The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 27 Jia Huan's Counterattack

The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is a small new year. According to the customs in the north, on this day, worship the Stove Lord, eat stove candy, make dumplings, cut window grilles, and clean the house. So early in the morning, the maids and women in Jiahuan’s house are busy. Those who cut the window grilles cut the window grilles. , if the inspection fails, not only will they have to go back to work, but they will also be scolded, and even the monthly money will be deducted as a punishment, so the servants dare not neglect.

Seeing that Hongling and the others looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, Jia Huan didn't want to make trouble for them. It was a rare day without morning exercise. After breakfast, he read a book quietly in the room. It snowed a little last night, and it was cold outside, so he didn't want to go out.

What Jia Huan was reading at the moment was a military book called "Minutes of Military Training". The author was Xu Jin, the founding emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, and he borrowed it from the study of his father Zheng.

Books on the art of war are often boring, but Jin Taizu's "Military Training Minutes" is very vividly written, and it also lists a lot of real battle examples to explain, so Jia Huan read it with relish, and secretly lamented Jin Taizu's awesomeness. It is a pity that this hero died young, otherwise the remnants of the Tatar regime who fled to the grassland would have been wiped out by him long ago.

Just as Jia Huan was fascinated, Qian Huai sneaked in and whispered something in the former's ear.Jia Huan's heart moved, and he blurted out: "Really?"

Qian Huai laughed and said, "It's absolutely true. The servant saw Guo'er, the maidservant in Lian's second grandma's house, carrying a bag of things into the second's house. After Guo'er left, the second daughter-in-law dressed up beautifully and went to the direction of Lian's second master's yard."

Jia Huan was both surprised and delighted, Jia Lian could not be Teddy's reincarnation, so hungry and thirsty?It's only been a few days, and Wang Xifeng secretly ate Bao Er's wife while Wang Xifeng was inspecting the sanitation. Didn't Wang Xifeng usually feed him enough?
"Good job!" Jia Huan rewarded Qian Huai with five pieces of silver, and the latter withdrew happily.

Jia Huan put down the book of war, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. As the book of war said, the most effective defense is to attack. Although Wang Xifeng is in a strong position now, she is not without weaknesses, and her biggest weakness is that she has a flirtatious husband.

Jia Huan's mind was running fast, and soon he was thinking about it. He called the servant girl Xiao Que'er in, and gave a few instructions in a low voice. The latter's face turned pale with fright, and his head shook like a rattle drum: "No, no, Second Mistress Lian will beat the slave to death."

Jia Huan comforted her, "Second Mistress Lian is not the Lord of the Underworld, how could she beat someone to death for such a trivial matter."

"Then what about deducting the monthly money?" Xiao Que'er murmured.

"How much is deducted, the third master will make up double for you."

Xiao Que'er's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "Third Master, are you serious?"

"When did the third master lie to you?"

"Third Master used to throw dice with us and lose without admitting it!"

Jia Huan couldn't help but have black lines all over his head, coughed lightly and said, "That's the old third master, now the third master has changed his past, well, since you don't want to do it, I'm looking for Xiao E'er."

Xiao Que'er hastily said: "Slave maid, but the third master will love Xiao Que'er more in the future." After speaking, her face turned slightly red.

Jia Huan sweated secretly, nodded his head and said: "Of course, otherwise, why would the third master look for you first instead of Xiaoe'er."

When Xiao Que'er heard this, she immediately became happy again, and walked out of the room happily.

After about half a stick of incense, Wang Xifeng brought a group of chief servants to Jia Huan's residence to check the sanitation. She was dressed in brilliant colors and embroidery, and all the servants were like stars supporting the moon.

"Second Grandma Lian!" Hong Ling led Xiao Que'er and the others to greet her respectfully, not even daring to show their air.

Wang Xifeng took a leisurely glance at the spotless yard, and said indifferently: "Hong Ling, is your master here?"

"I'm reading in the room." Hong Ling replied.

Wang Xifeng sneered in her heart, she came here with all her strength today, just to put eye drops on Jia Huan, unexpectedly Jia Huan gave herself a warning first, she was at home and didn't come out to say hello when she knew she was coming, is this a demonstration to my aunt?Okay, you're quite courageous, dare to tease my aunt, there will be times when you cry.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the inside and outside of the house have been cleaned up." Wang Xifeng asked lightly.

Hong Ling nodded and said: "It's all cleaned up, and the window grilles are all cut, but I haven't had time to glue them on."

Wang Xifeng waved his hand and said, "Check carefully."

The head servants who came with him immediately understood, scattered around to check the sanitation, and wished to use a microscope, but Hong Ling and the others cleaned it too carefully, and they went around the house, but they didn't find anything wrong.

Wang Xifeng wandered around, pointed at the beams of the room and said, "Has the top been cleaned?"

"It's been cleaned!" Hong Luan replied hastily.

"It's really cleaned? It's Hou San's house, you check it out." Wang Xifeng ordered.

A thin servant woman jumped out immediately, and even climbed up the beam nimbly along the pillars, stretched out her index finger to wipe it, then jumped down triumphantly and raised her index finger and said, "Second Mistress Lian, the beam was not cleaned, there is still dust."

Hong Ling and the others couldn't help being dumbfounded, Wang Xifeng sneered and said, "I knew you slaves would be the most lazy, and you didn't clean the places you couldn't see."

Hong Ling hurriedly said: "It's the servant who was negligent, so clean it again immediately."

Wang Xifeng said indifferently: "It's not the second grandma, I'm harsh, it's just that there are no rules, you will deduct one hundred Wen from your monthly payment next month, Hongling, you are a big maid, and you will deduct two hundred Wen."

This is clearly a nitpick, but Hong Ling and the others dare not speak out.

Next, the servants continued to "digging the ground for three feet", and finally found two dead corners that were not cleaned up. Wang Xifeng used this as an excuse to deduct another two hundred Wen from everyone. You must know that the third-class maids such as Que'er E'er only had five hundred yuan a month, and suddenly deducted three hundred.

However, Wang Xifeng didn't seem to give up yet. At this moment, Jia Huan finally came out from the inner room, and said unexpectedly, "What wind brought Lian's second sister-in-law here?"

Wang Xifeng sneered in his heart, well, you are the third son of Huan, you are finally willing to come out, thought you were going to be a coward for the rest of your life, he laughed and said: "Look at everyone, no wonder people say Brother Huan is a seed of reading, he doesn't listen to things outside the window, he only reads sage books, everyone has been here for a long time before he knows."

All the servants laughed in agreement.

Jia Huan said apologetically, "I was tired and took a nap just now. I didn't hear Lian's second sister-in-law coming. It's time to call. Hong Ling, why didn't you serve Lian's second wife tea."

"Oh, the servant girl forgot about it for a while!" Hong Ling said quickly, the little bird over there had already quickly poured a cup of tea and brought it over, but in a panic, she slipped her hand, and the tea cup fell on Wang Xifeng's feet with a bang, and the tea wetted her skirt and boots.

Wang Xifeng backed away with an ouch, all the servants screamed and stepped forward to help, Wang's daughter-in-law grabbed Xiao Que'er and cursed: "What a vicious little whore, you scalded Second Mistress's feet, carefully peel off your skin."

Xiao Que'er thumped to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "This tea is not hot, this servant deserves to die, this servant didn't do it on purpose!"

Jia Huan frowned and said, "Little Que'er, why are you so careless? Hurry up and apologize to Second Grandma Lian. Second Grandma has a lot of people, so I think she won't care about you."

Xiao Que'er hurriedly kowtowed to Wang Xifeng to apologize, but the latter was startled and angry, and Jia Huan blocked him with his words first, so he couldn't get angry for a while, so he pretended to be generous and said: "Get up, you are so messy."

Jia Huan said apologetically, "I'm really sorry that I stained Lian's second sister-in-law's clothes and boots. Another day, Huan'er asked someone to cut a new set to apologize to the second sister-in-law."

Wang Xifeng said calmly: "That's unnecessary, your second sister-in-law can still afford a set of clothes and a pair of shoes."

Jia Huan feigned embarrassment, "It's best not to, save it, and it just so happened that he didn't intend to give it away, just talking about it."

Ping'er glanced at the straight-backed little Jia Huan, and couldn't help but secretly smiled wryly, this is also a master who doesn't want to suffer, and with grandma's temper, this time the beam might get even bigger.

However, Jia Huan didn't seem to realize it, and said at this time: "By the way, it's cold now, I'm going to set up a stove in the yard to boil hot water for a bath, second sister-in-law Lian, do you think it's okay?"

Ping'er was very speechless, and for a while she couldn't understand Jia Huan. At this time, you actually made a request to the second grandma. Are you fake smart or really stupid?
Sure enough, Wang Xifeng refused immediately: "This is not allowed, there is no such rule in our house."

"Rules are dead, but people are alive. I beg my second sister-in-law to be more flexible. I can pay for the firewood myself instead of the public." Jia Huan begged softly.

A smugness flashed in Wang Xifeng's eyes, look, when you beg me, he said lightly, "It's not about the money for firewood, but about the safety of using fire. If everyone builds a stove privately, what should we do if there is a fire?"

Jia Huan frowned and said, "But Brother Bao also built a stove."

A hint of sarcasm flashed across Wang Xifeng's face, and he said with a smile: "The stove in Baoyu's place was approved by the ancestors, if Huan'er has the ability to get the consent of the ancestors, the second sister-in-law naturally has no objections."

Jia Huan let out a helpless oh.

Seeing Jia Huan's dejected look, Wang Xifeng felt a little relieved, and after checking casually again, he led the people away. The weather was extremely cold, and it was really uncomfortable to wear wet boots.

(End of this chapter)