The sad reminder of the science man

Xue Jia and Xue Hao got out of the carriage, and followed their mother-in-law into Rongguo Mansion through the corner gate.

Once entering the Rongguo Mansion, there is a corridor. Xue Hao got on the sedan chair, while Xue Chi walked forward, led by the mother-in-law and walked to the place where she shot.After passing through a hanging flower gate, you can see Chaoshou verandahs on both sides, and a hall in the middle, with a red sandalwood shelf and marble screen in the middle.Turning around the screen, there are three small halls, and behind the halls is the main courtyard.The five upper rooms on the front are all carved beams and painted buildings.

Before Xue Jia and Xue Hao walked in, they saw three or four servant girls coming forward, and only one of them shouted, "Second Master Xue, Miss Xue is here." He opened the curtain and welcomed them into the room .

In the room, there was an old woman sitting upright, and beside her were two middle-aged women and two young women, both of whom I had seen before. Mrs. Wang, the young women are Mrs. Li, the eldest sister-in-law of Zhu, and Sister Feng, the second sister-in-law of Lian.

Xue Jia and Xue Hao came forward to meet one by one, and everyone also saluted.

After the ceremony was over, Mrs. Wang said, "Chi'er and Hao'er will live here with Aunt An Xin. If there is any need, please tell your Lian's second sister-in-law. Now you can no longer call her sister Feng, but Lian's second sister-in-law."

Most of the Jia family knew beforehand that Xue Jia and Xue Hao wanted the Jia family to stay for a while, so they had no objection. Sister Feng said directly, "Brother Xue Jia and sister Haoer, how about I arrange you like the Wang family? Brother Xue Jia lives in the outer courtyard." Is it possible to let sister Haoer and Yingchun have one yard per person? It will be more convenient for brother Xue Jia to go out every day, and sister Haoer can play with the little sisters in the inner courtyard, so it won’t be too boring.”

After hearing this, Xue Chi quickly thanked, "Second sister-in-law Lao Lian, you've bothered me. The second sister-in-law Lian has arranged things very well. My sister and I are used to it."

Everyone exchanged pleasantries again, and Mrs. Shi saw that it was almost done, so she said, "Second brother, you and Sister Feng lead Xue Chi and his brothers and sisters down! Be sure to entertain them well."

Both the Wang family and Sister Feng should be, and after saying goodbye to everyone, they led the Xue Chi brothers and sisters to Wang's residence in Rongxitang.

When they arrived at Rongxi Hall, Wang sent someone to take Xue Jia to visit Jia Zheng, and he took Xue Hao and Sister Feng into the inner courtyard of the main hall.

Xue Chi visited Jia Zheng and Jia Lian with others, and was led to meet Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen.How did Xue Jia meet with the crowd? Let's say that Xue Hao followed Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng into the three side rooms on the east side of Rongxi Hall.

After entering the inner courtyard, Mrs. Wang asked, "Well, you and your brother can live in peace, don't have any worries."

Xue Hao stood up and replied, "Thank you, aunt." After thinking for a while, she stretched out her hand to the big maid beside her, and the maid immediately took out something and put it in Xue Hao's hand. Xue Hao took it and handed it to Mrs. Wang, "Auntie, this is My second brother and I spent money, please don't refuse my aunt."

Mrs. Wang took it, and was about to refuse, "What is the meaning of this, this is absolutely unacceptable."

Sister Feng also went up to take a look, and found that it was 2000 taels of silver. She didn't think much of it, because when Wang was in the house, he knew that Xue's brothers and sisters were eating and drinking for themselves. inappropriate.

Mrs. Wang and Xue Hao shied away for a while, and Mrs. Wang still accepted the bank note, but immediately handed it to Sister Feng who was standing aside.

Seeing this scene, Xue Hao secretly smiled in his heart, I just want to give it to you in front of others, so that you can't keep it, hum, don't try to take advantage of our Xue family in this life, even though Xue Hao thought so in his heart, but his face still had a smile on his face. Deputy smile.

After Mrs. Wang gave the silver ticket to Sister Feng, she asked Xue Hao some things and sent Sister Feng to take Xue Hao to rest.

Mrs. Wang waited until she and her confidant Lin Zhixiao's family were left in the room. Mrs. Wang said, "Why don't the brothers and sisters of the Xue family continue to live in my brother's house, but come to our Jia's house, even if my brother has left Beijing? It's not even possible!"

Lin Zhixiao's family knew that Mrs. Wang didn't want to ask herself, but that she couldn't figure it out, but they still stepped forward and said, "Maybe it's like what my aunt said in her letter, I want to find a good home for Miss Xue."

Mrs. Wang doesn't think highly of Mother Xue as a younger sister, because she was brought up by her aunt since she was a child, and then she was named by her aunt. Mrs. Wang has always felt that she is superior, especially when facing this younger sister, she is disdainful in her heart, but she still maintains a kind face, " This younger sister is too good at thinking. Who is our Jia family, and what is the identity of their Xue family."

As soon as Lin Zhixiao's family heard this, they knew that Mrs. Wang didn't like the brothers and sisters of the Xue family. She followed Mrs. Wang out of the Wang family, so she knew that there was a mess between Mrs. Wang and Xue's mother, so she didn't step forward to defend the Xue family. Instead of saying something good, he said, "It's good for the servant girl to look at Miss Xue. I don't know what my wife thinks?"

Mrs. Wang snorted again, "This Xue Hao, she is not simple, she carried a bank note as soon as she came up, does this mean that their Xue family is rich? It is really a businessman, so they can't get on the stage. It turns out that their Xue family is still He has an imperial merchant body, but he was taken over by a side branch of the Xue family, and now their family is just an ordinary family, so what's the point of showing off?"

Lin Zhixiao's family also echoed, but thinking of Miss Xue's slipping a silver ticket on the road just now, Lin Zhixiao's family said, "My servant guesses that this is not Miss Xue's intention to show off, but I think it is really troublesome Ma'am, you must know that Miss Xue But if she wants to live with us, she will rely on her wife, so she won't think about embarrassing her."

Mrs. Wang felt reasonable after hearing this, "It seems that I was thinking about it, this Xue Hao is loyal or traitor, let's watch it in the future! Then Xue Chi paid a visit to the master, does the master have any orders?"

Lin Zhixiao's family thought for a while and replied, "I didn't say anything, I just saw Second Master Xue and let him come out. I didn't say much, and then I saw Second Master Bao and Second Master Lian. They were taken to the Ning Mansion."

Mrs. Wang pondered for a moment, "What do you think of this Xue Chi? He has worshiped Cheng Gong as his teacher."

It was the first time for Lin Zhixiao's family to hear this, "This is the first time this slave has heard of it. I see that Second Master Xue is not as smart as Second Master Bao. It's really lucky."

Mrs. Wang is also jealous that Xue Chi can worship Cheng Gong as a teacher. You must know the name and status of Cheng Gong. Even women like her know it. It can be seen how prestigious Cheng Gong is. Introduce it to Cheng Gong, will Cheng Gong accept Baoyu?"

Although Lin Zhixiao's family thought it was impossible, they said, "This must be a success. The second master Bao was born with jade in his mouth. There will be great fortune in the future. Anyone who sees it will say 'good'. Think about it. If you see it, you will definitely accept Second Master Bao."

Speaking of Baoyu, Mrs. Wang was full of confidence, "That's right, my Baoyu has great fortune, this Xue family boy can worship Cheng Gong as a teacher, let alone my Baoyu. Where is this Baoyu now? You can go to see this Xue Hao ?”

Lin Zhixiao's family hurriedly replied, "I haven't seen it yet. This Miss Xue went to see the eldest lady after she left this door, and then she went back to the yard. At this time, it should be tidying up the yard! The second master Bao went to the old lady." Then, I think I went to see Miss Lin."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she became very angry, "I knew that Lin Daiyu was a charming girl, she was alluring all day long, and she knew how to seduce people at such a young age, just like her dead mother, she was not a good thing. "

Lin Zhixiao's family knew that Mrs. Wang had been at odds with Lin Daiyuniang since she was a girl, and she passed it on to her daughter now that everyone is dead. Although Lin Zhixiao felt that Mrs. Wang was too petty, but seeing the master getting angry , Lin Zhixiao's family hurriedly persuaded, "Madam calm down, this second master Bao is still young, this girl Lin has only been here for a few days, she must be fresh, and it will be fine in a while. I think Miss Xue is also good, I believe that when Bao Er If I see Miss Xue, I will forget about Miss Lin."

Compared with Lin Daiyu, Mrs. Wang's impression of Xue Hao suddenly increased a lot. She didn't think of Xue Hao as her future daughter-in-law, but she didn't like Xue's family status. She just thought that Xue Hao could divert Baoyu's attention from Lin Daiyu. Just open, "Yes, this Baoyu was born by me, he must know that I don't like this Lin Daiyu. This Lin Daiyu is obviously the same as her mother, it is not a worry, this Baoyu and her will definitely do it. Xiao Fudi, I don't want Baoyu to feel wronged, I'm doing this for Baoyu's own good."

Lin Zhixiao's family hastily echoed, "Second Master Bao will definitely know how hard Madam has worked."

How could Mrs. Wang not know Jia Baoyu's character, and then she thought that Mrs. Shi would definitely add fuel to the flames, and said, "I seem to have heard that Baoyu here goes out to study every day, but it's true."

Lin Zhixiao's family hurriedly replied with a smile, "Yes, I heard from Ming Yan, the second master of Bao, that the second master of Bao is very close to Qin Zhong, the younger brother of Grandma Rong in Ningfu."

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, "This Qin family is very good. I think her younger brother is also a good one. Baoyu can make progress and be less scolded by the master. I am Amitabha." Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang looked at the clock, " It's dinner time, you send someone to tell the master, I have something important to discuss with the master, I hope the master can come and have dinner together."

Lin Zhixiao's family should have retreated in a hurry, and turned around to inform someone to invite the master to come over.

Let's not mention what Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng said for the time being, but the Xue Chi brothers and sisters settled down in this Jia family.Xue Hao spent a very pleasant time with Daiyu and Yingchun sisters in the inner courtyard every day, reading and chatting, or being a female celebrity.

Xue Jia was taken by Jia Lian to have a few drinks, and he recognized most of the children of Jia's family. As Xue Zhong found out, most of them were dandies and had nothing to do all day long. They were either drinking today or watching flowers tomorrow. Gambling together is even common, so Xue Zhi kept Cheng Gong's teaching in mind, and after he recognized someone, he used the excuse of going to class every day and stopped interacting with them, despising the Jia family's atmosphere in his heart.

We must know that when Xue Pan and Xue Chi first came to the capital, Wang Ren did not take them out for a drink, but although most of them were dudes, they also had their bearing, and they were definitely not as unscrupulous in their speech as the Jia family. .This Jia family is not as powerful as the Wang family, and it seems that people's eyes have grown to their foreheads, so Xue Chi looks down on the Jia family.