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"That's not true! There used to be nothing going on in the Grand Master's courtyard, so that's all.
But nowadays, for the elder's funeral, all the mansions basically send people to bring memorial gifts, and even if they don't come, they still send people to deliver them.
Everyone knows that these favors are exchanged one by one, so naturally there should be a leader to prevent trouble.
However, I heard from the people in the steward's room that Mistress Lian and the others had no intention of concluding this account on this side. Just look at it, this will be a confusing account in the future.
That’s why I said, it’s difficult for the master and his wife to manage this family..."
"According to what you said, it is indeed the case. The fact that Mr. Lian and Mrs. Lian did this is not upright. It is because the master and his wife are affable people and the elders cannot argue with them.
Alas, it’s a shame they had the nerve to use the money given by my wife to take care of the eldest man’s funeral..."
Jia Lian stood in the wide corridor, shielded by the pillars. Although he did not hear all of what they said, he got a general idea.
He was not surprised at all, not even angry.
Because similar rumors didn't just come out today, he had heard about it from Zhao'er and others.
This is the first time I heard it with my own ears.
Jia Lian was 90% certain that this was Mrs. Wang's handiwork. She just wanted to use the pressure of public opinion to make him and Wang Xifeng obediently send all the gifts received from this funeral to be registered here...
Speaking of this, there is a reason.
Although Dongkuaoyuan has been separated for ten years, it is not completely independent.
For example, Jia Zheng has always been responsible for the courteous exchanges with various noble families. After all, other people have no intention of sorting out the relationships within your Rongguo Mansion, and it is impossible for them to establish relationships with two Rongguo Mansion at the same time.
Every time I send a gift to Rongguo Mansion, I send two copies...
In the past, because Jia She lived alone in Dongkuaoyuan, he ignored everything. All the contacts he had were personal friends, so he didn't interfere. Jia Zheng accepted all the gifts and also prepared all the gifts to be sent to other people's homes.
That's okay.
But this time when Jia She died, something big happened, and the Rongguo Mansion's nondescript way of dividing the family exposed the problem.
When other families bring offerings to worship, they naturally have to go to the mourning hall. The mourning hall is located in the Dongkua Courtyard, so the offerings will naturally be delivered to the Dongkua Courtyard.
One hundred taels, two hundred taels of silver per family, after a few days, the things plus the silver are worth thousands of silver!
This money, according to the previous rules, should indeed be sent to the official treasury here to be accounted for. This is the right thing. In the future, if someone else's family has something to do, they can repay the gift according to this account...
This is the truth...but how can Jia Lian and Sister Feng hand over the things they have so easily?
After all, if we all talk about "reason", then the family property of Rongguo Mansion should belong to their eldest family, and Jia Zheng and others can only get a small share...
Didn't their big brother say anything for so many years? Now there is only one sacrificial gift, which is the only opportunity that Jia She gave his life to take advantage of. What happened to Zhan Zhan?
Therefore, in Rongguofu, rationality has long ceased to exist.
Jia Lian is not like Jia Zheng who is obsessed with face, so naturally he will not force Sister Feng to send the things she has got. The worst case is that she will send them a bill back in the end.
Perhaps Mrs. Wang was angry because of this.
Really, she was half-forced by Jia Mu to use money to pay for Jia She's funeral, but in the end she lost all the benefits, and was instead tricked by Jia Lian and others!
When she realized this problem before, she hinted at what Sister Feng should do to be "reasonable".
Sister Feng only said that most of the sacrificial gifts brought by others were things to be used at the funeral, and there was not much money left. It happened that there was still a shortfall in the money for Jia She's funeral, so she would wait until Jia She's funeral was over to see if there was any balance.
, all must be included in the officialdom.
After all, you can’t do anything wrong to the great master’s funeral, right?
Sister Feng also followed Jia Lian's instructions and hinted to Mrs. Wang that it was time to settle the undelivered portion of the three thousand taels of silver promised that day...
Because Jia's mother was worried that Jia Lian would not be able to serve as a director, she had only given two thousand of her six thousand silver so far, saying that she would give the rest over time.
Mrs. Wang followed suit. Of her three thousand silver, she only gave one thousand. The other two thousand were said to have not been transferred yet and would be transferred over in a few days.
On the other hand, Jia Lian took his people and went directly to the accounting office to collect the four thousand taels of silver from the officials that Jia Mu and others had agreed to.
Anyway, he has been the housekeeper here for these years, and if he wants money, Lin Zhixiao dare not refuse to give it!
Lin Zhixiao is in charge of the bank.
If Jia Lian and others didn't send the sacrificial gift, Mrs. Wang would naturally not send the remaining two thousand silver. Just like that, she already felt that she was at a loss.
Perhaps there was no good way, so Mrs. Wang could only achieve her goal by ruining their reputations.
Therefore, in the past two days, these mothers-in-law have been promoting the reputation of Jia Zheng and his wife everywhere and exposing the shameless behavior of Jia Lian and his wife.
From this point of view, Mrs. Wang is just a housewife after all. She has a palace in the city, so she cannot be considered far-sighted.