The Heart of the Red Chamber

While Wang Ren was still betting with Chen Yejun on who would be the next one to be unlucky, the Jia family made a fuss. Stupid, but Wang Ren doubts that the reason why Jia Baoyu is stupid is not because of Yu, but because Lin Daiyu got married not long ago, and it is estimated that someone in Jia's family has a bad mouth and told Jia Baoyu.

According to Wang Ren's point of view, as for Jia Baoyu, it doesn't matter if he is stupid, even when he is sober, he will always do stupid things.

What confuses Wang Ren the most is that this kind of thing should be hidden logically. Even if you ask a doctor, you should be tight-lipped and use some other name to cover it up. A reward notice was posted, offering a reward of 1 taels of silver for that piece of jade.

Chen Yejun sneered: "At this time, I don't know how to live with my neck shrunk, but instead such a thing happens, just wait and see!"

Wang Ren was also upset. Wang Ziteng happened to know it when he went back, and his face was not so good at the moment. Mrs. Sun comforted him, and Wang Ziteng finally smiled bitterly: "Forget it, our Wang family is the Wang family, and the Jia family is like that." The Duke’s mansion has nothing to do with us, at most we will give them a bowl of food!"

Although I don't want to care about these messy things, but Chang'an City is obviously intrigued by this reward, and news spreads from time to time, 1 taels of silver, most people will never see so much money in their lifetime, right now A large group of people wished to turn the entire imperial city upside down, and some people were using their brains a little bit, and someone imitated a lifelike one, but after sending it in, they were beaten out by the Jia family with a big stick.

Then, Concubine Xiande, who was raising a fetus in the palace, made a decree and bestowed a marriage on Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai is almost twenty now, and she is still in her boudoir. The main reason is that the mother and daughter are picky. If you want to have a rich family, and if you want to go in, you have to be the head of the house. Quite a few, but if it was such a family, who would marry a businesswoman as the mistress.As a result, Jia Baoyu became the first choice. For this marriage, the Xue family paid a lot of money. In order to build the Grand View Garden, the Jia family borrowed 10,000+ taels of silver from the Xue family several times. Including the wooden furnishings owed on credit in Xue's shop.

Especially Xue Pan has not made much progress so far, Xue Wang sees that the Wang family no longer wants to take care of his family's affairs, so he has to hold on to the Jia family even more. Difficulty, even if Xue Pan has no talent, relying on the old shopkeeper and old manager at home, he can finally support the Xue family's family business. If there is no support, with Xue Pan's temperament, he would have been punished to death for offending someone. .

Xue Wangshi came to Wang's house happily to post a post. Wang Ziteng looked at the wedding invitation with big red and gold letters, tapped the table with his index finger, pondered for a while, and asked, "Have you thought it all out?"

Xue Wang smiled happily and said: "Brother, it's a great honor for your mother to give you a marriage!"

Wang Ziteng knew very little about the affairs of the harem, and he didn't know much about the concubine Xiande's favor. However, today is not a person who loves children. Wang Ziteng knows that if he wants to clean up the Jia family today, he will definitely not give Xiande The concubine is even the dragon seed in the stomach of the concubine Xiande.But of course you can't say this casually, Wang Ziteng sighed in his heart, and said, "Since you think so, that's good!" He hesitated for a long time, but still didn't say that Jia Baoyu had no claim to be a prince other than being a legitimate son. Advantages, people are stupid now, he doesn't believe that any kind of joy can be good, but Xue Baochai really can't find a better choice than Jia Baoyu after lingering so far.One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, Wang Ziteng has nothing to say.

After thinking about it, Wang Ziteng still said: "Pan'er is married now, what are your plans?"

Xue Wang's face froze, Xue Pan was now completely controlled by her daughter-in-law Xia Jingui, and even her former favorite Xiangling was sold out.Xia Jingui is a pungent person, and he is not a person who cares about face. Mrs. Xue Wang is stupid and tongue-tied. Every time she wants to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson, she is blocked by Qing Qiaoqiao. I have to pack up the dowry and go back to my mother's house.The Xue family's current situation is not as good as before, and they are still counting on this daughter-in-law to take the Xia family into their pockets. How can they turn against Xia Jingui, so they can only swallow their anger.

Seeing that Xue Wang's face was not good-looking, Wang Ziteng didn't know the reason, but he still said: "Second sister, if the Xue family wants to gain a foothold, it depends on Pan'er in the final analysis. How can Pan'er continue to be so ignorant? He is now 20 How old are you, now that you have a family, you should start a business!"

Xue Wang said with an apologetic smile: "Pan'er has been learning how to do business from the shopkeeper in the shop all these years, and she has never messed around!"

Wang Ziteng said lightly: "Since you said that, I will believe you once, but if he makes any troubles in the future, don't blame me as a heartless brother!"

Xue Wang's heart turned cold, she, as a mother, could not know Xue Pan's virtue, and said quickly: "Sister, I only have Pan'er, and I will have to rely on him to provide for the elderly in the future. If there is something wrong with him, Sister, how can I still survive!"

Seeing that Mrs. Xue's words were threatening, Wang Ziteng felt bored, picked up the teacup, and said, "Forget it, go back and think about it! Although you are my sister, you are the Xue family, the Wang family after all. I don't have the face and energy to look after the Xue family for the rest of my life!"

Seeing that Wang Ziteng was already a little annoyed, Xue Wang secretly hated himself for not being able to speak, so he left without hesitation.

Jia Baoyu became like that, and the Jia family was also afraid of losing face, so the wedding was not a big deal. The dowry prepared by Xue's family for Xue Baochai was 88 liters. In his eyes, he also understood that the Xue family was not as good as before.The dowry furniture is made of sour branch wood. Although it is also a good wood, it is naturally not as good as huanghuali and sandalwood. The dowry Zhuangzi is not too big, and the shop can only be said to be second-class. It wasn't a particularly good item either. This can be seen from Jia Wang's expressionless face after seeing the dowry.

Mrs. Jia wished to move all the money from Xue's family back to her own home. Now Jia Lian and his wife are already smart, and they don't want to get involved in housekeeping. Mrs. Jia is not talented, so in order not to subsidize the money, He simply opened his hand and asked Li Wan, Tanchun and Baochai to take care of the house together. Because Li Wan was young and widowed, her mother-in-law didn't like it. For Jia Lan, she wished she could split a penny into two. Come to think of it, how would you be willing to put your own money in for this illusory butler's right? Tanchun is only two taels of silver a month, which also includes rouge and gouache, pens and inks for daily use, and needles and threads for making female celebrities It's all inside. In order to please Jia Wang, she has to use good materials to make clothes and shoes for Jia Wang and Jia Baoyu from time to time. How can there be any surplus, and Xue Baochai is also shrewd. She knows her own situation, especially her aunt before. They just hung their family's appetite and made some useless promises, and naturally they refused to use the Xue family's money to support the Jia family.

When Jia Wang saw that Xue Baochai was married, she thought that Xue Baochai would bring half of the Xue family's belongings with her, but she didn't know that the greater the hope, the greater the gap after seeing the facts.It’s as if Jia Wang’s valued his son Jia Baoyu more than Yuanchun’s. The most important purpose of Xue Wang’s desire to find a good son-in-law for his daughter is to find a good backer for his son Xue Pan. Don’t let Xue Pan eat it. deficit.So no matter how much she loves her daughter, she can't make fun of the Xue family's wealth.In her opinion, Xue Baochai's dowry is rich enough, not counting the private money she gave to Xue Baochai, the odds and ends are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, unless she is married to the clan prince's mansion, such a dowry is decent enough.

Jia Baoyu was still a little foolish, but under the fiddling of Xi Niang's maid, he still completed the wedding and sent him to the bridal chamber with Xue Baochai.In addition to covering her head, Xue Baochai felt sore when she looked at the ignorant and stupid Jia Baoyu.

Xue Baochai really likes Jia Baoyu. Jia Baoyu's temperament is indeed very attractive to a daughter who has never seen anything in the world. She has a good family background, is also handsome, well-spoken, gentle and considerate, and considerate. , but Xue Baochai values ​​the future more.I used to think that Shi Taijun loved Jia Baoyu, and Concubine Xiande was his own sister, and the Jia family would naturally fall into Jia Baoyu's hands in the future, but Jia Baoyu was so stupid because of Lin Daiyu who was married a long time ago, no one can let a fool attack her. Sir!

But now Xue Baochai has no other choice. The Xue family and Jia Wang's family released the matter of a happy marriage together. Now outsiders know it, and her reputation will inevitably be affected. Moreover, she is too old to marry For Jia Baoyu, is it possible to marry an old man as a successor?The most important thing is that the Xue family is indeed in decline now, because they have violated the wishes of their uncle Wang Ziteng several times. , in this city of Chang'an, where the rich and powerful gather, how can the Xue family continue to stay? It is obviously impossible to rely on Xue Pan. With Xue Pan's temperament, it is very good to be able to control himself!For the Xue family, the Jia family is the best backer.

Xue Baochai sat in front of the bed, looking at Jia Baoyu who was still a little dazed, Jia Baoyu's eyes were a little straight, Xi Niang who was on the side said a few auspicious words, and then retreated, after all, if the bride cooperates, the groom will do nothing. I couldn't go on talking even if I stood still, so only Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu were left.

Xue Baochai restrained her shyness and took Jia Baoyu's hand, calling softly, "Baoyu! Baoyu!"

A foolish smile appeared on Jia Baoyu's face, he looked straight at Xue Baochai's face, his eyes slowly became clear: "It's Sister Bao!"