[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 73 Repaying Debt

Aunt Zhao has been looking forward to her son's return since she got the news. She waited and waited until it was lunch time. She had no choice but to go to Mrs. Wang's yard to serve people's meals.When Jia Huan entered Mrs. Wang's courtyard, the servant girl saw it and said with a smile: "The third master is back, and the wife is eating. I'll go in first to communicate. Wait a moment."

Jia Huan is not a hedgehog who stabs anyone he sees. He used to be gloomy when he was unhappy. At that time, no matter what others did, he felt looked down on him and wanted to get angry. Now he really obeyed his master's words. As long as he is strong, why should he do it one by one?Furthermore, it is a waste of time to find trouble for these servant girls who are obedient to others.He nodded, although his attitude was not as affectionate as Jia Baoyu's, but it was still gentle.

Seeing this, the servant girl quickly went in to communicate, and came out after a while, with embarrassment flashing in her eyes, she said with a smile on her face: "Madam is having dinner and asked the third master to go in and sit and wait."

Jia Huan entered the main hall, the side hall is the dining room, the screen that originally separated it was also removed at this time, I saw Mrs. Wang was directing Aunt Zhao to serve food, saw Jia Huan, as if she didn't mean to see it, and said in surprise: "Why are you back now?"

"I've seen my mother." Seeing Mrs. Wang ordering Aunt Zhao, Jia Huan's eyes turned cold, and she said with a smile: "Mother is eating, Huan'er won't bother her, she's going back first."

Jia Huan has gone back, who will show this set of tricks?He said anxiously: "I'm almost running out here, don't rush to go back--" He groaned coldly in his heart, how about being a scholar?Why don't you just watch your mother serve me dinner!Why don't you kneel down and salute and call me mother!

"Huan'er is sleepy, farewell to mother." Jia Huan said calmly, then walked out after speaking, ignoring Mrs. Wang at all.

Mrs. Wang was so angry that her face turned purple and there was nothing she could do. After she taught this little bitch the last time, the third prince stood up for him, but in the end she got melons. This time, she won the prize of a scholar again, which is not something she can beat.Aunt Zhao stood behind and saw the situation, her eyebrows and eyes were full of taunting news, hmph, it's just serving food, it's been more than ten years, when will Mrs. Wang stop torturing her?If you want to take her in front of your son, there's no way!

Aunt Zhao saw that Mrs. Wang was deflated, and she was very energetic. Mrs. Wang was active in serving her even if she was not critical, but she was so angry that Mrs. Wang lost her appetite, and her heart hurt from being blocked by these sluts. She waved Aunt Zhao to go back and called Jin Chuan came to serve.

Jia Huan went to the small yard, and Xiaoru and Xiaojuan hurriedly served tea and cakes when they saw it. Seeing this, Jia Huan said, "My aunt will be back in a while, and ordered the small kitchen to prepare some of my aunt's favorite dishes and serve some fruit wine. Get ready."

After a while, Aunt Zhao came back and saw that the table was prepared with food and wine, especially most of them were her favorite food. She couldn't help feeling warm in her eyes and wanted to hug Jia Huan when she came up.

"You go out, you don't need anyone to wait on you." Jia Huan drove the two maids down, and the two of them were the only ones in the main hall, and they knelt down in front of Aunt Zhao with their robes lifted. Aunt Zhao's mouth trembled in fright, and she couldn't speak well, "Brother Huan, Brother Huan Er, this, this, I dare not, being looked at by others---" She was actually waiting and looking forward to it, but the rules are here, if people listen to it, she will not be there in this mansion.

"It made it." Jia Huan's solemn attitude made Aunt Zhao calm down instantly. Seeing this, Jia Huan kowtowed three times and said seriously: "This is what Auntie deserves. Auntie is waiting. One day Huan'er will let Auntie enjoy it." The blessing of fate."

Aunt Zhao helped her son up with tears in her eyes, the atmosphere eased, and the two sat at the dinner table drinking wine and eating vegetables.Although Aunt Zhao is vulgar, she also knows how to be polite. She gave her son chopsticks and said: "Auntie has endured for so many years and doesn't ask for anything else. She only hopes that you will establish a career. I dare not be like this in the future. Just like you said, One day, but not now." He stopped talking, thinking that his son was also for her, and it would be disappointing to say these things, so he changed the subject and said: "Today, the big house Jia Lian sent us a lot of things. I will look at the silk jewelry. It's quite valuable, but looking at Jia Lian's appearance, he values ​​a box of ink, and you can take a look at it later---" Thinking of something, he asked cautiously, "Do you want to return these?"

"If you want to give it to the big house, you can keep it. If the second wife gives you something, you can keep it, but don't use it." Jia Huan ordered.Since he already owed Dafang a favor, he didn't care about the 01:30 o'clock.

That afternoon when Jia Zheng came home, he was very happy to hear that Jia Huan was selected as a scholar or a lansheng, so he asked Jia Huan and Jia Baoyu to go to the front yard to show off to the diners. The words of praise in front of Jia Zheng are beyond words. What is the prospect of being a scholar at the age of 11? Why is the father of a tiger without a son? And Jia Baoyu on the side seems a bit bleak. Jia Zheng sees this and is very happy is dissatisfaction.

That night, Jia Mu's yard sent someone to invite Jia Zheng over, and Jia Baoyu's yard was busy within a few days. I heard that Jia's mother donated a large sum of money to buy Jia Baoyu a title of scholar, and then He added a large sum of money to the Imperial Academy to go to school. Of course, Li Wan was indispensable for the relationship. His father was the Jijiu of the Imperial Academy to help clear up the relationship.

For this reason, Jia's mansion suddenly had two more scholars. Originally, the servants in the mansion were still waiting to see, but now I see that although Brother Huan has been selected as a scholar, he can survive to the death. The son of a son can do it with a little money. , Sure enough, he is still a good son.

Jia Huan just smiled lightly.The next day, Gua Geer of the Rongguo Mansion held the full moon wine, and as expected, Mrs. Xing was a little nervous when she worked hard, but Wang Xifeng was there to help, and the full moon wine was very lively. Mrs. Wang came over with a pair of children and a pair of nephews and nieces. At the banquet, Mrs. Wang tried to chat with Mrs. Xue many times, but she was blocked. Mrs. Wang was in a hurry, Mrs. Wang pretended she didn't know anything, and Baoqin was caught the whole time. Baochai is very happy.

That afternoon, Jia Huan followed Xue's family back to Xue's residence.

Half a year later, the Grand View Garden was finally completed, and Mrs. Wang, who was heavily in debt, was threatened many times in the past six months. Two months ago, the usury even chased Jia Zheng to the Yamen where Jia Zheng worked. After scolding, she even threatened to divorce Mrs. Wang. The incident was so loud that it disturbed Jia's mother. Jia's mother fainted when she saw the debt collection letter in her son's hand and the figure of 2803 million taels on it. There was another flurry of flying and jumping, and when Jia's mother came to her senses, Dafang's family had already rushed to watch the fun.

As soon as Jia Amnesty heard such a large sum of money, he hurriedly led people to evacuate it. If it was stained, it would take a layer of skin off the big house. Besides, whoever borrowed money will pay back, and whoever built the garden will pay back!Anyway, what they are talking about has nothing to do with their big house.

Now that Mother Jia is here, how can she let the big house get away, she doesn't plan to sell the money to her private house, this prodigal bitch!Mrs. Wang was full of grievances, this garden was like a leech, no one in the whole house dared to lend a hand to help as long as it sucked blood, but in the end it was all her fault?Didn't the empress have a good reputation, and Jia's mansion also followed suit?Why didn't you make it clear when you gained the limelight and benefited?

Jia Zheng's face turned livid, and he scolded: "Your ancestor's family business can ruin you, our Jia family can't keep your spendthrift daughter-in-law, mother, I want to divorce her!"

Mrs. Wang fell to her knees like a puddle of mud, crying heartbroken, and said: "Your Majesty has no child, and I am doing this to save my Majesty's face. If the family visitation garden is down, who wouldn't laugh at our Yuanchun? It's hard, my poor Yuanchun---"

Jia's mother got a headache from the quarrel, and shouted: "What do you say about divorce! Even if you don't care about the relationship between your husband and wife, you still have to look at the empress in the palace. The empress will come back at the end of the year. Yuanzi, his mother has been divorced, how can the empress behave like this!?"

"But, but this money---" Jia Zheng couldn't continue with a dark face.He picked up his own private house, the housekeeper, and his usual collection. Could it be that all these are lost for the sake of this prodigal woman?

"Although the Wang family is at fault, this garden does not belong to the Wang family alone, it belongs to the entire Jia family, and the big house also pays some of the money---" Jia Mu hurriedly said, " I also went out before building the garden. I thought Yuanchun was my niece, and I gave 30 taels, and now I am asked to go out. This melon is still young, and it cost money to run the full moon wine a while ago. Can't get much out of it."

Mother Jia said impatiently, "How much can we pay?"

"3!" Jia Amnesty didn't feel too flustered, and his face was justified, "My money didn't come from a strong wind, and besides, [-] taels was not spent by someone's family for a few months. I heard that the Pan family It cost a total of one million yuan to build the garden, and the mother and concubine of Fu Wang have never seen it built like ours, anyway, I can't afford too much, the Wang family has been promoted recently, and whoever stabbed it will take care of it." Seeing Jia's mother looking at him coldly, Jia Amnesty broke his heart and said, "It's not that I don't help mother, but my father handed over this Rongguo Mansion to me. I can't let the family business accumulated by my ancestors be ruined. If I die, Gua Geer was still young and left nothing behind, I feel uncomfortable when I think of the child suffering hardship..." Wiping away tears, "Mom, thinking about this scene makes my heart twitch, I'll go back first, tomorrow Bring the money."

As soon as Jia Amnesty left, Mrs. Xing, Jia Lian, and Wang Xifeng naturally hurried to follow, fearing that if she was too late, she would be full of trouble.

Mother Jia's head hurts even more. In the first half of the year, she spent a lot of private property to buy Jia Baoyu's talent quota. Is it really necessary to sell the ancestral property?No, the roots of this ancestor can't be moved. Although the elder son is messed up, what he said is reasonable. If one day she goes away, how will Baoyu live?If the silver is used up, the house will also be defeated.

Jia's family has a great career, but it can't match the extravagant life in the mansion for decades. If you want to say that the 2803 million taels can be taken out, but it will end up scratching the surface. Jia's mother is not willing to give it to Mrs. Wang Wipe your ass to touch the ancestral land of the Jia Mansion.

"I'll add 50 yuan, and if it's too much, I'll be left with my old bones." Jia's mother looked at her youngest son. She loves his youngest son, but her heart is biased, but she can't often do things that cost her money, and her eyes can't help A little bit disappointed.

Jia's mother 50, Jia amnesty 20, Jia Zheng added [-], which is less than a fraction, and Mrs. Wang will handle the rest herself. When Jia Zheng gave the money, she gritted her teeth, meaning that Mrs. Wang can't handle the mess she created and doesn't have to stay. Jia's house is gone, whoever pleads will give up!

Mrs. Wang's complexion was sallow because of the money matter, and she finally gritted her teeth and went to Xue's mansion. As soon as they met, Mrs. Xue refused. Mrs. Wang lost her face and knelt down. In the end, after many years of love, he moved his own private house and gave 30 yuan, but Mrs. Wang was not satisfied when she got it. "That's all? The Xue family's royal business has a century-old foundation and can only pay so much?" Xue Wang was so angry. His face turned cold all of a sudden, and his heart felt like a knife was gouged out.

Holding 30 silver bills, Mrs. Wang came to Jia's mansion in a daze, and finally sold most of her dowry to make up 180 million, but where is the remaining 100 million?

Seeing that Mrs. Wang was tortured by the money, everyone leaned forward and muttered in a low voice: "My wife has borrowed the whole house, but she forgot that there is a girl with a foreign surname in our house. When she came here, she was 20 Wan, what kind of family background does the Lin family have so little money?"

Mrs. Wang woke up like an electric shock, stood up suddenly, and muttered, "How could I forget her, how could I forget her..."