Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

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By the end of the year, Jia Zhenjia Rong was convicted.Filial piety was charged with luring the sons of the aristocratic family to gather people to gamble.There were also illegal things such as condoning evil slaves to seize land and so on. The crimes were accumulated and sentenced to exile, and both father and son lived on the edge for ten years.

Jia Zhenjiarong was not found guilty of taking a living person or wife by force, and forcing her to death because of her refusal to comply.Xue's family presented the document that Mrs. You agreed to marry the second wife, but it was actually after the divorce date that Zhang's family sued.Mrs. You was reprimanded in class for disliking the poor and loving the rich.

The Xue family handed over the three evil servants who had killed Feng Yuan in Jinling. Xue Pan was charged with slavery and murder, and was sentenced to five years in exile.

Xia Jingui beat up Second Sister You, causing her to have a miscarriage, then committed suicide in grief and indignation, and spent ten years on the sidelines.

After the verdict came down, Jia Lian sighed infinitely and whispered to Sister Feng, "What do you think Brother Zhen and Rong'er are thinking? They dragged the money from the court and refused to return it. When the saint ransacked his house, he took it back. There are also those who keep filial piety." Thing, the censor has so many eyes staring at him, why is he still gathering people to gamble? The good job is gone, how can I be worthy of my ancestors." Then he touched his heart and said: "Feng'er, you said that second sister You, ah, I will go to Ning When the family condolences, she can come to Jia Zhen's study. It is not easy to say that she is a good person. Thanks to you reminding me repeatedly, otherwise I would have to replace the big fool Xue. "

Jia Lian recited it several times at home, and then ordered the servants, servants, and even Zhuangzi and shops everywhere, for fear that someone who did something illegal would be blamed on himself.

Jia Lian acted cautiously, which reassured Zhang Yu and Cheng Yin a lot.Even so, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Xu would still come to each of Xiumu to teach their brothers to read, to check their homework, and so on.

After Xue Pan was sentenced to exile, Aunt Xue brought Baochai to express her thanks, and said that after Xue Pan left Beijing, she would bring Xue Ke, Baochai, and Baoqin back to Jinling.Baoqin married Mei Hanlin's family when she was young, and she was past the age of marriage, but Mei Hanlin's family just didn't come to marry her.Xue Biao sent his younger sister to Beijing, so he knew that Mei Hanlin's family had been released. Seeing that Mei's family was like this, Xue Biao broke off the engagement with Mei's family.

Aunt Xue bid farewell to Mrs. Wang and wanted to take Baochai back to Jinling. How could Mrs. Wang be willing to let Aunt Xue leave?Aunt Xue wondered: "Sister, it's been so many years, let's just forget about it."

Mrs. Wang was not reconciled, she took Baochai's hand, and said how much she loved Baochai, Baochai withdrew her hand, saluted Mrs. Wang, then turned and went back to the inner room.

Aunt Xue was moved by Mrs. Wang's heart-to-heart words, and she only said: "Sister, you also know that my Baochai has always had a chest. Shouldn't this be a marriage?"

Aunt Xue sent Mrs. Wang away and went in to look for Baochai, but she saw her daughter sitting upright with a frozen expression.Aunt Xue accompanied Xiaoxin and said: "My son, your brother has gone thousands of miles away, and you are the only one left by mother's side. Seeing that Xiangling is useless, everyone in the Xia family has sent them away again. The days are getting quieter day by day, but it's also getting more and more panicky. It's all the demons of the Xia family, and they have lived a good life like this."

"Mom, don't just blame the daughter of the Xia family. If my brother didn't want to be strong in Jinling and beat Mr. Feng to death, where did this exile come from?"

Aunt Xue said awkwardly, "It's Xiangling's fault." She stopped talking, what's wrong with Xiangling? !Alas, it's all my own evil obstacles, and I'm used to wanting the wind to catch the wind, and the rain to catch the rain.She didn't want Xue Pan's temperament to want whatever he wanted, it was her doting.

Aunt Xue was silent for a while, and then she started talking to Baochai about Baoyu's marriage, "My son, you see that your aunt is so sincere, shall we wait in the capital? There is nothing to rely on when we go back to Jinling."

Baochai knew that her mother had always been soft-hearted, so she changed her mind again, and she must have persuaded her aunt again, "Mom, you only said that my aunt is sincere, why don't you ask my aunt to get back tens of thousands of silver years ago? Let’s say it’s for my brother’s exile, let’s see what my aunt says.”

Seeing Aunt Xue nodding, Baochai talked to Aunt Xue about future arrangements. "Second elder brother is a sensible person. In the future, I will rely on second elder brother for family matters. Mom might as well discuss the family affairs with second elder brother. If I can earn money, my elder brother will not suffer in exile."

Aunt Xue still didn't want to delegate power, so Baochai said earnestly: "Mom, although there are some old shopkeepers who are loyal, you still have to have people from your own family to visit them on a daily basis. The business in Jinling is managed by the family. In this capital, we It's not good for mother and daughter to go out often to check, or you will have to have the second brother. After all these years, Mom still has to trust the second brother."

Aunt Xue handed over all the affairs of the shop in the capital to Xue Biao as she said.The brand of Huangshang was taken off, and some shops had to close because of the loss of business.Xue Biao came in to ask Baochai what he meant. After the brothers and sisters discussed for a while, except for a few profit-making shops, all of them were closed at the end of the year. Several old shopkeepers negotiated, and only kept some honest and hard-working guys. The boys and guys who messed around with Xue Pan all day long were dismissed, and all the dead ones were sold far away.After the Xue family was rectified, it became clear again.

Aunt Xue went to ask Mrs. Wang for the money she owed, "Sister, I know you don't have much money, but sister, I..." Aunt Xue couldn't continue.She has always lent money to others, why would she come to ask for it like this.But what my daughter said, it would be nice to get back tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands.

Mrs. Wang looked at Aunt Xue with a straight face, pursed her mouth and did not speak, Aunt Xue had no choice but to bite the bullet, and continued as Baochai taught, "In order to make up for the expenses of that evil person on the road, my sister used some jewelry as Yes. You know my Baochai, I don’t like these things on weekdays, and now I regret why I didn’t buy more things at the beginning, and now it’s just some money.”

Mrs. Wang still remained silent, and Aunt Xue said cruelly: "Sister, no matter what is good or bad, you have to collect tens of thousands for me so that I can take it with Pan'er." Then Aunt Xue sat holding a teacup, occasionally He looked up at Mrs. Wang.

After a long time, Mrs. Wang said: "Sister, alas." Seeing that Aunt Xue didn't answer, Mrs. Wang turned around and went to the inner room, and then took out a purse, "Sister, this is Zhuangzi. The shop only sent 3000 taels. You can take it." Give it to Pan'er first, and I'll raise the rest."

Aunt Xue took the purse and took it back to Baochai. Baochai sneered, "Mom, it seems that there are only 3000 taels out of the hundreds of thousands. If you don't believe me, I will go tomorrow. Auntie must have a headache. If Mom goes every day , before the Chinese New Year, the daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law of the Jia family will show their faces to my mother."

Seeing that her mother still didn't believe her, Baochai didn't say much.In my mother's life, she was a young girl in her natal family, and her family loved her blindly; when she married Xue's family, her father doted on her.

Send the servant girl to ask Xue Biao to come over when she comes back at night.When he saw Xue Biao, he told him carefully to take back the only three-entry yard in the inner city of his house, tidy it up, and prepare to move in a few days.Xue Biao is also a sensible person, and he followed his father to travel all over the world, so he understands what happened.Baochai said again: "The account will be closed in the future, and the money will be handed over to me." Xue Biao nodded and agreed.

Sure enough, Aunt Xue went to Mrs. Wang's place the next day, and Mrs. Wang had a headache and lay on the bed just oops.Caiyun took the prescription and asked Aunt Xue if the Xue family had these medicines.Aunt Xue took the prescription and saw that there were several precious medicinal materials such as Gastrodia elata and Eucommia on it, and the ginseng was still 30 years old. She was a little worried. These medicinal materials added up to more than 3000 taels of silver.She shied away and said go back and have a look, and then talk back.

While seeing Aunt Xue off, Caiyun was talking about his wife's severe headache, no good medicine, and fear that she might not be able to make friends easily, etc.

With one deep foot and one shallow foot, Aunt Xue was supported by Tong Xi and went back to the north courtyard where she was staying. When she saw Baochai, she shed tears, "My son, your aunt, aunt...", tears fell like rain.

Baochai knew that Aunt Xue would come back after hitting a soft nail, but she didn't expect to cry when she came back.Tongxi asked Baochai for a list of medicinal materials from Aunt Xue, and then hurriedly told Baochai about going to see Mrs. Wang.Tong Gui twisted the handkerchief for Aunt Xue to wipe her face, and Tong Xi made tea for Aunt Xue.

Seeing her mother drinking tea, Baochai regained her composure, pinched the list, and said softly and skillfully, "What does Mom think? Auntie feels sorry for the 3000 taels of silver. I'm afraid Mom sent these medicinal materials, and there will be more money later." What about borrowing money?"

"But your aunt has no good medicinal materials, how can she get well soon."

Baochai threw all the maids out, and took Aunt Xue's hand, "Mom, is there anyone in this world who is closer to you than brother?"

Aunt Xue shook her head.

Baochai went on to say, "To my aunt, there is no one in this world who is closer than Baoyu and her. It is Lan'er, the rich sister-in-law. Mom said, can she be closer than Baoyu?"

Aunt Xue still shook her head.

"Mom and I went to Sister Feng's place that day. Remember what Sister Feng said. Yingchun is Concubine Shu, and she gave birth to a prince. She can't speak in front of a saint. The money my aunt borrowed from Concubine Xiande will not be left to Baoyu. , will it be returned to Mom?"

Aunt Xue said, "It took a lot of money to repair the garden, so where is the rest?"

"This is to deceive outsiders." Baochai settled the accounts for Aunt Xue bit by bit, "It doesn't cost money to repair the garden. This is in the capital, where the land occupies most of the land. The garden is only three and a half acres in size. , Most of the courtyards built were made of wood and stones that were demolished from the original East Courtyard, that is, the Taihu stones that were piled up in the rockery in the Yihong Courtyard, and they were also from the small garden of the East Courtyard. Even adding some materials is limited.”

"Also, that Lin Zhixiao was used by the old man, not as good as the one from the Lai family. It was made by the old lady, and no one dared to provoke or refute it. The old man sent the Lai family to prison, and the butler Lin just stretched out his hand. When it comes to the money for repairing the garden, there is an old man here, so he is not so courageous. Mom, I just saw that Butler Wu returned to the Hou Mansion after repairing the garden, and I knew that the Jia family said that there were two branches, but brothers , how can it be broken cleanly. With the old man there, the yard will not cost hundreds of thousands. I am afraid that there is still more money from the money Mom sent."

"How could it be? There are so many ornaments, calligraphy and paintings in the yard, but they are all genuine."

"Mom, three years ago, when the Zhang family came to ask for the dowry of Lian's second elder brother's mother, my aunt took away some things in the garden. At this time last year, when the sage came to collect the property of the Lin family, almost all the things in the garden were taken back. After that , the old lady never said that the girl's house should be more beautiful. Mom remembers?"

Aunt Xue sighed, and Baochai also sighed, "Mom insists on sending the medicinal materials there. From now on, I will hand over all the money settled at home and on the cabinet to my daughter. When my brother comes back in the future, Mom must leave something for him to survive. Mom's private house key is also If you give it to me, you can get it from me if you want to use it. Mom is still in charge of the house, and no one will wrong mom.”

Aunt Xue hesitated, her sister has always been good to her, so this medicinal material still needs to be given away.Think about it and say to Baochai: "My son, your aunt is very sick. If your aunt borrows money or asks for something after delivering the medicinal materials, I will give it to you as you said."

After the mother and daughter discussed it properly, Aunt Xue sent Tonggui and Yinger to deliver the medicinal materials that night.