Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

Lai Shangrong's official must arrive at Yingque before October 15th, and with the time on the road, this matter cannot be delayed for a long time.

Therefore, Lai Da did not consider his second son.

Aunt Lai thought for a while and realized that there would be no good in waiting any longer. She might as well have retired a long time ago, so she might as well take the children and leave first, and then catch up after Lai finished his business in Jia's house.

"Then the boss's wife..."

The only thing she is worried about now is the boss's wife. If she is determined not to leave, Lai Da will have no choice but to let her stay.

"Whether you want to stay or not, it would be a pity if no one is left to look after such a big garden."

Although Lai Da reported everything about the Lai Garden to Jia Zheng, as long as things didn't come out, the garden would still belong to the Lai family.

In fact, as early as August this year, Jia Zheng was assigned to go to Hainan as a student administrator.

But when he was about to hit the road on the 20th, he was stopped by Wang Ziteng.

Originally, he said he would leave later and wait for news in October, so he didn't dare to say anything, he was just waiting.

But everything is difficult this year, and there is still no good news, so I won’t wait until October, and I will leave in the next few days.

He saw that things couldn't be delayed, and Lai Da's family also had many things to do now, so he planned to find an excuse to bring Lai Da with him.

He no longer trusts in great loyalty.

Aunt Lai also told Jia Mu that Lai Er was taking her out of Beijing, so she had to travel in the next few days.

"This is too hasty, no, you are so old, why don't you enjoy your happiness at home, instead of going so far with old arms and legs?"

Jia Mu didn't get any news here, so she was still surprised by Grandma Lai's departure.

Her source of information was a few girls around her. After Yuanyang suffered a lot and didn't go out much, her information was not well-informed.

The mandarin ducks were angry with Jin Wenxiang, so they did not support his promotion. In the end, when Aunt Lai left with her two granddaughters, Lin Zhixiao, who was next to Jia Lian, took over Lai Da's vacancy and became the successor to the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion.

However, Lai Da followed Jia Zheng and quietly took office.

As soon as their family left, they met a group of relatives of the Jia family who had come to the capital to escape famine. Aunt Lai pretended not to know these people. Fortunately, the boat she was on did not carry the Jia family's flag, so she happened to pass by Wang Ren and the others.

"Mom, I seemed to hear the people on that boat saying they were relatives of the Jia family in the capital..."

Lai's second daughter-in-law happened to hear the sound of their conversation and came to chat with Grandma Lai without even thinking about it.

She was the loudest voice of opposition at the Lai family meeting, but now she is the only daughter-in-law of the Lai family who wants to follow.

Aunt Lai did not forget what Mrs. Lai said before she left. She said that it would be a good thing for the second brother and his family to go out and explore the branches of the tree. As a woman, it would be better for her to stay with her daughter-in-law in the Jia family.

Therefore, in the Lai family, except for Lai Shangrong who had to go out to take office, there was only a six-year-old granddaughter, Lai Liuniu, who followed Grandma Lai. Others continued to stay at Jia's house.

"I don't know him. Besides, there are many people named Jia in the capital!"

Aunt Lai played with her two little granddaughters, ignoring Lai's second daughter-in-law's gossip, and showed more care to her little granddaughter who was still very well-behaved after leaving her mother.

Alas, Daiyu must have been this old when she left her mother. It's a pity that she couldn't take Daiyu with her.

"...But, mother, why did I still hear them say that there is a war going on over there, and the people are fleeing, and ten villages can not escape eight..."

This is indeed the case, otherwise, Lai Shangrong's civil servants would not fall on him, and Lai Er's colleagues would not fall on him.

If it weren't for the fact that the war in the south was too chaotic and those who bought an official position would easily regret it, Jia Zhen, who worked as an "intermediary" for selling officials in the Ningguo Mansion, wouldn't have had such a hard time.

The reason why there is a military disaster in the south is that there has been a drought in the south for two years, but the taxes the government has to collect cannot be reduced, and the people can't survive, so they abandon their land and become rogues.

And since the disaster is not limited to the home country, the border is not peaceful either. Therefore, the soldiers are closely guarding the border, and the situation inside is becoming more and more chaotic.

If she hadn't been helped by the Xiaojialan system now, she wouldn't have dared to go directly to Jiangnan.

Aunt Lai also heard that she was actually pregnant in Yuanchun this year, but due to bad weather, the Queen ordered frugality, and instead her child was "thrifty".

Therefore, news came out in the palace some time ago that the emperor was going to depose the queen. But when the queen pretended to be ill, the emperor punished Jia Zheng for traveling to Beijing on business. Looking at it this way, Yuanchun must have been defeated in the palace fight.

Wang Ziteng originally wanted to "turn things around", but this failed.

Jia Zhengcai left Beijing with Lai Da.

Aunt Lai originally wanted to sell the slave status directly, but she failed to do so.

"Seeing is believing. Besides, you are already on the way, so there is no way you can regret it."

Aunt Lai watched Lai's second daughter-in-law's face turn into a color palette, and finally felt sorry for her. Although this daughter-in-law has a shrewd temper and is not lovable, she is still very loyal, much better than Lai's wife.

Lai's second daughter-in-law is indeed a person who becomes more courageous with every setback. After seeing the scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait getting more and more depressing, she carried her red tassel gun and started practicing martial arts every day.

Now Laiji felt her charm, and the couple and their third son practiced together in the morning and evening, and they became more and more understanding.

When we arrived at Ping'an Prefecture, we could often see people dying of hunger floating in the water.

No one could laugh anymore.

"How did it get to this point?"

Laiji was also shocked. He didn't expect things to be so bad.

"No wonder Master Zhen said I was stupid and said it was useless for me to regret it."

When Lai Er's family arrived at the prefecture and county, they found that all the high officials had disappeared. Except for a few county officials who occasionally appeared, other senior government officials ran away while the officials were changing gears.

The succeeding officials also made excuses for not coming or for coming late. Laiji, the military attaché who had arrived in early October, was actually the first to arrive.

He walked directly into the military camp and saw that there were not many people in the camp.

"The captain led the soldiers up the mountain to suppress the bandits."

The soldier guarding the door smiled with his mouth wide open, his eyes full of ridicule.

Lai Er walked around the camp, then came out and took Nanny Lai to find a house to live in first.

"There are so many things going on here, I'm afraid I may have to stay here for a long time."

"How can you live in such a big place with food?"

Lai's second daughter-in-law was surprised. When she saw that the new house was as big as five jins, she thought it would cost several hundred taels of silver. But she didn't expect that they used less food to get the title deed to the house.

"It only cost a hundred taels, right? It's too cheap. If I had known better, I would have hired an extra boat to haul food."

"Maybe the price of food is different."

Laiji took a deep look at his wife and decided not to tell the cruel truth.

Those who had money and food during the war could still get rich. Lai's second daughter-in-law took four steamed buns and exchanged them for four little maids and a cook at the door. And she is still crying at their door asking for food without monthly profit. There are also many male servants.

However, she was still thoughtful, so she only accepted girls and was determined not to want male servants.

Aunt Lai took out the grain mixed with medicine and gave it to the new cook, asking her to make porridge, and said:

"We just arrived, let's give some porridge first!"

I saw the cook and maids below who had just entered the house winking and knelt down together to kowtow: "Thank you female Bodhisattva, thank you Lord Qingtian!"