The Red Chamber: Hang Qin Keqing at the start

Chapter 98 [098] Is it hard to get rid of the flowers, the poor catkins are too wandering
Jia Qiang withdrew her gaze from Lin Daiyu, looked at Wang Xifeng, then at Jiamu, and said with a calm smile:

"I am willing to accompany Aunt Lin to Yangzhou City. I will take good care of her. Please rest assured my ancestors and aunt."

Mother Jia smiled kindly and nodded:
"Okay, okay, I am 1 relieved to have an outstanding youngster like you accompanying Yu'er."

Wang Xifeng echoed with a smile:
"Brother Qiang has both civil and military skills, is brave and resourceful, and has extraordinary courage. With him accompanying Sister Lin, it will be sure that nothing will go wrong."

Lin Daiyu stood up, saluted Jia Qiang politely, and said softly:
"Then there is Lao Qiang."

Jia Qiang smiled and said:

"Aunt Lin, you don't need to be too polite. I'd like to accompany you back to Yangzhou, and buy twelve little opera singers along the way."

Jia Mu turned to Wang Xifeng and asked:

"This time I went to buy little actors, why did I buy twelve?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said:
"This is to make up the number of twelve heavenly stems, for good luck."

Mother Jia nodded and smiled:

"That's right. It's hard for you to think carefully. How much money will it cost to buy these twelve little actors?"

Wang Xifeng thought for a while and responded:

"Actually, not only do we need to buy these twelve little actors, but we also need to hire a few instructors and equip the band with all the musicians and instruments, and at least ten costumes for the play. These expensive costumes are what cost money. Counting the big heads together, I estimate that it will cost 3 taels of silver."

Mother Jia frowned slightly and said:
"It's a bit too expensive, but Yuan Chun, as a noble concubine, must come back to visit relatives in a beautiful way. I also heard that the natal families of other concubines have raised theater troupes in order to show their wealth and decorate their appearance. You can't be compared to others, you are the chief steward of our Rongguo Mansion, which one is better for this item of money?"

Wang Xifeng thought for a moment, then smiled and said:

"The Zhen family in Jiangnan is still collecting 5 taels of silver from us. I will write a letter and give it to Brother Qiang, and ask him to go to the Zhen family to pay 3 taels first, which should be enough."

Jia Mu nodded approvingly and said, "Okay, that's it."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said:
"Brother Qiang, I'll give you another pair of cards. You take the pair of cards and go to the warehouse to withdraw 500 taels of silver. It will be used as money for you to send sister Lin back to Yangzhou City."

Pair cards, that is, "pair cards", are mostly made of bamboo, wood, etc., with numbers written on them, split into two halves from the middle, as a token.

Used to withdraw items in the family.

When family members need to receive items, with the consent of the family members, the family members will tear the pair of cards in half, and then the other party will receive the items.At the time of settlement, family members can check the cards.

Jia Qiang's eyes trembled slightly, she didn't expect that Wang Xifeng's hands were so generous.

The daily net profit of my Yuanyang hot pot restaurant is about 500 taels, and it only takes four hours to earn 500 taels.

It seems that although the Jia family has been unable to make ends meet and is living on a minimum of food, the deposits in the Jia family's account are still amazing.

Jia Qiang took the pair of cards and went straight to the bank to get 500 taels of silver.

At this time, the surname of Wu and the name of Xindeng were the head of the Rongguo Mansion's silver warehouse.

He used to be the son of the Shi family brought over by Jia's mother when she married into the Jia family.

With Jia's mother's relationship, Wu Xindeng is like a fish in water in Jia's family, and he has a lot of face.

Every year, Wu Xindeng would also hold a special family banquet, and invite Jia Mu and other prominent masters to have New Year's wine, so as to please the masters and maintain his decent status and fat errands.

However, Wu Xindeng's name is a homonym for "Wu Xing Ji".

"戥" is a scale for weighing, and the specific amount is determined by means of the 戥 and the front sight."戥" without a star means that the weighing is not accurate, and the implication is: making false accounts and enriching one's own pocket.

Relying on the convenience of his position, Wu Xindeng did not know how much money he embezzled.

Moreover, he deceives his subordinates and conceals his superiors, he is extremely powerful, and he is used to watching people order dishes.

At this moment, when he saw Jia Qiang coming, he felt a little contempt in his heart.

Because Jia Qiang is from Ningguo Mansion, he can be regarded as a distant relative of Rongguo Mansion, so the relationship is somewhat distant.

Moreover, although Jia Qiang is a decent great-great-grandson of Ningguo Mansion, her parents died early, so she has always had little status in Ningguo Mansion.Not to mention that this is Rongguo Mansion.

Wu Xindeng regarded Jia Qiang as a lowly offshoot of his family, and he didn't take Jia Qiang seriously.

Seeing Jia Qiang walking in front of him, Wu Xindeng deliberately held his nose up, and didn't say hello first.

Looking at his posture, Jia Qiang already guessed that the other party's attitude towards her was very unfriendly, but today he came to collect money, and Jia Qiang didn't want to be familiar with such a snob, so she said lightly:
"Mr. Wu, this is the pair of cards given to me by my second aunt Lian. I will receive 500 taels of silver."

Hearing Jia Qiang say Wang Xifeng's name, Wu Xindeng's expression changed slightly, but soon he returned to his haughty and haughty countenance, and he refused in a strange way:

"Brother Qiang, I didn't bring the key with me today. The silver is locked in the warehouse and I can't get it out. You can get it tomorrow."

Jia Qiang narrowed her eyes slightly. It seemed that Wu Xindeng was deliberately trying to embarrass him!

The current situation is already obvious: this surnamed Wu looks down on him from the bottom of his heart, not only to save his face, but also wants to ask him for some favors.

Jia Qiang didn't answer, but raised her hand and slapped Wu Xindeng to the ground.

"Ouch!"

Wu Xindeng fell sideways on the ground, and there was a red and swollen palm print on the side face of the sharp-billed monkey.

In fact, this slap, Jia Qiang only used less than 360% of his strength, otherwise, it would not be a slap print on him, but it would probably crack his cheekbones, and even crack his cheekbones. Make a [-]-degree turn with your head, directly twisting the cervical spine into twists.

"You, you dare to hit me?" Wu Xindeng covered his face and trembled tremblingly.

Jia Qiang yelled:
"What kind of picky dog ​​slave? How dare you deliberately make things difficult for your master?"

Wu Xindeng shrank his neck in fright, but still shouted fiercely:

"You kid hit me, then you don't want to get the money!"

Jia Qiang leaned forward and grabbed his collar, lifted him up, and dragged him to Rongqing Hall.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Xindeng asked anxiously:
"Where are you taking me?"

Jia Qiang said coldly:
"Go to see the old ancestor and the second aunt Lian, and ask them to help judge!"

Wu Xindeng took a breath, begged for mercy hastily:
"Brother Qiang, Grandpa Qiang, I was wrong, please don't take me to see my ancestor and Grandma Lianer, I'll get you some money right away, okay?"

Jia Qiang didn't answer, and continued to drag Wu Xindeng forward.

Suddenly, a fat old man turned a corner under the eaves of the front porch and walked towards this side.

Jia Qiang's eyes lit up slightly, it was Jia She who came.

I saw Jia She, twirling his goatee, walking in square steps, greeted him leisurely, and asked:
"Brother Qiang, Manager Wu, what are you doing?"

(End of this chapter)