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Everyone persuaded a few more words, but it was "Your family should look forward to having a younger brother", "It's too late for you to be happy when you have a younger brother", "You won't be bullied when you have a younger brother" and so on. Talked like a wheel for half a day.

Seeing that Liu Yiyi had gradually stopped crying, Baochai ordered someone to take the little girl to find her grandmother.Several people in the room unexpectedly encountered such a strange thing, you all looked at me, I looked at you, and were surprised for a while.

Qianxue laughed first and said, "We guys are actually comparing ourselves with a five or six-year-old child!"

Baochai shook her head and said, "She is not an ordinary child. It's a pity that she grew up crookedly and went the wrong way. Otherwise, with her intelligence alone, she might even have a name in the "Book of Filial Piety for Women."

Nanny Zhang also laughed and said, "I've never seen someone so clever. The girl was famous for her cleverness when she was a child. According to my opinion, she is not as good as her. What's rare is that she speaks clearly and clearly. It's a pity that she speaks clearly and clearly." It’s unreasonable, and it’s a pity.”

Ying'er said: "Her name is also weird, she doesn't sound like a serious girl."

Baochai hurriedly laughed and said, "How would you know that this name has an allusion. It comes from the "Book of Songs" 'I am gone in the past, Yangliu Yiyi'. It also took a lot of ingenuity. It's a pity."

The few sighed again, and Baochai chatted about several talented women with names and surnames in the world: "Except for Xie Daoyun, Li Qingzhao, and Zhu Shuzhen, the rest are probably not good families. Su Xiaoxiao, Yu Youwei, Xue Tao, etc. They are all for those literati and inkmen to relieve their boredom. They are said to be talented women, but if they are outside, it is difficult to mention the names of these people easily, otherwise they will lose their status as boudoir daughters. It can be seen that the so-called literary talents have a false reputation. People like us are useless after all. If you really love poetry and prose, you can just ponder and read them in private, or criticize each other between good sisters, it is just "appreciating strange essays together, and analyzing doubts and doubts". There is a limit here, if it is accidentally spread to the outside world, it will lose its stability. Naturally, if the royal order like Princess Beijing is given by the imperial pen today, even if it is unreasonable, others will try their best to replace her Make up a reason, you must be decent everywhere, and no one dares to gossip."

Nanny Zhang nodded and said: "That's not the reason. A few days ago, when the uncle was discussing marriage, when talking about Miss Fu's family, the wife said she was too frivolous. Who would fight for a talented girl outside the serious boudoir daughter?" I don’t want anyone to underestimate her. I’ve read her poems that were copied by others, but they’re just so-so. When it comes to literary talent, I think our girl and the old lady’s Sister Lin, the three girls in the wife's room, which one is not a hundred times stronger than her? Who else is as flamboyant as her, wishing everyone in Beijing knew about it?"

Baochai hurriedly said: "It's not her fault. I can guess one or two of her family's meaning. It's all her brother's idea." Speaking of this, for some reason, there was another burst of sadness and confusion. meaning.

In the next few months, Baochai saw Xiangling twice again, and was very pleased to see that Xiangling was willing to put aside poetry and poetry, and concentrate on learning about cooking from female workers.Another new cotton cloth shop was opened, because Baochai opened this cotton cloth shop just for fun and cherished Hu Sanniang in "Water Margin" very much, so he specially named it "Yizhang Green Cloth Shop".At that time, Yizhangqing also referred to a kind of slender hairpin with ears piercing. People in the world did not understand the meaning of Baochai, but thought the name of the store was unique and easy to remember.Unintentionally, it coincided with the principle of doing business, and attracted many people to see what happened, and the business was really booming.

Before I knew it, it was August, the time for chrysanthemums to bloom and to drink chrysanthemum wine. Mrs. Wang Ziteng posted a post to invite everyone to enjoy the flowers.Baochai and Daiyu went with Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and sisters Sanchun because they didn't go last time.

Only after I went there did I realize that this banquet only invited relatives of the Wang family and acquaintances from two or three families. The ladies only came to Chen Huaqing, the daughter of the Duke of Qi and the Chen family, Hou Suxue and Hou Su'e, the daughters of the Duke of Xiu's family, Uncle Jinxiang. Miss Han Baoshu and others from the Han family.There is also Fu Qiufang, a lady from the Fu family, who was not a relative of the Wang family or a family friend. She got a post from somewhere, but she was mixed in with her sister-in-law, which was very eye-catching.

This day is not as grand as any poetry meeting. The noble ladies ordered people to still drink tea and listen to the opera in the garden theater. On the other hand, Wang Yinghua asked the girls to play in the garden, but she just talked about things that are considerate among girls her age.In this way, the intimacy was obvious, Wang Yinghua and Chen Huaqing were the most congenial, and a few people mingled together and whispered their ears. At first, Wang Yinghua greeted the ladies, but then they gradually separated. Baochai was only with Daiyu and the Sanchun sisters. , and the maidservant of the Wang family is serving and leading the way ahead.However, Fu Qiufang was left alone, so she had to stand in the high pavilion and look around, accompanied by a maid she brought along.

Yingchun was originally soft-hearted, but when she saw it from afar, she couldn't help sighing: "Then Fu's sister is also to be pitiful. It was embarrassing at the moment."

Tanchun had also seen it a long time ago, but pretended not to see it, and for a while she didn't answer, but Xichun said beside her, "She shouldn't have come on such an occasion. It's no wonder she is not welcome."

Only then did Tanchun say, "It's just a bit sad for a while. After a while, when we gather together, it won't show much." He looked back and asked, "Why don't you see Sister Bao?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Isn't that on the hillside?"

When Tanchun looked intently, he saw that there was one more person on the hillside, it was Baochai, walking towards the pavilion. He thought he was going to say hello to Fu Qiufang to save her from embarrassment, so he couldn't help sighing: " After all, Sister Bao is a good person. If it were me, I would never do it."

Daiyu said: "She and the Wang family are very close aunts and cousins, so it's okay to do this kind of thing."

While everyone was talking, Baochai had met Fu Qiufang a long time ago, and had a few gossips with her. She had no close friendship with the Fu family, but only talked about the scenery in the garden.To her, it was an ordinary thing, a little effort, but to Fu Qiufang, it was a timely help, and she vaguely regarded it as a confidant.

Not long after, Wang Yinghua sent someone to look for Baochai. Seeing that there was no one around, Fu Qiufang followed her. When she came to a flower garden, all the ladies were there. Even Daiyu and Sanchun sisters were sitting in front of the attic to look at the water. scenery.

Miss Wang Yinghua was sitting and fishing in front of a rock by the water. When she saw Baochai and Fu Qiufang coming together, she ignored Baochai and greeted Fu Qiufang affectionately, saying: "I heard that A few days ago, Sister Fu was overjoyed, and someone was looking at her again. I think it must be settled this time."

This hit Fu Qiufang's sore spot, and Chen Huaqing and the others burst into laughter.However, Fu Qiufang was speechless for a moment, so she could only blushed and faltered a few words.Baochai asked her to go to the other bank to see the chrysanthemums, and she seemed to run away.

After a while, I saw Baochai walking back from the bridge alone. Chen Huaqing couldn't help but asked loudly, "Why don't you see Miss Fu's family? Could it be that she was entangled by the chrysanthemum essence?"

Baochai didn't answer, just smiled, went straight to sit down beside Daiyu, and asked her in a lowered voice, "You know now? It's not easy to be a good person."

Baochai just smiled, without further explanation, looked around and asked Daiyu casually, "Why don't you see sister Xichun?"

Daiyu Tanchun and the others shook their heads and said, "I don't know where she has gone now. There are no little nuns or Taoist aunts here, which is strange!"

At this time, Xichun was hiding behind a rock alone, covering her mouth, her face turned pale, listening to the conversation between two young men in beautiful and elegant clothes.Xichun didn't know the origins of those two people, it was just a matter of her family's secrets, and many things were unheard of by her, the official lady of the Ningguo Mansion.

I only heard one of them say: "According to the calculations, it means that I have done it in the past few days. The boss is also calm, and he has endured it for so many years. At first, he thought that she was a blood relative and left her a way out, but The situation can't be controlled, it's better to take her first and kill the chicken to show the monkey."

Another person said: "There is such a thing in the world! I dare not even dream about it."

The previous man said: "Why don't you dare to think about it? There are even more outrageous things. For example, if a family has several sons, the eldest son should inherit the family business, but he doesn't learn well and commits a crime." He disobeyed the old man, and the old man really broke his heart, so he inherited the family business to his second son. As for the eldest son, because he committed a crime, he was locked up in that shameful place. Even he himself thought I am afraid that the relationship between father and son has been broken, and his lineage is about to die out. The eldest son has a bit of a disposition to mess with women. His family used to have a very loyal servant. Who would have thought that at this time the servant discovered that he had played outside? A woman was pregnant, and the servant did not dare to be self-reliant, so he used a method to pass the news to the eldest son. The eldest son thought that he would be extinct, so it was a surprise, so he ordered the servant to keep quiet until the woman gave birth. The next child secretly adopted the child to keep his bloodline alive."

The other person laughed and said, "After your explanation, I understand a little better. I wanted to conceive in October, but after the child fell into the grass, I found out that it was a young lady?"

The previous man said: "It can be seen that you are not stupid and ignorant."

Another person said: "It's just that I'm still a little puzzled. After all, there is a relationship between father and son. Although the eldest son of the old man's family property is not divided, he was forgiven anyway, but he was not allowed to run around. That's all. It's not a long-term solution for this lady to be raised in a servant's house, why don't you recognize your ancestors and return to your clan?"