Under normal circumstances, it is the end of the year, but the salt chamber of commerce is the middle of the year. The reason why the time is set in the middle of the year is because Lin Jin's family still has a stall to be busy at the end of the year, and in addition, for the business done by the Chamber of Commerce, it doesn't matter whether it is the beginning of the year, the middle of the year, or the end of the year, there is no saying that there is an off-peak season, so it can be counted at any time, so it is set in the middle of the year.

Since it was the account of the Chamber of Commerce, Lin Jin naturally couldn't be at home, so he went to his small mansion outside the mansion again. Finally played with the last account in her hand, her fingers played with the abacus beads, looked at the numbers in the account book, thought for a while, and suddenly laughed to herself: "I must be more than enough for the second level of abacus now." ”

Mama Tao came in to deliver refreshments, and saw her sitting idly with one hand on the abacus beads, and said with a smile: "Uncle, what are you doing here?" The ignorant little girls in the house all said that the uncle looked personable, magnificent and elegant, as if he was born from the fragrance of books, and he was worthy of being born in a family of scholars, but he didn't see the uncle's appearance in private, and the abacus was faster than that of the bookkeeper, which was better. If the uncle's portrait of a wealth fan is seen by them, he is afraid that he will lose his eyeballs. ”

"Shhhh What kind of demeanor, what kind of bearing, it is all piled up with silver. In addition to the immortals who suck wind and drink dew, mortals who beg for a living in the world, no matter how elegant, have to eat. Lin Jin was very disdainful of her image in the little maid, picked up a piece of Poria cake, slowly let the fragrance melt in her mouth, and then took a small sip of the tea bowl.

"Uncle......" Mama Tao wanted to speak and stopped.

Lin Jin put down the tea bowl in her hand, looked at Mama Tao and said, "Mama, if there is anything difficult, just say it." You have been by my side for so many years, and you know who I am, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse. ”

Mama Tao looked embarrassed, thought about it and thought about it, and then said, "Uncle, save the red snail." ”

"Red snails?" Hearing the name of the big girl in Jia Min's room who had not been heard for a long time, Lin Jin was stunned for a moment and asked, "What happened to her?" If I'm not mistaken, after my wife passed away, because the house wanted to keep filial piety, my mother let a group of people out, although the red snail was not of age, but her family came to beg, so my mother let her out together, not only did she not ask for her worth of silver, but even the things she had accumulated in the house over the years were allowed to be taken away.

The red snail was bought from outside, and it has been more than ten years since I came to the house. Although I don't know how much she has in her personal savings, but when she served by her wife's side, her wife treated her very kindly, and her wife was seriously ill and could not afford to know herself, and when she dealt with herself, she also gave her a lot of things, so she had a few hundred taels in her hand, and I guess she should still have it. After she goes out, with this money, whether it is to buy a house or land, or to do a small business, to support her family, there is absolutely no problem. What's going on with her? Did you encounter corrupt officials or bullies, and you can't deal with them, so you come to you? ”

"Neither." Mama Tao sighed and said: "Although most people sell their sons and daughters, it is the family that encounters difficulties, but the red snail was sold because her family wanted a future for her younger brother. In order to send Hongluo's younger brother to study, Hongluo and her three sisters were sold, and only Hongluo mixed up and became the big girl next to his ex-wife.

Since Hongluo arrived at his ex-wife's side, her mother's family has been staring at her. No matter where the master goes to be an official, their family follows wherever they go. After Hongluo was released, although she had a lot of personal savings, most of them were detained by her family. And not long after Hongluo went out, the family told her about a marriage, and her husband was a carpenter, and the family was still living.

After Hongluo got married, because the first child gave birth to a daughter, the in-laws were very unhappy, and when the child was not yet 100 days old, her husband came back late because he went out to work, fell in the dark, and accidentally broke his head, so he went. In the midst of filial piety, her in-laws asked her to marry her second brother-in-law. Her second brother-in-law has been married to her for more than a year, and once he went out to drink, because he drank too much, his foot slipped and accidentally fell into the pool, and when he was found, he had drowned. ”

Lin Jin was very surprised when she heard that after Hongluo got married, this twist and turn, and the unhappy marriage, she couldn't help but sigh: "Why is she so unlucky?" ”

After the death of her second brother-in-law, her mother-in-law blamed her for the death of her husband, calling her a husband, beating and scolding her, and later, selling her and her daughter to a widower in his forties. The widower liked to beat people, and it is said that he had killed three wives before and after, and later married a fourth, but the one took advantage of the widower's unpreparedness and ran away. When he arrived at Hongluo, he not only beat her, but was afraid that she would run away, so he not only tied her feet with an iron chain, but also threatened her with her daughter......"

Hearing this, Lin Jin's face became serious, and she couldn't help but lament the fate of this worldly woman again. "Alright, Mama, don't talk about it. Go back and talk to Wang Zuo or Wang You about this, let them think about it, and see what to do to save Hongluo and her daughter from the sea of suffering. ”

Mama Tao saw that she hadn't finished speaking, Lin Jin made the decision to save the red snail without hesitation, she was very happy, and couldn't help but thank her, and was about to say when, Wu Jiugong's voice came in from outside.

Lin Jin hurriedly greeted him out, and teased with a smile: "Rare guest, rare guest, did you see you going out, why did you come here to me?" ”

"I'll discuss something serious with you." Wu Jiugong entered the house and said bluntly: "The eldest lord of Rongguo Mansion didn't know how to get in touch with our Chamber of Commerce, and handed over the message, saying that he wanted everyone to make a fortune together. ”

"No, absolutely not." Lin Jin shook her head hurriedly when she heard this, "Think of a way to refuse politely." That's not the kind of person you can work with. ”

Wu Jiugong was not too surprised by her attitude, but still said: "You don't think about it, although the four major families are not as good as in the past, but in the end, the skinny Luo, this brand can still bluff people." ”

"Don't mention the brand of the four major families, the ancestors created this name, when they come here, mention this name again, they are not ashamed, I still think it." Speaking of the four major families, Lin Jin couldn't help but comment: "Jia Wang Shi Xue is also known as the four major families, but these four families, the Xue family is a merchant, regardless of whether the children of the family are promising, a merchant's children can't take the imperial examination, so they will be cut off, so there is no need to mention it; The two nephews of my maternal grandmother of the historian, although they have a marquis, but whether they are officials or people, they are mediocre, if there is nothing to do, relying on the connections left by the older generation, they can barely keep it, but if they want to lead the family to forge ahead, there is no such possibility; As for the two mansions of Rongning, even the antique dealer who married the daughter of a slave of the Rongfu saw the crisis of these two families, "There are many masters and servants who are rich and honorable, and there are no one who plans and plots, and the children and grandchildren are not as good as the generation." But these two Manchurian families are still immersed in the glory of the past.

My grandmother can see a little bit of the decline of the family, but as a backhouse woman, the adult male in the family is not angry, and she has no good way, and now she puts the hope of revitalizing the family on my second uncle, who was born of jade, but I don't know that he is just a showman, and he can't be the pillar of the family like Wang Ziteng. ”

Wu Jiugong asked curiously: "I heard that his piece of jade was taken out of his mouth when the grass fell, and there are ready-made eye-piercing and seal handwriting on it, but is it true?" ”

Lin Jin nodded: "That's true." The jade is said to be as big as a bird's egg, originally I didn't believe it, I thought it was a second aunt fake, after all, how big can the newborn baby's mouth be, how can it be put down? Later, after asking my mother, I found out that the jade was not so big at first, and it only became so big after it was taken out of my cousin's mouth.

At that time, not only everyone in the delivery room, but also my grandmother, who broke in because of the exclamation of the midwife, saw it, so my cousin's piece of jade was regarded as a strange thing, and it was precisely because of this that my grandmother felt that he was born extraordinary and would do great things in the future. ”

It's a pity that people only borrowed the shell of the Jia family to rob them, not to help the Jia family revitalize the family, so everyone who had high hopes for Baoyu couldn't help but be disappointed in the end.

Wu Jiugong thought that the royal habit would cast a layer of mystery on his birth, and then thought of Baoyu's birth and the fact that the jade was taken out of his mouth to face the wind, and he twisted his beard and said: "In this case, it is better for your cousin to be honest and not to be outstanding, otherwise, it may not be a good thing for him."

In fact, he should be glad that when he was born, not only did he catch up with the peaceful and prosperous era, but the reigning Emperor Taishang did not believe this. Otherwise, I'm afraid that your cousin won't know how tall the grass on the grave will be right now. ”

Lin Jin nodded in agreement. She also knows the royal taboo about such things as "oracles", so when she reads the book, she doesn't say anything about Baoyu's ability to grow up peacefully, and she is alive, which is incredible. can only say who makes the family the protagonist, otherwise, how can a different person live past the first birthday.