Chapter 15, Section 12 Reactions
Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing wanted to go back before the city gate closed, so they got up and said goodbye as soon as noon passed. Xue Baochai accompanied them to say goodbye to the elders, sent them to the car, and watched the sedan car go out of the second door, before taking people back.
Although it is said that as a nephew's daughter, Xue Baochai does not even have to take care of the dinner in his aunt's house, but he still has to pay attention to Jia's mother's diet, even if it is his aunt Mrs. Wang's business.
Now, Xue Baochai is not shy about it.
He is just not worried about Mrs. Wang's character.
After he finished dealing with today's affairs, he sat in a small sedan chair again, inspected the garden, locked all the gates, corners, and keys, and hung them up.
Xue Baoqin had been walking around the house several times, and when she saw Xue Baochai coming back, she hurriedly came out to greet her.
Xue Baochai got down from the sedan chair, smiled with Xue Baoqin, and did not forget to tell those mothers-in-law: "Now that the weather is hot, the rain will gradually decrease." Pay more attention to your vigil at night, and don't go out of the water. ”
The mothers-in-law hurriedly said, "Don't worry, girl. We all know that. He respectfully said goodbye to Xue Baochai, and left with a lantern and a small sedan chair.
Xue Baochai was stunned for a while.
Although he has always been in charge of the affairs of the Grand View Garden, the monthly money of these mothers-in-law is also sent from him. But he had never seen these women so respectful and humble. You must know that these mothers-in-law claim to be Niangniang's slaves, even if they lead their Xue family's money, they look down on him Xue Baochai behind their backs. Nor is it one or two.
Today, the expressions of these mothers-in-law are different, how can Xue Baochai not be surprised?
Xue Baoqin saw her cousin stunned and looked outside. Hurriedly pulled Xue Baochai's sleeve: "Big sister? ”
Xue Baochai came back to his senses and said, "I'm sorry, sister, I have something in my heart, and I am distracted." ”
Xue Baoqin followed Xue Baochai's gaze, although the sun had set, the sky had not completely darkened. At this time, I can still see the backs of those mothers-in-law from a distance.
Xue Baoqin said: "But is it because these mothers-in-law are particularly respectful today? ”
Xue Baochai was stunned for a moment and said, "What does my sister know?" ”
Xue Baoqin pulled Xue Baochai into the house. I just told me what was going on in the autumn shuangzhai during the day.
Xue Baochai listened stunned, and sat there for a long time without saying a word. By the time he reacted, he found that he had already burst into tears.
Xue Baoqin saw that Xue Baochai finally came back to his senses. Only then did he say, "Big sister." Did you really cheat Jia Junjun so much money? ”
Xue Baochai nodded, his face seemed to be crying and smiling, but with a little joy and relief in his sad expression: "After the death of my eldest father, my brother is not sensible, my mother has soft ears, and I am young. How can I feel good in my heart? But my aunt ......"
Speaking of which. Xue Baochai couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Is the Royal Pavilion so easy to repair? Don't you see that even Banzai is reluctant to renovate the ready-made royal palace? Not to mention building a new one from scratch. However, Mrs. Wang only gave half of the money raised by the Jia family, not to mention that the requirements for this provincial villa are very high. Even if the Xue family is rich, how can they withstand such consumption?
But Mrs. Wang was still not satisfied, it was not enough to let the Xue family take on the construction of the provincial villa, and kept asking him for money, for various reasons and in various ways.
It was a nightmare.
Thinking about it now, Xue Baochai also has to admit that for Jia Jiu, for Jia Jiu, it may just be the price for him to test himself, but for him Xue Baochai, it is a bait that he has to swallow.
Xue Baochai also wanted to be tough and make some achievements, but the fact was that Mrs. Wang, who kept asking for money, Xue Pan, who was ignorant of the family business, and his mother, who had extremely soft ears and believed what others said, these three people were like three mountains, pressing on his shoulders and making him breathless.
This is why later, this batch of imitation Taihu Lake stones was sold cheaply.
This is what happened later, Xue Baochai couldn't face Jia Jiu's affairs.
Xue Baochai is not Mrs. Wang after all, he still has good and evil in his heart, and there is shame. took so much money from Jia Jiu and made Jia Jiu bear such a heavy deficit, Xue Baochai had no way to continue to face Jia Jiu.
This is the real reason why Xue Baochai kept a distance from Jia Jiu in the previous days.
However, what made Xue Baochai desperate was that he offended Jia Jiu for Mrs. Wang, Jia Yuanchun, and for this provincial villa, but Mrs. Wang didn't know how to understand him and didn't say anything, and always said that that the goods were originally Jia Jiu's filial piety to his mother, and they had nothing to do with Xue Baochai. Xue Baochai took that batch of stones, in fact, he took Niangniang's silver.
This kind of words, openly and secretly, Xue Baochai doesn't know how many times he has heard it.
But he couldn't find the words to refute Mrs. Wang, so he could only support Mrs. Wang under great pressure. However, no matter how much effort he put in, he could only watch their Xue family's money flow into Mrs. Wang's pocket.
Jia Jiu's words today are just a public recognition of Xue Baochai for others, but for Xue Baochai, they are a lifesaver. With these words, Xue Baochai had the confidence to continue to fight with Mrs. Wang.
As for the purpose behind Jia Jiu, Xue Baochai could also guess that he just hoped that he would fight with his good aunt, Mrs. Wang.
If it was more than a year ago, if it was when Jia Yuanchun had just been canonized as the imperial concubine, Xue Baochai would not have thought that Jia Jiu was very sinister. But after so many things, and seeing Mrs. Wang's greed and viciousness, as well as Mrs. Wang's huge appetite that can never be satisfied, Xue Baochai has thoroughly understood one thing: even if there is no batch of stones, he and Mrs. Wang will fight because of Mrs. Wang's calculation of the Xue family's money. Now, it's just one more reason to fight.
However, hearing Jia Jiu comment on him like this, Xue Baochai still felt a little happy in his heart.
These days. Although his brother didn't say anything, his mother was muttering behind his back for a long time. The content is nothing more than that Xue Baochai should not offend Mrs. Wang, and it is not good for the future of the Xue family. is not good for Xue Baochai's own future.
Xue Baochai actually wanted to wake up his mother and tell his mother: If you follow Mrs. Wang, the Xue family is afraid that they will disappear completely after being squeezed dry. At that time, there will be no Xue family, and I don't have to think about any future.
However, as a daughter, Xue Baochai can't do this to her mother. And it is impossible for the mother to listen to her own words by speaking softly.
Xue Baochai's bitterness. And who knows?
Fortunately, now there are these words from Jia Jiu. As long as there are these few words, as long as Jia Jiu is willing to admit this in front of the elders, then. Xue Baochai had a reason to refuse Mrs. Wang's unreasonable request, and he had more strength to protect his home.
Of course, it was impossible for Xue Baochai himself to ask Jia Jiu directly in front of the elders. But there is one person who can open this mouth.
When the two brothers Jia Zheng separated. Jia Yu did give a lot of slaves to Jia Zheng. But Jia Zheng's share of the family business is only a little, and the place where he lives is not big. Therefore, those slaves were either sold or released, and in the end only a few people remained.
Now that the Grand View Garden has been built, it naturally needs to be taken care of by slaves. Houses are being built outside, too. When the courtyards are all built, there is also a need for slaves to keep vigil. But. Mrs. Jia Zhengwang and his wife have no money, even if they have money, Mrs. Wang will not take it out. Therefore, whether it is the minions in the Grand View Garden or the minions outside, they were actually bought by the Xue family. Even though their deeds of sale had been asked for by Mrs. Wang, the monthly money of these slaves was still distributed by the Xue family.
Including the monthly money of these girls and gentlemen in the Grand View Garden now.
This is also the reason why Xue Baochai is in charge of the Grand View Garden now, not Li Kun, and Tanchun has not come out to help.
Even if those minions claim to be the minions of the Wailang family, not the servants of the Xue family, they are under the control of Xue Baochai, and the monthly money is also put by Xue Baochai. Xue Baochai's efforts to summon them are much simpler than in the original book.
At least, it is very easy to let Shi Xiangyun know certain things, and not let Shi Xiangyun know certain things.
That night, a little later, someone told Cui Wei what happened in the autumn shuangzhai during the day. Cui Wei immediately felt that something was wrong, and despite Shi Xiangyun's fact that she had already lay down, she hurriedly called her own girl up.
Shi Xiangyun was very unhappy: "Cui Wei, what's wrong with you?" Why did you wake me up in the middle of the night? ”
Cui Wei said: "Girl, the maid heard about something, thought about it, and felt that something was wrong, so she called the girl up." ”
"Huh?"
Cui Wei hurriedly leaned next to Shi Xiangyun's ear and told the matter.
Shi Xiangyun suddenly became sleepy, his eyes widened, and he pulled the sleeves of his emerald clothes and said, "What did you say?" Say it again! ”
Cui Wei said: "Girl, you heard it right. During the day, the second girl was at the third girl's place and said this in person. said that Miss Bao's character is valuable, and it is worth spending tens of millions of taels of silver on Miss Bao! At that time, there were not only three girls, but also Qin girl, Xing girl, Qian girl, Qing girl and four girls. The girls have heard the second girl say this with your own ears. ”
Shi Xiangyun was stunned for a long time, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Second sister...... I thought that the second sister had already fallen out with him for that matter, but I didn't expect that the two of them would join forces to give me no face during the day, and the second sister's evaluation of him was still so high! ”
Cui Wei said cautiously: "Girl? ”
Shi Xiangyun said: "I don't understand, what's so good about that Xue Baochai?" The second sister values him. I'm closer to my second sister, isn't it? ”
Cui Wei lowered her head, not daring to speak.
Cui Wei is Jia's mother to Shi Xiangyun's girl. At the beginning, the attacker was recommended by Shi Xiangyun and became Jia Baoyu's big girl, so he served Shi Xiangyun. But he may not have no scheming in his heart. He served Shi Xiangyun for a longer time, and he did his best to Shi Xiangyun, but in Shi Xiangyun's heart, he was never as good as attacking people.
Cui Wei also knew that Shi Xiangyun's treatment of attacking people was different from others, of course, because he was serving him before attacking people, and more importantly, attacking people was Jia Baoyu's girl. Make friends with the attackers, and you can learn about Jia Baoyu at any time. But Cui Wei really didn't think that attacking people had this value, and it was worth Shi Xiangyun to offend his two aunts for him.
Jia Baoyu's needlework is the business of the girls in Jia Baoyu's house, and if they don't want to do it themselves, they can ask other girls to do it. I believe that those girls who want to come out are very happy to be attacked. It's Shi Xiangyun who really took it, he couldn't be busy alone, and he was very willing to share his worries for his girl.
But what about the facts?
On the one hand, Shi Xiangyun did the work that the attackers were unwilling to do, and on the other hand, he also told others that he couldn't help himself at home. Others echoed their mouths, who didn't laugh at Shi Xiangyun behind their backs? Even the two marquis wives also felt that Shi Xiangyun was either sick in the brain or a white-eyed wolf who couldn't be raised.
These things, Cui Wei saw in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. Especially when the two marquis of the Shi family were released, neither of the two ladies said that they wanted to bring their own girls, but directly sent their own girls to Jia's family. Even if this woman is married, she will inevitably rely on her mother's family. is like his own girl, who has no father and no mother, if he has a bad relationship with his aunt now, what will happen in the future, and can he still count on the two ladies to help?
Cui Wei is not the kind of girl who has no knowledge. At least, having seen so many things and experienced so many things in this mansion, he knows very well how important his mother's family is to a woman.
In the past, it was clear that the eldest wife was a serious general's wife, but why was the eldest lady like an invisible person in this mansion, but the second wife, who had been in charge for more than ten years? Even the sister-in-law didn't hand over the housekeeping when she entered the door? Isn't it because the eldest wife's maiden family can't take it, but the second wife has a prominent maiden family?
Now, why can the second girl not take the second wife seriously, and even the treasure girl dares to disobey the second wife's sun? Isn't it because the second wife's maiden family has been defeated and has no foreign aid?
Cui Wei always thought that her girl was a smart person. But Shi Xiangyun has never been able to see through these, and Cuiwi's heart is also anxious.
Cui Wei said: "Girl, please be cautious about Miss Bao's affairs." ”
Shi Xiangyun immediately glared at Cui Wei and said, "Even you are on his side?" Don't forget jì, for the sake of this garden, that person offended his wife miserably. Mrs. has no fate, and she is also Baoyu's mother, Niangniang's biological mother, and the master's wife! ”
Cui Wei said: "But Mrs. has a lot of dissatisfaction with Miss Bao, and she doesn't do anything to Miss Bao, does she?" ”
Shi Xiangyun listened, and then he was silent.
That's what worries him the most.
People say that they have different dreams in the same bed, and they look like each other. He was afraid that Mrs. Wang and Xue Baochai would turn around and make a disagreeable appearance, but in fact, they were still disconnected and secretly connected.
Especially now, the Xue family has money, and Mrs. Wang needs money. (To be continued......)