The Red House Returns the Pearl Lin's Home

Jia Mu slapped the table hard, raised her hand and pointed to a row of servants kneeling below, gritted her teeth and said: "A bunch of useless trash, they can't do this well, what's the use of raising you? "

Lai Da is the chief steward of the Rongguo Mansion. If something like this happens, he needs to come out and step on the thunder, no matter whether he likes it or not, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "The slave has already had people search all over the house. , but you still haven’t found what you said you were looking for.”

Mother Jia turned her head to look at Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng who were standing together: "Have you asked the lady who was watching the night?"

Mrs. Wang nodded and said nothing, Wang Xifeng was a little flustered and said: "I have been interrogated one by one, and they all said that they ate too much wine that day and slept soundly, and they don't know who came here."

"Not only to eat wine, but also to draw cards?" Mother Jia asked coldly, seeing that Wang Xifeng just lowered her head, she knew it, and gritted her teeth, "The family has been too generous these past few years. I forgot everything about my surname! It's time to re-establish the rules!"

Since it was discovered that the storeroom had been broken into during the New Year, Mother Jia had turned the Rongguo Mansion upside down and turned it upside down. Once she didn't find it, she checked it a second time, and now she has thoroughly checked it four times.

The family was in turmoil, and it would be good if Jia pardoned and Jia Zheng didn't help. They were all coaxed by Jia's mother to stay in their respective yards without interfering, but Jia Lian was there. Hearing this, he sighed secretly in his heart.

For the Chinese New Year, it was supposed to be auspicious, but I ransacked my home four times, and now I am making a big fuss to conduct censorship, let alone the moment when the imperial concubine is about to come back to visit her relatives, it doesn't look like it to outsiders. .

Mother Jia was sure that the one who could do this must be a house thief, so she let all the servants go down, and then ordered Yuanyang to bring the lock of the warehouse door, and her eyes flashed: "Yesterday, I asked Lian'er to take this lock to find the most important person in the capital. An experienced locksmith has seen it, and he said that the lock has no trace of violent damage at all, and the lock cylinder inside is also worn to a normal degree. It is impossible for ordinary thieves to open it, let alone a house thief. Most likely, it was opened directly with a key." She really didn't believe that among the servants of Rongguo Mansion, there was a well-hidden master lockpicker.

——and the key is only in Mrs. Wang's hands.Mrs. Xing raised her eyes and glanced to the side, then hurriedly lowered her head to cover her upturned mouth.

Wang Xifeng felt that the world around her was a bit chilly, and her thoughts were active. Her good aunt was named, and she might have to bear the grudge against Jia Lian who locked her up and went looking for her. Still have to suffer.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly argued: "Is it possible that the daughter-in-law doesn't know the importance of the key to the warehouse? I always carry this key with me, and I never leave it on weekdays. Even when I sleep, I put it under the pillow and never ask others to take it over!"

"What about New Year's Eve?" Mother Jia didn't relax, she still asked.

"The daughter-in-law still hasn't left her body, she just kept it in the inner pocket of my clothes." Mrs. Wang dared to hate her when she saw that she really doubted herself, "The daughter-in-law stayed with the old lady until the next day when Feng girl asked me When I opened the treasury with the key, I found out that the money was missing."

Jia's mother took advantage of the opportunity to look over to Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng said, "It's because the red envelopes for the boys outside have to go to the public account, so I asked the second wife for the key."

This is also the usual practice, and there is no doubt about it. Mother Jia looked at the juniors present and saw that everyone was in danger, thinking that tens of thousands of things are trivial, don't let each other be born enemies because of this, and finally eased her face: " I know, the money is always lost, and there is no way to make them spit out the food in the stomach of the thieves. Now I should think about what to do next."

The money lost by the Rongguo Mansion is more or less. Although it is not their entire family property, after all, it is tens of thousands of taels of silver. An ordinary middle-class family can’t spend dozens of lifetimes. Jia Yuanchun came back to visit his relatives. It almost wiped out the family property of Rongguo Mansion, and now without this money, it is even more stretched and cannot be turned around.

Mother Jia sat back on the couch, the light on her face dissipated, and she looked five years older than before: "Although I lost money, the courtyard for visiting relatives is always built. This can't be stopped, it's for the people in the palace. Concubine Xiande built it, and if she is satisfied, it can be regarded as a part of our heart."

Mother Jia let out a long sigh: "Taking a step back, even if it's not for the family-saving yard, the daily expenses of the house on weekdays are inseparable from money."

Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Jia Lian and his wife hurriedly said yes. Jia's mother glanced at each of their faces, with the wisdom and insight unique to the elderly, and said in a deep voice: "Mandarin duck, take it out of my body first." 1 taels of silver are here to order, no matter what, let everyone have a good year first."

The old lady made a statement, and the people below naturally wanted to give some explanations. Mrs. Xing moved uncomfortably, making up her mind to wait for Mrs. Wang to speak first, and then think about it herself.

Mrs. Xing has long been upset that Mrs. Jia prefers to let Mrs. Wang be a housekeeper of the second wife, and the person who takes the money is the first. Now it is the turn to pay for the bloodletting, and she should not take the lead.

Mrs. Wang did not allow Mrs. Xing to fulfill her wish, she said with a smile: "It's natural, this is because the old lady is considerate of us, not to mention the old lady, even our second master and I are also full of joy." The tip of her eyes swept towards Mrs. Xing, "What did the eldest lady say?"

Mrs. Xing hated her half to death, seeing that she couldn't escape, she said: "I have 500 taels here, which were sent by my sister from my natal family, just happened to encounter this matter, and happened to give it to the second wife, the housekeeper, to deal with the first month first. "

Mrs. Wang bit her, and Mrs. Xing wanted to bite her back. This was a clear reminder to Mother Jia that your youngest son's daughter-in-law is the housekeeper, and she has a lot of money in her hands.

Although the 500 taels is nothing compared to Jiamu's 1 taels, if Mrs. Xing's personality can be shown, it will cost her half of her life.

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Lian'er and his wife are not the ones who spend less money. I heard people say that my son and the Lin family have opened a shop in partnership. It can be seen that money is loose."

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng looked at each other, they didn't expect that she would know such a hidden thing.

Jia Lian secretly scolded that the boy in charge of affairs was not secretive, worried that Jia's mother would become suspicious, and hurriedly laughed: "Cousin Lin proposed to me before he moved out. He is young and just came to the capital. He is unfamiliar with everything. Let’s set up a shop with me as a partner to have fun. What we husband and wife know, it doesn’t matter whether we have money or not, my cousin, he is motivated, so of course he should help.”

Mother Jia couldn't see anything on her face, she just nodded and said: "After all, we are relatives, you get along well, and as an elder, I can only be happy."

I don't know what Jia's mother really thinks, at least she is quite happy, Wang Xifeng deliberately drew her attention to other places, and said with a smile: "Second Master discussed with me last night before taking a break. In the face of difficulties, no one will stand still, so naturally they should have a heart."

Gazed by Wang Xifeng's moist phoenix eyes, Jia Lian took the words: "We are juniors, and we can't help the family with anything on weekdays. At this time, we should show more. I have 1000 taels of spare money on hand, so that's it." Let Ping'er fetch it, at least I can do my best."

Jia Lian was also very annoyed, he was bitten by Mrs. Wang, didn't he just follow Jia's mother's order and let someone check the lock? It's nothing if the husband and wife don't let it go.

Jia Lian didn't know that Mrs. Wang had a ghost in her heart, so she naturally felt that such a big reaction from her was extremely absurd, and felt that the other party was deliberately targeting him.

Jia's mother originally wanted to let Jia Lian come out first, and then let Mrs. Wang come out, so that the two could compare in front of her. No matter how stingy Mrs. Xing was, she would be too embarrassed to give too little. I didn't expect Mrs. Wang to let Mrs. Xing come out first, and be an old lady. The one only gave 500 taels, and Jia Lian and his wife had even more reason to give less.

But Mrs. Wang hesitated and finally offered 3000 taels. Mother Jia took another look at her and was a little surprised. The abnormality must be a demon, and there may be something wrong with it.

In fact, Mrs. Wang was worried that the lending incident back then would be revealed, and she still needed Mother Jia's help to make up for it. At this time, she made more money to sell it well in front of the old lady, so that she could ask her for it in the future.

However, a total of more than [-] taels was collected. It is impossible to fill up the big hole in the provincial courtyard, and there is no reason for her to keep using her private house as public money. You can't be sloppy, you can't procrastinate, you have to give up your face and borrow some for now."

Seeing the embarrassed looks on everyone's faces, Jia Mu patiently explained: "After the first month, people from the village will come to deliver the products and rent, and then there will be spare money, but for the time being, we will get some money from our acquainted relatives." Borrow some for emergencies, and they won't lose them."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Look at what the old lady said, with the family's reputation and wealth, can't you borrow any money? Don't talk about others, his aunt's family heard about it and sent it over without paying it back." 5000 taels? It’s not easy for them to have a widowed mother with a pair of children. Fortunately, Bao girl is a lucky girl, and there will be a general election in the spring of next year, so she is lucky at first glance.”

No, let Jia Yuanchun take a look at it when the time comes. When you came back to visit your relatives, a large part of the courtyard was piled up with money from the Xue family. Now that your sister is about to enter the palace, can you say nothing?Can you help me out?

"Their mother and daughter are always warm-hearted." Jia Mu nodded, and did not follow Mrs. Wang's wishes to praise Xue Baochai. My granddaughter had a great time, you might as well go to Lin's house tomorrow to talk about it, and bring Baoyu with you, he's been clamoring to see his cousin."

Wang Xifeng hastily agreed, not forgetting to flatter Jia's mother: "Brother Bao is always good-natured, not to mention cousin Lin, he is also good friends with big brother Xue, and the whole family is harmonious and happy, so happy and joyous."

Jia's mother was amused, and said with a smile: "You can speak well with your mouth, don't forget to ask my granddaughter, just say that I, an old woman, miss her and want to take her to the house to live for a few days."

"I don't need to say it alone. Cousin Lin, cousin Lin must have been planning to come here to give you New Year's greetings a few days ago." Wang Xifeng's red lips turned up, and she looked pretty, "I just hope that the old lady will see her grandson and granddaughter." , don’t leave all the unpleasant things like us behind!”

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So Wang Xifeng came to the door, buying one and getting one free, followed by Jia Baoyu, who was dressed in red and gold, and was beaming.

Lin Lu accepted the invitation, and waited politely in the inner courtyard early. Not long after, she saw a carriage parked at the door, changed into a soft sedan, and brought it in from the main entrance.

He lifted his robe, stepped forward and said with a smile, "Second sister-in-law Lian, brother Bao, long time no see." Seeing Jia Baoyu looking left and right as soon as he got off the car, he smiled secretly in his heart, he had already ordered someone to take care of Lin Daiyu's residence. Well, it's Chinese New Year's Eve, you can't let your baby sister be bumped into by a man with a different surname.

Jia Baoyu didn't see Sister Lin who he had imagined standing with Lin Lu happily to greet him, stood beside the carriage feeling lost and lost for a while.

Lin Lu didn't look at him, just stared at Wang Xifeng, and walked into the living room: "Second sister-in-law Lian and Brother Bao, let's go in and talk, the wind outside is so strong that people can't keep their eyes open."

Wang Xifeng smiled, thinking that Jia Baoyu didn't know about the loss of money in the Rongguo Mansion, so he should be dismissed at this time, because he asked, "Where is the second cousin Lin, why can't I see anyone? Ask Baoyu to play with him, Let's talk about sons."

Ha, let Lin Lin look after the children for you. This proposal is so interesting. Lin Lu squinted her eyes, but she didn't mean to stop Jia Baoyu from jumping into the fire pit: "Ziyu is practicing martial arts in the backyard. I was worried that he would be alone. I'm too lonely, I can't hold back, but fortunately Brother Bao came with Lian's second sister-in-law, so I happened to have a chat with him."

Jia Baoyu was not happy, Lin Lin was not Lin Daiyu, how could he be willing to go outside to enjoy the cold wind, but before objecting, Lin Lu was already pushing him: "Brother Bao also help me persuade Ziyu, go out more if you have nothing to do It’s better to drink and relax with your peers.”

Jia Baoyu opened his mouth, and saw that Lin Lu had already stretched her neck and called out, "Ning Xin, come and lead the way for Brother Bao, and take him to the martial arts arena", Wang Xifeng was also helping, under the circumstances, he couldn't evade it, so he had to agree sullenly. down.

If it is said that Jia Baoyu and Lin Lu can still play together, he and Lin Lin are not the same way at all. Jia Baoyu and his friends usually talk about who's actor is better, whose garden is better, and whose family is better. The girl is beautiful, whose banquet is rich, whose family has exotic goods, and whose family has foreign objects.

Lin Lu was very good at such things, and she spoke clearly and logically, but just looking at Lin Lin's face that was so cold that she could scum, she knew that she was not interested in these things at all.

When Jia Baoyu followed Lin Lu's personal servant girl Ning Xin, she happened to see Lin Lin slapping it, and the stone as big as a millstone was shattered to pieces.

Jia Baoyu had never seen this before in his life, and immediately froze in place, his face turned pale with fright, only then did he know why Xue Pan looked so miserable back then.

Lin Lin had sensed that an outsider was coming in, she withdrew her hands and glanced coldly at the trembling Jia Baoyu, then looked at Ning Xin again, without saying a word.

The latter hurriedly explained: "Second Master, Second Grandma Jia and Second Master Jia from the Rongguo Mansion came here today. It was the uncle who asked the servants to bring Second Master Jia here. He said, let you have a good chat with Second Master Jia."

It sounds weird to say this, Second Grandma Jia and Second Master Jia are not a couple, no matter whether you are Second Master Bao or Second Master Lian, you are all outsiders in the Lin family.From the master to the servant of the Lin family, they didn't feel that they knew each other well with the Jia family.

Lin Lin waved her hand to signal her to back down, but ignored Jia Baoyu, and put on a gesture to signal the Hulao to continue.

The loyal boy nodded without any hesitation, and threw the lock gun in his hand directly.

Jia Baoyu is not interested in martial arts, nor does he know anything about it, but at least he has two eyes and has the lowest level of appreciation. At the first glance, he felt that it was really like the poems said, like dragons and snakes walking, ghosts and gods are frightened, and he was very earnest. I slapped my palms twice, unexpectedly after half a stick of incense, I felt dizzy and dizzy, and my stomach rolled for a while, I couldn't hold it back for a long time, I bowed my head and vomited it out.

Lin Lin didn't care about his life or death, she just finished playing a whole set of marksmanship on her own, and then she stopped and threw the gun back to the prison, and picked out a pair of double swords to use.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was lying in the snow throwing up in the dark, it was very pitiful, and also seeing that Lin Lin would not change weapons in a short time, so he left the weapon rack and walked over: "Second Master Jia, are you alright?"

Hulao looked simple and honest, and asked sincerely in his mouth. In fact, he felt a bit disdainful. People with poor health are prone to problems. Lin Lu also felt sick to her stomach when she watched Lin Lin and Hai Lancha's martial arts competition that day. Fortunately, Jia Baoyu just vomited instead of passing out directly, otherwise things would be difficult.

Jia Baoyu vomited for a long time before struggling to straighten his back. Because of the lack of oxygen and backflow of blood, his originally fair face was flushed, which looked a little scary.

Hulao hurried to get the teacup, because Lin Lin was obsessed with cleanliness, she didn't dare to take his, took her own to rinse Jia Baoyu's mouth, and said with a smile, "Does Second Master Jia feel better?"

Just at this moment, Lin Lin had already moved to the other side of the martial arts arena. Hulao knew that he disliked the strange smell of vomit here, so he persuaded him: "Second Master Jia, let's go back to find the uncle, our second master has no time to say hello. You, there is nothing to eat or drink here, don't neglect you."

Jia Baoyu waved his hand, took a few breaths before recovering, took a peek at Lin Lin, and then hurriedly turned his head: "I made Lin Er cousin laugh, how long is Lin Er cousin going to practice?"

"Second Master will practice all day long." Hulao helped him up, patted the snow on his body, and said persistently, "You should go back."

"Cousin Lin is talking to Sister Feng. I'll go find Sister Lin." Jia Baoyu's natural words almost scared Hulao to the ground. After being silent for three seconds, he smiled again: "It's time for the second master to rest, the servant will ask him."

"What does he think he is? Could it be that this is the inner hall of the Rongguo Mansion, and he is left to run around like an outsider?" Lin Lin was impatient to the extreme, "And let me deal with him, am I the girl who sells jokes in the restaurant? ? Go to someone and ask Lin Lu, can't you kill him now?"

Then you make a cow casing to make a headgear and find someone to pretend to be the second young master of the Duke's Mansion?Hulao grinned dryly three times, seeing that there seemed to be no real killing intent flickering in his eyes, he shrank his neck and dared not answer.

Simply Lin Lin just complained, but after thinking about it, she gave up the idea, put down the two knives in her hands with a cold face, and sat down on the snow: "Call him over."

Hulao hurriedly responded, and Pidianpidian ran over to call for someone. He guessed early in the morning that Lin Lin would not be able to return to the field beyond the Martial Arts Field, and the puddle of vomit on the ground was not a fake.

So Jia Baoyu moved over slowly, looking unwilling, he just wanted to go to Lin Daiyu's boudoir to meet up with sister Lin, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and talk to her heart, instead of talking to a vicious The big man sat and chatted with the wind and snow.

In particular, this big man was none other than Lin Lin. Jia Baoyu was standing next to Lin Lin. Seeing that there was an inch of snow, he didn't dare to sit down and stood up to exercise his muscles.

Jia Baoyu didn't really want to chat with him at first, but Lin Lin's first sentence made him wish he could bury his head in the snow for the rest of his life: "There is a famine in the north, but it's okay to say that Shengjing is near the mountains. Ordinary people who froze to death and starved to death."

Jia Baoyu's lips trembled, and Lin Lin continued: "In addition to the dead, there are also clothes thrown on the street—do you know that people who freeze to death are all smiling, and after people lose consciousness from the cold, there will be It’s a vague warm feeling where they feel hot and they start undressing themselves.”

In her previous life, Lin Lin almost became one of the frozen corpses who undressed and died. His father locked the eight-year-old him and his mother together with the sky full of ice cubes, which were originally prepared to survive the summer heat.

His mother took off her clothes and wrapped them around his body. After less than an hour, she died slowly, with a peaceful face and a warm smile.Lin Lin herself was rescued by his uncle when she was in a trance and took off her clothes one by one and almost died.

Until now, he has never used ice cubes to cool down in the hottest summer season. On the contrary, in the severe winter, he often takes a bath with snow water topless. It is a relic of the previous life.

Lin Lin knew Jia Baoyu's state of mind without raising her eyes. The other person's calves were trembling. He sneered in his heart, and then continued: "You know that if you peel off a person's scalp and fill it with lead, he will How long can you live?"

"Did you know that sticking a poker up your nostrils can go all the way into your brain and bring out the brains?"

Jia Baoyu didn't know, and he didn't need to know. The second young master of the Rongguo Mansion, who was beautiful and precious, bowed his head and vomited it out for the second time.

Lin Lin turned over and jumped up from the ground, not letting his vomit splash on her body, but most of the tip of her face was still black, and this half of the martial arts arena was also destroyed.

Lin Lin reflected on her stupid behavior for a second, and didn't care about Jia Baoyu's pierced pink and tender boy's heart, and said with a poker face: "Mr. Generally useless."

Jia Baoyu didn't hear these words at all, he just vomited busyly with his head down, Lin Lu and Wang Xifeng were a little surprised when they saw this scene as soon as they walked over.

Lin Lu didn't expect that Lin Lin would be so bored that she couldn't get along with Jia Baoyu, so she stepped forward and frowned, "What's going on, are you two having a fight?"

Lin Lin rolled her eyes, didn't speak, and moved to the side with disgust, away from the vomit on the ground, and then said: "Do you really think I can have an awkward fight with him?"

Hulao had already walked over and said: "Master, Second Master just said a few words to Second Master Jia."

Lin Lu immediately understood, and asked with high interest, "What did you tell him?"

Lin Lin opened her mouth, and Jia Baoyu rushed over to cover his mouth in a hurry. The second young master of Rongguo Mansion felt that he couldn't stand the second bombing.

There was still acid and gastric juice spit out on that hand, Lin Lin's eyes twitched, her feet were already lifted up, and she was about to kick people away.

Lin Lu hurriedly pulled Jia Baoyu away with a more gentle method. He knew that if Jia Baoyu didn't die, he would lose half his life.

Wang Xifeng also hastily took out a handkerchief to wipe Jia Baoyu's mouth. Seeing that he had calmed down a little, she took the opportunity to leave and said, "It's getting late, so I won't disturb you. The old lady at home is still waiting."

Lin Lu sent people to the door and got into the carriage, watched the carriage drive away before turning around and entering.

Jia Baoyu leaned against the wall of the carriage and drank a few sips of tea, temporarily postponed the work of soothing the wounded soul, and asked, "Where is Sister Lin, didn't the old lady say that she would come back with Sister Lin?"

Wang Xifeng gave a wry smile in his heart, and just smiled calmly: "How can we go and pick up people directly? Your sister Lin still has to pack up and prepare, saying that she will go there with cousin Lin and the others in a few days." Greetings to the old lady."