Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

As soon as Wang Xifeng got the map of the new house, she murmured to Jia Lian, "It's so big, is there any yard that violates the regulations, or someday, the censor will be caught violating the regulations again, so I can refer to my father for a copy."

The muttering Jia Lian had to go to Jia She. Jia She twirled his beard and thought about it, and told Jia Lian, "Young girl Feng's thinking makes sense. You go to the Ministry of Rites and ask them to quickly send someone to check and correct the illegal parts first." , it’s also easy to move.”

The officials of the Ministry of Rites made inspections, modified the illegal parts, and only kept the buildings corresponding to the Marquis.Jia Amnesty divided the yards among his sons, daughters, and nieces according to the maps.The main courtyard in the front yard belonged to Jia She; the large courtyard with three entrances and five rooms in the east was left by Jia She to his eldest grandson; the main courtyard in the back yard was given to Sister Feng and Jia Lian, with five entrances and seven rooms.Then the three pondered Yingchun and Daiyu's yard.

Sister Feng clicked her tongue as she looked at the drawings, and discussed with Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian, "Father, daughter-in-law, do you think it's okay to make adjustments like this—leave the east side for your grandson's yard, and tidy up the small yards between the main yard and the east side. Sister Feng pointed to a series of small yards on the east side, "The biggest two-room and three-room ones are for my younger sister, and then the small courtyards on the left will also pass by."

Then pointing to the one on the right, "This courtyard next to my sister, with two entrances and three rooms, and this small two-story pavilion, put them together. Although it doesn't look as neat as my sister's yard, after finishing it is surrounded by flowers and trees. , a few clusters of bamboo groves, a courtyard with winding paths leading to seclusion, and a bit of a southern courtyard style, just give it to my cousin. The upper floor of the Linglong attic can be used as a study for my cousin, and the girls on the lower floor can gather and chat."

"This one is a little bit later. The two small courtyards near the fourth entrance of the main courtyard are put together with flowers and trees, and will be used by Ying'er first. When she is in her teens, if she dislikes the small courtyard, she can use the small courtyard at the back. Give it to her too. My younger sister and cousin’s yard will be reserved. When you come back to stay for a night, or take a look, and listen to people talk about it, you will feel comfortable. Master, how about the second master?”

The father and son, after hearing Sister Feng's arrangement for the east courtyard, thought it was very good.

As for Jia Cong, Jia Amnesty directly moved him to an attached courtyard with two rooms and three rooms on West Road, and told Jia Lian: According to the old Jia family practice, it is still a family rule for a concubine to move out of the main house after half a year of marriage.So Jia Cong moved to the attached courtyard on West Road. Even if he gets married in the future, he doesn't have to consider leaving him a courtyard.

From now on, the boys of the Jia family will all move to live in the front yard when they reach the age of eight.

This eight-year-old was still fought for by Sister Feng.Jia Amnesty originally meant to be six years old, and Sister Feng thought, she must graduate from primary school anyway, so she must be 12 years old.In the end, Jia Amnesty repelled Sister Feng successfully with a word of the benevolence of a woman, but he was tolerant until she was eight years old.

There are many yards scattered along the lake in the west, and those yards are still closed, and only the sweeping women are sent to clean them one by one every day.Sister Feng looked at the lake, which took up a small third of the whole house, and said to Jia Lian, "There are children at home with such a large water surface."

Jia Lian followed Sister Feng to look at the map, pointing to the lake, "Filled?"

Sister Feng also wanted to fill in.

But Jia Amnesty reprimanded, "Are you out of your wits? Without the lake water, the lotus vat in the yard and the water storage tank that prevents water leakage, can't people be drowned? The big tanks are all gone, and the water tank in the kitchen What? In such a big mansion, have the wells been filled? The rockeries have been removed? The trees have been cut down? If a child is left alone, is there less water in the washbasin? It can still drown a child. A belt can strangle a person , You can strangle people with both hands. Take any empty room, gag it, throw it in, how many days will you be hungry?"

Jia Lian and Sister Feng were horrified when they heard this, and secretly made up their minds that they must take good care of the child and watch with good eyes.

Sister Feng thought it was a pity that such a large lake was empty, so she couldn't help muttering to herself, "There are many kinds of peach trees and other fruit trees along the lake, and there are more lotus flowers in the lake, peach blossoms in spring, lotus flowers in summer, and then Eat peaches and lotus roots, and raise more fish, ducks, etc., and you don’t need to buy these.”

Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian all looked at her.Sister Feng clasped her hands, and said a little embarrassedly: "This house is big, which is good. But the manpower and maintenance costs are also high. If the annual income is spent on the maintenance of these places, it will always fail."

Now that she said it, Sister Feng simply broke the jar, "Fresh peaches and lotus roots are rare things in winter. If they can be stored well, they will be put in the shop in winter, and they will earn a lot of money. Fish, ducks, and duck eggs are sold in my own house." They can be eaten or sold here. Even if they are not sold, these things are used as a gift during the New Year's festival and given to those families who know them nearby, and it saves them from spending money to buy them." Sister Feng pointed at Kanyu. picture. "This tidy yard can only be used as a guest room, and it has been vacant for more than a year. Then, the lake is kept for planting lotus root, raising fish, and raising ducks. If you can maintain this empty yard, it can be considered The income and expenditure are balanced. Then the expenses of the mansion should not increase too much. Otherwise, the sage and the court officials all know that when we separated, we didn’t get anything. If we live extravagantly, we will inevitably have to recruit People are suspicious."

Jia Lian's eyes were eager. He has been handling the vulgar things in the Rongguo Mansion for many years, and he knows the difficulty of earning and spending money.If you make good use of the large area of ​​the lake, fresh peaches and lotus roots are also extremely expensive in winter.This income is really not a small sum of money.

Jia Lian persuaded Jia She, "Father, my son thinks that Feng'er's method is good. Now that the child in the family is small, there is nothing to spend. Once the younger sister and cousin use the money, or when the child grows up, the money used for the wedding will also be used. It’s not a small amount. Let’s use the lake surface, raise fish and ducks, earn some money to supplement the family, and other people will not envy us, and we will get this palace.”

Jia Amnesty said, "My lord, I'm still thinking about going to the lake for boat trips and fishing in summer."

Jia Lian quickly said: "Even if you plant lotus and raise ducks, it will not prevent you, father, from going swimming in the lake. If you raise more fish in this lake, you will easily catch fish when you fish, right?"

Jia Amnesty thought for a while, and seeing Jia Lian and Sister Feng looking at him eagerly, he said, "Forget it, you and your wife both want to do this, so let's do it."

What he thought in his heart was, no wonder everyone said that they were not a family, and they would not enter a family.Both of these couples have the temperament to get into the eyes of money, and they can think about making money anywhere.

A few months later, when the lotus blossoms in Rongguohou's mansion were in full bloom, Sister Feng and Jia Lian took the fresh fish from the lake to the restaurant under Jia She's name in the capital, and developed a whole fish feast and other flavors of one fish and nine meals. It caught the attention of countless people in the capital.Jia Amnesty looked at his husband and wife happily earning a little money every day, very happy.Curling his lips, he took his granddaughter to swim on the lake every day, enjoying flowers and fishing, and it was very pleasant.In the inner city, Jia She was very happy to have such a place with beautiful scenery and a wide view, and often invited Zhang Yu to enjoy it for a long time.Later, Yingchun and Daiyu also often went to swim in the lake, and would often compose a few poems appropriate to the occasion, and the sisters would enjoy and amuse them.

The three of them stopped discussing, and Jia Lian sent Sister Feng back.Along the way, he thought about the series of ways his father had said to kill children, his face turned pale, and he said to Sister Feng with fear: "Feng'er, you said that I can grow up, is it not easy?" ? The old lady and the second lady didn't kill me!"

"Second Master, do you still want to be grateful? Unless they can also dismiss the master together. Otherwise, think about it, what will happen to the master? Will he turn against the people in Rongguo Kilometer? Not only the second wife herself, she dare not take this risk It's dangerous. Even the old lady, I'm afraid she still can't bear to part with her son. No matter what, after all, the master is also the old lady's own son."

Jia Lian thought about it and said: "That's right. When my father separated the family, he gave up more than [-]% of the family property, just saying that he was filial to the old lady. It seems that in my father's heart, he also misses the old lady. If there is no drunk dream later, It may not be that mother and child will be strangers."

Thinking that the second room had acquired a family property of more than seven floors, Jia Lian was a little depressed, and whispered to Sister Feng.Sister Feng said: "Second Master, at the beginning, Master, but I let you choose first."

Jia Lian was still a little unwilling, so Sister Feng had no choice but to persuade, "Second Master, if the family hadn't been separated, and you wanted to go through the family-bestowing, even if it was supplemented by Cousin Lin's family property, how much would you have left? I guess all the money in the old treasury would have to be filled. When it comes time to collect debts today, will the second master keep his title or the mansion? There is no comparison between a third-class general and the earl of the second master."

Jia Lian still listened to Sister Feng's words of comfort.His face immediately relaxed.

"And this." Sister Feng stroked her protruding abdomen, "If you stay in that mansion, it's probably..."

Jia Lian finally let go of his knots, "I'll just talk, just talk, there's nothing to be reluctant about."

Jia Lian supported Sister Feng, squinting and thinking about the fifth day of the lunar new year.After that day, none of the officials in the capital knew how much share Jia Zheng, the second son, got.Combined with Jia Zheng's living in Rongxi Hall for many years, the title of prudence belongs to Jia Zheng.

Sister Feng and Jia Lian chatted as they walked, talking about the house, the Rongfu, and the children.In the end, it was Sister Feng who said: "Don't worry about boys and girls, first, don't be alone; second, you must be able to swim if you can walk; third, learn martial arts early. If you can't beat them, you have to run away, and you have to make a noise to let others come." Help."

Jia Lian's heart is full of sympathy, so why does it make people feel more and more uneasy.

Sister Feng patted Jia Lian's hand, "If you don't go through all kinds of disasters and grow up like a phoenix egg, you won't be able to make a fortune. Bring more people around the child, and the child himself should have more eyes. It's a good thing."

Compared with Sister Feng's letting go, Jia Lian is restless day and night. Every morning, he must grab people and carefully tell those who follow his daughter;

Seeing Jia Lian's nervous appearance, Sister Feng sighed and relieved, and had no choice but to follow her instructions day and night.

Since the Ministry of Internal Affairs maintained the house well, during the first month, some things that were not commonly used were brought to the new house in batches.

On the night of the first day of February, Jia Amnesty invited the three brothers of the Zhang family to hold a banquet in the front yard of the Hou Mansion, accompanied by Jia Lian and Jia Cong.Sister Feng was accompanied by Yingchun and Daiyu in her yard, and invited two cousins ​​from the Zhang family.

The three Zhang Zhao brothers went back to the room, and Zhang Zhao handed a sandalwood box to his wife in front of the brothers, "Uncle gave it, you take it first."

Zhang Zhao's wife opened the box and saw that there were deeds from two shops in the capital, one selling the four treasures of the study, and the other a grocery store, with the deeds of several people including the shopkeeper and assistant attached.There is also a small Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, which is not big, with a hundred and ten acres, which seems to be enough for the family to eat for a year, and it is also attached to a stack of Zhuangtou and other people.

Underneath is a stack of bank notes, with different denominations, large and small. Counting them, it is exactly 1 taels.

"This, isn't it too much? Even if my aunt is alive, she wouldn't be like this!" Zhang Xu couldn't help but say it.

"Yeah, it's because my aunt is gone. My uncle married his daughter, that's all the dowry. You don't have to think too much about it. From now on, we will treat Lian Er as our own brother, just like Chen That's what my uncle meant."

Zhang Xu and Zhang Chen nodded, sending charcoal in the snow, nothing more than that.