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Judging from what Baochai knew in his previous life, Xiaohong's fate is actually quite embarrassing.

Xiaohong is the son of Jia's family and the daughter of Lin Zhixiao's family. Her original name was Hongyu, but she changed her name to Xiaohong because she wanted to avoid the taboos of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.

Lin Zhixiao was in charge of the farm affairs in Jia's mansion. He was originally a respectable butler, but he was not good at talking and he was not favored by the master of Jia's mansion.Wang Xifeng once said that Lin Zhixiao and his wife "couldn't make a sound when they were pierced with an awl".

But in fact, Lin Zhixiao and his wife are quite talented and fair.For example, after the Grand View Garden was completed, other families tried their best to find good jobs for their children and climb higher branches. As the prestigious servants of the Jia family, they only asked their daughter Xiaohong to enter the Yihong Courtyard as a The third-class little girl receives five hundred dollars a month.

Later, because of Yuan Chunyi's decree, Jia Baoyu chose Yihong Courtyard. Xiaohong was also smart and energetic, and thought that she could climb up from here on, but unexpectedly, several maids in Baoyu's room were strictly guarded, and it turned out to be an opportunity to connect with her master Jia Baoyu. nothing.Later, it was said that it was because of her sharp tongue that Wang Xifeng caught her attention. Soon after the Dicuiting incident, Wang Xifeng asked her to leave.

Baochai originally thought that under Wang Xifeng's command, Xiaohong might make a difference.However, I don't know why, but it has not been of great use.The cronies Wang Xifeng relied on were still Ping'er, Feng'er, and Caiming.

In the end, the trees in the Rongguo Mansion fell and the monkeys scattered, and Xiaohong married Jia Yun. Both of them were loyal people from beginning to end.

It was only at this time that Baochai abandoned the prejudice against Xiaohong that he had started at Dicuiting.If Xiaohong has been following the rules and not daring to do anything out of the ordinary, how can there be any good marriage afterwards?It can be seen that following the so-called women's morality and morality, in the peaceful and prosperous times and in the Qingping family, can certainly be praised and rewarded by everyone, but in troubled times, when the birds are flying to the forest, the female morality will become the shackles that bind women.Isn't Baochai himself bound by this heavy shackle?

Right now, Xiaohong has not been asked to leave by Wang Xifeng, and she should still be wasting years in Jia Baoyu's room.Although Jia Baoyu sympathized with his daughter's family, he was actually Ye Gong who loved dragons.

He often said that a girl was a precious pearl before she got married, but after she got married, she got into many bad problems, and when she was old, she was not a precious pearl, but a fish-eyed girl.But he didn't want to think about it, how did a girl as radiant as a jewel and as pure as a jade turn into fish eyes step by step?Isn't it because of the pressure of life, the infection of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea?

It was Xiaohong, such a clever person, who had been in Jia Baoyu's room for so long, but was guarded tightly by Qingwen, Sheyue, Qiuwen and others, and was unable to speak in front of Jia Baoyu at all.What kind of pity is this?It's just a waste of money.

Thinking of this, Baochai asked Ying'er, "Do you know Xiaohong from Yihong Courtyard?" When she said acquaintance, of course, she didn't mean just acquaintance with each other, but someone who could talk.

Ying'er wondered: "Although I have met her a few times, I know she is actually a very smart person. But the girl has never allowed us to have a close relationship with the people in Yihong Courtyard. She is afraid that people will misunderstand. It is my mother and Mingyan. The girl often talks about her friendship with her mother. How can we have any private contacts with Xiaohong?"

Then asked: "I don't know how the girl uses her?"

Baochai knows very well that when sending people to do things, it is most taboo to pretend to be clever and hide something.Even if the subordinates are [-]% capable, but if the master's words are unclear, they will make mistakes, and the things they do will often be completely different and deviate from the topic.

At the moment Baochai didn't hide from her, and made it very clear: "If you want to use her, you will definitely use her. Seeing that Qianxue is about to marry, if you are the only maid in my room Serving is exhausting. You are still in charge of the business account books, jewelry and clothing in the house, gold, silver and copper coins. But in this way, I am afraid you will not be able to manage other things. You need a capable person Just look at it."

In fact, before Qianxue came over, Baochai only had Yinger as a maidservant by her side, and several years had passed like this.Back then, I was able to manage it because Baochai was a boudoir lady who didn’t leave home at that time. She only did needlework on weekdays, and besides, she served her mother and comforted her. She is Miss Xue who is well-known in the capital for making money. She has a lot of business contacts, and it takes Yinger a lot of time and energy just to spread the news. How can she manage it?

After hearing Baochai's words, Ying'er stuck out her tongue: "Good girl, you should teach Xiaohong to take care of the business accounts. It's not like you don't know, I feel dizzy when I see numbers."

Baochai smiled helplessly.In fact, in terms of personal talents, Yinger and Xiaohong each have their own merits.Yinger was originally a dexterous person, with a temperament that likes to be quiet and doesn't like to move, and she was taught by Sun Mu that she is a good hand at needlework. In the past two years, because Baochai often went out, Yinger In fact, she is trying her best to go in and out. Xiaohong is not the case. When it comes to needlework, she may not be able to catch up with Yinger, but she is better than Yinger because she has a quick mind, clear speech, and a strong perspective. A person who is running outside to pass on errands.

Business accounts are the most important thing in Baochai's house.Baochai abandons Xiaohong and still intends to entrust Yinger with important tasks, out of fear of hurting her face and chilling her heart.Now that Ying'er took the initiative to express her unwillingness to manage the accounts, although Baochai regretted it, she also knew her temperament and ability well, so she didn't care.

"This is all for the future. It's not too late to discuss later." Baochai smiled and said, "The most important thing right now is to test Xiaohong's mind. If she is still willing to stay in Yihong Courtyard, Or I have already thought about another place to go, so I don't want to bring up this matter again. If she intends to come to my side, I have a way to ask for someone from the Jia family. However, this kind of thing, of course, I have to test it out in private That's good, if it doesn't work out, both sides will look good on the outside, and they won't hurt each other's friendship."

Ying'er lowered her head and thought about it, then suddenly smiled: "So the girl is afraid of this. What's so difficult about it? The maids in Yihong Courtyard are all very idle. I will go to the Grand View Garden tomorrow. If I see her, I will take her to see her." How about trying it out in a place where there is no one else?"

The next day, Yinger really made an excuse to go wandering in the Grand View Garden.Everyone knew that Baochai was beautiful now, and that she was the most useful person around Baochai, so they gathered around to compliment her.It so happened that day, Xiaohong was also among the crowd.Ying'er continued to talk nonchalantly, watching Xiaohong's movements all the time while speaking, and answered Xiaohong's words with extra eagerness.

Xiaohong was originally a clever person, seeing this scene, although she didn't understand it, she guessed it, so she found an excuse and stood there all the time.After the others had said a few words, they finally went their separate ways. Yingerfang winked at Xiaohong, and they walked to the Fengyao Bridge together.

Ying'er originally planned to chat some gossip first, find a reason to start the conversation slowly, but Xiaohong is very clever, so she led to this with a few words.Ying'er explained the reason for her visit, Xiaohong lowered her head and thought for a while, and said: "Miss Xue's talent, which of us servants would not admire it? If this is really the case, I can learn some real skills from Miss Xue , but it is a good fortune cultivated in eight lifetimes. There is only one thing, the contract of prostitution between me and my parents is still in Jia's house..."

Ying'er smiled and said, "It's okay for this one. Our girl will take care of it."

Now that Xiaohong got what she wanted, Baochai wanted to talk to Jia Baoyu, the master.

Jia Baoyu was like a fish in water among the girls since he was a child, but Baochai was always far away from him, which made Jia Baoyu quite puzzled all the time.For Jia Baoyu's temper, all young and beautiful unmarried girls are always carefully cared and held in the palm of their hands. For the sake of a maid, Qingwen, she can still tear her fan and make a smile, let alone Baochai?

Therefore, Baochai suddenly visited Yihong Courtyard, and Jia Baoyu was overjoyed.Although his marriage with Lin Daiyu was about to be decided, Baochai was also an extremely beautiful and intelligent girl in his eyes, and he even feared and respected her because of her talent.So when he heard that Baochai wanted a maid named Xiaohong, he said yes, and without waiting for Baochai to speak, he made a guarantee that he would go back to Ming Jiamu and Mrs. Wang to complete the matter.He even said that he would give Baochai the deed of sale of Xiaohong's parents.

Jia Baoyu is the most busy person who listens to the wind and rain.After checking the time, he asked Baochai to see Jia Mu.Baochai had no choice but to go.Jia's mother is used to seeing the big world, so she never put a maid and a servant in her eyes. After thinking about it for a while, she felt that Baochai's move was not harmful to her family, so she agreed.Then he called Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng to speak.

Sister Feng lowered her head and thought for a while, then said to Jia Mu, "Lin Zhixiao is now leading the outside managers, but he can't let go when he is in a hurry." Jia Mu has already agreed, so she just said, "outside But Lian'er took care of the matter? Just tell him, let him take care of everything, and send the deed of sale to Girl Bao earlier."

Sister Feng had no choice but to agree.

When Sister Feng ordered someone to bring Xiaohong to Baochai, everyone looked at her carefully, and saw that she was a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, with black hair, a long face, and a slender figure. At first glance, she was very pretty. clean.A maid like Xiaohong is naturally not qualified to talk to Jiamu and others, so she kowtows to Baoyu three times in front of everyone, which is a farewell to the old master, and kowtows to Baochai to recognize the new master.Baochai hurriedly supported her, and said some words of thanks to Jia's mother, and then took Xiaohong away.

Baoyu felt satisfied that he had done a great job for Baochai, and after talking to Jia Mu for a while, he also went back on the pretext of studying and practicing calligraphy.

Seeing that there is no one around, Mrs. Wang hesitated and said to Mother Jia: "This Lin Zhixiao's family was not originally named Lin, but Qin."

When Jia Mu heard this, she was shocked and said: "Could it be that they are the family from the Qin family in the south of the Yangtze River? Why didn't you remind me earlier?" After thinking about it, she smiled and said, "That's okay. The Qin family died early. Now, wouldn’t it be better for us to just presume that we don’t know anything?”