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

Baochai was drowsy in the dream, and felt that her body was floating in the sky, passing through countless pavilions and pavilions, and stopped in a courtyard.

Baochai was surprised in her heart and said: "It's so strange, why is this courtyard so familiar? Could it be that other than my house, other people's houses are also arranged like this."

Suddenly, a middle-aged woman in the room sighed softly and said: "Baochai, you are a good boy. You have to accept your fate now. If you don't marry Baoyu, your dowry silver will be nothing." It's..."

Just when Baochai was about to answer, she realized that she couldn't speak at all, and the middle-aged woman just sat on the head of the bed, talking to a young girl who was bedridden.

Baochai looked carefully at the appearance of the middle-aged woman. Just looking at the back, she felt that she looked like her mother, Aunt Xue. When she turned to her, she realized that the woman's face was blue, her eyes were blue, and her eyes were open. He took a big bite towards the girl on the bed.

Baochai felt cold and wanted to scream but couldn't. Suddenly he saw the girl sitting up on the bed and said: "I am born to be useful, and I will come back after all the money is gone. Is this the dowry that I, Xue Baochai, can only afford?" ? I don't believe that there is no one in the capital who knows the goods."

The middle-aged woman was frightened by her, and she returned to her benign look, as if the green face and blue eyes were just an illusion.

Baochai hurriedly raised her head to look at the girl's appearance, and saw that the girl had a yellow and thin face, sunken eye sockets, she looked like she was seriously ill, and she was wearing a gold lock between her neck, which weighed heavily on her, as if she was overwhelmed.

Baochai felt strange and thought to himself: Are you also called Xue Baochai?It's a good ambition, but it's just that it's so sick, why do you want to marry, open a shop by yourself, talk and laugh with your sisters, wouldn't it be beautiful?

Suddenly the scene changed, the sallow-faced and thin Xue Baochai had stood up and was talking to the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman said: "The old lady specially donated 20 taels of silver to celebrate your birthday, what do you have to worry about? Sister Lin is not like this yet."

The weak version of Xue Baochai sneered and said: "Mom, can't you guess the old lady's intentions? She took out the 20 taels of silver to remind our family that I am already 15 years old and I have reached the age of Jiji. It's time to talk about getting married. This is urging me to get married and drive our family away. Let's be more sensible, so as not to offend them."

The middle-aged woman hesitated and said: "The dowry has been delivered to their home, how can we drive us away? I will turn around and talk to your second aunt."

The middle-aged woman went out for a while, then turned around and said, "Your second aunt said that everything is up to the mother, so we don't need to panic. Do you know that the Jia family has a substitute, Taoist Zhang, who was once named the Great Illusion Immortal by the previous emperor. Come to be a matchmaker, I think the old lady has to agree if she doesn't want to agree. Wait until the Dragon Boat Festival, you will know."

As the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, Baochai was in a restless mood, but Xue Pan was in high spirits. He did not know where he got the four-color gift, and because there was something supernatural about it, he invited Baoyu to eat at home.After all, Baochai couldn't hold back anymore, so she ran to the Yihong Courtyard and said to Baoyu, "We missed our new things." But her eyes only looked at the antiques displayed in the Yihong Courtyard, and saw that they were all from her dowry. Can't help being disheartened, sad from it, reluctantly shook his head and smiled and said: "I know I have a poor life, so I don't deserve to eat that." What I thought about was my poor life, and even the dowry was taken away by Jia's family.

The first day of May.Qingxu concept of offering sacrifices.

Baochai didn't want to go at first, but Jia Mu pretended to be all right, and asked her to go again and again, and invited Aunt Xue.

Baochai was so ashamed that he heard the Taoist priest say with a smile: "The day before yesterday I saw a young lady in a house. She was 15 years old and she looked good. Xiaodao thought that it was time for Brother Bao to find a relative, so I came to ask the old lady for advice." Down."

But Jia's mother said with a smile: "This child should not be married early. Let's decide when he is older."

Whether it is the thin version of Xue Baochai or the Xue Baochai wandering in the dream, they are all shocked when they hear this, and their expressions are not very good.They all knew the meaning of Jia Mu's words: Baoyu is still young and an elder brother, so she can wait, but Baochai can't wait endlessly, otherwise, wouldn't she become Fu Qiufang?

"They are so ruthless!" When there was no one around, Baochai burst into tears, "Jia's garden was used to build our family's money, and now the antique is still in the house in Yihongyuan. Second aunt As long as you let me marry Brother Bao, the dowry will be given in advance, and the empress will not let me enter the palace, but in the end, the old lady will not allow me to enter at all? Could it be that I, Xue Baochai, are so cheap, crying and begging Do you have to bring a lot of money to marry him?"

While watching the play, Jia Baoyu just apologized to Baochai and said, "No wonder they all say that my sister is comparable to Concubine Yang, but she is also fat and timid."

Baochai felt sour in her heart, and thought to herself: "Where is Concubine Yang, she is clearly a hard-fated Shangyang person!"People from Shangyang, with dark complexion, old white hair and new hair.Before the king could meet, Concubine Yang looked sideways at her.Jealousy makes Qian marry the Yang Palace, and spends his whole life in an empty house.If it wasn't for your elder sister Concubine Jia who prevented me from entering the palace, how could I be in this situation where I can't get up and down and fetch water from the bamboo basket in vain.Thanks to you for making fun of me!

Immediately, he said angrily: "I am like Concubine Yang, but there is no good brother who can be Yang Guozhong!" So he took the opportunity to make a big fuss, and because Daiyu took advantage of the situation to make fun of him, he even satirized her.

At present, Jiamu, Sister Feng and others are all on the side.With Jia's mother's position and high authority, she also knows that she is wrong, and it is not good to speak out at this time. With Sister Feng's shrewdness, she has to pretend to be stupid to expose this section.

Baochai continued to feel drowsy, as if in a dream.Suddenly came to Jia Mu's room vaguely again, and saw that she was admonishing Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang lowered her head and said nothing.Jia Mu said: "How much money from the Xue family has been used by us, we will return it to them, so as not to delay Bao girl's marriage. If it is said that because of the money used by the Xue family, we have to marry his daughter, how can there be anyone in the world?" This makes sense. Another thing, don’t we ever use the money from Miss Lin’s family? If it’s what I say, it’s better to bother two families than to bother one family, not to mention that Lin and Baoyu grew up together, and their temperaments are compatible with each other.”

Mrs. Wang said respectfully: "The lady in the palace issued a decree, saying that it would be a waste to leave the Grand View Garden unused. She asked Baoyu, Bao girl and Lin girl to go in and live together."

Jia Mu sneered and said, "What's the matter? It's the empress's sympathy. She just taught them to move to live. Baoyu is a child I have grown up with since I was a child. There will be no mistakes."

A few days later, I saw Jia Lian come out and have a meal with Xue Pan happily. I don't know where the money was embezzled, but I returned all the tens of thousands of taels of silver.Baochai paid attention to the reaction of the thin Xue Baochai, and saw that Baochai muttered to herself: "How much is the silver worth? When will we return those antiques in our house? Well, I have my own reasons." He also ordered Ying'er to say, "Put away all the antiques and furnishings in the house. When we move to Hengwu Courtyard, we are not allowed to take any of them with us."

Sure enough, it was time for Mother Jia to take Grandma Liu to enjoy the Grand View Garden.When Jia Mu entered the Hengwu courtyard, she saw that the house was like a snow cave, with no toys of any color, and everything was very simple.

Jia's mother only felt that a little girl had reversed the army, and accidentally happened such a thing under her nose, and her face was severely beaten.

But she is an old and mature person, she didn't show any anger on her face, she just smiled and said: "No way. Although she saves trouble, if a relative comes, it doesn't look like it after all, let alone young girls' rooms are so clean , isn’t it taboo. If she is still like this, how can she call us an old lady? She should live in the stables more and more.” In a word, I sent a few things to myself and dismissed the matter.

Now that less than half of the dowry has been recovered, and seeing that the rest will never come back, Baochai no longer entangles her, so she discusses with Aunt Xue to see her.Mother Jia was very happy when she heard about it, but how can the marriage be decided in a short while?Mother Jia was a little worried.

Just when Baochai's cousin Xue Baoqin came to Beijing, Jia's mother knew that Baoqin was betrothed to someone else, but she treated her very affectionately, forcing Mrs. Wang to recognize her as her daughter, and asking Aunt Xue about it.

Everyone in the whole family thought that Jia's mother matched Baoqin and Baoyu on purpose, and even Aunt Xue thought so, but Baochai shook his head and said, "Mother, please think about it carefully, if it is true, why bother to force the second aunt to come together?" Recognize Qin'er as a godmother? Where in this world is there any reason for a goddaughter to marry a real son?"

Aunt Xue froze for a moment.Baochai sneered and said, "It's still to be wary of our mother and daughter. It means that I didn't want to make a pair with Brother Bao. It's just that I didn't like me before. Now that Qin'er is here, why don't I just catch up with her?" Are you in pain? I’m afraid I’ll always be beaten by her in such a piecemeal way before I agree with her. I’d better find a way to make her understand what we mean.”

Aunt Xue said worriedly: "It's a pity that this marriage can't be done. It's just that if you want to invite an official matchmaker to see you, and say that you can marry a good man, so that you can support your brother, it's a good thing, and I won't stop you. There is only one thing, how can we make her understand what we mean?"

Baochai said with a smile: "Second aunt always dislikes how sick Miao'er is, and says she's afraid she won't be able to give birth. Why don't we start from here, so that she can take care of Miao'er and tell her to take good care of her, so that she can stop the second aunt's mouth, Make up a good relationship, and secondly, it will make the old lady feel at ease."

Therefore, after Baochai sent Daiyu's bird's nest, there was a kind aunt's loving words to comfort the idiot. Even Aunt Xue joined in the ranks of loving Daiyu and taking care of her body.

Baochai was in a dream, and when he saw this scene, he still felt very relieved and a little unstoppable bitterness. Suddenly, the scene changed again. In the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Baochai was suddenly forced into a narrow corner, unable to retreat. When he was about to retreat, he raised his head, and what came to him was a pair of tearful eyes that seemed angry but not angry: "Since we have formed a Jinlan Qi, why did you change your mind? We are clearly Jinlan sisters, and you actually have the heart to marry me?" I push it to someone else?"

"It's just because it's not easy for a daughter. If you are careless, everyone will blame you. I don't want you to regret it." Baochai said clearly in her dream.

Then she was startled, fell out of the dream, and then fell into a new dream.