After Daiyu and Jia Lian left, on this night, Sister Feng was sleeping in a hazy starry eye, when she saw Qin Keqing of the Qin family walking in from outside, and said with a smile: "Hello aunt, I am leaving today, and you won't give me a ride." We have always been good friends, and we are reluctant to give up our aunt, so we are here to say goodbye, and I have some things to tell you. ”

Sister Feng listened, and asked in a trance: "If you have anything to say, please feel free to say it." ”

Qin Keqing said: "Auntie, you are also a hero in the fat powder team, even those men with belts and crowns can't compare to you, but there are two sayings why don't you know?" As the saying goes, 'the moon is full, the water is full, it is overflowing', and it is said that 'the higher you climb, the heavier you fall'. ”

When Sister Feng heard this, she was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Then what can be done to get better forever?" ”

Qin Keqing sneered and said, "Since ancient times, if you don't come to the world, how can manpower strive for a good forever?" Now I can take advantage of the glory and plan for the future, so that I won't be too unlucky, even if it's good. ”

Sister Feng said: "Then what are the specific plans?" ”

Keqing said: "Although there are always sacrifices in the ancestral grave now, there is no fixed budget for money and food to ensure it. Second, although family schools are run, there is no clear funding supply. Once the future family is broken, neither is guaranteed. In my opinion, it is better to take advantage of the present prosperity to buy more land and granges near the ancestral tomb, so that the expenses for the sacrifice can also be moved here. The future is bad, if you are guilty, anything can be copied and confiscated into the official, and the land of the ancestral grave will not be confiscated. With the protection of this land, the family is defeated, and they can also farm, sacrifice, and even read some books, and may make a comeback in the future. You know, prosperity is only instantaneous, don't forget the common saying that 'the feast must be dispersed'. Auntie, let's leave it at that. In the end, you remember, after the three springs, all the flowers are gone, and each must find its own door. ”

Sister Feng wanted to ask again, so she heard someone knocking on the second door outside - and it was four times (three times for good things, four for bad things, and four for the most unlucky), which woke Sister Feng up. Sister Feng hurriedly called out and asked, what was the matter. The mother-in-law came back and said, "The report came from Dongfu, and Grandma Rong of Dongfu is gone." - Qin Keqing finally died of illness in this early spring. When Sister Feng heard this, she was frightened into a cold sweat. Then he didn't move, and after a long time, he hurriedly got dressed and went to Mrs. Wang to discuss.

Here, what Qin Keqing said to Sister Feng in his dying dream, many of the previous ones reflect the principle of the cycle of prosperity and decline, which is a Taoist thing. And Qin Keqing's family took Jia Baoyu to travel to the illusory realm, asking him to see clearly the meaninglessness of the children in the world. Therefore, it can be said that Qin Keqing has a little Taoist color. And Wang Xifeng has a Legalist color and has to be promising, so Qin Keqing persuaded her here.

It was the middle of the night, and when a group of people heard the news of death, they all braved the night to go to Ningguo Mansion in the east. Here in Ningguofu, there was a lot of commotion and crying. In the room where the body was stopped, Jia Zhen was crying: "The size of the family, relatives near and far, who doesn't know, my daughter-in-law is ten times stronger than my son." Now that he has stretched out his legs, there will be no one in our family's house. (Ningguo Mansion is a long house, and Rongfu is a second room.) ）

Jia Zhen's words also inferred that Qin Keqing was good at running a family and governing the family, so it had a bit of Legalist color. This is probably the reason why she can get along with Sister Feng.

And they all admonished, "It is useless to weep when a man is dead." Let's quickly discuss how to take care of the aftermath. ”

Jia Zhen cried and clapped her hands and said, "How to take care of the aftermath, it's just to do everything I have." ”

Qin Keqing is just the daughter-in-law of Jia Zhen's eldest son, she is dead, why bother to use her family property to hold a special funeral, is it worth spending money for her like this? The funeral in the back was really grand, and later generations speculated and explained, one explanation is that Jia Zhen had an affair with Qin Keqing, so her lover died, and she devoted everything she had to ask for the last glory and scenery for her. But for lovers, wouldn't it be more embarrassing. Anyway, it's a bit far-fetched.

In fact, in what Jia Zhen cried, he also explained a little reason for the funeral. Because in Ningfu, Jia Rong is an unmotivated, bewitching and incompetent prodigal (most suitable for playing being by Jia Rui), and Ningfu is the descendant of Ning Guogong (eldest son), the long house of the Jia family in the capital, and the patriarch of the entire Jia family, and now it is Jia Zhen (not Jia Zheng). In the future, Jia Rong will take over the position of the patriarch, with Qin Keqing's assistance, then the majesty of the patriarch and the honor of the family can continue. Qin Keqing can teach a good son again, and he can also make Ning Mansion prosper as a patriarch all the time. Now Qin Keqing's death is equivalent to the death of Ningfu, and the big funeral here is tantamount to ringing the death knell and making sacrifices for Ningfu.

Moreover, Jia Zhen is a person who pays attention to luxury and likes to spend money hard, and his father Jia Jing lives in the "madhouse" (temple) and does not care about him at all, so he is even more arbitrary.

The place where I live in Jiangyin, two days ago, people also died, so at night in the shed I built, making fun and setting off firecrackers, making me unable to sleep, just downstairs in my house, until dawn still set off firecrackers. I asked, it is very ancient here, to stop the deceased at home for three days, make trouble for three days, and then mourn. I said, it's okay, just endure it for three days, but in ancient times, it seemed that it would have to stop for five days. The person who told me said, yes, it used to be longer, but now it's not so much.

Jia Zhen reported to the relevant government departments, and it was determined that the spirit was suspended for 7749 days, and in these 49 days, one hundred and eight monks were invited to chant mantras in the hall to surpass the soul, and ninety-nine Quanzhen Taoist priests were invited to set up an altar on the Tianxiang Building, and the practice of Jiao was beaten, so that if you can't go to the West Heaven, you can go to the Middle Heaven (where the Jade Emperor is), and the heavens of the East and the West can be fought for. In addition, in the next seven days, another 50 high-ranking monks and 50 high-ranking Taoist priests were invited to do good deeds and greet the heavens. For a while, the combination of Chinese and Western cultures, I don't know if the signal will be messed up and the sky won't receive it. But it's better than the firecrackers I sometimes set off downstairs and sometimes blow the march of the military band.

Jia Zhen thought again, Jia Rong was just a prison guard, so it didn't look good when written on the spirit flag, so she felt very uncomfortable. It just so happened that on the fourth day of the first seventh, Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, also came, sitting in a sedan chair, playing an umbrella and sounding gongs, and came to pay tribute in person. Jia Zhen thought about it in her heart, so she said to Dai Quan that she wanted to donate a future to her son Jia Rong. Dai Quan understood and said, "I think it's for the funeral to be more beautiful." ”

Jia Zhen hurriedly smiled and said: "The old minister has seen it well. ”

Dai Quan said: "Now there is a shortage of beauty, it is two places, yesterday the Marquis of Xiangyang came to beg me, took 1,500 taels of silver, and sent it to my home, and I had to agree." Now there is one left, and the Yongxing Festival envoy is also asking for it, and I don't have time to respond to him. Since it's your child who wants to donate, write your resume now. What he said not only asked for a bribe, but also explained the standard and urged the other party.

Jia Zhen listened to it and hurriedly urged someone to write.

Dai Quan took his resume and said, "No problem, let's be a five-rank dragon forbidden lieutenant." Then he took his leave.

Jia Zhen sent Dai Quan out, got into the sedan chair, and asked: "Will I send the silver to the ministry tomorrow, or will I send it directly to the old prime minister's mansion?" ”

Dai Quan said: "If you are sent to the ministry, you will suffer again." It's better to take 1,200 taels of silver and send it to my house and it's over (go through the formalities from my side and give you a discount). (Sent to the ministry, the donor official is according to the official price, the official price is high, and there are many people in the official mansion who pick the skin, so the price is also high.) ）

Jia Zhen was grateful, and only said: "When the funeral is over, I will take the puppy to the house to thank you." ”

Jia Zhen is still thinking about the face of the family. If the funeral is just the daughter-in-law of a common official, and this funeral is equivalent to an advertising campaign for Jia's Ningguo Mansion, the eldest grandson of the Nuo Dajia family is just a minor official, and it seems that this family is too declining.

Seeing off Dai Quan, the wife of Zhongjing Marquis Shi Ding (Shi Jia, Jia's mother's nephew), Jinxiang Marquis, Chuanning Marquis, and Shoushan Bo also came to pay their respects one after another, all of whom were relatives and friends of the Jia family.

The next day, Jia Rong received the certificate of the official from the government, she was a fifth-grade official, and her deceased daughter-in-law Qin Keqing was also upgraded. As a result, the offerings in front of the coffin were immediately replaced with five-grade specifications. The spirit card is also written: "The Celestial Dynasty conferred the spiritual position of the Jiamen Qin clan to seal the people." The gate facing the street also dared to open, and there were swords and axes and honor guards outside, and two large-character signs were erected, which read: "Protect the Inner Court Forbidden Road Imperial Guard Dragon Forbidden Captain." This is Jia Rong's official. In this way, the funeral of the Jia family is worthy of the specifications of the disciple. Jia Rong was too young, and before he could get a bigger official for Jia Rong, his daughter-in-law died in a hurry, so that the funeral had no specifications and meaning, so Jia Zhen had to urgently donate an official, make amends, and temporarily hold on to Buddha's feet.

Jia Zhen was satisfied at this time (the family had face), but his daughter-in-law You Shi was sick again, and she couldn't take care of the housework, and the details in the funeral couldn't call the maids and boys to run. Jia Zhen is a lazy and stupid person again, lest she make mistakes and make jokes (so she loses face for the family). So I remembered that Sister Feng was here, so I personally went to Rongguo Mansion and asked Sister Feng to host the funeral.

Mrs. Wang was worried that Sister Feng was young and incapable, so she repeatedly shirked. Jia Zhen shed tears (for the sake of the family's face, it's okay to cry). Mrs. Wang had no choice but to loosen her mouth and ask Sister Feng what she meant, but Sister Feng actually couldn't ask for it in her heart. She likes to do things in front of people the most, so she can show off her talents. So the Legalist Wang Xifeng agreed to come down and take charge of the internal affairs and funeral of Ning Mansion for a month.

Sending Jia Zhen away, Sister Feng went back to the house to meditate and imagined, to sort out a clue, she felt: The first thing is that Ning Guofu is mixed with people, lost things, and there are girls and girls stealing things; Second, there is no special person in charge of the matter, and when there is a mess or it is not completed within the time limit, they pass the buck to each other (there is no clear job description); the third is excessive fees, abuse and fraud; Fourth, things are not divided into big and small, and the bittersweet and bittersweet of the officers are uneven (there is no job evaluation, the value of different positions is different, but the treatment is not reflected accordingly); Fifth, the family is lawless, the head and face are disobedient, and the lowly and humble have no chance of advancement (lack of a reasonable promotion system, and the position is determined by the background, not the status of the talent). These five things are really the current situation of Ning Guofu, and the modern non-standard enterprises are also like this, I don't know how Sister Feng will deal with it. Let's listen to the next breakdown.