The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 58 The decline of the family
"Uncle Dai!"

"Uncle Dai..."

The official ship docked at Caishiji Pier in the east of Jiangning City. Jia Dai stood on the bow of the ship facing the wind, looking at the ancient city of Jinling in the distance, full of interest.
Just as he was about to compose a poem to express his feelings, he saw Jia Yun waving to him excitedly, jumping up and down like a child returning from meeting his parents.

Jia Dai couldn't help frowning and thought to himself: What is this kid doing in the wilderness instead of entertaining relatives and friends in his old house?

When the boat stopped, Jia Dai greeted people and carried the spirits of Jia Daishan, Jia Daihua and Jia Fu to Donglin Temple to park them, while helping Qin Keqing get off the boat.

When Jia Yun saw it, she was immediately shocked.

The aunt I met in the old house, Yuan Dao, is already a stunning beauty in the world. Unexpectedly, there is also a beautiful girl hidden in Uncle Dai's cabin.

With her bright eyes and good gaze, she looks like a fairy, enjoying the blessings of everyone. Compared with Uncle Lian, Uncle Dai is even more remarkable. She is truly a role model for our generation!

Everyone knows that Jia Lian is a coquettish and noisy person in the golden house. Jia Yun is a member of a close branch of Rongguo Mansion and lives in a back street, so she understands it very well.

"Brother Lao Dai is taking care of you..."

The coffin was parked in the quiet room behind the main hall, waiting to be buried on a selected day.

Jia Zhu didn't want to stay in the wilderness. Seeing that Jia Dai had assigned tasks, he walked over.

Panting and coughing from time to time, he pretended to be very weak and urgently needed to go to the city to see a doctor.

"My little brother is taking care of you here, just don't worry."

"Your health and career are important. Brother Zhu can just go back to the city..."

Jia Dai had a concerned look on his face. After sending Jia Zhu away, his face quickly changed and he secretly sighed, "What is it?"

"You pervert, I still don't know why you came back to the city?"

"What career?"

"The bones in your body are as weak as catkins. It's good to be able to carry them out of the Jiangnan Gongyuan. Are you still thinking about how many women will leave your bloodline before you die?"

"I want to eat shit!"

In fact, Jia Zhu was also pitiful. Jia Zheng, who wanted his son to become a great man, was greatly harmed. It was not a bad idea to indulge him at the end of his life.

After sending Jia Zhu away, Jia Dai called Jia Yun over.
"Yun'er, I was just busy and forgot to smell it."

"If you're not helping at the old house, why are you here?"

Jia Yun is a young man whom Jia Dai values ​​​​very much. He plans to stay with him for a few years and then be released into the army or become a minor official.

With three gangs of heroes, Jia Dai was forced not to be a minister of the Wei Dynasty, so he had no choice but to rebel with his troops.

Jia Yun is his free step.

Jia Yun replied: "Uncle Dai, my aunt taught my nephew to come here."

"She said that nothing will happen to the old house as long as she is watching over it."

"On the contrary, Uncle Dai has just arrived in Jiangning. Although he is his hometown, he doesn't move around often. He is not familiar with the place. It is the time when he is employing people..."

"Auntie?" Jia Dai was confused after hearing this. The daughters-in-law of both houses were in Shenjing and had never gone south.

"Ok!"

"Uncle Dai is your future wife!"

Jia Yun nodded heavily, like a chicken pecking at rice, with admiration in her eyes.

"Wang Xifeng?"

So brave!

As expected, he was raised as a man by Wang Zisheng, and he gave orders even before he was married!
Jia Dai's brows twitched. The daughters of the Wang family were all beautiful, but none of them were economical. How could they rest until they caused a huge disaster?
Now, Wang Xifeng is just going to the inner courtyard of the old house to stir up trouble. But when he gets married in the future, won't he use his official title to take over all lawsuits, loan usury, and risk people's lives?
Thinking about it, Jia Ding's scalp went numb!

If this marriage had not been arranged by Jia Daihua himself, Jia Dai would really want to regret the marriage at this moment.

What a wife you are marrying, she is simply a living king of hell! "It turns out that my aunt (Jia Min) is helping to take care of all the relatives, friends and women, and my aunt is assisting from the side,"

"It's just that after working hard for a few days, my aunt became seriously ill, so she rested in her room and left her in charge."

"If you don't understand, please give me some advice."

"In the past two days, everything has been kept in order, and nothing is messy..."

Jia Yun explained what she saw in the old house in detail. Jia Dai was bored, but it was a pity that Qin Keqing inexplicably missed this opportunity to practice being a housekeeper.

Wang Xifeng is so powerful, will Qin Keqing be able to compete with her in the future?

In fate, one of these two people holds the power of Rongguo Mansion and issues orders; the other is in charge of Ningguo Mansion, and everyone believes in them, cherishes each other, and is regarded as a confidant;
Now, we are under the same roof, and we will serve the same husband together in the future, what about it?

Jia Dai shook his head and sighed, leaving it alone.

However, when Lin Ruhai came to Jiangning, he avoided seeing her because he was afraid he couldn't. More importantly, he wanted to see Sister Lin.

Lin Ruhai has been away from office for some time. The salt policy is about the comfort of the world, so he can't wait too long. It doesn't matter, he will meet Jia Daihua and others three days later when they bury their ancestors' tombs.

Time flies, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On the ninth day of March, it is appropriate to break ground.

On this day, all the people of the Jia family, wearing sackcloth and mourning, went to Donglin Temple to see Jia Daihua, Jia Daishan and Jia Fu on their last journey.

Even Jia Min, who was still seriously ill, came and lay on Jia Daishan's coffin. She cried until she fainted several times, which was so touching.

Jia Daihua passed away in June last year. Jia Fu died thirty years ago. Jia Dai still has feelings for her. Now, seven months later,
His tears have long been shed. The comparison between the two is really embarrassing.

Jia Dai forced out a tear, looked up at the sky, and howled in pain, "Grandfather, father, have a good journey!"

Then he picked up a shovel and filled the last handful of soil into the tombs of Jia Daihua and Jia Fu respectively, quickly ending all this absurdity.

Donglin Temple arranged a vegetarian banquet to thank all relatives and friends.

Some of them went away after the funeral; most of those who stayed were from poor families, and if they could make do with a meal, the family would be able to save a little.

Speaking of which, the Jia family also has many poor relatives.

The male guests were entertained in the front hall, and twenty tables were opened directly. They were crowded. Although there was no wine, there was enough oil and water.

Five tables were also set up in the back hall to entertain the female family members.

Sitting at the first table were Jia Min, Lin Daiyu, Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai, Wang Zishengzhi and Mrs. Zhang.

Wang Xifeng wears a gold hairpin on her head, walks with a red gold colored phoenix, and is dressed in brilliant embroidery. She looks like a fairy concubine, wandering around like her master.

"We haven't seen each other for a year, but Brother Dai looks like his uncle (Jia Daihua). He has an extraordinary bearing and is quite powerful..."

Thinking of the funeral, Jia Dai led a large group of cavalry to guard Jia Daihua and Jia Fu's coffins. Their majesty actually surpassed that of his father, Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan.

Jia Min felt miserable. She was only a few years old, and her family had fallen into such a state of decline!
When she was at home, had she ever looked at Dongfu?

Now, she wanted to beg Dongfu to help her husband with a shy face. Jia Min couldn't bring herself to speak, so she talked to Aunt Xue elsewhere.

"Yes!"

"Brother Dai is indeed extraordinary. I heard that he is now a general and is highly regarded by my second brother."

"I heard that after returning to Beijing, I will be promoted to another level."

“It’s really a promising future!”

After finally overpowering Jia Min, Aunt Xue decided to take advantage of Wang Ziteng's momentum and started to show off.

She completely forgot that the purpose of this trip was just to ask Jia Dai to come forward and help her rescue her precious son, Xue Pan, from Jiangning prison.

(End of this chapter)