Jia Zhen knew that this time the patriarch's threat was the main thing to deter Jia Lian, and she asked Jia Dairu to teach in Lixiangyuan as a supplement, so she specially invited Jia Daixiu, Jia Dairu, Jia Chi and Jia Dun, who were the descendants of the Jia family, to study in Beijing's eight rooms. The elders agreed to go to Rongguo Mansion to meet Jia's mother together on the day when Jia Zhuyin went to the Ministry of Industry to report in late March. A sedan chair was sent to pick up the elders of Bafang to Rongguo Mansion.

The old pedant Jia Dairu didn't know that Jia Zhen wanted to use him as a raft to show the prestige of Jia's family head in front of Jia Lian, and thought that Jia Lian valued him, so he asked his old wife to wear the good clothes from the bottom of the box, and asked his grandson Jia Rui to help him After that, he took the sedan chair and went to Ningguo Mansion first, and then entered Rongguo Mansion together with everyone.

Everyone only said to see Jia's mother. Although the doorman said, Jia Lian didn't show up. He only changed the punctuation in the tea scriptures for Li Wanting in Jinghuanzhai. Jia Amnesty was invited into Jia Mu's Courtyard, with a sneer on his face, but he was not in a hurry to go immediately, first handed the deleted and revised tea scriptures to Quan Fu, and said to Quan Fu: "Give this book to Fifth Lord, I just said that I looked at it in my spare time, and there were a lot of mistakes in it, so I changed it."

Quan Fu didn't know what Jia Lian was thinking, and said with a smile: "Why didn't the second master just say that it was for Miss Li? Listening to the tone of the fifth master that day, if the fifth master heard that there were many mistakes, he would definitely use it to laugh at Miss Li. , so, isn't that the enmity with Miss Li?"

"You're clever, but I'd rather be enemies with her than have an affair with her." Jia Lian stretched her muscles, stood up, and leaned out of the window to tease the red-billed lovesickness bird hanging on the porch.

Quan Fu only felt that Jia Lian was even better at hooking up girls, so he happily agreed, took two steps, and salivated, saying: "Second Master, we still have a few good beds that were not sold for nothing that day. It's a pity that it's in the warehouse, the little sister is rushing to get married and doesn't have a good bed for the dowry..."

"Let's set an example, and this kind of thing will never end in the future." Jia Lian said.

Quan Fu was taken aback, thinking that this matter could not be done.

"I'll ask someone to buy one later and send it to you. I'll give it to your sister as a wedding."

Quan Fu was overjoyed, kowtowed to thank him and left.

Then Jia Mu's yard sent a servant to urge him, and Jia Lian went to Jia Mu's yard while loosening his muscles and bones. After passing through the Chuihua Gate, he went in not far away. Go up to the hall, and when you enter the hall, you can see all the elders from the opening of the ancestral hall that day when the family was separated have arrived one by one.

"Lian'er." Jia She called out with a happy face, as if he had just been complimented by a group of people and was very useful, and for a moment, he forgot that he was still angry at Jia Lian's surrender of the officer to Jia Zhu.

Jia's mother sat on the grand teacher's chair, and Jia Dairu and Jia Daixiu sat beside her.

Jia Lian thought it best to have something big to say, otherwise, someone will be in trouble. After seeing everyone present, he declined with everyone, sat opposite Jia Zhen, and said with a smile: "Just now I just turned to the last two pages of the book, and anxiously wanted to read the last two pages, but I was a step late, I wonder if there is something important to discuss today?"

Mother Jia put her hand on the pendant of her long coat of stone green Japanese satin, and carefully looked at the water color of the emerald ring on her hand. She felt that it would be good for Jia Lian to be jealous, so she followed Jia Zhen's words and said with a smile: "Lian Son, no wonder that day you said that you cleaned up the Pear Fragrance Court, so you wanted to move the family school there. Your eldest brother said today, it should be like that, otherwise the family school is too far away from our eastern and western mansions, those monkey-like boys Nobody is afraid of their heads, and they can't read well in the private school."

Jia Zhen said: "It's my elder brother who neglected his duties. He never thought of this, thanks to Lian's second brother who thought about it."

Jia Dairu also stroked his beard and looked at Jia Lian with relief, "Brother Lian didn't like reading when he was young, but he has grown a lot now."

Jia Lian sneered in his heart, and hurriedly said in panic: "Could it be that I overstepped my position and did something wrong? Brother Zhen just led the elders here today? If that's the case, let's pretend I didn't say that." The smoky family school was completely moved to Rikain.

Jia Zhen said: "Brother Lian, you and I have the same surname Jia, what is there to do for you? This time I came to ask you when the Lixiangyuan will worship the patriarch and start school, and also ask Grandpa Dairu to prepare for the start of classes early."

Jia Lian looked at the old Jia Dairu who was eager to try, and Jia Rui who stood behind Jia Dairu's eyes were lifeless and his mouth was full of spring, as if he had followed into the Pear Fragrance Garden and thought of something good.

Originally, he was not willing to tell others to open another school only after they made money from him. How could he agree to Jia Zhen now?However, turning his face this time will hinder his reputation in the clan. If Jia Dairu has something good or bad, he can't afford it. If he wants to refuse, he has to think of a glorious excuse.

Jia Zhen looked at Jia Lian with a quiet smile, she didn't believe that there were a bunch of respected elders, he could not show face to the old Jia Dairu in person, after Jia Lian agreed to this matter, he would do it in front of people in the name of repairing the ancestral hall, Get tens of thousands of flowers from him.

"It would be best if Grandpa Dairu is willing to come. I thought that Grandpa Dairu had three hardships in his life, and he wanted Grandpa Dairu to teach his grandson to study at home with peace of mind, so he couldn't bear to invite him. According to me, Brother Zhen is a member of the same family. The long-term, it is very wrong to ask Grandpa Dairu to teach every day when he is old. Brother Zhen, why not take over the expenses of their family, and give them one or two hundred taels a year, which is enough for their old and young. After two or three years, if Ruier can be named on the gold list, our Jia family will be honored." Jia Lian captured the king first when he captured the thief, and went to persuade Jia Dairu first.

The word "Three Sufferings" made Jia Dairu burst into tears when he heard it, and hurriedly took his sleeve to wipe it off, recalling his rough life, sobbing and choking silently.

Jia Rui panicked, he didn't have the determination to hang his ass in the first place, every day the family went to the family school with Jia Dairu, and he could hang out with urchins and blackmail some drinking scenes with public reports. Now if he is trapped at home, what should he do? What should I do?

Jia Zhen didn't expect that Jia Lian asked him to pay the money again, and hurriedly said: "Brother Lian, Grandfather Dai Confucianism is indispensable in the family school. If he doesn't go..."

"Don't you have a second uncle? The second uncle is also full of knowledge, and he speaks well. It would be best to ask the second uncle to teach and educate people in a school."

Jia Zheng was not willing to condescend to teach any books, but he didn't dare to reject Jia Lian rashly. Besides, it was not his job to say that he looked down on a teacher in front of Jia Dairu. Just be the school supervisor, and you must not miss your nephews' studies."

"That's it. As the head of the patriarch, is Brother Zhen not even willing to pay the one or two hundred taels a year?" Jia Lian chuckled.

Jia Chi from the fifth room pondered and said, "If Brother Lian was changed to be the patriarch, I'm afraid it would be four to five hundred taels, and he would be willing to pay."

Jia Dairu agreed with Jia Lian because he got the money for nothing and was able to guide his grandson's homework with peace of mind. Jia Daixiu, because Jia Lian was in the limelight, dared not go against him, so they both said: "Brother Lian is indeed benevolent and righteous."

Jia Zhen only said that Jia Chi was mocking Jia Lian, but at this time she was still defenseless, and said with a smile: "Brother Lian said, the eighth family members of our Jia family in Beijing are living a little better now. You just I got millions of silver from Laida's servant's family for free, and I took out seventy to eighty thousand to help the elderly in the clan."

Jia Lian wondered: "I really think so, but if I really do that, wouldn't it be that Brother Zhen, the patriarch, would get a bad reputation? Outsiders don't know, if you ask our Jia family, "Your Jia family's clan?" What about the land and family property? Why doesn’t the patriarch ignore it? Instead, ask someone who is not the patriarch to take care of it?’, so, what can our Jia family say so as not to hurt the elder brother’s face?” I just feel that Jia Zhen has no ability to deal with him, but only Jealous, he copied Lai everyone, and then went to see Jia Chi and others.

Jia Amnesty finally realized that there was something wrong with what he said. He had been flattered by everyone at first, but now when he heard that Jia Lian was asked to take the money, his flesh hurt immediately. The matter of Grandpa Confucian...you have your elder brother Zhen..." Then he said to Jia Zhen: "Zhen'er, just follow Lian'er's words."

Jia Zhen is not willing, although one or two hundred taels a year does not seem to be a lot, but who knows when it will be a head?Besides, given an example, in the future, other families will rely on their children to study and do nothing to come to him to receive money?Just as he was pondering over what to say, Jia Chi said, "Speaking of which, Brother Zhen, I don't know if all the family property of our Bafang family has been handed over to you. Where did all that money go? After the calculation, there are so many people in our clan who have no land to live in, but the houses in the clan are crowded with hundreds of irrelevant relatives; besides Rui Geer, there are also several people who should be studying at home seriously, but they have no money , you can’t study cleanly in the school; there are dozens of errands that can earn hundreds of taels of silver a year, and now they are in the hands of relatives with other surnames.”

Jia Zhen froze, and wondered why Jia Chi had the guts to ask him about these things?He laughed and said, "Uncle can't see how much money is used to repair the ancestral hall and the cemetery every year. Besides, every year in the family school, each family's wedding and funeral, which time have I given less money?"

Jia Fu wondered, "Aren't those duties? Brother Zhen, even after spending so much money, the clan's annual income is still relatively good."

"That's right, that's right, I heard Brother Yun call your housekeeper, Grandpa Lai Er, the previous one. It's really against the sky! After all, it's the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, and the servants of Ningguo Mansion don't care about it." Treat us as human beings," Jia Chi said.

Jia's mother and Jia Zheng saw that something was wrong, and suspected that Jia Lian's ambition was to become the head of the Jia family. The mother and son looked at each other, knowing that Jia Zhen would not be able to suppress Jia Lian. The other will suffer, so both of them pretended to be stupid and didn't say a word.

But it turns out that Jia Fu, Jia Chi and others got a lot of benefits from Jia Lian during the New Year, and their nephews got errands in Jia Lian's hands. There was a faint shadow, and just now I heard Jia Lian say that he refused to take care of him because he was not the patriarch. How could he not know what he meant.

There is a saying that eats people with soft mouths and short hands. Jia Fu, Jia Chi, etc. weighed it a little bit, and because of the sentence "man dies for wealth, bird dies for food", they are determined to support Jia Lian.

Jia Zhen was stunned, gritted her teeth in her heart, and secretly vowed to kill Jia Fu when she went back. She suddenly thought, everyone knows that Jia Lian is the filial son hand-picked by the Supreme Emperor, and she can't compare to him in terms of fame; In terms of money, I can't compare with him; in terms of title, he is third rank, while Jia Lian is still first rank. Suddenly, cold sweat broke out on his back, and the corners of his eyes twitched non-stop, knowing that these poor relatives who were useless in the past are now I just felt that Jia Lian took advantage of the loopholes when I was thinking about how to get money from Lai's second-hand, lest the family property would fall into Jia Lian's hands, he hurriedly said: "That year, one or two hundred taels of silver, I... ..."

"What are you two talking about? I forgot who gave you rice, meat, and vegetables for the New Year's Eve?" Jia Daixiu of the pro-Ning faction shouted angrily, trembling with his withered body.

Jia Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, he did not do this for nothing, and there are many people who support him.

"Just give some rice, why don't the nephews of the clan take errands? Don't they even understand that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish? Besides, as the head of the clan, he watched the turmoil in the school. It's outrageous, the relatives in the clan are so poor that they can't get rid of it, and the servants of the family step on the nephew in the clan, is there any reason for Brother Zhen?" Jia Chi sneered.

Jia Zhen hurriedly went to see Jia Mu and Jia Zheng. Seeing that they were silent, she hurriedly said to Jia Dairu, "Grandpa, please say something."

Before Jia Dairu opened his mouth, Jia Chi, Jia Fu and others said one after another: "Our third house is with brother Lian, and I asked brother Lian to be the head of the clan because of the unreasonable chaos in the clan, and lead the family. Let the three of us go out." After that, he brought five, six, seven and three of the three to kneel down and plead with Jia Lian.

Jia Zhen was taken aback for a moment, thinking that what Jia Lian was playing was the "yellow robe plus body" trick!

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