[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

Mrs. Wang was frightened by her son's face, and was speechless for a moment...

After all, it is not what a son of man should do to get angry with his mother. Although the depression in his heart still could not be dispelled, Jia Zhu still stood up, knelt down in front of her slowly, and said in a low voice: "A son is not filial, and even quarreled with his mother, please ask mother forgive."

"Zhu, Zhuer..." Mrs. Wang stretched out her hand to help, but she stopped for some reason.

Jia Zhu lowered her head and didn't see it, but said in a dejected way: "My son has been studying hard day and night all these years, and he never dared to slack off in the slightest. He just wanted to give you glory by being named on the gold list one day. This time, this time... The son decided to give up..."

Mrs. Wang was in a hurry, grabbed her son's shoulders with both hands, shook her son twice, and then asked in tears, "Do you have to break my heart just because of such a small matter?"

"It's not a trivial matter." Jia Zhu raised her head, her eyes were red but there were no tears, and her lips trembled and said: "My son has been studying since he was a child, and he believes in the way of a gentleman, and he has always been so strict with himself. Now you are telling your son, My persistence is wrong, what book should I read? How can I still be worthy of reading?"

"No, no..." Mrs. Wang hugged Jia Zhu's head and cried loudly, "I'll return it, and I'll make it up with my own money. My Pearl is the best. It's my fault, Pearl. Don't do this..."

The servant girl guarding outside suddenly heard the madam's cry and looked back at the door, looking at each other, wondering whether to do something or not.

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Wang admitted that she had indeed embezzled some of the money, but it was only tens of thousands of taels. She insisted that the rest of the money must have been corrupted by those servants, and Jia Zhu also believed it.

Naturally, it was impossible for Jia Zhu to just ask her mother to use her own money to make up for it, but now it was necessary to deal with the usury issue as soon as possible, so she asked for the loan shark's receipt.

After a simple count, my mother didn't release all the money that was embezzled, and it was indeed just the beginning as she said. The amount is not very large, and it seems that she is not completely unscrupulous.

It's just that although Jia Zhu got the bill, Jia Zhu still couldn't feel at ease. After thinking about it, she still felt uneasy, so she turned to Jia Lian after all.

Jia Lian was a little strange seeing him go and come back, but after asking, she found out that it was because the second aunt took the money out to put ushers, and she moved tens of thousands of taels and released half of it, which was considered willing.

Taking the bill from Jia Zhu, Jia Lian carefully put it away and said, "I'll deal with it, and try not to leave any trouble behind."

Jia Zhu was still a little sluggish, and said slowly, "Lian'er, it's me, a useless elder brother, who wants you to come forward for everything."

Jia Lian shook his head, then patted Quan Zuo on the shoulder twice and comforted him: "As you told my brother before, we are all descendants of the Jia family, and no one can completely stay out of it. Now you just need to study hard That is, it is impossible to let the Rongguo Mansion lose, and we all have to think about our children and grandchildren."

"Huh—" exhaling, Jia Zhu nodded, and took out another banknote to pass to Jia Lian, "My mother made it up, here it is for you."

Jia Lian didn't take it, but wrote down the number, and then said to Jia Zhu: "Brother, take this money bead first, it doesn't matter if you put it in anyone's place. I have to deal with the accounts recently, so I have to clean up those money. people."

Jia Zhu didn't refuse, he would definitely not be greedy for the money, so just like Jia Lian trusted him, he also trusted Jia Lian, no need to say anything.

However, even though he was acting together with Jia Zhu in this matter, Jia Lian, who reported to the official, decided to come alone. Jia Zhu still wanted to object, so Jia said: "If you want to be an official in the imperial examination in the future, it is better to have a good reputation. , I don’t care, anyway, I’m just doing nothing, and if I say something outside, it’s not itchy if there are too many lice.”

In the end, Jia Zhu didn't compete with Jia Lian, but there was a fire in his heart that made him insist on passing the exam, so as not to disappoint Jia Lian's brotherhood towards him.

In order not to leak the news, only a few of them know about this matter until now. Madam Wang has also vented her sulking on the heads of those servants. In the past, she reported in batches. This year she directly ordered the same time.

So when the managers came to Rongguo Mansion, they were not greeted with hospitality as usual, but were directly taken away by the officials and sent to prison.

In this day and age, servants who sell their bodies are more guilty of running away, but Jia Lian is unavoidable, and he still has all the members of the Jia family guarded directly, and there is an assist by Mrs. Wang who wants to make trouble, and no news has been leaked at all. Go out, and then wait until the government finds out the truth and ransacks the house.

But being unable to go out does not mean that people in the mansion cannot communicate with each other.When Jia's mother learned that Jia Lian had actually done something to arrest all the housekeepers, she almost didn't come up all at once.

The servants in the mansion have always been very involved, and Jia Lian didn't care about anyone at all by doing this, and Jia's mother looked at the people who were begging for mercy and complaining, and her face was so ugly that she called him over.

Jia Lian had been waiting for such a show for sure, so when he heard his grandmother calling him, he immediately shook his clothes and put them in the grandmother's yard.When he saw this servant who was kneeling on the ground, he bowed down to greet his grandmother without giving a single glance.

When the old lady saw Jia Lian, her blood surged even more, and the servants always winked, so naturally they all cried harder.Jia Lian glanced at them and said with a sneer, "What is this all about? If you didn't make a mistake, you will be released without asking; but if you made a mistake and still act like this, why should you force grandma to hold them accountable? ?”

Second Master Lian has always been fearful among his servants, but now he trembles in fright, and his crying voices are much lower, and many of them wish to hide their faces so that he will not find out, so as not to attack them on the spot .

When Jia's mother saw this, although she was still expressionless, her anger towards Jia Lian had subsided somewhat, but her voice was still cold, "Lian'er, what are you going to do? Is there something that can't be resolved in the house? Do you want to make a fuss for everyone to know?"

But Jia Lian shook his fan and said casually: "Otherwise, our house will lose all face. How can there be such a bold servant who thinks that Second Aunt doesn't understand the market and cheats?"

When Jia Mu heard this, she frowned and asked, "Where did you say that?"

Jia Lian hooked his finger at Long'er who was behind him, and Long'er respectfully presented the account book.This is after Mrs. Wang made up the money, but it is also much less profitable than the previous Rongguo Mansion's heyday.

Mother Jia has been the housekeeper for many years, although she is less restrained now, she is just too lazy to do so.She is very clear about how many villages and shops there are in Rongguo Mansion. At this time, only by comparing the two sides, she naturally understands everything.

However, these people below are still trying to plead for mercy!In a moment of anger, he slapped the table directly, pointed at the servants below and scolded: "You still have the face to come here to intercede?! I don't believe you know nothing about what they did! Come on! Pull them all for me!" Go on! Before the government finds out the matter, whoever pleads for mercy will be punished as an accomplice!"

After everyone was dragged down, Jiamu took a few breaths before she calmed down a little.Part of the reason why she did this just now was to save Jia Lian's face, so now that there are no outsiders, Jia's mother looked at him seriously again and said, "Even if they did something wrong, your way of handling it is too extreme. Many times, the housekeeper can't be as ruthless as you."

"You think they are pitiful, but my grandson only thinks they are disgusting. The most important thing to be a human being is to know your duty, but they are slaves who only want to deceive their masters. Wouldn't it be more indulgent to be more lenient?"

The old lady's housekeeping method may be the best, but it is too troublesome for Jia Lian. It saves effort and is clear at a glance, which is much better than those who come and go by means!

"It's not that I feel pitiful." Mother Jia shook her head, and did not continue to persuade, but said: "It's useless for me to tell you, you will know later."

As soon as the words were finished, the servant girl outside the door said: "Old Madam, Master Zhu is here."

As soon as Jia Zhu came in, she said directly: "Grandmother, my grandson also knows about this matter, if you want to punish, please punish my grandson as well."

When Jia's mother heard it, "That's good, you brothers are of one heart, and my wife has become an outsider!" But she was still happy in her heart. The unity of the family and descendants is the foundation of a prosperous family.

But she also knew that the two eldest grandsons of Rongguo Mansion were all involved, so she really didn't plan to say anything more, and she had to let them learn some lessons before they knew that what the elders said was reasonable, of course, it was so In other words, it's better to help the two people get together as much as possible, instead of letting them bump into each other.

As for whether Mrs. Wang also played a certain role in it, Mother Jia is of course dissatisfied, but the two children are obviously trying to cover up for her. Since she has always been able to open her eyes and close her eyes to whitewash the peace, it is naturally impossible for her to explode at this time. .However, the housekeeping rights were still deprived.

As for the stewards who were taken away by the government, only a few were acquitted and released after all investigations, and the rest were all guilty of various crimes, large and small.Jia Zhu and Jia Lian looked at the many things they got from the house, and decided that they would never forgive them. By the way, there were some relatives in the house, and they wanted to get rid of them all.

However, although the Rongguo Mansion has a lot of servants, if they all get rid of them all at once, it will still affect the normal operation.Mother Jia stopped them, and decided to sell the ones with serious crimes directly, and give them some opportunities to make up for the mistakes of those with less serious crimes.It's just recorded here for the time being, if you commit the crime again in the future, you will definitely be punished twice.

But even so, it's still a mess...