The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 316
"Grandpa stay!"

But it is said that when Jiao Shun came back from Sanya, he had just entered the gate of his courtyard when a jade bracelet flashed out of the door opening.

She took Jiao Shun to a corner in a daze, and then said under her breath, "Auntie's mother is here, and she is crying in the room now."

Ever since he 'sold' his daughter in exchange for a silver mansion, Xing Zhong has been traveling around in the name of conducting business investigations, but he hasn't done anything serious in the past half a year, and the money has been wasted for many years.

The bad habits of gambling and eating flowers and wine have not been left behind.

The husband and wife quarreled about this for two or three months. Yesterday Xing Zhong was so annoyed that he used the strength of alcohol to push his wife on the bed at night and beat him up.

Her mother's family was far away in the south, and Xing Zhong's wife cried and complained that there was nowhere to go, so she naturally found her daughter here.

Jiao Shun frowned and asked, "When did the man come?"

Yu Chuan hurriedly said: "It's been about two quarters of an hour since I came here. This posture should be aimed at Master, so Auntie asked me to wait outside, and I want to explain things clearly to Master first."

"and then?"

Jiao Shun asked again: "What else did Auntie say?"

"The others didn't say anything more."

Yu Chuan looked at Jiao Shun's face, and boldly said: "Since ancient times, it is difficult for an upright official to break up housework, and the argument between their husband and wife shouldn't bother you - if you follow me, you might as well go out and hide Just be quiet."

From Yu Chuan's point of view, although Aunt Xing gained power in the family, she was not a serious mistress, and the Xing Zhong couple were not even considered serious in-laws. Since they were not even considered serious in-laws, what right did they have to come to Jiao's house to cry?
Anyway, if she becomes an aunt, she will definitely not let her mother come to this bad luck, and if she does, she should be sent away immediately, so as not to let the uncle see it and feel unhappy.

Jiao Shun glanced at Yuchuan, without saying a word, he raised his legs and walked in.

It is true that Xing's mother should not come to disturb her, but Xing Xiuyan should not be a concubine for herself either--since she took advantage of her parents' unreliable advantages back then, it is hard to let her go now.

Entering the East Chamber, I saw Mother Xing and her daughter sitting opposite each other on the Arhat bed, crying and confiding something.

Seeing Jiao Shun coming in from the outside, both mother and daughter stood up to greet him.

Before they could open their mouths, Jiao Shun waved his hand and asked straight to the point: "I've probably heard about the matter. Is the money in the family now in your hands or in his hands?"

"This……"

Mother Xing was using her eyes to urge her daughter to pour out the bitter water for herself, so that Jiao Shun could try to control her husband, but who would have thought that Jiao Shun would suddenly ask this, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then hurriedly replied: "In his In my hands, I usually look for the head of the family to buy vegetables and cook."

"Then how much silver taels does he have?"

"I don't know, probably, there shouldn't be much left. Last time I heard that he went out with my uncle to meet the world, and he spent more than 30 taels of silver in one night!

When Xing's mother said this, she exaggeratedly raised three fingers, intending to emphasize her husband's extravagance in front of Jiao Shun.

Unexpectedly, Jiao Shun didn't respond at all, and continued to ask: "Do you know how to read? Can simple accounts be calculated?"

One kick in the sky and one kick in the ground this day, made Mother Xing completely confused, subconsciously cast a look of help to her daughter.

"mother."

Although she didn't understand what Jiao Shun's intention was, Xing Xiuyan still reached out and held her mother's hand, and said softly, "You can answer whatever our master asks."

Mother Xing then asked Ai Ai expectantly: "When I was a child, I learned the thousand-character script of hundreds of surnames. When I was doing business at home, I also learned how to manage accounts, but I didn't manage them very well."

"Then how about I ask someone to arrange for you to be a small steward at the Nest Silk Factory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Only then did Jiao Shun understand his intentions: "I usually live and eat in the factory, surrounded by female workers, and the eunuchs stationed in the palace are in charge. They have three days off every month, and their wages are two or seven sen. Unexpectedly, a few feet of palace-made silk cloth will be rewarded, and you can earn three or four taels of silver outside, not counting extra income in a year, but about 40 taels."

Only then did Mother Xing know that Jiao Shun wanted to introduce herself to an errand.

She was stunned again, and hesitated for a while: "This job is really good, but... I, I really don't feel relieved to let Xiuyan's father stay at home alone."

Don't say it's a woman's family, but I know that a well-educated man wants to find a errand with food and lodging, and it's not that easy to get 40 taels of silver a year-not to mention that it's an official errand, and it can be said to have face with others.

But career-oriented women are not popular at all these days, not to mention Mother Xing, who has followed the rules for half her life?
As soon as I heard that I was going to leave my husband and family and live outside, no matter how good the treatment was, my future would not be promising.

"Can you rest assured at home?"

Jiao Shun asked unceremoniously: "The money is in his hands, and you have to ask for it even for food and drink, so what can you use to restrain him? If a few empty words can be effective, why do you suffer from him?" A beating?"

Seeing Mother Xing bowing her head in embarrassment, Jiao Shun slowed down her tone a little: "Since the matter has gotten out of hand, why don't you let him hang out for a while, and earn some money by the way—wait for the rest of his hands When the money is spent, if you live comfortably at home during the holidays, you will give him a few taels of silver to spend; if you are not comfortable, buy some rice noodles and put them away, so that he will be happy if he does not starve to death."

"This, how does this make..."

Mother Xing's eyes widened when she heard the words: "This is absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible!"

This completely inverted rhetoric about male superiority and female inferiority completely violated Xing's mother's three views. She shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly as she spoke, obviously feeling that this approach was really outrageous.

"If you can't make it, forget it."

Hearing her refusal, Jiao Shun didn't intend to continue persuading her, and explained to Xing Xiuyan: "I was entrusted by my colleagues to send a message to Uncle Zheng Shi, so I won't eat at home tonight."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

Mother Xing didn't expect him to leave as soon as he said it, and was panicked for a while.

Xing Xiuyan protected his stomach and sent Jiao Shun out of the house.

Jiao Shun originally thought that she was coming out to talk a few words, but Xing Xiuyan didn't want to say a word about the matter just now. While tidying his neckline, he reported: "Later, Miss Smith sent a message that she would return tomorrow. house."

"It's been a month, and it's time to pick me up."

Jiao Shun was a little puzzled: "Why did it take so long?"

In the past, it was okay, but now the Shi family was anxiously waiting for the money to go to the pot, but they delayed for more than a month before picking up Shi Xiangyun home, which is unreasonable no matter how you think about it.

Xing Xiuyan shook her head slightly: "Miss Smith didn't say anything, if you think something is wrong, you might as well ask Mr. Zheng first."

"Well, I see."

Jiao Shun nodded, pointed inside and said, "If you can persuade me, please persuade. If you really can't persuade me, then let it go for now. I will care about it in the future."

Xing Xiuyan responded softly, her face showed a little embarrassment, her red lips parted slightly, but she still didn't say anything after all.

Deal with these parents' deficiencies.

Jiao Shun didn't bother to go back to the house to change his official robes, so he walked around to the entrance between the two gates, and asked the maid guarding the gate to pass the news.

Not long after, the maid from Aunt Zhao's room greeted her and led Jiao Shun directly to the wing where Aunt Zhao was staying.

Jiao Shun is still the first to return to this place, in terms of layout, it is not as bright and spacious as the main room, but many furniture and furnishings inside are similar.

Do not!
Not the same, but exactly the same!
If Jiao Shun's guess is correct, these things were obviously brought by Xinjin from the main room.

Jia Zheng was sitting cross-legged on the Arhat bed. There were several dishes and wine on the kang table in front of him. It seemed that he had been drinking for a while.

"Chang Qing is here, sit down and have a few drinks with me."

Jia Zheng pointed despondently at the opposite side, then raised his voice and scolded impatiently: "What's the matter, it takes a long time to get a wine glass!"

"Come on, come on! Isn't this afraid that the maids will not wash it clean, so I deliberately scalded it with hot water."

Aunt Zhao agreed, and at the same time brought out a green jade cup herself from the inside, walking gracefully and swaying, her head full of pearls and emeralds shining even more.

The clothes, hairstyles, and accessories are obviously overstepped, but Jia Zheng turned a blind eye to them. It seems that although Aunt Zhao failed to fully achieve her goal, she succeeded in taking advantage of Mrs. Wang's "famous" opportunity. Scrambling to seize power.

Just thinking like this, Aunt Zhao put the wine glass on the table, and taking advantage of her back to Jia Zheng, Jiao Shun raised her eyebrows provocatively.

Jiao Shun was a little confused at the beginning, but soon realized that she was still remembering the refusal to get married at the beginning, so she couldn't wait to show off her power after she became a "superior".

Originally, Jiao Shun didn't bother to pay attention to such superficial provocations, but when he thought of the fact that she nearly killed Mrs. Wang's aunt and nephew by poisoning/casting a curse, her vigilance suddenly rose to the peak.

So he hurriedly said that he was taking medicine recently, it was inconvenient to drink alcohol, and even the food was eaten by Jia Zheng. Aunt Zhao's power now depends on Jia Zheng's favor, so she shouldn't be entrapped together with Jia Zheng, right?

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jiao explained the purpose of his visit by the way.

After learning that the old boss was impatient and hoped that he could go to the yamen to handle the handover as soon as possible, Jia Zheng couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Nowadays because of that stupid woman, there are all kinds of things outside, how can I have the face to go out to meet people? "

Originally, Jiao Shun didn't have much sympathy for Mrs. Wang, but after Aunt Zhao's provocation just now, he couldn't help but say good things for Mrs. Wang: "Uncle Shi is worrying too much. Nowadays, the atmosphere is open, and the rumors from the family of officials and eunuchs Merry... Cough, when did the anecdote stop? Besides, my aunt just dressed a bit out of line, and she didn't intend to wear it for outsiders to see, the fault was because she was bewitched..."

"Since it's not for outsiders to see, why is she wearing it on her body in broad daylight?!"

Jia Zheng angrily downed a big glass, then threw the glass heavily on the table, and said angrily, "If it wasn't for being so immoral, it was just being possessed by evil spirits, so how could there be so much trouble in the city? In the end, it is still She herself has been indiscreet on weekdays, which has brought such evil consequences!"

Saying that, he drank another cup hard.

When Jiao Shun didn't come, he was already pouring himself a drink, now that he drank the fast wine again, his face flushed quickly, and his speech gradually became slurred.

Jiao Shun remembered that there was another matter to inquire about, and he was afraid that he would become unconscious again, so he hurriedly said: "My nephew wanted to ask Bao Linghou for some advice, and he wanted to escort Sister Xiangyun when she came home. Going together, who knows that there is no movement until now, could it be that something happened to Bowlinghou's mansion?"

"Isn't it just because of the dowry for half of the shares!"

Jia Zheng shook his hands like chasing flies, and said disdainfully: "You and the historian are now married, and I will not hide some things from you—there were three brothers in Baolinghou's mansion, Yun girl's father died young, and the second cousin The elder brother inherited the Bowling Marquis Mansion, and the third child was adopted to the Zhongjing Marquis Mansion who came from the same family."

"One family and two princes are hereditary. This is the only honor and favor in the Sejong dynasty, but it has also been tabooed. In the past few years, it has been suppressed and excluded, and now it is almost impossible to maintain the family business."

"The Marquis Bowling's Mansion can scrape together the money for the ceremony, which is pretty good. The Marquis Zhongjing's mansion is in a worse situation than his family."

"No, you sent the dowry in front, and Zhongjinghou and his wife came to the door on the back, saying that because Baolinghou was going to travel a long distance in a few days, they were going to take Yun girl to Zhongjinghou's mansion so that Mrs. I can't take care of it."

"The two brothers have been arguing about this for more than a month, and they all say it is for the good of Yun girl, but in the end, they are still thinking about the half of the dry stock!"

Jiao Shun was speechless when he heard the words, and wondered that Baoling Hou's mansion was in a hurry to "open source" and did not come to take Xiangyun home for a long time. It turned out that such a thing happened.

Fortunately, neither of these two can be regarded as his serious Yue family, otherwise he might not be in trouble in the future.

But this matter is not necessarily a bad thing for me, maybe I can take the opportunity to lower the price...

While thinking about it, he toasted Jia Zheng with tea instead of wine. After a while, Duke Cun Zhou, who is addicted to food, was unexpectedly drunk again.

Before Jiao Shun called for someone to clean up the mess, Aunt Zhao walked out in a swaying fashion, first checked Jia Zheng's situation, saw him lying on the Arhat bed and snoring everywhere, and picked up Jiao Shun's cup by herself , casually poured out the residual tea in it, and squeezed the wine while pouring the wine: "Brother Shun is so arrogant, he doesn't drink by himself, and our master passed out drunk because of the pouring, if it doesn't work, I have to fine you a cup on behalf of the master!"

Saying that, he brought the wine glass to Jiao Shun.

Jiao Shun looked at the bright red nail polish on her finger, but didn't intend to take it at all.

Seeing Jiao Shun's refusal to drink, Aunt Zhao immediately turned cold: "Why, Mr. Jiao doesn't want to show face? Hehe, you must know that it's not the same now. I'm the one who has the final say with the master, so I'm in this mansion, and... ..."

Before she could finish speaking, Jiao Shun got up and said: "It's getting late, my aunt should take care of Uncle Shi to rest earlier, I still have some matters related to the historian, if I want to ask my aunt face to face, I will stay with you for now. "

Saying that, he left the wing room without looking back.

"you!"

Aunt Zhao was furious. She thought that the tide was rising and all boats were going up. Even if Jiao Shun didn't want to respect Mrs. Wang, he should at least be courteous. Who would have thought that before he said anything, he would throw his face away and leave!

After gritting her teeth and chasing to the door, seeing Jiao Shun being stopped by the servant who guarded the door, Aunt Zhao became proud again, and spit to herself: "Bah~ you can't see a thing with high or low eyebrows, even if you want to burn that cold stove , the gatekeeper must be willing to let you in!"

Although Mrs. Wang has recovered, Jia Zheng felt that her appearance in front of people would only make him more embarrassed, so he simply said that he was still recovering from his illness, but in fact he put Mrs. Wang under house arrest and did not allow him to see guests.

That's why Aunt Zhao said this.

Unexpectedly, not long after she was happy, the servant woman welcomed Jiao Shun in.

(End of this chapter)