【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 257 Grandmother Jia 59

"She wants Jue'er to marry a girl from the Xue family?"

"That's probably what it means. The Xue family's business is booming, and their position as a royal merchant is very stable."

Yun Xi understood Lanhua's unspoken meaning. Wang Shi originally wanted Jia Baoyu to marry Daiyu, because having a powerful father-in-law would be helpful to Jia Baoyu. Unfortunately, she and Jia Min had made it clear countless times that Jia Baoyu was not worthy of her. So Wang Shi changed her goal. If she couldn't marry her son to a powerful one, she would marry her son to a rich one.

If Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai were not related by blood, they would be a good match, of course, in terms of status, not personality.

A wealthy woman marries the son of a minor official.

"Just visit if you want."

She was indebted to Uncle Xue and they had been in contact in recent years. She could come whenever she wanted, but if she wanted to stay, she really didn't know where to arrange it. The yard in the backyard was already full of her granddaughters and great-granddaughters, and the yard in the front yard was almost the same. The second house had separated a large yard for Jia Baoyu to live in after he got married.

But it would definitely not be appropriate to let someone live there. Yun Xi was satisfied. The Xue family had a house in Beijing, so they should not get involved and just treat them as ordinary relatives.

"Keep an eye on Xiangyun. This girl is very conceited and spoiled, so she doesn't know the ways of the world. You should pay more attention to her and make sure she doesn't cause any trouble that will affect the reputations of the other girls in the family, especially Yingchun, Nianchun, and Tanchun, who are starting to discuss marriages."

"Yes, I save you the trouble."

Yun Xi held her forehead and let her go. She said to the system, "How about leaving next year? Jia Zhu's first term will end next year, and it's just right for him to come back to observe mourning for me and his mother."

"Yes, you have done a good job as a mother-in-law. Although you cannot change Wang, you have saved Zhang, protected her, and got along well with her. You have done a very competent job and should be rated as perfect." said the system.

Yun Xi nodded. She wanted to go back as soon as possible to see how her best friend was doing and whether she was well.

The most important thing now is the distribution of inheritance. When modern people travel through time, especially if they have a system, they often travel to powerful families and make a lot of money.

But there are also disadvantages. Being too rich will easily attract attention from the higher-ups, and it will be unfriendly to the people. Moreover, if she takes away too much gold and silver here, there will be too little gold in this time and space a hundred years later, and many machines that require gold will not be able to develop.

Of course, some people would say that over thousands of years, countless gold and silver have been buried deep underground as burial objects. It wouldn't matter if I took some with me, but the key point is that she doesn't need any. After the system cheated her once, there are still a lot of gold, silver and jewelry left in her space. If she doesn't need any, then I won't take it. If she really needs any, then let's talk about it. She will definitely put herself first.

"No one in the mansion would believe me if I told them, but I actually have over eight million taels of silver." Yun Xi said, "The bulk of it was given to me by Jia Min. Because of that space, she gave me a lot of money. I'll keep these three million taels of silver in the space, and I'll figure out how to distribute the rest."

"Give three million taels to the emperor. Half of it is for filial piety, and the other half is for buying official positions for future generations." Yun Xi thought about it and realized that leaving money to future generations would only produce prodigals.

"The remaining two million taels, five hundred thousand taels for farms and shops, five hundred million taels for various gold, silver and jewelry, and one million taels in cash." Yun Xi said, "Ten thousand taels of silver and a shop each for my grandsons, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters. Twenty thousand taels will be left for the school. The remaining twelve farms and five hundred thousand taels of silver will be divided equally between the first and second wives. I also bought a lot of land for sacrifices."

After all the calculations, this is just right.

System: "Who will you give your Jinxiu Tower to?"

"Give it to the emperor. I feel Jia She and the others can't handle it." Yun Xi went to the warehouse to clean up and distributed some of the small amount of money to the people who served her. In the future, they would have some confidence whether they wanted to leave or stay.

On this day, the Xue family visited the Jia family, and the head of the family was waiting early in the morning.

Yun Xi learned from Zhang that Xue Pan, the eldest son of the Xue family, was imprisoned in the Jinling government office because of his recklessness, causing his servants to beat someone to death. When the Xue family, mother and son, came to the capital, they first visited the Wang family and then came to the Jia family.

"Things like this often happen in Shendu. Why was he arrested? Usually, the servant who beat someone to death is handed over and some silver is paid as compensation." Yun Xi was puzzled.

This kind of blackmailing method has even become popular in Shendu. For example, if a person is seriously ill and dying, he will provoke some playboys. After being beaten to death, his family can get a compensation, which is much better than dying in vain.

Why were they so fearless? It was because the emperor was quite strict and severely punished the playboys who killed people. This way of blackmailing people gradually became popular, causing the playboys to be more restrained when going out on the streets.

Yun Xi remembered that it was not Xue Pan who killed the person personally.

"The man who died was no ordinary man. Feng Yuan was the son of a small country squire in Jinling Province. He lost both his parents at a young age and had no brothers. He lived alone with his meager property, making a living. He was no ordinary commoner." Zhang brushed her hair and continued, "I heard that Xue Pan's father was very determined and asked the government to punish his eldest son according to the law. But Aunt Xue refused to accept that, so she brought her children to the capital to seek help and to find a way out for her daughter. This was a secret that had been kept secret for a long time, but someone spread the news and many people knew about it."

Yun Xi frowned, "Feng Yuan, I've met with injustice. The Xue family master is indeed the descendant of Mr. Xue, the "Purple Star Hermit." His courage far surpasses you and me."

Zhang leaned forward and said, "I heard that Xue Pan was spoiled by his mother when he was little. He was the first person in Jinling City to flirt with his temper. He was known as 'Jinling's No. 1 Bully' and nicknamed 'The Dumb King'. He only knew how to spend money like water and had no knowledge of any skill. He spent his days cockfighting, horseback riding, and sightseeing."

Yun Xi nodded. "It's obvious that the girls of the Wang family are not good at raising children. Xue Pan is one example, and Jue'er is another. They only know how to spoil their children and don't know how to teach them. In the end, they caused such trouble. If you meet such people, you should stay away from them."

Zhang glanced at Wang who was lowering her head, nodded and said nothing more.

When the Xue family came to visit, the Jia family opened a side door to welcome them. Yun Xi sat leisurely in her room waiting for them to come and pay their respects.

Wang was the most active. She led her daughter-in-law and others out of the hall and welcomed Aunt Xue and others in. Needless to say, the sisters were filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy when they met in their old age. They laughed and cried and talked about old times. Then she hurriedly led them to meet her, and presented various gifts of gratitude and houses to them. After all the family members met, she hurriedly prepared a welcome banquet.

Yun Xi saw Xue Baochai, who had received mixed reviews. She was indeed a beautiful girl with fair skin and graceful manners, and she was quite stunning.

I don't know if she knew about Wang's plan, but Xue Baochai came here this time to compete for the position of the princess's companion. However, she is so old, how can she be a companion? Even if she wants to be a companion, she should follow the path of Wang Xifeng or Jia Yuanchun, and have nothing to do with the Jia family.

Xue Fu had already paid his respects to Jia Zheng, and Jia Hu then led him to pay his respects to Jia She, Jia Zhen, and the others. Jia Zheng then said to Yun Xi, "My concubine is already old, and my nephew is young and inexperienced in the ways of the world. It might not be appropriate for him to live away from home. How about..."