Kyoto is located in the Northland, and this year is even colder than usual, and the temperature is swishing down in mid-to-late October. Not to mention how difficult those poor people are, that is, a family like Jiafu is also busy upside down, 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 must be more preparations, and the girls and brothers are tailor-made, and the slaves and girls have to send some thick cotton jackets in advance, if they are not distributed in time, which lazy and afraid of cold bad eyes go out to talk, the bad is the reputation of Jiafu to accumulate kindness and compassion, as well as various family banquets during the New Year's Festival, each good friend sends a New Year's gift in return or something, even Wang Xifeng is a strong woman like a heroine in the middle of the woman can not stand it, I had a low-grade fever, and after asking Jia's mother, I asked my mother-in-law Chen to 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, but I was also very interested, not only did I not hide in the warm pavilion to keep warm like in previous years, but I could also go out for a walk every three or five days, 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, knock on this to usher in, human exchanges, one by one, without her at the helm, where can things come [1]!"

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 ledger 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?

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 been delivered?

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, and it is not Daiyu's girl's raising silver, Daiyu can't use so much silver even if she has to make up for ginseng bird's nest every day, thinking about the vigorous incident a few days ago, Chen couldn't help pouting and was 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 rumor that he had vaguely heard the saint's body unwell last year, whether the rumor was true or not, but the crown prince was twenty and one, and the second prince, The four princes are not far from the year of the crown, within ten years, the concubines and concubines are going to be decided, Chen then carefully calculated the age of the girls in the house, and suddenly felt frightened, seeing Jia Yuanchun was sent to the palace to know that the Jia Mansion is not a no ambition, so many years, the big girl in the house has no good news, those who have the right to be heartbroken have to hit the attention of the girls related to the age of the princes, but the power of the Jia Mansion is not as good as when the father-in-law was alive, and sending a daughter may not be able to enter the eyes of those princes and grandchildren, this chess must be stabilized, at most the mansion of the country will be restored, and it will be passed on for two or three generations, if it is not stable, how big the family is not enough to be copied！

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 it."

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." ”

Chen waved his hand to let people go down, thinking, how did this Lin Ruhai come, I didn't hear the news before!

Chen got up and said, "Change your clothes!"