[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

After hearing Jia Zhu's words, Jia Lian twirled his fan and said nonchalantly, "To tell the truth, Second Aunt has no selfishness towards you. Our family's property is still in the hands of the Jia family. What's the matter?" It’s enough to solve the problem internally. But I absolutely can’t stand servants who try to deceive the master.”

Jia Zhu compared the difference in his mind, frowned and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

"If there is a problem, it is natural to check it out first. You have to get all the books from the past few years and check it again."

Jia Zhu nodded, "It should be."

"I always like to do things straight. Let's find out for ourselves. When the managers come over at the end of the year, all the mistakes will be sent to prison." After clicking on the fan-tip ledger, he looked at Jia Zhu and said: "As for the second aunt's problem... If it is true, I think you should know how to solve it yourself. You must not let outsiders spread such gossip."

Jia Zhu feels a little uncomfortable. A son actually knows his mother well, but he habitually filters out all the bad things and pretends he doesn't know anything.Even he himself thinks it is very possible that his mother intervened in it, so he will naturally feel more uncomfortable in his heart.

However, it is impossible not to clarify this matter. Since Jia Lian asked him to find a way to get the ledger from his mother, he naturally would not procrastinate.He didn't use any tricks, he just made an excuse and said he wanted to look at the previous account books. His attitude was more casual, and Mrs. Wang agreed to her son without thinking.

And Jia Zhu looked at the key in his hand, and for a moment in his heart, he even wanted to tell his mother frankly without asking questions.But in the same way, because of his understanding, he knew that his mother would never tell the truth without evidence, so he could only take the account book with him.

Jia Lian only wanted the account books for the middle years, and although there were many, it was not too exaggerated, so Jia Zhu just put them in a bookcase and gave them to Jia Lian before returning to Zhuangzi.

"The books are all here, you can see for yourself."

Jia Zhu took out books one by one from the box. He compared the books he had read for so many years, so he naturally felt that there were not many.Jia Lian looked at it but felt that he was causing trouble for himself, and he couldn't find an excuse not to watch it, so he appointed someone to take it over.

Also because of this, all his subsequent invitations were rejected, and even his daughter didn't have that much time to accompany him, so he finally finished watching it before the end of the year.At the moment when he finally put down his pen, Jia Lian even felt that his eyes were going to go blind, it was his own doing...

It's a pity that he can only calculate the money lost every year, but he can't see who took the money from the accounts. It will be more troublesome to check slowly, so Jia Lian calculated a share of the income he should have according to the normal price. He took a copy and gave it to Jia Zhu, and said, "I think this is enough to explain the problem. I can directly sue and let the officials take the person, but if the second aunt really interferes, you need to ask her to repay the money." It's back..."

Jia Zhu had just come back from vacation, and Jia Lian stopped her before returning to the second room. After taking a deep breath, she took it, turned around and went back to the second room.

Mrs. Wang had been waiting for her son to come back a long time ago. Seeing him finally enter the door at this time, she immediately put a smile on her cheek and said angrily, "You said Jia Lian, why can't I wait for you to take a break and come to you after you just came back? Are you tired?"

The corner of Jia Zhu's mouth twitched lightly, and she still couldn't blame her mother, so she just said softly: "Mother, I have something to do here and I want to ask you to help me, let the servants go down."

"What did you tell your mother about whether to help or not." Mrs. Wang gave her son a slight look, but she followed him and asked the servants to go out first, and then said with a smile: "If you have anything to do, just tell me, Zhuer." Well, what mother can help must satisfy you."

Mother has always been like this, she has devoted herself wholeheartedly to the three of them.That's why Jia Zhu was moved and felt a little bit of self-blame in his heart, but he didn't know the matter so far, he couldn't just let it go, so he took out the ledger from his sleeve and pushed it in front of his mother. , "Look at this."

Mrs. Wang picked it up with some doubts, and couldn't help shaking after flipping through a few pages, "Why do you have this thing? Is it the previous account book?!"

Jia Zhu has been staring at her mother's expression since she picked up the account book. Seeing that she really felt guilty, she sighed and said, "No one is a fool. Mother, tell your son how much you took?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Are you suspicious of me?! The past few years have been difficult, and I have taken a lot of my dowry to subsidize it. Is it easy for me?" Mrs. Wang finished speaking sternly, and then suddenly remembered that her son was from the eldest son. When he came over, he snorted and said angrily, "Okay, I thought Jia Lian was a good person, but if he is a big house, he is uneasy and kind. They must have done this secretly to provoke our mother and son, right?"

It’s not surprising that her mother would do this. Jia Zhu shook her head, took out another account book from her sleeve with a calm expression, and said, “It doesn’t matter who gave it to me, you can take a look at this again.”

Mrs. Wang took it suspiciously, and saw that it was a book that calculated how much income the Jia family should have normally. At the beginning, she didn't think anything of it, but the more she turned it back, the more it was different from the data she knew, "This is what happened?"

"Obviously, the steward of our mansion set up a pretense to cheat..."

Upon hearing this, Madam Wang gritted her teeth, furious but still wanted to excuse herself: "I was also deceived by these servants!"

Of course, Jia Zhu hoped that it was just like what his mother said, she was just being deceived, but he was almost sure in his heart that she could not have nothing to do with it, so he looked down at the ground and said lightly: "What you said That's right, it was indeed Lian'er who found out."

"It's just that he has always been quick to cut through messes. He told me that he wanted you to clean up the tail, so that you would not be involved when he directly reported to the police to arrest people."

"What report? I'm his second aunt! Does he still care about Rongguo Mansion's face?!" Mrs. Wang was furious. At least at this moment, she hates Jia Lian even more for those servants who deceived her!

Jia Zhu shook her head helplessly at her mother's words, "Mom, we all understand that face is not as important as money, so you are greedy, right?"

Mrs. Wang was silent, she was also a little sad about her son's behavior towards outsiders.

Jia Zhu couldn't bear to close her eyes, and continued: "Let's not talk about the managers outside, but these servants in Beijing live a much better life than some wealthy households. They take the money from the house to enjoy themselves. Can you please tell me?" Do you tolerate it..."

Mrs. Wang is naturally angry, but the current situation is that her son wants her to admit it, and there is no evidence at all. Wouldn't it be self-inflicted to show it.So he said righteously: "That can also be handled by the mansion itself, instead of making trouble outside!"

"You still don't understand..." Jia Zhu shook her head, and said helplessly, "Lian'er doesn't care about the servant's face, and no one can stop him, otherwise my son would not be able to separate from you now. But my son is worried You...others agree."

"you are my son!"

"So I'm here to let you smooth everything out yourself..."

Mrs. Wang was trembling with anger, she really believed that Jia Lian would not stop, but now her own son is also forcing her.In desperation, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Jia Zhu raised her hand after seeing it, but finally she clenched her fist and put it down again. She said with a blank expression, "Even if my son goes to ask Lian'er not to report to the police, it is absolutely impossible for this matter to be left as it is. Do you think grandma knows?" Are you going to feel better?"

Mrs. Wang still didn't move, crying sadly to herself.Seeing this, Jia Lian couldn't help being suspicious and said, "You won't spend all the money, will you?"

"Of course not!" Mrs. Wang's expression faltered, and Jia Zhu felt something was wrong in her tone, and her voice became a little colder, and she asked, "What did you do?"

Mrs. Wang saw that she couldn't get through anyway, so she said angrily: "It's just for some business, what is there to make a fuss about?"

Jia Zhu almost frowned, and said loudly, "What business are you doing? Did you buy a Zhuangzi shop or a field? It's not something you can't talk about."

When Mrs. Wang didn't speak, Jia Zhu felt more and more that she must have something to hide from her. She looked serious and suppressed her anger and said, "Mother, tell your son, he will never harm you!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang curled her lips and said, "Just take it out to earn some interest, and I'll be back in three to five months..."

"Earn interest?! What interest do you earn?" Jia Zhu was at a loss at first, and then she reacted and looked at her mother incredulously, "You went to lend loan sharks?! Don't you know that this is against the law?"

"What law?" Mrs. Wang said nonchalantly: "The secret of what I do will never be discovered by others. Besides, many wives are doing it. So what if someone discovers it with our family background? Who would dare to do anything?" ?”

"Then have you considered your son, have you considered Rongguo Mansion? If he is found out, Yushitai will take a copy, what kind of imperial examination will his son take?! His son has a mother who knows the law and breaks the law. Will His Majesty use his son?"

"It's not as serious as you said?" Mrs. Wang moved her body, seeing that her son was still full of disappointment, her voice weakened unconsciously, "I really didn't think so much, besides, I'm also