As time passed, Xia Jingui's pregnancy came and she gave birth to a fat, white boy.
The family was very happy, and Jia's mother took it upon herself to name him Jia Gui.
After giving birth to her son and completing her confinement period, Xia Jingui took full control of all the store property of the second family of the Jia family.
In the beginning, Baoyu was in charge of everything in the store, and Xia Jingui just helped with the general ledger calculations. But Baoyu was kind-hearted and didn't have much money, and his thoughts could be seen through at a glance. Those shopkeepers were all good people and had long-lasting knowledge.
In order to avoid despising him, they wanted to fool him, but since Xia Jingui was holding the contract of sale, they did not dare to go too far, so they did some tricks on the accounts and slowly made some profits.
Xia Jingui found something wrong when checking out, once or twice, the amount was small and he could bear it, but when he came a few times and the amount became larger and larger, Xia Jingui could no longer care about Baoyu's face and let them steal like this.
The originally profitable store was about to turn into a loss. So she picked an opportunity and slowly told Baoyu about the problems she had discovered. Although Baoyu was angry, he was more embarrassed. He struggled for a while in his heart, and he still wanted to do it.
Taking care of the family's business, he couldn't think of any safe solution, so he had to follow Xia Jingui's idea and interrogate the shopkeepers, and he found many problems.
Xia Jingui's methods of dealing with these shopkeepers were vigorous and resolute: some who stole little just beat them up and appointed deputy shopkeepers to settle the matter; some who stole a lot, replaced them without hesitation and sold Baoyu directly.
I couldn't bear it, but I rolled the words of condolence around my mouth several times, but they were frightened by Xia Jingui's aura and fell back into my stomach.
From then on, Xia Jingui had to recheck the account books in the store every time to avoid similar situations. When Baoyu saw this, he gave up a little and simply ignored it and handed it over to Xia Jingui with full authority. To his surprise, those
The shopkeeper faced Xia Jingui, who was a hundred times astute as a treasure, and everyone was obedient. Not only was he more diligent, but he also made fewer mistakes.
Baoyu was immediately disappointed, but he didn't say anything: Xia Jingui was always doing good for their family. Anyway, he could make money, and the things he made were not only unique, but also unsurpassed by others.
But Xia Jingui asked people to learn those skills from him. In order to increase the supply of the store, Xia Jingui said to Baoyu: "The things made by the second master are good, but there are few things that can be made. It is better to teach a few more people and let them follow suit.
The more goods we have, the better our store’s business will be.”
"But..." How could what they did be better than what he did? Baoyu thought unwillingly.
As if he saw Baoyu's meaning, Xia Jingui said with a smile: "What the second master makes is high-quality. We can sell it more expensively, or supply it in limited quantities to those in high families, and sell the rougher ones made by the people below."
For ordinary people, the prices are cheaper, so don’t you get the best of both worlds?”
Baoyu could not refute Xia Jingui's words, because what she said was all right, but he felt empty in his heart. He always felt that he was useless and had no way to change the situation. Baoyu couldn't help but sigh every day.
Xia Jingui had a son, and she focused more on teaching her son to become a talented person. Her caring towards Baoyu gradually became different from before. Although she was still as gentle and gentle, and as affectionate as ever, she could always get along with him.
She looks a bit like Mrs. Wang.
Sometimes, Baoyu even had the illusion that Xia Jingui was more majestic than him. That majesty made him feel a little inferior: Maybe it would be okay without Jia Baoyu in this family, but it would definitely not be possible without Xia Jingui.
Baoyu became depressed. When he occasionally visited Xiangyun, he had nothing to say, so he chatted with Xiangyun about Buddhist scriptures.
Seeing that Baoyu liked to read Buddhist scriptures, Xiangyun forced herself to read the scriptures sent by Jia Mu, so that when Baoyu went to visit her, she could discuss Buddhism with Baoyu. Now she asked for nothing but that one day she could
Get out of here and seek revenge on those who harmed her.
When Xia Jingui didn't notice, Baoyu and Xiangyun came closer and closer. When Baochan learned about the situation from the boy beside Baoyu and was so frightened that he hurriedly told Xia Jingui, Xia Jingui frowned and made no move.
Bao Chan said anxiously: "Grandma, what should I do?"
Then he scolded Xiangyun angrily and said: "That troublesome fox Meizi has been thinking about seducing the second master ever since. He never meditated on it even after he got married. Later he became a widow and became even bolder. He ran to our house blindly, and then
The person who makes clothes and buys things actually just wants to marry our second master again! Later, she was sold by Zhang Jiaxiu. The ancestors knew better and put her in confinement, hoping to make her live in peace, but she was fine, just like he had never seen her before.
It seems like a man who is determined to seduce the second master, but now it’s better that the second master is seduced by her to study Buddhism. I really don’t know what kind of Buddhism she is reciting? She is really shameless! She is not afraid of retribution in the future!”
Xia Jingui was silent for a moment, with a sneer on his lips, and then asked Bao Chan: "Have you asked Liu Yun, when did this happen to the second master?"
Bao Chan said: "Liu Yun can't tell clearly. It was about three or four months ago, right?"
Three or four months ago, wasn't it the time when there was a problem with the store's accounts?
Did Mr. Bao feel that he was incompetent and gave up on himself, or was he dissatisfied and looking for comfort elsewhere?
This guy is really useless!
I don't even think about it, if I hadn't intervened back then, sooner or later the family's property would have been stolen by the people below until all the money was gone, just like what happened in the Rongguo Mansion. By then, how could such a big family survive?
What should I do if I have Guier's future?
As for how to deal with it?
Xia Jingui has a hundred ways to ruin Baoyu's reputation.
But Baoyu is Xia Jingui's husband after all, and handling her rashly will only solve the temporary hatred in her heart, and she will regret it later.
After thinking about it, Xia Jingui told Jia Mu.
When Jia's mother heard that Xiangyun had seduced Baoyu to study Buddhism, she was so angry that she kept calling for them to be brought in for questioning. When Yuanyang took her mother-in-law to arrest them, Xiangyun and Baoyu were discussing the Diamond Sutra.
After hearing Yuanyang's report, Jia's mother became even more angry. She grabbed the teacup in front of her and threw it directly in front of Xiangyun: "Girl Yun, I think I treat you well. Why do you always make trouble once or twice? Are you angry?
Are you going to kill me? Ah?”
Xiangyun straightened up and replied stiffly: "Yun'er can't understand what the old lady is talking about!"
Jia Mu said angrily: "Don't you understand? You seduced Baoyu to study Buddhism. What are you thinking about?"
A sarcastic smile appeared on Xiangyun's lips: "Seducing? Yun'er didn't dare to accept the old lady's words. Brother Ai wants to learn Buddhism on his own, and Yun'er just accompanies him to read. How can you say seducing?"
Then he sneered: "It's really seductive, so what? Anyway, I am the maid of the Second Grandma, right? Isn't it the custom of the Jia family to show favor to one's own maid and be the aunt of the men? Isn't the Second Grandma known as the most virtuous? Why?
, the men have all taken a liking to it, and the Second Mistress has not rushed to the court to approve it. How can I show my face and file a complaint here? Second Mistress, I am not telling you, you are guilty of jealousy, and you can get away with it.
"
Jia Mu was so angry with Xiangyun that she was trembling all over, pointing at her and speechless. Xia Jingui and Yuanyang were busy trying to cheer her up. After a long while, Jia Mu pointed at Baoyu and asked, "Baoyu, what do you say?"
Baoyu was startled and said: "Old Ancestor... It was not Sister Yun who seduced me into learning Buddhism. It was me who felt that the Buddhist scriptures were beautiful in words and clear in language, which could resolve doubts in the heart and calm the mind. That's why...Old
Ancestor!!"
Jia Mu pouted angrily after telling Baoyu.
Baoyu hurriedly rushed to help her, but Yuanyang pushed him away angrily and screamed: "My ancestor treated you so well, why do you want to make her angry with that wolf-hearted woman?"
Baoyu said in a panic: "I don't! I just like to read Buddhist scriptures. I, I definitely don't have an affair with Sister Yun!" Baoyu's defensive voice was sharp and shrill, piercing the clouds, but Jia Mu could no longer hear it. That night,