Zijuan dreamed of meeting the mandarin duck in Jiangzhu Palace. She was about to go up to speak, but was awakened by a loud sound. It turned out that the wind was blowing in the middle of the night. The green oil screen door in the gate of the Fengcui Temple was not tightened and was blown down by the north wind. The sound did not turn around. The residual lights were half-out, and the fire was still warm through the window. When the moonlight and plum shadows were silent, the sound of the north wind was heard. The women who served had already slept, so they cleaned up and rested.
I recalled my dream on my pillow, and I still remembered that I remembered what Xichun said during the day. The Jiangzhu Fairy Palace must be the place where Daiyu went after her death. I remembered these four words again and remembered them the next day. When I saw Xichun, I asked: Does the Fourth Miss know where the Jiangzhu Fairy Palace is? Xichun said: Where did you hear it? Zijuan smiled and said: I was the place I heard last night. I saw Miss Lin through the window. I hate that the palace maid stopped me and said it was the Jiangzhu Fairy Palace, which was not something you could peek at! I wrote down these four words. Xichun said: This place is fake and it is true. If it is true, it is true. If it is nothing, it is not there. If it is said there is nothing, it is there. Where is it determined? If it is possible to dream, you will finally have the fate. Zijuan said:People say that dreams are thinking in my heart. If I say that I dream of Miss Lin, I might have thought of them; but I have never heard of these four words, and I don’t even have any shadow in my heart.
As he was speaking, the ladies replied: Miss Shi is here! Xichun and others were about to come out, Xiangyun and Cuilu had already walked into the house and smiled and said: It's your place. As soon as you arrived in the yard, you smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms. Miaoyu lived in the past. That person was not easy to use, but he could come back often. Xichun smiled and said: We are a Buddhist, and you will never refuse. Since you like this, you are the law of fate. Be careful that we will take out the book of fate! Xiangyun said: I am a eleven person, are you still afraid of those? I am afraid that the fourth sister would hate me too much. Otherwise, even if I move here, I would rather be a woman for me.
Xichun said: I will never dislike people too much. If I dislike that person, there must be something disgusting. Do you think we innocent people can disturb those people in the muddy water with those people? Zijuan said: Miss Shi is here just right. I was about to tell you something new, so Xiangyun said: I told Miss Bao yesterday that I had the same master and had the same servant! Miss Lin has been here for a long time, and you will never forget him. Since you have such a friendship, I must tell you that this Jiangzhu Fairy Palace is probably in Taixu Illusion Realm. Have you heard Miss Bao say that? Then, when Mr. Bao passed by and arrived in the underworld, someone pointed to him: Lin Daiyu is not here, he has reached Taixu Illusion Realm. If you want Miss Lin, go there to search!
Zijuan said: It’s easy for Miss Shi to say this. How can I go? Xichun said: He rubbed me every day and asked me clearly. I’m fine. I’ll let him bother you! Xiangyun pulled Xichun again and went to the yard to appreciate the plum blossoms. Before he could go back to Baochai’s place, Baochai went to the east courtyard to congratulate Jia She, but he hadn’t come back yet
After asking Qiu Wen, I realized that Jia She had received a new third-rank title. When there was a shortage of the official position outside the Beijing government, I waited for the order to be used briefly.
Reader, how did Jia She get this kindness? Since he was exempted from punishment from the Taiwan station, he still lived with Mrs. Xing, Jia Cong and others in Zhu'an courtyard in the east courtyard of Rongfu. There were pavilions, trees and stones in the courtyard of Zhu'an. When the structure was exquisite, they looked at antiques, or drank with ordinary Qinggu. Sometimes when they listened to Yanhong singing a small song, they were free and carefree. They thought of themselves that they had been in the Shilu family since childhood. The servants and girls came to the shortlist, and when they were domineering, they took over the post of the Shilu job. They also relied on the Jiaofang Yiqi, and the children of ordinary families who usually interacted with each other.In flattery, only knowing wealth and honor, it will become arrogant and at the station. The minister of the station looked at Rong's mansion and treated each other well. He was with the Tartars behind his back, but he was very upset. Only then did he realize that the world was in a bad state, and the power of the Qili Marquis's family was unreliable. When he returned from the pardon, he could only be grateful for the kindness of heaven and thought about his mistakes behind closed doors, and did not take it as an dismissal. Mrs. Xing had always obeyed Jia She, but she was a shallow-sighted person. He often advised him to take a way back and get a half-office. He also accumulated a lot of money and ignored him.
It was because Jia Zheng was very particular about ethics, and he couldn't help but feel depressed for his brother Nai's despair. The elder's destiny was inherited by the eldest son. Because the eldest son committed a crime, it was my turn to be pardoned. Now the eldest son and Zhen'er were pardoned together. Zhen'er not only exempted him from his crime, but also returned to his reign. Although he made great efforts on the sea front, and because I took the position first, my brother was in a position again. Why bother to occupy the position of the eldest son.
Therefore, I made a memorial book and said that I have been sad and forced to serve as a minister. I have fallen into the past, so I asked that my ancestors still be pardoned by my brothers. I only wrote it myself in the small study of Mengpozhai, and did not discuss it with Mrs. Wang and others, so I entered the court and handed it over.
The emperor read the book and immediately summoned the imperial edict and asked a lot of questions. Seeing that his age was not weak, he also checked Jia She's original case, which was actually relying on his power to oppress good people, causing life. The circumstances were serious, so he issued an edict: Jia Yuan, Duke Rong, still inherited Jia Zheng's inheritance; he also thought that Jia Zheng asked his brother to be sincere and gave Jia She another edict to give Jia She a false face.
At present, all the officials in the court know that the emperor advocates filial piety and friendship, and praises Jia She. Jia Zheng entered the court again on the fifth day of the next day to thank the four princes of Dongping, Nan'an, Xining and Beijing, as well as the eight kings of Zhongniu, Liu, Chen, Ma, Hou, Shi, and ordinary Hou Bozimen. They all had difficulty in sharing the same honor with Rongning and Ning on the same day. When they saw the grandfather of the holy family, they came to celebrate the congratulations.
After the storm, Jia She was afraid of being gossiped, so she became even more restrained
It was already the beginning of La La. The age is approaching, and Jia Zheng is still serving the family banquet and spring wine. He doesn't need to be prepared. He can only deal with the annual debt. He is not good at managing his family. He remembers the old lady's big affairs and later sent the coffin back to the south. Jia She and others came back from the station, and borrowed everything with their enclosures and many busy servants called Jia Lian to discuss.
At a moment, Jia Lian came and asked: Is there anything wrong with the master looking for my nephew? Jia Zheng said: I am back this time, and there is no need to check the matters at home now. It is time to clear these accounts, and you should also prepare for them early, so don’t be a temporary one. Jia Lian hurriedly responded a few times and said: The accounts are all there, and prepare, that is, it’s time to always expect a whole sum of money.
Jia Zhengdao: You must have a basic book in our industries. Jia Lian frowned and said:The master did not mention it, and my nephew didn't dare to go back to our mansion since the Empress Yuan returned to the province and built the garden, which caused a lot of deficits. Later, many social engagements were added in the palace. The husbands had to say 1,800 yuan, and at least two or three hundred silver was needed to make excuses. Even if they lost their wealth, they were not happy at home, and the income was less and less. The expenses of each house were still as usual, and they could not leave any food.Originally, relying on several industries in Kinki, there were so many subsidies to catch up with the old lady's big deal. The boss didn't pay any money, and my nephew was forced to pull it around and then mortgaged these industries. It was not enough! Now, only the eight or nine Zhuangzi managed by Wu Jinzhong in the east, Wu Jinzhong is the brother of Wu Jinxiao in Zhuangtou in the east. In addition, there are more than ten places managed by Wu Liang, all of which are wasteland. Less than half of them are open, and there is not much hope.
Jia Zheng changed his color and said: I don’t know how to get these industries nearby. How did you do it? Jia Lian knelt down and said: When the master is angry, the master will calm down. When the master sends the coffin back to the south, and asks his nephew to go out and move his nephew. It’s clear that the person outside has a weak relationship, so he can only use the real estate to deposit the house. First, he can go to several places outside to redeem his nephew and don’t dare to be proficient when it is lenient. Jia Zheng said: Why don’t you say that the old lady is unwilling to pay for the big affairs of the old lady? Jia Lian got up and said: When you mention this, the nephew should be beaten to death and the eldest lady is the one who snatched it from the middle. The master and the wife here give in because they are the big house. What if you don’t make any decisions? Jia Zheng sighed and said: Don’t mention the words in the past. You should think of a solution quickly. As long as you don’t make jokes about the rest, I can’t care about the rest!After saying that, Jia Lian agreed quickly
The servants replied: The old man in the East Mansion and Mr. Xiaorong are here! Jia Zhen was in front of him. Jia Rong then came in with a yellow cloth pocket in his hand. He put down his pockets and invited An Jia Rong to Jia Lian. An Jia Zhen and replied: This is the spring sacrifice silver in the two mansions this year. Ronger just took the silver from Guanglu Temple. Please take a look at it and prepare. While holding the yellow cloth pockets over, they presented them with Jia Zheng and Jia Zheng, looking at the words on the pockets and the priest seal of the Ministry of Rites Temple. They were the same as in previous years, but the silver discount was 80% lower, and then asked: Why is there another discount? Jia Rong said: This is the new chapter of the Ministry of Revenue. Because the storage reserves are insufficient, all the items are 80% lower.
Jia Zheng sighed: The national economy is still so difficult, let alone our family's private plans! Then he asked Jia Zhen: What are the plans for this year in the East Mansion? Jia Zhen said: From there, the land industry in the village has been rewarded recently. The money and grain this year have been handed over to the local area. They are all old people, and they are willing to give a second place. Now they are famine. In the past, the land of the village was distributed to all houses of all sizes in the clan in portions, so they had to put the car on the car! He replied: The year-end sacrifice in the clan's ancestral hall is still as the rules of the past years, and the door gods, couplets, and signs. My nephew has asked them to prepare for the replacement of this and relying on the silver rewarded to supplement the past. In the past, laugh at the families of poor officials who did not rely on this, what should they offer to celebrate the New Year? Now it is our turn, which is really unexpected! Jia Zheng said:This is about the grace of the emperor's family! Last year, both positions were removed. How could they pass if they were not rewarded?
Jia Zhen was speechless. Seeing that Jia Zheng was a little tired, Fang and Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others withdrew from Jia Zhen and Jia Lian and returned to the East Mansion to prepare for sacrifices.
But when Jia Lian went back, Ping'er was in the room and asked: What's the big deal about me? Jia Lian said: This is really not the case. The New Year is coming. There are a lot of accounts and I can't see any cash, but how can I deal with it? The master only knows one word and teaches me how to do it quickly. I have to find a way to make money with my empty hand. Ping'er said: You are anxious and don't use it as I say. You should discuss it with such a senior who is in charge. Maybe it's a little mercy. Otherwise, the master will take over the post and the master rewards the official again. The priest is good. He borrows thousands of silver from outside. Maybe he can do it. Jia Lian said:The first is the one named Lai. He hugged his whole family and enjoyed his happiness. The rest of the group were all like black-eyed chickens. When he asked for the advance, he felt more distressed than shave his meat. He said it was a waste of time or the second layer you said. It was late tonight. I went out to see it early in the morning and said: Sister, I haven't come back this time. Tomorrow, you can send someone to bring some food to see. He asked him if he was used to living in the village? If he had time, he would come back to stay for a few days, you should take a good place. Ping'er agreed.
Jia Lian stood up and wanted to go out and Ping'er said: You come back, there is one more thing. Uncle Wang has sold his sister. The wife told me: Come again next time, he is not allowed to enter our gate. He is here again today. He is crying outside the door, asking for money, and driving him to chase him back and forth. I think: After all, grandma's kiss is always the inner kiss, and he stole two taels of silver. The money he left was just a small matter. I can't help but tell you.
Jia Lian turned around and looked at Ping'er and said: You are merciful and you will have trouble in the future!
As he said that, he went there
Ping'er remembered that Tanchun had some ideas, so she went to discuss with him to walk there. Tanchun received a letter from his son-in-law's house. He had just opened it and saw Ping'er come in. He hurriedly put away the letter from his house. He had a relationship with Ping'er. Ping'er was inconvenient to talk in depth. After sitting for a while, he went to Baochai to see Xiangyun and everyone talked for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Fang Tong went to Mrs. Wang to go to the room to ask good night.
That day, Mrs. Wang was looking at Yuchuaner, Caiyun and the women, packing up some things there, and saw them full of things. They hurriedly said: Let's talk to the inner room, so that they can stay here. Everyone went to the inner room together, and saw that they had already packed up, and his eyes lit up. Mrs. Wang asked Ping'er: In previous years, there were gold and silver crocks for New Year. Are you ready for this year? Ping'er thought to herself: I have the strength to do this this year, but it is inconvenient to say, and just said: This year is tighter than in previous years, and the second master Lian is preparing! Mrs. Wang said: No wonder the girls talked behind their backs, saying that it was because they had not paid the monthly money last month. This is your control. If it were Feng Meitu, they would have other gossip.
After a while, Tanchun also came to see Shan's room and smiled and said: "Days are so fast. I'm back home. It seems like a few days later. In a blink of an eye, the New Year is coming again! Xiangyun said: In the past, the old lady was there. During the Chinese New Year and the festival, she was singing opera, storytelling, and blooming flowers. How lively it is! Even when I did riddles that year, Sister Qin wrote several poems by herself. Even the second sister didn't write easily, and I didn't like to hit that dull gourd. Now it's interesting to remember! Tanchun said: It's inconvenient for our Xiao family to play with. If you do some riddles, guess what can't be done in the New Year? If Sister Shi is happy, you can do it first. Baochai said: This thing must be interesting. Only those of us do it, who can we guess for? It's okay!
Tanchun said: Let's make your own guess, what's wrong? I'll say one to guess: 'Jianghuai River Man'. Baochai thought for a while, but didn't say Xiangyun said: Isn't this the word "chi"? Ping'er said: How does the word "chi" close to "Jianghuai River Man"? After thinking carefully, I realized that the word "shui" is the word "shui" Baochai said: I also said: 'Why do you use the sentence "Shui to be a sentence in the Four Books, it's a hat-taking pattern. Xiangyun guessed that in winter, I drank soup. Baochai said: It's almost done, but I haven't guessed correctly. What's called a hat-taking pattern? Tanchun said: I guessed it must be right, "Yi Yin wanted soup for the cut" is a bad thing you think! Xiangyun said: You are all too literary, I said a person who appreciates both the elite and the masses: 'The prime minister is too determined to bully an ancient name'. Tanchun said: This is still worth guessing, isn't it "Cao Ba"? Baochai said:I said something cold, you may not guess: 'Leave someone under the knife to beat an ancient country' Tanchun, Xiangyun thought for a long time, but he didn't guess that Xiufeng was coming to invite Mrs. Wang to dinner. Xiangyun asked Baochai to say it turned out to be Xiu Tu
Mrs. Wang kept them in the upper room and ate together. Tanchun accompanied Mrs. Wang to eat. Baochai and Ping'er ate the maids and rinsed their mouths, and changed the tea. Everyone accompanied Mrs. Wang to talk about the second update.
Ping'er went back to the room. Jia Lian had already slept the next day. He got up early in the morning and used some breakfast to urge the servants to prepare horses. He didn't come back until the evening and entered the door. The little girl whispered a towel. Jia Lian was angry and immediately threw it on the ground and said: Are these people dead? Isn't such a cold towel twisted out by a dead person? Ping'er packed things in the inner room. When he heard Jia Lian get angry, he rushed out step by step and said: Why are you angry? Jia Lian said: You asked you Ah! Do I know? Ping'er said: You went out early in the morning and I haven't gotten up yet, why did you offend you? You said! Don't hit this puzzle, it makes people uncomfortable. Jia Lian said:It was all your idea that you asked me to run away for a whole day and look at people's faces everywhere! Fortunately, Boss Feng promised me a thousand dollars, otherwise I would die outside and have no shame to come back! Ping'er said: What did you do when you say "Dan Nian"? It's not enough to curse my second grandma to death? Besides, I'm also for you! Can I not speak from now on? When Jia Lian saw him being coquettish, he stopped the words and sat there and felt bored.
Feng'er came in and said: Are you looking for the second master outside? Jia Lian walked out lazily and found that it was Lin Zhixiao who was talking back and forth. When he saw Jia Lian, he replied: Wu Jinzhong sent his son Wu Xuegui to come.
I don't see him? Jia Lian said: This beheaded person! He didn't come after he died, so he asked him to come to the ring. It's really not a thing! Lin Zhixiaodao: I have his letter here, I'll take a look first
Jia Lian took it and saw that it was nothing more than Rong Gui and Peace, and he was given the honorary words. He removed the tiger skin, leopard skin, roe deer, roe deer, various pigs and sheep, various fish, as well as wind chickens, geese and ducks, bear paws and deer tails, sea cucumbers and shrimps, only 20,000 kilograms of firewood and charcoal, 60 kilograms of rice, 40 kilograms of mixed grains, and 1,000 kilograms of takeout, and 1,200 taels of silver for takeout, and 1,200 taels of silver for all items. After reading it, he said: We are still counting on him to calculate the investment, what is this point? It’s really not over this year! Lin Zhixiaodao: This is still good. His brother is in charge of the land of the East Mansion. After some confiscation, he was simply confused this time. That’s how to do it! Jia Lian said: ‘Tell this monkey, the old man who brought the message to the old man who chopped his head, and told him to beware that I will settle the account with him one day, and he will know the family rules in our mansion!Lin Zhixiao agreed and was about to retreat, Jia Lian said again: Brother Lin, you go and pass on all the people in charge of our here. I have something to say.
Lin Zhixiao quickly replied yes
After a while, the managers of various departments said that Qi Linzhixiao brought him in and saw him. He occupied half of the room and stood together. They all asked Jia Lian for help and said: What you said today is long, you all sit down. Everyone is ignoring and dare not Linzhixiao: Since it was the second master who gave the order, you obey the order and then sit down together.
Jia Lian said: I'll tell you to come for nothing. Now, the end of the year is coming. The master asked me to clean up the old and new accounts. I'll probably find a question. The new and old generals moved to two major families and outside, only 10%. How can I deal with it? You are all Chen people in the mansion. Everyone should take some conscience and think of a way to make this temporary move. The master must pay it back. I will never let you suffer. Wu Xindeng stood up and said:The slave was about to reply to the second master: In the past few days, those business numbers have come to the mansion every day. They all say that the market is very tight, and they are forced to settle the bill, and they have to come up to see the second master and the slaves say it is very irresistible. They just coaxed them away, and then two or three old accounts come again. The slaves said that he is a sacred account, and he said: There is no new account, and he has to pay back the accounts for several lifetimes. Then he said: I was in trouble when I went back to the mansion and got a property, and the account was almost ruined! I finally hoped that I would have reopened my post at this time. If I had happened, then I didn’t need to do it at this time. If I encounter something again, wouldn’t we lose all our money in vain? Jia Lian said: Bastard! What is this? Wu Xindeng said:The slaves said this, and they would say that they were relying on the power of the mansion to oppress the merchants and the people. Let’s go to the yamen to tell them; otherwise, they would parade with the tablet of your princess. Who told him to raise such unworthy descendants to come and how many slaves shouted, but they wouldn’t be able to win the blessings. Jia Lian said: It’s not the end of the year yet!
Even if you say you have to pay it back, you have to prepare. Lin Zhixiaodao: I have said this to them for only once. They said that there is money in this mansion. Whether you give it or not is just a word. What preparations are needed? Even if it is not until the end of the year, you have to have a day for him. He was relieved to say that it was to prepare for three days and five days and ten days of reserves. They were waiting, but they should not prepare for ten or eight years. Jia Lian said: It is useless to say it, so it is important to find a way.
Everyone looked at each other without saying a word. Only Qian Qi. Zhao Yihua and the other two stood up and said: If it was three or two hundred silver, the servants could barely curry favor with such a large amount. The servants would have a lot of heart and no strength to ask the second master to observe clearly. Another newly promoted person to be in charge of the business was named Yu Ren, and said: In the opinion of Nu Cai, there is only one way that the second master does not blame the liberty, and the slave dares to return. Jia Lian said: Let’s talk about it. Yu Ren said: No need to say this new account, but the account of the second master suddenly churned. There must be a reason for the old saying, “Soldiers come to block the general”. Now, only the master and the second master can invite him out. They will give him some face and give him a lot of entrusting everything. If you guarantee it, it will be fine.
Jia Lian smiled and said: If we can't be more than that, is he more than that? Wu Xindeng said: Lai Daben is a rich man, and he has received grace from the mansion for several lifetimes. I believe the great story will not be wrong.
Lin Zhixiaodao: I dare not hide it from the second master. If there are several of these business numbers, there are still many of them that are owned by the Lai family! But someone else came forward to Jia Lian: Then the master went back to the south to pay for money, and wrote a letter to Lai Shangrong to help him, and he asked him to complain, and only borrowed fifty taels of silver. The master did not accept his past. Lai Da was in the mansion, and that one was not fake for public service, otherwise how could there be such a big garden, just socializing for the old lady, and giving him some gifts. The people used the money from the public to buy him, and he was only a little afraid of the old lady. Now that the old lady has passed, who else is afraid of? Now that he is willing to come out to carry this burden, maybe he is holding on to what idea? Let's talk about it again! Seeing that Jia Lian had nothing to say, everyone stepped down and scattered.
Jia Lian asked Jia Zheng that he was still in the study room outside, so he went to see him immediately. He said that Jia Zheng had no idea what he wanted to do and the managers. He only said: Lai Da is also a long-time old man. Although his son was a bastard, I don’t blame him for as long as he can take these accounts down and do it with you. Jia Lian came down and ordered Yu Ren and Zhao Yihua to discuss with Lai Da.
At this time, Lai Da was blessed at home, and he also had a round and fat face. After hearing what Yu Ren and others said, he said: I have to bear these accounts for several lifetimes, and I dare not refuse, but I can see that, and I dare not not say: First, these business numbers are all face-saving, and you can only discuss peacefully. Don’t rely on your power to force me to make things go wrong. Second, you have to give me full authority. The master just plays big chess and sleeps. Everything has me. Three, although the mansion is difficult and difficult, the wives have their own way. At this time, it’s hard to say that instead of worrying about money, it’s better to hand it over to the public office to operate, or some other things will be born. The wife and grandma’s jewelry and makeup boxes, and the plundering room are enough for several lifetimes. Why don’t you take it out?
Yu Ren and Zhao Yihua heard this and felt that his methods were too ruthless but they could do all the benefits of him. They dared not reject it, so they just agreed perfunctorily, and they saw it. They smiled at Yu Ren and said: Brother Yu, you have become the general manager, and you can't get rid of it. We all have a distinction, so don't make a mistake! The two of them were inconvenient to speak, so they just agreed. Yes
On the way, Yu Ren said to Zhao Yihua: Boss Lai, we are old friends, and I didn't expect him to become such a ghost! Zhao Yihua smiled and said: Uncle Yu, where do you know? This is all Brother Rong'er's idea since he offended the master and could not become a magistrate. He was angry and hated and interrogated those numbers and forced the mansion to ask for money to carry him out. As long as he got his furniture, wouldn't he be his? Yu Ren smiled and said: You have a background in chores and chores, and you know more than me. I only know that he thought about it, and then I think of so many Taoists?
At one moment, when he returned to Rong Mansion, Yu and Zhao went up to reply to Jia Lian, and added many words to Lai Da, Jia Lian said: He could say this, how can I reply to the master? If the wives know, they would be even more angry. Seeing that Jia Lian was in a dilemma, Zhao Yihua said: There is another foolish opinion: the wives' jewelry is in the hands of the big girls, the second master discussed with them behind their backs, and temporarily borrowed the plagiarism. After the New Year, the turnover will be opened, and then I will not be able to redeem it. As long as I promise some benefits, I think there is nothing I can't do. Although Jia Lian had borrowed Jia Mu's bronze ware from Yuanyang, after hearing this, he was inconvenient to agree and shook his head and said: This idea is inappropriate, let's discuss it again. If you want to know what happens next, let's listen to the next breakdown.
I recalled my dream on my pillow, and I still remembered that I remembered what Xichun said during the day. The Jiangzhu Fairy Palace must be the place where Daiyu went after her death. I remembered these four words again and remembered them the next day. When I saw Xichun, I asked: Does the Fourth Miss know where the Jiangzhu Fairy Palace is? Xichun said: Where did you hear it? Zijuan smiled and said: I was the place I heard last night. I saw Miss Lin through the window. I hate that the palace maid stopped me and said it was the Jiangzhu Fairy Palace, which was not something you could peek at! I wrote down these four words. Xichun said: This place is fake and it is true. If it is true, it is true. If it is nothing, it is not there. If it is said there is nothing, it is there. Where is it determined? If it is possible to dream, you will finally have the fate. Zijuan said:People say that dreams are thinking in my heart. If I say that I dream of Miss Lin, I might have thought of them; but I have never heard of these four words, and I don’t even have any shadow in my heart.
As he was speaking, the ladies replied: Miss Shi is here! Xichun and others were about to come out, Xiangyun and Cuilu had already walked into the house and smiled and said: It's your place. As soon as you arrived in the yard, you smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms. Miaoyu lived in the past. That person was not easy to use, but he could come back often. Xichun smiled and said: We are a Buddhist, and you will never refuse. Since you like this, you are the law of fate. Be careful that we will take out the book of fate! Xiangyun said: I am a eleven person, are you still afraid of those? I am afraid that the fourth sister would hate me too much. Otherwise, even if I move here, I would rather be a woman for me.
Xichun said: I will never dislike people too much. If I dislike that person, there must be something disgusting. Do you think we innocent people can disturb those people in the muddy water with those people? Zijuan said: Miss Shi is here just right. I was about to tell you something new, so Xiangyun said: I told Miss Bao yesterday that I had the same master and had the same servant! Miss Lin has been here for a long time, and you will never forget him. Since you have such a friendship, I must tell you that this Jiangzhu Fairy Palace is probably in Taixu Illusion Realm. Have you heard Miss Bao say that? Then, when Mr. Bao passed by and arrived in the underworld, someone pointed to him: Lin Daiyu is not here, he has reached Taixu Illusion Realm. If you want Miss Lin, go there to search!
Zijuan said: It’s easy for Miss Shi to say this. How can I go? Xichun said: He rubbed me every day and asked me clearly. I’m fine. I’ll let him bother you! Xiangyun pulled Xichun again and went to the yard to appreciate the plum blossoms. Before he could go back to Baochai’s place, Baochai went to the east courtyard to congratulate Jia She, but he hadn’t come back yet
After asking Qiu Wen, I realized that Jia She had received a new third-rank title. When there was a shortage of the official position outside the Beijing government, I waited for the order to be used briefly.
Reader, how did Jia She get this kindness? Since he was exempted from punishment from the Taiwan station, he still lived with Mrs. Xing, Jia Cong and others in Zhu'an courtyard in the east courtyard of Rongfu. There were pavilions, trees and stones in the courtyard of Zhu'an. When the structure was exquisite, they looked at antiques, or drank with ordinary Qinggu. Sometimes when they listened to Yanhong singing a small song, they were free and carefree. They thought of themselves that they had been in the Shilu family since childhood. The servants and girls came to the shortlist, and when they were domineering, they took over the post of the Shilu job. They also relied on the Jiaofang Yiqi, and the children of ordinary families who usually interacted with each other.In flattery, only knowing wealth and honor, it will become arrogant and at the station. The minister of the station looked at Rong's mansion and treated each other well. He was with the Tartars behind his back, but he was very upset. Only then did he realize that the world was in a bad state, and the power of the Qili Marquis's family was unreliable. When he returned from the pardon, he could only be grateful for the kindness of heaven and thought about his mistakes behind closed doors, and did not take it as an dismissal. Mrs. Xing had always obeyed Jia She, but she was a shallow-sighted person. He often advised him to take a way back and get a half-office. He also accumulated a lot of money and ignored him.
It was because Jia Zheng was very particular about ethics, and he couldn't help but feel depressed for his brother Nai's despair. The elder's destiny was inherited by the eldest son. Because the eldest son committed a crime, it was my turn to be pardoned. Now the eldest son and Zhen'er were pardoned together. Zhen'er not only exempted him from his crime, but also returned to his reign. Although he made great efforts on the sea front, and because I took the position first, my brother was in a position again. Why bother to occupy the position of the eldest son.
Therefore, I made a memorial book and said that I have been sad and forced to serve as a minister. I have fallen into the past, so I asked that my ancestors still be pardoned by my brothers. I only wrote it myself in the small study of Mengpozhai, and did not discuss it with Mrs. Wang and others, so I entered the court and handed it over.
The emperor read the book and immediately summoned the imperial edict and asked a lot of questions. Seeing that his age was not weak, he also checked Jia She's original case, which was actually relying on his power to oppress good people, causing life. The circumstances were serious, so he issued an edict: Jia Yuan, Duke Rong, still inherited Jia Zheng's inheritance; he also thought that Jia Zheng asked his brother to be sincere and gave Jia She another edict to give Jia She a false face.
At present, all the officials in the court know that the emperor advocates filial piety and friendship, and praises Jia She. Jia Zheng entered the court again on the fifth day of the next day to thank the four princes of Dongping, Nan'an, Xining and Beijing, as well as the eight kings of Zhongniu, Liu, Chen, Ma, Hou, Shi, and ordinary Hou Bozimen. They all had difficulty in sharing the same honor with Rongning and Ning on the same day. When they saw the grandfather of the holy family, they came to celebrate the congratulations.
After the storm, Jia She was afraid of being gossiped, so she became even more restrained
It was already the beginning of La La. The age is approaching, and Jia Zheng is still serving the family banquet and spring wine. He doesn't need to be prepared. He can only deal with the annual debt. He is not good at managing his family. He remembers the old lady's big affairs and later sent the coffin back to the south. Jia She and others came back from the station, and borrowed everything with their enclosures and many busy servants called Jia Lian to discuss.
At a moment, Jia Lian came and asked: Is there anything wrong with the master looking for my nephew? Jia Zheng said: I am back this time, and there is no need to check the matters at home now. It is time to clear these accounts, and you should also prepare for them early, so don’t be a temporary one. Jia Lian hurriedly responded a few times and said: The accounts are all there, and prepare, that is, it’s time to always expect a whole sum of money.
Jia Zhengdao: You must have a basic book in our industries. Jia Lian frowned and said:The master did not mention it, and my nephew didn't dare to go back to our mansion since the Empress Yuan returned to the province and built the garden, which caused a lot of deficits. Later, many social engagements were added in the palace. The husbands had to say 1,800 yuan, and at least two or three hundred silver was needed to make excuses. Even if they lost their wealth, they were not happy at home, and the income was less and less. The expenses of each house were still as usual, and they could not leave any food.Originally, relying on several industries in Kinki, there were so many subsidies to catch up with the old lady's big deal. The boss didn't pay any money, and my nephew was forced to pull it around and then mortgaged these industries. It was not enough! Now, only the eight or nine Zhuangzi managed by Wu Jinzhong in the east, Wu Jinzhong is the brother of Wu Jinxiao in Zhuangtou in the east. In addition, there are more than ten places managed by Wu Liang, all of which are wasteland. Less than half of them are open, and there is not much hope.
Jia Zheng changed his color and said: I don’t know how to get these industries nearby. How did you do it? Jia Lian knelt down and said: When the master is angry, the master will calm down. When the master sends the coffin back to the south, and asks his nephew to go out and move his nephew. It’s clear that the person outside has a weak relationship, so he can only use the real estate to deposit the house. First, he can go to several places outside to redeem his nephew and don’t dare to be proficient when it is lenient. Jia Zheng said: Why don’t you say that the old lady is unwilling to pay for the big affairs of the old lady? Jia Lian got up and said: When you mention this, the nephew should be beaten to death and the eldest lady is the one who snatched it from the middle. The master and the wife here give in because they are the big house. What if you don’t make any decisions? Jia Zheng sighed and said: Don’t mention the words in the past. You should think of a solution quickly. As long as you don’t make jokes about the rest, I can’t care about the rest!After saying that, Jia Lian agreed quickly
The servants replied: The old man in the East Mansion and Mr. Xiaorong are here! Jia Zhen was in front of him. Jia Rong then came in with a yellow cloth pocket in his hand. He put down his pockets and invited An Jia Rong to Jia Lian. An Jia Zhen and replied: This is the spring sacrifice silver in the two mansions this year. Ronger just took the silver from Guanglu Temple. Please take a look at it and prepare. While holding the yellow cloth pockets over, they presented them with Jia Zheng and Jia Zheng, looking at the words on the pockets and the priest seal of the Ministry of Rites Temple. They were the same as in previous years, but the silver discount was 80% lower, and then asked: Why is there another discount? Jia Rong said: This is the new chapter of the Ministry of Revenue. Because the storage reserves are insufficient, all the items are 80% lower.
Jia Zheng sighed: The national economy is still so difficult, let alone our family's private plans! Then he asked Jia Zhen: What are the plans for this year in the East Mansion? Jia Zhen said: From there, the land industry in the village has been rewarded recently. The money and grain this year have been handed over to the local area. They are all old people, and they are willing to give a second place. Now they are famine. In the past, the land of the village was distributed to all houses of all sizes in the clan in portions, so they had to put the car on the car! He replied: The year-end sacrifice in the clan's ancestral hall is still as the rules of the past years, and the door gods, couplets, and signs. My nephew has asked them to prepare for the replacement of this and relying on the silver rewarded to supplement the past. In the past, laugh at the families of poor officials who did not rely on this, what should they offer to celebrate the New Year? Now it is our turn, which is really unexpected! Jia Zheng said:This is about the grace of the emperor's family! Last year, both positions were removed. How could they pass if they were not rewarded?
Jia Zhen was speechless. Seeing that Jia Zheng was a little tired, Fang and Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others withdrew from Jia Zhen and Jia Lian and returned to the East Mansion to prepare for sacrifices.
But when Jia Lian went back, Ping'er was in the room and asked: What's the big deal about me? Jia Lian said: This is really not the case. The New Year is coming. There are a lot of accounts and I can't see any cash, but how can I deal with it? The master only knows one word and teaches me how to do it quickly. I have to find a way to make money with my empty hand. Ping'er said: You are anxious and don't use it as I say. You should discuss it with such a senior who is in charge. Maybe it's a little mercy. Otherwise, the master will take over the post and the master rewards the official again. The priest is good. He borrows thousands of silver from outside. Maybe he can do it. Jia Lian said:The first is the one named Lai. He hugged his whole family and enjoyed his happiness. The rest of the group were all like black-eyed chickens. When he asked for the advance, he felt more distressed than shave his meat. He said it was a waste of time or the second layer you said. It was late tonight. I went out to see it early in the morning and said: Sister, I haven't come back this time. Tomorrow, you can send someone to bring some food to see. He asked him if he was used to living in the village? If he had time, he would come back to stay for a few days, you should take a good place. Ping'er agreed.
Jia Lian stood up and wanted to go out and Ping'er said: You come back, there is one more thing. Uncle Wang has sold his sister. The wife told me: Come again next time, he is not allowed to enter our gate. He is here again today. He is crying outside the door, asking for money, and driving him to chase him back and forth. I think: After all, grandma's kiss is always the inner kiss, and he stole two taels of silver. The money he left was just a small matter. I can't help but tell you.
Jia Lian turned around and looked at Ping'er and said: You are merciful and you will have trouble in the future!
As he said that, he went there
Ping'er remembered that Tanchun had some ideas, so she went to discuss with him to walk there. Tanchun received a letter from his son-in-law's house. He had just opened it and saw Ping'er come in. He hurriedly put away the letter from his house. He had a relationship with Ping'er. Ping'er was inconvenient to talk in depth. After sitting for a while, he went to Baochai to see Xiangyun and everyone talked for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Fang Tong went to Mrs. Wang to go to the room to ask good night.
That day, Mrs. Wang was looking at Yuchuaner, Caiyun and the women, packing up some things there, and saw them full of things. They hurriedly said: Let's talk to the inner room, so that they can stay here. Everyone went to the inner room together, and saw that they had already packed up, and his eyes lit up. Mrs. Wang asked Ping'er: In previous years, there were gold and silver crocks for New Year. Are you ready for this year? Ping'er thought to herself: I have the strength to do this this year, but it is inconvenient to say, and just said: This year is tighter than in previous years, and the second master Lian is preparing! Mrs. Wang said: No wonder the girls talked behind their backs, saying that it was because they had not paid the monthly money last month. This is your control. If it were Feng Meitu, they would have other gossip.
After a while, Tanchun also came to see Shan's room and smiled and said: "Days are so fast. I'm back home. It seems like a few days later. In a blink of an eye, the New Year is coming again! Xiangyun said: In the past, the old lady was there. During the Chinese New Year and the festival, she was singing opera, storytelling, and blooming flowers. How lively it is! Even when I did riddles that year, Sister Qin wrote several poems by herself. Even the second sister didn't write easily, and I didn't like to hit that dull gourd. Now it's interesting to remember! Tanchun said: It's inconvenient for our Xiao family to play with. If you do some riddles, guess what can't be done in the New Year? If Sister Shi is happy, you can do it first. Baochai said: This thing must be interesting. Only those of us do it, who can we guess for? It's okay!
Tanchun said: Let's make your own guess, what's wrong? I'll say one to guess: 'Jianghuai River Man'. Baochai thought for a while, but didn't say Xiangyun said: Isn't this the word "chi"? Ping'er said: How does the word "chi" close to "Jianghuai River Man"? After thinking carefully, I realized that the word "shui" is the word "shui" Baochai said: I also said: 'Why do you use the sentence "Shui to be a sentence in the Four Books, it's a hat-taking pattern. Xiangyun guessed that in winter, I drank soup. Baochai said: It's almost done, but I haven't guessed correctly. What's called a hat-taking pattern? Tanchun said: I guessed it must be right, "Yi Yin wanted soup for the cut" is a bad thing you think! Xiangyun said: You are all too literary, I said a person who appreciates both the elite and the masses: 'The prime minister is too determined to bully an ancient name'. Tanchun said: This is still worth guessing, isn't it "Cao Ba"? Baochai said:I said something cold, you may not guess: 'Leave someone under the knife to beat an ancient country' Tanchun, Xiangyun thought for a long time, but he didn't guess that Xiufeng was coming to invite Mrs. Wang to dinner. Xiangyun asked Baochai to say it turned out to be Xiu Tu
Mrs. Wang kept them in the upper room and ate together. Tanchun accompanied Mrs. Wang to eat. Baochai and Ping'er ate the maids and rinsed their mouths, and changed the tea. Everyone accompanied Mrs. Wang to talk about the second update.
Ping'er went back to the room. Jia Lian had already slept the next day. He got up early in the morning and used some breakfast to urge the servants to prepare horses. He didn't come back until the evening and entered the door. The little girl whispered a towel. Jia Lian was angry and immediately threw it on the ground and said: Are these people dead? Isn't such a cold towel twisted out by a dead person? Ping'er packed things in the inner room. When he heard Jia Lian get angry, he rushed out step by step and said: Why are you angry? Jia Lian said: You asked you Ah! Do I know? Ping'er said: You went out early in the morning and I haven't gotten up yet, why did you offend you? You said! Don't hit this puzzle, it makes people uncomfortable. Jia Lian said:It was all your idea that you asked me to run away for a whole day and look at people's faces everywhere! Fortunately, Boss Feng promised me a thousand dollars, otherwise I would die outside and have no shame to come back! Ping'er said: What did you do when you say "Dan Nian"? It's not enough to curse my second grandma to death? Besides, I'm also for you! Can I not speak from now on? When Jia Lian saw him being coquettish, he stopped the words and sat there and felt bored.
Feng'er came in and said: Are you looking for the second master outside? Jia Lian walked out lazily and found that it was Lin Zhixiao who was talking back and forth. When he saw Jia Lian, he replied: Wu Jinzhong sent his son Wu Xuegui to come.
I don't see him? Jia Lian said: This beheaded person! He didn't come after he died, so he asked him to come to the ring. It's really not a thing! Lin Zhixiaodao: I have his letter here, I'll take a look first
Jia Lian took it and saw that it was nothing more than Rong Gui and Peace, and he was given the honorary words. He removed the tiger skin, leopard skin, roe deer, roe deer, various pigs and sheep, various fish, as well as wind chickens, geese and ducks, bear paws and deer tails, sea cucumbers and shrimps, only 20,000 kilograms of firewood and charcoal, 60 kilograms of rice, 40 kilograms of mixed grains, and 1,000 kilograms of takeout, and 1,200 taels of silver for takeout, and 1,200 taels of silver for all items. After reading it, he said: We are still counting on him to calculate the investment, what is this point? It’s really not over this year! Lin Zhixiaodao: This is still good. His brother is in charge of the land of the East Mansion. After some confiscation, he was simply confused this time. That’s how to do it! Jia Lian said: ‘Tell this monkey, the old man who brought the message to the old man who chopped his head, and told him to beware that I will settle the account with him one day, and he will know the family rules in our mansion!Lin Zhixiao agreed and was about to retreat, Jia Lian said again: Brother Lin, you go and pass on all the people in charge of our here. I have something to say.
Lin Zhixiao quickly replied yes
After a while, the managers of various departments said that Qi Linzhixiao brought him in and saw him. He occupied half of the room and stood together. They all asked Jia Lian for help and said: What you said today is long, you all sit down. Everyone is ignoring and dare not Linzhixiao: Since it was the second master who gave the order, you obey the order and then sit down together.
Jia Lian said: I'll tell you to come for nothing. Now, the end of the year is coming. The master asked me to clean up the old and new accounts. I'll probably find a question. The new and old generals moved to two major families and outside, only 10%. How can I deal with it? You are all Chen people in the mansion. Everyone should take some conscience and think of a way to make this temporary move. The master must pay it back. I will never let you suffer. Wu Xindeng stood up and said:The slave was about to reply to the second master: In the past few days, those business numbers have come to the mansion every day. They all say that the market is very tight, and they are forced to settle the bill, and they have to come up to see the second master and the slaves say it is very irresistible. They just coaxed them away, and then two or three old accounts come again. The slaves said that he is a sacred account, and he said: There is no new account, and he has to pay back the accounts for several lifetimes. Then he said: I was in trouble when I went back to the mansion and got a property, and the account was almost ruined! I finally hoped that I would have reopened my post at this time. If I had happened, then I didn’t need to do it at this time. If I encounter something again, wouldn’t we lose all our money in vain? Jia Lian said: Bastard! What is this? Wu Xindeng said:The slaves said this, and they would say that they were relying on the power of the mansion to oppress the merchants and the people. Let’s go to the yamen to tell them; otherwise, they would parade with the tablet of your princess. Who told him to raise such unworthy descendants to come and how many slaves shouted, but they wouldn’t be able to win the blessings. Jia Lian said: It’s not the end of the year yet!
Even if you say you have to pay it back, you have to prepare. Lin Zhixiaodao: I have said this to them for only once. They said that there is money in this mansion. Whether you give it or not is just a word. What preparations are needed? Even if it is not until the end of the year, you have to have a day for him. He was relieved to say that it was to prepare for three days and five days and ten days of reserves. They were waiting, but they should not prepare for ten or eight years. Jia Lian said: It is useless to say it, so it is important to find a way.
Everyone looked at each other without saying a word. Only Qian Qi. Zhao Yihua and the other two stood up and said: If it was three or two hundred silver, the servants could barely curry favor with such a large amount. The servants would have a lot of heart and no strength to ask the second master to observe clearly. Another newly promoted person to be in charge of the business was named Yu Ren, and said: In the opinion of Nu Cai, there is only one way that the second master does not blame the liberty, and the slave dares to return. Jia Lian said: Let’s talk about it. Yu Ren said: No need to say this new account, but the account of the second master suddenly churned. There must be a reason for the old saying, “Soldiers come to block the general”. Now, only the master and the second master can invite him out. They will give him some face and give him a lot of entrusting everything. If you guarantee it, it will be fine.
Jia Lian smiled and said: If we can't be more than that, is he more than that? Wu Xindeng said: Lai Daben is a rich man, and he has received grace from the mansion for several lifetimes. I believe the great story will not be wrong.
Lin Zhixiaodao: I dare not hide it from the second master. If there are several of these business numbers, there are still many of them that are owned by the Lai family! But someone else came forward to Jia Lian: Then the master went back to the south to pay for money, and wrote a letter to Lai Shangrong to help him, and he asked him to complain, and only borrowed fifty taels of silver. The master did not accept his past. Lai Da was in the mansion, and that one was not fake for public service, otherwise how could there be such a big garden, just socializing for the old lady, and giving him some gifts. The people used the money from the public to buy him, and he was only a little afraid of the old lady. Now that the old lady has passed, who else is afraid of? Now that he is willing to come out to carry this burden, maybe he is holding on to what idea? Let's talk about it again! Seeing that Jia Lian had nothing to say, everyone stepped down and scattered.
Jia Lian asked Jia Zheng that he was still in the study room outside, so he went to see him immediately. He said that Jia Zheng had no idea what he wanted to do and the managers. He only said: Lai Da is also a long-time old man. Although his son was a bastard, I don’t blame him for as long as he can take these accounts down and do it with you. Jia Lian came down and ordered Yu Ren and Zhao Yihua to discuss with Lai Da.
At this time, Lai Da was blessed at home, and he also had a round and fat face. After hearing what Yu Ren and others said, he said: I have to bear these accounts for several lifetimes, and I dare not refuse, but I can see that, and I dare not not say: First, these business numbers are all face-saving, and you can only discuss peacefully. Don’t rely on your power to force me to make things go wrong. Second, you have to give me full authority. The master just plays big chess and sleeps. Everything has me. Three, although the mansion is difficult and difficult, the wives have their own way. At this time, it’s hard to say that instead of worrying about money, it’s better to hand it over to the public office to operate, or some other things will be born. The wife and grandma’s jewelry and makeup boxes, and the plundering room are enough for several lifetimes. Why don’t you take it out?
Yu Ren and Zhao Yihua heard this and felt that his methods were too ruthless but they could do all the benefits of him. They dared not reject it, so they just agreed perfunctorily, and they saw it. They smiled at Yu Ren and said: Brother Yu, you have become the general manager, and you can't get rid of it. We all have a distinction, so don't make a mistake! The two of them were inconvenient to speak, so they just agreed. Yes
On the way, Yu Ren said to Zhao Yihua: Boss Lai, we are old friends, and I didn't expect him to become such a ghost! Zhao Yihua smiled and said: Uncle Yu, where do you know? This is all Brother Rong'er's idea since he offended the master and could not become a magistrate. He was angry and hated and interrogated those numbers and forced the mansion to ask for money to carry him out. As long as he got his furniture, wouldn't he be his? Yu Ren smiled and said: You have a background in chores and chores, and you know more than me. I only know that he thought about it, and then I think of so many Taoists?
At one moment, when he returned to Rong Mansion, Yu and Zhao went up to reply to Jia Lian, and added many words to Lai Da, Jia Lian said: He could say this, how can I reply to the master? If the wives know, they would be even more angry. Seeing that Jia Lian was in a dilemma, Zhao Yihua said: There is another foolish opinion: the wives' jewelry is in the hands of the big girls, the second master discussed with them behind their backs, and temporarily borrowed the plagiarism. After the New Year, the turnover will be opened, and then I will not be able to redeem it. As long as I promise some benefits, I think there is nothing I can't do. Although Jia Lian had borrowed Jia Mu's bronze ware from Yuanyang, after hearing this, he was inconvenient to agree and shook his head and said: This idea is inappropriate, let's discuss it again. If you want to know what happens next, let's listen to the next breakdown.