Jia Lian had long expected that Mrs. Wang was going to stop her, so he glared at Wu Xindeng:
"Master is talking, you are not allowed to stop!"
He himself calmly turned to Mrs. Wang and bowed:
"My wife is kind-hearted and doesn't know how hateful this slave is.
She said that she had served her master with all her heart and soul for decades, but she refused to even tell the truth to her master. Where does the loyalty of such a slave lie?
These slaves, the winning or losing of a gambling game can reach 100 taels of silver. The monthly income of our old lady for a whole year is only 240 taels of silver, which is less than 300 taels of silver. It is not enough for them to throw the dice three times.
In this way, the master and slave are completely turned upside down. If she is still rewarded generously and punished lightly, where is the dignity of the Jia family?
If we continue to indulge these slaves, what are we waiting for if our Jia family does not decline?
Our ancestors went through many hardships and dangers to build up the family business. If it is ruined in the hands of our descendants, it will not only be a matter of our ancestors’ face.”
Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and sneered:
"Lian Er, are you publicly accusing me of indulging these slaves? Are you saying that I have ruined the Jia family's foundation? Have you learned all the serious etiquette you learned from childhood from dogs?"
Before Jia Lian could speak, Jia Mu had already waved her hand and said:
"How can he, a kid, have such thoughts?
What's more, when children like us meet outsiders, we must behave politely and we must not allow them to be cunning.
Children behave well outside and do not embarrass adults. Secretly, we love them more and indulge them a little, which is okay.
Besides, we are just here as a family in the inner house, and we are talking about our own slaves here. He has been helping the master with the housekeeping, so he should let him say something.
I saw that even though he was young, what he just said made sense.
Nowadays, there are many slaves in our family who have low status but have more money than their masters. I know this. But this night when the old ladies gathered for gambling, they could win or lose as much as a hundred bucks, which I didn't expect.
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Why did it end up like this!"
This last sentence was said by Jia Mu with a sigh.
Mrs. Wang was extremely upset, but she did not dare to say anything in front of Jia Mu, so she could only nod in agreement.
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Jia Lian lowered his head and listened to Jia Mu's words, and at the same time listened to Wu Xindeng's slaps. The sound was slightly quiet. Jia Lian glanced at Wu Xindeng's family and was so frightened that Wu Xindeng's hair stood on end. The next slap was twice as loud.
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Finally, at the ninth slap, everyone spit out two more molars and suddenly started crying:
"Second Master, please forgive me! I told the truth..."
Mrs. Wang's face suddenly turned ashen, and the look of gloating on Mrs. Xing's face became more and more obvious. Only Mother Jia's expression became more solemn, and she said to Jia Lian:
"Listen to what she says."
Jia Lian smiled at Jia Mu and said:
"If she continues to tell the 'truth' untruthfully, I'm afraid she will have to resort to some tricks. If she lets the old ladies, madams and girls look at her like this, it will be really indecent. Why don't I take her down and shout her out?
The servants of the family can judge her in public."
Why couldn't Mother Jia tell that Jia Lian was deliberately beating everyone up? So she nodded and said:
"That's right, we don't look down on this either."
After everyone heard this, they couldn't care less and cried at the top of their lungs:
"To be honest...I said...there are still two biggest bosses..."
Both Mrs. Wang and Xue Baochai shivered slightly.
Jia Mu suddenly changed color:
"You bastard! Why didn't you tell me earlier! Tell me the truth immediately. If you lie again, I will be dragged out and beaten to death."
When everyone heard Jia's mother say such cruel words and saw Jia Lian's mouth with a terrifying sneer, they were so frightened that their souls flew away. They didn't care anymore and cried:
"I said it, I said it, and I don't dare to hide it anymore.
The biggest boss in the house, and the ancestor who runs gambling at night, is Mrs. Hu of the Xue family. Her gambling house is at the small corner gate of Lixiangyuan. It is the biggest gambling house in the house. It starts as soon as it gets dark. The winner or loser is
Three hundred hangings!
There is also the No. 2 family leader, who is the goddaughter of Zhou Rui's family. Her gambling game is just outside the second door where the steward women discuss matters. All the steward women have seen them drinking and gambling there. They also win or lose a hundred dollars.
The overall situation is at stake."
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Everyone in the house was extremely surprised when they heard this.
Sister Bao, who has always been the most knowledgeable and general person, and rides in a small sedan chair every night to patrol the house to check gambling, the mother-in-law of our family turns out to be the ancestor of the gambling bureau in Jia's house!
And in the gambling game she opened, any chance of winning or losing turned out to be the monthly income of the ancestors of the Jia family for a whole year!
Is this still the law of heaven?
Doesn't this make the entire Jia family a big joke?
And the second-in-command is actually the goddaughter of Zhou Rui's family, the most valued companion of Mrs. Wang, the head of the Jia family. Isn't this a thief's cry to catch the thief?
What's even more terrible is that the gambling game is set up in the steward's room. All the steward women in the house can't see it, but no one dares to say anything.
Isn't this a "slap in the face"?
Even Jia Mu, who had always been as steady as a rock, was so angry that her hands were shaking.
It was Mrs. Wang who reacted so quickly and said in shock:
"Ah? That's not bad!
I have been in poor health and suffered from many illnesses and pains in recent years, so I have not been a good steward of the house. I have left the whole house to Sister Feng to take care of it. She actually manages it like this! It is too outrageous!"
Baochai has always been good at using small favors to win people's hearts. This time Mrs. Wang asked her to assist the housekeeper. She only wanted to let the women in Jia's family be grateful for her favors. From then on, she would be restrained, sensible and obedient and not cause trouble. She was everywhere.
You won’t offend anyone, you can still get a good steward, win people’s reputation as a virtuous person, and everyone will be happy.
Unexpectedly, everyone was exposed by Lai in public. Baochai was beating her drum in her heart when she suddenly saw her aunt, Mrs. Wang, successfully hitting her with a rake. She immediately followed suit and said in surprise:
"I've been suffering from an old illness that I carried in my womb these days. After I recovered for a while, who knew something like this would happen?
That Mrs. Hu used to be a good person and reliable at work, but why is she so bad at gambling now?
It's really hateful. Fortunately, it was discovered, otherwise we don't know what kind of disaster it would have caused."
"This makes no sense. Why does it seem like Mrs. Hu didn't learn how to gamble until she came to our house?"
Mrs.
Are you willing to let go of such an opportunity?
Although Mrs. Xing was also very dissatisfied with Wang Xifeng, in order to embarrass Mrs. Wang, she spoke for Wang Xifeng instead:
"After all, I had Sister Feng intimidating and suppressing me in front of me, so things were better at night. Now that Sister Feng is out of business, these slaves are much more wanton than before.
This morning Wang Shanbao's family member told me that she passed by the back corner gate last night and saw several women fighting over who would win or losing. They pulled their hair and beat each other, and even tore their clothes."
Mother Jia was so angry that she slapped the armrest of the chair, her voice trembling slightly:
"How did you get to this point? Just tell me!"
The most embarrassing and uncomfortable thing at this time was Mrs. Wang, who was so angry that she hated Jia Lian.