Seeing the suffering of Lai Da's family, who used to be aloof, most people in the Jia family secretly cheered.
Except for Lai Sheng and his wife from Ningguo Mansion, Lai Sheng could still be stable, but Lai Sheng's family had already hurried home after hearing that their uncle's place had been raided.
I also saw the soldiers guarding the door of my uncle's house. I heard the sound of shaking in the courtyard, but they didn't dare to stay.
"Mother, you are back..."
As soon as he approached his alley, he found that his two sons, as well as his daughter-in-law and others, were all crowded here, looking like they wanted to go over to check the situation but didn't dare. They all looked frightened when they saw her coming.
He kept asking questions.
"What should I do, mother? I heard that Second Master Lian sent people to search my uncle's house. There has been a commotion for a while. Will it be our turn later?"
Both of Lai Sheng's sons are incompetent, at least not as good as the outstanding Lai Shangrong. This is actually an important reason why Lai's family is much more prosperous than Lai Sheng's family, because Grandma Lai is also more willing to work in a big family with "potential"
She invested in real estate, and she has always lived in her eldest son's home.
"Mom, my uncle's family is in doom. Before they come, let's give away some of the valuable things at home. This way, even if there is an emergency, there will still be a chance to turn around in the future..." Lai Sheng's little
The son pulled Lai Sheng's family and whispered anxious suggestions.
Lai Sheng's family was actually panicked and afraid, but after hearing this, she instinctively knew that this was the way to bring disaster.
The two families are brothers and they are so close. Since Jia Lian sent people to surround and search that side, who can guarantee that no one will specially look at their side? If Mr. Lian had no intention of attacking their side,
By running away, wouldn’t it be self-inflicted?
But they didn't dare to move things out in a big way. It would be impossible to wait for nothing to be done, so Lai Sheng's family ran back to the house and hid some valuable items here and there. Although they knew that they were really going to be searched, it was probably
It was a useless effort, at least it could provide some psychological comfort. Seeing her like this, her sons and daughters-in-law were all busy trying to imitate her...
Besides, at Lai's mansion, thanks to the hard work of Lin Zhixiao's family, Grandma Lai's house was quickly vacated.
"Miss Ping, everything that can be moved in this courtyard has been found. The second master is still waiting for Xin'er. How about you go back and revive the second master first?"
Lin Zhixiao's family was shocked by the luxury in Grandma Lai's room. Now that she had looted everything, they felt unusually happy.
However, Ping'er was not in a hurry to claim credit from Jia Lian. Instead, he ordered people to open more than ten boxes of goods that were found, and asked someone to bring in another empty box. Then he said to Aunt Lai beside him: "This time, the Second Master
Just let me check Lai Da's belongings. Mom Lai, you have served the old lady for so many years. There must be many things here that she has given to you. You can pick them out. After they have been confirmed by the people around the old lady, we will
I must return it to you, Mama Lai." Lan
Lin Zhixiao's family didn't take Ping'er's courtesy to Aunt Lai seriously seriously. After all, Ping'er was a person that both Jia Lian and Sister Feng trusted, so it was not easy to go against Ping'er on such a trivial matter, so he waved.
I took others with me to check and fill in the gaps.
Here, Aunt Lai no longer had the initial panic. She glanced at Ping'er with gratitude, then sighed and shook her head and said, "Well, Lai Da has committed such a heinous crime this time, and I still have to pay him back."
What's the point of leaving those rewards from the old lady? Miss Ping, take them all down and show them to the second master. No matter what the second master does with us this time, our Lai family is willing to accept it..."
After all, Grandma Lai has been following Jia Mu for fifty or sixty years, and she has experienced some storms. But in such a situation, she has sobered up.
Now that things have come to this, how can she still think about retaining these extraneous things? This time, as long as she can save her family's wealth and life, that is her greatest hope. If she can use these things in exchange for a lenient treatment from Mr. Lian, it can be regarded as a good thing.
Value for money.
So, Aunt Lai hurriedly knelt down and said, "I am already a guilty person. I didn't dare to make any requests at first, but others said that Miss Ping has a true heart of a Bodhisattva. So, I am bold enough to invite Miss Ping because I am already seven years old."
For the sake of being ten, let me see the old lady again.
After this, I don’t know if I will have another chance to kowtow to her again.”
Facing Aunt Lai's plea, Ping'er sighed and quickly helped Aunt Lai up, "Don't worry, Mum Lai, the old lady is a nostalgic person, and Mr. Lian is also a tolerant person. You, old man, will definitely not do this this time."
Whatever happens, the old lady will still need your service in the future." Lan.
Aunt Lai became more and more grateful, "I don't want to serve you anymore. As long as the old lady doesn't dislike me and is willing to see me, I will be satisfied and die without any regrets."
He comforted Aunt Lai and invited her into the carriage she came in. Then Ping'er ordered someone to escort Lai Shangrong and other members of the Lai family, as well as dozens of boxes of belongings, to Rongguo Mansion.
In the courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, the scene remained the same.
After being squeezed by Jia Lian's words, Jia Mu actually just stood there and watched without saying a word.
But in her heart, she had already thought of many ways and words to turn the tables. For example, most of the property that Jia Lian took from Lai's family was said to be a reward from her, so even if Jia Lian had doubts, he could not refute it.
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Is it possible that she, the dignified Miss Shihou, the wife of Rongguo Mansion, and the ancestor of the Jia family, is not capable of fattening a slave?
But this idea was shaken after seeing the boxes after boxes carried in by the boys.
She had a question: Are all these things really copied from the Lai family? Could it be that Jia Lian had someone rob a wealthy businessman?
Those boxes are filled to the brim with gold, silver, pearls, emeralds, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. There are about thirty or forty of them. They are not finished yet. Are they still being moved in?
Not to mention Jia's mother, even Jia Zheng became suspicious and went down to check it out in person...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jia Lian looked at the things that were constantly being shipped in, with a smile and a chill in his eyes.
"Xiangong Zhan, Mr. Shan, I would like to trouble you all to work with Butler Lin and others to help estimate the price of these things."
Gold and silver are naturally easy to calculate, just use a scale to weigh them, but for jewelry, calligraphy and painting, etc., people with some knowledge are needed to estimate the price as soon as possible. At this time, these Qingqi supported by Jia Zheng were not used in vain.
Zhan Guang, Shan Ren and others were also shocked by the "richness" of the Lai family. They were worried that they were outsiders and would not be able to come forward to observe. When they got their lives, they all held up their hands and smiled and said they were happy to serve, and then they were all pissed off.
I went to help Lin Zhixiao do statistics.
"Old lady, this old slave is here to apologize to the old lady..."
As soon as Grandma Lai entered the courtyard and saw Jia Mu, she immediately got out of the carriage and ran desperately in the direction of Jia Mu.
It doesn't matter how old or weak she is, or whether the carriage is high or low.
When Jia Mu saw this, she was so shocked that she shouted to everyone around her: "Quick, hold her up, don't fall!"
But in her heart, her resentment towards Jia Lian suddenly became smaller. Because she saw that Aunt Lai came in in a carriage.
One of the main reasons why Jia Mu insisted on protecting the family was to protect her own dignity.
And her relationship with the Lai family is just that of Aunt Lai. In this situation, Jia Lian's kindness to Aunt Lai means treating her decently. Jia's mother is naturally a little pleased.
I won’t go into details about how Aunt Lai came to Jia Mu and made a tearful apology and petition, but let’s talk about Lin Zhixiao, with the help of many assistants, he quickly compiled the general results.
"Reporting to the Second Master, so far, a total of 18 pieces of calligraphy and painting have been found from the Lai family, with an estimated silver of more than 3,700 taels, 97 rare antiques, an estimated silver of more than 25,000 taels, and house title deeds...
…”
Lin Zhixiao read out two sentences according to the script, and Jia Lian interrupted impatiently: "Just tell the general story, no need to elaborate."
"yes……"
Lin Zhixiao directly turned to the last page of the temporary account book, even his expression became more solemn, and read aloud: "The gold and silver utensils total 3,624 and a half kilograms, with a net discount of more than 98,300 kilograms."
2. Other belongings, estimated at more than 65,480 taels of silver.
The total is 163,780 taels of silver."
Lin Zhixiao closed the book with trembling hands, handed it to Jia Lian with both hands, and then added: "This does not include the house where everyone lives, and other belongings that are not suitable for moving." Lan.
Although I had known for a long time that the Lai family was rich, I never expected that it would be so rich as to be such an incredible land!
Lin Zhixiao, the second housekeeper, was like this, let alone the other servants. Many of them had red eyes, staring at the Lai family on the field, and the jealousy in their eyes seemed to have turned into reality.
One hundred and sixty-three thousand, seven hundred and eighty taels...
Don't talk so much, just give yourself a small change, it will be enough for a lifetime. If you are also a slave, why is your family so poor, but others are so rich?
Fortunately, the second master checked it!
Jia Lian was a little surprised by this result, but it was also expected.
He briefly checked the account books, then put them down and focused his attention on Lai and Da again: "You guys, what else can you say?" Lan
Lai Da's face looked ashen and he bowed his head without saying a word.