I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 46 Are you a woman from the Jia family or a woman from the Wang family?
Yuanyang supported Lady Jia, and she walked into the storeroom tremblingly.

When she saw the empty warehouse, Grandmother Jia's eyes went dark and she almost fainted.

She felt dizzy and could only lean on Yuanyang to prevent herself from falling.

After a while, she regained some energy.

Yuanyang hurriedly asked someone to bring a rattan chair and ordered someone to cover it with a floral felt. Then she personally helped Lady Jia sit down.

Grandmother Jia said tiredly, "Go and call the second wife."

"Yes, my ancestor."

Soon, Mrs. Wang walked in trembling with fear.

Grandmother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang with fiery eyes and asked, "Second Master, I see that you are dignified and virtuous, and you are steady in your work, so I let you take charge of this family?"

"Are you such a steward? Let me ask you, how much silver is left over this year? Where has the silver in the treasury gone now?"

Mrs. Wang said in panic, "Grandfather, two months ago, my brother needed some money, so he borrowed 350,000 taels of silver from me."

"He said at the time that he would be able to return it in two months. I thought that as long as my brother came back to settle the account, the matter would be over. So I did not bother the ancestor, and I hope the ancestor will forgive me."

Grandmother Jia said angrily, "Is this your reason? Are you going to move all the money from my Rongguo Mansion back to your mother's home?"

"Is the surname of the Rongguo Mansion Jia or Wang? Are you a woman of the Jia family or a woman of the Wang family?"

This was already an extremely serious accusation. Mrs. Wang had committed two of the seven grounds for divorce: disobeying her parents and stealing. The Jia family could have directly divorced her and sent her back to her parents' home.

Mrs. Wang was ashamed, embarrassed, and anxious. She quickly knelt on the ground and said with tears in her eyes, "Grandfather, please calm down. Since I have entered the Jia family, I will naturally be a member of the Jia family in life and a Jia family ghost in death."

Grandmother Jia said angrily, "So you knew you were a Jia family woman! If that's the case, why did you empty the storehouse without saying anything?"

"If the boss hadn't gotten the news, I'm afraid you would have kept me in the dark! You're such a good steward! If you continue to be the steward, I'm afraid this imperially bestowed mansion will have to be renamed Wang's!"

Mrs. Wang cried and begged, "Grandfather, please calm down. It's all my fault. I was blinded by greed and lost my mind. I did the wrong thing."

"I will urge the Wang family to return the silver as soon as possible. I also ask the old ancestor to forgive me for Baoyu's sake."

When Lady Wang mentioned Baoyu, Grandmother Jia couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing this, Jia She hurriedly said, "Mother, it is only right to urge the Wang family to return the silver. But it is inconvenient for my brother's wife to stay with this family."

"Now she dares to take away the money in the mansion without telling her mother. If she is allowed to continue to be the head of the family, I am afraid that even this house bestowed by the emperor will become the property of the Wang family in the future."

"Mother is old now, so naturally she doesn't have the energy to manage the household herself. I am willing to share her worries and manage the household for her."

Grandmother Jia glanced at Jia She, thought for a while, and then said, "You are old now, so you should stop working so hard. It is more important to take care of your health."

"It's inconvenient to ask the second brother's family to manage the household anymore. How about this, let Feng Yatou and Zhu Ge'er's family manage the household together from now on."

These two people, one from the first wife and the other from the second wife, check and balance each other and are fairly impartial.

Even if she took away the housekeeping power of this stupid woman from the second son's family, her mother would not let her be the housekeeper.

Jia She felt very unwilling.

However, he had actually anticipated this. If Lady Jia was willing to let him be the housekeeper, she would not have handed over the housekeeper power to the second son's family.

Therefore, Jia She was not too disappointed.

Anyway, his goal has been achieved.

Jia She asked again: "Mother, the accountant of this warehouse is Wu Xindeng. I heard the news and came to investigate the warehouse."

"Not only did Wu Xindeng try to stop him, but when he saw his son grab the key and try to open the door, he shouted for someone to find the second wife." "Someone must have tipped off the mother to come so quickly."

"This is strange. I don't even know whether Wu Xindeng is the accountant of my Jia family or the accountant of the Wang family!"

"The second family emptied the Jia family's warehouse, but instead of reporting it to the old ancestor, he took the initiative to help conceal it!"

"We must not keep such a person who eats his own flesh and blood. Please make a wise decision, mother."

Grandmother Jia said, "What you said does make some sense. In that case, let's send him to farm in the farm outside the pass. I'll leave this matter to you."

Jia She was overjoyed and said, "Yes, mother, I will go and get rid of this traitorous slave right away!"

After saying this, Jia She strode out and went straight to Wu Xindeng's house with his servant.

As for how to deal with this dog slave and his family, it is not important. The important thing is to go to their house quickly and confiscate their property to prevent them from secretly taking it away when they have time.

This can be considered as compensation given to him by Lady Jia.

Jia She quickly rushed to Wu Xindeng's house and first arrested and tied up Wu Xindeng's family.

Then Jia She personally watched over the servants and searched Wu Xindeng's house.

After a preliminary inventory, the cash and silver in Wu Xindeng's family, plus the silver converted from various jewelry stores, actually amounted to as much as 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver.

Jia She was so angry that he cursed the dog servant and ordered all the valuables to be sent to his yard.

Jia She happily returned to his yard, and suddenly saw Jia Cong. Then Jia She remembered that this evil son was still waiting here.

Jia She was very happy having made a fortune today. He did not show any disrespect to Jia Cong and even smiled a little.

He said to Jia Cong, "Brother Cong, you did a good job today. It's all right here. You can go down now."

"By the way, remember, don't go out and sell paintings anymore. It will bring shame to the reputation of our Rongguo Mansion."

Jia Cong bowed and said, "Yes, I will follow my father's instructions. I will take my leave."

Just a few steps out of the yard, Jia Cong saw Aunt Mei running towards him hurriedly with her hair disheveled and her clothes in disarray, and Cai'er was struggling to catch up with her.

When she saw Jia Cong come out in good condition, Aunt Mei finally felt relieved. She hurriedly asked, "Brother Cong, did the master embarrass you?"

Jia Cong couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

Perhaps Aunt Mei had just received the news, so she ran over regardless of everything, ready to protect him from being beaten to death by Jia She.

This time, she was probably ready to risk her own life.

He worked so hard to become a son, which pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

In this world, the only person who wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly wishes only the best for him is probably Aunt Mei.

Jia Cong replied, "Mother, the master never made things difficult for me. Let's go back and talk."

He walked to Aunt Mei and helped her fix her hair.

Then the mother and son, along with a little maid, returned to Aunt Mei's courtyard.

As soon as she entered the room, Aunt Mei couldn't help but ask, "Brother Cong, did the master really never embarrass you?"

Jia Cong smiled and narrated what had happened.

(End of this chapter)