Chapter 218 Dowry
"Qiang'er, you are seeking death! If you say such things again, be careful and I will tell Daddy!"
Daiyu's face was as red as the afterglow of the setting sun. She felt her cheeks were burning hot and she didn't dare to raise her eyes. Although it was a threat and warning, her voice was almost inaudible.
He couldn't seem to sit still anymore, so he stood up and wanted to walk, but for a while, he seemed to have lost all his strength to walk.
When Jia Qiang saw this, she laughed and said: "I dare to say it in front of my aunt and father-in-law, so there is nothing shameful about it. Aunt Lin is already good-looking, why don't you let others praise you?"
Daiyu was angry and ashamed, gritted her teeth and said: "If you say such things again, I will ignore you again."
Jia Qiang was helpless and nodded: "Okay, okay, in the future I will never say that Aunt Lin is good-looking, I will only say that you are ugly and a big ugly ghost... Ouch!"
After being hit on the head, and looking at Daiyu's gloomy face, she was really angry.
Jia Qiang laughed and said: "Don't mention these anymore, it's not mine..."
Daiyu looked at him carefully for a while, and saw that he was indeed honest. She felt a little more relaxed. After glaring at Jia Qiang, she sat down again. Seeing Jia Qiang's leisurely and contented look, she became a little angry and asked: "What are you doing outside?"
Have you finished your work? I heard from my father and aunt that thanks to you, Yangzhou's salt policy is progressing smoothly, and we may be able to return to Beijing earlier. If you are too busy, don't be left behind."
Jia Qiang didn't mind, and said with a smile: "If you're busy, just stay here and continue working. The book is already being engraved, and it's estimated that it will be completed in a few days. For the rest, it depends on when Jufeng Island will be completed.
I'll go up there for two days to arrange the manpower properly, and the equipment that needs to be debugged has been debugged, so there won't be much trouble. It won't be too late for a few days... You will probably have to stay at the Duke's Mansion when you go back. My uncle and father-in-law have finished meeting.
, the emperor will probably give you a house. It will take at least half a month to clean up the new house, and the old lady will not let you go back, so you and the sisters can just be stubborn."
Hearing this, Daiyu was silent for a long time and then asked: "What about you, what are you going to do when you go back?"
Jia Qiang said cheerfully: "The guild hall on Xixie Street is probably almost finished. I will be busy for a while when I go back. The bookstore will also be built in the capital. The other things are mainly reading. In addition, the palace will grant a house.
After that, my great-uncle naturally didn’t have time to pay attention to me. I will probably help my aunt with some arrangements. My great-uncle lives in the middle hall, and Aunt Lin lives in the West Road Courtyard, so I will probably live in the East Road Courtyard..."
Daiyu's face had just calmed down, but after hearing this, she couldn't help laughing, and spat: "My home is still your home. I helped my aunt tidy up, but I also left the home behind?"
Jia Qiang made a "tsk" sound, folded her hands under her head, leaned on the back of her chair and said with a smile: "That bastard Jia Zhen took back all the houses my parents left me, leaving me homeless. Now I am homeless.
My aunt-in-law didn't mind, so he accepted me as a registered disciple. Forget it, I'll be shameless and join him for a few years. After I passed the exam and got the qualifications to study abroad, I went out for a walk. First, I traveled all over Dayan, from the grassland in the north to the grassland in the west.
To the desert, to Binhai in the east, to Guanyin Mountain in the south..."
"Wait a minute, what's the name of Guanyin Mountain in the south?"
Daiyu stopped and asked in confusion.
Jia Qiang gave her a "disgusting" look and said, "Aunt Lin is also well-read, so why haven't you heard of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea? Walking to the south, you will naturally find Guanyin Bodhisattva's dojo."
Daiyu's pretty face almost froze, and then she gritted her teeth and said: "Then what you said before doesn't make sense. You shouldn't go to the desert to go west. You should go to the west to learn scriptures! That's right, Xiaojing knows martial arts.
He who can fight, fight and do somersaults is Sun Xingzhe. Silly Xiangling only listens to your words and works hard without complaining, isn't he Sha Wujing? You still need Zhu Bajie, so you can go to the West to get the scriptures!"
Jia Qiang burst out laughing when she heard this and said, "Didn't I just invite you, Aunt Lin?"
Daiyu hesitated for a moment, then became furious, with her face flushed. She stood up and stretched out her hand to Jia Qiang, saying: "I know you are setting me up again because I made such a mouthful of you, and I can no longer spare you today.
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Jia Qiang laughed loudly, blocking her left and right to avoid Daiyu's little hand that wanted to tear his mouth apart, and at the same time, she also wanted to be prepared for the bloody scene where Daiyu suddenly fell on him.
Of course it didn't matter to him, but with a face like Daiyu's, if something like this happened, she might not see him for half a month.
After deliberately being beaten several times and begging for mercy, Daiyu panted and let him go.
It wasn't that easy originally, but she gave up when she saw someone coming from the Moon Gate in the west courtyard.
After taking a few steps back, he faced the surprised Jia Qiang and said angrily: "If you don't clean up, someone is coming."
Jia Qiang felt strange. When she looked back, she saw that Aunt Mei had crossed the bamboo bridge and was walking towards her with a smile. She quickly stood up and straightened the wrinkles in front of her clothes...
Little did they know that after Aunt Mei came over and saw the expressions on the two of them and the blush on Daiyu's pretty face that had not yet subsided, her heart trembled.
His eyes circled around the two of them, and he didn't know how to speak for a moment, and his steps became slower and slower.
Daiyu was so smart that she couldn't see Aunt Mei's hesitation and worry. After glaring at Jia Qiang, she stepped forward and complained: "Auntie, Brother Qiang bullied me again. You must tell your father this time..."
Aunt Mei's heart jumped, and she asked with a calm smile on her face: "Why did he bully you again? You are his aunt, how dare he be disrespectful?"
Daiyu snorted, recounted what had happened before, and finally gritted her teeth and said: "Brother Qiang is also thinking too hard. He himself is a pig. He eats from the basin every time he eats, and he has to eat three more times."
meal!"
When Aunt Mei heard this, she thought so, and she said that although the two children are usually close to each other, they are both proud and polite people, and they will never mess up the etiquette.
Knowing the whole story now, he smiled angrily at Jia Qiang and said, "Don't bully your aunt again!" He then said, "We have guests in front of us. They are your uncle Lian, the young master from Admiral Liu's family in Jiangnan, and the second son from the governor's family in Jiangsu.
The young master is here. I am not in good health to receive guests, so I want you to go see him on his behalf."
Hearing this, Jia Qiang raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Lian Er can be easily manipulated. Liu Qi, the governor of Jiangnan, is an old member of the Xianrong Kingdom, so he just has some friendship. What does Zhao Dong, the governor of Jiangnan, have to do with the Jia family?"
Aunt Mei smiled and said: "How about you ask me about the Jia family? The master said that these two families seem to have been beaten hard by the monkey, so you can do whatever you want."
Jia Qiang burst into laughter, patted her forehead and said, "It's okay if I'm confused. I'll go see them."
Daiyu looked a little worried, looked at him and said: "If they are rude, don't conflict with them. You can go to my father to make the decision."
Jia Qiang was simply puzzled: "How does Aunt Lin think that I will be bullied?"
Daiyu was so upset that she spat, "Who thought you would be bullied? Even if you are bullied, you deserve it!"
Jia Qiang laughed and said: "Who can be so powerful as Lian Ergan?"
There is something I haven't said out loud yet: being with Jia Lianwan is actually very simple, as long as he has a beautiful wife.
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Shenjing City, Ningguo Mansion.
After Jia Jing came back from the Taoist temple outside the city, he looked at his son's body, and then at his grandson who was still unconscious and was probably going to be a cripple. This veteran Taoist who had been practicing Taoism for decades, instead of waking up, he thought it was God helping him.
Cut off the ties in the world of mortals, achieve complete enlightenment, and devote yourself to the path of spiritual practice.
Every day, I chant sutras and practices together with the Taoist priests in my house. After delivering the spirit, I immediately leave the city and prepare to practice devoutly and ascend to the immortal world.
As for this family business, if Jia Rong does not die, he will inherit it.
If Jia Rong dies, it will be entrusted to Jia's mother, Jia She, and the elders of Jia Zheng's clan to choose a reliable son to inherit.
This ridiculous statement really caused the entire clan to be in turmoil.
Every day, countless Jia people try their best to honor Jia Mu, Jia She and others.
Jia She enjoyed it, but Jia Zheng was extremely annoyed. Except for the first time or two, Jia's mother never saw her again.
Mother Jia, who had been feeling gloomy and unhappy these past few days, rarely showed a smile today.
In the Rongqing Hall, Wang Xifeng laid out all the gifts and smiled at Jia Mu: "Look, this granddaughter's pain was not in vain. She has given you a New Year's gift!"
Jia Mu had already read the letter earlier and said with a smile: "Now I have experienced something. It shows that I have grown up, good."
Wang Xifeng laughed angrily and said, "It's better than her second brother Lian. Sister Lin even knows how to send some festive gifts home, but Lian'er doesn't even have a letter."
Jia Mu was more tolerant and said with a smile: "Isn't his name also mentioned in the letter?"
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "His name is just a little bit, Qiang'er is the serious one who writes again and again. Who would have thought that Qiang'er would have such a good fortune that her uncle would gain a disciple. My uncle is a Tanhualang, and he has taught the disciples
Is there any difference? Our family may have to have a prostitute."
Jia Mu made a "poof" sound and laughed and said: "You only want to do good things, he also has this kind of fortune?" Then she nodded to Sister Feng and said: "Don't think that Lian'er went to the south and only knew how to do things.
Or is he, how old is Brother Qiang, what can he do?"
Jia Mu didn't know what was going on outside and didn't want to pay attention to it, but she was really knowledgeable about the affairs of the women in the back house. It was obvious at a glance that Wang Xifeng was ashamed and angry at Jia Lian's inaction in the south. She was such a strong person.
, but in Daiyu’s letter, she only mentioned her name and said it was a New Year’s gift, and nothing else.
Jia Mu also knew in her heart that Jia Lian must be living in Gaole in the south and had no idea where her family was, but she still wanted to speak for her eldest grandson.
But there was something she didn't expect. She only thought that Sister Feng was annoyed with Jia Lian for not living up to expectations, but she didn't expect that Wang Xifeng was actually even more annoyed that Jia Lian had gone to the south in vain. She didn't get any of the expected benefits, but instead spent all day playing tricks.
In Daiyu's letter, only the payment appeared once, but in the end, no favors were left.
But since Jia Mu has chosen her, she will naturally not show any traces, otherwise she will offend the old lady, which is not worth the loss. So she changed the subject and said with a smile: "Old lady, there is no serious person in my uncle's back house now.
Madam, my uncle will definitely be promoted after he returns to Beijing, and when the time comes, there will be many high-ranking families who want to propose marriage."
Upon hearing this, Mother Jia's face darkened, but she soon became relieved and sighed: "Yu'er's mother has been dead for several years. Your uncle has never renewed his relationship. Even our family can't say anything. The Lin family
My ancestor was also born in a feudal lord, and he was a prostitute, so noble. When the old prince was here, he was most attracted to this uncle. Your aunt is not blessed, so you can't let her stay as an old widower, right? When you say marriage, just say so.
Just go and kiss her."
When Wang Xifeng heard this, she rolled her eyes and lowered her voice and laughed: "I, a junior, shouldn't talk too much. It's just that you should talk about kissing. But the dowry left by my aunt, do we have to help Sister Lin keep it?"
Okay? I heard that the dowry that my ancestors and the Duke bought for my aunt back then may not be as good as the palace's wealth. If a new person comes to visit, then... there will be no trouble in the future. "
Jia Mu frowned when she heard this and wanted to scold her, but after thinking about it, it seemed to make sense...
Chapter completed!