Baoyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva at a loss, looked at the sisters and sisters around her, and didn't know what to do for a while.

In fact, he knew that sooner or later he would inevitably go through this experience, Brother Feng had to talk to him first, and then go back to talk to his father, and the final result would probably determine his fate in the future.

He was flustered for a while, and subconsciously responded dryly: "I don't know what Brother Feng wants to talk about with Little Brother?" ”

Feng Ziying sighed lightly, but her face became serious, "Baoyu, you should know what I want to talk to you about, talk about your current study and life, talk about what will happen if you don't study, talk about what you will do after Uncle Zhengshi gets old, well, that is, talk about how you will be in the next few decades, how you should be." ”

A few words were frank and thrilling, which made the hearts of several girls and even the girls around them pound and stunned, and Baoyu felt dry and helpless, and even wanted to use her eyes to ask for help.

It's just that several girls at this time have been shocked by Feng Ziying's topic, especially Xue Baochai and Jia Tanchun, who didn't have the heart to pay attention to the meaning in Baoyu's gaze.

"Brother Feng, junior brother doesn't understand what you mean." Baoyu said.

"Baoyu, sit down, it's actually good to talk about it like this, well, for my brother to understand your thoughts, and by the way, to talk about some of my brother's thoughts and suggestions, for my brother I remember to give you a suggestion last time, but it seems that you didn't fulfill your promise." Feng Ziying said lightly.

Jia Baoyu's face turned red, lowered his head, and said that it was easier said than done, how difficult it is to do.

"Let's talk about it, Brother Wei knows that you are studying in the clan studies now, but you don't read this book very well, it's more like playing under the guise of reading, are you planning to go to Guozijian in two years? Don't think about going to college? The words were not light or heavy, but they were simple and straightforward, and Feng Ziying's eyes did not have any other emotional color: "If this is the case, I am afraid that you will not even be able to mix with the Guozijian, because the Guozijian must at least be ordered, and it will also take the past to get rid of the official, well, are you planning to learn from the second brother of Lian to donate a fellow knowledge?" ”

Jia Baoyu almost asked for mercy, he didn't know how to answer this question.

"Second Brother Lian can't study, but Second Brother Lian can do things, what about you?" Feng Ziying didn't think that his words could change Jia Baoyu's character, but he needed to make a good posture.

Just in front of these girls, well, and these maids, they speak thoroughly, speak hard, and do their best, then Jia Zheng may no longer have a reason to "entangle" himself, and then there is a problem, that is, Jia Baoyu's mess of mud really can't support the wall, and he can't complain that he didn't work hard.

"I won't tell you the truth, last year, Second Brother Lian has been running around for half a year, and it is also a foolish brother to match, please ask Second Brother Lian and two other friends to find a court to repair the tomb to make a living, Second Brother Lian has worked hard, even if he has gained, everyone also recognizes Second Brother Lian's running and traveling, maybe next year there will be a livelihood to let Second Brother Lian go, but Baoyu, what about you? If you change it, will you be okay? Would you like to? ”

Baoyu's eyes were complicated, and her lips squirmed slightly, but she didn't say anything in the end.

"Baoyu, I know you look down on this kind of business, but you have to understand that thousands of men, women and children in your Rongguo Mansion are born in this kind of business, you have brocade robes and jade belts, shoes and socks thread, the tea, rice, meat and eggs you eat in plain life, the monthly examples of the girls' mothers-in-law, the pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and the people around you, even including the family temples and ancestral halls of your Rongguo Mansion, all come here, how much money is for the pardon of the uncle, how much money is for the uncle of the political world, we all know, I am afraid that even twenty or thirty people can't support it, don't rely on this, By what? ”

Feng Ziying's words not only made Jia Baoyu stunned, but even Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, Jia Yingchun, and Jia Tanchun were also flashing in their eyes, obviously touched by his words.

In the past, these young masters and young ladies probably didn't think about how all kinds of food and clothing in this mansion came from, as if they were all born to have, except for Xue Baochai who knew a little about the Xue family's livelihood that had been reduced to the livelihood of the imperial merchant family, like Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Jia Yingchun and Jia Tanchun, I am afraid they all don't know what the income and expenses in this mansion are.

"In this huge mansion, you don't think that everyone works for nothing, and it doesn't cost money to eat and wear, right? Even in the royal palace, it is necessary to buy with silver. Feng Ziying noticed the surprised looks in the eyes of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and others, and felt more and more ridiculously cute about these young masters and young ladies.

"Baoyu, you ask the maids in your room how much money they have every month, ask the little maids in your room, and how many coachmen and gardeners these months are, how many people are like these people, and how much they spend every month, you will know how much your Rongguo Mansion needs to spend on this piece every month, but this is just a small head, and there are countless big heads, well, you can figure it out for yourself,......"

Feng Ziying's tone and expression became more and more flat, but in Baoyu's eyes, it became more and more unfathomable, he had never thought about these before, as if these should not be considered by him, as the concubine of the second room of the Rong Mansion, shouldn't he be a natural pleasure? Where do you need to take care of such tedious chores?

"Baoyu, do you think that the second sister-in-law of Lian is playing every day? Lian's second sister-in-law has to worry about the monthly and annual accounts in your Rong Mansion, if it is insufficient, where to make up or borrow to fill it in first, it can't be on the edge of the year, the old lady added a piece of wool in the room but said that there is no money, your mother is not in good health to use the root of the high-quality mountain ginseng but said that there is only ginseng, or which maid or housekeeper boy family died, need some silver to mourn and ask, but said that the house is not enough silver, right? ”

"Do you think Second Brother Lian is going to go out every few months and a half a year, is it to go for fun?" Feng Ziying looked at the young master and young lady around her silently, all of them listened to her words with bated breath, but Xue Baochai's beautiful eyes flashed, and her gaze at her was a little more complicated.

"I don't know what foolish brothers you are doing in Rongfu, but it's nothing more than some Zhuangzi and shops, if you are in the field, don't you need to inspect and liquidate? Don't need to check the reconciliation? If they are all lying at home like this, I am afraid that in a few years, the heads of the Zhuangzi and the shopkeepers in the shops will make your family's livelihood theirs, that is, under your noses, I am afraid that someone will think about taking a cheap inventory from your house. ”

"If you don't want to study, can you be like Second Master Lian, not only to make a living outside to increase the income of the house, but also to manage the income of these shops in the house?"

This series of questions really made Jia Baoyu speechless and really unable to answer.

"To be honest, the foolish brother is not optimistic about your ability in this area, well, or your temperament is not suitable for managing such affairs, but this is not good, that is not good, you think you can live a life so carefree? Do you think the sisters and sisters in this house can accompany you like this and get used to you for a lifetime? Think about it, these sisters and sisters are getting older, they all have their own destiny, marrying into other families, being other women, you also need to marry a bride who is the right family, and at the same time, you need to manage the livelihood of your own family,......"

Feng Ziying saw that Jia Baoyu's face gradually turned pale, but his words did not stop.

"Yasheng has said that if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and you will help the world, this is good for yourself, and the understanding of the foolish brother is that I am afraid that it is not just to take care of yourself, but at least to take on the responsibility of your own family, or even a family, and to help the world, that is, to report to the king's court, and to report to the people of Limin, this is the most basic responsibility and responsibility of a man, well, Baoyu, are you ready for this?"

Jia Baoyu was speechless.

"Baoyu, you will be twelve years old soon, to put it mildly, when the foolish brother was twelve years old, he had already gone to Shandong to mourn on behalf of my father, and when he encountered the Linqing bandits, he also rescued the second uncle of Sister Lin and the sister of the Xue family, and he is not boasting about his brother, but it is true, of course, you don't have to be like a foolish brother, everyone's circumstances are different, everyone has their own way to go, but at least you have to set a solid and feasible goal for yourself, and go on unswervingly, so as to live up to your aging parents and great family!"

Zijuan only felt that Miss's hand holding her wrist became wet and tight because of excitement, and she almost pinched her wrist out of the blue mark, seeing Miss's cheeks shining with excitement and eyes full of adoration, she knew that Miss was afraid that she was really falling into it, and she couldn't extricate herself.

Tanchun's eyes are also full of little stars, Feng Ziying's last words of manhood made her even more excited, men should be like this, report to the king's court, report to the people of Limin, this is a real man.

Originally, she was just smiling at her second brother's behavior, but now she found that compared with Brother Feng, second brother Bao was like a child who was still nursing in swaddling clothes, but the age difference between the two was only two years old.

No wonder Sister Lin is so contemptuous and disdainful of Second Brother Bao, no wonder Sister Bao is also indifferent to Second Brother Bao's entanglement, just like how can an adult care about these things with a child?

Si Qi also noticed the strange look of her own young lady, the kind of worship mixed with obsessive eyes made Si Qi startled, she quickly held the young lady's arm and shook it twice, which made Yingchun wake up from her fantasy, and she was so ashamed that she quickly lowered her head, but the crimson on her cheeks couldn't hide it from her personal maid.

Fortunately, everyone in the room was shocked and moved by Feng Ziying's words, and they didn't have the heart to pay attention to others.