A noble family like the Jia family began to prepare for the New Year as soon as they entered the lunar month. Even if it is compared with the old practice, Mrs. Wang, who holds the stewardship of the entire mansion, is still very busy.

However, Mrs. Wang and Mother Jia, who came to Rongqing Hall at this time, were not talking about the New Year in the house, but a series of events caused by Aunt Zhao's childbirth yesterday.

"I have discussed with my master, Aunt Zhao has died for the rest of her life this time, and both adults and children have suffered less, and they are in a hurry to meet the New Year, and all the houses are busy, so they are not ready to do a big deal in the third day, the full moon and the 100 days, but only invite the family to come and sit down.

As for the cost saved, I plan to use it to help the poor people in Beijing who are suffering from cold and hunger, so that I should accumulate blessings for Huan'er and bless him to grow up safely without disasters and difficulties. I wonder if the old lady thinks this method is feasible? ”

Mother Jia, who was leaning on the pillow and leaning on the collapse, squinted her eyes and looked at Mrs. Wang, who was smiling kindly and compassionately in front of her, knowing that she was suppressing the status of Aunt Zhao, who had just given birth and was in the limelight, and Jia Huan, who had just given birth.

As for the so-called poverty alleviation for Jia Huan's blessings, these words are deceived by ghosts, and ghosts don't believe it. Even if Mrs. Wang really used the money to help the poor, whether the money was saved from Jia Huan or not, she would not use it to accumulate blessings for Jia Huan, and it would be almost the same to accumulate blessings for the children she gave birth to, and by the way, she could also raise her reputation for compassion.

Mother Jia knew that it was normal for the wife of the head of the house to suppress the concubines and concubines, which was understandable; Moreover, if Mrs. Wang does good deeds, while making a name for herself, the house also has a good reputation; Therefore, he said, "Okay, just do what you want." ”

"After the New Year, Yuan'er is about to enter the palace, and I plan to let her bring 30,000 taels of silver in for expenses in the palace. I don't know what the old lady thinks? Mrs. Wang mentioned that Yuan Chun, the daughter of the female history who entered the palace, and there was excitement in her eyes that could not be concealed, as if she saw that after Yuan Chun entered the palace, she immediately rose to the top, and then took care of the scene at home.

Jia Mu frowned and asked, "Then this money, do you plan to pay for the private house, or will it be taken out by the public?" ”

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment and said, "Of course, it was from the public." Yuan'er entered the palace for the sake of the family......" In Jia's mother's mocking gaze, Mrs. Wang's voice gradually became inaudible.

Actually, Jia Mu is not against Yuan Chun's entry into the palace, but it is based on the fact that Yuan Chun entered the palace through a general election. Unexpectedly, after Yuanchun lost the election, Mrs. Wang did not give up, and even listened to her mother's advice, and asked Jia's mother to let Yuanchun enter the palace by the way of the small election, and only told Jia's mother after the dust settled.

The dignified Miss Yan of the Rongguo Mansion actually entered the palace as a palace maid who served people. Although in order to look good, she didn't let Yuan Chun directly become a palace maid, and gave her the title of a female history, but she changed the soup without changing the medicine, and put it in the house, at most she was a second-class girl, and she didn't get rid of the original class.

After knowing that Mrs. Wang did this kind of thing of lowering the lintel of the house and making people laugh, Jia Mu was so angry that she was going to die, but the wood was already in the boat and could not be changed, she couldn't do anything else except scold the two-room couple, so she could only pinch her nose and admit it.

In fact, the reason why Jia's mother does not approve of Yuan Chun entering the palace through the small election is not only because the possibility of the woman who enters the palace is very low, but also because Yuan Chun, as the only concubine in the two rooms of the house, and is the eldest daughter, has grown up like a golden jade since she was a child, and her heart is quite high, and now she is a slave and a maid in the palace, she is afraid that she will not be able to accept the gap for a while; In addition, the handkerchiefs she usually makes friends with have also entered the palace through this election, and after she entered the palace, the situation of each other is very different, and Yuan Chun may not be able to adjust her mentality immediately; Moreover, Jia's mother, who has been through the world, knows that the most important thing in the palace is beautiful women, and Yuan Chun, who was born quite well, is not outstanding when she arrives inside, and it is not easy to show her face in front of the royal people; …… Under various circumstances, Mother Jia felt that if Yuan Chun wanted to get ahead, it was several times more difficult than a normal woman who was selected to enter the palace.

Anyway, Yuan Chun grew up beside her, and since she chose the path of entering the palace, she can only gamble, maybe there will be a great creation.

Mother Jia thought for a while and said: "The rules of the ancestors are that when a concubine of Sister Yuan'er marries, the princess is a dowry of 10,000 taels of silver. All this money was brought to her in the palace, and then another five thousand taels were paid out of the public school, and I added another five thousand from the private room. As for how much you pay on your side, feel free. ”

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Listening to the mandarin duck say that Mrs. Wang took three thousand taels of silver from the private room to Yuan Chun, Jia's mother, who was looking at the New Year's gift list sent by Jia Min, couldn't help but sneer, and Mrs. Wang, who kept preaching her love for her daughter, was only three thousand taels of silver for Yuan Chun's daughter.

Jia Mucao glanced at the gift list, and was not even interested in taking a look at the rich New Year's gift above, and after telling the mandarin duck to receive the things in the warehouse and put them away, she hurriedly opened Jia Min's family letter and read it.

After reading the letter, thinking of Yang Wan's pregnancy with a second child mentioned by Jia Min in the letter, Jia's mother couldn't help frowning and worried about her daughter. Jia Min told Jia's mother about Yang Wan's second child, but she didn't say anything if it was a boy who would pass on to the Yang family, because before the matter was settled, she was afraid that something would happen in the middle.

Listening to the little maid say that Mama Lai, who had been raised, came to greet her, Mother Jia, who was trying to find someone to talk to, was busy asking Mama Lai to bring her in.

Mama Lai came in and saw Mother Jia frowning, her face was worried, and she hurriedly said, "What's wrong with the old lady, it seems that there is something to worry about?" ”

"It's not Min'er's girl's business." Mother Jia thought that Mama Lai had been to the Lin family before Rong Yang, and asked, "Last year, you went to the Lin family to visit Min'er, did you see that Yang family?" Although Min'er kept saying that Yang was honest in the letter, I just didn't feel at ease, do you think she was a good person? ”

Mama Lai smiled: "I have seen it, but how can I see this person's character by only seeing one or two sides?" But although I don't see how she behaves, I can also see from what she does that she is not a particular person.

This Yang is my uncle's cousin, and she was originally a coquettish guest and a master in her uncle's house, but she put it well, and the serious master refused to do it, and made a second room for her uncle. ”

Yang Wan gave Lin Ruhai the reason for making a second room, Jia Min didn't tell the truth to Jia's mother, but put forward a strong reason of "planning for the heirs", which even Jia's mother couldn't say.

Thinking of the reason why Yang Wan got started, and the reason why Jia Min had been married for many years, and only at the age when she could be a mother-in-law did she have Daiyu and Brother Mao, Jia's mother couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, Min'er is a little shallow in the fate of the heir, and the time to give birth to a child is inevitably a little late." ”

Although Mama Lai spoke to Jia Min on her face, she actually felt that it was too late for the Lin family to accept the second room, but the whole family was holding the Jia family's "rice bowl", so she naturally couldn't say what was in her heart, and said with a busy smile: "As the saying goes, 'a good meal is not afraid of being late', and Mrs. Gu now has children and daughters, and the future is blessed." ”

If it weren't for Yang Wan's second room on the side, Jia Mu felt that Jia Min's life was complete, but now it can't help but make people feel that there is a fly in the ointment, and she couldn't help but sigh, "Min'er wrote to say that Yang is pregnant again." That Yang is still young, and if it goes on like this, I don't know how many I will have yet. "has the support of an heir, is a second room, and is Lin Ruhai's cousin, young and beautiful,...... The threat to Jia Min, the wife in charge, is too great.

Mama Lai has followed Mother Jia in the back house for most of her life, how could she not hear the meaning of her words, and she also knows that a second room like this, which can replace the main house, is indeed a big threat to the main room.

It's just that at this time, she can't add fuel to the fire, so she explained with a smile: "As the saying goes, 'precious essence is not too expensive', and a gold ingot is better than a plate of copper coins." Mrs. Gu has a son under her knees, and her uncle is a square person, and he is by no means a person who spoils his concubine and destroys his wife, so don't worry too much, old lady. ”

boasting that she has seen too many men's faces in women, Mother Jia doesn't believe in Lin Ruhai's integrity, but she can't say this in front of Mama Lai, so she nodded with a smile and agreed: "That's right, my son-in-law, I didn't say it, over the years, I have always respected Min'er." ”

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After Mama Lai left, Mother Jia took out her reading glasses and prepared to write a reply to Jia Min, but without writing a few words, she stopped writing and couldn't help but sigh.

Jia Min, as her old daughter, is the youngest child in the house, and when she was born, the layout of the house in the house was set. As the wife of Jia's mother, no one can shake her status, so Jia Min has not seen the battle in the house since she was a child.

When Jia Min grew up and got married, the Lin family she chose was carefully selected, the other party's family style was upright, and he was an only son, and the back house was far cleaner than other families.

In order to maintain her image in front of her daughter, Jia's mother never told her about the selfish means of fighting in the house, but the people who married her in the past were carefully selected, thinking that even if there was a fight, with their help, Jia Min could also suppress it, and her personal experience was far better than her empty mouth and white teeth.

I thought that after many years of living in the back house, Jia Min also experienced it. Who would have thought that Lin Ruhai, the son-in-law, had been behaving very well before, although he had a few concubines, but it was just for the sake of the heirs, and it did not bother Jia Min, so that his daughter had no means to live after being married for many years.

It stands to reason that this is a good thing, but I didn't expect Lin Ruhai to be a blockbuster, and suddenly made a big move, letting his cousin make a second room, and also gave birth to the eldest son, and now she is pregnant with a second child.

Mother Jia felt that she couldn't let the Yang family continue to grow bigger, otherwise, maybe one day she could really replace Jia Min. Thinking of this, Jia's mother didn't care about anything else, and wrote down her idea for Jia Min.