Aunt Xue of the Red Chamber is not easy to mess with

Baochai just smiled and didn't speak. She is not too young, so she wants to avoid suspicion. Looking at the excitement they are talking about, she seems to be very familiar with Baoyu, which makes Baochai hesitate a little. , just pulled the cicada to sit in front of Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu gave her a suspicious look, and then Baochai said in a low voice: "Second Master Bao is a man after all, if we play with him like this, if outsiders save us, it will have a bad reputation."

Daiyu pursed her lips, and then said softly: "Sister, don't talk like that. If that foolish person listens to it, I don't know what troubles will be caused." She laughed lightly, and said: "He It’s just making a fuss like that, and you only listen to it like that, but you don’t have to do it for real.”

Only then did Baochai nod her head, but at this moment, she heard a young man eagerly and joyfully saying, "Are sisters here?" Yun and Tanchun stood up quickly, ran outside, and said, "Brother Ai is here, come quickly."

Baochai and Chan'er looked at each other, and they both stood up to greet them. After all, they were guests, and the host had already got up. It was a bit shameful for them to be sitting.

Lin Daiyu had a smile on her face, but she was not very enthusiastic.

"This is the sister of the Xue family?" Just a few steps away, he saw a ruddy young man surrounded by everyone staring at him, and said, "You really are a fairy-like sister."

Tanchun saw that he had committed an idiot, and laughed, and said, "What an idiot, Sister Bao is here, can she still run away?" As he spoke, he walked to Baochai, took her arm, Smiling at Baoyu, she said, "Sister Bao is here to be drafted into the palace." Then she looked at Lin Daiyu again, pursed her lips and said happily, "Then according to the second elder brother, is the older sister better or the younger sister better?" .”

"Hmph." Lin Daiyu tapped Tanchun's forehead with her fan pretending to be angry, and said angrily, "Don't make fun of me, how can I compare to my sister?"

Baochai laughed and said, "Perhaps I saw it before, but I was young and didn't remember much at that time."

"That's the reason. We are cousins ​​of our own relatives. I heard from my mother that my aunt lived in Beijing before, and she returned to Jinling only because of her filial piety." Baoyu said with a smile, frowning after a while, and shouted in his eyes. With hope, he said seriously: "Sister Bao, do you have jade?"

After hearing this, Daiyu subconsciously glanced at Baochai.

Xue Baochai chuckled lightly, and said, "Of course there are." She held Chan'er and laughed, "How can a family like us lack this thing?"

Baoyu seemed a little disappointed, and then became happy again, saying: "The elder sisters and younger sisters in the family all have no jade, so it seems frivolous of me to ask this question."

"That's not true." Baochai shook her head, looked at Baoyu and said, "I heard from my mother that your jade has some origins. It was brought with you when you were born, and it is somewhat different from ours." He said again: "My mother begged for my jade from the temple. Although it is not as old as yours, I have worn this jade since I was a child. The relationship is naturally different."

Daiyu laughed lightly and said, "Isn't that the reason?" She raised her eyebrows, looked at Baoyu reproachfully and said, "But every time you see someone, you just ask if they have jade, and if they don't It's better to make a fuss, and it will only make people feel at a loss." For example, when she first came, it was her fault that Baoyu threw jade.

Baoyu's face was flushed, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "Sister, don't get me wrong, but I didn't mean that."

But at this moment, seeing Yuanyang coming with Qiuyun, Baochai hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Sister Yuanyang is not serving my ancestors, so why come to our sister's place?"

Yuanyang said with a smile: "If my aunt talks to my ancestors, I can come out and have a rest." She pointed to Qiuyun and said, "Master Biao is here, and my aunt sent sister Qiuyun to you and Lin. The girl said, I happened to be idle, so I came with her."

"My sister was joking. I don't know the way. That's why I'm bothering my sister." Qiu Yun said with a smile, then looked at Baochai, and said, "Girl, madam asked me to tell the girl that she should take the cicada with her. Miss Er and Miss Lin are going to Lixiangyuan together, and she will take Master Xuan there later."

Baochai looked very happy, nodded, and said, "I see, you can go to mother and serve her."

"Slave and maid, let's go together with the girl." Qiu Yun said with a smile: "Our uncle came with Master Xuan, there must be someone to serve him, right?"

"Hey, this is a stranger, isn't it?!" Wang Xifeng smiled and stepped forward, saying: "Where are there not enough people to serve you?"

Ping'er pulled Qiuyun and said with a smile: "What our grandma said is that the concubine is our grandma's direct aunt. Miss Qiuyun, you just need to rest well, but you can't do without a girl."

"Isn't that right?" Wang Xifeng glared, and said: "If you are still allowed to take care of the maids yourself, if people find out, you can't say that I treat honored guests poorly."

Qiu Yun snorted, and said with a smile: "Slaves, how dare you think so." She looked at Wang Xifeng, and said: "Our wife said that grandma is from her own family, but there is no need to be so polite. Let grandma worry about others. gone."

"Look, look, this little mouth is really sharp." Wang Xifeng nodded Qiu Yun, and smiled at Ping'er.

Everyone talked for a while, and then Baochai took Daiyu to the Lixiangyuan. Baoyu wanted to follow, but was stopped by Wang Xifeng. She saw it clearly, and according to Baochai's attitude, My aunt is afraid that Baoyu is not very satisfied, but she looks at it coldly, Baoyu is still just playful and childish, but she really does not match Baochai, who was taken by her aunt since she was young. She is in the shop and sees it a lot, so she is naturally taller, and she also has a kind of gentle and generous feeling, which is really different from the girls who are usually raised in boudoir.

Wang Xifeng sat on the group chair, closed her eyes slightly, and Ping'er stood behind her and rubbed her head gently, and said with a light smile: "Grandma, this servant looks at this treasure girl really well, she is better than most of the ladies in Beijing That's right, this draft is probably a sure thing." He hesitated a little, and said, "I'm afraid the second wife's thoughts are in vain..."

Wang Xifeng sneered, and said: "I see, even if Baochai doesn't draft, I'm afraid my aunt will look down on my aunt." She sighed, and after a moment of silence, said: "In my marriage, my aunt disagree."

It was the first time for Ping'er to hear her say this, she was a little surprised, and said: "Is the concubine looking down on the Jia family?" Then she shook her head, frowned and said: "Impossible." She was signaled by Wang Xifeng, Continuing to rub his forehead, he said: "Although the Xue family is said to be one of the four major families, they are still inferior to our Jia family. If Miss Bao married the second master Bao, it was their Xue family who had the upper hand."

Wang Xifeng shook her head, and said after a while: "Although I don't understand why, but after all, I was raised by my aunt when I was a child. She always seems to have a kind of resistance to the Jia family." Wang Xifeng frowned, and tapped the chair with her fingers , said: "We are in front of this family, and you don't know how many flowers are there every day! Our Jia family's two houses can count, and only the uncle." Said: "But the Xue family is different. My aunt doesn't like to go out very much on weekdays, but why does my aunt insist on chasing the younger sister she has always looked down on? It's not because the Xue family is rich, and my aunt has money. The ability to make money is great!"

Ping'er frowned, then said with a smile: "I look at my concubine but treat my grandma as my own, it's more intimate than the second wife."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Isn't that right?"

Seeing Wang Xifeng happy, Ping'er couldn't help but said: "Grandma, since my aunt has such great abilities, and our second master doesn't like studying, he often goes out to socialize on weekdays, why not let our second master follow along?" Auntie too much to learn that skill?"

"Don't say that, if my mother-in-law listens to it, we will still think that we are instigating the second master to do business." Wang Xifeng waved her hand quickly, and sighed: "The mother-in-law wants the second master to study and get a good name. , but what kind of temperament is our second master, don't we know? He can't hold books, so forced, how can we learn."

Ping'er nodded with emotion, isn't that the reason? Although it is a good thing to be able to take the exam, but the second master's thoughts are not on it at all, so how can he be forced into it.

"If the uncle can persuade the wife, I think the wife will listen." Ping'er said casually.

Let's not mention the two masters and servants, let's say that the Lixiangyuan is very lively at this time.

When Xue Pan came to the mansion, he first came to visit Jia's mother, but later he met Lin Xuan and Jia Hu. This time they were together in Lixiangyuan. Since they were all relatives, Wang Wan didn't let the girls avoid.

After greeting each other, Wang Wan was very happy when she saw Lin Xuan. She could be regarded as a child she had grown up with, and now she was so promising. She was naturally delighted, and couldn't help sighing: "I lost weight."

"I've also grown a lot taller, which makes me look thinner." Lin Xuan said with a smile, "My sister is learning cooking now, and she always cooks some soup for my father and me every day, so how can she lose weight. "As she spoke, she walked to Wang Wan's side, with smiles in her eyes, and said, "It's because my aunt loves me so much that she thinks I've lost weight."

Wang Wanle said: "But it's the same reason." She looked at Daiyu, a little surprised, and said: "Miss Lin is learning cooking now?"

"It's not very big." Daiyu smiled slightly and said, "It's just that I'm idle, my father and brother work hard every day, so I thought about making some tonic soup."

"This is also very good." Wang Wan nodded, and said with a smile: "The girl's house is full of petites, but you don't need to smoke in the kitchen by yourself on weekdays, as long as you know how to do it. , it would be a kindness for your brother to taste it."

"Mom, it's my sister's wish for you to ask my sister to cook me some soup, too?" Xue Pan clapped his hands with a smile and said, "Mom is not willing to let my sister do it."

"You can't blame me for this, beg your sister to go." Wang Wan cursed with a smile.

Jia Hu laughed out loud, and even Lin Xuan bent his eyes, which made Baochai's eyes red with anger, stamped his feet angrily, rolled his eyes and smiled, "Brother, why wait for me to do it?" If you have a sister-in-law tomorrow, how can you remember your sister?"