Kyoto is located in the north, and this year is even colder than usual, and the temperature is swishing down in mid-October.

Not to mention how difficult those poor families are, even a big family like Jiafu is also busy.

Wang Xifeng arranged for the housekeeper to take the right card to buy carbon on the market, the best carbon is not lacking, prepared early, the carbon used by the people is less than two, looking at the climate, there is no more to prepare, and the girls and brothers are tailor-made, and the slaves and boys also have to send some thick cotton jackets in advance, if they are not issued in time, which lazy and afraid of the cold bad eyes go out to talk, the bad is the reputation of Jiafu to accumulate kindness and compassion.

There are also various family banquets on the New Year's Festival, and each good friend sends a New Year's gift or something, even a strong woman like Wang Xifeng can't stand it, and she has a low-grade fever, so she asks Jia's mother to let her mother-in-law Chen take over the matter.

Daiyu was born in Gusu City, which grew up in a humid and mild climate, and her body was weak, and she couldn't bear this dry and cold winter. In this cold winter this year, not only did I not hear a cough, not only did I not hide in the warm pavilion to keep warm like in previous years, but I could still go out for a walk every once in a while, and everyone couldn't help muttering that the sick seedlings could also turn the sky upside down?

On this day, Chen threw the account book in his hand to the side, leaned back, frowned and looked worried, Dan'er sensibly stepped forward and rubbed it, the force was not loose or tight, Chen let go of his frowning eyebrows, waved his hand, and waved Dan'er away.

"You Lian ** milk, if you want me to say, it's really not an ordinary person, look at this ushering in and sending to, human exchanges, one by one, without her at the helm, where can things come!"

Dan'er has followed Chen's for many years, and more or less understands Chen's thoughts, which is not the same as hearing this, others only think that she is a mother-in-law and praises her daughter-in-law for doing a good job, but Dan'er heard the ridicule, her eyes purred, and said,

"Lian ** milk is just relying on her good background, wide knowledge, and wide vision, so she can barely run these things, and the master has a hard time, but she didn't know much before, and she is a little unable to start, how can she be at the helm well, and she has to listen to you, right?"

Chen has always been a proud person, and now he is only twenty or thirty years old, seeing that he is not as good as Wang Xifeng, he feels discouraged for a while, but fortunately, she is not a person who cares about pounds, she is depressed for a while, and after Dan'er's persuasion, she can be regarded as throwing away her hand.

I picked up the account book and checked it carefully, and the more I calculated, the more wrong it became, and I wondered in my heart, how could there be such a big gap?

I wondered if someone had dug a trap to calculate with her, and I counted it over and over again against the ledger, but it was always inaccurate.

Generally speaking, the income of Jiafu mainly comes from the original Zhuangzi of Jinling's hometown, and later the ancestors followed the founding emperor to fight the country, encircled a lot of land in the suburbs of Kyoto, these Zhuangzi as the main income of Jiafu, and then successively bought a lot of shop industries, as well as the masters and grandfathers got the money, on the theory that these earnings can not only maintain the dignity of the Guogong Mansion, but also have a lot of surplus, but since Jia Daishan went, Jiafu life has become more and more extravagant, and the master has no ability to continue to expand the industry, Jiafu's income and expenditure can barely be balanced, which is what she knew when she was in charge, and now it is only a few years, how can there be a gap of thousands of taels？

In the Zhuangzi, the shops below have all the money and everything?

Dan'er recalled, "No," he hesitated, "but the New Year's gift that Aunt Lin wanted to send in previous years was not delivered." ”

Chen suddenly, checked the list of gifts in previous years, and sure enough, this one was missing, speaking of which, since Lin Daiyu entered the house, the annual gifts sent by Aunt Lin not only include a lot of Gusu specialties, but also other precious silk, embroidery, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, There are a lot of jewelry, and there are 5,000 taels of filial piety to Jia's mother every year, saying that it is filial piety to Jia's mother, not Daiyu's girl's raising silver, Daiyu can't use so much silver even if the ginseng bird's nest has to be replenished every day, thinking about the vigorous incident more than half a year ago, Chen couldn't help pouting, quite disdainful.

It adds up to at least 10,000 handfuls of silver every year, and it is indeed difficult to fill such a big gap, but Chen's face became solemn.

Now Jiafu can't make ends meet, and he has to rely on the annual gifts of his relatives to maintain the balance of income and expenditure.

When Chen was young, he sat on his grandfather's lap, and when he heard him say that when the dignity of the princes and uncles was unsustainable, they had to use their power to their advantage, and at this time, the defeat of those mansions became inevitable.

If there is no Zong'er who spends money, he may be able to support three or four generations, and he will just become the last generation of the title to lose, but the people's hearts are insufficient, and no one wants the mansions of the four major families to become a small title that does not enter the stream, and there are no talented children and grandchildren, so they have to fight at this time.

Chen suddenly thought of the rumors that he vaguely heard the saint's body unwell last year, whether the rumors were true or not, but although the crown prince was already thirty years old, the second prince and the fourth prince were just the right age, that is, in these two years, the main concubine and the side concubine were all going to be decided.

Looking at Jia Yuanchun being sent to the palace, you know that Jia Mansion is not without ambition, after so many years, there is no good news for the eldest girls in the mansion, and those who are power-hungry have to pay attention to the girls who are related to the age of the princes.

But the power of Jiafu is not as good as when his father-in-law was alive, and he may not be able to enter the eyes of those princes and grandsons when he sends his daughter, but he is a first-class concubine and concubine.

Dan'er saw that Chen was stunned, thinking that there were still many mothers-in-law waiting to reply, and she had to offend and interrupt one or two, this is, there was a bustling commotion outside, Chen was awakened, and immediately frowned, although she was not from a high background, but her means were not bad, her yard has always been orderly, respectful and polite, and she has never made such a fuss.

Signaling to Dan'er, Dan'er understood, and shouted outside the house, "What's going on outside!"

There was silence outside the house for a while, and after a while, a little girl came in, not very familiar, and it seemed that it was just someone else pushing and squeezing in. The little girl has never seen her master, her head is lowered, she still knows the courtesy, and she said after bowing tremblingly,

"It's my aunt who came, my aunt brought a lot of New Year's gifts, and the old lady distributed them according to each room and courtyard, and the slaves and maids, the slaves and maids all came over to see ......."

Dan'er pointed at her and scolded, "You are shallow-eyed, the master is missing you, how many things make you all compete to see!"

The little girl blushed suddenly, and wanted to argue a few words, no matter how many things, grandma's dowry may not be comparable, but fortunately, she is not really stupid to this point.

Chen interrupted Dan'er's abuse, "Which aunt is it?"

The little girl was red-eyed and said, "It's Miss Lin's father, Aunt Lin." ”