Rongqing Hall.

Jia Mu sat reclining on the high platform, her knees covered with a woolen blanket, and the maid Amber behind her pinched Jia Mu's shoulder.

On the side, Mrs. Wang, Li Kun, and Wang Xifeng accompanied her.

Mother Jia was a scoundrel in every way, turned her head to Mrs. Wang and asked, "Bao Yatou should enter the palace to be elected in the next two days, right?"

Mrs. Wang smiled when she heard this: "Yes, they have been busy with this matter for the past two days, and they are asking about some rules in the palace, so they are afraid that they will lose their manners." ”

Mother Jia shook her head when she heard this: "Although the rules of the kilometer are cumbersome, but a family like ours doesn't understand. ”

They are all big families, and the ancestor of the Xue family is also a minister of the court, how can he not know the rules of the palace, after all, he is not at ease.

Mrs. Wang didn't say much when she heard this, after all, she seemed to hear her disdain for the Xue family from Jia's mother's tone.....

Then Jia Mu raised her eyes and looked outside the house, frowned and said, "How is this clan meeting endless, it's been nearly an hour, and I haven't come back yet." ”

Mrs. Wang and the others knew that Mother Jia was not complaining about the clan association, but thinking about her precious grandson.

With a deep groan, Mrs. Wang spoke: "This meeting in the East Mansion should also be over." ”

Jia Mu thought for a while and said, "It's okay, you can do some serious things, and you don't have to do some things like stealing chickens and dogs." ”

Thinking of this, Mother Jia turned her head to Wang Xifeng and asked, "Girl Feng, how has Dongfu been busy these days?" ”

Wang Xifeng saw Jia's mother's roll call, knew what Jia's mother meant, and hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Ancestor, the affairs of Dongfu are almost busy, and there must be results in two days." ”

At this time, Mrs. Wang was also interested, and asked: "I have always heard that there are many gold and silver mountains copied before, and it is worth making such a fuss." ”

Wang Xifeng responded with a smile: "Oh, madam, don't you know, the things that were copied out are dazzling, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mountain of gold and silver!" ”

Mother Jia listened to Wang Xifeng's exaggerated words, and scolded with a smile: "You have also seen the world, and it is not ashamed to see the appearance of a broken household every day." ”

Wang Xifeng listened to Jia's mother's "reprimand", and said with a smile: "What the ancestors have taught is. ”

In response to Jia's mother, Wang Xifeng said again: "Ancestor, wife, I have been staring, I have estimated it, this time it is estimated that there are millions of dollars, according to what Brother Yun said, in the future, the two mansions will split half a mile!" ”

Millions of huge, split half a cent can be divided into 10,000, even the wealthy Guogong Mansion can not be ignored, don't look at Jia Mu's expression has not changed, but her heart is also shocked, I said that there are 10,000 before, I thought that no matter how much it is, it will not be more, but I didn't think that it would be doubled, which is really scary.

Mrs. Wang was also surprised, and said in disbelief: "I never thought that the mansion would be greedy for so much silver by these slaves, and it is really thanks to Brother Yun'er, otherwise we would still be in the dark." ”

Mother Jia's eyes flickered for a moment, and she said calmly: "It's not an exaggeration to say that it is decades of accumulation. ”

The Guogong Mansion was originally the home of Zhong Shiding, and the annual expenditure was an astronomical amount, not to mention that in the early years, the Guogong Mansion was more powerful and spent more, and the following people began to be greedy for ink at that time, and it is not surprising that there are millions now.

Mrs. Wang nodded, suppressing the shock in her heart.

Jia Mu said: "It's almost the New Year, and there are a lot of people in the house, and the ones that should be purchased are complete, don't lose your dignity, but pay attention when buying, don't recruit those black-hearted people again." ”

The slaves of Jiafu were greedy for such a large amount of silver, which really annoyed Jia's mother, so she had to choose carefully, but if it was like this, the amount of silver spent would definitely be small.

Wang Xifeng responded when he heard this: "Ancestor, rest assured, my wife and I will choose carefully." ”

Jia Mu nodded with satisfaction, then sighed, and said: "It's hard to believe that Brother Yun is not a little greedy, and he didn't take advantage of our Xifu, but now that I think about it, I want to distract him." ”

Wang Xifeng smiled and quipped: "What the old ancestor said is right, that Brother Yun can be valued by a saint, and his heart must be high, he can't do these things, and the old ancestor was kind to him a few years ago, how can he take revenge?"

Ay.... In other words, Brother Yun also plans to take out another 100,000 taels to honor his ancestors! ”

Mother Jia became more and more satisfied when she heard this, and said: "It's hard for him to still have filial piety, so there's no need, tell him to make less trouble and give his wife some peace." ”

Wang Xifeng said vinegarly: "Brother Yun is not allowed to kowtow to the old ancestor, when he meets a bodhisattva like the old ancestor, his heart must be happy, and he saved 100,000 taels of miles in vain!" ”

"Hahaha...."Jia Mu laughed and scolded: "Okay, you monkey, you can't get rid of those vulgar things, it's really right to say that you are a broken household.....

Just when a few people in Rongqing Hall were laughing, suddenly the voice of the housekeeper and mother-in-law came from outside, saying, "Old lady, the second master, they are here." ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she was stunned and muttered, "It seems that everything is scattered over there." ”

At this moment, Jia Zheng was wearing a Confucian robe, followed by Jia Baoyu and the slightly cramped Jia Lan walked in, bowed solemnly to Jia's mother, and said, "I've seen my mother." ”

"Met grandmother/great-grandmother."

Jia Baoyu and Jia Lan also saluted, different from the past, Jia Baoyu was serious, and did not see the slightest jump from the past.

As for Jia Yu, he himself knew that he was not welcomed, so he did not come.

Mother Jia was happy when she saw Jia Baoyu, and hurriedly beckoned: "Baoyu, come to grandmother." ”

Jia Baoyu looked at Jia Zheng carefully, and when he saw Jia Zheng lightly bowed, Jia Baoyu ran to the stage happily.

Jia Zheng frowned when he saw this, but Jia's mother was in the hall, so it was not easy to reprimand, and then turned his head to look at Jia Lan and said, "Lan'er, you go to your mother." ”

Jia Lan bowed to Jia Zheng like a little master, and said respectfully: "Yes." ”

Then he walked in the direction of Li Kun seriously, Jia Zheng nodded secretly when he saw this, what he liked was that Jia Lan knew etiquette and kept manners like this, like Jia Baoyu, he really didn't like it, but he was the opposite of Jia's mother.

When Li Kun saw Jia Lan coming over, his eyes were full of love, and he hurriedly pulled over to take a closer look, afraid that Jia Lan would suffer something.

"Baoyu, what's the interesting thing about going to the ancestral hall today?" Jia Mu asked Jia Baoyu with interest.

Jia Baoyu was not interested, and said casually: "Grandmother, what's the interesting thing, that Brother Yun put on the score as soon as he came up, and beat Brother Jiang and their board!" ....”

As soon as she heard this, Jia Mu, who still had smile lines on her face, suddenly collapsed, and her eyes looked at Jia Baoyu.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was safe and sound, Jia's mother put her mind at ease, frowned and said: "Brother Yun'er is doing something, even if you put the score, you can't put it in the ancestral hall." ”

At this time, Jia Baoyu explained: "Grandmother, you can't blame Brother Yun'er, it's Brother Jiang'er, they made noise in the ancestral hall first, and Brother Yun'er was counted!" ”

Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang are both masters of the back house, as soon as they heard this, they understood, Jia Yan and they complained, this is dissatisfaction with the patriarch, and there is a traitor in their hearts....

But it's a foregone conclusion, and there's nothing to say, just let Jia Yun, the patriarch, be punished, and then Jia Mu said earnestly: "Brother Nayun is the patriarch, just let him deal with the affairs of the clan, you have always been a good person, don't pay attention to him." ”

"Hmm... The grandchildren know. Jia Baoyu replied with a smile when he heard this, he didn't have a good impression of Jia Yun in his heart, so he naturally wouldn't think about contacting Jia Yun.

At this time, Jia Zheng said: "Mother, my son has thought about it, Baoyu's husband has returned to his hometown now, this study can't be left behind, my son wants Baoyu to go to the clan school for a period of time and study some books, Baoyu is getting older now, and he can't just play in the backyard." ”

As soon as Jia Baoyu heard that she was going to study, her face was like a mournful exam, and her face was extremely pale.

Jia Mu frowned and said, "What's the hurry, it's just a matter of meeting for a while." ”

Mrs. Wang was also reluctant to let Baoyu go, and said: "Master, I heard that there are some bad things in the clan study, why bother to let Baoyu go to the clan to study?" If you are taken by someone, not to mention it, it will make the old lady worry, which is not great. ”

Jia Zheng said solemnly: "Mother, today Brother Yun said that he wants to rectify the clan study, and plans to hire another famous teacher, and all the expenses in the school will be taken from the public.

The son thought that Baoyu couldn't fall behind in his studies, so he wanted Baoyu to go to school, and Baoyu would go home every day after school, so there was nothing to delay. ”

Wang Xifeng's heart chuckled when he heard this, and he quickly calculated in his heart. There are so many children of the Jia family, plus the children of relatives, it is estimated that a lot of money is spent, should this silver be deducted from there... This can not be done. ……

Jia Baoyu knew that if he wanted Jia Zheng to change his mind, he could only rely on Jia's mother, so he looked at Jia's mother aggrievedly, but this grievance was true and not pretended, Jia Baoyu really didn't want to go to school, he didn't want to learn those things, he had that idle time, it was better to play with his sisters!

Jia's mother couldn't see her baby grandson's grievances, and immediately felt distressed, but before she could speak, Jia Zheng saw Baoyu's unmotivated appearance, and immediately scolded: "Pretend to show you, you are not young, and you still want to play all day long." ”..

Jia Baoyu was suddenly frightened and shrank in Jia's mother's arms.

Jia Mu's face sank at this time, and she said angrily: "Which one do you pretend to show me, come and scold my Baoyu when you have nothing to do, how old is Baoyu?"

I get angry when I look at you, and I can't go down yet. ”

Jia Zheng was scolded by Jia's mother, he didn't dare to go back, sighed and said: "Mother, you are always used to him like this......"

"You also said that he was not so accustomed to you when you were a child, when you were a boy and wanted to teach you a lesson, when I didn't stop it, now it's good, I forced my son like this, and complained about me.

You don't have to be angry with me, my son is yours, and I shouldn't care, since you don't get used to seeing me, I won't get in your way, I'll go back to Jinling tomorrow and ......."

Jia Zheng knelt on the ground in fright when he heard this, and explained: "Mother, the son doesn't dare, it's the son's fault, the mother must not be angry." ”

Mrs. Wang, who was on the side, also stepped forward to help her husband at this time, and said, "Mother, the master also made a slip of the tongue for a while, so don't worry about it." ”

Jia Mu glanced at Jia Zheng and snorted coldly..........