Jia Mu looked at the account book expressionlessly, as if she didn't care, but his hand holding the account book became harder and harder, and veins appeared on his hand.
Jia's mother always thought that Nanny Lai and Lai Da were just greedy and small-time possessors. Unexpectedly, they almost moved all the Jia Mansion back. The property they copied was almost as much as the money in the Jia Mansion.
Mother Jia looked at the account books, her eyes gradually filled with a cold light.
Jia's mother read the account book and said to Jia Ke: "You did a good job on this matter. Check the things again and put them into the warehouse."
Jia Ke repeatedly agreed to what Jia Mu said.
Jia's mother then said to Jia Ke: "There are many things at home now, and there is no reliable person. I think Lin Zhixiao can't stay with you anymore, so he should come back and be a housekeeper."
Jia Ke replied to Jia's mother and said, "Lin Zhixiao is very capable. It's really unfair for me to manage a small village. Now is the time to come back to our house."
When Lin Zhixiao heard that Jia Mu and Jia Ke were talking about letting him return to Jia Mansion as the housekeeper, he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jia Mu.
Jia Mu said: "You used to be an honest person and a very good person. Everyone in the house knew about it. But power can make people ambitious. Aunt Lai's family is a lesson learned from this. You must learn from it."
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Lin Zhixiao knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Jia Mu and said, "I will never be able to repay the kindness that the old lady has shown me. Our family has been working for the government for several lifetimes without any mistakes, just because my father did not leave it to me."
What other skills are there, just tell me that being greedy with words is the most harmful to people. Please rest assured, old lady, I will do my best to help the second wife run the house."
Jia's mother said to Jia Ke again: "You have done a good job in this matter. After the handover, I will reward you with three thousand taels of silver from the treasury."
Jia Ke quickly declined and said, "I dare not ask for the old lady's reward again. My father already rewarded me yesterday."
Jia Mu said to him: "The reward is his, and it is I who reward you today. Don't refuse."
Jia Ke then knelt down and thanked Jia Mu for the reward.
Seeing that Jia Mu had nothing to say anymore, Jia Ke resigned from Jia Mu.
Seeing that they were about to leave, Jia's mother warned them again: "You must carefully store the account books when you take them back. Don't be late when you are on a business trip."
Jia Ke and Lin Zhixiao agreed and left.
Seeing Jia Ke and others exiting the room, Jia's mother said to the maidservant waiting in the room: "You all should go out, I want to be quiet."
Mother Jia was lying on the bed alone thinking about things, thinking about why Aunt Lai had become like this. In her heart, she didn't want to deal with Aunt Lai, but the fact that Aunt Lai had committed a crime was too big, and she would not be punished by others.
So much gold and silver was found at home.
When Jia's mother thought about so much gold and silver, she became more and more angry. The Jia family's income has become less and less in recent years, and it is almost no longer enough to pay. I am afraid that the Lai family plays the most important role in this. But several other housekeepers
Innocent? But not as arrogant as the Lai family. Jia Mu thought, in this case, let’s handle the matter today.
Jia Mu said to the outside: "Someone will prepare some dishes and two jugs of wine for me."
After a while, several exquisite dishes and two jugs of wine were placed on the table. Several little maids came forward to serve Jia Mu for dinner.
Mother Jia did not eat, but asked the little girl to put the food and wine in a food box, and then asked the little maid to retreat. She carried the food box herself and went to the room where Grandma Lai was staying.
Aunt Lai was lying in bed thinking about something. She felt that this matter was not serious and there was no danger to her life. Suddenly she saw Jia Mu coming with a food box in her hand, so she quickly got up from the bed and saluted.
After Jia Mu sat on the bed, she asked her to get up, sit opposite her, and then personally laid out the food and wine one by one.
Then he said to her: "It has been a long time since our master and servant had a detailed discussion. You are also an old lady in the Lai family. You are also pampered and keep your word. I'm afraid you don't respect me as much as before."
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Aunt Lai quickly knelt down and said, "How dare I show any disrespect to the old lady? If I have such an idea, I will be struck by thunder."
Mother Jia ignored her curse and swore and continued: "I have always felt that the two of us share sorrows and sorrows, and we should also share wealth and honor, so I promoted the two boys of your family. They are now the stewards of Ning Rong's second mansion.
.I am not too kind to you."
Aunt Lai had been kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to get up. When Jia Mu spoke like this, her tone was a bit wrong. She couldn't help crying and said: "Old lady, please spare me this time. This is my confusion. I will definitely change it in the future."
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Mother Jia watched Grandma Lai cry and burst into tears. She was also sad and her tears flowed out unconsciously.
Jia Mu said to her: "Don't cry now. Get up and have some food. Let's talk later."
Aunt Lai thought that Jia Mu had relented and had let the family go, so she got up and sat across from Jia Mu, who poured wine for her.
Aunt Lai quickly signed it and said: "How can I let the old lady pour me wine? What is my status?"
Jia Mu said: "I'll pour it for you and you can drink it. We have been friends for many years. We say we are master and servant, but we are actually sisters. If you hadn't been with me all these years, I don't know if I would have survived. I'll pour it for you."
This glass of wine is what you deserve."
Aunt Lai then picked up the wine and drank, and then had a few bites of vegetables. Jia Mu also ate a few bites of vegetables with her. Afterwards, the two of them drank and ate while chatting about the events of the year, but Aunt Lai
I didn't realize that Jia Mu only ate vegetables and didn't drink a sip of wine (perhaps I had noticed it a long time ago, but didn't say it out loud).
After thirty years of wine and five delicious dishes, Grandma Lai seemed to have let go and said to Jia Mu: "Miss, we have been together for so many years, and now there is nothing we can't say. I will just spend these few years
I really want to talk to you."
Jia Mu hadn't heard anyone call her miss for many years, and now it was Aunt Lai who called her miss. Jia Mu also felt a sense of sadness welling up in her heart.
Enduring the pain in her heart, Jia Mu nodded and said, "You go ahead and I'll listen. I've wanted to hear what's in your heart for a long time."
Aunt Lai said to Jia's mother: "Miss, don't blame me for telling you. You have crippled our two gentlemen. I'm afraid they can't even defend the city. The elder only knows how to drink and play with women. He doesn't know anything about it."
If you don't do serious things, and you have made mistakes in the past, there is no hope in this life. The second master is still good, but his vision is too narrow and his character is not good. I think this will be the case in this life."
Jia Mu nodded and said to her: "You are right, the second among their brothers is pretty good and can defend the city in this house. Otherwise, when the old prince went there, he would not have let the second brother live in Rongxi Hall.
I asked the boss to leave the house and go to the nearby courtyard, and because he made a mistake back then, he couldn't live in Rongxi Hall."
But Aunt Lai said to Mother Jia: "Miss, we won't talk about who was right and what happened back then. Now let's talk about the third generation of Jia's family. I think Brother Zhu is pretty good.
He has a lot of potential, but he is too young to take action. When he grows up, the Rongguo Mansion may have been completely ruined. As for the eldest brother and Lian brother, one is just a martial artist at most and cannot become a big figure. The other one may not be as big as the eldest brother.
Just like the old man, he is a drunkard and a womanizer."
Jia Mu was already a little angry at her for criticizing all the good men in the house, but she did not refute it because she knew what Aunt Lai said was true and she had nothing to say to refute her.
Everyone in the government had seen through it. But when he heard that Jia Ke was just a martial artist, Jia Mu showed a mysterious smile. She thought to herself that Grandma Lai was a slave after all, and there were some things she couldn't know.
. She thought that he knew all the secrets of the Rongguo Mansion, but how could he know? He only knew the surface. The deepest secrets of the Rongguo Mansion would never be told to her as a slave.