It is said that not long after Xue Pan left, someone rushed to the escort office to report to Jia She about the big fuss just now. They pretended to rush back to the house and shouted when they entered the house: "What happened? Where is Brother Xue?"
The boy guarding the door suppressed a smile and made a sad face: "The uncle is back! Uncle Xue just left. Read at midnight."
Jia She hurriedly stroked his chest: "It's good to leave. Is it okay for the second wife to come?"
"I don't know... I'm in the old lady's yard right now."
Jia She nodded and led his youngest son over.
I saw Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang crying together. Mrs. Wang had already packed up. Jia Zheng was sighing and Baoyu stood with her head bowed, which was not very uncomfortable. Seeing Jia She come in, Jia Mu only raised her head and glanced at him.
, wiped away tears and said: "Boss, you are very good. Now I don't even have a place to stand in the house."
Jia She asked curiously: "Why did the old lady say this? I heard that Pan'er came to cause trouble for a while. Looking at her appearance now, she is probably fine."
Mrs. Wang burst into tears immediately. Mother Jia also cried: "He took Baoyu's jade away..."
Jia She became more and more surprised: "Why are you robbing that? His family has no shortage of gold and jade."
Yuanyang hurriedly stepped forward and told in a low voice that Xue Pan was extorting money and asking for Baoyu's jade as collateral. Jia She pretended to be shocked: "Why does the second family owe him so much money?" After hearing this, he actually nodded and said,
"In this case, the jade is not worth a lot of money anyway, and the remaining two hundred thousand yuan will be wasted."
Jia Mu was furious: "What did you say! That is Baoyu's lifeblood!"
Jia She said: "It's just a piece of jade. Even without that, wouldn't the jade be quite good?" He turned around to look at the jade.
Baoyu raised his head and said: "Debts owed to others must always be repaid. It's just that I don't have the money at the moment. I only hope that Brother Xue will be more tolerant."
Jia She smiled and said: "Anyway, since he has collected the collateral, he is not in a hurry."
Jia Mu had already guessed that he would not be willing to pay off the second house's debt. She only hoped that he might help Baoyu for the sake of his life. After hearing this, whether it was really a pretense or not, it was obvious that he was not prepared to put Baoyu in the world.
His eyes were filled with tears, and he couldn't help but burst into tears. After a while, he said: "I heard what kind of sign you got in the accounting room now. Without your signature and Lian'er's signature, even I can't withdraw five hundred taels of silver?"
Jia She nodded and said: "I do that because there are always some people down there who are randomly withdrawing money and trying to suppress them. If our ancestors want to listen to a play or go to some temple to watch the excitement, just report the accounts."
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Jia Mu sneered: "I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat in a few days. I'd better go back to Jinling with my second son as soon as possible."
Jia She didn't answer her words at all, but asked: "Why are our ancestors so angry? Do you have any money to spend? Are you going to watch a play or have a drink? I will send someone to the accounting office to ask."
Jia Mu hit the green bricks on the ground with her cane and said angrily: "You don't have to ask. I'm going to get some silver from the accounting room today and coax Brother Xue to leave."
Jia She was shocked: "That's 670,000 taels! Not to mention there isn't that much money in the books now. If he takes it away, when will the second house get it back? Will the monthly payment still be deducted?"
Mother Jia closed her eyes tightly for a long time, and finally shook her hand: "I don't know how you got such a temperament that you need money as much as your life."
Jia She said with a fake smile: "I have never borrowed money and failed to pay it back."
Jia's mother waved his hand and sent him away, but Jia She was well behaved and bowed before leaving.
Jia Cong has been a little transparent since he walked in. When he saw his father leaving, he hurriedly followed him up and bowed before leaving. But Jia's mother said, "Cong'er, wait a minute." He had no choice but to stay. He turned to look at Jia She, this old man
The boy smiled and ran away very quickly, even blinking.
Jia Mu then asked, "Cong'er, in your opinion, how will this matter be handled?"
Jia Cong was confused, pointed at his nose and said, "Ask me?"
Jia Mu said: "You have always been very smart, I'm afraid you have some tricks up your sleeve."
Jia Cong thought to himself, I dug the hole in the first place, should I fill it in for myself? Then he thought about it and said, "Brother Xue is so anxious just because the second wife has defaulted on the debt for three years and has refused to pay it back."
Money. The second wife’s credit is already bankrupt in the Xue family. Now that some money has been repaid, why not try to transfer the remaining accounts to the second uncle’s name, and work out a monthly repayment based on the amount of the second wife’s private property income?
According to the detailed rules of the money, calculate some interest for Brother Xue. No matter how many years it takes, pay it back slowly. As for the jade, it can only be temporarily mortgaged elsewhere. The second uncle first paid it back for a few months according to the plan.
If I ask Mr. Wang's uncle to be the middleman, I can probably get the money back. It will also give the two families a step down, and they will still be relatives after all."
After saying this, he secretly looked at Jia Zheng out of the corner of his eye, and sure enough he saw that his face was full of anxiety: "I am an official of the imperial court, and I have to take into account the reputation. How can I bear such a big debt?"
Baoyu hurriedly said: "Just transfer it to my name!"
Jia's mother, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, shouted in unison: "No!"
Jia Mu said, "That's it, just transfer it to my old lady's name!" Mrs. Wang's eyes immediately lit up.
Baoyu stood up and said: "Originally, it is only natural that mother's debt should be repaid to her son. It is most appropriate to transfer it to my name. There is no reason to drag down the ancestors. Besides, the 400,000 taels in front of me were paid for by my ancestors first."
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When Jia Cong heard him say "past it", he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart and said: "My grandson also thinks that since the second uncle is inconvenienced, it would be more appropriate to pass it on to brother Baoyu. To be honest, if I were Xue Da
Brother, I also trust Brother Baoyu more. In today’s world, men are still more trustworthy.”
Jia Mu waved her hands before she was about to speak. Someone came in from outside and said, "A boy came from the Xue family. He sent two signatures to the concierge and left."
Jia Mu hurriedly said: "Bring it quickly!"
The man hurriedly delivered it. It turned out to be an IOU of 300,000 taels written by Mrs. Wang, and a receipt with crooked handwriting written by Xue Pan himself. He had received 400,000 taels of silver from the Jia Mansion.
A piece of IOU was returned. Although the wording was plain, it was written with great literary talent. It was obviously written by Baochai. When Jia Cong saw it, he sighed in his heart. It's a pity that Xue Baochai is also a person. This is a beautiful thing. The second wife didn't think of it.
This has been completed by others.
When Jia Mu saw it, she couldn't help but regretted: "We were just worried. If we had thought of this earlier, we might as well have asked the Wang family to come forward to get justice." Then she looked at Jia Zheng and said, "Go to the Wang family and meet Lian's daughter-in-law.
I will follow Cong'er's words and ask him, maybe transfer those debts to my old lady's name and get the jade back."
Jia Zheng stood up and agreed, then raised his legs and went out. Jia Cong had never seen him walking so fast.
Jia Mu then looked at Mrs. Wang and said, "You are tired too. Baoyu can help your mother go back and have a rest."
Seeing that she refused to transfer the debt to his name, Baoyu could only silently agree, helped Mrs. Wang, who was crying again, and left. Suddenly only Jia Mu and Jia Cong were left in the room, and Jia Cong beat her.
A shiver.
Jia Mu looked at Jia Cong with a smile and said, "Cong'er, has your sister Bao said anything to you in the past few days?"
Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? Sister Xue? I'm not familiar with her. Since the early days when she lived in the mansion, we haven't even seen each other for a few times. It's just that she suddenly sent a girl to look for her today.
I want to find out where the clothes I got for the third and fourth sisters came from."
Jia Mu hurriedly asked: "Yes, where did you get them? I don't think you have some skills at such a young age, but the superiors only gave us two of them."
Jia Cong said with a smile: "Old ancestor, don't ask, I'm so embarrassed. Anyway, I met a noble man when I went out to play, and I happened to say some witty words to make the noble man happy, so he wanted to reward me with something. I was thinking about the old lady's cloak that I saw the other day.
It's great, but only two of the four sisters got it, and the other two didn't get it. It seems like our ancestors were partial and just cheated on them."
Mother Jia's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately thought of the wise king, so she stopped asking questions. Then she said, "Then have you told Bao Yatou?"
Jia Cong said: "What are you telling her for? Besides, she is a relative of Waibalu. Although she is much older than me, it is still inconvenient. My boss rudely asked my girl to tell her girl. It is inconvenient and not easy."
Jia's mother understood that Baochai had been rejected, and secretly scolded her for not having the slightest ability. Now she hated the Xue family so much that she didn't care about Jia Cong offending her relatives. Instead, she asked him again: "How often do you see Yun'er these days?"
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Jia Cong was stunned again: "Huh? Our ancestors still know about her? I have met her twice at Brother Feng's table. I was too young and she never looked at me."
Jia Mu immediately said angrily: "Who are you talking about!"
Jia Cong asked curiously: "Isn't it that Yun'er from Jinxiangyuan?"
Jia Mu grabbed the tea cup on the desk and smashed it on the ground with a clatter: "Nonsense! How could I know that kind of person!"
Jia Cong trembled with fright: "Don't be angry! The Yun'er you keep talking about, I only know this one Yun'er. Could it be that we have a maid with this name in our family?" Seeing Jia's mother's face getting darker.
, he quickly slapped his head, "Oh, it seems that Sister Shi is also called this!"
Jia Mu stared at him without saying a word.
Jia Cong said cautiously: "Well... ancestor, please don't be angry. I study martial arts outside every day. I don't stay home very much. Even when I am at home, I rarely come to the inner house. I really don't know the names of these relatives and sisters."
"Son, sometimes I can't remember it for a while. Speaking of Sister Shi, I seem to have met her ancestors two days ago." He said with a smile again, "I heard from the people below that she likes Brother Baoyu, so I can't guarantee her future."
That's my sister-in-law."
"Nonsense!" Jia Mu said angrily, "Who is talking nonsense? Find out quickly and beat them all to death!"
Jia Cong murmured: "You can't blame this servant. She came here during the Chinese New Year and hung around Brother Baoyu. We kids can all see that. Besides... aren't they a good match?"
Jia Mu scolded: "What do you know! Baoyu..." She stopped talking. There is no need to tell this kid about Baodai, for fear that he will talk nonsense.
Jia Cong curled his lips and muttered: "The two of them were playing together that time. My fourth sister and I walked around them for several times, but they didn't even look at us or say a word to us.
, we laughed so hard that we both ran away." Of course, I won't tell you that the two of them are playing Go and it's a life-or-death situation.
Mother Jia was stunned. She thought for a long time, could it be that Baoyu, Daiyu's yard, has been unable to enter in the past few years, and their love has gradually faded, and now he is interested in Xiangyun? If so, I'm afraid that Xiangyun still can't be allocated to Cong Xiaozi. Is it possible that Qi Baoyu really likes her? We have to explore the child's tone later. Although Daiyu is very good, it's just that Uncle Lin doesn't seem to like Baoyu very much. It would be better to keep one more girl with him.
Jia Cong waited for a while and asked softly: "Old ancestor, what do you want to ask my sister from the Shi family?"
Jia Mu waved her hand: "Since you don't play with her much, it's probably useless to ask. You go ahead."
Jia Cong agreed, bowed quickly, and ran away.
Returning to Jia She's yard, he explained what had just happened one by one. Jia She and Ou Chengdu laughed and scolded him for "getting more and more ghostly."
Jia Cong looked at the sky and said with a smile: "It's time to call Mr. Jia Lian back. Don't eat too much tea and snacks and be unable to eat dinner."
Jia She nodded: "Yes." Then he sent people to the restaurant to call Jia Lian back home without mentioning it.
On the other hand, Jia Zheng arrived at Wang's house and hurried to see Wang Ziteng. Wang Ziteng had been waiting for someone to come from Jia's house for a long time. When he saw it, he understood that Jia She and Jia Lian were unwilling to interfere at all. So he said: "I know everything. .”
Jia Zheng immediately shed tears, held his hand and said, "Ziteng, brother Xue is pushing too hard!"
Wang Ziteng sighed: "He has that kind of temper. Also, I just scolded him and asked him to send the jade back quickly. He refused to give it to me and had to see the money. He is already here It's crazy, I can't do anything about it for a moment."
Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "Now we have another way! We still need to trouble you to be the middleman." Then he proposed the idea of converting the debt into Jia's mother's name.
Wang Ziteng's eyes lit up: "Who thought that?"
Jia Zhengdao: "It's Cong'er."
The prince didn't even laugh out loud. It was the kid's idea to turn around and go around. He was afraid that he really had a background. After a while, he said: "I might as well give it a try, but Pan'er's temperament may not allow him to do it." Yes, he quite distrusts the old lady."
Jia Zheng sighed: "Cong'er said at first that he would give it to me because it is easier for a man to speak. However, I still hold an official position, which is really inconvenient. My ancestor Baoyu refused to give it to me."
Wang Ziteng couldn't help showing a cold look in his eyes. Even Baoyu, a twelve-year-old child, was willing to take care of such a big thing, but he, a grown man, stayed far away. He was actually blind back then and gave the girl away. If he can be the opponent of Jia She and Ye Jia, I'm afraid the sun will come out from the west. But he doesn't show anything on his face, so he sends people to invite Xue Pan.
Xue Pan was trying to persuade Baochai at this moment. Baochai was usually quite conceited, and actually let Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu play with her life-long affairs for so many years. Now it was exposed. How could she be able to do it in a short time? Calm down? She just sat on the corridor and shed tears. Xue Pan surrounded her, coaxing and pretending to be silly, and sweating all over. Finally, he simply took out the jade and handed it over: "Sister, those twenty We don’t want 70,000 anymore! How about smashing this piece of shit to vent your anger?"
Baochai finally burst into tears and laughed, cursing: "Nonsense. Since it is someone else's mortgage, how can it be damaged? It must be kept properly. Our family is a serious business."
Xue Pan hummed and said: "Pay him 270,000 yuan, which is a lot."
Baochai said: "This thing is of no use to our family, but the two hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver are very useful. Brother, hurry up and put it away."
Xue Pan then put away the jade and said with a smile: "Everything my sister says is right."
Baochai couldn't help but smile.
But just now, someone came and said that the second master of Rongguo Mansion had come and invited him over. Didn't he just get angry? Xue Pan glared: "Didn't he come with money? He brought it easy, and he paid it with one hand.
I paid the IOU with one hand as collateral, and I didn’t bring him with me so I didn’t have time to see him!”
The man had no choice but to go back and go back honestly.
Wang Ziteng frowned: "What did he do?"
The man said: "I heard that I'm coaxing Miss Xue."
Wang Ziteng then nodded and said to Jia Zheng: "I can't blame him. Although this boy is reckless, he is very kind to his mother and sister. This matter is really because of my sister's unkindness."
Jia Zheng was anxious: "That jade is a protective jade, how can it be left here with him? What if he is upset and breaks it?"
Wang Ziteng thought for a moment and said, "That's all, you wait for now while I go over to his end."
Jia Zheng thanked him hurriedly, and Wang Ziteng stood up and walked to the small courtyard where the Xue family lived.