Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 49 First Marriage
The sun rises in the east, and the morning light is faint.

Jia Rui opened his eyes, first of all, he smelled a refreshing fragrance.

Then he realized something, and turned his head to look, only to see the beautiful woman lying next to her, with her eyes closed and her eyelids twitching non-stop.

Jia Rui saw that Xue Baochai was pretending to be asleep.

She secretly stretched out her fingers and pinched Xue Baochai's nose.

Being tossed and tossed by Jia Rui, Xue Baochai finally couldn't pretend anymore, opened his eyes helplessly, and gave him a charming look.

"My lady, it's time to get up."

Xue Baochai, who was lying down, looked at the morning light outside the window, seemed to realize something, sat up quickly, and shouted to the outside.

"Ying'er, come in quickly and wait."

Following her words, the door was opened, and then Ying'er and Brother Ying walked in, each holding toiletries.

And Jia Rui got up from the bed with a smile, then put on his shoes and came to the middle of the house, washed and washed under the service of Yinger and Yingge, and then put on his clothes.

After serving Jia Rui, the two maids came to serve Xue Baochai.

After the same procedure was completed, the two put on new clothes, walked out of the room and went straight to the main hall.

But here, Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang were already sitting upright, waiting for them for a long time.

It seems that the two young people are still late.

Xue Baochai's complexion changed a little. After all, it was the first time to meet her husband and old lady. If she was picked on, her life would be difficult in the future.

Fortunately, Jia Rui had already noticed Xue Baochai's worry and gently patted her jade hand to signal her to relax.

Then, Jia Rui walked over with a playful smile and saluted his grandparents first.

Xue Baochai followed Jia Rui to salute, then knelt on the ground and did not get up.

An old woman beside Mrs. Wang walked up to Xue Baochai with a saucer.

"Grandma, here comes the tea."

Xue Baochai glanced at the old woman gratefully, then picked up a cup of tea and raised it to Jia Dairu.

"Grandfather, please have some tea."

Jia Dairu nodded, and the maid next to him came over, took the teacup, and handed it to Jia Dairu.

Then Jia Dairu took a sip of tea, put the teacup aside, said something to Xue Baochai about being diligent and thrifty, and then gave a red envelope.

Baochai took the red envelope respectfully and kowtowed again.

After that, he served tea to Mrs. Wang again, with the same procedure and similar words of comfort.

But in addition to a red envelope, Mrs. Wang also gave Xue Baochai a thick account book and a large bunch of keys.

When Xue Baochai saw these two things, he immediately understood what it was, and his face changed a little.

You must know that she is a new daughter-in-law who has just entered the house. At this time, the old woman handed over the financial power of the family. What does it mean?Could it be that you want to show yourself off?

Mrs. Wang seemed to have noticed Xue Baochai's scruples, she said with a smile:

"The business at home should have been handed over to Jia Rui long ago, but he is a clueless person. I was afraid that if I handed over the family property to him, it would be ruined by him in a few days, so I kept it."

"Now that he has married a good wife like you, this matter should be left in your hands, and I can relax for a few years."

When the old lady decided that Jia Rui wanted to go to Xue Baochai, she had already secretly inquired about Xue Baochai's character.

This Xue Baochai is indeed the person his grandson likes.One has skin like jade and eyes like apricots; the second has a good temper and personality; the third has a high level of handling; the fourth is capable of poetry and writing; the fifth is the daughter of an emperor's merchant, and the family is full of pearls, earth, gold and iron.

Based on this, if it were Jia Rui before he became famous, in Mrs. Wang's opinion, he would really not be worthy of such a figure.

Because of this, Mrs. Wang felt relieved and left the affairs at home to Xue Baochai.

But Xue Baochai didn't dare to be conscious of this kind of thing, she raised her eyes and looked at Jia Rui, which meant to let him make up his mind.

Since Mrs. Wang had already greeted Jia Rui last night, Jia Rui nodded slightly as if nothing had happened.

Seeing Jia Rui nodding, Xue Baochai took the account book and key.

From then on, Xue Baochai was fully responsible for the internal affairs of Jia Rui's family.

Then, the family had breakfast happily, and then Jia Rui and Xue Baochai went to the Rongguo Mansion nearby to pay homage to Jia Mu, the most senior member of the Jia family.

Jia Rui's family is still in the original small courtyard and has not been expanded, so there are not many family members in the family, only seven or eight.

At that time, Jia Rui had nothing to do with going to Jia Mu's place. He could ride a horse or even walk, but Xue Baochai couldn't!

In ancient times, the big girl and the little daughter-in-law paid attention to not going out of the door, not stepping in the second door, let alone showing their faces in front of others.

Therefore, if Xue Baochai wanted to go out, he should at least ask a sedan chair to carry her there.

Jia Rui had already made arrangements for this.

In fact, it was not arranged by Jia Rui, it was the people below who flattered and filial piety.

A boss in the gambling house business in Beijing had already arranged for an eight-carriage sedan and had guards waiting at the door.

The boss also knew that he was able to curry favor with Jia Rui now. It was because of his bad luck. After a while, Jia Rui's family built a new house and bought servants. At that time, there were eight people living in it, so there was no need for him. A filial piety from the owner of the small casino?

In fact, among these people who flattered and respected Jia Rui, some even wanted to buy real estate for Jia Rui in central Beijing, but Jia Rui refused.

If he accepts such a valuable thing, he will have to do his best to help others if something happens to him. Jia Rui doesn't want to tie himself to someone else's chariot just because of a house.

But other small filial piety, Jia Rui can still accept.

In this way, Xue Baochai walked out of the mansion with the help of Yinger, the close maid, and then got into the eight-carried sedan chair. Jia Rui led the way in front, and soon came to the main gate of Rongguo Mansion.

However, the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion is not open all the time, and it can only be opened for important events, such as worshiping ancestors, receiving orders, and the triumphant return of the generals in the family.

So Jia Rui and the others entered through the side door, but this was much stronger than the side door that Lin Daiyu entered Jia's mansion.

The sedan stopped after it came here. When it came down, there was a small sedan specially prepared by people from the Rongguo Mansion, and then there were several stout women carrying Xue Baochai.

In this way, Jia Rui and Xue Baochai entered the inner palace of Rongguo Mansion, bypassed Rongxi Hall, and came to Rongqing Hall where the old lady lived.

When they got here, the women put down the sedan chair, and Xue Baochai got out of the sedan chair with the help of the servant girl Yinger, then followed Jia Rui into the main entrance, and then stopped in front of the main hall.

When he got here, Jia Rui met a person he didn't want to see very much. This person was either someone else, or Wang Xifeng who killed his predecessor.

But now Wang Xifeng was smiling all over her face, as if she and Jia Rui had no holiday at all. She came to the side of Jia Rui and Xue Baochai in a few steps, looked carefully up and down, and finally said with a smile:
"What a pair of talented men and women. Compared with you, Jia Lian and I should be thrown to Java."

Jia Rui couldn't help admiring Wang Xifeng, she was indeed a great talent in the workplace, and she didn't show any dislike for herself.

Xue Baochai, who was completely ignorant of this matter, saw Wang Xifeng's praise, and replied with a smile:

"My sister-in-law made fun of us. Who doesn't know that you are a husband and wife! Even I envy you."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, the old lady inside is waiting anxiously."

After saying this, Wang Xifeng took Xue Baochai's hand and walked in, but she seemed to realize that Jia Rui had been left out in the cold, so she turned her head and smiled at Jia Rui.

"Brother Rui, let's go in together."

Jia Rui nodded and followed Wang Xifeng into Rongqing Hall.

(End of this chapter)