The Red Mansions

Chapter 189 Li Wanping's arrival one after another, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu have lingering fears

on the attic.

Jia Yun hugged Li Wan tightly, and asked softly, "Why are you here suddenly today?"

Li Wan gasped in a low voice, but did not reply.

It's not that she doesn't want to answer, but that she has no strength to answer, and she can't even breathe.

Jia Yun saw that she was ignoring her and tormenting her again, which made Li Wan's face pale with fright, and hurriedly said: "Don't...let me take it easy...we'll talk about it later..."

Jia Yun smiled, didn't scare her anymore, hugged her and watched the scenery outside the window quietly.

From here, you can just see Li Wan's yard, and at the same time, you can also see the family-speaking villa under construction.

Looking at the villa, Jia Yun was quite confused.

As far as he knows, the money Jia's spent in the yard has already exceeded at least 80 taels of silver, why hasn't the outline appeared yet?

Looking at it this way, I have built more than [-] small courtyards in my house, and they have all been completed. I don’t know how many times faster.

Although the villas in Jia's mansion are larger than the small courtyards built by ourselves, the corresponding investment and workers are much more. Why is the efficiency so slow?
As for the funding issue, in fact, if the Jia family gave the 80 taels of silver to Jia Yun to find someone to repair, he would definitely repair the provincial villa beautifully, the effect would not be worse than that written in the original book, and there would be money .

From this we can see how dark the hearts of the people raised by Jia's family are.

It is estimated that one-third of the payment can be implemented, which is considered good.

At this moment, Li Wan finally regained his composure, exhaled lightly, and whispered, "Your enemy almost killed me today."

Jia Yun laughed and said, "You haven't replied to me yet, why did you come here today?"

Li Wan pursed his lips and said sadly: "I just wanted to come and talk to you, but the mansion is too depressing now."

"Uncle Xi beats Brother Cong every day, everyone says he is going crazy."

"My father-in-law and mother-in-law pestered me every day to persuade me to go back to my mother's house to borrow money. Oh, if I can borrow money from my mother's house, I won't be so tight on money these years."

"Anyway, no one in Jia's mansion is normal these days, so I just took a break and asked you to relax."

Jia Yun hugged her, tightened her body, and said angrily: "You are living a transparent life, and staying in the mansion is uncomfortable, so come here and let me relax you."

"Hee hee, I'm looking for you, otherwise who would I look for?" Li Wan rolled his eyes and said in a charming way.

Jia Yun turned her around, faced each other, pecked lightly, and said, "Just look for me, haha..."

Li Wan also smiled heartily and leaned gently in his arms.

After Jia Yun laughed, she asked her: "Then why don't you go back and borrow money? Regardless of whether you can borrow it or not, you can just pretend!"

"No, I'm too lazy to make false claims with them. I've seen it for a long time. Building a villa is a bottomless pit. It can't be filled without a few million taels of silver. If I borrow this time, what should I do if I still need money next time?" Li Wan said with a deflated mouth.

Jia Yun nodded with a smile, and said, "That's true. Those servants in your family eat too much. If you don't believe me, look, when this yard is finished, you Jia Hui will be eaten up."

Li Wan sighed, and said: "Do you think the servants in the mansion are corrupt, and our masters don't know about it?"

"Actually, they all understand. It's just that some people pretend to be ignorant and are trying to gain benefits."

After Jia Yun pondered for a while, she knew who she was talking about.

If it was before, he would think of Wang Xifeng, because she was the housekeeper.

But now, it can only be Mrs. Wang.

In fact, whether it is Wang Xifeng or Mrs. Wang, most of them are hugging money for Jia Yuanchun in the palace.

Don't look at Jia Yuanchun rewarding some gold and silver treasures bestowed by the royal family to Jia's house from time to time during festivals, but compared to the amount of silver that Jia's house gave her, it is not even a fraction.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang embezzled most of the money for the Jia family's yard repairs, and Jia Amnesty, Jia Zhen and others embezzled, accounting for one-third.

It is estimated that some other managers, butlers, etc. are also quite greedy, accounting for one-third of the total.

In the end, one-third of the money fell into the actual project, which is already very good.

It is estimated that even Jia's mother is well aware of this, but she can only turn a blind eye, close one eye, and stay calm and peaceful.

But she didn't know that after Jia's mansion was ruined, the Lai family turned into a big landlord. Jia Zheng wanted to borrow 500 taels of silver from Lai Shangrong, but was sent away by 50 taels of silver.

I don't know how they felt at that time, the masters, I guess they even want to vomit their gall!

Li Wan continued: "By the way, I'm here this time, and by the way, I want to tell you that I will ask Suyun to bring some valuable things at home to you and put them in Jia's mansion for a few days. I'm a little restless."

Jia Yun turned her head and glanced at Su Yun who was lying on the bed and was sleeping soundly from exhaustion, nodded and said:
"No problem, just put it in the yard you chose. If you find space in the future, you can even spend the night here."

Li Wan shook his head lightly and said, "I'd like to spend the night here, but I'm afraid it's hard to find an opportunity."

The two rubbed their ears together, and after talking for a while, Li Wan woke up Suyun, said goodbye and left.

In the garden, Xiren came back after seeing off Li Wan's master and servant, and whispered to Jia Yun:

"Just now Sheyue and Qingwen came together to look for the concubine, saying that Jia Baoyu didn't want them to serve her anymore, the two girls were afraid that they would be kicked out by Jia's house, and they would have nowhere to go, so they wanted to join the concubine, what should we do about this?"

Jia Yun wondered, "What should I do? I can't control Jia's house."

"The concubine means, should I take them in?" Xiren explained, "Those two are also pretty."

Jia Yun rolled her eyes and said, "Aren't there few good-looking people in my family? You want to take them in and don't pull me in. I don't lack those who stutter."

Xiren covered his mouth with a smile, and said: "Yes, yes, Yuan'er, Lian'er and other maids at home haven't opened their faces yet, and there is indeed no shortage of them."

After a pause, she said again: "However, Sheyue and Qingwen were kicked out of Jia's mansion, and it would be a pity to go to other places. Why don't I take them and keep them for the master, how about it?"

"Nonsense! Don't play me as a pretense, let Baochai know, you have good fruit to eat!" Jia Yun rolled her eyes and cursed with a smile.

Xiren grinned, and muttered softly: "Duplicity..."

"Try again, don't whisper so I won't hear you." Jia Yun turned her head to look.

Xiren was not afraid of him, instead, he stepped forward and took his arm, and said with a smile: "The concubine doesn't know what the master likes. If there are top-notch women, naturally she wants to think about the master."

"You are really my sweetheart, I love you to death." Jia Yun laughed loudly.

When she got home, the first thing Jia Yun had to do was to take a shower and change clothes.

There is no way, after hanging out with other women, there is a fragrance on my body.

Xue Baochai had told her earlier that it was fine to steal food, but she had to wash herself inside and out so that she would not smell uncomfortable.

Therefore, even though it was a little troublesome, Jia Yun had to follow it.

After coming out of the bathhouse and changing into loose clothes, Xiangling stepped forward with a smile and said:
"Miss Ping'er is here, bringing a lot of valuables with her, and they are moving them to her own yard!"

Jia Yun was very puzzled, what happened to these women, they all wanted to move valuable things to his house, isn't this a typical way of turning their elbows?
At the same time, what puzzled him even more was how Ping'er transported the several carts of goods out of Jia's mansion without causing any doubts.

With many questions in mind, Jia Yun walked to Ping'er's small courtyard, and saw that Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu were also there, and a room full of maids and women were helping to arrange it.

Seeing Jia Yun approaching, everyone stopped what they were doing and went forward to salute.

"Don't be too polite." Jia Yun waved her hand.

He asked Ping'er again, "What are the things you got here? How did you get them here?"

Ping'er blinked, and said with a smile: "It's some gold and silver jewellery, high-quality cloth, etc. It's easy to transport. Now that the mansion is building a yard, there are many vehicles coming in and out, so just cover it up and transport it out." gone."

The actual operation must be more than that simple, Jia Yun nodded and did not ask further questions.

After looking at the house, he asked, "Do you still like this house? Remember to report to Baochai what is missing, and she will arrange for someone to buy it."

Xue Baochai on the side answered, "Don't worry, my family has already told Miss Ping'er about this, so you don't need to worry about it."

"That's good." Jia Yun was satisfied, and then asked Xue Baochai: "After moving the yard in a few days, has everyone's own yard been arranged?"

Xue Baochai nodded and said: "Basically, everything has been arranged. If they still need something, they can add it slowly after they move in."

Jia Yun stepped forward to hold her hand, and said softly: "It's really hard work for you, you have to take care of everything before and after!"

"Hee hee, what is the master saying? Isn't this what slaves should do?" Xue Baochai smiled.

Jia Yun tightened her hand, expressing her gratitude secretly.

No one can match Xue Baochai as a regular wife, so Jia Yun likes and respects her from the bottom of her heart.

When she came back to her senses, Jia Yun saw that she was standing in the way, so she said to everyone:

"Okay, I won't bother you to help Ping'er decorate the room. Ping'er don't rush to leave later, go back after eating!"

Ping'er pursed her lips and smiled: "Understood, grandma said that she sent me to the store to clear the goods, so I don't have to go back tonight."

Jia Yun's face brightened, she nodded and said with a smile: "It's good to clear the goods, and I will send more goods in the future!"

After speaking, he turned around and walked out of Ping'er's room, and went back to the courtyard.

Jia Fu.

Jia Lian hesitated for a long time, but in the end he didn't dare to go to see Jia Amnesty alone, fearing that he would really be beaten like Jia Cong.

Walking in the courtyard, just when he didn't know where to go, he saw Jia Baoyu walking towards Rongqing Hall surrounded by a group of servants.

Jia Lian hurriedly followed, greeted Jia Baoyu, and then they went to meet Jia's mother together.

"Second brother Lian, you promised me that you have to keep it a secret." Jia Baoyu urged.

Jia Lian nodded slowly and said, "Don't worry, I promise to keep my mouth shut and not reveal a word."

Jia Baoyu heaved a sigh of relief, and murmured: "This time, I have walked through the gate of hell, it's too scary!"

Jia Lian also had lingering fears when he heard the words. This time, thanks to his family's several 10 taels of silver for saving his life, or Jia Baoyu's company, if he was alone, Jia's family would not have desperately rescued him.

Jia Lian still has this self-knowledge.

Therefore, the one closest to the gate of hell this time is not Jia Baoyu, but Jia Lian.

PS: The second update brings...

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