Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Jia Lan already understood that he was talking about him, and immediately flattened his small mouth, wanting to cry.

Mrs. Wang was so distressed, she hugged Jia Lan and coaxed her for a few words, cast a glance at Li Wan, and said: "How can a mother say that her child is lucky if she can eat her body? sturdy."

After finishing speaking, he asked someone to bring two plates of snacks and feed him himself, and Jia Lan burst into tears.

Li Wan shook his head helplessly, saying that he was a relative from the next generation. This is not false at all. Mrs. Wang was a very dignified and serious person before, but now she is just like an ordinary grandmother in her little grandson. Jia Lan's discipline was a little stricter, and Mrs. Wang felt distressed.

After eating a butter noodle fruit, Jia Lan smiled, and pointed to the lotus root powder and cinnamon sugar cake on the plate, "GaoGao—"

Mrs. Wang smiled and fed him another piece of cake. After only two mouthfuls, a little girl suddenly reported that the second grandma had come.

Aunt Zhao opened the curtain and saw Sister Feng rushing in. "Greetings to my wife."

Mrs. Wang handed the remaining half of the cake to the servant girl, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and asked with some doubts, "Why is Feng girl here all of a sudden?"

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Aunt Xue's family in Jinling has sent a Mid-Autumn Festival gift, and there is also a letter to my wife."

Mrs. Wang was overjoyed when she heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Bring it up quickly."

Mrs. Wang has three sisters, she is the second girl, and the third sister of her first mother is the one who married into the Xue family.

The Wang family is the same as the Jia family. Although they are from Jinling, they live in the capital for a long time. After Aunt Xue married to Jinling, the journey is far away and travel is inconvenient. The two sisters have never met each other except for correspondence.

Seeing this, Li Wan winked, and the nurse understood, and hurriedly took Jia Lan outside to play.

Mrs. Wang took the letter and opened it for a closer look, her expression froze immediately, after a while she read it, she frowned and said nothing.

Li Wan and Sister Feng looked at each other with some doubts, "Ma'am, what happened to Jinling?"

Mrs. Wang sighed, frowned and said: "Your Uncle Xue's family is seriously ill, I'm afraid he won't recover."

Sister Feng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "What do you mean, Uncle Xue's family is not yet 40 years old this year, how could he suddenly become so seriously ill when he is fine?"

"This is also unexpected." Mrs. Wang sighed: "I heard that I went to visit various shops last month to check the accounts. Maybe I was tired and caught wind and cold on the way back. Originally it was only a minor illness, but in just a few days, the condition became more and more serious, and now it is almost

It has been more than a month, and I don't know how many doses of medicine I have taken, but there is no effect. "

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang became more and more depressed, Pan'er and Baochai were still young, if something happened to Mr. Xue, leaving orphans and widows, how would they live their lives.

Seeing Mrs. Wang's gloomy expression, Li Wan hastily persuaded: "Madam, don't worry, maybe it's because my aunt cares about it, and it's messed up, and it's getting to that point. Please take a look at it with a few wise doctors, and take care of it for a while, maybe That's it."

But I have some doubts in my heart. In the original book, Baochai's father didn't say much about it. Could it be that he died of illness this time?

Sister Feng also persuaded from the side: "Sister-in-law said that, as the saying goes, sickness comes like a mountain, and sickness goes like spinning silk. Uncle Xue's body has always been healthy, so nothing will happen."

Mrs. Wang shook her head, smiled wryly and said: "The Xue family has invited all the famous doctors in Jinling to see them, and they all said that it is very difficult, if they can get through this winter safely, there will be a cure for it.

It's just that your Uncle Xue doesn't even recognize anyone nowadays, he's just living through the day. "

Mrs. Wang sighed and said: "Your Aunt Xue's family is also suffering. In the early years, there were accidents in the two relatives, which delayed the flowering period. If it wasn't for this, she would not have married an imperial merchant. She is inferior to being an official.

Now that Aunt Xue is still around, those people in the clan can't hold back anymore, if something happens to Aunt Xue, those people are afraid that they will all bully their orphans and widows. "

When Li Wan heard the words, she suddenly realized that she had some doubts when she read books before. Mrs. Wang married Jia Zheng, the second son of the Rongguo Mansion. Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang are sisters of the same mother. The royal merchant Xue's family really doesn't make sense.

It should be known that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants have the lowest status and have always been looked down upon by others. Although the Xue family is an imperial merchant, they are still merchants after all. The ancestors of the Wang family were appointed county uncles. Entering the business, if Aunt Xue's reputation was ruined because of the failure of the two marriages, this is justified.

In this era, etiquette is strict, and it is especially harsh on women. Once the reputation is damaged, it is difficult to find a good family no matter how good the family background is.

Mrs. Wang bowed her head and pondered for a moment, then said to Sister Feng: "I remember there are two wild ginseng in the small storeroom, you prepare a batch of medicinal materials tomorrow, and send a few people to Jinling to visit Master Xuegu and you too. If Aunt Xue needs help, she can help with the cooking, so don’t let people think that there is no one in our Wang family.”

Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang are only two years apart.

The love for her is deeper, so naturally she won't just sit idly by.

Sister Feng agreed and said, "Madam, don't worry, I'll send someone to take care of it in a while."

The next day, Sister Feng sent a few women in charge and servants to Jinling with medicinal materials.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's September in a blink of an eye. The young girls who were selected earlier can learn the rules for half a year, and they can officially work as errands.

Three or four rough girls were released from Jiamu's room before, but they were never replaced. This time, Sister Feng chose four clean and pretty girls from a group of girls and brought them to Jiamu's room for her to see.

The four little girls are all six or seven years old, all dressed in water-red satin jackets and blue vests with pinched teeth, and they are neatly packed.

Jia Mu always liked beautiful and smart girls, she nodded with satisfaction when she saw the girls below, and said, "These four girls look very smart and well-behaved, so stay with me and serve them in the future."

Surprised and delighted, the four hurriedly kowtowed to thank, "Thank you, old lady □□dian."

Sister Feng laughed and said: "These girls are really good luck, they can serve the old lady, but since they will follow the old lady in the future, I will ask the old lady to give me a name."

Jia Mu thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Let's call it Magpie, Thrush, Glass, and Agate."

Sister Feng understands that Jia Mu is getting old and impatient to remember so many names, so the girls in the yard come and go with these names, which can be called flowing girls with iron names.

The four named magpies kowtowed to thank them and then retreated.

Jia Mu suddenly turned her head and said to Mrs. Wang, "I remember that last time Baoyu let many people go out. Who are still waiting for me now?"

Mrs. Wang's eyes flashed when she heard the words, and she hurriedly smiled and said: "The ones released are just a few third-class girls, and they have already been replaced. Now there are six big girls beside Baoyu, and four old mothers are looking after them. There are also about ten girls."

Mother Jia frowned slightly when she heard the words, and shook her head, "How do you take care of the old and the young? Even if there are a few nuns I sent to follow, there are too few."

Mrs. Wang laughed and said: "The maids around Baoyu are enough. If you add more, I'm afraid the master will be angry again."

Jia Mu was silent when she heard the words, and while she was talking, she suddenly saw Pearl talking back and forth: "Go back to the old lady, the warm pavilion has been tidied up, all the furniture and furnishings, the curtains and curtains have been properly arranged, and the colors and patterns are all according to the treasures. Second master usually likes to arrange things." Pearl said carefully.

It turned out that Jia Mu, the former son, said that the weather was getting colder, so she asked Baoyu to move from the west wing room into her own room. This warm pavilion is on the left side of Jia Mu's residence.

, next to it is a green gauze cabinet, which is extremely small and exquisite.

Jia Mu was very satisfied, nodded and smiled and said: "Well, good, I said you are a proper child, it is really good." Then she turned to Mrs. Wang and said, "I think Pearl is a proper girl, with a pure heart and a steady and peaceful behavior. , it’s better to give Baoyu orders, and I can rest assured that you don’t have to worry about your master, I’ll talk about it myself.”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the room was shocked.

Mrs. Wang's heart sank, but just seeing this situation, she knew that Jia Mu had made up her mind and she didn't dare to contradict her. She secretly clenched the veil tightly, suppressed her displeasure, and said with a smile: "It's the old lady's treatment." People are naturally good, but they are biased towards Baoyu."

Baoyu was fighting with Tanchun on the kang. He was very happy when he heard Jia's mother give him pearls, so he laughed and said, "Thank you, old ancestor, sister Pearl is the most considerate and considerate person. She even made a very good job for me a while ago." What a delicate sachet."

Pearl pursed her lips and smiled, "It's just that the second master doesn't dislike it."

Li Wan glanced at Pearl, and saw that she was wearing a lotus-colored satin jacket, a silver-red satin double-breasted waistcoat, a white silk pleated skirt tied underneath, and a sweat scarf of the same color around her waist, all of which were half-new. It's not old, but it's dark and has excellent hair.The two agate pendants next to her ears were swinging on a swing, making her skin whiter and softer, gentle and delicate. Although she was only eight or nine years old, she was stable and peaceful.

Although it is said that a girl from outside is more respectable than a child from a family, but it is just a good name. In fact, because she does not know her background, it is difficult to get reused by her master. Because Yuanyang is a daughter from a family, she is smart and interesting, and she is careful and appropriate in her actions. Mother's heart, only at the age of nine was promoted to a first-class girl.

Xiren is only eight or nine years old now, but it is not easy for Xiren to become the first-class girl in Jiamu's room over Parrot Huber and others, and now she is assigned by Jiamu to serve Baoyu, the lifeblood.