Tower of Babel

Rich families pay respects twice a day, morning and evening. However, today, when the sun is already high in the sky, Wang Xifeng is not in a hurry to pay respects to the elders. She is still putting on makeup in front of the bronze mirror. Jia Lian has been waiting for a long time, dawdling to embellish the details! Even if he is extremely anxious, he has to be patient. He urged her kindly: "Feng'er, the old man is waiting!"

Wang Xifeng put on the last touch of makeup. But she said nonchalantly: "Second Master, I have finished. But you still have to wait a moment. Today is my first day as the head of the family. Now, while our servants are here, let's set the rules first. It won't be too late to pay respects to the elders later."

Jia Lian knew that Wang Xifeng did not take Jia She seriously, but an ugly daughter-in-law could not avoid meeting her parents-in-law. The relationship between the family should not be too stiff. Jia Lian said to Wang Xifeng half-jokingly and half-wittily: "Feng'er, women obey their fathers at home and their husbands after marriage. I am your rule. Why are you rebelling?"

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng's face changed, and she smiled and said: "Second Master! Your rules are your rules - it is said that men are responsible for the outside world and women are responsible for the inside world. You have the final say in the outside world, but I have the final say in the family. I also have to set rules. The country has its own laws and the family has its own rules. There is no order without rules. As the legal wife, I am in charge of the housework. Naturally, I have to explain the rules to the servants clearly before going to see the old lady."

The implication is to skip Jia She and pay respects to Jia Mu directly. Jia Mu dotes on Jia Baoyu, Baoyu can't get up, and Jia Mu's morning greeting time is changed to Yi time (after 9:00). But there is not only the old lady in the Jia family. Jia She and Xing Furen are legitimate parents-in-law. It is natural for the new daughter-in-law to pay respects to the parents-in-law.

But Wang Furen and Jia She (the vengeance of killing her son) have always been at odds, and Wang Xifeng, as a niece, has to take sides. This is natural for the Wang family, but it makes Jia Lian embarrassed. A woman who is not in agreement with her husband is doomed to be unhappy.

Since Jia Lian's mother died, his father has ignored him. Even though he is a rich man, he has to make a living under his second aunt. Jia Lian's temperament has been worn down to be submissive. Wang Xifeng is Wang Furen's niece, and they seem to be very close, but her family is so strong that Jia Lian is suppressed. It's not like marrying into another family, but it's better than marrying into another family.

But as long as you are a human being, you don't want to live under someone else's roof. Seeing Wang Xifeng's eyebrows raised and eyes wide open, she didn't care about paying respects to her father at all. Jia Lian was very unhappy, but he didn't dare to get angry. He had no choice but to say: "Okay! Okay! Okay! I'll do as you say. Just hurry up and don't delay paying respects to the elders!"

Wang Xifeng nodded. She didn't care about paying respects to Jia She at all. She asked Ping'er to call all the servants in Jia Lian's courtyard. After gathering in the courtyard, Wang Xifeng said arrogantly in public: "Who I am, everyone knows and knows me. Yesterday, I just got married. As the hostess of the family, I will set some rules for you today. My first rule is that all the women in this family who are not decent should get out. We are a decent family. What's the matter with getting pregnant before marriage? Jia Lian! When I was at home, I heard that the maid in your roomThe head is not clean, now we are getting married. Why don't you drive her out? What are you waiting for? "

Jia Lian was shocked and froze on the spot. He finally figured out why his aunt had suppressed his allowance for the past few months! She just didn't want him to settle Hu Mei'er by himself, just to make himself look good. Every young man has a maid.

Rich families have their own rules. Taking a concubine before marrying a wife is considered a bad family tradition. The ancients didn't have any concept of contraception. With a maid, it is normal to get pregnant unexpectedly. But if she gets pregnant before marriage, she will easily be excluded and suppressed by the mistress. The workaround is to turn the maid who gets pregnant before marriage into an outsider or a foreign woman.

But can you and your aunt talk about this matter? Go find your father. As for your father not being the head of the family? That's your father's business. There must be money, right? As for you If the relationship between father and son is not good, then it is your own business! Mrs. Wang will certainly not care about it.

As for Jia She's recent bad luck and frequent temper, Jia Lian dare not touch this bad luck, then it is none of Mrs. Wang's business! As for the old lady, she has never liked her eldest son since she was a child, but liked her second son. After the death of her eldest grandson Jia Zhu, she devoted herself to Baoyu and treated Jia Lian as a cat or dog without any concern.

All the reasons are intertwined, resulting in Jia Lian having no money to settle Hu Mei'er. This is a problem! It's not a problem! The key is to see whether the man is strong or not. As long as he can suppress the wife, it's nothing. The fear is that he can't suppress the wife.

Men are careless. Since ancient times, it is difficult for maids who grew up with the young master to achieve success. Instead, it is accompanied by the young master. Marrying a maid can often make her a legitimate concubine. However, don't underestimate the maidservant. No matter if it's a young master or a young lady, every master in feudal society has his own team, and the maidservant is one of the male master's team. Generally speaking, wealthy families will arrange several people for the legitimate son. The first is the wet nurse, who is second only to the biological mother. The second is the playmate who grew up together, such as the maidservant, or the personal book boy, the personal servant, and then an old slave who can show up and preside over things will be appointed.

In wealthy families, deep house fighting is inevitable. The maidservant who grew up together is often the most reliable and the most trusted one by the male master, while the maidservant and servants of the woman's dowry are more reliable. When the mistress is in the most dangerous time of childbirth, it is also the most underhanded existence. Few people will destroy their own team. This is also one of the reasons why Hu Meier does not want to leave the Jia Mansion.

But destroying the team of children is one of the normal operations of the Jia Mansion. Not only Jia Lian, but also Jia Yingchun. Jia Baoyu is the same. The Jia Mansion does not attach importance to the construction of the people around the young master. Yingchun's nanny is a thief, and her personal maid has an affair with someone else. Both were driven away. Yingchun became a commander without troops and married Sun Shaozu, and then was killed by Sun Shaozu.

Jia Baoyu's team is even more messed up. There are many maids, but they are scheming against each other. As a result, some are driven away and some are killed. Even the basic Xiren was driven away, and the servant Mingyan was driven away.It's not a good thing. The wet nurse is even worse, and the steady old family simply doesn't have one. This is related to the fact that Mrs. Wang is illiterate and has no culture. She is crazy about killing others and thinks that the more children she has, the better, without considering hierarchical management.

The more personal maids, the better. Even the royal family is the same. Wan Guifei of the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Jianshen's personal maid. The child is not old enough to play with women. There is no need for a bunch of flowers to compete for beauty in front of the young master. What is needed is an old and mature support and center. Personal maids are generally older.

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