Fair Lady

On the first day of the new year, there are joys and firecrackers everywhere inside and outside the house.

The three brothers and sisters of Shujie sent red envelopes to everyone in the house. The red envelopes in Xia Zhai were never one-size-fits-all. Even if they were both third-class maids in charge of cleaning, the red envelopes might be different.Feel unfair?You can go to the steward in charge of this area, the second steward, or even Uncle Kui, the chief steward, and they will give you clear reasons and detailed examples to tell you why.

As a result, no one even complained to the second steward. When the steward brought out the records of his usual work, those who took too little and felt dissatisfied immediately withered away. No one pursued it, and now they all "revealed".

A steward patted one of them on the shoulder: "You are okay, you just missed the red envelopes in the first year, and the master gave you a few copper coins to cover your shame, and if you do this again in the second year, you will be sold. If our stewards steal and play tricks, the light ones will be pushed out of the stewardship once, and the heavy ones will be kicked out directly. Uncle Kui said that the three little masters are kind but not confused. If they want to work in the summer house, they can Be conscious, those who want to fish in troubled waters have to find another place to fish.”

Find another place?Where can I find such a good Fuwowo?Those who took less red envelopes not only did not dare to complain anymore, but also secretly rejoiced that they still had a chance to improve and were not directly kicked out.

But some people are much more depressed than people like Xia Zhai who get less red envelopes, and they don't know the reason.

Yulin Town, Xia Mansion, Mrs. Xia was helpless: "Did something happen to Axue? Is she sick?"

In previous years, early December.Xia Ruoxue would send someone to give New Year's gifts, including red envelopes for several nephews and nieces, which were almost the main products of Xiafu's New Year's goods.But this year, until the first day of the first lunar month today, I haven't seen anyone.

Xia Linang rolled her eyes: "It's not that she brought the New Year's gifts herself, even if she's sick, it doesn't matter. I think she's just bored and started to dislike her mother's family."

Mrs. Zhou also said: "Isn't it? It's been several months, and there is not even a letter. Earlier, she said that she would take Qing'er to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. Hmph, seeing that our Xia Mansion is getting poorer and poorer, I'm afraid to rely on it." She? Don't even think about it. If she wasn't the daughter of the Yongping Hou Mansion, would she have been able to marry into the Duke of An's Mansion? Now I don't like it. Hmph, I have the ability to return that large dowry."

"Shut up!" Mrs. Xia said angrily. "Isn't Xue'er helping you in the past ten years? One or two are unconscionable white-eyed wolves. It's just that I haven't sent a New Year's gift for a year, and I don't know why. You are here to scold her. You have been here for so many years. Did you give her a chicken feather? The dowry was also given to her by me and the old man, when is it your turn to plot?"

The more Mrs. Xia thought about it, the angrier she became.He grabbed the teacup at hand and threw it in Zhou's direction: "Shouldn't I give my daughter a dowry? You think they are all like your Zhou family, and they just use the dowry as a dowry. You have to be more ignorant. It's a pity that you still spend all day Talking about the dowry to subsidize the family, I didn’t tell you because I gave you a little face, it was our Xia family’s money, okay? Shame on the face, and now I’m plotting to get A Xue’s dowry."

Zhou's face turned purple, but he had nothing to say. Back then, the Xia family was rich and the eldest son married.The dowry is particularly generous.But the Zhou family is just a show, and the money accumulated by the ancestors was lost by the father.Mother is also patriarchal, how can she be willing to give her a large dowry?If it wasn't for the sake of the Zhou family's face, even the dowry would have been ignorant of most of it.

Of the five antique calligraphy and painting treasures included in the Xia family's betrothal gift, two were sold and replaced by Zhuang Zi, one big and one small, and placed in her dowry.Her parents dismissed her by saying "Xia's family is rich, it's a waste for you to bring so much dowry, why don't you leave it for your younger brothers to marry their wives".

Because of this, in the few years when Mrs. Zhou first married in Xia's mansion, she was very careful to please Mrs. Xia and act according to Mrs. Xia's face, because she "had no confidence".It wasn't until the Xia Mansion fell that she slowly straightened up in the Xia Mansion...

Although the dowry comes from the betrothal gift, it is also private money under her name, isn't it?

However, today, in front of the second wife, son, daughter-in-law, and daughter, the mother-in-law actually tore open her face... Even though Zhou's face has become thicker and thicker over the years, she couldn't help shaking her hands and feet with annoyance.

"So that's how it is!" Xia Linang exaggeratedly "suddenly realized", "I said why my sister-in-law is staring at my daughter-in-law's dowry all day long, and now she is staring at Ruoxue's dowry, so I don't have dowry jealousy. I said sister-in-law You really can think about it, take our Zhou family's dowry as a dowry, and talk about how to use the dowry to supplement us without breath all day long."

"Enough," Xia Linyu roared angrily. Although Xia Linang laughed at Zhou's dowry, Zhou was his wife and the head wife of the eldest house after all. Wouldn't ridiculing Zhou be a slap in the face of Xia Linyu? "You don't need any brains at all! I guess there must be something wrong with Axue. Sima Yunting wants to marry an ordinary wife. Even if Axue looks down on us, she will not sever ties with her natal family at this time."

The last piece of news they got from the capital was that Sima Yunting was going to marry a flat wife. At that time, Mrs. Xia tossed about crying and cursing.But so what, they didn't even have the courage to go to the capital.

Sima Yunting's rescue of Ye Lingwei was an accident, and they had no objection at all, let alone objected?Neither the Anguo government nor the Ye family can offend them now.

Ye Lingwei wanted to enter the door, and Xia Ruoxue had to hold on to the resources at hand, such as Xia Shuqing's marriage to the eldest son of the wealthy businessman.Therefore, Xia Linyu was sure that Xia Ruoxue would not abandon her natal family at this time.

The old lady Xia was frightened by Xia Linyu's words: "Then what should I do? What will happen? Is it sick, or was bullied by the people in the Duke's mansion, no, no, I have to go to the capital to see."

Xia Linyu shook his head: "I don't know anything now, how do I get there? What can I do if I go? I have a friend who is going to the capital to deliver a batch of goods after the [-]th. Today, it is only serious to go to take back that yard on Xitang Street."

Xia Linang's spirit shook, didn't he?That is much more important than the New Year's goods that Xia Ruoxue sent.

After Xia Linyu's two brothers left, Shu Qing returned to her yard and looked out the window with little interest.She had a premonition that her aunt Xia Ruoxue's current condition was not good, and it might have something to do with Shuyao's three brothers and sisters.

The last time Brother Xia Linyu and Xia Ruoxue persuaded Mrs. Xia to use the scheme of "recognition of children" to trick Shuyao and the other three, Shuqing and the others didn't know about it beforehand, but after the incident, they complained there and blamed Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Xia. Shuqing overheard it.

Mother Lu frowned: "Girl, my aunt has always attached great importance to her natal family, and she has always wanted to help one or two nephews and nieces. She thinks that everyone will have hope. Girl, if my aunt wants to abandon her natal family, she will not delay until now. "

Shuqing nodded: "I know, so what my father said is right, there must be something wrong with my aunt in the capital. Mom, tell me, my aunt's plan is so thorough that even the people in our house have kept it a secret, Shuyao How did they know? Could it be that the second uncle really entrusted Shuyao with a dream?"

It would be great if the aunt and grandmother's calculation succeeded, she can now share the fame and fortune of the three Shuyao brothers and sisters, and even, with the plan of her grandmother and aunt, plus her own clever mind, she will be better than Shuyao. Shu Yao got more.Shujie is not confused, but he has to work outside after all, can he stay in the mansion every day?Moreover, the word "filial piety" is so big that it can suppress many things.

With both parents dead, the grandma and uncle who are the direct relatives can naturally be the masters of the three brothers and sisters in Xia Zhai, not to mention Jin Xida and Weiyuan Houfu, even the empress dowager can't say anything.

It's a pity that such a careful plan still came to nothing.

"Mom," Shuqing suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that Shuyao and the others not only knew about 'Grandfather Tuomeng', but also knew about the people my aunt arranged in the capital, so... Jin Xida and Weiyuan Houfu are both in the capital , Did they take revenge on Auntie and attack Auntie?"

Mother Lu thought for a while, then shook her head: "No, unless they have clairvoyance, or there are people in the capital who are always staring at my aunt...Impossible, my aunt has been working hard to make friends with them, so they have no reason to do so. Besides , An Guogong's mansion is not made of mud either."

There was another loud sound of firecrackers outside the mansion, but unfortunately Shu Qing didn't feel the joy of the New Year, although An Guo Gong's mansion never took Xia's in-laws seriously, even though Xia Ruoxue didn't really do it for her. For her sake, however, this aunt and this relationship are the only bright spots that Shuqing can see in this world so far.

Lu's mother patted the back of Shuqing's hand distressedly: "Girl, didn't the master say to ask someone to find out for you? Don't worry, maybe my aunt got angry at being married to a common wife by my aunt, and there was some twists and turns in the middle." Not necessarily. Don't worry, my aunt is a very strong and strategic woman. Girl, think of something happy. Isn't the yard on Xitang Street going to be taken back? If there is so much money, the situation in the mansion It will improve a lot, and when the young master donates the official position, you will be a lady of the official family again."

Shuqing let out a "huh", but she was not interested.Xia Shuyi is just a scholar, without the help of his aunt, at most he can donate a nine-rank county magistrate, master book, etc.But, alas, it's better than being a private school teacher, or like the second brother Xia Shuyao who only knows how to play and drink.

If those two boxes of silver and medicinal materials could be found, life in Xia Mansion would be easier.

At the beginning, it was Shuqing who reminded Xia Linyu that money would not be burned. Later, she was the one who told her father and third uncle that when rich merchants transported large quantities of property, they used things that would not be damaged by knives, burned by fire, or soaked in water. Boxes made of special materials. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: Thank you Master Junao for the sachet! Thanks to the Kite 1985 book friend for the pink ticket! Thanks to the md12 book friend for the safety talisman! Thank you!