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

It is said that Baozhan heard the big parrot calling, "Oh, my dear mother, the girl is going to be engaged" and couldn't help but chuckled, and said, "It's not good at learning in such a short period of time, you can just talk about it yourself." How many times did I say it when I was free?" Yu He wanted to count how many times he said it, but he couldn't figure it out, so he said, "Not many times, just two months, and it's all daytime on weekdays. Talking nonsense, who knows I'm so nervous that I can't sleep today." Baozan looked at her, knowing that what she said was true, and said helplessly, "I'm not nervous, why are you nervous?" Yuhe said: " After the girl is engaged, she will get married, and when she arrives at Liu's house, she will become the grandma of the house, and I will be grandma's chief maid, I really have face..." Knowing that this is ridiculous, she spoke in a soft voice.

Baozan giggled when she heard this, and said to her: "I don't want to say that you are shameless, but I just ask you how many years are left before I get married?" Yu He calculated: " Theoretically, the girl will be able to get married next year when she reaches the age of [-], but when the older girl gets married, the master and wife will definitely keep the girl for a year or two..." He paused again, Baozan smiled and asked her to continue, "Yu He looked at Baozan's face, and then said: "According to the girl's temperament, I reckon that she doesn't want to marry early, or go to ask the master and wife to keep the girl for another year, and the girl can do this... so After all, there are at least three more years..." Baozhan saw her say two words and looked at herself, then avoided her eyes again, said two more words and looked at herself, then avoided her eyes again, it was so funny, and listened to her again. What he said was indeed his own temper, so he laughed and scolded: "Stinky girl, you understand it in your heart."

Seeing that she was not ashamed but scolding with a smile, Yuhe expected that she was not angry, but relaxed, nodding her head and saying in the same tone as before: "I understand." Baozan said: "Since you know that there are at least three more What are you nervous about now?" Yuhe said: "I will start preparing from now on." Baozan said: "Prepare your size, go to sleep, it will not be too late to start preparations in the third year." Yuhe pressed it down, covered her eyes again, thought for a while, got up and got out of bed with bare feet, Yuhe hurriedly shouted: "Young lady, you are messing around! The ground is cold!" Then she hurriedly pulled Baozan back and put it on. shoes.Baozan put on shoes and looked around for something, Yuhe lit the candle, followed Baozan holding a candle holder, and asked, "What are you looking for, Miss, in the middle of the night?" I want to find a piece of cloth, knead it into a ball and stuff it in your mouth." Yuhe stuck out her tongue and said, "Girl, go to sleep, I won't talk anymore."

Baozan said: "Sure enough?" Yuhe said: "Sure enough." Baozan said again: "Really?" Yuhe nodded and said, "Seriously." !” Yu He was taken aback, thinking: This matter is serious!Baozan looked at her, tilted her head and blinked again, then took her to the desk and asked her to light up the lamp, stained it with ink and wrote a note, telling Yuhe not to say that sentence again tonight, nor to Keep turning over endlessly in a waking state, otherwise you will be fined two months of monthly silver and rice grains, and you will have to sign and stamp the carrot stamps that you carved for each of the maids around you last time. .Only then did he blow out the lamp and candles again, and went back to sleep with Yuhe, but Yuhe couldn't speak and didn't dare to turn over, so he couldn't fall asleep even more.

The second day was the engagement day, Baozan made a fuss in the middle of the night, and now she just fell asleep and was woken up, and woke up reluctantly early in the morning, and Yuhe didn't sleep well all night. Both master and servant looked listless.Baochai came to her courtyard early in the morning, seeing the appearance of the two of them, she felt that it was too shameful, and Yu He didn't seem to be able to dress Baozan carefully, so she asked Jixue to powder Yuhe, while He also painted Baozan by herself, and asked Yinger to comb Baozan's hair and braid her hair.After finishing combing for a while, she saw that the circles under her eyes were still black, and was about to apply two more powders on her eyes, but Xue Pan asked outside: "Your girl, have you changed your clothes?" The little maid said: "It's ready, my aunt is helping the girl to dress up now."

Hearing that the clothes were changed, Xue Pan felt fine. He raised the curtain and entered the room. Seeing that Baozan's eyes were black and blue, he pointed at her and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, the green-winged bat king Wei Yixiao." Baozan Like a vampire, she opened her mouth to him and showed her canine teeth, which was playful. Baochai stared at her and smiled, "I'm going to be engaged today, and she's so weird." The powder was applied under her eyes, and she showed her a mirror. Baozan took a closer look, and sure enough, the dark circles under her eyes were gone, and she was much more energetic. She smiled and looked at the mirror for a long time before returning it to Baozan. Chai said, "It's all Yuhe's fault." Yuhe said from the side, "I'm sorry for the trouble, aunt, it's all my fault." Baochai laughed and said, "That girl is fine, and she doesn't argue for herself." Baozan pouted. Said: "She is still debating, you ask her, what can she distinguish." Xue Pan said: "Yuhe, quickly make a distinction, and I will help you." Yuhe still smiled and did not speak.

After finally finishing dressing, the group went to Aunt Xue's room, where Yinglian had been waiting for a long time, Xue Pan said a few words to her and went out with Master Xue to meet the male guests.Xue Biao and his mother had arrived some time ago, and Baoqin lived with them in a courtyard in the northeast corner. After a while, the three of them also arrived. Xue Biaoyin asked, "Big brother, but he went outside." Aunt Xue He smiled and said, "I'm going out with your uncle. You can go too. It's good to know some people." Baoqin, Aunt Xue said again: "Although girl Qin is a niece, I treat her the same as my daughter." Mrs. Xue also wanted to mention Baoqin's resignation. , it's not easy to mention such a thing, so I had to let it go, and the two exchanged pleasantries again.

Just as she was talking, she saw Liu Xianglian's aunt coming. Instead of paying respects to everyone, she pulled Baozan and looked at it again, boasting and boasting. Even a cheeky person like Baozan was said to blush. .Later, I heard that my uncle and wife had come with a cousin girl. Aunt Xue rushed out with Yinglian Baozan and saw Mrs. Zheng with a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, who was Xiluan, the queen of Wang Ziteng. Now that he is the son of Marquis Baoning, Baozan hasn't seen her for several years since Wang Ziteng came to Beijing. When he looked at her carefully, he thought that he didn't look like Baochai. This Wang Xiluan has grown up in recent years. It looks like it was carved out of the same mold as Wang Xifeng.After meeting each other, because they were both unmarried girls, Baozan and Baoqin talked with Wang Xiluan. Baozan laughed and said, "I haven't seen Sister Luan for a few years. At first glance, I thought Sister Feng was going back home." It’s been a few years since I came to our house.” Wang Xiluan said with a smile, “How can I compare my appearance with my elder sister, and my sister Hairpin flatters me.”

Wang Xiluan didn't think much of Xue's family at first, unlike Wang Xifeng and Baochai Baozan, who have a good relationship. Now that Xue Pan has become an official, he feels that the Xue family sisters are a little more eye-catching, and it is nice to talk with Baozan Angry.Seeing that Baoqin was born beautifully, better than Baochai, he asked Baozan, "Who is this younger sister?" Baozan laughed and said, "It's my second uncle's daughter, named Baoqin." Not even the imperial merchants, they were just ordinary merchants, and Baoqin's divorce from the Mei family had caused a lot of trouble. Although everyone knew that it was not Baoqin's fault but that the Mei family was unkind, public opinion was always against women. Therefore, Wang Xiluan didn't pay attention to Baoqin after hearing this, but only talked about other things with Baozan.Baoqin originally met her, but Wang Xiluan didn't respond, Baoqin felt very embarrassed, Baozan was about to say something, and remembered Wang Ziteng's care for Xue's family, his love for his sisters, etc. When the benefits of human beings came, he endured it and could only hold Baoqin's hand to show comfort.

Fortunately, after another meeting, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang brought Yingchun Tanchun, Youshi brought Xichun, and Mrs. Zhao brought Tanya, and Baozan hurriedly followed Aunt Xue to meet and bring Bao Qin introduced the four of them, and the four of them looked at Baoqin and said, "Sure enough, what you said is true." Baozan raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't know how to look at anything else, don't I even look at beautiful women?" Can't you read it?" The four said again: "You are very good at reading." Baoqin stomped her feet, blushed and said angrily: "Second sister." Baozan looked at her with a smile, and handed her over again. He said to Tanchun and his wife, "Let's talk for a while, I'll go to our wife." Then he said, "My sister is young, so please take care of me." Sanchun and Tanya just told her to rest assured, The four of them would not eat Baoqin in broad daylight, so Baozan left them with a smile and went to Aunt Xue.

There are not many relatives and friends in Xue's family, but later, people from Fei's family, Feng's family, Zhen's family, and some other sisters came.When it was auspicious, when Liu Xianglian's aunt arrived, she took out the gold head, all kinds of jewelry, and some silk and satin that had been prepared.Aunt Xue asked someone to take it one by one, and registered it again. Liu Xianglian's aunt took out the Yuanyang sword and gave it to Baozan. Baozan naturally knew what it was, so she hurried forward to take it.Liu Xianglian's aunt said: "Now I hand over the ancestral sword of the Liu family to you." Baozan held his breath and blushed, and thanked him in a soft voice that was rare in a thousand years.

I also heard Liu Xianglian's aunt and Aunt Xue say: "These rituals must be nothing to your family, but my nephew has done his best." Aunt Xue said with a smile: "It's ten thousand taels Gold, our family doesn’t pay much attention to it. Lian’er was only 12 years old when he married Pan’er. Our master and I also looked at him and knew how much money he had, so we didn’t care about it. How much courtesy, as long as he thinks it is enough." Liu Xianglian's aunt was relieved after hearing this, and then took Baozan's hand and said: "Such a beautiful, such a conversation, such a neat, your family Such a reasonable person, it is his blessing to marry Lian Er, I will not let him wrong you." Baozan put on a shy look and bowed her head again, but she pretended to be decent.Aunt Xue said something that she didn't feel wronged, and asked Baozan to go back to the house.

Baozan went back to her courtyard, holding the mandarin duck sword in her hand. Daiyu smiled when she saw it and said, "This looks like a chivalrous woman." She then pulled Yingchun and said, "She laughed at you for taking it. Luopan, you should smile at her now." Yingchun is the most kind person, she just shook her head and said: "Stop talking, it would be bad for her if she gets ashamed." Baozan hung the sword beside the bed He smiled and said: "In the past, I often said that sister Yingchun is the best. Look, it's true." Daiyu asked with a smile, "You really say it often?" Ask sister Qin."

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