In fact, the economic accounts of Ningrong and Rongfu are independent. Everyone spends their own money and eats their own meat.
The head of the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Zhen, is also the head of the Jia clan. Although she is in charge of the affairs of the entire clan, the population of the Ningguo Mansion is small, so the expenses are naturally less.
As long as Jia Zhen herself can benefit from it, the expenses of the Ningguo Mansion will be more expensive. If Jia Zhen is willing to suffer a little grievance, it will naturally save a lot. After a year, if there are no major external matters, only
With the income from Zhuangzi, the Ningguo Mansion’s finances are generally not a big problem.
But it's different here in Rongguo Mansion.
First of all, the population is much larger than that of Ningguo Mansion. There are three to four hundred men and four to five hundred maids and women. The total number of people is over a thousand, which is almost double that of Ningguo Mansion.
Secondly, there are many things to spend money on. The most typical one is that since Jia Yuanchun entered the palace, he has spent a lot of money to manage the palace. Now that Jia Yuanchun has finally become a virtuous concubine, there are so many more social expenses for welcoming guests.
?Nowadays, there is still a lot of construction work to build a "provincial residence", which is a bottomless pit of money that can only be exited but not entered.
Third, the relationship between Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion is much more complicated.
A Rongguo Mansion is divided into two courtyards. In the east courtyard, the old house of Rongguo Mansion is occupied by Jia She, and in the west courtyard, the Rongguo Mansion was built and built by Jia Zheng. Jia’s mother lived with her second son Jia Zheng, so her life, death and burial were all managed by Jia Zheng of Rongguo Mansion.
But Jia Zheng’s mother likes girls, and Jia She’s daughter Yingchun and Jia Zhen’s sister Xichun also live with the old lady, so Jia Zheng has to pay for the money.
If according to common sense, Jia She seizes the title, the title property should also belong to Jia She. Jia She should be the head of the Rongguo Mansion. As Jia She's son, it is logical for Jia Lian to assist his father in managing the Rongguo Mansion.
Things.
But things in the Rongguo Mansion are very tense right now.
Jia She ascended the throne, but Jia Zheng was the head of the Rongguo Mansion's assets. All the family property, land, farm management, and private school supplies of the Prime Minister Rongguo Mansion. However, Jia Zheng himself had never liked to manage secular affairs.
The housekeeper's affairs were entrusted to his nephew Jia Lian. Jia Lian was allowed to make decisions on small matters by himself, and he would report to his uncle Jia Zheng, the leader, on major matters.
In other words, Jia Lian is working as an executive manager for his second uncle.
At the same time, Jia Lian's aunt Mrs. Wang supported her own niece, Jia Lian's daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng, to manage the internal affairs of the Rongguo Mansion. Wang Xifeng inherited the Wang family's fine tradition of loving power and being extremely selfish, relying on Jia Lian's tolerance for her.
He seized power step by step and was proud of being able to suppress Jia Lian.
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During this period of time, Jia Lian made up his mind to "escape", so even after returning from Yangzhou, Jia Lian still did not interfere at all in the affairs of the house. He wanted to see what kind of virtue these people could bring out of the Jia family.
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And just when Jia Lian was instructing Zhou Datou to cook boiled fish, Jia Zheng in the Rongguo Mansion was so anxious that he banged the table and pointed at Lai Da's nose and cursed:
"Didn't I just exchange one thousand taels of silver for you yesterday? Why do you come to ask for it again? It takes three times this day. Even if there is a gold mountain here, it won't be enough for you to use it like this!"
Lai Da stood with his hands down very respectfully and carefully replied:
"Replying to the master, yesterday's money was used to pay for the paint and the wages owed to others last month. What I am urgently looking for now is the money for the carved railings and the hinges for the flowered windows here and there, which are also owed to others.
It’s been a while.
We are a loyal family, and we have been lenient to others since our ancestors. If we never pay the money we owe, we may be looked down upon by outsiders."
He was in urgent need of money, but these words touched Jia Zheng's heart. Jia Zheng just nodded:
"This is exactly the truth. You can't lose the face of your ancestors at anything.
You go ahead and I'll think of something else."
"Yes, there are a lot of things going on these days, so I have to take care of myself." After Lai Dazui finished speaking, he took three steps back and then turned around and left the house.
As soon as he walked to the corridor, he saw his wife coming out of Mrs. Wang's room. Lai Da just ignored her and walked all the way out.
He was pretending to be carrying shoes on the veranda outside the yard, waiting just in time for his wife to come out. The two looked at each other and smiled, and thanks to everyone's help, he whispered:
"I'm so exhausted today. First I gave the old lady a pot of golden Buddha's hand with new fruits and talked for a long time. I gave Baoyu a big beauty kite, and then I rushed to give Aunt Xue some leg pain plaster.
, I stayed with Miss Bao and talked good words for a while, then gave Miss Lin two hydrangeas planted in jade pots, and then came to give my wife some gilded Buddhist scriptures printed by outsiders. Both of my legs were broken.
I’m about to run out of steam.”
Lai Da quietly raised his thumb:
"Oh, my virtuous wife, without you always looking for help behind my back, how could I have done things so smoothly?
By the way, when you came out from your wife's place, did you put on a suit while chatting? Did you need to dispense medicine again recently? If so, our Chinese medicine shop should buy more ginseng. Prepare to buy it in advance, and the price of the purchase can be
Press down."
"Oh, it's going to be a bit troublesome this time." Everyone slapped Lai on the thigh, "I just heard what my wife said. She kept talking about how big Miss Bao's pharmacy is, how good the products are, how reliable the people are, and how difficult it is to do it.
My good wife is planning to give all the business to Miss Bao’s family at a discount."
"What? Where can that be done? Aren't the shops we open just for the needs of the house?
If this starts from the drug store, tomorrow they will buy their dry goods from the Xue family, what will happen to our dry goods store? Later they will also buy their rouge and gouache from the Xue family, what about our rouge and gouache store?
Who do you sell things to?"
"Isn't that what you said? I'm feeling anxious. Aren't things going well in the past? We've been in good business for more than ten years.
Humph, cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents. For this matter, the Jia family was the first to be unkind..."
"Bah!" Lai Da pretended to spit and interrupted his wife, "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it at home. Why don't you be more careful when talking on someone else's property?"
The couple were about to go back together when suddenly someone chased them out of the yard. When they saw Lai Da, they caught up and said:
"Well, luckily Uncle Lai is here, so I don't have to chase him all the way out.
The master asked me to tell Uncle Lai to think of ways to collect money to build a garden, and we can discuss it with Uncle Zhen tomorrow."
Most of Lai's waist was hunched, and he answered "yes" in a dignified manner. After the visitor left, he took his wife and left the house.
At this time, behind the rockery next to the corridor, Li Gui, who had unbuttoned his pants but had been holding back a pee and did not dare to urinate, was finally relieved.