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Simplified Chinese
贾政听罢,也来不及责备贾琏理家糊涂,只是连连叹气,心想:为今之计,只有从省俭着手,且趁此遣散一批家人,也好省些开支。
Tradionnal Chinese
賈政聽罷,也來不及責備賈璉理家糊塗,只是連連歎氣,心想:為今之計,只有從省儉著手,且趁此遣散一批家人,也好省些開支。
Simple Translation
After hearing this, Jia Zheng didn’t have time to blame Jia Lian for his muddle-headedness. He just sighed repeatedly and thought: “For today’s plan, we must start from frugality, and take advantage of this to dismiss a group of family members, so as to save some money.”.