Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

After leaving Lixiang Courtyard, the first thing Mrs. Wang did was to whisper in Lai Wang's ear and tell him to go first.

Caiyun was concentrating on walking, not tilting her head to look, but a gust of wind blew past, and Mrs. Wang's words reached her ears, and they were clearly: "...Burn them all! Get rid of them!"

Caiyun was terrified, but didn't dare show it at all. She just gradually quickened her pace.

Jia Zheng had been waiting in the room for half an hour, with a ball of anger in his chest that was almost turning into murderous intent!

When he saw Madam Wang come in and sit down, he waved his hand to dismiss the servants and lowered his voice to shout, "Such a big thing, why don't you investigate it? It's fine if you don't investigate it, but why don't you let others investigate it? What are you thinking?"

"Don't worry about what I'm thinking, sir. Those who are sick are my own son and niece. I can't possibly harm them!

"Master, you are angry with me now, probably not because I didn't investigate the case, but because the case was found to be your beloved concubine, and you are ashamed, right?"

Without other people around, the couple didn't give each other any face at all and spoke all kinds of hurtful words.

Jia Zheng looked at her coldly: "Why, you dare not even answer this question, but only blame it on me. It seems that you are really hiding something big from me.

"Well, now that you've said it, I might be able to help you fix it. Otherwise, when it gets out, don't blame me for being heartless and standing by and watching."

"It's just a family disgrace that we don't want to make public. What else could it be?" Mrs. Wang only looked at the assorted enamel vases on the incense table opposite her and spoke nonchalantly.

Jia Zheng sneered and raised his thumb: "Great! This means everyone should take responsibility for their own actions! Madam Wang is a heroine, I admire her!"

After saying this, he stood up proudly, shook his robe, and was about to leave!

Mrs. Wang's face changed, and she stood up quickly: "I have been married to the Jia family for more than 20 years. Whatever I do or don't do, can it be for myself? Isn't it all for the whole family and the Jia clan?!"

"What on earth did you do?!" Jia Zheng was already extremely impatient. He frowned and puffed out his chest as he stared at her, almost wanting to strangle her to death!

Mrs. Wang took a half step back awkwardly and sat back on the kang without saying a word.

Jia Zheng suppressed his anger and shouted in a low voice, "Speak quickly!"

"I...that year...Master Jing didn't care, you and the first wife were also helpless, Zhen'er was bewitched, and no one could do anything about Qin..." Mrs. Wang stammered.

Jia Zheng's face changed drastically, and his voice changed in an anxious tone: "So what?!"

"I asked... Lai Wang's family to find someone from outside, gave him some money, and asked Ma Dao Po to cast a spell..." Mrs. Wang said angrily, and then she tried to explain herself, "I also wanted to solve the urgent problem at home!"

"You! You... You... This is a matter of life and death... And the person is a descendant of the royal family..."

Jia Zheng stamped his feet in anger, uttered a few words through gritted teeth, then swallowed them back. He felt his legs weaken as he rushed forward, so he sat down, leaned on the table between them, and leaned over to ask in a low voice:

"Does Ma Dao Po know who it is? Is there anyone else who knows about this? "

"No more!" Mrs. Wang shook her head hastily. "Ma Dao Po only knows that someone paid a huge price to buy his life. She knows nothing else! The person Lai Wang's family went to find has already been sent far away to Hainan..."

"you sure?"

"How could I leave trouble for something like this?!"

The couple spoke in lower and lower voices, and gradually moved closer together.

The maids who were driven outside kept waving fans to drive away mosquitoes, and secretly asked the maid to get some moxa rope to do some fumigation.

Only Jin Chuan'er looked back at the room, then at the sky, and asked her sister Yu Chuan'er: "Please ask the kitchen to prepare some water. Madam hasn't taken a bath yet."

After saying this, Caiyun raised her eyebrows and asked in a low voice: "How do you know that the master will not stay overnight tonight?"

"It's so hot, and both of us are so angry, we can't stay together." Jin Chuan'er said, frowning and waving her fan vigorously, cursing in a low voice: "There are more and more mosquitoes this year!"

"There's plenty of water in the garden, but not many mosquitoes..."

"We need to get more moxa ropes tomorrow..."

………………(I have a clear dividing line in mind)………………

In Lixiangyuan.

After seeing Yuanyang off, Aunt Meng watched Xueyan enter her room, find Chunxian and ask for her money box, then put the purse that Yuanyang had presented to her in the room, and locked the box without even looking at it.

Aunt Meng frowned and asked her, "Who is taking care of your daughter's money box now?"

"I am in charge of the Lin family's future. The other girls' daily expenses and the monthly payments from the Jia Mansion are all with Sister Zijuan."

"How many parts are there of the Lin family's wealth? How do you keep them all?"

"Yes, the farm in Suzhou and the money sent by Supervisor Tao. There is a booklet from Suzhou, but only banknotes from Supervisor Tao. I keep them separately." Xueyan said confidently.

Aunt Meng looked at her and said, "How much money does your daughter have now? Do you know?"

"Ah? Uh, is that so? I have to go back and take a look." Xueyan was a little confused.

Aunt Meng sighed and waved her hand: "Forget it. Go to bed."

The next morning, Aunt Meng asked Zijuan again, and Zijuan knew clearly: "There are more than 300 pieces of silver in loose change, and I can't remember the small ones.

"It's just these people anyway. The young lady doesn't go out, so there's nothing to spend. Her clothes and food are all set by the mansion, and we don't have to spend any money."

"What about your own money?"

"You should manage your own money. But I know that Chunxian and I used to give our money directly to our family. I don't know about Xiaohong."

Looking from afar at Daiyu, who seemed to be out of touch with the world, and Qingwen, who was arguing with Chunxian with her hands on her hips, Aunt Meng shook her head and turned to look for Xiaohong.

Xiaohong, who had just returned from outside, first explained the task: "Tao Jian is not here, I left my aunt's letter.

"But the steward of the Tao family gave me a purse, saying that the income for the first half of this year had been prepared, and that I was going to go there just in time, so he asked me to bring it back to the girl first.

"I checked it in person and it turned out to be a banknote that was already in Daheng Bank. I'll give it to you right now, young lady?"

Aunt Meng felt relieved when she heard her clear and organized speech. She then asked with a smile whether she wanted to give the monthly allowance to her parents or keep it for herself.

Xiaohong looked at her in confusion: "I keep all the money I earn every month for myself. It's very convenient for me to buy something or take care of someone on weekdays."

"Do you know how much silver you have now?" Aunt Meng looked at her.

Xiao Hong was even more puzzled: "Of course I know. I still have sixteen taels and three cents of silver, and four hundred and sixty-six cents. I usually keep a record of it."

Aunt Meng laughed and said, "Give me your account book."

Xiao Hong took it as she was told and explained with a blushing face: "My mother taught me to keep accounts according to the style of the account book in the mansion. I can read more than my parents, so I was the one who kept the accounts in the family."

Aunt Meng flipped through the thin booklet and saw that the handwriting was neat and clean, the numbers were clear and understandable, and the reasons were recorded concisely and to the point. It was actually a rare good account book!

"I have a box here. It was given to me by the young lady after I came here. It contains salary from the palace and gifts from the government. In addition to silver and money, there are other things. I didn't sort them out carefully.

"You remember the account so well, why don't you help me keep it too." Aunt Meng directly handed her money box and valuables box to Xiaohong.

Such an important mission was assigned to me?!

Xiao Hong blushed with excitement: "Yes! I will remember everything for you!"