Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 20: On the occasion of his birthday, Jia Lan accepts his servants and remembers Sister Feng sighing
Chapter 20: On the occasion of his birthday, Jia Lan accepts his servants and remembers Sister Feng sighing
Jia Lan said with a smile: "My Jia family, three generations ago, were just farmers in Nanzhou. If the second ancestor Ning Rong had not met Taizu and was favored by Jian Jian in the army, how could we have the glory we have today?"
?Even Aunt Feng and the Tianzu of the Wang family were just a small soldier at the border in the late Ming Dynasty.
Although our Jia Mansion is now prosperous, it is just a matter of predecessors planting trees and descendants enjoying the shade. If our descendants only care about the glory and glory and do not think about the future, the disaster of decline is not far away! It should be noted that the moon is full
If the water is full, it will overflow. As for grandma, she just owes a little bit of luck. I guess there will be a time to take off in the future!"
No matter how old Grandma Liu has been, she naturally heard that Jialan was sincerely praising her, and she immediately beamed with joy. On the other hand, Sister Feng's face changed drastically and she broke into a cold sweat because Jialan's words brought back her memories.
[How come Lan Geer’s words are so similar to what Grandma Rong said to me in her dream that night?!]
But after listening to Jia Lan, he didn't say any more. He just asked some more questions about Ban'er's current situation, such as whether he could read or not, and whether he could go to school. Grandma Liu explained each one.
"Grandma, I only have one companion here. My mother often thought about looking for more people for me. I am very happy to see Brother Ban'er today, and he and I were born on the same year, the same month and the same day. Isn't it a great fate?
?I wonder if grandma can give up her love and let Brother Ban'er stay with me. I will suffer and be a book boy for now, and I will definitely give Brother Ban'er a good future in the future."
Grandma Liu was even more pleasantly surprised when she heard this. She was so excited that she almost kowtowed.
It's a bit embarrassing to say that she relied on her son-in-law to make a living, but her family only had two acres of thin farmland, and her life was very difficult, so she had no choice but to lick her face and go to the city to ask for some good luck from Jia's family.
If this is the case, why does Jia Lan favor Grandma Liu so much?
Judge, even though Grandma Liu is just a country woman, she is actually the embodiment of wisdom and kindness in Red Mansion.
The family was in dire straits, but Grandma Liu was able to make up her mind to come to Jia Mansion to fight the autumn breeze. She was able to observe people's emotions and exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses. She knew that being "rustic" was actually her own strength. She saw that everyone in Jia Mansion liked to see the freshness of country people, so she was able to humor everyone immediately without giving up her face.
Joy.
Her conversation revealed her wisdom in dealing with people. It was originally her idea to name her eldest sister Qiaojie in the future.
In the end, the Jia family declined, and Grandma Liu was the only one who made great efforts to help and succeeded. Not only did she save Qiaojie, but she also changed her name and surname and hid her at home to be her grandson Baner's wife.
It is printed with Cao Gong’s judgment against Qiao Jie:
"When the situation is defeated, Yunnan and Guizhou are abandoned. When the family is destroyed, there is no need to talk about relatives. Occasionally, I help the Liu family, and I meet a benefactor by chance."
Moreover, Grandma Liu's family has a good family tradition. Although her son-in-law Gou'er has a bit of a temper, he was able to take Grandma Liu over to live with him, which was already very remarkable at the time.
Some people may say that it is stated in the book that Gou'er took Grandma Liu here to look after his children because his wife was busy and had no one to take care of her children.
Many people in the Red Mansion are obsessed with age, such as Grandma Liu. There are several age groups, but even according to the most conservative calculation, Grandma Liu is only 60 years old. In ancient times, she was already considered to be very old. If the dog just wanted to
It makes no sense logically to ask Grandma Liu to come over and work as a laborer. It is more likely that the son-in-law brought Grandma Liu over under the pretext of taking care of the children, so that both parties would be decent.
Everyone yearns for beauty. The more they are in darkness, the more they yearn for light. How can Jia Lan not like such a family?
So Grandma Liu made the decision right away and asked Ban'er to offer Jia Lan a cup of tea, thus confirming the title of master and servant. She originally wanted Ban'er to stay directly, but Jia Lan waved her hand: "Let Brother Ban'er go back."
, come back in three days."
He also asked Qin Shi on the side to bring a letter of ten taels of silver to Grandma Liu, and told him that there was no need to buy anything else. Jia's house had prepared all the clothes. Grandma Liu thanked her profusely and led Ban'er away. Jia Lan thought
After thinking about it, he called Qin Shi and asked him to escort them back together.
Sister Feng always came back to her senses at this moment and put on her smile again: "This Ban'er is really lucky. If those branches of the Jia family in the corridor know that Lang Ge'er has actually settled on a book boy today, they will probably be upset.
You all have to regret it!
"I am also destined to Ban'er, but I didn't expect that he actually has the same birthday as me."
"Alas~" Sister Feng sighed, "Brother, you are well now. There is a saying that if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later. In the future, my aunt and I will still have to rely on you, brother?"
Sister Feng, who was always radiant on weekdays, actually looked sentimental today. Jia Lan's eyes flickered and asked: "Why did Auntie sigh?"
Sister Feng glanced at Ping'er and asked the servants to leave first, and then she said: "As usual, I won't say anything about these things. Firstly, it's not a matter for our ancestors to worry about. Secondly, in this family, everything is
Girl, this second uncle Bao is also a person who doesn’t like worldly affairs. The only enemy in this family is my enemy..."
At this time, Ping'er returned and gave the two of them more tea. Sister Feng glanced at her and said with a smile, "Ping'er and I are considerate."
"Miss Ping'er has always been excellent." Jia Lan nodded in agreement, Ping'er smiled, and the two listened to Sister Feng continue to speak.
"Now, brother, you have gained fame. If brother Qiu Wei gets on the list of honors this year, he will be a serious man. It doesn't hurt to talk to you..."
After listening to the beginning, Jia Lan knew that what Sister Feng was going to say was exactly the current financial situation of the Jia family.
There is no doubt that the collapse of the Jia family started from the economy. This is not only in line with the basic laws, but also close to Cao Gong’s intentions.
"The monthly income of everyone in the house, the food, clothing, housing and transportation provided by the officials, and the exchanges of favors during the holidays have become a big hole that can't be filled over the years! In addition, Concubine Yuan personally repaired the garden, not to mention the cost.
, I will have to throw another ten thousand taels of silver into it from now on..."
Sister Feng kept complaining: "To be honest with Brother Lan, in the past few years, I have continued to use my dowry to fill the gap between official positions, and now it is almost at the bottom!"
Jia Lan nodded understandingly.
What Sister Feng said is both true and false. It is true that the Jia family's finances are on the verge of collapse, but it is false that Sister Feng has no money.
The ending in the original work said that Sister Feng's private treasury contained a total of seventy or eighty thousand gold, but the ending of the original work was originally suspicious, and Jia Lan didn't believe it. However, he later discussed this with Leng Zixing in detail, and then with Qin Keqing.
topics.
Sister Feng may not necessarily be rich, but she has the ability and controls the channels for the circulation of power, so everything is possible.
Sister Feng, who holds the power of the housekeeper of the Jia family, can calmly realize the power of the housekeeper in her hand, and it is not likely to be implemented in practice, because in the human society, this is a very common thing, even in the modern civilized society before time travel,
This is a big problem.
However, under the general trend of the decline of Jia's house, Sister Feng's accounts seemed a bit insignificant. It is described in the original book that when the Jia's house was inspected, Jia Zheng just remembered to look at the accounts. Finally, the whole house's income was: "The income in recent years has not been enough."
It was half as much as it was before, but now it costs ten times more than it did before!"