[Red House Chai Dai] Salted Pork Knuckle, Crab Rice Wine

Seeing that Baoqin's mother was getting healthier and healthier, the mother of Jia questioned Yao Jing's tone, seeing that she was not afraid to go to the palace to treat the imperial concubine, she was horrified and even more worried.Mother Jia has been ups and downs in the world for so many years, doesn't she understand the truth that she would rather offend a gentleman than a villain?In her opinion, Yao Jing is a villain through and through. Since she offended her earlier, she had to lower her figure to bridge the previous gap.

Although Jia's mother wanted to befriend Yao Jing, if she was asked to spend 1000 taels of silver like the Xue family, she would absolutely refuse.So after thinking about it, he hesitated and asked Baochai. Baochai knew the elegant meaning after hearing the stringed song, pondered for a while, and suggested: "Now is the time for autumn. The autumn wind is refreshing and the golden osmanthus is fragrant. It's the time to eat crabs. Previously Xue Biao also told me that he would invite Master and Mr. Yao to eat crabs. Because I said that eating crabs should be elegant. It also lacks interest. After careful calculation, although my family has several gardens in the capital, they have been neglected for many years. Wouldn't it be cheap even if it was jointly invited by the two families?"

Mother Jia heard that what she said was reasonable, so she was a little more happy. When she heard that she wanted to invite the two families together, she was not satisfied. She waved her hands and said, "No way! No way! It's just a crab feast, that's all. I can still afford small money. I know that your Xue family has money, but if you want to ask for it, you can choose another day. The garden will not borrow or not. If you want to entertain guests in the garden, you only need to say. "

Seeing that she was so persistent, Baochai had no choice but to agree.

Jiamu was on the verge of getting excited, so she told Wang Xifeng again: "You don't have to pay the money for the crab banquet, just take it from me." Wang Xifeng responded with a smile, but complained to Ping'er in private: "The old ancestor didn't know who to listen to. Hearing the idea of ​​such a crab feast, he excitedly wanted to do it. He said that he would take away her private account, but he refused to give her money. Does that mean that I should make up for it?" No?"

Ping'er inquired that it was Baochai's idea. Knowing that Wang Xifeng had made a lot of money because of Baochai these days, but she had suffered bad debts several times in a row when lending loan sharks, she had no choice but to use the Rongguo Mansion's post to suppress it, and was in a hurry to go to Beijing. In the middle of the fire, it is natural to vent anger towards Baochai, who is easily making money while standing.

Ping'er has always been loyal to the Lord, so naturally he wouldn't say anything wrong with his master, he just pursed his lips and chuckled, and said: "Grandma, why should you get angry, Yuanyang is in charge of the old lady's account. Even if the old lady forgot for a while, Yuanyang will also remind her."

When Wang Xifeng heard the mention of mandarin ducks, her heart did not move, because Ping'er was her confidant Jiatongfang's first maid, and she never avoided her in everything.Confidentially, she said, "I know you have a deep relationship with the Yuanyang sisters. You can tell me the truth, Yuanyang... What kind of rules are in her heart?"

Ping'er was puzzled for a moment, and asked blankly, "What rules?"

Wang Xifeng blushed before saying anything, and whispered to Ping'er, "I saw your grandfather talking with Yuanyang outside the old lady's room a while ago, and the two of them were quite speculative. You also know that your uncle is a foodie." Looking into the bowl and looking at the ones in the pot. The mandarin ducks are born like that again, could it be that the two of them have something wrong?"

Hearing that she actually suspected that Jia Lian was having an affair with Yuanyang, Ping'er immediately said "Yeah" and said, "But where did you start? Don't worry, grandma, even the first-class maids in the old lady's room are all attracted to her." Lian Erye, mandarin ducks can't do it. We usually talk about our confidantes, but listening to her tone is great, and we don't care about men in the world. Not to mention Lian Erye, it is the prince and county king outside. , I'm afraid she doesn't want to marry either."

When Wang Xifeng heard what Ping'er said, she just smiled, but she didn't take it seriously.When she married into Jia's family, the Wang family was not as prosperous as it is now, so when Jia Lian, the grandson of the Rongguo Mansion's grandson, she immediately softened by three points, and Jia Lian was such a handsome and handsome man The character, when she was not married, she only took a peek at it and fell in love with it secretly. Therefore, although she is powerful in front of outsiders, she is ashamed and humiliated when she is in the room. When she encounters that novel posture and prostitution in the daytime, she is indispensable. They all followed Jia Lian's wishes.Therefore, in her mind, she naturally thought that Jia Lian was a first-class son-in-law. Although the husband and wife bickered on the surface and suppressed him in various ways, they secretly admired him in their hearts.Now that Ping'er said that Yuanyang didn't pay attention to Jia Lian, how could she believe it?

Ping'er was talking, suddenly remembered something, and said: "But I see her tone, I really admire you, grandma. If grandma is a man, she is willing to be a concubine or a servant."

At this time, Wang Xifeng was full of Jia Lian, and she was all on guard against other wild women sleeping with her husband. How could she trust Pinger's words? You have become bolder. You dare to arrange your master and me." So the master and servant laughed and laughed for a while on the couch.

For a while Feng'er timidly knocked on the door back and forth, saying that the sister Yuanyang in the old lady's room had come.Wang Xifeng and Ping'er looked at each other, both feeling puzzled, Wang Xifeng first smiled and said: "It is true that there is no right and wrong behind the scenes. While talking, the real master has arrived." Ping'er hurriedly got up and helped Wang Xifeng recomb his hair.

The master and the servant walked to the warm hall where they usually entertain guests. Wang Xifeng first smiled and said: "What's the wind today, Miss Yuanyang has time to sit here!" She knew that Yuanyang was just a first-class maid, but she The popular people around Jia Mu couldn't be easily offended, so they greeted them with smiles and refused to neglect at all.

Yuanyang didn't sit down, but just smiled and passed on what Jia Mu had said, saying that Jia Mu had found out that there were some good crabs in Xue's business, and had asked outsiders to buy a few large baskets at the market price, and said that when Mr. Yao was invited Steam on.Also, if Wang Xifeng and Yuanyang are required to work together, they must be perfect and not fall into the style of the Rongguo Mansion.

Wang Xifeng knows Jia's mother's heart well.Originally, the Xue family and the Jia family were related, and when they asked for crabs, they just opened their mouths to order. Aunt Xue, who wanted to curry favor with the Jia family, urged her son and daughter to send them quickly.I knew in my heart that Jia's mother wanted to please Baochai and take care of her business.Thinking of Yao Jing again, when Wang Xifeng had the unnamed emergency, Yao Jing came to the mansion to accuse Ma Daopo of all kinds of misery, and was beaten mercilessly.Unexpectedly, these two people are all shaking now, and she, the first wife of the eldest son's grandson, has to come forward to receive them, so that she can take care of them.

Although Wang Xifeng was muttering in her heart, she was a competitive person, so she did everything by herself, and the banquet for Yao Jing was very lively, with drama and wine, steamed five big baskets of crabs, and served several tables A banquet was set up next to the lotus root Champs Pavilion, and Mrs. Shi, Aunt Xue and others sat at the main table. The standard was not low.

Li Wan and Wang Xifeng stood by and waited on them.Seeing Yao Jing in high spirits, talking and laughing with Sun Mu, Li Wan felt sore and astringent in his heart at the moment, not in a good mood.When the banquet was about to end, Yao Jing yelled that she had to wash her hands, Li Wan personally brought mung bean noodles smoked with chrysanthemum leaves, osmanthus stamens, and held them in front of her, Yao Jing stood up and said "excuse me", showing respect and respect , can't find fault, but the meaning in that look clearly means that she doesn't recognize her.

Although Yao Jing is quite warm to Lin Daiyu, but Daiyu is always indifferent to Yao Jing.She used to like to eat crabs, but because crabs were cold and her body was weak, she didn't dare to eat more. She only ate two, and then she took a sip of hot shochu and stopped eating. She turned to talk to Baochai.

Baochai was watching the situation of Sun Mu, Yao Jing, and Li Wan, and was fascinated by it, when she suddenly saw Daiyu wink at her, and immediately understood, and followed Daiyu to the room.

Ou Xiangxie is located in the green pool, with windows on all sides, winding corridors on the left and right, and it also crosses the water to meet the shore, and there is a winding bamboo bridge behind it. It is an excellent place to go.At this time, the sweet osmanthus was fragrant, and Bao Dai and her two stood on the bamboo bridge.

Daiyu immediately asked: "Sister Bao knows that I don't like Li Yishan's poems the most. But when I saw the scene of my sister-in-law's eyes and brows today, I thought of the sentence "Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, and the blue sea and the blue sky are heart-warming every night." Sister What do you think?"

Baochai was taken aback and smiled.Daiyu keeps saying that she doesn't like Li Yishan's poems, but in fact Li Yishan's collection of poems is the most precious to her. Back then, she was able to tell Baoyu to order the people in the garden not to clean up the leftovers because she said, "Leave the residual lotus to listen to the sound of rain." charge.Now he keeps saying that he doesn't like Li Yishan's poems, which is really naughty.Thinking of this, I feel that Baoyu is really affectionate and righteous to Daiyu, and I feel at ease when I entrust Daiyu to Baoyu.

Baochai knew that Daiyu had always been clever, so she would never say such a sentence carelessly.She suspected that Daiyu was probing on purpose, but she was worried that her suspicions were causing dark ghosts, so she just smiled and said: "Li Yishan's poems are naturally good. If it is not a famous line, how can it be passed down through the ages. How can my sister ask me today?"

Seeing that she was completely unwilling to answer this question, Daiyu felt a little anxious, and went further: "Sister Bao, don't you know that my sister-in-law has a relationship with Mr. Yao who is having a banquet today..."

Baochai glanced at Daiyu and said, "What do you know as a child? This is not nonsense. Mr. Yao and my master are sisters. She once said that she no longer remembers sister-in-law."

"So you know this paragraph too." Daiyu said happily, "What happened back then, what is going on today, I don't know if my sister-in-law has regretted it? If I knew today, why did I have to be cruel and ignore it?"

Baochai read the meaning of what Daiyu said inside and outside the words, and seemed to be beating himself a little bit, so he couldn't help smiling bitterly in his heart.She thought for a while, pulled Daiyu further away, and then lowered her voice and said slowly to her: "Whether sister-in-law regretted it, we naturally have no way of knowing. It's just that if sister-in-law had followed the rules back then, she would not have given birth to a child." With so much right and wrong, Mr. Yao will not have to go through hardships."

Daiyu asked in surprise, "How do you say that?"

Baochai looked at her deeply: "So you don't know! When my sister-in-law got married, the family was the master, and Mr. Yao was sent to the village. She was tortured several times. Later, Brother Zhu died unfortunately, and Mr. Yao was forced to throw himself into the river. He almost died. From my point of view, this paragraph is definitely not Chang'e's regret for stealing the elixir, but Zhen Mi's presenting the pillow to the king of destruction. Now the two do not recognize each other, it is justified."