The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 38 A Reliable Man

Jia Rong only stayed in Wang Xifeng's room for five minutes.

"I should go now. I still have to go to Master Zheng's place."

Wang Xifeng heard this and said, "Why are you leaving without even drinking a glass of wine?"

Jia Rong said, "You can only choose one between wine and sex. Don't drink for the time being. Rest early and take care of your body. This will help your health."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Okay, I have to listen to you. You have several sons in your family. If I don't believe you, who else can I believe? I will treat what others say as fart. As for what you said, I will stop drinking today!"

The two of them didn't look like they were having any affair, and they both lived openly.

Jia Rong said, "That's good. When Uncle Lian comes back, tell him that I will take care of the outside affairs so that he doesn't have to spend money."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Good, this will make my worries go away. Only when you are the head of the household do you know how hard it is to manage the household. I really envy Sister Yuanchun for her ability to manage things in an orderly manner every day."

Jia Rong said, "Then you can go to Yuanchun for advice more often."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "I want to go too! But I have to take care of everything in this mansion, and there are countless things to do every day. If I go, Ping'er will have to stay in the house to look after my money box, dowry and valuables. She will handle everything to my liking. You see, Ping'er is the best in my house. I treat her as my sister. After giving her to you, I really can't bear to let her go. I won't be able to go out in the future."

Jia Rong knew that she was deliberately bullying Ping'er and would not let her go for the next two years.

Jia Rong said, "Since she is your sister, I will naturally not treat her family badly after she gets married. When I take her as a concubine, I will definitely invite Brother Feng to come over and sit with me."

Ping Er, who had no father or mother, became shy at this moment and said coquettishly, "Master, please stop making fun of me."

Wang Xifeng just smiled and said nothing.

When Jia Rong saw her expression, he knew that this woman had bad intentions, but he ignored her and pretended not to see it.

Anyway, this woman is Jia Lian's wife, so Jia Lian can't blame others if he can't control her.

Jia Lian felt that if he didn't take good care of this woman, she would really cause several deaths, and her methods were extremely cruel.

After Jia Rong walked out of Wang Xifeng's yard, he was blown by the cold wind outside and suddenly felt that Wang Xifeng was just a bully who only bullied the weak and feared the strong.

The reason why she dares to be so arrogant now is mainly because she thinks the Wang family will support her.

At this moment, Jia Rong was thinking about how to bring down the Wang family.

The motive was simple, he just wanted to see what Wang Xifeng's expression would be at that time.

But being too radical isn’t good either, for example, going to the Wang family’s gate in the middle of the night and writing the words “I want to rebel”.

Even if this thing is washed off, the emperor will remember it for the rest of his life.

Jia Rong thought about it and decided not to show his destructive power to the Wang family. There were too many women's affairs recently and he was too busy to handle them.

Soon Jia Rong went to sit in Jia Zheng's yard again, but Jia Zheng had already returned.

Jia Zheng also prepared the wine and food.

This family can spend a lot of money on food and drink alone, plus clothes, snacks, social interactions, and pets, flowers, birds, fish, insects and all kinds of things, it costs a lot in a year.

After Jia Rong sat down, he said, "Madam, please sit down too. We are all family."

Jia Zheng asked Mrs. Wang to sit down, and the servants brought bowls and chopsticks, and the three of them sat at the table.

"I won't drink. When I was drinking from the master, I saw the master's state and tried to persuade him to give up drinking and sex, but he wouldn't listen."

After hearing this, Jia Zheng sighed and said, "I have also advised him not to indulge in alcohol and women too much, but he didn't listen. He always said he wanted more sons and always beat and scolded Jia Lian. I can't control this matter. Alas!"

The relationship between the two brothers has always been bad. Jia Zheng can't even manage his own son, let alone other people's sons.

Jia Rong told Jia She how he had persuaded Jia Lian to take a concubine.

He was not afraid of Wang Xifeng. If Wang Xifeng dared to scold him for such things, Jia Rong would just stay away from the Wang family.

As a man, Jia Zheng felt that Jia Rong was right. "Jia Lian should have taken a concubine. I regret not having more children when I was young."

Mrs. Wang remained silent and also a little sad.

As a woman, she actually thought that there was nothing wrong with Jia Lian taking a concubine.

Wang Xifeng must have thought that it was not wrong for others to take concubines, but Jia Lian should not take one. Jia Rong smiled and said, "Daughters are not bad either. I think daughters in our family will have great futures."

Jia Zheng was indeed very satisfied with Jia Yuanchun, and said, "When you return to Jinling this time, you should bring some people back with you to avoid trouble in the future."

Jia Rong said, "Okay, I plan to clean up some of the people in the mansion who are disloyal these days, but I am afraid that too much action will cause dissatisfaction among the people."

"Master She has many people on his side. He is not in good health now, so he doesn't care about those things. I am here to repair, not to tear down the house, so I will catch the big ones and let the small ones go this time."

"This time, we mainly want to find out the income of Rongguo Mansion's farm. There must be many people colluding with the mansion. Otherwise, the rent collected will be getting less and less in the future, and the people below will become more and more daring."

Jia Zheng nodded and said, "Just take charge."

Jia Zheng trusts Jia Rong's ability to manage the household, which is also the opinion of Jia's mother.

First of all, they are one of us.

Secondly, Jia Rong has at least ten years of experience as a housekeeper and manages the Ningguo Mansion very well.

Thirdly, as the patriarch, Jia Rong is suitable to enforce family rules.

In ancient times, it was a patriarchal society with the three obediences and four virtues.

Old Mrs. Jia is a widow, so the housekeeper can only be her son, daughter-in-law or grandson's wife.

With someone supporting her in front, she can steer the ship behind the scenes.

This is the situation in the Xue family. Aunt Xue is not qualified to be the manager of the household, and after her son is deposed, the family will naturally be wiped out.

If Xue Pan died, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai would have to return to her parents' home.

The Jia family still needs to make money, and currently the main source of income comes from Jia She and Jia Zheng.

Although these two people may not seem reliable, they are both people with income.

Jia She had a title and Jia Zheng had an official position, and each of them had an annual income of more than one thousand taels.

Two or three thousand is not a small amount. Add to that the savings from ancestors and the rent from the land, and we can make ends meet.

Jia Rong also has a salary. The salary of a juren is more than three hundred taels a year. This is paid by the court and is not considered gray income.

After talking to Jia Zheng about some things, it was getting late, so Jia Rong quickly got up and said goodbye.

Now that autumn has deepened, the weather has become much colder.

After Jia Rong returned, he took a bath and did not use a maid.

After taking a shower and walking into the house, I saw Jia Yuanchun, wearing a bellyband, sitting up on the bed.

"Aunt~"

Jia Yuanchun wanted to say a few words of concern, but she saw him walking towards her with a wicked smile on his face, calling her an embarrassing name.

Jia Yuanchun lay with her back to the outside of the bed, looking inside and saying, "I should have asked the two sisters from the backyard to sleep here."

Jia Rong walked over and began to take off his clothes, saying casually, "Why? Those two beauties don't want to line up, but want to come together as sisters? That would be just what I want."

Soon the two of them were squeezed into the same bed, and Jia Rong went up to ask, "What did you tell them?"

The two had been husband and wife for three or four years and were very much in love. Soon Jia Yuanchun turned around and got close to him.

"I just said that I want to be younger than Sister Qin and Baoqin. As long as they agree to liven things up in the mansion, there's no need to make a big fuss."

"Second Sister You said that as long as they can support their mother during her lifetime and after her death, nothing else matters, and Third Sister You also agreed."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "You two aunts still have to be given their status. We'll talk about this in a few days. Let's deal with you first!"

At this time, the two of them stopped thinking about the two sisters in the backyard and started to enjoy their lovemaking.

Jia Yuanchun soon began to enjoy her husband's love and care and was happy being a woman.

(End of this chapter)