Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 155 Entering the Mansion for the First Time

Not finding Xue Baochai, Jia Rui could only ask a maid to send him off to finish washing up.

After that, the little maid brought breakfast. Jia Rui ate some randomly, and then went back to the old lady's place.

Entering the room, Jia Rui saw Old Master Wang holding a piece of paper and writing calculations there.

Jia Rui quietly walked over and looked forward from behind Mrs. Wang. It turned out that Mrs. Wang was calculating the profits of her small village.

When Jia Rui just crossed over, Mrs. Wang's Zhuangzi was once given away.

Later, when Jia Rui became famous, Zhuangzi naturally wanted to redeem him.

Originally, Jia Rui wanted to buy a larger village to compensate his grandmother, but his grandmother had feelings for this small village that had been with him all his life, and insisted that Jia Rui buy it back from someone else at twice the price.

Jia Rui was also a filial person, so he finally bit the bullet and spent money to buy it back.

"Did you lose money or make money?"

In fact, this is also her mother giving some advice to Second Sister You.

These jewelry are the treasures of Second Sister You. She plans to bring them into the house and use them as her own treasure chest.

After that, Mrs. Wang threw the paper aside and stopped asking.

"Yes."

"Don't be nervous. Everyone in the family is kind and no one will have trouble with you."

Xianglan was a little embarrassed when Jia Rui said, "The uncle wrongly blamed our grandma. I just came back from going out to buy fragrant powder and happened to meet the uncle."

Second Sister You doesn't have many things, most of them are jewelry and the like that Jia Rui bought for her.

"Open the side door."

Afterwards, under the command of Second Sister You, the maids delivered the package to the carriage outside.

So he happily led the way.

Xianglan glanced behind Jia Rui, and when she saw a large carriage and several maids following behind her, she knew that grandma's wish had come true this time.

Besides, after Second Sister You ordered Jia Rui yesterday, she waited uneasily.

When You Mu saw Jia Rui coming, the smile on her face could no longer be hidden.

Before getting on the horse, Jia Rui said to Mother You and Third Sister You who sent them out of the house: "Mother-in-law and sister-in-law can live peacefully in this house. Their food and clothing expenses will not be reduced by one cent in the future. If my sister-in-law does this in the future, When she gets married, I will give her a generous dowry."

Mrs. Wang shook her head, then picked up the page again, looked at it carefully, and frowned more and more.

Xianglan's mind went through a lot in just a moment, but no one could tell on the surface that she had already thought about a lot of things.

There was no joy on Sanjie You's face, but a frown on her face.

In the end, Mother You was cruel and drove Sister You into the carriage.

Jia Rui frowned, then reached out and took the paper from Mrs. Wang's hand, and looked at it carefully.

Mrs. Wang was so frightened by Jia Rui's words that she trembled.

After hearing this, You's mother nodded repeatedly. She had never had a son in her life and was always worried about providing for her old age.With the words of her son-in-law, she felt relieved.

Then Jia Rui got on his horse and left the small house with his people, going home.

She turned around and knocked Jia Rui hard on the forehead, "You almost scared me to death, you are so careless."

She quickly came to the carriage, opened the door curtain, and helped Sister You out.

"Nothing to explain, but please be careful on the road and don't spoil the child."

The more he looked at Jia Rui, the more he felt that something was wrong. Although Mrs. Wang's land was not large, it was nearly two hundred acres. For such a large land, except for the subsidies for long-term tenants, there was no excess. How could this be possible?

As soon as he saw Jia Rui coming back, he immediately trotted forward and grabbed Jia Rui's horse bridle.

Mrs. Wang didn't believe it, "How is this possible? Isn't there a drought this year? The head of my village didn't even send any money during the Chinese New Year. I just gave him money yesterday."

After hearing this, Jia Rui didn't expose her, "Then lead the way, I'll go see your grandma."

"Uncle, have you brought my aunt back?"

Jia Rui didn't care. He smiled and sat next to his grandmother. "Old lady, did your little village lose money or make money this year?"

In this panic, Second Sister You stayed up all night. When she got up in the morning, she ordered her maid Xianglan to wait for Jia Rui at the door.

Only Mrs. Wang was concerned about Sister You's belly, so she could send the housekeeper to wait at the door.

Besides, Jia Rui left Mrs. Wang's place. After he came out, he asked the housekeeper to prepare a luxurious car. Then three or four young men drove, followed by four or five maids, and left the mansion in a mighty manner. Run to the outer house where Second Sister You is staying.

"Okay, okay, this is a great thing. I will ask someone to pack the things for Second Sister." After Mother You finished speaking, she quickly asked Third Sister You who was following her to greet Jia Rui, and she went to find You Er excitedly. Sister.

Jia Ruiming promised well on the surface, but Second Sister You still felt uneasy. She was afraid that Jia Rui would suddenly regret it and never come here again, which would be more of a loss than a gain.

Jia Rui was a little puzzled, "Third sister, what's going on? Who provoked you?"

So just as Jia Rui and his men stopped at the door, Xianglan ran out from inside.

But the splendor of his house is better than this house.

"Uncle is here." Mother You greeted her as she walked up to him.

Second Sister You nodded with a sullen face.

Arriving at the door of the house, the housekeeper was already waiting here.

Third Sister You said noncommittally: "I hope so."

After entering the door, I saw that the room was in a mess, and Second Sister You was instructing her maids to pack things!
Second Sister You saw Jia Rui coming in and gave him a big smile.

"Old lady, let me tell you that I will pick up Sister You in a moment. You don't have anything to explain, right?"

Before leaving, Second Sister You was still a little reluctant to leave. She hugged Mother You and Third Sister You and cried once.

"Don't worry, Baochai is a virtuous person. As long as your second sister doesn't act out of character and is safe, I can still guarantee her."

Xianglan, who had been following the carriage, looked around as soon as she entered the mansion.

Jia Rui could see that his comfort had no effect.

Then Jia Rui bypassed the third sister You and entered the second sister's room door directly.

He found that although the house was beautifully decorated, it looked a bit petty and should not be the residence of a court official like Jia Rui.

"Old lady, just wait and never let anything happen to your unborn great-grandson."

So Jia Rui doesn't want to have anything to do with this little girl anymore?Time will tell.

Jia Rui gave a brief salute to You's mother, and then said: "Second sister is already pregnant, and it looks like she will be pregnant soon. Yesterday I went back to Bingming's grandmother to prepare to take second sister back home. I don't know if my mother-in-law agrees. "

Jia Rui didn't believe it. Jia Rui had been in charge of the household department for a while and knew the prospects of the fields very well.

Finally, she sighed and said: "After all, I have served the family for decades, so let's do it this year."

And now that Second Sister You has a child, even if she doesn't think about the adults, she still has to think about the child in her belly.

Mrs. Wang shook her head, "It's just a small matter, no need to go to war. Besides, our family is not short of these two money, so there is no need for this."

Jia Rui stretched out his hand and held Sister You's little fist. He felt that her fist was clenched tightly. It seemed that she was very nervous.

"Old lady, have you been deceived? Our land in the capital has had a good harvest this year. I heard Baochai say a year ago that this year alone the land in the capital has harvested nearly 8000 taels of silver."

After entering the second door, Jia Rui found Mother You and Third Sister You standing in the open space not far from the door, looking to this side.

Jia Rui saw this beautiful maid on the horse, smiled and said: "Your master is so anxious, why has he waited for you so long ago?"

Jia Rui didn't even know what Third Sister You was worried about. Could it be that his Baochai couldn't tolerate Second Sister You and would attack her like Wang Xifeng?Isn't this nonsense?

She used to work as a servant for a wealthy family, but later she was sold out due to bad things happening to her master's family.

Xue Baochai had not spoken to Jia Rui until this morning, so naturally she would not arrange for anyone to meet her love rival.

Therefore, Second Sister You had the courage to mention it in front of Jia Rui yesterday.

Her master was originally only a middle-class person in the capital, and could not compare with a high-ranking official like Jia Rui.

Jia Rui also winked at Sister You, which meant that look, what I promised you is done.

Jia Rui looked at Mrs. Wang's stubborn look and couldn't do anything to her. Fortunately, Jia Rui didn't care about this little land, just treat it as something for the old lady to play with!

The housekeeper agreed, quickly ordered the boys to open the side door, and then drove the carriage into the house.

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the final ending of Sister You in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Sanjie You looked at Jia Rui carefully, and then said: "My sister is a fool. If she enters your house, she may not be liked by others. Please help me for the sake of our relationship as a couple."

Jia Rui rolled his eyes and knew that this was arranged by Mrs. Wang.

After Jia Rui finished speaking, he bowed and went out happily.

It seems that no amount of persuasion is of any use.

Mrs. Wang looked at the paper in her hand, sighed and said, "Let's not lose or make a profit."

"Old lady, there's something wrong with this. Otherwise, if I had someone bring this village head into my house and beat him up, I wouldn't believe that he didn't tell the truth."

Second Sister You got off the carriage, brightened up the exquisite house, and then gently moved to Jia Rui's side.

As Jia Rui's official position grew, Second Sister You was still an outsider with no status.

Soon seven or eight packages were processed.

Although the situation around the capital this year is not the best, it is not bad either. How could we not be able to collect rent?

Jia Rui could only hold Sister You's hand in person, turned around the corridor of the inner house, and walked towards Mrs. Wang's residence.

When I was halfway there, I suddenly saw Ying'er walking towards this side with three or four maids.

As soon as she met Jia Rui, she immediately said Wan Fu, and then said, "Grandma has prepared a few cleaning maids to send to Yufangzhai."

(End of this chapter)