Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

As soon as the words came out, the whole room was startled, Xichun stood in the corner and watched coldly, except for Jia She, Jia Lian, his wife, and Baoyu, the rest showed dissatisfaction on their faces, as if they did not agree with Jia She's statement.

Sure enough, Mother Jia frowned first and said, "Where did you get these ideas? Call back!"

In the face of Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Wang was not easy to open her mouth. Only Jia Zheng could speak. He stroked his long beard, took a step forward, and said, "Exactly, these thoughts are the worst, even though we should follow the will of the saints." In short, the current sage, Shengming, promised a three-year period to show his kindness. In these three years, what can't be done? Why should the elder brother be in a hurry to sell the house and land and sell people? Our family has never done it If these things are spread out, people will laugh at our family."

Jia Amnesty glanced at Jia Zheng, and said to him with a half-smile, "Second Master, don't say such high-sounding words in front of me! Why am I afraid of being laughed at? If I tell a joke, I hide behind the stable, from marriage to old age I have never moved away, and it has become a joke all over the capital. Three years, there are many variables in three years, and there is only such a little thing left, which can withstand three years of ruin? Even your wife said that it has been produced in the past few years. More income and less, it can be seen that there is no savings every year. My house was not spent anyway, and only one Cong'er was left to get married. He was a concubine, and his full expenses were only 3000 taels. I came out, and when my grandchildren should get married, at least ten years later, and your three or four children plus a thirteen or fourteen-year-old grandson have been a national filial piety for a year, and they will marry each other. The reason for not spending money? You have spent the money, how can you repay the debt?"

Jia Zheng said solemnly: "We are all a family, why bother to divide them so clearly? It made the old lady feel sad."

Jia Amnesty sneered, and was about to speak when she heard Jia's mother say, "Why are you brothers talking about this in front of me? This matter is of great importance, and it needs to be discussed in the long run. You can't just do what you say." Thinking of the Mid-Autumn Festival In Yueshi, when Jia Amnesty told a eccentric joke, Jia's mother couldn't help feeling restless.

Jia Amnesty turned to look at Mother Jia, and said respectfully, "The decree has been made, but it is imperative. What's the use of long-term planning? Or both the old lady and the second master have better ways to repay the deficit and debt?" Silver? Don't need me to plan?"

Jia Mu said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't the sage say that the limit is three years, what's the hurry?"

Jia She smiled lightly, and said: "How can you not be in a hurry? I am the one who attacked the title, and I will be accused of being short-lived in the future. At this point, I will speak directly. I am a villain. Just measure the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Three years, I can't wait for three years. If the family is separated within three years, there will be nothing in the mansion at that time, and the second master's family will move out. Will all the deficits fall on me? On the head? According to me, I took advantage of the fact that I was here at this time, and I took it all together. Besides, I couldn’t make up the money, so why bother pushing one by one? Is it because the second master is not an attacker, and the crime is not his, so not give a damn about?"

These words are really embarrassing, not to mention Jia Zheng and his wife and everyone, even Jia Mu was speechless when she heard it, and stared at Jia Amnesty. After a while, Jia Mu showed a tired face and said: "How do you Can you say these heart-breaking words? Who said you can ignore it? In the future, when the family is separated, these debts will be shared equally between your two families, and you won't be the only one to bear it."

Jia Zheng hurriedly expressed his intentions and said, "Exactly, brother, as the old lady said, my house will not ignore this matter at any time. Don't worry about us not being willing to repay the debt. The seven or eight million taels of silver are not For a small sum, the whole family will not be able to come up with it for a while, so we have to add it up before making a plan.”

Jia She shrugged, squinted his cloudy old eyes, and said: "Since you have this heart, you can simply pay 10 taels right now. You don't need to say anything. If you ask you to take more, you must be reluctant, and instead say it behind your back." I'm greedy."

Seeing that Jia Amnesty couldn't listen to any words, Madam Wang couldn't bear it any longer, but said: "My lord, the house is very difficult. When there are festivals, I don't know how many things I have to fill in in private to make ends meet. How can I do it?" Take out so much money at once? Let alone 10 taels, even 1 taels can’t be paid out overnight, and you have to give time to raise money to pay off the debt.”

Jia She sneered and said, "Second Wife, other people don't know, but I don't know. Except for my wife who is stupid by nature and lives on a couple of monthly bills, which one of you is not a rich man? You know how much filial piety you get every year. No one in the world knows how to save money better than the Second Wife. When you drive a girl out, you have to keep her good clothes and hairpins, and she is only allowed to leave her close-fitting clothes. In the end, who of you spent a lot of money? If it is really a waste of money, there is no benefit to it, who is willing to take care of this house? Food, clothing, housing, entertainment, socializing and cleaning guests are all paid by the public, except for the government. In the income treasury on the Internet, the usual things are put into their own private houses. Now I make a suggestion, do I tell you to give money today? Even if you sell the house, sell the land, and sell the servants to buy antiques, you still need to spend one or two dollars. How about a year's work, what price can I sell if I sell it all at once? Knowing that the government uses money, people will try their best to lower the price. That's not my plan. The emperor passed away, and he was inactive for 81 days, only a month later, Fifty days left is enough for you to raise money, and one day is left to hand it in, and I have to sell my own things myself."

He was a little thirsty when he spoke, his voice fell, he turned his head and glared at Jia Lian, and said: "Your father is very thirsty after saying all these things. Don't you just pour a bowl of tea and come over to moisten your mouth with me? Wink, don't think about who I am for?"

After hearing this, Jia Lian asked Amber to make a bowl of tea, tested the temperature before sending it to Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty drank it all in one gulp, threw the tea bowl to Jia Lian casually, ignored Jia Lian's hurried action to pick it up, and continued, "It's about the safety of the whole house. If you want to end up like the Zhen family, just pretend I didn't say these things. Words. I am an old man, I have no merit in the country or family. I don’t want to live forever and enjoy my old age. I only want my children and grandchildren. For my clever brother Xuan, I can do anything, and I have nowhere to go In other words, Shang Zhezi asked me to raid the house to pay off the debt, and sold the family property at the official price, which was enough to pay off the more than 70 taels of silver owed by my ancestors. I guess it was not enough, and today's saints will not blame me. "

Mother Jia was trembling with anger, pointed at him and said, "Are you trying to piss me off? Where did you come up with such weird ideas? I don't know how to take care of my body, I only know how to drink and have fun with my little wife. I dare not control you. Now you You don’t care about the glory and foundation of your ancestors, you don’t want face, just look at it and think about it, what are you doing now.”

Jia She said with a sneer, "I'm dying. Who cares about the face? If you don't pay back the money, it will be punished by the head of the family. The rest will be released without charge. Why should I bear the debt left by an ancestor? I got it." Sin, do I still want my grandson's future? He is so smart, and I am just such a grandson. To do this is to be loyal to the country and filial piety to the ancestors, and the saint will have to praise me a few words when he knows about it.”

Jia's mother couldn't get up at a stretch, so she sat paralyzed on the kang, so frightened that Li Wan Tanchun waited to come up and rub his chest to let her breathe, and then ordered Yuanyang to wait for tea to come and give Jiamu to drink. It took half a day to recover. Not knowing what to do down there, he couldn't help glaring at Jia She.

Jia She looked at him coldly for a while, and asked Jia Zheng, "I only want to pay off the debt as soon as possible for the sake of the family business passed down from my ancestors. Ask the second master, do you pay the 10 taels or not? You have paid the 10 taels for a house, whether you sell things or sell people, even if you borrow money, I only need 10 taels of silver. Once it's in hand, Lian'er and I will take care of other matters such as selling, so you don't need to worry about it."

Jia Amnesty rushed to speak in front of Jia Zheng, and did not give Jia Zheng the opportunity to say that he was angry with Jia's mother, etc., and he stood there without sitting down, majestic, without a trace of fear, which made others feel very uncomfortable.Du Jialian and Sister Feng screamed happily. Only Jia Mu was lying down, and they dared not show it.

Jia Lian persuaded from the side: "Old ancestor, don't be angry soon. Don't you feel sorry for the master when you are angry? What good is it for the house to let outsiders know that the master is not filial? To be honest, the master also worked hard for the house. Not myself. Although there is the empress, even if we don’t pay back the money after three years, the saint will look at the empress’s affection and will be lenient to our family, but we can’t let the empress lose face in the palace, right? In the future, others will say Speaking of the empress, pointing at our family’s debts, or pointing at Sang, cursing Huai, or making insinuations, what good words are there? It will hurt the reputation of the empress. It’s better to pay back the money first when no other family has paid. The sage is happy in his heart I have to treat my empress differently. I remember that Wu Guifei's family and Zhou Guiren's family borrowed hundreds of thousands of silver from the treasury because they didn't have enough money to build family-friendly villas! They rushed to pay back at our house, Wu The noble concubine and Zhou nobleman are probably more respectable than the empress, after all, they are the first to obey the saint's first order of filial piety after the death of the emperor."

Sister Feng came to Jia Mu with a smile, supported Jia Mu to lean on the pillow, and gave Jia Mu tea to rinse her mouth, and said politely: "The old ancestor thinks carefully about what Lian'er said is reasonable or not. We have not helped the empress all these years." What, let the empress be alone in the palace, and don't let the empress be ashamed of us. Our master just doesn't know how to say pleasant things, but actually wants our house well with all his heart."

Speaking of Jia Yuanchun, Baoyu burst into tears and said: "Eldest sister can't see the voices and faces of her family in the palace. If elder sister makes others laugh at me again, I will feel like a knife is piercing my heart. Old ancestors, debts should be repaid. Although the Eldest Master was in a hurry, his intentions were very good. It was not for selfish desires, but for loyalty and filial piety. Repaying the debt, being loyal to the country, and being filial to the ancestors, after all, are the debts left by our ancestors. What's more, the old man made it clear that our family can make it together. If it is not enough, many antiques in my house are sold, and they are worth a little money. Zhen Baoyu lives in my study , Worrying about my wife and mother every day, the desolation is hard to describe, every time I think about our family's debt, how can I sleep in the future?"

Hearing Baoyu's words, Jia's mother couldn't help but said distressedly: "You are young, you just eat, drink and have fun, what do you want to do with such trivial things? This matter is up to me and your wife."

Baoyu shook his head and said, "I will be 17 years old after the new year. I am no longer an ignorant child, so I can only eat, drink and play for the rest of my life. The ancestors will obey the old master. If the big sister can't stop it after three years, I will follow Zhen Baoyu is the same, not to mention, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, this is a great rule and law. At that time, not only me, but also the sisters at home, who can be safe? Zhen Baoyu misses his mother and wife day and night, crying behind his back The flow is endless, people are thin and out of shape, I feel thrilling when I look at it."

Jia She said: "Even Baoyu has such insight, what can't you agree to? Although selling houses, land and things is too shameful, this will make the sage understand our loyalty even more. In order to pay back the money, we will It’s already bankrupt, and when others see our family already like this, they won’t come and scold us young men.”

Jia Mu squinted at him, with anger still on her face, and said, "You also know that the citrons in their early years die first? Since you know, why bother your brother? You are clamoring, wishing everyone would listen to you."

Jia Amnesty lowered his head, his heart full of sarcasm.

Soon, he raised his head and said: "Everything that should be said has been said, heart and soul, have the old lady and the second master made up their mind? I can’t stay up late, and I’m too old to stay up.”

Having said this, Jia Zheng gritted his teeth, and there was no way to avoid it, so he nodded and said, "Here!" He told Mrs. Wang to find a way to sort out the belongings of the second room, and sell what can be sold. If you can't sell it, you should pawn it. You can collect 10 taels of silver within fifty days, so that the Yuanchun will not be good in three years, and the saint will not be able to stop the sin.

If Yuanchun gave birth to a prince, it would be fine, but since he was born and canonized, there is still no son or half daughter under his knees.

Mrs. Wang turned pale with shock, and before she could speak, she heard Jia Mu sigh: "You brothers have talked to this point, what can I say? I'll ask Yuanyang to look for it later, I'm afraid I can find something."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "How can you tell the old lady to worry about your children and grandchildren? Why don't you see if there is enough in the mansion first, and if there is not enough, elder brother and I can get more."

Jia She sneered for a while, and said: "Second master doesn't care about common affairs, so he might not know what's going on in the mansion? The only thing left in the warehouse has been sold. It's a great fortune to get one or two hundred thousand taels. I don’t know how much money I can sell for Shidimu, and I have to keep a few acres of land, so that I won’t even be able to eat next year.”

Mother Jia complained of a headache, and said: "You came up with the idea, and you will take care of it no matter what. It's enough. I'm tired, so you all step back. After talking for half a day, you are not too tired."

Having achieved his goal, Jia Amnesty refused to stay any longer. Before leaving, he said to Jia Zheng, "I will collect the spirit before sending it off."

In order for Emperor Changtai to remember his loyalty and courage, Jia She felt that he must pay the owed money after the coffin is suspended and before the coffin is sent, even if the payment is not clear for a while, he must express his heart in order to get the most benefits.Jia She thought about it again and again, except for the stone nerd's case, he had no other crimes in this family, and if he was lucky, he would be blessed with grace and benefit his children and grandchildren.

When leaving Rongguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty told Jia Lian and Sister Feng to start counting the account books tomorrow. After removing 30 taels, first sell the things in the mansion. As for shops, Zhuangtian must not be sold unless it is absolutely necessary.Although Jia Amnesty is stupid and incompetent, he understands that if there is no land, there is no foundation. In the future, all the food, rice, meat and eggs for an old snack will have to come from here. After this incident, the mansion has no money to buy it every day.

Both Jia Lian and Sister Feng have false titles, and they usually attend sacrifices to serve Jia Mu and others. Now that they have this job, each of them is ill and stays at home to open the warehouse to check things. The imperial doctor came to check the pulse, the mansion was busy for most of the night, but the next day they struggled to go, not daring to slack off.

Hearing about this, Xichun smiled, thinking in her heart that Ningguo Mansion should know Jia Amnesty's determination, if she guessed correctly, both governments did their best when picking up the driver, and Ningguo Mansion also borrowed money.

Early this morning, Jia Lian and Sister Feng brought people into the warehouse, and they were very surprised.

The warehouse is almost empty, there are only two antiques worth more than ten thousand, and the rest may be thousands or hundreds. All the things that can be sold are moved out and arranged in categories. It is worth more than one hundred thousand taels.There is also a box of gold that has not been found at the bottom, weighing about a thousand taels.In addition, there were still a lot of clothes, books, calligraphy and paintings accumulated in the warehouse, and nothing else. The jewelry was worth 3 to [-] taels, which was far beyond what Jia She and his family expected.

Sister Feng whispered to Jia Lian: "Those books, calligraphy and paintings are stored in boxes one by one. It's a pity that no one uses these books in our family. We only got the silver from Zhuangtian shop this year. Why don't we take out 1 taels?" , Keep all the books, calligraphy and paintings, tell the mansion to sell them, and then send the books, calligraphy and paintings to Sister Lin's old house, and send some to Sister Lin as well tomorrow."

Jia Lian agreed: "Collection of books is the foundation. Let's do it this way. We don't need it. My son will need it in the future." .

Sister Feng found another guqin from the storeroom, which was actually a famous one, and she wanted to give it to Daiyu. It will be Daiyu's birthday in thirty or forty days.

Jia Lian went to friends who were good friends on a regular basis and asked who was short of things. He only said that his family was short of money and wanted to sell good things. When those people asked why, they introduced a few families who were willing to buy them. It sold for seven or eight.The rest of Jia Lian who could not be sold was sent to a pawnshop to be pawned. The items in the warehouse alone were sold for more than 20 taels, together with the 1 taels he and Sister Feng took out to buy books, calligraphy and paintings. It is an authentic work, but the most expensive is only 600 taels, and there is not a single priceless treasure.

Jia She's things are also taken care of by Jia Lian. Jia She has 5 taels of silver in his hand, and the remaining 5 taels can be sold for 8 or [-] rare antiques in Jia She's collection. From this point of view, Jia She has more than one ladder. Seventeen to eighty thousand taels, and one hundred thousand more would be justified.However, even if Jia Amnesty has a lot of money in his hand, he is not willing to spend more, he wants to leave it to his grandson, even Jia Lian doesn't even think about it.

Fifty days later, Jia Lian successfully raised more than [-] taels of silver after selling the carefully searched furnishings, houses and shops.

All of a sudden, the entire Rongguo Mansion was so empty that it seemed to lose a lot of its popularity. The warehouses and most of the uninhabited houses were empty.

Hearing that her natal family wanted to pay back the money, everyone in the city was buzzing about it. With the consent of her parents-in-law and her husband, Yingchun ordered someone to send over 1 taels of silver.

Daiyu, who was far away in Ping'an Prefecture, had already received letters and some things from Sister Feng and Xichun. After thinking about it again and again, she also ordered someone to send a letter to Lin Tao, sending 1 taels of silver to Jia Lian at Rongguo Mansion.When they left the capital, they each left 2 taels of silver at Lin Tao's place and Miaozhen's place, preparing to send gifts to various families in the capital for red, white, and wedding gifts.

Hearing that the two daughters have such a heart, everyone in the capital praised her unceasingly, and also praised her husband's family for being kind and considerate.

About to send the spirit out of Beijing, I heard Jia Lian say that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang did not send the silver. Jia Amnesty broke into Jia Mu's room, went straight to Rongxi Hall, pointed to Jia Zheng's nose and said, "Jia Cunzhou, you have intentions." If you don’t want to pay, just say it. Why promise and then go back? When is this? Hou’er will send Ling out of Beijing and return in a month. Lian’er and his wife have been busy for nearly two months, and they are restless day and night , I don’t know how many ridicules and ridicules I received when selling things, we are ready here, but you didn’t make any movement!”

He had already concealed his dissatisfaction with Jia Zheng, so he took this opportunity to curse: "You have lived in Rongxitang for decades, and when it was time to do your best, you shrank your neck. Could it be that this is how you behave?" The second girl, Lin Yatou, was still thinking about repaying the debt and each sent 1 taels of silver. Baoyu wanted to sell the things in his Yihong Courtyard. I came here in person, and I brought over 10 taels of silver, but I couldn’t get it out. I asked someone to move out the treasure tripod furnishings and other things in Rongxi Hall and sell them, or go to your bedroom and study. Many authentic works of famous artists!"

Although Jia Amnesty only wanted to pay back the money and sold all the furnishings in the mansion, he didn't touch the things that everyone was using in the house. Most of those things belonged to the mansion, not each person's private house.

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was ashamed and angry, because he was clumsy and didn't know how to refute. Fortunately, except for a few maids and women, there was no one else in front of him, so he stood up and said, "Don't worry, brother, I'll send someone right away." I went to ask my wife, presumably it was prepared early, but I went out early and returned late every day, and went to the court every day to accompany sacrifices, so I had no free time, so I forgot to send it over."

Jia She sat down on the chair, cleared his throat, and said, "I'm waiting, when will it be delivered and when will I leave. When I did my best, everyone watched and emptied the entire Rongguo Mansion. There are only some silks, satins and silks left in the storeroom, which made the whole capital laugh. All the silver coins were donated. Like Baoyu, although he was young, he had a hard-won heart. He put together things together, and managed to scrape together 50 taels of silver. You are short of 20 taels."

Jia Zheng held back his breath and ordered someone to find Mrs. Wang and ask her to send someone to bring over 10 taels of silver.

Mrs. Wang was very distressed. Although Jia Zheng had his own income, he left all the affairs of this house to himself, except that he did not hand over some of the family property that was distributed in the mansion after marriage. From this point of view, the 10 taels of silver was paid by himself alone.Even if she was unwilling, when she heard that Jia She was making a fuss in the Rongxi Hall and disregarded her decency, Mrs. Wang had to order someone to send it, 5 taels of silver and 5000 taels of gold, including countless gold and silver ingots and gold and silver carpentry. It is the reward of Yuanchun Suri.

Jia She asked people to count and the number was enough. He smiled at Jia Zheng and said, "I said you were rich, but you were crying poor in front of the old lady at that moment. I didn't hear that you had sold so much gold and silver. It can be seen that what I said is true."

After finishing speaking, he ordered people to carry the gold and silver boxes and walk away.

Mother Jia had learned of Jia She's behavior in Rongxi Hall, and was so angry that she could hardly breathe. She was afraid that Jia She would come to her to make trouble, so she ordered Yuanyang to call Jia Lian and Sister Feng, and brought gold and silver ingots worth 10 taels. , gold and silver lockets, and gold and silver utensils, etc., went back.Gold and silver utensils do not need to be sold, they can also be used for gold and silver.

The father and son counted carefully for half a day. There was gold and silver, which was more than [-] taels of silver, enough to pay off the owed silver. Jia Lian personally delivered the gold and silver to the household department.