Chapter 15, Section 4 Leisure
Mrs. Wang is most concerned about her son in her life, and her son is none other than Jia Baoyu, and her daughter is only Jia Yuanchun. Now that Jia Yuanchun has become the imperial concubine, isn't Jia Baoyu the only one who needs him to worry about?
Mrs. Wang also knew that because the stone was not good for her son's future, he could only choose a daughter-in-law who was the best for her son's future. Now, his daughter is already the imperial concubine, and if she can give birth to a prince in the future, she will be the prince's maternal grandmother, and her son's future will be guaranteed. Therefore, the son's future also has more choice.
Mrs. Wang is not Jia Zheng, these days, Jia Zheng has been at home, not going out for business, no entertainment, and not even a cleaner around, Mrs. Wang knows that the outside does not have a high evaluation of her husband.
Under such circumstances, Mrs. Wang's daughter-in-law is much less likely to be selected. Those eunuchs may not be willing to marry their daughters.
If when Jia Yuanchun first became the imperial concubine, Mrs. Wang had fantasized about asking her son for a wife with a beautiful house and a dowry and a prominent family background, Mrs. Wang is obviously much calmer now.
At least, Mrs. Wang has already understood that Jia Baoyu's marriage is afraid that it will fall on the few girls who are now living in the Jia family. And the best choice in this is naturally Lin Daiyu.
Madame Wang is well aware of this.
In previous years, Mrs. Wang didn't look down on Lin Daiyu at all, thinking that Lin Daiyu's parents were dead, her family was withering, and her body was weak. But now Mrs. Wang has to admit that maybe the girl of the Lin family is the best choice for his son Jia Baoyu. Even though both parents died, they had younger brothers. The two little ones don't know, and the big one really knows how to be motivated. This alone is better than the Xue family, I don't know how many times.
How can people not take a fancy to their son, and Jia Yu will not let his niece daughter bow down to his unsuccessful son.
Even in Mrs. Wang's heart. His son is very good, but there is only one thing, his son's various words to those scholars and officials in previous years are enough for the Lin family to shake their heads at Jia Baoyu.
After all, Lin Ruhai came up from the imperial examination, and he died in office for the sake of the imperial court.
The current Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu are not childhood sweethearts who grew up together.
Now Lin Daiyu has been in Jia's house for so long, but she has never seen Jia Baoyu.
How do people know who Jia Baoyu is?
Of course, if Xing Xiuyan's family background is better. Father should not be a gambler, or have a good brother in the family, for Jia Jiu's sake. Even if his dowry is not as much as the Xue family, Mrs. Wang will consider it.
But Xing Xiuyan's family is like that.
Therefore, seeing her son circling around Xing Xiuyan, Mrs. Wang was really unhappy.
He looked at Shi Xiangyun. looked at Xue Baochai again. Turning his head, he told Jia's mother about the arrangement of the house: "The old lady is here, and the daughter-in-law is really shining here." ”
Jia Mu hurriedly said: "The second family, what are you talking about, this is Niangniang's provincial villa, if you want to say it, it should be us who have touched your light." ”
Everyone laughed.
The wit of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, everyone just heard it, and they didn't know it.
Mrs. Wang smiled: "Look at what the old lady said." The provincial villa is a big project. Nature is delicate everywhere, but this is outside. There are only a few courtyards, although they are connected by walls and houses, but they are a little rudimentary. Please don't dislike the old lady. ”
When Mrs. Wang said this, she actually meant something.
To be honest, it's really not a good time to visit the Grand View Garden. Not to mention that flowers and trees are being replanted in the Grand View Garden a few days ago, and there are walking banners hanging everywhere that cannot be moved around at will, so it is said that there are really not many courtyards that can live in this garden.
Even if Mrs. Jia Zhengwang didn't talk much about dignity and humility, she still knew that the main hall in the Grand View Garden could not be inhabited, and the large courtyard located in front of the main gate of the Grand View Garden could not be inhabited. Therefore, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang chose the southeast of Daguan Garden, a total of three courtyards, and opened it up as the residence of Mrs. Jia Zhengwang and his wife, two concubines, Aunt Zhou, Aunt Zhou, and his concubine Jia Huan.
As for the courtyard where the Xue family lives, it is behind the Grand View Garden, in a small courtyard with two entrances a few steps out of the northeast corner gate. Rao is like this, this small courtyard is still Xue Baochai asked the following to rush to work, and hurried out slowly.
And the mother and daughter of the Li family did not have this good luck, so they could only squeeze together with Li Kun and live in the Grand View Garden.
The courtyard that Mrs. Jia Zhengwang chose for Jia's mother is in the southeast of the Grand View Garden, across the middle courtyard, and the courtyard of Mrs. Jia Zhengwang is far away. This courtyard, Mrs. Wang was originally planning to marry her son, although it is not as big as the courtyard where their husband and wife live now, but it is also a five-entry pattern. It's enough to live with Jia's mother and Jia's mother's girl. But if you want to stuff Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, Jia Qingxichun and their maids-in-law into it, it won't work.
There are not enough houses.
Jia Mu didn't know if she heard Mrs. Wang's digression, he just smiled and said, "Where are the words." I looked at the yard quite nicely, and it was a bit of a mountain dwelling. ”
Jia Mu is not untargeted.
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that in this courtyard where everyone is staying now, when Jia Mu walked in, she faintly smelled the smell of pine. The furniture in this room was painted with black paint, and when Jia Mu sat down, she knocked on the armrest of the Taishi chair under her without leaving a trace. The sound is inaudible, but the touch is obvious, although it is not a red sandalwood pear, but it is also a sour branch.
The smell of pine in this house, if not on the furniture, is only the wood used to build the house.
That's why Jia Mu said so.
When Mother Jia said this, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Xue Baochai were all uncomfortable.
The Wang family, like the Jia family, is a nouveau riche family, and Mrs. Wang beat the Wang family to marry into the Jia family, and paying attention to food, clothing, and pomp is already a deep-rooted thing in the bone marrow. As he always did, he was eager to smash a house with gold.
But this house was built by Xue Baochai. When Xue Baochai was young, his father was there, and he did have a few comfortable days. But now Xue Baochai, he is a businessman. What can be done with a penny of silver, he will never spend two cents.
This house is too.
In Xue Baochai's opinion, the Grand View Garden has spent too much silver. Since this outside yard is not part of the provincial villa, but it is for idle people to settle down, there is naturally no need to specifically collect any precious wood on the iron net mountain, and the pine wood common in the countryside is also used.
It is because of Xue Baochai's mentality that this situation has caused the situation of the mahogany furniture of the house built of pine.
It's no wonder that Jia Mu wants to say the word "leisurely in the mountains".
Jia Jiu also smiled: "Old lady, don't say it." My yard on Yuqing Mountain is also somewhat similar to this house. But the house is not that big. There are not so many houses either. ”
Jia Mu said: "Really? ”
Jia Jiu said: "Not really. I was in the house on Yuqing Mountain, and when I opened the door, I saw a vast sea of clouds, and here. What you see is a green field. ”
Jia Mu also laughed: "Between the mountains and fields, isn't this what it looks like?" ”
But I didn't say whether the house was good or bad.
Jia Jiu also smiled: "I read such a sentence in a book in the old years, the pine window frost and snow are bright. It's a pity that our house is not suitable for the situation. Now that I have such a place, it is more appropriate than my house. ”
Jia Mu could hear it. Laughing even more.
Xue Baochai was also laughing on the side.
Xue Baochai could hear it. Mother Jia is actually dissatisfied with this house, just like Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang always thought that she was the biological mother of the imperial concubine, and the place where she lived was not as good as the Rongguo Marquis's Mansion, and it should not be much worse. But after moving here, I found that the scale of the house was very good, but the available materials were much inferior.
These days, for the sake of this house. Mrs. Wang is both soft and hard in private, and has had more than one or two troubles with Aunt Xue Xue Baochai's mother and daughter.
Aunt Xue is soft. was squeezed by my sister a few times, and I was already dizzy. Xue Pan is a person who only spends money and doesn't know the family's income, this Xue family's affairs inside and out, doesn't it rely on Xue Baochai?
Xue Baochai is also hard. He knew that if he really built the house according to Mrs. Wang's request, when the house was built, the Xue family's family would be over. Therefore, he told Mrs. Wang directly, either listen to him Xue Baochai, or Mrs. Wang took the money out and found someone to build it herself.
Mrs. Wang has no money, so she can only rely on Xue Baochai.
Because I made it clear to Mrs. Wang, the courtyard and servant's podium outside the Grand View Garden were either pine or fir wood. Except for the main courtyard, the courtyard where Jia's mother is now located, and the courtyard of Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, the other places are made of pine or fir furniture. Although the rest of the house is only half built, there is no furniture. But Xue Baochai still spent 30,000 taels of silver. When everything is completed, Xue Baochai estimates that he will spend about 50,000 taels of silver.
In a family like the Jia family, when a daughter marries, the princess only pays 30,000 taels of silver. If it is favored, the parents will make up for it, which is naturally another matter. 50,000 taels of silver, enough for Mrs. Wang to marry Jia Yuanchun again.
So Xue Baochai has a clear conscience.
Jia Mu's pickiness, Xue Baochai didn't hear it.
It's just that he didn't expect that Jia Jiu would actually help him speak, and he also compared his yard on Yuqing Mountain, which was to round the field.
After so many things, Xue Baochai had already decided in his heart that he wanted to climb up regardless of it. But in the dead of night, when I look back and think about what I have done, I can't help but have some thoughts in my heart.
For Mrs. Wang, Xue Baochai thinks that she has done enough, and for Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai is also inevitable. But only when facing Jia Jiu, Xue Baochai felt guilty.
Even if Jia Jiu didn't care at all, Xue Baochai, who took Jia Jiu's wealth worth tens of millions of taels of silver, couldn't help but care in his heart.
If others don't know, forget it. But there was a lot of trouble at that time, not only outside, but also inside the inner house, and countless people were talking about it.
Xue Baochai couldn't help but care, and he couldn't face Jia Jiu.
Today, Jia Jiu helped him round the field, which made Xue Baochai even more ashamed and even more difficult to talk to.
On the contrary, Shi Xiangyun saw Jia's mother coming, and immediately happily got into Jia's mother's arms and told Jia's mother about his life in the garden.
Jia's mother also seemed to have forgotten that she had excluded Shi Xiangyun from withdrawing from Jia Baoyu's wife shortlist, and she still listened to Shi Xiangyun's chatter with a smile as before, and interjected from time to time to say a few words.
One old and one young, harmonious.
On the side, Mrs. Wang invited Jia Jiu and others to live in the garden: "The two girls have always lived in the back garden, now you might as well see how the scenery is here." ”
Jia Jiu hurriedly said: "Look at what the second aunt said, didn't this torture us?" This garden is the provincial villa of the mother, the royal palace, where can our back garden be compared? He added, "To be honest, I would also like to see the Grand View Garden." It's a pity that the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and this sacrifice can't be sloppy in the slightest. Therefore, I specially accompanied the old lady here today, and I will go back later. Auntie, don't worry, I will come over when the garden is on the right day. ”
I came that day, and I went back on the same day, and I definitely won't stay long.
Jia Jiu would not give Mrs. Wang a chance to ruin her reputation. Now, the general election is imminent, if something happens at this time, he is unlucky alone, and it will be a big deal if he affects his family.
Moreover, in this era, sacrifice is a major event of the family and the country, not to mention Mrs. Wang, even in front of the emperor, Jia Jiu said so, and the emperor can't be reluctant.
Mrs. Wang had to laugh dryly: "Since the second girl wants to go back, then the Qian girl and the Qing girl will stay." ”
Jia Qian and Jia Qing both smiled and said, "The second wife lifted us, we shouldn't have resigned." It's just that the sacrificial matter is extremely cumbersome, and my aunt may not be busy alone. We're going to give my aunt a hand. ”
Mrs. Wang said curiously: "You also want to help?" ”
Jia Qian and Jia Qingdu said: "Yes." There are some things that we can't touch. But we can pick a dish, add water or something, we can do it. ”
When Mrs. Wang heard about it, she could only stop. In this way, there are only two people who can stay, Xichun and Xing Xiuyan.
It's just a matter of cherishing spring, but Mrs. Wang can't wait for Xing Xiuyan to stay away from his son. So he didn't mention the matter of letting Xing Xiuyan go to live in the garden, and directly asked Xing Xiuyan to take Xichun to settle down in the wing room of Jia's mother's yard.
Jia Baoyu heard that Xing Xiuyan and Xichun were not living in the garden, and she was very sorry.
"There are so many places in the garden, does Sister Xing really not pick one?"
Xing Xiuyan really didn't want to answer.
He is not from the second room, Mrs. Wang has expressed her dissatisfaction, what is he doing in the garden? If it weren't for Jia Mu Xingshi coming today, if Jia Mu hadn't opened her mouth, if Jia Jiu hadn't talked to him in advance and entrusted him to take care of Xichun, he would rather stay in Beijing and take care of Mrs. Xing.
That was his aunt. If he really stayed in the capital, no one would say anything. (To be continued......)