The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 101 Preparing for the Family Hospital
Hearing that Jiamu sent someone to invite, Jia Jing simply cleaned up and went to Jiamu's courtyard with Lin Daiyu.

In Rongqing Hall, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen from Ningguo Mansion were all present.

Jia Zheng had an unconcealable smile on his face. Seeing Jia Jing coming, he hurriedly greeted him, "Brother Jing and Daiyu are here, sit down quickly!"

Looking at the attentive Jia Zheng, a sentence flashed in Jia Jing's mind,

There is nothing to be courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief!

"There are so many people today, what's the matter with the old lady?"

Mother Jia had a smile on her face, but she also felt a little bit troubled. After hesitating for a while, she said to Jia Zheng next to her, "You should tell everyone about this!"

Seeing what Jia's mother said, Jia Zheng didn't refuse, and said with a smile: "Today, I have a very good thing to tell everyone!"

After finishing speaking, Jia Zheng looked around at the few people present, but he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he saw that no one answered his words.

But the matter had to be talked about, so he calmed down and continued: "I entered the palace yesterday, and it was announced that the concubines in the palace will go home to visit their relatives!"

"Concubine Xian wants to go home to visit relatives? It is indeed a great thing!" Jia Zhen nodded.

He asked again: "When is the day of visiting relatives set? It's better for the mansion to pack up early to welcome them!"

When Jia Zheng heard this, his face was a little embarrassed, "Don't worry about the day of visiting relatives or something. The palace has decreed that we, the noble relatives of Jiaofang, can enter the palace to have an audience on the second and sixth in the future. In addition, if there is Chongyu in the family For those in other courtyards, you can even invite Luan to drive home to share the family happiness."

Hearing this, Jia She couldn't help frowning, "So, we have to build a relatives' house first, before we can invite the concubine Xian to go home to visit his relatives?"

Jia Zheng nodded, "That's what happened! I heard that Concubine Zhou's father had already started work at home and was building a separate courtyard for the provincial relatives. Concubine Wu's father, Wu Tianyou's house, also went outside the city to look around. went."

Jia She waved his hand, "Then the second brother, you should hurry up and build it too! You are both fathers, so you can't be stingy! Don't let others look down on you for nothing!"

"I..." Jia Zheng blushed, anxious and angry, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to speak.

Seeing Jia Zheng's tongue-tied look, Jia's mother couldn't help sighing, if you brought here the skill of chatting with those Qing customers in the past, what else can you say?
Mother Jia coughed lightly, and when everyone looked over, she said, "This concubine's visitation is a big event for our family, and the construction of a visitation villa will cost a lot of money, so I call you all to come and discuss it together today!"

Jia Zheng immediately nodded and said, "That's the truth!"

"I don't think it's necessary. Isn't the family able to go to the palace to have an audience every [-]th? Just go and see if you miss your mother. There's no need to build another family-friendly villa with a lot of fanfare!"

"Brother, how can you say that?" Hearing Jia Amnesty's words, Jia Zhengdang was a little unhappy, "It is a gift for a concubine to go home to visit her relatives, and it is also a great honor for our family!"

"I don't think there is any glory, it's all paid for by my own money!"

Sitting there, Jia Amnesty felt that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were all in pain when he thought of the huge sum of money that would be spent to build the provincial villa.

As the lord of the Rongguo Mansion, it's all his own money!
"This money should be spent! The palace's decree has been issued, and other concubines' families have started to build relatives' villas. Our family wants to be independent. What are you thinking about?"

Jia Mu is at the top, and the final word is finalized.

“The family-senting villa should be built!”

Jia Jing also nodded in agreement and said: "I heard that this is an invitation made by the emperor himself in the Dragon Head Palace, and it is also a decree specially given by the Supreme Emperor. Today's goodwill? Therefore, this family-saving villa must be built."

Seeing that Jia Jing agreed, Jia Zhen on the side hurriedly expressed her opinion, "I follow what Jing's third brother wants!"

He looked like he was following Jia Jing's lead.

Jia Jing glanced at Jia Zhen in surprise. Since the incident at the ancestral hall years ago, this old brother has always shown favor to her family from time to time, and no matter what decision she makes, she always follows the Hou family.

Seeing Jia Jing looking at her, Jia Zhen smiled at Jia Jing agreeingly.

Brother's road is getting wider and wider!

……

"Then let's discuss it!"

Jia's mother said, "How should this family-visiting villa be built, how big should it be, and where should it be built? There must be a proper explanation."

When it comes to such a large cost of money to build a family-visiting villa, everyone is talking about it for a while.

Finally, after negotiation, starting from the Huifang Garden behind the ancestral hall of Ningguo Mansion in the east, to the northwest of Rongguo Mansion, a total of three and a half miles of land was drawn for the construction of the family-friendly villa!
At that time, the demolition will start directly from the walls and pavilions of Huifang Garden in Ning Mansion, all the way to the East Courtyard of Rong Mansion, and even the servants' houses on the east side of Rong Mansion, so that the land boundary will be vacated.

Moreover, in order to reduce the consumption of money, the people discussed again that all the bamboo trees, rocks, pavilions and railings in the old garden where Jia She lived were moved to the new garden for use. Can save a lot of money.

Jia Jing also said that he could borrow a few master craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to plan the construction, which must save more materials.

This saves and saves, reduces and reduces, but in the end, it will still cost at least 70 taels of silver to build this garden.

For a while, the Rongqing hall fell silent.

In this era when five or six taels of silver was enough to feed a family of three in the market for a year, 70 taels of silver was enough to fight a small-scale war!

……

Seeing that everyone was silent for a while, Mother Jia sent out: "In this case, our mansion will give 40 taels of silver, and Brother Jing's Hou's mansion will give 20 taels of silver. Take 10 taels out of the silver, so you can get together 70 taels of silver!"

Jia Zhen heard the share of money sent by Jia's mother, and said with a smile: "Old lady, the third brother Jing's Hou's mansion has only been built for half a year, so how can he have such a solid foundation, why not let him pay 10 taels, and the rest 10 taels, how about making it up from my house?!"

Hearing this, Youshi's complexion changed, and he hurriedly pulled Jiazhen's sleeves: "Master, our mansion has not received much income in the past few years, and the ones that come and go are not even enough for the mansion's previous expenses. Such a large sum of money silver……"

"Okay," Jia Zhen stopped Youshi, frowning, "When was it your turn to speak?!"

"Your wish is taken!" Jia Mu said, "Now that you have allocated such a large area in your house, how can you ask you to pay more money?"

Besides, Jia Amnesty, looking at Jia Zheng who was sitting beside the old god, couldn't help feeling a shock in his heart.

"Mother does things like this, and the son will have something to say!" Jia She looked at Jia Mu and said, "The most honorable concubine is the second brother's family, and the second brother has to express it. !"

Jia Zheng's face turned red when he was told, but he still sat there without saying a word.

There is no way, this statement is a large sum of money, which may not be enough for decades of salary.

Jia's mother said: "There is no separation. Of the 40 taels of silver from the mansion, the second child naturally has a share!"

Jia Amnesty got up, "Since that's the case, why did mother ask me to come here? You can decide the affairs of the house yourself!"

After all, he flicked his sleeves and walked away with his head held high.

Jia Jing couldn't help but look sideways. Is Jia Amnesty so brave today?Or, have you been brainwashed by the remnants of those deposed princes?
Today's Jia She, everything is not quite right.

(End of this chapter)