The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Yingchun hurriedly stood up and saluted, Mrs. Xing also took Jia Amnesty's cloak and handed it to the maidservant, while she came forward with a hot handkerchief and served attentively.Yingchun gave Ning Shan a handkerchief, then kissed Ning Shan with a cup of tea, and then sat back down.

Ning Shan took a sip of the tea and put it down, repeating: "What did Sister Shicai talk about with Madam? Who is she ignoring? But someone neglected Sister?" The foster mother said that she wanted to turn Yingchun around. The best way is to make her feel that she is valued.Now Ning Shan is counting on Yingchun to get up and take care of the rear house for him as soon as possible, so she will naturally listen to the teaching mother's instructions.Not only is she gentle and considerate towards Yingchun, but she also cares about her very much, and often tricks Jia She into thinking of her as well. Every time Jia She thinks that Yingchun will be able to go to the draft, and it is a general election, he will naturally pay more attention to her. It's just that he can't remember too many times.

If so, with Ning Shan's almost indulgent thoughtfulness, Yingchun gradually let go, her speech became smoother, her voice became more confident, and occasionally she dared to act coquettishly, begging for something, mostly just for food , she also made some needlework regularly to honor Jia She, and gave it to Ning Shan. Ning Shan didn't care if Jia She used it or not, as long as he received it, he would definitely use it.Yingchun was delighted to see her, and her work became more refined.

Seeing that Ning Shan is also very interested in her words now, Yingchun seems to be a little more confident, and bravely raised her head to look directly into the eyes of Ning Shan and Jia She: "It's about Sister Lin, and now her family property has been spent. Now, many servants began to chew their tongues, saying that she used every piece of straw and paper from the Jia family, and she was crying all day long, which is very unlucky to watch."

Ning Shan looked at the foolish father, the Lin family's money was spent on repaying the treasury, and the second wife was the one who was greedy, but the foolish father was the one who got it done.

Jia Amnesty looked back confidently: What's none of my business?Anyway, I didn't ask someone to call her tongue.

Ning Shan looked away: "It sounds pitiful, but I can't help you much. Is it possible that I can still reach out to the mansion? You can tell Dad to visit the second brother when he is free." Jia Amnesty nodded, indicating that this favor can be done.

Yingchun hesitated for a moment, and asked, "If I occasionally invite Sister Lin over to have fun, brother, would you mind?"

Ning Shan couldn't help asking curiously: "Why are you so concerned about her affairs?" It's not that there are no other girls in the Rongguo Mansion, and her cousin Jia Tanchun may not have a good life, so why don't you see her thinking about it?

Yingchun bit her lip and said: "Xu Shi looked at Sister Lin today and thought of me in the past." Back then, she also lived in the dark like this.What's more, after all, the Jia family spent all of Sister Lin's money.And it seems that her father is the only one who benefits from it.The kindness of Yingchun's nature made her feel that her family had a responsibility to Sister Lin, but since they all lived in the elder brother's house, she was not sure whether the elder brother would like to share this responsibility together.

Ning Shan obviously didn't want to cause more trouble: "If you are really bored, you can organize some garden parties, flower viewing parties, etc., and get together with other noble girls in Beijing, and the girls who will be invited to Rongguo Mansion will be Come on, don't just invite them to come and play, you don't have to let any moths come out of that mansion." Ning Shan had inquired about the affairs of that mansion early in the morning, although Lin's family was not in the face of Dajia Wang's, But Jia Shishi treated her well, at least in terms of face, it was better than the two granddaughters. As for the daughter from the Eastern Mansion who was born as a concubine, she was also included in the group of concubine daughters. Judging from Jia Shishi's appearance, she knew She was careless, and didn't pay much attention to Dongfu at all.When Lin Shi first returned to Rongguo Mansion, her life was much better than Yingchun's. Ning Shan felt that since Lin Shi didn't think of pulling Yingchun back then, they don't have to pull her up now.The money belonging to her Lin family was not embezzled by the big house. As for the money returned to the state treasury, it was her family's money, so you should go to Jia Shishi and the second house for questioning, who made them reluctant to open the public treasury in the mansion.

There is a "sufficient" reason for Jia Shishi not to open the government treasury. The money in it is intended to be shared equally when the two parties separate in the future, and even more will be distributed to her precious phoenix eggs. Even if it was to make a face for her eldest granddaughter, she really didn't want to use it.The Lin family's silver was originally two or three million, enough to support a family home. However, Jia Amnesty disturbed it several times. First, they carried away nearly 300 taels to pay the last fortune, and then carried away 50 million taels one after another. After clearing the arrears left by their Rongguo Mansion since Jia Daishan's period, the remaining amount is less than one million. There are also many gold and silver jewelry and ornaments and other items that are not easy to exchange for silver, which can be directly used for the construction of other courtyards. There are only a few 150 taels, which will be enough to lay a foundation and set up an earthwork and stone platform shelf, and the repairs and decorations will have to be calculated separately.

Poor Mrs. Lin, the family property accumulated by four generations of princes and five generations of mistresses, I have never seen it before, and it was squandered by that kind grandmother and second aunt who is a philanthropist, but he still has to bear the burden of eating for nothing. The Jia family's reputation, I don't know whether her father, the inspector of salt and censor Jiuquan, regretted entrusting his only daughter to the Rongguo Mansion, let alone whether her mother, who was favored by Jia Shishi, regretted portraying her natal family It was so beautiful that the husband lost his vigilance and the daughter lost her support.

However, no matter how pitiful she is, Ning Shan cannot be blamed.It's just that his kind-hearted younger sister, Yingchun, always felt that she owed her all the benefits she got. No matter how Mrs. Ren Xing relieved her, she was always depressed. With a sigh, he got up and went to chat with the silly father.

"Recently, their mansion has been sending people to invite my father. What's the matter?" Although I more or less guessed that it must have something to do with the construction of the courtyard, but now they don't have enough money and manpower. I'm curious as to why they still came to find silly father?Do they think that the foolish father who has become Lord Hou will obediently go back and be obedient?

Jia Amnesty was also very disdainful about this: "Isn't it because of that ruined courtyard that there is no shadow, I have to spend money and work hard to be taken advantage of! Bah, I am stupid!"

"Don't they have enough money to build the yard? Lin's family property is still in the hands of Erfang, so it's enough for the first half of the project!" Are these people trying to go to heaven?With the family's desperate wealth in his hand, he is not willing to spend it, and he still expects the big house to go back and pay them money?Greedy is too much.

"Where do I know what is going on in the mind of the second son of the government?" Jia She lazily showed off his military uniform, which is the court uniform of Wai Lang. Heart, there are creases everywhere.But Jia Amnesty just felt that it was very happy to wear it, especially when it was worn in front of Zheng's second child, it made her more energetic.

"Speaking of that one, the old lady of Rongguo Mansion didn't seem to allow my father to separate from his second wife, did she?" Ning Shan rubbed her chin, as if she had found a way.

"Who says it's not? I and the second son of the government are disgusted with each other now, but the old lady just won't let the family be separated. What can I do?" Jia She became angry when he mentioned this. It was given to the second son, but Zheng's second son still has the face to live in his nephew's house, just because the old lady won't let the family be separated, otherwise he would have kicked out their whole family long ago.

"Even if the family is not separated, the things that father deserves should always come back." Ning Shan urged.

Jia Amnesty loved to hear that the eldest son helped him to trick the second child. Hearing this, he approached Ning Shan with a smile on his old face: "Good son, what can you do? Tell Dad quickly." .”

Ning Shan picked up the teacup, separated Jia She's face from approaching him, and said calmly, "It's nothing more than the fact that my father has become a Marquis now, but there is no corresponding Marquis Mansion, and the Rongguo Mansion needs to make room for you. It’s just a matter of repairing it according to the regulations.” If they don’t let it be repaired, they will build a new one for the silly father, and he believes that Jia Shishi must have figured out whether it is more cost-effective to let the second room out of the Rongxi Hall, or it is more cost-effective to repair the provincial house into the fool’s father’s residence. .

Jia Amnesty slapped his thighs happily, if it wasn't getting late, he would have run back immediately.

Now Ning Shan feels that it is quite easy to do things with the emperor's tiger skin, so she taught Jia She to let him write a booklet and ask the emperor to approve him to live in the main hall of Rongguo Mansion. Hou Fu.Jia Amnesty listened to his elder son very much, and obediently went back to his room without mentioning it.

On the second day, sure enough, after the court meeting, he handed in the papers. The very leisurely emperor summoned him not long after, and stamped the seal very readily, and at the same time agreed to ask the Ministry of Rites to help preside over the reconstruction project.Satisfied, Jia Amnesty returned to the Rongguo Mansion with the left and right servants from the Ministry of Rites, some Langzhong, Yuanwailang and two principals from the Ministry of Industry who were in charge of this matter.

Because it was not an angel but a court official who came, neither the Jia Shi family nor the Da Jia Wang family could come forward, so Jia Zheng had to deal with it alone.But he was no match for Jia She, he was dismissed in a few words and left in a hurry, leaving Rongxi Hall behind and let them toss.

Da Jia Wang was so anxious that she almost fainted. Although she knew that Jia Zheng was useless, she never imagined that Jia Zheng would be so useless.

It was Ning Shan who lent 40 of her own soldiers to Jia Amnesty early in the morning, and asked them to take advantage of the time spent inspecting the building of Rongxi Hall and revising the regulations and drawings to move all the remaining property of the Lin family that Da Jia Wang's family hid in the secret room. When they come out, these things are considered as compensation for the Lin family. Whether they are stored in the warehouse or Jia Amnesty puts them away, in the end, some can be left for the Lin family. Turn your head and let the servants chew their tongues.

Since Jia She took over the job, it is absolutely impossible to leave any benefits to the second wife. If the great Jia Wang family can't come out, all her private houses will be counted by Jia She as part of the Lin family's property, except for the obvious clothes and jewelry. There were not some worthless decorations, but all the valuable antiques that passed Jia She's piercing eyes were all taken away.The doctors and principals in the Ministry of Industry were all looked down upon by Jia Zheng for many years, and some were forced by him to check work attendance, or Jia Zheng blocked them and had no place to take a position. Ning Shan specially found out to talk to Jia Those who disagreed with the government asked Jia She to invite them to revise the regulations, so they would just ignore what Jia She did, and let the soldiers of the Ning Mansion smoothly move out hundreds of thousands of silver in property. Send it to the East Courtyard, where Jia Amnesty used to live, but now Jia Lian's small home.Jia Lian specially asked for leave to stay at home and then sent him out of the mansion as soon as he passed. His daughter-in-law, who was eating inside and outside, flattered Jia Shi and Da Jia Wang every day. , Jia Lian did it smoothly.

Ning Shan had already expected that Jia She would move all the property back to his home, and she didn't plan to cause trouble because of it, so she asked the old housekeeper to prepare a small warehouse early in the morning, and only recorded all the things Jia Lian brought in, and the counts were clear I gave it to the eldest lady to welcome the spring.Since she only wanted to take her cousin and all this floating money to her to worry about, find something for her to do, so as not to pretend to be depressed when she had nothing to do.

Yingchun suddenly received a large stack of brochures, and was so shocked that she almost couldn't sit still.Dajia Wang has been in charge of internal affairs for many years, and has often moved many things in the public treasury into his own private house like ants moving house, as well as the money from loans in the past, and the money obtained by the Lin family. Now, apart from his own dowry, many things They were all managed by Jia Sheyi.Jia Amnesty had listened to Ning Shan's analysis earlier, and knew that the second room now dared not speak up and could only bear with it, so what was he afraid of? If they dared to settle accounts with him, he would still settle accounts with them. The head of the family's income decreases every year, complains about natural disasters every year, and spends more and more money, but her life is getting worse day by day, only her own private house has increased dozens of times.