Chapter 366: Family changes, bringing in Austrian aid
In the alley at dusk, apart from the high walls standing silently on both sides, there was only the sound of a few people's footsteps.
Jia Lan said: "The harvests in the past few years have been very bad. Even if I am in a land of plenty like Nan Province, I can feel it firsthand. What's more, Shenjing is far away in the north, so it is not easy to live there. I know that most of the time, the people of the tribe
They are not very well-off, and the family income of some remote branches is even lower than that of the maid next to me..."
When Sister Feng heard this, her face was slightly disdainful.
She has a strong temperament, and she advocates natural selection and survival of the fittest in her bones. She also has a similar view of others. Naturally, she feels that there is nothing to regret about those who are willing to fall to their own devices.
Jia Lan saw Sister Feng's thoughts and shook her head: "After all, we are clan members, and those who should be helped should still be helped. Now my eldest aunt is honored as the Concubine, and my grandfather has been entrusted with important tasks by God. At such a time, you must not care about your wife.
If you lose your reputation, you will attract outsiders to covet you."
Sister Feng's face changed slightly: "Did Brother Lan hear something?"
"Aunt is worrying too much. In the current situation, as long as we don't make mistakes, everything will be fine, especially those things that were taboo in the past..." Halfway through, Jia Lan rolled his eyes and turned to Sister Feng: "Aunt, could it be that you
again……?"
After saying this, Jia Lan's spiritual sense was activated instantly.
Jia Lan's originally careless eyes suddenly became profound, and with just one breath, Sister Feng suddenly felt that the person in front of her was infinitely taller, with a downward gaze, as if she had seen through her.
Sister Feng was so frightened that she waved her hands quickly.
"How can I dare to do such a derogatory thing? If you don't believe me, are you looking down on me?"
The change in Jia Lan's eyes only lasted a moment, and his aura immediately subsided. When he turned to Ping'er, he had already returned to his usual calm and smiling look.
"Second Grandma really didn't put any more usury money."
Ping'er responded softly, and it was like the sound of nature falling in Sister Feng's ears. She suddenly felt that she was relying on her, and couldn't help but lean over and let out a long sigh of relief.
Looking at the two people whose identities were switched at this moment, Ping'er's eyes were full of surprise.
Feng Lazi, who can't even control Uncle Zhen and Second Master Lian of Dongfu, seems to only show such cowardice in front of Lange'er. Could it be that in this world, there is really a medicine that can cure one poison, and one thing can reduce one thing? Spicy and unrestrained
When the Feng Lazi encounters the clear water that settles like a clear spring, it is like a fire melting into ice and snow and being subdued?
Jia Lan, who withdrew his gaze, laughed softly. He slowed down, looked at the mottled walls on both sides of the private alley, and said earnestly: "Aunt Feng, don't look at the noisy gongs and drums today, the flowers are blooming, and they are so impressive.
, if one day you are extremely happy and miserable, as the saying goes, "When a tree falls, the monkey will scatter", who can you rely on in the end?
To fight a tiger, we need blood brothers, and to go into battle, we need to teach father and son soldiers. In the final analysis, clan is still our foundation. Deep roots make the foundation strong, and good foundation means peace. If the foundation is not strong, isn’t it like that tree without roots, which only needs a few
Will it collapse suddenly after a heavy rain? If so, my Jia family will be in danger!
In my opinion, it is better to purchase more land and turn it into school land, and then invite some famous teachers to come and take charge of the clan school, and include the people of the right age in the clan into the clan school. Firstly, it will reduce the burden on the clan members, and secondly, we can see if we can produce a few more.
The seeds of reading..."
Sister Feng was shocked when she heard this.
It's all because Jia Lan's words are very similar to what Qin Keqing said when he entrusted her with a dream.
Faced with the decline of the Jia family, Qin Keqing had already given his own advice, which was nothing more than to let the clan members recognize mediocrity and accept mediocrity. He asked Sister Feng to sort out the family property and put it into the sacrificial field and school field to provide for the family school and leave a way out for the family.
After the whirlpool of the court, I returned to my garden and lived in the fields, working hard and studying hard, waiting for my comeback one day.
Sister Feng is a person with spirit and ability.
For Sister Feng herself, not only Jia Lan, but also Qin Keqing in her soul also had a very appreciative attitude. She felt that the second mistress of the West House, Lian Er, was the most skillful among the Ning and Rong Houses, and could do something to save the fallen.
The only person in Jia's family said that Sister Feng was "the hero of the powder team, even those men with belts and crowns can't pass."
As the housekeeper's wife, Wang Xifeng could not be unclear about the current situation of the Jia family.
It was precisely because of his high regard for Sister Feng that Qin Keqing asked her in her dream to discuss the Jia family's retreat when she was dying.
It's a pity that Qin Keqing underestimated Sister Feng's ambition. Unlike Qin Keqing, who could see clearly and understand whether blessings and misfortunes coexisted, whether it was the best or not, Sister Feng's courage finally led her to make the decision to give it a try and use the process of building the Grand View Garden to transform the family.
The real power was further consolidated into his own hands.
Unfortunately, the agency was too clever, and Sister Feng used the power of the housekeeper to collect 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver. In the end, the tree fell down, killing Qingqing.
It fully corresponds to the phrase in Qin Keqing's dream, "Fire is cooking oil."
Even under such a bad ending, Jia Yun still stepped forward, which shows that not all the eight houses of the Jia family are just idiots.
In Jia Lan's eyes, the side branches and direct lineage of a clan complement each other.
Since Yuanchun was granted the title of concubine, the Jia family's original decline has reversed. It seems to be glorious, but in fact it is still in trouble. The key is the livelihood of the clan members.
In the past few years, natural disasters have occurred, refugees have spread all over the place, and food prices have risen sharply. Regardless of the Ningrong Second Mansion, most of the tribesmen can only get a share of the year during the Chinese New Year, which is similar to the dividends of the village collective in later generations.
Although there are fluctuations as the year goes by, it is generally stable.
The bad thing lies in the word stability.
Stable means no growth.
After hundreds of years of reproduction, the number of people in the clan has continued to increase, but the clan property has only so much, and has even shrunk. Naturally, there are too many monks and too little food.
With Jia Daishan of the Xianrong Kingdom still alive, he could still support himself with the courtesy and rewards from the palace. However, with the departure of the previous generation, the Jia family withdrew from the army, and the income of the Jia family was gradually unable to make ends meet. Even Ningrong and Ningrong, especially
Qi Yin had to eat only a small amount of food, coupled with the gradual corruption of the family, various stereotypes and unfair distribution, and being accustomed to being a branch of the rentier class and not knowing how to produce and manage, life could only become more and more difficult.
Last year and this year, due to the sharp rise in food prices, it became difficult for the side branches to even have enough food and clothing.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Problems with side branches will eventually affect the direct line.
This is like the "Eight Banners livelihood" problem that Jialan originally had in time and space that troubled "Old Shiquan" throughout his life. Although he saw the problem, he still could not solve it. This kind of systemic problem cannot be solved by patchwork.
Even if it is a side branch, the network of relationships is entangled with setbacks. No matter how disdainful Sister Feng is, she cannot completely ignore it, even just for a show. In this way, the side branch that was supposed to protect the direct line gradually turns into a burden.
After the construction of the Grand View Garden, Sister Feng's power had indeed reached its peak, but the decline of the Jia family was also accelerating.
Sister Feng thought that by virtue of Yuanchun's title of concubine, the Jia family would get an opportunity to seek power and rent, and turn around in one fell swoop. Facts have proved that Sister Feng took this for granted.
In the original book, only three years after Princess Yuan's wedding, Wang Xifeng was already a baby and suffered from redness syndrome. Cao Gong also pointed out that Sister Feng was "endowed with insufficient energy and blood, and she was young and did not know how to take care of herself. She struggled with strength and wits all her life, and her mental strength was even worse.
"It's a loss, so even though it's Xiaoyue, it's actually a loss." This shows that although Sister Feng has gathered power and her prestige is the same for a while, she is unable to change the decline of the family, resulting in a further loss of mental strength.
Without Jia Lan's intervention, the Grand View Garden's annual maintenance expenditure of more than 10,000 yuan and countless mundane tasks would have overwhelmed her.
The Rongguo Mansion is fine now, supported by the income from selling wine at Zui Qionglou. In addition, Jia Lan has always focused on reclamation, and the food produced can still provide some relief. But it is obvious that with the failure of Sister Feng's housekeeper, things are now changing.
It has reached a point where it has to change.
Seeing the shocked look on Sister Feng's face, Jia Lan coughed slightly to draw her attention back, then changed the subject and said in a flattering tone: "Even if I have learned a lot from reading, how can I compare to Aunt Feng?"
The prestige in the clan that responds to every call? Aunt Feng is so talented that she can be called a hero among women because she is able to manage the Duke's family in an orderly manner with a century-old family history!"
No matter what, Sister Feng is still worthy of Jia Lan's win over, but while winning over her, some things must be sorted out.
Jia Lan does not believe that human nature is inherently good, nor does he believe that human nature is inherently evil. Only absolute power can corrupt people absolutely.
Sister Feng lacks neither ability nor courage, but only one thing she lacks.
Checks and balances.
Jia Lan's response was to move out of his mother, Li Wan.
In terms of status, Li Wan is still one level lower than Sister Feng, because even if Jia Lian's biological mother is a mystery and she is not treated by Jia She on weekdays, her identity as a direct descendant of Rongguo and the heir to the title cannot be erased, and Jia Lian has the same personality.
Knowing the official status, Sister Feng will most likely have a seventh-grade imperial title (Note 1). In addition, Sister Feng is favored by Jia Mu, and is entrusted with the power of housekeeping by Mrs. Wang. This represents the face of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and Sister Feng's status is naturally higher than that of a widower.
The widowed Li Wan was high and low. It was precisely because of her superior status that Sister Feng was a little dissatisfied with Li Wan's monthly salary of 20 taels per month.
I'm afraid Sister Feng is offended not only by Li Wan's monthly routine, but also by the threat it poses to Sister Feng's power.
One is the daughter-in-law of the eldest son of the eldest son, and the other is the daughter-in-law of the eldest son of the second eldest son, and Jia Mu prefers the second eldest son. Sister Feng does not dare to be disrespectful to her elders, but she is wary of Li Wan.
But if you have to fight, you have to do your best.
Jia Lan had actually thought carefully about letting Li Wan step forward and take over the management of the Grand View Garden on the pretext of giving San Chun some training.
Sister Feng, the housekeeper, seems to be strong, but her strength is not what she wants.
It was precisely after seeing this clearly that Jia Lan took the initiative to take out his mother Li Wan and do something like sticking his head into the tiger's mouth.
It can be said that for a long time, Jia Lan had been friends with Sister Feng, coaxing, deceiving, and even using spiritual powers to change her extreme temperament, help her get well and give birth to Brother Ying, and support her with money and goods.
, to minimize his worries in the future. All the things Jialan did in the past paid off in the end.
That Sister Feng who acted without scruples, acted vigorously, and had a killing intent when talking and laughing, which made people like and fear her, still made Jia Lan change a lot.
If you want to save the Jia family, the first step is to recruit Feng Lazi as a backup!
Note 1: According to the scene in the 1987 edition of "Dream of Red Mansions" where Concubine Yuan is welcomed by Jia Mu with fine make-up, Sister Feng does not have a phoenix crown and Xiapei, but she stands next to Jia Mu, with Aunt Xue behind her, and then Li Wan
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