Brother Rong of Red Mansion

Chapter 6 Jia Zhen and Youshi

"My son, Jiarong, pays my respects to the master."

Jia Rong moved very quickly. Almost at the same time that Jia Zhen appeared, he half-kneeled with his right knee and paid his respects to Jia Zhen. It's like muscle memory has formed.

In Jia Rong's memory, Jia Zhen gave Jia Rong a "violent education."

If anything goes wrong, they will be beaten and scolded at every turn.

This is the tradition of Ningguo Mansion.

According to what Lai's mother said to Jia Baoyu in the 45th chapter of the original book, "Ningguo Mansion is not really disciplining the children and grandchildren, it's more like interrogating thieves."

Jia Zhenwu walked to the front of the hall and sat down. She looked at Jia Rong and said, "What do you want?"

"Sir, tomorrow the grandson of Prince Mu of Dongping County Prince's Palace will send a message to invite you to go to the shooting garden in the mansion. I want to bring some of the exquisite cooks in the mansion." Jia Rong straightened her right knee, arched her waist and smiled.

"Okay." Jia Zhen nodded, "I also accepted the post, but you juniors are stubborn, so I won't go. You can plead guilty to Wangsun Mu on my behalf."

"Okay." Jia Rong nodded.

"Is there anything else?" Jia Zhen asked.

"Master, my nanny brother Sun Heng wants to find a job in the accounting office..."

Jia Rongdui smiled, and just after saying half a sentence, he saw Jia Zhen's face darkened, and suddenly scolded, "I'm treating you like a sinister person with a black heart who was struck by lightning! I'm not even dead yet, and you want to go to the upper room." Did you send someone? Just have your dream, get out!"

Jia Rong said hurriedly, "Master, don't be angry, be careful, I won't say any more..." After that, he slowly withdrew.

After exiting Ning'antang, Jia Rong's frightened expression disappeared and he regained his composure.

The upper four rooms are the central management department of Ningguo Mansion and are directly managed by the owner of Ningguo Mansion. Even Jia Rong, the eldest son of Ningguo Mansion and the future heir of Ningguo Mansion, does not have the power to directly control.

Only after the eldest son gets married and starts a family can he get the owner's permission to send a few confidants into the upper four rooms to slowly learn how to manage the operation of Ningguo Mansion.

Just like the prince's supervision of government, it was very taboo for the emperor.

So Jia Rong had already expected that it would not be easy to stuff Sun Heng into the accounting room.

However, Jia Rong still has to do his best in this matter.

Not to mention Grandma Sun’s gratitude and the friendship with Brother Nai from childhood to adulthood.

Even for himself, Jia Rong really needs to send someone to find out the "dirty things" in the fourth room.

Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

Jia Rong has long regarded Ningguo Mansion as his own, and has also decided to reform the management organization to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Then you have to plan the layout in advance and figure out the "dirty things" inside, so that you can prescribe the right medicine.

Otherwise, if you are blind, how can you fight against those colluding and unruly slaves in the fourth room?

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  After coming out of Ning'an Hall, Jia Rong returned to the original road, exited the east passage, and went straight to Youshi's courtyard from the side road.

You's courtyard is opposite to Ning'an Hall, just to the east of Ning'an Hall and behind Jia Rong's courtyard. Coming out of the east corridor is the wide alley in front of the gate of Youshi's courtyard.

"Mom, let me know, and I will find a wife."

Arriving at the Yimen of Youshi's courtyard, Jia Rong stopped and still wanted to make an announcement.

Not long after, a message came from inside asking people to come in. Jia Rong crossed the threshold and entered the courtyard.

Similar to Jiarong's courtyard, it is a three-in-one courtyard, only slightly smaller. Entering the third courtyard, there are not five main rooms in the north, but three small main rooms and two side rooms.

Youshi is Jia Zhen's stepmother. Although she became the head wife of Ningguo Mansion, she has no heirs and no real power. She does not even live in Ning'antang. When Jia Rong entered the main room, he saw a woman in a blue shirt wearing a silver twisted bun, a pair of gold ears and a pair of gold-colored hair, wearing a moon-white round collar and breastplate, sitting in the hall with an upright attitude. Two embroidered shoes, stepping lightly on the carved enameled gold footrests, revealing a bright red embroidered mud skirt with phoenixes and flowers.

"Greetings to my wife."

Jia Rong smiled and knelt down to greet You.

"Brother Rong is here, sit down quickly." Youshi's attitude was kind and his tone was cordial. He asked Jia Rong to sit at the guest table next to him and said with a smile, "I heard from my servant that I went to the archery to shoot arrows today. You're naughty How about it?"

Youshi is a stepmother and has no heirs, so she treats Jia Rong very well. After all, a hundred years after Jia Zhen, Jia Rong is in charge of the family. What kind of life quality You, the stepmother, can get depends entirely on Jia Rong's attitude.

"I was lucky today. I fired twenty-one arrows and all of them hit the bull's-eye."

After Jia Rong finished speaking, Youshi pretended to be surprised and revealed what she had prepared.

"Hey, that's a lot of progress. It's strange. Others say that you will start a family and start a business. Brother Rong hasn't even gotten married yet, and he looks much calmer than usual. It's really gratifying, and my ancestors bless you."

After You finished speaking, the girls in her room, one named Yindie and the other named Chaodou, also started to praise her. He only praised Jia Rong for being handsome, good-looking, and good at both civil and military affairs. The room was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Jia Rong accompanied him and talked a lot, and then the topic changed to Sun Heng entering the accounting room.

"It stands to reason that since the young master in this mansion is an adult, he should send a few of his confidants to go to the upper room to get some experience." Youshi considered the words, gritted her teeth and gave a firm attitude, "I will talk to the master about this matter. , It’s just that the master will not listen to the advice, but I dare not vouch for it..."

"If you have a wife, it's enough." Jia Rong said with a smile, "After all, you are the head wife of the house. I don't look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face, so I must give you some dignity."

There was a smile on Youshi's lips, but there was bitterness in her eyes.

Decent? As the head of the house, she is probably the most shameless person. In such a large Ningguo Mansion, no one from the master to the servants took her seriously. On the surface, she calls her "wife", but privately, she doesn't know what she calls her. One after another, they pretended she didn't know.

After sitting in You's room, Jia Rong said goodbye and left, returning to his yard through the passage.

"Father, how is it?"

Grandma Sun had been waiting for Xin'er in the room. When she saw Jia Rong coming back, she immediately raised the door curtain and walked up to her with graceful steps, eyes full of anticipation.

"The master didn't agree, he just scolded me..."

Before she finished speaking, Grandma Sun's face was full of disappointment, and she couldn't help but murmured, "How could this happen? According to the rules of the mansion, when I get married, I should send a few people to the fourth house to be on duty."

"I went to ask my wife again." Jia Rong changed the subject and raised Grandma Sun's hopes again, looking at him expectantly with her eyes.

"My wife didn't dare to give a guarantee, she just said she would give me some advice."

Grandma Sun said with half joy and half worry, "My wife is a bastard who only flatters the master. I'm afraid she won't be able to get a say in this matter..."

"Don't worry." Jia Rong took Grandma Sun's fair and skillful hand, "I have my own opinion on this matter, and I will definitely ask Brother Heng to find a job in the accounting room. I am an adult, and I should go to bed. A few people will be sent here. Even if the master is reluctant to let go of power for a while, he will always stop him, and he will inevitably be gossiped about. I just beg a little more, and this matter will be done. "

After listening to Jia Rong's analysis, Grandma Sun smiled happily and said, "Brother Rong is right! This is exactly the truth."

As she said that, she folded her hands to cover the back of Jia Rong's hands and said with emotion, "It's strange that everyone in the world talks about starting a family and starting a business. I see that Brother Rong is different from before. He is much calmer and has some plans from the government."

"That's not because of your old age." Jia Rong chuckled lightly, lifted Grandma Sun's fair chin with the index finger of her right hand, looked at the pair of spring-filled eyes with thin eyebrows, and said, "Mom, if you stay for dinner tonight, you should go back to eat. ?”

"I listen to you." Grandma Sun's fair face was flushed with a blush, her eyebrows were full of charm, her lips were smiling, her body was warm and soft, and she leaned over gently.

"Meixiang, let's set the table."

Jia Rong chuckled and took Grandma Sun's hand into the soft couch in the west room.

(End of this chapter)