serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 49 Housekeeping and Family Management 3
Since the [-]th, there has been an endless stream of people coming to the door to give gifts and congratulations. After a day of hard work, Jia Mu will not come out to meet people the next day. Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang should take care of them.Those family friends, old relatives and family members went directly to Rongqing Hall to chat and laugh with Jia Mu.

After several days of turmoil, everyone was a little tired. Now they gathered in Jiamu's house to have tea and tell stories.

Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Baochai eat fruit and laugh together.

After a while, Wang Xifeng and You Shi came in together, and told about the Dong Mansion's affairs, and everyone praised them in unison.

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "If the evil in my family can have one ten-thousandth of my brother, I won't worry about it."

When Jia Mu heard this, she smiled and said, "My brother is still young, so don't be too strict. It will be fine in two years."

Aunt Xue hurriedly stood up and agreed. Suddenly, bursts of crying came.

Jia Mu: "Who is crying?"

Wang Xifeng: "I'll go and have a look."

Just as he was talking, Zhou Rui's family came in, and Wang Xifeng scolded directly: "What's going on? Fools are crying outside the courtyard! How did you get your job!"

Zhou Rui's house: "Go back to Second Grandma, it's Second Master Bao's nanny, Nanny Li, and others who want to see the old lady, but the slaves won't let them, so they...they just..."

Mother Jia: "What's the matter?"

Zhou Rui's family: "Going back to the old lady, the slaves don't know much about it. I only heard that Li Gui and Mingyan, who followed Bao Erye, Cong Geer, and Lan Geer, were beaten for [-] times by Er Ye. The army stick will be kicked out of the mansion and sent to the manor outside the city. Madam Li and the others are here to intercede."

Everyone present was shocked when they heard this.

The ones who can stay with the young lady of the Jia family are either the children of the nannies, or the servants of the family for several lifetimes. They all have face in front of the master. I don’t know what big mistake they made, but they were kicked out by Jia Hu. .

At this moment, the mother-in-law of the Xue family hurried in and whispered something in Aunt Xue's ear.

Aunt Xue was slightly taken aback, wondering where this scoundrel was possessed, and would go out of Beijing with the old shopkeeper to check the accounts.But there was an old shopkeeper in charge, so he didn't take it to heart.

Jia Mu listened, stunned there silent.

From outside the courtyard came the clamor and cries of women:
"Old lady, we have been wronged!"

"It was Zhao Guoji who was killed by brother Xue!"

As if a thunderbolt had passed through the air, Aunt Xue stood up in shock.

Everyone also cast their surprised eyes on Aunt Xue.

Baochai was stunned!
With a "plop", everyone was shocked.

Someone let out a low voice: "Grandma Zhao has passed out!"

"Auntie!" Tanchun came back to his senses, pounced on her, and held her hand.

Wang Xifeng: "Hurry up! Help her go back to her room, and ask the doctor to check her pulse!"

Jia Mu said: "Help them to the inner room and let them in."

"Yes." Zhou Rui's family walked out quickly.

Mrs. Wang pulled Aunt Xue to sit down.

Zhou Rui's family brought in Baoyu's nanny, Nanny Li, and others.

Several women walked in, knelt down on the ground, and cried loudly.

Wang Xifeng stared: "Why are you crying? Why don't you tell me the whole thing, there is a single word wrong, be careful!" Then she said to Nanny Li: "You tell me."

Nanny Li: "Brother Xue chased and beat Brother Huan in the school, and Zhao Guoji was beaten by Brother Xue to protect Brother Huan."

A cold look shot at her.

Nanny Li's heart tightened, and she hurriedly said, "Brother Huan beat Brother Xue first."

"nonsense!"

Mrs. Xing stood up: "Huan'er will only be nine years old in October, how could he beat Brother Xue!"

Nanny Li was shocked and kowtowed repeatedly: "I dare not lie! Brother Huan really did it first. I heard that it was a fight between some relatives who accidentally hit Brother Huan. Brother Huan fought back. He accidentally hit the brother of the Xue family, and it caused a commotion."

When Jia Mu heard this, she understood. She looked at Aunt Xue, who was pale, and Mrs. Wang, who was sitting there pretending to be a Bodhisattva. Then she asked, "Is Uncle Huan'er injured, or what's wrong?"

Mrs. Wang's hand holding the rosary trembled slightly, and Jiamu was a little flustered that such words about the indiscriminate relationship between concubine and concubine came out of Jiamu's mouth.

Nanny Li hesitated for a moment, "He should have been beaten to death, otherwise Second Master wouldn't have done it either."

Aunt Xue's face became even paler, she stood up, her voice trembling slightly: "Old lady, just now my mother-in-law came to report and said, said that evil person has left the city."

When Baochai heard this, she became even more flustered, her hands trembling slightly.

Mrs. Wang also panicked.

Mother Jia sighed, and at this moment, a servant girl's report came from outside: "Brother Lan is here!"

Before the words were finished, Jia Lan came in, and Lai Sheng's family led several women to follow.

After greeting Jiamu, he went to kowtow to Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, followed by his mother Li Wan, and finally Aunt Xue, Wang Xifeng, You Shi and Yingchun sisters. Ancestor and grandson are here to deliver the message for the second uncle."

Jia Mu: "Oh?"

Jia Lan walked up to Nanny Li and stood still, held her head high, and said, "Second Uncle said, 'The state owns the state law, and the family has family rules. The master is the master, and no one can be neglected. Huan'er is the direct line of the Jia family. Children and grandchildren, look at his jokes, just slap the Jia family in the face, and slap me in the face.

The Jia family will not bully servants, but they will not tolerate slaves who have no master.I don't care if you are an old man for several lifetimes, or a confidant dowry, once you find out, I will never forgive you lightly. '"

Having said this, he paused for a while, took a breath, and said to Nanny Li and the others: "Relying on your status as a mother on weekdays, you are domineering, drinking and beating, beating and scolding little girls, and being arrogant. , I can't tolerate you great gods, let's go out of the city to retire together." Said, waved his hand.

Several mothers-in-law have already held up Nanny Li and the others.

Nanny Li: "Old lady, madam."

Lai Sheng's family slapped her skillfully, "Pull it down!"

The women dragged them out.

Everyone in the room was stunned.

Jia Lan breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest again, then took out a list from her sleeve and handed it to Wang Xifeng: "My second uncle asked me to give it to my aunt."

"Oh?" Wang Xifeng took the list blankly and looked at it, her eyebrows twitched, this is revenge, it's really stingy, and it's a general.

Without showing any signs of expression, Wang Xifeng handed the list to Mother Jia.

When Jia Mu saw it, she was slightly startled, and said, "This is it?"

Jia Lan: "Back to the ancestors, the second uncle said, all these years, the Jia family has treated the servants too leniently, and nothing else can be said, but the aunts can't tolerate these people who can't distinguish between superiors and inferiors, so they must be dismissed." Change."

Jia Mu nodded and said to Wang Xifeng, "according to the list!"

Although Jia Hu was suspected of making fun of her illiteracy, Wang Xifeng had nothing to say and could only answer: "Yes."

"My miserable brother! Why did you die! Woohoo!" Aunt Zhao's cry came from inside.

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Jia Lan was taken aback.

"Auntie!" Tanchun's exclamation came again.

Aunt Zhao rushed out like crazy, crying at the top of her lungs, "Give me back my brother's life! You give me back my brother's life!"

Zhou Rui's family and Xue's mother-in-law stopped Aunt Zhao who was rushing towards Aunt Xue, and supported her from left to right.

"It's not fair for you to return my brother's life. I want to report to the police"

Tanchun ran out from the room, hugged Aunt Zhao and burst into tears.

Aunt Xue stood there in a daze, her lips moved but she couldn't say a word.

Baochai stood up in panic.

Mrs. Wang's eyes burst into flames, and she tightly held the string of beads in her hand.

Jia Lan said: "Uncle Huan's uncle is not dead!"

It was Aunt Zhao first, and then the others, who were all stunned upon hearing this.

Jia Lan: "Uncle Huan was severely injured by Aunt Xue's cousin in order to save Uncle Huan"

Li Wan was taken aback, and quickly shouted: "You are so young, what do you know? You can't keep your mouth shut!"

Jia Mu: "Lan'er, Zhao Guoji is not dead?!"

Jia Lan nodded: "Go back to the ancestors, he is not dead, he is being treated in the East Mansion."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a commotion among the crowd.

Jia Lan: "Aunt Xue's cousin scolded Uncle Huan for being raised by a young woman."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned on the spot.

Li Wan was afraid that his son would say something shocking again, so he shouted loudly: "Lan'er! Shut up! Who taught you these bastard words?!"

Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Baochai were the first to lose face.

Aunt Zhao stood there weeping.

Tanchun secretly gritted his teeth.

Jia Lan said loudly: "Second Uncle said, he is also raised by a young woman."

As soon as this sentence was uttered, it was like a thunderclap, which made everyone's ears ringing. Aunt Xue finally couldn't hold it anymore, she felt her eyes darkened and she fell down.

"Mother!"

"concubine!"

What Jia Lan said next caused Rong Qingtang to explode. When she heard that Baoyu was beaten twenty canes by Jia Hu because she sat and watched outsiders insult her brother, Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes and passed out.

For a moment, the Rongqing hall was full of shouts.

Li Wan's face turned pale!

Mother Jia ignored these, and called Jia Lan to her, asked what had happened carefully, and then, a smile broke out on her face.

Qianqing Palace, go to the study.

"'The centipede is dead but not stiff', you must first commit suicide at home before you can be completely defeated!"

Emperor Jianwu finished reading the secret book, closed it gently, and murmured: "If a family is like this, why not a huge country? The lessons from the past are still in front of us, and the Great Zhou must not repeat the same mistakes."

Then, he stood up, "Is the Zhen family's fleet about to enter Beijing?"

Dai Quan: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu: "Let's go to the Dragon Head Palace."

(End of this chapter)