mtlumby2d Chapter 120: Parrot Shows Off His Power Again
Chapter 120: Parrot Shows Off His Power Again
"But they can catch up with our meal. Go and invite their wives over."
"And your Uncle Zhen and his wife should come over to have some fun together."
"We can only go to the East Palace when we are tired of the excitement here!"
Yuanyang took the order and went out to give instructions.
……
The waiting time here was almost up, and when the maids outside invited them for the third time, everyone decided to move to the flower hall.
When Jia Min heard that they were going to move to the flower hall to eat, she quickly signaled Lin Daiyu and Yong'an to follow her.
Afraid that the child will be disrespectful and annoy others.
The three of them walked up to Lady Jia, and together with Wang Xifeng, they held her arms on both sides and went towards the flower hall.
The meal had already been served in the flower hall, and the maids waiting in a long line were bringing in the dishes.
Although Lin Daiyu also attended the banquet at Governor Fang's mansion.
That can also be called luxurious, but it doesn't have the feeling of piles of gold and jade.
Jade and agate dinner plates, ebony chopsticks inlaid with gold, enamel cups...
The overwhelming wealth and money were wasted like this. No wonder there was a huge deficit within a few years.
Wang Xifeng began to lend money for cash flow and embezzled money from Jia Mu's private treasury.
Until the end when Lady Jia died, her funeral was shabby.
It even attracted bandits who looted the place.
Lin Daiyu thought and sighed, but her ability was limited and she felt that she had no ability to save the Jia family.
I won't pretend to be a big shot.
If I ask for frugality nowadays, I will probably be regarded as a heretic and killed.
Didn’t you see that Jia Min was frowning and not saying anything?
Besides, people in the book keep pointing out that the government is spending more than it earns, and isn't that something that cannot be changed?
It is said that the eldest master Jia She sold Yingchun for five thousand taels of silver. This story came from the mouth of that Zhongshan wolf Sun Shaozu. Lin Daiyu did not believe it.
But Sun Shaozu dared to say so, and no one in the Jia family stood up for Yingchun, and no one argued. This is also strange.
From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.
If I have a chance in this life, I will save Yingchun.
If I have neither the ability nor the opportunity, I won't risk my head.
……
Yong'an's eyes were scanning around in circles, even though he was a greedy cat.
But with so many people watching him, and Jia Min telling him again and again, he could only look for the target first.
It’s better to strike later.
This grandmother’s family is so wealthy and prosperous!
He swallowed secretly.
At this time, Grandmother Jia began to invite everyone to take their seats.
"Min'er, come and sit next to mother."
"Baoyu, you sit next to your aunt."
……
As soon as everyone sat down, another group of people came outside.
There was Lady You, the wife of Jia Zhen from Ningguo Mansion, Qin Keqing, the wife of Jia Rong, and a group of maids and old women.
When Grandma You entered the house, she saw that the entire Rongguo Mansion family was almost seated.
He immediately joked loudly, "Old lady! This means we are outsiders!"
"Why didn't you tell us earlier or later? It's almost time for dinner."
"We have become beggars. The old lady is so biased."
Everyone knew that Lady Jia liked to be lively, so everyone was in high spirits and greeted and talked to each other.
Grandma, the girls cried out in astonishment.
The scene was filled with joy, with flowers in bloom, jewelry jingling, and laughter.
Several people from Ningguo Mansion came over and saluted Jia Min.
"Aunt, you can't be so partial like the old lady. Give us a chance to show our filial piety."
Jia Min also thanked him repeatedly and said it was fine.
After paying their respects to Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, they could not stay in the inner hall, so they had to go to the outer hall to eat with the male guests.
At this moment, no one noticed that Daiyu's parrot was stimulated by something.
Suddenly it flew up and landed on Jia Zhen.
Jia Zhen was startled unexpectedly.
He quickly reached out to swat the parrot.
"Whose starling is this? Why is it flying around so wildly?"
When Lin Daiyu and Jia Min saw this, they were shocked. Is this going to be bad again?
I even forgot that I can't let it follow me to places with a lot of people.
This thing is a "people-attractor".
The parrot saw that everyone was attracted by it, so it immediately stood on a plaque.
The parrot raised its head and said in a low voice,
A male voice came from the bird's beak.
[Shh! Keep your voice down, big news, big news, the father-in-law wants to marry his wife.] Then there were the voices of several servants discussing.
[Who are you talking about? ]
[Who else could it be? Guess?]
[Is it from the East Palace? Can we dare to say it? ]
[Did you succeed? ]
[Not yet? ]
[I heard that my wife's maid is keeping a close eye on me! ]
[This is really the case. The swill buckets in Ningguo Mansion are dirty, smelly and rotten, while Rongguo Mansion is a mess and painted from top to bottom.]
【Shh! 】
……
At this moment, everything is quiet.
"Dang!" Someone knocked the cup over and no one dared to move.
……
As soon as the parrot finished speaking, it wanted to ask for praise, but it looked at the eyes of everyone in the room who were eating the bird.
It looked down and saw that there really seemed to be pigeon soup in the soup.
It was so frightened that it flew away without waiting to be killed or its feathers plucked.
I don’t know whose house I went to join in the fun.
The parrot flew away, and its owner buried his face in the ground.
Lin Daiyu's expression was indescribable. This was really a trap for me.
She looked like she was crying, "Mom! Let's go!"
"Let's eat the parrot and come back!"
After saying that, she grabbed Jia Min's hand and shook it continuously.
Jia Min's mind went blank and her body was shaking.
"Daiyu! Where are we?"
"what!……"
Jia Min, Daiyu, and Yong'an, a family of three, gathered together pitifully.
Waiting for the verdict.
Jia Min didn't wait for everyone's reaction for a while. She came to her senses and ran to Jia's mother and knelt down.
"Mother! My daughter is guilty, please punish her!"
"The child is mine, and the chattering parrot is the child's!"
"Mother! Beat me to death!"
Even though this scandal involves one's own family, once it was exposed, they lost all their face.
This rotten-mouthed parrot cursed both the Ning and Rong mansions.
How can I still stay here?
……
Grandmother Jia looked down with great disappointment at her little daughter whom she once loved the most.
And now it is this little daughter who has revealed her old face.
Everyone tries to whitewash their facade and pretend that everything is going well.
But this is my own daughter. I cannot hit her or punish her in front of so many people.
And today is her return party, what a perfect timing!
"I won't take it to heart if it's just a bird saying it. How can a human be as narrow-minded as a bird?"
"Instead, we need to find out who is gossiping about the master behind his back."
"If they found out, they would beat him to death with clubs."
"What do you think, Brother Zhen?" Grandmother Jia cast a captivating look at Jia Zhen.
The head of the Jia family.
Jia Zhen seemed not to hear what his grandmother said, but he heard the parrot's words clearly.
The other people in Ning Mansion didn't understand what the parrot said, but he himself knew very well that it was talking about him coveting his daughter-in-law Qin Keqing.
His whereabouts were exposed before he even succeeded. The management of the Ning Mansion is too poor.
Who the hell is that? Just when I have a little idea of what I want, I am ruined.
Whoever it is, I’ll find out and beat him to death!
But beating him to death won't help now.
His dirty thoughts were known to the whole mansion by a bird's singing.
Now the lady masters of the Ning and Rong mansions are all here. We can’t beat all of them to death!
Parrot! How awful!
No matter how excited Jia Zhen was, and no matter how many ways he thought of to tidy up the household chores, the superficial issues had to be dealt with now.
"Old lady! Don't worry, I'll check when I get back, and if I find anything, I'll beat him to death with sticks."
It’s strange. This aunt and her friends just arrived at the Jia Mansion today, and this parrot overheard so much information?
When did he sneak in? Jia Zhen was puzzled.
At this time, people outside were starting to prepare for dinner. Probably because they saw that Jia Zhen and his father, who had come in to pay their respects, had not left yet.
Jia Lian came in and called for help.
"Brother Zhen, why don't you go out? Outside..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw that everyone in the room looked unhappy.
It seems like they just had a quarrel, and the situation is tense.
"What's wrong, Grandmother?"
"What's wrong? You still dare to ask me what's wrong? I'm old now, and I'm leaving the house to you, just thinking about enjoying a few days of peace and quiet!"
"The family was so poorly managed that the jokes spread among the servants and even to the ears of the relatives."
……
Grandmother Jia was furious and Jia Min knelt on the ground, feeling extremely ashamed.
Lin Daiyu and Lin Yongan knelt behind Jia Min.
Screaming secretly.
But there is really nothing this parrot dare not say!
But it’s good that the undercurrent in the Jia family has been exposed like this!