Qin Keqing, Wang Xifeng and three other people entered the room. Aunt Zhou directly helped Qin Keqing onto the kang by the window and let her lean on the bed. After finishing these things, Aunt Zhou turned around and said apologetically to Wang Xifeng
: "I'm really sorry, Second Grandma, for neglecting your guest. It's true that she can't sit for a long time now, but I'll take care of her first."
Wang Xifeng smiled and said cheerfully: "It's boring for a family to be so polite all the time. I regard your house as my own." After saying that, she was not polite, and sat next to Qin Keqing, chatting with her.
Come.
Aunt Zhou sat on the chair next to her with a smile, watching the two of them chatting without interrupting.
When it was almost noon, Qin Keqing asked Wang Xifeng to serve a meal and invited Wang Xifeng to dine in his house. Wang Xifeng enthusiastically agreed in order to get closer to Qin Keqing.
So all kinds of precious and delicious dishes were put on the table. Wang Xifeng looked at this posture, which was more luxurious than what she had seen in Jia's house. Originally, when she was in Jia's house, she felt that it was a little more luxurious and lewd, compared to her uncle.
Wang Ziteng's family also needs to pay attention to pomp and circumstance.
However, she is just a granddaughter-in-law and cannot change. Fortunately, the income of the Jia family has been able to maintain a balance over the years. In addition, this year Jia Ke served as the Minister of Military and Aircraft, and the ice and carbon worship in various places has not been interrupted, so the family has some surplus.
, so I didn’t say anything more, and just followed the rules of Cao and Xiao in the old calendar.
Unexpectedly, when I came to Wuyanghou Mansion today, I realized what real luxury is. This meal cannot be purchased without one or two hundred taels of silver.
Qin Keqing, who was next to him, saw Wang Xifeng's surprise and said with a smile on his face: "We don't dare to be so extravagant on weekdays. This time, firstly, I am pregnant during this period, so my uncle specially made every meal richer. Secondly, come on you
It’s our guest. It’s his first time at home, so we naturally have to treat him well. If this happens every day, who can afford it?”
Even though Qin Keqing said this, Wang Xifeng still felt that the wealth of Wuyang Houfu was indeed a newly emerging marquis family, which was different from a family like Rongguo Fufu, which relied on face to support itself.
Wang Xifeng asked casually at the dining table: "I heard that your house has to give us fifty thousand taels of silver every year, but is it true?"
"You said this, but I know what's wrong with the offer. This money is from the uncle's filial piety to his parents and the old lady." Qin Keqing smiled without any dissatisfaction.
"That being the case, there is no need to give them away in the future. Now the house is not lacking anything, and there is still a balance of one to twenty thousand taels of silver every year. Why do we need your fifty thousand taels?" Wang Xifeng did not want the fifty thousand taels of silver.
She felt that with Jia Ke as a golden sign, it would be easy for her not to mention 50,000 or 150,000 a year.
Wang Xifeng has won over many officials these days, relying on Jia Ke's reputation. With these people, she has some businesses in various places. With these, she can also earn tens of thousands of taels of silver for the government every year.
"Sister, don't dare to do this. This is what the uncle has told me. How dare I violate it? This money is nothing to us. You just accept it." Qin Keqing was dealing with Wang Xifeng for the first time. He didn't know what she was thinking, but she
Remembering Jia Ke's instructions, this fifty thousand taels of silver must be given away no matter what.
Wang Xifeng declined several times, but Qin Keqing refused. After several postponements, Wang Xifeng stopped arguing.
After lunch, the two chatted for a while, and the more they chatted, the more interesting they became. It was too late for the two of them to meet each other. They were both wives of housekeepers, so the topics were extremely similar. Unconsciously, the sky turned dark.
When Wang Xifeng saw that the lights were being turned on in the house, she realized that it was getting late, so she hurriedly said goodbye to Qin Keqing. Qin Keqing originally wanted to persuade her to stay for dinner, but Wang Xifeng would not agree to it this time, so he had to send her outside.
When Wang Xifeng was about to get on the sedan, Qin Keqing suddenly told Wang Xifeng: "Don't go through the gate this time. There is a moon gate next to our house, which goes directly to your house. If you want to come in the future, you can go from there. It's close."
It’s also safe, wouldn’t it be better?”
After Qin Keqing said this, she looked at Wang Xifeng with a half-smile but not a smile. She knew that Wang Xifeng had just taken charge of the Rongguo Mansion and the people below were not convinced by her yet, so she didn't know which master had sent her a message this time.
Show off your power.
Wang Xifeng was surprised when she heard what she said. She had never heard her family say this before, and then her face darkened. No one told her about such a simple matter when she left the house. It seems that these servants still
In need of training.
At this time, Wang Xifeng's heart turned a few times, and then with a smile on her face, she said to Qin Keqing as if nothing had happened: "Thank you sister-in-law for telling me, otherwise I don't know how many mistakes I would have made."
After Wang Xifeng thanked Qin Keqing, she got on the sedan and then left the Wuwei Hall. As soon as she came out of the Wuwei Hall, Wang Xifeng said to the maids next to her: "Tell the two sedan bearers to go through the Moon Gate." Her tone was very serious.
Not good.
At this time, following Wang Xifeng was her most proud maid, Ping'er. This Ping'er already knew her master's temper very well. Now hearing her bad tone, he knew that these people would not end well today.
Ping'er walked a few steps and came to the front. The person carrying the sedan came up and said, "Did you hear what Second Grandma said? Let's go through the Moon Gate. I guess you are from the mansion and you should know the way."
The servant girl carrying the sedan chair in front had heard Wang Xifeng's words a long time ago. Now she was sweating profusely and didn't know what to do. You know, she only received a few taels of silver this time. Who knew she would cause such a big disaster?
Come.
Now after listening to Ping'er's words, he didn't dare to refute anything, so he could only turn around. Instead of going to the gate of Wuyang Hou Mansion, he turned around in a circle and came to a moon gate.
Besides, Qin Keqing looked at the soft sedan made by Wang Xifeng and returned to the house. As soon as she came back, Jia Ke came in.
"You came back a little late today, and I wanted to introduce someone to you." When Qin Keqing saw Jia Ke come in, she wanted to go up and help him pack his clothes.
Where could Jia Ke get her to do something? He hurriedly helped her, and while helping her back to the bed, he answered her: "I have been back a long time ago, but I heard people said that you have a female guest here, so I didn't come in.
"
"She is Jia Lian's daughter-in-law. I said she was the one I introduced to you. You don't know that she is really good-looking, shrewd, and a top-notch person." Qin Keqing kept praising Wang Xifeng in front of Jia Ke.
Jia Ke had no intention of stopping the interaction between Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng. After all, in Dream of Red Mansions, the two had the same temper. Qin Keqing had very few friends since she married him. Finally, Wang Xifeng, who is the same age as her, came along.
And they have similar personalities, so what reason does he have to stop it?
But Jia Ke felt that it was not good for him to meet Wang Xifeng alone, because Wang Xifeng had more than one romantic affair. And Jia Ke and Jia Lian grew up together and were as close as brothers, and he did not want any scandals with Wang Xifeng to spread.
Therefore, I didn’t meet Wang Xifeng just now.
"It's okay if you want to interact with her, but you must pay attention to it, advise her more, and eat as much food as she wants from a big bowl. Otherwise, if something goes wrong in the future, there will be no one to clean it up for her." Jia Ke saw Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng like this
Speculation. So I said these words, hoping that Qin Keqing would advise Wang Xifeng more and not do those things that are harmful to nature.
After listening to Jia Ke's words, Qin Keqing kept wondering: "What are you talking about? I see that this second daughter-in-law Lian is very smart, what can go wrong?"
After listening to Qin Keqing's words, Jia Ke sneered on his face, "She is just too shrewd, so she was mistaken for her cleverness."
When Qin Keqing saw this situation, she knew there was something she didn't know, so she came to Jia Ke's side, leaned on Jia Ke's shoulder, and then asked softly in his ear: "Uncle, what's the matter?
Please tell me the matter, otherwise I will be betrayed and you will be embarrassed in the end."
Jia Ke couldn't resist Qin Keqing's charming coquettishness. He hugged her and lay on the bed and said, "You don't know that this second daughter-in-law of Lian is really bold. She has only been in charge of Rongguo Mansion for a few days, and she started to win over her."
Officials from other places, if I hadn't been supporting her from behind, how could these people listen to her transfer?"
Qin Keqing's expression changed a little now. She didn't expect that Wang Xifeng would be so bold. A female classmate would start to win over officials. Even as the hostess of Wuyang Hou Mansion, she would not dare to do such a thing. It seems that in the future, in the same class,
Wang Xifeng must be careful when speaking, otherwise she may really suffer.
Besides, Wang Xifeng returned to Rongguo Mansion from the Moon Gate, which was really close to where she lived, and she didn't leave the house the whole time. It couldn't be safer. With this Moon Gate, the two families seemed to be in the same mansion.
Wang Xifeng did not have any seizures along the way. When she returned to the courtyard, she entered the house with a livid face and without saying a word ordered the two strong women carrying the sedan to be beaten with thirty sticks.
Several maids nearby knew why Wang Xifeng beat her, so no one dared to come forward to plead for mercy.
When the two strong women were beaten in Wang Xifeng's courtyard and cried for their father and mother, Jia Lian came back from outside.
Now Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng are in charge of the Rongguo Mansion, but he has been in charge of foreign goods. During this time, he has been patrolling various shops in Beijing, often coming back very late, but every time he comes back, he smells of alcohol.
For a while, the shopkeepers in the shop took turns inviting him to dinner, just to let him show his favor and wipe out all the previous accounts. Otherwise, if the accounts were really checked, none of them would be able to escape.
Although Jia Linglian agreed on the surface, in fact, she hated these people very much in her heart. Now she was just trying to make peace with them, and when the opportunity came, she would kill them all. Because he still remembered the time when he robbed Mammy Lai's house.
After that incident, the Jia family completely got rid of the dilemma of being unable to make ends meet. And what Jia Lian wants now is to repeat the same trick again and get back all the money that these people have been greedy for over the years. Although most of it has to be handed over to the public
account, but he can also get a lot of benefits from it.
Wang Xifeng didn't have any objections to Jia Lian. As long as Jia Lian didn't mess around with women outside, it wouldn't be a big deal for the gentlemen to drink some wine. The two of them had been planning at night these days, thinking about how to provide
These minions have little color.
After Jia Lian came back, he saw two servant girls who had been beaten to pieces. Jia Lian had never seen such a scene since he was a child. He felt that these two people were a little pitiful, so he went into the room and asked Wang Xifeng: "What's going on with the two people outside? What if?
It’s not a big deal, so let’s spare them this trick, it looks quite pitiful.”
When Wang Xifeng heard what Jia Lian said, her eyebrows stood up, her almond-shaped eyes widened, and her anger was charming, "Why are you feeling so distressed? It's not impossible if you are willing to put the two of them in the house."
Jia Lian laughed angrily at Wang Xifeng, "What are you thinking about? I can still take those two guys outside the house seriously? I just saw how pitifully they were beaten, so I just asked you casually."
"They are pitiful. You know how ugly I made today. I went out from the main entrance of our house, and then entered through the main entrance of the next house. Only then did I see Sister-in-law Qin. These two sedan bearers didn't even tell me that our two houses
They are related. Do you think I should fight?" At this time, Wang Xifeng thought of Qin Keqing's non-smiling expression at her just now, and her face still felt a little feverish. She was actually played by a few minions in her hands. This was her first time here.
, because I have not established prestige in the mansion, it seems that I need to deal with these people severely to let them know that my aunt is not easy to mess with.
When Jia Lian heard what Wang Xifeng said, she knew that someone was trying to trip her up, and she felt a little jealous. She didn't know which lady in the house had done it? She thought it was his mother, who was more likely to give Wang Xifeng a blow.