Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 115 Grandmother Jia is panicking!

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Xie Jiwen has been working very hard recently.

It is not an exaggeration to describe him as hanging his head on the beam and piercing his thighs with a needle. He only slept for two hours a day and spent the rest of the time reading.

Xie Jiwen was originally very smart and clever. Even though he didn't study very hard in the past, he could still rank among the top students in Xishan Academy. Now that he has to study seriously, Jia Rong is feeling a bit stressed.

I have to work hard to keep up.

If I am surpassed by my younger brothers, how will the leader of Qing Society put his face?
Therefore, Jia Rong studied until very late every night, and even Qingwen had to urge him three times before he turned off the lights.

Time flies and it is almost August 15th. Jia Rong has made great progress during this period. He confidently finds Xie Jiwen and says with a smile: "Brother Xie, are you ready to avenge your previous shame?"

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

Jia Rong approached suspiciously.

"Read a book."

Xie Jiwen smiled slightly.

"It's a really good book. I guarantee you'll want to read it again after you've read it."

Jia Rong: “…”

"Have you been watching this recently?"

Jia Rong picked up a book called "The White Fox's Gratitude" and flipped through a few pages.

Nima!

wonderful!

Bravo!

Jia Rong had an urge to swing his fist and beat someone up!

"How is it?" Xie Jiwen laughed.

Jia Rong picked up the books on the table and said with a smile, "If you lose to that grandson Li on August 15, I will immediately send someone to Nanjing to bring Su Wan'er to the capital and marry her myself."

Xie Jiwen suddenly lost his composure!
Su Wan'er is his goddess!
He would never allow anyone to defile him, not even a brother!
"I won't give you a chance!"

"Watch how I trample that guy Li Chun under my feet!" Xie Jiwen said confidently.

Jia Rong nodded solemnly: "I believe you!"

Xie Jiwen: "The book I just bought..."

Jia Rong: "Leave it with me first. I'll return it to you when you defeat him."

Xie Jiwen: "It's a hardcover edition. It's very expensive!"

Jia Rong: "How can the great Master Xie be short of these two dollars?"

Xie Jiwen hurriedly said, "Yes! My father is a clean official, he only gives me one tael of silver a month to spend!"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Come on, you're just a three-year-old concubine? When will I marry you a fourth concubine?"

Xie Jiwen: “…”

……

After confiscating several books from Xie Jiwen, Jia Rong took them back home without any hesitation.

That night, Qingwen urged him to go to bed four times but he still didn't go to bed.

All I can say is that it’s a great book!
"Master, it's almost three o'clock in the morning."

Qingwen, wearing little clothes and yawning, came to urge for the fourth time.

"It's time to sleep."

Although he said this, Jia Rong still did not move. It was not until Qingwen came to urge him again that Jia Rong reluctantly put away the book and lay down on the bed to sleep.

As expected, I woke up late the next day, with some bloodshot eyes.

He quickly changed his clothes and went to the Imperial College.

Xie Jiwen chuckled: "Brother Shunzhi, you didn't sleep or eat last night, did you? How is the book?"

Jia Rong said seriously, "Don't make a fuss. I read only serious articles written by sages."

Xie Jiwen smiled and said, "I understand."

"As long as you understand, you can ask for leave in the afternoon. I will host you in the evening. We, the members of the Youth Society, can gather together to come up with a charter for the literary gathering on August 15th."

After all, Qingshe is still just a new literary society and is not very famous. This time, under the banner of making friends through literature, they will exchange ideas with students from Jiangnan, which is the best opportunity to strengthen Qingshe.

Especially with Li Chun's reputation as the world's most talented scholar, if Qingshe could surpass him in literary competitions, it would surely lead to rapid development and growth in Jiangbei.

Xie Jiwen said bitterly: "It's difficult to ask for leave. My father has informed the Dean that I am not allowed to leave the Imperial College. Otherwise, I would have left long ago."

Jia Rong: “…”

"It seems that we can only use some means."

Xie Jiwen was puzzled: "What?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Just follow me this afternoon."

A day's reading time passed quickly.

Xie Jiwen brought a classmate to Jia Rong and said with a smile: "This is my new member, classmate Xu Lian. Her articles are very good. Recently, we often read them by candlelight at night and talk until dawn."

Xu Lian was a very handsome young man, with red lips and white teeth, charming and shy. When you got close to him, you could smell a fresh fragrance. Even his voice was soft and sweet, quite like a girl.

"Meet Brother Shunzhi."

Jia Rong couldn't help but shudder, and forced a smile, "Brother Lian, you're too polite."

Xu Lian lowered her head in shame and stopped talking.

Xie Jiwen smiled and said, "Brother Lian is a little shy and doesn't like to talk, please don't mind."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Since we have joined the Qing Society, we are a family. Let's go out and get together tonight."

Xie Jiwen asked: "How can we get out? Neither of us has a release badge."

Jia Rong waved his fan calmly.

"Just follow me."

Jia Rong is in front.

The two walked side by side behind, very close to each other.

Jia Rong even felt like a light bulb.

Near the door, Jia Rong whispered a few words to the two of them, and then asked seriously, "Do you understand?"

Xie Jiwen clapped his hands and laughed, "Great!"

Xu Lian didn't say anything, but her eyes brightened when she looked at Jia Rong.

Jia Rong handed the release card to Xie Jiwen and said with a smile, "Let's do it this way. Remember to be careful and don't make any mistakes."

Xie Jiwen took the sign and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Shunzhi."

Jia Rong nodded and walked towards the gate of the Imperial College.

The clerks in charge of guarding the gate naturally recognized Jia Rong and knew that he was the favorite disciple of the Dean. He had a pass to leave the prison, so they stepped forward and said with a smile, "Mr. Jia is a little late from school today."

"Something delayed me, I'll leave now."

After saying this, Jia Rong swaggered out of the prison.

The petty officials had no suspicions.

Then, Xie Jiwen stepped forward, showed his release card, and said, "I have an emergency at home, so I am leaving the prison."

A clerk came forward to examine it carefully, then returned it to Xie Jiwen and said, "Leave a receipt. Will you come back tomorrow morning?"

Xie Jiwen nodded quickly and wrote a note.

"I will be back tomorrow morning."

Then he swaggered out of the Imperial College.

At this time Jia Rong came back again.

Several clerks laughed and asked, "Why is Mr. Jia back again?"

Jia Rong said helplessly: "I suddenly remembered that I forgot to take something."

"Do you want us to go get it for my husband?"

"No, I can't remember where it is at the moment, I have to go back and look for it."

"Oh, please go ahead, Mr. Jia."

Jia Rong smiled as he entered the Imperial College. He found Xu Lian at the corner and said, "Are you okay? Don't let it show."

Xu Lian smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Shunzhi."

Then she stretched out her delicate hand and took the sign.

Jia Rong muttered to himself: Can Xie Jiwen control himself when he has a heart-to-heart talk with this gentleman? He originally thought that Xu Lian might be shy and nervous, but later he realized that he was overthinking it. Xu Lian handed over the sign with ease. The clerk was almost stunned when he saw Xu Lian's appearance, but he just glanced at her and let her go.

There are many women who are extremely beautiful.

It's rare to see a man who is so handsome that he can topple a whole country.

It is possible to be stunned for a moment.

...

"Brother Ye, this is classmate Xu Lian, who has already joined our Youth Society." Xie Jiwen introduced.

Ye Mengshu was almost stunned.

He swore that Miss Yun Qian had never lost her composure like this when he first met her in Yunlou.

Jia Rong tapped Ye Mengshu on the head with his fan and said seriously, "Stop being in a daze. How many members of the Qing Society are here?"

Ye Mengshu smiled ashamedly and said, "There are eleven people here, seven of them are old classmates from Xishan Academy, three are classmates from Huaiyuan, and there is an old scholar."

"That's fine."

"Let's go to Daminglou and have a drink."

"..."

……

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the Lin family in Yangzhou sent many holiday gifts.

In previous years, these were sent to the Rongguo Mansion. This year, Lin Ruhai knew that Daiyu lived with the eldest daughter of the Ning Mansion, so he sent all the festival gifts to the East Mansion.

Of course, Xifu also gave a symbolic gift.

After all, we are related.

Mrs. Xing, the housekeeper, was a little unhappy and ran to complain to Jia She, "I heard that since my niece came to our house, the Lin family has sent several thousand taels of silver as gifts every Mid-Autumn Festival, which can be used by the house for a long time. This year, we have been waiting for a long time, but they only sent such a small amount. What is enough?"

Jia She knew the reason, of course. He slammed the table hard and said angrily, "It's all because of that bitch surnamed Wang who manages the family so well that she secretly ate all the gifts and didn't give them to her niece. How could the in-laws not be angry when they found out? They've already given me face by not coming to our house!"

"Don't give any of the money from the farm this year to the second wife. Let them starve!"

Jia She was quite angry as he took over an empty shell of a Duke's Mansion and was unable to squander the money even if he wanted to.

Mrs. Xing naturally agreed, but then said worriedly, "I'm afraid the old lady won't agree."

Jia She waved his hand and said, "The old lady must be getting old and confused. Don't pay any attention to her."

"I heard that she wants to build a Buddhist temple for that bitch named Wang. Don't you think she is senile or anything like that?"

"The bitch surnamed Wang has messed up our family like this. Does she deserve it?"

Ask Jia She to take a look. Jia Jing's sentence is still too light. It is not excessive for that bitch named Wang to be thrown into a pig cage.

Mrs. Xing was naturally happy and said with a smile, "Master is right, then I will keep the second wife's share.

Jia She slammed the table with his hand.

"Stay! You must stay!"

"I said!"

"Even the old lady doesn't work!"

The old lady is the one who is in charge of the inner quarters, so of course the people with the surname Jia have the final say in the Jia family.

He believed that Jia Jing would definitely support him on this point.

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"what!"

Inside Rongqing Hall.

Grandmother Jia slammed the table hard and said angrily, "Who said that the dividends from the manor won't be given to the second wife this year?"

If she doesn't give the second wife a share of the profits, what will her youngest son and Baoyu eat and drink? And there are so many concubines and maids serving them, especially in Baoyu's room, how much do more than a dozen maids earn a year?

It would be fine if she only supported Xiren, but could she support all of them?

Besides, she had promised Baoyu to build a small Buddhist temple for Mrs. Wang. This would probably drain all her savings. How could she have the money to provide for the second wife?

Jia Zheng stood in the hall feeling aggrieved.

He really felt wronged.

When the second branch was in charge of the family, they did not fail to give dividends to the first branch.

"Go and call the boss!" said Grandmother Jia in a cold voice.

"Yes."

Yuanyang agreed and went to the main hall of the front yard.

Jia She was drinking, and when he saw Yuanyang coming, he smiled and said, "Yuanyang, you are such a rare guest. Come and have a drink with me, the master..."

"Cough cough!"

Kuiyun coughed at the right time.

Jia She: "..."

I'm a rough *×x&!

I must think of a way to please Brother Jing and get him to take this annoying servant back!

"Master!"

Yuanyang said seriously, "Old lady, please come over!"

"Ok!"

Jia She nodded seriously.

"You go back first, I'll be there soon!"

The mandarin ducks would not stay for long. They turned around and left. It was unknown whether they would spit outside.

Soon Jia She came to Jia's mother's residence with a swagger, bowed and said, "Mother."

"Brother." Jia Zheng also bowed.

Grandmother Jia waved her hand and sneered, "Don't call me mother!"

"Do you still have me as your mother in your eyes?"

"What does it mean to team up with outsiders to bully your brother?"

Jia She now had Jia Jing's support, so he was not afraid of Grandmother Jia at all, so he smiled and said, "What are you talking about, mother? Who is an outsider? How did I bully my second brother? I hope mother can explain it more clearly."

"Humph!"

Grandmother Jia sneered again: "You said that you didn't bully your brother, but what about the dividends from the farm this year? This is the property of our entire family. Although you are in charge of the family, you can't take it all for yourself. In the past, your second brother was in charge of the family and you got a share!"

Jia She was furious when he heard this, pointing at Jia Zheng and cursing, "My second brother and the Wang family have managed a good family. The treasury of the Duke's Mansion, the accumulation of several lifetimes, is now empty!"

“It’s empty!”

"I can't believe it! The treasury of the Duke's Mansion is actually empty!"

Jia She became angrier and angrier as he spoke, with fire in his eyes.

"What a waste of money!"

"No! I can't swallow this breath!"

"I'm going to find the clan leader to punish me according to the family rules!"

Saying that, he walked out.

"You stop!"

Grandmother Jia was suddenly panicked.

If Jia Jing uses the family rules again, she will lose face.

Jia Zheng was also panicked.

He had been bedridden for a month after being beaten some time ago, and now he can barely walk.

If he gets beaten again, he’ll probably have to use crutches.

"how?"

Jia She turned around and said, "Isn't what my son said wrong? My second brother has only been in charge of the family for a few years and has squandered the family fortune. Shouldn't he accept the family rules?"

Grandmother Jia hurriedly said, "You can't blame your second brother for this!"

Jia Zheng nodded hurriedly.

Although he was nominally the head of the household, in reality he never cared about family affairs and hardly asked about them.

He didn't do anything, what's wrong?
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(End of this chapter)