The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 44 Unpleasant

At lunch, the children were arranged to sit at another table.

Taking a break from her busy schedule and feeling warm both physically and mentally, Wang Xifeng left with her maid, leaving the little Qiaojie and her two nephews to play.

Jia Lian and Jia Zhu are of the same generation, and Jia Zhu’s sons Jia Lan and Jia Rong are of the same generation.

Jia Rong's son belongs to the sixth generation.

The first generation consisted of two brothers named Jia Yan and Jia Yuan, whose names were related to the character “水” (water). They won military merits by fighting in the battlefield and made the Jia family prosperous.

The second generation, the generation with the character "代".

The third generation, the writing generation, Jia Jing, Jia She, and Jia Zheng all use writing radicals.

The fourth generation, Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu. They are written with the character "王" next to them, but they cannot be called "王". They are said to be of the "玉" generation.

The fifth generation, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Lan, etc. The grass radical represents revival.

The sixth generation, Jia Ben, Jia Shu, Jia Pu, Jia Ji, Jia Du. Jia Rong himself brought the vitality of the grass radical to the fullest, and the next generation naturally came with the growing wood radical.

While Jia Rong was eating to replenish his nutrition, he heard the crying and naughty sounds of a group of children in the room inside.

"The direct descendants are all young. When they are only one or two years old, they have an aunt who is one or two years old."

After hearing what Jia Rong said, Jia Yuanchun explained, "Become a young child first, and then an adult. In the future, you will have to shoulder the burden of the whole family. You must learn to respect your elders and follow the rules from a young age."

Jia Rong is a person who does not follow the rules, but he requires others to follow the rules.

"Let them play together for ten years, and then separate them when they are a little older, so as to avoid premature love."

Jia Yuanchun smiled and said, "Okay, this is the right thing to do. I think Yinglian is still young and sensible and steady. Why not let her play with the brothers and sisters?"

Jia Rong shook his head and said, "Just find a few maids. Yinglian still has to wait on me. She is too young to know how to take care of a child. There is no shortage of maids in the mansion."

Jia Yuanchun nodded and said, "Master, there are too few maids around you. We should get a few more."

Jia Rong didn't want a maid to be in the way, and he didn't want to go out in the middle of the night and be seen by the maid.

"I have so many business matters outside, so a few maids are enough. You can take care of the children yourself if you have nothing to do."

"Yes."

Jia Rong felt that Jia Yuanchun and others were too idle and would easily affect his ability to go out and play.

So after thinking for a few seconds, he quickly said, "The maids around you have been with you for six or seven years. It's almost time for them to be sent out. Ask them if they have someone they like. If not, send them back to their hometown in Jinling and let their parents find someone."

Jia Yuanchun thought about this and said, "Let me think about it and ask about it today."

It is impossible for maids to serve for their entire lives. Those who should get married should get married, and those who should retire should retire.

Jia Rong said, "It just so happens that Brother Feng is busy with important matters with the people from the two mansions. Those who are causing trouble and disobeying orders should leave. With fewer people eating for free, our work will be easier."

In this era, there are restrictions on travel permits, and many people cannot come back once they leave.

The two prefectures in the capital are good places, and no one wants to go back to their hometown to live a hard life.

Nowadays, the population of the two governments is increasing, and many of them are getting older, so it is indeed time for optimization.

For an organization, it is necessary to support meritorious officials, but it is absolutely necessary not to support a group of bigwigs above your head.

The five-generation old man Jiao Da and Jia Qiang were both sent away by Jia Rong.

Jiao Da can do nothing but scold people, and he always talks about his past achievements, pretending to be an old minister. Unfortunately, Jia Rong doesn't acknowledge his past achievements. This guy even dared to tie up Jia Jing, and Grandmother Jia doesn't like him either.

Jia Rong was also kind-hearted. He gave Jiao Da a 60-year-old wife and Jia Qiang a 20-year-old maid. He gave them all a few acres of land and thought that if they worked hard, they would have no worries about food and clothing.

Just when he was thinking about how to fire some people and improve work efficiency in the mansion, the thick curtain at the door was lifted, and Yinglian, wearing a thick felt hat and a flowery cotton jacket, came in to deliver a message.

"Master, Second Madam Lian is here."

"Didn't she just leave?" Jia Rong frowned. It had been less than an hour since the incident.

"Look at me, I'm not pleasing to the eye." At this time Wang Xifeng walked in and said cheerfully, "It seems I have to trouble the master again today." Jia Rong felt that the visitor had bad intentions. This woman was laughing so happily, there must be something wrong.

"Sit down and have a rest. Is it still cold outside?" Jia Yuanchun asked the maid to add chopsticks and serve tea to Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng untied the warm cloak tied around her neck and said with a smile, "It was a bit cold outside, with frozen hands and feet, but now that I'm inside, I'm not cold anymore, my hands and feet are warm, and I feel hot!"

The maid behind Wang Xifeng untied her thick cloak and put it aside to prevent it from getting dirty somewhere.

At this time, Qiaojie heard the noise from the house and ran out on her own initiative.

Wang Xifeng held her daughter in her arms and said with a smile, "Sister, are you used to living here?"

Qiaojie nodded. There were people here to play with her, and there were also fun cloth baby toys.

Wang Xifeng hugged her daughter and said to Jia Rong, "We are all family, so I won't be polite. I came here this time to borrow some money from the master first."

Jia Rong didn't want to agree.

After a second of silence, Wang Xifeng still looked at Jia Rong with a smile on her face.

Baoqin and Qin Keqing were not easy to talk to, as everyone knew that Jia Rong had the final say on money matters.

Jia Yuanchun said, "I still have some dowry money. How much do you need?"

This is the strength of a legitimate daughter.

The dowry of a legitimate daughter is much larger than that of a concubine's daughter, and she can get support from her natal family.

Because of the large dowry, she has the confidence to speak in her husband's family and can also give her son better treatment.

Wang Xifeng originally wanted to borrow money from Jia Rong. They now have a special relationship and since she was doing things for the Jia family, he would definitely be willing to lend her some money.

But she underestimated Jia Rong.

Jia Rong is not the kind of man who feels guilty and ashamed!
He was not afraid at all that Wang Xifeng would tell this.

It can be seen from the fact that she didn't dare to shout in the study that this woman is strong on the outside but weak on the inside and only dares to bully men weaker than her.

If I show any weakness now, this woman will definitely use those trivial things to blackmail me in the future.

"Yuanchun's money belongs to Yuanchun! As far as I know, the West Mansion has a lot of money. How come it's gone so quickly?"

Wang Xifeng saw that he was ruthless and sighed, "Master, you don't know how difficult our life is this year!"

"At the beginning of the year, I spent some money on repairing the old lady's house. Later, there were various expenses, such as the birthdays of various girls and ladies, and your Juren banquet. The old lady said that it should be lively, but a few days later, we encountered the matter of Master She. Now the harvest is not good at the end of the year. I heard that many places have suffered from white disasters this year. In particular, I bought a lot of new charcoal quilts, which cost a lot of money..."

Jia Rong frowned when he heard that he was being mentioned again. "I told your father that it would only take seven days. Everyone knows what kind of person his father is. Just give him some face. If you insist on doing it this way, who can you blame?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wang Xifeng smiled, "Now Mr. Lian also knows that he is embarrassed, but a grown man's words must be kept. Now we have to finish this matter properly no matter what."

Wang Xifeng held the tea and did not dare to flirt with him to anger him. She said patiently, "We are all family, so we came to ask the eldest master for help. The Xue family and the Wang family are outsiders. It's not that we have no choice but to ask them. Everyone knows that the eldest master is the eldest master of the Jia family."

Jia Yuanchun knew that Jia Rong was willing to help, so she didn't say anything.

Jia Rong didn't expect that the Rongguo Mansion would spend money so quickly.

In the original novel, if the Grand View Garden had not been built, people would have lived a pretty good life.

A lot of money has indeed been spent in the past few years, but it is not to the point of not being able to make ends meet, let alone having to borrow money. This would underestimate the financial situation of the Rongguo Mansion.

After thinking carefully for a second, Jia Rong's eyes lit up!
there is only one truth!
This woman wants to make money from me!!
No wonder he was so proactive this morning. It turns out he was thinking that after I soften my body, my heart would also soften!

"You can borrow it. Ask the old lady, Mr. Lian, the first lady, Mr. Zheng, and the lady to come over! You can't make the decision on this matter alone!"

Wang Xifeng left soon in a bad mood, and the relationship between the two sides became cold.

The Ningguo Mansion headed by Jia Rong and the Rongguo Mansion headed by Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng had a very unpleasant quarrel this time.

(End of this chapter)