The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that the Rongguo Mansion finally returned the 80 taels of silver owed to the treasury. After Jia She returned to the mansion, he found out that Jia Zheng did it behind his back, and made a fuss for a long time.Jia Zheng knew that something was wrong first, and he never really took advantage of it, so he was a bit embarrassing.Jia's mother had no choice but to come out to appease, said a lot of good things, and asked Jia Zheng to make amends.Jia Zheng thought, he could bear it for a while, and when his daughter became a noble concubine, the entire family should not rely on her?So he really made a bow to him.Jia She sneered twice: "Second brother is really a scholar." Then he left.

Back in the house, seeing his two sons waiting eagerly, he hummed, "What are you waiting for?"

Jia Cong spoke quickly, and said: "Wait to hear that the master has learned from the second uncle that it is not good to be cheap and good-looking."

Jia Amnesty couldn't help laughing, because he asked Jia Lian what happened today.Jia Lian was very proud, starting from Lao Fuhe making a bow to him, and when he said "slipped out through the south corner gate", the three masters laughed in unison.

Jia Sheyin said: "It's almost Chinese New Year now, use this name to release or sell those slaves who are most greedy for ink, so as not to waste the reward money."

Jia Lian hesitated and said, "There are all famous people from our family, and there are a lot of old ladies."

Jia Amnesty's complexion turned serious all of a sudden, and he said: "Treat the second wife's people first, and the old lady's people later, I have my own plan."

Jia Lian said: "The second wife's people are afraid that they will testify for the second wife in a few days."

Jia She frowned and said: "What kind of proof is it? Isn't the account book the proof? Now she only thinks that her daughter is going to be a concubine, so she dares to tear it apart and ruin her reputation?"

Jia Lian said: "It's just to be careful just in case. It's okay to delay him by a month, besides, the New Year's day is over now."

Only then did Jia Amnesty give up, and only told Mo Wang to forget it.

Jia Lian said with a smile, "It's okay to forget the others, but who will forget this?"

Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "Should all those servants who are greedy for ink be sent out? I heard Mr. Gong said that only two out of ten are clean, so there must be a lot less people in our house? The old lady likes to show off."

Jia She sneered and said, "How many people does our master have? Why do we need so many servants? I don't have any servants at my house in the south of the city. Besides, there are still many people in Touzhuangzi. If there are not enough people, I will buy others."

This is what Jia Cong was waiting for, and he said: "Should I choose or buy it first, and put it at the big house in the south of the city to learn the rules first?" He winked, "Since the master bought it, the rules are naturally The master will decide."

Jia Amnesty was taken aback.

Jia Cong went on to say: "The remaining two or three may not want to be greedy and steal, I'm afraid they can't."

Jia Amnesty couldn't help clapping hands.That's right, there really aren't many people in this mansion that I can trust, those people who please and laugh with me now just look at him gaining power for a while.If there is a turbulent one day, you can turn around immediately.Yin nodded again and again: "You're right, all the servants in this mansion should be changed."

The matter was settled, and the next day Jia She went to the Escort Bureau to discuss with Gong Sanyi, and Gong Sanyi also praised "it is true".

Jia She said sadly, "It's just that no one talked about it."

Gong San also thought about the meeting, and said: "You don't have to worry about Enhou, there is a very suitable candidate, but it's not convenient to talk about it now, and we can wait until the next year."

Jia She was amazed: "We have all the people who rob bodyguards and occupy mountains and become kings here. Where can we choose those who teach the servants of big families?"

Gong San also smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will know when the time comes."

Jia Amnesty questioned him for a long time, and he just kept showing off, that's all.

It's the New Year in a blink of an eye. Although the Rongguo Mansion is not as lively as before, it has invited some theater and wine to make a fuss for a few days, and put on a show with Jiamu.Because Jia Lian went around preaching that it was Jia Zheng's intention to return the treasury silver, and it was indeed him who made the offer, and even the delivery of the silver on that day was his own initiative while Jia Amnesty was away. All the old relatives looked sideways.Whether ridiculed or sarcasm, or rebuking each other, Jia Zheng was extremely depressed for a while, and day and night he hoped that his daughter would become a nobleman soon.

The auspicious three treasures went to pay New Year greetings to Lin Hai again, and got three big red envelopes.Jia Cong thought about the original work, Lin Hai was about to donate it to Yangzhou City at this time, but now he is living day by day, secretly proud of himself.

When Daiyu came to Jia's mansion with her father to pay New Year's greetings, because of Jia Cong's entrustment, Xichun pulled Daiyu to sit between herself and Yingchun before Baoyu.Baoyu had no choice but to watch.Daiyu and her sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, and they have a lot to say, because they can't take care of him anymore.After a while, Jia Zheng sent someone to call him out again. Baoyu hadn't been near Daiyu for a day, so he stomped his feet in hatred.

After the Lantern Festival, Gong San also told Jia She that the person who taught the servants in their mansion would come tomorrow, do you want to see him?How could Jia Amnesty not be seen?The next day, I went to the mansion in the south of the city early to wait, and Jia Cong followed desperately.

After sitting for a while, a child ran in and shouted, "A fairy-like sister got off the carriage!" The two of them became more and more curious, and Jia Amnesty had to endure it. Jia Cong couldn't sit still and ran out.

When I arrived at the door, I saw a woman wearing a blue cloak and a turban approaching gracefully. It was Qin Keqing's face!Can't help blurting out: "Brother Rong's daughter-in-law!"

Jia Amnesty was startled when he heard that, and hurriedly asked Gong Sanyi what was going on.

Gong San also smiled and said: "I heard that she was in charge of all the ups and downs in your East Mansion that day, so I think she is up to the task."

Jia She asked: "Isn't she a monk?"

"Can't you be vulgar?"

It turned out that Gong San also thought about it for a long time, and Qin Keqing was the only one who did it, so he sent people to the nunnery where she lost her hair to inquire.I learned that apart from Qin Zhong who often visits her, Jia Rong also occasionally disturbs her; Qin Keqing always sees Qin Zhong, but never sees Jia Rong. It can be seen that this girl has no Buddhist heart at all.Then he turned into the nunnery and found Qin Keqing in the courtyard after snow-sweeping every day, and said bluntly, "I pretended to be a Taoist priest to coax Master Zhen of Ningguo Mansion that day."

After Qin Keqing was a little startled, she put her hands together to thank him.

Gong San also stroked his beard and nodded, and told Jia Cong what he entrusted that day, because he said: "If you don't leave that door, you can't escape from his palm. Your mansion can never hide secrets, no matter how much you want." Hold back your shame and try to survive, your mother-in-law may not agree to it."

Qin Keqing sighed: "It was the child who came to the rescue." Yin said, "My mother-in-law has already had a lot of depression in her belly because I am so popular."

Gong San also asked her if she could teach some servants for the Rongguo Mansion, Qin Keqing said with a sad smile: "How can a poor nun enter the secular world?"

Gong San also smiled slightly and said: "This is easy to handle. Tomorrow you can only tell your nunnery master that Jia Rong often disturbs your meditation, which makes you hard to get rid of the dust. It is better to go to another place to practice."

Qin Keqing hesitated for a while: "Master treats the poor nun very well, I can't bear to bully her."

Gong San also asked: "Why did you deceive her? It is true that Jia Rong disturbed your pure cultivation, and it is also true that you are hard to break your heart. From my perspective, you really do not have the karma of Buddhism. Why do you force yourself to live here? What's more, for the practice of Buddhism, chanting scriptures Vegetarianism is all about skin, and doing good deeds is the strength and strength. If you have good luck in the future, wouldn’t it be better to help the poor and help the poor than to hide in this nunnery and chant sutras without heart?”

Qin Keqing was originally a young woman, and after enjoying the honor in the Ningguo Mansion for the past few years, she was forced to become a monk. How could she really want to?Hearing this, he couldn't help being moved, and asked, "What about the nunnery next to me?"

Gong San also laughed and said, "Of course I will know tomorrow." He left because of sweeping the wall.

The next day, Qin Keqing really proposed to the nunnery master to practice elsewhere to avoid Jia Rong. The nunnery master thought: "I see that you have not been at peace all these days. If it weren't for the Ningguo Mansion inside, you would have let you return to vulgarity. It's also a way." I just couldn't think of where to send her.

But at this moment, a sister-in-law from outside came to report: "The Master Jingyuan of Zhenwu Temple is here." He couldn't help but said happily, "There is a place to go." Because he said to Qin Keqing, "Zhenwu Temple is in a secluded place in the south of the city, and there are few people there. Although the chariots and horses are a bit poor, they have their own property in the nunnery, so they can quite survive."

Qin Keqing put his palms together to express his thanks.

When the master Jingyuan came, the three of them decided on the matter. The next day, Qin Keqing took advantage of the heavy snow and Ziyi bamboo hat to leave the nunnery where Luofa was, and arrived at Zhenwu nunnery.Mrs. Jingyuan hurriedly returned home for her on the 29th of the year, and the Qin family had a reunion year.

Jia She and his father were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Jia Cong murmured: "Yes, it can still be like this..." Didn't Li Zhi and Li Longji use it before?

Gong San also looked at him with a smile, and said to Jia Amnesty: "Why don't the Dong family temporarily hire Qin as an instructor to teach the servants in your mansion, what do you think?"

Jia She nodded again and again: "Excellent, very appropriate. It's just that brother Zhen will look for her?"

Gong San also waved his hands and said: "He thought Mrs. Qin was his white tiger, and it was too late to hide. As for Jia Rong, he just found Zhenwu Nunnery, so he just said he didn't see any guests." When it came to Zhenwu Nunnery, which was the territory of Prince Xianyizhong, they were all buried in their stomachs without making a sound.

Qin Keqing thanked Jia Cong for saving him, and Jia Cong hurriedly said, "It's nothing to do with me. It was Mr. Gong who did it. I just talked about it."

Qin Keqing sighed: "How rare it is for you to have the heart to help the world at such a young age."

Jia Cong could only lower his head and curl his lips—he really just said it casually.

With Qin Keqing, everything is easy to handle. On the one hand, Jia Amnesty urged the accountant to check the accounts carefully, on the other hand, he sent people who found useful people from the Zhuangzi below to send them to the mansion in the south of the city for selection, and sometimes went to the renminbi to pick out some good ones. come.Everyone called Mrs. Qin "Ms. Qin", only saying that she was hired as a teacher.To avoid gossip, she temporarily wore a wig.

After a few days, the accounts were cleared up, and Mrs. Wang's embezzlement amounted to 120 taels in Mo's public account.

Jia Amnesty sent people to go to Jia Zheng's study to ask for the account with the account book in their hands.Jia Zheng is chatting with all the Qing guests, and he is very embarrassed.Seeing that the situation was not good, the cleaners quickly slipped out.Jia Amnesty Dacibala sat on his chair and spread the account book on his table: "Repay the money."

Jia Zheng said angrily: "Don't deceive people too much! The money from the treasury was paid back by our house a year ago."

Jia Amnesty nodded: "Remove the 80 taels, and there are 40 taels."

Jia Zheng said, "Not so many!"

Jia Amnesty pouted: "The account book is here, read it yourself."

How can Jia Zheng understand the account books?I had to send it inside to show Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang refused to agree after seeing it.It turned out that they valued all Mrs. Wang's greedy items according to the most expensive items on the market. Many of them were given as gifts by her, and they were not converted into money.The same goes for her secretly selling the public property to her own name. The highest estimated value is not counted, and the annual output that should have been calculated according to the maximum estimate is also included in it.Li Fanlian originally wanted to count the interest for these years, but Jia Lian said, "Forget it, we don't have much money and it seems that we are stingy", so he just let it go.

Mrs. Wang sent someone to come outside to discuss with Jia Amnesty.Jia Sheqi said: "Lian'er deliberately waived your interest, but you are still dissatisfied? Do you know that there is no way to exchange those things with money? If you don't want to give money, then return the restored things."

At this moment, Mother Jia has already arrived, and is trying to persuade Jia Amnesty that for the sake of the whole family, the second room first has the 80 taels, so let it go.Now Jia Amnesty does not lack the 40 taels of silver.It's just that the more Jia's mother favored the second room, the more he refused, because he sneered: "Since the second wife thinks our valuation is inappropriate, we must restore the property or go to court."

Jia Mu was furious: "How dare you!"

Jia She was amazed: "Someone stole my things, and now the thief has caught the evidence and found out, why don't I dare to sue?"

Jia Mu picked up her crutches and hit her head.

Jia Amnesty is not what it used to be these few years, his body has been recuperated, and he often practice boxing and kicking with Jia Si Wu Baozi, where can he fight?Jump out of the way.The crutch hit the chair hard, the sound was like gold and jade.Jia Amnesty couldn't help feeling cold, and gritted his teeth, "Is the old lady planning to kill me?"

Jia Mu pointed at him and said, "You rebellious beast! Why did I give birth to you! There was a foreign thief at home, you just ignored it and only dealt with your own brother!"

Jia Amnesty never refuted, just stood there looking at her coldly, without saying a word.After a long time, Mother Jia couldn't help feeling a little timid, and forced her crutch to the ground: "You still want to kill your mother!?"

Jia She sneered: "No need." Yin turned his head and ordered, "Let the accountant re-calculate the accounts, and calculate according to the interest of Sitong Bank." He looked at Jia Zheng again and said, "Now we have nothing to bargain. In the Golden Luan Palace, there is no less than a cent of silver." Shaking his sleeves, he wanted to leave.

Jia's mother was in a hurry: "You can't force my old lady to death!"

Jia She paused for a moment, and said grimly: "It's fine if the old lady wants to cry, make trouble, and hang herself, or sue me for disobedience. This corruption case must be dealt with. I'll see you in court." Without looking back, Immediately left.

As soon as he left, Jia's mother realized that she was inappropriate just now, and drove him into a hurry, and she sighed with regret.Jia Zheng hurriedly asked her what to do, and Jia's mother thought for a while: "You couldn't afford the money, so he can still drive you out of the house?"

Jia Zheng understood that it was time to delay, so he nodded repeatedly.

On the other end, Jia She rushed back into the house angrily, and cursed loudly: "As expected, the old godly woman really wants me to bear it."

Jia Lian and Jia Cong rushed up to coax him, beat his shoulders and hugged his arms, saying: "Master, don't be angry, didn't you already guessed it?"

Jia Amnesty gritted her teeth: "How clean she was when she gave birth to me and strangled to death!"

Jia Cong hurriedly said: "I can't do it! The older brothers and sisters and I are gone? God can't promise that there will be three less good people in the world."

Jia She who was talking couldn't help laughing, and pretended to sigh: "Forget it, for the sake of you guys, I'd better live."

Jia Lian hurriedly asked, "What happened in the end?"

Jia She said with a snort, "I'll ask the accountant to recalculate the interest."

Jia Lian said, "I'm afraid they will hang on and not return it."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "This is easy to handle. The second uncle is the most shameful. Face is more important than money. It is very easy to deal with people who have shame." , Jia Lian pointed at him and was speechless for a long time.

After a while, Jia Lian said again: "It's just this, but it will make the old lady anxious. Are you really going to sue the master for disobedience?"

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Second brother is too worried. Now that the master has all the evidence, she only dares to threaten the master, and does not dare to make a real threat. Otherwise, the big sister in the palace will be hurt if the fish dies and the net is broken. They also stretched their necks. Waiting for the eldest sister to become a concubine!" The three of them laughed again.

The next day, a large piece of paper was pasted on the door of the account room, with three lines of large characters on the top:

The second room owes public accounts

40 taels

interest pending

Every time someone from the second room came to collect the money, they would not give any money, and the corresponding number would be deducted from the paper on the spot.Whether it's Jia Baoyu's monthly money from Mrs. Jia Zhengwang's wife or the monthly money from the servants in their house, whether it's the flattery silver from Jia Zhengqing's guests or the tea and snack money from Baoyu's family study.