Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

After leaving the house, Emperor Zhaoming returned to his usual cold-faced emperor appearance, glanced at Aunt Meng, and said, "Take good care of my sister, Ru Hai will be grateful to you."

Stride away.

Qingwen got Zijuan's signal and hurriedly followed her out.

Watching Emperor Zhaoming walking slowly in front of them, Tao Xingjian chatted with Qingwen: "How many people did you bring with you from the Jia family?"

"Reporting to Supervisor Tao, the Jia family wanted to send a few more people, but the young lady refused. They only brought Lin Zhixiao and Lin Zhijie's family, the Liu family, the Shan family, and the four of us. Together with Aunt Meng, there are a total of 20 people."

Qingwen counted on her fingers and told them all. She smiled and said to Supervisor Tao, "The young lady said that you told her not to bring more people with you. She said she was waiting for your letter!"

"Well, you are really obedient!" Tao Xingjian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Someone has come to my hometown to seek refuge, and I have a few capable people in my private residence. I will send them over when the time comes.

"Tell your daughter later and ask her to calculate what positions are still lacking. I'll come over tomorrow and check them out. It would be best if I can assign you all the people in the next few days so that you can have a peaceful New Year."

Qingwen smiled happily: "Yes! I'll thank Supervisor Tao on behalf of our young lady! I'll definitely tell her when I get back!"

As they were talking, they arrived at the second gate.

Qingwen didn't go out and stayed aside.

Lin Zhixiao's family and Lin Zhijie came over and said with a smile, "We have a car ready. The road is not easy to travel on at night. Let's take a car, shall we?"

Emperor Zhaoming thought about it and agreed. He looked at them pulling the car over and frowned: "This is, a car?!"

Lin Zhixiao's wife's face immediately turned red and she lowered her head without saying a word.

On the contrary, Lin Zhijie followed in a daze and said, "This was specially sent by Rongguo Mansion! They said it was the best one among the girls' cars..."

Before he could finish his words, he was kicked by Lin Zhixiao's family.

Tao Xingjian reached out and snatched the lantern from Lin Zhixiao's wife's hand, and asked Emperor Zhaoming to walk: "Just a few steps, this old servant will light it for you."

Emperor Zhaoming nodded and walked out.

Tao Xingjian turned around and gave Lin Zhixiao's family a cold look: "Throw this thing away. I'll send a better one tomorrow."

Lin Zhixiao's family bowed their heads deeply: "Yes."

Lin Zhijie hurriedly followed and limped out, but he couldn't help turning back and saying to Lin Zhixiao's wife: "Sister-in-law, don't throw away this cart, keep it for me! I'll harness a donkey and use it myself later."

Emperor Zhaoming burst out laughing when he heard this.

Tao Xingjian also laughed, turned around and looked at Lin Zhijie and said, "You are quite honest!"

"Ah! In the early years, I was depressed and drank all day long. If it weren't for my brother and sister-in-law who supported me for half my life, I would have starved to death. Now there is nothing at home. There are only two chairs, a bed, and a few sets of clothes that were given by the girl after I came here.

"Aunt Meng said the other day that although I am only a janitor, I am the face of the Lin family, so she asked me to look good. I thought, since I have a goal in life, I should buy some beautiful things!

"Look, you gave me some money earlier. I'll buy some pots and pans, boxes and cabinets for my house when I get back. If I can add a car, I might even find a wife tomorrow!"

Emperor Zhaoming smiled slightly when he heard this.

Tao Xingjian was also happy and patted Lin Zhijie on the shoulder: "That's it! Life has gone too far, who doesn't want to live a good life, right?"

"Yes!" Lin Zhijie nodded happily, smiled and sent them to the gate, bowing and nodding to say goodbye.

After getting on his carriage, Emperor Zhaoming looked at Tao Xingjian and said, "You asked me to come and visit Miss Lin. Is it so that I can cherish her? Or is it so that I can see the various aspects of life in the market?"

"He's just a servant, how can he be so vulgar?"

"Don't underestimate him because he is just a servant. He was the brother of the second housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion back then, and he can still live like this. You can imagine how countless ordinary people out there can survive if they don't have a way to make a living..."

Emperor Zhaoming's expression gradually became gloomy. He lowered his eyes and looked at the carpet in the carriage. Suddenly he pointed at it and asked, "How much is this?"

"No matter how much this item costs, it has been used since the year Your Majesty ascended the throne. You have not changed the carriages and horses, and only repair them every season." Tao Xingjian couldn't help but sigh, "Your Majesty, don't go too far! Otherwise, how can you let the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress deal with themselves?!"

Emperor Zhaoming took a long breath and whispered, "Wait a little longer, wait a little longer..."

Daiyu listened to Qingwen's message, thought for a moment, and asked Lin Zhixiao's wife to come over: "Are all the duties in the family completed now? What is still missing?"

Lin Zhixiao and his wife had been in charge of Rongguo Mansion for many years, so naturally they could do it easily. They said, "We still need seven or eight maids and women to do rough work, two people who know carriages and horses, and three or four servants and guards who know some martial arts. Five or six years will be enough.

"Nowadays, purchasing, warehouse and accounting are all managed by my old man and I. To be honest, we are a bit overwhelmed.

“We don’t employ anyone for sewing, we buy all the clothes ready-made.

"Other duties, such as washing, sweeping, driving, night watch, and cooking, are all in need of people. Now a few old people can help the children do it, but I'm afraid that they won't be able to do it for a long time."

Aunt Meng frowned and said, "It's just a house with three entrances. How come twenty people can't handle it?"

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "If it were just me in this room, with Zijuan, Xueyan, and at most Qingwen, it would be enough to serve me.

"But now I want to build a mansion, and I'm afraid these people are not enough. Aunt has never been in charge of these things, so I'm afraid she doesn't understand. I'll ask Sister Lin to tell you about the errands in Rong Mansion, and you'll understand."

He turned around and told Lin Zhixiao's wife, "You and your daughter go and write down the positions and the number of people in the family, and who is in charge now. Although I don't like to be involved, I still want to know."

Lin Zhixiao's wife agreed, called Xiaohong out, and the mother and daughter went to the next room to write the list. Lin's wife couldn't help but quietly asked her daughter: "Miss, you are making such a big fuss, are you trying to find a live-in son-in-law and stay in this house forever?"

Xiao Hong covered her mouth and laughed, "Even if we don't want to stay here for a lifetime, but only for three to five years, given our daughter's wealth, we should live comfortably! Do we have to make do with being more miserable after leaving the Jia family?!"

"Speaking of wealth, how much money do you have now?" Lin Jia's eyes turned red and his saliva was about to flow out.

Xiao Hong looked at her warily: "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask! Aunt Meng won't let me tell anyone!"

"I'm the housekeeper of this mansion, but you don't even tell me. What does this mean?" Lin Zhixiao's wife was a little indignant.

Xiao Hong sneered and glanced at her: "No one's job is born with it, nor can it be changed in the middle of life! You, the housekeeper, just set up a new house and have no one to use, so I let you do it.

"If it's good, it will last for a long time. If it's not good, you know that Supervisor Tao will send a good one to replace it tomorrow! You are still asking questions, just take care of your own job first!"