The Bandit Gentleman of the Red Chamber

Rongguofu.

Today, all the worthy masters of Jia's mansion gathered in the Rongqing Hall where Jia's mother lived.Jia's mother sat in the main seat, and the second room of the eldest room was one on the left and the other on the right, which was very clearly separated.

The reason for the gathering of the masters of the Jia family is very simple. Their family still owes 280 million taels of snowflake silver to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Although most of the money owed by the Jia family is because the Jia family borrowed it to pick up the driver when they were still in Jinling, and it did not belong to the group that borrowed money after the decree was made the year before last, but now it is rumored in Beijing that they will not repay the loan. People will be ransacked too!In addition, Lin Chen kindly sent someone over to tell the Jia family that Prince Zhongheng would personally visit the defaulting family as a "guest".Mother Jia was naturally frightened, so she gathered the juniors together today and said that she would pay back the money she owed.

But no one is willing to do things that require money, and the big and second rooms have recently been confronting each other fiercely. At this time, everyone practiced closed-mouthed meditation together, and everyone was silent.

Seeing that the atmosphere was very gloomy, Jia's mother had no choice but to speak first: "I called you here today, just to ask, what rules do you have in mind for the money our family owes to the household department?"

Jia Amnesty said indifferently: "In the mansion, the public house has always been a second-bedroom family. The son doesn't have a key to the warehouse, and he doesn't even know how much money is in the account. How can there be any regulations?"

Because he was not favored by his mother since he was a child, Jia Amnesty has always been a little bit weird about Jia Zheng, the second brother who was put on the cusp of his mother's heart.This kind of yin and yang strangeness reached its peak after Jia Lian got the blue eyes of Prince Zhongdun. Recently, Jia Amnesty loves to sarcastically say a few words about the second wife, and then appreciate Jia Zheng's daring to be angry but dare not speak out.

Sure enough, Jia Zheng's face turned red with anger at what he said, and Jia's mother dared not scold Jia Amnesty for venting her anger on her son because of Prince Zhongdun's face, so she had to vent her anger on her daughter-in-law: "The second family, these You have been your housekeeper for a long time, so you can tell me too. How much money is in our family's cash account and how to pay it back, have you figured it out clearly?"

How could Mrs. Wang manage these things clearly? Besides, when she was a housekeeper, she was all focused on getting money from her small house, and she had long regarded everything in the public house as her own. She took money out to pay the debt, so how could she be willing.

But Mrs. Wang already had a way to deal with it. At this time, when Jia Mu asked, she rolled her eyes and said: "My daughter-in-law has been eating fast and reciting Buddha, and she is most unaccustomed to these things of being in charge of the family. The big and small things in the family have long been settled by Brother Feng." After the son came in, I handed it over to her. At this time, when the ancestor asked, the daughter-in-law didn't know anything."

Although Jia Lian and his wife have been helping the housekeeper of the second room all these years, they have to go through Mrs. Wang's hands first. At this time, Mrs. Wang pushed back and said that she didn't know anything, which is really shameless.Jia's mother also knew in her heart the twists and turns of the second child's family, but she really liked the second child, and Mrs. Wang had such a baby bump as Baoyu, so Jia's mother was not good enough to really make her difficult.

At this time, seeing Mrs. Wang leading the disaster to Jia Lian and his wife, Jia's mother sighed in her heart, but she still said, "Brother Feng, since the second wife has said so, you can also talk about it. Anyway, today No matter what, there must be a charter, the money our family owes to the household department, we can’t pay it back.”

Sister Feng is aware of Jia's mother's concerns, but she still feels chilled by being pushed out as a scapegoat without hesitation at this time.But all the elders in the room were waiting for her to reply, so Sister Feng simply stood up, first saluted Jia Mu and said: "I have been married for five years, and in the second year, the second wife enlarged the house. I was given the keys to the three storehouses of daily necessities, rice, oil and salt, and cups and bowls. I was also asked to take care of me as well as two shops on Yongle Street and two Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. I worry about the cost of food and clothing, up to the house and down to a piece of paper and a piece of grass. It's just that I always wait for the comprador to buy something and then send it out, but I never care about the payment of money on the account. The second wife has always been in charge of the comprador and the silver books in the palace, so I don't know how much silver there is in the palace."

What she said cleansed herself completely, and offended the second room thoroughly, not to mention Jia Zheng and his wife, even Li Wan's face was mostly darkened.

Sister Feng's words were not finished yet: "Second Master has run several horse farms for Qiantui in the past few years, and he has received some rewards from Qiantui. Now there is something at home, although we don't know how much money the father has, but we can I need to get some of my own silver. The second master took out all his savings over the years, and I used some dowry. A total of 50 taels of silver was collected. Don’t think too little of the old ancestors. We are young and can only afford it. That's it."

Of course, 50 taels is a lot, but compared to the Jia family's accounts, it is still a drop in the bucket.

Mrs. Wang was very surprised that Sister Feng could take out 50 taels of silver casually. She knew the shops and Zhuangzi she gave to Sister Feng. It is also impossible to collect enough 50 taels of silver to come out.But at this time, seeing Sister Feng took out 50 taels in one breath, Mrs. Wang still secretly laughed at her stupidity——50 taels of silver was given out as soon as she said it was, and there will be times when she will regret it in the future.

Seeing that Jia Lian and his wife took so much money out, Jia's mother was also very distressed. The two of them didn't have any incoming money at hand, so they didn't know how they got together 50 taels.

Now that Sister Feng has made her statement, Mother Jia, the old ancestor, can't be left behind. At this time, she also said: "The old man has nothing else, but I still have some money. I will also take 20 taels. I will make a few more at that time." Jewelry, you can also scrape together 30 taels of silver."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "It should be something that we juniors worry about. How can we work on mother and use mother's money?"

But Jia She said next to him, "Since the second brother loves the mother's money so much, how about letting the old lady's money go to the second brother?" He choked back.

After Jia She satirized his younger brother, he added in a very easy-going way: "I don't have much spare money, so I'll pawn off some of the antiques in the house and sell them to a few people, so I can scrape together 40 taels. "

It's not been a day or two since he has lost his mind, and he said it without any shyness.

But Jia Amnesty said that he would pay 40 taels, which was beyond Madam Wang's expectations. The people in the big house seemed to be richer than she imagined.

Seeing that Jia Zheng wanted to follow the big house and wanted to pay 40 taels of silver in one go, Mrs. Wang rushed in front of him and said, "We dare not stand shoulder to shoulder with the uncle, let alone the old lady, so we gave out 20 taels of silver." Bar."

Mrs. Xing sneered: "When it's time to pay the money, don't you dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with Da Fang?"

Mrs. Wang was shocked and angry, but she was really wrong.Besides, as long as you can save some money, saving some face is nothing.

Because sooner or later the big family will inherit the Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia also wanted to let the second family save more money and food, so as to avoid embarrassment in the future.So at this time, what Madam Wang said was so far-fetched, she didn't say anything more.

Jia Amnesty has long been used to his mother's eccentricity, and he doesn't care about it. He has other things to do today: "In this case, the old ancestor got 30 taels here, our first house is 90 taels, and the second house is 20 taels." Ten thousand taels, now a total of 140 million taels of silver has been collected. The remaining 140 million taels can be taken from the public.”

"No!" Mrs. Wang screamed.

When everyone looked at her, Mrs. Wang realized that she had lost her composure, her face was flushed red, and she had to bite the bullet and said, "It's not that Uncle's idea is wrong, but that Gongzhong... really I can't come up with so much money!"

"Oh, the father-in-law doesn't even have 140 million taels of silver?" Mrs. Xing smiled, "You might as well tell me, how much silver does our father-in-law have now?"

Today Mrs. Xing didn't know if she had eaten gunpowder, but she behaved like her master, always mocking and sarcastic towards the second room.

Madam Wang gritted her teeth, and reported a terribly low number: "20 taels."

"what?!"

"I mean, our father-in-law only has 20 taels of cash in cash."

"It's impossible..." Mrs. Xing wanted to speak, but Jia She gave her a stare and had to sit obediently.

Jia She said: "I remember that when Lian'er's mother, our family had more than 20 taels of silver ingots in the warehouse. Now it has only been a few years, and the entire account can only be sold for 20 taels." It's cash now. The second younger brother and sister, it's not that the uncle is talking about you, you, the housekeeper, are you too 'careful'?"

Jia Zheng was also taken aback by the figures reported by Mrs. Wang. Although he was not well versed in common affairs, he still had a certain understanding of his family's financial resources.Anyway, it's only 20 taels of silver, which is really unbelievable.

Mrs. Wang still clenched her mouth tightly and said stubbornly: "Uncle is not in charge of the family and doesn't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. There are more than 400 people in the mansion. How much does it cost to eat every day, and there are also human exchanges outside. , The clothes and jewelry of the masters are all money. Uncle also buys some small things like antique calligraphy and paintings with silver in the office from time to time, which is a waste of hundreds of thousands of silver! After spending like this, Even 1000 million taels of silver is not so expensive."

A few words actually made Jia She's extravagant and prodigal.

Instead of being angry, Jia She smiled: "Oh? If that's the case, the second younger sibling doesn't want to be in my family anymore? Coincidentally, I don't like my family always being run by outsiders. Since the second younger sibling doesn't like it either, Then, taking advantage of today's big guys being torn apart, how about we divide the family?"

This can be said to stir up a thousand layers of waves, the first room is full of anticipation when it hears it, and the second room is full of fear when it hears it.

How could Mother Jia get Jia She to "drive" her second son out of the house, and hurriedly scolded Jia She: "I'm still alive! You are an unfilial son who wants to separate the family. You are letting outsiders look at our house." It's a joke, it's going to piss off me, an old woman!"

Seeing that his mother was angry, Jia She quickly knelt down and said with tears in his eyes, "Mom also heard just now that the huge family property of our mansion has been handed over to the Second Household. It's only been a few years, and only one of them has been defeated by them." It’s an empty shell! They think well, they can get a little bit while they are still living in my house, anyway, if the empty shell falls down, it won’t hit them. But what about the son? What about Lian’er? Mother is in pain I have been the second son for the rest of my life, so I should love my son now anyway!"

He knew that what he said was serious and cruel, it was really unfilial.But when he thought that Jia's mother didn't really have any motherly affection for him, Jia Amnesty didn't have any psychological burden. According to what he had discussed with Jia Lian before, he cried and made trouble.Mrs. Xing and the others also knelt down with Jia She, and now they were crying and complaining, saying that the second wife had no filial piety and oppressed the eldest wife everywhere.It's very lively in Rongqing Hall at this moment.

The second room has long been frightened by such a battle. They thought that today was to discuss the matter of repaying the money to the household department. They were still thinking about how to pay less, but they didn't expect that the big room was waiting for them here. .

Jia's mother got a headache from the crying and crying of the big family's family. Jia Amnesty didn't know whether it was because of his ambition or what, but every sentence was vaguely accusing himself of being unkind. Jia's mother was so angry that his liver hurt. , I was trying to pretend to faint or something so that Erfang could escape.

But Jia She didn't want Jia She to stand up at this time, and said loudly: "The son knows that the mother loves the younger brother, and she will not agree to split the family no matter what. It doesn't matter. The son invited the elders and officials of the clan to come over today. , It is better to hit the sun than to choose the day, first hand over the property in the mansion, so as not to be confused by some people who are interested in money!"

Jia Mu was shocked and said, "How dare you!"

Jia Amnesty is really daring.

The elders of the clan and the witnesses were all invited to the side hall of Jia's mansion early in the morning. At this time, Jia Lian went out and brought them over in person, and brought over the accounting books in one go.When the outsider came, even if Mrs. Wang was reluctant, she could only hide behind the screen with Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng.

However, a group of people outside divided up the property right under Rongqingtang and Jia's mother's eyes.

According to the law of Dayong, both the ancestral property and the ancestral house belonged to the eldest son. Jia Zheng, as the second son, could only get the silver and other property on the public account, and he could only get 20% of it.It was supposed to be divided after checking the total amount of silver in the public book, but Mrs. Xing shouted from behind the screen: "The person in charge of the account book has said that there are only 20 taels of silver in total, so let's divide it according to [-] taels." .”

Those elders and petty officials didn't know what they were thinking, but Madam Xing just said that, and they actually followed suit.On the other hand, Jia's mother's accusation of being unfilial to the big house, not to mention the petty official, even the elders of the Jia's family seemed to have not heard it, and they still discussed things with Jia Amnesty calmly.

Jia's mother scolded for a while, but it didn't work, but she seemed to understand, pointing at Jia Lian and scolding: "I didn't expect it! Now don't talk about sons, even grandsons are filial! My own grandma is no longer in my eyes. Lian'er, you are really nice!"

Jia Lian hurriedly knelt down and said with tears: "My ancestors, please calm down. Lian'er knows that the crime is unforgivable, but the ancestors should also take a look at my old father and our family! If it weren't for the second aunt They forced them to have no place to stand in the mansion. How could Lian'er do such a rebellious thing? Lian'er originally recommended Baoyu to the prince, and the prince once said that his father violated filial piety. The ancestors Let's think about Baoyu's future instead of second uncle and aunt's reputation!"

As soon as this remark came out, let alone Jia's mother, even Jia Zheng was so angry that he pointed at Jia Lian and wanted to scold him.It's just that he is also an elderly person, and he rolled his eyes in a moment of panic, and passed out.

When Jia Zheng became dizzy, the second room was in a mess. Mrs. Wang came out from behind the screen to talk to Mi Ke. Mi Xiao. Yan Lun. Li Wan was also weeping silently at the side.

It's just that today, Mother Jia sent all the servants far away to discuss the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and even the mandarin ducks were dismissed by her. At this time, no matter how urgent Madam Wang shouted and cried, no one come over.

It was Jia Mu who felt sorry for her son and told Li Wan to call Yuanyang over, and Mrs. Wang helped Jia Zheng to rest in the green gauze cupboard, but she didn't say anything about calling for a doctor.Jia Zheng has not woken up, so Jia Mu has been guarding in the green gauze cabinet with Mrs. Wang.Seeing the unusual atmosphere today, Yuanyang didn't dare to speak, and just squeezed Jiamu's shoulders from the sidelines.

The whole family in Dafang seemed to have passed out without seeing the second master. The men were all outside discussing the separation of the family, while Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng listened behind the screen, interjecting a few words from time to time.As for Jia's mother, she didn't mention the matter of preventing the separation of the family at all, she just kept Jia Zheng's eyes closed and rested, and Mrs. Ren Wang cried no matter how hard she cried.

Today's incident, Mother Jia can be considered to understand that the eldest family has made up their minds to drive out the second family and the whole family.If it was in the past, when Jia Amnesty was useless, and Jia Lian only knew how to eat, drink and have fun outside, Jia's mother would have suppressed the big house and prevented them from separating.But somehow Jia Lian got the favor of Prince Zhongdun, and he trembled in a blink of an eye. Now let alone the Rongguo Mansion, even Jia Zhen and Jia Rong from the Ning Mansion followed Jia Lian's example.Dafang dared to drag someone over to separate the family without saying a word, and it's not because Jia Lian is the most promising in the clan now!

After getting angry, Jia's mother also had her own considerations.It is true that she is the old lady of the Duke's Mansion, but she is only a woman after all, and she can only count on her children and grandchildren.Previously, because Jia Zheng was raised by her side since she was a child, and Baoyu was a golden grandson who was born with a difference, Jia's mother felt that the second wife could be counted on, so she always favored her.Not wanting to wait for her to offend Da Fang thoroughly, Jia Lian trembled again.The second room did not live up to expectations, and finally got a side concubine, but there has been no good news.As long as the side concubine can have a son and a half daughter, today Jia's mother will make a show of chariots and horses to stop the big house back.

In the final analysis, it is still the words "praise the high and step down the low". Now that the second house is in decline, Jia's mother is no longer willing to treat her as generously as she used to.

Mrs. Wang cried for a long time but she didn't see Mother Jia speak. How can she not understand what this old man is thinking?Mother Jia has two sons, one is not successful and the other is there. What about her?

For a moment, my heart was even more bitter, and I didn't even want to save the last face. I walked up to Sister Feng (Madam Xing really didn't like her) and knelt down with a bang. , Just knelt on the ground: "In the past, our second room was sorry for grandma, and I was wronged by grandma! I kowtow to grandma here, and grandma has a lot of adults. For the sake of your uncle's half-life, forgive us who are not good. Sensible old thing!"

As he said that, he made a gesture that he really wanted to knock down.

Sister Feng couldn't let her really kowtow to herself, she couldn't afford to help her, so she had to kneel down in front of the person.On the one hand, he also tried to persuade: "What is the second wife talking about? I am wronged or not. I am the grandson's wife of the head of the house. Except for the old lady and the old lady, whoever can get past me in this house? Dare to get angry with me? The separation of the family today is because our master saw that the second master also has a grandson. The two brothers still live in the same mansion. Seeing it is really shameful, so we invited the clan elders here. The elders who came They are all well-known fair people in the clan, our master will not lose a penny for the second master, and will definitely not let the second master be wronged. The second wife can just rest assured."

A line of words is persuasive on the surface, but secretly the second bedroom and the family are [-]% satirical.This phoenix pepper opened its mouth, it was indeed sharper than the tip of a knife.

Mrs. Wang was so angry that she couldn't even speak, she slapped her across the face: "Dare to talk to your elders like that, you are really good! Very good!"

He cried loudly again: "Oh my God! What crime did I do! I sent so many black-hearted people to torture me! These black-hearted things just don't look at my second wife for the sake of the whole family. For the sake of earning a living and working hard for so many years, don’t you care about the empress in the palace? If the empress knows that her father and mother have been kicked out by the uncle and the aunt, I don’t know how sad it will be! My poor son will become an empress I still have to suffer from the idleness of these villains..."

While crying, she beat Sister Feng fiercely in the face.Sister Feng didn't dare to fight back, so she stood up and hid behind Mrs. Xing.

Mrs. Xing said: "What is the second wife talking about? She said that she was born as a queen in the palace, even if she was born in the palace, there is absolutely no reason for her parents to stay in someone else's house. The second wife She has been staying in our mansion all this time, so could it be that she has brought glory to the empress? Besides, the second wife is from a big family, so she has learned to be like a small family, and greets people at every turn. "

Afterwards, no matter what troubles Madam Wang made, Madam Xing pushed her against Maimang with the tip of a needle, without Sister Feng saying a word.Sister Feng also breathed a sigh of relief, she is still Mrs. Wang's nephew, so it's not good to do too much to her.

When Jia Zheng woke up, he had been carried to his yard by his servants, and Mrs. Wang sat beside him and wiped his tears.The division of the family had already come to an end. Under the witness of the clan elders, the small official made the books, and all the ancestral land of the Duke’s mansion went to the first house, and the second house only received 4 taels of silver and [-]% of the property.There are also three Zhuangzi and two shops, which were originally managed by Sister Feng, and Jia Amnesty also allocated them to the second room.And in the future, he can't always live in the mansion, and he has to move out of Rongguo Mansion after the house is settled.

Jia Zheng didn't expect his elder brother to do such a terrific thing, so he hurriedly asked Mrs. Wang, "The old lady didn't stop my elder brother from doing such absurd things?"

Mrs. Wang cried: "The old man's family is now the prince's favorite people. Even the elders of the clan only listen to them. No matter how much the old lady stops, how can she stop it? Only pity my precious jade. Kicked out by those cruel and ruthless things, but I don't know how to tell him, my mother!"

In addition to Baoyu, Baochai's family lived in Jia's mansion. How could Mrs. Wang tell outsiders about such embarrassing things?It's just that after today, it's a certainty that their family will move out of Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. Wang can't help but be unwilling.Even if she wanted to drag it on, I'm afraid it would be just a joke.

In the early morning of the second day, Mrs. Wang called her companion Zhou Rui's family over, and asked Zhou Rui to go outside to find out if there was a big house with a better location.Zhou Rui's family was taken aback, and she also faintly heard some rumors, and hurriedly asked: "Madam, is this going to buy a small house? Or do you want to buy a big house where the whole family can live..."

Mrs. Wang was a little embarrassed, but she still confessed: "You can just ask around the same area, is there any house with a fifth entry that is willing to sell, no matter how bad it is, a three entry will do."

This is to move.

Shocked, Zhou Rui's family quickly agreed, turned around and told her man about it.He also asked: "What should we do? My wife is leaving the mansion, and we all have to follow. There is no house outside that can compare to the plaque outside the Duke's mansion."

But her man didn't care: "My wife has always had no one else besides you. At this time, I'm going out to live alone, and my wife is in charge. I have nothing to do with you. I'm just inquiring about the house, and I'm a servant." If I can't do it, I'm afraid I will trouble the Second Master Lian."

After Zhou Rui's family heard this, they had no choice but to agree, but they still felt something was wrong in their hearts. How could the eldest and second family split up?

----split line----

The family division in Rongguo Mansion did not cause much disturbance in the capital, and no one wanted to waste their energy in a family that was already on the decline.This is actually a good thing for the Jia family. The first room is happy and quiet, and the second room can also take the opportunity to arrange the move out quietly.

For outsiders, the separation of the two Jia family brothers is a matter of course. The old father has been dead for a long time. Jia Amnesty does not separate the family and others praise him for his righteousness. Outsiders have nothing to say about the separation of the family.

But for the people of Rongguo Mansion, this is a big deal. Recently, people often come to give gifts to Sister Feng, saying that they are willing to stay in the mansion to serve the master.If they want to give it away, Sister Feng will accept it, but she will not show mercy to those who should be sent away. Those who are usually close to the second room and those who like to flatter them are all sent to the second room by her generously.

Ping'er also persuaded her: "Take a break. There are so many people, you have sent them there, I'm afraid that if the second master moves out, there will be no one in our house."

Sister Feng raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's your turn to teach me? I just want to tell you that even if there is no one in this mansion, I will not be afraid. As long as there is money, how many people line up begging for me to order you?" What about them, why should they be wronged to take in those alienated people?"

After thinking about it, Ping'er is indeed the reason, so he no longer persuades him deeply.

The first room has been in the works for a long time, and the matter of the separation quickly became messy, and the second room had to be moved out, but the second room has not found a house that suits it, so it can only stay in the house temporarily.

Sister Feng took over the account book warehouse in the mansion, and found that there was indeed a serious deficit, but it was not as bad as Mrs. Wang said.She gritted her teeth and removed 100 million taels of silver from the public account, and Jia Lian quietly added another 40 taels. At least she got all the money owed, and she just waited for it to be converted into cash and sent to the household department.

During this period, something happened that made Jia Lian and his wife dumbfounded. Mrs. Wang's companion, Zhou Rui, found Jia Lian and asked him to help buy a house for the second room.This is true. Sister Feng laughed at her anger, and she beat Wang'er and Xing'er out without mentioning it.

But no matter how bad the process was, this time Jia Lian was considered a big deal, and recently he walked with wind.On her birthday, she held a banquet in Zuixian Tower, and invited Lin Chen and others.

Jia Lian had recently earned a lot of money for Ji Wen, so Lin Chen had to be there on his birthday, but he only planned to drink three or five cups before leaving.

But I don't know what Jia Lian was thinking, the first and second houses in the Rong Mansion were in dire straits, and he even invited Jia Baoyu to his banquet.

When Lin Chen and Jia Lian were toasting, they glanced at Jia Baoyu who seemed to be unaffected, and said with a smile: "Second brother Lian is really easy to measure, so he abandoned his past so quickly?"

Knowing who he was talking about, Jia Lian slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, brother Lin, don't you know me? That's the person who can't tolerate the sand in his eyes. It's just that Baoyu didn't do the wrong thing. I can't pay it back. Can you not treat him as a younger brother? Besides, as far as the virtue of the phoenix egg is concerned, if I really want to blame him, I would be guilty!"

Jia Baoyu's temperament is the most straightforward, and he is also defenseless when interacting with people.He wholeheartedly treats Jia Lian as an older brother, so Jia Lian naturally wants to reciprocate and not involve the grievances of the previous generation on him.

When the two were discussing him, Jia Baoyu was talking to a handsome young man with a smile on his face.It was found that Jia Lian was still smiling and toasting when he saw Jia Lian. Lin Chen felt it was funny when he saw Jia Lian's unconcerned appearance—it really was a psychic gem that descended from the sky. But it can't be found.

However, Lin Chen's thoughts were diverted. It's not that Jia Baoyu didn't take the matter of family separation to heart, but it was because of his scruples that he didn't show his friendship with Jia Lian.In fact, he knew very well in his heart that it was the uncle's family who inherited the honor in the Rongguo Mansion, and his family was able to live there because of the old lady's face. No one else can find the reason behind it.

It's just that I didn't expect the uncle's family to tear themselves apart this time. Even the parents would be ridiculed if they wanted to find a better house before moving, and the old lady who always favored the second room didn't say anything at this time. , Let them make a fuss.

Jia Baoyu also vaguely knew what his mother had done when he was in charge of the family these years, so he didn't feel resentful for his uncle and aunt treating them like this.And the second brother Lian has always been nice to him, even though the old lady has been partial to him all these years, the second brother Lian never cares about these things, instead he defends himself many times outside, and he has always regarded this cousin as his own brother look at.Seeing that Lian's second elder brother can finally get the treatment he deserves from the grandson of the Duke's mansion, Baoyu is actually very happy in his heart.

It's just that even if his mother did something wrong, she was still his own mother. Seeing her working hard for the house every day, how could he, as a son, not feel sorry for him?

Knowing that his parents were bothering about the house, Jia Baoyu also asked a few good friends to inquire for him, and got a lot of information, but he never found anything he wanted.

When I met Lin Chen at the banquet today, he didn't know what he was thinking, but he even asked Lin Chen to come here: "I think cousin Lin knows about my family. I'm not afraid of my cousin's jokes. I don't even have things at home. It's almost ready, but I haven't found a satisfactory house, so I have been procrastinating. Knowing that the house in Beijing is not easy to buy, my mother asked many people to inquire, but the uncle in the family was promoted to a foreigner not long ago. Ren, I can't find a reliable person for a while, and the house I found is not high or low. I saw my cousin today, and I was also confused for a while. I just want to ask my cousin to help me. If it works, there will be a reward. If cousin is inconvenient, just pretend I didn't mention it."

What he said was clear. It can be seen that the affairs of the Rong Mansion still have some influence on him, at least from the second master Bao who only knows how to act coquettishly and foolishly, he has become more responsible.

After moving back to the Lin Mansion, Lin Chen and the Jia family have not been in close contact, and the relationship with Jia Baoyu is actually superficial friendship. A few years ago, when the Lin family first moved back, Jia Baoyu would occasionally come to talk to Lin Chen. , Later, with the company of Liu Xianglian, Jiang Yuhan and others, it faded away.At this time, Mao rashly begged Lin Chen, even Jia Baoyu didn't know what happened to him.Probably, as he said, "dirty".

Lin Chen was very talkative this time. As soon as Bao Yu finished speaking, he interjected: "The house is indeed a very important matter. If living in it is not going well, it is very bad. It makes sense to worry about it. Brother Bao is willing Sharing worries for parents is also very filial."

"Since Brother Bao found me on my head, Brother Yu naturally couldn't shirk it. Tomorrow happened to be me taking a rest, so I went out to inquire. I just hope that Brother Bao can tell me how big this house is? Is it going to be on the street or not? On the street? Just tell me if you have any requirements, so I can look for them!"

Seeing that he agreed, Jia Baoyu was also pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said: "There are few people in the family. It doesn't matter if the house is big or not. A three-entry house is fine. There is only one, that is, it must be on the street, and the neighbors are clean and scholarly. It's better. .”

Lin Chen thought for a while, and he could find three or five such houses in the capital, so he said, "That's it, I will write it down. Brother Bao should also know that such a house is on the street in the inner city. Even if it’s just three entry, it’s going to cost a lot.”

Jia Baoyu didn't have much idea about money, and at this moment he just said, "Brother Lin, just look for it, just spend more money, and at least let my parents live more comfortably."

With what he said, Lin Chen was afraid of something, so he naturally let go of his hands and feet to look for it.Besides, if you want to come to the house where the second room has been for so long, there should be no shortage of money, and there is Mrs. Jia Muwang's private house next to it, so I am not afraid that I will be poor after buying a house.

He quickly found three good places, and even a picky person like Mrs. Wang felt that one of them was really good.I took 10,000+ taels and bought it from the owner, and let people renovate it so that I can live in it after the new year.

Because of this incident, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were also very grateful to Lin Chen, and even sent a lot of things to Lin's residence.Similarly, Jia Lian from Dafang even came to Lin's mansion in person, and even brought a whole cart full of things to thank "Brother Lin for helping my uncle and aunt solve their urgent needs".

This result is exactly what Lin Chen wants to see. Those in power always value checks and balances the most.Now the eldest son of the Rong Mansion is relying on Ji Wen's power to overwhelm the second son to death. It's all for a while, but it's not what Ji Wen and Lin Chen want for the eldest son to continue to be so arrogant.

Lin Chen agreed to Jia Baoyu's request, and used his influence to find a house for his family. First, he wanted to keep everything safe, and second, he wanted to let Jia Lian take a look—even if Jia Lian was gone, someone who could serve him There are still many, if Jia Lian does not act carefully in the future, he can replace him with a new person at any time.The first room is no longer good, the second room is also a good choice, isn't it?