The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 574 Different Ideas
A meeting came to an end, and what was left behind, apart from everyone's shock at the rich wealth of the Lai family, was also the awe of Jia Lian, the second master of the mansion.

From today's incident, everyone can probably see that in today's Jia's mansion, the absolute leader is Lian Erye who has the honor of Marquis.After all, the second master Lian even took down the Lai family when he said he would take it down, and it was still when Mother Jia intervened.

Such a second master Lian, who would dare to go against his will?Probably no one left, no one dared to compare themselves with the Lai family's decency, if they could, they should be just like the Lai family, and accumulate a family worth of more than 20 yuan!
Mrs. Xing saw that Jia's mother was gone, so she dared to speak up.She said with a smile on her face: "Lian'er, you did a good job. I have already seen that this Lai Da family is not a good person. I also told your second wife to know and let them be on guard, but they didn't take me Take it seriously, and I won't say it as time goes by.

It's up to you to eradicate these moths completely. "

The more Mrs. Xing looked at Jia Lian, the more she felt satisfied. Jia Lian was able to take down the Lai family, which was something she never expected.She didn't even dare to have such thoughts, otherwise, she would definitely be severely criticized by Jia Mu who protected her shortcomings.

But Jia Lian did it. In front of Jia's mother, he pulled out the big and deep-rooted Lai family... Tsk tsk, the family property of 10,000+ taels is much richer than her eldest wife, no, there is no comparison at all, It's not on an order of magnitude at all, and sometimes it's annoying to think about it.

The more this was the case, the more she wanted to curry favor with Jia Lian. After all, Jia Lian, his son in name, treated her pretty well.At least her current life is much more affluent than when Jia She was here.

Food and clothing, she now has to toss about, and she doesn't have to be as careful and stingy as before.Because Jia Lian said, what is lacking, just tell the couple, what is this, this is confidence!In the past, Jia She had no rules when she spent her money, but if she dared to spend it recklessly, she would definitely be scolded or even beaten...

She has enough inside, and then she will be confident when she communicates with other wives. She talks about how good Jia Lian's son is when she meets everyone, and others praise her for her good fortune. Respect her.This made her feel that she now has a real first-rank imperial destiny, a real face!
In her heart, she regretted that Jia Lian didn't take care of and get close enough to him before she accomplished anything, but fortunately Jia Lian didn't seem to care, so she wanted to make up for it, and whenever she had the opportunity, she would sell herself well in front of Jia Lian.All in all, Jia Lian, a wealthy son, must not be allowed to have a relationship with her.

Mrs. Xing only cared about talking to Jia Lian, but never thought that Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were beside her. After hearing her words, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were quite speechless.Well, you are the only sober person in the co-authored family, and Jia Lian is now added, and the others are all fools, right?
That is to say, Mrs. Wang's city is deep, and she never has a verbal contest with this weak-headed sister-in-law, so she pretended to sigh and said that she never thought that Lai and Da would dare to act so boldly, otherwise she would have warned Jia Zheng cleaned up the house.

That's right, Mrs. Wang also agrees with Jia Lian's actions today.But she is not pure, because before that, she still had the attitude of watching from the sidelines, watching Jia Lian and Jia's mother fight, and was going to watch a play.

But when Jia Lian brought out the inspection results of the Lai family, her attitude immediately changed.Especially seeing that Jia Lian has no selfishness at all, she just said that after returning the Lai family's property to the government, she raised her hands to support Jia Lian.

Well, the originally poor official treasury suddenly became rich again. This Lai family is not bad...

No one likes to be a poor family. In the past two years, the government has been struggling and there are many things in the house. Her private family has to subsidize a lot!It's all right now, at least for two or three years, I won't have such troubles anymore.

Naturally, Jia Zheng, a benevolent gentleman, would not argue with Mrs. Xing. Seeing that the matter was over, Lai Da and Lai had already been dragged down by Jia Lian's guards to beat the board.I couldn't bear it, so I said goodbye to Jia Lian and prepared to go back to Mengpozhai.

"Wait a minute, master. My nephew has one more thing to tell the master and the second wife."

"What's the matter?"

"That's right. When I came back from the Western Regions, I heard from the second wife that our mansion borrowed a total of 8 taels of silver from the East Mansion to build the garden. Is that so?"

Jia Zheng stopped and remained silent. Of course he knew about the borrowing of money from the East Mansion, but he couldn't figure out what Jia Lian meant, so he replied, "You have to ask your second wife about this, but I don't know much about it."

He is not lying, because he did not come forward to borrow money, Madam Wang came forward and told You Shi.

Mrs. Wang guessed Jia Lian's meaning as soon as she heard it. In the presence of Youshi, she would not lie, and said bluntly: "It is indeed the case. In August of the first year, I paid [-] yuan. It was originally estimated that it would be enough to build a garden. That’s right, after preparing for the decorations, welcoming the relatives, etc., I borrowed another [-] yuan, and the total is exactly [-] yuan.”

Jia Lian then laughed and said: "As the saying goes, brothers settle accounts clearly. In the past, in order to build a garden in our mansion, the East Mansion helped each other in difficulties. It was their friendship. Now we are eradicating the Lai family and taking back the family property that they have embezzled and corrupted ink. Come, pay back the East Mansion, what do the master and wife think?"

You Shi also came up from the courtyard at this time, heard Jia Lian's words, and said hurriedly: "We don't have any important things to do in the mansion over there, and we are not in a hurry to spend money, so don't be busy."

It was fine if You didn't say that, and when he talked about Jia Zheng, he said directly: "Lian'er is right. Although the two houses are close relatives, since I borrowed money, I should repay it as soon as possible. Just do as you said. It’s up to you to make up your own mind, I’ll go back first.”

He didn't want to hear the screams of Lai Da and his wife, so he hurriedly finished speaking and walked away.

Mrs. Wang saw that Jia Zheng and Jia Lian both meant the same thing, so naturally it was impossible to stop her, but Mrs. Xing felt that Jia Lian was too honest, she didn't know that she was holding on to the money, and she was too busy to repay it. .

It's just her opinion, and no one cares too much, so it's nothing.

When the crowd dispersed, Lai Da and Lai Da were dragged up, Jia Lian just glanced at them, and directly ordered: "Send them back to recuperate for three days, and after three days, Lin Zhixiao will arrange a few people to escort them to Zhuangzi in the north.

In addition, after all, Lai Da once made contributions to my family, and now that he is old, he allows his family members, especially his son and daughter-in-law, to go north together to serve and support me in Jia's manor. "

When Lin Zhixiao heard this, he thought to himself that if Jia Lian was really sympathetic to Lai Da, as long as Lai Da was not forbidden to bring his family members, his children could naturally follow him.After a little thought, he understood what Jia Lian meant, so he hurriedly said, "What if his son and daughter-in-law are unwilling?"

The more than a dozen farms in the north of Jia's mansion are all located in extremely cold places, which are not suitable for living.

"As a human being, filial piety comes first, there is nothing you don't want."

Jia Lian didn't take it seriously at all, and left directly after saying this.

Lai Shangrong was slapped away by Jia Lian's previous slap. At this time, he found that Jia Lian wanted him to go to the north to serve his parents. He felt that his future was greatly hindered, so he didn't care about anything, and quickly shouted: "No, I will I can’t go, I still have to start my career next year, if I go to the north, my career will be over..."

It's a pity that Jia Lian didn't seem to hear at all, and didn't even look back.

Although Lai and his wife were seriously injured, they were still awake. After all, Jia Lian's soldiers knew that Jia Lian had no intention of taking their lives.

Although they don't want their son to lose his future, but now that they are in prison, his son has no intention of filial piety, which still makes them feel lost.

Lin Zhixiao also looked down on Lai Shangrong's nature very much, and wanted to slap him like Jia Lian.

"A thing that has no filial piety, dare to talk about career. If your teacher hears what you said just now, don't talk about career, I'm afraid it will be easy to revoke your reputation. Hmph, you should do it yourself."

Lin Zhixiao pushed and beat Lai Shangrong, and then escorted all Lai's family members back.

……

Mrs. You came over, so naturally she wanted to go in to greet Mrs. Jia.

Jia Lian also wanted to appease Jiamu, no matter if it was true or false, it was necessary to show others, so he went with You Shi.

"Borrow the [-] silver from the East Mansion. After the counting is done tomorrow, I will have someone send it over. Then I will ask my sister-in-law to check and accept it."

Nothing happened on the road, Jia Lian said casually.

"I've said it all. I'm not in a hurry to send money. Why are you so busy?"

Even so, the way Youshi looked at Jia Lian became more gentle and sweet. Anyway, it was late at night, so he didn't have to worry about someone watching him.

Although it was not easy to borrow the money that day, it was precisely because of Jia Lian's existence that she could borrow it at ease and not worry about not being able to get it back.

Now it really happened as she expected, of course she felt happy from the bottom of her heart.

Seeing that Jia Lian smiled but didn't reply, You Shi said again: "It's you, if you're not busy tomorrow, I'd like to invite you to come and sit down..."

Jia Lian was a little surprised. You Shi was cautious and never dared to ask him out. Every time he waited for him to come to visit him. Why is it like this today?
"Is there a problem?"

"It's nothing to worry about. Tomorrow is my younger sister's birthday. I thought it would be her wedding ceremony after all. I planned to set up a table for her, but I didn't invite anyone else. If the second uncle is not free, then forget it, it's not a big deal Business."

Jia Lian stopped, and Ji Li?Second Sister You or Third Sister You?
Looking back at Youshi's expression, Jia Lian thought to himself from his radiant gaze, could it be that she knew about bullying her younger sister?

Nodding his head, Jia Lian didn't respond positively, but You Shi understood that Jia Lian had agreed, so he stopped talking and walked all the way to Rongqing Hall in silence.

It was found that Sister Feng, Mrs. Wang and Sanchun were all there.

Sister Feng and Mrs. Wang seemed to be working together to release Jia's mother, while the Sanchun sisters sat beside them blankly, and only got up to greet Jia Lian when they saw Jia Lian coming in.

Jia's mother seemed to be resentful towards Jia Lian. When she saw Jia Lian coming in, she changed her expression and fell asleep half leaning on the high couch.

When Sister Feng saw this, she gave Jia Lian a smiling look, but Jia Lian understood. What she meant was: It's all right, I'm all set, I'm good, praise me quickly.

"The grandson pays respects to the ancestors."

Mother Jia ignored it.

"Everything outside has been dealt with, and Sun Er came to ask if the ancestor has any other orders."

silence.

Jia Lian smiled, "Since the ancestor didn't order and it's late, the grandson will not disturb the ancestor's rest, and leave first."

Jia Lian greeted Jia Mu and ignored him, but Jia Lian said she was going to leave, but Jia Mu made a movement all of a sudden.

"Nurse Lai has been with me for most of my life. She has served me much longer than your sons and grandsons. No matter how you deal with Lai Da, she is something you should all respect."

"What the old lady said was that when Lai's house was searched, her grandson gave special orders not to offend Lai's old mother..."

"You can just confiscate the huge amount of family property that has been improperly obtained. You can keep their house for them to take care of Madam Lai."

Jia Lian was silent for a while, the Lai family's house, after several expansions by the Lai family, is worth some money.But after all, it's a private house, and if the specifications don't go up, it's just that. Since Jia's mother has spoken, Jia Lian still has to give this face.

"Just do as the ancestors said, and leave the house to the old mother Lai for the elderly."

Jia Lian's attitude finally made Jia's mother feel calm, so she sat back, looked at Jia Lian, and said for a long time: "I don't know who you followed. In terms of confusion, you are not as good as your father, and in terms of tolerance, you are even worse. Grandfather. I know that you are a person who has your own opinions and can’t tolerate sand in your eyes. If you don’t know, I’m afraid you will be scolded for seeing money, plucking geese, even copying slaves’ homes, and becoming addicted..."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "The old ancestor was joking. If the servants are loyal and the grandson is not stingy and lenient, they naturally don't have to be afraid of being confiscated. When encountering people like the Lai family, they can only act according to the family law. gone."

"Yes, yes, you are right anyway."

Mother Jia scolded, and then she couldn't help laughing.

Speaking of which, tonight she was only trying to save face, and she was not angry at Jia Lian for copying Lai's house.

Doesn't she know that the government's finances are going from bad to worse?However, a servant of the Lai family has accumulated an exaggeratedly rich family background. Even a fool can see what's going on. Don't you hate her, the old lady of the Jia family?

Therefore, after sending away the crying Nanny Lai, she was relieved in her heart.

Others dared to smile when they saw Mother Jia like this.

An old mother said with a smile: "The old lady said that she didn't know who the second master Lian followed. From my point of view, the second master Lian seems to have followed the old master of the country, and also seems to have followed the master of a generation."

The old nanny who can always be by Jiamu's side knows Jiamu's wishes.

"Second Master Lian's handsome and unrestrained appearance naturally follows the old Duke's. But his temperament seems to follow the Duke of a generation.

I think back when we were maidservants, a generation of Dukes was like the Second Master Lian, who ruled the family with military law.At that time, all the servants in the mansion were very well-behaved, for fear that they would accidentally violate the family rules and be severely punished by the military law. "

The second generation Rong Guogong is recognized as a refined man, and also Jiamu's husband, so whenever old people mention and praise Jiamu, Jiamu is very happy.These old mothers are also good people. They said that Jia Lian's handsomeness followed the old Rong Guogong, so Jia's mother was naturally smiling.

But Jia Lian asked curiously: "Oh, when the Duke of that generation was alive, did the family have a slave like Lai Da?"

The old nanny was stunned, and then said in a dazed way: "How can that be, let alone someone like Lai Da, if you just grab a little bit casually, you may lose your head..."

As she spoke, she also felt that she might be pointing at Mother Jia, so the old nanny retreated consciously.

Of course, Mother Jia is also aware of this, but she is quite generous, she just hummed and said: "Okay, I know you uphold the idea of ​​family management of a generation of princes, but your grandfather's and my family management methods are also different. Not necessarily wrong.

You don't know the situation back then, not to mention the slaves, even your grandfather and I were always trembling, afraid of saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing...

Forget it, I'm old anyway, so I don't need to argue with you.In the end, you are still in charge of this family, and you can manage it however you like, as long as you don't fall into the name of your ancestors. "

Saying that, Mother Jia really didn't bother to pay attention to Jia Lian, and drove him away with a wave of her hand.

(End of this chapter)