[Red Mansion] Master Jia

The silver warehouse of Rongguo Mansion is on the left side of the main building, Rongxi Hall. There is a small yard there. The black tung oil door is locked tightly. Occasionally, the small corner door on the side is opened, and only some old things, porcelain, Cloth or something, used to reward people or fill the loss in the house.

And the wives of each house in the mansion also have a large room, which is used to store their own body and dowry, jewelry, clothing materials, pressed silver, etc., only the silver and things in the palace and the rewards above exist. This black tung throttle is in the small courtyard.The keys to the gate and the corner gate of this small courtyard are in Mrs. Wang's hands, and the old lady also has a copy.

Jia She and his son didn't have a chance to go in. Jia She was worried about the steps of setting fire for a while, and had no idea at all, so he simply became the shopkeeper and left a sentence of "do whatever you like" to his son.

Jia Lian didn't mind.He was just using Jia Amnesty. When the warehouse caught fire and the money was revealed, someone had to stand up and say no.

He rubbed his fingers with his right hand. Two sets of moon-white gowns and light-colored gowns had been driven out by the needleworker in the past two days. The men of the Jia family also prefer bright colors, so when Jia Lian put on the new clothes, his whole body Up and down looked even more chic and coquettish, even Wang Xifeng stared straight at him, wishing he could quickly move from the study back to their yard.

But Jia Lian ignored Wang Xifeng's several hints, and Wang Xifeng himself felt ashamed after the number of times, so he said nothing with a cold face, but there were more and more boys and girls poking their heads outside the study door outside the East Garden. Jia Lian was very worried.In fact, ever since An'er was kicked out to marry, the maids were very law-abiding, and they didn't dare to think about Lian's second master for a while.

Jia Lian was walking in the garden, gradually heading towards the Rongxi Hall. When he passed by the warehouse, he glanced at the little maid who was hiding behind a tree. The person from the second room must be present to set the fire so that others have nothing to say.

By chance, Mrs. Wang's companion, Mrs. Zhou Rui's family, came over and greeted Jia Lian.

"Who is this for?" Jia Lian glanced at the tray in her hand, on which were several palace flowers.

"It's about to be sent to the second grandma. This is the rest of the concubine's family's tribute to the palace. The mistresses in the mansion also have a share, a total of twelve."

Jia Lian picked up one, and the palace flowers were exquisite. Zhou Rui's family was still very respectful to Jia Lian, and stood and waited.

There was a smile on the corner of his lips, and Jia Lian let go of Zhou Rui's family, but he seemed to smell something, snuffed his nose, looked around, and then looked at the dark gate.

Zhou Rui's family also stretched her neck to look over, couldn't help but slapped her thigh with an "Oops!", the tray in her hand was naturally unsteady, and fell to the ground with a bang, she shouted: "It's on fire! The warehouse is on fire!"

At this time, she didn't care about Gong Hua either, calling for people to come over to put out the fire.

Jia Lian stood on the spot, watching the palace flowers scattered on the ground being accidentally trampled by the passers-by, the gleam in his eyes flickered, and his legs supported him weakly.

His current magic power is low, and he was inspired by the Western Fantasy novels on the server to cast a fire spell. After all, the magic in Orpheus, even a fire spell and a water spell, require a lot of magic power. Of course, this "no Fei" is only for him now.

The spell he just cast was a type of fire spell, and the fire was not so easy to extinguish.Jia Lian had no expression on his face, watching the panic in Rongguo Mansion, from the master to the servants, everyone was in a hurry, running around like flies splashing water to put out the fire.

Both Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng came over at this time. If Jia's mother was not old, she would have flown over too.After all, this is the treasury of the public house, which contains all the belongings of the Rongguo Mansion, and the most important thing is the silver deposits and imperial gifts.

"What's the matter?" Jia Zheng asked anxiously. "Why did it go into the water?"

Jia Amnesty pretended to be angry, began to curse, and even kicked some of the slow-running servants a few times, then turned his head and secretly gave Jia Lian a look.

The corner of Jia Lian's mouth moved, Jia Amnesty understood, hehe, boy, well done!

This warehouse is on fire, so we have to put out the fire, and when the fire is over, we have to check the warehouse.

Why didn't I realize that Lian'er was so smart before.

Jia Amnesty clicked his tongue twice in a smug manner, and then coughed seriously, restraining his expression, but fortunately no one around noticed.

... The fire came out of nowhere, and it burned so wickedly that it lasted for a long time.

At this moment, Mother Jia came tremblingly, and she was a little frightened.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng hurried over to help her. Mother Jia looked at the burning warehouse, her eyes were blurred with tears, but after all, she had experienced the world and forced herself to let Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng organize people to move out the warehouse. You have to count carefully to see what has been burned.

Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng were sweating from their work, and Mrs. Xing wanted to help. Of course, she wanted to see how many good things Jia's house had in storerooms, but Mrs. Jia didn't give her this chance, and asked Mrs. Xing to wait by her side. she.

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Two hours later, the things in the warehouse were probably sorted out, Jia Lian glanced at Jia She, Jia She understood, it was time for him to appear.

"Mother, how much money is missing?"

"Just think about money!" Mother Jia was annoyed and hated her son for being stupid.

"Brother, it doesn't matter if the silver is burned." Jia Zheng pointed out that the silver can be recast after burning, and the elder brother has even forgotten this.

Jia She chuckled twice, "I'm not nervous. Mother, let's count them. If any other cloth is burned, it will be burned. Money is nothing."

Mrs. Wang was in a trance, and her face turned pale.

"Oh, that's right. There are still gifts from the emperor, but they are damaged?" Jia She then asked his daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng found two iron boxes, and heaved a sigh of relief, "They are all here. Fortunately, the boxes are made of cast iron, and they are stored in the innermost part."

Jia Amnesty also breathed a sigh of relief, if it was accidentally damaged, although it would not result in a punishment, it would be troublesome anyway, and he had to report it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He couldn't help but praise Lian'er in his heart that he handled things properly.

Jia Lian actually didn't think of this. Although he has memories, he still has a slight cultural gap with the people here.

Wang Xifeng ordered someone to open the box and count the silver. Madam Wang suddenly said to Jiamu: "Old lady, I think there will be no shortage of silver. If you open the box..." She looked around at the maids and servants, and said: There are other fire emissaries and women.

Wealth is not revealed.

Mother Jia thought so too, and was about to agree with Mrs. Wang, Jia She couldn't help being vigilant. He paid attention to the meaning of what the second sister-in-law said, and hated her shameless, she must have emptied the money in the public treasury!Damn it!This business belongs to his master.

Therefore, he preempted the conversation and said, "Mother, let's count by ourselves, and let Lian'er and his daughter-in-law, who are young and capable, work harder. The second child and I will also help count, how much effort it takes to count the money." After finishing speaking, he He deliberately smiled at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang's heart skipped a beat.

"Boys, carry the rest of the boxes over there—" Jia Amnesty directed the people. There is a small yard next to the warehouse, which is usually not inhabited because it is too small and too old, and it has not been taken care of for a long time. However, it is enough to make a temporary warehouse at this time.

Jia She was busy working, and soon the silver box was moved into the house.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, Jia Mu was tired, and Jia She moved a chair before Jia Zheng, so that Jia Mu could rest.

Jia Zheng glanced at his elder brother in surprise, but Jia's mother didn't pay attention, her face was gloomy, thinking that she had to investigate how the fire started.

Facing more than twenty large boxes, Wang Xifeng asked Jia Mu for the key, and Jia Mu said to the mandarin duck beside her, "Go and get my key."

After a while, Yuanyang came back and handed the key to Sister Feng.

Wang Xifeng opened the locks one by one, and there was no one else in the house at this time except for the mandarin ducks that Jia's mother trusted.

Everyone was dazzled by the white flowers and golden silver at first, but almost all of them frowned afterwards.Because there were eleven or twelve chests that were half empty, there were silver chests, and there were gold chests.

Jia Mu's face was overcast, she only had the key to the box, but there was another person who had the key to the warehouse.She glared fiercely at Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang's face was pale, her forehead was dripping with sweat, her eyes were vacant, and the collar on the back of her neck was soaked with sweat.

Once Jia She looked at her expression, he knew that his son was not jealous of a gentleman with a villain's heart, silver or gold, there must be less.

Several people counted together, including the gold counts, they counted out a total of about 50 taels of silver.

"I remember that when the warehouse was handed over to you, these twenty or so boxes were all sealed. They said that they must not be moved, and they should be carefully guarded. Are you right?" Jia Mu asked, as if A big rock hit Mrs. Wang's chest.

She couldn't help suffocating, and groaned for a while.

"There's a total of 80 taels of silver in it!" Mother Jia took a breath, "That's the root of our Jia family."

Jia She and Jia Lian were both surprised when they heard this. Jia Lian was better, but Jia She didn't want to quit: "Mother, there is so much money in our house. Why didn't you tell your son about it?"

Mother Jia gave him a blank look, she didn't have time to talk to the elder son who was just picking money for nothing, so she continued to question Mrs. Wang.

"Ms. Wang, is this how you manage the warehouse? Where did all the money go?" The more Jia Mu scolded her, the more her face turned red with anger, and Yuanyang quickly gave her relief. "Ah! Tell me! Tell me, this old woman, how you untied the seal on the silver box, and how you stuck it on... Tell me exactly!"

"This...money has been spent on daily expenses...Old lady, you also know that life in our mansion has become more and more difficult in recent years. We have been living beyond our means for a long time." Mrs. Wang argued strongly.

"Kneel down! It's not that hard. It's not so hard that you're a thief to pry the box!" Seeing her stubbornness, Jia's mother couldn't help but deeply regret marrying such a fool for her second child. "Do you think my old woman is confused? Difficult? Hmph, so difficult that you spent 30 taels of silver? Tell me, whose wife can spend so much? Ah? Tell me!"

Jia Mu's voice was as cold as ice, and every sentence hit the point. Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore, Mrs. Wang's knees softened and she plopped on her knees, but she was not reconciled.If the storeroom hadn't caught fire, who would have known...who would have known...when the old lady kicked her legs, the entire Rongguo Mansion would not belong to her Baoyu.

She is not reconciled!

Jia's mother was not wordy, and when she was young, she was also decisive, and immediately asked someone to copy the private treasury where Mrs. Wang kept her dowry. Sure enough, she found gold and silver worth several 10 taels there, and the quality was exactly the same as here.

"Second brother, since you married into our Jia family, have we lost money to you or lacked your food and drink? Why...how are you so greedy! You are so greedy!"

Mother Jia was so angry that she trembled.Jia Zheng knelt down and couldn't help crying: "Mother, take care of yourself. My child, I'm going to give up this outrageous greedy fool!"