"Two thousand less, how could this happen?"
Faced with this unexpected result, Jia Zhen was a little shocked and asked hurriedly: "Did the prince take something away from it?"
"If that's what the prince wants, I'm afraid it's not just a loss of two thousand."
Jia Lian smiled and said casually.
Jia Zheng nodded when he heard this, "You are right, as a prince, he should not do such a thing that is beneath his status.
Most of these two thousand taels were intercepted by Han Zhe.
But no matter what, he was the person close to the prince, so it was not good to offend him for such a trivial matter. "
Jia Zheng was worried that Jia Lian would be angry, so he advised him.
If these close ministers around the prince are offended, who knows when he will set a stumbling block or something like that, then the gain outweighs the loss.
Regarding Jia Zheng's worries, Jia Lian smiled and said: "What I said is true, it's only a mere two thousand taels of silver. It's really not worth anything."
In fact, according to Jia Lian, Han Zhe may not have dared to do this alone, and there is no telling how many people around the prince may have benefited from it.
If we go to war over these two thousand taels of silver, it may indeed cause unnecessary trouble and offend many people. Perhaps this is the reason why those people dare to covet these two thousand taels of silver.
No more, no less, two thousand taels, within the range that normal people can tolerate.
Jia Lian really didn't intend to argue with these people because there was no need.
But this small incident made him feel that the prince might not be worthy of his service.
The prince obviously wanted to win over him that day, so he promised him three thousand taels of silver with King Beijing. He also wanted to have a better relationship with the prince. In order to take care of the prince's mood, he even made a special trip to give him a famous painting. past.
As a result, that's it.
If the two thousand taels were given by the prince, it means that the prince is a person who is not open-minded and has no vision.
If not, it was someone behind his back who did it, which also means that the prince's subordinates did not know.
The so-called lack of intimacy means that his relationship with the prince is shallow, and there is no point in complaining to the prince. Therefore, this mute suffers a loss... It is not considered a loss, it is regarded as a guarantee fee for the prince.
After all, if he asks the Zhou family for it himself, the Zhou family may not necessarily give it to him!
So he didn't care much and asked people to carry the money home.
Wang Xifeng is becoming more and more obedient now. According to her words, she has no place to spend money. So you might as well let her take care of all this, make that woman happy, and get some unexpected gains.
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Two days later, it took several people to lift money and moved it to Sister Feng's children's courtyard. Such movement would naturally attract the attention of the whole house.
Mrs. Wang was numb and a little lucky. She still remembered that day she said that Jia Lian could not collect the 10,000 taels of gambling money. Who would have thought that she had no intention of collecting it herself, but asked the prince to take action...
Fortunately, I shut up early that day, otherwise my wife's face would have been greatly lost.
However, this Jia Lian seemed to be possessed by a monster. In just a short time, he had already established a relationship with the prince.
If this continues, who will be able to cure him in the future...
In Sister Feng's Children's Hospital, under the publicity of the women who brought in the silver, the matter of the two boxes of silver naturally became known to everyone immediately.
When Wang Xifeng was not there, Ping'er took the initiative to carry all the things into the inner room and rewarded them with two slings of money. The women who worked as coolies went out happily.
When Tanchun saw it, he smiled at Daiyu and said, "Now, the second sister-in-law Lian's family is very rich!"
Daiyu and Tanchun were sitting and playing chess. Hearing this, he glanced at her and replied, "This may not be a good thing."
"How do you say this?"
"Since ancient times, it has been said that wealth should not be revealed in vain. It is also said that one person is rich and noble, and everyone claims it.
Now that everyone knows they are rich, won't they be remembered?
Not to mention anything else, it is annoying enough to have the autumn wind five dozen times across the mountain, so it is better not to be rich. "
"Haha, that's unreasonable."
The gossip of the two sisters happened to be overheard by Jia Baoyu.
"What Sister Lin said is that money is something external to the body. If you need so much, you can do it as long as it is enough."
Tanchun was dissatisfied and said hurriedly: "Then according to Brother Bao's words, how much is enough?"
"Then I don't know. The money in my house is managed by Xi Ren, and I don't know how much I use in a month. Besides, if I want to buy anything, I just tell my wife or the old lady, and I don't have to spend money myself. .
In my opinion, one or two hundred taels of silver would not be needed throughout the year. "
He does not mean that.
Whatever Jia Baoyu needs, he only needs to talk to Jia Mu and others, but Tanchun only has the two taels of silver at his disposal every month.
Ever since she was little, she had often felt short-changed because she didn't have enough money.
In particular, she has a biological mother who is shallow, philistine and mean. Whenever she sees that she is doing better, she wants to beat her up!
Thinking of this, Tanchun no longer had the interest to discuss this topic with Jia Baoyu.
Daiyu saw Tanchun's thoughts and whispered to Tanchun: "Don't pay attention to him, he is a rich and idle person, how can he know the life of our poor people.
According to me, as long as money is not enough, one hundred taels a month is not too much, and one tael a month is not too little, you can live on. "
Although Daiyu meant well, Tanchun still felt speechless after hearing this.
She looked at Daiyu and thought, "Are you from a poor family?"
Don't think we don't know, Uncle Lin is afraid that you will be wronged in our house, so he will have people send you money and things every half a month!
In the past, the old lady was afraid that you didn't have enough money for things, so she often gave you more. Now even the old lady knows that you are rich, so she doesn't give you more money...
Daiyu didn't know what Tanchun was thinking, so she quietly looked back with innocent eyes.
"My concubine and Miss Bao are here."
Hearing the noise coming from the entrance of the courtyard, Tanchun and others hurriedly looked outside. Sure enough, it was Aunt Xue coming with Baochai, so they hurriedly stood up to greet her.
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After Jia Lian finished the crowning ceremony, he returned home without staying outside for long.
When I first entered the courtyard, I saw that the courtyard was full of fragrance, including the fragrance of flowers, wine, and even beauty.
"Brother Lian is back!"
When everyone in the courtyard saw Jia Lian coming back, they all hurriedly came up to congratulate him, and each said something auspicious and festive.
Jia Lian responded one by one, then came to the top and bowed to Aunt Xue: "I have met Aunt Xue."
"Today is a good day for you, so you don't need to be polite. But we are here to bother you again."
"Auntie is joking. Both I and Feng Yatou wish that Auntie and Sister Bao would come over and disturb us every day."
"Haha, what he said is right. He wanted to invite Auntie and Baochai over several times, but you all refused. Today, I have invited you here."
Wang Xifeng had already prepared lunch. At this time, she agreed with Jia Lian, then tilted her head and said to Jia Lian, "Go back quickly and change your clothes."
Jia Lian was also wearing the crown and gown prepared by Jia Zheng. Although it looked very figure-like, it was not suitable for dining.
Jia Lian nodded and went into the house as instructed. Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er to greet the outside and followed Jia Lian into the house.
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In the inner room, while Wang Xifeng was undressing Jia Lian, she stared at the two boxes with an excited expression and said, "How many are these in total?"
"Eleven thousand taels."
"Well, how can it be eleven thousand taels? Isn't this ten thousand sent by the Zhou family?"
"There are also three thousand taels given by the prince."
"Oh...huh?"
Wang Xifeng immediately noticed something was wrong. How could ten thousand plus three thousand be eleven thousand? Do you think she can't count?
Jia Lian glanced at her and said, "What? Too little?"
Wang Xifeng's expression paused for a moment, changed a bit, and said with a smile: "How could it be possible? Second Master Lian is willing to take these home and I have already burned them in high incense. How can I think they are too little?"
I was afraid that you only took two thousand and it was not enough, so I asked, if it was not enough, it would be okay to take more. After all, Mr. Lian and Shu Lian took so much money home and there was no room for it at home, so they had to lose something. Just go out. "
Jia Lian smiled. This Sister Feng always said the same thing. She was clearly questioning why he wanted to deduct two thousand. Seeing that he was displeased, she immediately changed her tune.
"Don't be so arrogant to me. I'll tell you the whereabouts of the two thousand silver coins later.
I have one thing to ask you. During the New Year, Qian'er seemed to vaguely hear Ping'er say that the clothes I made for Yingchun and the others were ready, but could they be sent to Yingchun and the others? "
"Not yet, but they are all made and placed in the west wing. I plan to let them take them home after today."
"Well, that's very good."
After a while, I changed my clothes and came out, ready to eat.
Because in this compound, except for the cross-shaped road in the middle, which is paved with bluestone, the four separated areas are all dirt, with some flowers, plants, trees and the like planted in them.
Wang Xifeng placed three tables in the east, west and north directions. Although the layout seemed reasonable, it did not meet Jia Lian's wishes.
"There is neither a troupe nor a storyteller today, so why are the tables so spread out? There is no need to put three tables together. It would be more atmospheric if we all sit together."
Hearing what Jia Lian said, Jia Baoyu was the first to raise his hands in agreement.
"Haha, I wanted to say this before, but seeing how hard Sister-in-law Lian had arranged it, I felt embarrassed to disturb her arrangement.
It's really boring to sit there and have fun, but why not sit together and have everyone sit together, chatting and laughing, and making drinks and so on? Wouldn't it be interesting? "
Jia Baoyu almost applauded.
In fact, it was divided into three tables. Daiyu and the Sanchun sisters sat at the same table early in the morning, and he couldn't join them. I went to sit with Baochai, but I was afraid that Daiyu would be angry...
It's better for everyone to sit together.
Sisters Sanchun and Daiyu said goodbye, and immediately became interested when they heard the drinking order.
It's all because I usually eat with Jia Mu and pay attention to eating but not talking when sleeping, but it's different today.
Today, the only elder is Aunt Xue, and Aunt Xue is an easy-going person. Other than that, everyone is of the same generation, so there is no need to worry so much.
At this moment, with a table full of delicacies and a drinking order, that would be interesting.
So they all sat up.
Wang Xifeng was not annoyed and directly asked the maids to put the tables together and all the chairs in a circle according to Jia Lian's instructions.
"Aunt, please sit down..."
Jia Lian asked Aunt Xue to sit due north and look up.
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "You are the birthday girl today, so you should sit here, so you can sit down."
With that said, Aunt Xue took the seat on the right.
Jia Lian stopped being polite and sat down.
In this way, on his right hand are Aunt Xue, Baochai, Yingchun, and Xichun; on his left hand are Jia Baoyu, Daiyu, Tanchun, and Li Wan.
Wang Xifeng greeted everyone around and then took a seat at the southernmost seat.
There is no other way. The status of a married daughter-in-law is not comparable to that of a sister-in-law, so she can only sit at the end of the table.
Although strictly in accordance with the requirements of filial piety, drinking is not allowed during the period of filial piety. However, wine has become an irreplaceable thing among nobles, so there are very few people in the world who can strictly follow this rule, and they must be pure Confucian gentlemen.
Therefore, people in the world don't actually take it seriously as to whether Xiaoqi can drink. As long as she is not like Jia Zhen in the original work, who still gathers people to solicit prostitutes, gamble, drink, and cause shocking commotion in Xiaoqi, no one will be too harsh on her.
So at this time, rice wine was also served during the banquet.
After drinking his first glass of wine, Jia Lian glanced around and suddenly smiled at Li Wan and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you bring Lan'er with you?"
Li Wan didn't expect Jia Lian to still pay attention to Jia Lan, so he had to say: "He is very naughty. I let him read at home and didn't ask him to come."
"The way of civil and military affairs should be relaxed and relaxed. Sister-in-law, it's better not to be too strict."
With that said, Jia Lian turned his head and said to Ping'er: "Go over and bring Lan'er over. Just say that I asked him to come here."
When Li Wan saw this, he opened his mouth. He couldn't say anything more, so he could only acquiesce.
Jia Baoyu didn't care whether there was one more person or one less person. He just wanted to play the game quickly, so he went to Jia Lian's side and whispered a few words.
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Jia Lian glanced at him and nodded, "Please be patient for a moment. I have one more thing to talk to my aunt about."
Aunt Xue next to her heard this and looked over quickly.
Jia Lian smiled and said, "That's right. Auntie should also know that our house is preparing a garden for family members. Since it is a garden for family members, it is inevitable to build a palace.
To build a temple, a large amount of high-quality wood is indispensable.
Most of our family's mountain estates are located in the bitter cold areas of the Northeast, or in the south. If we send people to search for them, it will be troublesome and not enough.
We heard that my aunt's family is involved in the timber business, so our husband and I discussed it before and wanted to trouble my aunt's family to help us collect and purchase some wood, mainly high-quality pear wood and high-quality nanmu. I don't know if my aunt can convenient? "
Aunt Xue didn't want Jia Lian to suddenly talk about business matters, so her mind suddenly started to move.
As an imperial merchant for decades, the Xue family has been involved in a wide range of industries, including the timber business, but it is not a big one.
"As for the timber business, our family does do it, but it's not a big deal..."
"That doesn't matter. Since my aunt's family has done this business, she knows more about it than we do.
Please also ask my aunt to take the trouble to help us contact some famous and reputable wood dealers to order these wood. Don't worry, aunt, we will be responsible for all the required expenses and will not let her suffer any loss. "
"Whatever you say can help you, we should do our best, no matter what we say, we will suffer or not..."
When Aunt Xue was hesitating, she saw the look her daughter gave her and reacted immediately.
The three orphans and widowed children of the Xue family all stayed with the Jia family. Although it was clearly stated that Mrs. Wang was reluctant to leave their sister and kept them, no discerning person would know that it was the Xue family who took refuge in the Jia family.
Nowadays, the Jia Mansion needs a large amount of wood to build a garden, which is an excellent opportunity to establish an interest relationship with the Jia Mansion.
So let alone saying that their family is in the timber business, they just don't do it. It's rare for the Jia family to ask questions about them, so they should take over this matter and help handle it.
"Hahaha, later on, write down a list of the type and quantity of wood you need and give it to me. We will take it back and add it all up. As long as we have it in the store, we will transport it to you as soon as possible.
Even if it doesn't exist, we will ask our shopkeepers and clerks to help you find it as soon as possible. "
"So, thank you auntie."
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"Just afraid"
