The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Jia Amnesty settled the property of the Rongguo Mansion outside, and because he remembered the servants who were greedy for ink, he called Jia Lian and said, "What are you talking about? You don't need anyone at all to recover your second wife's old debts." Proof. Tomorrow, we will sell all the second wife's people."

Jia Lian said flatteringly, "Master is still wise. I have already made an agreement with my son, and I will hand over to him in a few days."

Jia Amnesty said, "You see."

The next day, Jia Lian went to the household department to take a day off, and took all the servants of Mrs. Wang's family in the mansion, except for the girl who was serving personally in the master's room, and sent them to Ren Yazi with great vigor. sell everywhere.Because someone sent a guard in front of Jiamu's yard, and no wind could come in, Jiamu didn't know it at all.

Mrs. Wang rushed to the front and scolded, "Lien'er, are you going to rebel?"

Jia Lian wondered: "Now that the family is in a difficult situation and the house has been attacked by thieves, it's hard to live. Isn't it right to sell a few people for food? Shall we drink the northwest wind?"

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "Our mansion has always only bought people. When did we sell people? Do you want to lose face?"

Jia Lian waved his hand: "Forget it, Second Wife, you are still dreaming. Now that you don't even have the lining, what do you want to save face for?"

Mrs. Wang's face was cloudy: "These people are all I have to use on a daily basis. I can't bear to let them be abandoned by the master. I bought them all and sent them to my dowry outside."

Those people cried in unison, "Madam, help me."

Jia Lian said, "This one won't work. Ren Yazi has already agreed to hand it over to someone today. I won't sell it to you." He was ordered to take it away.

Mrs. Wang shouted, "You are so bold!"

Jia Lian laughed "puchi": "Second wife, you really don't understand the truth. It doesn't matter if you say it now." Then he waved them away and pushed them away.

Mrs. Wang watched all her confidantes cry loudly, her palms hurt, but there was nothing she could do.In addition, some of those people gloated, some were glad that they were not on the wrong team, and some had nothing to do with themselves and didn't care.When Jia's mother found out, [-]% of the money from those people's prostitution had already been put into the public account, and the remaining [-]% naturally went into Jia Lian's own money box.Although Jia's mother knew that the big house was getting rid of dissidents, there was nothing she could do if everyone had sold out, so she had to comfort Mrs. Wang when the big girl became a noble person, so she could take in another confidant.

But when Jia Cong came back and heard about it, he felt a little bit emotional - if he didn't do anything, what would be the difference between Rongguo Mansion and these slaves in the future?

While Erfang was waiting for the imperial decree, the imperial decree finally came.Jia Lian was granted the title of doctor from the fourth rank Chaosan, and he still held his original post in the household department on weekdays.Jia Mu and others thought this was just a sign, and they showed kindness to Yuanchun's brother, expecting more and more in their hearts, and secretly sighed that Baoyu was too young, otherwise the kindness should be on his head this time.

Pian Baoyu didn't realize it. This day after school, he passed by Mengpozhai's small study to rest for a while. Because he was thirsty, he casually called someone outside to pour tea.After shouting for a long time, a woman came in from outside.Seeing that Baoyu disliked her for being unclean, he waved his hand and ordered her to go out, and shouted, "Is there any cleaner little girl?"

That woman is under Sister Feng's subordinates, so she is a bit foolish on weekdays.Recently, Mrs. Wang fell from power, and she was able to bully others with her own strength. Seeing that there was no one around, she even cursed and gave Baoyu a long list of the first to eat!Baoyu has never been subjected to this, so anxious to jump up and scold people, but let the sarcasm once, "The second wife is really clean, and the public account is almost moved to her private treasury." Ran.

After thinking about it, he still didn't understand why his mother was greedy for ink, so he circled around the mansion for half a day, but there was no one to sue, and finally he found Jia Cong.

Jia Cong happened to pick up a pen and wanted to practice calligraphy, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "Why? Brother Baoyu, do you know who owns the money in this mansion?"

Baoyu was taken aback and said, "Of course it belongs to the whole family."

Jia Cong grinned: "It's not wrong. The term family is too general. The money in our mansion is temporarily owned by the elder master and the second master—that is, my father and your father." With a wink, Hong Xiu hurriedly led a room of servants out, and closed the door again. Jia Cong then said, "One day the ancestors will go, and the two houses will be separated. According to the court regulations, most of the money in this mansion It belongs to my old man, rarely yours—the eldest son gets [-]% or [-]%? I can’t remember, that’s how it is in the court’s law. In your old man’s very few, the big head belongs to Lan Er, and the small head belongs to Lan’er. It belongs to you, because you are generally the second son like the second master. Our eldest house will be separated in the future, and almost all belong to the second brother Lian. of."

He kindly stopped and waited for a while, only to see that Baoyu's eyes were straightened, which shows that his cognition has been subverted.

"So most of the money in this mansion belongs to the second elder brother Lian, and some belong to Lan Er. You also have very, very little money. Brother Huan and I basically don't have it. Otherwise, we two are young and desperate What is the purpose of studying and practicing martial arts? Isn’t it for making a living and earning a living in the future? You are a clean and lazy person. You think it’s troublesome and unclean to be an official, and you think it’s troublesome and unclean to be a businessman. You have no strength to restrain a chicken, and if the second wife doesn't find some money for you, will you drink the northwest wind in the future, or come to Lian's second brother or Lan'er's house to live in the autumn wind every day?"

What Baoyu said was dumbfounded.

After a while, Jia Cong added another sentence: "You don't think that the ancestor likes you, and everything in this mansion belongs to you?"

Baoyu said: "Why do you want to separate? Isn't it good for everyone to be intimate?"

Jia Cong snorted and said, "Look at these days our masters and your masters and wives are fighting like black-eyed chickens, are you affectionate?" Baoyu choked, and he said, "Of course you expect to eat rich people if you don't get any money. Yes, the second master also expects the same. It's a pity how can our master agree? The old lady will pay it back in one day, and she will return home one day, and the second master and you will have to leave the house."

Baoyu blushed with embarrassment when he heard the words "eating big households".He had always thought that he was born in a wealthy family and could stay in the Rongguo Mansion for the rest of his life without worrying about food and clothing.It never occurred to me that none of these belonged to him, but they were only borrowed temporarily.For a moment, my heart was surging.

Jia Cong said again: "Speaking of it, we are very lucky. Our family can teach us how to read and write. Ordinary families can't afford to hire a husband. If Brother Baoyu has nothing else to do, I'm going to practice calligraphy. In the future, I will have less family property than you, and I don't want to come to Lian's second brother's house every day to flatter my second sister-in-law." As he spoke, he turned around and went to practice calligraphy.

His handwriting is not very good on weekdays; today, Baoyu is watching, and his mind is so concentrated that his handwriting is three points higher than usual.Baoyu stared blankly at him, a six-year-old child, earnestly drawing every stroke, and suddenly felt ashamed.After a while, he suddenly asked: "Cong'er, do you know why Uncle Lin is angry?"

Jia Cong was startled: "Huh?"

Baoyu said: "You know. Everyone knows, but no one told me. You were perfunctory to me that day."

Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "Everyone knows, because everyone should know. It's strange that you don't know. Does anyone need to tell?"

Baoyu then saluted him, but said nothing.

Jia Cong sighed, and put down his pen: "The ancestor really loves you, so he raised you together with Sister Lin, hoping that one day you can have a long-term relationship and make Sister Lin fall in love with you, so that in the future, maybe she will be able to love you." She desperately wants to marry you, but Uncle Lin can't do anything to her, so he has no choice but to agree to it."

At first Baoyu still had some daydreams, but then he was shocked: "Uncle Lin doesn't want to agree?"

Jia Cong looked at him amusedly: "Why does Uncle Lin want to agree? You are poor and don't like to study. He is a second-rank senior official who came from Tanhua, so why should he agree to marry his daughter to a fifth-rank member foreigner? Son? The old ancestor was trying to get Sister Lin’s dowry for you! She also knew that you couldn’t support herself, and she also knew that Uncle Lin didn’t like you. She specially raised Sister Lin with her, and she was with the second wife to help you get money. The accounts are the same."

These words have a lot of content, and Baoyu can't come back to his senses for a long time. "Uncle Lin doesn't want to let..." He blushed, and said without hesitation for a long time, "Sister Lin...marry, marry me?"

Jia Cong couldn't help but support his forehead: "Uncle Lin wants to marry his daughter to you because he took the wrong medicine, okay? You have to be a good family partner, and you don't want to be right at all, okay? The old ancestor is playing tricks behind Uncle Lin's back, especially I put the two of you together so that if you don't get them together, some words can be spread in the future to destroy Sister Lin's reputation and force Sister Lin to marry you! Do you understand what it means to eat at one table and sleep on one bed! Because Uncle Lin’s family has only her only daughter, and the Lin family’s property will be her dowry in the future. I am afraid that one day the ancestors will go away, and you drink the northwest wind, and I will find sister Lin to marry you!”

Looking up, Baoyu became a clay and wood Bodhisattva again.

Jia Cong thought that sooner or later he would have to give him a stick, so it would be better to beat him to the end, so he went on to say: "Besides, I heard that you go to play with Xue's sister every day. I think that is also the meaning of the second wife? In fact, the second wife's heart and The old lady is the same, but she is seeking sister Xue. People say that in a good year, there is heavy snow, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron. They are talking about the Xue family, so rich and noble. Although Brother Xue is a bit of a jerk, he treats Xue Sister is very good, and Sister Xue’s dowry must be quite a lot, anyway, it can support you for the rest of your life. Brother Baoyu is lucky, you are such a great idea, the old lady and the second wife have started to find the dowry for your daughter-in-law.”

At this moment, 123 Romance is leading Xiao, Xiang Lanxiang and Ziguang's three little ones to put their ears all over the door to eavesdrop outside, and they can't help laughing out loud.Only Hong Xiu is a decent person, sitting on the porch doing needlework.

These words are Jia Cong's own nonsense, without any evidence.Pian Baoyu is an honest man, and he believes everything.Can't help five thunders hitting the top several times, and I'm stupid again.

Jia Cong then practiced calligraphy by himself and ignored him.Seeing that he was still in a daze after the practice, he went outside to fight again, and glanced at 123 Romance and them by the way, 123 Romance and the others couldn't help laughing.After half a day, he finished playing, and when he came back, he shook Baoyu awake: "Hey, wake up~~ It's time for you to go back to your ancestors' yard for dinner."

Baoyu suddenly cried "Wow".

Jia Cong had no choice but to caress his back and coax him: "Oh~~Brother Baoyu is so good~~ I have a pity that a six-year-old child wants to coax his elder brother, and in other families, the elder brother coaxes the younger brother."

Baoyu made him feel embarrassed and cried, so he had to wipe away his tears.

Jia Cong felt that he was pitiful, and comforted him: "I can't blame you, the ancestors raised you as a two-year-old child, and thought it was for your own good that they didn't tell you anything and let you live like a blind man. Lin My uncle said you were a pity."

Baoyu immediately grabbed his arm: "What did Uncle Lin say about me?"

"He said it's a pity for you." Jia Cong said, "You are talented and intelligent. If you live a good life and fail to make progress, you can have a good future. But if your ancestors dote on you like an ignorant child, you may hurt Zhong Yong's sigh in the future. To be clean , few people in the world are clean. Without him, people do not hurt the tiger's will, and the tiger hurts the heart. The master said, repaying a grievance with virtue, how can you repay a virtue? Repay a grudge with a straight line, and repay a virtue with a virtue. Uncle Lin is probably the cleanest in the court Now he can work for an official and be clean, why can't you? It's all in your heart if you don't do clean."

He spoke in a hurry, thinking that Baoyu might not be able to listen to him for a while.I never thought that Baoyu had been thinking about many things in the past half day, as if he couldn't find a way out, this time he was like a bright light, his eyes gradually lit up, and he was resurrected with blood like an account in a game was unfrozen.After standing still and thinking for a long time, Jia Cong was getting impatient, he suddenly bowed to the ground and left.

Jia Cong looked at him from behind, and sighed long and leisurely: "It's nice to be simple." Because he called someone to eat.

It was only the twelfth lunar month, and the weather was quite cold. Jia Mu was angry every day, and soon fell ill.That's what Jia Amnesty was waiting for. At the end of the day, people made some manipulations in the medicine, and Jia's mother became more and more ill.Taking advantage of her drowsy days, Jia She ordered people to block Jia Mu's yard, sold or released all her loyal old servants and family, and drove them out of the house.From the mansion in the south of the city, many people who had been taught by Qin Keqing and who only knew the old man were transferred to hold important positions in various places.Although Yuanyang and others knew it, they did not dare to say it, for fear of aggravating Jiamu's illness.

A few days later, more people came from the south of the city, and the people in the mansion were either sold or released, leaving only the most trusted confidantes of the masters of the big house.When Jiamu finally recovered, she didn't know any of the people in charge, let alone the housekeepers, except for the maids and boys who served in each room, they had all been replaced by people from the big house, and no one would listen to what Jiamu said. I couldn't help but feel cold, and I was so angry and sick again.She felt relieved, since she was human anyway, it would not be difficult to subdue some prying eyes.On the contrary, these days Baoyu is extremely filial, serving decoctions by her bedside every day, and hearing that he has been studying hard recently, he can't help feeling very relieved.Only Yuanchun's future has not been heard for a long time, and he is secretly worried.

So far, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion had only two or three out of ten years ago, and all of them were replaced by Jia She's people, and the Dafang finally took control of the Hefu.