Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 50
Entering Rongqing hall, Jia Rui raised his eyes and saw all the girls from the Jia family, big and small, coming.

Sitting in the middle is Jia Mu, the ancestor of the entire Jia family, and sitting next to her is her precious baby, Jia Baoyu.

That is to say, Lin Daiyu has returned to Yangzhou now, otherwise she should sit on the other side of Jia Mu.

The next step is naturally the three girls from Jia's house, Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun.

Opposite Sanchun is a young woman. Jia Rui guesses that this is Jia Zhu's widow Li Wan.

Then, Jia Rui and Xue Baochai went up to salute Jia Mu.

"Get up quickly." Mother Jia sat on the top and smiled, and asked someone to help Jia Rui and Xue Baochai up.

After Jia Rui and his wife got up, they sat down at the bottom with a smile, and then talked with Jia Mu.

At this time, Sanchun who was sitting opposite them also stood up with smiles, and floated over like a burst of colorful clouds.

Seeing these three beautiful girls of different ages bowing to him, Jia Rui was in a daze.

"Sister, I wish Brother Rui and Sister Bao a happy marriage for a hundred years and have a son soon."

After saying this, the three girls burst into laughter. Xue Baochai, who was sitting next to Jia Rui, turned a little red, but still followed the rules and took out three pieces of jewelry from his arms and handed them to the three girls.

The three girls took the jewelry, bowed again, and went back to their seats.

At this time, Jiamu, who was sitting in the middle, gently pushed Baoyu beside her.

Jia Baoyu stood up reluctantly, came to Jia Rui and Xue Baochai, saluted hastily, and went back to Jia Mu's side without saying a word.

Jia Rui didn't have a good impression of Jia Baoyu, mainly because when his wife first came to Jia's mansion, her idea was to marry Jia Baoyu. Although she is married to herself now, it would be a lie to say that she didn't have any grudges in her heart. of.

Therefore, seeing Jia Baoyu being unreasonable to him, he was also annoyed.

He said in his heart: After all, I am also a third-grade official. You, a white person with no power and no position, actually look down on me. Who gave you the courage?

If it's still Jia's mother, who is old and treacherous, she can immediately see that Jia Rui's face is not right, so she said with a smile:

"You are newly married today, I will give you something nice."

Saying this, it was as if the mandarin duck next to her was playing tricks. The mandarin duck covered her mouth with a smile, and withdrew after a blessing.

After a while, two women came in carrying a wooden box.

When the wooden box was placed in the center of the hall, Yuanyang opened the box himself.

"This is a piece of beautiful jade that my father-in-law got from the northwest when I was young. It was finally carved into this treasure and has been treasured in my warehouse." Jia Mu said with some emotion.

As soon as she mentioned the strange things, Jia Baoyu beside her couldn't help it at first. After a few steps, she rushed to the box and lowered her head to take a look inside.
I only saw a piece of Songzi Guanyin carved with a crystal clear reputation in the box.

Jia Rui was stunned when he saw Jia Baoyu, and he was also a little curious. What kind of treasure could surprise even the well-informed Jia Baoyu?
So Jia Rui took a few steps forward, and when he got to the box, he also looked forward, and was also quite surprised.

I only saw that the Guanyin Guanyin inside was carved from a piece of beautiful Hetian jade, crystal clear.

What's more terrible is that this Guanyin is more than one foot high and three inches wide.It is conceivable how big the original stone that respected Ziguanyin was, which was considered invaluable in ancient times.

And the carving of Guanyin who sent the child made the value of this rough stone soar.

This Guanyin is wearing heavenly clothes and has a necklace on her chest.Sitting cross-legged with his left leg, leaning on his right leg, holding a boy in both hands, sitting on a hollow mountain-shaped seat, with a sutra scroll placed on his left side.The earthly affection of the mother and the transcendent charm of the gods are skillfully blended here by the craftsmen.

This Avalokitesvara has reached the pinnacle of ancient sculpture art.

From this we can see the value of this kind of thing. I didn't expect Mother Jia to give such a valuable thing to herself, which surprised Jia Rui a little.

I don't know when Xue Baochai also came to Jia Rui's side, and now he is looking at the statue of Avalokitesvara with bright eyes.

To say that Xue Baochai's family was born in an imperial businessman, although it is a little bit down now, but when her father was there, it was not like it is now, so she saw a lot of good things.

As for the Hetian beautiful jade carved with Guanyin, although it is rare, Xue Baochai's family has not seen it before.

In the past, when their family purchased jade for the palace, they had seen one or two such huge rough stones.

The reason why she likes the shining eyes is mainly because of the meaning of Guanyin, the Son of Blessing.In addition, the carving of Guanyin is so good that people can't help but feel reverence in their hearts.

Looking at the scene, Jia Rui knew that Xue Baochai's heart was immediately hit by Jia's mother's gift.

Jia Mu, who was sitting on the upper hand, looked at the group of people below the box in admiration, and a proud smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

There may be a few of this thing in the palace, but it is not often found in ordinary people's homes.

That is to say, the old Rong Guogong Jia Daishan was very powerful, so he was able to get such a treasure. In addition, he found the most famous engraver in the world, so he got this treasure.

Since she had this treasure, she gave birth to two sons, Jia She and Jia Zheng, one after another. From then on, Jia's mother paid more attention to this thing and kept it in the Buddhist hall behind.

This time, in order to win over Jia Rui and make him an important helper in Ning Rong's Second House, he had to reluctantly part with it and give this thing to Jia Rui and Xue Baochai and his wife.

It seems that this move is on the right track.

Seeing that Xue Baochai liked it, Jia Rui turned his head and bowed deeply to Mother Jia, "Thank you, old lady, for your generous gift."

Xue Baochai listened to Jia Rui's words at the side, his face was filled with joy, and he followed Jia Rui's blessings.

After that, Jia Rui and others left.

After Jia Rui had left, the girls chatted and laughed a few more times, then left Mother Jia's room and went back.

After the room quieted down, the smile on Mother Jia's face faded a lot.

She rubbed her forehead, and said to Yuanyang: "Is the matter in the East Mansion really such a big mess?"

Yuanyang, who had been standing by the side and waited on him, trembled in fright when he heard what Jia Mu said.

But in the end he replied cautiously: "I don't know if it's true or not, but the servants down there are very good at spreading the word."

After hearing this, Jia's mother knew that things had not gone away.

"Asshole, he doesn't have any women, so he has to provoke this one? If something goes wrong, our Jia family will suffer."

After scolding, Mother Jia lay on her back on the bed. After a while, she stretched out her hand, and Yuanyang hurried over to help Mother Jia up again.

"Go and talk to Feng girl, let her use the pretext of visiting a sick person to stay with her for a while during this time."

Jia's mother's arrangement was impeccable. First, because Jia Lian was not at home, Wang Xifeng went to accompany her alone, and no one said anything.

Another one is that as long as Wang Xifeng passes by, the East Mansion should be quieter and rumors can be suppressed.

After hearing this, Yuanyang quickly agreed.

When the mandarin ducks went out to pass on the message, Mother Jia showed a trace of exhaustion in her eyes.

The big boat of the Jia family relies on her to steer it, but now there are many things out of control, and the big boat is a little out of control.

But no matter what, I have to try my best to support it, until his precious jade grows up and can support this family, then I can rest assured and close my eyes.

Besides, Jia Rui and Xue Baochai carried the box and returned home happily. Afterwards, Xue Baochai couldn't wait to open the box himself, and then took out the Guanyin of Songzi.

Then put it on the table, this time she can observe carefully.

(End of this chapter)