Through the Ring of Red Mansions

Jia Huan thought that he had never had much contact with Jia Lian and Jia Zhen and other gangs, and there was the matter of Mrs. Xing mentioned by Tanchun earlier, so he concluded that Jia Lian was still doing the same thing, and he was about to leave. The son was extremely soft and clingy, so he begged Jia Huan to go there in fear, and said, "Master Huan must also know what happened to our second master. Now the whole family is inseparable. I can't invite the third master Huan to go, the second master is afraid that the younger one will have to be beaten to death. The younger one has heard that the third master Huan is the most kind-hearted and sympathetic to the servants, and now I only ask the third master Huan to save the younger one. Fate..." After finishing speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed, and looked at Mo Yan eagerly.

Mo Yan couldn't bear Sheng'er's poor image, and he couldn't make decisions for Jia Huan, so he looked at Jia Huan with both eyes.

Jia Huan said with a smile, "Look at what you said, you are going to call Lian's second brother a man-eating tiger, so I'll go over there, and you can get up."

Sheng'er happily kowtowed to Jia Huan and got up, with a smile on his face, how could he still have the pitiful look just now, and flattered Jia Huan and Mo Yan in a soft voice, Jia Huan nodded in his heart and said , it's rare that Linglong's mind is strange, it's strange that he has to work hard for a while, and coaxes the ink inkstone, which has never been profitable, into pleading for him.

After entering Jia Lian's study, Jia Huan really understood what the meaning of the word "distress" Sheng'er said on the way here.

It is only said that Jia Lian is the grandson of the eldest son of Rongfu, but there is no expensive calligraphy and painting in the outer study room. There is only a calligraphy on the south wall of Lu Wenfei, a not-so-famous scholar in the dynasty, and a picture on the side wall. The name of the grape rack sketch, Jia Huan has never heard of it.Then there are no playthings in the house, and the Duobaoge is empty, but one or two pots of scenery are placed for decoration.

Jia Lian still looks like a white-faced boy, wearing a somewhat crumpled sapphire blue shirt, but now he can't see the greasy hair and pink face, he just feels very haggard and desolate.

Jia Huan couldn't help saying, "Second Brother Lian is so quiet here."

Jia Lian didn't know what he meant, so he said with a wry smile, "My good brother, stop making fun of me, it's better to hang yourself with a rope!"

Jia Huan hurriedly said, "How did Brother Lian say such a thing?! This is really a slip of the tongue."

Jia Lian waved his hands and said, "Brother Huan, brother knows that you are different from us since you were a child, and you can really achieve great things. Now I won't tell you those nonsense, just get straight to the point. As long as you are willing now Give brother a hand, and from now on, I, Lian Er, will take brother Huan as my leader!!"

Jia Huan listened to the sound, and it didn't seem like he and Mrs. Xing were on the same road, because he asked, "What do you mean? If it happened a while ago, wouldn't it all be over? What else is there to worry about, Brother Lian? "

Jia Lian sighed, "It's not that easy. You don't know how big the deficit is..."

While Raja Huan sat down and didn't care about serving tea, he said, "Needless to mention the shortfalls accumulated in the public office over the years, our family will fill in millions of taels of silver for a single empress to visit relatives and build the Grand View Garden. These are all from the mansion, and it’s not my business to spread them out anyway. The most annoying thing is that those slaves who were under the ground didn’t have enough money to make people slaughter fat sheep. It was a good time, and now I have lost it all, and I started a business with Brother Xue again, and I have lost nothing. I haven’t seen a single bit of those profits these years. To plug the deficit in the mansion, not only your sister-in-law's dowry was put in, but also my Zhuangzi shops were sold at a loss, and there was a famine of 5 to [-] taels. I dare not let others know, I just ask brother Huan to help my brother, and I will miss you even after I die."

Jia Huan asked strangely, "Didn't you say that the second wife and Lian's second sister-in-law only received half of the dowry each? Where did Lian's second brother come to the situation you mentioned?"

Jia Lian nodded and said, "It's because the old lady took pity on us. Anyway, she knows that your sister-in-law has put a lot of effort into the family and left us with nothing. It's just the second wife... Hmph, you think she is innocent and betrayed your sister-in-law. Are you tired? It’s only reasonable to turn this matter over. Of course, my bastard wife doesn’t know how to commit suicide, and the second wife is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Who should we turn to for reasoning?”

Jia Lian didn't shy away from giving away money for profit, and said, "It's okay to tell you now. You will know that I am sincerely begging you. Do you think our family has millions of spare money to repair the garden? That's it." Qiao Zong'er got a total of 2608 million taels of silver, some of which were banknotes and other things. The second wife didn't let the old lady know, so she picked up 100 million taels, and we also took 80 taels. Passed by Ming Lu Erxiu's family-bestowing villa at the old lady's side."

As soon as Jia Huan heard it, he knew that it was the money of Sister Lin's family, and he heard Jia Lian continue, "The money was not enough later, and we added 40 to [-] yuan from us one after another. There is a group of ancestors living in the family. Later, just a few younger sisters went to live in the garden and bought new furniture and things. The second wife just didn’t move anything like a Buddha. Your sister-in-law took some of the other money The interest was released, but when the incident happened, I didn’t even return the money. When the owner of the money came to ask for the debt, the old lady paid half of your sister-in-law’s dowry in order to explain it to someone, and the old lady also posted some money. My own private house. The second wife? The second wife took the account book for repairing the garden, and also said how much her own money had been added to the garden, and how much it had been spent in the palace for those who welcomed and sent to the palace, and there was another empress in the palace. According to her, there is no money left for how much the rewarder has opened up with the masters and ladies, how much do you think she is worth if she takes half of the dowry?!"

Jia Huan said, "Are you coaxing me? Didn't you say that seventy-eight out of ten of the capital was returned? The second wife of Kuang would do this, and you wouldn't follow her too. How could you be so stupid that you really emptied yourself?"

Jia Lian stood up anxiously and said, "If I say a half-truth, it will be thunderous! And the seventy-eight out of ten is just a good calculation. After all, less than 2% of the return is less than [-]%. Naturally, I will hand it back to the public. Yes. If the previous incident happened to me, don’t you need me and your sister-in-law to take care of it? Therefore, the half of the dowry that the old lady left to your sister-in-law has not been retained, and there is still a shortfall of more than [-] taels. We only have the two Zhuangzi that your sister-in-law married as a dowry left in our hands, and we can't touch them, otherwise the Wang family will know that we have something to do."

Jia Huan clapped his hands and said, "That's right! Why doesn't Lian's second sister-in-law ask the second wife for some money? They are all from the Wang family, and they are relatives!"

Jia Lian sneered, "How do you know you didn't go?!"

Jia Huan was taken aback, and pretended to sigh, "Is that so?...It's too cruel."

Jia Lian said with a sullen face, "Don't mention that old man again! Poor my bastard wife, I have been with her wholeheartedly for so long, and now I know, it's too late. Now the whole family depends on the empress, after all, the Wang family also does the same. So what can we do. So you said why I was so angry at the beginning and wanted to divorce your sister-in-law, but now she is not doing well, so I thought about it carefully, after all, she is the most pitiful one here. "

Seeing Jia Huan laughing, Jia Lian sighed, "I know what you're laughing at, I think your sister-in-law deserves it." Jia Huan hurriedly said no, Jia Lian ignored him, and said to himself, "We are the same age. We just got married, and the eldest wife was not close to us. Sister Feng felt that the second wife was an aunt after all, and treated us well, so she listened to her instigation, left the decent old lady, and came to hang out with her. Regardless of Brother Huan Believe it or not, the conscience of heaven and earth, at the beginning Sister Feng gave out profit money, it was really to supplement the expenses of the public, and she had a strong temper, she was pushed by the second wife with a few nice words, and she couldn't get off the shelf. Fangli did come back quickly, and it was only then that the lard was blinded, and I had thoughts that should not have been born!! She cried with me later, and I realized the reason. I have never been that careful, so she didn’t tell me, If I had known earlier, this would not have happened today. It’s just these words, I’ll just tell you.”

Jia Huan saw that what he said was serious, although some of it was not true, for example, if he had known that Sister Feng gave away money for profit, and said "there is no such thing as today", that is really not necessarily the case.So after thinking about it, he said with a smile, "Second brother Lian looks like a sensible person now, and he opened his mouth to me again, maybe I really can't push it away, and I understand what you mean, you are thinking that even if you give up your face and go back to the Wang family Borrowing money is just to make up the debt, but all your savings are gone, isn't it? So you want to find a way to make money from me and start all over again?"

Jia Lian nodded quickly and said, "Exactly. I've been rambling on for a long time just because of Brother Huan's words. After all, Brother Huan understands better than me!"

Jia Huan smiled, "It's not impossible, but you know, there are a lot of people in the whole family who are staring at my little business. Recently, the eldest wife just asked my aunt to talk about it. I don't know if it's because of the second brother Lian. This issue."

Jia Lian was startled, and smiled wryly, "How can she still think about us in this situation?"

Jia Huan said quickly, "I'd better go back and think about it first, but second brother Lian, don't worry, I will agree to your matter today."

Originally when Jia Huan said he was going to leave, Jia Lian changed his face a little, but now he was relieved after hearing this, and bowed to Jia Huan again, "Brother Huan, based on your words, our husband and wife will be sent by you from now on, and we will never leave." Disobedience!"

When the two of them finished talking, Jia Lian wanted to stay with Jia Huan for dinner. Jia Huan only said that it was too late to go out of the city, so he took the inkstone and left.

In the afternoon of the next day, another boy came to Jia's mansion to deliver a post, saying, "Today, the old lady picked up Miss Shi, and the girls and Master Bao did a good poem again, and I even asked Miss Shi to do it tomorrow." Dong Daoer invited a company to write a post for Mr. Huan."

When Mo Yan heard about it, he said, "You're starting a company again, so you went to the restaurant to get some dried fruits and snacks to take?"

Jia Huan said with a smile, "Of course someone will buy some good food tomorrow, why bring those?" After thinking about it, he asked, "Are there any fresh big crabs in the restaurant?"

Mo Yan said, "Now is the time to eat crabs. We don't have anything there. Of course there are big crabs."

On the other hand, Qing Xiao said from the side, "I have to ask someone to find out."

After a long time, the person who went to inquire came back and reported, "There are fresh fat and fat crabs from the lake on our own village. One is good enough to sink to six or seven. I can eat it as I want. That’s fine, and there are sea crabs shipped in frozen, which are not as fresh as lake crabs.”

Jia Huan then said, "That's also very convenient. Moyan doesn't have to wait for me outside the garden tomorrow, so he can drop by to send a letter to Long Si, and say that I'll be the day after tomorrow... just the day after tomorrow, and ask him to eat a big crab. He won't have time, so let me know as soon as possible." Mo Yan answered from the side without mentioning it.