Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 274 Acting Patriarch
"What are you saying? I know you are busy, but someone has to be responsible for the affairs of our clan. Look, who else can hold this position besides you now."

After saying this, Mr. Jia Dairu sighed again, "If I were ten years younger, why would I need you?"

What could Jia Rui say after hearing these words?I can only hold my nose and admit it.

"Old Master, can't I do it?"

"This is like a sentence."

Jia Dairu added a mouthful of food, and then said to Jia Rui: "Yuanyang is at your grandma's place now, can you come over?"

Jia Rui stood up very depressed, saluted the old man, and left.

After coming outside, Jia Rui only shouted bad luck.

You must know that he is extremely busy in these positions now. If he takes over the position of the Jia clan leader now, he may not even have time to rest in the future.

What's the matter?

But Jia Rui turned his head and thought about it, this may not be a good thing. At least after becoming the leader of the clan, the people in the clan will not hold him back.
Jia Rui came to Mrs. Wang's place. Before he entered the door, he heard Mrs. Wang's laughter.

Jia Rui nodded lightly. Yuanyang was worthy of serving Jia Mu for so many years. His sharp eyesight and smooth talk were truly amazing.

When the little maid outside the door saw Jia Rui coming, she opened the door curtain for Jia Rui and shouted inside: "The uncle is here."

Jia Rui lowered his head and entered the door. When he saw Yuanyang, who was still sitting next to Mrs. Wang, he had stood up and moved gently not far from Jia Rui and gave him a blessing.

Jia Rui looked at Yuanyang carefully and saw that she was wearing a new lotus-colored silk jacket, a green satin waistcoat, and an aqua skirt underneath.He has a slim waist, a duck-oval face, black hair, a high nose, and a few freckles on both sides of his cheeks.

Although his appearance is not top-notch, he has a natural sense of intimacy.

This temperament is considered to be the best among the Jia family. No wonder that old pervert Jia She has his eyes on Yuanyang.

Although Jia She had his eye on Yuanyang's mother Jia's warehouse, if Yuanyang was too ugly to show off, this old pervert would never be tempted.

Yuanyang looked a little embarrassed to Jia Rui and lowered his head not knowing what to say.

Mrs. Wang, who was sitting in the middle, looked shameful. At the same time, she also felt ashamed for her grandson.

My grandson is good at everything, but there is only one thing, and that is that he is too perverted.

There was Xue Baochai at home, who was very beautiful, but he was still greedy and brought one beautiful girl to his home one after another.

In fact, it's no wonder that Mrs. Wang thinks so. Jia Rui himself thinks that he is clean and self-sufficient (at least he doesn't have a dozen concubines moving in with him), but in the eyes of outsiders, Jia Rui is a lustful person.

"Come here, I have something to tell you."

After listening to Mrs. Wang's words, Jia Rui moved his eyes and walked to Mrs. Wang's side with a smile.

"Old lady, what are your orders?"

"The old sister in Rongguo Mansion has asked you to do something. You should go there now. If she asks you to do anything, just agree to it and don't shirk."

Jia Rui already knew roughly what was going on this time from Jia Dairu, so he agreed very readily.

"Don't worry, old lady, we are all one family. If you need anything, I will try my best to handle it."

"Okay, then let's go."

After Jia Rui got the words, he turned his head and signaled to Yuanyang.

Yuanyang quickly said a blessing to Mrs. Wang, and then led Jia Rui out of the old lady's yard and walked around to the front.

After arriving outside, Wangcai had prepared a small carriage and the horses that Jia Rui usually travels with.

This Wangcai was really discerning. He had already foreseen that Jia Rui might be going out, so he had prepared the tools for the trip in advance, including Yuanyang's carriage.

Jia Rui nodded with satisfaction.

Now he is getting more and more comfortable with Wangcai. If Wangcai begs him to become an official now, Jia Rui won't be willing.

Then the group of people left the Dingxihou Mansion and came to the side entrance of the Rongguo Mansion next door.

After that, everyone dismounted and others got off their horses. Yuanyang led Jia Rui into the Rongqing Hall of Jia Mu's house in Rongguo Mansion.

When he arrived in front of Rongqing Hall, Jia Rui saw a group of people gathered around and chattering.

"Isn't there anyone in your house who is in charge? Why are you all gathering around the old lady?"

Yuanyang lowered his head and replied: "These are relatives who came to talk to the old lady about clan affairs."

Jia Rui nodded, "I heard that Sister-in-law Lian is ill and can't take charge of the family. Who is in charge of your family now?"

"The second wife is in charge."

Jia Rui almost laughed when he heard the name. This was like putting a mouse in a granary.

But this is a family matter, and he hasn't said anything yet.

When the Jia clan members saw Jia Rui coming, they immediately divided into two rows to make way for Jia Rui.

You know, Jia Rui's reputation among the Jia family now.He is much taller than the clan leader and Jia Mu. After all, he is the chief assistant. It is very useful for people of the Jia clan to report Jia Rui's name when they have something to do.

Jia Rui smiled and nodded to the tribesmen as a thank you, and then followed Yuanyang into Jia Mu's room.

When I went in, I saw Jia's mother sitting on top, listening to the chattering of the two women below.Mother Jia's brows were almost furrowed now, and her face was full of disgust.

But she couldn't drive them out, so she could only bite the bullet and listen there.

Fortunately, Jia Rui came at this time, and Jia Mu quickly asked the two women to stop.

"I know what's going on with you. You go back and wait for a few days and I'll sort it out for you when I have time."

The two ladies also knew Jia Rui, and when they saw him coming in, they wisely left.

When the room became quiet, Jia Mu breathed a sigh of relief, and then lay down half on the imperial concubine's couch.

Yuanyang quickly stepped forward to get a pillow and leaned against Jia Mu's back.

"Old lady, what are your orders?" Jia Rui asked straight to the point after saluting.

Jia Mu sighed, then rubbed her forehead and hammered her back.

"Brother Zhen is very ill now, and he won't be able to take care of the family affairs for a while, isn't that right? They all came to see me, an old lady."

"Old lady, you have great prestige in the clan. If they don't look for you, who can they look for?" Jia Rui complimented.

Sure enough, after hearing Jia Rui's compliments, Jia Mu, who was sitting above, began to smile brightly.

"I still have a good reputation among our clan, but after all, I'm old and I can't take care of many things. You young people will have to worry about it in the future."

After Jia Mu finished speaking, she looked at Jia Rui with bright eyes, which meant that Jia Rui should quickly take over.

Jia Rui actually didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing. He was too busy with court affairs, so who had the time to care about such trivial matters.

But the old man already had something to say, and he had to answer it even if he didn't want to.

So Jia Rui simply said happily: "The old lady is old and is a little unable to handle things, so I, a junior, will share the burden for the old lady."

After hearing this, Jia's mother was overjoyed. She patted her legs and said, "We have found a savior."

Saying this, Jia Mu ordered Yuanyang to bring the account book at the back to Jia Rui.

After a while, Yuanyang came to Jia Rui with a dozen or so ledgers.

"This is our clan's account. Take it back and take a good look at it."

But Jia Rui did not settle the account book, but asked: "What about our clan's land deed and the key to the warehouse?"

Jia Mu was stunned for a moment after hearing Jia Rui's words, and then seemed to understand something. He turned his head and looked at Yuanyang.

"Didn't You's side send these things?"

Yuanyang shook her head innocently and said, "Grandma You only sent over the account book."

"Nonsense." Jia Mu said angrily.

At the same time, she also began to feel dissatisfied with Youshi. How long has it been since she was doing this?

"You go to Ningguo's Mansion now and bring me the things. Tell her that if she doesn't hand over the things, she will stop staying in Jia's Mansion."

What Jia Mu said was very serious. It meant that if You didn't hand over the keys and land deed, she would be divorced.

Yuanyang was also startled, then said Wan Fu with a serious face and hurriedly ran out.

And Jia Rui stood leisurely below with his hands in his hands, saying nothing.

After about two sticks of incense, Yuanyang came back in a hurry.

As soon as she entered the door, she handed a wooden box and a bunch of keys in her arms to Mother Jia.

After handing over the things, Yuanyang glanced at Jia Rui, and then said to Jia Mu: "Grandma You didn't know where the keys and land deeds were, so she finally asked Uncle Zhen who was ill, and then she took them out."

After hearing this, Jia Mu also felt a little enlightened. In his impression, Youshi was a soft persimmon who could be pinched by anyone. This time, she had the temperament not to dare to make the final decision on such a big matter.

It seems that even when she is seriously ill, Jia Zhen does not want to give up these rights in the clan.

Handing over the ledger but not the land deed and keys is just to let the person who takes over act as a maid, helping the director without giving power.

Jia Mu sighed, she had to worry about everything in the family.

"Brother Rui, the things are here. You can take them together."

Jia Rui stepped forward to take the key and the wooden box containing the land deed, and then said: "Old lady, our family's situation has gone from bad to worse in the past few years. Even the money the clan gives to the clan members every year has become less and less. I want to take advantage of this opportunity. Take this time to straighten things up, what do you think?"

What Jia Rui means is that he doesn't care if he doesn't do it, but if he does, he will definitely take drastic measures.

Jia Mu listened to Jia Rui's words and nodded gently. She also agreed with Jia Rui's meaning. She knew that the clan had become more and more difficult in recent years.

Not to mention the entire Jia family, even their Rongguo Mansion, without Wang Xifeng's support in recent years, would have been unable to make ends meet.

During this period, since Mrs. Wang succeeded Wang Xifeng as the head of the family, except that her expenses here have not decreased, other places have begun to reduce expenses.

Because of this incident, Baoyu came to complain to her.

However, they were all persuaded to go back by Jia Mu. When Baoyu was there, Jia Mu took money from her own treasury to make up for his shortcomings.

(End of this chapter)