The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that not long after Xue Pan left, someone rushed to the bodyguard bureau to report to Jia She that there was a lot of excitement just now. They rushed back to the mansion pretending to be in a hurry, and shouted when they entered the door: "What's the matter? Where's Brother Xue?"

The boy guarding the gate held back a smile and twisted a sad face: "The elder is back! Uncle Xue just left."

Jia She hurriedly stroked his chest: "It's good to go, I think it's okay to come to the second wife?"

"I don't know...it's all in the old lady's yard right now."

Jia Amnesty nodded and led his youngest son over there.

I saw Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were crying together, and Mrs. Wang had already cleaned up.Jia Zheng sighed beside him, and Baoyu stood with his head bowed, but he was not very uncomfortable.Seeing Jia Amnesty coming in, Mother Jia just looked up at him, wiped her tears and said, "Boss, you are fine. Now I don't even have a place to stand in the mansion."

Jia She was surprised: "Why did the old lady say that? I heard that Pan'er came to make a fuss. Seeing how she looks now, she is probably all right?"

Mrs. Wang suddenly burst into tears.Jia Mu also cried: "He took Baoyu's jade away..."

Jia Amnesty became more and more surprised: "What are you doing grabbing that? His family is not short of gold and jade."

Yuanyang hurriedly stepped forward and told in a low voice that Xue Pan pressed for debts and asked Baoyu's jade as collateral.Jia She pretended to be surprised: "Why does the second family owe him so much money!" After hearing this, he finally nodded and said, "Since this is the case, the jade is not worth much anyway, and the other 10,000+ will be lost never mind."

Jia Mu was furious: "What are you talking about! That is Baoyu's lifeblood!"

Jia Amnesty said, "It's just a piece of jade. Even without that, wouldn't Baoyu be fine?" Because he turned to look at Baoyu.

Baoyu raised her head: "Once you owe someone, you always have to pay it back. It's just that I don't have that kind of money at the moment. I only hope that Big Brother Xue will be more tolerant."

Jia She said with a smile: "Anyway, since he has received the mortgage, he is not in a hurry."

Jia's mother had already guessed that he would not be willing to pay off the second room's debts, and only hoped that he might help Baoyu for the sake of Baoyu's life.After hearing this, no matter whether it was pretending or not, it was obvious that he was not going to put the jade in his eyes, so he couldn't help crying like rain.After a long while, he said: "I heard that you got some sign in the tent now. Without your and Lian'er's signatures, even I can't get 500 taels of silver?"

Jia She nodded and said: "The reason for that is because there are always some people below who withdraw money indiscriminately, and pressure them. If the ancestor wants to listen to a play or go to some temple to watch the excitement, just report the account. "

Mother Jia sneered, "I'm afraid that in a few days, I won't even be able to eat. I'd better go back to Jinling with my second child earlier."

Jia Amnesty didn't take her words at all, but asked: "Why is the old ancestor so angry? Do you have any money to pay? Is it going to attend a play or have a drink? I'll send someone to the accountant to ask."

Jia Mu smashed the blue bricks on the ground with her crutches, and said angrily, "You don't have to ask, I'm going to get some silver from the tent today to coax brother Xue to go."

Jia Amnesty was shocked: "That's 67 taels! Don't tell me there is not so much money in the account now. If he takes it away, when will the second room get it back? Will the monthly money still be deducted?"

Jia Mu closed her eyes fiercely, and after a long time, she finally shook her hands: "I don't know how you have such a temperament that wants money like life, that's all."

Jia She smirked and said, "But I have never borrowed money and never paid it back."

Jia's mother waved him away, but Jia's amnesty was complete, so she saluted before leaving.

Jia Cong has been a little transparent since he entered the door. Seeing his father leaving, he hastily followed him up and bowed to leave.But Jia Mu said, "Wait, Conger." He had to stay.Turning to look at Jia She, the old boy was smiling and walking very fast, and even blinked.

Jia's mother then asked, "Cong'er, in your opinion, how do you deal with this matter?"

Jia Cong was taken aback, pointed to his nose and said, "Ask me?"

Jia Mu said: "You have always been very clever, I am afraid that you have some methods than your father."

Jia Cong thought to himself, I dug the hole in the first place, should I fill it up for myself?Then he thought for a while and said: "Brother Xue is so anxious because the second wife has been refusing to pay back the debt for three years. The reputation of the second wife in Xue's family has gone bankrupt. Now that some money has been paid Son, why don't you try to transfer the remaining accounts to the second uncle's name, draw up a monthly repayment rule based on the amount of the second room's private property, and then calculate some interest for Big Brother Xue. No matter how many years, slowly Pay it back. As for the jade, it can only be temporarily mortgaged elsewhere. The second uncle paid back the money for a few months according to the plan, and then asked Mr. Wang's uncle to be a middleman. Maybe he can get it back. Give the two families a step down, after all, they are still relatives."

After saying that, he sneaked a look at Jia Zheng out of the corner of his eye, and saw that he was full of anxiety: "I am an official of the imperial court, and I have to take into account the reputation. How can I bear such a huge debt."

Baoyu hurriedly said, "Just transfer it to my name!"

Jia Mu and Mrs. Jia Zhengwang shouted in unison: "No!"

Jia Mu said, "Forget it, let's transfer it to my old lady's name!" Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up immediately.

Baoyu stood up and said: "It's only natural to pay back the debts of mother and son. It is only right to transfer them to my name. There is no reason to drag my ancestors down. What's more, the 40 taels in front were paid by my ancestors for me. .”

Jia Cong could not help giving him a thumbs-up in his heart when he heard him say "on the mat", and said: "The grandson also thinks that since the second uncle is inconvenient, it is more appropriate to transfer it to Brother Baoyu. To be honest, if I were Xue Da Brother, I believe in Brother Baoyu even more, in this world, men are still more trustworthy."

Mother Jia waved her hands before she was about to speak, when someone came in and said, "There is a boy from Xue's family, he sent two lottery cards to the porter and left."

Jia Mu hurriedly said, "Bring it quickly!"

The man quickly sent it up.It turned out to be an IOU of 30 taels written by Mrs. Wang, and a receipt written in crooked handwriting by Xue Pan himself. The Jia family has already received 40 taels of silver, and the IOU will be returned first.It's just that although the wording is plain, it is full of literary talent, which is obviously written by Baochai.Jia Cong sighed inwardly when he saw it, but it's a pity that Xue Baochai is also a character, and this story is beautifully made up, Erfang didn't think of it before he described it.

When Jia Mu saw it, she couldn't help regretting and said, "We were only worrying about it just now. If we had thought of this earlier, we might as well ask the Wang family to come forward to judge justice." But looking at Jia Zheng said, "Go to Wang's house and meet Lian's daughter-in-law. Laozi, according to Conger's words, ask him, maybe transfer those debts to my old lady's name, and get Baoyu and that jade back."

Jia Zheng stood up and answered, raised his legs and went out. Jia Cong hadn't seen him go so fast.

Then Jia Mu looked at Mrs. Wang and said, "You are tired too. Baoyu helps your mother go back and have a rest."

Seeing that she was determined not to transfer the debt to her own name, Baoyu had no choice but to silently agree, and helped Mrs. Wang, who was crying again, to leave.Immediately, only Jia Mu and Jia Cong were left in the room, and Jia Cong shuddered.

Jia Mu looked at Jia Cong with a smile and said, "Cong'er, did your elder sister Bao tell you anything these past few days?"

Jia Cong was taken aback: "Huh? Sister Xue? I'm not familiar with her. I haven't seen her face to face since the days when she lived in the mansion in the early years. It's just that she suddenly sent a girl to look for her today. I asked where I got the clothes for the third sister and the fourth sister."

Mother Jia hurriedly asked: "That's right, where did you get it? I don't think you are quite capable at such a young age, but the superiors only gave us two from our house."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Don't ask the old ancestor, I'm sorry. Anyway, I went out to play and met the nobleman, and I happened to say some witty words to make the nobleman happy. I want to reward me with something. I was thinking of seeing the old lady's cloak that day. Very good, but only two of the four sisters got it, and the other two abruptly didn't, it seems that the ancestors were partial, so they played tricks with others."

Mother Jia's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately thought of King Xian, so she stopped asking.Then he said, "Then you told Bao girl?"

Jia Cong said: "Why do you tell her? Besides, she is a relative from outside the country. Although she is much older than me, it is inconvenient after all. My boss asked my girl to tell her girl. It's not convenient, it's not easy."

Mother Jia understood that Baochai had been shut down, and secretly scolded her for her incompetence.Now she hates the Xue family deeply, but she doesn't care about Jia Cong offending relatives.Nai asked him again, "Have you seen Yun'er these days?"

Jia Cong was stunned again: "Huh? The ancestors still know her? I have seen her twice at Brother Feng's banquet. I am too young, and she never looked at me directly."

Jia Mu immediately said angrily, "Who are you talking about!"

Jia Cong wondered, "Isn't that Yun'er from Jinxiangyuan?"

Mother Jia grabbed the teacup on the desk and smashed it on the ground: "Nonsense! How can I know that kind of person!"

Jia Cong shivered in fright: "Don't be angry! You always talk about Yun'er, I only know this Yun'er. Could it be that there is a maid with this name in our family?" Seeing that Jia Mu's face became darker and darker , he hurriedly slapped his head, "Oh, it seems that Big Sister Shi is also called this!"

Mother Jia stared at him without saying a word.

Jia Cong said cautiously: "That... old ancestor, don't be angry. I study martial arts outside every day, and I don't fall out of the house very much. Even at home, I rarely come to the inner house. I really don't know the names of these relatives and sisters. Son, it’s okay if you can’t remember it for a while. Speaking of sister Shijia, I seem to have seen it at the ancestor’s place two days ago.” He smiled again and said, “I heard from the people below that she likes brother Baoyu, so I can’t keep it together in the future. That's my sister-in-law."

"Nonsense!" Mother Jia yelled angrily, "Who is chewing his tongue! Quickly find out and kill them all!"

Jia Cong murmured: "You can't blame the servants either. She came over during the Chinese New Year in the old year and hung around Baoyu's brother wholeheartedly. We children can see that. Besides...they are a good match, aren't they?"

Jia Mu scolded: "What do you know! Baoyu..." She stopped in a hurry, and she didn't need to tell this kid about Baodai, lest he talk nonsense.

Jia Cong curled his lips, and muttered again: "The two of them were playing together that time, and my fourth sister and I wandered around them for several times, but they didn't look at us or say a word to us. , I laughed so hard that we ran away." Of course, I will not tell you that the two of them are playing Go and it is at a critical moment of life and death.

Mother Jia was stunned.She pondered for a long time, could it be that Baoyu couldn't enter Daiyu's yard these past few years, and the relationship gradually faded, but now he is interested in Xiangyun instead?If this is the case, I'm afraid we can't assign Xiangyun to Cong boy. Does it mean that Qi Baoyu really likes it?Looking back, I have to check the kid's tone.Of course Daiyu is excellent, but Mrs. Lin doesn't seem to like Baoyu very much, so it would be better to keep another girl with him.

Jia Cong waited for a while, then asked softly, "Old Ancestor, why do you ask my sister Shi Jia?"

Jia Mu waved her hand: "Since you seldom play with her, it's probably useless to ask her. You go."

Jia Cong promised, saluted quickly, and ran away with a kick.

Going back to Jia She's courtyard, he told all the things that happened just now. Jia She and Ou Cheng laughed and called him "he's getting more and more ghostly."

Jia Cong looked at the sky and said with a smile: "It's time to call Master Jia Lian to come back, don't eat too much tea and snacks and can't eat dinner."

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Yes." Then he sent someone to the restaurant to call Jia Lian back home without mentioning it.

On the other end, Jia Zheng arrived at Wang's house and hurried to see Wang Ziteng.Wang Ziteng had been waiting for people from Jia's mansion for a long time, and when he saw it, he knew that Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian would not want to intervene.Nai said, "I know everything."

Jia Zheng burst into tears immediately, held his hand and said, "Ziteng, brother Xue is too aggressive!"

Prince Teng sighed: "He has that temperament. Besides, I scolded him just now and told him to send Baoyu and Nayu back quickly. He refused to give it back, and he had to see the silver before giving it. He is already in I'm crazy, and I can't do anything for a while."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said, "Now we have another way! I need to trouble you to be a middleman." Then he proposed the idea of ​​transferring the debt to Jia Mu's name.

Wang Ziteng's eyes lit up: "Who thought of that?"

Jia Zheng said, "It's Cong'er."

Wang Ziteng didn't laugh out loud, it was the child's idea to turn back and go around, I'm afraid it really has a history.After a while, he said: "You might as well give it a try, but Pan'er's temperament may not be willing to respond, and he can't trust the old lady."

Jia Zheng sighed: "At first, Cong'er said it was transferred to me, because it is easier for men to speak. But I still hold an official position, which is really inconvenient. Patriarch Baoyu refused to give it to him."

Wang Ziteng couldn't help showing coldness in his eyes.Even Baoyu, a 12-year-old child, was willing to take on such a big matter, but he, a big man, stayed away.Back then, he was blind and gave the girl to him.If he can be the opponent of Jia She and his father, I am afraid that the sun will come out from the west.It's just that he didn't show the difference on the surface, so he sent someone to invite Xue Pan.

Xue Pan is trying to persuade Baochai at this moment.Baochai is also quite conceited on a daily basis. She actually let Mrs. Wang and Jiamu play with the important affairs of her life for so many years.Just sitting on the porch and weeping.Xue Pan coaxed and played silly jokes around her, sweating all over in a hurry.In the end, he simply took out the jade and handed it over: "Sister, we don't want the 27 yuan either! How about smashing this crap to vent your anger on you?"

Baochai laughed at the end, and cursed: "Nonsense. Since it is a mortgaged property, how can it be damaged? It must be kept properly. Our family is a serious business."

Xue Pan snorted and said, "Pay him 27 yuan, which is a lot."

Baochai said: "This thing is useless in our family, but the 27 taels of silver is very useful. Brother, put it away soon."

Only then did Xue Pan put the jade away, and said with a smile, "Your sister is right in everything."

Baochai couldn't help smiling.

But at this moment, someone said that the second master of Rongguo Mansion has come to invite him to come over, so he just hit him in a fit of anger?Xue Pan glared: "Did he bring the money? It's easy to do. You can pay the money with one hand and the IOU as a mortgage. If you don't bring the young master, you won't have time to see him!"

The man had no choice but to go back honestly.

Wang Ziteng frowned: "What is he doing?"

The man said: "I heard that she is coaxing Miss Xue."

Wang Ziteng then nodded, and said to Jia Zheng: "I can't blame him. Although this child is reckless, he is very good to his mother and sister. It is really my sister who is not kind."

Jia Zheng was in a hurry: "That jade is Baoyu's bodyguard. How can it stay with him? Besides, what if he is upset and breaks it?"

Wang Ziteng thought for a while, and said: "Forget it, you wait for a while, I will go over to his side."

Jia Zheng thanked him in a hurry, and Wang Ziteng stood up and went to Xue's small courtyard.