The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 265
Last time, after Jia Zheng dismissed everyone, he led Jiao Shun back to the back house.

Since Rongguo Mansion started to heat up in mid-October, it was hot and hot as soon as they entered the flower hall, so the two of them took off their coats before sitting down as guests and hosts.

When Jin Chuan offered the tea, Jiao Shun turned his body sideways to face the host, assuming a posture of listening attentively, but he didn't want Jia Zheng's words to come to his lips several times, and then swallowed them inexplicably.

Repeatedly, Jia Zheng sighed quietly, lowered his head, picked up the lid of the tea bowl, and gently scraped the edge of the tea bowl, making a crisp and jingling sound unique to fine porcelain.

Jiao Shun didn't understand why he was looking at it, and suddenly saw the curtain in the inner room being lifted, and Mrs. Wang came out gracefully, shaking her shoulders. He has nothing to hide."

Jia Zheng raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, then lowered his head and said indifferently: "Since it's your idea, you can explain it to Brother Shun."

Mrs. Wang showed some resentment on her face, but she restrained herself in an instant. She stroked the back of her long skirt into a peach shape, and sat down beside Jia Zheng elegantly and dignifiedly. Sit down and talk, sit down and talk."

When Jiao Shun was also seated, the gentle smile on her face turned into a faint sadness, and she sighed: "Brother Shun should have heard about it, and it's no wonder that I couldn't figure it out at the beginning, and I didn't expect to come to Beijing this year." Prices are soaring, and the cost of repairing the yard was originally more than that of the wealthy, but it has been overrun everywhere, and now it is even more difficult for the tired family to make ends meet."

"In previous years, it would have been fine if my master and I took the lead in leading the family to live frugally, but such an important event of God's grace as visiting relatives is right in front of us, so it's not easy to let the outside see the joke of your empress?"

If he hadn't known that there was a rich man from the Xue family, Jiao Shun would have suspected that the other party wanted to borrow money from him after hearing Mrs. Wang's words.

If you don't ask yourself to borrow money, why are you crying poor?
Jiao Shun was at a loss, and couldn't help asking: "But is there something that needs to be used by my nephew? Auntie might as well make it clear that my nephew will definitely do her best."

Mrs. Wang smiled: "That's what happened, me and the old..."

"cough!"

Jia Zheng cut off the conversation with a dry cough.

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to change her words: "I discussed it with the stewards. For the current plan, I'm afraid I can only mortgage the property in the mansion and temporarily borrow some money to meet the urgent need."

Hearing the words 'property, mortgage', Jiao Shun's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out: "The wife is talking about the tire business?"

This is not difficult to guess, Rongguo Mansion owns a lot of properties, but Jiao Shun is only related to tire workshops and shops.

The matter of mortgaging property was undoubtedly a prodigal act in the eyes of the staid Jia Zheng, and it was difficult for him to hesitate to speak just now, so he finally simply pushed it to Mrs. Wang.

"My nephew really knows everything."

Mrs. Wang solemnly said: "This business is the foundation you laid, and you usually act in accordance with the regulations you set. You are familiar with the monthly income and expenditure, and the future prospects, so I would like to ask You can help to estimate, and see how much money we can mortgage for the dry stocks held by our family."

It turned out to be looking for an estimate.

Jiao Shun was stunned, but then he couldn't help questioning: "Since that's the case, why didn't Madam ask Second Mistress Lian to preside over it? She knows everything in the shop by heart, isn't it better than me, a shopkeeper with a false name?"

"This……"

But Mrs. Wang said perfunctorily with a sneer: "She suffered from the wind and cold a while ago, and now she is busy and keeps her feet off the ground. I really can't bear to put all the burden on her shoulders - let's talk about the business outside, the housewife It's always inconvenient to manage people, but it's not as real as you men can see in person."

This reason is plausible, but Jiao Shun always feels that it is not that simple inside.

But this is not the time to delve into it, he went over the valuation matter in his mind, then shook his head slightly and said: "It's not that my nephew is trying to evade, but I'm afraid there will be some trouble."

"Why is this?"

Mrs. Wang became a little anxious when she heard this, she leaned forward and puffed her chest to ask: "The tire workshop and shop are very hot business, although there are a few secretly imitating them in summer, most of them outside If you recognize our family, if you really want to sell it, you may be able to steal it!"

"Ma'am, don't worry."

Seeing her speaking in a hurry and quickly, her panting and trembling for a while, Jiao Shun didn't want to look around, so he hurriedly bowed his head and explained: "This deal is naturally very good. I'm afraid that even the Ministry of Internal Affairs will come to fight for it - but this is a partnership business after all, and the three families are in-laws for many generations, so no matter whether it is a purchase or a sale, it should always be agreed by the Wang and Xue families."

Speaking of this, he spread his hands: "Our family is also a major shareholder. If we really want to lose our hands, the shop workshop will have to be decided by outsiders. This... I'm afraid the Wang and Xue families may not be happy."

It is said that it is the Wang and Xue families, but it is actually the Wang family. Now that the Xue family is under the fence and owns the least shareholding, naturally they will not turn against the Jia family for some profit.

But Wang Taiwei is now in the southeast, and the power is not under the Rongguo Mansion, so he may not be willing to let this golden chicken lay eggs in the hands of outsiders—not to mention that the Jia family owed the Wang family a big favor because of Sun Shaozu's incident. Facing the Wang family, I'm afraid they won't be so stubborn.

Mrs. Wang heard the words, and hurriedly said: "What if it's not for outsiders, but for Xue's family?"

Arriving at Xue's house?

When Jiao Shun heard the words, he was a little puzzled at first, but now that the Xue family lives under the fence, if Mrs. Wang opens her mouth, how can the Xue family have any reason why she shouldn't?
But why are you superfluous and getting some mortgage?
Could it be that the Rongguo Mansion refused to pay back the debt, because the Xue family really dared to snatch the workshop?
But after thinking about it, Jiao Shun suddenly realized, and then he was secretly delighted, thinking what a golden and jade match, they are obviously plastic sisters!

Afraid that this matter would repeat itself again, he hurriedly got up and said seriously: "If I arrive at Xue's house, it will save a lot of trouble. If Uncle Shi and Auntie trust me, let me work for a few days, so I can make an estimate."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly got up to return the gift when she heard the words: "Then there will be my nephew Lao Lao."

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After Jiao Shun promised to help with the estimate, it took another two days.

But that afternoon, Aunt Xue came back from outside wrapped tightly, and while letting the servant girl go down layer by layer, she ordered to invite Baochai to come and talk.

When Xue Baochai heard the news and arrived, she had already stripped her pampered body, and the maids were wiping sweat with handkerchiefs.

Seeing her daughter approaching, Aunt Xue covered her heart slightly, and complained helplessly: "I should get used to it after only two or three years, but who would have thought that this body would become more and more ugly, every time I enter and exit, it looks like a lump of ice passing through a steamer, and my body is wet again." It's so sticky that it doesn't work anywhere."

Because she was used to hearing it, Baochai just laughed it off, and then asked her mother why she was so anxious to call her over.

Only then did Aunt Xue think about the business, and hurriedly motioned to the left and right to go out first. She wrapped herself in a nightgown of ice silk, snuggled up half of her body on the radiator, and said lazily: "I'll let you decide, your aunt Just now I let it out, saying that I want to use the dry stocks of the tire business to give our family an emergency."

Baochai frowned when she heard this, and murmured: "With the relationship between the two families, you can borrow it, but what mortgage?"

Then she seemed to think of something, her face turned cold, she shook her head again and again and said: "Auntie doesn't know how to go too far, it's the truth of being too big."

Aunt Xue didn't hear clearly for a while, and was about to ask her what she said, but Baochai said again: "When the New Year is over, why don't we move out, we can be more comfortable as a single family."

Aunt Xue couldn't help being taken aback, and subconsciously said: "I'm afraid that your brother will become more and more useless in the future if he loses restraint."

Speaking of this, he looked at his daughter and said, "Let's talk about you and Baoyu..."

Although she was talking about her children, in fact, even if there were no such reasons, she would either rely on her family or her husband for the rest of her life. If she really wanted to go out on her own, she would really feel a little helpless.

"Mother."

Hearing her mother use these excuses again, Baochai said helplessly: "If you rely on the usual friendship between the two families, why do you need to use dry shares to pay for it? Now that you use this dry share to pay, I'm afraid they have already become estranged. mind."

"This……"

Aunt Xue sat upright in astonishment, but she had an unbelievable expression on her face: "Could it be that you are overthinking it? Your aunt has always been close to me, and we rely on this family for help when we have anything in our family. , for no reason, how could it be..."

Seeing that her mother just didn't believe it, Xue Baochai sighed secretly, and changed the topic: "In order to implement the work-study method, the family invested a lot of money. Although it has seen results now, it still takes two or three dollars to get back the money." If you take out so much money in cash in a few years, I'm afraid it will be difficult to turn around."

"What should I do?"

When Aunt Xue heard this, she immediately forgot what she had said before, and said anxiously: "Your aunt opened her mouth to me for the first time in so many years, and she didn't just borrow money with empty teeth. Is it easy to refute her feelings?!"

As he spoke, he was about to go to the ground with his bare feet.

"Mom, don't worry."

Seeing this, Baochai quickly comforted her and said, "Let me discuss it with my aunt, and see how we can raise funds so that we can get the best of both worlds."

As the veteran of the Xue family, although it is a bit troublesome to take out the 20 taels of silver now, it is not as difficult as Baochai showed.

When she said that, she really wanted to find out what Madam Wang was thinking.

(End of this chapter)