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

Yao Jing often said amazing things in front of Sun Mu, some of which were unheard of by Sun Mu, and some of them were things that the world knew and took for granted, but Yao Jing said it like a treasure, and Sun Mu had already seen it.

At this moment, Sun Mu heard Yao Jing say this, and knew that she might be thinking of something, so he didn't ask any more questions, and just smiled lightly: "This is a barefoot person who is not afraid of wearing shoes. It's not good for us to care about Mrs. Xue's identity." It's too embarrassing for her, and she can't compete too much with a servant regardless of her status, and she is afraid that Baochai will find out if it takes too long. The women brought by Grandma Liu didn't have so many worries. She is a country woman who has been fighting for land and properties for a long time. In order to win over the few, she can say any nasty things and do anything. Mrs. Xue deserves to be blamed for this anger. It’s just that it’s better to keep this matter from Baochai.”

Over there, Aunt Xue was shy and angry, and she returned home, feeling very uncomfortable.But she didn't want her family to treat her daughter badly first, so she only blamed Baochai for her heartlessness, thinking to herself: daughters from other families are married well, and they can also subsidize their mother's family and pull brothers. Out of a white-eyed wolf, the former Mrs. Fanwang intends to entrust Baoyu, but this dead girl is obsessed with yin and yang, and she is robbed by Lin Daiyu. The money that the Xue family filled in when the Jia family repaired the garden was not recognized as a dowry, but now most of them In vain.Afterwards, Xue's family gradually couldn't make ends meet, and the dead girl was unwilling to be considerate to offer money to Xue Pan as a dowry, and only believed that it was her father's dowry.I don't even think about it, this time and that time, now it's not the same as before, if Xue Pan can't afford to marry, is it possible that Baochai's face is bright again?She married into her husband's family, who would support her?In the end, she didn't want to marry into Prince Zhongshun's mansion as a concubine, even more so.If it is dangerous, what could be more dangerous than entering the palace?Back then, Baochai could think of serving the Guangyao lintel for the Xue family's princess to be elected, why couldn't she bow down and become a concubine in the Zhongshun Palace?It just doesn't make sense.

Aunt Xue thought about it, and then she thought of Xue Pan again, she just felt that her life was hard, and not having a son or a daughter was a peace of mind.Baochai's girl went cruel, but that's all. Xue Pan was pampered and idle since childhood. She didn't expect him to achieve anything. She only hoped that he would be a man of business, marry a wife and have children, and Aunt Xue would be better off for a few days. On An's birthday, he didn't expect that he followed Jia Zhen and someone who said he wanted to do a big business, ruined his family's wealth, and unfortunately married a tigress-like Xia Jingui as his daughter-in-law. He kept yelling about trivial matters about money every day.Thinking of this, I can't help but sigh.

Aunt Xue was silently weeping and complaining about herself, Xia Jingui had already heard that she went to look for Baochai that day, and brought Baochan, the dowry girl, to hear the news.

Xia Jingui is someone like Sister Feng. She has been able to read and write since she was a child, and she is arrogant and arrogant.When she heard that Aunt Xue went to look for Baochai, she was not angry, but secretly happy.As the saying goes, it’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. For a family like Xue’s, Xue Pan’s foundation has been exhausted. He just wants to make good and eliminate bad, and revive the family’s reputation. I’m afraid he can’t do it. How can Baochai solve the problem? The daughter's family is soft-hearted, so she took her private house and came out to subsidize the Xue family.Considering Miss Xue's means of making a living in business, a few hundred taels of silver are nothing.Therefore, on Xia Jingui's side, he was already planning to use a few hundred taels of silver to make new clothes and jewelry of a new style. After all, he could buy more when the silver was used up. It was the right thing for her daughter to subsidize her mother's family.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Xue returned home empty-handed, she just lowered her head and wept, showing that she had gained nothing, Xia Jingui was so angry that her brows stood on end.She had already subdued the Xue family one by one, even Aunt Xue was her serious mother-in-law, but she didn't pay attention to it, and immediately said sharply: "Your old man has gone out and walked so much, my sister-in-law is not here anymore. She is notoriously filial, I originally thought that she would return with a rewarding experience, but what is happening now, does she even care about the friendship she had when she was born?"

Aunt Xue's face was also a little hot when she heard the words, and she tried to argue: "Speaking of this matter, I was originally the one who made the decision to drive her out of Xue's house. Although she was cruel and disregarded affection, but when you talk about it carefully, you can't help it. It may not be unreasonable." Although Aunt Xue was a little afraid of Xia Jingui, after all, she claimed to be a mother-in-law, and she didn't want to lose her momentum in front of her, so she tried to defend herself.

Xia Jingui chuckled: "Although I said that, there are no parents who are not right. My sister-in-law is too cruel. I found out that she is now doing business with that goddess doctor, Mr. Yao. She has a wealth of wealth. Wouldn't it be an easy task to withdraw several hundred taels of silver from the private room."

When Aunt Xue was at Yao Jing's place, she was directly scolded by those women who didn't know where they came from. She was shy and began to reflect on whether she was really Baochai, who was too strict. When Baochai went out, she knew that Baochai had no money left, so she went to look for Baochai. She didn't mean to ask her for money, but because Xue's house was restless, and she hoped that she could still give advice as before. , just share your worries.But now Aunt Xue heard Xia Jingui's categorical statement that Baochai had made a fortune in partnership with Mr. Yao these days, so she was skeptical, thinking of Yao Jing's family's battle arrangement, she believed [-]% of it at first, and then After asking Xia Jingui for some details, Xia Jingui naturally added more details, and couldn't help being angry, a feeling of being fooled by Yao Jing and Baochai teamed up.

Aunt Xue has always been a person who can't hide things in her heart, so she couldn't help trembling and said at this time: "It's unreasonable! I thought she was not at home, or there was something difficult, so even though she avoided seeing her, I didn't get too close to her." I don't think it's because of this! That's right, this girl has been able to make plans since she was a child, and she is very proficient in business. That Yao Jing has a good friend with the surname Sun, and she is in the same group as the dead girl. At that time, Yao Jing insisted on taking away tens of thousands of taels of silver from our house because she had just treated a noble person in the palace. I think this must be a dead girl colluding with them, otherwise, with the surname Sun and that Yao Jing At the beginning, I just came to Beijing in a shabby place, how can I have the capital to do business?" Thinking of this, he paused, and cursed: "It crawled out of my stomach, but it is so unfilial, and it ganged up with outsiders to plot against me!" Thinking about going again Yao Jing is here, so I would like to explain the truth.

Seeing that Aunt Xue was really angry, Xia Jingui smiled secretly in her heart, but on the face she persuaded her, "You old man, don't do this. It's getting late today, even if you want to go to Yao's house to argue, it shouldn't be at this time. Another thing, surname Yao's family is now in the royal family, and I heard that the palace has specially issued an imperial edict to her, forbidding others to bully her. How can our family have the face to compete with her upstarts? It is in the name of the Wang family and the Jia family. If you start a quarrel, you may not get any benefits. Relatives will know that the quarrel over an unfilial daughter and a little money will bring shame to our family. From the perspective of my daughter-in-law, this matter can only be done out of wisdom, not by force. The daughter-in-law has come up with a foolproof solution, but it's a bit disrespectful to you old man, if you don't care about it, I dare to say it."

After Xia Jingui married into Xue's family, her voice was quite loud. How often had she spoken to Aunt Xue in such a pleasant manner, not to mention that every word and every word was intended for Aunt Xue and Xue's family.Aunt Xue couldn't help but listened in, and quickly asked: "What is the method, please tell me first."

Xia Jingui laughed and said: "Sister Baochai is obsessed with ghosts, and she insists on marrying a surnamed Feng who came out of nowhere. Although you, an old man, can't bear such immoral things, but for the sake of the Xue family's reputation, you have to. Chase her out of the house. On the surface, it's an act of kindness and righteousness, but you are always concerned about your daughter, and you have become ill from depression. Once you fall ill, would someone like Sister Baochai be cruel enough not to visit you? If she doesn't come, it's fine, once the family comes, we will invite her into the inner room alone, but we are not afraid of Yao's tricks from the side."

Although Aunt Xue was ignorant and dull, she could tell that Xia Jingui meant her to pretend to be sick.She was so angry at Yao's house that day, she was inevitably a little afraid to meet Sun Mu Yaojing again, Xia Jingui's idea fit her heart.So the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hit it off so rarely that they became friendly, even Xue Pan was very surprised when he came back that day.He only thought that Xia Jingui had changed his temper once he had an epiphany, and he was unavoidably grateful for the peace of the house, so he flattered Xia Jingui on the bed that night.

The next day, Xia Jingui went to Aunt Xue's room after washing and dressing up, and asked her to pretend to be sick, and sent someone close to her to deliver a letter to Yao's house in a car, saying that Aunt Xue missed her daughter too much, became depressed and ill, and wanted to see her daughter.Unexpectedly, it was an unfortunate day, Sun Mu, Yao Jing, Baochai and others were not at home, only Xiaohong was in charge of the overall situation.When Xiaohong heard that Aunt Xue was suddenly ill, she couldn't help panicking at first, but she is a delicate person who is good at observing words and expressions, and after questioning the messenger for a while, she realized that something was wrong.Now that Xiaohong had doubts, she was even more unwilling to let the messenger fulfill her wish easily. Because Ying'er's family next to Baochai was originally very popular with Xue's family, she first resorted to a tactic of slowing down the army and asked the messenger to come back. Going back first, he only said that he had left a message for Baochai to make a decision when he came back, but he secretly discussed with Yinger and asked Yinger's family to find out the truth.Ying'er's father went out in person and went there for more than an hour. Later, he said that Aunt Xue was very sick. She was fine last night, but suddenly fell ill today. Looks sick.After hearing this, Xiaohong had an idea, and Tong Yinger sneered and said, "This must be a trick that Xia Jingui came up with, planning to lure our girl over there, but I don't know how to use both soft and hard methods to threaten and frame her. I'm afraid the disease is serious. There is something strange. Since I miss my daughter too much, how did I personally come to the door yesterday to tell how unfilial our girl is. According to my opinion, we should still keep this matter from the girl, but it would be better to talk to Master Sun and Mr. Yao." Sun Mu and Yao After listening quietly, they also felt that what Xiaohong said was reasonable. Everyone was wary of Aunt Xue and Xue's family at this time. Change.

But the messenger reported back to Xia Jingui that Baochai was outside and had agreed to come home. Xia Jingui and Aunt Xue waited excitedly for a whole day, but they did not see Baochai.Because Aunt Xue had to lie on the bed and pretend to be sick, she had a sore back and back pain after pretending for a whole day, which was quite hard work.It was still the same on the second day, and I waited for another day in vain.Xia Jingui felt a little irritable in her heart, so she forcibly calmed down.On the third day, when it was still necessary to pretend to be sick, Mrs. Jia's wife sent her mother-in-law to remind her. Only then did Aunt Xue remember that the Wang's family was going to have a big banquet for guests and noble ladies from the capital. She agreed to Mrs. Wang early on. To go with her.Xia Jingui was still unwilling to reconcile, but Aunt Xue was weak in nature, and she was most afraid of Mrs. Wang in her life, so she didn't dare to ignore her, so Xia Jingui had no choice but to give up and made up her mind to find another name to pretend to be sick in the future.So Aunt Xue Fang freshened up, supported the girl Wen Xing, and brought a few attendants with her, and joined Mrs. Wang to the Prince Teng's mansion for a banquet.The informant that Yinger's father stayed in Xue's house had already got the news that Aunt Xue had miraculously recovered without medical treatment, and it passed the news to Ying'er's father as if flying.Sun Mu and the others knew the truth, and while they were thankful, they also sighed unworthily for Baochai and despised Xue's family even more.

A few days later, Xia Jingui asked Aunt Xue that she had no plans to go to the banquet, so she planned to restart her plan.I had just discussed with Aunt Xue, but Xue Pan suddenly said: "Two days will be the Double Ninth Festival. It happens that the Jia family wants to set up an incense table at this time to receive the imperial decree. Brother Zhen originally said that he would invite some good friends to have a drink. If you make such a fuss, I’m afraid you won’t be able to eat it.” Because of Xue Pan’s inadvertent complaint, Aunt Xue remembered that the Double Ninth Festival is approaching, which is one of the few big festivals in a year. Aunt Xue didn't want to let the Double Ninth Festival go by, she was afraid that her relatives and friends would be dissatisfied if they found out.Aunt Xue is a widow who has always relied on her relatives, how dare she act like this?What's more, these people all know that the Double Ninth Festival is planned to be a big day when the palace issued an imperial decree to marry Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. This is the glory of the Jia family and the glory of Mrs. Wang. Pretend to be sick at this time, so as not to collide with the joy, because Mrs. Wang is not happy.

On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, people from the two prefectures of Rongguo Mansion and Jiajia Ningguo Mansion gathered in Rongguo Mansion, nominally to serve Jiamu and celebrate the Double Ninth Festival. A girl picked some lively and festive operas and sang a few times. It was a banquet, and it was just a few dishes that everyone liked to eat. The whole family sat around in one place, but their minds were obviously not on the food and wine.After noon, Mother Jia ordered people to remove the banquet and led the people to wait quietly in front of Rongxi hall.I don't know how much time has passed, suddenly a young servant came running in from outside, panting, and shouted "Here we come", everyone hurriedly set up incense tables, opened the middle door and prepared to kneel down to receive the imperial edict.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for another full hour, Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of Liugongdu, led many small internal eunuchs together.Xia Shouzhong rode his horse until he reached the front of the middle gate, entered proudly, walked into the hall with a smile on his face, stood facing the south, and passed down the palace's decree. People give marriage.Although the news of the marriage was revealed by Empress Yuanchun early on, everyone was still in a state of fear and trepidation before the imperial decree.After receiving the imperial decree, Xia Shouzhong delivered the jewels, jades and other gifts from the palace to the newcomers one by one.Xia Shouzhong is a powerful eunuch in the palace, now he comes to deliver the decree in person, how dare the Jia family neglect it?Jia Zheng personally came forward and invited him to the hall for tea. Xia Shouzhong politely declined, saying that he was busy with business.Jia Zhen followed Jia Zheng, and at this moment she quietly handed over a thank you letter from her sleeve.Xia Shouzhong weighed it in his hand, and saw that it was a full 20 taels. His brows were pale, and he smiled, but he didn't say anything, and quietly put it in his pocket.After saying a few polite words with Jia Zheng, he turned around and left.Over there, Jia Lian and the others have taken care of the little eunuchs brought by Xia Shouzhong.

It is a great honor for the court to bestow a marriage.At this time, Jia's house was full of joy, and Jia Mu's face was full of smiles, and Mrs. Wang felt even more radiant.She usually does not wait to see Lin Daiyu, but now she is more pleasing to see Daiyu with her. She thinks that after Baoyu and Daiyu get married, she will simply correct the attacker and pick a virtuous and prudent servant for Baoyu from outside. Concubine, I want to persuade Baoyu to study and make progress. When I was thinking this way, I saw a group of Yingying and Yanyan surrounded by Baoyu. Surrounded him to congratulate him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thought that the maids around Baoyu had also grown up, as if they had reached the age for marriage, and at this time, taking advantage of Baoyu's big wedding, they sent out all those seductive maids If she is replaced by an honest and prudent servant, it can be regarded as paving the way for Lin Daiyu's wedding. The old lady will be happy when she finds out.

Aunt Xue was also forced by Mrs. Wang to stay in Jia's mansion this day to witness the glorious time of the marriage. At this time, she saw the joyous state of Jia's mansion, and she couldn't help but feel mixed feelings in her heart.If it wasn't for Baochai's dead girl who was obsessed with obsession with others and wanted to marry someone surnamed Feng, the girl from Xue's family should have given the marriage.At the beginning, she thought that Baochai would marry Baoyu, so when she built the Grand View Garden, she filled in part of Baochai's dowry. If she had known that this is the case today, she should not have been impulsive at the beginning. If the dowry was still there, the Xue family would not As for the external strength and the middle work, this is the end.It's just that despite such thoughts, Aunt Xue didn't have the guts to ask the Jia family for the dowry filled in. Firstly, she was afraid of losing face, and secondly, with Wang Xifeng's sharp teeth, how could Aunt Xue be an opponent?

Wang Xifeng had a smile on his face at this moment, but he was thinking of another thing in his heart.It is a happy event to grant marriage by imperial decree, and one or two of the little eunuchs who came here received wedding money.This money was originally prepared, but just now Jia Lian suddenly sent a servant to ask her for money, saying that there were too many internal prisons, and the broken money originally prepared was not enough to reward people, so she asked her to put some money on it temporarily.Wang Xifeng is so obedient, so naturally she wouldn't make trouble on such a big occasion, so she didn't dare to find a reason to shirk, and hurriedly ordered Ping'er to get it, but she couldn't help complaining to Ping'er behind her back: "These gentlemen in the palace are getting worse and worse. Served. Look at the head eunuch Xia, we gave you 20 taels of tea money, and he weighed it in his hand, looking not very satisfied, I'm afraid the wedding day is not sure how it will end."