Chapter 7 The Wind Comes to the West Mansion
Mrs. Xing was bloated and her large cloak was dragged to the ground.
As soon as she came in, Wang Xifeng's attitude weakened. She first bent her legs slightly, leaned her knees forward, and crossed her hands in front of her, performed a blessing gift, and applied a layer of danke to her slender nails, and said with a smile: "How can you bother the eldest wife in this matter..."
Wang Xifeng meant that she could deal with it, and pointed out that Jia Cong had made a big fuss, but Mrs. Xing said: "If something happened here in Yingchun, if I don't care, what kind of face will I have in front of the old lady?"
Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, while Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Xing are also mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Jia Yingchun handed over the tea and bowed. Jia Tanchun, Jia Xichun, and the maids. After bowing, they took a tactful leave. Mrs. Xing stared at Jia Cong with wide eyes and said, "Cong'er, did you ask someone to beat Madam Wang?"
Jia Cong came up and whispered: "Madam, let's talk to the child aside."
Mrs. Xing remembered that Jia She had obviously changed her mind about Jia Cong, and hesitated a little, and whispered with him, but she didn't scold him as soon as she came.
Wang Xifeng felt angry when she saw it. Madam Wang and her daughter-in-law also had an unknown premonition.
Jia Cong analyzed in an orderly manner and said, "Madam Wang wants to get something, it's all right, but she's getting it more and more unscrupulously. She still has the right to do it, there's no rules, this is one of them."
"Secondly, if Madam Wang stole something, should she use it for gambling or supplementing the household expenses? She would know when she investigated it? She didn't know how many people heard and witnessed it. It would be easy to send someone to search it."
"Third, there is no need to go back to the old lady solemnly. Madam Wang openly took up the banker and gathered to gamble. The wife drove her out. With reason, people and physical evidence, the old lady hated such things the most. She must praise the wife for being clear and done in time. What the child did in advance was not only to protect the second sister, but also to consider the eldest wife."
Jia Cong finished speaking in one breath and stood aside calmly. Before doing this, he had indeed thought about all aspects. He was not just a reckless person and was brave enough to drive Mama Wang away.
Now Madam Wang’s arrogance is the beginning. In a few years, if she steals Yingchun things, she will become more and more careless, and will become "a cowardly lady who doesn’t ask about the tired golden phoenix". It is second to drive away Madam Wang away. Jia Cong wants to influence Yingchun even more. She doesn’t want her to be so weak in the future. She will be bullied by others and riding by others.
Let’s not talk about the conflicts between Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang’s sister-in-law, their companions will have a fight. Mrs. Wang’s companion Zhou Rui’s family has a maid at home, and the slaves raise their own slaves. This is very similar to the Western saying, “My vassal is not my vassal.” Zhou Rui’s family is very decent, but Mrs. Xing’s companion Wang Shanbao’s family can’t stand it. What is the role of this companion? They are the first-class confidants and confidants of the mistress. A small report will affect the thoughts and decisions of Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang.
Qingwen's death, the investigation of the Grand View Garden, and the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are all without the effect of hearing the gods.
Moreover, the deep-seated relationship is even more complicated. Wang Shanbao's family is Siqi's grandmother... It's not difficult to imagine how Siqi came in...
All kinds of family affairs, various disputes about interests, and various conflicts.
Jia Cong had long been familiar with these things, and now he has raised the ideological level of struggle from his stepmother to his mother-in-law's improvement in his daughter-in-law's daughter-in-law. Mrs. Xing naturally needs to think carefully about it.
...
After thinking for a while, Mrs. Xing nodded slowly. Although the status of a wet nurse is more noble, people like Madam Wang should not be kept. Even if she was driven out and got the evidence and replied to the old lady, she said it. At the same time, Mrs. Xing looked at Jia Cong deeply and thought to herself: "This child's mind is indeed much more clear. Not to mention Baoyu, Jia Lian would not consider so much when doing things... It seems..."
"Okay, I will ask Wang Shanbao's family to find out whether they have taken things or have they been publicly served? Sun Fu will take Madam Wang to the lower room first." Mrs. Xing spoke, and the final word was made. Madam Wang's daughter-in-law knelt down to plead with her daughter-in-law, but Mrs. Xing didn't even look at it.
"Yingchun, you can't say nothing!" Mrs. Xing scolded Jia Yingchun, and Jia Yingchun lowered her eyebrows and replied "Yes". Mrs. Xing couldn't stand her, so she snorted coldly and left, and Jia Yingchun sent her out.
Wang Xifeng also sent it out. Before going out, Danfeng looked directly at Jia Cong, wandering up and down, and smiled caringly: "Brother Cong's illness is cured? But be careful, otherwise you can't go to Brother Zhen's place, so you can't use your strength or pull the bow."
The speed of changing faces is faster than reading books. Jia Cong said intimately that the two-faced and three-sword phoenix is indeed well-deserved.
"Thank you for your trouble. The ginseng my sister-in-law sent is the best." Jia Cong smiled quietly. No one could hear it. Only Wang Xifeng understood that this was ridiculous. She was not angry, but instead smiled with a phoenix eye and walked away.
When Madam Wang left, she was extremely frightened. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law knelt down and cried. Madam Wang couldn't say anything: "Second girl, the old woman feeds the girl one by one, without any credit, and has worked hard... I missed the girl when she was a child, she lay on me and learned to speak, and bit me so much... I also asked the girl to ask for love..."
Jia Yingchun felt soft, and turned his head, picked up a veil to wipe his tears: "How else do I want to plead? I have thought that it would be enough to tolerate you in the past few years... They don't blame you, and I won't say anything, if they punish you, I won't say anything... It's just one thing, after I go home, the nanny will take care of herself."
Sun Fu dragged her out without saying a word, and lived with his daughter-in-law to shame and ran to find Wang Xifeng in shame.
"It's so satisfying! Brother Cong did it so satisfying!" Jia Tanchun and others opened the curtains and felts, all of whom were very happy.
"Third sister, fourth sister, brother Huan..." Jia Cong had seen everyone again and advised Jia Yingchun: "Second sister, don't blame Brother Cong for being tough. You should also look at the current situation. Second sister is weak in the mansion, and it's not a big deal. But what about the future? Each of us has a road, and this road belongs only to ourselves, and we can only walk by ourselves. Don't look at our brothers and sisters gathered together at this time, but no matter how close people are, they are like rootless duckweed. There are times when we meet and leave. At that time, who can take care of who?"
As soon as the words were finished, the girls' eyes lit up at the same time. Jia Cong was indeed not the original Jia Cong.
"Sister doesn't blame you, sister should thank you..." Jia Yingchun stopped sobbing and gently stroked his younger brother's hair. We are siblings, brother Cong will comfort me and stand up for me.
Jia Tanchun showed that kind of envy again. It would be great if Brother Huan was like him. Why would he not be my younger brother? Why didn’t I be born in my wife’s belly, and be alive?
...
After talking nonsense with Jia Huan and Jia Lan, Jia Cong returned to the house and thought to himself that the matter of Madam Wang could come to an end.
Speaking of which, there are dirty things in the Jia Mansion and some places worth nostalgia, and even dirty things are more lingering than nostalgia. But since he came to this strange world, his first idea was not to escape from the Jia Mansion.
This is related to the reality of this feudal era. Let’s not talk about whether he can escape. If he has no identity or household registration, it doesn’t matter. How can he live? This kind of private departure is "unfilial" in this society. Will Rongguo Mansion conduct a written article to arrest him? Is he worth it? I won’t say whether he is worth it. In short, the imprint of the concubine’s son of the Jia family cannot be erased for the time being. It would be better to use this identity. Besides, he is familiar with the Red Mansion, and there is always a place like a fish in water.
He is not an awesome character in historical novels who rebels at every turn, nor is he the protagonist who destroys the world without moving, nor is he the special forces soldier who appears at every turn in urban novels. What is placed in front of him is a living and bloody ancient reality.
As for making a name for yourself, if you don’t make it out now, you won’t make it out in the future. Are you waiting to die? The shackles of ethics are not set up for us!
...
Since the lively affairs in the Western Palace are winds, they come and go quickly. Cong's decisive behavior and methods have also become topics of private discussion among many servants, but that's all.
After the daughter-in-law was investigated by Fengjieyuan, after Wang Shanbao's family found out, Mrs. Xing decisively drove Madam Wang out. The old lady also said that Mrs. Xing was doing a good job and openly took up a bet on the bank. It was easy to cause trouble and kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, so that the servants could be more at ease. However, she did not think they were too much.
"Grandma, my man also does things for grandma, and he never makes any mistakes." The daughter-in-law dared not be arrogant in front of Wang Xifeng and whispered in a low voice.
"Oh... Isn't there something wrong with you today? You are all from a family? What can I do if the old lady says? Your mother-in-law can't get in. To be honest, you servants are tricky and should kill the chicken for monkeys to see, but..."
Wang Xifeng's eyes flipped over and said with a chuckle: "You do things for me, I can't let you be free from your destiny... Don't Brother Cong want to read serious books? I'll go back to the old lady and let him move out of the master's yard and live next to the three sisters. I'll take care of their monthly money. It's not easy to deduct some of it?"
Chapter completed!