I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 218 Double Happiness
Zhao Da took the silver and repeatedly assured himself that he would not embezzle a single penny.

Zhao Da is a loyal and honest person, so Jia Huan feels at ease with him.

In the short term, there is no need to worry that he will embezzle money.

Just pay more attention in daily life and there will be no problem.

After leaving Zhao's house, Jia Huan leisurely went to the front street.

This time, when Jia Huan saw the stall selling candy figures, he walked up and bought three of them in one go.

You know, in the past he was only willing to buy one.

Now he can buy three at once!
Of course, he didn't need to use his own money to make these three sugar figures.

Now he still has 900 taels of silver on him, which is enough for him to eat candy men for many years.
Although this was Brother Cong's third money, he had no intention of embezzling it all.

But it’s just a few sugar people a day, so it’s no big deal, right?
While happily eating the candy man, Jia Cong went to Ningguo Mansion again.

After meeting Jia Cong, Jia Huan reported to Jia Cong what happened today.

This is also the truth that Jia Huan figured out himself.

As long as I make some progress in raising homing pigeons, I will report to Brother Cong.

This way, I can maintain my relationship with Brother Cong San and demonstrate my abilities. Why not do it?
After hearing this, Jia Cong indeed praised Jia Huan a few words.

After receiving the praise, Jia Huan left happily.

After Jia Huan left, Jia Cong couldn't help but think about some things too much.

This Zhao Da was just a servant in the Jia family. Why would he raise carrier pigeons?

And why did the Zhao family have an empty yard for raising homing pigeons?
I'm afraid that this ancestor of Zhao was a man who raised homing pigeons?

The homing pigeons raised by his ancestors were probably raised for the Jia family, and not by their own family.

There is really no need for a household slave to raise homing pigeons. The expense alone would probably be too much for him to bear.

But now, the yard where they raised pigeons is empty.

It must be because the Jia family is no longer as powerful as before. Besides, they probably don't need to use carrier pigeons to deliver messages, so there is no need to keep them.

Now it just happened to be a good deal for me.

Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, Jia Cong continues to work hard.

One day, Jia Cong suddenly received an invitation from Lin Ruhai, inviting him to visit the Lin Mansion.

This made Jia Cong curious.

Lin Ruhai has always been very disgusted with his going to the Lin Mansion.

This time, for some unknown reason, they actually took the initiative to invite him to go, which was quite strange.

Jia Cong did not speculate further. He would know the answer once he arrived at the Lin family.

Soon, Jia Cong arrived at the Lin family.

He was soon invited into the back house, where Jia Cong also saw Lin Daiyu.

When Jia Cong saw Lin Daiyu's happy expression, he was quite puzzled.

Sister Lin has a very calm personality and it is rare to see a look of joy on her face.

Now I don’t know what happy event has happened in the Lin family that makes her so happy.

After meeting Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Brother Cong, I asked you to come here this time because I want you to check the pulses of my two concubines."

"In the past few days, they have become pregnant. We have invited a doctor to check their pulses."

"But I'm still a little worried. Thinking of your excellent medical skills, I specially invited you to come and check their pulses again."

"See if there is anything wrong with it, and then give me some tips on how to protect the fetus and keep healthy, which would be more appropriate."

No wonder Lin Ruhai was in such a hurry to invite me here, and no wonder Lin Daiyu was so happy.

It turned out that Lin Ruhai's concubine was pregnant.

Lin Ruhai had three concubines, and now two of them were pregnant. It must be said that his father-in-law was still strong despite his old age.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong hurriedly congratulated: "Congratulations, father-in-law. Next year, our family will have a new baby. It is also the end of the year. It is really a double happiness. It is really a cause for celebration!"

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Thank you for your good words. I will call them out and you can check their pulses."

Soon, Lin Ruhai's two concubines were called out.

Jia Cong carefully checked their pulses, and then said to Lin Ruhai: "Father-in-law, the fetuses of the two Rus are stable, and the mother and child are safe."

Hearing Jia Cong say this, Lin Ruhai felt relieved.

Lin Daiyu was still worried, so she pulled Jia Cong aside and asked him carefully about how to protect the fetus, what diet was best, what foods were taboo, and other details.

Jia Cong naturally did not hide anything and told Lin Daiyu everything in detail.

After that, Lin Daiyu did not return to the Grand View Garden, but stayed in the Lin Mansion.

As a woman, she was naturally more careful and planned to stay in the Lin Mansion to take good care of the two pregnant women.

After hearing this, Jia Cong also sighed inwardly.

Lin Daiyu also longs for family affection.

By the next year, after Lin Ruhai's two concubines gave birth, she would have younger brothers and sisters, and would no longer be alone in this world.

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Next, the New Year is approaching.

As the patriarch of the Jia family, Jia Cong also began to get busy.

He first sent someone to collect the spring festival rewards distributed by the royal family, and then not long after, Xue Da came to report:

"Third Master, the head of Black Mountain Manor, Wu Zhuangtou, is here and is waiting outside to pay a visit to you, Third Master."

The original head of Heishan Villa was Wu Jinxiao. In the past few years, because of the help of the foolish housekeeper Jia Zhen, he only knew how to have fun and didn't take care of the affairs.

Therefore, the village heads such as Wu Jinxiao took advantage of the situation, concealed the truth and reported the facts, and no one knows how much money was embezzled.

When Jia Cong was investigating the Jia family's shop, he sent people to investigate these village heads, and indeed found many problems.

Because the emperor is far away and the country is high up, these village heads have become so cruel that they are lawless.

Take Wu Jinxiao of Heishan Manor for example. Originally, there were a total of twelve manors in Heishan Manor, but Wu Jinxiao actually selected three of them as the manors with the best harvests.

It was reported that the company had suffered losses due to disasters over the years and it would be better to sell it to reduce the losses.

As expected, Jia Zhen, the fool, agreed.

Then Wu Jinxiao asked his cousin to secretly buy it at a low price, but it actually still fell into Wu Jinxiao's hands.

As a result, the Jia family originally had twelve farms, but only nine remained.

Even for these nine, their income has been decreasing year by year, and they have suffered disasters every year.

In fact, in recent years, the weather has been generally good and there have been bumper harvests year after year.

In just these few years, Wu Jinxiao had embezzled tens of thousands of taels of silver.

After Jia Cong sent people to secretly investigate what these parasites had done, he reported it directly to the authorities.

The local officials naturally knew how powerful the Jia family was. How dare they disobey their orders?
When the government took action, the Wu family was directly raided and all their property was liquidated.

All the money that had been embezzled over the years was suddenly returned.

And all this silver naturally fell into Jia Cong's pocket.

Jia Cong carefully selected some honest and reliable people to be the heads of the village.

Jia Cong also knew that people's hearts would change.

Therefore, Jia Cong had other strategies to check and balance these village heads.

(End of this chapter)