The Injustice of the Red Chamber

Chapter 139

Is that playing kiss?That is courting death.

If worrying about Xu Hao's grievance for his family after Prince Rui's redress was reprieved was a reprieve, then going out of the city now is a quick death.

Better to die than to live, who is not a baby yet.

The noble courtiers of the emperor's royal family lived in the capital with the whole family, and the plague was raging outside the city, and people in the city were panicked.In order to prevent the plague from entering the capital, at the moment when the plague case first appeared, the young Emperor Zhong Er ordered the gates of the capital to be closed, allowing only entry and no exit.

However, there are policies on the top and countermeasures on the bottom. As long as the people outside the city send a lot of money, the officers and soldiers guarding the city walls and gates will quietly open the city gates, or they can install people from the high walls. The large baskets of the old people went down and brought people into the city.

Fei Ge only knew it was like this outside after hearing about it from people who went out to buy.Except for sighing that the monk had to sell medicine to raise his wife, how could other people not be tempted by money, so he put the matter aside.

Fei Ge had made preparations for the earthquake and epidemic earlier, and prepared a year's worth of medicinal materials for food.

Not only that, but also purchased a large amount of chicken, duck, fish and various fruits and vegetables for storage in the freezer, and also planted vegetables in an inconspicuous place in the new house.Once there is difficulty in purchasing outside, the inventory in the house can also guarantee their normal life.

Hearing what the buyer said about the situation, Fei Ge stopped asking anyone to go out to buy.Not only that, but also increased the use of lime, alcohol and other substances.

They are not the protagonists, and they will not leave their names in the historical unofficial history when they die. If there is nothing to do, come out and make a work.

In fact, Fei Ge couldn't understand what those people were thinking, was it really safe to run to the capital?

The emperor has been turned into a fool by God, he really can't save you.

Shaking her head, Fei Ge picked up the bird's nest from the kitchen and started raising her baby.

Compared with Fei Ge's calmness, the Xu family couldn't calm down.

Xu Hao's whereabouts have been found, but the location is too subtle.

The Xu family's plan to understand it with affection and reason with it failed in human nature.

Going out of the city at this time is going to the place where the epidemic is the worst. I want to go to you, so I won't go to die.

So the Xu family prayed for the epidemic to dissipate quickly, and at the same time secretly prayed that Xu Hao would give up his life for righteousness and die in this plague.

It's a pity that their wish is doomed to disappointment.

With so many doctors, even if they couldn't cure the plague for a while, they were able to effectively control the situation before the epidemic broke out in a large area because of the reason of starting in advance.

In this battle, victory is only a matter of time.

Fei Ge's family is not worried at all.

It's not that I don't worry, it's just that I have seen many such people and choices in later generations.

In fact, Fei Ge still felt a little bit of resentment after all, but it was just a sigh of relief in her heart, and she suppressed her worries and longings.

Every time she misses Xu Hao, Fei Ge will touch her stomach with a serious face, and angrily say something about the talent show to the baby in her stomach.

If you dare not come back, take your baby to the draft.

snort!

There is a plague outside the city, and prices in the city continue to rise.Fortunately, the court and nobles gave the people a lot of benefits before, otherwise there would be chaos in the city.

On the other side of Rongguo Mansion, because Madam Xing was the housekeeper, when the price of goods rose, she felt so distressed for Yin Zi that she felt angina pectoris in an instant.

So apart from the master's personal servants and indispensable servants, the thousands of servants in the Rongguo Mansion all got their own contracts of sale during the price rise of the plague and became free agents.

Nuoda's Rongguo Mansion instantly lost a lot of people, and it seemed that there was a lot less noise and a lot of space.

Although Mrs. Xing sent out a lot of servants in Rongguo Mansion who were eating and drinking well and getting monthly money, she didn't touch the people in Jiamu's Rongqingtang.

Even at this time, Jia Mu was lying on the bed and was suffering from the wind.

Not only that, Mrs. Xing didn't even send Baoyu and Tanchun back to the second bedroom. It is estimated that this may have something to do with not being able to send Xichun back to Ningguo Mansion.

Since Xichun can't be kicked out, Tanchun can't be kicked out even more.If Tanchun couldn't be kicked out, Baoyu, who had been raised in the old lady's courtyard since childhood, would naturally stay.

Sanchun and Baoyu still lived in Rongqingtang. Because of the change of housekeeper's wife, Baoyu's treatment in Rongqingtang naturally declined, while Sanchun's treatment did not increase or change.

Sanchun all have money in their hands and don't panic in their hearts. In addition, their fathers don't love their mothers or mothers, so the three of them are not too interested in who is the housekeeper in the house, whoever rises and who loses.

After tidying up the Rongxi hall, the big house moved in.After the Elder Master took Mrs. Xing and a group of concubines to Rongxi Hall, Jia Lian moved to the East Courtyard where Jia She lived for decades on the grounds that the east was the most expensive.

The East Courtyard is not small, not to mention the exquisite arrangement, there is also a small independent garden inside.Close the door connected to the mansion, and you can still go through the oily black door on the east side outside.Getting married in such a courtyard is much better than the small courtyard where Jia Lian lived in earlier.

However, because Jia Lian moved to the East Courtyard, the small courtyard where he lived for a few years and married Sister Feng was completely left unused.

The courtyard is right behind the Rongxi Hall and on the central axis of the mansion, so it has a different meaning.So even if it is idle, you can't ask others to live in it, at least the brothers in the house can't.

Speaking of moving, the Xue family and Jia Lian settled the marriage, and Aunt Xue moved out with a pair of children.Therefore, even if Jia Lian lived in the East Courtyard in front of Lixiangyuan, Xue Baochai would not be seen.

The Xue family's mansion in the capital began to be repaired quietly when the Xue family intended to marry Jia Lian, so it did not appear to be hasty when they moved out.

This kind of thing happened to me when I started preparing the dowry. All the Xue family could do was to wait for the turmoil to pass before preparing the dowry.

But the needle and thread in the dowry can be embroidered.

As a farmer and businessman, Jia Lian inherited a title of title and also had an official position. Baochai's wedding dress is different from that of a girl who married into a merchant family and has no job or title.

Baochai's needles and threads are very delicate, and when she marries the person she likes, the embroidered dowry is not only exquisite, but also shows the love at a glance, which is also a good story.

Baochai stays at home embroidering makeup at ease, while Aunt Xue begins to worry about the marriage of her precious eldest son.

In the past, she would discuss with Mrs. Wang anything, but since she decided to marry Baochai to Jia Lian, the two of them are no longer in a suitable position to talk about these intimate words.

Tell Baochai that Baochai is also a daughter of a boudoir, and she is not as knowledgeable as a woman after all.Baochai saw that her old mother was worrying and worrying, so she had no choice but to approach her with a blushing face, and whispered that when she got married and had a mandate, she could help her brother to see her when she went out to socialize.

Although Xue's family is an imperial merchant, they are not as prosperous as their ancestors. It is better to wait for her to marry a noble family before discussing marriage with Xue Pan.

At least there are more choices.

When Aunt Xue heard this, she thought about it carefully, so she raised Baochai's dowry by another level on the basis of the original one.

The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and a lot of dowry is given. The daughter is happy and gets closer to her natal family.She had such a pair of children in her life, so she naturally hoped that they could support each other.

As for whether Xue Pan has any objections... Maybe Yinger who is beside Baochai can estimate the Xue family's income for a year while accompanying Baochai to read the account books, and Xue Pan may not even know how much assets their family has. Can't tell.

Although Xue Pan was dull and muddled, but before marrying his daughter-in-law, he cared for his mother and sister with great care. When talking about Baochai's dowry, before Aunt Xue said anything, he offered to prepare more for his sister. Some dowries should not be underestimated.

"Every day I hear people say how much dowry Feng girl has, and sweeping the cracks in Wang's house is enough to feed the whole family for a year. The girl from our Xue family is even more incomparable." No matter what he said, he looked better than Wang Ren. Get rich.

Okay, with your words, then there is no need to worry about the dowry.

However, Baochai's preparation for marriage was disrupted after the plague began.Merchants take advantage of the opportunity to raise prices. This is a businessman seeking profit, right or wrong.

Jia Lian knew that the husband and wife were one, and the one prospered together, and he didn't want the Xue family to drive up prices and earn black-hearted money for such a small profit at this time.He hinted at it once during a visit.

Although they are unmarried couples, it is not easy to meet each other. Fortunately, they are in their own home and do not deceive each other in the secret room. It is still possible for the two of them to have a few words in the garden.But with just a few words, Baochai understood Jia Lian's meaning.

She has a plan in mind, and she doesn't want people to say that she is an extrovert, and she won't confess Jia Lian.After Jia Lian left, Baochai thought about it all night, and at dawn she told Aunt Xue and Xue Pan about her thoughts.

At this time, driving up prices seems to have made money, but it hurts peace.If you don't raise prices together, you're afraid of offending the entire Beijing business district.If it's possible to keep those groceries out, Baochai is worried that people will miss them after a long time, and the gain outweighs the loss.When the court sees the seriousness of the world in the future, if you want to kill chickens and police monkeys, maybe it will be ready-made evidence.Baochai tossed and turned, and finally thought of her stupid brother who is famous in most of the capital, and she had a plan.

Xue's shop was completely closed, and one-third of all groceries were kept in the shop, another third was sent home, and the last third was distributed to relatives and friends.

The so-called friendship in adversity, we can close the shop and think of relatives and friends if we don’t make a fortune. Although this kind of friendship is not like sending carbon in the snow, it is also a favor bought with money.

Xue Pan, who has never been frightened by spending money and has a lot of experience, immediately laughed and said yes when he heard this, and praised her sister for being smart.

Aunt Xue frowned slightly. At first she disapproved of this loss-making business, but later she felt that this idea was not useless. If these groceries could be used to establish diplomatic relations, it would also leave a few more contacts for the Xue family.

Both Aunt Xue and Xue Pan agreed, and it was a matter of course.Baochai was worried that Xue Pan would give away all his cronies, so he didn't dare to entrust this matter to him. He directly asked for a list from his brother, and then added some useful information based on the situation of Xue's family and the capital. People go in.It was done properly that day.

The next day, when I heard that Xue's family had closed the shop, they didn't say anything when they arrived.After all, Xue Pan's reputation as the overlord is not fake.

Some people shook their heads and sighed, saying that such a Patriarch of Xue's stall would surely fall in a few years.There were also people who thanked Xue's family for their generosity in face to face and scolded their family for being wronged behind their backs.

However, there are not a few conscientious people in the world anyway, and it is because of this plague that the Xue family has formed a few good relationships.In the future, he is willing to give the Xue family more face and care in matters within his ability.

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