received the news that Lin Jin took her family to the capital on the road, although Lin Jin told the housekeeper Li He in the letter that they wanted to experience the various conditions of the world, so the trip would be very slow. But Li He estimated the date, and then glanced at the forest mansion where even one-third of the renovation had not been completed so far, especially the forest mansion where only one floor heating was made in the main courtyard, and nothing else had been moved, and then looked at the work in the courtyard, and the few craftsmen specially invited from Jiangnan, thought about it, and went to find Jia Lian, the only one in the Jia family who still had a little conscience in his opinion.

Jia Lian dealt with Li He, who came to complain and ask for help, and when he turned around, he saw his henchman Long'er with a bitter face, and scolded angrily: "What are you doing with a bitter gourd face?" Raised his leg and gave him a kick, and scolded in a bad voice, "The master shouldn't be yours, I owe you, you pull a face to ruin the master's happiness, owe kicking!" ”

Long'er dodged back slightly, although Jia Lian's kick hit him, but in the end he unloaded most of the strength, hearing Jia Lian's words, he couldn't help but secretly slander Xing'er and Zhao'er's injustice in his heart, and pushed the drudgery on his head, but they hid.

"Second master, it's not that I don't want to laugh, but I can't laugh now." Long Er hurriedly said: "When the second master came back from Gusu before, he owed a lot of things on credit, and now those merchants have come to the door to ask the second master for ......."

Jia Lian was a little puzzled and said: "When I just returned to the mansion for this matter, didn't I already order it to go down, and let those merchants settle the bill with the people who came over with the mansion." Why, Lin Zhixiao's side, so far, hasn't he settled with those merchants clearly? How does he do things? ”

Because of the construction of the provincial family's hospital, Jia Lian, who took care of foreign affairs, knew that the family's money would be tight, so he did not swallow the money from the sale of the tuyi according to his original idea, but entered it into the public account. Those tuyi that were trafficked back have been sold for a long time, even if there is no money on the books of the house at that time, the things are sold, and after the payment is received, you can settle the settlement with those merchants.

Long'er hurriedly defended Lin Zhixiao: "It's not about Lin Zhixiao's business, it's something wrong on his wife's side." When Wang'er took someone to the account room to settle the settlement, the account room told Wang'er that the amount of money was too large, and there was no nod from his wife, no matter how much he paid out, even if the second grandmother came forward, it was useless. ”

With the promotion of Yuan Chun, the second room has risen, and Mrs. Wang's prestige in the mansion has become a lot higher. Although Mrs. Wang is now only a five-grade pleasant, as Niangniang's biological mother, Mrs. Wang feels that she is no worse than Mrs. Yipin. Therefore, Mrs. Wang thought about building the garden well, so that her daughter could come back beautifully, so as to add luster to the second room.

There was no money on the books, so Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng agreed to sell most of the property in the mansion except for the Huangzhuang to build a provincial hospital. Mrs. Wang has been a housekeeper for many years, and she knows that the people below are tired of purchasing. Before, she didn't care about it, just because although the property in this house has a share of their second house, most of them are big houses, and she spends the public's money and doesn't feel distressed; Besides, she herself is also hugging her arms, so she ignores it and has a good reputation of compassion and kindness in the house.

Now the situation is different, the money itself is tight, if something goes wrong, then this garden may not be built. How could Madame Wang possibly accept this result? Therefore, because she was afraid that someone would embezzle or embezzle the garden, Mrs. Wang was personally in charge of all the money transactions in the garden, and she ordered it to go down early, and all the money in the account room should be disbursed to her in advance, and without her, the money was not allowed to be sent out in the account room. If you can't do that, then everyone in the account room will roll up and get out.

As a result, there were really one or two people who didn't have long eyes and hit the muzzle of the gun, and then, no matter who interceded, it was useless, and Mrs. Wang didn't have any affection at all, not only drove people away, but also almost drove them out of the house. Such a hand immediately shocked the people in the account room, and no one dared not listen to Mrs. Wang's words.

After Jia Lian heard Long'er explain the reason clearly, he said puzzledly: "What does it have to do with the amount of money?" The money I paid for those things was the money for the things I sold, but it was just a left-handed to right-handed hand, and if it weren't for me making it clear that the future was not good, I wouldn't have been so troublesome, and I just sold the things, got the money, and paid the bill. ”

Long'er glanced at Jia Lian, looked embarrassed, and was silent for a long time, wanting to say something, eating Ai Ai for a long time, and then stopped talking.

Seeing him like this, Jia Lian was so angry that he flew up and scolded: "Your tongue was cut off?" What are you doing with such a posture, what can't you say? ”

Long'er gritted his teeth, was ruthless, and said: "Second master, Mrs. said that you went to Jiangnan to send Miss Lin home to do things for the house, and when you returned to Beijing, the things you brought back, whether it was Tuyi or the things purchased for the provincial relatives' courtyard, but without the consent of the government, it was your personal behavior, and you are young and ignorant, and the quality of the things you bought back is not good, and you have been deceived, and they are not worth that much money at all, so in order to teach you a lesson, you have to pay for those things." ”

Hearing this, Jia Lian fell down angrily and said angrily: "Since this is the case, then return those things to me, don't say anything else, I'll take out those things that build the Provincial Family Courtyard and sell them now, and now when the materials of the Provincial Family Hospital are soaring, see if my things are worth the price I bought!" ”

Jia Lian returned to the capital from Gusu at the beginning, and it was true that he bought some clay instruments, but after receiving the news of Yuanchun's concubine and the provincial relatives, he followed Li He's advice and bought civil engineering bricks, utensils, furnishings and other things needed to build the provincial relatives' courtyard. Those Tuyi don't mention, the things that build the provincial pro-courtyard, as long as they change hands, to say the least, they are several times more profitable.

"The people sent by the merchants, seeing that the wife would not pay the bill anyway, also said that the wife would only have to return the things to them. Mrs. refused at the time, saying that the second master and her are a family, no matter whether the things are good or not, they will be used. After all, no matter what, this is the second master's heart, transported back from the south thousands of miles away. Besides, it is also a long toss to transport it from the south to the house, since it has been sent to the house, there is no need to toss, so as not to waste manpower, and now the whole house is busy with the big things of the province, and the family and the outside are very busy, so don't add any more trouble.

Later, the merchants came to see his wife again, but she refused to see her. Those people had no choice but to find the second master's side, after all, the purchase and credit were all made by the second master. ”

When Jia Lian heard this, he only felt that a mouthful of blood was blocked in his throat, glanced at the nervous Long'er on the side, and said angrily: "You are useless, let people block the door, and I will ask for the account, so you told me the matter, which will make the master embarrassed." Did you get your voice hoarse before? Or are you suddenly deaf and haven't heard anything? If I had told my father earlier, I would have thought about it earlier, and I would have sent out this account regardless of which expense I had, and at this time, everything that should have been purchased in the house has already been sent out to buy, where do you let me go to find such a large sum of money! ”

Although Mrs. Wang controls the use of the provincial hospital, in fact, there are many hidden and tucked in it, and there are many tricks, and if you really want to be corrupt, it is not at all something that Mrs. Wang, a lady in the back house, can control.

For example, the bricks, tiles, wood and stone materials are not of the same grade and the price is not the same, but if the medium, high and top materials are not all three in front of Mrs. Wang, make a comparison, so that she can clearly see the difference, the purchase is only medium materials, but the price of top materials is reported, can Mrs. Wang know?

If it is said that there is fraud in building materials, there is still the possibility of being discovered, but in the matter of buying small dramas, the talented, perceptive, and qualified corners, and the talents with ordinary talents and average qualifications are very different in price, the former may be worth thousands, or even tens of thousands of taels is not without this possibility, but the latter only needs dozens of taels of silver. This is a trick, and Mrs. Wang can't find out, because the child has entered the development period, and the original absolute qualifications and talents have suddenly changed, and it is common for everyone to lose it.

Therefore, if Jia Lian had known about this earlier, he could have solved this matter silently without dealing with Mrs. Wang, but now, the preliminary preparations and large expenditures have been completed, and Jia Lian wants to go to other accounts, and the possibility of getting this money out is gone. Therefore, Jia Lian had to go and ask Mrs. Wang for this money. But whether it was the meaning of Long'er's words just now, or the fact that Sister Feng was talking about Mrs. Wang in charge of the account room at home, it all let Jia Lian know that this money was not so easy to ask.

Although Jia Lian said just now that he would take it back and sell it, it was angry talk. Those things were originally bought by him for the Provincial Relatives Hospital, besides, Yuan Chun sealed the concubine and went home to save the relatives, in Jia Lian's opinion, this is the glory of the entire Jia family, and it is impossible for him to dismantle his own platform like this.

Although Jia Lian didn't want to break these accounts with Mrs. Wang, when he thought of the debt of tens of thousands of taels of silver on his back, he couldn't care about it at this time, so he went to Mrs. Wang's place.

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Jia Lian came out of Mrs. Wang with a gloomy face, although when he came before, there was not much hope for retribution, but in the end he still felt that it was impossible for Mrs. Wang not to give any silver.

But he didn't expect that Mrs. Wang would really do such a desperate job, and she refused to give a penny of silver, saying that the house was building a provincial family's courtyard, and the money in the current account had its own money, and it couldn't be moved out at all. There is no money left in the account, even if there is surplus money, it cannot be used, lest there be a sudden accident with the mother, and the money is not enough, so it must be prepared in advance, so as not to be unable to pay when it is obtained. So the money will be credited first, and when I get back to the big things of my mother's family, I will settle the accounts together. Otherwise, Jia Lian would take the money and pay it first, and then go back to the mansion and settle accounts with him, wouldn't it be cheaper!

Originally, when he heard what Long'er said, Jia Lian always felt strange in his heart, and felt that this style of acting was not like Mrs. Wang's usual style, but he didn't understand the reason, so he put this doubt in his heart.

At this time, he came to ask Mrs. Wang for money, and after listening to Mrs. Wang's words that he asked him to pay in advance, Jia Lian suddenly understood why Mrs. Wang did this, and Sister Feng didn't come forward, but secretly helped her, it turned out that they were worried about the property he got from the Lin family.