Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Having made up his mind, Jia Lian went to Rongqingtang, Jiamu's residence.

It was lunch time at this moment, the old ladies in the back street were forced to stay in Rongqing hall for no reason last night because Jia Lian ordered Youshi to close the hanging flower gate, and hurried home this morning without daring to eat breakfast.

Grandma Lai's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rushed home early in the morning, but their freedom was restricted when they entered the house.

Nanny Lai had a hunch that something big was going to happen. He guessed whether Lai Shangrong caused a big disaster outside, but he didn't know that his home was ransacked.

Last night, Mother Jia won a lot of cards with her old wives and she was very happy. She didn't finish until Wushizheng. After eating supper, Yuanyang escorted several uncles and old ladies home, but was told that because of an emergency, the door fell down. It has been closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.

At that time, Jia's mother had some guesses in her mind. She thought that Jia Lian didn't believe what she said, and she was cleaning up the treasury and rectifying the accounts.

Jia Mu was very unhappy at the time, but she took the overall situation into consideration, comforted the old ladies and said: "Oh, look at my memory, Lian'er said that the foreign study will be rebuilt in the next few days, and the construction team from the Ministry of Industry has come. I'm afraid there will be a collision when I go in and out, so I leave the house after you hour every night, and I'm so happy that I forget about it, it's just right not to go, our sister-in-law happens to be intimate, and we talk about family affairs at night together."

Everyone didn't dare to disobey, so they had to rest, and they all left early this morning.

At this moment, Jia Mu was muttering in her heart. Based on her experience, someone must explain to her whether it was Jia Amnesty or Jia Lian this morning, because she must have offended Jia Mu's guest yesterday.

But half a day passed, and no one came.

When it was lunch time, Mother Jia had something on her mind, and she just felt that she had no appetite. Fortunately, Daiyu Yingchun Tanchun Xichun and the others were joking and laughing, and she felt a little more at ease.Only then did he cheer up and order to open the table.

Just at this moment, the little girl said: "Old lady, Second Master Lian is here!"

Jia's mother suddenly cheered up: "Lian'er, come in quickly."

The Yingchun sisters were all very surprised. Jia Mu's happy appearance is usually only seen when Baoyu comes.

Once upon a time, grandma liked Lian's second brother so much?

Everyone who welcomes the spring and explores the spring gets up to meet Jia Lian.

Mother Jia was even more anxious, and stretched out her hand to let Jia Lian sit next to her: "What happened last night scared all the aunts and uncles."

Seeing that the table had just been set, Jia Lian smiled and said, "Grandson will serve the old lady for dinner first, and then I will tell the old lady what happened last night after my grandson!"

Mother Jia didn't have any thoughts: "It doesn't matter, I wasn't hungry at first, and I just sit at the table for your sisters, so you should talk first, I'm always worried!"

Jia Lian had no choice but to reveal a little bit: "It's nothing, it's just that the treasury was stolen, and my grandson had to close the door, and asked Brother Lai to help make an inventory, so that I can report the case to Shuntian Mansion today."

Treasury stolen?Did robbers come to the mansion?

Tanchun Yingchun and the others were so frightened that their faces changed.

When Jia Lian saw her, she was busy comforting her sisters: "Later, it was found out, but Lai Da misplaced it, and stayed up all night in vain."

The girls felt a little relieved when they heard this.

Jia Muque was no longer in the mood to eat, and waved to Yingchun: "Take your younger sisters to play in your yard, and I will talk to your second brother."

Yingchun hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and went out with Daiyu Tanchun and the others.

Li Wan was about to serve Jia's mother at this time, and when she heard Jia Lian was inside, Li Wan immediately felt evasive. To be honest, she was a little afraid of Jia Lian's uncle, so she followed Yingchun and the others to Chunhui Garden.

Because of Wang's illness, Jia's mother asked the Yingchun sisters to move into Chunhui Garden. It was Jia Lian's former small courtyard, and now it belongs to the Yingchun sisters.

When Jia's mother saw the girls leaving, she asked, "Lian'er, tell the truth, what have you done to the Lai family?"

Jia Lian was silent for a moment, and handed the IOU from the household department to Jiamu: "Grandmother, you can see for yourself."

Yuanyang was busy putting on reading glasses for Jiamu. Jia Lian held up the 40 IOU in front of Jiamu. The 40 was borrowed in two installments, how could there be only one IOU?"

Jia Lian pointed to the date below: "Grandmother, can you take a look here?"

Jia Mu took a closer look, loosened her arms, and the bill fell down.

Jia's mother's chest heaved sharply: "Lai Da, did I treat him well? The old man's body is not cold, so he bullies the orphans and widows?"

"Damn it, hate it!"

Lai Da betrayed himself and deceived himself.

Jia's mother was very sad. Lai Da was a confidant that she and her old grandfather cultivated hand in hand. Jia's mother even handed over a few reliable people left by the old grandfather to Lai Da to take charge.However, the fact gave her a loud slap in the face.

Tears streamed down Jiamu's face: "I have loved him for decades for nothing!"

Jia Lian sneered: "Grandfather and grandmother regard him as a confidant, but he regards himself as a lackey and a stray dog. Why does Jia's mother feel sad for an animal?"

Mother Jia wiped her tears silently, and said after a long while: "Brother Lai's crime is unforgivable, Nanny Lai is old, she has helped me for half of her life, leave a sum of money for her, and let her enjoy her old age in peace!"

Jia Lian nodded: "Old lady, don't worry, my grandson has ordered me to go down, only the Lai family's treasury and the main room's study will be confiscated, and they are not allowed to touch anything belonging to the women's family."

Jia's mother's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and she stared at Jia Lian for a while: "Tolerance is great, and great blessing is also great!"

Immediately, Mother Jia smiled and nodded: "My old man did not choose the wrong person!"

Jia Lian was here to beat the autumn wind, and she was speechless after being praised by Jia's mother, but if the debt was not repaid, it was like a sharp sword hanging over her head.

Therefore, Jia Lian had to hesitate and said: "Grandmother praised me, but my grandfather actually thinks highly of my grandson. Now my grandson is in a state of desperation. I am left and right, and I still can't make up the 140 million debts. Now the gap is huge, isn't it?" The grandson can make up for it, so the grandson wants to ask grandmother for permission to open the treasury. I want to treat the old things that my grandfather accumulated at the beginning as a batch to relieve the urgent need. When the current crisis is over, I promise to redeem the original things and return them to the government. Library."

When Jia's mother heard the words, she knew Jia Lian's plan in her heart, she smiled all over her face, and exposed Jia Lian's lie: "Since you have caught Lai Da, didn't Lai Da tell you that all the worthy things in the treasury have been sold out. They are all gifts from the imperial court, no matter how valuable they are, they are worthless!"

Jia Lian blushed, "Grandma's eyes are as bright as a torch, and grandson actually wants to ask, when the second wife stole antiques last time..."

Mother Jia nodded: "Well, you finally said it, yes, that time I protected her, and she paid me all the 5 silver in her hand. I gave Yuan Chun all the money to enter the palace, this is my promise to the Wang family, so the money was spent and gone."

Jia Lian's face was very ugly when he heard the words, and Jia Mu's natural tone angered Jia Lian, and he immediately sneered: "The old lady is not awake yet, and she wants to throw the money into the water for fun?

"Does Grandmother know that if the debt cannot be paid off before the Emperor sees it this time, our helping Prince Loyalty will be exposed? With the Emperor's vindictive nature, the Rongguo Mansion will be liquidated sooner or later. Maybe this time the house will be ransacked to pay off the debt." , Yuan Chun wants to be a concubine, daydreaming!"

Mother Jia didn't show any anger, but smiled: "Hey, you're still young after all, so you're annoyed?"

Jia Lian was a little embarrassed, but his face was still stern. He felt that he was right, and Yuan Chun's wishful thinking should have woken up long ago!

Mother Jia beckoned to Yuanyang, and Yuanyang presented a kit.

Jia Mu took it and put it in Jia Lian's hands: "That day you came to ask about the debt, I prepared it. This is fifty thousand silver, which I have accumulated over the years. It belongs to Jia's house. I will give it to you today. Take it to repay the debt. I still say the same thing, the second room is also your grandfather's descendant, and she also has a share of your grandfather's things, so I gave her the fifty thousand silver. Whether you are good or her, I will help if I need to help In the end, as for Yuan Chun, don't try to persuade me, and I won't listen to you."

Jia Lian held [-] taels of silver in his hand and felt it was hot. He wanted the treasury's money with confidence, but now Jia's mother said that it was her private house money, and the treasury's money was given to Yuan Chun.

Jia Lian was a little embarrassed, but he didn't forcefully throw the banknote back in front of his face. He needs money now, a man can bend and stretch, and Jia's mother is an elder, so bowing his head in front of her is not ashamed.

Jia Lian bowed, with a loud voice and correct words, and said: "Since it is grandmother's private house money, it should be considered that grandson asked grandmother to borrow it. When I turn around in the future, I will return it in full. Since grandfather entrusted this family Give it to me, I will do my best to support this family, please believe me, Jia Lian, I am definitely not a softie who relies on women for food!"

Jia Mu didn't look back, but smiled.

Jia Lian went back to the study with the banknote in hand, and handed the banknote to Xing'er: "You ask Pan You'an to close it again, and calculate how much is missing. By the way, ask Pan You'an to come and see me some time before dinner."

After Xing'er left, Jia Lian tapped on the table with his eyes closed, thinking silently, how much money can the family squeeze out, master of the East Court?

Jia Lian sighed, it's better to forget it, there is no need to frustrate the father-son relationship that was so easy to understand, and his father is still waiting to receive the rest of the wealth.

Jia Lian thought of the tens of thousands of silver he had put in Sister Feng's hands, so this time he had to have the cheek to ask for it back, let's wait until the current hurdle is over.

Although Pan You'an said that there is a way, according to Jia Lian's deduction, it will not be effective in January, so the money must be collected before then, and the big deal will be returned after earning the money.

Jia Lian was thinking about places where he could borrow money, and there were two places where he could reach out, one was the Ning Mansion and the other was the Wang Mansion.

No matter which one, it is always embarrassing to ask to borrow money, especially Sister Feng is pregnant now, otherwise, if Sister Feng comes forward from the Wang family, I am afraid that one hundred and eighty thousand can be negotiated.

Why!Jia Lian sighed with his head propped up, thinking about it, his mind was full of "silver, silver".Involuntarily murmured.Suddenly he heard a giggle: "Second master is picking up money in a dream, is he full of money?"

As soon as Jia Lian heard it, she knew it was Ping'er girl. He opened his eyes, not angry: "Yes, the second master is picking up money in a dream, it's all your fault, you scare away the second master's money!"

Ping'er curled her lips: "I don't blame me for this, Second Mistress asked me to come, if you want to accompany Yinzi, please find Second Mistress!"

Jia Lian reached out and pinched Ping'er's stilted chin: "Don't push me, do you think I dare not?"

After saying that, Jia Lian strode away. It seemed that his steps were ordinary, but in fact he was chasing the cicada with eight steps.

When Jia Lian went back to De's house, Sister Feng was leaning on the kang to eat bird's nest porridge, and the silver spoon as big as a thumb was pouring it into her mouth one after another, so fast that only a shadow remained.

Jia Lian couldn't help laughing: "Why is this, and no one is robbing you?"

Feng'er next to him chuckled: "Grandma, this is the fourth bowl, sister Ping'er must grab the bowl when she comes back!"

Sister Feng blushed and glared at Feng'er: "Little hooves are not allowed to laugh, and you are not allowed to tell your sister Ping'er." Then she was admitted to Jia Lian, touched her stomach and frowned and complained: "I'm hungry, Ping'er is a dead girl, always Don't let me eat."

Jia Lian nodded solemnly: "It's her fault, I'll talk about her later."

Sister Feng frowned and looked at Jia Lian. Seeing that Jia Lian seemed serious, she was immediately discouraged: "Forget it, Ping'er also listens to the imperial physician, and that imperial physician is not easy to mess with!"

The imperial physician once threatened Sister Feng that if she didn't eat, rest and walk according to his rules, she would never invite him again, and she wouldn't come if she invited her.

Jia Lian was very conflicted, why is Sister Feng so greedy?Although the two children consume a lot, it's not like fighting a famine like this, right?

He didn't know how to solve it, so he had to comfort Sister Feng: "Fortunately, it's not that you are not allowed to eat, but you can eat separately. You bear with it, and it will be easy for an hour. I am a servant in the palace, and if I am a little distracted, I will pass it in an hour." gone."

Sister Feng nodded, then frowned suddenly: "Why are you free today? Didn't you say you're very busy?"

Jia Lian was surprised: "Didn't you ask Ping'er to invite me?"

Sister Feng frowned: "I invite you? Oh, yes yes yes."

As she said that, Sister Feng turned her head and opened the door of the bedside cabinet, trying to find a box with red lacquer and gold inside.

Jia Lian hurriedly stopped her: "Be careful, sit down, I'll come!"

Jia Lian took the red lacquer box and handed it to Sister Feng: "Here, what treasure are you in such a hurry to get?"

Sister Feng smiled and pushed it back to Jia Lian: "It's for you, take a look!"

Jia Lian opened the box and was stunned. The box was full of colorful bank notes.

Jia Lian counted, and there were as many as one hundred thousand. Although he was happy, he knew that Sister Feng didn't have so much money, so he frowned and asked, "Where did this come from?"

Sister Feng smiled and counted with her fingers: "Last time you let me have 4 yuan here, and my own [-] yuan. I originally had [-] yuan, plus the [-] yuan my brother compensated me for a total of [-] yuan, because I was pregnant with a child." , I wanted to leave some property for my children, so I bought [-] land and spent more than [-] yuan, and that’s all that’s left.”

Jia Lian counted again and asked, "Is there more than [-] here?"

Sister Feng nodded: "The other [-] yuan is my mother's birth gift. It was originally for giving things. I said that the second master is in debt now. Let's convert it into silver. My mother went back to discuss with my father. I agreed. No, it was just delivered today."

Jia Lian's throat suddenly felt a little choked, and he stretched out his hand to touch Sister Feng's cheek, and kissed her between her brows: "It's better to be my brother Feng, you know that you love me, why don't you tell me not to love you, I really love you!"

Sister Feng hid: "Hey, there is a child, be careful if the child hears it, I'm sorry!"

Jia Lian smiled and touched Sister Feng's stomach: "He knows what a fart, eat and sleep, sleep and eat?"

Sister Feng was immediately upset, and pointed to the bottom left of her heart: "Who said that, he is very smart, don't believe me, you can click here three times and try?"

Jia Lian didn't dare to do anything, because there is a child in her belly, what if she pokes it?

Seeing his hesitation, Sister Feng pressed her belly three times. Afterwards, her stomach that was originally calm suddenly started to churn.

Jia Lian was very surprised, and thought it was amazing, so he put his hand on Sister Feng's belly and pressed it lightly.

Sister Feng sneered: "That won't work, he doesn't know you're playing with him, if you move a little bigger, he'll know."

Jia Lian poked it three times with her finger, and sure enough, the child moved three more times.

Sister Feng asked him to test on the right side again: "You poke here once, and he comes back twice."

Jia Lian didn't believe it, so he poked lightly on the right side of the stomach again. Sure enough, the stomach twitched twice. Jia Lian poked it twice again, and the stomach twitched four times.

He thought it was fun, so he wanted to poke it again, but Sister Feng quit: "I can't play any more, I'm tired of the child!"

Jia Lian held Sister Feng's belly and looked at it more and more lovingly, pointing to the left: "This must be a coincidence,"

Before he finished speaking, Jia Lian stopped by himself.

But Sister Feng heard: "Qiaoer? You gave the child a name? What's the meaning of that?"

Jia Lian hastily denied: "No, no, you heard it wrong. What I said was that it couldn't be a coincidence. Yes, that's what I said."

Sister Feng believed it: "Oh, I also think the name Qiaoer is a bit rustic. Our children are cursive characters. Are you planning to follow her aunts and rank them separately, or follow Aunt Lin and rank them with brothers?"

Jia Lian said: "Of course we rank together with brothers. It's the only way to kiss like this."

Sister Feng was immediately happy. Choosing a name is very particular. A girl who ranks with her brothers will make people feel that the family values ​​it. In order to match Yuan Chun's name, it was just perfunctory.

At such a time, Ping'er just came back, and she was out of breath from running, and the first thing she did when she got home was to stare at Sister Feng to see if she had eaten more.

Sister Feng was busy waving her hands: "Don't blame me, I haven't eaten, I've been talking to the second master!" Ping'er pursed her lips and was busy arranging the meal. After all, she didn't expose Sister Feng's ugliness. She secretly drank too much yesterday. A bowl of white fungus porridge, I am afraid that Ping'er will find out that he has added boiling water to the white fungus porridge.

Just at the time of dinner, Jia Lian dined with Sister Feng.

Jia Lian was in a hurry to reconcile the accounts, so he just used a bowl of rice in a hurry. After walking a long way, he heard Ping'er arguing with Sister Feng: "Grandma, you can't add any more. I ate too much bird's nest porridge just now. Don't think that I No, you have to take the amount on time, otherwise it will be bad for the children and adults, and the imperial doctor should be angry again..."

When Jia Lian arrived at the study, Xing'er came back early and was eating rice with Long'er around the food box.

Jia Lian frowned when she saw it: "Why is it leftovers again?"

Xing'er hurriedly said: "I don't blame them this time, it's my subordinates who came back suddenly, and I gave them my meal."

Jia Lian nodded: "Oh, so fast? Didn't I say that I'm only going to be transferred to the internal management, what's the little one doing when he comes back?"

Xing'er said: "It's because I'm short of people. It's not because the Lai family has not dealt with it yet. They took up the manpower. If they can't call it for a while, let them come back to help."

Hearing this, Jia Lian thought silently, it's not a problem for the Lai family to be locked up like this all the time, they have to be dealt with, and Lai Shangrong can't be drugged every day to anesthetize him.

Jia Lian felt that it was not suitable for the Lai family to live in the capital, and he was involved with the Zhongshun Palace of Zhongyi County.

Not only that, but the Lai family is also involved with the underground bank of Zhongyi County Prince's Mansion. If they stay in the capital, I don't know what else will be involved.

When he was young, Jia Lian made a decision and told Long'er, "Go to Liuli Street and ask Shopkeeper Pan to come."

Long'er was busy putting away the bowl.

Xing'er also put down the bowl, and Jia Lian ordered: "The Lai family can't stay in the capital anymore, you go there in the afternoon, first send them to Changping and hand them over to Guanshan to take care of them. The women's family members can clean up by themselves. I still say the same thing. You can't harass and insult the women's family members, and after I finish dealing with the matter here, I will decide where to send them to settle down. In short, we can't stay in the capital anymore."

Xing'er agreed, and said: "Most of the Lai family are women. If they are bound out of the city, I am afraid they will be misunderstood by the city gate. If they are allowed to go free, they are afraid that they will run away or shout. It is difficult to keep quiet."

Jia Lian smiled: "It's easy, tell them that if they are quiet, the three men in the Lai family will be safe and sound. If they dare to make a scene, then wait to collect the bodies of the three."

Xing'er was stunned: "Second master is going to let the three of the Lai family go?"

Jia Lian nodded: "At least let Lai Shangrong go!"

After another moment, Pan You'an arrived, and Jia Lian first handed the one hundred thousand silver note to Pan You'an: "You do the math, how many gaps are there now?"

Pan You'an took the 15 silver note, and immediately reported the number: "Adding the 200 silver, a total of [-] million cash, the shop has been sold, and the price that Sifang should give is also fair. The rest is mainly farms. Lai's family is ten There are a total of more than [-] farms, the largest is [-], and the smallest is [-]. Sifang said that he can’t eat it all at once, and he is going to Jinling to adjust his position. I think he means to lower the price.”

Jia Lian frowned, and suddenly gritted his teeth and snorted: "If you want to take advantage of me, I'd rather take advantage of those big bosses in the household department. They get the advantage, and maybe they can give me some convenience in the future."

Jia Lian’s idea is to mortgage these land deeds to the Ministry of Households. The Ministry of Households promises to let him slowly find a buyer. , Sending some cheap gifts is only a stepping stone, and it will be much more convenient to meet and do business in the future.

If someone asks someone to give a special gift in the future, they may not dare to accept it. This kind of profit-making in the transaction is because people do not know it, and they have done things while giving favors.

Jia Lian made up his mind: "Let's gather people to load the cars."