow some of Aunt Xue's affection when they came to borrow Aunt Xue for the first time.Then wait for the silver from Xue's shop to be delivered to the capital, and then borrow some more.If he didn't take out two or three hundred thousand taels of silver from Xue's house, wouldn't it be true that he would use the silver from the second room or his own private house in this family-saving villa?Neither Mrs. Wang nor Wang Xifeng would be willing. They still wanted to take advantage of this to make a fortune.

But Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng did not expect that Aunt Xue would come up with this trick.Aunt Xue didn't shirk the matter of borrowing money, she readily agreed, but she didn't give an exact answer when to borrow money, how could this make Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng happy.

After some bargaining, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang agreed to borrow 5 taels of silver from Mrs. Wang after the New Year's Eve.When Mrs. Wang first came here, she originally wanted to borrow 20 taels, but seeing Aunt Xue's appearance, she picked up half of it and said, but Aunt Xue is not a fool, and after bargaining, she settled on 5 taels of silver.

Both of them are not very satisfied with this number, but it is impossible for the two parties to tear each other apart. The Xue family will naturally ask Jia's mansion in this situation, and Mrs. Wang is thinking that she will come to Xue when she is short of money in the future. My family, if you offend the Xue family, who will pay for it!

The two parties broke up unhappy, and after Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng left, Xue Baochai came out from the back room. She heard the conversation of the few people just now, and now she couldn't help but sneered and said: "Mom, look , Sure enough, it's not what I expected! Empress, what good does it do for our family to be favored by empress in the harem? It's not their family that benefits."

"My son." Aunt Xue had a sad face. When the Wang family and the Xue family got married, they wanted the Xue family to be the money bag of the Wang family. If Aunt Xue didn't say it, it didn't mean she didn't know.Now Jia's family also has such a face, and what happened at Xue's house in Jinling really made Aunt Xue's heart feel cold and desolate!

Seeing this, Xue Baochai quickly comforted Aunt Xue, "Mom, don't be sad about these things. If you leave me and my brother in case, my brother is careless. We don't know who will take advantage of our huge family property. "These words are a bit outrageous, but Aunt Xue has little knowledge at first, and she was so frightened by Xue Baochai before, and now she has experienced the words of Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, but she agrees with these words very much.

Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, Aunt Xue nodded, "You are right, I want to be good, we all have to be good, and those people will be pissed off." After she finished speaking, she hesitated, "You have brother's temper, if we tell I told him that I was afraid that he would lose his composure and cause trouble, but if we don't tell him, the same temper as before will cause trouble sooner or later."

If the biggest problem of Xue's family is not relatives and friends coming to "borrow money" but Xue Pan's dandy, with Xue Pan's temperament, it is said that someone wants to plot against him, even if no one plots against him, he can cause trouble.

"It is because of my brother's temperament that we have to tell him the whole thing, including how much my mother spent to keep the imperial business after my father died. Mom, no matter how much we do, my brother is our family. But it must be inherited by the elder brother. If the elder brother is down like this, he will be calculated sooner or later in the future. It is better to take advantage of this time to inject a strong medicine, and maybe the elder brother will wake up.

If my mother is worried that my brother will find out that these people can't hold his breath and cause trouble, then let someone guard his brother and lock him up at home for a few months, and then release him after he has figured it out and can hold his breath. "In fact, what Xue Baochai wanted to say was to ask Xue Pan to have a son at home so that the Xue family could rely on it in the future. It's just that it's not good for Xue Pan to produce a concubine's eldest son before discussing marriage. There is no right to speak in this regard.

Aunt Xue has never been cruel to Xue Pan, otherwise Xue Pan would not have developed such a temper.In the past, there were two powerful families in the Wang family and the Jia family, and they didn't care about it. Xue Pan got into trouble and someone would take care of him.But now that this is the situation, even if Aunt Xue is dedicated to goodness, she still has to think badly about people when it comes to her children, especially when their lives are at stake.

After thinking about it, between Xue Pan's suffering and death, Aunt Xue undoubtedly chose the former.Aunt Xue made up her mind, "Just do as you say."

The corners of Xue Baochai's mouth turned up when he heard this, and the joy in his eyes couldn't stop.Don't think that Xue Baochai is really so selfless for Xue Pan's good. It is true that it would be good for Xue Pan if this matter is really done, but she is mostly for herself.Xue Baochai is a precocious child who knows how to be a man. Although it is embarrassing to say it, there is no hope of entering the palace as a draft pick, so it is not like Xue Baochai has not thought about the future of her marriage.

It's just that every time she thinks of this, she can't help but think of the words of the eldest wife of the Jia family and the second grandmother Lian.That was when Jia Yuanchun, the concubine of Jia Yuanchun, was entertaining guests in Jia's mansion. She went to the backyard to find Jia Yingchun. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were actually talking about Xue's family, Xue Baochai thought for a while and hid aside.

"Look at the old lady's face, I'm afraid the second lady will be very angry this time." This is the voice of the eldest lady who is gloating.

Immediately afterwards, the voice of Lian's Second Mistress sounded, "The daughter-in-law will not let the Second Mistress succeed in looking at the old lady. I heard that the old lady has sent Yuanyang to invite Miss Shi to come to the house to play."

"Young girl Yun came to this mansion to play with Yingchun in our big room. It has nothing to do with Baoyu. Don't talk nonsense about this. If it spreads and ruins Girl Yun's reputation, we can do nothing. Alright." The eldest lady's voice suddenly became harsher.

"My daughter-in-law knows." Lian's second grandmother respectfully agreed, but then she said, "I don't know what drugs the Xue family gave the second wife. The second wife actually fell in love with Miss Xue and wanted to ration Baoyu. This Xue Let’s not say that the girl is two years older than Baoyu, she is the daughter of the emperor’s merchant, and she is not suitable for Baoyu, and besides, the young master of the Xue family is really bad, if Baoyu has such a brother-in-law in the future, hehe..."

"Actually speaking, Miss Xue is pretty good herself, better than the two girls in our family, and she is still a concubine. It's a pity that she was born in such a family, and she has such a brother-in-law. This capital is a bit People who are a little bit self-motivated don't want to look down on her." The eldest wife's words are still objective, but she can also hear her disapproval of the Xue family.

Xue Baochai was trembling with anger when she heard this, but she was sad to find that what the eldest wife and Second Mistress Lian had said was the truth. The elder brother Xue Pan was on the table, which really made Xue Baochai teary-eyed but didn't dare to let go, so he could only desperately accept it.

This incident has become an eternal pain in Xue Baochai's heart. Seeing that Xue Pan still has hope of salvation, Xue Baochai is really unwilling to take a gamble.She doesn't ask her brother to be as motivated as Big Brother Zhu, but only asks her brother to know something and not go around all day long and always cause trouble, so that her marriage will be easier to talk about when the time comes.

After discussing the matter with Xue Baochai, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai started to prepare, and after the Chinese New Year, Xue Pan began to live a life in dire straits.In order to prevent others from noticing anything, Aunt Xue also invited Xue Pan to have a master. No matter how Xue Pan resisted or yelled, Xue Pan was detained at home by Aunt Xue to 'study' after the Chinese New Year.

Even though many people know that there is something tricky about it, but Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai are Xue Pan's mother and sister, it is impossible for these two people to harm Xue Pan, and it is now the time when Jia Yuanchun is concubine However, others just thought that Aunt Xue obeyed Jia's words and detained Xue Pan by not going out to cause trouble, which tarnished Jia Yuanchun's reputation.

This statement is still very marketable, at least whether others believe it or not, Mrs. Jia's mother Wang and Wang Xifeng in Jia's mansion believe it. The Xue family's acquaintance has made these few people feel good about the Xue family. In private, Madam Xu couldn't see that Aunt Xue still had such courage.

It's just that if Xue Pan can be controlled like this, it's just fantastic.

When Xue Pan heard about this, he was startled and then furious, and immediately prepared to kill and question Mr. Jia's Xingshi. Fortunately, Aunt Xue was already prepared to have someone stop him.After realizing that it was useless to use emotion to reason, Aunt Xue followed Xue Baochai's statement, resorted to violence and non-cooperation, and directly ordered Xue Pan to be placed under house arrest.

But Xue Pan is the head of the Xue family after all, and what he said has more weight than Aunt Xue and Baochai Xue, so within a few days, Xue Pan almost succeeded in "prison escape", which shocked Aunt Xue and Baochai Xue into a cold sweat.

The angry Aunt Xue almost yelled in front of all the servants regardless of her face, but fortunately, her previous upbringing stopped Aunt Xue from such irrational behavior, and instead she let people lock Xue Pan in the room directly.

Xue Baochai saw that this was not a solution, so she persuaded: "Mom, it's not a solution for my brother to yell like this in the house. Although we don't have many relatives and friends in the capital, we still have a few households. It’s not good for people to know about it and spread it!”

"What's your idea!?" Aunt Xue asked with a weary face. At this time, she didn't have the heart to think about other things. She just hoped that Xue Pan could really think things through as they wished. She and Xue Baochai had the same meaning. I beg Xue Pan to improve from now on, but I beg him not to cause trouble like before, that life should not be a joke.

Xue Baochai sat down beside Aunt Xue, "Mom, do you still remember that our family has a hot spring village in the suburbs?"

"You mean let's go to Zhuangzi?" Aunt Xue immediately understood what Xue Baochai meant.

Xue Baochai nodded as expected, "That's exactly what my daughter meant. A few days ago, I heard from Sister Lin that their family had a hot spring village in the suburbs where they went to spend the winter every year. It was not far from our village. Looking at the current New Years and New Years have passed, and we have sent the money from my aunt as promised, and there is nothing wrong with keeping it in the capital.

Now that my brother is like this, it’s better to go to the hot spring Zhuangzi in the suburbs. Even if we accidentally let my brother escape, the road from Zhuangzi to the capital is more than ten miles away, so we can have time to deal with it! "It's not like now that once Xue Pan runs out, the Xue family will immediately become a joke in the whole capital.

"Besides, I heard that the Lin family is going to the hot spring village in the suburbs these few days. The Lin family doesn't know that our family and Jia's family have become estranged. I guess my aunt is busy building my mother's relative's house now and doesn't have the time and energy to talk to the Lin family. If something happens at that time, let's prepare a generous gift and they will take care of us." Xue Baochai's feelings towards Shulan's family are not bad, at least so far, and the two families have no conflict of interest, she is I would like to get closer to the Lin family.

Aunt Xue thought for a while when she heard the words, and nodded, "Just do as you say, we will pack up tomorrow and go the day after tomorrow." If Aunt Xue was asked to go to the suburbs with orphans and widows, Aunt Xue would definitely not do it, but with the Lin family on the side Aunt Xue became more courageous.

Xue Baochai's news is correct, Shulan's family is indeed going to a hot spring village in the suburbs, and Shulan specially asked Lin Zhixiao to buy this hot spring village.It is said that when they bought it, it was still a barren mountain, and Lin Zhixiao's family definitely couldn't afford it, so Lin Zhixiao and Jia Amnesty jointly did this.

First, they bought this barren hill at an extremely cheap price, and then it was revealed that there was a hot spring, and then they sold it at the price of other fields. The buyer thought that Jia She was a good person and did not make much money for him, so he gave Jia She a lot of money. She gained a lot of good reputation, which also deepened the relationship between Jia She and Lin Zhixiao.

With her own initiative, Shulan naturally chose a place with good scenery and springs, but Shulan also knew to keep a low profile. She only wanted a small place and left a place with small springs. Lin Zhixiao sold it.As for whether Jia Amnesty left the hot spring land, Shulan didn't know.

Even after living in the capital for so many years, Shulan is still very afraid of the cold in winter. In addition, Lin Zhixiao and Shulan were servants when they were in Jia's mansion. After all, she is still a servant, and she often walks outside in winter, and the cold is a little bit deep, but Shulan feels a faint tingling pain in her bones and joints on rainy days in winter.

After finally having the conditions, Shulan naturally told Lin Zhixiao to come here for a month or two every winter after the New Year's Eve. Soaking in the hot spring every day is good for the body.

On this day, as before, the Lin family drove the carriage to the suburbs after packing up their luggage. Who would have thought that they would meet the Xue family's carriage on the way, and the two families would get together.

When Shulan heard the news at first, she couldn't believe it at all, but then she thought that since Xue's family had already moved out of Jia's mansion, it's not surprising that they went to the hot spring village in the suburbs for vacation. The original book has been changed beyond recognition , not bad for this point, "please come quickly, my aunt, let's take a carriage and talk together, the journey is also very boring." As for Lin Zhixiao, he was naturally driven to other carriages by Shulan.

As soon as Shulan saw Aunt Xue, she said, "I knew that my wife would go to the hot spring village in the suburbs, so we should go together."

"What is there to make an appointment? We didn't have an appointment before, but now we have walked together." Aunt Xue smiled, and met the Lin family's carriage on the way, which made Aunt Xue very happy. I went to play with Miss Lin."

Shulan laughed and said, "I was thinking that there was no one to talk to in these tens of miles, so my concubine came here. The little sisters have their own whispers, so we don't have to bother them, let's talk about our own."

Aunt Xue nodded yes.

At this time, as long as Xue Pan is not mentioned, Aunt Xue is easy to get along with. Of course, Shulan will not make fun of herself, knowing that Xue Pan has problems now and still talking about him.

The two of them had nothing else to say, so they talked about Jia's relatives' villa, Shulan said with a smile: "I thought that the second wife and the others would find a place in the outskirts of the city, but I didn't expect it to be directly between the two mansions. It’s been built, it’s a good way to save money, but Rongning and Ningfu are both in the capital, and the empress can stay longer when she comes back to visit her relatives.”

Aunt Xue also said with a smile: "The two mansions of Rongning and Ningxia are so big, it is enough to tidy up one place. Although this is a holy favor, it can't be done with all the strength of the two mansions of Rongning and Ningxia! Otherwise, other people will still live in the future Aunt Xue understands Jia's current economy better than Shulan, Mrs. Wang dares to ask Aunt Xue for a loan, but she dare not ask Shulan for a loan, otherwise Jia's face will be lost.

"My aunt is right, it's just that the virtuous concubine's proselytizing posture is not as good as that of the noble concubine Zhou." Shulan said with emotion, a mountain is still as high as a mountain!

"No matter whether it is comparable or not, in the harem, the empress is always above Concubine Zhou." Jia Yuanchun is a concubine with a title, while Concubine Zhou is a concubine without a title. Even though they are all concubines, you can tell Honor and humble come.

Shulan and Aunt Xue smiled at each other.