Jia Qiang's Ordinary Life

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Before winter, the judgment of Dali Temple came down.

Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, and Jia Rong were all sentenced to exile, but it was just a matter of distance. Jia She and Jia Zhen were far away, and they were sent to the sea to serve. Jia Zheng and Jia Rong were better off, and they were exiled to the northwest. , not too far from Chang'an.

As for the rest of the people, the masters are fine, there is nothing wrong with them, and they were given 100 taels of silver and released.But those maids and servants, even those aunts and concubines, were all sold together.

Both the Rongning and Ning mansions were seized, because the Daguan Garden was also attacked by thieves before, and apart from losing things, if Zijuan hadn't been vigilant, she would have almost captured Miaoyu. They moved out together, and returned the Grand View Garden to the government. In gratitude, the Holy Majesty distributed another 200 taels of silver to Li Wan's mother and son for their livelihood.

In Chang'an City, what is a few hundred taels of silver?It's hard to find a better place to live.Just when the old lady was about to spend her private money to buy a house, Yuan Zixuan rushed over.

"Old lady, how can you spend your money on this matter?" Yuan Zixuan persuaded, "Before, the master was so weak that he didn't help the mansion, and he felt guilty all the time. Now, you should give it to our master. This is a chance to show filial piety!"

The old lady sighed: "It's no wonder Brother Qiang. I heard that the children are in prison, and they are taken care of by Brother Qiang. How can I ask Brother Qiang to spend money! I am also old, and the money was originally It’s meant to be used by children and grandchildren, so it doesn’t matter if you use it now!”

Yuan Zixuan smiled apologetically: "The old lady is treating us as outsiders by saying that. Isn't that a slap in the face of our master? Besides, the master has prepared everything and is just waiting for the old lady and a few wives to live in there!"

Next to her, Wang Xifeng hugged Jia Jing and persuaded: "Old lady, we children and grandchildren are useless, we can't let the old lady live a good life, and now I want the old lady to worry about us, it's really shameful!" , just wiped away the tears.

Next to Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and the others also persuaded her, and You Shi was quite embarrassed at the side. You must know that Jia Qiang's relationship with Jia's family is not good, and to a large extent it has something to do with her, so she can't say anything.

The old lady finally sighed and nodded: "Then I will trouble Brother Qiang to spend the money!"

Yuan Zixuan hurriedly said: "There is nothing expensive or not, as long as the old lady doesn't think the place is shabby!"

Yuan Zixuan had ordered several carriages, and led a group of people to a courtyard house that Jia Qiang bought.

The courtyard houses are four-entry, and the people of the two prefectures are counted, and it is enough to live there.The courtyard seems to be quite old, but all the rooms have been tidied up, and some necessary furniture and bedding are also ready. After Yuan Zixuan led someone to look at it, she said, "The place is a bit small, don't blame the old lady!"

The old lady sighed: "What are you talking about! Although the old lady is old, she is not a person who doesn't know right from wrong!"

No one present felt that Jia Qiang was stingy. After all, when Jia Qiang separated her family, she did not have much wealth. This capital city is no better than other places. Utensils, not a few thousand taels, are not enough.

After talking for a while, Yuan Zixuan smiled and said: "When we came here, our master asked me to bring this over again. After all, there is no other livelihood here, so we can't live on the old lady's private money! This is Xishan The title deed of a small village also has two to three hundred acres of land, all of which are fertile land, and can also supplement the family! It’s getting late, and I’m going back first, thinking about it, the old lady and several wives and aunts are also going to rest, waiting to settle down Alright, let me greet the old lady and the ladies again!"

As a result, after Yuan Zixuan left, he began to arrange the yard.At first, it was okay, You Shi didn't have any children, but he was with Jia Rong's daughter-in-law and Xi Chun, so they couldn't live in a big place, and he was a little embarrassed with Jia Qiang, so naturally he was embarrassed to fight for the big yard. Lived in the front yard.Lin Daiyu is already a monk, but she and Miaoyu lived together in two huts in the backyard, and it was fine to arrange a Buddha statue in the small hall as a Buddhist hall.

Jia Huan was a concubine, and he was not married, and Aunt Zhao was sold, so naturally he didn't have a good place to live, so he was wronged and lived in a room.

The rest can be troublesome.Mrs. Xing was going to live with Jia Lian and his wife. Wang Xifeng later redeemed Ping'er and came back. There are six people in total. The place is too small to live there.

Mrs. Wang wanted to live with Baoyu and his wife, and Li Wan's mother and son also had another residence. That is to say, the second room needed two separate residences.Moreover, Tanchun has always been raised under Mrs. Wang's name, so she has to live with Mrs. Wang.

In other words, only the main courtyard can accommodate the first room and the second room, and the old lady can live in a full courtyard. Therefore, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang almost fought against each other for the right to live in the main courtyard.

Mrs. Xing insisted that her family is a big house and should live in the main courtyard, but how could Mrs. Wang, who was used to living in the main house, be willing to live in another small courtyard? I'm ashamed to say that I'm the head of the house, and one said, if it weren't for your second house to hide the stolen goods, you would have fallen to this point, not to mention, the second house has been in power for so many years, and now it has fallen to this point, why don't you enlarge the house to live a more comfortable life?The two were like shrews, almost tearing their faces apart.

The old lady was so angry that she was about to have a relapse, she almost swung her walking stick and smashed it. Seeing the blushing and thick necks of the two daughter-in-laws, she began to curse.However, the old lady still prefers Jia Baoyu, so that Baoyu can live in the main courtyard, naturally, the second room wins again!

Mrs. Xing was so angry that she almost vomited blood. Wang Xifeng was afraid that the old lady would get angry, so she took Mrs. Xing to live in the middle courtyard.

The so-called transition from frugality to extravagance is easy, but from extravagance to frugality is difficult.When everything was settled, trouble came.

In the kitchen, Jia Qiang asked someone to buy rice, flour, oil, salt and enough firewood for several days.However, there is no cook to cook.

Mrs. Wang complained a few words, saying that after all, she was young and inexperienced, and forgot to buy a few servants to serve her.

The old lady gave her a hard look, and shouted: "Second daughter-in-law, what are you talking about? Speaking of which, Brother Qiang belongs to Ningguo Mansion. Could it be that he owes our family?"

However, rice still has to be eaten. There is no one in the whole family who has actually done rough work. Although Yuanyang and Heping are all maids, Yuanyang has been serving the old lady since she was bought into the mansion. Why? Possibly into the kitchen?As for Ping'er, she was also Wang Xifeng's dowry maid at the time, and she hadn't been in the kitchen much.On the other hand, You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and Mrs. Xing, who were not of high birth, had learned a little cooking skills when they were girls at home, so they immediately went into the kitchen to give instructions, and Yuanyang and Heping'er managed to prepare a meal.

The days that followed were really difficult.Baoyu was not used to living a hard life. He thought the incense in the house was too pungent, the persimmon and jujube trees planted in the yard were too vulgar, the daily food was too rough to eat, and the clothes on his body were not bright enough, etc.In short, there is no one not to dislike.He didn't like Baochai anymore, and Daiyu was devoted to pure cultivation, except occasionally going to the old lady's place, she didn't leave the room for half a step, and he never saw her.As for Miaoyu, if the old lady hadn't said that she was alone, she might be in danger on the road, so she would have gone back to her hometown in Suzhou to continue her cultivation.

Baochai's life was also very difficult. Xue Pan had already died at Caishikou in autumn, and Aunt Xue had no hope and was on the verge of collapse. Now, this branch of Xue's family is completely wiped out.In particular, Xia Jingui is restless and has seduced Xue Biao several times. Xue Biao is not the unruly Liu Xiahui.As a result, Aunt Xue finally found out once, and out of anger, she was about to divorce such an unruly daughter-in-law as Xia Jingui.In the end, Xia Jingui couldn't wait for this, she didn't want to hang herself on a dead tree like Xue Pan!So, Shi Shiran took the divorce letter and went back with her dowry. At this time, Aunt Xue found out that Xia Jingui had squandered a large amount of her family's money.And Xue Biao, feeling ashamed, also left, and without someone capable of taking charge, the Xue family's already precarious property could not sustain it now.

Although the Jia family was given a small farm, the crops in the field have already been harvested at this moment, and the newly planted millet is still jointing, at least it will not be harvested until the late spring of the second year. After a while, there was no harvest.

The money in Li Wan's hands was never willing to give, even if Mrs. Wang was threatening her with the posture of a mother-in-law, Li Wan insisted that she had no money.Today is different from the past, Mrs. Wang is not the third-rank madam of the past, but she is just a commoner. Even if there is filial piety, it can't help a young widow like Li Wan who is chaste and can almost get the chastity memorial archway. Let it go.

The 100 taels of silver actually cost very quickly. It was still autumn when the family was locked up, and it was winter when they came out.Although Jia Qiang sent someone to deliver some clothes, they were just unremarkable jackets, and they had to buy winter clothes by themselves.

Although I want to save money and can't buy silk and satin, I still have to buy some high-quality cotton cloth and go back to make cotton clothes. It’s only enough for the whole family to eat for half a month. Moreover, in winter, the old and the weak, women and children of the whole family have to add a brazier. Although you can’t buy silver frost charcoal, even ordinary charcoal still costs money. !

Therefore, within two months, the 100 taels of silver that the government gave them to settle down had almost been spent.Baochai has nothing to do, don't save it, the money is not enough to spend, save it, Mrs. Wang thinks she is petty and wronged Baoyu, Baochai has no choice but to grit her teeth and go to the old lady.

The old lady sighed, knowing that her family had never lived in poverty, and she didn't know how to plan carefully, so she took out another 100 taels of silver from her private house and put it in the public account to spend.

The most comfortable ones are Jia Lian and his wife.Jia Lian finally took the opportunity of going out to find a livelihood, got back the land deed and house deed of the Zhuangzi shop he had run before, and recovered some of the income hidden there, so he was naturally much richer.However, the two of them didn't intend to take out the money at all. Just joking, they hid the money at a risk, and it was their private house that was used to buy it.Especially looking at the appearance of the old lady, most of her thoughts are still on Baoyu, why should I pay to support Baoyu, a guy who knows nothing but spending money!

While the two were living their own lives, thinking about continuing to find some ways to make money, they were thinking, when will they just split up and live on their own!