Chapter 20 On the twentieth day after she was dressed as Jia's mother

, Wang Xifeng came to report. The old lady was very surprised. Her thoughts were directly expressed on the screen. "I thought we would never have any contact with each other again after that day when I was so embarrassed that I wanted to crawl into the ground." "

You don't understand the world of adults, old lady."

"It shouldn't hinder the social interaction between girls."

"You don't understand. If such a person is interested, he will even ask about the social interaction of his family. Of course, if only Daiyu and the other three were invited, there would be a problem; if it was out of consideration, then it's another matter."

"Then go." To be honest, the old lady had a good impression of the Duke of Anguo who was embarrassed with her that day. But she didn't expect that two days later, Jia Zheng came to her and praised the Duke of Anguo.

At last, he said, "Madam, Duke Anguo said he wants to recommend me to the Jiangnan River Channel."

Hmm, hmm. The old lady was confused. She quickly consulted netizens, "What do you mean?"

"The river channel seems to be a fourth-rank official, and it is a lucrative position, but Jia Zheng should only be able to take a deputy position."

"That's not bad. He wants to go there to get a promotion after returning." "

For someone like Jia Zheng, I don't worry about his greed. The key is whether he can do the job

." "Jia Zheng was originally a member of the Ministry of Works, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

"What does Duke Anguo think of Jia Zheng as "hypocritical", he only knows how to read books."

The old lady looked up and down, making Jia Zheng, who was very happy, very uneasy. She nodded, "Work hard for the present."

This was too plain, but Jia Zheng didn't dare to say it, and nodded.

The old lady was confused while Duke Anguo hurried into the palace and recounted everything he had heard about Jia Zheng. At the end, he carefully raised his head, but did not dare to look directly at the leader. "I think what Jia Zheng said is true. Jia She may indeed be sick and confused. Even now he still drags the younger generation to the martial arts field and occasionally tells about Jia Gong's voice and appearance when he was alive. He still doesn't care about things and rarely goes out."

After a long time, the leader sighed, but his words were without emotion. "Lin Ruhai was of great use to me, but he suddenly presented auspicious signs to me, and it was through the old lady of the Jia family... It just so happens that Jia She is crazy at this time, which makes me have to suspect that he is pretending to be crazy."

Duke Anguo, who was below, did not dare to say a word because he knew that the current emperor was not asking him to agree.

Sure enough, after a moment, the current emperor said, "However, when Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing to report on his work, it was obvious that his original intention remained the same. If it was for his daughter, he and the old lady were of the same mind."

"I have heard from my mother that the old lady loved her youngest daughter the most in her early years. Now... Lord Lin's father's family has died, and he can only entrust his little daughter to the old lady. I think the old lady and Lord Lin only love her deeply, so they will think more about her." An Guogong said respectfully.

The head seemed to be silent for a moment, "In this case, let Jia Zheng be transferred to Jiangsu River and Reservoir Road, and put him under Lin Ruhai's nose."

"Yes."

On this side, Jia Zheng received the imperial edict, kowtowed in the ancestral hall, and hurriedly got up, and didn't even have time to arrange for Baoyu to go to the private school.

The old lady had no idea that her family was almost written in the "little notebook of key attention" by the current emperor.

Although Lin Ruhai was puzzled at first, why did the old lady go around to ask Lin Daiyu for advice, it was his mother-in-law's good intention, so he never mentioned the temptation of the present to the old lady, and just cleverly rounded it off.

Of course, even if he mentioned it, would the old lady tell him that it was to make the emperor pay more attention to you, fearing that you would die accidentally? After all,

although Lin Ruhai was favored by the emperor, would the emperor still care about what he ate and drank every day?

Especially after all, Kyoto and Jinling were still a long way away. There were no trains or telephones in ancient times. When they realized that Lin Ruhai was terminally ill, even gods could not save him.

The happiest person about Jia Zheng's departure from Beijing was probably Jia Baoyu. He went to his sisters every day and occasionally followed Xue Pan. The old lady who accidentally knew about it almost wanted to cut him off. She ordered him to be confined for half a month before he calmed down a little.

It was on this day that Jia Lian returned to Beijing in a dusty state.

Jia Lian came back with the autumn rent, and just stopped to take a breath. Seeing Wang Xifeng asking Ping'er to take off her boots, she hurriedly said, "I'll report to grandma later."

Wang Xifeng sat down, staring at Jia Lian with her beautiful eyes, "Where are the two places you mentioned?"

Jia Lian smiled and gestured with his fingers, "This number, two farms with 8,000 acres in Hangzhou, how about the one farm we had in previous years?"

Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up, "Two thousand taels more."

Jia Lian smiled, "This is only 50% of the rent, and there are also some miscellaneous items left by the previous owner."

"Even so, it's not a small amount." Wang Xifeng's beautiful eyes were full of joy. The ancestor said that she and Jia Lian could share the extra money. She calculated in her mind and was very happy. She turned to look at Jia Lian, "From this point of view, Sister Lin's annual income will probably increase."

"Sister Lin"

Wang Xifeng quickly repeated the arrangement of the ancestors. Jia Lian pondered, "Why do I see that the ancestors seem to have some other ideas?"

"What ideas?" Wang Xifeng said, "Although it is different from the previous ancestral rules, I think it's good. You don't know that in our mansion... Hey, forget it, I can't talk to you about this. I still listen to the ancestors. Now, I only believe in the ancestors."

Then he urged, "Hurry up, take a rest and report to the ancestors."

The old lady has been playing with food for a while, and occasionally takes netizens to wander around the Jia Mansion to see the beautiful scenery and ancient charm of the Jia Mansion. It is said that the big man who gave instructions on the Qing Palace drama recruited several architectural experts to restore the Rongguo Mansion together.

Some netizens were attracted by the food of the Jia Mansion and instigated the old lady to tease JJ customer service and post the recipes of the Jia Mansion. Netizens exchanged them with rewards. Now many people have partnered up and plan to open a Red Mansion banquet in the local area.

When she doesn't want to live broadcast, the old lady will turn her perspective to Daiyu or Jia She. Daiyu, since she opened her cosmetics shop, has become interested in rouge and powder. Now she is collecting flower petals and other materials to make her own rouge.

As for Jia She, since he no longer dreams of being beaten, his "dream perspective" has been closed. He usually tosses around the younger generation, and what's left is the sudden rise of ambition. He feels that his old father still loves him more, and is thinking about how to let his biased mother give him a good name.

Of course, it is still just on paper, which makes netizens very happy every day.

As for the old lady, in addition to being interested in the "eating" series of the mall, she occasionally uses the excuse of private storage to exchange some hairpins and jewelry from the mall, and sends them to the maids, or rewards people around her.

Sometimes, Yuanyang will be curious, and the styles in the old ancestor's private storage are still so fashionable and beautiful after so many years.

Sometimes, the old lady will work hard and exchange a lot of books, because the books in the mall are said to have the effect of strengthening memory, and she will let Yuanyang read them to her.

But every time she fell asleep while reading, she was just like a hardworking student.

Some netizens even joked, "It's just like me who brings a full bag of books back home every time I go on vacation."

Jia Lian's return to Beijing can be said to have brought the old lady back to reality from her "vacation" state.

She put down the account book she showed to netizens, learned about the results of Jia Lian's trip from the screen, and nodded with satisfaction, "You can keep 50% of the extra money yourself." In this regard, the old lady is very generous. On the contrary, it is a waste of money to let it rot.

"In addition," the old lady clapped her hands, and Yuanyang ordered people to carry out several boxes, which looked heavy, but when they were opened, they were full of silver. Jia Lian's eyes widened, "Grandfather, this is"

This is the moldy silver of your "grandmother", "These, you go to the ancestral tomb to buy farms and houses, and then go to the next door mansion and ask Jia Zhen to cooperate with you to move the private school there, and the expenses of sacrifices and private schools will be paid from here in the future."

This is a backup plan just in case, but it is also something that the aristocratic families generally do.

But in Jia Mansion, Jia Lian was shocked, "Grandfather, this... is something wrong at home?"

The old lady resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She was not smart when she should be smart, but her mind was working fast at this time, "Don't waste so much words, just do it. This is what your grandfather and great-uncle should have done, but they all left early. As the patriarch of the East Courtyard, I don't have the right to make the decision. But you see, does your uncle Jing look like a person in charge?"

Jia Lian thought of Jia Jing who might be refining elixirs at this moment, and shook his head quickly.

"Come to me again after this matter is settled." As she said, the old lady returned the autumn rent to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian hurriedly agreed, "Yes."

After Jia Lian left with the silver, the old lady calculated that Sanchun's shop, plus the initial start-up capital she later supplemented. There are also two farms that Jia Lian bought, and the sacrificial fields that she now wants him to buy, etc., which can be regarded as all the savings of Jia's mother.

But anyway, it was not the old lady's money that was spent, but "Grandmother Jia's", so she didn't feel bad.

Mrs. Wang learned about the sacrificial land from Wang Xifeng the next day. Wang Xifeng thought that this matter could not be concealed, and she felt that the East Mansion had taken advantage of the old ancestor's behavior, so she came to tell Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang hurried to see the old lady, and said as soon as she came, "Old ancestor, this matter should be paid from the public, otherwise, we should have told the other side, and the two families will pay together."

How could the sacrificial land be paid from the mother-in-law's private treasury? Wouldn't it be said that she couldn't manage the family at that time?

The old lady was listening to Yuanyang reading, and Yuanyang left on her own. The old lady looked at Mrs. Wang and said coldly, "I don't know how long it will take for you to finish discussing it." There is a phenomenon of eating up the food of the next year in the current year in Rongguo Mansion, and Ningguo Mansion is probably even worse. This dragged on, "I'm afraid it will be left unresolved in the end."

Mrs. Wang was choked by what she said, and then blushed because she was seen through by her mother-in-law. Gongzhong really couldn't come up with such a sum of money at once, otherwise they wouldn't have to celebrate the New Year this year, but "it's always okay to purchase in batches."

"No need, I don't care about your Gongzhong. Since you are in charge of this family, you have to think about the future of this family. I think it's not easy for you to make decisions arbitrarily, so I will decide the matter of the sacrificial field. But you still have to worry about Gongzhong's future." If Mrs. Wang knew how to manage the household, she would not let Rongguo Mansion end up with such a field.

And these words were too meaningful, which made Mrs. Wang's heart jump. She secretly glanced at the old ancestor's expression, but he didn't look stern. She thought that the old ancestor should not know the current situation of Gongzhong, but the meaning of those words seemed to know something.

Could it be that Feng girl said no, no.

That is... the old ancestor saw something. The old ancestor has been in charge of the family for a long time, and he must have seen some clues.

So, Mrs. Wang dared not say anything.

After that, there was some turmoil in Rongguo Mansion. Several housekeepers were reprimanded, the kitchen was reorganized, and several silver vault managers were replaced.

Others did not say anything about this reorganization, but Mrs. Xing was a little restless.

She heard the master thinking about Rong Xitang in her dreams these days, and saw Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng being mysterious, so she asked Wang Shanbao to find out.

However, when winter came and the East Mansion invited her to appreciate the plum blossoms, she learned that it was just a matter of sacrificial fields. But then she thought that if the family was divided in the future, wouldn’t she be in charge of all these, so she became excited again.

When she talked about it with Jia She in the evening, the two were equally ecstatic.

So, the two decided to encourage Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng to run errands for the old ancestor more. After all, they were still the real mother. Jia She felt that he had misunderstood his mother in the past. Since then, he has visited her morning and evening, without stopping every day, which once made the old lady wonder if this man was crazy again.