After wandering around the Grand View Garden for a while, this time I visited Xia Jingui and other sisters for a banquet.
After eating, Xia Jingui left the Grand View Garden and returned to Rongguo Mansion.
Outside their yard, they happened to meet Aunt Zhao.
Xia Jingui had to say politely: "I've met the second wife."
Aunt Zhao clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Ha, no need to be polite, this girl is so handsome, like a flower. Come and sit in my yard when you have time, so that we ladies can talk together."
Xia Jingui smiled and replied: "I will definitely go when I have time. Second Madam, I will go back first."
Aunt Zhao waved her hand and said, "Go back, go back, don't let Baoyu wait anxiously at home."
After Xia Jingui left, Aunt Zhao said in amazement: "This little coquettish girl has such a big butt and is a good childbearer. Miss Lin is more outstanding, but her butt is not as big as hers."
After Xia Jingui turned around, a look of disdain appeared on his face.
This second wife is a little too vulgar.
The magnificence on her body was inferior to that of a businesswoman like her.
It was just her good fortune that she gave birth to a good son, which turned her from a sparrow into a phoenix and reached the sky in one step.
After Xia Jingui returned to the yard, Jia Baoyu saw her, grabbed her hand and said, "Madam, are you back? Come and take a look at this poem I wrote?"
Xia Jingui looked at it carefully and praised it repeatedly. Jia Baoyu was immediately overjoyed.
And Xia Jingui was quite satisfied with her husband and the entire Rongguo Mansion.
Her husband, Jia Baoyu, was gentle, considerate and affectionate towards her.
The two of them can sing poems and harmonies again. Although the evening is a little short, they are still rare good friends.
The mother-in-law at home is a no-nonsense person, and the grandmother is also amiable.
And according to my grandmother and mother-in-law's wishes, they are planning to let her take care of the house in a few days.
As long as she takes charge of the house, within a few years, won't the entire Rongguo Mansion be decided by her?
Thinking of this, Xia Jingui became even more proud.
After Wei Ruolan got Jia Huan's approval letter yesterday, she sent a matchmaker to propose marriage the next day.
After the two parties exchanged their birthdays and horoscopes, the marriage was settled.
Although Tanchun was shy, she was very happy.
She was already very fond of Wei Ruolan.
However, during the period after the year, the Rongguo Mansion continued to have lawsuits, and what kind of things did Baoyu do?
Even his own reputation was affected.
At that time, Tanchun was really afraid that Wei Ruolan would change her mind. If the Wei family changed her mind, it would be absolutely impossible for her to find a satisfactory husband's family.
But now that the Wei family came to propose marriage, and both parties agreed to get married, Tanchun felt relieved.
And half a month later, Jia Mu really handed over the housekeeper's errand to Xia Jingui.
After half a month of observation, Jia Mu discovered that Xia Jingui was capable of managing affairs, even as good as Wang Xifeng.
It was written in The Book of Red Mansions: It turns out that this young lady from the Xia family is only seventeen years old this year. She is quite pretty and knows a few words. If we talk about the latitude and longitude of Qiuhe in our hearts, we are quite following in the footsteps of Xifeng.
She originally came from a family of merchants. When she was at home, she was in charge of most of her family's shops. Now she is in charge of a Rongguo Mansion, which is even more difficult for her.
It was only after taking over the errands of Rongguo Mansion that Xia Jingui discovered that Rongguo Mansion looked bright on the surface, but was empty inside.
There was no money in the warehouse, and there was even a famine.
There is a large Rongguo Mansion in Nuo, and these masters all have to maintain their reputation outside and enjoy themselves as before.
Without money, what else do you enjoy?
Until this time, Xia Jingui finally understood why the Jia family took the initiative to approach their Xia family to propose marriage.
With their family status, why would they fall in love with her, a business girl?
It turned out that what was it about her that they were interested in? What they were interested in was clearly just the wealth of their Xia family.
Thinking of this, Xia Jingui couldn't help but show a look of resentment on his face.
Since you have betrayal in your heart, don't blame me for not showing mercy to you.
However, this matter requires some planning and calculation.
First of all, the most important thing is that if you want to achieve great things, you need peace in your home.
Thinking of this, Xia Jingui began to test Jia Baoyu.
On this day, Xia Jingui couldn't help but ask Jia Baoyu: "Husband, there are five shops in my dowry."
"As a female, it's not easy for me to show up and take care of things. How about my husband take care of these shops for me?"
Hearing this, Jia Baoyu suddenly frowned and said disdainfully: "Madam, just leave such common things to the servants to take care of. How can we, as noble people as you and I, be contaminated by such common things?"
"Madam, please take a look at this new poem I wrote. I feel that this word is not very appropriate. I can't think of a suitable word to replace it. Madam, please come and help me think about it."
Xia Jingui responded and read the new words written by Jia Baoyu.
But she was feeling contempt in her heart. As expected, what outsiders said was right, her husband was a dandy who only liked hanging out in the group of women.
In terms of foreign affairs, it is actually not possible at all.
Compared to the second brother Lian, they are far inferior.
If this is the case, then she will be able to show off her skills.
In these days, everyone in the house will be given monthly money.
These monthly credits are sent by each house to collect them.
But this time, when the people in each house came to collect their monthly silver, they found that this month's monthly silver was only half of the original amount.
When a maid asked about it, Xia Jingui couldn't help but sneered:
"You are still dreaming. Don't you know that the warehouse in the mansion is empty now? It even owes foreign debts."
"I got half of this money from my dowry money! How can I get it now? I'm still waiting for a lot of deductions later!"
"There are many maids, women, and servants everywhere. There is no need for many people. Those who should be eliminated should be eliminated, and those who should be reduced can be reduced in number!"
"We are all used to living a life of wealth and wealth, but there are still hard times to come!"
These maids and women did not dare to tell Xia Jingui apart, so they had to take the money and go down.
For a time, all the maids, wives, and servants in the whole house began to complain.
It even caused trouble to Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu.
At Aunt Zhao's place, there were even many ladies who went to make the fire.
Aunt Zhao is used to being vulgar, and her temperament is for firecrackers.
In the past, there were many people who acted as gunmen.
After Jia Huan became the head of the Jia family, no one dared to do evil in secret.
But this time, it is ultimately about self-interest.
Furthermore, Aunt Zhao’s status is no better than it was then.
Now that she is a serious wife, this is a perfect gun.
Therefore, these maids and women all ran to Aunt Zhao and spoke ill of Xia Jingui.
She said she was young and ignorant, with a white face and a dark heart. She didn't take you seriously, and even deducted half of your monthly salary.
You old man should slap her in the face with a big ear scraper to let her know how powerful you are. If not, I'm afraid she will ride on her head and shit and pee in the future.
If Aunt Zhao had such a temper, how could she possibly be able to endure such an outburst?
I was so angry that I went to settle the score with Xia Jingui.
It's just that Jia Huan had told her long ago that this Baoyu family member was not a fuel-efficient lamp and would definitely become a demon.
Madam, you must not be provoked by the villain. Start a fight with her first, otherwise you will not be used as a weapon.
If the wife just sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight, the Baoyu family will definitely get into trouble with Mrs. Wang.
Wouldn't it be better if my wife just watched the show?
Aunt Zhao asked Jia Huan to change her name to wife.
Nowadays, the maids, wives, servants and others around Aunt Zhao all call her "Second Mrs." when they meet her. Some even omit the "Second Mrs." and only call her "Mrs."
Aunt Zhao felt a little awkward when she heard Jia Huan call her mother again, and immediately forced Jia Huan to change her name. Jia Huan had no choice but to change her name to her wife.
It's just a title, but Jia Huan feels that it would be more cordial to call her mother.
And since Aunt Zhao has been ordered by Jia Huan, she will naturally not be provoked again.
She was not afraid of the Baoyu family, but she wanted to see the Baoyu family fall out with Mrs. Wang.
Therefore, after listening to everyone's instigation, Aunt Zhao said: "She is a little person, and it is not easy for her to be here for the first time."
"There is really no money in the house, and you all know that it is hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. How do you ask her to make money out of thin air?"
"If you ask me, don't pay attention to this matter. My ancestors and my wife will naturally take care of it."
Hearing Aunt Zhao's words, these maids and women could not help but be stunned.
Is this what Aunt Zhao said? Could it be that she has changed her temper?
These women and maids refused to give up and provoked them again and again for a long time, but Aunt Zhao just ignored them.
They also had to leave in anger.
When Jia Mu also got the news, she couldn't help but frowned, and immediately ordered someone to call Mrs. Wang.
"My second brother's family, why are all the monthly wages reduced by half this month? Not only the maids below, but also the master's monthly wages are the same."
"If word spreads that people like us are so down and out, wouldn't it make people laugh?"
Mrs. Wang hurriedly stood up and said shyly: "If the old lady doesn't say anything, my daughter-in-law is going to ask Baoyu's daughter-in-law to come over and ask."
"She is young and ignorant. She probably saw that the government was running out of money, so she only saved money for the government and never thought about the dignity of the government."
"When my daughter-in-law comes back, just ask her to teach her."
Hearing this, Jia Mu nodded and said, "This is the right thing to do. She is originally from a businessman's family. She only cares about profit and does not understand the overall situation. As a mother-in-law, you must teach her well."
Mrs. Wang nodded and left.
After returning, he sent someone to call Xia Jingui with a gloomy face.
After Xia Jingui arrived, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but ask: "From the Baoyu family, I heard the girl said that all the monthly silver in the Yue Mansion has been reduced by half. What is going on?"
Xia Jingui curled her lips and said: "Madam, there is not a penny of silver in the warehouse, and the half of it is the silver I paid for it! I don't know when the kilometer will be returned."
"There is no money for the monthly payment next month, and the month after that. Not only the monthly payment, but also the money for purchasing food ingredients, rouge, gouache, etc. I am afraid that I will run out of food in a few days."
"The way I tell it, the monthly salary should be reduced, and the manpower everywhere can be reduced."
"I've seen many places. People are too busy, so there's no need to spend so much money. Even the food at home can be reduced by half."
"By reducing everything in this way, we can also reduce a lot of expenses. We should try to live in a way in the past few months before the end of the year. When all the benefits come at the end of the year, we can barely keep the balance of payments next year."
After hearing what Xia Jingui said, not only did she not admit her mistake, but she also wanted to make persistent efforts and actually wanted to further reduce manpower expenses, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but become furious.
Mrs. Wang couldn't help but said sternly: "You bastard! As expected, you come from a small family. Opening your mouth and shutting up will make you money. Is it possible that all the decency of my Jia family is gone?"
"If you really behave like this and spread the word, wouldn't you be laughed out of your teeth?"
Hearing Mrs. Wang say that she was from a small family, an evil fire rushed straight to Xia Jingui's head.
She couldn't help but sneer and said: "Yes, my wife comes from a small family, and opening her mouth and shutting up is money profit."
"My wife comes from a wealthy family, so she gave me money. It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Without money, how can I support the scene?"
"I wish the scene could be as big as possible. Even the servants, maids, and ladies in the mansion all ride in big sedan chairs when they go out."
"Since my wife doesn't like me, it's hard for me to manage this family. My wife should hire someone else!"
Xia Jingui held a gun and a stick and tried to steal the prize. Mrs. Wang's face changed color in anger and she was trembling all over.
She couldn't help but shouted sternly: "Do you still have dignity in your eyes? Whose daughter-in-law have you seen talking to her mother-in-law like this? Whose rule are you following? What are you talking about when you are yelling? !”
Xia Jingui twisted his neck and said, "Didn't Madam just say that I come from a small family? I don't understand these many rules."
"You think I'm not good? Who made you blind? What did you do when you ran away from our house and complained?! Now that I have entered the house, you actually dislike me."
After saying that, he turned around and left, which made Mrs. Wang so angry that she almost fell to the ground.
It turns out that Xia Jingui's father died early when she was young, and she had no brothers. Her widowed mother took care of this daughter alone, pampering and doting on her, and she was nothing short of a treasure.
Every move of her daughter is followed by her mother, so she is too pampered and develops a robbish temperament.
Love yourself like a Bodhisattva, look at others as filthy as dung, look like flowers and willows on the outside, and have the nature of wind and thunder on the inside. At home, he often gets angry with the maids, scolding her lightly and hitting her hard.
Now that she is married into the Jia family, everyone from Baoyu to Jia's mother-in-law, and then to her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, is very good to her, but that's all.
She does know some etiquette, but not much.
Therefore, as soon as Mrs. Wang had an attack, she couldn't help but grab it and go back.
She was originally a merchant and had lost her discipline. She didn't feel that what she did was excessive, and she even felt aggrieved.
The noise between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became louder and louder. There was already a mother-in-law and maid serving in Mrs. Wang's yard.
Therefore, the noise was naturally heard by many people, and soon spread throughout the entire Rongguo Mansion.
Such a new daughter-in-law is an eye-opener for everyone in the family.
It's not like they haven't seen powerful people in recent years, just like the original Second Mistress Lian, who was very powerful.
But this was the first time they had encountered someone so presumptuous and bold.
Mrs. Wang was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She was trembling all over and shouted that she wanted to divorce this bitch. (End of chapter)
