As soon as Jia Lian stepped into his small courtyard, he was stunned.
The originally neat and clean yard was now filled with more than forty large boxes, and a dozen women and a dozen boys were still carrying heavy items from the yard one by one.
Move it out of the warehouse.
The maids are all holding rags and wiping the thick dust on these things one by one.
In addition to large boxes, there are also ornaments, screens, gold and silver utensils, and even a red sandalwood openwork bed and a royal couch inlaid with beads and jade. It seems that there is almost no room to set foot in the yard.
Every servant who passed by Jia Lian was carrying heavy things in his hands. At first, he put down his things and knelt down to salute. Later, Jia Lian simply waved his hand:
"Don't bother, busy with your work."
Jia Lian is a little confused, what is Wang Xifeng doing?
Go back to your parents’ home?
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Jia Lian suddenly saw Qingwen coming out with a jade bonsai in her arms, and waved her over.
Just then I heard Sister Feng’s voice coming from the warehouse upstairs:
"These three boxes of satin are also moved out, and the two boxes of large sweaters and clothes are also moved out."
Jia Lian looked puzzled and asked Qingwen:
"What's going on? Are you moving?"
Qingwen pursed her lips and smiled:
"It's not about moving, it's about being a seller."
Jia Lian is even more confused:
"It's so good. Whose house are you selling?"
"I'm selling the second master's house."
"Sell...sell my home? Why? Nothing more?"
"Yeah, now that we've reached this point, what else can we do? We can sell it all."
This narrow-minded ghost Qingwen is still laughing.
This time Jia Lian was really anxious. He stepped forward and grabbed Qingwen by the collar:
"If I ask you a question, give me a good answer! If you keep teasing me like this, I'll spank you."
Seeing four more women carrying a huge and heavy box walking along the corridor, Qingwen immediately blushed and whispered quickly:
"Second Master, let go, I'll just say it nicely."
Jia Lian never let go:
"Stop talking nonsense and answer my questions quickly.
I think you are becoming more and more like Xing'er in virtue, and the five elements are lacking."
Seeing that he wouldn't let go and she couldn't get away, Qingwen had no choice but to purse her lips and say honestly:
"The second grandma wants to pack up the dowry and sell everything she can to raise money to help the second master build a garden.
Everyone in this yard has been working hard for a long time, and more than a dozen boxes have been carried out."
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Damn it!
What do you say!
Jia Lian immediately let go and grabbed Qingwen's wrist instead, which scared Qingwen and said hurriedly:
"Let go, let go. This jade bonsai is very expensive. If it breaks, I can't afford to pay for it."
Jia Lian ignored her and just ordered:
"Go and retrieve everything I carried out. If anyone dares to disobey you, come back and tell me immediately."
After saying that, without waiting for Qingwen to agree, Jia Lian turned around and ran upstairs.
Qingwen held the jade bonsai in her arms and muttered:
"You don't look like a gentleman here, you must be stingy."
Turning around, she saw the four women carrying big boxes, panting heavily from exhaustion, approaching her. Qingwen quickly stopped her:
"Put it down quickly. Put it down now. Don't move it yet, otherwise you will have to move it back no matter how far you move. It will be a waste of effort."
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Jia Lian jumped upstairs and was about to walk into the warehouse when he heard Sister Feng say again:
"Let's carry these two boxes down as well."
Suddenly he turned to the other side and cursed:
"Don't be careless, you guys. The glass kang screen is very expensive. Be careful when you move it down. If you touch it even a little bit, you can watch your skin carefully!"
Ping'er's voice came from another direction in the room:
"Second Grandma, these screens have been counted. There are twenty-one in total, fifteen are large and six are small screens.
Except for the eight-leaf red satin tapestry that the old lady has seen before, and the glittering gold glass Kang screen that Uncle Xiao Rong has seen, the rest have not been displayed yet."
"Then leave these two alone, move the rest out, and sell them all."
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"Sold? Why did you sell everything? Are you going to flee?"
Jia Lian stopped the four boys who were about to carry the glass kang screen out, waved his hand and said:
"Don't move it, put it back where it was. Be careful, don't get bumped."
When Wang Xifeng heard the sound, she turned around and when she saw it was Jia Lian, her eyes immediately turned red, but she held it back.
She rolled her eyes upwards and looked capable again:
"I have nothing to do when I'm free, so I just pick up some things. These are things that I won't need for many years. It's a pity to keep them in vain and get moldy. It's better to exchange them for some money first."
This Sister Feng has such a tough mouth.
Jia Lian's heart suddenly surged with a bit of sadness - maybe, this is a couple. They fight, fight, die or live, but at the critical moment, they are still willing to do anything for him (her).
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Jia Lian strode over, grabbed Wang Xifeng's hand, and dragged her downstairs.
Sister Feng was suddenly grabbed by him. While struggling, she shouted:
"It's so invisible, don't do anything, I'm busy here."
Seeing that Jia Lian ignored her and kept tugging at her feet, Sister Feng gritted her teeth and said:
"Don't worry about what I have decided. I have my own discretion."
Jia Lian still ignored her and ordered Ping'er without looking back:
"Ping'er, ask the people in the yard to put everything back into the warehouse as it is, except for one thing. I only ask you."
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After entering the main room, Jia Lian slammed the door, dragged Wang Xifeng to the Kang and sat down, and then said:
"You haven't even given birth yet, and you're already struggling again. Why don't you know how to cherish your body?"
When Wang Xifeng heard what he said, she felt sour and cried:
"My second master, even if you didn't tell me, I would have known about it.
My wife plotted against us, and she plotted against us so cruelly that I...my heart hurts as if it had been cut out with a knife."
She clutched her heart with both hands, her voice trembling.
"Just because she is my aunt, I will do anything for her. But she has tricked me...
My second master, she wants to scheme and make things difficult for us. This time nothing we say can make her get her wish."
Wang Xifeng said the last sentence through gritted teeth, and the word "we" was especially clear.
Hatred made Wang Xifeng suddenly feel courageous again, and her voice became firm and decisive:
"Now, the second master must build the garden well no matter what, and with this tone, he will fight no matter what he says!
I don’t have enough money, so I can raise whatever I can.
I don’t have any cash now, but I still have more than half of my dowry.
I sorted out the necessary headgear and the most important clothes, and sold the rest directly. In the end, I got fifteen thousand taels of silver.
Tonight, after the old lady goes to bed, I will quietly go look for the mandarin duck. I don’t believe that I begged her, but she can’t help. At least for now, let’s sneak out a few boxes of gold and silver that the old lady can’t find.
, temporarily depositing 10,000 taels of silver.
I will write to my father soon and ask him to think of ways to get me another ten thousand taels of silver as soon as possible..."
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Before she finished speaking, Sister Feng's eyes flashed, and she was already held tightly in Jia Lian's arms.
Jia Lian said affectionately into Wang Xifeng's ears that smelled like roses:
"Fool, your heart is enough.
Your dowry is your dignity in this family, nothing can be done to change it.
Don’t worry, your man is capable, and you already have the money to build your garden.”