The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Jia Amnesty posted the amount of silver owed by the second room on the door of the tent and withheld all the expenses of the second room. Jia's mother was angry and anxious.It's just that she now understands that Da Fang is really about to tear his face apart this time.After thinking about it, he sent Yuanyang to find out the news from Ping'er.

When Yuanyang arrived at Jia Lian's courtyard, she saw Sister Feng talking with some housekeepers and Ping'er standing beside her, so she waved quietly.Ping'er and Wang Xifeng looked at each other and walked out.Because he led the mandarin duck to a secluded place and said: "You are a sensible person, and I will not go around in circles. Our master and the second master usually love money as much as their lives. The other things are fine, there is no room for half-negotiation on the word money." I'm afraid it won't be possible without a penny."

Yuanyang said: "It's just that the second wife can't get so much money now. She just paid back 80 yuan in treasury silver a year ago. Many elders in the situation have actually calculated it. For example, since the money for selling Zhuangzi's shop is calculated, how can you Is it still worth the pawned interest?"

Ping'er glanced at her tactfully, and Yuanyang's heart couldn't help but move.But I heard her say: "Why don't you even understand this? There is not much reason to talk about here, but the master is not fair, and he will not be able to make up if the second wife is not allowed to pay too much money. Borrowing money is not enough. There is an interest, right? Anyway, the second master is a shameless person, and he dare not go to a lawsuit. Take a step back and say, even if you go to a lawsuit, Zuo can only save some extra money, and there are not many of them. The second room still has to pay back the money that should be paid back, and by the way, throw all the face to the whole capital, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the second master to see people in the court in the future."

Yuanyang couldn't help sighing: "Why bother to come, do you really want brothers to fight against the wall?"

Ping'er chuckled and said: "As long as the second wife pays back the money, there is no need for brothers to quarrel. Don't say she doesn't have it, she refuses to take it. So many profitable properties in the mansion are sold to her for only three or four tenths of the price. What a dark heart. I'm afraid her private property is no less than that of the old lady. Besides, there is still her own sister living in Lixiangyuan."

Yuanyang thought for a while, and said: "Those who can't get any money for a while, must give the second wife some time to raise money, right?"

Ping'er said, "Another way to do the math. It's okay for her to calculate back the original price of all the public property she acquired that day. It's just a different place to keep the books."

Yuanyang asked: "What about the output in the past few years?"

Ping'er looked at her with a smile: "What do you think?"

Yuanyang suddenly felt that his question just now was a little silly, lowered his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, and asked again: "Maybe you take down that thing at the door of the tent first?"

Ping'er smiled coldly: "Even if the old lady makes someone tear it up immediately, I'm sure Bao'er can paste two sheets tomorrow, and then tear it up and stick it to the gate. If you tear this face up anyway, everyone don't want it. "

This is not negotiable.Yuanyang then thanked her and went back to Jiamu.

When Jia Mu heard the words, she sighed: "Forget it, she did it herself. If she hadn't been so greedy for ink, she wouldn't have made the boss anxious." Because she asked Yuanyang to forward the words to Mrs. Wang verbatim.

Mrs. Wang's eyes turned dark.However, she really can't raise that much cash for a while now, and she is also reluctant to part with such good properties.I had no choice but to go to Aunt Xue again, begging with snot and tears.Aunt Xue saw that she was losing money day by day, and she lent her so much money years ago, she didn't dare to lend her again for a while, she only reasoned that her livelihood is difficult now and she has no money left.Mrs. Wang had to send Baoyu to hunt for Baochai every day.

Baoyu really has no other place to go now, but he is very willing.

Two days later, Jia's mother invited the two historians and told them what Jia Amnesty had done.The Shijia brothers laughed and even said "interesting".Mother Jia was in a hurry, and wiped her tears and said, "Where is there such a pair of brothers? You two are his uncles, tell him quickly."

Shi Nai smirked and said, "What are you talking about? There is no reason in the world not to pay back the money owed. If he has the money to pay back the treasury, he should also have the money to pay back the public account. Is there a reason for that?"

Shi Ding also said: "Enhou's method is really good. In the past, I just kept my face and thin skin. It turned out to be nothing more than that."

Mother Jia was speechless.The historian owes no less money than the Jia family. I heard that the former sage praised the Rongguo Mansion for being honest and trustworthy and sharing the country's worries. Not angry, can't help sighing repeatedly.Yin said: "There is a reason why Zheng'er returned the treasury money." Yin whispered, "Our eldest daughter is still in the palace."

Not wanting that her two brothers would not let go after hearing the words, Shi Nai rolled his eyes and said: "We just close our eyes to seek our own benefits, and don't care about the old relatives, even if his daughter becomes a concubine, I think we won't get a lot of glory. "

Shi Ding added: "Sister, you don't have to say good things for him. Since he has done this, we can't act as if it never happened. Do you know that people from the household department are coming to harass you every day? I've never been this bored in years."

Mother Jia still wanted to persuade her, but when she saw the two of them laughing and talking about going to find Jia She and chatting about antique fans later, she couldn't help sighing, and she only hoped that the palace would issue an order as soon as possible.Coming out of Jiamu's place, the two uncles really went to sit in Jia Amnesty's garden for half a day.

Jia Cong saw that after more than ten days, the monthly payment had been deducted once, and there was no movement from the second room, so he really endured it; he just added a handful of firewood.

One day Baoyu left school and went to Li Wan's courtyard to find her sisters to play with. Passing by the Western Flower Wall, she only vaguely saw two girls standing there gracefully, hurrying to talk to her.

As soon as I got close, I heard someone say: "The second master and the second wife really endured it. After these few days, I don't even want half of my face."

Another said: "I heard that he didn't even give Bao Erye's monthly money."

The one in the front said: "What is Second Master Bao afraid of? Anyway, the old lady gave him money from her private house. It's a pity for the third girl. She didn't have much money at first, and now she can only drink northwest wind."

Baoyu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? What happened to the master and wife?"

The two girls were startled, turned around and saw that it was him who hurriedly knelt down and cried: "Please don't tell the second master, the old lady said it, who dares to tell the second master to kill immediately."

Baoyu waved his hands again and again: "I won't tell, tell me, what happened?"

The two girls looked at each other and did not dare to speak. Baoyu was anxious, and cupped his hands and said, "I beg you two sisters, why can't you tell me alone? What happened to the third girl?"

The one in front then boldly said: "A year ago, when the account was checked, it was found that the second wife had corrupted hundreds of thousands of silver in the public account when she was in charge of the house. Now the master forced her to pay back the money, and posted the amount at the door of the account. It is deducted from the expenses of the second room and the first. Now the monthly money of the second room is deducted from the second master and the second wife, from the third girl to the third master, and down to the maids and boys. The monthly money is made up for you by the old lady from her own monthly money."

Baoyu was stunned immediately, and stood there motionless like a clay sculpture.The two girls hurriedly disappeared.

After a while, Baoyu woke up a little bit, and ran to the tent. Sure enough, she saw a big white paper with black and white characters posted at the door, and she felt red in the face.Everyone in the tent was shocked when they saw him: "Who told the second master Bao with his tongue?"

Baoyu was so ashamed that she didn't even bother to cover her face, she turned and ran.

Because he didn't come back after the usual time to go back to the house, and he was not at Li Wan's place, the attackers and others looked for him everywhere, and it took half a day to see him sitting under a wintersweet plant with his head hugging his knees, dumbfounded, and asked again in fright. Shake again.

Baoyu suddenly stood up.The attacker asked him what was wrong, but Baoyu went straight to Mrs. Wang without saying a word.

Mrs. Wang was so worried that her eyebrows and eyes were crowded together, but when she saw him, she hurriedly approached him and smiled, "My son, come quickly!"

When Baoyu came to her, he knelt down on his knees and said with tears, "If Mrs. Ruo's hands are difficult, I still have some valuable gold and jade utensils, which can be exchanged for some silver coins. No matter how bad it is, this broken stone is probably worth two silver coins." .”

Mrs. Wang was startled: "Baoyu, what's wrong with you?"

Baoyu said: "I passed by the tent today, and I saw it all."

Mrs. Wang suddenly felt thunderbolts, she couldn't help hugging him and crying: "Your uncle is so cruel, this is trying to drive our mothers to death!"

Baoyu also cried: "It's only natural to pay back the debt, please ask your wife to pay it back."

Mrs. Wang hugged him and cried hard, venting out all the sorrows of these days, both mother and son burst into tears.For a long time, Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth, rubbed him and said, "My son, it has nothing to do with you, just go and play." Then she sent him back to the house and went to find Aunt Xue by herself.

Baoyu went back and hurriedly ordered many valuables to be packed up, and ordered Xiren to send them to the second wife's room.Xiren guessed that he knew, and persuaded: "There are old ladies who have nothing to do with the second master. Besides, how can these ladies be accepted?"

Baoyu laughed miserably: "Sure enough, you all know."

Xiren hurriedly said: "The old ancestor is also doing it for the good of the second master. I'm afraid you know it and put off studying."

Baoyu laughed and said, "What's the use of studying? It can't relieve the family's worries." Because he was lying on the kang depressed.Xiren and others could only coax him with words that he liked, but he couldn't listen to them either.

When Baoyu returned to Jiamu's place to have dinner together, he was shocked to see his crying eyes like peaches, and asked what happened.Baoyu only said that he had shed tears with his wife for a while.

Jia Mu knew that he knew, and was furious, and ordered someone to find out who told Baoyu.Baoyu didn't tell it himself, so how could he find out?What's more, the two girls are not from the Rongguo Mansion, but they are An Niang, Yao'er's sister, and Xiao Xi, Wu You's sister.

Helpless, Mother Jia sent Yuanyang over to Mrs. Wang and said, "Now even Baoyu knows about it. If it is publicized, it may damage the great affairs of the palace." She gave her another 10 taels of silver notes.Thank you very much Mrs. Wang.

Because she couldn't make up the money for a while, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to follow the big house's wishes and return the public property that was sold cheaply to her own name at the original price; Fugui, if this fails, assign Baochai to Baoyu as payment, and borrow 10 taels from Aunt Xue, and make up the pawn to pay back the amount.The interest that was calculated later made her pay off.

Jia Amnesty immediately ordered people to enter the public account, and also ordered that the monthly money of the second room be distributed quickly, and that people be recruited from Gong Sanyi and Qin Keqing, the mansion in the south of the city, to take over the various properties.Now he covers everything outside with one hand, Mrs. Wang is out of reach, Jia Zheng is uncommon, and Jia's mother has been kept under wraps, but nothing goes wrong.

He also ordered Jia Zheng to pay the money for the Qingke by himself.Jia Zheng naturally refused to agree, so he came to seek his theory.Jia She said lazily: "It's fine if you pay the money for raising the Qing customers from the public account, but the money for the bodyguard bureau and the horse shop where I raise the old soldiers also need to come from here."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said, "What if there are benefits?"

Jia She said: "Naturally it is also counted in the public."

Jia Zheng knew that these two things were probably losing money, so he went back to discuss with Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang thought about it, if the money of these cleanups is not paid out of the public account, it is naturally the second house.How can Erfang afford these things now?He said: "Ma Xing is a small business that doesn't make much money, and the lord's escort bureau is only newly opened. I'm afraid it will take some time to become a success. Even if there is no profit now, sooner or later there will be no profit? The master agrees. .”

Sure enough, Jia Zheng agreed.

Jia Amnesty ordered Jia Lianfeng to report all his expenses outside to the public account.

Sister Feng couldn't help having a headache, and complained to Jia Lian: "It's so easy for the second wife to return the money and property. I thought the public would be more relaxed, but the master came here again. Now it's tighter than before. I don't know next month. Where does the monthly money come from?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "No hurry, let's talk about the two business outside the master first. Next month's affairs will be resolved next month."

Sister Feng glanced at him a few times: "What are you keeping from me?"

Jia Lian went to the kang and said lazily: "My good second grandma! Don't worry, the days of majesty are still to come."

Sister Feng sighed, "Forget it. I've been reciting Buddha's name after this year. Leave him alone." Then I didn't care.

This matter spread out not long after, and the sage couldn't stop laughing when he heard the words: "This Jia She is actually a stunned young man! Now the two of them probably won't be able to get together anymore." Looking at Situ Pan's face full of thought, he asked, "What are you thinking?"

Situ Pan said: "Is it possible for us to follow suit? Also post it in front of the court hall or the household department hall."

The sage waved his hands again and again: "It's unreasonable, that Jia Enhou is a fool, he has no rules and no regard for decency."

Situ Pan smiled wryly and said, "It's decent again. Third brother, sometimes you can only have the same face..." Seeing that he was not moved at all, he could only sigh inwardly, that's all.