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Baochai was startled, and hurriedly said, "What do you mean? How can such a thing about human life be spread like this?"

She knew that the "second grandma" that Qianxue was talking about was naturally Jia Lian's wife and her cousin Wang Xifeng. There is a cousin who works outside the second door, and I heard it from the servant next to Uncle Rong in the East Mansion."

Baochai shook her head and said, "I'm getting more and more confused. I don't know who spread the rumors. I think there must be a reason for coming here."

Qianxue said quietly: "I heard that Uncle Qiang said it himself." Then she told Baochai everything she heard.

It turned out that Jia Rui's parents died early, and he was brought up by his grandfather Jia Dairu. The people in Rongning and Ningfu also looked at Jia Dairu's face and were very polite to him.Who would have thought that he was too light-boned, so he fell in love with Wang Xifeng, so he thought that she was chatting and laughing with his uncles, and thought she was such a flirtatious person, and deliberately teased her.

It's fine if he falls in love with someone else, but he either sternly refuses, or swears, and returns to the elders of the Ming clan to comment. Although Jia Rui loses face and reputation, once he dies, his heart will gradually turn around.But Wang Xifeng was a formidable person, he talked sweetly on the surface, and secretly called Jia Rong and Jia Qiang to teach him a lesson, so Jia Rui had never experienced such things, and he loved and hated him, unable to extricate himself, and fell into symptoms.Jia Rong and Jia Qiang, who were born on the other hand, were both masters who had plucked the wild goose's hair. They took advantage of this to extort a lot of money from Jia Rui, which made things worse.

Jia Rui was seriously ill and had to eat ginseng soup to hang himself. When Jia Dairu begged to go to Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng still didn't give up. I swallowed my anger and went away with sorrow and tears.

Originally, these things were kept secret, and no one knew the reason.Unexpectedly, Jia Qiang was a conscientious person. When the news of Jia Rui's death came, he felt a little uneasy, and privately said to Jia Rong, "It's all Aunt Feng's fault that caused him to be like this, and even we are all blamed."

Although Jia Rong was used to seeing the world, she felt uncomfortable, so she comforted Jia Qiang and said, "What are we afraid of? We are all following Aunt Feng's order. She is so powerful, how dare we disobey her? Even if there is a sin, However, if the money he owed us is cancelled, it will be fine." Jia Qiang heard this, and then she felt at ease, and gave a special gift when she expressed her condolences.

As the saying goes, walls have ears, and Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were like this, so naturally they couldn't hide it from the servants around him.The young man only listened to a few words, but when he turned around, he made up a big story, added fuel and jealousy, and told a lot of gossip, secretly telling others to listen.This kind of rumour, by the time it reaches Qianxue's ears, it will be completely changed.Regarding the ginseng matter, because Jia Dairu kept his mouth shut, no one knew about it, which added a bit of love, not to mention that Jia Rui was obsessed and died, but it seemed that Wang Xifeng set up a trick and finally abandoned it.

Baochai knew that Wang Xifeng liked to be lively, so she flirted with her uncle, nephew and others, but Jia Lian was the only one in her heart, and she was a decent person. After hearing what Qianxue said, she guessed that there must be many inaccuracies in it, laughing Said: "It can be seen that the people below should also take care of it. Such slander and rumors are not the solution. It's just that this matter has nothing to do with us. Anyway, let's just listen to it and stop spreading it." But he was thinking silently in his heart No wonder Sister Feng's expression is so pretentious when ginseng is mentioned in the day, I'm afraid this rumor is somewhat true.It's just that the relationship between Baochai and Sister Feng is very delicate. Sister Feng is always on guard against conflicts.

The next day was the day of Jia Rui's funeral, Jia Dairu personally supported the coffin, and wanted to send his grandson back to his hometown in Jinling for burial. Everyone in Jia's residence and his schoolmates went to see him off, Jia Baoyu and Xue Pan both went.It's just that this matter has nothing to do with the female relatives, so Baochai still went to Jia's mansion to find the sisters to talk to.First go out to the backyard of Mrs. Wang, watch Yingchun and Xichun play a round of chess, discuss a few Buddhist scriptures with Xichun casually, go to Li Wan's room and talk to her about needlework for a while, and then go to Jiamu's side to say hello .Seeing Jin Chuan'er, Caixia Ping'er and others standing outside on the porch waiting, they all stood together, knowing that Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng were here, so they walked around the main room because they were afraid they were discussing important matters. , until Lin Daiyu's room, seeing Lin Daiyu was reading a book with her head down, and asked with a smile: "What is my sister doing?"

Lin Daiyu raised her head when she heard the words, Baochai walked over slowly, and saw Daiyu holding a copy of "Li Yishan's Poetry Collection" at a glance, and said unconsciously: "So my sister actually likes Li Yishan? I like Yuxi students the most." Poor Midnight Xuqian Xi, don't ask the common people, ask the ghosts and gods', it can be seen that the ancients said that 'there is no one word about the country', how absurd."

But Lin Daiyu put down the book slowly, shook her head and said: "Where, I just feel that the meaning of the text is obscure, and I just read it once in a while. Just don't ask the common people, ask the ghosts and gods, it is indeed an epigram."

Baochai was stunned, but then realized that people in the world praised Li Du, Wang Wei, Tao Yuanming and others, and thought they were right. Just as I was about to say something more, I suddenly fell into a trance again. I don't know what happened, but I heard a voice saying: "I don't like Li Yishan's poems the most. I only like his line 'Leave the residual lotus to listen to the sound of rain'. You guys There are no more residual lotus left." I couldn't help being surprised and uncertain.

Baochai was in a daze for a long time before slowly waking up. Seeing Lin Daiyu standing in front of her, looking at her with a smile, she said, "Look at you, you haven't woken up yet. Tell me whether you're going or not. .”

When Baochai hurriedly asked, she knew that Lin Daiyu was asking about a banquet at her uncle Wang Ziteng's house in a few days.Although my uncle, Wang Ziteng, was promoted to the control of the nine provinces, he was ordered to leave the capital to investigate and did not return, but Wang Ziteng's wife and Jia's Xue family often walked around, and there was a daughter from the first line named Yinghua, and Chai Dai and others. About the same age, she is also an outstanding figure in the circle of noble girls in the capital, and she occasionally socializes with the young lady of the duke and earl's family. This day it is her turn to be the host and attend the banquet, so she made a special post and invited Jia Sanchun And Xue Linshi and other girls go together.

Baochai replied, "I have to go. If you are willing to go, why don't we ride in the same car, so we can take care of you." She knew that Daiyu was weak, good and bad, and always happy. Quiet does not like to move, not good at socializing and entertaining, so I am very cautious when speaking.

Daiyu nodded and said, "It's so good." After thinking about it for a while, she asked, "Is Auntie still angry?"

Baochai couldn't help but smiled wryly and shook her head. Seeing Daiyu's sympathetic eyes, she said again: "It takes a long time to see people's hearts. It's nothing, it will get better gradually."

Daiyu sighed: "It can be seen that every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite." She put aside the poetry collection she had been reading, and went out to play with Baochai.But seeing crabapple blossoms, cloves spit out stamens, the breeze is blowing on the face, and the fragrance is pleasant.Daiyu sighed again: "Before I knew it, spring has passed."

Baochai knew that she was sad again, and was about to use words to relieve it. Suddenly, under the willow tree in front of her, she saw Sister Feng with her arms akimbo talking to Heping'er, with an angry expression on her face.

That Sister Feng was arguing with Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang about Jia Rui.But it turned out that Jia Dairu was disheartened, and before sending his grandson's coffin away from Beijing, he had explained to his clan that he would return to his hometown for the elderly and that he would no longer be a school teacher.Although Jia Dairu didn't say anything about ginseng, everyone has already deduced some clues from the words leaked by the people of Ning Rong's second mansion. No one teaches.

The rumors spread to Sister Feng's ears. Although Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang and others didn't know about it, Sister Feng couldn't sit still, and she was busy crying and went back and forth to Jia Mu to defend herself. , I don't know why people in the clan spread it like this.Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang knew people's nature, and when they saw what Sister Feng said, they believed it and comforted her in turn.Jia Zhen and the others were concerned about Jia Lian's face and affection, not to mention that Sister Feng's uncle, Wang Ziteng, was very popular with the emperor. If there was no evidence, who would turn against Sister Feng for a small school teacher, and they would strictly control the servants and suppress him. After going on, he refused to even mention it. Instead, he persuaded Jia Dairu several times and promised to pay him heavily, hoping that he would still preach and teach after burying his grandson.Jia Dairu was just reluctant, and agreed to help his grandson's coffin back to the south, and he would come back when everything was settled.

But when Baochai saw Wang Xifeng's angry face and talking peacefully, he guessed in his heart that Jia Rui's matter must have happened, but he didn't go to investigate.Just as I felt my neck was sore, there were chaotic footsteps outside, but it was Aunt Xue who hurried into the room.

Baochai was amazed, then inexplicably surprised, thinking to herself that since the incident with Xiangling, Aunt Xue has never paid any attention to her, and she has no good looks, let alone come to her room on her own initiative.Now that she is willing to come, could it be that Aunt Xue thought about the love between mother and daughter and stopped annoying her?

Baochai hurriedly put down her needlework and went up to meet her. When she opened her mouth to speak, Aunt Xue spoke first.

I saw Aunt Xue's expression was flustered, she didn't have the demeanor of being a housewife in the past at all, and she was crying when she spoke, "Bao'er, good girl, what should I do? Your brother has gotten into trouble again!"