Chapter 494 A little further

Jia Lian has experienced funerals countless times, and even organized several of them personally.

Therefore, Jia Lian led Daiyu to arrange Lin Ruhai's funeral with ease.

The only thing worth mentioning is that although Daiyu does not like tedious and mundane affairs, she still attaches great importance to her father's funeral. With Jia Lian here, she helps her arrange everything in detail. On the contrary, I also learned some ways of dealing with Confucian classics. In addition, during this period, I almost stood and sat with Jia Lian, so I became closer to Jia Lian.

I am now more accepting of Jia Lian’s occasional intimacy. She couldn't accept it, because after her father's coffin was buried in the ground, she couldn't help but feel sad. She threw herself into Jia Lian's arms and cried for a long time, making Jia Lian's clothes wet.

With Lin Ruhai’s funeral affairs finished, all that’s left is to deal with the Lin family’s property.

It was only after carefully counting the assets of the Lin family that Jia Lian realized what Lin Ruhai had told him before his death that he regretted that he could not be considered honest after serving as an official for half his life.

If the total assets of the Lin family are totaled, including those that Lin Ruhai brought to the capital when he was an official in Beijing the year before last, the total wealth of the Lin family is roughly estimated to be close to several hundred thousand taels. million!

Although there are some accumulations from the four generations of Lin family ancestors, according to Jia Lian, most of them should be the results of Lin Ruhai's twenty years as an official. Moreover, perhaps it mainly focused on the years when Lin Ruhai was the censor of the Salt Patrol.

Having just arrested a large number of officials and businessmen related to the salt policy in Yangzhou, Jia Lian certainly knew that anyone who had anything to do with salt would inevitably become rich.

So Jia Lian doesn’t find it too strange that the Lin family has such a large amount of assets.

And Jia Lian suddenly felt that he had changed. Now when he looks at these massive family properties, he is very calm, and it is difficult to even raise much interest.

You know, just two or three years ago, he would have been happy for a long time even if the emperor rewarded him with a thousand taels of silver.

It can only be said that the wealth of the salt merchants is so charming that it makes him blur the concept of money, and even forgets that he and Wang Xifeng have been calculating carefully for so many years, and they only only have a few hundred thousand taels. It’s just the family’s wealth!

But now, things are naturally different.

If nothing else, Daiyu’s dowry money is enough for him and his wives, concubines, and maids to have food and drink for the rest of their lives.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian couldn't help but smile. He had really made a profit from his plan to marry Daiyu.

I am busy counting and converting the Lin family’s assets, hoping to return to the capital with good luck.However, Jia Lian received a letter from Jinling to Yangzhou and then chased it to Suzhou.

The letter was sent by Jia Yucun. He thought Jia Lian was in Yangzhou at first. When the messenger arrived in Yangzhou, he learned that Jia Lian had come to Suzhou, so he also sent it over.

The content of the letter is very simple. In addition to being aggressive towards Jia Lian and flattering the cunning salt merchants for keeping them docile, the main thing is to apologize to Jia Lian.

It was said that after they said goodbye that day, he also mentioned the Zhen family’s affairs to his wife. After his wife heard this, she remembered the kindness that Feng, the mother-in-law of the Zhen family, had shown her in the past, and had mixed feelings. After enduring it for a while, she still couldn't bear her emotions and went to Duru Prefecture in person.

A few days ago, I wrote in reply that I had met Mrs. Feng, and Mrs. Feng was so excited when she heard about the whereabouts of her daughter that she immediately decided to follow her back to Jinling City. Now they are already in On the way back to Jinling.

Jia Yucun was afraid that Jia Lian would be in vain if he tried to find the address based on the address he provided, so he wrote a letter to inform him and apologize.

Although Jia Yucun’s letter kept saying that it was his wife who missed his old master too much and refused to listen to his advice to go to Duru Prefecture, Jia Lian still felt that it was not that simple.

Jia Lian has also heard that Jia Yucun is going to Beijing to take up a post. He is afraid that he still wants to join the four major families of his this time, so is he seizing the opportunity to make friends?

It was hard for Jia Lian to say anything about this. After all, the other party had found the person for him, and because he was afraid that he would be disappointed, he even wrote a special letter to inform him, which was considered comprehensive.

In fact, the reason why Jia Lian only asked for the address at first and refused Jia Yucun’s help in finding the person was just because he wanted to take some time to take Daiyu and Xiangling with him after settling the matter at hand. Go to Daruzhou.

While helping Xiang Ling find her mother, she also took Daiyu out to relax.

But now it seems that it is difficult for him to spare too much time. The matter in Yangzhou has not been completely settled. After taking care of it, it would be inconvenient for him to stay in Jiangnan for a long time. He would have to return to Beijing as soon as possible to resume his duties.

Therefore, the fact that Jia Yucun and his wife helped him find the person did not necessarily mess up his plan. It can only be said that the plan could not keep up with the changes.

So after replying a letter to Jia Yucun, Jia Lian came to Daiyu's room in the inner courtyard.

Since Daiyu came out of her father’s death, she spent most of her time sorting out the books left by her father.

Lin Ruhai is a book lover. Although he brought some of them to the capital the year before last, the books stored in this old house are still dazzling and numerous. It is no exaggeration to describe them as overwhelming. In this era when books are very expensive, these books alone are worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

It just so happened that Daiyu also liked books, so Jia Lian left the arrangement of books to her. Let her pack it up and bring it all to the capital in the future.

Therefore, at this moment, Daiyu was leading Zicuckoo, Xueyan and Xiangling, and they were busy in the room. When Jia Lian walked in, he saw slight sweat on their busy little faces and couldn't help but smile.

He didn’t help either. He walked to the couch at the top and leaned on the two pillows, quietly watching the girls working.

Daiyu raised her head and looked at him several times. Finally, after counting, she asked the maids to carry the two boxes of books they had sorted out and put them away, and then let them go down to rest.

"My uncle's books, have they been sorted out?"

"It's still far from done. Only a small part of it has been done, and there are still many dusty books in the study. Very, I don’t know when it will be all sorted out..."

Daiyu walked to Jia Lian and replied with a soft voice and a soft breath.

Seeing Jia Lian smiling as she spoke, she felt a little embarrassed, "Are you looking down on us, saying that we can't finish a few books, unlike you who are capable and have so many big things going on outside? , you can do it quickly?"

"Hehehe."

Jia Lian saw that she looked really cute, and while smiling, he took her little hand over and used Xiu Xiu wiped the sweat on her forehead, then snuggled her into his arms when she was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, we are different. You only have Zijuan and the others, I have hundreds or even thousands of people at my disposal, so it is easier to do things with more people. You don’t have to worry at all, just take your time. Anyway, I still have a lot of things to deal with outside, and I still have a lot of time.

After we leave Suzhou this time, we may not have time to come back in the next few years, unless we visit the graves of our aunt and uncle again.

So, we have to do things well , we have to finish everything one by one."

After hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help but be secretly moved. She knew that Jia Lian had taken time off from official duties to come back, and now that he was still saying that made her feel warm in her heart, so she didn't resist Jia Lian's move of picking her up and sitting on his lap again.

She had almost gotten used to this kind of thing a few times.

It just so happened that she also felt that it felt good to be held in Jia Lian's arms. Moreover, she and Jia Lian had already established their relationship, so it was not too out of the ordinary for her to be like this. She felt that it should be like this.

"By the way, second brother, what's wrong with you coming here so late?"

Daiyu finally remembered to ask this question.

"There is one thing indeed. Qian'er is not with you.We said that when we are done with what we are doing, we will take the time to go to Duru Prefecture to help Xiang Ling find her mother. Now it seems that there is no need to go to Duruzhou. "

"What's wrong? ”

Jia Lian will tell Daiyu about the letter he received from Daiyu’s mentor Jia Yucun.

Daiyu feels a little strange after hearing this. What's such a coincidence, her husband's wife who filled in the house was actually the maid of Xiang Ling's mother? And from Jia Lian's words, her mistress was one of the maids responsible for taking care of Xiang Ling!

She didn’t care too much about this. Seeing that Jia Lian was a little regretful when talking about this matter, Daiyu only thought about it briefly and understood Jia Lian’s intention.

Help Xiangling's search for her mother may be just a name. After all, the second brother Lian is so busy. For the mother of a maid, why is it worth traveling hundreds of miles to find the mother of a maid? Can't it be enough to just send a team of people to pick her up?
< br />The second brother must have thought that his father would be in a bad mood just after he left, so he wanted to take her somewhere else to relieve his boredom, just like he took him to visit Xuan Tomb Panxiang Temple after her mother left!

“I understand everything the second brother said. Xiangling's mother has really been found, and this is the best result.

As for going to Daruzhou, I originally thought it was too far and didn’t want to go. I was very tired! Wouldn’t that be just right, the best of both worlds?

So, after we have settled the matter here, let’s take Xiangling to Jinling. I really don’t know what Xiangling would look like if she saw her mother. ”

Although Daiyu also looked forward to being taken out by Jia Lian for sightseeing, she also knew that Jia Lian still had the emperor’s mission.

Jia Lian had this intention , she was already very happy, but she didn’t necessarily want Jia Lian to take her out. In fact, what she said was not against her will. She was naturally very active and thought of quietness, and when she was very quiet, she wanted to move.

If you ask her to travel a long distance, she will definitely feel tired. If she can't be with her sweetheart, she will never want to travel far away.

Jia Lian hugged Daiyu and turned sideways, letting her little face Facing himself.

With just one look at her expression, Jia Lian knew what she was thinking. He touched her head lovingly, and with a somewhat displeased frown, he let her go. Sitting on the couch, he stood up and said with a smile: "In that case, it's settled. After we pack up here, we will go to Jinling. It just so happens that you, a good student, haven't seen your teacher for some years, so it's time to go and see him. "

Daiyu raised her brows, sat on the couch and gave Jia Lian a noncommittal look.

Because she was really pretty and lovely, casual. One expression, allJia Lian, who was already about to leave, couldn't help but bent down and bowed his head, as if he wanted to kiss her.

Daiyu’s expression suddenly became tense, because it was difficult to avoid with her legs rolled up. In panic, she hurriedly closed her eyes.

After waiting for a long time, the imagined kiss from her second brother did not come. She only felt a slight chill on her forehead and her neck shrank. She opened her eyes and saw Jia Lian laughing, turning around and walking away. .

Only belatedly, Daiyu noticed the thumping of her little heart, her face suddenly turned red, and she was overwhelmed with embarrassment, and she leaned over the two men Jia Lian had just leaned against. Between the pillows, I smelled the lingering Jia Lian's breath in my nose, and my heart beat faster.

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