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Chapter 4766 [Grandma Liu visits Rongguo Mansion for the third time]

Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Granny Liu visits the Jia Mansion for the third time.

She is now nearly ninety years old and knows that she does not have much time left, so she wants to come to the Jia Mansion to pay her last respects and to thank the Jia Mansion for their help in the past.

That year, when she came to Jia's house for the second time, she got 500 taels of silver. After returning home, her family also bought land and became a small wealthy family.

In addition, she brought back so many good things from the Jia family, such as the fine dresses that the Concubine Dowager Jia wore, small cups from the Chenghua official kiln, and the fine silk and gauze awarded by the palace.

It also made her famous in the countryside. People within dozens of miles knew that Liu Laolao's family was related to the prince's mansion. How could anyone not look up to her?

Not to mention the villagers, even the local security guards, village heads, clan leaders, landlords, scholars, and even the magistrate of Daxing treated her with great respect, and she could be regarded as a prominent figure in the local area.

Even when the locals got married, they would invite Granny Liu and Wang Gou'er to sit in the seats of honor and treat them as honored guests. The Wang family had no official title, and did not need to pay taxes or perform corvée labor, so they quickly became wealthy and accumulated a fortune of several thousand taels of silver.

It was for this reason that Granny Liu was so grateful to the Jia family that, while she still had some breath left, she brought her grandson Ban'er and the vegetables she grew in the fields to visit the Jia family for the last time.

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Grandmother Jia was naturally happy to see Granny Liu.

Especially when he saw that she was so thoughtful and came to visit him at such an old age, he was even more touched. Therefore, he specially prepared a banquet to entertain Liu Laolao and invited her to visit the Grand View Garden again.

"I have never forgotten this garden since the last time I visited it, and I always wanted to come here again. Today, thanks to the old birthday star, I can take another walk around. Even in the next life, I will remember the old birthday star's kindness." Liu Laolao said with a smile.

Xiang Nan also took Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun and others to accompany Jia Mu and Granny Liu to visit the Grand View Garden again. But Granny Liu was old after all, so she only visited three places in the end.

Even so, Granny Liu still chanted the Buddha's name thousands of times.

This time, Granny Liu stayed at the Jia family for two days and then left with Ban'er.

When she left, Grandmother Jia specially gave her a coffin made of top-quality fir wood.

In fact, as early as 20 or 30 years ago, before the country changed customs and advocated cremation, many elderly people in rural areas would prepare coffins at home in advance.

This coffin is also called "longevity material". After it is made, a banquet will be held to celebrate, which is called "adding longevity". So sending a coffin does not mean bad luck. On the contrary, a good coffin is a generous gift for the elderly.

Naturally, Liu Laolao was very grateful to have received such a good coffin.

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Half a month after Liu Laolao returned, she passed away.

After receiving the news, the Jia family sent someone to express condolences.

Two years later, Jia She died.

He was the oldest, and was also greedy for wine and lustful. He did not take care of himself even at his age. He had several concubines, so his health deteriorated early.

Xiang Nan did not do anything to prolong his life, so he died in his seventies.

After Jia She died, Jia Lian inherited his title and was called "Duke of Fuguo".

Although he is the eldest son and grandson of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng and Lady Wang are still the real masters of Rongguo Mansion because Jia's mother is the imperial concubine and Jia Zheng is the prince of Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng still help their uncle and aunt to manage the household.

Two years after Jia She died, Lady Xing also died. Six years later, at the age of 100, Lady Jia also died.

The reason why she could live to such an old age was because Xiang Nan specially helped her extend her life.

Grandmother Jia is the person who loves Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu the most in the world, and is also the core of the family's cohesion. Therefore, Xiang Nan was reluctant to let her go early, so he specially helped her prolong her life.

Not only that, he has also been helping her to regulate her body, so that although she is a hundred years old, her ears are not deaf, her eyes are not blurry, her mind is not confused, and she can eat, drink, walk and sleep. It can be said that her quality of life is very high.

Moreover, Grandmother Jia passed away in her sleep and did not suffer any pain when she died. She even had peaches as a midnight snack that night and watched a small play with Xiang Nan, Daiyu, Baochai and others.

And in the year before she died, she saw Qiaojie getting married, Jia Jing and Jia Wei getting married, etc. It can be said that she enjoyed a life of wealth and glory, and family happiness without suffering any hardship.

Because of this, she lived to be a hundred years old and died without any illness. Everyone envied her and said that Grandmother Jia was a blessed person.

After Jia's mother died, her estate was mainly inherited by Jia Zheng, but Jia Zheng did not monopolize it, and gave most of it to Wang Xifeng, Sichun, Daiyu, Baochai, Xiangyun, and the people who served Jia's mother before.

Maids like Yuanyang, Amber, Feicui, and Boli all received some of Lady Jia's relics.

Afterwards, Yuanyang, who never married, chose to become a nun after her grandmother's death and went to live with Miaoyu in the Rongcui Temple.

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Ten years after Grandmother Jia's death, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang also died one after another.

After Jia Zheng passed away, Xiang Nan inherited his title of Prince Rong, and Mrs. Wang also moved out of Rongguo Mansion and moved to Xiang Nan's Prince Mansion.

In this way, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng finally became the head of the Rongguo Mansion after many years of being daughters-in-law. However, at this time, their son Jia Wei had already entered middle age, and their grandsons were already able to help with cooking.

Later, Lin Ruhai, Aunt Zhou, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Xue, Jia Zhen and others also died one after another, and there were only a few people of the older generation left.

Two years later, Jia Lian, Qin Keqing, Youshi, Xue Pan, Jia Rong and Li Wan died one after another, and then Yuanchun in the palace also died.

Before she died, she was already the Empress Dowager, and her son was Emperor Xiankang. Yuanchun was nearly eighty years old when she died, which was considered old. She had lived a life of wealth and glory, and had no regrets.

After that, Miaoyu, Yuanyang, Yingchun, Yinglian, Tanchun and others died one after another. There were not many brothers and sisters left in the Jia family. The departure of these people also made Lin Daiyu shed many tears.

She even told Xiang Nan that she seemed to have fewer tears.

After hearing her say this, Xiang Nan knew that Lin Daiyu might not live for many years.

Because she was the Immortal Crimson Pearl Herb who came to earth to repay his tears. When she had paid her debt, she returned to heaven.

In the book, Lin Daiyu died within two years after she said that her tears were almost dry.

Therefore, in the next two years, Xiang Nan tried his best to prevent Lin Daiyu from crying again.

After all, after so many years of living together, they are no longer just cousins ​​and husband and wife, but also confidants. Xiang Nan naturally doesn't want her to die early.

But in the next two years, Ping'er, Zijuan, Wang Xifeng, Xiren, Xueyan, Qingwen, Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun and others also died one after another, which made Lin Daiyu sad and her tears almost never stopped.

Even though Xiang Nan tried to comfort her in every way, it was of little use, so in the end her tears dried up, she died, and her soul returned to the afterlife.

Xiang Nan was awakened by the long-lost reminder sound in his sleep, and then he knew that Lin Daiyu had passed away. But it was better this way, she didn't suffer before her death, and passed away peacefully.