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

Fei You's family agreed to get married within half a month. On that day, Aunt Xue was going to bring Baochai and Baozan to You's house to congratulate her. Baozan was afraid that Third Sister You would find her unhappy on the day of their engagement, so she pretended to be that day. When she got sick, Aunt Xue had to take Baochai with her. After Baochai left, she got up and copied scriptures with Baoqin.

Baoqin was copying scriptures alone in the Buddhist hall, and only a girl named Tanyue was waiting beside her. When Baozan entered the Buddhist hall, no one was guarding the door, so she felt uneasy.Because she asked Baoqin: "It's fine to just bring Tanyue with you, and you should call a few women to guard the door. It's more convenient if you want anything." Baoqin smiled and said, "Tanyue's legs and feet are very Hurry up, she can just fetch whatever she wants, and she doesn't need to bother anyone." Baozan frowned, and asked, "Who ever said that she was bothered?" Baoqin lowered her head and did not speak, while Tanyue beside her He looked like he was going to argue with Bao Qin, but Bao Qin stopped him.Baozan said: "Don't stop her, let her talk." Baoqin had no choice but to do so.

Tan Yue said: "No one said that they were bothered, but no one was willing to make a move, how could they be bothered. They said that our girl's family has separated, so I can't be regarded as a serious master. I have to keep my filial piety. The relatives' house is so plainly dressed, which is very unlucky, but it is an ordinary merchant's house, and it is not as good as the imperial merchant's house. It is like a serious master who wants this and that on weekdays. Qian..." Danyue's eyes turned red while she was speaking, Baoqin also burst into tears, Baozan was so angry that she asked, "Who said these words?" Tanyue was stopped by Baoqin again when she wanted to speak. Baoqin said: "Sister, don't ask any more questions. It's just a trivial matter. Why make it so clear." Baozan was very angry, and said, "Why are you so afraid of things? Your brother didn't entrust you to our family to let you know." You were wronged." Speaking of this, I thought that a bright and beautiful girl like Baoqin is in the same situation as Daiyu, who lives under the fence, and thought that these slaves in my family are like Rongfu, and I am even more angry and righteous. When he was about to say something more, he heard a voice from outside.

I only heard a woman in her 40s say again: "I don't know what kind of filial daughter I am pretending to be. I have to copy the scriptures every day, and I have to burn incense. I have to clean it. I don't even look at this servant of the Xue family. The side branch can be used." Baozan didn't just care about getting angry after hearing this, and didn't ask Baoqin or Tanyue, and said to himself: "I think you have heard this a lot?" He opened the door and said: "Come with me, don't want to dirty the ground of the Buddhist hall." Baozan likes to be lively the most. After entering Beijing, he has never been in a Buddhist hall. When he was looking for Baoqin, he was also in Baoqin House Waiting here, how did the woman know that Baozan was here, thinking that what she said just now fell into Baozan's ears, and she was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat.

After walking more than ten steps, Baozan found that the woman hadn't followed her, so she sighed and said to Yuhe, "I usually think you're clever, why are you so stupid now? I've been practicing for several months, and even Can't even a woman hold her back? Do you want me to do it myself?" Yuhe said: "Don't be angry, girl, I'll go right away." As she spoke, she walked back and dragged the woman to follow the treasure hairpin. At first she howled a few times, but Yuhe said seriously: "The Buddhist hall is a solemn place, does the mother want to be punished for making such a noise?" The old woman stopped talking just now and followed obediently.

Baozan went back to the house, sat down in the living room, and said to Yuhe, "Call all the daughters-in-law of our family to come." Yuhe agreed and found a few little maids to do the job, but it took only a moment. Several daughters-in-law came.Baozan looked at them coldly, and didn't make a sound. Naturally, the daughters-in-law didn't dare to make a sound. After a while, Baozan pointed at the woman who had just spoken in the Buddhist hall and said, "Who is this nanny? What?" A daughter-in-law came out, and she belonged to Zou Ming's family. She said, "If you go back to the girl, I will take care of the woman." Baozan said, "What's her husband's family name?" Zou Ming's family said, "She She's a widow, and her husband's family name is 'Na'." Baozan smiled and said, "Surnamed 'Na'? Then... Sister Zou showed that nanny tea." Zou Ming's family didn't know what Baozan meant, but they didn't dare to violate it. If Baozan was found, I had no choice but to pour a cup of tea for the nanny, but she looked bad when facing the nanny, and the nanny took it tremblingly.Baozan laughed, and said again: "Jin Mo, serve that Nanny a cup of tea too." Jin Mo responded with a smile, and also brought a cup of tea for that Nanny, saying: "Give tea to Nanny." Everyone Everyone knows that Jin Mo is the most proud person in front of Baozan, just like Qing Mi is to Xue Pan, Yinger is to Baochai, how can the tea she respects be drunk? Broken the cup, Jin Mo's face was not healed, Baozan called him back, and said: "I think it's my servant girl to serve tea to Mammy, Mammy also refused to take a sip, I think it's not as good as Zou Elder sister's big." He stood up and got a cup of tea for the mother himself, using the tea cup he was using just now, and said with a smile: "Drink it, mother."

When Baozhan said that Jinmo's face was not as good as his own, he was already frightened and knelt down, and when he saw Baozan pouring tea himself, he led the nanny to kowtow in a hurry.Seeing this, Baozan slammed down the teacup in his hand, and said angrily, "I don't think I'm as good as Sister Zou?" Zou Ming's family said: "If you are unhappy, just say it and punish it, it's better than scaring us like this. Baozan remained silent, Yuhe pointed at the nanny and said, "Ask her!" Zou Ming knew that it was the nanny who had offended Baozan when Baozan asked for Jinmo tea, but he didn't know what it was. Turning to look at the nanny, the nanny said: "I said a few words in front of the Buddhist hall..." Baozan had returned to her seat at this time, seeing her faltering now, she remembered seeing her in front of the Buddhist hall. That paragraph of words was so neat, I couldn't help but sneered and said: "Yuhe is so confused today, why 'ask her'? Who is 'she'? You can say that? I have nothing to do with your elder sister Jinmo. Tell her to drink tea to save face, how dare you say that." Yu He said: "What the girl said is true, I dare not."

Baozan said to the woman again: "Can I summon you?" The woman said repeatedly: "I can order you, I can order you." Said: "The girl Qin can't control you!" The woman didn't dare to say any more. After kowtowing, everyone understood what Baozan was doing this time. It was because of Baoqin.I just heard Baozan say: "I didn't know that people in our family don't pay attention to the master now. Now sister Qin lives in our house, and her brother provides all the food and clothing, and doesn't use any of our family. In the slightest, some people don't let her say that it is bad luck in her eyes, and that ordinary merchants are not as good as the Royal Merchants' House. Because our family is an Imperial Merchants, many villains are now talking about those scholars, farmers, businessmen, and now People in our family even talked about their relatives with similar words, and they are not afraid of being laughed at. Besides, I don’t dare to order relatives who can’t be manipulated now, and those who are sensible can pack up their things and go out.”

The old woman cried: "The servant is now alone with a granddaughter. My granddaughter has no father, and her mother has remarried again. How can I make a living and support my granddaughter when I go out like this? I hope the girl will show her kindness. Baozan frowned and refused to talk to her. He only heard Jinmo and Yuhe say: "You don't understand what the girl is saying? Is the girl going to say the next thing or I? I'm going out next year. How about you?" Let me tell you to serve the girl with confidence." Yuhe understood, and said to the nanny: "The girl told you to go out, but can you tell the girl to take back the words? Besides, your granddaughter has no father. Could it be our girl who caused it? Could it be that our girl forced your daughter-in-law to remarry?" The woman said: "I dare not say that." Yuhe sneered: "Then why should our girl care about how you and your granddaughter make ends meet? ?You are also a person without a husband, and your granddaughter is also a person without a father. You know that you feel sorry for your granddaughter without a father. How can you say that to Miss Qin? How can you be accommodated here to show relatives' face?"

The woman wanted to say more, but Baozan couldn't wait, waved her hand, and Yuhe said again: "What are you waiting for, do you want her to quarrel with the girl, or do you want the girl to ask her to go down?" Several daughters-in-law came forward and covered the woman's mouth and dragged her out.Just now Baozan spoke, and said to Zou Ming's family: "You will be fined for three months, are you convinced?" Zou Ming's family said: "Convince, be convinced." Baozan said again: "You saw it here today, bully This is the fate of the master. I also know that if you want to check carefully, you will not be able to please each other, so now I don't check who has neglected Miss Qin in the past. It's just that you all remember me. In the future, who else will take money from our Xue family to do such things that despise and neglect relatives? The person in charge of that person also packed up his things and went home directly, so he doesn't have to work in my Xue family anymore. The Xue family has a small population, but there are many servants. Although it is not short of money, I always feel that it is too expensive to support so many people. It's time to learn from other families and live frugally, we will have more time to reduce people in the future, you should be more careful, and don't fall into my hands." After saying that, he waved them away.

When it was time for dinner, Baozan ordered: "Send all my dishes to Miss Qin's room, and I will eat there." Jin Mo responded, and asked Yuhe to go to the kitchen to speak. Baozan saw that it was Yuhe who was going. , and said: "Last time I ate a lion's head. Ask your mother to do it again. Also, I will invite someone to enjoy the chrysanthemum in two days. I already have crabs. Ask your mother for me. Is it better to serve it with chrysanthemum honey?" Sweet-scented osmanthus honey is good." Yu He replied with a smile before going to the kitchen to give instructions.

When I went to Baoqin's place, Baoqin had already returned. Seeing Baozan, she said, "this time my sister punished someone for me and made such a big fuss. If my uncle and aunt come back..." Baozan Said: "Even if I come back, no one will say I'm wrong." Thinking of Baoqin's current concerns because of Daiyu's situation, he said again: "You are too careful. What happened at home, you can't do it in our home." That's it. Even though you lost your father, you still have your mother and elder brother. Your elder brother is a good man with a lot of confidence. How can you be afraid of falling down? Even though you are good-natured, you can't allow them to abuse you. I also know that you are worried that they will dislike you now. It is superfluous to ask me to say that this worry is unnecessary. Not to mention that your brother will come to Beijing to pick you up in two years, but how many years will you live in our house? Next year You've finished your filial piety, and you'll be going to Mei's house in four or five years, why do people here dislike you? Just live as you please."

Baoqin blushed and said, "When you are a decent person, you have to say these things." While speaking, the food arrived.