Ten Miles of Spring Breeze in Red Mansions

Lin Ruhai took the job of Minister of the Household Department, and the first task given to him by the new emperor was to collect the money lent by the Household Department.

Lin Ruhai asked, "The old minister dares to ask His Majesty, what should be done if there is a defaulter?"

Ming Yao said, "The period is three months. After these three months, all the houses will be confiscated to pay off the debt. After paying off, I will punish the crime."

Lin Ruhai took the order and left.

As soon as this imperial decree was issued, Jia's mansion exploded, and Jia Amnesty wandered around in the study. Would the second wife be punished when punished?It must be the responsibility of his successor.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly shouted, "Go and call Second Master over."

Jia Lian was also anxious about this matter, and hurried over, "Master, what should I do?"

"You can't escape from the left and right. You took people to count the things in the warehouse, and sold everything that could be sold." Jia She said, "I remember that our family owes a total of 80 taels of silver. The broken boat still has three catties of nails. It’s not impossible to make it out.”

But Jia Lian said, "Master, all the things in the warehouse belong to the public, that is, ours. After selling us, go to the northwest wind?"

Jia's mother was eccentric, but Jia Amnesty made a lot of money, how could he not know that most of the things in the warehouse are very bad, or they were spent by greedy ink in each room or gifts.

He was in a bad mood, so naturally he couldn't give Jia Lian a good look, "You eat and drink is indispensable, you treat all your benefits like I don't know?"

Jia Lian had no choice but to call Wang Xifeng to go to the warehouse to check, but Wang Xifeng didn't take it seriously, "There are so many people who owe money, and no one has ever paid it back, so we are eager to sell gold and silver, which is a joke. We have to be with the old lady. Madam, discuss and discuss."

"Aren't you suffering enough?" Jia Lian couldn't help pointing at her nose and scolding, "You know which house you are the daughter-in-law of. Today, the imperial decree has come down, and every household has started to collect money. You don't want to live a good life." , I still think about it!"

"Why don't I want to live a good life?! 80 taels of silver, piled up as high as a mountain, and the occasional turnover in the house is because I pawned the dowry and took it out. Who am I for? It fell to the second master Not a single good word came out of my mouth."

"You are the housekeeper's wife? The second wife is the housekeeper's wife. What are you pawning the dowry for?" Jia Lian became more and more annoyed, "I only know how to flatter your aunt all day long, but I have never seen you greet the eldest wife."

Say hello to her?I don't know if this shabby household is worthy or not.

Wang Xifeng cursed secretly in her heart, but she skipped the topic, "Second master can open a warehouse to sell things, let's go talk to the old lady."

Jia Lian was really annoyed that she was so stubborn, and the two dragged her to Jia Mu.

Mother Jia thought it was Jia Lian who stole incense and jade again to offend Wang Xifeng, so she beckoned her over and said, "What's the matter, girl Feng? Tell me anything, and I'll make the decision for you."

Jia Lian said, "It was the old lady who came to make decisions."

Then we will talk about repaying the silver owed to the treasury.

After listening to this for a long time, Mother Jia murmured, "Your Majesty is really going to chill the old minister's heart. At this time, you have to think long-term. You must be too impatient. Since your Uncle Lin is in charge of this matter, you send a post to invite Lin Uncle came to the mansion to have a talk."

Earlier, when Lin Ruhai was seriously ill, Jia Lian was sent to Yangzhou by her, but on the way, he heard that Lin Ruhai had been recalled to the capital by the emperor, so he turned back.

At that time, Lin Ruhai thought that Lin Ruhai had lost the emperor's heart, and he hadn't had much contact with him since he came to Beijing, and now he wanted to pretend to be his in-laws and invite him to talk, even Jia Lian felt his face was a little hot.

He didn't listen to the old lady this time, instead he went to Jia Amnesty first.

Jia Amnesty looked him up and down, and said with a sneer, "You are really smart today. I just think you are very satisfied with this job. And your daughter-in-law, the second wife's housekeeper, really worked hard. .”

Jia Lian was ashamed and angry, but she didn't dare to answer back, so she begged for mercy, "Master teach me."

"You took my name card and came to visit him in person. This is an extraordinary time, so don't bring a gift." Jia Amnesty used to be concerned about the old lady, but now that he is about to leave, he should just take care of himself.

Lin Ruhai didn't like Jia She very much in the past, and thought that Jia Zheng was a real talent who was motivated by his studies. After so many years, Jia She was still such a lecherous person who enjoyed enjoying himself, but Jia Zheng became a bookworm.

While ordering someone to invite Jia Lian to come in, he secretly worried that Lin Yuan would not read like a pedantic nerd.

When Jia Lian saw Lin Ruhai, he took the lead in saluting, and said, "My nephew was sent to Yangzhou to visit my uncle, but I didn't expect my uncle to go back to Beijing. Although it is the same waterway, it is different. Now my uncle looks ruddy and energetic, Just relax."

Lin Daiyu privately told Lin Ruhai that Wang Xifeng took good care of her in Jia's residence, and Lin Ruhai's attitude towards Jia Lian was kind, "What's going on today?"

Jia Lian said a few more polite words, and said worriedly, "I don't want to hide it from my uncle, it's because of the debt owed by the treasury. In the whole house, only my father and son take it seriously, relying on the name of the Rongguo Mansion, I want to delay it in a long-term way." One drag."

"You also donated a colleague, are you only thinking about taking care of common affairs?" Lin Ruhai said directly to him, "If you don't want to study, there will be opportunities to change in the world, so talk, so now it's only in the hands of his uncle. Live at home and help with housework. Are you familiar with this word?"

Today, Jia Lian was already uncomfortable being ridiculed by Jia She, who was in charge of internal and external affairs. Who would have thought that Lin Ruhai would also expose his old background.

Lin Ruhai only kept the unknown. Although he wanted to give advice, he was not interested in doing everything. Lin Shangshu is very busy now.

"Return the silver earlier, and you can show your face in front of His Majesty. If Lian'er, you only want to do housework, just pretend I didn't say anything." Lin Ruhai had another idea in his heart, the emperor wanted to do something along the coast When he inquired about Jia's mansion, most of the news mentioned that Jia Lian was flexible in dealing with the world, so he might not be of any use.

The daughter's maternal ancestral home is too miserable, and it will not do her reputation any good.

Jia Lian hurriedly got up, and if he couldn't sit down any longer, he would leave.

"Wait a minute, this 1 taels is a thank you to my niece and daughter-in-law for taking care of Yu'er that day. Although it is a drop in the bucket, it is also a little bit of my heart." Lin Ruhai took ten thousand taels of silver bills and gave them to him.

Jia Lian thanked him repeatedly, and hurried back.

Jia She was drinking with Qiu Tong. When Jia Lian came back, he stopped drinking and slapped Qiu Tong on the buttocks, "Go down first, and come back to hurt you later at night. I have business right now."

Qiutong didn't dare to disobey, she swayed out, bumped into Jia Lian, flew over with a wink, and caught people like a small hook.

Jia Lian licked her lips, this little slut is really exciting.

Jia Amnesty saw his eyes clearly, and scolded, "How long have you never seen a woman? My people dare to look."

The wind changed, but he said, "This matter is well handled, master, I will reward you with Jiu Qiutong. She is a good servant."

This undoubtedly ignited a fire in Jia Lian's heart.

The father and son discussed for a long time, and decided to ask Jia Amnesty to persuade Jia Mu the next day.

Jia Lian suddenly thought of Lin Ruhai's words, "My son has been living there all these years, but his heart is actually with the master, but our yard is too small and not spacious."

"Who told you that you don't have Baoyu to please the old lady? Rongxi Hall is big, can we live here?"

Jia Lian said, "Why can't we live here? Master, you are the one who justifiably followed the nobles of the Jia family. Is it possible that we have to live in the side all the time and give up the main house?"

"What did your Uncle Lin tell you? Can you use your brain to speak?" Jia Amnesty sneered, "I see how you can help me take back Rongxitang."

Jia Lian thought to himself that you can't help it, where can I find it.

On the second day, Jia Amnesty not only wanted to talk to Jia's mother, but also called Jia Zheng.

The mother and son closed the door to settle accounts, only to hear Jia She's voice getting more and more urgent, and Jia's mother's voice getting more and more annoyed, and finally there was a clang.

Jia Mu dropped the teacup, splashing water all over Jia Amnesty.

"If you dare to change your business as a seller, I will go to the Yamen and sue you for being unfilial."

"Okay, let's go and make a judgment to see if there is any big family who is a jue who needs to repay the debts. My mother and younger brother don't allow it. Is there any big house who is a jue who lives next to the stables, and the younger brother's family lives in the main house." Jia She said Wiping the tea leaves on his face, he said with a sigh, "Since that's the case, I'll make a discount and let the prince give it to the second child. If you don't want to pay back the money owed to the treasury, I can only accept my fate and apologize to His Majesty."

Jia Zheng was embarrassed, "What are you talking about?"

"What are you talking about, the truth!" Jia She said angrily.

Mother Jia let out a long sigh, "You don't have to be like this, then open the warehouse."

Jia She said, "The second wife is in charge of the warehouse, and I have never asked about it. Now it's just a good time to check the account books to see if there is anything missing."

"Master, does this mean that you suspect us?" Jia Zheng felt insulted.

"It's not, I just think it's missing."

In the end, it was decided to let Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan open the treasury together to make an inventory, and it happened that there was a pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in each room.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng had an awkward quarrel, and they didn't let Jia Lian get close at night, and they didn't listen to Jia Lian's persuasion.Ping'er said to Jia Lian in private, "Grandma actually knows what's going on in her heart, she's just playing with the second master, so don't delay the business."

Jia Lian snorted, feeling much better after all.

When counting this matter, there is actually one person who is most anxious, and this person is the chief steward of Jia's mansion, Lai Da.

Everyone Lai said, "What we move is the innermost thing, and we can count it anywhere. Besides, there is still mother."

If you don't know, then you're shocked.

Counting from the small ones first, there were eight coral ornaments in Curry's original account book, but now there are only two.A box of white jade seed material was recorded as six pieces, and there was only one piece left in the box.

Such shortages abound.

Mrs. Xing pointed to the agate gemstone bonsai written on the account book and said, "It was originally a pair. If there is a good one, write it as wear and tear. Is it broken or something? Oh, it's in Baoyu's house."

Mrs. Wang also said she didn't know, so Mrs. Xing asked someone to write it down and check it later.

This bonsai originally belonged to Jia Baoyu's house. When the attacker wet the album, it was damaged by a mistake and could not be repaired, so it was registered as a write-off.

Looking further down, many things have been recorded as damaged. Madam Xing was anxious, "Check it out! These things can withstand a lot of debts."

Mrs. Wang echoed her, "Ask someone to check carefully."

I don't know what she's trying to do, no one has no money, but she wants to see how the old lady checks.