The Red Mansions

Chapter 172 Ping'er's Conjecture

Wang Xifeng sat on Jia Yun with a relaxed expression.

She hugged Jia Yun's neck with both hands, and snuggled into his arms without moving.

Being close to Jia Yun in a place like the yamen is a special experience, which Wang Xifeng never thought of.

Ping'er next to him was already limp and paralyzed, resting on the table with his arms folded.

Jia Yun was a little bit unsatisfied, but the master and servant couldn't stand it anymore, and they didn't force it anymore.

He patted Wang Xifeng's fragrant back, and asked: "Didn't you say that Jia's house will ask the Xue family and me to borrow money? Why hasn't there been any movement?"

"Oh, they borrowed it from the Xia family." Wang Xifeng replied.

"The Xia family has money, orphans and widowed mothers, Brother Rong asked to borrow 30, and the girl from the Xia family not only did not refuse, but instead accepted him 50, so everyone is not in a hurry to ask the Xue family to borrow money from you right now. .”

Jia Yun nodded, and suddenly said: "That's right, by the way, what is the Jia family's provincial villa going to be like, and how much will it cost?"

Wang Xifeng shook his head, looked up at him, and said softly: "It's hard to say, originally it was planned to be repaired with 50 taels of silver, but judging from the current progress, I'm afraid it can't be repaired with a million taels of silver. Make."

"If you don't believe me, they will come to the Xue family to borrow money from you in the end."

Jia Yun frowned and said, "They borrowed so much money, aren't they afraid they won't pay?"

"Cut!" Wang Xifeng spat softly, hesitated, and whispered:
"Looking at their appearance, they borrowed money and have no intention of paying it back. As far as I know, the Jia family still owes the Ministry of Households 80 million taels of silver!"

"Hey, by the way, the Xue family seems to owe money to the household department, do you know?"

Jia Yun nodded and said, "I know, and I asked Brother Xue to pay off last year."

"If you don't talk about it, I almost forgot about it. Not long ago, I got the news that the court will clear up the debts next month. Those who still owe money to the Ministry of Households like Jia's family may have a good life."

Wang Xifeng frowned slightly, and said worriedly: "It's over, if the news is true, maybe they will plan on my dowry, what should I do?"

"How much is your dowry?" Jia Yun asked curiously.

Wang Xifeng glanced at him, pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Originally, there were more than one hundred thousand taels of silver. These years, the store has been doing business. I have had bad luck. I lost more than I made, so I gave up my capital."

"In addition, I used to be in charge of Jia's mansion, and posted a lot of them one after another. Now my dowry shops, farms, gold and silver jewelry and other properties add up, and it is estimated that 5 taels of silver will top the sky."

As she said that, she hugged Jia Yun with a smile and said gratefully: "To be honest, I would like to thank you now. If you hadn't persuaded me, I'm afraid I would still be greedy for the little rights in the mansion."

"If you continue to manage Jia's mansion, you will have to pay a lot of money for big things like building a courtyard. If my dowry is put in, there won't be a single splash, and it will be gone."

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "It doesn't take that much money to build a courtyard. My family is also building this year. There are more than 20 small courtyards and hundreds of rooms. It will be settled at most 30 taels."

"Oh, your family is your family, but Jia's mansion is Jia's mansion." Wang Xifeng said with a sigh.

After hesitating for a moment, she continued: "If you don't believe it, our Jia's mansion has been getting worse day by day since the old lady took charge of the house, especially after the old Duke's death, the Jia manor's decline has been severe. "

"But what can be done about this? There are so many men in the Jia family's two duke mansions, none of them can stand up. Originally, there was hope in the East mansion after Mr. Jing was elected, but he went crazy and wanted to practice Taoism. Alchemy went..."

Jia Yun caressed her hair, pondered: "Perhaps this is what people often say is the virtue of a gentleman, let's cut it off in five lifetimes!"

"Maybe!" Wang Xifeng tilted her buttocks, smiled, pulled away and asked Ping'er for help.

Fortunately, there was hot water boiling in the tea room, and the master and the servants kept it clean after a while of rustling.

After finishing her work, Wang Xifeng went back to Jia Yun and asked, "Let me ask you, other closed shops can be opened for business after paying some fines?"

"It's not that simple. If the rectification is not in place, even if you pay a fine, you won't be able to operate." Jia Yun shook her head.

Wang Xifeng nodded and asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid of offending people by doing this?"

"Haha, if you want to do something, how can you not offend others?" Jia Yun laughed.

"So since I dare to seal other people's shops, I won't look forward and backward, let alone be indecisive, otherwise I won't be able to be an official."

"By the way, wait a minute, I'll go next door to get a license, otherwise your shop won't be able to open."

With that said, Jia Yun got up and went back to the office, took a license, wrote a paragraph of approval on it, dried the ink, took it back to the tea room, and gave it to Wang Xifeng.

He warned: "Remember to tell the shopkeeper of your shop, how to rectify according to the instructions of the soldiers and horses, you should rectify, don't steal and play tricks."

"Otherwise, you don't save much money, and the gains outweigh the losses. You must know that if the people don't fight with the officials, it's really turbulent. If the quarrel breaks out, I will definitely stand on the government's side."

After Wang Xifeng took over the license, she rolled her eyes and said, "I see, if I knew it was you who did it, I wouldn't ignore it, and I'll have someone rectify it."

Jia Yun stepped forward and put her arms around her slender waist, and said with a smile, "I know that Auntie is sensible. With such a pretty Auntie, why can't I have enough fun?"

"Stop!" Wang Xifeng lightly hammered his chest, raised his head to look at him affectionately, exhaled like blue and said:
"Why didn't I get to know you earlier? Why do I want to be a dewy couple with you after I get married?"

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Auntie, don't say that. With the conditions of my original family, even if you knew me, you wouldn't look at me in the right light."

"Don't talk about playing with auntie, even if I find you a job, I'm afraid it will take some effort!"

Wang Xifeng giggled, took the initiative to peck him, and said:
"It's really like this. When I first met you a few years ago, although you teased me, I was calm. It was only after you became promising that I fell in love with you."

"But having said that, with my background and appearance, Wang Xifeng, I can't just be teased by any cat or dog."

"Brother Yun, don't think that you got my aunt, but my aunt is really not a flirtatious woman. To be honest, I still don't understand why I fell in love with you and flirted with you without shame..."

Seeing that she became more and more excited as she spoke, Jia Yun lowered her head and kissed her deeply, and then slowly let go after a long time.

"Don't say so much, I didn't mean to look down on you." Jia Yun said softly.

Wang Xifeng's eyes were red, she hummed, sniffled, and lay in Jia Yun's arms without speaking.

No matter in any era, it is extremely shameful for a woman to cheat, especially in this ancient era with strict etiquette, many people dared to take their lives for the sake of fame and integrity.

It can be seen how much pressure Wang Xifeng usually suffers.

Ping'er next to her also pursed her lips, full of confusion about the future, if Wang Xifeng didn't leave Jia's mansion, it would not be easy for her to leave.

But she wanted to have a child for Jia Yun earlier. With a child by her side, even if she grows old in the future, she will have hope in her future life.

Seeing that Ping'er's expression was not right, Jia Yun waved to her.

Ping'er obediently stepped forward, leaned into Jia Yun's arms, pushed Wang Xifeng aside, and greeted a few white eyes.

Jia Yun pondered and said: "Don't worry, if you don't give up, I will be with you for the rest of my life, and I will provide for you for your usual food and needs, and I will not miss you."

Wang Xifeng nodded and said, "I believe in this, Hepinger. After you left Beijing, we went to your house to collect a lot of money."

"Actually, money is a trivial matter. The key is that we feel this kindness."

"Thank you, Brother Yun. At the same time, please help me, Heping, and thank you to Cousin Baochai. If she is not so generous, we are afraid that we will be even more uncomfortable."

Jia Yun patted her on the back of Heping'er, and murmured: "Don't act like this, you must know that you are not alone in Jia's mansion, there are like-minded partners..."

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Jia's mansion, Sister Feng's courtyard.

After Wang Xifeng and Heping'er returned home, they first arranged for someone to send the license to the shopkeeper so that they could open earlier.

After finishing their work, the two came to the bedroom and were relatively silent.

"Grandma, it turns out that Grandma Zhu already knew about our affair with Second Master Yun..." Ping'er pouted.

Wang Xifeng bit her lip, turned her head to look out of the window, her face was a little panicked, she whispered:

"This Jia Yun is just staring at the people in Jia's mansion to tease us. You see, Keqing from the East mansion has already been teased home by him. You and I, plus sister-in-law, oh my god..."

"This kid, he has all the outstanding women in Jia's mansion. You said that if his surname was not Jia, he would not let go of the girls in the family?"

Ping'er hesitated and said: "Grandma, it's really possible, as far as I know, there seems to be something wrong with Miss Lin..."

"Miss Lin?" Wang Xifeng looked back at Ping'er in shock, "You mean..."

Ping'er gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "That's what grandma thinks, I'm afraid the relationship between Miss Lin and Second Master Yun is unclear."

The news was so shocking, Wang Xifeng took a deep breath and asked, "How did you know about this, do you have evidence?"

"I'm afraid grandma is stupid? Where's the evidence for this?" Ping'er rolled his eyes and said.

After hesitating for a moment, she said: "However, my servant went to Miss Lin's courtyard several times, and when I talked to her about Second Master Yun, I always felt that her emotions and eyes were a bit different. According to my servant's intuition, there must be something wrong with her." .”

Wang Xifeng nodded and said: "Whether this matter is true or not, we will bury it in our hearts, and don't even talk about it in private, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

Ping'er said: "Grandma, don't worry, slaves are not the ones who like to chew their tongues."

Wang Xifeng smiled, and after pondering for a while, she smiled and said to Ping'er: "Let's go, let's go to sister-in-law's place. Brother Yun is right, we share the same goals with her, haha..."

(End of this chapter)