Chapter 37: Silencing
Jia Zhu felt very uncomfortable after the meal.
His mother always thought he was hungry and kept picking up food for him, but he didn't dare say that he had already eaten the "recalling the bitter past and thinking of the sweet past" meal in school, so he could only force himself to eat.
That would be fine, but he was feeling very full here, but his wife couldn't eat much. She had to serve his mother and take care of him. When his mother put down her bowl and chopsticks, she had to put down her bowl and chopsticks too.
What his mother had suffered from his grandmother now fell double on his daughter-in-law.
He couldn't beg for mercy. If he did... he would be doomed.
"Mother," Jia Zhu could only avoid looking at his wife and rinsed his mouth and said, "My son has made an appointment with his classmates to go to the bookstore to see if there are any new books. You..."
"Go ahead!"
Wang enjoyed the meal very much. As she waved her hand, she suddenly thought of something and said, "Hey, wait a minute."
She hurried into the inner room and came out again after a while. "Here," she stuffed two banknotes into her son's hands. "Just buy whatever you want."
Jia Zhu: “…”
The two light silver notes of one hundred taels seemed as heavy as a thousand taels of gold at this moment.
"Mother, why would you need so much?"
It was said outside that the Lai family fell and the Jia family was well fed. But they had returned more than 100,000 taels of silver to the treasury, and even if there was some surplus, with so many people in the family, they had to be careful about the future and be appropriately frugal.
"My son also has a monthly allowance from the government."
The monthly salary of ten taels of silver was not as much as most other people but better than most other people, but it was definitely enough for him.
"Just take it if it's given to you. Why are you being so polite to me?"
Wang was quite worried about money yesterday, but today, she has no such worries at all.
If Jia Zhen falls, it means the East Palace falls. Jia Rong is still young, and the baby in Shen's belly is even younger. It is unclear whether they can grow up safely in her care.
After all, the Dongfu has always had few offspring, so it is not impossible that they suddenly died out.
As for Yu...
Just lock up any courtyard and let her worship Buddha.
By then, everything in the East Palace would belong to her.
As long as the old lady is around, she doesn't have to worry about it not being hers.
Wang estimated the silver in the East Palace, which was definitely several times more than their family's.
In addition to having few offspring and only having children marrying in but no one marrying out, the eldest son's family also manages a lot of clan land.
"Mother's money belongs to you brothers."
To be precise, they all belong to the eldest son. After all, the ones at the old lady's place all belong to the youngest son.
When the clan land is taken over, the profits will belong to Yuanchun.
Anyway, these idiots in the tribe, don’t think you can just get something without giving anything in return.
If you want to benefit from her daughter's favor, you must hand over the income from the clan land to your daughter.
Wang thought that he was fair and just, "As long as you don't waste money, anything is fine."
After a while, Jia Zhu finally took the silver that his mother forced upon him.
But when he came out of the mansion, he did not look for his classmates, but went through the corner gate of Lai's house as if taking a shortcut.
My grandmother and father are blocking my uncle, but he hasn't come home. There is only one possibility: he is hiding here.
Knock knock...
"who?"
The woman who opened the door saw that it was him and said, "Uncle Zhu?!"
She looked behind him in panic, fortunately the master only brought one servant with him.
"Well, go tell your uncle that your nephew is here to pay his respects to him!"
"This... please wait a moment."
The old woman hurried away, but soon she came back to open the door for him. "The master is fishing over there," she pointed to a place not far away, "just go over there."
Jia Zhu bowed and strode away.
"Shh!"
From a distance, Jia She did a great job of keeping silent.
Jia Zhu's heart paused, and he tiptoed forward. At this moment, ripples appeared on the water.
"Hahaha, it's here as expected."
Jia She reeled in his rod, and a beautiful carp more than half a foot long was pulled up. "For the sake of this fish, I will give you a chance to speak, but there is one thing, you cannot persuade me to go home."
“…”
Jia Zhu sat down next to him with a smile, "Uncle doesn't have to go home, but grandma may not be able to come here."
Hmm? Jia She was a little discouraged, "Are you going to join your grandmother and your father in forcing your uncle?"
"No."
Jia Zhu shook his head, "I wanted to tell my uncle that if I could find this place, my grandmother and father could find it too.
Rather than waiting for them to come and cause trouble, it is better for you to go further away."
Huh? Yes.
Jia She smiled and said, "Do you also think that what uncle did was right?"
"nature!"
Jia Zhu said: "Zhou Rui not only violated the family law, but also the state law."
Well, if someone says that the Jia family is blind, he just needs to listen to it.
The Jia family had been prosperous for two generations from his great-grandfather to his grandfather, which was already very good.
Now that the descendants of the Jia family have lost the glory of their ancestors, this may be what some people want to see.
Jia Zhu gave his uncle some advice, "Go out and hide for a few days. His verdict will be out soon."
By then, there will be nothing my grandmother and father can do.
As for my mother...
Jia Zhu felt that without Zhou Rui and Zhou Rui's family, if his uncle could be more powerful and take charge of their affairs into his own hands, his mother would have no choice but to make fewer mistakes.
"You can find someone to look after the rent for the spring and autumn. If it's not convenient for you to intervene in the affairs of Zhou Rui's family, then let your second brother and sister-in-law come."
Wang Xifeng, who is both a cousin and the second brother's sister-in-law, also has some ideas about the rights and interests of the first wife.
"Or maybe we can just break them up and let my eldest aunt take care of one part, and my second brother and sister-in-law take care of the other part."
Jia She: “…”
The suggestions are very pertinent! But...
"Your aunt is not good enough." He sighed, "She is just not that kind of person."
He tried it in his own yard.
She couldn't even manage such a small courtyard, let alone the entire Rongguo Mansion.
If we really hand over the sewing room to her, there is a 99% chance that Xing and her maids will not be able to keep it.
By then, Wang would gain the advantage.
"If I leave it to her, your grandmother and your mother will quarrel with me. Instead of that, it's better to leave it to your second brother and sister-in-law."
Although his daughter-in-law is Wang's niece, she is also the legitimate mistress of the Rongguo Mansion.
If she were to take over all the affairs of the mansion, neither my mother nor my second brother and his wife would be ashamed to take them.
“Oh~”
Jia Zhu smiled, "Since uncle has made the decision, what are you waiting for?"
Jia She: “…”
He looked at the grinning brat and couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, you go first, and then I'll go angrily from the front."
This will also prevent him from being exposed in the future, otherwise he will be beaten up by his parents when he gets home.
Although Wang would not hit him, Jia She had suffered psychological trauma from the torture he suffered from his mother. He knew very well that the invisible condemnation and verbal beatings were even worse than those that drew blood.
"In that case, I would like to thank you, uncle."
Jia Zhu smiled and bowed and left. Sure enough, not long after, Jia She left the villa angrily.
After waiting for a long time but her evil son's return, Jia's mother's patience was exhausted. She was just about to call for a carriage or a sedan chair to go to her son's villa when a servant came over in a hurry.
"Master, something bad has happened. The eldest master has left the villa and is heading out of the city."
What? Jia Zheng was furious.
"Doesn't he know the old lady is here? What are you doing? Go, hurry up, send someone to chase her."
He doesn't care what happens to Zhou Rui's family, but the fact that he was blindly employed must have been done by his eldest brother.
At the same time, in the prison of Shuntian Prefecture, the food box sent by Zhou Rui's mistress was finally opened in the cell.
Although he was imprisoned in Shuntian Prefecture Prison, and although Lord She said that he would not be released unless he was held accountable according to the law, Zhou Rui still lived a good life with Mrs. Wang's care.
The food box was opened layer by layer. Today there was a whole chicken, a plate of stir-fried meat, a plate of stewed cabbage, and a plate of peanuts.
Zhou Rui lowered his head to look for it, and sure enough, there was still a pot of wine.
He happily poured himself a cup, tore off a big chicken leg, and had some peanuts. Hmm, very good.
Behind his wife stood the entire Wang family, and even most of the Jia family. Zhou Rui was not afraid of how long he would have to stay in jail.
After all, he was the only one who knew what happened to the money his wife had lent out.
Zhou Rui was only worried. What should he do after returning from prison? The master had caught him, so it would definitely not be his turn to collect rent.
His wife would not forgive him for losing such a huge income.
Zhou Rui was thinking of a solution while drinking and eating, but as he was eating, his stomach suddenly started to hurt...
(End of this chapter)
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