Chapter 291 This time it's a magic stick again (7)(2/2)
"The previous sentence?"
Jia Huan was stunned for a moment, tilted his head and thought carefully, and then said: "Oh, my cousin from the Lin family stayed in Yangzhou, and Brother Lian came back on his own."
Jia Cong:...I really heard it right!
"Lin Ruhai is not dead?" In a confused state of mind, he blurted out this question.
"Yes, he's not dead!" Jia Huan couldn't see Jia Cong's expression through a wall, so he didn't notice anything unusual about this little brother for the moment.
He also followed Jia Cong's tone and continued the gossip in a doubtful tone: "Brother Cong, you find it strange too, right?"
"Obviously Uncle Lin is dying, otherwise the old lady wouldn't be willing to let cousin Lin go back, and she even asked Brother Lian to follow her."
Although Jia Huan is young, he doesn't look very smart.
However, having grown up in a deep house with a favored brother-in-law, Jia Huan was not just a fool.
Therefore, Jia Huan knew that the old lady asked Jia Lian to go to Yangzhou not without purpose.
When I arrived, I naturally escorted Lin Daiyu.
Secondly, it was to prevent Lin Ruhai from dying. The Lin family was small and Lin Daiyu was an orphan and could not take care of the funeral.
Although the Lin family has lost their title, they are definitely wealthy.
With such a large family fortune, outsiders cannot be made cheap.
Jia Huan may not have thought that the Jia family was plotting against the Lin family's property, but he knew that the old lady sent Jia Lian there because she knew that Uncle Lin's life would not be long.
But it was such a fatal ending, but it was suddenly changed!
Jia Lian returned empty-handed. On the surface, Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and others were very happy for Lin Ruhai's recovery, but only they themselves knew what they thought on the inside.
After all, Jia Yuanchun had already conferred concubines, and the saint also issued a decree allowing these concubines to return home to visit their relatives.
Before Jia Lian arrived home, the East and West governments had already started discussing the construction of a "provincial villa".
Building a house requires land and money.
The land is easy to deal with. Jia Zheng and Jia She have already discussed with Jia Zhen that each of the two prefectures will provide some. The Ning Prefecture will demolish the gardens and the Rong Prefecture will demolish the houses. The alleys between the two prefectures will be connected to build provincial villas.
But money is not easy to solve.
A garden covering an area of more than three miles, pavilions, furniture and furnishings, every brick and tile, every flower and every grass, is all money.
If there is a subsidy of two to three million taels from the Lin family, it will definitely be enough.
But now that Lin Ruhai is not dead, it is naturally impossible for the Lin family's money to fall into the hands of the Jia family.
Now, it is a little difficult for the Jia family to build the Grand View Garden.
"...Uncle Lin is still ill, but there is no fear of his life for the time being. Cousin Lin's family stayed in Yangzhou to take care of him."
Jia Huan didn't know much about the inside story. He just saw that Jia Baoyu was unhappy, and then he became happy.
"The old lady and my wife are not very happy either. Even my aunt dare not speak loudly these days!"
When Jia Huan mentioned his own mother, Aunt Zhao, the excitement just now disappeared again.
Alas, the two of them have never been taken seriously, and even their own sisters find them embarrassing.
Jia Cong didn't react yet. He didn't even know that Jia Huan was gone.
"Lin Ruhai is not dead?"
"How could he not die? Is it my butterfly effect?"
"It shouldn't be. I'm just a transparent person from the Rongguo Mansion. I can't even control my own destiny, so how can I influence other people?"
Jia Cong's mind was filled with questions, and his mood swings were very violent.
His only reliance in this world of Red Mansions is that he is familiar with the plot and has knowledge that transcends this era.
Now, the main plot has undergone major changes. So, is the world of Red Mansions that I am in still the famous book that I am familiar with?
What will be the direction of the subsequent plot?
What impact will these changes have on it?!
Jia Cong was confused and felt an inexplicable fear in his heart.
Of course, the reason why he was thinking so wildly was because the injury was too serious, and he also had a high fever due to the inflammation of the wound.
Xiao Xiao was alone, his little face was burned red, and his little body was shaking non-stop.
If he hadn't been treated in time, he might not have made it through the night.
But at this time, no one cared whether a little bastard lived or died.
Jia Zhen, Jia She, Jia Zheng and others gathered in front of the old lady and were discussing how to raise money to build a garden.
Without the Lin family's huge wealth, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang both had a headache.
The Jia family has long been struggling with grain, and Wang Xifeng used the monthly income of the servants as usury to subsidize the family.
Suddenly taking out millions of taels of silver, not to mention Wang Xifeng, not even Mrs. Wang could do it.
Unless the Jia family's ancestral property is sold.
But selling ancestral property or something like that is a good thing to say or not, and it looks like a prodigal.
And, to put it bluntly, even if you sell your ancestral property, you may not be able to collect one million taels of silver.
The old lady does have a private room, but she doesn't want to use it.
Mrs. Wang also has money, but she would rather borrow it from the Xue family than pay for it out of her own pocket.
In the end, I decided to go to Dongfu. The reason was readily available - I couldn't write two characters for "Jia" in one stroke.
Jia Yuanchun was promoted to a virtuous concubine, and the Ningguo Mansion also gained face.
Jia Zhen thinks it makes sense. He is a man who works hard, otherwise he would not let his eldest son marry Qin Keqing, who has a complicated status.
Moreover, Qin Keqing's death has some subtle relationship with Jia Yuanchun's concubine.
Now that Jia Yuanchun has succeeded in taking over, Jia Zhen, who helped out, feels she is qualified to share in the fruits of victory.
If possible, Jia Zhen would also like to become a country uncle.
Just when Jia Zhen was about to agree to pay, a boy suddenly ran in from outside: "Master is back!"
Chapter completed!