The Red Mansions

Chapter 228 Wang Xifeng: My heart is tangled
Jia Yun and Xue Baochai had discussed in private about Qin Keqing's proposal to purchase the land for sacrifice.

However, the Jia family group is too large, and it is difficult for the boat to turn around. Even if they buy a sacrificial field, they will not stay for long.

Because there are ready-made examples in the ancestral land of Jinling.

Many of the family farms owned by the Jia family in the past have now been wiped out by the ineffective descendants.

Once there is a panic year, the first thing the clansmen think of is to mortgage the clan land, or pawn it, in exchange for food.

Over time, within a few tens of hundreds of years, only less than [-] mu of the more than [-] mu of sacrifice land originally purchased by the ancestors of the Jia family remained.

Even so, the [-] mu of land for offering sacrifices was divided up by those clansmen in the hometown of Jinling, leaving only a hundred and ten mu of land for offering sacrifices.

No one took care of this matter, because it was the Jia family who lived in the south, and the patriarchs took the lead.

The Jia family has twelve families in Jinling. Even if there is a head of the family or a family member who takes the lead in rectifying the clan land, people from other clan houses will attack them.

As mentioned above, even if Jia Yun wanted to buy a family farm, she would be powerless, at least for now.

Otherwise, they would make wedding dresses for those lazy clansmen.

What's even worse is that others will still think Jia Yun's good, because the clan property is shared by the people in the clan house.

Xue Baochai said: "Only when the master becomes more successful in the future, the family grows bigger, and he is called the master, can he plan for his descendants and buy a large number of family lands. For now, it is still too early."

"So that's how it is!" Qin Keqing suddenly said, "I used to be in Jia's mansion, and I often wondered why even if the family had property, they didn't prepare much sacrifices. So there are so many things."

Wang Xifeng sighed, shook his head and said: "Actually, these problems are not a problem considering the prestige of Jia's mansion. If there are people in the mansion to rectify the family land, no one dares to complain."

"In the final analysis, there is still no pillar in the mansion, and no one came forward to plan for the future generations of the family."

Xue Baochai nodded and said: "The situation of Dafang is basically the same, but our three families are different, because they are all poor, and the family land is not much, only a thousand mu. In name, those lands belong to the clan, but in fact they belong to the clan. It was divided up by the tribe."

Wang Xifeng nodded and said: "That's true, that field is planted by the clan, and the clan pays rent to the clan on time every year, and there is no reason not to let them plant it."

"But let them grow. Firstly, renters don't harvest as much as outsiders. Second, in times of disaster, they are very likely to be sold by them. At that time, in order to survive, the clan can still block it." No?"

Xue Baochai said with a slight smile: "So in a big family, only the heirs of poems and books can be passed on for a long time. Most of the other big families are wiped out in the rolling dust of history. It is not unreasonable."

"It's no wonder that Brother Yun requires the family members to be literate and sensible. Is this also for future planning?" Wang Xifeng suddenly said.

Xue Baochai nodded slightly and said: "It's making preparations for this. You don't know that our family has a lot of female relatives. From now on, every child will have one, so don't underestimate it. If you want to pass on poems and books to your family, a good scholarly atmosphere is essential. of."

Li Wan suddenly interjected: "It's the right thing to do, as long as we persevere, no matter how ineffective the younger generation is, there will always be one or two who can stand up."

"This matter, in fact, we have talked so much, it is just chatting, what will happen to the descendants in the future will depend on their own good fortune." Xue Baochai shook his head and said.

While talking, a little girl outside came in to announce that Xue Biao had come and wanted to invite Xue Baoqin to the guest room in the middle courtyard.

"My brother is here?" Xue Biao was in a hurry. After hearing that Xue Biao was coming, he wanted to discuss with him as soon as possible.

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "Go ahead and discuss it with your brother. At this critical moment, you must find the right direction!"

Xue Baoqin pursed her lips, bowed her body, turned around to salute everyone, and then went out impatiently.

"This is her?" Wang Xifeng asked curiously.

Xue Baochai said: "It's hard to talk about some personal matters now."

Wang Xifeng nodded thoughtfully, and didn't ask any more questions.

Seeing Xue Baochai acting mysteriously, Shi Xiangyun at the side stretched out a finger, poked Lin Daiyu's arm lightly, and muttered softly, "Sister Lin, do you know what they are talking about?"

"You don't even know, how would I know?" Lin Daiyu gave her a blank look, and said angrily.

In fact, although she didn't know as much as Xue Baochai, she knew a thing or two, but this was a family matter, and she didn't need to tell Shi Xiangyun.

After all, the relationship between the two has not reached the point where they can talk about everything.

Shi Xiangyun choked, pouted his lips, and said in a low voice, "Looking at Sister Bao now, why do you think she is so majestic?"

"Huh? How do you say that?" Lin Daiyu asked in surprise.

Shi Xiangyun said: "Look, Sister Bao is actually not much older than us. Not only did she find a good husband, but she also got an imperial order because of it. Look at the girls in this room, who has her prestige?"

Lin Daiyu said disapprovingly: "Cut, what is there to envy? With your historian's lintel as a family of two princes, how can your in-law's family be worse in the future?"

"Come on, even if you can find someone from the right family, it's not easy to find a brother-in-law who is so handsome and heroic, who has made a name for himself at such a young age, and even became the censor's husband." Shi Xiangyun wrinkled his nose and said.

Jia Tanchun who was on the side listened to the two of them muttering, and interjected: "This is true. There are already a dozen candidates who can pass the exam. If you want to be a censor, it will be even more difficult."

Lin Daiyu poohed, and said, "You guys admire brother-in-law so much, then you should marry him from now on..."

"No, if you marry her now, you can only be a concubine. What's the difference between that and a servant?" Shi Xiangyun pouted.

Jia Tanchun hesitated for a moment, and said shyly, "I am originally a concubine's daughter, so if I can marry my brother-in-law, that would be great."

"ah!"

"ah!"

Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun cried out in surprise one after the other, staring at Jia Tanchun, dumbfounded.

No one expected that the stable and generous Jia Tanchun could say such a thing.

"I... what I said is true." Jia Tanchun's face flushed with embarrassment, and he bit his lip and said again.

Shi Xiangyun took a deep breath, hurriedly stepped forward, and said anxiously: "You are crazy! How can you say such a thing?"

"What's wrong with this? I'm not really married to my brother-in-law, why are you so anxious?" Seeing the reaction of the two, Jia Tanchun quickly said in a calm tone.

Shi Xiangyun nodded and said: "You'd better just talk, but you can only talk among us sisters, and you can't spread it."

"Think about it, no matter how much you are a concubine, you are still a concubine of the Jia family. No matter how poor you are, you can still marry someone from the eunuch's family as a regular wife. There is absolutely no reason for you to be a concubine."

"One more thing, my brother-in-law's surname is Jia, and your surname is also Jia. The same surname is not intermarried..."

Just as Jia Tanchun was about to speak, Lin Daiyu suddenly leaned into her ear and whispered, "Do you have something to hide?"

"What can I hide? Sister Lin, don't think about it." Jia Tanchun blushed and said.

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't ask any more questions.

She has always had a keen eye for people, and now she roughly guessed in her heart why Jia Tanchun was like this, and Baobuqi was her sweetheart, when did she provoke Jia Tanchun.

If it was before, Lin Daiyu would feel sad for a while.

But now, she's used to Jia Yun's way of attracting bees and attracting butterflies, and she thinks it's perfectly normal.

Jia Tanchun turned back and said to Shi Xiangyun: "I'm afraid it will not be so easy to find a good husband's family for my marriage. Besides, you said that my brother-in-law is also surnamed Jia, but I don't know how to calculate it according to the genealogy. The relationship between me and him has already gone through five clothes. It's nothing."

"Sister Tanchun really has an idea!" Shi Xiangyun had nothing to say.

She didn't let Jia Tanchun change her mind, but she felt that what she said was a little reasonable, and her heart couldn't help being moved.

"Brother-in-law is indeed a good man, but unfortunately I can't be his concubine." Shi Xiangyun thought silently.

Seeing Shi Xiangyun in a daze, Lin Daiyu stretched out her hand to pat her forehead, and said with a smile, "What are you thinking about, girl? Are you thinking about something else?"

"No! I was wondering why Brother Bao has changed so much." Shi Xiangyun wrinkled his nose and replied.

Lin Daiyu gave her a blank look, and said, "If you go to the prison for a while, your temperament will probably change a lot."

Shi Xiangyun frowned and said: "But the change is too big, right? Compared with the past, his quality is much worse."

After thinking for a while, she continued: "Sister Lin, did you pay attention today? The way he looks at us seems to have changed. How should I put it, if his eyes used to be a clear spring, now they are a pool of mud..."

Jia Tanchun frowned and said: "Hey, Sister Yun was right on point, I thought Brother Bao's eyes were weird before, but I didn't think much about it, but when I think about it now, it doesn't feel right no matter how I look at it. "

"Really! Especially when he looked at the two sisters Li Wen and Li Qi, his eyes almost popped out. He was not like this before." Shi Xiangyun said.

The three silently glanced sideways at Li Wen and Li Qi who were not far away. These two sisters were really juicy beauties, and even girls like them fell in love with them.

Looking away, Lin Daiyu said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense about this in the future, let's just know what happened in our hearts, what will happen to Brother Bao, does it have anything to do with us?"

"Well, let's stay away from Brother Bao in the future, lest he show disgusting eyes again." Shi Xiangyun said with a wry face.

Jia Tanchun sighed and said, "Actually, we don't need to stay away from him, he will take the initiative to stay away."

"Just a few days ago, I met brother Bao in my wife's room. For some reason, he looked disgusted and stayed away from me."

Shi Xiangyun murmured: "It's weird, it's really weird, Sister Lin, you think he's changed enough, he's not normal at all."

Seeing that the two had been entangled in this matter, Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, then turned their heads over, and the three of them got together and muttered for a while.

"Hiss..." Shi Xiangyun took a deep breath and said, "What a lowly person, so dirty..."

On the contrary, Jia Tanchun remained silent, because she once played outside with Jia Yun and saw Jia Baoyu go to hang out in the brothel.

It was Jia Baoyu and Brother Tong'er who were messing around, which was beyond Jia Tanchun's expectations.

She didn't expect Jia Baoyu to eat all men and women. When she first heard about it, although she was mentally prepared, she still felt disgusted.

"Huh!" Shi Xiangyun, who was in a daze, suddenly trembled, feeling goosebumps all over his body.

Just about to speak, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan got up and went out with Ping'er and Suyun respectively.

"They are going back soon, won't they come with us?" Shi Xiangyun wondered.

Lin Daiyu knew that these people were going to work, so she whispered: "They are all people with family business, more or less busy with things, they can't compare with us."

Shi Xiangyun said oh, but didn't think about it any more, and changed his mind to talking about something else.

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in the library.

After Jia Yun read the various texts sent by Ni Er, she took a sip from her teacup, then stood up and stretched.

At this moment Wang Xifeng walked in with Ping'er, Jia Yun's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile, "Have you been here for a while?"

"Well, it's been almost half an hour since we came here. We talked for a while in Baochai's room before we came over."

Wang Xifeng stepped forward, with a slight smile on his face, and replied.

After a pause, she continued: "My sister-in-law just came over with me and asked me to talk to you. She still has some things to do. She will come to find you after a while."

"She's gone?" Jia Yun was stunned for a moment and said unexpectedly.

Wang Xifeng nodded and said, "Well, let's go. I said that I was a little bit reluctant to let Jia Lan go, and I was in a hurry to go back."

Jia Yun nodded, walked around the desk, took Wang Xifeng's hand, came to the tea table and sat down, and put Wang Xifeng on her lap.

"Come here to tell you something, Jia Lian will go to Yangzhou to buy a troupe in a few days." Wang Xifeng said.

After pondering for a moment, she said again: "I have been separated from him for nearly a year, and he seems to be willing to do so, but I know that this matter cannot continue for a long time."

Jia Yun glanced at her and asked, "What do you want to say, just say it straight, without going around the bush."

Wang Xifeng pondered and said: "I have a premonition that when he returns from the south again, he will have a showdown with me, and there is a high possibility that he will find an excuse to divorce me."

"What do you think?" Jia Yun asked softly.

Wang Xifeng exhaled, shook his head and said, "I'm a little confused, I don't want to be the main wife of Rongguo Mansion, and I want to be with you again."

"Once Jia Lian wants to divorce me, although I can suppress him with the influence of my mother's family, I will break up with him one day."

She stretched out her hands, hugged Jia Yun's neck, and said in a low mood: "Brother Yun, although I am happy with you, if I am really with you, I can only be an aunt at best..."

Jia Yun knew about Wang Xifeng's entanglement, but she couldn't force her on this matter, lest she would feel resentful in the future, she just said:
"How do you say this? It depends on what you think. The only thing I can guarantee here is that after you come to the house from now on, you will be able to take care of things, live comfortably, and treat you well all the time. I can't give you anything else. Too many promises."

Wang Xifeng sighed, and said: "It's precisely because of this that I'm entangled. I don't want to be a good regular wife, but I want to come over to be your aunt. You say that I am so arrogant, how can I live this life?" Hom?"

(End of this chapter)