I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 172: The Flowers Bloomed Without a Word

After Wang Xifeng finished speaking, everyone in the room couldn't help but look thoughtful.

In fact, what Wang Xifeng said was quite subtle, but no one in the room was a good person.

Well, maybe Jia Zheng is a little pedantic, but he still has the basic ability to understand.

What Wang Xifeng meant was actually to let Ningguo Mansion provide money and land to build the Grand View Garden.

After it was repaired, it was said to belong to Ningguo Mansion.

But it’s hard to say who it belongs to in the end.

After all, this villa was built for the Empress to visit her parents. If you say it is yours, then it is yours, right?

As long as they use some tricks, this villa for visiting relatives will eventually belong to their Rongguo Mansion.

It's hard to describe this kind of robbery so directly.

But after Wang Xifeng finished speaking, everyone in the room understood.

They suddenly felt that this was actually an excellent idea.

They don't have to pay for it, and it still belongs to them after it's repaired. Where else in the world can you find such a good thing?
After a while, Grandmother Jia couldn't help but look at Jia She and Jia Zheng and said, "What do you think of what Feng girl said?"

Jia She couldn't help but say, "Mother, I think it's feasible."

Jia Zheng also nodded and said, "We can let Ningguo Mansion build it."

After hearing this, Jia's mother could not help but say, "In that case, you should take out the 10,000 taels of silver from the first house and the 50,000 taels of silver from the second house as soon as possible."

"I will also take out 50,000 taels of silver and send it to the East Palace, saying that this is a small token of our appreciation as elders."

Jia She was shocked when he heard this and asked, "Mother, didn't that evil creature say that Ningguo Mansion would pay for all the money? Why are you still giving him money?"

Grandmother Jia sneered and said, "I know you are reluctant to part with this ten thousand taels of silver, but this is still my Rongguo Mansion's business after all."

"Therefore, we should not only give him money, but also provide him with manpower, surveys, blueprints, and construction."

"If it's not built well, it will be a disgrace to our Rongguo Mansion."

After hearing this, Jia She had no choice but to say, "Yes, mother."

After the discussion was complete, Grandmother Jia asked Jia Lian to go to the East Palace again and agreed to Jia Cong's conditions.

Even the contract was written and sent over.

After hearing this, Jia Cong nodded helplessly and prepared to start building the Grand View Garden.

However, this matter was complicated and Jia Cong was seriously short of available manpower for the time being.

As a last resort, he had to transfer Jia Yun over and let him take charge of this matter.

However, before Jia Cong could finish his preparations, Rongguo Mansion had already started to get busy.

The retainers of Chia Cheng's household, as well as several retainers of his old friends, inspected the two governments, renovated and painted the palace for the visit of his mother, and at the same time helped with the personnel arrangements.

Craftsmen from all walks of life were gathered together to carry and move gold, silver, copper, tin, as well as earth, wood, bricks and tiles.

First, he ordered the craftsmen to demolish the walls and pavilions of Huifang Garden in Ning Mansion and enter directly into the east courtyard of Rong Mansion.

All the servants' houses on the east side of the Rong Mansion had been demolished.

At that time, although there was a small alley between the Ning and Rong residences that blocked their connection, this alley was private land and not an official road, so they could be connected.

Huifang Garden originally had a stream of fresh water drawn from under the north corner wall, and there is no need to bring more water now.

Although the rocks and trees were not sufficient, Jia She lived in the old garden of Rong Mansion, where the bamboo, trees, rocks, pavilions, railings, etc. could all be moved here.

These two places are very close to each other, so if we combine them into one, we can save a lot of money. Even if it is still not enough, the increase will be limited.

It was all thanks to an old man named Shanziye who planned and built it all.

For all the things that add scenery to the landscape, such as piling up mountains and digging ponds, building towers and pavilions, planting bamboos and flowers, there are also systems for mountain and wild scenery.

If there was anything going on, Lin Zhixiao, Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing and others would arrange it, which left Jia Cong with a lot of free time.

And within a few days, Rongguo Mansion sent another 110,000 taels of silver.

It was said to be a gift from the elders, of which 50,000 taels were from Lady Jia, 10,000 taels were from Jia She, and the remaining 50,000 taels were from Jia Zheng.

He built the garden himself, and the Rongguo Mansion not only contributed money but also manpower.

Although the money they contributed was not much, it was more than 100,000 taels of silver.

And their contribution is much greater than that of Ningguo Mansion.

It can be said that if there had been no help from the Rongguo Mansion, the construction of this garden would have taken twice as long.

The Rongguo Mansion was so generous that Jia Cong felt a little guilty.

However, Jia Cong knew exactly what the Rongguo Mansion was planning.

However, the two sides have not yet fallen out with each other, so just let them go.

If they turn against each other in the future, Jia Cong could not help but sneer a few times, and then he would let them know how powerful I am.

The construction of the Grand View Garden was very fast because of the full cooperation from the Rongguo Mansion, which saved him a lot of effort.

Seeing that he was of no use, Jia Cong was too lazy to care about all these things and just left the matter to Jia Yun to handle.

Because if Jia Yun has something he can't handle, Rongguo Mansion will naturally help him solve it.

In order to facilitate the travel between the two residences, a small door was opened between the Rong and Ning residences.

However, Jia Cong would definitely not go to Rongguo Mansion.

And because of the construction of the Grand View Garden, she could invite Lin Daiyu and other sisters to visit her house.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong ordered Xue Da to prepare some crabs.

Now is the time to eat crabs as they are plump and tender.

Then he sent invitations to Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, Sanchun and other girls.

Today, Huifang Garden has been incorporated into the Grand View Garden.

However, Huifang Garden itself is exquisite and beautiful, and not many changes have been made to it.

This side was also completed early.

Therefore, this is a good time to visit the garden.

Coincidentally, Shi Xiangyun was also taken into the Jia Mansion by Grandmother Jia today.

And Shi Xiangyun lived in Lin Daiyu's house.

Shi Xiangyun saw the invitation that Jia Cong sent to Lin Daiyu and could not help but complain: "Sister Lin, how could Third Brother be so cruel? He sent invitations to all of you but left me out. This is really unreasonable!"

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Yun girl, even if I'm being picky, I can't be as picky as you are."

"Brother Cong didn't know you were coming beforehand, and he doesn't have the ability to predict the future, so how could he have written you an invitation in advance?"

After hearing this, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but said angrily: "Okay, Sister Lin, I forgot that you and Third Brother are in the same group!"

"You haven't even gone over yet, but you're already protecting me. Humph, no wonder people say girls are extroverts..."

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu blushed and started to tickle Shi Xiangyun.

Lin Daiyu was indeed closer to Jia Cong.

And when Shi Xiangyun said this, she didn't really see anything, it was just a joke between sisters.

Lin Daiyu, who was originally a little short-tempered, was not too angry about her sisters' jokes.

Even things that I had not thought much about before, after they talked about them so much, I couldn't help but start to think about them sometimes.

(End of this chapter)