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

Baochai had seen many people who came out of the palace in his previous life.

With the idea of ​​plucking the wild goose, each of them went to Jia's house to borrow money and ask for things in three days and two days.Wang Xifeng, the housekeeper's grandma, was so worried about something, no matter how shrewd and capable she was, she still couldn't change this much money.

When the Jia family was ransacked, it had already become an empty shell.The dignified Duke's mansion has accumulated wealth for hundreds of years, half of it is due to Sun Buxiao's extravagant spending, and half of it falls on the construction of the Grand View Garden and dealing with the extortion of these people.

Therefore, when Baochai rushed to see His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, hearing her words pay attention to money, she always had the idea that she might ask for money.

Unexpectedly, things did not go as Baochai expected.The eldest princess was extremely polite when she spoke, she praised Baochai non-stop, and also faintly revealed that she wanted to join the group to do business together.

Baochai could only laugh and cry.

Originally, when Baochai's father was teaching Baochai's business skills, it was his wish to have a relationship with the royal family. Even if he spent a little more money for this, he didn't mind suffering from losses everywhere.

It's just that Baochai had personally heard about the tragic end of the eldest princess in her previous life, and she wished she could get rid of the relationship early, so as not to burden her family, how could she be willing to do business with her?So he just pretended to be stupid, and he was only willing to be polite on the face, so that she couldn't find any faults.

This time the eldest princess was not accompanied by the little maid who looked rather strange last time. The eldest princess was much more relaxed, not as silent as last time, but more talkative.

Under Baochai's careful flattery, the eldest princess only felt like a spring breeze, relaxed and happy, and when she was about to leave, she just remembered it, and she hadn't had time to say what she wanted to say in advance.

After the eldest princess left, Chen Sanfang took the account book and went forward, wanting to explain to Baochai the accounts of these days in detail, bowed down and smiled apologetically, "Miss hasn't come for some time, we and Rui kept it in mind. Said that the girl is ill, everyone is in a hurry, wishing to go away for the girl, and burning incense and praying every day. God is sorry, the girl is safe now." He said: "This is the past few months. Accounts, please give me some pointers."

Baochai smiled at Ying'er and said, "Listen to this glib guy, and you don't know who you learned from. It's a pity that Qianxue is guarding the door at home today." Both of them knew Qianxue and the Chen family. Xiaosan is interested in each other, so she uses this to talk about it, but because the two of them haven't talked about marriage yet, it's hard to explain it too clearly, it's just a slight mention.

After all, Chen San was a person who had experience in the business field, so he was not shy, and knew that Baochai would definitely try to make it happen, so he just blushed slightly, and said in a low voice: "At that time, it will depend on the girl to make it happen. " Then it was exposed.Then he rushed to ask Baochai to look at the accounts.

Baochai shook her head and said, "It's not busy here. You don't need to be suspicious, and you don't need to be suspicious about employing people. Since I asked you to be the leader here, can't I still believe that you can't be a good person? It was because I was afraid that you were a newcomer and inexperienced, and you would be deceived. After going, I only read the accounts for this year. Now that you are an expert, what else should I worry about?"

He said again: "Speaking of which, I have something to ask you. Between you, is there any idler that our family can use now?"

When Chen San heard the words, he hurriedly asked Baochai about his plan.Baochai answered truthfully, saying that he wanted to send some people to do sea business.

Chen San thought for a while, then suddenly smiled, pouted at Ying'er, and said, "Miss, why did you forget about her family members? She now has two older brothers, both of whom are under the command of the uncle, and they are more talented than me. I don’t know how many things happened. Our friendship is very good, we drank together a few days ago, and occasionally listened to their talk, I was quite frustrated with the uncle, and I was trying to ask the girl for a favor."

After hearing this, Baochai hurriedly asked Ying'er, "Is that true?"

Yinger hurriedly knelt down and said with a smile: "A few days ago, my parents told me that I should spare some time to beg the girl. Because the girl just got well, I didn't have time to mention it. If the girl sees that they are really useful, it is The blessings they have cultivated in several lifetimes."

Baochai hesitated and said, "Although I said so, the sea is rougher than the peace on land. Besides, how can your parents rest assured that your second and third brothers are outside?"

Ying'er said: "What's there to worry about? My parents are in good health. What's more, the eldest brother will take care of the family affairs. If the girl is worried, how about I ask my parents and tell the girl again?"

Baochai agreed.He was busy talking to Chen San about the business in the shop.Because the business of the shop is getting bigger and bigger, it is always necessary to make friends with noble people to rely on as a backer. Baochai thought about it, thinking that the four major families will decline in a few years. Being at odds with the four major families, after pondering for a while, Fang said: "Forget it, let's vote under my uncle's family first. But remember not to make enemies with others."

Chen San was really puzzled by Baochai's hesitation, but he agreed.Then he talked about buying a piece of land outside the capital and building a silk workshop.Baochai sighed and said, "If we talk about the weaving industry, the area around Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou is the most famous. The nobles in the capital also pay more attention to the materials imported from there. We set up workshops here in the capital. It’s not a coincidence. It’s better to make more embroiderers and tailors. When the idlers make clothes at home, in addition to picking materials, they also cut and embroider. As long as our embroiderers are good at craftsmanship, I’m not afraid that they won’t come here.”

Chen San agreed one by one, and kept talking until the sun was setting to the west, and Baochai returned home in the car.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Aunt Xue coming up to Baochai with a smile all over her face, and said to Baochai, "Good girl, I'm so happy!"

Baochai's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly asked where the joy came from. Aunt Xue said, "Some time ago, the old lady was talking about celebrating your birthday with you, but because you have been ill, this has been delayed. But after all It was the old lady who was thinking of you. If this matter spread, who would not say that you got the fate of the old lady? Originally, that’s all, who knows that today the imperial concubine’s decree was passed down in the palace, saying that the view of the Grand View Garden is quite beautiful. Sincerely sealed off, there are very few, and he said that there are a few sisters in the family who can write poems and poems, so he ordered everyone to move in, and the first one will call you. Tell me, isn’t this the fate of the empress again?”

When Baochai heard this, her heart felt cold, and she didn't feel happy at all.

These things were all experienced by her in the previous life, how could she not know the cause and effect.

In the previous life, when Yuan Chun spoke to stop her from being taught to enter the palace, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue explained that it was because the empress wanted her to be her sister-in-law.She believed it at the time, although she felt sorry for not being able to enter the palace, she was not too sad. She thought that it was appropriate for her daughter to marry a chicken and follow the chicken and follow the dog. marriage.

"The old lady wants to celebrate my birthday with me, but she wants to remind our family that I have reached the age to say goodbye. It is nothing more than urging me to get married early. This is not a predestined relationship. Everyone in this house does not Knowing the pain in the old lady's heart, Brother Bao is the only one. Even Sister Lin, I'm afraid she will be in the front row." Baochai said listlessly, "Your Majesty asked me to move into the garden by name, just for the sake of Second Aunt. , and it’s also why our family spent a lot of money on building this garden.”

Aunt Xue was still not discouraged: "You also know that the empress is looking at your second aunt's face, so how can you not be grateful for her hard work. Did you know that your brother Bao will also move to live in the garden?"

Know, know, naturally know.Baochai also knew that they would set up a Laoshizi Poetry Club in the Grand View Garden in the future. Jia Baoyu loved Daiyu's poems praising the white begonias and inscribed them on the fan. Going out and being seen by the King of Beijing, it eventually became a bad relationship.

Whenever he thinks of this festival, Baochai can't stop being angry with Jia Baoyu.If a person is not strong enough to protect the one he loves, there is nothing he can do about it, but that's all.But like Jia Baoyu, since he has a relationship with Daiyu, he should love and treasure it even more, but he is so unrestrained and shows off with great fanfare that Daiyu is guilty of committing crimes.The reason is that Jia Baoyu is really guilty.

However, such a man is already Daiyu's good son-in-law.Judging from the experience of Baochai's two generations, the rest of the kings and grandsons either make the king have a wife, or eat, drink, prostitute, and gamble with all kinds of poisons. Like Baoyu, he knows how to respect and cherish his daughter. , is simply peerless.This fact especially made Baochai feel sad and helpless.

If she, Xue Baochai, were a man...

Too bad she isn't.She was three years older than Daiyu, and she was at the age where she wanted to talk about relatives and find someone else.But her mother and aunt both wanted to ration her to Jia Baoyu, and kept encouraging her to compete with Daiyu.

"My daughter understands what mother and second aunt mean." Baochai lowered her head and said with difficulty, "but mother, please think about it carefully. With Brother Bao's usual ambitions, how can he be a person who can concentrate on economics and official career? My daughter used to Once he persuaded him, he dared to show his daughter a face. It can be seen that his mind is really not on this. This is a lifelong ambition, and it cannot be persuaded by lobbying alone. Such a person, even if his daughter is married, How can you have the ability to pull brother? It's a good luck not to pull each other's legs."

When Baochai said Xue Pan in this way, Aunt Xue couldn't hold back, she was about to reprimand, but she remembered that Baochai had just been ill, and her eccentric temperament was not as weird as before, so she didn't dare to reprimand her.

But Baochai said slowly: "Mother has also met the members of the Jia family. There is a man named Brother Qiang who often walks with elder brother. Mother has met him several times. What do you think? He is from the Ningguo Mansion. His father and Brother Zhen's father are brothers of the same blood, but this brother Qiang still relies on flattering Brother Rong to make a living. When building the yard last year, in order to take over Gusu to buy female opera For work, I have to be shy to curry favor with Lian's second brother. My daughter is really married to Baoyu. After a hundred years, I'm afraid the situation at home will not be as good as Brother Qiang's. I'm afraid that I will go to my brother's house every day to beat the autumn wind. When everything is done, it will only drag the Xue family back, how can you drag brother?"

Baochai's words are well-founded.Aunt Xue was originally a muddleheaded person who didn't know what to do, and when Baochai said that, she hesitated a bit.

But after all, the misty soup that Mrs. Wang gave her sisters was obviously better, and it had been so long that she couldn't wake up easily.Aunt Xue still insisted: "You child, why do you think of things as bad as possible? Where did you get to such a situation?"

Baochai shook her head and said, "This is my daughter's best intention. Mother, please think about it carefully. At that time, the title of the Rongguo Mansion will naturally be taken by Lian's second brother. Even the second aunt's house will also have her own brother Lang. This eldest grandson. But when the old lady was around, she wished to hold Brother Bao on top of her head. I'm afraid that the other children and grandchildren of the Jia family who were of the jade and grass generations would not be as important as Brother Bao alone in the old lady's heart. But with such love, favoring one over another, how can the other children and grandchildren have no resentment in their hearts? Because of such anger in their hearts, how can brother Bao have a good life when the house is divided? Brother Qiang's life outside is still moist, That's because Brother Rong and Second Brother Lian are pulling him. Who will be willing to pull Brother Bao at that time?"

Although Baochai's words are very detailed and can be justified, there are actually a lot of exaggerations in order to shake Aunt Xue's mind and stop forcing her to compete with Lin Daiyu for Jia Baoyu.

Aunt Xue wholeheartedly hoped that her daughter would marry a good man so that she could help her son, but she was most afraid that if her daughter could not marry a good man, she would implicate her own son instead.Hearing what Baochai said, she really felt that it was reasonable, and her tone involuntarily relaxed.But thinking of the money spent for the Grand View Garden, I still felt heartbroken, and said, "Even so. But your dowry is already in Jia's mansion, so you can't ask for it easily. If you don't marry Baoyu, wouldn't you just throw away the vain money?" into the water?"

Baochai hurriedly laughed and said, "What are you talking about, mother? Logically, relatives should help each other. What's more, the second aunt's house is to welcome the mother-in-law. What a glorious time this is. Our family should contribute money and efforts. , do your duty as a relative. Otherwise, how can you have the face to live anymore? Could it be that if the second aunt's family doesn't have an unmarried brother Bao, will our family stand by and watch this time?"

Aunt Xue was unable to answer for a while, so Baochai took the opportunity to strike while the iron was hot: "Mother, after all, our family and second aunt's family are originally relatives. If my brother asks them for help with something, don't tell me I'm not his daughter-in-law, they will leave me alone." Is it okay to let it go? According to me, instead of getting married, it is better to find another marriage. If you are lucky, your husband will make progress, and you will be able to support and support your brother in the future."

While the mother and daughter were talking, they suddenly heard Wen Xing's voice outside: "Miss Lin is here." Then the curtain was raised high, and Lin Daiyu entered the room with a pretty face, and greeted Baochai and her mother. .

Seeing this, Aunt Xue hurriedly put down the previous conversation, and was only busy calling for people to clean up the fruit snacks.

Baochai thought of Daiyu's coming and going back in the afternoon, and felt very surprised. She hurriedly took a cup of tea with her own hands, and said to Daiyu with a smile, "Before, I was not good enough to take good care of you. My sister left in the afternoon. I was in a hurry, but I didn't have time to invite my sister to have a taste of this maple dew tea. My sister didn't know that Qianxue was the best at tea ceremony, and this maple dew tea was her specialty. It happened that my sister came this time, and the tea was brewed three times. It was outstanding after four times, but it is just right at this time. Why don't you criticize it, sister?"

When Baochai spoke so earnestly, Daiyu laughed and took the teacup and said, "How dare you. I'm a little embarrassed when you say that."

Baochai thought of the box of rose nitrate, and said again: "Sister Tete sent the rose nitrate in the day, and there was an urgent message from the shop asking me to go out..."

But Daiyu shook her hand and said, "There's no need to continue. I didn't come here today to hear what you said. Let me ask you, these days, you deliberately avoided me. What is the reason?"

Baochai was surprised when he heard this.Recalling her past life, she deeply felt that her daughter was in a difficult life, so she deliberately avoided Daiyu to avoid entanglements, which made her suffer even worse.But he didn't expect Daiyu to be so sensitive and intelligent, and she had already noticed her intention to avoid it.

At this time, Aunt Xue had already excused herself and left. Ying'er, Qianxue and others were waiting outside, and there were only two people in the room, Chai and Dai.

Baochai didn't dare to look into Daiyu's eyes, and just lowered her head to count the leaves in the teacup, feeling that in a cup of green soup, the leaves were floating up and down, up and down, sometimes meeting and sometimes separating, as if they couldn't control themselves at all. Feeling a little sad.

The room was extremely quiet, but Daiyu's voice struck each other like pearls and jade, and the words were clear: "You are a smart person, but I am not a fool. You know best whether you are avoiding me on purpose. But I Asking myself that I didn’t offend you, and that I shouldn’t be treated coldly, that’s why I came here to clarify with you. Do you think that I am an orphan girl without father and mother, and I don’t deserve to be with a rich family like you? Miss as friends?"

After speaking, there was a faint whimpering sound.