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

No matter how ignorant and ignorant Aunt Xue is, she also knows that Yao Jing has recently become a big celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager Empress, and her popularity is unmatched from before.Up and down the Rongguo Mansion, Jia's mother still had to be patient and deal with Yao Jing, while Mrs. Wang was socializing and responding at the same time - she is Jia Zhu's mother-in-law, and she never cared about the matter between Yao Jing and Li Wan back then. Looking at Yao Jing is like looking at her Jia family's cuckold enemy, although she hates that she has to share the sky with her, but there is nothing she can do about it.Naturally, when Mrs. Wang hated Yao Jing so much, she had long forgotten that her surname was not Jia, but her maiden name was Wang.

If Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang can't afford to offend people, how can Aunt Xue afford to offend them?What's more, although Aunt Xue said that Lai Baochai had insulted her family, she had no doubts about her daughter's character, and her words were just to force Baochai to take a step back, and she just made a lot of money.

Seeing Yao Jing stepping forward to help, Aunt Xue dared not lie. After pondering for a long time, she said, "Marriage is a matter of parents' order and matchmaker's words. In short, she wants to marry Feng, and I will not follow her. Unless she also learns from Wang Baochuan. , give me three high-fives, and then leave the house.”

Yao Jing was taken aback for a moment, Baochai and Sun Mu had already stood on the spot frozen before she could figure out the allusion to the three-clap.

At that time, the wives and young wives of the rich and powerful families were mostly lonely in the boudoir, and listening to operas was a rare entertainment, so they were all proficient in those traditional repertoires.The allusion to the three clappings comes from a play, it is said that Bao Chuan, the queen of the former prime minister, loves Xue Pinggui, a commoner, and intends to marry each other, but her parents refuse to allow her, so she has to clap her hands three times in front of the court, sever ties with her parents, and leave the house. Swear never to see each other again.

"Mrs. Xue, could it be that Mrs. Xue has made up her mind to force Baochai to leave the house?" Sun Mu is used to people in the palace, but after thinking about it for a while, he has already understood Aunt Xue's thoughts. I just want to take away Baochai's dowry and the private property that I have earned through painstaking efforts over the years.This kind of thinking is certainly shameless, but if Aunt Xue firmly insisted on the saying that "the parents are here, there is no selfish wealth", even if she made a fuss to go to see the officials, the court might not necessarily side with Baochai.It's just that Aunt Xue's move is too much to pay for the pearl. Could it be that she doesn't know that her own daughter Baochai is the real master of gold touch, with Baochai here, why worry about not making money in business?

But in Aunt Xue's eyes, the most reliable one is naturally her son Xue Pan who has extra meat in his crotch. The round ones, the flat ones, the gold ones and the silver ones are piled up in the box. Aunt Xue is a widow, and widows feel the most insecure. No matter how Baochai comforts her mother, it’s not as good as she presses the gold and silver ones on the bed every night. Sleep soundly and peacefully in the box below.Therefore, for some silver, Baochai can naturally be abandoned easily.Anyway, the water that was poured out by the married daughter, now that the daughter is determined not to marry into the Zhongshun Palace as a concubine, so that she can support her elder brother when she gets old, she simply takes out all the money in her hands, and everyone dies of old age They don't communicate with each other, but they are clean.

"What's the origin of Feng's family? Since she is so dishonest and depraved, what kind of mother-daughter relationship do I have with her?" Aunt Xue said.

Sun Mu laughed back angrily: "No matter how bad the surname Feng is, when Baochai marries, she is still a lady in the royal family. If a small sedan chair is carried to the palace, if you say something that is not afraid of taboos, I am afraid that you will become a married woman in the future. It’s a grievance. Is Mrs. Xue really disregarding the relationship between mother and daughter and persecuting her to this point?”

During the whole process of the tit-for-tat argument between Sun Mu and Aunt Xue, Baochai just stood aside in a daze.She swayed a little, but fortunately Yinger next to her held her tightly.She stood there, her eyes dim for a while, and then clear for a while.She looked at Aunt Xue, Aunt Xue's mouth opened and closed, she couldn't hear what Aunt Xue was saying, but felt that the eyes that Aunt Xue cast on her from time to time were very strange, it was very different from the image of a loving mother in the past, it seemed to be completely different face.

Baochai remembered that a long time ago, she was also a girl who liked poetry and calligraphy. Because she saw that her brother couldn't cling to her mother's bosom, she didn't care about calligraphy. She only cared about needlework and family planning, so as to share her mother's worries and relieve her labor. , Since then, she has been sacrificing her hobbies and pursuits, always paying attention to everything, and only asking her mother to live a comfortable life.Even at the end of the previous life, Aunt Xue ignored Xia Jingui's behavior of marrying Baochai to Jia Yucun, and Baochai never really annoyed Aunt Xue.At that time, she told herself repeatedly that her mother still loved her, and that she was just an old widow with no ability, what could she do in the face of Xia Jingui who had a deep gap in her chest.However, she didn't know Aunt Xue's true heart until today.It's not that she can't help it, she's just used to sacrificing her daughter in exchange for other things.

Baochai didn't know when she herself left.It took her a long time before she found out that she had been placed in Sun Mu's house. Grandma Liu, Qianxue, and Xiangling all came to see her.She used to give them favors with little effort. At that time, she thought that she was the eldest lady of the Xue family of the imperial merchant, and she had confidence in her heart. Now they all look at her with pity. The poor guy who treats him like nothing and abandons him mercilessly.

"You... all watching what I do." Baochai forced a smile, she didn't know how ugly it was to force her smile.Fortunately, she respected her teacher and bought such a house for Sun Mu in a hurry, otherwise she would have nowhere to go at this time, wouldn't she be laughed at by others.

It was Sun Mu who answered her with a deep sigh.

"Baochai, you've been tired all day, so take a rest." Sun Mu said.

Baochai's nanny, Madam Zhang, sang hypnotic songs softly in Baochai's ear, just like Baochai did when she was very young.Baochai was really tired, so she fell asleep in a daze.Speaking of which, Aunt Xue never liked Baochai. Even when Baochai was young, she paid more attention to Xue Pan. Later, she relied heavily on Baochai. It was just a last resort after her husband died and she lost her backbone. I don’t know. Why is Baochai so determined?

Seeing that Baochai was asleep, Sun Mu sighed softly, winked at Yao Jing, and went out: "Mrs. Xue's family buys a set of pearls and returns them. She doesn't know the real treasure. I'm afraid what she means All the money around Baochai and even the shops and farms outside must be taken back. Baochai gave you and me the deed of this house before, and we have to return it to her after she draws a clear line with her family. This child has a hard life, even if she wants to marry, she must have something in her hands to feel at ease."

"Not necessarily." Yao Jing said, "Why should Aunt Xue take away the money under Baochai's name and even the shops and farms outside?"

Sun Mu Dingding looked at Yao Jing, shook his head and said: "Jing'er, you don't know what's going on. Parents are here, and they don't have selfish wealth, not to mention that Baochai is a young girl who has not left the court. The dowry is also good, the money on hand, jewelry Regardless of whether there are shops and farms outside, if they are placed in a reasonable and decent family, they will naturally belong to her. But when encountering those who are greedy for money and ungrateful for profit, in the name of their parents and brothers, they all want to buy it. It’s justified, and even the government will support it. Although some people will laugh behind their backs that their family covets the girl’s dowry, but look at Mrs. Xue’s description, it’s not a joke.”

Yao Jing smiled and said: "The farms and the gold, silver and jewels under the name of Xue Baochai really belong to her? Sister Sun, have you forgotten that we also have a share?"

Sun Mu didn't understand what he meant, and reprimanded him: "Jing'er, why did you do such a detrimental thing at this time? When did Baochai promise to share with you the property under Baochai's name? Back then, you just partnered with Xiangling and Grandma Liu. It’s just a restaurant, why have you ever been involved in the business of the silk and satin shop?”

Yao Jing said: "Although I said so, if I want to be a villain, who can stop me at this time? Anyway, Aunt Xue doesn't know the details inside, and I have Xiangling, Grandma Liu, Qianxue, Ying’er and others are witnesses—it’s for the good of their girls, so they would refuse? A decent person like you, Sister Sun, wouldn’t understand this method of transferring property.” Said while speaking, on the other hand. Laugh playfully.

What a smart person Sun Mu is, he suddenly realized.In the end, Yao Jing just wanted to rely on the imperial concubine and empress to pretend to be a tiger.She has just cured the imperial concubine and empress. She is very popular and very popular. In front of the real dignitaries such as princes and princesses, she is not enough to look at, but this status is still enough to deter Jiamu, Mrs. Wang and others.Aunt Xue was blinded by lard, she still didn't dare to shout at Yao Jing, could smart people like Mother Jia and Mrs Wang dare?Anyway, snatching the dowry of a girl from the Xue family would not be a glorious thing in the final analysis. People like Mrs. Wang want face the most, and I'm afraid they won't make a fuss about it.At that time, Yao Jing said that these belonged to her, and those belonged to her too. With her face as a new celebrity, she could help Baochai get some.

"Don't tell Baochai about this matter. This child is certainly clever, but after all, the relationship between mother and daughter may not be broken. If you tell her, firstly, it will trap her in injustice and filial piety, and secondly, I am afraid that she will cry out at once. , so that your good intentions are in vain." Sun Mu thought for a while and warned.

Yao Jing shrugged and said with a smile: "Anyway, I'm afraid she doesn't have a good impression of me, so I simply hide it from her and just tell her to think that I am the greedy person. It will also save her from being in a dilemma."

The two of them stopped discussing, but they began to compare the shop and farm.

"The silk and satin village is like a golden hen that can lay eggs. Baochai managed it very smoothly. These shops must be snatched up. Even if they share more money with Xue's family, they are worth it." Sun Mu said, she got what she said. Yao Jing, Qianxue and others unanimously agreed.