Chapter 28 The twenty-eighth day of being dressed as Jia Mu

The old lady was calm and composed, "Nothing happened. You know the situation at home better than me. In the future, the eight farms in our family will also be closer to the two farms in Lian'er's hands and change the rules."

"What rules?" Mrs. Wang was enlightened at this time and had completely understood the intention of Mrs. Xing's move.

She saw that the ancestors wanted to adjust the rules of the eight farms, so she targeted Zhou Rui at this time, with the purpose of getting the management rights of the eight farms.

Mrs. Wang glared at Mrs. Xing with hatred, but Mrs. Xing narrowed her eyes with joy.

"Show the one that Lian'er sorted out to Madam." The old lady knew that Jia Lian would record every time he made changes to the farms, such as what disasters there were in a few years, what percentage of rent was more reasonable; such as how to mobilize the enthusiasm of tenants, reward and punishment system, etc. When Mrs.

Wang took it in her hand, the first thing she saw was the income of the two farms in the past few years.

When she saw the numbers clearly, she couldn't help but take a breath. Thinking of the account book Zhou Rui gave her, Mrs. Wang couldn't say that Zhou Rui was attentive in business management. If he was really attentive, then the profit would decrease every year. What was the missing part? If he wasn't attentive, what was the use of him?

At this moment, Mrs. Wang pulled the corner of her mouth coldly.

Looking further, it was some targeted adjustments made by Jia Lian. After reading only two pages, Mrs. Wang knew that Zhou Rui was far inferior. She closed the book, "I didn't expect Lian'er to have such a skill. He will be a good hand at handling general affairs in the future."

Wang Xifeng, who was standing next to Mrs. Wang, shrank her pupils. This sentence can be understood as a compliment, and it can also be derived to understand that this person's future work is to handle general affairs.

Mrs. Xing didn't understand the meaning of the words, and said proudly, "That's right, it's all thanks to the old ancestor's advice."

Mrs. Wang looked at the old lady, "Old ancestor, Zhou Rui, my daughter-

in-law wants to take him back to deal with him." "How can that be!" Mrs. Xing shouted, "This kind of person should be like Li Shi'er, his family should be confiscated and sold out." Although no one said it clearly about Li Shi'er, everyone in Rongguo Mansion basically knew about it.

Zhou Rui was still calmly arguing just now, but now he was kneeling on the ground with a pale face. He didn't see the account book, but as soon as Mrs. Wang opened her mouth, he knew it was over! So he stopped arguing.

But when he heard Mrs. Xing talking about Li Shi'er, he couldn't help but beg Mrs. Wang for mercy, "Master, Master, I have been with you for so long, even if I have no merit, I have worked hard. You can't think that I embezzled the money in the mansion just because the other mansion has a high prospect. The mansion next door is the same as ours, can it be that they are also embezzling?"

"Shut up!" Mrs. Wang shouted, she knew more or less what kind of people were below. But as the saying goes, "If the water is too clear, there will be no fish." If you want the servants below to work, you can't really give them nothing. But rewards and rats stealing oil are not of the same nature.

In particular, when the two books are put together, the accounts left by Zhou Rui in some places are very ridiculous. It also coincides with what Bao Er said.

"Old ancestor, you see, this kind of evil servant will not shed tears until he enters the coffin." Mrs. Xing fanned the flames.

Although the old lady has always disliked Mrs. Xing, she had to say "well done" this time. However, thinking of taking the farm from Mrs. Wang later, the old lady nodded to Mrs. Wang, "Then I'll give it to you, take it back and deal with it yourself."

"In this case, thank you, old ancestor..."

"Wait! Old ancestor, are you going to let it go like this? The servant she raised did such a thing, and she asked her to take the servant back to deal with it. Is it a punishment?" Mrs. Xing was dissatisfied.

"What else do you want?" Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth, "Don't worry, I won't let him off easily." Mrs. Wang looked at Zhou Rui with cold and ruthless eyes.

"Of course, I will hand over the management of the manor." Mrs. Xing said.

"You!"

"666, you hit the point. The old lady also wants the management rights of the manor. "

"This Mrs. Xing has changed completely!"

The old lady nodded in her heart. When she was about to say "then give half to the second house", she heard Mrs. Wang regain her composure, "Grandma, I will give half of the manor to Feng girl, and these manors will be reorganized according to the way Lian'er manages them in the future."

The old lady looked at Wang Xifeng, who had not spoken until now, and said, "Okay, let's do it." Compared with Mrs. Xing, who suddenly had an IQ online, the old lady still believed in Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian more.

Mrs. Xing was stunned, "Grandma, I..."

"In that case, Grandma, I will go back first." After saying that, Mrs. Wang sneered at Mrs. Xing, turned around and left with Zhou Rui. Mrs. Xing was left angry, but she had no choice but to be dragged away by Wang Xifeng. "

Do you feel something is wrong? '

'From the perspective of the final beneficiary, I have reason to suspect that this was designed by Wang Xifeng. '

The old lady's heart moved, 'So, Feng girl is unusually quiet today. '

'So, everything that happened to Lady Xing today was planned by Wang Xifeng behind the scenes. '

'The two of them joined forces. Doesn't Lady Xing dislike Wang Xifeng? '

'If she doesn't like it, it's because Wang Xifeng used to be on Lady Wang's side. Now that their interests are the same, there's no such thing as likes or dislikes. ' 'It's

really a drama between three women. '

'Do you think Lady Wang will just let it go? '

The old lady looked at this question and shook her head. 'No matter how they fight, my goal is to reform the eight manors. Only in this way can we continue with the next plan. '

'Yes, no matter what, the winner is still the old lady. '

'But I didn't expect that Zhou Rui would be overthrown so early. '

That day, Lady Wang went back and tied Zhou Rui up and threw him to the county government office. Zhou Rui's family was confiscated and sold out, just like Jia Zheng's family against Li Shier.

It can be said that Mrs. Wang is really cruel, cruel to others and to herself.

Losing Zhou Rui is like cutting off one arm for her. But as long as she thinks of the house deeds and land deeds copied from Zhou Rui's house, she will not have any regrets.

After dealing with Zhou Rui's family, the economic power within Rongguo Mansion began to change.

And Mrs. Wang was indeed like what netizens said, she was not willing to have half of the manor taken away like this. When she handed over to Wang Xifeng, she exchanged the sacrificial field house that the old lady had asked Jia Lian to purchase before.

After hearing about it, the old lady didn't say much.

It was in the midst of the turmoil in Rongguo Mansion that the old lady received Jia Lian's first letter from home.

At this time, Jia Lian and Lin Daiyu had not arrived in Yangzhou, but Jia Lian said in the letter that when they docked for repairs, they seemed to have encountered a team of carriages and horses rushing from Kyoto to Yangzhou, and there seemed to be several imperial doctors in that team of carriages and horses.

As for what Jia Lian found out afterwards, he only roughly speculated that they might be heading for Uncle Lin.

The old lady put down the letter and looked towards the direction of the palace. "I hope this is arranged by the current emperor."

"If there was an imperial physician, Lin Ruhai might not have died of illness."

They didn't know whether Lin Ruhai would be okay

. Soon, they knew that Qin Keqing was dying.

That night, the cloud board knocked three times, and everyone in Rongguo Mansion was awakened. The news was that "Mrs. Rong of the East Mansion was gone."

For a while, all the masters of Rongguo Mansion gathered in the old lady's yard.

Someone was sent to inquire. At this time, the East Mansion was in chaos. Youshi was ill in bed, Jia Rong was nowhere to be seen, and only Jia Zhen was supporting. When asked how Rong's grandmother died, she said that she died suddenly.

Baoyu lay on the couch, still in disbelief. "Grandma, grandma, I want to go to the East Mansion."

The old lady patted his forehead, "Don't make a fuss." Thinking of the Red Mansion, it was Wang Xifeng who went to Ningguo Mansion to help. She was about to ask Wang Xifeng to go first, but she heard a servant report, "Grandpa, Master Zhen is here."

Everyone saw Jia Zheng holding a mourning stick and entering the inner hall with the help of the servants.

As soon as he entered the door, he cried, "Grandpa." "

Mourning stick, filial sons and grandsons, grief-stricken! Tsk, it's really shameless. "

"This is crying like a tearful man. '

The old lady was fed up with what the netizens said. If it weren't for you, how could Qin Keqing die of "illness"? At this time, Jia Zhen choked and said, "Grandma, now that Youshi is ill, I want to ask Feng Ge'er to go to my place and help me preside over it."

Wang Xifeng looked at the old ancestor.

To be honest, the old lady didn't want Wang Xifeng to go, but doing so would be unkind in the eyes of others. So she sighed and nodded.

At this time, Mrs. Wang asked, "Is there a rule? How to deal with it?"

Jia Zhen cried again, "How to deal with it, but I just do my best!"①

"Do my best, bah, what did I do earlier. '

'Is this what the father-in-law said? Jia Rong didn't even say anything. '

'Jia Rong is not here. '

'Hey, Jia Rong and Youshi must have known about it, so they hid. Otherwise, why did Youshi just have a stomach problem, an old problem, and lie in bed, unwilling to intervene?

" "I'll do my best, and don't take Youshi seriously at all!" "

There are rules for ancient funerals, right?"

"You can make discretion, but Jia Zhen's case, there's no discretion. If Qin Keqing knew what Jia Zhen did after her death, she would definitely die again."

"Bang", the old lady was angry at the netizens' words, and she couldn't help but smashed the teacup on the table, "What nonsense!"

Jia Zhen's hiccups were choked in his throat, and he looked at the old lady blankly.

"Your wife is not here, let Feng girl do things according to the rules." The old lady glared at Jia Zhen fiercely, and then looked at Wang Xifeng, "For a family like us, not exceeding the rules is the first priority."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly agreed.

At this time, the sad atmosphere brought by Jia Zhen completely dissipated.

Jia Baoyu was about to say something, but was stopped by Mrs. Wang's quick eyes. Smart people have already discovered what happened here.

The old lady waved her hand and said, "All of you leave first. Follow Feng girl to the East Palace to pay your respects."

Everyone filed out, and the old lady looked at Jia Zhen, whose face was covered with tears and wrinkles, and whispered, "Don't think I don't know what you did. You must obey the rules. Do you understand?"

Jia Zhen shuddered.