The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 52 Lively
After dinner, Jia Rong went out to get some money.

At this time Jia Baoyu looked at Lin Daiyu.

"Let's go now that we're full. It's time to go back to bed."

Lin Daiyu said, "I will stay and take a look, and then go back with Sister Xichun."

Tanchun also said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Don't you see that everyone is sitting here?"

Mrs. Wang, who was standing by, smiled and said, "If you want to go back, go back. You are lucky. You are the only one who can sleep well now."

Everyone laughed when they heard it, including the old lady and the maid nearby.

It was a rare occasion that Mrs. Wang told a joke that made everyone laugh. She was not like this usually. She always had a gloomy face and gave people the impression that she couldn't talk and ignored others.

Jia Baoyu felt very uncomfortable, and looked at Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, "Why are you guys becoming vulgar too? What's so good about this?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "How am I vulgar? Brother Rong not only talked to me about poetry and articles, but also talked to me about business. They were all economic ways to make people well fed. He was a great sage who governed the people and promoted business. My father praised him highly. Why do you feel vulgar when you see silver? I think you are vulgar."

Lin Daiyu's father, Lin Ruhai, is now the prefect of Yangzhou. What he needs is the economic methods that Jia Rong mentioned, encouraging the flow of merchants and developing the small peasant economy.

After being told this, Jia Baoyu left in displeasure.

None of the maids followed him. Except for the head maid, the rest stayed to watch the fun.

Not long after, the nanny came in and shouted, "The son-in-law is here!"

Everyone stood up and looked, without distinguishing between the inside and outside rooms.

Jia Rong walked in directly with a box in his arms. Yuanyang stood aside and lifted the curtain for him, her eyes full of tenderness.

Everyone looked behind them and found that no one was following them.

The box in Jia Rong's hand was not big. When placed on the ground, it was only slightly higher than his knees and about an arm's length long. It didn't look like it could hold much.

Jia Baoyu's maid Qingwen asked curiously, "Why is there only one box? Did the person behind get lost?"

Jia Rong didn't say anything, but walked straight to Jia Mu's desk, put the box down, and then opened it.

Grandmother Jia and Lady Xing, Lady Wang, and Wang Xifeng behind her looked at the box and saw the gold ingots placed in the yellow silk.

Jia Rong smiled and said, "One gold ingot is ten taels. There are a total of one hundred gold ingots here, thirty-five in each layer, three layers in total. The bottom layer is filled with silver bars, a total of one thousand taels of gold and one thousand taels of silver."

Jia Xichun lived here for less than ten years, and considering her annual living expenses of one hundred taels, this amount of gold and silver was more than enough.

"Madam, please consider it. I estimate that it will take four or five people to lift it." Jia Rong closed the lid and invited with a smile.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing looked at the old lady, and the old lady smiled and nodded.

Mrs. Xing took the initiative to hold the box and tried to lift it, but soon she let go with a smile, "I can't lift it."

Mrs. Wang didn't do anything, but she was happy too.

Jia Rong said to Yuanyang, "You four should give it a try and see how heavy it is."

Yuanyang and the other four maids came over happily, and the four of them stood in four positions and worked hard.

"One! Two!"

The four of them quickly worked together, but they could only barely lift the box a little bit.

Jia Rong said quickly, "Put it down. I will separate the gold ingots from the silver bars. The old lady will keep the gold, and the ladies will keep the silver."

Grandmother Jia said happily: "Good! Otherwise, we can't move it."

Jia Rong quickly opened the box and took out the gold ingots one by one under the watchful eyes of a group of maids, mothers-in-law, girls, grandmothers and wives.

Wang Xifeng quickly came over to help, and placed the gold ingots on the table with a smile.

The rest of the people watched and counted, counting them clearly one by one.

"One hundred gold ingots, not one less, not one less. I weigh every one that has passed through my hands, and they are all pure gold!"

One hundred gold ingots were neatly laid out on the table, shining brightly under the light, looking extremely wealthy.

Jia Rong gave the silver bars to the maid and put them on another table. Now the one thousand taels of silver were not much left.

Xichun, Tanchun and Yingchun all held the silver bars and looked at them and weighed them, feeling curious and excited.

Unlike the three sisters, Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu did not move, but just watched.

Jia Rong began to put the gold ingots into the box again. "Old lady, I will keep these gold ingots for you, you should also keep them well. If any are missing or lost, please let Yuanyang call me and I will find them for you."

Jia Rong put the gold ingots in while comforting the old lady.

It is also a warning to those who have dirty hands and feet.

The old lady was a reasonable person, she smiled and said: "Okay, I will accept this gold ingot."

The gold was accepted, and the silver was naturally given to the housekeeper Wang Xifeng to be stored in the warehouse.

Jia Rong said, "It's getting late, I should go back too. I have to make arrangements for my return trip."

The old lady nodded, looked around, and soon sighed, "I can't find a man to give you a ride."

Jia Rong comforted him, "If it doesn't happen this year, it will happen next year. Besides, I found that although Baoyu doesn't like reading, he is not incapable of reading. He usually treats people well and can chat with anyone."

"I have been busy for ten years to get to where I am today. In the future, Uncle Lian will take care of the internal and external affairs of Rongguo Mansion, Brother Lang will take the imperial examination and pursue a career in government, Baoyu will make friends with important people, and Jia Huan and Jia Cong are both smart and capable people. When I arrange tasks for them in the future, they will all have a bright future."

"And my aunt has a child too. Whether it's a boy or a girl, it will bring new life to the Jia family. Don't be sad, old lady. Just wait a few more years. There's still a lot of time."

"That's right." The old lady was very pleased and said with a smile, "The more lively the better. I like lively things."

Mrs. Wang also felt comforted and felt that Jia Baoyu was indeed not completely useless as Jia Rong said.

At this time, a maid came in and said to the old lady and Mrs. Xing, "Old lady, first lady, Master Liu sent someone to deliver a message saying that more than 30 people from outside the city came to attend the funeral, and they all came together."

Grandmother Jia asked, "Where is he from? It's been a month and a half."

Jia Rong calculated that the imperial examination was in August, and Jia She died a few days after he returned from mid-September. Now it is November, which is almost a month and a half.

The maid said, "There are the family of Grandma's sister-in-law, Grandma Zhu's sister-in-law and two sisters, Miss Xue's sister, Master Xue's brother, and Second Grandma's brother. A total of more than 30 people can't enter the city. They are said to be freezing outside the city wall and not allowed to enter."

Xue Baochai said: "It should be my brother Xue Ke and his sister."

Li Wan also said, "It's my widowed sister-in-law and two cousins."

Wang Xifeng said quickly, "It's my eldest brother's family. I sent someone back some time ago to notify them to come to the funeral. It took a lot of time to go back and forth. I don't know how come I didn't meet the second master and his family?"

Mrs. Xing said anxiously, "My brother and his family came from Gusu to attend the funeral, but now they can't come in. What should I do?"

Now the emperor was so furious that he kept driving people out and allowing people to leave but not come in.

As long as you can get out, it's fine even if you just give away the money for the journey.

He was anxious, but it was useless to be anxious because the people under him would not be able to do everything perfectly.

People in the capital still need to eat, and eating, drinking, defecating and urinating are all problems. Without external support, the capital cannot survive.

Especially during the Chinese New Year, all the powerful people have to collect rent, and the rent they collect is from outside the city, otherwise they will have no money to celebrate the New Year.

Jia Rong comforted them, saying, "Since Xianglian knows that they have a connection with me, he will naturally not let them get cold. Besides, there are many inns and shops outside the city. It is not a desolate wilderness. You can rest assured."

Wang Xifeng asked, "Can you come in? We can all spend some money. It's not a good idea to have relatives come from far away and then go back again during the New Year."

Li Wan also said, "Yes, please trouble Master Rong to think of a solution."

"You don't need money, but I have to go there in person." Jia Rong said, "I estimate that I can come in tomorrow afternoon. It's okay here during the day, but no one can come in at night."

The assassin only appeared at night. It was okay to let people in during the day, but at night the security was very strict, especially in the palace.

Everyone was aware of how powerful Ye was, and they all felt relieved when they saw Jia Rong take on the task.

Jia Rong went out quickly, and the others also went downstairs to eat.

Jia Yuanchun came over holding Jia Shu, who had fallen asleep with his head tilted back, and said, "I'll take the children to bed first."

Mrs. Wang nodded, touched her grandson's little face, and said with a smile, "Go."

Grandmother Jia said to her two daughters-in-law, "You can go and have dinner too. Let's go."

"Yes." Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang agreed.

Yuanyang ordered the maid to move the gold box away, and Wang Xifeng also ordered people to put the silver bars into the box and take it away.

Sanchun was tired and went back to rest.

After Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai returned home, they thought about a lot of things and couldn't sleep even more.

(End of this chapter)