In his previous life, he kept in mind every day: Never mess with an old man - if something happened and something went wrong, there's no telling how much money he would have to pay.
But the trembling Uncle Jia was kneeling in front of him, and he couldn't help him.
Jia Lian gritted his teeth, quickly stepped forward with a smile, and helped Uncle Jia up with all his might:
"Master, please don't shorten the younger generation's life. Please get up. Oh, master, I'll get up first. Everything is easy to talk about. We have to take into account the dignity of our Jia family."
Jia Dairu was lifted up by Jia Lian and pinned down on the chair. He only covered his face with his sleeves and said with tears: "I have lost all the face in my life, including the face of my ancestors.
Before I entered the pawn shop today, I only thought that I was saving the life of my only grandson. My ancestors would forgive me a little if they wanted to prevent their descendants from being extinct. Now it seems that even my ancestors would not tolerate me.
Between heaven and earth?"
Jia Lian couldn't believe anything he said. The person who stole things from his house would be this old rotten scholar, Jia Lian. He had to temporarily borrow a room in the storekeeper's house, shun everyone, close the door, and then said:
"The old man just said something serious. It's easy to talk about your family's affairs behind closed doors."
Jia Dairu still kept covering his face with his sleeves, his voice choked with sobs:
"When I was three years old, I read "When using people, you must ask clearly. If you don't ask, you are stealing." Later, I read the saint's articles and understood the principle of "A lady must encourage herself."
I am not a bad person, but it is so sad that my grandson is seriously ill and has ended up like this."
Jia Lian was so dizzy after hearing this that he wanted to jump up and shout, "You are talking to me like a human being".
I endure it over and over again, but I still say:
"Master, I'm not very knowledgeable. I really don't understand you who keep saying 'that's all there is to say'."
Seeing the sincerity on Jia Lian's face, Jia Dairu tried his best to speak more plainly, so that Jia Lian could finally understand the ins and outs of the matter.
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It turned out that after beating Jia Rui, he was covered in feces and urine. When he came home, he said that he "slipped and fell in the toilet." He fell ill the next day. From then on, he felt that his heart was swollen, his mouth was tasteless, his feet were like cotton, and his eyes were like jealousy.
, having fever at night, constant fatigue during the day, semen ejaculation, coughing up phlegm with blood, often having nightmares, and talking nonsense.
Jia Dairu lost his son in his early years and had only one grandson at his knees. He was so anxious that he sought medical treatment in every possible way, including cinnamon, aconite, turtle shell, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odorifera and other medicines. After taking dozens of kilograms of medicine, there was no movement.
Seeing that the condition was getting worse, the doctor ordered him to eat "Dushen Decoction".
Where could Jia Dairu have the money to buy such good ginseng? He asked Mrs. Wang of Rongguo Mansion. Mrs. Wang then ordered Sister Feng to weigh two taels of whole ginseng and give it to him.
I don’t know if Sister Feng has nowhere to look for it, or she doesn’t want to look for it. Anyway, yesterday she only collected some money for some slag and pickled beards, and ordered the boy to send it to Jia Dairu. It’s gone.” This completely cut off Jia Dairu’s ability to ask for help again.
At this time, Jia Rui himself also knew that it was not good and was very worried about his life. He refused to take any medicine. When he saw that there was no "Dushen Decoction", he burst into tears and made a fuss.
Jia Dairu was helpless and cried while holding his seriously ill grandson.
Today when Jia Rui woke up, he suddenly took out a pair of red gold hairpins and said that someone else had left them with him. Now he was anxious to save his life, so he asked Jia Dairu to pawn the money and come back to buy some ginseng decoction to save his life.
Jia Dairu saw that the red gold hairpin was of fine workmanship and high quality. It was clearly the property of a wealthy woman and not Jia Rui's. Fearing that it was stolen by thieves, Jia Dairu grabbed Jia Rui and asked about the origin of the gold hairpin.
Jia Rui cried loudly and insisted that someone else had left him here. Now he was seriously ill. If Jia Dairu refused to save him, his death would be a trivial matter and the whole family would be extinct.
Jia Dairu had no choice but to think about it, and finally gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, planning to pawn the pair of gold hairpins first. After saving Jia Rui's life, he would redeem the pair of gold hairpins no matter what, and then return them to others. That’s it.
He was originally the young concubine of Rongguo Gong Jia Yuan. Although he was not rich in his life, he lived a comfortable life and had never entered a pawn shop. Now that he is over seventy years old, he would go to a pawn shop to pawn gold hairpins of unknown origin. I feel really anxious and ashamed.
Therefore, the pawnshop owner talked with him for a long time. Although he was anxious that Jia Rui was waiting for medicine to treat his illness at home, he had to be patient and humbly deal with it, hoping that people would not ask about the origin of the pair of golden hairpins.
When he saw Jia Lian and his men breaking into the pawn shop, Jia Dairu, who had lived for more than seventy years, immediately understood: something happened!
At this time, he took out two red gold hairpins from his arms and held them to Jia Lian with both hands, crying and begging:
"Lian Er, I don't want to give up this old face, I just ask you to show mercy. I really have no choice but to do it, otherwise I will never do such a thing that insults our ancestors."
Jia Lian couldn't help but feel soft when he saw how pitiful he was.
Obviously it was not Jia Dairu who stole things in his yard, but it was not Jia Rui, so there is still a question mark.
The top priority is to find Jia Rui and ask about the whereabouts of the mirror.
So Jia Lian took the golden hairpin, put it in his arms, and comforted Jia Dai Rudao:
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this was a misunderstanding.
I might as well tell the truth to you, these pair of red gold hairpins belong to Ping'er in my house. Because I have to wear them out to meet people during the Chinese New Year, it really makes me anxious.
Regardless of who took out this golden hairpin, now that I can find it, it has finally solved my problem. Otherwise, it would cause trouble for everyone.
The most important thing at the moment is to save Tianxiang's life first. When he recovers, he will naturally tell me who went to my house to get it."
Jia Dairu hurriedly said:
"We'll go back and ask now, we'll go back and ask now.
If he doesn't say it again, I will beat him to death and force him to say it."
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Jia Lian opened the door, called Xing'er, and gave him a thirty-tael banknote:
"Hurry up to Ginseng, pick out good ginseng from uncut raw branches that are as thick as your finger, and exchange two taels for it. After you buy it, bring it directly to the Grand Master's residence to find me.
If there is a medicine shop on the road, you can also ask a doctor to come over."
Xing'er had been pouting unhappily, but when he saw Jia Lian speaking with a sullen face, he didn't dare to lose his temper anymore, so he hurriedly agreed one by one and ran away.
Jia Lian called shopkeeper Qi in again and ordered that the matter should not be spread at all.
How obedient is the shopkeeper Qi? He immediately swore an oath, and by the way, he also swore oaths on behalf of the court servants and waiters in the shop.
Jia Lian smiled and rewarded the tea drinker with ten taels of silver, prayed for the shopkeeper's gratitude, and followed behind him, bowing and bowing repeatedly.
Jia Lian ordered someone to hire two small sedans, and together with Jia Dairu, they went straight to his home to see Jia Rui.
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I just got off the sedan and entered the yard. Before I could reach the door, I heard Jia Dairu's wife's heartbreaking scream coming from the house:
"Rui'er! My Rui'er!"
Then he burst into tears.
Jia Lian stamped his foot.
It’s over, it’s over, I didn’t have time to ask where my mirror is!