The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 291 Who Falls into Whose Trap
Jiang's face was full of embarrassment, but she had to say: "Sister-in-law also has difficulties in her heart, otherwise how can I talk to you? Since you said it, we are a family, and this family naturally does not need to talk about two different things. Tell your siblings about your grievances, will your siblings still stand by and watch? Can't you watch your sister-in-law suffer?"

Xiuyan looked at Jiang Shi softly: "I always follow my sister-in-law's arrangements."

Mrs. Jiang was overjoyed, and clapped her hands again and again: "Good brother and sister, that is, you are willing to sympathize with my sister-in-law's difficulties. If you change to that little Mrs. Gao, you don't know how to be mean to me!"

Mrs. Jiang hurriedly asked Sui'er to show Xing Xiuyan the account book of the disaster relief: "According to the rules of the past, our house is located in Fahua Temple, Dayuan Temple, and Guangyuan Temple. Each place is one hundred shi. Now I made all kinds of troubles, but I only got together the Fahua Temple, and the monks from Dayuan Temple and Guangyuan Temple came to look for it in two days, so I had to take the empty rice bag to them!"

Xiuyan sighed, "It would not be difficult to buy two hundred shi in July and August, but it is not so easy now."

Seeing that the time had come, Mrs. Jiang revealed her intentions: "Of course I know this too, but my father-in-law is a member of the imperial court, so many eyes are on our house. Even if he can't, he must try his best to do it. Now I After liquidating several dowry villages under my own name, and then negotiating with my mother's family, I can barely make up a hundred shi. It's just the rest."

Jiang looked at Xiuyan eagerly, her wet nurse and Sui'er lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

Mio winked at Meilian, who hurriedly laughed and said, "Grandma, you forgot, the third master's soup pot is still simmering, without your approval, I'm afraid the people in the kitchen won't dare to lift the pot."

Xiuyan frowned, and looked at Meilian with displeasure: "You are too busy, is it the third master's soup cup that matters, or the grandma asking us for rice?"

Mrs. Jiang was amused: "It's uncomfortable to hear what the third sibling said. What do you mean I want rice? It's clearly a big deal in the family. Am I the only one who is the daughter-in-law? The third sibling and the second sibling are just waiting to eat. ?" Jiang picked up the tea bowl angrily, and Xiuyan quickly shortened her body by half to apologize: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I just made a slip of the tongue, besides, for such a big matter as rice, at least let my family go to discuss it with the third master .”

How could the Jiang family be willing to let go of Xing Xiuyan, a fat sheep?

No matter what, Xing Xiuyan should be asked to agree to this matter before leaving her garden, and even if Song Chen is reluctant, the three of them will not be able to go back on their word.

Mrs. Jiang took Xiuyan's hand and said to the point: "Siblings are so confused! How can you discuss this kind of long-faced matter with the third master first? You took out your own dowry, not just to support the Song family, don't you?" Is it also to support the third master? Outsiders know that the third master has married such a good wife, so they can only envy him. Besides, men can't be kept. If you have to talk to the third master in detail, the third master will inevitably want Ask how much your dowry is, how many houses the village has, and how much profit you make every year. If you don’t say it, you feel ashamed and flustered. If you say it, why don’t we have a private house? Listen to my sister-in-law’s persuasion, the money is still in the palm of your hand Only then are you sure."

Jiang's finger was about to poke Xiuyan's forehead, but Xiuyan moved quickly, dodging it almost subconsciously.

Mrs. Jiang said with a smile: "This is also my sister-in-law's experience. If it's Mrs. Gao, I don't bother to say these things, lest my good intentions fail and she will think that I am provoking harmony between the second wife and husband!"

Xiuyan shook her head again and again: "If I doubt my sister-in-law's intentions at all, it will be in vain for us sister-in-law. Since my sister-in-law has talked to this point, I can't shirk it anymore, so I also took out fifty stones. Although there are few things, I just hope Tell sister-in-law not to joke."

Jiang Shi opened her mouth, and her nanny was afraid that her grandma would be greedy and make a bigger joke, so she quickly pulled Jiang Shi and Xiuyan to laugh and said, "The third young mistress is really a living Bodhisattva, our grandma didn't know about it. What a worry, it was all solved when I came to the third young lady. On behalf of our grandmother, I would like to thank the third young lady."

When Xiuyan returned to the third-bedroom courtyard, Meilian complained: "Why did grandma agree to her? The eldest grandma obviously had bad intentions and used grandma's things to show her face. Fortunately, she can say such things. "

Xiuyan took a sip of her fragrant tea, and said with a faint smile, "I have no doubts about this matter. The family spent a lot of money on the marriage of the third master. It is not difficult to understand the resentment in Dafang's heart. It is especially difficult to buy food at this time of year. Is there any reason not to complain? Talk to my mother-in-law. Although I hold the truth, I will eventually lose my heart. At that time, the grandma will cry with her mother-in-law again. You may not understand, but I have been with my mother-in-law for a few days, and I understand it. My mother-in-law is easily shaken. When it comes to interests, she may ask me to pay for food. Rather than being passive at that time, it is better for me to please today."

Miren and Mio looked at each other and asked in unison: "What does grandma mean?"

Xiuyan asked Miying to take out the box from Duobao Pavilion, and Meilian hurriedly said, "Isn't this the account book brought by Shopkeeper Qian yesterday? Grandma sent us out, and I talked to Shopkeeper Qian for a long time! What is it?" what?"

It doesn't matter if Meilian is strange, in the past, the two of them helped to review many of the girl's account books, and the two maids were able to make calculations, but they were not at all slower than the most shrewd gentleman in the accountant.

Xiuyan pointed, "See for yourself."

The two of them took a look inside and immediately understood everything, they smiled at Xiuyan and said, "Young lady is clever, grandma never expected such a situation after all her calculations!"

Well, the two girls were flattering, but they even forgot to address them, and called the word "girl" as before.

In the evening, when Song Chen and Xiuyan went to the upper courtyard for dinner, the grandma winked, wanting to know if Xiuyan and Song Chen had talked.Xiuyan pretended not to notice, and only concentrated on eating.

After dinner, Song Lian stayed in the third room to preach as usual before he was willing to dismiss.The first room and the second room left one after another, but Song Chen and Xiu Yan stood in Mrs. Song's room, seeming to have something to say, and refused to leave for a long time.

Song Lian raised his brows: "What kind of trouble are you two going to have? Talk quickly if you have something to say."

Mrs. Song turned her head and said to Song Lian angrily: "The third child and his wife must have important matters, and the master should give a stool to sit on."

The clever maid hurriedly moved two chairs and placed them beside Song Chen and his wife.

How could Xiuyan sit? She turned a blind eye to the chair and stood directly behind Song Chen.

Song Lian and Mrs. Song saw it in their eyes, and nodded slightly at the same time.

Song Chen turned around and said to Xiuyan, "This is your idea, so tell your parents about your idea, they will definitely like it."

The two elders didn't know why, so they looked at Xiuyan suspiciously.Then Xiuyan took the box from the maid, and respectfully placed it on the plum blossom table between Song Lian and Mrs. Song.

"This is."

Xiuyan euphemistically told the elders what Mrs. Jiang was asking for today, Mrs. Song couldn't help saying yes, but Song Lian's eyes were deep, and she couldn't see sadness or joy.

"Speaking of this matter, I should have shared my worries for my sister-in-law, but I was not sure, and I was afraid that my sister-in-law would dislike me for being troublesome. Fortunately, my sister-in-law took the initiative to mention this matter today," Xiuyan added the word "active" calmly. pronunciation.

"I dare to show these things to my parents." She pointed to the list in the box: "One hundred shi's coarse grains have all lost their shells, so it's perfect for cooking porridge. In addition, I thought that since I was working in a temple , Naturally, everything is appropriate, and the daughter-in-law asked the idle women in the village to rush to make a thousand winter clothes overnight. Although it is coarse cloth, the cotton stored is thick, so winter is not a problem."

If the one hundred shi of grain made Song Liangao look at Xing Xiuyan, then the next thousand winter clothes had to make the old fox look further at this daughter-in-law.

It is not difficult to gather food. With the status and ability of the Song family, not to mention that there is no market outside, no matter how difficult it is, those merchants who want to please Shang Shufu will still begrudge the grain of three hundred shi?

It's just that clothes are not easy to handle, which is what most people don't want to involve in disaster relief.

One thousand pieces of winter clothes, even if one person makes three pieces, three or 400 people are required to do the work.Besides, winter clothes are not as easy to make as thin shirts.

This can only show that the third daughter-in-law started to prepare for this matter early in the morning, but the eldest daughter-in-law didn't know about it, and she was muddleheaded to embarrass her in front of others.

Song Lian asked Mrs. Song to accept the list, and said with a smile to the young couple: "That's fine, this is counted as the contribution you made to the mansion before the single pass. But the thousand cotton-padded clothes don't need to be counted among them. Ask the third child to lead the township in person. People from Fusi will distribute it at the gate of your yamen."

The elder sighed: "Speaking of which, the reputation of the Zhenfu Division has been really bad these years. Although the emperor doesn't care about it, the third child, as an important member of the Zhenfu Division, has to think about it."

Song Chen said with a smile: "The Zhenfusi hangs a sharp sword of shock over everyone's head. If we become merciless, how can the emperor be happy? Maybe we will support another Zhenfusi, which is also true." It's not impossible."

After thinking about it, Song Lian realized that his son was right, so he had no choice but to say: "Then distribute it based on your reputation as the third house, and choose the new house in Dongyi Hutong."

Xiuyan looked at Song Chen first, and then wondered: "But, the daughter-in-law has already agreed to the sister-in-law, if she temporarily regrets and takes the things back, it may not be appropriate."

Mrs. Song interrupted, "You are a sincere heart. This hundred stones have already shared your sister-in-law's worries, isn't she satisfied? Don't worry, I will tell her tomorrow, you just listen .”

Song Lian coughed heavily, and made some old mistakes of blaming his wife again. How could he be so obvious in favor of one in front of the two daughters-in-law?
But this time it was indeed the third daughter-in-law who made the contribution, so Song Lian had no choice but to pretend to be confused.

On the second day, Mrs. Song really called the three daughters-in-law to her. She first asked how Jiang's porridge shop was going, and then asked where the job was.

Looking at Xing Xiuyan, Mrs. Jiang smiled with Mrs. Song in a low voice: "There is something, I don't know if I should tell my mother."

Mrs. Song glanced at Mrs. Jiang: "But it's about paying for rice for Sanfang?"

Jiang shi was taken aback, and looked at Xiuyan.Xiuyan smiled and stepped forward to pretend to be confused: "Sister-in-law, when I came out from you yesterday, I discussed it with the third master, and he was very appreciative of my doing good deeds, so he took me to discuss it with my parents-in-law. We really don't know what to do Thank you sister-in-law!"

(End of this chapter)