[Red House] How to escape from a broken ship

Today when Daiyu returned home from Rongfu, her second cousin, Baoyu, volunteered to send her back, saying that he hadn't greeted her aunt and uncle for a long time, so it happened to be with her.When the car arrived at the door, Baoyu dismounted and was talking, when Daiyu suddenly heard a slightly unfamiliar but familiar voice: Jia Boheng is visiting his uncle and aunt.

"Brother Ayan!" Daiyu not only shouted, but also lifted the curtain of the car, and saw the much taller figure under the sun than before.She didn't dare to recognize her anymore, like when she met for the first time when she was five years old, she whispered again: "Cousin Ah Yan?"

Jia Yan smiled when he saw her, got off the horse, handed the reins to Shen Xiao, walked to the front of the carriage, smiled and bowed: "Sister!" Both of them were excited, but Daiyu could still hold it, look He glanced at Baoyu and said silently to Jia Yan, "Baoyu."

Looking at the tall, plump and handsome man in front of him, with smart and simple clothes and no extra accessories, Jia Baoyu looked at himself again, and deeply felt that such a young man like himself is vulgar!I don't know who this person is, and whether I can get along with him, oh idiot, can such a person like me?

"This is the Second Young Master Bao of Rongguo Mansion, right?" Jia Yan said with a smile, "I don't know his identity just now, if Jia Yan is rude, Second Young Master Haihan."

Jia Baoyu hurriedly said: "Don't dare. Jia Yan... Clan brother! You are my clan brother Jia Yan and Jia Boheng, right?" His face was not only happy, but also showed some respect: "I heard that Uncle Brother Heng gave up his fame for his friends during the last provincial examination. It is really admirable. I was lucky enough to see him today, and I know that Brother Heng really has an outstanding demeanor. I can't be compared with mediocre and stupid people like me. If you don't dislike it, the family Just call me by my name!"

"..." Jia Yan looked at Jia Baoyu, wondering why this kid was so excited, he said politely, "It's not appropriate to call him by his first name, um, can I call him Brother Bao?"

"Okay!" Baoyu was overjoyed. Seeing the convoy following Jia Yan, he suddenly said, "Brother Boheng has just arrived in Beijing, and it's been a long time since I talked to my aunt and uncle. I'll go home first and come back another day." Say hello to aunt and uncle, and call on Brother Boheng!" After finishing speaking, he said: "If it's cold today, my sister should go back quickly."

After finishing speaking, he bowed to each other and went on his own.

Jia Yan looked at the back of the horse and said goodbye, and before he could speak, Shen Zhong, the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, trotted over: "Master Biao is safe all the way, please hurry up, Master Biao, my wife is waiting for you. It's cold, and the girl is also here." Hurry back home, don't blow the cold wind!"

I haven't seen each other for three years. Needless to say, Jia Min was excited when he saw his nephew. Even Lin Hai, a gentle and gentle person who doesn't show his emotions or anger, patted his nephew on the shoulder and said: "Okay, okay, I really look like an adult now." .”

When their husband and wife were leaving, the child was still young and mature, but now Jia Yan's skeleton was stretched out. Although he was obviously thinner, he was full of energy!No matter how you look at it, he is a good boy. Lin Hai has a fatherly feeling in his chest, his eyes are loving, and he looked at him at the end and said: "I really grew up, and I am taller than my uncle."

Jia Yan was looked at by the elders, and then he stood upright in the hall, raised his robe and bowed down: "Unworthy nephew Jia Yan, send greetings to uncle and aunt!" After saying that, he kowtowed.

And Daiyu, who went to change clothes by herself, also rushed to the main room to meet Jia Yan. The relatives who hadn't seen each other for a long time exchanged warmth and warmth, needless to say, but Baoyu who brought people back to the house should be mentioned first.

When Jia Baoyu returned to the mansion to meet his grandmother Mrs. Shi Tai, his mother, second wife Wang, aunt and eldest wife Xing, and aunt Mrs. Xue were all there, chatting and amusing around the old lady.He went back to the room to say hello, and the girls immediately reported, "Baoyu is back!"

Although Baoyu is sixteen years old, he is still like a child in this kind of environment where the elders dote on him. The grandmother and the old lady hurriedly called him over: "My son, it is very cold to send your sister home, can you give me a gift?" Aunt and uncle say hello?"

Hearing what the old lady said, Mrs. Wang lowered her head and curled her lips in disdain. Naturally, the other two women saw it. Close yourself.

Baoyu didn't pay attention to the woman's eyebrows and eyes. He saluted and stood beside his grandmother: "Returning to the old lady, my grandson didn't go to greet my aunt and uncle today. The clan brother who the master often talks about passed the Jinling exam. Jia Boheng, the No. 19 Juren, has come to the capital, and he happened to be at Lin's house today. I thought I was in a hurry, so I might as well go to Lin's mansion one day to say hello to the elders."

He laughed and said: "My grandson originally thought that such a person must be a man with thick eyebrows, but I never expected that the clan brother is handsome and mighty, he is not an ordinary person!"

The second wife, Mrs. Wang, said: "You child has learned to judge people, and you know so much from just one meeting!" Baoyu smiled and said to her grandmother and mother, if you don't believe me, you will know him someday when you invite your brothers to come. No more mistakes.

"Oh, Baoyu's elder brother, the child brought up by Mrs. Lin's aunt and aunt?" Mrs. Xue said in surprise, "I was admitted to Juren when I was only a little old, and it was still nineteen!"

"Auntie, I heard from the master that my clan brother is two years older than me, and this year is exactly eighteen!" Baoyu didn't expect so much, so he said it casually.Aunt Xue nodded when she heard the words, thoughtfully.

After having dinner with the old lady in the evening, Aunt Xue took the maids back to Lixiangyuan in Rongfu where she lived. Her daughter Baochai was writing in front of the window, she put down her pen and came out to welcome her.

"Mother, why did you come back today?" Xue Baochai supported her mother to sit on the head with a smile, and stood beside her and offered fragrant tea.

Aunt Xue drank half a cup, then put down the teacup, and let the maids back out. She pulled her daughter to sit beside her, and said with a smile, "Didn't Baoyu send your sister Lin home? When she came back, she said to the old lady , his clan brother from Jinling, the one whom the Second Master spoke so highly of, is here, Xiao Jia Juren."

"Oh? Then Baoyu must be saying that he is a filthy man." Baochai said with a smile, but Xue Baochai was surprised when his mother smiled and waved her hand and said that Baoyu praised him.

Aunt Xue stroked her daughter's hair: "My son, don't worry, mother will plan carefully for you. There is nothing embarrassing for us mothers and daughters. You are getting older every day. Now it seems that there are so many good men in Beijing. If the elders here in Baoyu don't let go, my son can still find another good son-in-law."

Baochai, whose face was flushed, hesitated for a moment, but said again: "Mother, let's talk about it today, my daughter thinks that Baoyu's side may not work."

Aunt Xue was shocked: "My son, why did you say that, your aunt..."

"Mother," Baochai said helplessly, "haven't you found out yet? My aunt can't make the decision about Baoyu. Only the old lady and the second master can decide, but if the two elders are allowed to choose, our mother and I will talk about it privately. I want to choose Sister Lin. Besides, mother, don't be too concerned about that little Jia Juren, it's useless."

Aunt Xue put her arms around her daughter and said distressedly: "Why are you so self-deprecating? My son, Baoyu, is nothing more than that. After all, the little Juren's parents are gone. What's more, after winning the imperial examination, he will be admitted to the Jinshi. The future is still unknown!"

This is the difference in the eyes of the two people. Xue Baochai had no choice but to talk to his mother in detail: "Mother, do you still remember that we were all in front of the old lady that day, and Mrs. Lin talked about the student of Brother Lin Shilang?" Got the second place in the previous examinations, and was ordered to Hanlin again?"

Aunt Xue thought about it for a while and then came to an idea: "That's right, after you quit, the old lady asked if Xu Hanlin was married. When I came back, I said that the old lady probably wanted to tell the young Hanlin about the second girl."

"Yes, mother, what did you tell me when I came back?" Baochai sighed, "Didn't you say that Mrs. Lin said that Hanlin was engaged to his master, Mr. Liang's daughter?"

Aunt Xue wondered: "Yes, but what's the matter? It's not surprising that the master married his daughter to his apprentice."

Baochai was really helpless: "Madam, if it was an ordinary person, would the old lady not ask anything at that time?" She looked at her mother, who still looked puzzled, so Baochai could only say: "Sister Lin hasn't come for a while. In this mansion, they later said that one of their best sisters was going out, and that sister was married to that Xu Hanlin girl, whose daughter do you think it is?"

"Whose family?" Aunt Xue really didn't know. Speaking of which, her source of information was the second wife Wang, but the second wife herself was not a particularly well-informed person!

Baochai said solemnly: "The woman married by the Imperial Academy is the eldest granddaughter of the current emperor's teacher and former chief assistant Liang Hongguang, the eldest daughter of Mr. Liang Ziyuan of Shigu Academy, and the niece of Princess Liang's son-in-law of Changle! Only a family with a good record can marry their daughter to the second place in the list of criminal records and hand-picked Hanlin. What about our family? I heard from Baoyu that the little Jia Juren also worshiped Lin Shilang as his teacher, his aunt's close relative, and a student he taught. Think otherwise."

Without waiting for her mother to speak, Baochai said again: "Of course it's a clan brother, and the girls in this house are not successful, but the old lady's natal family also has a sister Xiangyun... Such a good marriage is not in our family's turn."

Aunt Xue thought about the same thing, she was instantly discouraged, she put her arms around her daughter and said, "It's all because of your brother's disappointment! Alas, if your father is still there, and your brother is not up to date, why would my son be like this!" Although the girls in Beijing are married The time was later than before, but Baochai and Ji were a few years old, and now they have to... Seeing that they can't afford it.

The mother and daughter in Lixiangyuan are worrying, and Jia Baoyu's life is not easy. He said today that he would send his sister home, but his father, Jia Zheng, called him to the study after he heard about it: "How about your aunt and uncle? Send your sister home safely. gone?"

Baoyu said that when he met Jia Yan, he was worried that his aunt's house would be too busy, so he didn't go in. As a result, Jia Zheng scolded him: "I made my own decision, and I didn't go to greet my elders when I got to the door!"

Baoyu was so frightened that he quickly knelt down: "It's because my son is thinking about it. It's because my son was rude. I will definitely apologize to my aunt and uncle in the future. I beg the master not to be angry."

Jia Baoyu finally managed to be clever in front of his father, and changed the subject to talk about how handsome and handsome his elder brother Boheng was, with extraordinary appearance and so on.Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng didn't calm down, but became even more angry: I let you read articles on character and knowledge, but you actually pay attention to your elder brother!You hopeless boy!