Let's say that because Jia Lian collected nearly half of the Lin family's industry, he attracted the eyes of the Gusu family and the wealthy family who coveted the Lin family's industry, and he couldn't deal with it, and he was reluctant to spit out the meat that had already entered his mouth, so it was not good to stay in Gusu, so he hurriedly quit Lin Jin, followed Lin Jin's advice, and bought several boats of "Tuyi" along the way and rushed to the capital.

Soon after leaving Gusu, Jia Lian heard the news of Yuanchun's concubine and the provincial relatives, and when he was in a hurry to rush back, he was stopped by Li He, the housekeeper of the Erlin family, and took advantage of the fact that the merchants here had not yet gotten the news, so that Jia Lian hurriedly bought a few boats of things used to build the provincial relatives' hospital. After Jia Lian reacted, because there was not much silver left on his body, when he bought it, many things were returned on credit under the banner of Rongguo Mansion, so when he returned to Beijing, the ship also followed the merchant to settle the settlement with him in Beijing.

After Jia Lian went home, he saw everyone and returned to the room. Although Sister Feng has been eventful recently, she has no leisure time, but when she saw her husband returning from a long journey, she had to take the time to receive her. There were no outsiders in the room, so Sister Feng joked with Jia Lian and was called "Uncle Guo".

Because he couldn't bring Daiyu back, Jia Lian, who was beaten by Jia's mother and was scolded by Baoyu for a few words, was angry, waved his hand and said: "That's it, I can't afford it, what kind of uncle am I, my eldest sister's serious brother is there." ”

Jia Lian was scolded just now, Sister Feng was present, heard what he said, pouted and said: "Okay, the old lady said a few words about you, you are still hypocritical, if it wasn't for the time to leave, you promised in front of the old lady that you would definitely bring Sister Lin back, but you came back alone, how could you be scolded?" As for Baoyu, he is still an ignorant child at all, and he has always been unintentional, what do you care about with him? ”

Although Jia Lian usually has some opinions about Sister Feng because of her competitiveness, love of power and jealousy, as a young couple, the relationship between their husband and wife is still good at this time. After being separated from each other for a few months, Jia Lian saw that Sister Feng actually took time out of her busy schedule to greet him, and the meals prepared were all his favorite foods, and he was happy. was eaten a few words by Sister Feng, but she didn't get angry, sat crooked in the chair, and argued: "I'm not angry, I just think that I have worked hard to leave home for thousands of miles, except for you, what everyone else sees in their eyes is what I haven't done well, and no one cares about me, I think it's quite boring." ”

Picking up the tea handed over by Ping'er, Jia Lian took a breath, then asked Sister Feng about the affairs of the family after saying goodbye, and thanked her for her hard work.

Sister Feng specially took the effort to receive Jia Lian, not only to welcome her husband home, but also to think of the embarrassment of the housekeeper when he used the money since he pressed out most of the family's property, and asked with concern: "When you leave, what your wife told you, can you do it?" ”

Thinking of Lin Jin, who was younger than Baoyu, but acted maturely and steadily, Jia Lian snorted coldly and said, "Don't mention it." Sure enough, I don't go out, I don't know how big the world is. I thought that with the brand of our Rongguo Mansion, we could travel unhindered in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in Yangzhou and Gusu, but as a result, hmph, the forces over there are intricate, and they are not shallower than the water here in the capital. If I hadn't seen the opportunity to act, found that the situation was not good, and ran away, I would have been left there forever. If it weren't for ...... "Lin family's cousin knows his kindness, I wouldn't have been able to bring back these Lin family's properties at all."

The rest of the words, without waiting for Jia Lian to finish speaking, were interrupted by the people sent by Jia Yu to find him. Because Jia Lian didn't finish speaking, Sister Feng heard what he meant, as if she had run for nothing and didn't get anything, thinking that she was expecting Jia Lian to get the Lin family's family wealth so that she could redeem the property that the family had staked out, but now that her hope was disappointed, Sister Feng's face couldn't help but turn pale, and she glanced at Ping'er worriedly, and happened to meet Ping'er's eyes.

Ping'er shouted with a worried face: "Grandma-"

"The sky is falling, and there are tall people on top of it, so why panic." Sister Feng said stiffly, thinking in her heart: The Lin family's wealth can't be counted on, so she can only count on Niangniang's side. I don't know if I can fill this hole in the name of my eldest sister's mother? Otherwise, if it goes on like this, within two or three months, it is estimated that the family will not even be able to send out the monthly money.

Jia Lian didn't go for a long time before he came back.

Sister Feng ordered someone to put the wine and food on the table, sat opposite Jia Lian, and pretended to ask casually: "What did the eldest master look for you just now?" ”

"What can it be, what else is there to do in the family now besides saving relatives?" Jia Lian said indifferently: "The master called me over, but he just gave a few words, and said something about the emperor's grace, which must be so satisfying to the mother, even if he does everything he has, he will not hesitate to say something like that." ”

Jia Lian didn't listen to Jia Yu's words, thinking that he was just saying that, he really wanted to give everything he had, and he would be poor all of a sudden, and the days ahead would not be over? Without money, what does Jia Yu spend all day drinking, drinking to support his little wife?

Although Jia Lian didn't take Jia Yu's words seriously, Sister Feng listened to it and was right about her thoughts. Originally, she and Mrs. Wang wantonly sold the property in the house, although Mrs. Wang's words were in front, but they had not crossed the clear road, and they were inevitably uneasy in their hearts. Originally, she expected Jia Lian to bring back the Lin family's wealth to make up for it, but after listening to Jia Lian's words just now, she obviously couldn't count on it, so she couldn't help but feel uneasy. Now seeing that Jia Yu also said this, Jia Lian never objected, it can be seen that this is the meaning of the family, so his heart relaxed, and he suddenly became confident.

Waiting for Jia Lian's grandmother Zhao Mama to come in, after a conversation, the atmosphere became warm, Zhao Mama opened her mouth to beg Sister Feng to find an errand for her two sons, Sister Feng saw that in front of Jia Lian, Mama Zhao actually begged her head, her heart was happy, and she responded to the matter with a spring breeze on her face, and then laughed at Jia Lian's words. When Mama Zhao saw that Sister Feng responded, she naturally flattered her in every possible way, but left Jia Lian aside.

Jia Lian was swept by Mama Zhao and Sister Feng, and was told by "insiders" and "outsiders", and felt so boring, but the two people present, one was a nurse who raised him since he was a child, and the other was his wife, in front of the two, he didn't say anything, so that they had no face in front of each other, only said the word "nonsense", laughed and ate wine, and took advantage of him to go to Dongfu to discuss business after dinner.

Sister Feng and Mama Zhao took advantage of the topic of provincial relatives to recall the past. Mama Zhao recalled the grand occasion when Jiafu supervised the construction of the seaboat in the area of Gusu Yangzhou, repaired the seawall, and prepared to take over the car; And Sister Feng is talking about the Wang family, her grandfather is in charge of the tribute and congratulations of various countries, and all foreigners come to support the Wang family. Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, Zhejiang all the foreign ship cargo is the Wang family, at that time when the Wang family was prosperous; And thus mentioned the Jinling Zhen family, which had taken over four times.

Just when the topic was getting farther and farther, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang from Dongfu came. Jia Rong told Jia Lian that he had already chosen the address of the Provincial Hospital, which was on the boundary between the two provinces, and he would not go elsewhere.

Jia Qiang was arranged to be hired by Xia Gusu to teach, buy girls, and buy musical instruments. When Jia Lian asked about the envoy fee for this item, and knew that it was agreed to use 30,000 taels of the 50,000 silver that the Zhen family in Jiangnan had borrowed, Jia Lian hurriedly said: "I have already withdrawn this silver, you hurry up to Brother Zhen and Lai Da Butler to say, let them withdraw the silver money for you from elsewhere." ”

Although when he was in Yangzhou, Jia Lian paid money from the Lin family's account and used more money to buy the Lin family's property in Yangzhou, but when Lin Jin dealt with the Lin family's property in Gusu, Jia Lian's money was not enough, and he thought that the Jinling Zhen family had borrowed 50,000 taels of silver from his own family, and he hurriedly sent someone to support it, so he got the Lin family's property.

Seeing Jia Qiang pulling Jia Rong away hurriedly, Sister Feng looked at Jia Lian beside her and asked sharply, "Why did you spend the money that the Zhen family collected from our family?" What did you do? "The family is short of money now, and I don't know where to borrow it without this one.

Jia Lian showed Sister Feng the deed and title deed of the shop and land property that belonged to the Lin family, but had changed his surname to Jia, and said very proudly: "I made a big profit, these are the properties I bought back with 50,000 taels, and the real value is about 800,000 taels, and it has increased more than ten times as soon as it changes hands." ”

Sister Feng saw that these industries were all in Jiangnan, mostly in Yangzhou and Gusu, and immediately understood their origins, and she was happy, but she was still not satisfied and said: "Before, I listened to your words and thought that you didn't get things done." It's just that you are doing things, and your heart is a little softer, why do you give the Lin family money? "It's not good to spend the 50,000 taels, it's a waste to give it to the Lin family.

Although Sister Feng didn't say anything, Jia Lian heard her subtext, glanced at her, and sighed: "You are also greedy." Besides, as I said earlier, the water in Jiangnan is very deep, and if I hadn't seen that the situation was wrong and ran away, I guess you would have been a widow.

Moreover, although Uncle Lin died, the Lin family is not without men, why did people give the property to our family for no reason? Even if our family doesn't want a reputation, isn't there still a mother? Although the eldest cousin of the Lin family is not very old, he is not a vegetarian, and more importantly, he is good friends with King Fujun. It's really going to provoke him, and the trouble will start, and in the end, the two of us, who will fall, it's not necessarily. ”

Sister Feng became a wife to Yang Wan, the superior of the second room, because of her position, she was naturally hostile, preconceived, and had a bad impression, so she looked down on Yang Wan's son Lin Jin even more. Hearing what Jia Lian said, she said disdainfully: "How old is the Lin family kid, so you are so jealous, don't you think your words are too much?" ”

Jia Lian knew that no matter what he said at this time, Sister Feng would not believe it, so she said, "Okay, I won't argue with you about this." Seeing is believing, when the Lin family guards his uncle's hundred days of filial piety, after entering Beijing, you see him, and then you will know how powerful he is. ”