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

Baochai nodded and said with a smile: "You are right. But you forgot one thing. The people who gather to make trouble are all refugees who have no way of life. In our daughter's valley, we take in all the people who can't bear it. A family with a weak daughter who can't be picked up. Does the court really think that we girls' families can rebel behind closed doors? Mr. Yao has already asked for an imperial decree, allowing her to set up a family and open a family as a daughter. Others They are all counted as relying on her, and it is justifiable to say it."

Seeing Baochai's understatement, Miaoyu couldn't help snorting, secretly thinking that she was indeed a businessman, and she bragged about things like hype. If it is really so easy for a girl to settle down, why did Miaoyu herself use a golden cicada to get out of her shell? Under the pretext that Hui Niang is dead, and her real body is far away from Buddhism?It's just that Baochai has always been eloquent. Even though Miaoyu knew there were many dangers in it, she couldn't help being moved.After pondering for a while, he went to visit the back hall in person again, and when he came out again, the lady who was accompanying him took out a package from the back, and when he opened it to look, there were several bank notes neatly stacked inside, big and small. Several ingots of gold and silver ingots.When Baochai was waiting to see it, Miaoyu ordered the maid to bring out two teacups, and showed Baochai the authentic works on the teacups, which were obviously antiques of great origin and had been played and appreciated by celebrities in previous dynasties.

Miaoyu was originally impatient with vulgar things, after all this tossing, the brows of her brows showed extreme weariness, and she explained to Baochai: "There is no more. The Buddha Dharma has a cloud, and it can save all sentient beings. What you said is so beautiful, I like it." I have to adapt to the occasion, piece together things, and find out so many things. There is no need to say whether the capital of the partnership is not capital. It’s just their little money for making clothes. If you really use this money to make a lot of profits, it’s their good fortune. If you lose money, it’s only because they were born unlucky and can’t wear good clothes.”

Baochai hurriedly agreed, and heard Miaoyu pointing to the two teacups and said: "Since I converted to Buddhism, I have been pure-minded and devoting myself to studying Zen. I have no hobbies, but tea ceremony. When I was at home, someone After inquiring about this, Baba collected some rare tea sets and exchanged them for embroidery. When I went to Beijing, I couldn't bear to give them up, so I took them with me all the way. I thought that there would always be a time when I would see the sun again. Isn't tea and playing the piano a beautiful thing in life? In the Grand View Garden, the only people who caught my eye were you and Miss Lin. Unexpectedly, the two of you will get married early. This tea cup is my dowry for you. In the future, you can bring it to the Feng family, or send it to a pawn shop for a few taels of silver, and when the business turns around, you will have more money."

Baochai responded repeatedly, and Ying'er and Xiaohong packed up their things, and when they were going to count things in front of Miaoyu according to the rules of the business field, Miaoyu couldn't bear this, she got up early and tired, and said that she had gone back to her room to practice meditation.Baochai also knew that she was pure by nature and could not mention money, so she took the silver, tea cups and other things without mentioning it.

When I got home and checked carefully, I realized that the pieces of gold and silver were added together, and at least it was equivalent to five or six hundred taels of silver. A few silver bills were three hundred or five hundred, and the sum was two or three thousand taels. two.Yao Jing was overjoyed when she saw it and said, "This post was posted in a timely manner. It's finally not in vain."

But Ying'er couldn't help feeling wronged for Baochai and said, "When did my girl ever do such a thing? You didn't see Miaoyu's face! It's as if you think we are playing the autumn wind! How dare you beat our girl three times in a row chess!"

Sun Mu looked at his words and asked Baochai, "You have never been weak in chess, and you rarely meet opponents. Even if you miss occasionally, you won't lose three games in a row. I think it's because you don't care about it, or that Master Miaoyu has no other intentions, and you are actually one A hidden national player? Or, is it your intention to let it go?"

Baochai replied: "There are both. It's not an intentional tolerance. It's just that in this chess game, you care about grasping the overall situation. There must always be coming and going. The difference is only a slight difference, so this scene is beautiful."

Sun Mu sighed and said, "I have wronged you."

Baochai shook her head and said, "It's the same in general in the business world. It's nothing wrong."

Seeing that Baochai's expression was quite different from before, Sun Mu seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked, "Why should I hide it from my master. If there is something unpleasant, just say it. It will make you feel better if you say it."

Baochai shook her head and didn't answer, until Xiaohong, Ying'er and the others retreated knowingly, and only grandson Mu Yaojing was in the room, Fang said slowly: "I went to Rongguo Mansion this time, and I found out two things. The family of the elders of the Jia family had a quarrel with the people in the second room. On the surface, it was said that they had taken a fancy to the maid Yuanyang in the old lady's room, but in fact they were greedy for the family property of the Jia family. It's like scolding something."

Sun Mu knew that Baochai had always been a safe person and never said right or wrong, so he deliberately mentioned it at this time, there must be a reason, and after questioning, he found out that Baochai met Tanchun when he went to the Grand View Garden.

Because Jia She wanted to beg for mandarin ducks, Jia's mother scolded her a lot, and even Jia She's wife, Xing Shi, was in the back house. She couldn't hold her head up. After the miscarriage, dripping profusely, she recuperated due to illness.Mrs. Wang took care of the Rongguo Mansion by herself, and was exhausted physically and mentally. She specially appointed Li Wan and Tanchun to help manage the Grand View Garden.Appoint Li Wan because she is Jia Zhu's wife, and she has the status; appoint Tanchun, because she knows that Tanchun has bright eyes and a clear heart, and her subtleties are no less than that of Sister Feng, which can just complement Li Wan's kindness and soft heart.

Therefore, Baochai took Miaoyu's post to enter the Grand View Garden that day, and Tanchun knew it from the very beginning.She was thinking about the happy marriage between Baochai and Mrs. Wang, and she felt a little sick. She figured that these two people would not want to meet each other, so she ordered the mother-in-law not to go back to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, but to be the usual ones. The guests who came to participate in the Dharma with Miaoyu and ask about Buddhist affairs dealt with it normally, saying that it was a common thing, and there was no need to disturb the old lady or the wife, and just asked the old woman to bring Baochai in, but he himself calculated the time and arrived at Baochai. Chai waited on the way out.

Tanchun has always been a meticulous person, but he knows that his experience as a manager is still inexperienced, and he is not stable enough.She has always been convinced that Baochai is meticulous and considerate, so this day she took the opportunity to mention some trivial matters in housekeeping.But Baochai took care of his heart, and the housework was just mentioned in passing. The main point of Tanchun was to worry about getting older and the marriage was not settled. But it never occurred to him that Tanchun was almost in his prime, so he should go out to socialize more, and find a few well-matched and well-known sons and sisters to see each other.

Although Tanchun didn't say it directly, his melancholy was palpable.She knew that she was the daughter of a concubine, and that her own mother, Aunt Zhao, was a thorn in Mrs. Wang's eyes and a thorn in her flesh, so she had always tried her best to draw a line with Aunt Zhao, and flattered Mrs. Wang carefully. , can be merciful and find her a reliable son-in-law.However, this plan now seems to be in vain.When Mrs. Wang mentioned Tanchun, she only said that the third girl was good. Although she came from a concubine, she was better than the one from the concubines. She would definitely get a noble son-in-law in the future. mean.

Seeing that Shi Xiangyun, who is about the same age as her, has settled down to Wei Ruolan, and the younger Xue Baoqin has a family, but there is still no news of the Sanchun sisters in the Grand View Garden.Tanchun finally lost his temper.She is well aware of her situation.Although the three spring sisters often eat and live together, Yingchun belongs to the family of the elder Jia She, and Xichun is the younger sister of Jia Zhen in Ningguo Mansion. Madame is stuck.Concubine daughters are much more difficult to marry than concubine daughters. If you don't act first, those who have a good family style and don't put on airs will be snatched away. How could she put her eyes on a concubine who is not in line with her aunt?

Therefore, after thinking about it, Tan Chun had some strange thoughts in his heart. He turned his heart and said to himself: Rather than being picked on by that worthless prince and grandson and dismissed in every possible way, it is better to find a really good family. With her ability, even if she becomes the concubine of a rich and noble family, it will be fine.She remembered Aunt Xue's obsessive experience of sending Baochai to Prince Zhongshun's mansion as a concubine, and suddenly felt that if Prince Zhongshun was not too old, the abusive No. [-] would be too unpleasant and cruel. It's not about death or disability, but it's still a good home for a concubine.Thinking about it like this, she suddenly remembered that Baochai had said to her that Prince Beijing loves poetry and prose very much, even the concubine he married before was good at it, so she moved her mind and wanted to find a way out for herself.It's just that although she had such a vague thought in her heart, it was just a reserved way out of desperation. When she saw Baochai, she couldn't say it clearly, but she repeatedly asked her about who she was with the King of Beijing that day. The scene of reciting poems against each other.

Baochai is a smart girl, although she had a lot of things on her mind, she didn't think about it for a while, but when she came back, she felt a little bit of it.She watched Tanchun's situation coldly, and knew that although Tanchun's mother-in-law, Aunt Zhao, was quite attractive and loved by Jia Zheng, she was actually a character who could not be put on the stage. In order to marry well in the future, Chun has no choice but to draw a clear line with her, and Tanchun's younger brother, Jia Huan, is such a wretched person. He instigated Caiyun Caixia, who was blind and secretly dating him, to steal things from Mrs. Wang's room. Strictly speaking, people couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing.Baochai herself was in the situation of Xue's family, so she had a clear understanding of Tanchun's embarrassing dilemma and felt pity for it. King Beijing did not mention the intention of being a concubine, but explained Tanchun's situation carefully with Sun Mu and Yao Jing, and finally asked: "I saw her situation in Jia's house, and I am afraid that her future marriage will be difficult. It is impossible to be high or low. Unless she marries far away, Fang Buyi will not give in to her talent and ambition, but she will fail the Jia family's upbringing. So when I have nothing to do, I worry about her. I don't know Master Any ideas?"

Yao Jing had heard of the ending of Tanchun's "Three Thousands of Winds and Rains, Leaving the Flesh and Flesh Home". After listening to Baochai's words, she nodded again and again, turned her head and looked at Sun Mu expectantly, Sun Mu Seeing this, he laughed: "What are you doing looking at me so eagerly? Could it be that I am a matchmaker who spits lotus flowers? She and that bumpkin surnamed Feng will settle down together. Could it be that instead of taking care of her own people, she went to take care of others first?" Then he sighed to Baochai, "Listening to what you said, it's hard to think about her marriage carefully. Tight. A family like the Jia family likes to be close to each other, or to find a good family with a future and make a bet, in order to support each other and connect with each other. But now I count the Jia family. Best friend, after counting and counting, there is no suitable concubine to match her. If it is a concubine, it is natural to find fault with her status, Qi Dafei, but her life will be difficult in the future. According to you, since the third girl has such a character, it is not good to wrong her. I am afraid that the second wife of Jia's house may not have the mind to take care of her affairs. If she is so delayed, she will be old and can only give her a hand. She is supposed to fill in the house, although she is not afraid of being unable to handle it with her ability, but she is just wronged in the end."

The three of them sighed like this for a while, and then Sun Mu asked Baochai about the second thing.Baochai hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Although Miaoyu has always looked at me differently, we have always been friends of gentlemen, and it is rare for me to come to the door after posting a message. Therefore, this time I intend to ask me to go, Someone else."

Seeing her expression, Sun Mu thought for a while, and said in surprise: "You mean the person who asked you to go is Miss Lin? You just borrowed the post from Master Miaoyu to deceive others? In this way, you must be in that Qiancui Did An see her? Now that you two are about to get married, what did she say to you? Did you agree?"

No wonder Sun Mu was so anxious.She has been watching for so long, and she knows a lot about Baochai and Daiyu's thoughts, and she knows what they are worried about.However, these concerns are quite reasonable, even Sun Mu can only helplessly feel that this is the reason, and he must not follow the reckless behavior of himself and Yao Jing, so he quite supports Baochai's choice.Now she heard from Baochai that the two had actually met through Miaoyu in Changcui'an, and she was afraid that the two of them would plan something shocking and shocking in a moment of enthusiasm, which would shame the family and regret it sooner or later.

Baochai shook her head slowly, her face unconcealed: "I haven't seen her before. I just speculated from the scene at that time. I invited Miaoyu to join the team, but Miaoyu refused at first. She shook her head and said that we took it for granted. But later when she entered the inner room, she changed her mind and brought some gold and silver things out. Miaoyu's daily food supplies were all sent by Jia's mansion, and the sesame oil money from Changcui Temple was sold to her. It is also calculated separately. She usually dresses up as a family member, and she doesn't put on makeup much. When she needs to spend money privately, it is rare. As for carrying so many silver notes, those ingots of gold and silver probably belonged to Miaoyu, and those few silver notes probably belonged to her."

Sun Mu and Yao Jing didn't see the scene at that time, and they were skeptical of Baochai's speculation, but they couldn't refute it directly, so Yao Jing asked: "Since Sister Lin painstakingly borrowed Miaoyu to invite you, why did she hide in the back room and refuse?" Seeing you? Didn't even call you face to face, but gave you a bank ticket for self-defense, without leaving a word, what's the reason for that?"

Baochai said: "I have already said what should be said. I understand, and she understands too. Her parents love her so much, and she also knows that she can't do such shocking things as resisting marriage or fleeing privately, causing her parents to be in love with her." There is no peace under the Nine Springs. If this is the case, what is the difference between seeing and not seeing? I just didn't expect that she would support us so much. This silver ticket must be used by the old lady for her self-defense and peace of mind, but now she has taken it all come out."

Sun Mu and Yao Jing looked at each other and sighed: "I heard that there is a good understanding in the past, I just met today. You have not seen her, but you can figure out her thoughts and intentions so thoroughly, she finally did not know her in vain. You play!"

Baochai said: "This money is temporarily recorded in Miaoyu's account. If I ask in the future, I still have to pay her the dividends. Brother Bao is a person who is good at pleasure and doesn't know how to live. Besides, I look at it coldly." Now, among the younger generation of the Jia family, there are not many people who can be the leaders. At this time, one or two of them think of themselves as noble and don't like to deal with money. They don't know what will happen in the future."

Yao Jing hurriedly smiled and said, "Naturally. Don't worry, it's not what you said, and we will definitely not wrong Sister Lin."

But she said that Baochai's expectation was exactly what she had expected. It was indeed Daiyu who borrowed Miaoyu's post and invited her to the Grand View Garden.Originally thought that Baochai had too many trivial matters, so she might not take this post seriously, but just in case, she didn't expect Baochai to come so fast, which made Daiyu unexpected.When Miaoyu sent her trusted sister-in-law to inform her quietly, Daiyu didn't know what to do. She described it as "more timid near the hometown", thought for a long time, and finally said that she would hide in the back room. Just listening to Baochai's voice is also good.

Miaoyu didn't understand what it meant, but she was a withdrawn person, so she didn't ask questions, and she really let Baochai go to a small Zen room where she usually lived, and Daiyu hid in the back room, and she took it easy. Baochai played three games of chess.As a result, after Baochai left, Daiyu came out, just staring at the chessboard in a daze.The chessboard has not been cleared away, and what is placed on it is the appearance of the last round of officials.Miaoyu asked curiously, but Daiyu couldn't help shedding tears, and sighed: "Sister Bao has to think about everything. No matter how exquisite she is, she is still a body of flesh and blood. If things go on like this, how can she support her?" Hearing that there was an allusion in this remark, Yu asked with a smile, "You hid in the back room, and you never saw me talking with each other, so you knew she must have let me?" , it is inevitable that the youngest daughter has a family heart, and at this time she can't help showing some competitive thoughts.

Daiyu shook her head and said, "You often play chess with your second and fourth younger sisters. As far as your skill in this game is concerned, you are naturally brilliant. It's just that Sister Bao has always been amazing in calculations, and she is the best at officials. The difference between you is only in numbers. Whether she deliberately tolerated it, or tried her best to defeat it in the end, this game can be seen to be very thoughtful."

Miaoyu interpreted her words, and she knew that Daiyu must think that she is not as good as Baochai.It should be known that Miaoyu has always been an eccentric person, and not many people in the Grand View Garden get close to her. She saw that Baochai and Daiyu were outstanding, and regarded them as different from others, but because of her withdrawn character, even Daiyu Be extra careful when speaking in front of her, lest you be careless and be ridiculed by her.It was the first time that Miaoyu was not as good at chess as Baochai, so Miaoyu was surprised and said with a smile: "Sure enough, in your heart, Sister Bao is good in everything. In the future If you have time, you must find an opportunity to ask for advice. It's just that you trust her too much. Those banknotes add up to at least a thousand taels of silver. You just gave her away in my name? She The story about Daughter Valley sounds wonderful, and it has a bit of the charm of "Li Yun Da Tong", but will it really work?"

Daiyu smiled and said: "Sister Bao is the safest one. Since she has this wish, I have to help her. It depends on man's effort, so what can happen or not happen."

Seeing how stubborn she was, Miaoyu could only shake her head and sigh, and finally asked her softly: "You and her... really that's the end of it? I heard that the man surnamed Feng she liked was just a small official family in the countryside of Jinling. It's not easy to live in the capital, I'm afraid that Feng will go back to Jinling sooner or later, so you will be separated from each other from now on?" Because Miaoyu has a withdrawn personality, she rarely interacts with others and spends more time alone, so she is easy to accept these things. Absurd, outrageous things.A few days ago when Daiyu came to see her suddenly, Miaoyu was taken aback when she told her all about her thoughts, but after thinking about it all night, she was relieved, and instead devoted herself to helping Daiyu see Baochai.

When Daiyu heard Miaoyu's question, she felt heartbroken. She wanted to shed tears but felt that she had exhausted her strength and couldn't shed any tears. She just smiled and shook her head and said, "When I didn't see you before, I felt like there were thousands of words. I can't finish talking. When I really meet, I feel that there is no need to say anything. Sister Bao has a very strong idea. It is useless to say what she has decided, not to mention that she is also for my own good. Thoughts. She once promised me that she would stay in the capital in the future. Even if she changed her mind in the future, I would not blame her if she had some undisclosed difficulties. Since that is the case, why worry so much now? "

When Miaoyu heard what Daiyu said, she sighed a bit, and that's all.Daiyu turned around and asked Miaoyu in a low voice: "I even told you such confidential things. You mustn't laugh at me. You...you became a monk at a young age, but what is your last resort? It is rumored that you I want to marry someone, so I ran into Buddhism in a rage, I know those people like to chew their tongues, they must be fake. But have you ever cared about someone in your heart?"

Miaoyu couldn't prevent Daiyu from asking such a question suddenly, she couldn't help being in a trance for a while, with a look of disappointment on her face.When she was in Suzhou City, her reputation spread far and wide. Because there was an endless stream of people asking for embroidery, she took the trouble, so she escaped to live in a monastery under the pretext of practicing Zen.As a result, some sons and brothers who didn't know her details came to the temple to offer incense by chance, saw her beauty, and flirted with her.At that time, a young man in white clothes stood up and stood in front of her. He was also fascinated for a while, and his heart was cocoa, and he wanted to promise him with his body. The shadow in white was so vague that he couldn't even see his face clearly. Now that he was reminded by Daiyu, he remembered it again. It was as vague as an unreachable dream.

"It's all over, why bother to mention it again? I am a monk now, and I should be empty of all things, why bother to dwell on the past?" Miaoyu smiled, and ordered her mother-in-law to hold the snow from the plum tree that was picked in the past in the urn. Later, I personally lit a fire to boil water, cooked tea with Daiyu, and slowly talked about gossips in the boudoir, and left Daiyu to live in Changcui nunnery that night.

As the Double Ninth Festival was approaching, Daiyu's imperial decree referring to marriage was like a sharp sword hanging above her head. When she was restless and hesitant, she was happy to be clean in Changcui nunnery.Miaoyu is a noble and pure woman. When she has nothing to do, she likes to take care of flowers and trees the most. Therefore, the flowers and trees in the Quicui Nunnery are growing very well. It is the golden autumn season. It is a quiet and pleasant scenery.Daiyu chatted with Miaoyu at night holding candles, the scent of cinnamon, chrysanthemum and sandalwood mingled in her nose, and gradually the impetuousness in her heart disappeared, leaving only a piece of clarity.