Jia Jiu didn't know what the other three people in the room were thinking at this moment, but he could feel Shi Xiangyun's thoughts.

Shi Xiangyun's parents died, and he lived with his uncle and aunt, and the title of Marquis of Baoling belonged to his father before, which is a well-known thing. Therefore, the current Baoling Hou couple is not a bad treatment to him, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all superior, and the family also invited Mr. to teach Shi Xiangyun to read, that is, Shi Xiangyun wants to come to Jia's house, and his uncles and aunts are not very obstructed.

The reason is only because they are only Shi Xiangyun's uncle and aunt, not Shi Xiangyun's biological parents. changed Shi Xiangyun's biological parents, when Shi Xiangyun was naughty, disobedient, and refused to go to school, he picked up Shi Xiangyun and slapped Shi Xiangyun's little ass a few times, and no one could say anything. It is natural for parents to discipline their children, and no one will say that parents are harsh on their children, at most they will only say that Shi Xiangyun's parents are strict.

But after changing his uncle and aunt, the clothes were a little worse, and the jewelry was a little less, someone immediately jumped out and said that they treated the niece poorly, especially since this niece was still an orphan girl, and the title of Marquis of Bowling belonged to the niece's father before. Not to mention Shi Xiangyun and Mother Jia, an aunt and grandmother who likes to take him over often.

Under such circumstances, Shi Xiangyun's uncles and aunts, whether they are Baolinghou and Zhongjinghou, are not serious about Shi Xiangyun.

can't let go of the hand to discipline, and can't have the slightest negligence, so that the two couples are full of vigilance in Shi Xiangyun's matter, and when facing Shi Xiangyun, they are also tense and try their best to deal with it. Even with their own children, they are not so careful.

In this way, there is a barrier.

What's more. The girls and mothers-in-law around Shi Xiangyun all have their own thoughts. Although it is said that the Baolinghou couple and the Zhongjinghou couple are the masters and they are slaves, unless they make a big mistake, otherwise, if they are sold at will, the Baolinghou couple and the Zhongjinghou couple will also have to bear the burden. Because they are people that Shi Xiangyun is used to. Moreover, they didn't want Shi Xiangyun to get too close to the Baolinghou couple and the Zhongjinghou couple. Just like the Jia family in the past, if the two brothers are as close as a family. How could the Jia family have so many wealthy minions? Only if the masters above don't agree, can they, who are slaves, be able to fish in troubled waters, right?

Therefore, even if they didn't speak ill of the Baolinghou couple and the Zhongjinghou couple, these minions did not sigh in front of Shi Xiangyun: "If the girl has a relative by her side." Even if the wife is still there. The girl will not be able to afford even a few plates of fruit. "Words like that. Especially after Jia Jiu got up, some people inevitably lamented Jia Yu's love for this daughter in front of Shi Xiangyun, Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing's monthly money was mentioned again and again, and the fat powder money, clothes and jewelry were mentioned again and again.

In the end, it is a slave, even if he knows a few words with Shi Xiangyun, but this vision can rarely break through these.

Therefore. Shi Xiangyun's impression is that he is unsatisfactory in his life, big and small, because he has no parents and no brothers and sisters. Even if Mrs. Baoling Hou and Mrs. Zhongjing Marquis did not treat him badly. He and his cousins are all the same, because of the deliberate guidance of this minion, Shi Xiangyun is very convinced that his two aunts must have made up for his cousins behind their backs.

This mentality has always influenced Shi Xiangyun, making Shi Xiangyun look at things and others with colored eyes many times, and the perspective is different from ordinary people.

Even if Jia Qian stood out because of Princess Changle's affairs, she was canonized, and she also benefited her sister Jia Qing, and Shi Xiangyun's attention was also focused on Jia Qing.

Shi Xiangyun still remembers that in the years when Jia Amnesty, Jia Lian, Jia Jiu, and Jia Qian were not at home, there were only two serious masters in the entire big house, Jia Cong and Jia Qing. At that time, Jia Qing was in charge of the affairs of the back garden, and there was a lot of money in and out of his hand, but Jia's mother still never looked at him squarely. Shi Xiangyun, who often comes to Jia's house to live, knows very well that Jia's mother treats Jia Qing like a mandarin duck - a girl who hangs the key. Something asked him to come over and give a few words, even if Jia Qing did a good job under the guidance of his grandmother, Jia's mother still didn't like it.

But in the past year, Jia's mother has paid more and more attention to this adopted great-granddaughter. Not to mention anything else, in the past, Jia Mu would not call Jia Qing to him, that is, Jia Qing came to ask for peace according to the number of etiquette, and Jia Mu would not talk to him if she had nothing to do, and she would not even give him a straight eye. But now, especially after Jia Qing was also canonized and became a noble daughter, Jia's mother became more and more affectionate to Jia Qing, and if any guests came to the house, she would also let Jia Qing accompany her, and occasionally care about Jia Qing's clothes and jewelry, and would also reward hairpins, hairpins, earrings or something, and people gave enough face.

In Shi Xiangyun's opinion, Jia's mother has no flesh and blood affection for Jia Qing at all, nor does she have any incense, and Jia's mother will be polite to Jia Qing, completely because of his sister Jia Qian.

Shi Xiangyun's life experience determines that Shi Xiangyun's focus on some things is different from others, even if he is giggling on the surface, he is still very lonely behind his back, and he is hooked by the girls around him, so he naturally likes to compare with others very much, and cares about some and what he doesn't. And what he will pay attention to is naturally the monthly money, fat powder money, clothes and jewelry items and other things that his girls inquired about.

Because of his young age, he didn't know the economic situation of the Shi family, and because he was not easy to discipline, his aunt couldn't explain many things to him. But he felt that as the eldest girl of the Shi family, his living standard was not far from the girls of the Jia family.

He hadn't paid attention to it before when he was young, because for a little girl like him, the monthly money was pocket money, and the real income was the gold, silver, and precious jewelry obtained from the elders during the New Year's Festival. Not only Jia's mother will give, but his uncles and aunts will also give, and when they go out with his aunts, they can also get extra money.

In this regard, Tanchun is not comparable to him, because Tanchun has no additional income except for a higher monthly income than him. It was Jia Qian and Jia Qing two years ago. Their monthly money is only two taels, and the fat powder money is only two taels. For a few years, Jia Qing was in charge of the back garden of the Jia family, and he also had a few hundred taels of silver in his hand every year. But all of them add up, they are still inferior to Shi Xiangyun.

Anyway, one person ascended to heaven, Jia Qian was crowned the county king, and Jia Qing was also promoted to the township king. And the two of them suddenly changed from a tool for marriage to a noble girl who can participate in the election of the concubine. Even if Shi Xiangyun didn't pay attention at first, the girls around him would keep reminding him in his ears. What was the treatment of Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters before, what is the treatment now, and what was the monthly income of their sisters before. Now what is their sister's monthly money? There is also fat powder money, as well as clothes and jewelry, how much are these, and how many Huangzhuang are outside. How much money. These will be mentioned again and again next to Shi Xiangyun's ears.

Hearing too many such words, no matter how arrogant Shi Xiangyun is, a negative seed will be left in his heart. Even if you don't say it, it's hard to say that you won't be jealous in your heart.

Shi Xiangyun is not young, and he is eleven years old this year. Children at this age are originally ignorant, but in fact, they still have their own ideas, saying that they are sensible, and they don't know much about many things.

And Shi Xiangyun is not a person like Xue Baochai who controls his feelings and thoughts freely. It's not a self-contained gentleman. For Jia Jiu's cousin, he still has ideas. Not to mention Jia Qian and Jia Qing, who came from outside.

Shi Xiangyun's mind is impossible to hide from others. Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, Jia Qing know Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baochai is a careful person, and Tanchun is Shi Xiangyun who lives in Jia's mother's courtyard together, even if they don't know the origin of Shi Xiangyun's mentality, they also know that Shi Xiangyun is more calculating in some things.

Therefore, it was clear that Jia Jiu did not need to explain to Shi Xiangyun, but he still explained cautiously. And this reason looks decent, so Shi Xiangyun himself recognized and accepted it.

He tilted his head, looked at the things on the square, counted his purse again, and said, "Second sister, there are a little more things on this square, is there anything simpler?" ”

Shi Xiangyun's monthly money is not very much, and if you want to get together the things on it in a short time, you have to go outside to buy them. In this way, Shi Xiangyun's monthly money is naturally not enough.

Xue Baochai stood on the side and glanced at Shi Xiangyun's hand, and said, "Although the things on this are trivial, they are not rare. Today, I have this recipe for Sister Yun's light, and I'll prepare that thing. Buying from the shops outside must be mixed with other things, even if you spend money, you may not get a good one. Hengzhu also has these things on our shop, and I ordered them to ensure that the things sent in were clean and cheap. ”

If it was Mrs. Wang, he would have been full of praise, but if he had changed Jia Jiu, he would not have said so.

"Sister Bao is also a guest, it stands to reason that I am the host, where can I let the guests prepare these things?"

Xue Baochai pointed to the recipe on the table and said, "Look at what the second sister said." I'm just something. In the end, things are easy to obtain, but this kind of recipe cannot be bought with money. There is nothing in the house, and I can't get any thank-you gifts, so I have to use this method to make up the numbers. If the second sister refuses again, then I will be annoyed. ”

Jia Jiu knew that Xue Baochai's words were true, and he didn't shirk it, even if he responded.

Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun remembered the thanksgiving at this time, and they couldn't help but glance at each other. Last month, Jia Jiu's birthday, they forgot it all, and now that they have this recipe, where is it not hot?

Shi Xiangyun turned his head and asked Li Kun: "Sister-in-law, have you learned Hexiang at home?" ”

Li Kun said with a smile: "Incense is very popular in the boudoir, which lady doesn't learn one or two hands?" However, my father's money is small, and when I was at home, the family spent only a hundred taels of silver a year. Therefore, most of the incense we use at home is the poor four and the incense of the mountains and forests, or the poor six and the poor. The materials are also very easy to obtain. ”

Although the Li family is poor, they will not treat their daughter badly in this kind of thing. Therefore, even if Li Kun's dowry is simple, he can learn everything he should learn when he is at home. Where is it like the Jia family, who only pays attention to food and clothing, and pays attention to pomp, but he doesn't care about the upbringing of the children in the family, boys and girls.

Mrs. Wang doesn't look down on Li Kun's meagre dowry, and Li Kun doesn't look down on Mrs. Wang's nouveau riche background, and everyone has no cultivation at all.

Shi Xiangyun immediately asked Fang Zi. Li Kun didn't hide it, and wrote generously on the paper. I saw that the recipe for the mountains and forests was poor and fragrant: "Take lychee shells, sugar cane water, dried cypress leaves, coptis, and." Burn. Or add loose balls and jujube pits. And the recipe of the poor Liuhe is: "Lychee shell, sugarcane, dried cypress leaves, neem head (i.e., neem flower), pear, jujube core, Ren Jiasong, maple tree." ”。 All are simple and readily available materials. It's not expensive, it's easier to get than Jia Jiu's recipe.

When Shi Xiangyun saw it, he liked it very much. He unceremoniously transcribed a copy. handed it over to Cui Wei to put it away, but as if he had no intention, he tilted his head and said, "The second sister has learned the way of incense." The eldest sister-in-law also studied. I don't know if that Sister Lin has ever learned. ”

Jia Jiu said: "The four generations of the Lin family are more than one generation of our family!" My aunt was born in Tanhua again, as my aunt's eldest daughter, where might Sister Lin not have studied? Even when the fourth aunt was at home, the old lady specially invited someone to teach the fourth aunt. As he spoke, he paused and said, "Although it has been a long time, I vaguely remember that my eldest sister also studied when she was at home." ”

Shi Xiangyun was stunned. couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that the Lin family is very wealthy?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "Of course. There is a way to marry a daughter from a high family, if the Lin family is not rich. Where would my grandfather be cheeky enough to enter the palace and propose marriage? Where would the old lady go beyond the family's practice and prepare a thick dowry for her aunt? Isn't the Lin family rich, and the dowry is extremely decent? Not to mention, the Lin family has been passed down for several generations, and the heads of the family have been extremely capable figures in the past generations. This has a lot of income, but less expenses, and naturally a lot of family business. Don't say anything else, let's just say that my aunt is a rare capable person, and he has been in the position of patrolling the salt imperial history for five or six years, which is the first in sixty years. Her Royal Highness the princess told me that the official of the salt administration, 500,000 taels of silver a year is really trivial, especially in the position of Yangzhou Salt Imperial History, only 300,000 taels of silver a year, and others are worried that you will take less, and you will send knives in the middle of the night. That position is boiling, and people who are idle can't do it. Therefore, even the palace knew that my aunt had taken the silver, and for the sake of the salt tax, it was indeed increased by one percent, and for the sake of my aunt's extra filial piety, the above also turned a blind eye. ”

When Xue Baochai's father was alive, he also told him about this, so he also knew something, and immediately said: "I once heard my father say this." My father said that the official son of the salt administration will be an official for two years at most, and if he does it for a long time, he will not be able to leave. Moreover, the officials in the salt administration can't do too well, they do too well, and they can't find a replacement from above. In that case, it is only in this position that you can die. ”

With a family like the Jia family, such an unlucky word as death is taboo. Hearing Xue Baochai say this, Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun shuddered.

Jia Jiu said: "Sister Bao's words, I'm afraid it's on point." Yan Zheng has worked extremely hard, and my aunt has survived for several years, even if he is well balanced, but this person's body and spirit also have limits. My aunt probably knew very well that she would write to her father. My father also knew this, so he decided to go south. ”

Tanchun said: "Doesn't that mean that my aunt is taking care of the orphans?" ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Almost." ”

Tanchun said: "But, didn't you say that Aunt Lin has a stepwife?" And this stepwife also gave birth to a son-in-law. Why didn't Aunt Lin entrust his children to the stepwife's maiden family, but to Master Hou? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Who in this world can resist the temptation of this great karma? Even if my aunt arranges it properly, it is still unpredictable after all. Gambling with the lives of one's own children on whether others will survive the temptation of gold and silver is too high. If it were me, I wouldn't dare bet. I think that my aunt will entrust his children to our family, firstly, because Sister Lin is my aunt's daughter, and secondly, I am afraid that this is the capital master after all, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is also the best place for public security in the world. As long as the aunt makes proper arrangements, even if he loses a little money, his children will grow up safely. ”

Shi Xiangyun was very interested: "Lost money? Why? ”

Jia Jiu didn't know how to explain to Shi Xiangyun, and some topics could only be clicked on. He smiled and said, "That's what the outside world is. ”

Shi Xiangyun also sensed that Jia Jiu had something to say, and seeing that Jia Jiu was reluctant to speak, he frowned unconsciously, but saw that Tanchun was also thinking, but Li Kun and Xue Baochai were silent, so they knew that Tanchun himself didn't quite understand. It is Xue Baochai and Li Kun, but they are very clear about the reasons.

However, since Jia Jiu didn't tell him in detail. He is not good at pestering Jia Jiu. This feeling of being treated as a child is really very bad, and when he returned to Jia's mother's yard, he was still scared.

His girl Cui Wei was trained by Jia's mother and given to Shi Xiangyun to call, just like Ping'er given to Wang Xifeng by Jia's mother, she is also outstanding among the girls in the Jia family. Except for occasionally being a spy for Jia's mother, this girl's ability is not small. At least, Shi Xiangyun relies on Cui Wei very much, just like Wang Xifeng relied on Ping'er in the original book.

Seeing Shi Xiangyun sullen. He immediately brought a bowl of tea: "Girl, but you have been wronged by the second girl, so you are depressed?" ”

Shi Xiangyun shook his head and said, "Second sister has always been a thoughtful person. I didn't say anything to the sisters. Besides, I'm a guest again, how could the second sister wronged me? I just heard about one thing, and I remembered myself, and then I had something on my mind. ”

Cui Wei hurriedly smiled and said, "That girl might as well tell me, I can also solve the problem for the girl." ”

Shi Xiangyun hurriedly told the Lin family about it, and said: "I asked the reason, but the second sister only said that it is always like this outside." I feel that the second sister is perfunctory to me and treats me as a child. ”

Cui Wei said: "What's wrong with me being a girl, but it turned out to be for this?" I think. The second girl didn't treat the girl as a child, but she didn't know what to tell the girl at all. ”

"Huh? What's so bad about that? ”

Cui Wei sneered and laughed: "Girl, the second girl is not wrong, the outside world is like this." If there is no good, who will raise children for others? If you don't bother to talk about it, you may not be able to get it well. Just like the Lin family, if the children of the Lin family die young, then the people who take care of the children of the Lin family can still make a fortune. Just like what the second girl said, Lord Lin has been in salt politics for five or six years, 500,000 yuan a year, even if he needs to go up and down, his private wealth will not be less than two million, plus the Lin family's ancestral property and others, this amount, it is said that the Lin family's belongings are worth three or four million. Who can resist the temptation of such a large fortune? In fact, Lord Lin will write a letter to entrust his children to this mansion, which is already the greatest trust in this mansion. ”

Shi Xiangyun was taken aback: "The Lin family has so much property? ”

Cui Wei said: "No more, no less." ”

"Really?"

"Nature is true."

Shi Xiangyun was silent for a while, and said, "The sister of the Lin family is about to die of both parents, and he still has so much silver, so what about our family?" My father and mother, do you have no money? ”

Cui Wei didn't expect Shi Xiangyun to ask like this, so she was startled at the time, and hurriedly walked outside to take a look, and saw that those girls and mothers-in-law had gone out to play, and there were only two of them left inside and outside the house, so she came over and said in Shi Xiangyun's ear: "My girl, where can you say this nonsense!" ”

Shi Xiangyun grabbed Cui Wei: "Do you know something?" ”

The sentence structure of the question, but the tone of affirmation.

Cui Wei thought about it, sat down next to Shi Xiangyun, and said, "My girl, I only told the girl about this today, what the hell, the girl herself decided." After all, I only served the girl later, and I was not very familiar with the affairs of the girl's family. ”

Shi Xiangyun nodded.

Cui Wei said: "Girl, come to think of it, you have also heard that the dowry prepared for that Mrs. Lin in this mansion is no less than 100,000. We also know the rules in this house, the concubine is 30,000 taels, and the concubine ranges from 5,000 taels to 10,000 taels. can let the old lady prepare so much dowry, of course, because the old lady is reluctant to wronged her daughter, but in fact, why is it not the wealth of the Lin family? If the Lin family's family background is average, it is enough for the old lady to prepare fifty or sixty thousand for Mrs. Lin, where do you need so much?! ”

Shi Xiangyun listened and nodded.

Cui Wei said: "Girl, you think, the four generations of the Lin family, the family looks high, but when it comes to Lord Lin, there is no longer a title." Lord Lin himself also took the imperial examination, so he got the blue eyes in this mansion. What about the girl's father? That's the Hou Ye of the Eight Classics, not much worse than the lord in this mansion, even if he is not as rich as this mansion, but in terms of decency, he is much stronger than Lord Lin at the beginning. Do you think, Mrs. Lin in this mansion can still get a dowry of 100,000 yuan, so will our wife's background be worse?! Where will our wife's dowry be less?! It's just that the girl is young and inconvenient to control, but this entry is sent to the house in a solid manner. Even though I don't know how much this income is, I do know that as long as I leak a little, it will be enough for the girl to make it inexhaustible. ”

"Really?"

Cui Wei said: "Nature is true. If you look at such a big garden in the house, I heard that there are still six or seven hundred taels of silver every year! How big is this garden? It's only about 200 acres if it dies. Since ancient times, who married their daughter without marrying a Zhuangzi house or something? Even if it's two hundred acres, it's five or six hundred silver a year. I was originally in this house, and I heard the old people say that when the old lady prepared a dowry for Mrs. Lin, she prepared a 500-acre Zhuangzi, which was 50 hectares of land! ”

Hearing this, Shi Xiangyun was already stunned, and only jumped up halfway: "I'm going home, I'm ......"

Cui Wei hurriedly pressed Shi Xiangyun and said, "My girl~ You just made a fuss about this matter, and you are the one who has no face." Others will not say that the wives have treated the girl badly, but they will say that the girl does not know gratitude. So the maid kept the matter in her heart and refused to tell the girl, because she was afraid that the girl would show her feet if she found out. ”

Shi Xiangyun sat stunned, but he couldn't even speak.

He only knew that the Shi family was not as good as the Jia family, so his Shi Xiangyun's treatment was not as good as that of the girls of the Jia family, but he didn't expect that there would be such an article in it.

PS: The above 600 words are considered gifts. Piracy or something, it's so annoying. (To be continued......)