Tanchun sat in the Grand View Garden for several days, and when Mrs. Jia Zhengwang returned from the city with a disgraced face, he knew that his opportunity had come. Tanchun specially waited in the east ear room in Mrs. Wang's courtyard for a long time, and finally waited for the opportunity to see Mrs. Wang.

The courtyard where Mrs. Wang lives now is completely modeled after the Rongxi Hall when he was in charge of the Rongguo Mansion before. It's just that Jia Zheng's grade is not enough, so whether it is the steps or the height of the eaves, there are some discrepancies, and the grade of the furnishings and displays is not enough, and there are almost no antiques or anything, which makes this main hall give people a very awkward feeling.

If it is the surrounding countrymen, it is okay, but the people who have changed the Jia family, whether it is Jia's mother or Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, or Tanchun, they all have an indescribable feeling about this main hall. Therefore, even if she can justifiably entertain guests in the main hall now, Mrs. Wang is not very willing to sit here. Instead, he prefers the small main house with three rooms in the east corridor. Just like when he was the wife of the head of the Rongguo Mansion, he lived in the small main room of the three rooms in the east corridor of the Rongxi Hall.

And today, on the way back from the Rongguo Marquis's Mansion, Mrs. Wang was reluctant to let the people outside see the jokes, and she could endure it along the way, and when she returned to the small main house, Mrs. Wang withdrew her sister-in-law and glanced at Jia Zheng fiercely, but her mouth was very soft. If you don't see his expression, I'm afraid that I really think that Mrs. Wang is discussing things with Jia Zheng.

Mrs. Wang said: "Master, you have to take a charter for this matter." The concubine's dowry is clear, and it is long gone. Over the years, the expenses have also been large. But the number of years is not much more than that of Zhu's daughter-in-law. No matter how capable the concubine is, it is difficult for this clever woman to cook without rice, and the concubine can't turn into any silver. ”

Jia Zheng snorted. "Didn't you borrow money from the treasury?" ”

Mrs. Wang said: "The old man remembers this, can you forget, that time, the concubine knelt in front of the old lady, and was counted down by the old lady for a while for the sake of the deficit of the treasury." After the concubine went back, she hurriedly paid off the deficit. Even because of the urgency of the collection, some did not even recover the capital. Sir, don't you know that? ”

Jia Zheng was stunned. It really reminded him of such an incident.

Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Zheng like this, and there was a cold snort in her heart. knew that this guy was such a thing, and he would rather marry into the Xue family in the first place. With his ability and his mother's family, how difficult is it for him to master the entire Xue family? He's not his sister. Others say it. This ear is soft, and he has no opinion at all, so he can only be at the mercy of others.

It's a pity that now his good sister doesn't worry about food and clothing, but he, who has fought for a lifetime, is still empty in the end. And the tragedy of his life was caused by the man in front of him. His husband Jia Zheng.

If you want him to marry into the Jia family for many years, it doesn't matter if she is not favored by her husband. gave birth to two sons, the eldest son actually took the blame for this man and died, and the younger son was raised by his mother-in-law to be separated from him. If it weren't for the fact that he still had such a breath in his heart, if he didn't admit defeat, he was afraid that he would be like that sister-in-law, and he would be tall and tall even the pines and cypresses on his son's tomb.

Jia Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "It's so decent, why did the baby girl move?" ”

Mrs. Wang snorted coldly and said, "How old are the baby girls?" Whose girl is so old and hasn't been left behind? I just fancy that Baoyu has a rich dowry, can do it, and can take care of Baoyu, so I begged my sister. It's a pity. If you don't nod your head, the baby girl really can't wait, so I have to be like this......"

Jia Zhengdao: "That's your sister, your niece and daughter, you can just talk to them?" Didn't they ask for the imperial signboard? ”

Mrs. Wang was stunned, he didn't expect Jia Zheng to know this. But before he could speak, Jia Zheng had already gone out, which made Mrs. Wang unable to react.

Mrs. Wang was furious, and when she heard that Jia Zheng had gone to Aunt Zhao's house again, she was even more angry that she ignored the difficult family situation now, and smashed the celadon lotus leaf bowl in her hand to the ground.

The girls in Mrs. Wang's house all lowered their heads and didn't dare to talk, but Jin Chu'er, relying on herself to accompany Mrs. Wang in the Buddhist hall, quietly came over to clean up, and whispered to Mrs. Wang: "Madam, the third girl is here, do you want to see it?" I heard that the third girl had a way to make the garden no longer cost money, but to collect some money and grain every year. ”

Mrs. Wang was still angry that Jia Zheng went to Aunt Zhao's house, but when she heard that Tanchun was coming, she was even more angry. When he heard the word money and food, the anger in his eyes actually receded like a tide.

Mrs. Wang said, "Three girls? He is a girl's family, what is his ability? ”

Jin Chu'er said: "Back to Mrs., in fact, this matter was not thought up by the third girl, but by the second girl." In the past two years, in the garden, Miss Bao has mostly learned the path of the second girl. The third girl came today, I was afraid that my wife would close the garden and waste this injection in vain, so I deliberately ran this trip. ”

Mrs. Wang was silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "How much do you know about this?" ”

Jin Chu'er was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Madam, the maid is just a girl, where can she compare to the third girl?" ”

Mrs. Wang said impatiently: "If you want you to say it, you can say it." ”

Jin Chu'er said: "The maid also listened to what others said. When the second girl was in charge of things, there was a sum of money in the house that was specially used to repair the garden and replant flowers and trees. No, after the second girl changed the rules, not to mention the annual expenses of six hundred taels of silver in Nafu, the rice used to feed the birds and birds at home was saved, and fresh dishes could occasionally be added to the table from time to time, and even those flowers were exchanged for a lot of silver. Once, when Miss Bao talked to the second girl and Miss Qian, Miss Qing, she also said that the flowers in Guangyi Red Courtyard can also make up one or two hundred silver a year. The strange grass and fairy vines in the Wuyuan are also rare. On the contrary, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, except for a piece of bamboo and bamboo shoots, there is no superfluous production. ”

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she immediately had an idea in her heart.

"I remember, those girls are all prepared by Bao Ya, right? Since they are the people of the treasure girl. Bao girl is gone, and it is inconvenient for me to continue to use them. You go and get the roster, and we'll see how many people we have. As for the garden. I don't need those many girls. Moreover, I see that many of those girls don't do much and wander around a lot every day. Instead of keeping them naughty, it is better to change to a little girl, who is young and obedient. ”

When Jin Chu'er heard this, a chill rose in her heart.

Although Jin Chu'er is Mrs. Wang's girl. is also the son of the Jia family. He has followed Mrs. Wang for so many years, so he naturally knows Mrs. Wang's plans.

You know, if you buy a little girl directly from a farmer's house in the countryside. An eight- or nine-year-old girl, who is in the sky, is consistent with money, and there is something. Not even half the price. But a well-trained girl. Even if they are eight or nine years old, those traffickers can sell for as little as five taels, and if they meet a more generous customer, it is even more common to sell ten taels of silver. When the original attack fell into the hands of the traffickers, it was not worth a few dollars, but as soon as the traffickers changed hands, they sold him for ten taels of silver. That's it.

Hearing Mrs. Wang say this, Jin Chu'er knew. Mrs. Wang is going to exchange these trained girls for silver. These girls have been trained by Xue Baochai, and they have lived a good life for three or five years, and each of them has fine skin and tender meat, and with Mrs. Wang's means, they can naturally sell them at a good price. And those mothers-in-law obviously can't all stay. Jin Chu'er estimated that it would be good to be able to keep half of it.

Mrs. Wang's action is fast. He didn't see Tanchun either, so he sent Jia Baoyu out early the next morning to make incense for himself, and then sent someone to call a few women in Beijing who were counted and had dealt with the Jia family, and according to the roster, those girls took off their jewelry one by one, wore such clothes, gagged their mouths, and tied them out.

Mrs. Wang still remembers her son, so as long as the eight first-class girls in Yihong Courtyard have not messed around with Jia Baoyu, he still stays. If she had messed around with Jia Baoyu, even if it was a first-class girl, she would be tied up like the second- and third-class girls below.

The last ones left in the Grand View Garden, except for the cuiwi around Shi Xiangyun, the waiter and Cui Mo around Tanchun, Jia Baoyu's side, including Tanyun Qifei and a few big girls, and those people from Su Yun, Biyue and Lu Cui'an around Li Kun's mother and son, the rest of the people were actually sold, even Jia Landu's nurse was no exception.

This is still because the cui nunnery is Miaoyu's territory, and Miaoyu has a degree, otherwise, Mrs. Wang may even sell Miaoyu together.

This is still the case in the Grand View Garden, and even more so in the front yard.

was made by Mrs. Wang like this, this lively mansion and Jia Yuanchun's provincial villa suddenly became cold. Mrs. Wang also knew that the Daguan Garden was empty, and it was really not like words, so she pulled the servants who moved out of the Rongguo Marquis Mansion with her husband and wife, and set two of them out to guard the gate of the Daguan Garden, and immediately sent someone to buy a little girl from a nearby villager's house.

Mrs. Wang secretly inquired, and finally decided on a child with 1,300 copper plates. Some families were reluctant to give up their daughters, while others were in a hurry to sell their daughters to Mrs. Wang. You know, many farmers drowned or threw away their daughters when they gave birth to them, and now they can exchange them for thousands of copper plates, how can they refuse?

Girls in the countryside, even if they are only eight or nine years old, are already very sensible. When he would make a fire on the stove, he would also help the family with his younger siblings, and he also used to go down to the ground with the adults in the family. Girls from this kind of background may have never seen consistent money in their lives, and now they have a house that does not leak rain and wind, they have new clothes to wear, they can fill their stomachs, and they can even get ten copper plates of pocket money every month, how can they not want to?

But the original girls who stayed after the cleaning were all frightened.

Although they all knew that Mrs. Wang did it for money. But Madame Wang's movements were so great that they were really afraid. They are all afraid that they will be sold, and in contrast, it is a trivial matter that their respective salaries are greatly reduced.

At the beginning, when Xue Baochai took over the preparatory work for the construction of the Grand View Garden from Mrs. Wang's hands, Mrs. Wang said more than once that this provincial villa is related to Jia Yuanchun's face, and it must not be laughed at. Therefore, the monthly money that Xue Baochai gave to the maids and servants in the Grand View Garden and this courtyard was compared to the original Rongguo Mansion.

The third-class little girl in Rongguo Mansion has a monthly income of 500 yuan, but now the new little girl only has ten copper plates, and the gap is 50 times. The monthly money of the girls above naturally changed. Although the monthly money of Jia Baoyu, Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun did not move, the monthly case of the big girl next to them was not a penny, but became two hundred yuan.

If you are not too worried about your future, I am afraid that these girls will think that their monthly money will be reduced to twenty copper plates.

For people like Jia Baoyu, it is impossible for anyone in the family to lack him. He is a young master, and he has a lot of money every month, and he has eight taels of silver snacks every year, and Mrs. Wang always keeps supplementing him behind his back, whether it is copper coins or silver, or gold and silver sparks under the New Year's Festival.

Jia Baoyu doesn't care about these things, but Tanchun cares, and Shi Xiangyun cares too. Of course, there is another person who cares, and that is Li Kun.

For Li Kun, he only has such a son left, and his son is still a little decent in front of his father-in-law Jia Zheng, so Li Kun's greatest wish is to invite a good gentleman to Jia Lan.

Li Kun is very keen to save money for his son.

He lived in the Grand View Garden, and his food and lodging were all in the public school, and in addition to his dowry, he could also get an income of four or five hundred taels of silver every year, including monthly money and annual income.

However, Mrs. Wang suddenly handed over the affairs in the Grand View Garden to him, and asked Tanchun to be the assistant, but she didn't give the silver, and Li Kun was uncomfortable.

Li Kun knows very well that in order to maintain the operation of the Grand View Garden, and to keep the Grand View Garden in its current appearance, it takes a large amount of money, and without money, how can you get those girls?

Li Kun himself is unwilling to pay.

Therefore, in the matter of the Grand View Garden, Li Kun always pretended to be deaf and dumb, and made an appearance that everything was based on spring exploration.

Li Kun is like this, Tanchun is naturally angry, but he can't help it. Mrs. Wang is his mother-in-law, but Li Kun is his sister-in-law. Now Tanchun needs Mrs. Wang to raise her hand in her marriage, and she may have to rely on her sister-in-law in the future. Whether it is Mrs. Wang or Li Kun, Tanchun can't afford to offend.

Thankfully, Tanchun really has a little silver on hand. Tanchun also lived in the back garden of the Marquis Rongguo's mansion, and during that time, he also presided over the poetry club, and Jia Jiu once contributed a sum of money to the poetry club between the sisters. It's just that not long after that, Tanchun followed Mrs. Jia Zhengwang to the outskirts of Beijing and lived in Daguan Garden.

This money has been in Tanchun's hands, and Tanchun has not touched him. It's just that things have come to this point, and Tanchun can't be allowed to continue to hold these silvers.

Many years later, Tanchun recalled this period of time, and he was still a little happy in his heart. If it weren't for Mrs. Wang's monthly money, then the next reform in the Grand View Garden would not have gone well, and he would not have been able to complete the task entrusted by Mrs. Wang. (To be continued......)