After living a new life for my neighbor's grandmother, I traveled through the book again

Tong Jia actually didn't want to flatter those wives of superiors at all, but she had to force herself to do it because of the task.

The reason I invited Rong Xinzi this time was also to hope to use her to reduce some of my burden.

Of course she knew that Rong Xinzi was very jealous of her current situation, but her husband had become a marginalized person due to his disability, and she had also lost the opportunity to walk in the upper class society.

Rong Xinzi didn't have this opportunity, so I gave her this opportunity.

At the same time, you can also create an image of yourself as a person who values love and friendship in the minds of other superiors' wives.

After all, women are emotional. They understand the relationship of interests, but they are very likely to assign their own identities to others.

No one knows whether their husband's career will be smooth sailing. If one day their fate is worse than Rong Xinzi's, perhaps no one will be willing to help them.

With this mentality in mind, although these wives of superiors did not take the initiative to talk to Rong Xinzi, they did not deliberately find fault with Rong Xinzi.

This made Rong Xinzi, who was very nervous, feel relieved, and naturally let go of some of his prejudices against Tong Jia (Rong Xintong), and took Rong Xinzhi to find Tong Jia (Rong Xintong).

In fact, Tong Jia had been waiting for the two sisters to come to her for a long time. She had heard everything about what happened in the Diao family from Guo Xin's people, so she naturally knew what the two sisters were planning.

Rong Xinzi took the initiative to bring Rong Xinzhi here this time, and he also wanted to get rid of Rong Xinzhi, this burden.

The sisterly love that they had was already very limited, and it was almost completely worn out during the time when Rong Xinzhi and Qiao Hua were being so unscrupulous in their affection at Diao's house.

It would be fine if only she and Diao Yongting lived in the Diao family, but there were elders in the family. Rong Xinzi was completely unable to hold her head up in her husband's family because of Rong Xinzhi's behavior.

At the same time, she was also very worried. If in half a month it was confirmed that Rong Xinzhi was pregnant, she would be so embarrassed.

She was eager to pass on the blame and naturally hoped that Rong Xintong would take the initiative to take over the burden.

Rong Xinzhi also heard downstairs that her eldest brother-in-law was not only a favorite of government officials, but also a businessman who could make a lot of money. She thought that as long as she could please her eldest sister, her dowry would definitely not be small.

Unexpectedly, before the two sisters could even open their mouths, Tong Jia (Rong Xintong) started complaining to them.

Tong Jia took the two sisters upstairs to her bedroom.

Tong Jia, who had already put all the valuable things in the bedroom into the RV, let Rong Xinzhi take a look around with confidence.

When Rong Xinzhi realized that Tong Jia (Rong Xintong) had fewer clothes and jewelry than her second sister Rong Xinzi, the smile on her face could no longer be maintained.

She asked directly, "Sister, didn't the wives of the superiors downstairs say that your brother-in-law is a very successful businessman and has won the favor of those superiors, so he must be from a wealthy family.

Why are your clothes and jewelry so shabby? They're not presentable at all."

Tong Jia sighed and said, "Little sister, you don't know how much pain your elder sister feels!

When I was in Jiangcheng before, he would send me money on time every month. I did have a lot of money, and I also had a lot of fine clothes and the best jewelry.

But... hey... didn't the ship sink when we came to Shanghai?

All of my dozen or so suitcases fell into the water and there was no way to get them out.

Not only did I lose my clothes and jewelry, but all my savings over the years were gone.

Your brother-in-law has to maintain relationships with people at all levels in the government, as well as relationships in the business world. He also has to support his subordinates who work hard for him and their families at home. Money is needed everywhere.

Since this money cannot be saved from them, it can only be saved from me.

You don't know that in the past few days, the wives of those superiors dragged me out shopping every day. I was borrowing money from one pocket to pay for another, and I almost sent your brother-in-law to the pawnshop.

Fortunately, we didn’t plan to go shopping later and decided to play mahjong instead.

I was lucky and won for several days, so I had enough money to hold this dance party.

We are all family, and I won't hide anything from you. The main reason I asked you to come upstairs this time is to ask you if there is any way to make money in the Shanghai market?

Your brother-in-law has been away for nearly half a month on a mission. If he doesn't come back, everyone in my house will be starving.

You two came to Shanghai earlier than me, so you must know more about the market here than I do. Why don't you give me some advice? "

Rong Xinzhi was a little discouraged because she couldn't get any benefits at the moment. But when she thought about how much money her brother-in-law would get if he made a contribution, she regained her confidence. She actively suggested to Tong Jia (Rong Xintong): "Sister, if it really doesn't work out, why don't you pawn the dowry your parents prepared for you? That way, your brother-in-law will be even more grateful to you when he comes back."

Tong Jia sneered and said, "I wanted to use them as my dowry. But those things didn't last long enough to fall into the water. They all disappeared on the first night I married into the Yang family. I have no place to look for them."

"Lost? All lost? I heard from my eldest brother that there were several priceless ancient paintings in it. He always wanted them, but he couldn't persuade mother to leave them to him. How could you lose them?!" Rong Xinzhi was still thinking of coaxing those paintings from Tong Jia (Rong Xintong) and using them as her dowry, but she didn't expect them to be lost. For a moment, she couldn't control her temper and questioned Tong Jia.

Tong Jia said calmly: "It's lost, so it's lost. It's my dowry anyway, I don't feel sorry about it. Little sister, do you have to be like this?"

"I!" Rong Xinzhi was speechless when she realized that her tone was bad. She couldn't think of any reason to excuse herself, so she had to keep silent.

Seeing her younger sister, who always acted like a spoiled child at home, being humiliated by her elder sister, she felt less dissatisfied with Tong Jia (Rong Xintong).

Although she didn't want to help her elder sister who she had little contact with, but when it comes to making money, who would complain about having too much money?

In fact, she did have a trick, which someone mentioned to her after Diao Yongting went to Jiangcheng.

At that time, that person wanted to curry favor with Diao Yongting. She had no opinion of her own and wanted to wait for Diao Yongting to come back and ask for his opinion before making a decision.

But when Diao Yongting came back, he was disabled and marginalized, and the person who proposed this money-making plan no longer showed up.

Yang Jixia is currently in a powerful position. He believes that as long as he explains the relationship, that person will provide him with this method.

However, the lion's share would definitely be taken away by Tong Jia (Rong Xintong). Rong Xinzi, who really didn't want to suffer any loss and didn't want Rong Xinzhi to get a share, said hesitantly, "Sister, I do have some connections, but... ever since the head of my family got injured, the person who gave me advice has never come to see me again.

Since my elder sister is really in trouble, I will go find him when I get back.

That person used to work in the Green Gang. It would be risky to cooperate with him, and I wouldn't get the lion's share.

If you weren't desperate for money, I wouldn't recommend you get involved with him."

Tong Jia sighed and said helplessly, "If I wasn't so short of money, would I have to complain to you two?"

"Okay, big sister, I'll go find him when I get back. As for this matter...little sister, you don't have to get involved.

We three sisters can't all be associated with the Qing Gang, we have to leave one person innocent, right?" She acted like a good sister and said to Rong Xinzhi earnestly.

Rong Xinzhi was about to retort when Tong Jia stopped her. She advised, "It's better for me not to get involved for now. We don't know what this business is, and we're not sure whether we can make money.

The risk is definitely not small. My younger sister is not married yet and doesn't even have anyone to support her. It's better not to get involved for now.

Once we are sure we can make money and there is no risk, we can let my younger sister get involved."

Hearing what her elder sister said, Rong Xinzhi did not refute it, and reluctantly told Tong Jia (Rong Xintong) about herself and Qiao Hua.

Tong Jia looked worried when she heard this and said, "Little sister, you'd better get this done quickly, and don't bother with the betrothal gifts and dowry, we can make up for that later.

As soon as I arrived in Shanghai, I sent someone back to my hometown to inform both families. The person who brought the news came back and said... that our mother could only survive until the end of the year at most. If she is not taken care of well, she will die in August or September.

I have always wanted to wait for your brother-in-law to come back, and then go back with me to see our mother.

If your marriage is delayed for too long, you will most likely have to observe three years of mourning for your mother before getting married.

If you're not pregnant, it wouldn't be a big deal if it took three years, but what if..."

Rong Xinzhi also thought of this possibility. Her face changed and she immediately got up and left Tong Jia's house. She wanted to go back to find Qiao Hua to discuss the marriage.

Rong Xinzi did not delay and went straight to find Brother Huang from the Qing Gang, whom she knew.

The so-called business that is sure to make money is nothing more than a casino business. Tong Jia doesn't want to get involved, but that big brother Huang wants to win over Yang Jixia and would rather give him shares than give him money.

Tong Jia knew that the money was ill-gotten gains and didn't want to accept it, but she couldn't find a reason to refuse.

I can't break up with you, I can only accept it.

After collecting the money during the day, she asked Tian Ma and Guo Xin's people to take the money and distribute it to the lower-class people living in the slums of Shanghai at night.

In short, she doesn't touch the money herself.

Later, Guo Xin said that the Soviet area had suffered heavy losses and was in urgent need of financial and material assistance.

Tong Jia asked Guo Xin to send the money from the casino to the Soviet area, but this money was just a drop in the bucket to solve the Soviet area's difficulties.

In order to solve this dilemma, Tong Jia took the opportunity to visit the homes of different superiors' wives and asked Tao Junle to help her explore the way. After finding out where the valuables in these superiors' homes were hidden, she would change her equipment at night, go to these people's homes, and put all the things in the RV without anyone noticing.

All the jewelry with logos and characteristics were kept and not taken out, and only the gold, silver and silver dollars were given to Guo Xin.

These things are all ill-gotten gains, and their sources are not legitimate. Even if something is lost in the homes of those superiors, they dare not make it public.

Therefore, Guo Xin did not know that the money came from the homes of those Shanghai mayors. He just thought it was the dividends from the casino. He received money from Tong Jia every two days, and every time he sighed: No wonder there are people who do such an unethical business as running a casino. It turns out that there is really no limit to how much money they can make.

But actually?

After receiving two dividends from Brother Huang of the Green Gang, Tong Jia withdrew from the casino business on the grounds that Yang Jixia firmly refused to allow her to get involved in gambling.

At this time, Rong Xinzi had become Brother Huang's secret lover for money, so she still received her dividends as usual.

Even after learning that Tong Jia had withdrawn, she still instigated Rong Xinzhi, who had just gotten married, to get involved in the casino business.

For a moment, Tong Jia became the most simple one among the three sisters.

But no matter how simply Tong Jia dresses, she is the most popular among the three sisters in the upper class circle.

Although Tong Jia dresses simply, she is always very decent when attending events invited by the wives of different superiors, and never steals the show.

In addition, her opinions always touched the hearts of the wives of the superiors. Even if Yang Jixia was not around, she would still be doing well in the circle of the wives of the superiors.

As she attended more social events, Tong Jia also learned a lot about the upper class, especially the secrets of collusion between superiors and wealthy businessmen. This also made it easier for her to go out at night to collect the ill-gotten gains hidden by those people.

As time went on, not only the Shanghai municipal government officials, but even wealthy businessmen began to feel insecure.

Almost everyone's family began to learn Tong Jia's simple dressing style. They thought that it was because they dressed too ostentatiously that their families were targeted.

In fact, it doesn't matter even if they don't change their attire. After all, Tong Jia's ability is limited. Some families have strengthened their security measures after Tong Jia went there once. Even with the help of drugs, it is difficult for her to escape unscathed every time.

Therefore, Tong Jia basically only visits each store once and goes there to buy everything.

It is not difficult for those families who have been hit hard to make money again, but it is unrealistic to reach their original level without ten or eight years.

However, there are exceptions. For example, Tong Jia would go to some houses that lend money for usury or collude with gangs to force women into prostitution.

After doing this many times, they figured out the pattern of Tong Jia's visits. She would usually come at night, and only after these people had attended a dance and drunk alcohol.

In order to catch people, these people deliberately set up a trap.

However, the wives of these superiors were not careful with their words and leaked the information to Tong Jia early on, and the arrest operation was declared a failure.

Since then, Tong Jia never went to those people's homes to collect things again. It was not that she didn't want to go, but Yang Jixia came back.

Even if the two of them didn't sleep in the same bed, they were in the same room. It was impossible for them to sneak out at night without being noticed.

She couldn't use medicine on Yang Jixia, so she had to give up the idea of fleecing him at night.