Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

This old woman still wants to file a complaint?

It's not impossible to file a complaint, but let's wait until I finish ransacking my house.

If this old woman were to go to Jia's mother and complain, although Jia Huan was not afraid, there would definitely be a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help but smile and said: "Aunt Lai, your second son has been a housekeeper in the Ningguo Mansion for 12 years and embezzled 36 taels of silver from our Ningguo Mansion."

"Now I won't settle the interest with your Lai family. I'll just take away the 36 taels of silver that was embezzled by Lai Sheng. You, old man, are still here to watch, lest you falsely accuse me of taking too much after I leave."

Grandma Lai had a sullen face. How could she have the time to watch here?

She is going to complain to Jia Mu now!

No matter how true it is here, once the money is confiscated, it will be difficult to get it back.After all, it is a fact that her second son is greedy for ink.

But now as long as Jia Mu is found and complained in time, these properties may still be preserved.

Thinking of this, Grandma Lai ignored Jia Huan at all, leaning on her crutches and raising her feet to walk out.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped directly by Jia Huan.

Aunt Lai shouted sternly: "Well, Mr. Huan, now you not only want to raid my Lai family, but also want to imprison my old lady? Even in front of the young lady, I am very thin-faced. Don't you think of my ancestors at all?" Don’t you take it seriously?”

Jia Huan was too lazy to talk to the old woman, so he said impatiently: "As a slave, you must have the consciousness of a slave! Face is not given by others, it is earned by yourself."

"If I give you face, you are Aunt Lai. If I don't give you face, who are you? Today I am going to kill your family. What crime do you think I will have?"

"You, old man, just stay here. After I copy out the 36 taels of silver, you, old man, can go wherever you like and complain to whomever you like."

"Before that, you just stay here and can't go anywhere. Don't be shameless and force me to use violence. There are many."

Aunt Lai tapped her crutch several times bitterly, but she didn't dare to really break out.Because she knew in her heart that what Jia Huan said was true.

This is the tragedy of being slaves. No matter how much you pay for your master, you will not get any credit.You only have face if your master gives you face. If you don't give you face, even if you are killed randomly, you will have nowhere to complain.

Of course, Grandma Lai only thought of their family's contribution.I never thought about the behavior of her second son who embezzled 36 taels of silver for more than ten years.Even if they didn’t really spend 36 taels on ink, even if it was only 20 taels, wouldn’t there be too many people who were greedy on ink?

Soon, boxes of gold and silver jewelry, stacks of banknotes, house deeds, land deeds and other items were moved into the yard one by one.

Lin Zhixiao took several accountants and began to count these properties and estimate their value.

Jia Huan looked at these things and sneered: "Aunt Lai, you still feel aggrieved. Now look, how much has your Lai family been greedy over the years?"

"If you say that these are all rewards given to you by the old lady, I can take you to prove it in front of the old lady. Has the old lady ever rewarded you with so many things?"

"I'm afraid your family's wealth is much richer than that of my Jia family. What else do you have to say now? Do you still think that our Jia family is crossing the river and burning the bridge? Killing the donkey?"

At this time, even Grandma Lai was secretly frightened when she looked at the wealth that had been copied.

As Jia Mu's personal maid, she endured the hardship year after year. Naturally, Jia Mu gave her a lot of rewards, but even if they were converted into money, they wouldn't amount to much.

She naturally knew that her two sons were greedy for money from the Mojia family. Everyone came here like this. Could it be possible that they would stop being greedy when they came to the Lai family?
She didn't expect that she would have done so much over the years, and it frightened her.

How come all the Jia family's wealth has almost been moved to their Lai family?

But these are absolutely unacceptable.

Aunt Lai hurriedly said: "Mr. Huan, part of this money was given to my Lai family by the lady, and some of it was earned by my Lai family. Then there are relatives who put it in my Lai family." The Third Master is so crazy about wanting to get rich that he doesn't even hesitate to raid the slave's home, seize the slave's property, and spread the word, completely ruining the Jia family's family tradition."

The facts are all there, but this old woman is still insisting.

Jia Huan laughed, he didn't even bother to argue with such a stupid woman.

After checking for an hour, Lin Zhixiao and his people finally counted 36 taels of property.

The 36 taels of wealth included 12 taels in cash and banknotes.

Jia Huan guessed that even the Rongguo Mansion's warehouse would not be able to produce so much cash.

Other gold, silver and jewelry were converted into as much as 16 taels, and the two together amounted to 28 taels.

The remaining 8 taels were converted from calligraphy, painting, antiques, etc.

Jia Huan didn't ask for any of the Lai family's property, house deeds, etc.

After all, land deeds and house deeds are either yours or yours, and you still need to go to the government to transfer ownership.

There are a lot of troubles here, and Jia Huan naturally doesn't want them.

Jia Huan calculated, and the land deeds, house deeds, etc., plus some other properties left by the Lai family, added up to about 10,000+ taels of silver.

In other words, if all the Lai family's assets were cleared, there would be as much as 60 million taels of silver.

And all this money was sucked from the blood of Jia's family.

Outside the Jia Mansion, it is unable to open up more money and does not know how to be frugal, and there are such big rats inside, so it is strange that it does not decline.

After cleaning up the belongings, Lin Zhixiao immediately arranged for people to carry them to the carriage.

It took half an hour and three carriages to load everything.

Jia Huan then led the people away.

However, Jia Huan still secretly ordered Lin Zhixiao to send people to keep an eye on the Lai family to prevent them from transferring the remaining family property.

……

Let's say that after Jia Huan and the gang of bandits left, the entire Lai Mansion suddenly erupted into miserable wailing sounds.

Their family had worked hard to move it around for so many years, but now the third master's house was confiscated and they were almost impoverished.

Lai Da couldn't help crying and asked: "Mom, the second brother was not careful, and the third master took advantage of it and ransacked our Lai family."

"Although our family is broke now, the remaining property is enough for us to survive. It's just something happened in Ningguo Mansion, and there is no movement in Rongguo Mansion."

"If they copy it again, how can our Lai family survive? Mother, what should our Lai family do?"

Aunt Lai also cried: "Boss, tell the truth to mother, how much money have you embezzled in Rongguo Mansion over the years?"

Aunt Lai didn't ask whether Lai was greedy. There was no need to ask. How could a housekeeper not be greedy for money?It's just a matter of more or less greed.

Lai Da couldn't help but said: "Mother, the Rongguo Mansion is no better than the Ningguo Mansion. Many people are watching. In recent years, my son has not dared to be greedy. He has about 5 and [-] taels of silver." (End of Chapter)