Just as Jia Baoyu and Ping'er were talking here and gradually entering the harbor, the battle in the big room over there finally came to a rest.
After sending away Feng'er who was wiping his body clean, Wang Xifeng lay lazily on the kang, letting the man's hands next to him disturb her at every turn.
"I have found out what you asked me to find out, but it is useless to spend such a big battle, right? Do you really plan to marry your second sister to the eldest son of the Feng family? I don't think the Feng family is afraid. I will agree."
Wang Xifeng slowly calmed down her breathing and fell asleep hugging the quilt, "Looking at the great power of the Feng family, if the second sister was your sibling, there would be some hope, but it's a pity that she was born in the wrong mother's womb."
"Well, what can I do if the master has this intention?" Jia Lian was also helpless, "The master always thinks that our family has one family and two men, and the Feng family is just a martial general, but that is all the old Huang Li, our family Sister Feng, you are aware of the current situation, but in the Feng family, not only is Feng Tang expected to let his officials go, but Brother Keng will be able to pass the imperial examination if he can't do it. If one thing goes up and downs, can it still be the same?"
He had long wondered why Feng Ziying would marry his sister?
Yingchun does look good, and her body does look like a child-bearing one. But now that Feng Ziying is becoming more and more popular, and the tide is rising, many people are eyeing the position of his legitimate wife. Where will it be his sister's turn?
If it was to be a concubine or a concubine, that would be too unfair. The Jia family would never accept such a thing.
"Then why do you need to look at the Feng family? Is there no other suitable family for the second sister in the capital city except the Feng family?" Wang Xifeng disagreed.
"The master also has his own thoughts. Didn't he ask you to inquire about the Feng family's business? How is it?" Jia Lian withdrew his hand and put his hands behind his head.
"I have inquired about it, but I can only get a rough idea of these things. I am afraid that many things hidden behind may not be clear." Wang Xifeng pondered and said: "I heard that the main business of the Feng family is still in Datong. The specifics are How many, I don't know, but I heard that there are gold and silver shops, herbal medicine shops, leather goods shops and cloth shops, which take up half a street, and there are also several big villages, all of which irrigate the fields with good water."
"Oh, I didn't expect the Feng family's wealth to be so rich?" Jia Lian was surprised.
"Do you think someone who has served as a general soldier in Datong for so many years is a vegetarian?" Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes, "This is only in Datong. Over in Linqing is the old house of the Feng family. I heard that it is being renovated. All the idle vacant land in the surrounding area has been bought, and it seems that the ancestral home will be renovated. The Feng family has no business in Linqing, only a few hundred acres of land, and a few shops in Linqing City, all of which are rented to other people,……"
"You can find out about all these things?" Jia Lian really admired his wife. She could understand such people's private affairs in such detail and detail, which showed that his wife was very capable of inquiring.
"This is not a secret. In the Feng family, um, the eldest Duan family, that is, the mother and aunt of the eldest son of the Feng family are two sisters. Well, the aunt is a concubine. The eldest Duan family has never had children, so the younger Duan family is behind. After getting married, who would have known that after getting married, it was the eldest Duan who gave birth to the eldest son of the Feng family. The Feng family said that it was the younger Duan who brought the blessing to her sister to give birth to a son, and the eldest son of the Feng family was also raised by the younger Duan since childhood. The older one, so the little Duan family member of the Feng family is also very talkative, that is, she is in charge of the Feng family's internal and external affairs, but the older Duan family doesn't care much about it."
Jia Lian also found this situation interesting, "I didn't expect Dalang's family to be so interesting. My aunt is actually the housekeeper."
"Every family has its own story. Wasn't my aunt the housekeeper of our Rongguo Mansion before I got married?"
Wang Xifeng said lightly, which immediately made Jia Lian's face stiffen, but he did not dare to take up the topic.
Everyone knows that the ancestor likes the second uncle. Although his father is the eldest, he is not favored by the ancestor, but what can you do?
Filial piety is greater than heaven, you have to accept it.
Fortunately, Wang Xifeng did not irritate her man anymore, but continued to talk about the Feng family: "The Feng family also has some shops in the capital city. It seems that they have many shops in Xianyifang, Dashi Yongfang, and Nanxunfang. Faxiangfang There are also shops there. In addition to renting them to other families, they also have their own cloth shop, silk and satin shop, Nan goods shop, gold and silver shop, and herbal medicine shop. In addition, there are two shops outside the city in Wanping. I heard that the Feng family was still there. There are also two Zhuangzi over there in Liaodong, but they don’t seem to be taken care of much. It’s probably because they are too far away and no one at home can take care of them.”
Jia Lian took a breath of cold air, "After all, the Feng family is no worse than our Rongguo Mansion. No wonder the master always says that the Feng family is like a tortoise with meat in its belly."
Wang Xifeng sneered, "Not only is it no worse than our Rong Mansion, if we were talking about ten or twenty years ago, the Feng family would definitely not be able to compare with ours. But now, I'm afraid they have lost everything. In the past few years, the family has been selling You don’t know how much you have paid for? There is no man in the family who can support the family, and the second uncle is a pedant who only knows Ying Mao, and he has never found any living expenses for the people in the house. This is up and down. Thousands of people eat and drink indiscriminately, and don’t they spend their money like running water in that month? How many years can it continue like this? "
Jia Lian lowered his head and said nothing. It was not his turn to say this. Everyone in this mansion has his own plans and ideas. His ancestors, his father and mother, his second uncle and his aunt all have their own plans. Everyone has their own thoughts, and it is indeed not easy for Sister Feng to run this family.
"Look at the Feng family. They have so much income. I have inquired about it. There are only less than a hundred people in the whole family. The Feng family's son is the only son of the Feng family. There is only one personal servant and one personal maid. That mansion The land area is probably less than 20% of our Rongguo Mansion, but there are still people who have been serving as general soldiers outside for decades, and I don’t know how much money they have brought back..."
"..., look at our family again, hum, that's all. No wonder the master wants to get married. If the second sister can get married, I'm afraid she can bring some back to her parents' house from time to time in the future to help me as a daughter-in-law. Is it your sister-in-law’s?”
When talking about silver, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but smack her lips and became jealous with envy.
Everyone knows that the best place to make money is in the army. The officials in the capital and the dynasty are naturally incomparable. Even the officials in that place cannot be compared with the generals in the army. Feng Tang was in Datong when he was After decades of service as a general and a soldier, I don’t know how much money and property I have accumulated.
Jia Lian couldn't help but smacked his lips, "Actually, if my second uncle wants to make a living, there is still a lot of money in the Ministry of Works, but my second uncle is too pedantic and doesn't understand the world at all, so no one is willing to work with him. , naturally there is no chance."
Wang Xifeng didn't know this. It was a pity that her aunt married such a tortuous man. It was a pity that such a big name of the Jia family and such a position given by the Supreme Emperor were wasted.
"I'm afraid that the second uncle's temperament has been set long ago and there is no chance. But the Feng family may really have some skills." Wang Xifeng thought about it carefully, "I heard that the Feng family is more than just that. There are still There are some ways outside the Great Wall, and maybe you can make a living out of things like salt, iron, tea, and horses."
"To put it lightly, then why should the Feng family give up these connections to us? Gold and silver are red, and wealth and silk are alluring. Who is willing to give it up? They also have a large family to support." Jia Lian shook his head, "Unless the second sister can join Feng Home, otherwise such things would never be possible.”
The couple were just talking to each other on the bed, but they forgot that there were Ping'er and Feng Ziying staring at each other over there.
"The second grandma came at a bad time. My wife was not in good health, so she left everything in the house to the second grandma. The second grandma was also busy day and night. She was so tired that she felt dizzy several times... …”
Ping'er also spoke kind words for his master, but these words sounded a bit funny to Feng Ziying's ears.
When will it be his turn to listen to the "work report" of the Jia family? How Wang Xifeng manages the house has nothing to do with him, and it is not his turn to talk to him. It's just that someone said so, and he can't help but agree.
"There are so many people in the house that the expenses are high, so it's inevitable. Miss Ping'er is a good helper for Second Mistress Lian, so she can naturally share her worries." Feng Ziying said with a smile: "And I think that Miss Yuanyang is also smart and capable. She is completely Can you help Second Mistress Lian take care of things?"
Ping'er didn't expect that Feng Ziying would have such a good impression of Yuanyang when she first arrived. She and Yuanyang were also good sisters, so naturally they were happy.
"How can I help Second Mistress with my stupid appearance? Yuanyang can definitely do it, but Yuanyang has to take care of things for our ancestors and doesn't have the energy..."
"Then we have to wait a few years after Baoyu gets married and Baoyu's bride comes to help Second Mistress Lian."
Feng Ziying almost said that Tanchun could do it, but suddenly she thought that Tanchun was only nine years old now. How could he manage this family?
In the book "Dream of Red Mansions", the people who visit relatives after six or seven years should be fifteen or sixteen years old, and only after they have gained experience can they be able to bear this burden.
There is also Xue Baochai. It seems that Xue Baochai is going to Beijing this year, right?
Jia Yucun will go to work in Yingtian Mansion after the new year. I wonder if the Gourd Monk Gourd Case will happen again? My coming here must have made some changes to what happened in this time and space, but I don't know the specific details.
Seeing that the face of the Feng family's elder man was getting better and better, he guessed that the alcohol had passed, but he didn't hear any movement over there, and Ping'er felt a little panicked.
Although this young man is three or four years younger than me, he looks like an adult man no matter what. It is not a problem to stay in the same room, but when he wants to leave, he can't find a suitable reason.
Finally hearing someone calling from outside the courtyard door, Ping'er quickly stood up and said, "Uncle Feng, please rest while I go out and take a look."
