The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

When the lights were turned off everywhere, Jia Lian noticed that something was about to protrude from the soil, gradually showing green tips and stretching out the branches and leaves.The growth rate of this thing is very fast, and its growth process can be seen with the naked eye.

There was a cool breeze in the middle of the night, and the temperature was a little low. Even though Jia Lian was wearing a white fox cloak, he still felt cold after staying for a long time.

Jia Lian looked at the tree hibiscus that had grown to the height of a finger, rubbed his hands, and decided not to wait, anyway, he almost guessed it, and he will find out when he comes back tomorrow morning.

It was late at night, and it was dark everywhere, except for the lanterns on the corridor and at the gate of the courtyard that were still on.Jia Lian walked silently all the way with a lantern in his hand, seeing his courtyard brightly lit from a distance, Jing Xin must be waiting for him.Jia Lian's heart warmed, and he quickened his pace. When he entered the courtyard, he heard the mother-in-law shouting enthusiastically, "Second Master is back", and then saw Jingxin going out with two maids, and picked him up with a smile.

Jia Lian saw that she came out in a hurry and was wearing thin clothes, so she grabbed Jingxin's hand and pulled her into the room, "Don't catch a cold, you said you don't have to wait for me."

"Anyway, I can't sleep." Jingxin gave Jia Lian a playful smile, and then asked Jia Lian if there was any gain.

"Yes," Jia Lian looked at Jingxin firmly, and suddenly smiled, "Do you think I'm a little crazy when you see me like this?"

Jingxin pursed her lips and smiled, shaking her head.

"That's right, I'm not a little crazy, I'm completely crazy." Jia Lian laughed at himself, and immediately took a sip of hot tea, which made his body feel much warmer.

Jingxin's face became serious, and she shook her head seriously to deny, "I have my own way of doing things, I believe in my own."

"Is it?"

"Yes." Jingxin nodded vigorously.

Jia Lian smiled, and raised her hand to touch Jingxin's cheek, "It's really not easy to be my daughter-in-law. If you can understand me, you must be crazy."

Jing Xin stood up, hugged Jia Lian's neck from behind with a smile, put her lips to Jia Lian's ear, blushed and whispered: "I just hope to be crazy with my master!"

Jia Lian's eyes brightened slightly, "You said that!"

"Ah."

Jia Lian immediately dismissed the two maids in the house, turned around and hugged Jingxin to the bed.

Jingxin panicked, and hurriedly explained: "Second Master misunderstood, I didn't mean that just now, I———"

As it turns out, nonsense comes at a cost.

The next day, Jingxin couldn't get out of bed, so she asked Feng'er to help her rub her waist.

Jia Lian drank morning tea refreshedly.

Seeing his spirited appearance, Jingxin complained in her heart, but she complained to God.It's so unfair, he was the one who exerted all his strength, but he was so tired in the end.It is said that a man's energy is limited, and the second master is busy with official duties every day, how can he still have such good physical strength?More than once every time... Thinking of this, Jingxin's face was blushing, and Jia Lian took a good look at her.

Jia Lian gave Feng'er a wink, Feng'er let go of his hand and quietly withdrew.

After Jingxin complained in her heart, she closed her eyes and enjoyed it. Suddenly, she found that the strength on her waist had stopped, and she didn't open her eyes. She asked directly, "Why did it stop? It's comfortable. Press it for a while." After the words fell, there was A warm palm landed on her waist, rubbing it up and down, feeling more comfortable.

"It turned out to be a different method," Jingxin sighed, suddenly felt something was wrong, and opened her eyes, "Feng'er, why do I feel that your hands have grown bigger?"

The broad palm slowly slid up to Jingxin's back.

Jing Xin turned her head and saw Jia Lian's handsome face, and said softly "Ah".

Jia Lian had already leaned over, said, "I'll press it for you", then put down the curtain with his hands up and down.

……

Because of the sudden 'increased work' in the morning, Jingxin hurriedly rushed, and it was still a bit late to Dingxing where Jia Mu was.Jia Lian has been taking a rest recently, so she naturally stays with Jingxin.

Jingxin was very nervous and felt that she had lost her manners and should apologize to the old lady.Originally, she had prepared a set of decent speeches, but as soon as they entered the door, Mrs. Wang insulted the couple because they were late, and Jia Lian took the time to slander Jingxin.

"I got up late, which dragged down Jingxin." Jia Lian blinked and looked at Jia's mother, "As for why he got up late, the old ancestor knows best."

Mother Jia thought of Jia Lian squatting outside his yard last night, and sighed, "I know, you kid will make trouble, what do you think you squat there every day to see. It's Jingxin who is calm and steady, we all know for sure It's not her business."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Mu in confusion, feeling that there seemed to be some secret between Jia Lian and Jia Mu, which she, an outsider, didn't understand at all.

Jia's mother called Jingxin, and patted her on the back cheerfully, "It's really nice to talk about my granddaughter-in-law, Lan Zhihui, who is thoughtful in everything, and I couldn't compare to half of her when I was a daughter-in-law. .”

Jingxin hurriedly declined humbly, not daring to accept such high praise from Jia Mu.

"Why are you being polite? The old ancestor said you are good, and you are good." Jia Lian agreed, and it was rare to agree with Jia's mother's point of view.

Jia Mu laughed and said: "That's the reason, so don't refuse. From now on, this family will depend on you to take care of it. We old people can only enjoy the blessings with your help!"

Mrs. Wang pursed her lips when she heard this. After all, daughter-in-laws with tall backgrounds were treated differently.She has been married for decades, and no matter how hard she has worked, the old lady has never praised her so highly.But Jingxin has only been in the house for a month, and she has become the fourth best daughter-in-law in the old lady's mouth.Good family background, good appearance, good temperament, good housekeeper.

Jingxin smiled and squeezed Jia Mu's shoulders, listing the brilliant things of Jia Mu in those years, while secretly looking at Mrs. Wang's face.This fellow had a fake smile on his face, and he was holding the Buddhist beads in his hands. Looking at the corner of her mouth with a fake smile, it could be seen that she was secretly gritting her teeth at this moment.

Jingxin smiled more happily.

Jia's mother was very happy. This person likes to mention "the courage of the past" when she is old. Jingxin is very caring. Before she can open her mouth, she cleverly describes her heroic and decisive housekeeping deeds, and every sentence speaks to her heart. to go.She couldn't help thinking back to the scenery when she was young, ups and downs... all kinds of tastes now become interesting when she recalls them.

"You just came in, and you know this, so you put your heart into it." Mother Jia sighed.

Jingxin quickly shook her head and denied, "I didn't care."

Jia Mu smiled slightly and looked at Jingxin.

"Before my marriage with the second master was decided, I had already heard about your demeanor, the old ancestor, so after entering the door, I really didn't ask the people in the house much. How can I be considered attentive."

When Jia's mother heard that Jingxin knew herself naturally, she was happier than before. She held her hand and asked carefully, and learned that her mother often mentioned her as an example, and suddenly felt beautiful.She has become the person praised by the princess of the county, how can she not be happy!

Little did they know that the princess of the county did mention her, but she was used as a negative teaching material.

Jia's mother was coaxed very happy by Jingxin, so Jingxin later proposed to adjust the personnel distribution of each room, and Jia's mother readily agreed.

Before it was over, Jing Xin glanced at Mrs. Wang, and continued to talk to Jia Mu: "I just entered the door, because I don't know much about the customs and procedures in the mansion, so I flipped through the old accounts a long time ago and started to read slowly. After checking the two books, I found that there is a big discrepancy. Maybe I have never seen the world when I was young. I think the cost stated in the account of our mansion is really too big. If it happens during the New Year’s Eve, the amount will be even more huge, more than three or four times. I checked a few items carefully, and it’s amazing just to eat. There are hundreds of people in our house, and we can eat a total of [-] catties of cabbage a day, [-] catties. Catties of radishes, three hundred catties of pork, two hundred chickens, one hundred ducks... Not to mention anything else, just chicken, duck and fish. Most of these meat and meat things should be prepared for the masters, that's all For a few people, there are chickens and ducks for three meals a day, and there are a lot more, so is it possible to have five or six kinds of chicken for one meal?"

Mother Jia frowned, and asked Jingxin which year's account book she was looking at.

"Seven years ago." Jingxin said.

Mother Jia squinted her eyes and recalled, her brows furrowed even deeper, "Not to mention seven years ago, even when the Duke was around, there was a way to eat five chickens on a table. There must be something wrong with the account, It's oily." Mother Jia glanced at Mrs. Wang meaningfully.

This good daughter-in-law who was crying poor with her a few days ago!

Mrs. Wang's eyes drooped guiltily, sweat glistened on her forehead, she stood up tremblingly, and rushed towards Mother Jia.She never expected that the new daughter-in-law would check the account from seven years ago as soon as she came in and took over as the housekeeper.If it was three or two years ago, she must have kept it a secret, but seven years ago was when she was most confident!

Snapped--

Mother Jia slapped the table and stared at Mrs. Wang, and she became even more angry when she saw that she was still standing shamelessly.

Mrs. Wang had wanted to kneel down and admit her mistake a long time ago, because she wanted to save face with her new daughter-in-law in front of her.Besides, the old lady used to give her face no matter what, and would send out the idlers to hold her accountable after she got out.

Unexpectedly, the old lady didn't care about these things at all now, and it made her lose face in public, especially in front of the new wife.Her prestige as the second aunt was completely lost in front of the junior, and she might not be able to hold her head up in the future.

Mrs. Wang gritted her already numb teeth, bent her legs and knelt down.

Jing Xin quietly looked at Mrs. Wang like this, pursed her lips slightly, and turned to Mother Jia and said: "Old ancestor, look at you, you scared the second aunt. I think there is something strange about this matter, although the housekeeper at the time It was the second aunt who did it, but it doesn’t mean that it must have been done by the second aunt, maybe her subordinates were corrupt, and it’s unknown if they fooled the second aunt.”

When Jia's mother heard Jingxin's words, she felt even more ridiculous, but she remembered Zhou Rui's family, and immediately asked someone to pass it on.At this time, Feng'er and others had already presented the problematic account book that Lian's second grandmother said.Mother Jia glanced roughly, and with her decades-old housekeeper's sharp eyesight, she immediately discovered the problem.Mother Jia saw that there were more recent years, so she took the book from three years ago and looked through it. There seemed to be no problem on the books, but there were signs of changes in the books. This kind of Wuxuan paper was newly published the year before last. Tian specifically mentioned it when she was practicing calligraphy here.When Jia Mu touched it now, she recognized it.

It can be seen that some people have a guilty conscience, fearing that other housekeepers will find out too much, so they redo the account books of previous years in an attempt to hide the truth.I'm afraid she didn't expect that Jingxiu is a smart child, and he found out the seven-year-old account book of money.

The moment Jia's mother forced Mrs. Wang to kneel down, she was still regretting whether she had been too harsh on her and made her lose her dignity in front of the children.Looking at it now, this kind of poisonous woman should not give her face.

The members of Zhou Rui's family hurried in, and immediately saw Mrs. Wang who was kneeling silently, and felt a little bit in her heart, expecting something serious.Kneel down quickly and kowtow to Mother Jia.

Jia's mother casually threw the elders in the face of Zhou Rui's family, "Look at what you have done!"

When Zhou Rui's family saw that it was the account book, they tremblingly looked sideways at Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang turned her eyes to give her a wink, her expression was stiff due to fright, and this look looked more like an annoyed stare.

Zhou Rui's family was bewildered for a while, and didn't know what to say, so they kowtowed tremblingly.

"Old Ancestor, if you just ask her like that, she may not be willing to admit it. Why don't you simply ask someone to search her home to see if there is anything valuable in her home. If she can explain the origin clearly, then it's over, if not," Jingxin didn't say anything later, but just gave Mrs. Wang a sarcastic look at the master and servant.

At this moment, this pair of master and servant looks so pitiful!

Oh, if I knew today, why bother.Your second wife dared to do something that insulted her boudoir's name, causing her to almost ruin her life.She can't forget this hatred!When she first entered the house, she was a bride, so it was not easy for her to make any big moves. Now she is familiar with everything in the house, and the housekeeping power has also fallen into her hands. The timing is just right, so there is no reason to wait any longer.

Jing Xin sneered in her heart, and her eyes wandered to Zhou Rui's family.I heard that this dog is the second wife's right-hand man, which means that all the bad things the second wife does cannot do without this guy running errands.The so-called dog fights against others!

Today, she will kick this dog out first, and let the second wife taste what it is like to lose her arms, be alone, and be rejected by the whole family.

After a while, the searchers came with the box.The box was originally locked, but the lock was smashed open.

Inside the box were two white jade wine cups, eight hundred taels of silver bills, several pieces of gold and silver jewellery, five silver ingots, and many pieces of silver.

Jia Lian glanced at the texture of the wine glass, it was exquisite and clear, and at a glance it was a valuable thing.Seeing the pair of wine glasses, Mrs. Wang opened her eyes slightly, and looked at Zhou Rui's family in disbelief.As for the money, she was even more surprised.She expected that Zhou Rui's family would make some money under her hands, but she didn't expect that their husband and wife would get so much money out of it.If it wasn't for the fact that the deed of sale was still in her hands, the couple would be able to pretend to be rich when they went out to buy land to live.

When Jia's mother saw the money, everything was clear to her heart.Zhou Rui's family is greedy, but she is definitely not as greedy as Wang's.What a shrewd person Mrs. Wang was before, at least she came from a wealthy family and is well-informed. She has the ability to judge people.The fact that she allowed her subordinates to be greedy for money meant that she had done something more serious herself.

Instead of asking Mrs. Wang, Jia's mother questioned Zhou Rui's family head-on and asked her to explain the origin of the money.Zhou Rui's family faltered and couldn't speak.

The more Yuanyang looked at the pair of wine glasses, the more familiar they looked, and whispered to Jia Mu: "Isn't that the congratulatory gift from the old county king to Second Master Bao for a hundred days? I remember that last year, Second Master Bao brought wine and accidentally broke it Pot, I felt distressed for a while. Later, you couldn’t find a suitable jade match several times, so you asked someone to put this wine glass away and send it to the warehouse, saying that you will make a pot when you find suitable jade in the future to match them.”

"No wonder they look familiar. It's the pair of wine glasses. I think she must have thought that these two things were thrown into the warehouse so that no one would remember them, so she made up her mind." Mother Jia was in a hurry and scolded Zhou Rui's family, "You are so courageous, you dare to take things from your master!"

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly kowtowed to apologize, and explained with tears: "The old lady misunderstood me. When I took this thing from Miss Hong'er, I happened to be in a hurry to go back to my wife, so I didn't have time to send it to the warehouse in the back building. After receiving the work, I took it home. I put it on the table, but after thinking about it for a while, I sent it back. I turned around and saw it, but I couldn’t see it anymore. It must be my family who owed it, thinking that it was a gift from my wife. The things were conveniently received in the box."

"What a coincidence, I don't believe you haven't opened this box for a year? Even if you did, it would be a serious crime if you lost something and concealed it."

"The family's money matters are all decided by the head of the family. The slaves really don't know. The concealment is because the slaves know the consequences of this matter and are too scared, so they forcefully conceal it. The slaves know their mistakes!" Zhou Rui's family kowtowed. .

"Heh." Jia Lian smiled and tapped impatiently on the table with her fingertips.

"Then what about the 800 taels of silver? But you earned it seriously? How did you earn it? Let me tell you about it, so that we can all see and learn from you." Jingxin raised her eyebrows and questioned.

"This..." The face of Zhou Rui's family was embarrassing, full of shame, pale face and really didn't know what to do, turned to look at Mrs. Wang in a panic, kowtowed to Mrs. Wang, and begged Mrs. Wang to say a few words for her.

"Smelly shameless bitch, stay away from me." Mrs. Wang pushed her away with disgust on her face, "I really misjudged you, I used to rely on you, and you did this behind my back!" Let’s just say, how much money did you steal from the mansion? Even if you don’t tell me, you can see the clues in the account book!”

When Zhou Rui's family heard this, they were dumbfounded. Seeing Mrs. Wang staring at him fiercely, this obviously implied that she let her take the blame.That's tens of thousands of taels of silver, how could she get so much by a servant.Is the second wife stupid? Even if she admits it, the old lady is too confused to ask, but the new Second Mistress Lian will not let it go!

Zhou Rui's mind went blank, she didn't dare to think about it, and she didn't dare to admit it.Afraid to admit it, I will not be able to live, and afraid not to admit it, I will not be able to live either.

"Second Aunt, is she saying that she got the money alone? After all these years, let alone tens of thousands of taels, she got greedy alone?" Jingxin asked Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang tried her best to hold her breath, and raised her head to meet Shang Jingxin's eyes, "According to what you mean, do you think I'm greedy for this money?"

Jia Lian smiled: "Second Aunt probably didn't hear clearly. Jingxin was just puzzled and asked you, but she didn't say that it must be you. But who got the money and how to hold it accountable, there will definitely be endless theories today. It's better to find out clearly To put it bluntly, who should be responsible for such a big mistake under Second Aunt's butler?"

Mrs. Wang twitched her lips, her whole face was pale, "It's mine." No matter how much she argued, she had to admit it.

Jia Lian: "That's it. The second aunt was greedy for the money, not to mention Jingxin, it's normal for anyone who hears these things to suspect you. Of course, the second aunt may be innocent, so we can't either. Say it dead. Originally, not everything in the world can be explained in theory, as long as everyone knows it in their hearts."

In public, being ridiculed and humiliated by Jia Lian of the younger generation, Mrs. Wang's heart trembled violently, her lips turned purple, and her face was too embarrassing to let go.Her eyes flicked left and right, and her body trembled violently.

Just as Jia Lian asked, "Is Second Aunt going to faint again", Mrs. Wang fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

Mother Jia took a deep breath, and cast a worried look at Mrs. Wang who fell to the ground.In the past, she was like this as soon as she was trained. Mother Jia still felt that she was ashamed and had unspeakable difficulties, which was not easy.Now that I've seen it a lot, it's not surprising.But after all, you can't criticize your daughter-in-law in public, wave your hands helplessly, and send someone to carry Mrs. Wang back, just ask a doctor to take a look.

Little did they know that Mrs. Wang was really in a hurry this time, and really fainted.

As for Zhou Rui's family, they definitely cannot be forgiven lightly.

"Corruption, theft, and more than a hundred taels of silver are capital offenses. Your family is doing business for the Rong Mansion, and the 800 taels alone is enough to be shared among you. Besides, for this pair of white jade cups, gold is valuable and jade is priceless. They are worth as much as you say they are worth." Jia Lian smiled lightly, very gentle, but his words made Zhou Rui's limbs paralyzed, and she lay on the ground crying bitterly.

Zhou Rui's family knew that they could not escape the crime, so they kowtowed and begged for mercy. She was a shrewd person and knew the principle of taking a crime and doing meritorious service, so she begged Jia Lian for leniency.It just so happened that Mrs. Wang was carried out and she was gone, so she had no fear of saying anything at the moment.

Jia's mother didn't want to listen to this, she didn't want to make it too clear, so she wondered how to face Wang in the future.But Jia Lian insisted on listening, and Jia's mother had to listen, thinking about what to do in the future.

Jia Lian said: "As long as you confess, I promise to reward your family with 20 taels of silver to settle down and let you go out. As for these crimes, I will let them go."

Jia Mu was surprised: "Aren't you indulging slaves who make mistakes like this?"

"If you don't let the small fish go, you won't be able to catch the big ones," said Jia Lian.

Jingxin agrees, and whispers to Jia Mu: "The release has been released, but there are many ways to deal with them."

"Okay." Mother Jia reluctantly agreed.

Seeing the hope, Zhou Rui's family was grateful to Dade, and then detailed how Mrs. Wang made false accounts to steal money from the public, and cited relevant certifications, and then turned the deposit.

Of course, all the money Jia Lian found was confiscated, and he only gave them 20 taels of silver, and then he really told Zhou Rui's family to leave.

"It's finally over. This Wang family has made mistakes again and again. I don't want to see her again." Jia Mu turned her head away angrily.She is really benevolent and righteous to Wang, but this guy is shameless and always commits crimes.No matter how kind and tolerant she is, her patience is limited, and now her patience with Mrs. Wang is completely exhausted.

Mother Jia lamented and sighed for a while, and then said to everyone: "From now on, none of you are allowed to mention her to me!"

Seeing that Jiamu was furious, everyone hurriedly agreed.

Jia Lian said: "Don't worry, old ancestor, everyone in this room can do it, but Baoyu can't help it. After all, he is the son of the second aunt. How can there be a son who doesn't think of his mother?"

"That's him, otherwise—" Jia Mu gritted her teeth, now that she is really old, she can't do anything.In the past, just like Mrs. Wang, she was directly called Baoyu Yimu!

"Let's see first." Mother Jia sighed.Let's look at Baoyu's attitude first, if he is more well-behaved, that's all.If he keeps making trouble and drags his mother to him like before, she will be cruel again!

"Finally we have dealt with a small moth, and there is another big one. I don't know when." Jia Lian sighed, and took Jingxin to leave.

Jia's mother was already being supported by the mandarin ducks to leave, but when she heard this, her eyes widened immediately, and she burst into anger, and she didn't stop doing anything.She called to Jia Lian, stared at him and asked him, "Who else said, we'll be punished today!"