Enemies in the Red Chamber

"I know about the Feng family. My wife took me to his house to enjoy the flowers that time. Which is this Xue's house? The gifts are fine." Daiyu tilted her head and asked Jia Min while holding the gift list.The two were waiting for the servants of the Feng family and the Xue family to reply.

Seeing her daughter saying these words like a grown-up, Jia Min was only pleased with her intelligence, and felt that it would be better to start teaching some things now, "It's no wonder you don't know, this Xue family is from Jinling, and it is the same as Shijia and Wang's family. In addition to your grandfather Jia's family and the four major families in Jinling, the other three headed families have all settled in the capital, but the Xue family has always had its roots in Jinling.

The second uncle of your maternal grandfather's family married a girl from the Wang family, and is a direct sister to the current wife of the Xue family.Two years ago, the second son of your maternal uncle's eldest uncle, and the only remaining son, also married a girl from the Wang family, who was your second aunt's real niece.

Your grandmother is a daughter of the Shi family.

The Wang family is now in charge of Wang Ziteng's deceased brother, who is also the biological father of the second sister-in-law of your uncle's family. His original wife is also from the Shi family, but it is just a branch of relatives recognized by the Shi family. I'm not very close to my family, Mrs. Wang's family is your grandmother's niece in terms of seniority.

Aunt Xue's grandma married the second wife and third son of the Shi family back then, but unfortunately, her longevity was not long and she died in a few years, and she did not leave a son and a half daughter behind.Counting it now, the Xue family and the Shi family are the least close of the four families. "

Daiyu carefully sorted out the relationship between the four families, and Jia Min pursed her lips happily as she looked at her, "You're still young, and you haven't learned those genealogical relationships yet, so don't be in a hurry if you can't figure it out, just take your time." Now, just don't get tired."

After a while, Daiyu asked again: "Seriously speaking, the Xue family and our family are inseparable. Even if it is far-fetched to have some relationship, why bother to send these things here? It is too thick. "

Jia Min shifted to a comfortable position and sat down, "How can you say it's okay? Aren't they all relatives who are abducted. Besides, there is no harm in being kind to others with multiple relatives and multiple connections. Also, the four majors in Jinling In the family, apart from Xue Jia, who is an official butcher, do you know what the Xue family does for a living?"

Daiyu wondered, isn't the Xue family a family of officials?Then how to stand side by side with the House of Houfu?According to what my wife said in the past, the grandparent Jia's family followed the ancestors of this place and the emperor sacrificed their lives in exchange for a pair of males when they conquered the world.

Jia Min chuckled, "The ancestors of the Xue family started their business as merchants. During the Taizu period, they were granted official positions as Ziwei Sheren, earning the title of imperial merchant, and they are still imperial merchants today."

Daiyu suddenly realized, no wonder the heavy gifts are given every year. Master Lin is on the job of patrolling the salt censor, and the imperial merchant has to curry favor.Well, I don't know if there is such a thing as salt quotation in this land boundary, if there is, it will be more natural.It's just that the status of the imperial merchant is different from the Daping Dynasty where he was originally. In the Daping Dynasty, although the imperial merchant has the word "Huang" on it, he is a merchant after all. Relying on anyone who has to find the slaves on the second and third floors below, this place can actually be married to the Duke's mansion. (It wasn't until later that Daiyu knew the rules of the world that some things were not what she thought they were.)

Just as I was talking, I heard an announcement from outside, "People from Xue's residence in Jinling have come to kowtow to my wife." Another woman came in and whispered in Jia Min's ear: "The housekeeper of Mr. Feng's family said that they are not in a hurry because they are close. It's not too late to see them again after the wife has finished handling other matters. I think I want to talk about something when the master returns home." Jia Min nodded secretly.

Jia Min and Daiyu sat upright, and the waiters separated from each other. Jia Min said, "Come in."

"Greetings to Mrs. Lin,..."

Daiyu carefully observed the dresses and behaviors of the women who came in, and nodded in her heart. The Xue family's family background looks really good, at least judging by the manners and manners of these people's dresses, they are no worse than the Lin family. , Some people wear bracelets and hairpins that are three points better than the housekeeper's daughter-in-law of the Lin family.

Here Jia Min has finished the routine questioning, "Give my regards to your master, wife, brother and girl."

When the people left, Jia Min relaxed her sitting body, and Nanny Lin hurried over to help her lean on the soft couch.Jia Min said to Daiyu again: "Today, things have happened one after another. I am also very tired. You can go back to your room and rest. Later, I will ask Lin An's wife to bring back the list of gifts given to Xue's family over the years. You see, you learn a little bit first. But don't bother too much, you are still taking pills!"

"Mother, rest quickly, my little brother must be tired." Daiyu hurriedly quit.

The four major families, King Xue of Jiashi.Among them, the Jia family is the closest to my own family, but we can infer the other three families from the behavior of the Jia family.Judging from the situation of the Jia family at home in the past two years, it seems to be very high-profile.Well, not necessarily, my mother is also a daughter of the Jia family, so she doesn't seem to have those problems.The exact situation will have to be seen later.Daiyu went back to her room and thought while looking at Xue's family's gift list over the years and the gifts in return here.

Looking at the etiquette presented to the Jia family, he frowned and pondered for a long time. "Mommy, do you know about my grandfather's house?" Daiyu turned her head slightly and raised her voice to ask Grandma Wang who was telling the little girls about ancient times outside.

Wang Momo quickly stood up, "The girl's maternal ancestral family is great. His ancestors belonged to Rong Guogong, who was four kings and eight kilometers away, and Ning Guogong was also from their family. They were rich and powerful. When my wife married here, That dowry, that ostentation, I haven’t seen it for many years!” Duke, what an official that must be!The eyes of the little girls who had never seen the world were wide open, and their mouths could not be closed.Most of the current girls and women are newcomers after Lin Hai arrived in Yangzhou. Almost all those who have seen the glory of the Lin family have been raised. In addition, the Lin family has family rules and has never been high-profile, so I can't blame them for being amazed.

"Ah, what kind of dowry, what kind of ostentation, I will tell you in detail, it will also let us people gain a lot of world experience. We have never seen the ostentation of the Duke's Mansion. The biggest one is the married daughter of the magistrate's family. , that wealth is beyond my imagination." Yuezhao was more lively, leading a group of second- and third-class little girls to make noises.

Daiyu shook her head, what about the Duke's Mansion, the Xiangfu Palace collapsed instantly.Besides, if there are so many four princes and eight princes, I am afraid it is just a false title without real power. "Mommy will talk to them about the past in a while, and first talk about the Duke's Mansion today. Do you know what the situation is like?"

At this time, a little girl had already moved a low stool to Daiyu, and waited for Wang Momo to sit down in the inner room.Seeing that Daiyu had something to ask, Yuezhao also drove the little girl to the side room to play around, leaving only a few strict-spoken waiters.Nanny Wang sat down, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said softly, "The Rongguo Mansion, the girl's maternal ancestral home, was sealed by the Taizu. It is said that it was given by the emperor. I know that the girl has an idea, otherwise I would not dare to talk nonsense, you can just listen to the following words, they are all random from the left ear and the right ear, Don't dare to ask your wife to know." Wang Momo is not really an idiot, seeing Daiyu rubbing various gift slips, she naturally knows what kind of gossip Daiyu wants to hear.

Daiyu laughed secretly, this Nanny Wang knew that she couldn't hide everything from her wife, so she added one more sentence here, she was much more cautious than before. "Nurse knows me. I'm not an ignorant urchin who doesn't know anything, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. You'll know when you meet each other. Now it's just gossip."

Then I heard Mother Wang say: "It is clear that the master in the mansion counts the girls. Needless to say, the old matriarch and the two masters. It is said that your current eldest aunt is not the original wife of the old master Jia. The eldest son of the wife is said to be smart and handsome, much better than the uncle in the Imperial College, but unfortunately later died of illness. At that time, Mrs. Jia was pregnant with the current second master Lian, and she was hurt in grief. The body, plus...cough, she went away not long after giving birth. The original wife, according to Sister Jia, who is next to the wife, said that she was the best friend with the wife. Today's eldest lady, her maiden name is Xing, how can I say that although she is not from a small family, she is not as good as one-tenth of her original wife. I heard from people who come here every year in Beijing, let alone one-tenth of the housekeeper, It's even less than one or two percent. No wonder my wife..."

The old lady and the two masters of Jia's mansion are Jia Min's closest relatives, so Mother Wang dare not speak up in front of Daiyu, but the two wives are fine.

All kinds of unsatisfactory words in it need to be guessed by Daiyu herself, such as those two unspoken words.Coupled with the various courtesies and return gifts that Jia Min gave Mrs. Xing, it is inevitable that Jia Min does not like this Mrs. Xing. If Jia Min was not out of the cabinet when she was hired, it must have been obstructed. After all, from Jia Min's words To listen to the meaning behind the words, at that time, the most favored person in the Hejia Mansion was her, the concubine lady.

"According to people in Jia's mansion, Mrs. Jia Er is a rare kind-hearted person. She likes to eat vegetarian food and recite Buddha's name. She donates sesame oil and money to nunneries and temples constantly. She never criticizes her subordinates. When the housekeeper is cold in winter and hot in summer, she always gives alms. Do good."

Daiyu held the gift list in her right hand, and the middle finger of her left tapped on the table.Why is such a person's wife not friendly?If it is for the sake of face impartiality, then why is the courtesy so thin in private?The list in my hand is both bright and dark.

"Are the second aunt and mother still close?"

When Wang Momo heard this question, she thought to herself: Tsk tsk, the eldest girl can really understand the list! "I heard from Sister Jia that the wife and Mrs. Jia are not very close. When the two were girls, they were the pampered young ladies of the Duke Guixun's family. The wife has been good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, but ordinary people's sons are not as good as Jia. The girls from the second wife's natal family are all illiterate, and they emphasize that women's ignorance is virtue. Of course, they can't play together, but the two families are family friends, and they are always together, so... Of course, these I I didn't know it before, I mentioned it when I was whispering to Sister Jia before."

Sister Jia here refers to a companion house that Jia Min brought with her when she got married, and her husband is the son of the Jia family.

This is because Wang Momo knew that even if Jia Min heard about this, she would not punish anyone, so she dared to say this, and she dared to tell who the person who told her this was.

"It is said that Mrs. Jia was pregnant back then, and the old matriarch let the girl's wife be the housekeeper, and he also offended Mrs. Jia." Wang Momo added.

Daiyu nodded to understand that this kind of thing is very common and reasonable.However, it was unexpected that the wife offended the two leading wives of the uncle’s family. Shouldn’t smart people be close to their natal families? It's not impossible to back up and be bullied at will. Jia Min really doesn't look like a fool, making such a mistake is really suspicious.

When she knew that Jia Zheng's Aunt Zhou was the second-class servant girl next to Jia Min, and when Mrs. Wang troubled Jia Min, the old lady lifted Aunt Zhao to support her daughter, which completely disrupted the porridge in Jia Zheng's backyard. Daiyu was really speechless, under such circumstances, it's no wonder Mrs. Wang doesn't hate Jia Min.Although Aunt Zhou was not given to Jia Zheng by Jia Min at all, it was the result of Aunt Zhou climbing a high branch herself, and Jia Zheng took advantage of Mrs. Wang's pregnancy to cheat.

Of course, in the end, every time Daiyu thinks about it, she can't wait to clap her hands and applaud. She must be grateful to Jia Min for having the foresight not to get close to Mrs. Xing and Wang. These two are too 'visionary'!Still the kind of very unintelligent 'visionary'.Coupled with the various ways of Jia's family, it's great not to be close to Lin's family!

"Elder Brother Zhu, Second Brother Lian, Second Brother Bao, Eldest Sister Yuanchun, Second Sister Yingchun, and even sister-in-law Zhu and Second Sister-in-law Lian, have you heard about it?" Madam's gift to these juniors is quite generous. .

Wang Momo thought for a while and shook her head, "These girls should ask their wives or masters, how can we know." These people are different, although there are divisions of long and second households, and male and female, There is also the division of concubine and concubine, but after all, they all have the surname Jia, so it cannot be ignored.

Daiyu nodded, she was just asking, she didn't expect to get anything out of it, she lowered her head to read the brochure, and now that she looked at it again, she took it for granted.