I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 122 Urging marriage
Hearing this, Xue Pan glared and said, "Brother Cong, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"You saved my life, I wish I could give you my life, but now I'm just giving you a yard, and you don't want it?"

"Do you treat me as your own brother? Or do you think my life is not worth this yard?"

"If you don't accept this yard, I will break off my friendship with you and never treat you as a brother again!"

This is something I really want to give!
Anyway, he has nowhere to stay now, so he might as well accept it.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong couldn't help but say, "In that case, I will accept it with audacity."

Xue Pan directly slapped the house deed into Jia Cong's hand and laughed, "That's right. Come on, I'll take you to see the yard."

As he spoke, Xue Pan invited Aunt Mei and Cai'er to get on the car in front.

It turned out that Xue Pan was quite thoughtful and actually brought two cars with him when he went out.

Xue Pan and Jia Cong got on the carriage behind.

Then the carriage left Rongning Street and headed south.

The Xue family is rich, but they are not as noble as the Jia family, which has two dukes.

Rongning Street, where the Jia family lives, is the most prosperous area on East Street.

The house where the Xue family lives is located to the south.

It was almost out of East Street that we arrived at the Xue family’s residence.

When everyone got out of the car and saw the house in front of them, they couldn't help but be a little shocked.

Naturally, this house is far inferior to the luxury of the Jia family.

But it is also a house with five courtyards.

Although the Jia family is big, it is not theirs.

How big is the courtyard of Aunt Mei and Jia Cong?
And now, the whole house belongs to them.

Aunt Mei couldn't help but frowned slightly, looked at Xue Pan and said, "Pan'er, this house..."

Xue Pan didn't give Aunt Mei any chance to continue. He laughed and said, "Aunt, Brother Cong, let's go in and take a look."

After saying that, he led the way and walked in first.

Aunt Mei and Jia Cong had no choice but to follow him into the house.

After entering the house, Aunt Mei and the others saw an old housekeeper with dozens of maids, old women, and servants, all kneeling down and kowtowing, saying:

"Your servant greets Madam and Master!"

Jia Cong couldn't help but look at Xue Pan and asked, "Brother Xue, what is this?"

Xue Pan laughed and said, "These were originally servants of my Xue family. You just came out, so you don't have any manpower to use."

"If these people are useful to you, keep them; if they are not, just send them away."

"Originally they were going to meet you outside the mansion, but I wanted to give you a surprise, so I specially asked them to meet you inside the mansion."

Jia Cong chuckled, looked at Aunt Mei, and let her make the decision.

Aunt Mei couldn't help but say, "Get up, everyone. Just continue doing what you did before, everything will remain the same."

"Yes, ma'am."

Next, Xue Pan directed the maids and old women to move everyone's belongings off the carriage.

Then everyone went to the back house together.

When he arrived at the backyard, Jia Cong discovered that there was a large back garden behind the backyard.

Although it was far smaller than the Jia Mansion, it was more than ten times larger than the house next to Lixiangyuan where he had just moved into.

Xue Pan was not completely ignorant of the ways of the world. He sat for a while and realized that Jia Cong and his mother had just moved into their new home and must have a lot of things to do, so he stood up and said goodbye.

Jia Cong sent him out.

After coming back, he was called away by Aunt Mei again.

Aunt Mei couldn't help but ask, "Brother Cong, this house is too valuable. We shouldn't have accepted it. Now that we have accepted it, it's fine."

"How much would it cost to have so many servants in a year?" "Now that we are just mother and son, we don't need so many people to serve us."

"In my opinion, it would be better to clear out most of them and only leave a few behind."

Hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mother, how can such a large yard be managed with so few people?"

"I'm too busy just cleaning the yard."

"These manpower are not too many. As for the expenses, don't worry. I will take care of everything!"

"When we were at the Jia Mansion, I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would worry."

"Mom, you don't know that what you are using now is also the extremely popular red rouge and powder business outside, and I own 40% of the shares in it."

"At least a few thousand silver coins a month. How much silver coins can the people in our house spend now?"

It was only several thousand silver coins a month, but Jia Cong was afraid of scaring Aunt Mei, so he asked for a lower amount.

Aunt Mei knew that Cong Ge'er would never lie to her, so she felt relieved when she heard this.

And it was a pleasant surprise.

When I just left the Jia Mansion, although I felt like I had escaped from a cage, I still couldn't help feeling worried.

Living in the capital is not easy, and she is still worried about her future life.

But now, in just half a day, he had a house and money.

And you no longer have to be bound by anything, listen to gossip, or be ostracized.

These days, there have been earth-shaking changes.

Aunt Mei added, "Brother Cong, you are the pillar of the family. From now on, you will be in charge of this family and you will be in charge of all matters at home."

Aunt Mei directly handed over the housekeeper power to Jia Cong.

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Mother, I have just passed the examination and will take part in the provincial examination next autumn."

"I don't even have time to study, how can I have time to manage the household?"

"Therefore, it is better for you to take care of the affairs of the inner house."

"I'll take care of the outside affairs. It won't be too late to discuss it with mother later."

Jia Cong can naturally also ask for the right to be the housekeeper, and after getting it, he can give it to Hongxiu or Qingwen.

If he waits until he gets married, the matter will naturally be handed over to his new wife to manage.

But in this way, Aunt Mei would have too much free time and nothing to do.

But it is not a good thing for people to have too much free time.

Therefore, Jia Cong still prefers to let Aunt Mei be the housekeeper.

After hearing this, Aunt Mei said, "Well, I will manage the household for you first, and when you get married, I will hand over the management power to you."

"By the way, Cong, you are now old enough to dance like an elephant. If you were in a small family, you would have married and had children long ago."

"Do you have a girl you like? If so, I will send someone to propose marriage for you."

"The sooner you get married, the sooner you can have children."

Good guy, Jia Cong exclaimed. Good guy.

It would have been fine if I was urged to get married in my previous life.

Now that I have traveled through time, I am being urged to get married at the age of sixteen. Is it okay?
Jia Cong said hurriedly, "Mother, I seldom left the Jia Mansion before, so how could I have any favorite girl?"

"Besides, I haven't achieved success yet, so it's too early to talk about getting married!"

"How can I take care of my family when I haven't passed the imperial examination yet?"

Aunt Mei said dissatisfiedly: "The old saying is right, to start a family and a career, first start a family and then start a career!"

"Don't worry about this matter. I'll inquire for you and come to propose marriage if there's a suitable one."

　Dear book friends, Yanyu needs a few poems here, imitating the poems written by beginners such as Qingwen and Hongxiu. I know that there are always crouching tigers and hidden dragons among the book friends, and there are many talents, and their talents are far better than Yanyu. If someone can help Yanyu write a few poems, Yanyu will be very grateful and will work like a cow and a horse, and pledge her life to you!
　　
　
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