Jia Yun just asked Aunt Xue to borrow 10,000 taels of silver yesterday. This morning, Jia Yun summoned him to ask about the matter...
Jia Yun was not surprised at all by this. He had even guessed that this matter was probably not passed down by Aunt Xue or Xue Baochai, but by Xue Pan.
Immediately, Jia Yun arrived at Rongguo Mansion and walked into Rongqing Hall.
The Rongqing Hall is not crowded at the moment, there are only about ten people in total, the masters are only Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai, plus Yuanyang, Yinger and other maids, and there is no daughter-in-law or mother-in-law.
This was done deliberately by Jia's mother. She wanted to leave some dignity for Jia Yun and some dignity for herself.
In her opinion, it was embarrassing for Jia Yun to borrow 10,000 taels of silver from Aunt Xue, and it was also embarrassing for her that Jia Yun asked Aunt Xue to borrow money but did not borrow money from her.
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After Jia Yun walked into Rongqing Hall, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai felt embarrassed. Neither of them would spread the word about Jia Yun borrowing money, as it would save Jia Yun's dignity. Yesterday, Xue Baochai also told Xue Pan not to say,
As a result, Xue Pan drank too much last night and told Jia Rui and other branches of the Jia family, and this morning the news reached Jia Mu's ears.
After Jia Yun greeted everyone, Jia Mu went straight to the point: "Brother Yun, I heard that you borrowed ten thousand taels of silver from your concubine yesterday?"
Jia's mother originally thought that Jia Yun would feel embarrassed if she asked about this matter. As a result, Jia Yun not only was not embarrassed, but responded with a smile: "Back to the old lady, this is the case."
Jia Mu said: "You have made a lot of money from doing business in the past two or three years. Why did you suddenly ask your concubine to borrow money this time? You also borrowed ten thousand taels? Please tell me carefully."
Mother Jia had already asked Aunt Xue before and learned that Jia Yun borrowed money to invest in a coal mine factory, but Aunt Xue's knowledge was very limited. Mother Jia wanted to hear Jia Yun explain it carefully.
Immediately, Jia Yun explained the matter in detail, including the fact that Emperor Tianzhi allowed him to participate in investment promotion, and the fact that he and Cheng Huanian partnered to establish a coal mine factory in Anhui...
After hearing this, Jia Mu said in a dissatisfied tone: "This is a good thing, but it's just that you asked your concubine to borrow money but you didn't come to me to borrow money. This is wrong! I don't know if you think I am unwilling to lend you money, or you think I
Can’t I lend you ten thousand taels of silver?”
Jia Yun: "..."
Although Jia Mu said these words in a dissatisfied tone, Jia Yun felt moved in her heart when she heard it, feeling that the Jia Mu in front of her was like an elder who truly cared about her...
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Of course I don't think that the old lady can't afford ten thousand taels of silver, let alone ten thousand taels, even tens of thousands of taels, I think the old lady can get it."
"I was just thinking that the old lady has always been very kind to me. If I take the initiative to ask you to borrow 10,000 taels of silver this time, I will be very ashamed. And yesterday my concubine invited me to a dinner party, and she happened to mention investing in a coal mine.
Regarding the matter, I thought that my concubine’s family was rich, so I borrowed some money from her.”
Jia Mu nodded, these words made her feel comfortable.
Jia Mu said: "You have always been a very capable person, and you are also a very serious person. Well, you can be considered a serious person. I think since you said that you borrowed the money this time to invest in coal mines, that must be the case. And you
I have invested so much money this time, and I am a coal mine manager on the imperial envoy. I think this will definitely make money."
Speaking of Jia Yun being a very serious person, Jia's mother paused for a moment and thought of Jia Yun's "problem" of finding people to ask for maids, so she changed her words and said that she was a serious person.
Jia Mu continued: "Let me ask you, do you still need money now? If so, I can lend you money here."
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Yesterday, my concubine borrowed 10,000 taels of silver at once. Adding the 5,000 taels I took out myself, there were 15,000 taels. My friend also took out 15,000 taels. I
The two of us pooled together thirty thousand taels of silver, which was enough to invest in a coal mine and factory."
Jia Mu nodded: "In that case, I won't lend you any silver. I just thought about it. Ten thousand taels of silver is a large sum of money. Even if my concubine is a rich man, it would be unreasonable for you to borrow so much money from her all at once."
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"But since my concubine has already borrowed it, it means that she thinks highly of you and is willing to give you this favor. If I return all these ten thousand taels of silver to her, it will be disrespectful to her."
At this point, Jia Mu looked at Aunt Xue: "How about this, I will take five thousand taels from my body and return it to my concubine on behalf of Brother Yun. Just treat it as if Brother Yun asked you and I to borrow it separately this time.
Got five thousand taels of silver."
What Jia Mu was thinking was: Humph, what a good brother Yun, I can't let him borrow money from Aunt Xue instead of me, otherwise I will lose my dignity!
However, even for Jia Mu, ten thousand taels is a large sum of money. Although she has a lot of personal property, which is far more than ten thousand taels of silver, most of it is valuable jewelry, antiques, clothes, shoes, etc., and cash is available in cash.
Silver only accounts for a small half, so if she were asked to take out 10,000 taels of cash at once, she would feel a little overwhelmed.
Ever since, Jia Mu gave such a high-sounding reason and made such a complacent arrangement. After making such arrangements, Jia Yun was equivalent to borrowing five thousand taels of silver from her and Aunt Xue each.
She took the initiative to give out five thousand taels of silver, so that she would not lose her dignity.
In this era, maids in the inner chambers of wealthy families generally pay attention to respectability, let alone a lady like Jia Mu who has been rich and prosperous her entire life.
Jia's mother has worked hard all her life in the inner house of a wealthy family, and she has developed several abilities related to the inner house, such as being very sensitive to men's philandering in beauty, and being good at maintaining her own dignity.
Aunt Xue hurriedly laughed with her: "Old lady, you are out of touch now. I lent money to Brother Yun willingly. How can I let you repay the money to me on his behalf? Aren't you torturing me?"
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Jia Mu smiled and said, "I have already decided, concubine, please don't refuse."
Aunt Xue did not refuse. She had already seen that Jia Mu wanted to maintain her dignity in this way.
Jia Mu looked at Jia Yun and asked, "Did you borrow money from your concubine yesterday and set up a debt deed?"
Before Jia Yun could respond, Aunt Xue said first, "I didn't want Brother Yun to make a debt deed, but Brother Yun took the initiative and said he wanted to make a debt contract, so he made one."
Yesterday, when Jia Yun asked Aunt Xue to borrow money, he made a debt deed. He proposed it himself, and Aunt Xue did not refuse. After all, it was ten thousand taels of silver. If there was no debt deed, Aunt Xue would be worried.
Jia Mu smiled and said: "For such a large sum of money, it is appropriate to establish a debt deed. I just need to trouble my concubine. Now I will send someone to get the debt deed. I will give you five thousand taels of silver right now, and we can change the debt deed."
Change it."
Aunt Xue said to Xue Baochai: "My dear daughter, go and get it."
Of course, Aunt Xue locked the 10,000 taels of silver back in the box. Apart from herself, only Xue Baochai knew where the box was and where the key was. Even Xue Pan didn't know.
"Yes, mom." Xue Baochai responded and said to Ying'er: "Ying'er, you come with me."
She specially asked Ying'er to come with her. She had something to tell Ying'er to convey to Jia Yun.
Immediately, Xue Baochai left with Ying'er. In less than two quarters of an hour, they returned to Rongqing Hall with the unpaid deed. Jia Mu had also asked Yuanyang and other maids to move out five thousand taels of silver.
Jia Yun took back the deed of arrears made yesterday, wrote a new deed of arrears of five thousand taels to Aunt Xue, and then wrote another deed of arrears of five thousand taels to Jia Mu, who did not stop her.
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With five thousand taels of silver, Jia Mu would be a little worried if she didn't owe the deed, and Aunt Xue had already asked for the deed. If she didn't want it, it would embarrass Aunt Xue.
After finishing the matters owed to the deed, Jia Mu said to Jia Yun: "I know you are busy with many things now, so I won't keep you any longer. You can go."
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of crying suddenly came from behind the Rongqing Hall: "Old Ancestor, Old Ancestor..."
Accompanied by cries, Wang Xifeng ran in with tears on her face. This time, she was not surrounded by a group of maids and wives, only Ping'er who looked nervous was followed.
"Ancestor, help me..."
Wang Xifeng ran to the bright room while crying, and found that Jia Yun was also here, looking at her with surprised eyes. Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment subconsciously, and her crying stopped for a moment. She suddenly felt ashamed, but she immediately ignored it.
Incredible.
After being stunned for a moment, Wang Xifeng continued to cry: "Ancestor, please help me!"
While crying, Wang Xifeng ran to Jia Mu and crawled into Jia Mu's arms.
Not many people in the hall were surprised, including Jia Yun.
Of course Jia Mu was also surprised: "Brother Feng, what's wrong?"
Wang Xifeng cried and said: "Ancestor, I got news that Second Master Lian...he took a second house in Chang'an County without telling our family!"
When Jia Mu heard this, she was angry, not because she was angry about Jia Lian taking a concubine, but because she was so incompetent.
It has been almost three years since Jia Lian and Jia Rong went to Chang'an camp, and they only achieved military merit once in the first half of this year.
The so-called military achievement this time was that the two men led hundreds of officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress a small village, killing or capturing more than a dozen bandits, uh...
Of course, such military merit is nothing, it only improves their positions in the army, but it would be a big joke for the two of them to want to be promoted to the title of Ning Rong's Second Mansion based on such military merit.
In the past three years, the two of them tried to go home many times but failed.
Because neither Jia She nor Jia Zhen agreed, and they were determined to make them achieve considerable military exploits before they could come back.
As Jia Yun becomes more and more powerful, Jia She and Jia Zhen want to be promoted to a noble title. If Jia Lian and Jia Rong fail and return, not only will they not be able to achieve their planned goal of suppressing Jia Yun, but they will be embarrassed.
Also because Jia Mu wanted to promote the title of the Rongguo Mansion, and did not want to waste the favor that the Jia Mansion had with the Chang'an Yingyun family, Jia Mu also felt that it would be embarrassing for her to follow Jia Lian and Jia Rong after they failed.
Because of this, in the past three years, even if Wang Xifeng begged several times in front of Jia Mu, Jia Mu did not force Jia She to let Jia Lian come back.
Now Jia Lian is on the good side. He has not made any military exploits for almost three years, but he still managed to get a second house in Chang'an County without telling the whole family. It's really ineffective!
Although Mother Jia was angry, she still managed to smile and said, "What's the important thing? The children are young and greedy like cats. How can we avoid doing this?"
"Brother Feng, don't be jealous about this. Compared with the other young masters from other princes' families, Brother Lian is pretty good. I have been married to you for several years and only now have a second wife. What's the big deal?"
Mother Jia's words were not only to comfort Wang Xifeng, but also to tell Aunt Xue deliberately. She felt that this incident had made her lose face in front of Aunt Xue and she must restore it!
Wang Xifeng continued to cry and cry: "Old ancestor, I am not a jealous person. This time I feel wronged. I am not complaining about Second Master Lian taking in a second wife, nor am I complaining about him taking in a second wife without telling our family."
"It's just that I married him just over a year ago, and he was sent to Chang'an camp for almost three years. I don't blame me for living a widowed life in the past three years. It's just that he is now doing
Like a thief, if I take a second wife outside and live with that second wife as husband and wife in Chang'an County, wouldn't I just become a decoration?"
"In this case, our ancestors sent someone to ask Mr. Lian to write a letter of divorce. After I saw the divorce letter, I gave up and left my ancestors. What's sad is that I originally planned to stay forever.
Those who serve and honor their ancestors will not feel that a hundred years is enough; it will take a thousand years to be satisfied."
The words made Jia Mu's eyes moisten. Look, what a wonderful granddaughter-in-law she is!
Jia Yun found it funny. If he believed what Wang Xifeng said now, he would be stupid.
While she found it funny, Jia Yun also really admired Wang Xifeng's all-round grace. Even after such a thing happened, she was still able to do all things well in front of Jia's mother.
Mother Jia's eyes were wet and she said with emotion: "Stop talking nonsense, you can't leave anyone who leaves me! If Brother Lian divorces you, I will never spare him, and he won't dare even if I lend him some courage!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Xifeng is still crying: "If you don't let Mr. Lian write a letter of divorce, then please ask the ancestors to let him come back! It's been almost three years, and he continues to stay in Chang'an.
The camp will probably not be able to accomplish any military exploits."
"Let him bring the second wife home. Not only will I not blame the second wife, but I will treat her well. In the future, our family will serve and honor our ancestors together."
Mother Jia was moved and nodded: "Well, it's time for Brother Lian to come back, and it's time for Brother Rong to come back. This child hasn't even gotten married yet, so we can't waste time in Chang'an Camp any longer."
Wang Xifeng felt proud.
Jia Yun sighed silently in her heart: Jia Lian's second roommate may only live for about a year!
In the original work, Jia Lian secretly took a concubine, Second Sister You, and Wang Xifeng was tortured to death by being kind on the surface but using a knife secretly.
Sweet-mouthed but bitter-hearted, duplicitous, with a smile on his face and a stumbling block at his feet, he is obviously a pot of fire but secretly a knife. This is Wang Xifeng!
However, in Jia Yun's view, Wang Xifeng was indeed aggrieved this time.
Immediately, Jia Mu sent someone to call Jia She, and Jia Zhen came...
Naturally, Jia Yun would not stay any longer and walked towards the outside of Rongqing Hall. Just after walking out of Rongqing Hall, a crisp and sweet voice came from behind: "Second Master Yun!"
Jia Yun looked back and found that it was Ying'er. He really liked this maid who looked cute and had a cute and lovable personality.
Jia Yun stopped and asked with a smile: "Did your girl ask you to find me?"
Ying'er's face showed admiration: "How did Second Master Yun know?"
Jia Yun said: "Guess."
Ying'er smiled sweetly: "Then can you guess why my girl asked me to find you?"
Jia Yun said: "Your girl asked you to pass a message to me. This time I asked your grandma to borrow money. Was it not passed down by your grandma or your girl?"
Ying'er was even more impressed: "Master Yun is really smart. He guessed it, but that's not all."
Jia Yun said: "Did your girl ask you to tell me that this matter was passed down by your uncle? But let me not resent your uncle for this. Your uncle has no ill intentions. He is such a lax person."
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Ying'er's eyes widened in admiration: "Master Yun is so smart, he guessed it all!"
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Tell your girl that I won't take this matter to heart and won't resent your uncle, so that she can rest assured."
Ying'er bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yun."