The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 114
Mrs. Wang didn't want to invite a little girl to Xing's house, but Mrs. Xing was happy to go to her mother's house to make do with her, but Mother Jia knew the bad nature of this daughter-in-law.After counting and counting, Youshi is more secure.Fearing that the Xing family would reject her outright, Jia's mother called Li Wan. These two were the most stable temperaments in her granddaughter-in-law's life.

The two got the order, and the next day they hurriedly took two small sedan chairs to Fengwei Hutong to explain their intentions.

Xing Xiuyan poured tea for them in person, and wondered: "Ask me to help the housekeeper? This is flattering me. Firstly, I am only a foreign relative. Secondly, I am only a little older. Let me say that your Rongguo Mansion is a hundred and ten years old. It's time to call someone, even after our wife is pregnant, she asks me to help take care of my family's big and small affairs.

Mrs. Lu also leaned on the couch and smiled with their sisters-in-law: "The old lady has gone to the doctor because of her illness. There are two clever people in front of her. Why do you still come to our house to find someone? Let me tell you, the two elders Grandma will be fine."

Youshi smiled wryly: "My uncle and wife praised me, and I shouldn't be hypocritical to argue, but our family can't help but feel flustered. I only helped the second wife to manage the accounts for half a day. I am too tired to get up at night. My uncle and wife are my elders, but after careful calculation, I am three or four years older than my wife. In recent years, my body has become more and more lazy. Be like the second wife to be a shopkeeper. It's a pity that our Rong'er is not lucky, and now it's rare for this daughter-in-law not to make me angry. If I have a way, I won't have the cheek to ask my uncle and wife for help."

Li Wan also persuaded: "Compared to my sister-in-law, I am soft-tempered, so I am not the material to be the head of the house. My uncle and wife love and cherish us anyway. I only borrowed my cousin to live there for a few days, and give us advice from time to time." .”

Xiuyan put the shelled longan in a pastel hollowed-out group longevity lid box, first gave it to You Shi and Li Wan, and then paid tribute to Lu Shi. She said with a smile: "I remember who said it last time?" Once, the third younger sister was in charge of the housekeeping, and the cooking was excellent, there is no one in your family who does not praise it!"

Youshi and Li Wan looked at each other, with a bit of embarrassment on their faces.Li Wan smiled wryly and said: "It's not like what Sister Xing said, everything is in every detail, but it's too detailed, which makes those talkative men and women in the garden and outside the garden dissatisfied, and they will go to the old lady and the wife whenever they have a chance. Complain."

You Shi hurriedly interjected: "Third Miss is also kind enough to save some expenses for the family, increase income and reduce expenditure, who knows that it will fall into the hands of those villains."

Mrs. Lu nodded and sighed: "I'm not telling the truth, but their Rongguo Mansion is too much. I watched coldly, don't you want 80 taels of silver for any old lady's banquet?"

"Where is enough!" Li Wan felt distressed when he thought about it: "My uncle and wife are talking about a small banquet, and only relatives and friends invite a few. Besides, there are many fresh fruits and vegetables picked in the garden, so there is no need to pay money outside. Even if this is the case, we still need the number that my uncle and wife said. The third girl and I figured it out. In just half a month from the year before to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, our Rongguo Mansion opened no fewer than 100 tables. The silver is more than [-] taels. The third girl felt distressed when she saw it, and she was only thinking about the good of the family. Besides, we didn't decide anything, only the money for snacks in the study for the buddies, and the two taels of rouge and gouache money for the girls every month. The rest will not be done. It's an outrageous thing."

Xiuyan knew the whole story. Although the third girl, Jia Tanchun, was young, she could see the butler's talent in this confrontation with the servants and women.

In Cao Gong's works, there are two times of establishing prestige.One is that Wang Xifeng assisted the Ningguo Mansion, and used the punishment of the staff to intimidate everyone, but at the same time, he gained a notoriety as a bitter-hearted and hard-hearted person.This second time is Tanchun making good and eliminating old disadvantages. Although she is young, her talent as a housekeeper is immediately revealed, and she is not inferior to Wang Xifeng in both soft and hard ways.

Daiyu had just shown Zhengde her homework and went to the room, when she entered the door, she just heard the words of her sister-in-law Li Wan.Daiyu couldn't help sighing: "If the third girl crawled out of the second wife's stomach, who in your house would dare to fight against her secretly? But I think it's easy to pinch a soft persimmon, but it's a pity that the third girl was never the kind to be bullied. I said, most of the matter of judging the expenses of the young master and the girls is because Aunt Zhao complained about her grievances in front of the second master."

Daiyu sat next to her sister Xiuyan, and still said: "There are three brothers who are studying in the mansion. Needless to say, boy Lan, sister-in-law is not the kind of person who cares about every detail, and besides, you and the third girl have to discuss this order. Baoyu himself can’t figure out how much money he has to spend, it’s all under the control of attackers, how can Second Mistress make him lose money for snacks? The only remaining brother, Aunt Zhao, has that temper .”

Li Wan and You Shi saw that Miss Lin, who never talked about such things indiscriminately, spoke clearly and clearly, and they couldn't help but look at each other with admiration.

Lu Shi laughed and said: "Are you still underestimating Miss Lin? As long as this child is willing to learn, he can do anything."

You Shi hurriedly apologized: "It's better to be taught by my uncle and wife."

Mrs. Lu left the two of them to have lunch in the mansion, and whispered to Xiuyan: "Why do I feel that something is wrong? Even if the old lady wants help from anyone, she shouldn't think about our family! In this matter It's strange inside and out."

Xiuyan paid close attention to whether Daiyu came here, and said to her mother in a low voice: "Mom thinks right, you see, although Grandma Li Wan keeps saying that she is weak and can't convince others, let's not forget that when she married the bead When I was an uncle, I went there for the eldest daughter-in-law of the second room. I didn't believe that Li Wan didn't know how to take care of housework."

The mother and daughter discussed and discussed this matter, but it is really necessary to say goodbye in person, otherwise Mother Jia will lose face.

After noon, Daiyu helped Xiuyan choose a few juicy melons and fruits as a gift, Zhengde insisted on following his sister, Xiuyan couldn't bother him, so he could only let Zhengde squeeze into his small sedan chair.Mr. Bai went to visit his old friend's Taoist temple before Zhengde went down the mountain, and he didn't return until ten days and half a month.Zhengde's third senior brother, of course, refused to ask his younger brother to wander down the mountain, wasting his studies, and immediately changed his mind after seeing a "Golden Bridge Picture" by Wu Daozi, Wei Wumin, and Chen Hong sent by the Xing family. However, after five days, we will go back to the mountain.

Zhengde is like a runaway wild horse, he is tired of being around Xiuyan and Daiyu all day long, but he never asks why his sister got hurt, only occasionally when he stares at the gauze on his head, he will be caught by Xiuyan is on.

Not long after entering the Rongguo Mansion, Jia's mother could hardly close her mouth from ear to ear when she saw Zhengde, and she dragged the little Zhengde to greet him, even Jia Baoyu had no chance to intervene several times.After tea, the old lady asked Baoyu, Shi Xiangyun and others to take Zhengde into the garden to play, while she left Xiuyan alone to talk.

For a while, Jiamu and Xiuyan were the only two in the room, and even confidantes like Yuanyang were sent to the main room to guard the gate.

"Girl Xing, I'm asking you something, don't hide it from me."

"Just ask the old lady, Xiuyan will know everything, and she will talk endlessly."

Mother Jia hurriedly put down the tea bowl, "I was chatting with your aunt a few days ago, and we talked about the child Zhengde, and I forgot who said that Zhengde was just picked up by your family? I didn't believe it at first, but your aunt said, Before your family came to Beijing, you didn’t hear that there was another brother, so could it be true?”

Xiuyan smiled faintly: "Old lady, don't listen to such nonsense, just look at Zhengde, who looks like he was carved out of the same mold as my father, whoever sees it will say it's father and son."

Jia's mother kept laughing: "You poor girl, you are still playing sloppy with me!" Jia's mother called Xiuyan to her side, and said in a low voice: "Your family's Zhengde has a good future, and my mother asked me to talk to you. Your family should also plan for the child's future as soon as possible."

Xiuyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and calmly broke away from Jiamu's tugging, "I was confused by what the old lady said. The empress is a noble person in the deep palace, why did she suddenly think of us Zhengde?"

Mother Jia stared at it for a long while before vaguely guessing that the Xing family was not aware of this shocking news.

"Haven't you heard?" Mother Jia put on a trick on purpose, and said slowly, "Your Majesty asked someone to tell you that your family's Zhengde may be the blood of the royal family!"

Xiuyan was so startled that she immediately got up, took three or four steps back, and looked at Jia Mu in disbelief, her hairs all bristling: "Old lady, don't make fun of us, how can we be righteous?"

Xiuyan knew that the fact that Zhengde was not born in the Xing family would be exposed sooner or later, but she never dared to think that Xiao Baozi would have such a bizarre life experience.

Xiuyan subconsciously thinks that this remark is that Jia's mother is deceiving herself, and she has other plans.

Seeing that she was about to leave, Jia's mother stopped her and said, "Don't be angry with Ning, because of Zhengde, you should listen to my old lady's words. If one day the child really enters the palace and rises to heaven, why don't you just watch him being killed by a group of people?" Bullying? Let me tell you kindly, the most vicious person in the palace is the one in the middle palace, she can do anything for her own son."

Xiuyan looked at Jiamu vigilantly: "Then according to what the old lady means"

"Our two families are related by marriage. I should have said this to my uncle in detail, but it can be seen that you, a girl, can be half of the family in the Xing family. Zhengde is also the closest to you. Let me tell you this to you." Uncle, I might as well tell you. Concubine Yuan promised to fight for Zhengde's future, but in the future, Zhengde will recognize Concubine Yuan as his mother when Zhengde enters the palace."

The fact that Zhengde is the emperor's illegitimate son can no longer be concealed, and the concubines who have no heirs in the palace are eager to move.The empress would never keep her under her name, so Yuan Chun's opponents were Concubine Zhou and Concubine Wu of the same rank.

If the Xing family could get Zhengde to take the initiative to recognize Concubine Yuan as his mother, then the interests of Jia and Xing would be aligned.

Mother Jia thought to herself that although her family had suffered a bit, Xue Baoqin didn't know whether she was pregnant with a man or a woman.If it's a boy, Concubine Yuan will have a better chance of winning, but if it's a girl, the integrity of the Xing family will become the empress' biggest trump card!

(End of this chapter)