The Red Mansions

Chapter 56 Salary Increase

By the small river, the cold wind howled and the snow fell heavily.

Xi Ren and Mei Ren watched Jia Yun set the changed clothes on fire from a distance, and they both heaved a sigh of relief out of thin air.

Jia Yun turned her head, seeing the expressions of the two, she couldn't help but chuckled secretly.

"In order to ease your hearts, I have spent a lot of trouble!" Jia Yunxin said.

Walking forward, the lanterns loomingly illuminate the faces and pretty figures of the two women. In the wind and snow, they have an indescribable meaning of dust removal.

"Let's go, I've been so busy, I haven't eaten yet!" Jia Yun said with a smile.

The three walked home, Xiren and Meiren held lanterns on the left and right to light the way.

"Brother Yun, thank you for saving Keren." Xiren pursed his lips and smiled.

Jia Yun glanced at her, chuckled, and said, "Just as long as you are happy! This matter will come to an end for the time being, so don't bring it up too often in the future."

Xiren nodded silently and said: "We know that although we don't know what method you used to cure Keren, brother Yun, but after all you are not an imperial doctor. If people know about this, it may cause unnecessary trouble."

"It's not that serious. It's just that many people are infected with smallpox these days. If people know that I can cure smallpox, everyone will come to me for treatment in the future. Should I be cured or not?" Jia Yun said with a smile.

Charming then said: "Brother Yun is right to be worried, in front of human life, anything can happen."

Jia Yun nodded and said: "That's exactly the case, so you should talk less about this matter in the future. When I first left Liren's house, I also told her not to talk about it."

"We don't know the character of the beautiful sister, but we know the character of the lovely sister. I believe they are not gossips." Xiren smiled.

When they got home, Miao quickly heated up the cold food and asked Jia Yun and the others to eat.

Ever since Jia Yun went to the academy to study, she seldom cooks. Today is an example of cooking for Zhou Kun at noon. Miao is usually in charge of cooking at home.

Although Miao's cooking is not on the table, it is not a big problem to cook some home-cooked dishes.

Just after eating, Jia came back from the shop with Cuihong and Xiu'e.

Every night, Jia would come here with the money he earned in the store that day, rain or shine.

"It's more than 72 taels. Today's business is very good!" Jia Yun said with a smile.

Jia disturbed the back of his head, smiled and said: "It's cold, and business has improved a lot. In this winter, eating a bowl of hot stewed fire with shochu is also enjoyable."

Jia Yun nodded, handed all the money to Charm, and said: "Today is the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and Charm should hand over my brother's monthly money by the way!"

In the past half a year, the three of them have been dedicated to their careers and have never made any mistakes. They have indeed helped Jia Yun a lot.

"Hey, I'm ready." The charming got up and went back to the house, took out the three people's monthly money, and asked them to write a deposit on the account book.

The monthly account book was prepared by Jia Yun long ago, and it was separated from the various expenses in the store.

After the three were happy to accept the monthly bill, Jia also took out an account book and wanted to report the store's expenses to Jia Yun.

"Just show me, I can understand the symbols you drew now." Jia Yun said with a smile.

Jia just didn't study, but he wasn't stupid. On the contrary, he was a little shrewd. He recorded all the expenses in the store clearly.

Every time Jia Yun came back from the academy, Jia would report it once. Over time, Jia Yun could understand the symbols he wrote.

The expenses in the store are not complicated. The rent is paid by Jia Yun herself. Jia and the others are mainly responsible for purchasing the wood, charcoal, and various shallots and garlic to be used in the store.

Because Jia Yun has gone to study, he can put all the pig offal used in the shop in the cellar to refrigerate, and Jia will come to pick it up every morning.

However, there is no need to prepare commonly used ingredients such as vegetables and fried tofu. You can just buy them from the clan's home.

Soon, after reading the account books, Jia Yun asked Jia, "I heard that your wife is pregnant?"

"Hey, I'm pregnant!" Jia replied with a smirk on her face, "I asked the doctor to look at it in the middle of last month, and they said it was two months."

Jia Yun nodded with a smile and said, "Then congratulations on becoming a father, charming, and taking two taels of silver to my brother is my kindness to my unborn nephew!"

Jia didn't refuse, and said happily, "It doesn't have to be a son, maybe it's a daughter!"

"Your daughter is also good. If you want your son to be born again in the future, you can't afford it now, can you?" Jia Yun said with a smile.

As he spoke, he looked at Cuihong and Xiu'e again.

Both of them and Jia Yun are of the same generation, and they are Jia Yun's cousin. After half a year, both of them have changed a lot.

The two people who were originally skinny and sallow, with ragged clothes, have gained a lot of weight now, and they are round and beautiful. Although they don't look very beautiful, they have hope because of life, and their appearance is much more energetic than ordinary people.

Jia Yun pondered: "Cuihong and Xiu'e, how are your families doing now?"

"Brother Yun, our family is doing well now." Xiu'e stepped forward and replied.

Jia Yun nodded slightly, and said: "I have seen your performance in the past half a year, and my brother has also said a lot of good things for you."

"Since this is the case, I can't help but say that this is good. From the first month of next year, your monthly payment will be mentioned at [-] Wen. I hope you can continue to work diligently and dutifully in the future."

Cuihong and Xiu'e were overjoyed, and quickly thanked Jia Yun, then turned around and thanked Jia for speaking for them.

Five hundred Wen is a lot of money, and most of the maids and maids in Jia's mansion are paid at this price.

Because it was getting late, the three of them quickly took their leave and left.

As for Jia's monthly salary, Jia Yun didn't give him a salary increase, not because he was stingy, but because he wouldn't ask for a raise if it was offered to Jia.

He wouldn't have accepted the one tael of silver that was prescribed to him earlier, if Jia hadn't wanted to get married and the family had more people to support.

After all, he is the one who is responsible, so Jia Yun thought about giving him more compensation when giving out rewards during the Chinese New Year.

After all, Jia is a real person and a good hand at work, so Jia Yun will naturally try to win over him.

After the three left, Meiren went out to fetch hot water to warm Jia Yun's feet, and Xieren took a small stool and sat beside Jia Yun, happily saying, "I never thought your braised stew shop would be so profitable!"

That store was just looking to open. If she hadn't come to Jia Yun's house today, she really wouldn't have known that an ordinary store was so profitable.

"Hehe, are you relieved now? Don't worry that I won't be able to support you anymore!" Jia Yun said with a smile.

Xiren rolled his eyes and said, "De Xing, I never worried that you would not be able to support us, it was just a little unexpected."

Having said that, but the harvest at home is better, and food and clothing are more relaxed, so attacking people is naturally much easier.

Although she used to be a maid in Jia's mansion, she had never suffered too much since she was a child. Before she came to Jia Yun's house, she was ready to live a poor life, but unexpectedly, it was beyond her expectation.

Jia Yun smiled and asked in a low voice: "By the way, I haven't asked you yet. If your mother's family knew that you had come to my house, would they come for me?"

(End of this chapter)