I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 170: Come to me when you have no money?

While they were talking animatedly, Mrs. Wang sent someone to see if Sister Feng had eaten.

Fengjie knew that something was waiting for her, so she hurriedly ate half a bowl of rice, rinsed her mouth and was about to leave.

Another servant at the second gate came back: "The master's bookboy is here."

Jia Lian had just rinsed his mouth when Ping Erh held the basin to wash his hands. When someone came, she asked, "What did you say? Say it quickly."

Sister Feng asked them to stop and wait for a while to hear what the two of them had to say.

The servant replied, "The masters have already agreed to start from the east, through the garden of the east palace, and go to the north."

"It has been measured and it is three and a half miles in size. We can build a separate residence for the imperial visit. Someone has been sent to draw the blueprints and it will be ready tomorrow."

"But if we want to move into the East Palace, we need the consent of the Third Master Cong of the East Palace. Therefore, the First and Second Masters want to let Second Master Lian go this time."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "This is the right idea, because it is easy to build. If we put it somewhere else, it will be more troublesome and not decent."

"It's late today, so it's not convenient to go there. I'll go to the East Mansion to ask the Third Brother tomorrow morning."

When Jia She's servant heard this, he turned around and left.

After Jia She's servant left, Wang Xifeng hurriedly asked, "You know the character of Cong Lao San. He doesn't even give face to the ancestors and the master."

"Now that the construction of Shengqin Villa will occupy their East Palace's garden, how can he agree? Why did you accept this task? Be careful that you will end up in a thankless position."

Jia Lian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, "This is what the master asked me to do. What else can I do if I don't go? Am I going to disobey the master again?"

"I'll go, no matter if it succeeds or not, I can report back. Besides, I don't know what's going on with Shengqin's villa now."

"After a rough calculation, it would cost at least 500,000 or 600,000 taels of silver to build this Shengqin villa."

"Where can we get so much money at home? It would be better if the Wang family could return all the money they borrowed from us..."

Having said this, Jia Lian immediately stopped talking.

He just remembered that his wife's surname was also Wang and she was also a member of the Wang family.

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng's face looked very ugly.

Originally, Wang Xifeng was very proud of her mother's family, the Wang family.

Whenever she quarreled with Jia Lian, she mentioned her and her wife's dowry many times.

Where does our Wang family get the money? Is it all earned by your Jia family? Don't make me sick.

Look at your Shi Chong and Deng Tong. Just sweeping the cracks in the ground of my Wang family will be enough for you to live for a lifetime.

You are not afraid to say such words! Now there is evidence: take a closer look at my wife's and my dowries, and compare yours. Which one is not worthy of you?

However, now, it was her mother's family, the Wang family, who slapped her in the face.

Not to mention that the Madam secretly lent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to the Wang family, up to now, they have only received tens of thousands of taels of silver back.

As for the rest, there is still no sign of them.

I'm afraid it will take many years to get it back.

It just so happens that the Rongguo Mansion is now planning to build a villa for the royal family to visit, and this money is needed.

If the Wang family cannot pay it back, it would be a joke.

Therefore, when Wang Xifeng heard what Jia Lian said, her face turned red, but for a moment she was unable to tell what was going on.

……

On the second day, Qin Keqing came again to express her gratitude early in the morning.

After seeing Jia Cong, Qin Keqing said happily: "Thank you uncle for your help. After Jingqing took the medicine yesterday, he was well again by the evening."

"This morning, they said he was able to get out of bed by himself." "It shows that uncle's medical skills are even better than those of the imperial physician."

"It is all thanks to uncle that Jing Qing was able to survive this time."

Qin Keqing's words were not random.

When Qin Jingqing was seriously ill, Qin Keqing invited the best doctor in the capital to see Qin Jingqing.

However, this famous doctor has already concluded that Qin Jingqing is beyond help, and even if an imperial physician is invited, he will not survive more than three days.

Yesterday, Qin Keqing asked Jia Cong to invite the imperial physician to treat the case, but it was just a last-ditch effort and she could only do her best and leave the rest to fate.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Cong managed to rescue Jing Qing with just one move.

She also didn't expect that Uncle Cong's medical skills were so advanced.

When Jia Cong heard what Qin Keqing said, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Rong'er's family, this is because Jingqing is very lucky and has a good life. It has nothing to do with my medical skills."

"Now that Jing Qing is out of danger, you should be relieved. You are still ill, so you should take good care of yourself."

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "I came here this time to express my gratitude to my uncle."

"Secondly, I was just about to ask uncle, although Jing Qing is much better now, he has already finished the three packets of magic medicine that uncle gave him yesterday."

"Do you still want to take a few more packets of that magic medicine?"

What Jia Cong gave yesterday was penicillin. In this world, it is no exaggeration to say that it is a miracle drug.

It turns out that Qin Keqing came here mainly for this miraculous medicine.

Jia Cong couldn't help but say, "Mr. Rong, since Jing Qing has improved greatly, you don't need to take the medicine anymore."

"If you take the medicine I prescribed yesterday for another seven days, you will hopefully get better."

Hearing this, Qin Keqing couldn't help but said with great joy: "That's the best."

Not long after Qin Keqing left, Jia Lian came to visit again.

Jia Cong ordered someone to invite him in.

After meeting, Jia Lian couldn't help but smile and said, "It's been a long time since I last saw you, Third Brother. I didn't expect you to be so lucky."

"Now the palace has issued an order to allow the Empress to return home to visit her family. As the head of our Jia family, you cannot sit idly by."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "I wonder what important things Second Brother Lian has to say? You may as well just say it directly."

Jia Lian could not help but say, "That's right. We are planning to build a villa for Shengqin. If we look for another site somewhere else, it will not only be inconvenient, but also be unbecoming."

"Therefore, the master and the second master discussed it and decided that it would be more appropriate to build a garden between our two mansions."

"But if this happens, we will have to use the garden in the East Palace. I hope you will consider the overall situation and avoid being laughed at by outsiders."

After hearing Jia Lian's words, Jia Cong couldn't help but sneer and said, "I guess our East Mansion will have to pay money in addition to the garden, right?"

Hearing this, Jia Lian laughed dryly and said, "Now that we need to build the Grand View Garden, the West Mansion is really short of money, so we need you from the East Mansion to contribute some money."

After hearing this, Jia Cong sneered again and said, "I'm afraid it will take more than a little. I heard that the West Mansion has no more silver now. I'm afraid they can't even come up with 100,000 taels of silver."

"If we want to build the Grand View Garden, it will cost at least five or six hundred thousand taels of silver."

"So, does that mean that my Ningguo Mansion is going to spend four or five hundred thousand taels of silver to build this Shengqin Villa?"

After Jia Cong finished speaking, Jia Lian was no longer able to respond.

Yes, that's exactly what they discussed.

Even Jia Lian himself felt that it was a bit too much.

(End of this chapter)