The soy sauce life of the second daughter of the Xue family in the Red Chamber

After Huanmeng was kicked out of Xue's house, she was ashamed and ashamed, and there were always some sarcastic comments from neighbors, so her family found her to marry with a rural family.Originally, the eldest girl of our son was either an aunt or a housekeeper's wife, just like that of Zhou Rui's family in the Jia family. If she lost her citizenship, she could find a well-off family. A housekeeper.Huanmeng's family originally wanted to marry her to the countryside, so they accepted the dowry, but the dowry was only 30 taels of silver, which was really outrageous.When she was kicked out of Xue's house, Xue Pan finally ordered someone to take out her usual jewellery, and the silver she had saved up, at least 200 taels, but now she was only given 30 taels. There was a big quarrel in her family, and her sister-in-law was a sharp-edged quarrel, and Huanmeng was angry and ashamed with a few words.Huanmeng was originally a very energetic person, so he was injured and caught a cold in such a hurry, it was a serious illness, and he passed away after more than ten days.Her family had no choice but to return the betrothal gift, and posted some to the man.

That's what the outside world said, but because Xue Pan had worked in the organization, Baozan thought it was not that simple, at least he had something to do with Xue Pan and didn't ask in detail.Reality is always incredibly complicated, or it is surprisingly simple. About 20 years later, Baozan mentioned this dream to Xue Pan, and at the same time expressed his own views.Xue Pan's answer was "I'm just a civil servant, you think too much"... This is a story for later, so I won't mention it.

A few months later, it will be September, which is the day when Baochai was appointed.Mrs. Zhao's family had heard that Miss Xue's behavior was very appropriate, but she felt that it was not good to be too prudent and calm at a young age.He was reluctant to tell the Xue family that she would kiss her, but because Mr. Zhao was very fond of her after he sent someone to inquire, and Zhao Wenhao also yearned for Baochai because of Xue Pan's relationship, so it was hard to say anything.When the Zhao family first proposed marriage, the Xue family did not immediately agree. She also went to Jinling several times to exchange handkerchiefs from the past, and many of them had mothers who were close friends of Baochai's boudoir.After inquiring, all the wives were full of praise for the Xue family sisters. The eldest girl is very likable and treats people very well on weekdays, and the second girl is extremely neat and straightforward in her actions.She also met the Xue family sisters a few times when they went to and from each house, and she saw that Baochai was like a peony, thoughtful and considerate in her actions, and the sisters were extremely talented when composing poems. Sometimes the words are playful and tight, and she is very satisfied.When the Xue family accepted the Zhao family's marriage proposal, she couldn't help being overjoyed, and said that only the eldest daughter of the Xue family was worthy of Zhao Wenhao.Today Wending saw Baochai again, he just patted the back of Baochai's hand and couldn't stop admiring him, and said to Aunt Xue: "I don't think girls from other families can compare to your two girls. Tell her to come to our house quickly." Then she asked Baochai, "Would you like it?" Baochai blushed, and said in a low voice, "Mrs. We should get married so early, our master and I also looked at Brother Hao very well, and we were afraid that others would take the lead, now that we have made an appointment, our family will keep the big girl for two more years after all."

Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "It's no wonder you are reluctant to part with it. If I had such a daughter, I would certainly be reluctant to part with it. It's a pity that I don't have a daughter, only two evil people. When the big girl comes to our house in the future, she will be with me. It’s no different from my own daughter.” As he spoke, he exchanged greetings with Aunt Xue again.

Baozan is not interested in the greetings between women, and only paints and plays chess with a few sisters.It was empty for a while, so he left the sisters and sneaked away, raised the curtain and looked towards where the men were, wanting to see what Zhao Wenhao looked like.I saw that Zhao Wenhao had raised eyebrows and narrow and long eyes, but he was extremely handsome, and because of his slightly round face, he looked graceful and self-restraining, which was exactly what Baozan wanted.No one else found Baozan, but Xue Pan did. He walked up to the curtain, blocked Baozan's sight with his body, and whispered, "What are you looking at? Do you want to be a man if people see you like this?" Baozan laughed and said: "I'm curious about what my future brother-in-law will look like. Anyway, I have already seen it. If you want to block it, block it." Xue Pan said: "What do you think? I don't look as good as me." Baozan said: "Really? It fits me My eyes are worse than Xiaoliuzi's." Xue Pan was about to say, "What are your eyes?" Baozan's words had already been heard by Liu Xianglian.Then Liu Xianglian also approached the curtain and asked a few times in a row: "Who are you talking about? Who matched your eyes? He is better than me? Why didn't I see it?" Baozan said: "Say Where is my brother-in-law?" Liu Xianglian said: "How can he be as good as me?" Baozhan said with a smile: "How can he not be as good as you? I think he is the most low-key, luxurious and connotative. Then I will earn an imperial order for my sister , isn’t it just excellent? Don’t say anything else, just talk about your appearance, it’s very dignified, better than you and your brother.” Liu Xianglian didn’t answer her words, but Xue Pan said: “ It’s true that the same rice raises all kinds of people, and this person’s aesthetic differences are so great, not to mention the second brother, I have met Wen Hao on weekdays, and I always think that my appearance is better than his.” Liu Xianglian laughed and said: “Brother What you said is very true, and I feel the same way." Seeing them like this, Baozan said: "You guys feel very good about yourself, and it is a good thing for people to have self-confidence." After talking, they went back to the sisters to chat, Instead, Liu Xianglian and Xue Pan laughed.

In addition to Xue's family and friends, relatives and friends of Zhao's family came to Xue's house this time. Mrs. Zhao has a younger sister who married into Zhang's family who is also a salt merchant. She has a daughter named Bishu who is the same age as Baochai. Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang once joked that they were going to get married. Later, because Zhao Wenhao won the Juren, Mr. Zhao didn't want to wrong his son Gu and chose Baochai.The elders knew that the Zhang family had no one who could pass the imperial examination and that Zhang Bishu was not suitable for Zhao Wenhao. Only the Xue family had Xue Pan. Although Baochai was the daughter of a merchant, she was also the sister of Juren. She is a lady from an official family, and she is married to Zhao Wenhao very well, but no one said anything, only Zhang Bishu was originally very fond of her cousin, and she would never accept Baochai. Being Baochai is just a promising brother. .This time when I came to Xue's house, I saw Baochai's impeccable appearance, conversation and behavior, and I was even more dissatisfied. When I saw Baochai walking towards the male relatives, my eyes lit up, thinking about finding something to do.

Baozan went back to the sisters, only to hear Zhang Bishu say: "Second sister Xue is back. I just saw her go to the male relatives, but what did I see? Tell us quickly." , all the female family members looked at Baozan in unison, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Zhao frowned.Among the crowd, there were those who were worried about Baochai, some who wanted to see a good show, and some who had fun with the Xue family sisters on weekdays. Zhang Bishu was overwhelmed. Only Baochai glanced at Zhang Bishu from the corner of his eye, still looking Calmly.Baozan was originally talking with a few sisters he had met in the Wang family with a smile, but after hearing what she said, he looked at the relatives of the Zhao family and said with a smile: "It's just that my brother came to me and told me a few words for nothing through the curtain. , tell me to hold back my temper, don't offend the sisters with words, why have I seen anything." Zhang Bishu said: "Since it has passed, I can't make a trip in vain. I must have seen something, and I must have seen something. Let’s open our eyes.” Baozan said: “What does Sister Zhang want to know? What kind of rocks are there, what kind of flowers are planted there, and how they are arranged today, I know everything. " Zhang Bishu said: "Who asked you this, just told us what is going on with the men's family now? You must know when you go." As soon as these words came out, Baozan immediately put down his face and became angry. He said: "What is my sister talking about? Where did I go? What do you know? Although our family is not as good as my sister's family, it is also well-behaved, and I can't let my sister make up things like this. My brother kindly told me not to let my temper mess around." My sisters were angry with me, but now I can't bear it. The sisters also saw it when they came. There are curtains everywhere in the place where the men's family is connected, or there is a screen, how can I see anything? Is my sister saying that I raised the curtain or knocked over the screen? Or what did my brother say to me? Although my brother is not as good as my sister's brother, he is a serious scholar who knows etiquette, justice and shame, what can he say to me? What did the men look like? What did they say? Even if I didn’t know what to ask, my brother could only reprimand me, and there was no answer for me. What’s more, I also know that it’s a woman’s duty not to dare to ask these questions, sister Could it be that my brother asked me to talk about men? I can let my sister talk about it, but I can’t let my sister talk about my brother. My brother is going to be an official in the imperial examination in the future. My brother will be accused of framing my sister. I can’t bear it. Now my sister actually wants to speak clearly, and it’s better to have a solution.” As he spoke, his eyes were red, and he seemed to think that today is a good day for Baochai, and he dared not shed tears. Holding back the tears, it made people look aggrieved.

Seeing this, Baochai came over, and said to Baochai, "What are you making trouble on a good day? Sister Zhang's words don't have so much meaning, but you are more loving." Baochai looked at Baochai and asked, "What did my sister say?" But really?" He looked at Zhang Bishu again, with a blank expression on his face.Since Baochai gave the steps, Zhang Bishu didn't feel like it was too much to go down. He hurriedly said, "Of course it doesn't mean that much. It's just curiosity. It made the second sister Xue think too much. It's all my fault." Baochai listened. Picking up the handkerchief and wiping the corners of his eyes, he said embarrassingly: "Where is it my sister's fault? It's all because of my too much heart, which made it difficult for my sister. Baozan is here to make amends for my sister." Bi Shu made a salute as an apology, and said, "But I really don't know anything about men, and I don't know how to answer my sister. Since my sister asked me, I think it's because my sister often lives with men's relatives when I'm at home, or my sister My brother often talks about these things with my sister, why don't my sister ask them? I really can't find out anything, so I will accuse my sister first." After finishing speaking, he bowed again.

When everyone saw her like this, they all thought that the second girl Xue was so sharp.