Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 202: The Three Jias of Jinling

Daiyu raised her eyebrows and stopped: "It's inconvenient here, why don't you go to my place?"

"Let's go tomorrow." Wang Xifeng said nothing more and looked back.

Chu Kua stood nearby with a cold face, and Xiao Hong stayed far away from him. But Wang Xifeng was not afraid and even turned a blind eye.

As for Aunt Meng, she was picking her hands out of boredom. Suddenly she looked up and saw her car was already outside, so she got in without saying a word.

Sure enough, the three men of different ages who had been standing outside came over. When they saw Wang Xifeng and Lin Daiyu were both there, without their veils on, they all lowered their heads to the ground and bowed upwards:

"Meet Princess Zhaoqing, meet Second Sister-in-law Lian/Second Aunt Lian."

Seeing these three people being polite, Chu Qi's expression looked better.

Xiaohong quietly moved half a step towards Daiyu, blocking most of the three people's sight, but Lin Daiyu could clearly see what these three people were doing.

"What is this?" Lin Daiyu looked at Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng smiled and pointed at them, introducing them: "The tallest one is Jia Lang, two years younger than your second brother Lian, and now he is studying with Baoyu and the others.

"According to the gentleman you found for Huan'er, he is the one with the greatest hope of passing the imperial examination among their uncle and nephew. The Second Master now treats him more like his own son.

"The older one is called Jia Lin. He is now helping the master with household chores. He is very capable and smart. I asked his wife and son to come over so that I can have an extra helper tomorrow.

"The youngest is Jia Ying, the same age as Huan Ge'er. She is very sweet-spoken and the old lady likes her very much.

"Sister-in-law Zhen was afraid that there wouldn't be enough people here, so she specially sent servants from the old house to serve this child. Two maids, two servants, and four big servants. It's almost catching up with Rong Ge'er's example back then."

Then he smiled at the three and said, "I am sacrificing my own reputation to save you a chance to be recognized by the princess.

"Otherwise, the princess would have been so offended by those gentlemen in our main room who spoke up that she would not bother to deal with them.

"Be good people and do good things, don't break the law. Even if this Rongguo Mansion collapses in the future, the princess will not be able to kill you."

The three of them agreed, and tactfully performed the ceremony again seriously, kneeling down and kowtowed to Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She sighed, took a closer look, and told them to stand up: "Don't listen to Second Madam Feng's nonsense. I'm just a relative of this family."

After hearing this, Chu Qian's expression became more relaxed, and he immediately stepped forward and said calmly, "Princess, it's time to go back.

"Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival. As usual, the Queen Mother will send someone to the mansion today. You should wait at home."

Daiyu was stunned: "Really? That's good."

After saying something to Wang Xifeng, he turned around and got into his car. Xiaohong followed him in silence.

Chu Qian glanced at the coachman who followed from the Lin Mansion.

The driver shook unconsciously, then hurriedly pulled the horse and drove away.

Wang Xifeng was so angry that she put her hands on her waist and cursed angrily: "This is not a eunuch at all, he is clearly an executioner!"

Jia Lang and the other three couldn't help laughing.

Jia Lin smiled and asked her to go back: "Only Auntie can comfort the old lady, so you can go back first."

"Okay. Then you all go do your own things." Wang Xifeng turned around neatly and went back to the main courtyard in a hurry.

Jia Lang and the other three smiled at each other. Jia Lin strode to the left to the accounting office, Jia Lang paced to the right to the study, and Jia Ying went to the main room to look for Baoyu.

As soon as Lin Daiyu's carriage left the side gate of the Jia Mansion, Jia Yun, who had been waiting eagerly, came up to greet them with a smile and asked the driver:

"Is Aunt Lin going back home? Can I give her a ride?"

Chu Qian frowned and stretched out his hand, ready to push him away: "Stray people, please stay away!"

"Chu Qian." Daiyu interrupted him calmly, "This is Jia Yun. He built the garden in my home. He is also building the county lady's house now. You will have many interactions in the future, so come and meet him."

Chu Qian was stunned.

Jia Yun was not at all moved by his attitude just now, and stepped forward with a smile: "My name is Jia Yun, Yun means ordinary people, and I have no achievements.

"Now I am only doing some odd jobs. I am planning to run errands for the princess and the county lady in the future, so I would like to ask Brother Chu for more guidance."

What Jia Yun didn't expect was that the idea of ​​not hitting a smiling person had never existed in the hands of the Left Emissary of the Palace Administration Department.

Chu Qian said nothing, with a cold face, and took a half step back.

Jia Yun was extremely embarrassed.

Xiaohong was in the car and saw it quietly from behind the car curtains. She couldn't help but smile.

Lin Daiyu raised her eyebrows and looked at her.

Xiaohong forced a suspicious blush on her cheeks and described the situation outside to Daiyu in a low voice, and whispered: "This is the first time I see Master Yun so helpless!"

"Oh, really? I haven't seen him many times. I'll go and see what he looks like when he's not so shy!" Aunt Meng said deliberately while looking at Xiaohong.

Xiaohong's face became redder and redder.

Daiyu also laughed, and when she spoke again, her voice became even more friendly: "Brother Yun, come here."

Jia Yun quickly controlled his urge to look at Chu Qian again, and took two quick steps to follow the car window: "Aunt Lin, give me your orders."

"You don't have Chu Qian's leg strength. You should sit on the shaft of the cart so that I can talk to you." Daiyu wanted to laugh even more when she heard his panting.

Jia Yun breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at the driver, sat on the shaft with one leg, tilted his head and pointed his ear towards the door: "Aunt, please speak."

"Actually, your Second Aunt Lian sent me off just now. I was just about to tell her about you, but she came with those three Jinlings and interrupted me."

Lin Daiyu asked him softly, "Yimin must be very busy with the renovation of his mansion. Your second aunt Lian trusts you the most. Can you handle running between the two places?"

"To answer your aunt, Second Aunt Lian is very smart. When she heard that I wanted to take care of the county lady's residence, she immediately told me that I didn't need to take care of the household affairs."

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Besides, I can't get involved in the most important things in the family right now. Anyone can handle the trivial things, so there is no need to rely on me."

Lin Daiyu was stunned: "The most important thing? What is it?"

"Besides selling people, they also sell property." Jia Yun said this with a sigh, "Since the Jinling Jia family came to the capital, they have only known how to buy people, not sell them; they have only known how to add property, and have never sold any property."

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but fall silent.

After a while, he asked softly, "What properties are you selling?"

“I heard that most of the shops and land in other provinces have been sold, except for a few of the largest plots in Shengjing that cannot be sold.

"All the shops in the capital that were not making money were sold. Only a few were kept to maintain their dignity. As for the land in the suburbs of the capital, probably only the dowry farms of the ladies and grandmothers are left."

After Jia Yun finished speaking, he sighed again and whispered, "I went to see Second Aunt Lian the other day and heard her doing some calculations.

"She said that Second Uncle Lian wrote to her again asking for money. She sold all her dowry and farm in Jinling. She asked him to send the money directly from Jinling."

Lin Daiyu frowned when she heard this: "Why are you still so ostentatious after leaving the capital?"

Xiaohong calculated in her mind and said softly, "That may not be the case. Second Madam Jinling's shop is managed by the Wang family's maid. Selling it will save us a lot of trouble!"

Lin Daiyu and Jia Yun were both stunned.

You said...absolutely!

Aunt Meng gave Xiao Hong a thumbs up and said, "Very insightful!"