Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 257

Jia Qiong heard the sound and knew that Wang Yuyan and the others were back, so she came out of the backyard and saw Xu Weirui coming towards her.

"Second brother, where has mother gone?"

Jia Qiong said: "Auntie didn't come. I lied to you because I wanted you to come back soon."

"Oh."

Xu Weirui didn't think much after hearing this. She turned around and said to Wang Yuyan and Qin Keqing who were following behind her: "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry."

Wang Yuyan smiled and said: "You have been running all morning, how can you not be hungry?"

Qin Keqing said, "I'll tell the kitchen to start cooking."

Xu Weirui said: "I'll go too, I want to eat the hibiscus rolls made by Aunt Ji."

Xu Weirui took Qin Keqing and left happily. Jia Qiong helped Wang Yuyan go back to the room to rest.

Wang Yuyan asked: "My husband wants us to come back early. He says so. Why lie?"

Jia Qiong explained: "I'm not afraid that you won't come back if you have fun.

You are pregnant, so you are very tired. "

Wang Yuyan said: "I happened to meet Princess Beijing's concubine today, so I wasted some time.

The princess is very talkative. If you hadn't asked Ping An to call us, she would have invited us to take a boat trip to Jinming Pond. "

Jia Qiong pondered for a while and then said to Wang Yuyan: "Our house is going to be in contact with the Prince of Beijing, so we should not get too close. Just be polite."

When Wang Yuyan heard what Jia Qiong said, she asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

Jia Qiong did not explain, but pointed to the sky. Wang Yuyan understood immediately, nodded and said, "I will pay attention to it in the future."

Jia Qiong said: "There is no need to deliberately hide, just normal interactions."

The two sat in the room for a while, waited for Xu Weirui to call them, and then went to the dining room to eat.

Jia Qiong asked: "What do you think of the house in Qinglongfang today? Do you like it?"

Xu Weirui said first: "We only visited five places. I think they are all very good, but I still like the Peach Blossom Garden more."

Jia Qiong saw that she was rushing to speak before she could swallow the food in her mouth, and taught her: "Don't talk when you eat. Don't talk when you are chewing something in your mouth."

Xu Weirui pouted and said, "Oh."

Wang Yuyan smiled and said: "Those gardens are indeed unique, each has its own merits, and everyone has their own preferences.

I prefer Chengmingyuan, Sister Qin prefers Shuiyunjian, and Baochai seems to like Mantangchun the most. "

Jia Qiong said with a smile: "You four have four preferences, so who should you listen to?"

Wang Yuyan smiled and said: "Haven't fifteen of the twenty-acre mansions been built? We plan to take a look at them all before making a decision."

Jia Qiong said helplessly: "You are pregnant with the child, so you are not afraid of being tired."

Wang Yuyan said: "Buying a house is a big deal. I don't know how many years I will live there. How can I do it if I don't care about it?"

I asked people to prepare a sedan chair. When you are tired, you can sit on the sedan chair. "

Jia Qiong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow.

By the way, I haven't seen Daiyu for a while. How do you think she is? "

Wang Yuyan said: "Daiyu looks a little stronger than before."

Jia Qiong shook her head and said, "I asked her how she was in spirit."

Wang Yuyan obviously didn't pay much attention. She glanced at Qin Keqing and said, "I was busy talking to Princess Beijing, so I didn't pay much attention. My sister is looking after the younger ones, so she should know better."

Qin Keqing nodded and said, "Sister Lin is in good spirits and doesn't see any problems."

Jia Qiong nodded and said, "That's good. So many things have happened recently, and Baoyu went south to study again.

She is afraid of thinking too much. As long as she is in good spirits, her body will be fine. "

Speaking of Jia Baoyu, Qin Keqing thought about her younger brother. She asked, "I wonder if Jing Qing and the others are going smoothly. They are now in Hangzhou."

Jia Qiong said: "They should have arrived a long time ago. Wansong Academy will recruit new students on Qingming Festival, and it has been more than ten days.

Just wait patiently, their letters should arrive in a few days. "

Qin Keqing said with some worry: "Didn't my husband say that Wansong Academy is very strict in recruiting students? I don't know if the two of them can get in."

Jia Qiong smiled and said: "Don't worry, their articles are at the level of ordinary scholars, and they are young.

With my letter of recommendation, you will definitely be successful. "

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Jia Qiong's family first went to Rongguo Mansion to meet the sisters of the Jia family, and then headed to Qinglongfang together.

In fact, except for the ten-acre mansion, large-area mansions have not yet started to be sold.

Those who can enter these houses in advance to view the houses are all the top dignitaries of Da Chu. They must be at least a third-grade minister, otherwise there will be no discussion.

Jia Qiong also said hello in advance. The houses he wanted to visit today would not be open in the morning, so as not to let in ignorant people and disturb the female family members.

They entered a house called Tang Yun first. They entered through the main entrance and dismounted their horses and parked their sedan chairs in the front yard.

Now is the season of spring and flowers are blooming. Xu Weirui and the other little girls said they were here to help look at the house, but in fact they were just out for an outing. As soon as they entered the garden, they all ran to enjoy the scenery.

Only Jia Qiong, Wang Yuyan, Qin Keqing, Wang Xifeng, and Xue Baochai walked along the road and slowly looked over from yard to yard.

Wang Xifeng's laughter didn't stop from the moment she got off the sedan chair. Jia Qiong joked: "Sister-in-law Feng has been so busy recently, she can go out every day."

Wang Xifeng chuckled and said, "Thanks to Brother Qiong, now the old lady knows that you are the God of Wealth.

I said I would come out to help you choose a house, who can stop me? "

Wang Yuyan smiled and said: "I don't know who came to me in a hurry a few days ago to cry about poverty. Now you can feel at ease."

Wang Xifeng said: "I persuaded my wife to use most of the cash in the house to buy a house a few years ago, but there has been no movement at all in the past few months, so I don't feel confident.

Later, the Dongfu incident happened again. The Dongfu was sealed off, and the large group of maids and servants were mostly born in the same family, so they couldn't all be sold.

We have to spend money to support it, which adds a lot of expenses for no reason.

If it weren't for these houses, I don't know how worried I would be now. "

When Jia Qiong heard this, his thoughts moved. The emperor wanted him to inherit the Ningguo Mansion. By then, these slaves would definitely come back.

Slaves of wealthy families often use their power to bully others and commit lawlessness. Once something happens, the master's family will be blamed for it.

He is not willing to take over the group of unruly slaves in Ningguo Mansion. Not only will it take a lot of effort to rectify them, but it will also easily lead to a reputation for treating the servants harshly.

Jia Qiong thought to himself that it would be better to borrow the help of Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng to get rid of those cancerous tumors first, which would save him trouble then.

So he said: "Increase revenue and reduce expenditure. I don't know how long the interest on your few houses will last if you reduce expenditure."

Sister-in-law, all the stewards in those two mansions are almost like uncles.

How much have they been greedy over the years? Not to mention that you don’t know anything about it, and you, the grandma in charge, don’t want to rectify it? "

(End of this chapter)