[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Bao Cong was sitting at the table, concentrating on finely grinding a piece of jade he had just carved with sandpaper.It is a little squirrel sleeping soundly with a hazelnut in its arms, and its attribute is sleep bonus ten.

Lin Daiyu hadn't been able to sleep well during this time, but now she fainted from crying and frowned in her sleep.

Baocong found a piece of old jade and carved it into a sleeping squirrel. Putting it under the pillow can improve the quality of sleep.

There was some movement behind him, and when he looked back, it was indeed Lin Daiyu who woke up.She was half sitting on the bed, staring blankly out of the window, weeping secretly.

Bao Cong went over and stuffed the little squirrel he carved into her hand.

Lin Daiyu knew that Bao Cong was trying to coax her, and seeing the cute sleeping squirrel in her hand, she wiped away her tears and held the corner of her mouth reluctantly.

The sound of people crying and howling was faintly heard outside, and there was the sound of monks chanting scriptures.

Bao Cong explained softly: "Second Brother Lian has already set up a mourning hall for my uncle, and there are many people outside to pay homage, which may be a bit noisy."

"Sister, don't be too sad, and take care of yourself. My uncle is in the spirit of heaven, and I hope my sister can take care of himself."

After her father passed away, Lin Daiyu knew that she was truly an orphan.Originally, she was really heartbroken, but seeing that Bao Cong was always by her side, and she had a little more to rely on, she didn't feel very lonely.

Baocong persuaded her to eat something, and Zijuan waited for her to change into filial piety clothes. After tidying up, she went to the mourning hall to keep watch.

This is the filial piety that Lin Daiyu should show as a man and child, and Bao Cong can't stop it, so he can only ask Zijuan to be more attentive in serving her.

As soon as Lin Ruhai went, although Jia Lian greeted him outside, Lin Ruhai's concubine Aunt Zhou was in charge of the inner house.Baocong didn't trust her, so he sent Qingwen to follow her.It is said to be a helper, but in fact it is to prevent the Lin family's aunt and servants from acting as monsters while taking advantage of the chaos.

Jia Lian ordered Lin Ruhai to stay in Yangzhou for a month, and then transport him back to his hometown in Suzhou for burial.So he wants to clear up the Lin family's property in Yangzhou within one month.

In the original book, when Jia Lian was dealing with the Lin family's property, he was greedy for a lot of money, and sent all the other money back to Jia's family, which made Lin Daiyu think that he had no money, and that he lived in Jia's house and used other people's stitches and threads.

Bao Cong specifically asked about Lin Ruhai's last words, just to guard against them.

He followed Jia Lian, greeting people, and listening to him order Wang'er and a few servants to count all the properties of the Lin family.Including Tiandi Zhuangzi's house and shop, as well as large pieces of valuable furniture, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc.

Listening to this, Bao Cong felt that something was wrong, so he asked Jia Lian in private, "Every mistress of the Lin family should have a dowry list. Take it out and check it separately, and put it in a separate place, so you don't have to give it to Sister Lin later. Simple time?"

Jia Lian patted him on the shoulder after hearing this, shook his head and said with a smile, "I mixed them together on purpose to count!"

"On purpose? Why?" Bao Cong felt a little bad, Jia Lian didn't seem to intend to follow Lin Ruhai's last words!

Sure enough, Jia Lian lowered her voice and said, "Only you and I heard Uncle Lin's words. If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. Who else can know?"

"Uncle Lin is confused. Sister Lin is his only daughter. He doesn't leave much of his family property to Sister Lin, but gives most of it to someone who has nothing to do with it!" The imperial court also asked Uncle Lin to write a memorial to the Holy Majesty! He didn’t leave a memorial, so how can you count on such stupid words!”

"Let's mix all these together and count them all. Then it will be counted as my uncle left it to Sister Lin. Sister Lin will have a good life in the future. Could it be that my uncle is not happy in the spirit of heaven?"

How about saying that birds die for food and people die for money?In order to get more money from Mo Mo, Jia Lian naturally hoped that more property of the Lin family would be converted into silver and brought back to Beijing for him!

Bao Cong's face turned dark immediately, even if Jia Lian brought millions of silver back to Beijing, not a single penny would leak out of Lin Daiyu's pocket!

If only Lin Ruhai could know what happened next, he wouldn't be so angry that he would jump out of the coffin, he'd be so happy!

So Bao Cong quickly pretended to be stupefied, and said: "How can there be such a calculation? Uncle Lin clearly said that the dowry of the mistresses of the past generations will be given to Sister Lin, [-]% of other properties will be given to the court, and [-]% will be given to the Lin clan. , there is still [-]% reserved for Sister Lin, I can hear it clearly, and I have already told Sister Lin!"

Jia Lian immediately said "Oh" and scolded Bao Cong: "Why are you so talkative! Sister Lin is sad, what are you talking to her about? My ancestors sent me here to help Sister Lin fight for property, you are better off, Doing nothing here to help!"

Bao Cong didn't try to argue, but said stubbornly: "Sister Lin already knew about it anyway, she didn't care, and asked me to help sort it out. I promised Sister Lin, I must figure it out!"

Bao Cong is stubborn, and even ten bulls can't pull back what he decides.

Jia Lian couldn't persuade him, and couldn't drive him away, and she was afraid that outsiders would know about it, so she coaxed him: "You are getting old, so you can help sister Lin. You can go and count things with those dowry lists. When you finish counting, I just have time to deal with it."

There are a lot of things to deal with in a month, and the time is actually very tight.Jia Lian thought about it, and ordered Bao Cong to compare and check the dowry list, which saved time and could catch this precious bump, so it should be appropriate.

Jia Lian let go, and Bao Cong immediately nodded and left like garlic.

Jia Lian made a good idea, so naturally he couldn't just let Lin Daiyu's property be swallowed up like this.He had to rush ahead of Jia Lian, fold everything that should belong to Lin Daiyu into silver, and put it in Lin Daiyu's pocket.

No matter how thick-skinned Jia Lian and the Jia family are, they can't take money from Lin Daiyu, right?

When doing such a thing, Bao Cong thought of Qing Wen first.

Qingwen is neat and tidy, and she is used to big scenes in Jia's mansion, so she has a lot of courage.

Bao Cong called her to give instructions, she immediately understood, took Xueyan to ask for the dowry list, and quietly opened the warehouse of the Lin family, counting and moving things.

The inner courtyard is one thing, and the business outside is another.

Bao Cong was not familiar with Yangzhou, so even if Wu Hui and Chen Ping went outside to find a dental firm to inquire secretly, he couldn't find so many rich buyers for a while.

Just as he was in a hurry, he saw Qingshuang entering the room with a teacup in his hand. Bao Cong asked him, "Aren't you from the south? Have you ever been here in Yangzhou?"

Qingshuang nodded in doubt, and said, "I lived here with my mother for a few years."

Bao Cong was overjoyed immediately, grabbed Qing Shuang and asked: "Do you know anyone in Yangzhou, just the kind of rich and wealthy, government and businessmen are fine!"

Qingshuang glanced at Bao Cong with a strange expression, gritted her teeth sullenly and said, "Yes."

Yangzhou is originally a rich town, with rich officials and rich businessmen, and even many tourists passing by are rich.He really knows those rich people, and he still has a way to get online.

When the east wind is lacking, the east wind will come to your door!

Bao Cong immediately said to Qingshuang: "There is something urgent that you need to do quickly!"

"No matter what method you use, as long as you ask these people's families if they are interested in buying things like antiques in fields and houses."

"If you're interested, make an appointment outside, and I'll talk about it in person. Keep it secret, and don't let Second Brother Lian know about it!"

Qingshuang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, asked Baocong for 50 taels of silver, left Lin's residence, hailed a small car, and went all the way to the famous Slender West Lake.

But within two days, he sure enough made an appointment with several buyers for Bao Cong, and met at the teahouse outside.

Bao Cong was talking with people in the box, only Qing Shuang was waiting on the side.Wu Hui and Chen Ping just squatted outside to watch.

Chen Ping said boredly: "Brother Wu Hui, you have been robbed of the credit this time! I went outside to inquire about the market price of the land and real estate, and worked hard to inquire about the buyer, but I didn't want Qingshuang to find a good person for the third master without saying a word. Already!"

Wu Hui also felt that she was unlucky this time, so she sighed and said, "What can I do if I'm not familiar with the place?" After thinking for a while, she rubbed the back of her head and said, "Forget it, the matter of the third master is important. , whoever does it well is the same.”

Chen Ping also knew that Wu Hui was loyal, and he only wanted to help Baocong with his affairs.He himself didn't blame Qingshuang for taking the credit, so why should he talk too much, so he closed his mouth sullenly.

When Baocong finished the negotiation, Wu Hui and Chen Ping went up to meet her, squeezed Qingshuang away from left and right, and asked Baocong with a smile, "How is it, Third Lord? justice?"

Bao Cong turned his fan and said happily: "Although it is [-]% lower than the market price, it is much higher than Lian'er brother's cheap price." I heard that Jia Lian sells things for only [-]% of the market price!

Bao Cong knew that Jia Lian's selling price at that price was actually secretly collecting money from those buyers and taking kickbacks.However, even with rebates, as long as the market price is [-]% of the price, it is ridiculously cheap.

Those rich officials in Yangzhou are rushing to buy them like crazy!

However, those farm shops were sold at a low price after all.Bao Cong sighed, if it wasn't for this month's time to deal with it, it could actually be sold at a higher price, or it wouldn't be sold at all...

After thinking for a while, Bao Cong dug out a large shop deed in a good location and put it in a brocade box with a stack of banknotes.

Many of the mistresses' dowries were large pieces of furniture and antique decorations.Lin Daiyu can't take it back to Beijing, and she can't use it herself, so it's better to reserve a shop and sell it slowly.

After half a month, when Jia Lian freed up his hands, he realized that Baocong had sold many farm shops and had given the money to Lin Daiyu, and he immediately regretted it.

Why did he believe that this ancestor would not cause trouble!

However, it was a foregone conclusion at this time, Jia Lian was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood secretly, and he could no longer ask Lin Daiyu to open his mouth.

The month of January is approaching, Lin Daiyu has to carry the coffin back to Suzhou, and her family in Yangzhou will be dismissed.

Jia Lian used to serve Lin Ruhai's mourning hall, which was extravagant and wasteful, and everyone must praise Lin Ruhai's affairs after his death.

But now that Bao Cong tricked him, he lost a lot of money for no reason, so he had to find another way to get some money.

Originally, he planned to return all the deeds of sale to the servants of the Lin family, then distribute 20 taels of silver to each of them, and let them go home separately.

Now, the deed of sale will not be given, and the money will not be divided.They only called Ren Yazi, and each gave two taels of silver, and asked Ren Yazi to choose a good home for them to sell.

Lin Ruhai's concubines could not be sold, so Jia Lian had no choice but to give them a deed of sale, and sent them away with 50 taels of silver and a servant girl.

None of the aunts had ever given birth to a child, and they had hoped to live in the Lin family for the elderly, but they refused to leave and wanted to make trouble with Jia Lian.

Jia Lian was not as talkative as he looked, so he only showed the style of Rongguo Mansion, frightened them a few words, and paid them 50 taels of silver, and was about to drive them away.

Baocong looked at it secretly, and it was really ugly. Afraid of ruining Lin Daiyu's reputation, he persuaded Jia Lian to let the servants either take the deed of sale and become ordinary people, or go to work in other master's houses, and they will follow them.

Several aunts each bought them a small house, and gave them an additional 100 taels of silver so that they would not live on the streets.

Lin Daiyu didn't know about these things, she just packed the books, calligraphy and paintings in Lin Ruhai's study, and waited to carry the coffin back to Suzhou.