Jia Qiang's Ordinary Life

Now that there was a new way out, Jia Yun gave up her previous plan and did not plan to go to Wang Xifeng again.To be honest, he has heard about Wang Xifeng's methods for a long time, and he is still a little apprehensive towards her. If he can not deal with her, it is better not to deal with her!Jia Yun also calmed down and sat down to talk with Jia Qiang. He is a smooth person, and it is easy to deliberately please someone. The two quickly warmed up. Jia Qiang saw that the sun had already set Zhong Tian got up and said with a smile: "It's getting late, how about I be the host and we brothers go to the restaurant for dinner together?"

Jia Yun was also pleased: "How dare you work on the second brother, the second brother has helped the younger brother a lot, let the younger brother be the host!"

Jia Qiang also shied away a bit, but after all, she couldn't hold Jia Yun back, so the two got up and went to the nearby restaurant.

Most of the shops on this street are aimed at rich people, so the nearby restaurants are not of low quality. Jia Qiang also knew that Jia Yun didn’t have much money, so she didn’t order any expensive dishes, but just ordered them casually. Two hot dishes, one cold appetizer, and one serving of soup added up to a little more than a tael of silver. Jia Yun knew that Jia Qiang was considerate, so she ordered another pot of Nurhong, and the two drank slowly, talking casually. the gossip.

Jia Yun has also suffered a lot these days. After a few glasses of wine, he talked more. He gnawed a couple of mouthfuls of stewed chicken feet, then looked at Jia Qiang and smiled, "Second brother has always been busy with affairs, and he hasn't done anything until today." Have you seen the garden!"

Jia Qiang nodded: "Yes, Yuner has already visited?"

Jia Yun nodded, then shook her head again: "Well, although my younger brother's surname is Jia, he is still an outsider after all. Except for Uncle Bao, there are girls from the two houses who live in the garden, plus a Zhu Da Aunt and wife, I just walked a few steps in the garden, how dare I watch it casually!"

Indeed, to be honest, Jia Qiang has never been able to understand the thoughts of the old lady and the others. People say that men and women have different seats at seven years old. Jia Baoyu is thirteen this year. They are brothers and sisters, so there is no taboo, let alone two other cousins?Although those two Xue Baochai's family backgrounds are a bit poor, but no matter who they are, if they hang out with their cousins ​​who can be said to be grown up, their reputation will be ruined!It's hard for the two of them to be able to emulate Ehuang and Nvying. It's impossible for two women to work together as a husband. After all, the relationship between the two of them and the Jia family is probably unwilling to be small.

Thinking wildly in her heart, Jia Qiang put on a look of interest and asked, "Then what do you think of the Grand View Garden?"

Jia Yun took a sip of wine and praised: "Little brother has little knowledge. Although I don't know what the fairy abode looks like, according to my guess, it's just like that! Speaking of it, I haven't thought about the appearance of Lian's second aunt. To the point of breaking a copper coin in half, in fact, even some masters are very harsh, and even a little money is calculated. I don’t know why, but they are willing to spend such a large sum of money for this garden! Although there are many younger brothers I have never seen rare things before, but I have also calculated an account in my heart. Not to mention the furnishings in the garden, just looking at the garden, it is absolutely impossible to make without a million and 80 taels of silver. As for those decorations, I must not point at all Most of the warehouses in the two mansions should have been purchased later, and I don’t know that this item will cost hundreds of thousands, tsk tsk, speaking of it, these two mansions are indeed rich and noble, why don’t they refuse to leak such a little bit of it, How about helping us poor relatives?"

Jia Yun was indeed a sensible person. Jia Qiang had a drink with her, and said with a smile, "I don't know about Rongguo Mansion, but I know a little about Ningguo Mansion. I grew up with my wife. At that time, although Aunt Zhen was the housekeeper, I still had to tell my wife many things. I was still young at that time, and they didn't avoid me! At least at that time, Ningguo Mansion planned every year. After all kinds of expenses, I can still have a surplus of tens of thousands of taels. However, when my wife passed away, I watched coldly, and it was not as good as every year. In some years, I even couldn’t make ends meet. Fortunately, before the Ningguo Mansion The accumulated family business is big enough, otherwise, how long can the flowers like Uncle Zhen and Brother Rong last, even if there are gold mountains and silver seas?"

Jia Yun nodded again and again: "That's right, so to speak, Ningguo Mansion seems to have contributed 20 yuan to build the garden this time, and the rest was paid by Rongguo Mansion. It is estimated that after the garden is completed, Rongguo Mansion is about to Hollowed out!"

He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "I heard that my aunt Lin went back to take care of the sick that day, and the funeral and other things were handled by my second uncle Lian. If my guess is right, most of the money spent on repairing the garden is Where is the Lin family!"

Jia Qiang knew about it a long time ago. He drank a spoonful of soup and said with a smile: "What's so strange about this? The old lady has long planned to bring Aunt Lin and Uncle Bao together for a closer kiss. To put it bluntly, the money of the Lin family is not the money of the Jia family in the end, it was just used up in advance!"

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "Second brother, you don't go back all the year round. You don't know that the second wife means something different. She wants to marry her sister's daughter to her precious son! Xue's family has a great career, that big fool Xue He is not someone who knows how to manage the family business. In order to obtain the protection of the Jia family, the dowry will naturally not be less when the eldest girl of the Xue family gets married in the future. Dear. Besides, I heard that the girl from the Xue family has a golden lock made by a monk with a scarlet head. It is engraved with something like "never leave, never give up, and stay forever". "Don't Lose and Never Forget, Immortal Shou Hengchang" is a couple. There has been a good marriage in the house for a long time! Aunt Lin has no natal family now, who can protect her except the old lady? Especially, the old lady My wife is over 70 this year, and she can live for a few more years! When the old lady is gone, how can Aunt Lin beat that young lady Xue! Tsk tsk, I don’t know what the second wife thinks, no matter how rich the Xue family is , is also a merchant, even if he marries a landlord, he is still a high climber. Although the second uncle Bao may not be able to seize the title, he is always the son of the Duke's family. !"

Jia Qiang secretly rolled her eyes, who knows what she was thinking?Even if she doesn't want Lin Daiyu to be her daughter-in-law, given the situation of the Jia family, there are too many choices, even Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu are childhood sweethearts, so why did she fall in love with Xue Baochai?Xue Baochai said that no matter how good the meritorious deeds are, the family will be the first to lose. In addition, there is an elder brother who is not only good for nothing, but also always makes troubles. She is so stubborn, she doesn't know where she is usually in the mansion, controlling a few aunts and concubines, even Wang Xifeng is so respectful of her.However, thinking this way in my heart, I can't just say: "The second wife is also a powerful person, I think there are other concerns!"

Jia Yun was very popular in Jia's mansion and well-informed. She nodded immediately and said, "Of course the second wife is amazing. Mrs. Xue is also the current mistress of the Xue family. After the master of the Xue family passed away, she didn't let the rest of the Xue family go. The people in the few houses swallowed up their own property, so the second wife took away tens of thousands of taels of silver from someone who had such an idea when he repaired the garden back then!"

Jia Qiang was amazed. If Jia Yun were to be a gossip reporter in later generations, it would be more than enough. If it wasn't for her lack of use, he would be the best intelligence officer!These things are usually only known to the masters in the Rongguo Mansion, even some dignified slaves cannot know, and he doesn't know any channels to find out.

The two enjoyed their meal very much, and Jia Qiang did not break her promise, and soon arranged Jia Yun to be the shopkeeper of a shop specializing in high-end silk and satin, and ordered him to pay two months' wages first. Although I didn't find out the relationship between the owner of the shop and Jia Qiang, and I didn't dare to guess in my heart that this shop belonged to Jia Qiang, but I didn't think too much about it, and went back with my wages, first paid back Ni Er's money, and then gave it to Mrs. After buying some things at home, I gave most of the remaining money to my old mother to buy some land and so on. From then on, I can live with peace of mind, and I don't plan to rely on the Rongguo Mansion to see people's faces anymore.