"Second brother Lian, second brother Lian? Sister Feng!"
However, he said that the announcement was on the afternoon of the day, and Ping'er was out in the open, playing with needlework, when someone shouted in the yard.
Looking out through the crack of the door, it was Jia Baoyu who stretched his neck and shouted.
Ping'er hurriedly threw the dustpan on Xiudun, hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Don't shout, our grandfather and grandmother went to Tiejian Temple early in the morning, I'm afraid we won't be able to come back until near darkness. ."
When Baoyu heard this, she couldn't help being disappointed.
He received the 'mission' from Sun Shaozong that day, and he wished he could check it out immediately, so that Second Brother Sun could see it in a different light.
Unexpectedly, a cousin of the uncle Wang Zi Teng's family suddenly died of an emergency.
Because there was no male master at the mansion, Jia Baoyu and Jia Lian took turns to stay there for a few days. They were busy and sad, and naturally couldn't take care of Sun Shaozong's errands.
Those who died prematurely these days have always been buried in thin layers, so the corpses were only kept for three days, and they were buried outside the city yesterday at noon.
After that, Jia Baoyu rested for another day, relieved his fatigue a little, and came over excitedly to check the accounts.
He frowned and took a few steps out, suddenly remembered something, and came back with a happy smile, and asked Ping'er: "Sister Ping'er, are all the books of our family Xiuyuanzi kept with you?"
Ping'er was stunned when she heard the words, thinking that the sun was coming out from the west—otherwise, how could the master who couldn't help the oil bottle suddenly ask about the account book
"It's not that I want to check it myself, it's actually Second Brother Sun..."
Jia Baoyu also knew that this was not in line with his usual personality, and he was afraid that Ping'er would treat him as a 'vulgar'.
So he hurriedly asked Sun Shaozong to repair the garden, and was afraid of being deceived by profiteers, so he asked himself to inquire about the inside story first, and told it like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
Ping'er listened, but her heart was like a mirror, knowing that Sun Shaozong's gardening was fake, and that killing people with a knife was the truth!
However, because of what happened that day, she also hated Lai Da to the bottom of her heart, and naturally she would not expose Sun Shaozong's plan.
Instead, he frowned that willow leaf, put on a panicked look, and said anxiously: "Little ancestor, take a break, don't dare to investigate this account!"
Given Jia Baoyu's temperament, if Pinger said that he would wait for Wang Xifeng to make the decision, 80% of them would leave in anger.
But the four characters of "don't dare to look up" made Baoyu rather unhappy, and asked with stubborn neck: "What does this mean? Am I not the serious master of the mansion? Can't see Xiuyuanzi's ledger?!"
These three consecutive pressing questions made Ping'er more and more 'frightened', biting his silver teeth and dragging Baoyu into the house, he paused and said, "Little Ancestor, how come you don't know what's good or bad? I don't I asked you to check that account book, but it was for your own good!"
"For my own good? What does that mean?"
"How do you know how many things are involved in this other courtyard?" Ping'er said with a wry smile: "Back then, our grandmother was so worried that she couldn't sleep well all night because of this. If it weren't for Miss Lin's family..."
When it came to the words 'Ms. Lin's house', she hurriedly closed her mouth again, as if she had accidentally missed her mouth.
Jia Baoyu became more and more inexplicable, and asked, "What does this have to do with frown?"
"Nothing to do, nothing to do!"
Ping'er clumsily 'covered it up', and persuaded again: "Anyway, don't check this account, I saw Master Sun in a few days, and said that the labor and materials we use are the best, and the price is naturally reasonable. It's more expensive, it's better to ask Master Sun to hire another Gao Ming."
Her remarks—especially when it involves Lin Daiyu, it is strange that Jia Baoyu is willing to give up the questioning!
He stretched out his hand and grabbed Ping'er's arm, twisting his stock like a candy, and swearing in his mouth, saying that he would never tell anyone else.
This move is as pungent as Wang Xifeng, and she can't stand it. Ping'er, a maid in the room, is even more afraid of being seen by others.
'No way', Ping'er could only sigh: "Forget it, I will risk my life to tell you the truth!"
Baoyu smiled and said, "Sister, don't bluff me, what can be so dangerous? Besides, even if the sky falls, I will go to the old lady to help my sister get back up!"
But Ping'er sighed again, and then said faintly: "When the garden was first built, it was estimated that 300,000 to 400,000 taels of silver would be enough—who would have thought that other families would also build other gardens, and there were others. That King Zhongshun was hoarding strangely, but the price went up several times, making our manor unsustainable."
"But because the matter of saving relatives has been declared to the imperial court, if the work is stopped in the middle, it will be a crime of deceiving the king!"
"There is no other way. In the end, I had to embezzle the money left by Uncle Lin."
"what?!"
Hearing this, Jia Baoyu's eyes widened in astonishment: "Our family used Uncle Lin's money to repair the garden?! How much did it cost?!"
Ping'er stretched out his hand and made a six.
Jia Baoyu guessed a number subconsciously: "60,000 taels?!"
Unexpectedly, Ping'er shook his head and said, "It's more than 600,000 taels!"
"Six... six, six, sixty thousand taels?!"
This time Jia Baoyu was really frightened. No matter how playful he was, he knew what the concept of 600,000 taels was—even if the Jia family had such a big business, it would be enough to chew on for decades!
His first thought was to rush in front of the old lady and expose this great scandal!
But then it occurred to me that if the old lady didn't nod her head for such a large expense, who would dare to arbitrarily decide
I'm afraid it's my father, mother, and even my uncle, I'm afraid they will know it early in the morning!
Ping'er looked at him like a wooden chicken and stood there for a long time, fearing that he would suffer from hysteria again, so he quickly comforted: "Actually, this money is also the dowry that Uncle Lin prepared for his daughter. If you two get married in the future, this money should be ours. Family… "
It's good that she wasn't relieved, but Baoyu was in a hurry when she said this, and she raised her eyebrows and shouted: "What kind of bastard is this?! Not to mention that sister Lin and I are not married yet, even if we really become a family, we will definitely not be. Don't ask her, just use the dowry!"
Ping'er was startled by his sudden outburst, took a half step back slightly, but smiled bitterly: "What's the use of yelling at me, I didn't spend that money."
Jia Baoyu was suddenly discouraged again, and said with shy eyebrows: "I was lost for a while, please don't blame me, sister."
After speaking, he said with a serious face: "Sister, don't worry, many people are taking me for a fool to fool me. Only my elder sister is willing to tell me the truth. I am very grateful. Even if I die, I will not betray my elder sister!"
Hearing this, Ping'er sighed, half moved, half scheming: "It's all like this, I'll just tell you all about it - in fact, at the Xue family, our family also embezzled a lot of money, I'm trying to figure it out in private. , I'm afraid that one man has promised two families!"
One man allows two
As if struck by lightning, Jia Baoyu staggered back a few steps, tripped over the threshold, and fell on all fours like a turtle!