No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 91 Returning to Beijing
Ou Mengmeng returned to Beijing under such circumstances, just in time for Baoyu's birthday, but Ou Mengmeng forgot, but Mrs. Wang did not. I was afraid that the child's birthday would be too overwhelming, so I didn't ask him to pick it up. A gift from an adult, but this time Mrs. Wang returned to the Rong Mansion and looked at her room, feeling sad from the bottom of her heart.Then they clamored to make Baoyu's birthday.

Ou Mengmeng ignored her and entered the Rongxi Hall in a sedan chair. When she got out of the sedan chair, she saw that she was full of energy before, but now that she had gone to those carvings, she had a calm atmosphere.

"Well done!" Ou Mengmeng didn't like the complicated decorations before. Now, it's the first-rank general's mansion. Although Jia pardons them for their lack of military achievements, he simplified the complexity. There is no need to change the ones, which saves the trouble of the boss, and what's more, it is easy to clean up, and the servants can save a lot of trouble.So originally there were ten people here, but now three are enough.

She turned around and slowly turned to Rongqing Hall. The complicated flower decorations in Rongqing Hall were also gone, and the interior looked much brighter. Ou Mengmeng nodded. This was what she specially mentioned before going out. What kind of incense burner? All the silk-wrapped walls are gone.Let the sun shine inside.For this, Jia Amnesty specially added a few pieces of glass to the window.Introduce light into the room, so that the dark lobby also shows a little sunshine.

"The old lady is tired! Didn't you say that you will be on tour for a few days, so why did you come back?" Jia She helped Ou Mengmeng to sit down, smiling along with her.

"There's no rush about the village tour. We've been looking around in the suburbs. Finally, these kids can tell the difference between leeks and barley seedlings!" The old lady smiled, so she didn't say anything. When it got warmer, she really took the children to a nearby village, but she just stayed there and didn't ask anything. Every day, she just let the children learn to ride a horse, and she just watched the farming season, and sometimes I took the children to go out for a spring outing outside the village. After playing like this, I went back home.The tour is over.

"Whether it's good or bad, by the way, brother-in-law Lin has returned to Beijing. Now he is the Minister of Dali Temple. The emperor trusts him very much. Brother-in-law Lin came to see you specially before, so he sent someone to notify you. If you want to come, you will meet with your second child later." We came back together." Jia Amnesty didn't understand what the old lady was thinking, so he hurriedly picked up the important things and reported.

"I've received the letter." Ou Mengmeng took the tea from Jia Zhen, and the female relatives arranged for each other. Here are Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen.

It's been a few months since I haven't seen him. Jia Amnesty may have something to do. The body that was empty from wine looks stronger now, and his eyes are opened. He doesn't look so much like a 70-[-]-year-old old man before.Jia Zhen still had a shrewd look on her face, maybe someone took care of this paragraph, and she didn't have the same dandy look on her face as before.

"The second wife received a letter from Xue's family, saying that they will come to Beijing soon. Now you are in charge of the mansion. Originally, you wanted to let them divide the property so that they could be trapped in the south of the Yangtze River. However, that guy Wang Ziteng actually got rid of him. She's in Beijing. She seems to have told the second wife that she wants to come and stay here."

"There is no land for them to live in. The sons on the East Road are assigned to the second room, like Lixiangyuan. It used to be the place where the father recuperated in his later years. The son also packed it out and merged it into the second room. It happened to be allocated to Lange's mother and son to live alone. In the front is the second child who lives with his wife and children, Brother Huan and He Baoyu also have their own separate place, so as not to be misled by their stupid mothers. How can there be a place to borrow people?"

"Well, well done. Brother Lang and his son live in a larger room, and they can open their hearts a little bit more." Ou Mengmeng nodded, feeling that it would not take much effort to talk to smart people.

The Xue family came to borrow, and what the Jia family could vacate was the Pear Fragrance Courtyard, which was open to the outside, and it was self-contained. Now the Pear Fragrance Courtyard is classified as a second-bedroom inner house, because it will be allocated to Li Wan and his orphans and widows. The door was naturally closed long ago.Can Aunt Xue still live in the second-bedroom inner house?
Thinking of this, Ou Mengmeng felt a little depressed. Aunt Xue wrote to Mrs. Wang with the idea of ​​borrowing money.In the original book, she wanted to take advantage of the Jia family's power, and also wanted Jia Zheng to help manage Xue Pan.This time Xue Pan was taken to the northwest, and they were taken to Beijing by Wang Ziteng, so they would not trouble the Jia family no matter what.But the problem also lies here. Aunt Xue is very dissatisfied with Wang Ziteng's handling this time.

Without saying a word, she turned her son into hard labor and lost the most important asset in her hands. She was somewhat narrow-minded, felt that Wang Ziteng looked down on her, felt that she was a bully for orphans and widowed mothers, and still remembered the treasures in her hands. money.

So think about it, I wrote a letter to Mrs. Wang on the way, thinking that the old lady specially asked Lin Hai to help. I really feel a little depressed, why?I don't want to take advantage of you, so you come to take advantage of me?

"This side of the West Road, the yard where Lian'er and the others lived before is assigned to your side, so that Yuan'er and the Qin family can live more comfortably. After all, Lian'er and the others are going to inherit the family business, so they are here. Let them live at the back of Rongxi Hall. We rebuilt a courtyard for them, and they entered in a regular way. The rules in the previous mansion were also looser, and any servants and servants could go through the second door. The regulations have been re-established, especially in your courtyards on the West Road, there is only one entrance and exit."

"Well done, redesignate the living area, and many things will be easier in the future. At least ten years, the Jia family's structure will not change. The layout is well planned, and the rules are set better. In fact, the biggest advantage is being able to save money. Before, I asked the children to calculate the annual expenses of the mansion, and then calculate the income. The light monthly money is thousands of taels a month, and various expenses are also required. The annual expenditure is nearly 5 taels, while the eight Zhuangzi earn 2 taels a year Two, do the math, how do you make up for the middle 3 taels? The children are not yet married, and at this time, if you don’t save money, it will be too late.”

Ou Mengmeng nodded, don't underestimate the house layout and path design, a good house design can save labor costs as much as possible.In the entire Rong Mansion, what is the biggest expense?It is human expense.Such a big house requires so many people to manage it. Good moving lines and reasonable arrangements can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"Yes, speaking of money, my son wants to tell you about the ethnology. My son and brother Zhen took over the ethnology and found that it is better to disband the ethnology. The private school on the street only costs ten taels of silver per person a year , we sent the child there, and it was only about a hundred taels. It is much cheaper than doing it ourselves. They have a gentleman to teach, and they said that they passed the exam last year as a scholar." Jia Amnesty sent Jia Rui to the right The private school on the street only knew that the charging standard of the nearby private school made me feel that I was at a big loss. If I had known, I would have transferred the person to the opposite private school, ten taels a year, out of the clan, and I could still be an uncle. Go and have a look. Supervise learning and save a lot of money.

　Looking for information at work early in the morning, I was really out of breath!
　　
　
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