[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

Not long after this letter was received, about another month later, another letter was sent from the Rongguo Mansion.

This letter was still written by the old lady. In addition to greeting her daughter's family at the beginning, the focus was on the matter of borrowing money.

"What's the matter? One mouth costs 20 taels of silver." After reading the letter, Jia Min asked Sister Lai who was standing in front of her.

"I just came here to find my aunt for a turnaround. The eldest girl of our family is a person of great fortune. She just wants to use the door in the palace and send her into the palace. Now the parties are not getting enough money, so the old lady sent Let's borrow money from my aunt."

Jia Min frowned, "This is what I said... Since our girl is a person of great fortune, why don't you just ask someone to marry you... Even if you have your eyes on the princes in the palace... In this way... , After all, it made people look down on our girl."

Let Mrs. Lai say it herself, she also thinks what the aunt said is right.But the old lady and the wife at home seemed to be bewildered.Who can control the masters like this, so they can only do things according to the master's orders.

Seeing that Mrs. Lai did not speak, Jia Min thought about it. Since the old lady wrote the letter herself, it would be unreasonable not to take a penny, but 20 taels is not a small number. If you discuss with the master, the master will Even if he is willing to take it out, he is not happy in his heart.

"Okay, okay, you go down first, and you come back tomorrow."

After sending her away, Jia Min calculated her dowry, plus the private money she had saved in recent years, it was almost 20 taels.He called his dowry maids over and sorted out the dowry. At night, everyone talked back and forth. The total was gold and silver, jewelry, calligraphy and painting, and cloth, which amounted to more than 15 taels of silver.

"Madam, those Zhuangzi shops cannot be moved. According to the current rules, these big items are to be passed on to your descendants. Moreover, your Zhuangzi shops are all in good locations, and you can earn a lot of money in a year. If you sell them If someone asks, don’t tell me, you have to give an explanation to the master.”

Jia Min felt that the real estate should not be moved, but there was a shortage of 5 taels of silver.Asking the master for 5 taels of silver and asking for 20 taels of silver is actually of the same nature.She said she was here to borrow, but she didn't say when to pay it back. There is a high probability that she won't come back. The money from the Lin family can't just be given to the Jia family for nothing. Dilemma.

Sister-in-law Liu was on the sidelines to advise her, "Otherwise, let's borrow some from the girl first, and our Zhuangzi and shop will have income, and we should be able to pay back the 52 taels of silver within two or three years."

Upon hearing this, Jia Min thought it was a good idea. After sending these people back, she went to her daughter's room in person. As soon as she entered the door, she saw the girl lying on the bed with a big character, sleeping very sweetly.

Pushed her daughter awake two or three times, "Get up first, mother has something to discuss with you."

Linlin rubbed her eyes and sat up, "What's the matter? I always feel a little hairy when you say it so politely. Normally, you would have yelled at me."

Hearing this, Jia Min was so angry that her brows stood upright, "It's not because you are acting like a monster every day. If you can be better, I won't be yelling at you every day. Let's not talk about this, your hands Take some of the gold and silver on the table and give it to your mother for emergencies. In the next three to five years, my mother will return it to you."

"What's the matter? Is our family unable to eat now? It shouldn't be!"

"It's not our family, it's your grandfather's family that needs money. One mouth is 20 taels, and I can't touch our family's money. I only have 15 taels if I add all my dowry and private house, and the remaining 5 taels." Two will come to find you."

"My mother, you are so stupid, they want 20, and you really give 20."

"One day our family was in a hurry, and I asked you to borrow money. Do you want to borrow money or not?"

"It's different."

"Why is it different? I am your mother. Is the old lady my own mother? When I think of the old lady opening her mouth to borrow this money from her daughter at such an age, I feel so sad that I can't say it. If one day I came to you with white hair and leaning on a walking stick, and I opened my mouth to borrow money from you, will you throw me out without lending me any money?"

Linlin was defeated by her logic.

"It's not like what you imagined. If their family wasted money and the whole family tightened their belts, I would definitely borrow money, but I saw that the woman who came to their family today is still so pompous. I don't think their family has reached the end of their rope. .”

"You don't understand, the big guys in the capital are all skinheads. If this so-called ostentation really falls, then the family is really doomed. Besides, if they don't save the poor, their family is just Turn around."

"Look at what you said, is 20 taels a small amount of money?"

Jia Min opened her eyes wide, "Then tell me, are you going to borrow the money or not?"

"Borrow and borrow."

Jia Min put on a smile on his face, "Don't worry, mother's dowry shop and fields are still there, and I will send you any future prospects."

"No, just treat it as my filial piety to you. I'll let someone pick it out. All those clumsy, useless and worthless things will be collected. If you pick enough 5 taels of silver, you'll be fine."

Jia Min hurriedly stopped Linlin, "Don't let your father know about this, he has been bothered enough by outside things recently, if you let him know about this kind of thing again, it will be more troublesome, maybe in the near future Can't sleep anymore."

"understood"

Before dawn on the second day, Tian Niu and Xiang Niu each carried a small box and went to Jia Min's room. "The gold ingots left by the old lady are all in the capital. There are two wooden plaques in these two boxes, one of which can carry 2 taels of silver. The girl said that she sent someone to withdraw the money in the capital and sent it directly to Rongguo Mansion .”

Jia Min said yes repeatedly, called his confidant over, and ordered Yitong to go north by boat with the people from Rongguo Mansion, went to the capital to collect silver and sell it as a dowry, and sent them to Rongguo Mansion together.

The whole family kept this matter from Lin Ruhai alone. Lin Ruhai was really busy with private salt recently, so he didn't pay much attention to the family. After he was busy for a while, Jia Min's stomach also It swelled up.

This day the husband and wife got up to eat in the morning, Lin Ruhai glanced at his wife's dressing table inadvertently, there were only a few gold hairpins and silver hairpins on it, and all kinds of jewelry inlaid in the past were gone.

"I remember you like the eight-treasure hairpin the most. Why haven't I seen you wearing it recently?"

"Recently, I don't want to wear those things, so I put them away. Our girls are getting older, and we will have to look around for a suitable young man in a year. If I dress up again, people will say that I don't respect you." .”

Lin Ruhai laughed aloud, "It's still early, that girl looks like she hasn't grown up, she's looking for someone to act like a baby."

"It's not too young. At her age, it's time for her to find someone. If she finds someone, she will get married in a year or two. This is another generation, and we are getting old slowly."

"It's good to be old, and it will be a good thing for children and grandchildren to be around their knees."

The husband and wife went outside holding hands and just sat down when they saw their children coming to greet them. The husband and wife were very relieved to see that the two children were growing up strong. After breakfast, Lin Ruhai took their son Going out to visit friends, leaving my wife and daughter talking at home.

This time, it was Ma Cheng's family who delivered the money in the capital. After traveling for a while, this loyal servant girl returned home again.

This time, Jia Min sent people away as usual, leaving Ma Chengjia alone to talk in front of him.

"Ma Cheng's family, do you see that the Rongguo Mansion is already struggling to make ends meet?"

Worried about the downfall of my mother's family, I haven't been able to eat well or sleep well recently, and my confidant finally came back, so of course I have to ask carefully.

"Looking at the blooming flowers and brocades outside, although you don't have to eat enough food inside, but you can save a sip everywhere, and you can still live comfortably."

Jamin breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good, that's good. How do you look at my nephews? The two elder brothers are like this. In the future, the Guangyao family will still have to look at the nephews."

Ma Cheng's family thought about it carefully before saying cautiously, "Although I went around to pay my respects, the second wife of their family didn't seem to like me. Except for Baoyu who met the old lady, no one else in the second room came to see me. As for Lian Second master, it seems that he has no talent in reading, and now he is just wandering around."

Jia Min clutched her chest, she couldn't believe that her natal family was not as good as the previous generation.

Ma Chengjia raised his head and glanced at Jia Min, and decided not to say what he was going to say. He just stayed by and said that the old lady of Jia's family was in good health, and the second master Bao Yubao was innocent and cute. He was allowed to leave after talking for two cars. Go back and rest.

Ma Cheng's family is indeed quite tired, running back and forth non-stop, rubbing his shoulders where no one is around, and walking quickly to the house, thinking about going back and lying on the bed for three days and three nights, take it easy Aging bones.

He turned a corner, and suddenly saw a girl sitting in front, and four maidservants standing on each side.

"Did Mrs. Ma come out of my mother's yard?"

Ma Cheng's family has always been in charge of outside affairs, but she has also heard that this girl has a bad temper.Quickly stopped and answered yes.

"Sister-in-law Ma is someone who has seen the world, so she must have some experience in arranging rooms. How about this, come with me to our old lady's yard and see how to change the decorations inside."

After finishing speaking, Linlin stood up directly, without giving anyone any room to refuse, and walked forward with her eight little followers.

Ma Chengjia suddenly complained in his heart, his wife is okay, this little aunt is not a good stubble.

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