The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 131: Going with the flow
September has arrived in a blink of an eye.

Jia Zhen has been feeling very depressed recently.

A penny can make a hero fall. He always spends a lot of money on calling friends, drinking, watching operas, and visiting prostitutes.

But now, they can only occasionally make a little profit from the project of the Grand View Garden to improve their lives, and their life is quite miserable.

At first, he thought that he could just hold out until the end of the year, when the rent for the farm would be paid. He would be a good man again, so he didn't have the face to go look for Youshi.

But before a month had passed, he could no longer hold on.

That day, Mao saw Youshi arranging errands in the front yard, and immediately came up to her, saying humbly, "I'm a little tight on money lately, so please take out five hundred taels of silver and help me get by for the time being."

People are poor and have low aspirations. In the past, I could not even say the word "work" to Youshi.

I thought that since I had been so humble, Youshi would at least give me some face.

Unexpectedly, You Shi squinted her eyes and said, "Master, what you said is true. When the Jinyiwei came to confiscate the money, they didn't leave a share just for me. The expenses of this family were all raised by me, who lowered my status and used Yun Yi's salary bit by bit to make ends meet.

"Marrying a man provides me with food and clothing, it would be fine if you didn't give me money, but now you're asking for five hundred taels, where can I get it?"

"This..." Jia Zhen's face was humiliated by what she said, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only pinch his nose and say, "Isn't there still the revenue from the sugar?"

The reason why he chose this time was because he knew that the Xue family would settle accounts with the You family at the beginning of every month.

"You should save some money!" Yu Shi sneered, "The family has suffered such a huge loss, and you just threw up your hands and didn't care about anything. How could you know how much Yun Yi and I were worried about it in private?"

Speaking of worrying, she unconsciously stroked the ends of her hair.

He took a breath and said, "At the beginning of the spring, he and the Xue family started a small business together. He originally planned to save some money for marrying a wife in the future. But he encountered this kind of thing in our family. He had no choice but to take money from one place to pay for another. He temporarily moved some money from that place to fill the gap.

So he lied to the Xue family that he had sent a gift to Prince Zhongshun, but the concubine forced him to bring Wenlong with him when he sent the gift. How could he bring him? He was frozen there for a while. He just avoided the Xue family, and the Xue family also withheld the revenue of the sugar. "

Although the revenue from sugar was not much, Zhang Yunyi had never thought of using it to fill the deficit of the Ning Mansion.

Therefore, when Youshi mentioned the Xue family's request, he simply put it aside.

Anyway, he was not worried that the Xue family would default on the money, so he just kept it there temporarily. As for whether to pay interest or not, he would wait and see what the Xue family's attitude would be later.

He knew that Jia Zhen's income would be cut off and he would definitely set his sights on Youshi's income, so he had prepared an excuse early on.

He was not worried that Jia Zhen would confront the Xue family, after all, the money was spent in the Ning Mansion.

As for the Xue family, seeing that Youshi no longer came to visit and did not mention the sugar revenue, they thought that Zhang Yunyi was guilty.

They even felt that they were at a disadvantage by exchanging sugar for the 40% share of caustic soda, and they felt justified in making the deduction.

Jia Zhen had no idea of ​​the story and felt ashamed.

However, he had no conscience at all. The feeling of guilt flashed away and he started to think about Zhang Yunyi again.

"Although Yun Yi's salary is not much, with the salary and the ice tribute from the subordinates, plus the previous reward from the emperor, if not ten thousand taels, there must be at least seven or eight thousand taels. It shouldn't be that he is still short of these five hundred taels, right?"

Although Zhang Yunyi worked hard for the mansion, he did not spend the money in vain. Putting aside Youshi, Qin Keqing really made him feel painful.

Jia Zhen felt that since he had tasted the sweetness, it was only natural that he had to endure some suffering.

Upon hearing this, Youshi pretended to be surprised and asked, "You don't know yet?"

"Know what?" Jia Zhen asked blankly. Seeing his puzzled face, Youshi was quite relieved, but complained: "Isn't it all because of you? He concealed the amount, causing him to plead for the palace, and suffered from the emperor's misfortune, so he had to make up for it from other places. Now, he has invested a lot of money in the farm outside the city, planning to build a greenhouse, grow some fruits and vegetables that can't be eaten in winter, and offer them to the emperor to win back some of his favor."

"Is there still this?"

"How could it be false? The farm is just outside the west gate. It won't take you long to go there. Even though it's just started, he said it still needs to be covered with glass. Once the new factory is completed and construction begins, we can buy some flat glass and install it before we can plant crops."

Hearing that glass was used to grow vegetables, even though Jia Zhen was a spendthrift, he couldn't help but gasp.

Seeing that he remained silent, Youshi said, "Although you are suffering now, you are not short of food or clothing. If you need money, go find it somewhere else. Don't cause trouble for Yun Yi anymore."

She finished speaking and was about to leave.

Unexpectedly, Jia Zhen clapped his hands and said with a smile: "You are right! We do need to make up for it from outside. Our family has done a lot of favors in recent years, and now it is almost my father's birthday. It is a good excuse to let those relatives and friends send a gift."

He became more and more excited as he spoke, rubbing his palms together, "Didn't you say that the glass hasn't been purchased yet? First, take the several thousand taels of silver from Yun Yi's bank and give it to the master as a birthday gift. I'll make up for it after I receive the gifts. I'm sure it won't delay the purchase of the glass."

After he said that, Youshi was at a loss for words.

Everything had been planned in advance by Zhang Yunyi, but he was not a god. Who could have thought that Jia Zhen would have such a sudden idea and come up with such a solution?

I could only delay and said, “I have to ask Yun Yi about this.”

"Hey!"

Jia Zhen gave Youshi a look that said "you know what I mean" and said with a lewd look on his face, "Yun Yi is nostalgic. This money is just a temporary loan. As long as you put in more effort and make him happy, he will naturally agree!"

……

"Ok!"

That night, inside Tianxiang Tower.

After listening to Youshi's report, Zhang Yunyi, feeling relaxed both physically and mentally, uttered a muffled groan, took a deep breath, and held in his mouth a pitted longan that Qin Keqing had peeled.

After chewing for a few bites, Fang slowly said, "Give him some silver later. When he receives the gift, he must ask for it back. Also, go get him a birthday peach as a gift from me."

He didn't mean well, he just wanted to celebrate Jia Jing's birthday.

However, the King of Qin also hoped that he could infiltrate the King of Ning's faction.

Originally, Prince Ning also wanted to win him over, so it could be said that they were working together in both directions.

However, Jia Zheng was a procrastinating person, and he felt humiliated after being disrupted by Lady Wang last time. Prince Ning was under house arrest by the Emperor because of a case involving the Ministry of Works, so no one urged him.

He ignored Aunt Zhao's urging and kept delaying until now, so that Zhang Yun逸 had no breakthrough.

When I heard that Jia Zhen was going to hold a grand banquet to celebrate Jia Jing's birthday, I thought it was a good opportunity.

Moreover, many of the Ning Mansion's old and relatives were involved in cases involving the Ministry of Works. After returning the stolen silver, every family had a hard time.

Jia Zhen's move would undoubtedly make their already tight life even worse, and Zhang Yun逸 would naturally be happy to see it offend people.

Of course, in order to maintain your image, you have to spend some money to get a birthday peach, and you have to accept it with a pinch of your nose.

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(End of this chapter)