The conference came to an end, and what was left behind was not only the shock of the Lai family's greedy wealth, but also the awe of Jia Lian, the second master of the mansion. Hui
From today's incident, everyone can probably see that the absolute talker in the Jia family is now Mr. Lian, who has the dignity of a marquis. After all, Mr. Lian won it even after the Lai family said it would be taken, and this was even when Mother Jia intervened.
Who would dare to go against the will of Mr. Lian like this? There is probably no one left. No one dares to compare themselves with the respectability of the Lai family. If they could, they should be like the Lai family and accumulate a family fortune of more than ten or two hundred thousand!
Mrs. Xing saw that Jia Mu had left, so she dared to come forward and talk to her. She said with a smile on her face: "Lian'er, you did a good job. I have long seen that Lai Da and his family are not good people. I also told your second wife that they knew about it and asked them to be on guard. But they didn't take me seriously." If you take your words seriously, I will stop saying them over time.
It's up to you to eradicate these borers completely. "
The more Mrs. Xing looked at Jia Lian, the more satisfied she became. She never expected that Jia Lian could take down the Lai family. She didn't even dare to have this idea, otherwise, she would definitely be severely criticized by her protective mother Jia.
But Jia Lian did it. In front of Jia's mother, he uprooted the Lai family tree with deep roots... Tsk tsk, the family property of more than 100,000 taels is much richer than the eldest wife like her. No, there is no comparison at all. , not on the same level at all, and sometimes it’s irritating to think about.
The more this happened, the more she wanted to curry favor with Jia Lian. After all, Jia Lian, her nominal son, was pretty good to her. At least her life now is much more comfortable than when Jia She was here. Hui
Now that she has to worry about food and clothing, she doesn't have to be as scrupulous and stingy as before. Because Jia Lian said, if there is anything missing, just talk to the two of them. What is this? This is the confidence! In the past, Jia She had no rules for spending money, but if she dared to spend a penny randomly, she would definitely be scolded or even beaten...
When she was internally satisfied, she became more confident when she communicated with other married women. She talked about how wonderful Jia Lian's son was when she met everyone. Others also praised her for her good fortune. Compared with some old ladies at home, she was more beautiful than before. Respect her. This made her feel that now she truly had a first-class destiny and real dignity!
In her heart, she regretted not caring enough and being close to Jia Lian before she became successful. Fortunately, Jia Lian didn't seem to care, so she wanted to make up for it. As long as there was a chance, she would always sell well in front of Jia Lian. All in all, Jia Lian, a son who has a good way of making money, must not be separated from her.
Mrs. Xing only talked to Jia Lian, but she never thought that Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were nearby. After hearing her words, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were speechless. Well, you are the only sane person in the family, and now with Jia Lian, there are two. The others are all fools, right?
That is to say, Mrs. Wang is a wealthy woman and has never had a verbal contest with this weak-minded sister-in-law. Therefore, she pretended to sigh and said that she did not expect that Lai and Da would dare to act so boldly, otherwise she would have warned her a long time ago. Jia Zheng cleaned up his house.
Yes, Mrs. Wang also agrees with what Jia Lian did today. But she is not pure, because before that, she still had the attitude of sitting on the sidelines and watching the fight between Jia Lian and Jia Mu, ready to watch the show.
But when Jia Lian came out with the inspection results of the Lai family, her attitude immediately changed. Especially when she saw that Jia Lian had no selfish motives at all. After she said that the Lai family's property would be returned to the officialdom, she would support Jia Lian with both hands. Hui
Okay, the official treasury, which was originally tight, suddenly became rich again. The Lai family is pretty good...
No one likes to be poor. In the past two years, the officialdom has been tight and there are many things in the house. Her private husband has had to subsidize a lot! It's better now. I won't have such troubles for at least two or three years.
Naturally, Jia Zheng, a benevolent gentleman, would not argue with Mrs. Xing. When the matter was over, Lai and the other two had been pulled down by Jia Lian's guards to fight. Feeling a little unbearable, he said goodbye to Jia Lian and prepared to go back to Mengpo Zhai.
"Sir, wait a minute. My nephew has one more thing. He is going to tell the master and the second wife."
"What's the matter?"
"That's right, when I came back from the Western Regions,
I heard from the second wife that in order to build the garden, our government borrowed a total of 80,000 taels of silver from Dongfu. That's right. "
Jia Zheng paused and remained silent. Of course he knew about borrowing money from Dongfu. He couldn't figure out what Jia Lian meant, so he had to reply: "You have to ask your second wife about this, but I don't know much about it." Hui
This is not a lie, because he did not come forward about the loan, it was Mrs. Wang who came forward to tell Youshi.
Mrs. Wang guessed what Jia Lian meant as soon as she heard it. In front of Youshi, she would not lie. She said bluntly: "It is indeed like this. In August of the first year, 50,000 yuan was spent. It was originally expected to be enough to build the garden." Yes, later I prepared the decorations to welcome the provincial relatives and others, and borrowed another thirty thousand, making the total total exactly eighty thousand."
Jia Lian then smiled and said: "As the saying goes, brothers settle accounts. In the past, when our house was building a garden, Dongfu helped us when we had difficulties. It was their friendship. Now that the Lai family has been eradicated and their embezzlement and greedy property has been recovered, these eighty thousand taels will be taken out. Come, repay Dongfu, what do you think, sir and madam?"
Youshi also came up from the courtyard at this time. Hearing Jia Lian's words, he hurriedly said: "We don't have anything big to do in the house over there, and we are not in a hurry to use money, so there is no need to be busy."
It's okay if You didn't say that. When he mentioned Jia Zheng, he said directly: "Lian'er is right. Although the two houses are close relatives, since they have borrowed money, they should repay it as soon as possible. Just do as you say. You just have to make up your own mind about the specifics, I’ll get back first.”
The screams of Lai Da and his wife came, but he didn't want to hear it, so he finished speaking in a hurry and walked away.
When Mrs. Wang saw that both Jia Zheng and Jia Lian had the same intention, she naturally couldn't stop her. However, Mrs. Xing felt that Jia Lian was too honest. She didn't know how to keep the money while she was busy, so why should she pay it back? . Hui
It was just her opinion, and no one cared much about it, so it was ignored.
When the people were gone, Lai and the two were dragged up. Jia Lian only took a brief look and directly ordered: "Send them back to rest for three days. After three days, Lin Zhixiao will arrange for a few people to escort them to Zhuangzi in the north.
In addition, after all, Lai Da once served my family well and is now old. I allow his family members, especially his son and daughter-in-law, to go north together and enter my farm in Jia Mansion to serve and support me. "
Lin Zhixiao heard this and thought to himself that if Jia Lian really sympathized with Lai Da, as long as Lai Da was not prohibited from bringing his family, his children would naturally be able to follow him. After thinking for a while, he understood what Jia Lian meant, so he hurriedly said, "What if his son and daughter-in-law don't want to do it?"
The dozen or so farms to the north of Jia Mansion are all in extremely cold places and are not suitable for living.
"As a human being, filial piety comes first, there is nothing you wouldn't want to do."
Jia Lian didn't take it seriously at all, so he left directly after saying this. Hui
Lai Shangrong was knocked out of his confidence by Jia Lian's previous slap. Now he found out that Jia Lian wanted him to go to the north to serve his parents. He felt that his future was greatly hindered, so he couldn't care about anything and shouted loudly: "No, I If you can’t go, I will have to start a business next year. If I go to the north, my business will be over..."
Unfortunately, Jia Lian didn't seem to hear him at all and didn't even look back.
Although Lai Da and his wife were seriously injured, they were still conscious. After all, Jia Lian's soldiers knew that Jia Lian had no intention of killing these two people.
Although they don't want their son to lose his future, they still feel disappointed now that they are in jail and their son has no intention of being filial.
Lin Zhixiao also looked down upon Lai Shangrong's character and wanted to slap him like Jia Lian.
"You don't have the slightest sense of filial piety, and you still dare to talk about building a career. If your master hears what you just said, let alone building a career, it would be easy to have your career revoked. Well, you can take care of yourself."
Lin Zhixiao pushed Lai Shangrong and then escorted all Lai's family back. Hui
…
Mr. You has come over, so naturally he wants to go in to pay his respects to Jia Mu.
Jia Lian also wanted to appease Jia Mu. Whether it was true or false, it was necessary to show it to others, so he went with You.
"I'm borrowing 80,000 silver from Dongfu. After I count it tomorrow, I'll have someone deliver it to you. Please help me by then.
Sister-in-law accepts. "
Nothing happened on the road, Jia Lian said casually.
"I told you, I'm not in a hurry to use the money, so why are you so busy?"
Having said that, the way You looked at Jia Lian became more and more gentle and sweet. It was late at night anyway, so there was no need to worry about anyone peeking. Hui
Although it was not easy to borrow the money that day, it was precisely because of Jia Lian's presence that she could borrow it with confidence and not worry about not getting it back.
Now it was just as she expected, and of course she felt happy from the bottom of her heart.
Seeing that Jia Lian smiled but didn't reply, Youshi added, "It's you. If you're not busy tomorrow, I'd like to invite you over to sit..."
Jia Lian was a little surprised. You was a cautious person and never dared to invite him. Every time, she waited for him to come over and get lucky. Why is it like this today?
"Is there a problem?"
"It's nothing. Tomorrow is my little sister's birthday. I thought it was her hair extension gift after all, so I planned to give her a seat and didn't invite anyone else. If the second uncle is not free, then forget it, it doesn't matter. Business."
Jia Lian stopped to show his hairpin ceremony? Second Sister You or Third Sister You? Hui
Looking back at Youshi's face, Jia Lian wondered in her heart from the gleaming look in her eyes. Could it be that she knew about the bullying of her younger sister?
Nodding, Jia Lian did not respond directly, but Youshi understood that Jia Lian had agreed, so he stopped talking and came to Rongqing Hall in silence.
I found that Sister Feng, Mrs. Wang, Sanchun and others were all there.
Sister Feng and Mrs. Wang seemed to be working together to rescue Jia Mu, while the Sanchun sisters were sitting nearby with blank expressions. When they saw Jia Lian coming in, they stood up to greet them.
Jia's mother seemed to have lingering resentment against Jia Lian. When she saw Jia Lian coming in, her expression changed and she fell asleep half-relying on the high couch.
Seeing this, Sister Feng gave Jia Lian a smiling look, but Jia Lian understood. What she meant was: It's okay, everything has been coaxed, I am awesome, please praise me.
"My grandson pays homage to his ancestors." Hui
Jia Mu ignored it.
"Everything outside has been taken care of, and my grandson is here to ask if our ancestors have any other instructions."
silence.
Jia Lian smiled and said, "Since my ancestor has not given any instructions and it is very late, my grandson will not disturb my ancestor's rest and will leave first."
Jia Lian greeted Jia Mu but ignored him. Jia Lian said he was leaving, but Jia Mu suddenly made some noise.
"Mama Lai has been with me for most of her life. She has served me much longer than you sons and grandsons have served me. No matter how you deal with Lai, she is always the one you should respect."
"What the old lady said is that when we searched Lai's house before, our grandson gave special instructions not to bump into Lai's mother..." Hui
"Just confiscate the huge amount of illegally acquired property. You can keep their house for them to use for Grandma Lai's retirement."
Jia Lian was silent for a moment. The Lai family's house had been expanded several times and was worth a lot of money. But after all, it is a private house, and the specifications cannot be improved, so it is just like that. Now that Jia Mu has spoken, Jia Lian still has to give it this face.
"Just do what our ancestors said and leave the house to Mother Lai for her old age."
Jia Lian's attitude finally made Jia's mother feel relieved, so she sat back, looked at Jia Lian, and said for a long time: "I don't know who you followed. In terms of ignorance, you can't compare to your father, and in terms of generosity, you are not at all inferior to you." Grandfather. If you know, I’d say you’re a decisive person who can’t bear to see dirt in your eyes. If you don’t know, I’m afraid I’ll scold you for being greedy for money, plucking your feathers, even ransacking your slave’s house, and you’re addicted..."
Jia Lian said with a smile: "My ancestors are joking. If the slaves are loyal and the grandchildren are not stingy and merciful, they naturally don't have to worry about being raided. When they encounter people like the Lai family, they can only act according to family laws. Already."
"Yes, yes, you are right anyway."
Jia Mu cursed, and then she couldn't help but laugh. Hui
Speaking of which, she was just trying to save her face tonight. She was not really angry at Jia Lian for robbing Lai's family.
Doesn't she know that the government's finances are deteriorating? Unfortunately,
A servant of the Lai family has accumulated an exaggerated wealth. Even a fool can see what's going on. Doesn't she, the old lady of the Jia family, hate her in her heart?
Therefore, after sending away the crying Aunt Lai, she felt relieved in her heart.
Seeing Jia Mu like this, others dared to smile.
An old lady laughed and said: "The old lady said she didn't know who Second Master Lian had followed. In my opinion, Second Master Lian seems to have followed the old Duke, but also seems to have followed the previous generation of Dukes."
The old ladies who can always be with Jia Mu know what Jia Mu wants.
"Second Master Lian's handsome and unrestrained appearance certainly followed that of the old Duke. But his temperament seems to have followed that of the previous Duke. Hui
I remember when we were still maids, the first generation of Dukes was like Second Master Lian, who governed the family with military laws. At that time, all the servants in the mansion were very well-behaved, fearing that if they accidentally violated the family rules, they would be severely punished by military law. "
The second generation Rongguo Gong was recognized as a refined man and the husband of Jia Mu, so Jia Mu was very happy whenever someone from the past mentioned or praised him. These old ladies are also fine people. They say that Jia Lian's handsomeness is due to the old Duke Rong. Jia's mother naturally smiles.
Jia Lian curiously asked, "Oh, when the Duke of that generation was still alive, was there a slave like Lai Da in the family?"
The old grandma was stunned, and then said: "How can that be possible? Let alone someone like Lai Da, even if you just take a little bit, you may lose your head..."
As she said this, she seemed to think that she might be pointing at Jia Mu, so the old lady stepped back consciously.
Of course Jia Mu was also aware of this, but she was quite generous. She just hummed and said: "Okay, I know that you admire the idea of a generation of Dukes in running a family, but my and your grandfather's methods of running a family are also different. Not necessarily wrong.
You don’t know the situation back then. Not to mention the slaves, your grandfather and I were always very nervous for fear of saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing... Hui
That's all, I'm old anyway, so I don't have the time to argue with you. After all, you are still responsible for this family. You can manage it however you want, as long as you don't lose the reputation of your ancestors. "
With that said, Jia Mu was really too lazy to pay attention to Jia Lian and drove him away with a wave of her hand.
