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

It is said that Baozan stayed at Jia's house for one night, and on the second day, he played with Zixian at Sister Feng's place for a while, met Grandma Liu, and heard some things about the people in the country, which was quite interesting.Seeing that only Qing'er was brought here, but Ban'er was not seen, he asked Grandma Liu, "Grandma, why don't you see Ban'er?" I don't allow him to come in with me." Baozhan said with a smile: "He is only a young man, and he is a junior, so grandma is too careful." Over the years, she often went to Beijing and made a lot of money, and she also reads books and often reads some words, so she is a bit more knowledgeable than she was back then. Hearing what Baozan said, she said: "Be careful. These are good too." Baozan thought to himself that it was true, rather than being caught by someone, it would be easier for him to be more careful, so he nodded in agreement.

After talking gossip for a while, Baozan asked Ban'er how well he was studying now. Grandma Liu said: "It was good to study in the family school with the third master Huan in this mansion. Later, the third master Huan I went to study with another Juren, but the master Juren didn’t ask Mr. Huan to accompany him to study, and it was not easy for Baner to follow. Fortunately, with the kindness of my aunt and cousin, our family made some money, and now Ban'er is studying in a private school outside Beijing, and it's considered good there." Baozan heard this and said, "The private school outside Beijing is no better than the family school here, and even less than those great Confucian scholars. Brother and son study together, grandma thinks it's good?" Grandma Liu's family now also has some small money, and although she still likes giving some money, how can it be compared to letting her grandson study with a Juren?Although she is a country woman, she also knows the benefits of reading. Hearing what Baozan said, she hurriedly asked: "Biao girl really has a way? Then the master Juren doesn't allow the third master Huan to accompany him to read, how can Baner follow along?" read?"

Baozhan laughed and said, "Why do you need to be a reading companion? Isn't it okay to just ask Ban'er to study by himself?" Grandma Liu said aloud to the Buddha: "If Ban'er is not a reading companion, how can I have such a great blessing." Baozan Said: "To tell you the truth, the Juren that Brother Huan is following is my elder brother's father-in-law. Mr. Zhen will never refuse to talk about it. And I heard that Ban'er is going to take the Tongsheng Examination next year." Alright, if I get Mr. Zhen's advice, I think I will be able to pass the exam. I will tell my brother when I go back today, how about I give grandma a message within three days?" Grandma Liu felt that the more she said, the more reliable it was. , I was so happy that I didn't know what to do, thanked her a lot: "It's really thanks to the girl, I'm going to ask Baner to kowtow to the girl." As he said that, he was going to challenge Baner, Baozan hurriedly stopped her and said: " If grandma is like this, I will be angry, we are relatives, why are you so outrageous." Grandma Liu said aloud to the Buddha again, and said: "I don't know in which life I have cultivated such a blessing, not to mention my aunt, even the girl is like this I don’t know how to thank you for being willing to help our family.” After finishing speaking, he recited thousands of Buddha words.

In the afternoon, Baozan resigned from all the sisters and Sister Feng, and then went to Jiamu's to resign from Jiamu, and then got ready to get on the carriage.Seeing Grandma Liu bringing Qing'er to see her off, she smiled again and said, "Don't worry, Grandma, I must not forget about Ban'er. I will tell my brother immediately when he comes home in the evening." Grandma Liu shook her hands hurriedly. Said: "I don't worry about what the girl said or did. It wasn't for this, but for the girl's kindness. My granddaughter made a lot of grasshoppers and said she would give it to the girl." Baozan heard this, and looked at Qing'er again. Qing'er took out a dozen grasshoppers strung together with thin grass ropes and handed them to Baozan, saying, "This is for the girl." Baozan took the string Grasshopper said again: "You have the heart, but don't call me a girl from now on, just call me aunt like Sister Qiao." Qing'er called "aunt" again delicately.Baozan liked it, pulled out a silk flower from her hair and gave it to her, saying: "This is for you, return the gift."

When Qing'er saw it, he refused to accept it, so Baozan said, "What is this silk flower worth? I have collected many things before, so why don't you accept this?" Qing'er said, "I gave it to my aunt, Grasshopper. Aunt Xie has asked grandma to bring back a pair of shoes for me every three months these years, this is a thank you gift, how can I take it back?" Baozan laughed and said: "What do I think it's for? If you don't want to accept it, it's because of this, so just accept this silk flower as a shoe." After saying that, he didn't pass it to Qing'er any more, but just stuck it in her hair, looked carefully, and smiled again. "It looks better than mine." After saying goodbye to Grandma Liu, he got into the carriage and went back to Xue's house.

At dinner in the evening, I mentioned to Xue Pan that Baner also studied with Zhen Shiyin. Xue Pan said, "It's easy to handle. I'll just talk about it in two days." Baozan said, "I can't wait for you in two days." , I told Grandma Liu that I will give her news within three days. You happen to be taking a rest tomorrow. After you send me to Zhao’s house, you can go to Mr. Zhen to mention this matter yourself.” Xue Pan said: “You He's good at taking care of things. It's just that I'm being asked to run errands after a lot of talking, but I didn't expect that there would be a time limit, and the time is still so tight." Baozhan put down his chopsticks and held his face and said: " These years have been like this, but today I want to tell me these two words, I have been here for less than a year, how many times can I bother you even if I bother you to do things?" Hearing these words, Xue Pan thought of the past ten years. In love, thinking that Baozan is going to get married next year, no matter what he can't do anything, he feels strange and reluctant, so he said: "Come on, come on, I can't help my aunt say this, I'll just run through it tomorrow." But I didn't expect that this aunt would be able to find dozens of things of various sizes in one day, let alone half a year left, there are so many things... yes.This is something for later, let's not mention it for now.

Early the next morning, Xue Pan and Baozan took her to Zhao's house in a carriage together, and went to Zhen Shiyin by himself.Baozan went to Zhao's house and met Baochai, and seeing her waiting for her at the door with her nine-month-old belly, she was frightened for a moment, and hurriedly shouted: "Ying'er, take your grandma to sit down, and stand upright." What are you doing at the door?" Ying'er said with a bitter face, "Where can I stay?" Baozan helped Baochai back to her seat, and seeing her sit down, said: "Okay, sister is standing What to do at the door is to be careful not to fall, and the cold wind is always bad."

Baochai said: "I don't know what's going on. After I'm pregnant, I always like to do stupid things. I make mistakes in my accounts. I can't embroider anything well. I always forget things. I do stupid things." One after another. Last time I made a purse for my wife, and I thought about taking it to my wife myself, but I put the purse in the house, and I took a basket of leftovers to give to my wife, Yinger Wenxing I didn't know what I was going to do and didn't dare to stop me, just watched me take those things to honor my wife, and my wife laughed again when she saw it, which made me blush with shame." Baozhan sighed secretly: Isn't this Is it stupid for three years after being pregnant? Xue Baochai, a shrewd person like you, still has today.The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter was simply too funny, so I couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then hurriedly said: "This is a common thing, there is nothing wrong with it." Baochai knew that it must be because of her laughing like this. He wondered what to say about this matter, and seeing that she knew that she must have only a half-knowledge without showing off her knowledge, so she didn't ask her in detail, but just chatted with her about ordinary gossip.

As he was talking, he saw a well-groomed young daughter-in-law come to pay her respects to Baochai. Baochai also put away the laughing expression when talking with Baochai, and put on a dignified and stable air to accept the gift but did not call her stand up.Baozan guessed [-]% in his heart, so he opened his mouth and asked: "Sister, I have never seen this girl before, is she new here?" Several maids in the room saw that Baozan pretended not to see that she was a daughter-in-law. On the contrary, they said she was a girl, and they all laughed out loud, and Baozan knew that this little daughter-in-law was not happy, otherwise these maids would not dare to laugh out loud in front of her face, so Baozan felt a little more at ease.

When Baochai heard that Baozan said that the young daughter-in-law was a girl, she smiled and said, "It's not a girl, but your brother-in-law's roommate." Baochai laughed and said, "My sister is really confused when she has this child. Some, Tongfang, Tongfang, I didn’t even earn a single aunt, what is it if she’s not a girl?” Baochai said: “It’s all my fault, I told you to talk nonsense about Tongfang’s aunt, stop talking As soon as the words fell, Tanya's voice came from outside, and she said: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong? Sister Zan is right to speak quickly. She is neither a grandma nor an aunt. What else can she be if she is not a girl?" ? This one with the head turned upside down, can’t she still be a girl?”

After Tanya finished speaking, she entered the room, Baozan greeted her with a smile and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and my teeth have become sharper." Tanya smiled and said, "I can't be my sister, we can only talk about it." Say it’s each other.” After finishing speaking, the two laughed together again.Baozan saw the young daughter-in-law kneeling there with a frail appearance, and wearing a white shirt with silk flowers, which seemed a bit extraordinary, so she asked the little daughter-in-law: "What's your name? "The little daughter-in-law whispered: "Yin Shuang." Baozan became happy when she heard it, and said again and again: "A good name, a good name, there is no better name than this. Who gave it to you?" Then she looked at Baochai, and seeing Baochai's extremely rare raised mouth corners smiling slyly, she felt happy again, and as expected, she heard Yinshuang say, "It's the name given by Second Mistress."

If it is said that Baozan named Yuhe because Yuhe’s surname was Xia, and that it was by the Daming Lake when he asked Xue Pan for Yuhe, then he changed his name for fun, and it could also meet the needs of his family. Jinger.When Baochai named Yinshuang Child, it was full of malice and had no good ideas.Baochai also knew that it was not good to ask any more questions at this moment, so she stopped talking, and just waited to ask Baochai what was going on in private.

After waiting for half an hour, Baochai asked Yinshuang to get up and leave. Yinshuang's legs were already so numb that she couldn't even walk steadily, so she walked out staggeringly.Tanya looked at her back, and said angrily: "Isn't it a pleasure for her to come here every day to give to sister-in-law? Why don't sister-in-law sell her?" Baochai laughed and said, "Our family only has buyers. Where there are people who sell people, don't let people see the joke. It's just a matter of two taels of silver a month, and our family can afford it. She comes to pay her respects every day, and I suffer every day. Don't worry about me , I have my plan."