The Concubine Wushuang of Red Mansion

Chapter 45
Second-class maids still get a drop of money per month.

The two maids in Aunt Zhao's house are paid five hundred yuan a month, and they are the third-class maids.

"My aunt can rest in peace and recuperate. I know all these things well. The four second-class maids in my house are also useful. My aunt and I live in the same house. To the outside world, all the servants are in my house. In our yard, Aren’t we the ones who have the final say on how to use it?”

"But this would break the rules."

"Rules are made by people. In my house, the rules are what I say. If my aunt really feels bad, then we can buy a maid from outside and bring her back. It would be too troublesome to train her again. A little more."

Tears welled up in the corners of Zhong's eyes. She rubbed her son's still thin shoulders. How could she not feel distressed for having shouldered such a heavy burden at such a young age.

"If your grandfather were still alive, I don't know how happy he would be to see you making such a successful career. Back then, your grandfather was the Jie Yuan of the provincial examination. If you were still alive, wouldn't it be great to have your grandfather teach you!"

"My son is very lucky to have his aunt to enlighten him! As for his mentor, my son thinks it is fate. My son has just become a martial arts master and will soon participate in the Dongshan Flower Competition. If he is in that flower competition Can we forge a fate? Even if not, my son doesn’t need a karma teacher for the time being, so he should first read the Four Books by heart, and it won’t be too late to memorize them!"

Aunt Zhong nodded lightly, with a relaxed smile on her face, "Auntie is too impatient, but when it comes to studying, you should do it sooner rather than later. Even if you can't find a good teacher now, you should study hard. Study. When practicing martial arts, don’t do it too hastily. If you have weak bones, it’s not good for you to be injured if you push too hard for a while. "

"Son, save it!" Jia Cong thought. His mother indeed came from Juzi's family, and the idea of ​​​​valuing civility over martial arts was inevitable.

But for Jia Cong, both civil and military skills are indispensable.

"Third Master, the doctor is here!" When Qingwen crossed the threshold, she pushed aside the new second-class maid Yun Ping.

Jia Cong saw this and thought that this little girl really had a firecracker temper and was very competitive.

He stood up and welcomed the doctor in. Qingwen had already put down the curtain and put one of his aunt's hands outside with a pink handkerchief on it.

"Hang up the tent!" Jia Cong ordered.

"Ah? Third Master!" Qingwen trailed off, lightly tapping her feet, as if she didn't agree.

"This doctor is already over sixty years old, and he is a doctor. When he is doing a consultation, the doctor must look, smell, and ask questions. If you cover the tent tightly, how can the doctor treat the patient?"

Qingwen had no choice but to hang up the tent obediently, but she kept pouting and looking at Jia Cong with small eyes.

Aunt Zhong saw this and shook her head gently.

After checking the pulse, the doctor asked Aunt Zhong about her coughing and wheezing at night, her diet and sleep, and then said, "Third Master, let's talk outside!"

"Please!"

When they got outside, Qingwen made tea and served it, and stood next to Jia Cong.

"If my aunt's illness is treated like this, it will be fine. If there is no recurrence this winter, it will be smoother when winter comes out and spring comes. Only my aunt's body is weaker, so I will prescribe two more prescriptions. If you can get better after taking it for two days, you will get better faster!"

Jia Cong was very happy after hearing this. When he got the prescription, he saw that ginseng was used in it.Ginseng has the effect of strengthening the body and strengthening the body. It is best to use high-quality ginseng. However, such rare things cannot always be bought with money.

Jia Cong knew that the Jia family was not short of such good ginseng, and every mistress had some good ginseng in her hands.

He didn't know how to start, and it was already getting late. Aunt Zhong urged him to go to school quickly, "I'm already well. You can't stay at home all the time and delay your studies. How can Aunt Zhong get better from her illness?" ?”

He had to go to school, but he still had a lot of things he hadn't brought back, and Jin Rong still owed him his life.

"Then I'll go to school and I'll be back around noon."

Qingwen had already helped him wrap up his writings and cultural relics, and tidied them up neatly. When Jia Cong came over, she told him, "Third Master, after school, you should think more about coming back. You can't wander around outside, and you can't live up to that screwdriver." I’ve learned bad things.”

Jia Cong wanted to laugh a little, but he was told by a teenage girl and said with a smile, "I know!"

Qingwen helped him carry the things to Sandaoyi Gate and gave them to his nanny and bookboy He Gui, who was about 13 years old. He was very happy to be able to follow Jia Cong.

"He Gui, you are out here, don't instigate the Third Master and that unsatisfactory screwdriver to fool around. It's cold in school. I've packed up the charcoal for the hand stove and the foot stove. Remember to give the Third Master a replacement. Don't hide. My laziness has made Mr. San freeze to death."

Qingwen said something, He Gui responded, Jia Cong became a little impatient and interrupted, "I understand, I'm not a three-year-old child anymore. I'm cold and hungry, and I can't take care of myself?"

"If the third master says that, I will worry about it in vain. He Gui is not sure how happy he is. He will not care about the third master. If he turns around, he will freeze in vain."

Jia Cong smiled and tapped the tip of her nose, "Go in, it's windy and cold outside!"

Hong Xing, the boy who had gone out with him, came over to help with things and went to the school together.

Here, in Jia She's outer study, Jia She did not go out because of the cold weather. A group of husbands gathered together and were talking, analyzing whether they could hear the sound of water for 3000 taels of silver.

Hearing a sound outside, Jia She asked, and the boy outside the door hurriedly came in, "I told you, it's the third master who is going to school!"

Jia She got a headache when he heard the word "Third Master" and waved his hand to tell him to go out quickly.

Pu Zhichi hurriedly said, "Old man, now that brother Shi is willing to make progress and go to school, he must be willing to listen to the school master. Why don't you send a message to the school master to pay more attention to brother Shi's studies?" He who will become famous at the age of [-] will definitely no longer act like a child like before."

When Jia She heard this, he was convinced. He nodded and called Zheng Haoshi, "Go to the school in person to greet me. Just say that I said that the third master's studies are the most important. Don't look at the cold weather now." The ground is frozen. It doesn’t matter if you have three to five times more homework than others every day. Besides, I should also teach my brother well and stop doing something outrageous!"

When Zheng Haoshi arrived at the school, Jia Cong had already sat down, in the corner by the window. The other children were laughing and playing, and even the one who was fighting was not stopped by anyone. Only Jia Cong was there. Ignoring it, he was clearing the table and putting pens, paper and cultural relics into his school bag.

Grandpa Jia Dairu hadn't come yet, so Jia Rui was temporarily in charge of the school affairs. When he saw Zheng Hao, Jia Rui couldn't help but fawn over him. He went up to greet him and said, "Greetings, sir. I don't know what's going on. Please ask Brother Zheng." Just make a quick trip and don’t tell me to come down, we’ll go there.”

　The first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)