Jia Rong, the smiling tiger of the Red Chamber

Early the next morning, just after Chen's hour, Jia Rong and Jia Zhen brought Wu Ya and Zhi Qiu, together with a few servants, to the Rongguo Mansion again.

"Uncle Rong, Uncle Zhen." As soon as he walked to the side door, he saw a well-dressed young man, who immediately brought Jia Rong and Jia Zhen in with a smile on his face and bowed his knees. Put Jia Rong's name in front of Jia Zhen.From this we can see what kind of name Jia Rong is now in the Rongguo Mansion?

Jia Zhen also nodded kindly to the boy. Jia Rong was the most impatient with these slaves in the Rongguo Mansion, they were a bunch of unscrupulous bastards.So he headed directly towards Jia Mu's yard.

If it was someone else's attitude, the boy might even curse secretly at his back after the person left.But for Jia Rong, he didn't have this idea at all and didn't dare to have it.What kind of temper does Uncle Rong have?Even Lai Da, the big housekeeper in the mansion, beat him whenever he said he would, and in front of the big girl, without showing any sympathy, let alone a small person like him.

Speaking of which, why did the big butler Lai provoke Uncle Rong?It's not the first time that his fierce and fierce reputation has been spread.It's fine now, lying on the bed unable to get up after being whipped twice by Uncle Rong.It is said that Nanny Lai went to the old lady's yard overnight to cry yesterday.The old man was in tears, begging the old lady to call the shots!

I don't know if Uncle Rong's coming here at this time is related to the beating of Butler Lai yesterday.

The young man looked at Jia Rong's back, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his cuff, and thought so.

For things like Jia Mu's greed for ink to worship the future of the fields and the interest in giving money, not to mention that Jia Rong will not let it spread, it will add two points to the reputation of Jia's already bad reputation, it is Jia Mu, for Jia Zhu And Jia Yuanchun, she will also tightly cover this matter.

Therefore, although many slaves knew about Jia Rong's visit to Jiamu's yesterday, except for a very few confidantes, the rest did not know the reason.

Facing the frightened or terrified eyes of the slaves of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Rong and Jia Zhen also went to Jiamu's yard.

Before going in, without Jia Rong's order, Wu Ya took a few servants and stood outside waiting automatically. As for Zhiqiu, he followed Jia Rong and Jia Zhen at the same distance.

"I've met my great-uncle, Uncle She, Uncle Zheng, and the two aunts." Jia Zhen clasped her fists slightly, and said so to Jia's mother, Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing.

Jia Rong didn't even raise her eyebrows, and then said: "I've seen my great-uncle and grandmother, Grandpa She, Grandpa Zheng, and the two grandmas." "May you be well!"

Hearing Jia Rong's words, whether it was Jia's mother, Jia She Jia Zheng, or Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, their faces twitched uncontrollably.

well!An's a big-headed ghost, when Jia Rong came here yesterday, every time he thought about nearly 20 taels of silver and gave it to Ningguo Mansion, almost none of them could sleep a wink at night?Especially Mrs. Wang, not only had to hand over the money she had earned over the years, but she was also pointed and scolded by Jia Zheng after returning yesterday.Its voice was so loud that all the maids and women in the yard heard it clearly, it can be said that they lost all face.

There is even Aunt Zhao who is so uneasy, early in the morning, in the name of serving her, she laughs at herself in different ways.

Hearing Jia Rong's blatant sarcasm, she couldn't show her usual loving face, and when she looked at Jia Rong, her eyes were full of resentment.Clasping her hands tightly in her palms, her nails almost got stuck in her flesh. If it wasn't like this, Mrs. Wang felt that she would not be able to control herself, and she would definitely slap Jia Rong's beautiful and vicious face twice. slap.

"Where's the silver?" Jia Rong looked at the few people present in the room, except for Jia She and Mrs. Xing, the other three wanted to eat herself alive, and her heart froze, what an ugly face!He didn't intend to talk nonsense with them, so he asked directly.

Although Jia Zhen didn't open her mouth to speak, after hearing the word 'yinzi', she looked straight at Jia's mother with her eyes.

Mother Jia looked at Jia Rong and Jia Zhen, cursing in her heart, but she turned her head pretending to be steady and said to a pretty girl in lotus color: "Qingluan, go and get the mahogany box from the house." .”

The girl named Qingluan blessed herself and took orders to leave.

Not long after, he came out of the inner room, holding a long and flat box in his hand, on which dozens of rubies the size of soybeans were inlaid.But seeing that Qingluan was another blessing to everyone, he presented the box to Jia Mu.

Mother Jia only felt that her hands were trembling at this moment, and she closed her eyes for a moment, "Go and give the box to Brother Rong." Thinking that the box contained nearly 20 taels of silver bills, her darling The pain was so severe, if it hadn't been for the reassurance pill she had taken before, Mother Jia felt that it would be possible for her to faint immediately.

Qingluan blessed herself, walked up to Jia Rong with the box, bent her knees, and offered it.

Under the burning eyes of everyone, Jia Rong unceremoniously took the box from Qingluan's hand, then opened it, and took out the thick stack of bank notes.There are 5000 large-denomination banknotes of 38 taels on them.Start counting.

Jia Zhen hasn't looked away from the box since Qingluan came out with it in her hands, but now seeing Jia Rong start counting each one, his eyes are almost straightened.You can't blame him for being ignorant, even if he is such a spendthrift dude, he can only bring five or six hundred taels of silver with him when he goes out, and if there is more, it can be a thousand taels. , is really the first time.

Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing followed Jia Rong's hand counting the banknotes, and the look in their eyes was exactly the same as that of Jia Zhen, especially Mrs. Xing who was greedy for money.Thinking that she had been married into the Jia family for more than ten years, what she had in her hands was more than fifty taels of silver, and even if she had bank notes, the largest one was only 500 taels.Thinking that because of Mrs. Wang's and Jia's mother's faults, she gave such a large amount of money to the Dongfu, her heart trembled, and she felt extremely uncomfortable.

Not to mention those of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang.His eyes were about to burst into flames, and it was only by firmly grasping the armrest of the chair that he managed to restrain himself from going up to grab it.

As for those present, the calmest ones were probably Jia Rong and Jia Zheng.

Needless to say, Jia Rong.As a cultivator in the previous life, money was always the most useless thing.Even after becoming Jia Rong in the past few years, he has paid a lot of attention to money, but subconsciously, it is still like that.What's more, what's in her hand is a bank note, to her, it's just a few relatively important pieces of paper.

As for Jia Zheng, it's understandable. He claims to be a scholar. Although he is a little bit worried, it is not as strong as others.After all, he regards money as dung the most.Anyway, he didn't pay any money in the stack of bank notes.

After seeing Jia Rong counting the bank notes, he was the first to speak: "Brother Rong, is the amount correct?"

Jia Rong nodded, smiled lightly, and said, "It's pretty good." At the end, he paused for a moment, then continued with a little sigh: "Rongguo Mansion is really rich. It's no wonder that this mansion is everywhere. They are all decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, which are much richer and more luxurious than our Ningguo Mansion. This will take out 20 taels of silver without blinking an eye."

Mother Jia looked at Jia Rong's picture, with an expression of being obedient after getting a cheap price. The anger in her heart was so high that she endured and endured it in her heart, and then she barely resisted the urge to get angry, "The money has been given to you. It's gone. Get out, get out of here quickly, don't get in the way of me."

Not to mention that Jia Mu and the others were disgusted when they saw Jia Rong, Jia Rong looked at Jia Mu and the others, but she didn't have the slightest liking for them. She stood up neatly and said, "We are leaving here."

Just two steps away, Jia Rong stopped again and said to Mrs. Wang: "By the way, I would like to congratulate the Second Grandma Zheng in advance. I hope that Uncle Zhu can find a beautiful girl as soon as possible, and that Aunt Yuanchun can marry her as she wishes. In a noble household." He lifted his foot and left without any hesitation.

Hearing Jia Rong's words, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu's faces twisted.

If it wasn't for Jia Zhu and Jia Yuanchun, why would they be so cowardly by Jia Rong.

Although Jia Rong didn't pay much attention to money, she was still happy to get such a large sum of money.

After getting on the carriage back to Ningguo Mansion, Jia Zhen couldn't help asking: "Brother Rong, what do you plan to do with this money? Do you want to save it directly?"

Jia Rong turned her head and looked at Jia Zhen's cloudy eyes, staring at the box in her hand, knowing that he has not given up until now.But thinking that after her two years of rectification, the Ningguo Mansion has been cleaned up a lot, and this time I went to Jinling and confiscated the seventh and eighth rooms, and gained a lot, so I generously took out four from the box. He handed the bank note to Jia Zhen, and met Jia Zhen's pleasantly surprised expression, said: "Although the money is used to pay back the money owed to the national treasury, I asked someone to ask my grandfather immediately yesterday, and he said that the government The money owed to the state treasury is 36 taels. Now there are more than half of it here. Because our mansion has few people and doesn’t spend much, we can still be regarded as a family with a certain amount of money. Knowing that my father is a little tight now, What kind of family are we, how can we wrong our father. The 2 taels are given to the father as a son, and the son will put it on his own later."

After these words, Jia Zhen was so moved, "Brother Rong..."

Jia Rong's private house is rich, but Jia Zhen knows it clearly.Although Jia Rong's mother-in-law Feng's dowry is very ordinary, it can't stand Jia Rong's well-managed business and heartfelt slaves to assist him. Over the past few years, this thing has doubled.And Jia Rong's grandmother, Tian, ​​Jia Zhen's mother, also gave Jia Rong most of her dowry when she passed away, but Jia Zhen, a son, got only a small part.With these two items alone, Jia Rong's money is already very rich.Needless to say, when Jia Rong dealt with the servants in the mansion two years ago, he also copied a lot of money.

On the other hand, Jia Zhen, although he also has a lot of private money.The flowers are even more powerful, and it costs thousands of taels of silver to go to the Flower House with your friends.It costs thousands of taels of silver for scholars to buy some arty paintings and antiques.It costs several hundred taels of silver to buy a caring girl who has been trained by someone else.He is also not good at managing his private house, so after only two years, his private house money will bottom out.Hehe... You said that you pay the money directly to the accountant in the mansion. Once the hundred taels have passed, the accountant will directly report it to Jia Rong.

He wanted to argue with reason to prove his majesty as a father, but looking at Jia Rong's cold eyes, he couldn't say a word.

Sometimes when I think about it, he, as an old man, does it for his sake, not to mention how aggrieved he is.

However, when I saw the 2 taels of silver in my hand, I couldn't remember these aggrieved feelings at all, only sticking them on.In fact, Brother Rong is very filial to him as a father.Every time I get something good, I will never forget that I am Lao Tzu.

Well...Rong'er is actually a good and filial son.

Jia Rong looked at Jia Zhen with a moved face, and felt disgusted in her heart, but she still said: "Filial piety to my father is what I should do as a son." In fact, Jia Zhen is really unexpected. coax.

Just when Jia Zhen was moved by Jia Rong's filial piety.

Jia Lian is also brewing some things.

"Zhaoer, do you have a clue about what I asked you to inquire about?" Jia Lian asked.

Zhao'er took two steps towards Jia Lian, and lowered her voice, "I have already inquired about what the second master said. The fifth day of next month is Ligui's birthday. At this time of year, the seventh prince will go to Famen Temple Light an everlasting lamp for Ligui, add sesame oil, and pray for Ligui."

Jia Lian said in a low voice: "Well, very good. Then let people start to arrange. Remember, you must be careful, and you must not let people notice."

A gleam flashed in Zhao'er's eyes, but she quickly lowered her head and said in reply, "Second Master, please don't worry. The slave will definitely handle it properly."

Jia Lian felt somewhat at ease with this young man who had been by her side for more than two years, and nodded, "Yes. Go ahead and do it."

"Yes."

After Zhao'er left, Jia Lian walked out of the room, looked towards one side, and thought coldly: Eldest sister, if you marry the prince smoothly, after fulfilling your and second aunt's wishes, please remember to give your younger brother a package. A matchmaker red envelope as a thank you.