Chapter 38: Trade-offs
Jia Zheng sent Jia Ke away and looked at the evidence carefully. The more I look at it, the more angry I become, these minions are so lawless. No wonder Jiafu's income is getting less and less during this time, he thought it was a natural disaster at first, but now he knows the reason, the master has a full score, and they get half a point. If it is not rectified, Jiafu will definitely fall in the long run. This must be punished severely. Because it involves Mama Lai, some things are still in charge of Jia's mother.
Jia Zheng took these evidences and went to the back house to look for Jia's mother, and there were a few girls wearing red and green sitting on the steps in Jia's mother's courtyard. ”
Jia Zheng entered the house and saw that Jia's mother was playing leaf cards with several old grandmothers, and Lai Mama was also among them. Seeing this situation, Jia Zheng had no choice but to stand aside and watch.
When Jia Mu saw Jia Zheng coming, she knew that there was something to discuss, so she said to everyone: "Let's stop here today." As he spoke, he gave them the rest of the money.
So the old grandmothers all withdrew, only Mama Lai was still waiting by Jia's mother's side, Jia Zheng glanced at Mama Lai, and said to her: "Our mother and son have something to say, you go out first." ”
Mama Lai knows what she said, I'm afraid it has something to do with her. I wanted to know, but I walked out.
Jia's mother asked Jia Zheng and said, "Mama Lai has been with me for many years, and there is nothing in our family that she can't listen to." ”
Jia Zheng said to Jia's mother: "It's her business." That's why I can't let her listen. ”
Jia Mu said: "What can she do?" ”
So Jia Zheng said what Jia Ke said to Jia's mother again.
Jia's mother has been in charge of Jiafu for decades, and she has never experienced anything, so she knows what's going on as soon as she hears Jia Zheng's words. This is a slave who buys land outside in the name of his master and detains tenant farmers. There have been a few times before, but she has forced rectification. I didn't expect this to happen to Mama Lai, and Mama didn't know about it. So he sank his face.
Jia Zheng said angrily to Jia's mother: "This matter must be strictly rectified, in addition to this matter, I don't know how many dirty things there are below, otherwise in the long run, our mansion will be hollowed out by these minions." ”
Jia Mu said: "Recently, we are going to rectify and rectify, but we can't go too far, after all, we are philanthropists and the most respectful for the elderly." ”
Jia Zheng said: "I don't know what my mother thinks? ”
Jia Mu said: "The Lai family is greedy for other Zhuangzi, and they shouldn't do this on Jia Ke's Zhuangzi, I gave the Zhuangzi to Jia Ke on the front foot, and they will make trouble behind my back." You must teach them a lesson, you don't care about this matter, I have my own way. After a long pause, he said regretfully: "It seems that Lai Da can't use it." ”
Jia Zheng said: "I think this matter should be handled in a big way, give Ke Ge'er an explanation, and don't let him have a mustard with our Jia family." ”
Jia Mu said: "You go down, I know, by the way, call Brother Ke in, I have something to do with him, don't bother the two masters, let him do it." ”
Not long ago, when Jia Ke came in, after kowtowing to Jia's mother to say goodbye, Jia's mother asked him to get up, and Jia's mother said to him: "I already know what you said, I have been a housekeeper for decades, and there are such things, but after I rectified them many times, I thought they would also converge, but I didn't expect to be blinded by the most trusted person in the end." ”
Jia Ke comforted Jia's mother and said: "Old lady, you are just charitable, his just looks at your charity, and he will not punish them too much, so he has intensified his efforts to deceive you." ”
Jia's mother said to him: "Good grandson, you still know me, but our charity can't be bullied." I called you here today because I have a few things for you to do. ”
Jia Ke said: "If there is anything, the old lady should tell me." ”
Jia Mu said: "Have you brought back all your own soldiers?" ”
"Back to the old lady, bring it all back."
Jia Mu said: "Since you have brought them back, it will be easy to do, tonight you take the pro-soldier team, and ask your father for a few small people who are familiar with the road, and copy the Lai family." ”
Jia Ke hesitated and asked Jia's mother, "What about Mama Lai?" ”
Jia Mu said: "She? You bring her to me for me, and I will ask her personally, the Jia family has mistreated her. To be so crazy to collect money. ”
After Jia Ke obeyed the order, he saw that Jia's mother had nothing to say and retired.
Mother Jia saw Jia Ke withdraw from the room, looking at the ceiling and thinking about things, thinking about Mama Lai's loyalty to herself over the past few decades, thinking about the hardships that the master and servant had overcome over the years, thinking about the scene when the two of them hid in a bed and cried when they were young, and couldn't help shedding tears, and because of this, Mother Jia turned a blind eye to Lai's arrogance and greed. If it was greedy for others, it would be fine, but I never expected that Lai Da would dare to stretch out his hand to Jia Ke.
Now Jia Ke is the hope of the Jia family's future, and there can be no mistakes. But that's fine, let's bury all the secrets of these decades today. This is a good thing for himself and for Jiafu. You can also let the remaining minions be honest for a while.
Besides, Jia Ke came out of Jia's mother's courtyard and went to Jia Zheng's small study first-Mengpo Zhai, and Jia Zheng was also waiting for Jia Ke at this time. It turned out that when Jia Zheng came out of Jia's mother, he knew that Jia Ke would come to him again to report, so he never returned to the back house.
When Jia Zheng saw Jia Ke come in, he didn't need him to salute, and directly asked him to sit across the desk. Then he asked, "What do you mean by the old lady?" ”
Jia Ke replied: "The old lady asked me to borrow a few people who are familiar with geography like my father, and said that I would copy the Lai family tonight." I don't know what father means. ”
Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "Just do what the old lady wants." However, Mama Lai is the old grandmother of our Jia family, who watched me grow up, and took care of me a lot when I was young. Now that I think about the past, I still feel a lot of emotion, why did it get to this point? After saying that, he was silent.
Jia Ke knew that Jia Zheng was still very emotional. So Jia Ke saw that Jia Zheng had been nostalgic for the past, and he didn't bother.
After a while, Jia Zheng seemed to come to his senses, and then said to Jia Ke again: "I don't have anything else to say, only one must be polite to Mama Lai, she is meritorious to us." ”
Hearing what Jia Zheng said, Jia Ke couldn't help but be stunned, what is meritorious to us, shouldn't it be meritorious to Jiafu? It seems that there are still many secrets in Jiafu that he doesn't know, but this has nothing to do with him now.
Jia Ke hurriedly said: "Mama Lai is my grandmother's generation, even if Mama Lai is at fault, it has nothing to do with Mama Lai, not to mention that the old lady also explained, let me send Mama Lai to her, how dare my son be rude to her." ”
Jia Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go ahead." ”
Jia Ke did not leave immediately, but said goodbye there.
When Jia Zheng saw his appearance, he said angrily: "Say something quickly, twist and pinch what it looks like." ”
Jia Ke blushed and said to Jia Zheng: "My father copied Li An's house in Wangjiatun, what should I do with these finances?" ”
Jia Zheng looked at his unproductive appearance, and said angrily: "First find a place in the outer house to save it first, let two people guard it, and when you finish the affairs of the Lai family, you will move to your aunt's place, and let her collect it for you first, so as to save you from spending money." ”
When Jia Ke heard Jia Zheng say this, it meant that he rewarded himself with all this, and said to Jia Zheng happily: "What my father said is that my son is confused, so I will do it." ”
Seeing Jia Ke happily going out, Jia Zheng shook his head with a smile, casually saying that he was talented, but he was still a child in the end and had never seen much of the world.
But I don't know that Jia Ke was a poor ghost in his previous life, he had never seen so much money, he was like a bank escort when he came, and no matter how much money he had, it was not his own, but now that Jia Zheng has spoken, this money is all his, can you not make him happy?