Chapter 126 Picking up people
Min Tai is thinking about the future.
He found that he had indeed gone astray.
The Jia family are all good-looking, and their daughter looks like her mother. As long as the Jia family is willing to give her a chance, it is possible to find a good husband's family in Beijing.
When the time comes, there is no way he will be able to escape from Yansui and go to Beijing.
As the saying goes, it’s easy to enjoy the shade with your back against a big tree!
Then Min Mei discovered that her mother’s missing jewelry was being returned one by one. The proprietress of the silk shop brought a variety of materials for them to choose from. That person seemed to be trying to find out what had been missing in the past few years. , all compensated in place at once.
"Mother~"
Min Mei was really uneasy, "If you can't eat it, don't eat it."
Seeing that her mother felt like vomiting after eating, she was really scared.
"It's okay... I'll just take it easy."
Jia Ku kept stroking her chest, trying to swallow the mouthful of rice she just had.
"Mom, do you really want to go back to Beijing to marry me?"
My grandfather is no longer here. After returning to Beijing, which one in Rongguo Mansion will marry me?
“No!”
Jia Ku shook his head and said, "I think it will be better soon. Let's find your brother."
She was afraid that something would happen to Brother Bai outside.
"He is still young and doesn't have much money on his hands. If he can't get into the Duke's Mansion..."
Although it is summer and there is no need to worry about freezing, everything is expensive in Beijing. When the money runs out, how will the children live?
"Your father doesn't want the Duke's office to know about Brother Bai. Sister Mei, mother must get well as soon as possible."
She can eat it.
It’s just that I was so sick during this period that I didn’t want to eat anything.
Jia Ku believes that if she eats more, she will adapt and return to a normal diet.
"You have collected all the jewelry that those people returned for my mother."
It was a good time at home, and although my aunt did not want to see her, there was no shortage of gold and silver jewelry that she should buy every year. .
All those things together, converted into silver, are almost two to three thousand silver.
This is the foundation for her and her children.
“When we get to the capital, mother will take you and Brother Bai to find a small courtyard and we can live by ourselves.”
She wants to make peace, but the Jia family probably won’t support it. .
Min Tai and the Min family would not agree either.
So if you want to live well, you have to rely on yourself.
“Yes!”
Min Mei nodded, “Don’t worry, mother, I’ve kept it all.”
If possible, she would like to sell her mother’s dowry. All exchanged for silver.
“Today, my uncle came over to discuss giving gifts to Jingli. He said that he wanted to use your dowry to make money. The man was persuaded and he discussed it with me, but I choked him back. .”
"Be good..."
Jia Kui was very sad. It was because she was a useless mother, so that Sister Mei was known as a shrewd one at a young age.
"From now on, my mother will do all these things."
The daughter was able to choke back without being punished, mainly because the Jia family was in trouble, and Min Tai wanted to get it from there. The good thing is that now I don't dare to do anything casually with my daughter, "Mom, as long as you and your brother are fine."
The love between husband and wife has long been exhausted.
Jia Ku knew that if anything happened again, Min Tai would kill her without hesitation.
The main reason to save her now is because Brother Bo is in Beijing, and he is afraid of what his son will say to the Jia family.
……
Capital, Rongguo Mansion.
It was getting dark, and Wang finally found an opportunity to call her niece over.
"Aunt!"
Wang Xifeng seemed to be at home with Mrs. Wang. He took the tea brought by the little girl, first gave her a cup, and then took his own, "If you have any orders, just say . ”
She doesn’t want to waste time playing tricks with her aunt here.
Wang Xifeng just wanted to go home and be with Jia Lian, so she went straight to the topic.
“It’s no big deal.”
Mrs. Wang glanced at Ping'er who came with her niece, thought of what happened that night, and said, "It's just Ping'er, he's getting older."
Ping'er: "..."
< br>Her heartbeat was a little abnormal.
Since the second master and his second grandma got married, it turned out that the people around the second master had been matched by their second grandma because they were getting older.
It’s quite far away.
Although the people assigned to them are all small stewards in charge of Zhuangzi, but no one in this house knows, it is equivalent to being assigned out and never coming back.
Beside the Second Grandma, the same is true for the other three people who serve like her.
One was frivolous and wanted to seduce the second master, but the second mistress randomly pointed out someone, and the other two were chosen to win over the house and the second master.
Now she is the only one left beside the second mistress.
How...
"Ping'er is two years younger than me."
Wang Xifeng's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly smiled and said: "How old is she? Aunt, you think she looks old, right? There's nothing we can do about it. Yes, this was given to her by her parents. "
Of the four maids, the one she relies on most is Ping'er.
Anything in this house that she was not considerate of, Ping'er was there to help her deal with the aftermath.
"Aunt, as you know, the second master will take office in two days. I need to know more about the families of the senior men in the Ministry of War. If you really have nothing serious to do, I..."
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She wanted to say that I would leave.
The father-in-law got the information about the major figures in the Ministry of War for them. He said that they should get to know each other first, and then they would fit in. If they fit their temperament, they would have to interact with them in the future.
Before, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng would not have cared about Jia She's words.
But now, both of them know that the old man really thinks about them.
Wang Xifeng didn't want her aunt to say anything about marrying Ping'er out, so she simply used this excuse and hurriedly left.
"What's the hurry!"
Mrs. Wang glanced at her with an oppressive look, "I have another thing to do with you. When we separate, Ying Yatou, Tan Yatou, Baoyu and Huan Xiaozi, Cong's marriage and marriage property have been divided. They are young. You are the sister-in-law, so you have to take care of them. Otherwise, the stewards outside see that they are easy to bully. They may suffer losses today and losses tomorrow. ”
Everything you do must have an honest reason.
She didn’t believe that this niece was not moved.
After repaying the money owed to the treasury, the public accounts were all in the red.
In other words, the Lai family and Zhou Rui family were confiscated. Otherwise, this niece would have to worry about the expenses of the whole family.
Now that the two families are separated, 40% of the father-in-law’s hard-earned money has returned to their second family. Mrs. Wang doesn’t believe that this niece doesn’t worry about the future.
After all, the old lady still has expenses for Baoyu and Tanchun.
In order to quickly separate the family, the eldest brother made a point of saying that all the expenses incurred by the old lady were his. He could not only support his wife but also his nephews and nieces.
Hmph~
Everyone can say nice things.
But the one who really takes care of things is her niece.
Mrs. Wang believes that her niece will not be dissatisfied with the amount of money in her hand.
"In this way, you personally take over the property of Ying Yatou and Cong Xiaozi, and hand over Baoyu, Tan Yatou and Huan Xiaozi to me."
Mrs. Wang looked compassionate and said, "I It’s their mother who has to think about their future livelihood.”
this?
Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Aunt, can you tell me it's too late."
Too late?
Mrs. Wang was shocked, "What's wrong? Your master regretted it?"
"How could he regret it?"
Wang Xifeng said: "She is the eldest uncle of Dongfu. She was also worried that the stewards would enrich their own pockets, so she set aside all promising properties. After counting the average income for twenty years, she asked the stewards to issue military orders every year in the future. Give the average value to a few younger brothers and sisters and let them use it as a private property."
Why would she interfere in something that was already done by others?
On the contrary, Wang Xifeng learned this method from the eldest uncle. These days, she is also using this method to check the property in Dafang.
Two shopkeepers and a dealer have been arrested so far.
Saved a lot of losses for Dafang.
"...don't they live at the old lady's place?"
Mrs. Wang didn't understand, "Even if you have a private house, it's not easy to leave it, right?"
"Why? Will it be difficult to put it away?”
Wang Xifeng smiled, “Who doesn’t have a few boxes in front of you?” Money doesn’t take up much space.
She checked and found that the property of her brother-in-law and sister-in-law had an income of almost 240 or 50 yuan a year.
Silver is hard to put away, just exchange it for gold.
"My uncle said before that when they are older, I will teach them more about housekeeping, so that they will not be ignorant of the fireworks of the world."
Mrs. Wang: "..."
Her head was buzzing.
The niece has an aunt on the left and an aunt on the right. She was very angry when she heard this.
But this fire..., can she just let it go?
Now that the clan rules have been changed, she can’t give Lian Er a concubine even if she wants to. If she falls out with Feng’er, from now on...
“I see, I wanted to make a difference. "
Mrs. Wang tried hard to maintain a kind expression on her face, "Okay, I have nothing to do. Just do whatever you have to do."
It's hard for her to touch the things of Tan Yatou and Huan Boy, but she can let Aunt Zhao do it.
That is a person who regards money as his life. She still doesn’t believe it. She can only see that her son and daughter are better off than she is.
"Hey, aunt, I'm leaving first."
Wang Xifeng fled Lixiangyuan with Ping'er in a hurry without drinking a sip of tea.
Neither of them are fools.
I know people want to use her as a gunsmith.
"Second Grandma..."
"When did you offend your aunt?"
Halfway through, the two of them spoke almost at the same time.
“Don’t worry, I wasn’t fooled, wasn’t I?”
Wang Xifeng was still very satisfied with Ping'er's loyalty, "It's you, okay, why does my aunt dislike you?"
"I don't know either!"
Ping'er I vaguely guessed it, but it's hard to say it out loud.
After all, the second grandma was so tired that day, she was that kind of ‘tired’.
“Forget it, don’t run over there in the future.”
"I'm just following grandma, okay, why should I run to the second room?"
"... then go back!"
Ping'er couldn't guess the reason, so Wang Xifeng had to be suspicious. Her aunt also wanted to find fault with her housekeeper, so she wanted to get rid of Ping'er, who she regarded as her right-hand man.
Huh~
Wang Xifeng let out a long breath and led Ping'er back to his yard in a hurry.
She had to discuss these matters with her second master.
It also prevents him from making any promises for her without knowing it.
Wang Xifeng once worried about whether her elders would say she was jealous, and whether she would make Ping'er a concubine of Jia Lian.
Now that she has the support of clan rules, she no longer has to worry about this.
Wang Xifeng saw her husband waiting for her in front of the hospital from a distance. She quickly walked over and walked over with a smile on her face.
The young couple entered the house holding hands, but Mrs. Wang of Lixiangyuan sat there for a long time without moving.
It wasn't until the self-ringing bell rang that she came back to her senses and asked, "Where is the master today?"
"Go back to my wife, the master is at Aunt Zhou's place today."
Aunt Zhou?
Isn’t that the back room where I live in Lixiangyuan?
Well, Jia Zheng, when you enter the courtyard, you don't even come to sit with her.
Mrs. Wang's heart was up and down, and she hit the cup in her hand with a 'pop', as if she had missed it, "Pack it up, come here and beat my legs."
"Yes!"
Jinchuaner responded tremblingly.
At that time, Jia She, who was traveling hard, had not rested yet.
The third sister, Ji Niang, is ill.
Judging from the time when Brother Bo arrived in Beijing, she might have been gone.
But it is also possible to linger and breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, Brother Bai is not here and Sister Mei is like that. She always has to think about it and can't close her eyes so safely.
So, if he hurry up, maybe he can be saved.
Although Jia She had no feelings for the sister whom he had never met many times, the second girl came to him more and more, and he also developed a fatherly heart.
The second girl is a commoner, so she definitely cannot compare with Yuanchun.
If you really want to marry high, one is not good, like Lian's daughter-in-law, with two levels of mother-in-law, and then there is the mean sister-in-law, and it is even more impossible to live a good life.
So, the only choice he could give her was to marry low.
After all, after getting married, it was okay for him to be around. If he were gone, Yingchun might not be able to rely on her brother and sister-in-law.
If she marries low, she will hold the dowry, and if she has a few confidants, her husband's family will have to look up to her.
But this is the same choice as the father's choice for the three concubine sisters.
Originally, he thought that because the husband his father chose for them was so bad, he didn't care about it, but now...
Jia She sighed.
His father was very caring, but he didn't expect that the lives of his three sisters would be very miserable.
He couldn't save the one who died in front, but the third sister... Jia She really wanted to save her.
"Master, the post house is ahead. Do you think we should leave or rest?"
"Can you leave?"
Jia She did not answer, but instead Ask them if they can leave?
For safety, he also transferred six guards from Ningguo Mansion this time.
With them here, it wouldn't be a problem to walk at night.
“It’s quite peaceful here in the capital.”
Huo Qi, who was leading the team, said: “The moonlight is good tonight, so it’s okay to walk further.”
Although it is hard to travel at night, the elder is not an unscrupulous person.
The last time I came back from Tianjin, not only the wife and uncle at home were rewarded, but the elder and the old lady were also rewarded.
So, hard work is hard work.
“Then let’s go!”
Jia She gave him authority, “You can rest whenever you feel you can.”
If he didn’t understand, he would No more blindly giving orders.
“Yes!”
Huo Qi cupped his hands and said loudly: "Brothers, cheer up and take another fifty miles to rest."
They are young, and fifty miles is no big deal.
Jia She half-squinted his eyes and swayed in the carriage, wondering if he could find a comfortable position. After half-squinting for a while, he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from ahead.
Listening to that voice, the other party at least surpassed them in numbers.
He couldn't help but become vigilant.
Fortunately, the cavalry clattered and ran past them quickly.
Huo Qi and the others put their hands on their waist knives with uneasiness and watched them run further and further until they were out of sight, then they started again.