Palace Flower as Employment [Red Mansion]

money is leverage,

Money is the baton.

These two sentences are the best explanation for the three years when Jia Qi led the Shipping Department of Songjiangkou City.

Although Jia Qi is not the governor of the Westerners, nor does he have the right to order the Westerners, but these money-worshiping Westerners can only follow Jia Qi's wishes for more and higher-grade silk, tea, and porcelain.Because only Jia Qi is here, they can get high-grade silk, high-grade tea, and high-grade porcelain at a more reasonable price.

Countless Western ships stopped in India, and then sold all their cargo, and then went to the land of Nanyue (Vietnam) to load half of the ship's ballast stones, and then went to other places in Nanyang to fill with various high-grade timber.

If you are lucky, these stones will produce treasures, and as long as one piece can be worth the profit they made from traveling thousands of miles from Europe to India, if you are not lucky, they can only earn money from the wood.

It’s not that no one has tried to open those stones by themselves, but the luck is very bad. Those who choose to open them by themselves either have cracks or cracks, and then those oriental jade masters will say:

It's a pity that the crack is too big, so I can only make some inlaid jewelry, just to coax girls from small families who have never seen the big world, and the nobles who can really afford the price will not ask for it.

Or:

Oh, it's a pity, if it's not cut, peel it off in this direction, and then use a certain method, you can call out a blue stone map, it's a pity, this piece is broken, the cliff and the The orchid grass was cut off in the middle, which is a pity for God's uncanny workmanship.

Every time they heard such words, these Westerners became irritable, but when the jade masters saw that these Westerners were unhappy, they would always show an expression as if they had been insulted, and turned around haughtily and walked away. people will leave a sentence:

Barbarians!I really can't expect you to understand our oriental craftsmanship!

These Western businessmen have offended people, and they have to offer gifts later to coax them back.

Because without the master's sharp eyes, his stones would not be able to afford the price.

These Westerners had seen the craftsmanship of these master craftsmen, among other things, Granger had been invited to participate in an exhibition of the works of a certain master craftsman.

Charlie Granger still remembered that the stone was rubbed out almost completely, and no one was willing to pay for it, but the old master bought the stone at a price of 700 taels after two days of inspection. And let Granger carve a sentence with a carving knife somewhere on the back.

Half a year later, Granger came to Songjiangkou again, and happened to meet the old master, who recognized him at a glance, and took him and his friends to the exhibition. There was only one exhibit on the exhibition. It is an emerald orchid stone sculpture:

In the crevices of the moss-covered black rocks, a bluegrass is stretching its slender leaves stubbornly. Because of the lack of sunlight all year round, and because of the shade, the leaves show an unhealthy green color with a transparent color. The texture is bursting with vigorous vitality.

Granger found the words he had engraved at the place close to the base, and then looked at the back of the rock, which was very familiar to him, only then realized that this piece was his, which was all thin and nobody was there. I want stones!

This incident was widely circulated among Western merchants later, making Western merchants realize very clearly: "We don't expect you Westerners to understand our craftsmanship" is a terrible reality!

And those Western artists who love art are grinding those old masters and seeing with their own eyes how those exquisite jade sculptures that look like real animals and plants appear bit by bit. Bloody notes.

A western adventurer, artist, master sculptor, and businessman wrote in his diary:

"These artists, who look no different from old farmers, live such a simple life, but the works they create are so shocking! What is even more amazing is their noble character.

"Yes, I stayed in Songjiangkou for five full years, and I didn't know from the beginning to the end, how they knew that there was such a colorful world hidden in those stones. Compared with them, I was like standing Outside the gate of the emerald country, there are beggars who have no way to enter, and they are the citizens of the emerald country. They can use their abilities to buy those inconspicuous stones at a low price, but in fact , They have never taken advantage of us. The stones picked out by them are bought at a price of 20 taels per catty. Even the stones that are slightly worse are also calculated by catty. God knows, if If it wasn't for them, these raw jadeite stones might even be treated as ordinary stones and directly used as building materials..."

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Songjiangkou soon became the country's largest distribution center for high-grade timber and jadeite trade.Western merchants frantically transported all kinds of wood and rough jadeite to Songjiangkou, and then transported a large amount of silk, tea and porcelain from Songjiangkou.

If the capital is strong, go directly to red sandalwood and huanghuali. If the cost is low, you can use chicken wing wood and sour branch wood first.

The people of Wei are rich, but they always like to put a fig leaf on it, but those Westerners don’t have so many taboos. They are adventurers who go to the Far East for money. As long as they have money, they can do anything , including trampling on all the laws of the world.

They grow opium because they know that no one is immune to its spell and that it will bring them great profits.

But now, those trees in Nanyang are more valuable?The price of the stone is also very considerable?

oh!God!Never set fire!That's all gold!

The nobles of the East are waving a lot of gold and begging for those wood? !

Opium cannot be exchanged for high-grade silk, high-grade tea, and high-grade porcelain, but wood can?

Who wants to grow opium!Everyone frantically grabbed the land and went to cut down trees.

In order to make profits, these businessmen, united with the pirates, started a frenzied enclosure operation in Nanyang.In another time and space, the phenomenon of "sheep eating people" appeared in the West due to the highly developed textile industry, but in Nanyang, although the situation of "trees eating people" did not occur, it was almost the same.

Those Western businessmen shoveled poppies and coffee, and replanted countless saplings: red sandalwood, agarwood, huanghuali, chicken wing wood, rosewood... and so on, as long as it is hardwood, they will plant it!The fields originally developed by the aborigines of Nanyang were forcibly returned to the land and replanted with trees.

It's also fortunate that these places are close to the sea and there are seafood to eat, otherwise people would really die.

The aborigines in the places where jadeite is produced in southern Guangdong were even driven to dig stones by them.

Because Western merchants concentrated their energies on wood and rough jadeite, the copper mining ships and grain transport ships from Wei to Luzon never encountered any harassment.In Nanyang, those Western businessmen are horrible plantation owners and slave owners. They only exploit those aborigines in various ways, and even kill the whole village of the local aborigines. But in front of the Great Wei Navy, they all became They will accompany the transport ship of Dawei, and ask the navy master of Wei to escort them for a journey with gifts and money.

This also led to Wei's feeling towards these "friendly" Western businessmen not bad, but some of them were hostile to these Westerners with different color hair and different eyes. After all, it was because of those old sayings: Their minds must be different." But if someone asked them what bad things these Westerners have done, these old scholars would just blush, stiffen their necks, gasp for breath, and stay silent for a long time. Talk and walk away.

When Jia Qi was in Beijing, he was bullied by these old scholars, but after leaving the capital for three years, Jia Qi began to thank these old scholars instead.

These old pedants are really cute. If it weren't for the defensiveness and resolute resistance of these old pedants, I'm afraid the imperial court would give these Westerners extra care and courtesy.

In Jia Qi's view, these Westerners do not need the court's courteous treatment for them. With these courtesies, these Westerners will start to belittle Wei just like the Nanyang aborigines. As it is now, carrots and sticks are the best The best and most effective measures.

Three years can change a lot of things.

For example, Jia Qi has changed from a 13-year-old boy to a 16-year-old boy, and Songjiangkou has also changed from a small fishing village to a large city with a population of nearly 60. The reason is that Songjiangkou was in the preparatory stage of construction, so only 700 million taxes were paid. The next two years increased year by year, the second year was 600 million, and the third year was simply 300 million. Ten thousand.

Jia Qi knew that his term of office had expired, and whether the emperor would let him stay in Songjiangkou was still a matter of opinion. As for the successor...

I believe that those in the court who believe in "being an official for thousands of miles are only for money" are all staring at the position of the Songjiangkou City Shipping Department.

The first thing Jia Qi did after entering Beijing was of course to go directly to the palace to report on his duties to the emperor, and then stayed in the palace for three days before returning home, but Mrs. Xing was anxiously waiting. As for Jia Mu, she had already Called Lin Daiyu to the front to talk.

When Mrs. Xing saw Jia Qi, her eyes turned red: "You child, why are you so thin?! You are out alone, and you don't know how to take good care of yourself!"

After Jia Qi greeted his elders, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and husband, he said, "Mother, my son has grown up."

Mrs. Xing said: "No, you have to stay at home for a while, and I will make up for you."

Jia's mother laughed first: "After all, it's a mother. The son is only thin, as if he was wronged by how thin he is." Then she pulled Jia Qi to look carefully, and said: "Well, it is true. You have grown up quite a bit, this dress should have been brought to you by your mother half a year ago, do you think it is too short?"

Wang Xifeng and Zhang Shuya both smiled and said yes.

Jia Qigui served as imperial imperial edict, and was ordered to prepare Songjiangkou Shipbuilding Department. He was a high-ranking and powerful person, and he passed through thousands of dollars of money. How could such a piece of clothing be broken?However, since Mother Jia has spoken, they will naturally say yes.

Just make the old lady happy.As for the wife, she will not be angry about this matter.

Jia Qi looked left and right, and said, "Why are we the only ones in front of the old lady?"

Jia Mu scratched Jia Qi's nose and said, "Little narrow ghost! Do you want to talk about Baoyu?" Seeing that Jia Qi didn't deny it, Jia Mu said, "Baoyu and Yun girl got married last month, and I also I am old, and it is impossible to take care of him for the rest of my life. If I don’t let him stand up now, when will I have to wait? Girl Yun is childish and doesn’t know how to live. Isn’t she counting on Baoyu? While I am still young, let Baoyu eat it I have suffered all the losses, and I will be fine in the future." Then he paused, and said: "I used to think that Yun girl is not as good as Bao girl, but now it seems that this is not a bad thing. No matter how capable a woman is, she is still a woman. If Baoyu is in control like Baoyatou, if something happens in the future, Baoyatou will not be able to handle it, and Baoyu will not grow up, so it will be even more disadvantageous?"

Jia Qi was a little startled when he said that, and his eyes widened unconsciously.

Seeing that Jia Qi was curious, Wang Xifeng hurriedly told Jia Qi about Xue Baochai.

It turned out that when Mrs. Jia Zhengwang had an accident that year, Xue Baochai moved away with Aunt Xue.Since the Xue family knew that Wang Ziteng was one of the people who wanted to harm Xue Pan, how could they swallow that breath?Even Xue Baochai tricked Wang Ren, and then married Wang Ren smoothly.

Wang Ren is Wang Xifeng's elder brother, and Xue Baochai felt that as long as she could hold Wang Ren, she could have a relationship with Wang Xifeng and take revenge on Wang Ziteng.It has to be said that Xue Baochai is very capable, she quickly provoked Wang Ren's hatred of Wang Ziteng, and won Wang Ren into her hands.

It can be said that, except for Wang Ziteng, everything Xue Baochai has done is remarkable. Even Wang Ren, because Xue Baochai detained him, stopped fooling around with those cronies outside, and seldom caused trouble.

Wang Ziteng has no biological son, only a daughter. To put it bluntly, if something happens to Wang Ziteng in the future, isn't Wang Ren the only future patriarch?Therefore, Mrs. Wang Ziteng can tolerate Wang Ren fooling around outside, but she cannot tolerate Wang Ren hating the couple.

With Mrs. Wang Ziteng present, Wang Ziteng also quickly discovered the hatred behind Wang Ren and Xue Baochai.

Wang Ziteng thinks that he has relatives and daughters, but he is not mean to Wang Ren. Since he has taken care of Wang Ren for so many years, he is not as good as Xue Baochai in the past few days. Will provide for myself.

Wang Ziteng went back to Jinling and adopted an eight or nine-year-old boy whose parents had both died and had no elders above him as an adopted son.

Xue Baochai was dumbfounded.

She originally wanted to force Wang Ziteng to submit, and she also wanted to save her brother after Wang Ziteng subdued, but she didn't expect that Wang Ziteng would pull out his salary from the bottom of the pot!

Even more confused was Wang Ren.

Before Wang Ren married Xue Baochai, he lived with Wang Ziteng. After Wang Ziteng adopted his heir, Wang Ziteng gave Wang Ren a small yard and a little Property, let Wang Ren and Xue Baochai live alone.

In the past, Wang Ren was Wang Ziteng's nephew. Wang Ziteng had no biological son or heir. Everyone agreed that Wang Ren was Wang Ziteng's only heir. After leaving his heir, who cares about Wang Ren?

The gap was too great, and Wang Ren developed the habit of drinking heavily, and he also liked to beat Xue Baochai after drinking. In just a little over two years, Xue Baochai was beaten twice until she had a miscarriage.

Jia Baoyu definitely sympathized with Xue Baochai, but no matter how much he sympathized with Xue Baochai, it was impossible for him to be taken to his home by Xue Baochai, not to mention others, even Xue Baochai himself would not go with him.

Jia Baoyu didn't think there was anything wrong with Xue Baochai, but both Jia's mother and Wang Xifeng felt that Xue Baochai deserved what he deserved.

Jia Qi was speechless for a long time after hearing Xue Baochai's current situation.

In the past, Sister Bao, who was famous for her virtuousness in the Grand View Garden and was highly praised by the Grand View Garden, ended up in such an ending. Although it was very unexpected, there was a feeling that it was true.

Sure enough, is it because she is too lenient?

Mrs. Xing said: "That's not the case. How can there be a reason for a woman to control a man in this world? Girl Bao is Brother Ren's wife, not his mother! No matter how ignorant the young brother is, he will Motivated, he doesn't want to be motivated, and it's useless to use a whip. Besides, it was Bao girl who wanted something from the Wang family, so she should lower her stance. It's not her who suffers in the end because Mrs. Wang hates Brother Ren ?”

"What about big brother Xue?"

"Exile." Wang Xifeng said, "The wife of the Xue family came to the door crying that day, but was overheard by Chen Yushi at the front. Chen Yushi went up this chapter together, and the prefect of Yingtian was convicted. Jing Zhaoyin finally checked When it came out, it turned out that it was the one who wanted to murder for money and swallowed Xue's property through Bao girl's marriage. That's why Baoyu went to my brother's house several times, but Bao girl refused to see him His real reason."

It turned out that the roots were still on Mrs. Wang.

No, it should be said that it was still on Aunt Xue.If Aunt Xue is like Mrs. Wang, she can't be cruel to her son, but she can be cruel to the servants around her son, I'm afraid Xue Pan will not become that lawless look.

Xue Pan is not good, it is entirely because no one teaches him.

"Then Big Brother Xue was really exiled?"

"That's right. There was no one to help, and Aunt Xue followed her all the way. Doesn't Bao girl even have a place to go back to her mother's house?" Mrs. Xing thought for a while, and said, "Do you still remember the one in Xue's family?" A girl with a rouge mole between her eyebrows?"

"Is it Xiangling or Qiuling? It is said that brother Xue's lawsuit was because of her."

"Isn't she? I heard that her father used to be the benefactor of the prefect of Yingtian, who even sponsored him before he became prosperous. The prefect of Yingtian clearly recognized her and knew her original background, so he even repaid his kindness and revenge. She has been punished for other crimes and has been executed, and even her family members have been punished as official slaves, but this Xiangling was sent back to her mother by the government. Poor, her father went crazy just to find her. She was crazy in the early years, and ran away with a monk or a Taoist priest, leaving her mother alone..."

Everyone sighed.

Jia Amnesty couldn't help but coughed twice, and said, "Brother Qi came back on such a happy day, why are you talking about these irrelevant things? I said Brother Qi, you are growing up too, when will the matter between you and Miss Lin come?" manage?"

Lin Daiyu blushed a long time ago.

When Jia Qi heard his father speak, he stood up early and listened attentively. After his father finished speaking, he said: "Father, please rest assured, I have already asked Wanzai for three months of marriage leave."

"What? Three months?" When Jia Mu heard this, she immediately became worried: "But what happened?"

"No."

"Impossible. You are also a member of one party now. For no reason, the superiors will give you such a long vacation?"

Jia Amnesty immediately reacted and said, "Old lady, since Long Live has this arrangement, there must be a reason. This is Qi Ge'er's errand, Qi Ge'er naturally knows it well."

"You're perfunctory me again." Mother Jia immediately said, "The biggest difference between you and your brother is that you never tell me anything, but your brother always comes to me whenever he has something to do. Don’t you think I don’t know? The Shibosi is either under the supervision of the Long Live Special Commissioner, or the governors of various provinces. It is under the supervision of the Guangzhou Municipal Shipbuilding Department or the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The Jinling City Shipbuilding Department was the Long Live Special Commissioner when the Supreme Emperor ascended the throne. Lead. Although this Songjiangkou Shipbuilding Department was established by Qi Geer, everyone can see the annual taxes. On the surface, this year is Qi Geer's return to Beijing to report on his work. In fact, However, it is the contention of all parties for the huge wealth of Songjiangkou! Whether Brother Qi will be honored and raised in Beijing in the future, or will be released and continue to be a member of his party, it all depends on the present."

Mrs. Xing listened for a long time, and then she realized, "The old lady is well-informed, I didn't even know there were so many articles here."

"What's so well-informed, you'll know when you reach my age." Jia Mu said, "Brother Qi's future, the worst thing is to be in the cabinet. He is too young, but he has made a lot of contributions. At this time Entering the cabinet is no different from old age care! The second point is to continue to lead the Songjiangkou Shipbuilding Department, and the best way out is to become the governor of Jiangnan Province. The governor and chief envoy all make it."

Wang Xifeng was taken aback: "Oh, that fourth brother is the youngest governor in the world. A 16-year-old governor! This is a happy event!"

Jia Mu said: "I didn't say that. I was afraid that he would climb too high and there would be no seal in the future. Fortunately, he is a civil servant." Then she took Lin Daiyu's hand and said, "You are an excellent person. In the future, Brother Qi will leave it to you."

Lin Daiyu is the granddaughter of Jiamu. Although she is not as good as Jiamu's grandsons, she has always been the first among these granddaughters-in-law and girls.When Jia's mother was fighting with Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang liked to compare Xue Baochai with Lin Daiyu, which made Jia's mother very unhappy every time.But Xue Baochai is used to putting on airs, and Lin Daiyu is well protected by Jia Qi, who rarely appears in front of people, and Jia Mu has no chance to show off even if she wants to.

Now, Mother Jia can be regarded as able to praise Lin Daiyu upright without being blocked.

Lin Daiyu's face was flushed by the words, and she had to lower her head and agree in a low voice.

When Jia Qi returned to Beijing, he had to go out with his father and brother to visit relatives. If Jia Cong hadn't participated in the palace examination and passed No. 6 in the second class, Wang Xifeng would not have such a profound understanding.

In the past, Wang Xifeng was always proud that Jia Qi entered the cabinet at the age of ten. Even after Jia Cong passed the Jinshi examination, Wang Xifeng also thought that Jia Cong was not as good as Jia Qi. After Jia Cong paid his respects to his relatives, he also went to visit his teachers and peers, and the family was lively for half a month.

On the other hand, Jia Qi had nowhere to go after visiting relatives.

Seeing that the contacts left by Lin Ruhai and Jia Qi were gradually drifting away, Wang Xifeng felt uneasy in his heart, so he had to come to Lin Daiyu to discuss, should this ritual be a little more generous?

Lin Daiyu refused.

Lin Daiyu said to Wang Xifeng in this way: "Ah Qi is different from the third brother. The third brother has just the right achievements. He wants to be promoted. There are many positions at the top and many people competing with him, so he needs to move around. , needs the help of mentors and peers. As for Aqi, he has made too much contribution, so it is inconvenient to have too many contacts with others at this time."

Wang Xifeng thought and thought, and couldn't help but said: "Sister Lin, tell me, are the higher-ups guarding Brother Qi?"

Lin Daiyu said: "Sister Feng, don't worry, it's not a big deal. The officials above the third rank have the officials above the third rank, and the officials of the fourth rank have the officials of the fourth rank. Officials and local officials have their own ways of doing things. It is a good thing for Long Live to treat Aqi as a national official."

Wang Xifeng was even more puzzled.

In her opinion, the emperor suddenly appointed Jia Qi as imperial edict before the examination, which seemed to be an honor, but in fact, Jia Qi had nothing to do in the cabinet, and it was not even his turn to draft the imperial edict. , but Jia Qi, who did not participate in the examination, lost the teacher and the contacts of the same year.

Which civil servant out there doesn't have an examiner, room teacher, and the same year?Those who don't have mentors and the same age, like Jia Lian, are promoted slower than others.

Wang Xifeng didn't know these things at first, if Jia Lian didn't slip up after drinking, she wouldn't know there was such a reason.

In particular, Jia Lian didn't come out of a serious imperial examination, but was a donated official. He just climbed to the top of those officials who passed the imperial examination.

This is also what Wang Xifeng doesn't understand the most.

Didn't it mean that the imperial court couldn't collect taxes, so it was poor?

Didn't it mean that the imperial court's taxes were too high and the people could only evade taxes and become refugees?

Jia Qi distributed a part of the taxes that were originally concentrated on men to women, and found work for women, and helped the court collect tens of millions of taels of tax every year. Is it enough to prove that Jia Qi is capable?As a result, those officials still didn't like Jia Qi.

Well, it's not pleasing to the eye if it's not pleasing to the eye.Anyway, there are such a group of people in this world who don't know how to do things well, and just stare at others.But what Wang Xifeng couldn't figure out was, how could the imperial court treat Jia Qi like this?

Let 16-year-old Jia Qi enter the cabinet?

Honor?

Wang Xifeng's heart was ashamed.

There are so many things like this, who would be willing to do things for the court and the world?Didn't everyone go out of their way to make money for themselves?Who will do things?

Wang Xifeng always felt that there was something in Lin Daiyu's words, but Lin Daiyu said that, so Wang Xifeng could do nothing.

On the other hand, although Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu have long been a fiancée, and the wedding is coming soon, in terms of etiquette, they still cannot meet in private, and it is okay to send things and letters.

No, Xueyan came here with a group of servants carrying a lot of things.

"Girl, look, what good things did my uncle send?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "The good things in Songjiangkou, besides those western things, are wood and jadeite. Looking at you, could it be Aqi who sent jadeite ornaments?"

Xueyan immediately said: "Let the girl hit the mark again! It's a jade ornament, or a bamboo orchid picture!"

Bamboo stone orchid map?

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but put down the book in her hand.

Jia Qi has been in Songjiangkou for the past few years, and the jade ornaments in Songjiangkou have become a must.Whether it is the Supreme Emperor or Long Live Today, they all like to place a pot of emerald bonsai in the bedroom, and these emerald bonsai are mostly themed with orchids.

This also makes jade ornaments a new fashion in the capital.

It's just that good jadeite ornaments are rare, and even with Songjiangkou's financial resources, they only paid tribute to jadeite ornaments twice.The Taishanghuang and today's long live are benevolent, they don't force them, and they also restrain the subordinates, and they are not allowed to force the apportionment.

However, the beauty of the emerald orchid bonsai is not only for the kings, anyone who has entered the Palace of Qinzheng will be attracted by the emerald bonsai in front of the window. It is high.

The pot that Jia Qi gave to me last time was put outside, and 20 taels would not come down.

This is another picture of bamboo, stone orchid.

One bamboo, one stone and one orchid,

There are joints, bones and fragrance.

This is the highest evaluation for scholars. Only the orchid and stone jadeite can be sold at sky-high prices, let alone the bamboo, stone and orchid map with all three.

Hearing that Jia Qi gave her such a valuable gift, Lin Daiyu was not happy, but worried.

It's not that he doesn't know Jia Qi's feelings for him, but that he is worried that it will bring disaster.

Although the maids and women were all elated, Lin Daiyu didn't see any joy on her face. Instead, she asked someone to pack the bonsai, put it back in the box, and blocked the news, so she asked someone to send a message to Jia Qi.

After a while, You Ruo came.

You Ruo said: "Miss, don't worry, this bonsai was originally intended to be brought in, and the adults have already sent it to the palace, but because the Supreme Emperor and Long Live are not happy, so it is not included in the internal treasury. What the adults mean is that the things should be put first. Here you are, so as not to be bumped by someone, or to hit someone in the eye, nothing will cause trouble."

Only then did Lin Daiyu accept it.

As soon as Youruo left, Chunxian came over with tea on a small tray, and after the glass took the tea and Lin Daiyu, she said: "I'll just say it. A powerful person like our uncle would not know what's going on here. "

Lin Daiyu sighed.

She is not a gossip, even the people in her room are well restrained by her.But Li Wan and Shi Xiangyun really didn't make her like them.

When Mrs. Jia Zhengwang was still there, Lin Daiyu knew that Li Wan was jealous of Wang Xifeng, jealous of Wang Xifeng being able to take Jia She's account book and warehouse keys, and be a housekeeper and grandma in a serious manner, but she met Mrs. Wang like that. The mother-in-law, not only couldn't even touch the key, but was also driven to the Grand View Garden.

Later, Jia Zheng disappeared, and Mrs. Wang was also exiled, but the house was also ransacked there.Li Wan was kicked out just a few days after she became the housekeeper's grandmother. If Mother Jia hadn't taken her in, she and her son would probably end up living on the streets.Jia's mother also knew that Li Wan's dowry and private house had been confiscated. The mother and son had nothing but the clothes.

But Li Wan was not convinced.

Li Wan felt that when Jia Baoyu married Shi Xiangyun in the future, the historian would definitely give Shi Xiangyun a dowry. Jia Baoyu had Shi Xiangyun's dowry, and with Jia's mother's subsidy, life would not be bad.But what about his Jalan?

Jia Baoyu is self-motivated and doesn't like reading, but Jia Lan is eager to learn, but he meets grandparents like Mrs. Jia Zhengwang. In this life, his children and grandchildren will have no hope of going to school.Jia Lan is also 15 years old this year, and she will be able to marry a wife and have children, but who in a good family is willing to marry her daughter to the grandson of a sinner?

Jia Baoyu married Shi Xiangyun, even if Shi Xiangyun didn't have a good relationship with his uncle and aunt, he would be able to take shelter under the blessing of the historian in the future, but what about Jia Lan?Could it be that Jia Lan was asked to marry an unworthy woman?

Li Wan felt that Jia's mother's dowry private house was probably the only thing her son could rely on in the future, so she courted Jia's mother in every way on the surface, but behind the scenes, she and Shi Xiangyun had a lot of fights.

Li Wan keeps an eye on money, Shi Xiangyun doesn't have enough brains, Jia Baoyu only knows about romantic days, and Jia's mother also knows that the second room is very chaotic, so on important days, it is not easy for Li Wan Wan and Jia Baoyu came to the door.

For example, in the past few days, when Jia Qi returned to Beijing to report on his work, Mother Jia simply asked Li Wan and Shi Xiangyun to take a message, telling them to stay at home and not to worry too much.

You know, after learning about Jia Qi's return to Beijing, even the married Jia Yue, Jia Wan and Jia Xuan went back to their natal home accompanied by their husbands and sons-in-law. In the past, if Jia's mother still liked Li Wan, Like Shi Xiangyun, she will definitely let Li Wan and Shi Xiangyun stay by her side.

But now, even Jia Mu herself is not interested in flirting with Li Wan and Shi Xiangyun, let alone Jia Baoyu's thoughts on Lin Daiyu, Jia Mu has always been clear.

Will Jia's mother let Jia Baoyu appear in front of Lin Daiyu on such a day to make Jia Qi more difficult?

Totally impossible.