When Prince Teng arrived at the Xue Family Courtyard, he first went inside to meet his sister. Aunt Xue was also crying when she was reading at midnight.
Wang Ziteng sighed softly, sat down next to him, and looked at his sister for a while before saying, "You don't have to be sad. It's better to understand now than later."
Aunt Xue cried: "Even if there are a thousand faults in this little girl, there is always one good thing. What kind of heart does she have?"
Wang Ziteng sighed: "She is also suffering. Her man is not able to do anything. Pearl is gone again. Apart from Baoyu, she has no hope. Although Pan'er is an idiot, looking at this matter from now on, she is still a bit strong."
Aunt Xue immediately stopped crying and said happily: "Yes, luckily my Pan'er is a good one, otherwise if I don't get the money back, I'm afraid his sister will be trapped in it all her life."
Wang Ziteng said: "Pan'er has suffered such a big loss today, and you three ladies have taken it out. They will get more than half of their money back, and the rest can't escape even if they want to. After all, she is still the second wife of Rongguo Mansion.
Are we really going to stop interacting with each other in the future? In the past, I thought that each generation in their house was not as good as the last. Looking at it now, I am afraid that I have been coaxed by the benefactor. That guy is hiding deep enough. Besides, that kid Jia Cong is coming in the future.
There is no limit to it, Pan'er can't catch up even if he beats a horse. For Pan'er's sake, I advise you not to be separated from their family."
As soon as he entered the courtyard, someone went to return to Xue Pan Baochai. After hearing the news, the two of them hurried to the house. At this moment, they happened to hear these words at the door. Xue Pan walked in and said with a smile: "Uncle, what are you doing
Worry about this! The two houses in their house fought several times. Cong'er and I have a very close friendship. He gave me all the information about my aunt and their old lady. I also see that Jia Baoyu is better than me.
Those who are not interested in Cong'er, we don't need to worry about their second house, we only have to interact with the first house."
Wang Ziteng glared at him and said, "What do you know? The reason why the two families fought was because their old lady was too partial. Her favor was obviously much better than that of Cun Zhou. She wanted Cun Zhou to take charge of the house. She was still young in the past, and
Taking advantage of her mother's name, she forced Enhou to pretend to be crazy and act foolishly for so many years. In the past two years, she has grown old and can't suppress it anymore, so Enhou will naturally get better. However, Jia Cunzhou is not a capable person. Now the old lady's
The private house was also given to the second house. It was completely empty, and no one in the house could stop Jia Enhou anymore. As the saying goes, if the bones are broken, the tendons are connected. After a while, when their house was settled, the old lady and the second house would no longer have any quarrels.
Do you believe that if there is no storm, the two families will be reconciled again?"
Xue Pan was stunned.
Wang Ziteng added: "Although what Jia Cong said to you helped your family, didn't it mean that you were using your power to empty out the private treasury of their second wife and Shi Taijun? In the final analysis, it was for his father's status in the house.
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Xue Baochai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "He doesn't look like an eight-year-old child. He has seen through everything that I couldn't see through at all. He is so many years older in vain."
Wang Ziteng smiled and said, "You don't have to belittle yourself. How big of an idea do you have? She is a girl, so she will always be confused about big things." The shy Baochai quickly lowered his head. "Kang those words may not have been what he thought.
Most likely someone taught him. But I'm not sure who taught him. If it's said to be Jia Enhou, it doesn't look like it."
Xue Pan hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter who taught him, he is a good brother if he is good to me, and he really is a good brother!"
Wang Ziteng nodded and said, "You can have more contact with this boy. He will definitely be able to help you in the future." He looked around and asked, "Where's Zhu'er?"
Baoqin said: "There is something going on in the shop."
Prince Teng then said, "The second master of the Rongguo Mansion is here. It turns out that boy Jia Cong has another idea for them. I think it's a good idea." He repeated Jia Zheng's words.
After hearing this, Xue Pan immediately jumped up and shouted: "No! I won't give them the jade until I pay back the money."
Wang Ziteng said: "Jia Zheng is like this. Whenever no one cares about him, he will use chicken feathers as arrows. If you are strong, he will be weak. They probably won't be able to rely on you this time. In my opinion, it's better to give them some face."
, I just think it’s to give Cong’er face.”
Xue Pan and Aunt Xue looked at each other, with some hesitation on their faces.
Wang Ziteng was still waiting to persuade Baochai, but Baochai said sternly: "Uncle, it's not that my niece doesn't care about my uncle's face, but she is actually the old lady in their family. My niece can't trust her. She is more cunning than her aunt, and she has profound experience.
Elder, our family's business has become normal in the past two years, and two hundred and seventy thousand is really a lot. If she defaults on the debt, my brother won't be able to do anything to her, and he won't be able to tell what happened."
Xue Pan hurriedly said: "My sister is right! And she is so old. She accidentally fell and died, but what should she do?"
Wang Ziteng and Aunt Xue shouted in unison, "Nonsense!"
Xue Pan crossed his hands and said with an aggrieved face: "I'm not cursing her! What I said is true! How could such a thing happen if we don't protect all the people? Who could have expected it?"
Baochai actually stood up and said to her mother and uncle: "Although what my brother said is ridiculous, it is not completely impossible. For example, Taijun Shi has three advantages and two disadvantages. According to common sense, I am afraid that the debt will be divided between their eldest father and his wife.
It’s strange that the old man is willing to pay off the debt of the second house! Aren’t we in vain again?”
Wang Ziteng was also startled, and then said after a while: "What you two said is not unreasonable."
Baochai said: "I just thought about it and made some plans. How about this? When my aunt borrowed the money, our family didn't ask for interest, so the previous
Forget it. My brother and mother will go back and carefully check the remaining money owed by their family. If there is a very small change, we can be more generous and go for them. After all, they are still relatives, right? The remaining large amount is as usual.
The interest rate of the bank is calculated. If you repay the money every month, the interest will naturally compound. However, the convertible debt must be transferred to the second master of their family, or Baoyu, and the old lady must not be able to do it. If the two men refuse
, just leave it to your aunt. After it’s signed, and they actually pay it back for half a year without default, you can return the jade to them first. Or you can pay off the principal in full within half a year, for the sake of your relatives.
Our family doesn’t want interest anymore. It’s time to pay back the jade. If you want to take the jade back now, you can’t unless they redeem it with cash.”
Xue Pan applauded: "It's very true! My sister is absolutely right!"
Baochai added: "They don't have to worry about the jade being damaged in our house. His jade is not valuable to our family, it's just an ordinary mortgage. What's the use of it? If we can get it,
It's okay to exchange the letter and seal of Rongguo Mansion." Prince Xue Pan and Tengdu laughed when he said this, and Baochai also laughed.
Wang Ziteng nodded and said: "That's all, Bao Yatou is right." Then he said to Xue Pan, "If you were as good as your sister, I would laugh my head off in the ground."
The three members of the Xue family immediately had red eyes. Xue Pan said guiltily: "Uncle, why bother talking about me again? I already know that I am a good-for-nothing. I just wander outside every day, but I can't do anything. Wait a minute.
Next year, I will definitely go to a shop and learn how to do business."
Aunt Xue hurriedly said: "If you are willing to study business, the dragon will lay eggs. Just don't cause trouble to me and burn incense and worship Buddha every day."
Xue Pan giggled twice and sighed: "Cong'er can get such nice clothes for his sister, but I can't."
Baochai hurriedly said: "Don't mention that matter! It's just that I was deceived by their old lady. I had nothing to do with my brother."
Wang Ziteng asked casually: "What clothes?"
Xue Pan said: "I heard that there are two kinds of clouded leopard cloaks offered by the Russian Empire. One is made of wild duck head hair, which is called Fuchsia fur, and the other is made of peacock feathers, which is called Finch gold.
I've been searching for two days, but I can't find half of it on the market."
Wang Ziteng was not interested in the clothes and cloak at all. He had no idea what they were, so he said, "It's just two pieces of clothes. I'll ask for you tomorrow."
Baochai said hurriedly: "Now that we are living in my uncle's house, we are already a nuisance. How dare we trouble my uncle again with such a trivial matter?"
Wang Ziteng said: "Just asking, what's the trouble?" Yin stood up and said with a smile, "Jia Cunzhou is still waiting. I'll go talk to him."
Xue Pan flattered him and bowed to him with a smile: "Thank you, uncle."
Wang Ziteng then came back to the front. Jia Zheng was waiting in his study so hard that he was sweating. Sometimes he stood up and sometimes walked around. His neck was so twisted that it felt sore. Finally, he heard someone outside shouting "Master is back" and sat down hurriedly.
He returned to his chair. Hearing that Wang Ziteng entered the door, he quickly stood up again: "Zi Teng! How about it?"
Wang Ziteng shook his head and said, "They can't trust your ancestors." He repeated Baochai's words.
Jia Zheng was anxious: "The old lady is a noble lady of the first rank. Neither Baoyu nor I can compare with her, and my family members are even more incomparable. Why don't they want to believe her?"
Wang Ziteng couldn't help but sneer in his heart, and only said on his face: "Now everyone in the Xue family is unwilling to change to her name. They would rather stay under my sister's name."
Jia Zheng was at a loss and said: "What should we do?"
Wang Ziteng said: "Don't worry, they will be able to hide the jade properly and there will be no damage at all."
Jia Zheng became more and more anxious: "That jade was originally given by God to protect Baoyu. It was in his mouth when he was born out of his mother's womb. How could it have been left in their house for so long! Without the protection of that jade, what would Baoyu have?"
What should we do if we have three advantages and two disadvantages? Zi Teng, could you please try to persuade me again?"
Wang Ziteng said: "I'll try again in a few days, but I think it's extremely difficult."
Jia Zheng hurriedly saluted him deeply: "Please." Then he went back with peace of mind.
Wang Ziteng stared at his back in surprise for a long time and said to himself: "He won't believe it, right?"
Jia Zheng returned to Rongguo Mansion and reported the matter to Jia Mu in detail, and finally said with a smile: "Zi Teng said, he will try to persuade her again in a few days. I think the Xue family is very angry right now, and I'm afraid that it will dissipate after a while."
That’ll be fine.”
Jia Mu sighed: "I only wish this is the case."
Jia Lian did not come back until everything in the house calmed down. When he returned to the courtyard, the people Jia She called to guard him had not left yet. When they saw him, they all went over to call him "Second Master". One of the leaders whispered, "Master
I'm afraid that Second Grandma asked the old lady's people to force her to leave, leaving us to guard here and not allow Second Grandma to leave the house."
Jia Lian couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart, and sighed: "Master, thank you for taking the trouble."
When he returned to the house, he listened to Sister Feng Ping'er laughing and talking about coaxing away the mandarin ducks. He also laughed for a long time, and then held Fu'er in his arms and asked her to call her brother into Sister Feng's belly. The whole family was very happy.
On the other side, Xue Pan casually handed the psychic jade to Baochai and said: "My sister is playing with this thing for a while, as long as it doesn't break. You can throw it on the kang and play with it."
Baochai pursed her lips and smiled, then took out the jade from her purse and looked at it carefully. Thinking of the first time she saw this jade in Rongguo Mansion in her early years, she looked down at the golden lock on her body that she had no time to take off, and was filled with emotion.
Early the next morning, the Xue family sent a bill. It turned out that Mrs. Wang had an IOU from the Xue family, and now there was still a total of 264,300 taels left. The Xue family exempted it for the sake of their relatives.
Three hundred taels, so it is two hundred and sixty-four thousand taels. The boy who came said eloquently: "My uncle said, and I also ask my in-laws to make a decision within three days. Your house is prepared to return the entire son within half a year."
, it is better to pay back slowly in monthly installments. If he pays it back in full, he will not bother the accountant to calculate the interest. If he pays it back slowly in monthly installments, this year is over, and he will start calculating interest from January next year.
.Don’t worry, dear sir, we will only pay you the interest rate of ordinary banks."
Jia Zheng had just had a good night's sleep last night, and he got worried again and hurriedly said, "Didn't Zi Teng give him any advice?"
The boy wondered: "Uncle? He often comes to our yard to chat, but this matter belongs to our family and has nothing to do with him."
Jia Zheng was anxious and hurriedly took the list and went to see Jia Mu. Jia Mu knew at a glance that Wang Ziteng would not be able to count on him. After a long while, he sighed and shouted: "Yuanyang, take this to your second wife."
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Yuanyang stepped forward and carefully took the order, and hurriedly sent it to Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Wang wholeheartedly thought that Jia Mu could take care of the remaining money. She was frightened and a little tired yesterday, so she had a good night's sleep and was having tea now. When she saw the list, she was shocked: "Isn't it that my brother can
Do you want me to go back?"
Yuanyang lowered his head and said, "Listening to the tone of the people coming from their family, it seems that my uncle has never persuaded the Xue family's uncle."
Mrs. Wang's hands and feet suddenly became cold.
Yuanyang didn't expect her to reply, so he bowed and left.
Not long after, this matter reached Jia She's ears. He couldn't help but laugh a few times and asked someone to call Gong Kun over.
Gong Kun rushed over immediately, bowed to Jia She first and said: "Congratulations, general, we have started a serious business."
Jia She smiled and asked, "How did you know?"
Gong Kun said: "Lan Xiang in Third Master's house is very clever."
Jia She nodded: "He has a great eye for seeing people when he takes a pee." He added, "According to the temperament of the old lady and the second wife, they will not be able to live in peace as long as the jade is in the hands of the Xue family.
.I think they have a lot of excellent stuff in their private treasury that they need to sell in a hurry."
Gong Kun sighed: "Since the last year, we have changed the debit and credit accounting method, which makes it easier to check the accounts. Therefore, I have finished checking the various account books early this year. I wanted to spend the New Year more relaxedly, but now I am very busy again."
Jia She smiled and said, "Sir, thank you for your hard work. How about I let you tap your head?"
Gong Kun also smiled and said: "No, no, this is the responsibility of the students. I hope that in the future, the general will remember the students' hard work every year. If there are future generations, they must remember the students."
Jia She waved his hand and said: "That's all, who can compare to you and still worry about this? Hurry up and discuss with those girls and boys how to circle things."
Gong Kun understood that he was going to leave this cheap business to Jia Cong's private treasury, so he quickly bowed his thanks and went back with a smile.
On the other side, someone from the concierge came in and said to Baoyu: "Second Master, there is a young man who says he is a friend of Second Master and would like to invite Second Master to go out with him."
Baoyu didn't close his eyes all night yesterday, thinking full of where the two hundred and seventy thousand silver would come from. At this moment, he was leaning on the kang, worried. Hearing this, he only asked lightly who it was.
The man returned: "He is Master Huo Sheng."
Baoyu immediately sat up and said with a smile, "It's him! Please come in quickly." Then he called Sheyue to comb his hair and tidy up, and called Mingyan.
Suddenly the porter came back and said, "Master Huo said, he will just wait at the door."
Baoyu hurriedly urged Sheyue to move faster, and hurriedly changed her clothes and rushed out. She saw Huo Sheng wearing a white robe, holding the reins and supporting the horse, standing at the door of the house with a smile, and he looked very heroic.