The Concubine of the Red Chamber

Chapter 50

Mrs. Zhang has been married for six years, and it is the first time she has obtained the right to be the housekeeper of the entire Rongguo Mansion. She hopes that everything will be done properly. Shi is not stingy, but in order to show the difference between his concubine and concubine, Jia Lan's things are one or two less than Jia Min's.

The clothes and jewelry in the brochure are very delicate. After Jia Lan asked Jia Min about the color he chose, he casually pointed out a few pieces according to the order and matching, and then talked about the affairs of the house with Zisu.

"Before the second master left, his wife gave him a girl to serve him. The second grandma was so angry that the two almost got into a fight. Thanks to our eldest grandma who persuaded the fight, the two finally reconciled, but who knew that the second master had just left. The wife just wanted the second grandma to help the eldest grandma with housekeeping, but the second grandma seemed to have forgotten what she had done before, and she was so kind to the eldest grandma, it really didn't pay off for her kindness!" Zisu entered Jia's mansion at the age of nine, because she Mother served well in front of Jia Hu, plus she was clever, Mrs Zhang has always doted on her, and she was also very close to Mrs Zhang, so when she saw Mrs Wang wanted to compete with Mrs Zhang for the right to be the housekeeper when she first entered the house, He was so angry that he was also angry when he told Jia Lan.

Jia Lan took a fruit and stuffed it into her hand, and asked in surprise: "Second brother didn't go to the imperial examination, why did the wife give me a new servant girl? Didn't the second brother have four maids, Tianxiang, Simo, and Ruyi? A big girl, and even several little girls? Are they all useless?" Jia Shi's love for Jia Zheng is much stronger than that of Jia She, so he will not wrong his son, and the people around Jia Zheng The maids are all good, the four big maids all have backgrounds, and they can read Wenda.

"...I don't know about that." Zisu paused, looked at Jia Lan's little side, and turned her head, not daring to say anything.Jia Lan did have a good relationship with her, and her mouth was tight, but she couldn't say in front of her that Jia Zheng and Jia Shishi had made a good relationship with Jia Shishi. Jia Shishi was afraid that if Jia Daishan knew that he would be angry, he hurriedly gave the girl to Jia Zheng.

Seeing Zisu's guilty look, Jia Lan didn't ask any more questions, and then said: "The eldest sister-in-law is so good-tempered, and the master and wife personally asked her to take care of the house. Why is the second sister-in-law so impatient when she just came in?"

"Our second grandma!" Zisu sighed, and said softly to Jia Lan: "Miss, you must be more careful with the second grandma in the future, she is a character! The second master has only been away for ten days, and the people around the second master Except for most of the maids, she was shrewd and capable, making the wife happy. But she was so narrow-minded, not only the fourth girl who offended her several times, she was tripped up several times. The four girls were almost instigated to separate from their wives. But even if Mammy Liu made a point, they simply apologized and cried with their wives, but they coaxed her to be okay again. Explain to Miss Si that Second Mistress was an unintentional mistake."

Wang's fighting power?Jia Lan rubbed her forehead, thinking that the future Wang Xifeng would be more tactful than her, and cause so many troubles just after getting married.But Jia Min is so young, it is possible to make enemies with her.To be honest, apart from other things, she doesn't have a bad impression of Jia Min. Although Jia Min sometimes has a little temper, she is still a very good girl. She is smart, beautiful, talented, and her temperament is not bad. , Jia Lan's impression of Wang's family is even worse for her to become enemies with Wang's so quickly, otherwise it's no wonder that this hatred will affect the heirs.Of course, Jia Zheng is really hypocritical, and such a thing happened just after getting married, which is far worse than the sincerity of the playboy Jia Amnesty.

"Anyway, Eldest Grandma told us to stay away from Second Grandma, if there is a collision, what will happen!" Zi Su sighed a little.The reason why she didn't hide it was also because she hoped that Jia Lan would not be too close to the Wang family. After all, the eldest grandma had given up a lot of thought for this sister-in-law.

Jia Lan nodded again and again, and then said: "What the elder sister-in-law said is true, I also think that the second sister-in-law doesn't seem to like me very much." She didn't have much contact with Wang, but she didn't say anything, and Wang He is not as reliable as Zhang's, so he will not bother to do things that are not thankful.

Jia Lan knew that no matter how good Mrs. Zhang was to her, now was not the time to be careless with her. After all, the person around her had just had chickenpox, and Jia Lan had been raised in the room for two days. Although the one in the palace is also mentioned by the design steward, Jia Lan needs to figure out many things by himself. Nanny Liu obviously understands, so she remembers the account books sent to Zhuangzi in previous years in great detail. There are a lot of similarities in the above, and Jia Lan is quite familiar with it, and the current prices of various goods are even written in it.

At a time when 20 taels of silver would allow a family of three to have enough food for a year, Jia Lan took stock of her private property and found that she was actually quite wealthy. Live a lifetime leisurely.Thinking of the decline of Jia's mansion ten or twenty years later, Jia Lan even feels a little rejoicing that it is now in its heyday, at least there will be no such thing as selling her daughter for 20 taels of silver.

"This is a list for meeting relatives during the Chinese New Year. Take a good look. Different people will give you different things. Just talking about your two elder sisters, Sister Mo's house has a little more gold and silver things. Sister Ting's house There are a little more expensive things in calligraphy and painting. Although Sister Mo's family is a scholarly family, she was a little nervous about money last time, so she sent some gold and silver things, and then bought good leather from the village, and bought goods from the shop. Returning the silk and satin, sending these practical things over, Sister Mo can relax. Although Sister Ting’s family is a military officer, her second brother-in-law is from an imperial merchant’s family. The most important thing in the family is gold and silver. These." Jia Lan looked at the account book for two days in the room, and then brought Hui'er Shaoyao to talk to Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang happened to be packing up the gift list for the New Year, so she pointed to the burden and taught Jia Lan: " Sister Mo and Sister Ting are both from my own family, so it doesn’t matter whether the things you give are good or bad, they are mainly practical, if they are from other people, you can’t do this..."

Jia Lan looked at the gift list, nodded seriously, and asked some questions if she didn't understand.

"Sister Lan is still young, I'll tell you slowly, you can write it down, you can always use it in the future." Seeing Jia Lan's well-behaved appearance, Zhang felt more and more at ease. Now that Jia Hu is not by her side, Jia She doesn't like her nagging about these things. Looking at Jia Lan, Zhang rubbed her belly and thought that it would be great to have such a well-behaved girl, but apart from Jia Hu who has been in the door for so many years, she is actually a bit of news No, if it wasn't for Mother Song persuading her to give birth to Jia Hu, she was a little bit injured and needed to recuperate for a few years, she couldn't help but drink the medicine.Sighing, Mrs. Zhang took a purse from the side with a smile and handed it to Jia Lan, "I'll figure it out, your birthday will be in the palace in a few days, and you may not be able to hold on to the one next to you. Clothes and jewelry You are not lacking now, these bank notes you hold, although they are a bit vulgar, but they will be useful after all. If you don’t run out, save them for yourself, and they will be useful in the future.”

"Sister-in-law is always like this. She is so kind to Lan'er. Lan'er doesn't know if she can repay you in the future." Hu died, but now they sincerely hope that they can live well, not for themselves, but sincerely hope.

Mrs. Zhang smiled when she heard the words, and said softly: "Silly girl, does sister-in-law need you to repay her? Besides, our sister Lan is good-looking and has a good temper. Maybe she will have great achievements in the future. Maybe sister-in-law will ask you for something in the future." Mrs. Zhang looked at Jia Lan carefully. The eyebrows and eyes were actually no worse than Jia Min. On the contrary, her fair and flawless skin added a lot of color to her. It was just that people couldn't notice her appearance because of the extra flesh on her body. The bangs she kept covered a lot and faded a lot. For this reason, few people noticed that Jia Lan was not inferior to Jia Min, who was praised by everyone. Zhang thought about it carefully, and remembered that she had just married Jia Lan was dressed like this when she came in, if she hadn't been with her for a long time, she would not have noticed that Jia Lan's color is actually so good.

"Sister Lan, you are very good." Looking at Jia Lan's obedient appearance, Mrs. Zhang no longer wondered who taught her to dress up like this. According to her understanding of her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law would definitely not like Jia Lan in any day. In terms of aspects, she is better than Jia Min. Before she left the cabinet, Zhang’s favorite boudoir friends were all close friends like Jia Min, and she had a good impression of Jia Min at the beginning, but later because Jia Shishi didn’t like her, Not liking Jia Amnesty, not paying attention to Jia Hu, and Jia Min never helping him, Zhang's attitude towards Jia Min gradually faded away, and only then did he discover Jia Lan's goodness.But even so, Mrs. Zhang doesn't dislike Jia Min. After all, she is just a little girl who has no experience in the world and doesn't understand the changes. Mrs. Zhang doesn't expect her to help him much, so she respects her sister-in-law very much. However, Jia Min and the Wang family had an awkward relationship before, and Jia Min spoke ill of Jia Amnesty in front of Jia Hu.

"No matter how bad the second elder brother is, it's better than the elder brother who idles around all day long!" After Jia Min said this, Zhang's face suddenly changed. Jia Amnesty is not good, anyone can say it, but However, Jia Min and Jia Hu are not qualified. Zhang has seen how Jia She treats these two younger sisters since she got married. The Way of Gold and Stone even bought a lot of good things for Jia Min, but when it came to Jia Min's mouth, his face was full of disdain.That's all, Jia Min put this disdain in front of Jia Hu, Jia Hu is Jia She's own son, Jia She's precious son in his heart, no matter how tired he is every day, he has to find a way to see his son, On weekdays, this son is the one he talks to himself the most. Jia She is an asshole, he is not good, he is lustful, he is a playboy, he is not capable... But no matter how bad he is, he is Jia Hu's father.

Because of Jia She's love for Jia Hu, Zhang has never regretted marrying Jia She, not to mention what Jia She did for him later, Jia She really couldn't control himself, but even so, the backyard None of the Tongfang dared to act like a monster in front of him, even without Mrs. Zhang doing anything, Jia Amnesty gave them Bizitang himself, even if Mrs. Zhang was dissatisfied with a certain one, he would quickly dismiss the other party, no matter what. Be a little sympathetic.Mrs. Zhang is sometimes angry and laughs. She knows that Jia She has her own in her heart, and also knows that he wants to please his grandfather, parents, elder brother and younger brother. He even left his ancestors to him because his wife is partial and afraid of feeling sad I gave all of my private house to myself, and every time I go out, I know to bring myself something to please myself, but I can't give myself what I want most.It's not that he doesn't understand, but he just can't do it. Mrs. Zhang has given up hope for this. Sometimes she also feels that such a life is not bad. Other families don't have many aunts. Can Jia Shen not mention one aunt? It's already pretty good.Aside from the slight disappointment in his heart, Mrs. Zhang is not dissatisfied with Jia She. It doesn't matter if she can't accompany her in reciting poems or playing chess and playing the piano with her. No, they were all prosperous and all were harmed. Jia Daishan and Jia Shishi had no way to refute the reprimand, and she couldn't justify the irony from outsiders, but she couldn't tolerate Jia Zheng, Jia Min and Jia Lan's slander against him.