Chapter 19: The Mystery of the Four Alliances (1)
Mrs. Wang frowned, although Mrs. Xing's begging for Sister Feng was unexpected, and she originally wanted to let the old lady stay, but after thinking about it, she happened to see Baoyu sitting next to the old lady, and immediately remembered Baochai.
Anyway, Baochai was originally her niece, and now she is a daughter-in-law, although Baoyu is unsatisfactory, and now the little couple is still very stiff, but for the sake of her daughter-in-law, she has to plan.
It stands to reason that the old lady should let Baochai be in charge of the house, how can she let Li Kun come out to be in charge? Then I thought about it, yes...... If Baochai is in charge now, it will be too obvious, lest Sister Feng sink her heart, thinking that it is the old lady's expedient measure. Thinking of this, a smile bloomed on Mrs. Wang's face, and she nodded: "What the old lady said is very true, but Zhu's daughter-in-law doesn't need to be a phoenix girl, she has to find someone to help take care of it, what do you think of Baochai?" If she had grown up with you, she would have been steady and dignified, smart and virtuous......"
Mother Jia didn't wait for her to finish, and said directly: "Zhu's daughter-in-law is indeed not a good woman, but Baochai is still a new daughter-in-law, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to come out to take care of the housekeeper now, hasn't Baoyu not had a round house with Baochai yet?" Wait for the round house. Well...... I look at the girl well, she is knowledgeable and decisive on weekdays, and she has helped take care of it before, so I still let her work hard to take care of it. Speaking of this, she paused deliberately, and said, "You can't patronize your daughter-in-law and let your daughter-in-law work." ”
Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, she proposed to let Baochai be the housekeeper, originally thinking of seeking a certain right and status for Baochai, but when it came to Jia's mother's mouth, she was stunned to let her daughter-in-law work if she became a daughter-in-law? This...... What are the words?
But even though Mrs. Wang felt aggrieved, she didn't dare to distinguish a word, so she hurriedly stood up and agreed to a few "yes" words, and withdrew with Sister Feng.
Here, Mrs. Xing also excused herself to say good night to Jia's mother under the pretext that it was not early, and said goodbye.
The mandarin ducks put the meal, the spring and the spring were all eaten in their own rooms, Jia's mother took Baoyu to eat, the mandarin ducks withdrew, and Amber and the others served the two after rinsing their mouths and holding tea.
Jia Mu instructed: "You have been waiting for a day, go out to eat first, Baoyu will talk to me." ”
Amber and Mandarin Duck hurriedly agreed, and went out with the little girl, leaving only Jia Mu and Baoyu in the room, and Jia Mu asked, "How is it?" ”
"Sun Shaozu is back from Jiangnan!" Baoyu smiled, "That person didn't reach the limit, so he escaped a catastrophe, and it was Sister Lin who saved him." ”
"In that case, that's fine!" Jia Mu nodded while eating tea, "In fact, he can't die now." ”
"Yes!" Baoyu nodded and said with a smile, "If he dies now, the situation is bound to be chaotic, no one knows what will happen, we can't cheapen others for nothing." ”
"You're right!" Jia Mu nodded and said, "Does your sister Lin have any news?" ”
At the mention of Lin Daiyu, Baoyu couldn't help but laugh again, and said: "Sun Shaozu said that she made a lot of new things in Jiangnan, such as shampoo, shower gel, facial cleanser, etc., novel and chic, and the business is very hot." ”
"Why did Lin Yatou think about going into business?" Jia Mu was surprised, holding the teacup, and said in a low voice for a long time, "Does she want to launder money?" ”
"What?" Baoyu couldn't help but be taken aback and asked in surprise, "What money laundering?" ”
"If there was no accident with the silver back then, it should still be in the hands of your Uncle Lin, but Lin Yatou did not bring this silver into the capital, so in this way, the silver must be stored in a certain money village in Jiangnan, and the private salt in Jiangnan is still like an iron bucket now, which shows the strict control back then." Jia Mu said this in one breath, paused, and stopped at the candle flame.
Baoyu thought about it carefully, thought about it again, and couldn't help but cry out "ah".
"What, you figured it out?" Jia Mu turned around and asked.
"Yes, Baoyu understands, although Uncle Lin left this silver to Sister Lin, if Sister Lin takes it out, she will inevitably be suspected, and even the official family intervenes to investigate and deal with every little bit of the year, which is not good for Uncle Lin, so Sister Lin must have a clear and justifiable use of a large sum of silver, right? Now she has a business to do under the guise of doing business, even if she uses the silver, now she can say to the outside world that she is the silver she earned from business, and it has nothing to do with Uncle Lin, even if someone wants to check it, she can't find out a name. Baoyu said busily.
"Yes!" Jia Mu nodded and said, "What you said is good, Lin Yatou is really smart, I didn't see the wrong person, but it's a pity that it's ......" Speaking of this, she couldn't help but sigh wastefully.
Baoyu smiled: "Old lady, Baoyu has always asked you one thing. ”
"You want to ask me about your marriage?" Jia Mu frowned.
Baoyu nodded, although he was sick and confused at the beginning, but it had not yet reached the point where he didn't know about the personnel, everyone told him that he was married to Sister Lin, but he married seriously, how could he be Baochai?
"This treasure girl, I originally looked good, but I didn't expect her to be so scheming." Jia Mu said this, and sighed again.
"What the hell is going on?" Baoyu is puzzled, is there any inside story here?
"You know about her brother?" Jia Mu smiled bitterly, "Back then, the four of us had an alliance, and only the head of the family knew the content of the alliance all along, which is why the four families of Xue, Wang, Shi, and Jia had to support each other. The Xue family has not been prosperous, and in Xue Pan's generation, there is such a stupid overlord, I think, his father died early, and he must have explained the affairs of the alliance to Aunt Xue. ”
"Could it be that my aunt is blackmailing in turn?" Baoyu couldn't help but be taken aback and asked in a low voice.
"Aunt Xue doesn't have this mind, and she won't be so smart!" Jia Mu sneered, "After Xue Pan's accident, Xue Zhen dotted up and down, it had no effect, the Xue family had already been out of proportion, although our family was also busy helping a lot, but after all, human life was at stake, and those people were His Majesty's cronies...... In fact, he's already halfway there. ”
"What does the old ancestor mean - Brother Xue's matter, that person is involved?" Baoyu asked in a low voice.
"Of course, otherwise, with a small county order, can't our Jia Mansion be uneven?" Mother Jia shook her head, "Think about it, when your eldest brother Xue was at home earlier, for Xiangling, Leng beat the son of a squire to death, and then it was just a letter in our mansion to do everything, and now the son of an ordinary widow's family has died, a county magistrate actually dares to argue with our Jia Mansion, no one supports him in vain, he dares?" ”