The Return of Lord Qiang of the Red Mansion System

Hearing that Jia Qiang wanted to investigate, Jia Zheng was taken aback, and shouted loudly: "You are so ignorant, the family is troubled, and you still want to make trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Qiang's face turned cold immediately: "What is the meaning of the second master? Is your second wife only allowed to cheat on me, but I am not allowed to speak out? What kind of person is the second wife? The old lady has already made a conclusion. And the evidence for this matter is conclusive, could it be that I wronged her? I always only thought that the second master was upright and upright, but I didn't expect that he was helping relatives and not helping her!"

In fact, Jia Zheng didn't intend to defend Mrs. Wang, but he was used to putting on airs in front of Jia Zhen on weekdays, and he even looked down upon the entire East Mansion, not to mention Jia Qiang who had no father and mother.So when she heard that Jia Qiang wanted to ask the second room to question her, she couldn't help but put on a posture of shouting at Baoyu.

I never thought that Jia Qiang would not accept this. Instead of crying when she was scolded like Baoyu, and became calm and obedient, she retorted angrily.Jia Zheng was forced to be unable to come to power, and instead of saying that his family was unreasonable, he blamed Jia Qiang: "Is this how you talk to the elders? Which family's rules are this! Although you are not from the Rongfu, after all, your surname is Jia. I can discipline you!"

Jia Qiang sneered and said, "You know my surname is Jia. I was threatened by someone sent by your good second wife. Not only did your Rong family not give you a word of comfort, but you even blamed me for not knowing the rules! I can't wait until the clan grows old." Tomorrow, I will call all the Jia family in Beijing, and discuss it in front of everyone, who is being unreasonable!"

Seeing Jia Zheng blowing his beard and staring in anger, Jia Zhen hurriedly smoothed things over: "Second master, Qiang'er is a child, and she speaks without restraint. She just suffered a wrong and was so frightened by those people that she couldn't even eat. You don’t want to stand up for him, you can’t help being anxious, and your words are a little choked up. You always calm down, don’t be serious with a child, it won’t sound good if it spreads.”

He retreated to advance, but Jia Zheng had to suppress his anger and turn his head away, otherwise he would be accused of bullying his nephew and grandson.

Looking at his complexion gradually softened, Jia Zhen said again: "However, although Qiang'er is talking childishly, it is not unreasonable. Our two houses are originally one, but the second wife disregarded face and used the name of an enemy to plot against him. Little child. No matter who puts this kind of thing in the family, there will be big disputes. It's just that the nephew is worried that the old lady here is angry, and the second wife has brought the matter to the outside again. She doesn't want to cause trouble again, so she secretly betrayed her father. Come to find the second master. One is to talk about Fei Bailou, and the other is to discuss how to appease Qiang'er—you know my father's temper, and he loves Qiang'er very much. Once he is seriously annoyed, no one will admit it. of."

One red face and one white face, playing both soft and hard ways, Jia Zheng, who is not good at listening to common affairs, is at a loss.Although he couldn't bear to apologize, his attitude softened a bit: "How can he not feel wronged?"

Seeing the words entering Hong Kong, Jia Zhen immediately smiled and said: "According to what I said, we are a family after all, and there is no need to worry about it like outsiders. It's just that the second wife ordered people to throw dead birds and dogs into Qiang'er's shop, which caused a lot of trouble. He hasn't made any progress in the past few days; and he was frightened by those five big and three rough guys, pity his little child, and he looks so frightened, just now he invited the doctor to see him, and he said it was quite serious. If you want to make up, you should focus on these two things: why not pay for the loss of Qiang'er's shop, and then give him something nice to play with as compensation."

This request was not too much, and Jia Zheng immediately nodded in agreement.But after hearing Jia Zhen report the loss and the specified items, he wanted to go back on his word: "A small shop with a net profit of hundreds of taels of silver a day? I'm afraid you made a mistake!"

"My nephew was shocked when I first found out, and I found out after careful questioning. Since His Majesty ordered to collect Siamese objects for Concubine Zhou, many people have rushed to buy them, so that the price has risen. It can be sold at a high price of hundreds of taels of silver. Coincidentally, Qiang'er has the most complete range of goods in Beijing. A wealthy family furnishes decorations for the ladies and gentlemen in the mansion, and the turnover can be several thousand taels a day, at least a thousand taels of silver."

Without blushing, Jia Zhen doubled Jia Qiang's profit. Jia Zheng didn't know what to do, frowned and thought about it for a while, thinking that it was only a few days ago that Mrs. Wang threw a dead bird into his shop, so it would be ten days Forget it, Zuo will only pay him 5000 taels of silver, and he will admit it after gritting his teeth, only one other thing will be cheaper.

After making up his mind, Jia Zheng picked up a Duan inkstone on the table: "This is a new tribute this year, it was given by the palace, and it is used to grind ink very finely. I usually use it most, but now I give it up to Qiang." Come on."

Seeing him so brazen and stingy, Jia Zhen couldn't stand it anymore.She cleared her throat and was about to speak, but Jia Qiang spoke first, "I was frightened, the doctor said that I need to rest for a while, and I should not read, so as not to hurt my spirits. This inkstone is not available for the time being, please ask the second master for another one." Give me something else. I think the kaleidoscope in the second wife's room is very good, it's so bright and pleasing."

"kaleidoscope?"

Jia Zheng never paid much attention to this kind of small toys, but Mrs. Wang cherished them very much and would show them off from time to time, so he remembered them.It was originally given to her father by the foreign prince when the Wang family received a blond and blue-eyed prince from Fan Kingdom, and then passed it on to her.

That kaleidoscope is indeed precious, the body of the cylinder is made of pure gold, and the two ends are transparently ground crystals.There are many movable precious gemstones inlaid in some unknown way, such as thumb-sized opals, round and flawless pearls, pure and translucent emeralds and so on.Just dismantling the gems and selling them off is worth at least several thousand taels.

Because it was too expensive, Mrs. Wang was even reluctant to give Baoyu, and even though her son cried and begged several times, she just used other things to prevaricate him.

Knowing its value, Jia Zheng was naturally reluctant to just give it to Jia Qiang.Just about to refuse, Jia Qiang said: "Because of moving out of Dongfu, the old lady loved me so much, she specially gave me two houses, one is better than the other, and said it was to make up for the grievances I suffered. The news spread , people who know all praise the old lady. The second master is the most filial, and he will love me like the old lady, so that no one will talk about it."

Hearing this, Jia Zheng's words of refusal immediately stuck in his throat, his face flushed, but he couldn't say no.

This dynasty attached great importance to filial piety, and Jia Zheng, who wanted to climb the ladder, naturally refused to be stigmatized by it.Moreover, Jia Mu has always favored him, so she has always been extraordinarily filial.Not only did he try his best to provide top-notch supplies for daily food and clothing, but he also followed Jia Mu's preferences in the inner house in addition to the contacts with his colleagues.For example, if Jia's mother doesn't like his youngest son, Jia Huan, he doesn't get close to him, even though he loves Jia Huan's biological mother, Aunt Zhao, the most among several aunts.

She has followed Jia Mu's behavior for many years, and if she changes suddenly, it will inevitably make those who care about her look sideways.But if you still follow suit, you will really feel sorry for that kaleidoscope.

After thinking for a while, Jia Zheng felt that the compensation for profit should be enough to stop those people's mouths, a small plaything, it's okay to push it away, so he wanted to reject Jia Qiang.

But before he could speak, Jia Qiang said again: "The doctor also said that after I stop my homework, I should do more things to cultivate my temperament. I can only work hard when I feel better. It's just that I don't have any hobbies. The kaleidoscope is really interesting and beautiful, and it’s rare to like it. It’s not just for entertainment, but also for healing. If the general is not well maintained, I don’t have the energy to think about who is in the restaurant today. Wouldn’t it be a major event?”

Being threatened so unscrupulously by him, Jia Zheng's anger that had just been suppressed suddenly surged again.It's just that he always prides himself on being noble, and although he knows how to do the calculations, he doesn't bother to bargain like a villain for a few things.In addition, Jia Zhen previously hinted that if Jia Qiang cannot be satisfied, she will attract the difficult Jia Jing.

There were so many scruples about all these things, Jia Zheng was unhappy in every way, but in the end he had no choice but to suppress his anger and said: "It's just a plaything, if you like it, then take it!"

It was already late at night when the two left Jia Zheng's study.

It was a night without a moon, the sky was cold and the stars were lonely, and the breath was white, which was quite bleak.But Jia Zhen was elated, as if a pot of fire was in her heart, and the tens of thousands of pores all over her body were ironed: I knew that Jia Zheng was not good at ordinary affairs, but I didn't expect that it would not be so good.He said what he said, and he didn't know how to ask at all, so he only sent two cleaners to help.But after a bit of lip service, getting tens of thousands of taels of silver with ease, and the treasure inlaid with gold, is there anything more cost-effective in this world?

The more Jia Zhen thought about it, the more beautiful she became, but she couldn't help but feel a little guilty, so she wanted to confirm with Jia Qiang about the restaurant.When she turned her head, she saw that Jia Qiang's face was half-lit and half-dark by the pale yellow lantern. It was hard to see clearly, but she could still clearly see that there was no smile on his face.

Seeing this, Jia Zhen couldn't help becoming nervous: "Qiang'er, is there any negligence in the restaurant? Besides the few people you asked the shopkeeper to invite, are there other strangers present?"

Jia Qiang was distracted by his mind wandering, and when she heard this, she gave him a strange look: "No, I arranged it very well. Even the shop assistants were scared away at that time, and no outsiders knew about it."

"That's a good relationship. It's just that I didn't seem very interested when I saw you. I thought something was wrong. You should be happy that you got such a large amount of money for nothing."

Because they didn't want to leak the news, they didn't bring anyone with them when they came to Rongfu, so Jia Zhen spoke out.

"Happy?" Jia Qiang blinked her eyes, and said a heartfelt word to her uncle: "I can't be happy just for money, I want something else."

—their lives, their futures.

Jia Zhen used to be very extravagant for a few years. After she almost squandered her family's wealth, she realized that she should restrain herself a little, but she couldn't change her bad habit of spending money like water.He always thought that silver was the best thing in the world. Hearing what his nephew said, he couldn't help curling his lips: "Your temperament is similar to your grandfather. No wonder he loves you so much. Since you don't love silver, why do you need so much money? Why don't I keep it for you."

"When did I say I don't like silver? As agreed before, take 4 taels, and keep the remaining 5000 taels for yourself."

"Hey, here you are." Jia Zhen handed over a stack of bank notes to Jia Qiang's open palm with great distress, and urged: "Hurry up, I have an appointment for dinner tonight."