Ou Mengmeng nodded, looked at the children and grandchildren present, and thought: "I guess you all want to know why I didn't say anything for a long time, and why I went to the palace to take Yuan'er out."
She looked at Brother Jia She, and they both raised their heads. Obviously, they also wanted to know, but they didn't ask.
"Isn't it because of mother?" Sure enough, the most innocent one is Daiyu. She has clearly said that she chose not to let her beloved granddaughter make the same mistake again because her mother left?
"Your mother's death was my determination. It was not a reason!" Ou Mengmeng gently touched Daiyu's face.
"So there's a reason?"
"Yes, there are reasons. Many reasons!" Ou Mengmeng smiled at Daiyu and thought about it, "As I just said, when I agreed to send Yuan'er to the draft, I put interests first. I am rational. Being a family member, I have to weigh the pros and cons of many things. Between Yuan'er's advancement and retreat, I have repeatedly weighed the pros and cons."
"So, do you think the advantages of Yuan'er's withdrawal outweigh the disadvantages?" Jia Zheng asked hurriedly.
"Let's go in first! It's a big gamble. It's possible to spend all the family's efforts to get Yuan'er a concubine. But what happens after that? How do you want her to repay the family?" Ou Mengmeng said softly. Yuan Chun patted the side and looked at Jia She and Jia Zheng.
Jia She hurriedly shook his head, "It's none of my business. She can't transfer the title to the second wife."
"It's impossible. Let's see if it's possible if she becomes the empress dowager." Jia Zheng thought about it seriously and shook his head honestly. Even if Yuan Chun had the intention to comply with the imperial court's regulations, he didn't have the strength to do so. It would be easier to give his father and brother a new title than to replace his grandfather's title with his father's.
"Thinking about it this way, it seems to be a bit of a loss. We spent all our efforts to send her in, but we won't see the rewards in the past twenty years? It's not certain whether we can live another twenty years?" Jia She thought about it and touched it. Beard on chin.
"Farewell, I don't know if you can live for twenty years. I only know that the Jia family's internal treasury cannot support ten years, right? The Lian'er family's." Ou Mengmeng turned to Wang Xifeng.
Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment and hesitated, "Well, I don't know much about the internal treasury situation, but in the past two years, the house seems to be unable to make ends meet."
"Yes, there are more and more people in the family. Only the second master makes money in the family. His money is not enough for himself. As for other businesses, let's sort it out slowly, increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and combine these two money-spending ancestors. It should be better if Yuan'er is eliminated. But if Yuan'er ascends to the throne, our family will only have three ancestors who spend money. The benefits will not be seen for twenty years, but the disadvantages are very clear." Ou Mengmeng let out a long sigh. .
"You just can't bear to spend money?" Daiyu's eyes widened. In the past two days, she had only been taught how to settle accounts. Subconsciously, I realized the truth and felt that this person was reluctant to give up money.
"Forgot, the cost of raising you is at least one thousand taels a year, and your second uncle only has one thousand, fourteen or five hundred taels a year." Ou Mengmeng rolled her eyes.
"Mother!" Jia Zheng felt sad and made trouble with him again.
"Mother is right. If the second room really sends Yuan'er in, the second room has no money. He can only use the public money, but it won't last for a few days. It's better to get a Jade Guanyin to exchange the person back. Save your worries. Ah!" Jia She said hurriedly, now he felt that this was protecting his property.
"Except for money, why did grandma choose to quit?" Ou Mengmeng gave Jia She and Jia Zheng a roll of their eyes. Even Jia Mu has no brains in the family. Do they really think that after entering the palace, the wealth and honor in the palace can be taken back to their parents' family? She had never read the original novel Red Mansions, but she could infer it based on common sense.
In life, money is not everything, but having no money is absolutely impossible. No matter where you are, you have to spend money!
Yuanchun has been in the palace for five years. It is said that female officials can get a salary and rewards during festivals. But she is a female official with certain palace power, so her income is not low. But in Jia Mu's memory, the Jia family had to give Gong Li Yuanchun thousands of taels of pocket money every day. You know, according to the rules of the palace, half of the palace maid's salary must be sent home, but Yuanchun not only did not, but also sent a thousand taels back.
This money was used by Yuanchun himself as a reward in the palace. If Yuanchun did not have the power of a female official and became an unfavored concubine, would the Jia family have to spend more to maintain her dignity in the palace and not to be scorned by the palace people?
It would be nice if the men outside the Jia family were as powerful as Wang Ziteng, but Wang Ziteng was just an uncle, and Shi Ding was just a cousin. No one in the Jia family could support Yuan Chun. She also has to point to her for the benefit of her parents' family. There is no point in Yuanchun staying in the palace!
"To advance is that the future process is uncontrollable. To retreat, the difficulty is this time." Yuanchun thought about it and realized that she didn't believe her grandmother because of money, but because the benefits were not big. But if you quit, you can see the future.
According to the old lady's previous thoughts, she might strive for huge wealth for a 100% hope, but because of her aunt's death, she sobered up and made progress, and there was no possibility of her happiness; but there was no chance of retreat. Much bigger.
"Actually, I didn't say it just now. Jin, if you can become a concubine, the benefits will not be in the palace, but outside the palace. We have a concubine in our family. In this way, their men will be out there, bullying men and women, seizing people's property, and making others pretend to be powerful. , and used your name to do various things. Everyone didn’t know how hard you were in the palace, but they knew that there were people in our palace, so they tried to commit suicide in various ways. Once you are finished, they will not be far away from death. . So I would rather cut off this possibility to prevent them from getting worse. One of them is already bad and the other is stupid, but it is not a big deal so far. From now on, it will be really uncertain." Ou Mengmeng shook her head. This was just a continuation of the "helping the younger brother to be a demon", which was already the case in her original family, so she made a completely different choice from Jia Mu. Not only because of money, but because we can't give them more courage.
"Old lady!" Jia She and Jia Zheng shouted together.
"Okay, the boss is bad, and the second brother is stupid, but it's not bad at all. They are obedient. The boss knows what I think, and sometimes he makes a fuss, but he doesn't do anything to the second child. He is very obedient; the second child is really Stupid, but you are also really filial and obedient. So sometimes when you see other brothers fighting each other, you two are really good. I am old and you two are not young anymore, but the children are still so young. I told the boss, At the age of being a grandfather, your children have not yet grown up, and the task has not been completed! Min'er was only forty, and he left. Lin Hai couldn't point it out. Therefore, for the sake of the children, we have to persist for another ten years and give them everything. Get married and settle down before leaving. So we can't compete for wealth, we have to be steady. Be steady, don't be greedy, don't displease the royal family, and live with your tail between your legs. Do you understand?"
