Honglou: This bastard is too persuasive.

Chapter 488: Shrewd Aunt Zhao
It has to be said that Jia Huan's flattery really made Aunt Zhao very happy. At the same time, she also felt a little yearning. After all, after so many years in Rongguo Mansion, apart from her two children, what she cared about most was the future. She also wanted to be able to survive outside, and she also wanted some freedom. Unfortunately, in the past years, she had no such opportunity at all.

His fate was determined from the moment he was born. From the moment he married Jia Zheng, he knew that if he did not change and became annoying, he might be killed by Lady Wang.

He understood even more clearly that if he really became a lady from a noble family, Mrs. Wang would not have tolerated him long ago, so he had to learn from the brothel manager and become aggressive and unreasonable.

Only in this way will Mrs. Wang no longer care about herself, and only in this way can Mrs. Wang allow herself to live and allow her children to live.

It was precisely because he knew this that he never dared to disobey Mrs. Wang's orders or argue with her about anything.

It was because of what he did that he was able to save himself and his two children.

He understood that his eldest daughter chose to go to Lady Wang for her own sake and for his younger brother, but he couldn't help but scold him in his heart, because Aunt Zhao knew that she was her daughter, and if he didn't even scold her, Lady Wang might not value her.

Only when Mrs. Wang felt that he was successful would she let herself go and be good to her daughter. It was also because he had been calling her daughter an ungrateful person for so many years that Mrs. Wang treated her better and better, allowing her daughter to get better opportunities and a better future.

But he also understood that his daughter was not Lady Wang's biological daughter after all, so if he could not make Lady Wang lose weight, or if his daughter was of no use to him, he would just marry her to someone else.

When that day really came, he could give nothing and could only watch his daughter leave silently. So over the years, he became greedy for money. He just wanted to have more money so that when his daughter got married, he could tell her that he had been thinking about her and had prepared a lot for her.

He originally thought that he would never have a chance in this life, and when his daughter got married, he might only be able to take out the few hundred taels of silver he had. However, he did not expect that his son had given him a shop, allowing him to earn several hundred taels of silver every year. This already made him very happy, but he did not expect that in the blink of an eye, he would give him something worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Moreover, as long as she manages the manor and the shop well, she may earn several thousand or even tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. Then when her daughter gets married, she can give a dowry of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels to her husband's family. How many people would dare to target her daughter?

As long as a daughter has enough dowry, who can look down on her?
So he was very surprised in his heart, but he had to maintain his own personality. He still had to scold Jia Huan, but one of Jia Huan's words made him a little defensive. He didn't expect that his son actually knew everything.

It was for this reason that a trace of relief and emotion flashed through his heart. He was relieved that his son understood him, and was touched that his son could think of him.

At this moment, he felt that his life was worthwhile and he had no greater needs. He only hoped that his children could have a good marriage in the future. He had no other requests.

As for whether he could gain freedom, leave Rongguo Mansion and do what he wanted, he no longer thought about it.

Aunt Zhao was afraid that she would bring trouble to her children after she left, and she was also afraid that if she really made money, Mrs. Wang would target her again. Only these two shops and a manor could satisfy her wishes. With these two things, she could make a fortune in the future, and she could subsidize her son's and daughter's weddings in the future. This was something Aunt Zhao had never dared to think about before, so how could she dare to expect more? So although he was moved, he laughed and scolded.

"There is no good relationship between your sister and I, and you don't have to say these things to me. It is impossible for me to leave Rongguo Mansion. If you want to build an orphanage, you can do it yourself. If you have any ideas, you can complete them yourself."

"Anyway, I don't care what happens to your orphanage. I have already given you these two shops and the manor. They are mine. Don't even think about taking them back from now on."

Jia Huan naturally knew what Aunt Zhao was thinking, and she did not force her, but just spoke very firmly.

"Then you can use these two shops, together with the previous shops and the manor to manage them together."

"When you learn how to manage, I will also run an orphanage here. I will take care of it and hand it over to you. This orphanage was built at the request of the court. If you are in charge of the orphanage, no one will say anything when you go in and out of Rongguo Mansion every day."

"And I can also tell you clearly that as long as you can manage this orphanage well in the future, you will have your own place to stand even if you leave Rongguo Mansion."

"Of course, this is all later. Since you don't want to, just take care of your own business first. If you want to manage it later, just tell me."

Aunt Zhao looked at her son in a daze, always feeling that there was something different about her son. She tried to ask about her son's past, but found that her son answered fluently, which meant that he was her biological son.

He didn't understand why his son suddenly became smart, treated him so well and understood him, but he didn't want to think too much about it. His current son was better to him and more useful to him.

After his son became smarter, the three of them could live a better life in Rongguo Mansion. With the protection given by his son, he could live more at ease in the future, so he was satisfied. But thinking of Mrs. Wang, he sighed again and said.

"I don't care whether you were pretending or suddenly got wise, but I know you are indeed smarter now. Otherwise, you wouldn't have gotten so much money, nor would you have saved so much for me, let alone established this orphanage."

"Since you have become smart, I must remind you of something. If you were like that, no matter if it was Madam Wang, the old lady, or anyone in the Jia family, they would not take you seriously. Whether you were dead or alive would have no effect on them."

"But you are completely different now. They will soon notice your presence. Once they notice your intelligence, they will not allow you to continue to steal the limelight, let alone surpass Jia Baoyu. So if you continue to behave like this, you will most likely be targeted."

(End of this chapter)