The maid of the red house

Since Mrs. Wang was going to hold a wedding in Rongxi Hall, Sister Feng listened to Jia Lian's words, and when she arrived in the East Courtyard, she opened her mouth for 1 taels.

Mrs. Wang frowned, and said: "Feng girl, you also know that since we separated, our life is not as good as every day. Why do you open your mouth for 1 taels? Who can come up with 1 taels in one go?"

Seeing that Sister Feng was dressed in plain clothes and covered in silverware, she was still as light as a chrysanthemum, dazzling in brilliance, and Mrs. Wang couldn't help feeling a pain in her heart.This is my own niece, who has been neglecting Mrs. Xing since she entered the door, and has been close to me. Who would have thought that after the family separation, she would immediately change into a different person, only thinking of flattering Jia She and his wife, instead she would abandon her own aunt To the back of the head.

Or is it money?Mrs. Wang thought to herself, how could she forget that Sister Feng has always been greedy for money.

With a smile on her face, Sister Feng first congratulated Mrs. Wang for her wish to be fulfilled, and then said in a rambling manner: "Baoyu is in Rongxi Hall for small appointments, dada appointments, and wedding receptions, all of which cost money. There is also a banquet to entertain guests, what is 1 taels enough for? It’s not enough to make people laugh! At the beginning we said that the second sister, the third younger sister, and the fourth younger sister spent only 1 taels of silver when they left the court, and 3000 taels of ring would be enough. Noble, can't be inferior to the ostentation of the sisters?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang just looked at Sister Feng and said nothing for a long time.

Sister Feng felt a little uncomfortable when she looked at her, but she thought that Madam Wang had been in charge of the family for so many years, and when she was young, she got a lot of money by taking advantage of lawsuits and usury, and made a lot of money from the house. In her room, a mere 1 taels of silver was just a drop in the bucket, so she immediately became confident.

According to Jia Amnesty, all the money that Mrs. Wang's housekeeper made belonged to their eldest family. , I am afraid I have starved to death.

Thinking of this, Sister Feng admired this aunt so much that she felt ashamed.

Sister Feng rolled her eyes and looked at the furnishings in Mrs. Wang's room. It was the same as in Rongxi Hall, but the place was smaller and the things seemed crowded. Everything was good. She said with a smile: "For Baoyu, my wife doesn't even pay 1 taels of silver? If so, let's hold a wedding in this east courtyard, and there is no need to spend 1 taels of silver."

Mrs. Wang lowered her eyes and said, "I'll give you 1 taels of silver, and Baoyu's marriage will be entrusted to you."

Now, Mrs. Wang's spirit is getting weaker and she can only entrust Sister Feng to take care of her.

Sister Feng chuckled, and said, "Madam, I don't understand what you said. Could it be that she gave me 1 taels of silver, and asked me to prepare the betrothal gifts for Xue's family in addition to letting me arrange banquets for guests? Who doesn't know Xue The family is very rich, even if all the 1 taels of silver are used as a dowry gift, people will look down on them, let alone the dowry money! Could it be that our Bao brothers can’t even compare with Aunt Lin’s son-in-law? The Zhou family paid 4 taels A dowry, that's decent."

Mrs. Wang said indifferently: "Baoyu is naturally not as good as Aunt Lin's son-in-law."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Even if it's not comparable, you can't just use the 1 taels of silver to take care of everything."

Mrs. Wang raised her eyes, looked at her for a moment, and said, "Don't worry, I will give you extra money for Baoyu's betrothal gift, and I will definitely not make you suffer. I will trouble you about this matter."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Then please give me 1 taels of silver first, and I have to pay for the wedding banquets for the small and large weddings, as well as the cost of colored lanterns and satin. It will be a big deal if you are late. Now I have just left the country." Xiao, I don’t know how many people in Manjing have weddings!”

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang ordered Jinhuan to take the key to open the warehouse, and asked some women to go in and bring the silver out.

After Sister Feng counted the number, she asked Feng'er to take someone away and bid farewell to Mrs. Wang.

Xiren happened to come to Mrs. Wang's room to ask for something. Seeing this, he couldn't help being very worried. He stood in the porch and watched blankly, thinking that Baochai would come in soon, and he had always been nice to her. Presumably Baochai would treat him kindly. I can't help but like it again, I just hope that Baochai will come in as soon as possible, and rush into the house to congratulate Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was lying on the couch in a daze, when she saw the attacker coming in, she hurriedly asked with concern, "Why are you here? Don't you look at Baoyu?"

The attacker came forward to say hello, and said with a smile, "now that the musk moon and autumn patterns can be used, I told them to watch Baoyu take a nap and feel relieved. I came here today because the second master Bao sighed before going to bed and said that today is not the same as in the past. I hated the candied rose marinade, but now I can’t even eat the rose marinade.”

Mrs. Wang felt distressed, and said: "You should come and tell me earlier. Although it is not as good as before, I still have a few bottles of Xianglu."

After finishing speaking, ask Jinhuan to fetch it.

After hearing this, Xiren was very happy. He said aloud to the Buddha and said, "Baoyu must like Xianglu when he sees it."

Mrs. Wang said: "Bao girl will come in after a while. You have to serve carefully. If you tell me who will instigate Baoyu to do something again, I will break her leg carefully!"

As Xiren received the fragrant dew from Jinhuan, he said: "Now I'm doing my job honestly, Madam don't worry."

Mrs. Wang said: "I see that you are so clumsy and clumsy, but you are so clever that you like to provoke trouble."

After hearing this, the attacker bowed his head and remained silent.

Coming out of Mrs. Wang's room, it happened that Baoyu woke up and asked Xiren, "What are you holding in your hand?"

The attacker hurriedly explained the matter of Xianglu.

Baoyu sat up, staring blankly at the two bottles of fragrant dew brought to him, then pushed them away and said, "It's all like this now, what do you need all these troubles for? I'm no more expensive than others."

Xi Ren said: "My wife loves the second master, so why not if the second master suffers? If I don't love the second master, why would I bother to find my wife?"

Baoyu looked up at her, and said with a smile: "You are very close to your wife. No wonder the old clothes that my wife has are given to you first, and the rest are given to others."

Hearing this sentence, Xiren was stunned.

These words were often said by Qingwen at the beginning, and she even scolded Xiren for being a western flower idea, Habaer, Qiuwen also knew that it was because she got two clothes, thinking of Qingwen at this time, she sighed slightly, walked away.

Baoyu turned over and lay down, closing his eyes as if sleeping peacefully.

Xiren suddenly felt that it was boring to go to Mrs. Wang's room to ask for Xianglu and come back. He also got angry and lay down on the opposite couch with his clothes on.

When Musk Moon and the others saw this, they all shook their heads and tiptoed about their actions, for fear of making them angry.

But Sister Feng went back to her room and ordered people to buy things first to prepare for the small appointment on April 26. She also ordered: "The second wife is in a hurry to get married. I'm afraid that after the small appointment, there will be a big one. Everything is ready."

The servants got the silver, so naturally they did it properly.

After Sister Feng finished giving her orders, she saw Brother Kui staggering towards her, and she was so happy that she picked her up and said, "It's really my Brother Kui."

Brother Kui is now the darling of the Rongguo Mansion. Jia She didn't like Sister Feng in the past, but because Brother Kui didn't give anything to their mother and son, even Mrs. Xing softened with Sister Feng, and Sister Feng is a shrewd person. Well, pleasing the parents-in-law is nothing more than an easy thing to do. Please forgive the sin first and then please the in-laws. They use a set of methods. It has been less than a year since the separation, and the family has become very close.

Jia Lian came in after Brother Kui and asked, "What do you say over there?"

Sister Feng said: "What can I say, I got 1 taels of silver, Xiao Ding, Da Ding, and the expenses for everything are here. The dowry gift and the dowry wife give extra silver. It's so easy to get married with such a heart and soul." , I married the precious girl that my wife valued, and my sister Lin was in front of her when she got married, so I can't lose face and make people laugh."

Jia Lian laughed and said, "I don't know how much the second wife can pay for the bride price."

Sister Feng twitched her lips, and said: "Thinking that the Xue family will accompany Big Sister Xue with a lot of dowry, the dowry and dowry are naturally indispensable. As the saying goes, the dowry and the dowry must match each other. It cannot be laughed at."

Madam Wang lost Jia Zhu, Baoyu was the one who loved her the most, so naturally she would not be stingy about Baoyu's marriage.

Sitting opposite Sister Feng, Jia Lian recalled the information he had inquired from Xue Pan, and said, "I heard from Xue Dafool ​​that the Xue family can probably pay 4 to [-] taels of dowry." Although the family is in decline, but tens of thousands of taels of silver can still be paid out, not to mention that Baochai was the dowry saved for her by Xue's father when he was there, so there is no need to spend money on some things.

Sister Feng said with a smile, "I wonder how much dowry Xue's family can give. It turned out to be only three or forty thousand taels. Tomorrow, sister Xue will enter the door, and I don't know if the second wife regrets it or not. Think about sister Lin's marriage, just to press the box of money. That’s two 4+ taels.”

Jia Lian smiled and said: "How can the Xue family compare with Sister Lin? Even the Fengguanxiapei, sister Xue's is not as good as the phoenix on top of Sister Lin. As for the others, we will see at that time."

Sister Feng said again: "I will draw up a post in a while. You see, where should I send it? In our family, only a few sisters of Baoyu have done filial piety. After all, the master and the second master have not done filial piety, so we can't do too much." lively."

Jia Lian nodded and said nothing for a long time, "I'm afraid there won't be many people coming by then."

Sister Feng was startled and asked why.

Sister Feng thought to herself that the four big families of Jia Shiwang and Xue of their family were powerful and often proud of it. Only others came to curry favor with them, and they had never curry favor with others.

Jia Lian said: "Not to mention that the two masters are still in Ding You, but those who hold weddings outside are much more powerful than our family. The world praises the high and tramples the low, so naturally they all congratulate them, how can they come to us? Besides, Brother Bao is just the second son of a fifth-rank official after all, and the second master doesn't have much friendship with other families. Even in the face of Rongguo Mansion, if other families hold wedding events, at most they will send people to our place Gifts are given, and people go elsewhere."

Sister Feng sighed, and said: "There is no way to do this. You can't stop others from eating wedding wine at other people's homes. Besides, Xiao Ding will definitely be with your relatives and friends, and those who are farther away don't need to kiss each other." arrive."

Jia Lian nodded. He didn't walk around outside for a long time, and many family friends also became estranged.

Sister Feng wanted to say something, but she suddenly heard that Mrs. Wang Ziteng sent someone to invite her back to her natal family. Sister Feng was very close to her natal family, so she naturally agreed to leave Jia Lian, said to Mrs. Xing, and then drove over.

When he arrived at the Wang family, not only his mother was there, but his father, Wang Ziteng, was also there.

Seeing Sister Feng, Wang Ziteng said, "I heard that you took care of Baoyu's marriage?"

Sister Feng smiled when she heard the words, and said, "Where did father get the news? I just promised today, and my father will know."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng said: "It's not that your two aunts wrote to your father, saying that they can't control you, fearing that you can't manage well, so they have to ask your father to make a deal for them, and tell you to pay more attention, don't tell others. Read the joke."

Sister Feng sneered and said, "I don't know whose jokes to read, but if it's not done well, can you still read my jokes?"

Wang Ziteng scolded: "What did you say? You were raised as a boy in the past, but you forgot the duty of a girl. It was so hard to learn to behave well. You added a brother, and you didn't even think that he was your relative." Aunt, if they lose face, your face will be radiant? Now it's time to work together."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng frowned slightly, and said: "Master, don't blame Brother Feng, the two families have separated, no matter what, they can't be very close."

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Exactly. I always have to take care of our lords and wives. I can't carelessly love my aunt. If I get close to my aunt, what do our lords, wives and uncles think of me? Now I have promised my aunt to take good care of Brother Bao." Our master also agreed to handle the marriage affairs in Rongxi Hall, so why does Auntie have any dissatisfaction?"

Wang Ziteng said: "No matter what, don't make your two aunts lose face. They are all aunts from our Wang family. Although I prefer you in the matter of the division of the Rongguo Mansion, they are also my sisters."

Sister Feng nodded, and had no choice but to agree, she knew that Jia Amnesty also avoided the royal family, and did not dare to persecute Jia Zheng's family too much.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng listened to what their father and daughter had said, pulled Sister Feng and asked, "What kind of guests should we invite? We have already planned it?"

Sister Feng replied: "I haven't planned to send the post to everywhere. I heard that there are many married people outside. I'm afraid not many people will come back to the post."

Hearing this, Wang Ziteng sighed slightly, thinking of the friendship between the two families after all, and his sister and daughter are both married to the Jia family, so he couldn't let the Jia family lose their dignity, and said, "I've already thought of this, You send a few more posts to the old friends of our family, with my face, they will have to go."

After hearing this, Sister Feng bowed her head and agreed.

Even so, on the day of Baoyu's Xiaoding, it was still not as lively as Daiyu's Xiaoding. In addition to relatives and friends from Rongguo Mansion, there were also old friends of the Lin family and family friends of the Sang family who came to Daiyu's Xiaoding.Now Jia Zheng has nothing to do, except for a few family friends who have come, most of them have not yet come, but everyone who is attached to the Rongguo Mansion has come, including Jia Yucun's wife Jiao Xing who has been flying and landing these years.

Except for a few female family members such as Mrs. Wang Ziteng, today Daiyu is the most respected, and everyone surrounds her to talk.

Seeing Daiyu like this, others don't know what it feels like.

At that time, Yingchun had already been out of confinement and came here.

Daiyu saw that she was gentle and silent as before, but her complexion was rosy and her manner was reserved. It was obvious that after Yingchun married her, she lived a comfortable life. Mrs. Liao also taught her, so she was not as dull as before.

When the young sisters get together again, they will inevitably have a lot to say, only Li Wan and Xiangyun are missing, Li Wan is a widow so he can't come out, but Xiangyun is at home waiting to get married, and the date has been set to leave the court on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, and the date is also very urgent.

Tanchun pulled Yingchun to talk, but Yingchun just listened, smiling and not speaking.

Daiyu asked: "Second sister's brother can choose a name?"

Mentioning his son, Yingchun immediately smiled, and said with a smile: "I have already taken it, and the single name is Fan, but Brother Fan is too young, so our wife didn't ask me to take him out, so as not to blow the wind."

Thinking of the days after she married into Liao's family, Yingchun was very grateful to Daiyu.

Daiyu laughed and said, "You should be more careful, Xueyan is also happy, and she is raising her baby at home, so she didn't come today, so she asked me to give you a gift."

When Yingchun heard her talking about Xueyan, she couldn't help thinking of the rumors she had heard in the past. It seemed that her dowry was generous, and it was because Xueyan married first that it was very respectable, so Mother Jia and Sister Feng gave it to her, so she smiled and said: "So that's the case. , but I am overjoyed, when Xueyan has a son tomorrow, let me know."

Sister Feng came over and said with a smile, "Who's going to have another son? Tell me."

Daiyu Yingchun Tanchun waited to stand up, Sister Feng hurriedly sat down Daiyu, and said with a smile: "today my sister is a distinguished guest, so I dare not be rude in front of her. If I neglect my sister today, she must not blame me. "

Daiyu smiled and said, "You have done very well now, I blame you for what you did."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng listened to it, and said with a smile: "I spoiled girl Feng so badly, Mrs. Lin, don't laugh at me."

Daiyu even said she didn't dare, so Fang answered Sister Feng's previous question, "It's Xueyan who has a body."

After hearing this, Sister Feng clapped her hands together and said, "Sure enough, it's a happy event. The girl Xueyan is also lucky, and she still associates with her younger sister?"

Daiyu said with a smile, "Their family is not far from ours, and they often come and go." In Daiyu's heart, she would not be far away from anyone who was far away. She is not as affectionate as before, if the Rongguo Mansion does not invite, Daiyu seldom sets foot in the mansion.

Sister Feng was about to speak, when she heard Mrs. Wang calling, so she had to go over.

When Xue's family returned to the engagement ceremony, they all showed it to others, but it was Baochai's own needlework. Baochai's needlework was excellent, but Daiyu had lived in Rongguo Mansion for many years, and had never seen Baochai's work. , even if it was someone else's birthday, she didn't give these gifts, so when I saw it today, I praised: "Sister Bao's needlework is really good."

Mrs. Wang said modestly: "It can't compare to Aunt Lin's ingenuity."

Daiyu was startled, and said with a smile, "Although I can do it well, I don't do much because I'm too lazy, so I'm not as good as Sister Bao."

After hearing these words, Mrs. Wang Ziteng interjected: "We all have needleworkers in our family. Who would think that these are serious things that can't be done? But Mrs. Lin should change her words, and she can't be called sister anymore."

Daiyu laughed and said, "That's natural. From now on, I should be called Second Sister-in-law."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Although Baoyu is only the second son of a fifth-rank official, he held a grand event in the Rongguo Mansion, and sent a wedding invitation in the name of the Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. Wang Ziteng came here in person. Most of them came, even those who didn't came, they sent people to give generous gifts, so it was quite lively, but not as good as Daiyu's.

The marriage between Baoyu and Baochai is 26 small Ding, [-] Da Ding, Baoyu married, although there is no ladder from Jiamu to give him, but Mrs. Wang has her own private house, many things are ready-made, and they are all useful things , You only need to buy tea cakes, fruit wine and other things again, and they were sent to Xue's house in a graceful manner, giving you enough face.

Seeing this, Aunt Xue finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly packed Baochai's dowry.

Xia Jingui felt dissatisfied, and blocked her several times, causing a lot of trouble. Seeing that Aunt Xue had prepared 2 taels of silver for Baochai, she immediately said angrily: "Is it impossible to give the entire Xue family to your daughter?"

Aunt Xue was angry and anxious, and said: "It's only 1 taels of silver, why did you give the whole Xue family to her?"

Xia Jingui stepped on the threshold and said with a sneer, "I don't even think about how much the whole family has paid for this kind of marriage. After living in the Rongguo Mansion for so many years, I actually entered the Xue family's family, but the Jia family's family. Having said that, who made the Rongguo Mansion more powerful than our family? We depended on them to live our lives, so naturally we feel aggrieved. Just for this matter, the old grandma even forgot about her ancestors and her son, and only thought about gold and jade! "

Aunt Xue was trembling with anger, and said, "Bao girl is finally engaged, what are you talking about here!"

Xia Jingui changed her foot and said, "What did I say? Of course it is the truth. The old lady didn't want to hear it, but it was because I hit the old lady's mind. Who doesn't know that the old lady told the second master that the eldest wife's niece is trying to please the eldest daughter?" Wife means, the eldest wife and our family have become relatives, so naturally there is no such thing as a golden jade or a good relationship. It is really a good person to use other people's life to achieve one's own goals, and I don't know what the second master thinks. The old grandma is in charge, and because of her status as the second wife of the Xue family, she is afraid that she will not be able to marry a good girl from a well-off family? The old grandma insisted on telling him such a family relationship, why did she think of getting extremely rich when marrying her son? If it weren't for me being the only one in our family, I'm afraid you might not come to ask for marriage? When Liu Erlang left, you didn't care about it except for that big fool. Now that he is famous, he wants to promise Miss Qin to him. Miss Qin is a good person. Forget it, but you don’t care about Liu Erlang’s official position? Why should he make wedding dresses for your family?”

These words made Aunt Xue almost faint. She pointed at Xia Jingui and was speechless. Xue Pan stabbed her hands beside her, not knowing how to persuade her. I was wrong, when I lived in Rongguo Mansion, it was because Baochai's gold needs to be matched by jade.

After all, Xue Pan respected his mother and loved his sister, so he shouted: "Why do you say this? Stop talking, and apologize to my mother."

Xia Jingui glared at him, and said with a sneer, "I don't even think about who I'm doing it for, but you're talking about me!"

Aunt Xue said, "What exactly do you want?"

Xia Jingui slammed her handkerchief and said: "You can't give so much money in the box, at most [-]. Otherwise, I'll go and make trouble. I'm not afraid anyway. Your daughter married into an official's family with great difficulty. If there's anything wrong with it Okay, don't blame me."

Aunt Xue refused to agree, and Xia Jingui's troubles were known to everyone in the family. In the end, it was Baochai who calmed down and Fang persuaded her to let her go.

Therefore, Aunt Xue had to reduce the silver in the box by 1 taels.

Mrs. Wang knew nothing about the affairs of Xue's family, she was looking forward to Baochai's coming in so she could be her support, so she hastily sent someone to ask for an appointment, which was scheduled for the sixth day of the sixth month, Xue's dowry was ready, and she readily agreed.

Hearing that Yuchai and Yuchai got married on the sixth day of June, Xueyan sighed: "The day is too urgent."

Now every family is busy marrying wives and daughters, no matter how lively and festive it is outside, Xueyan just ignores it, and only raises babies at home, even if they are free, they just walk around in their own courtyard, so all happy events are rituals There are no people.When everyone heard that she was pregnant, they were considerate and didn't blame her, and sent people to bring supplements.

Among them, Yu Liansheng was the happiest. He would come out to visit her when he was free. The houses of the two families were only separated by a street, and it was very cheap to travel. The delicate things that children wore were used for food. Julien didn't know how to prepare them. How much, how many big boxes are packed.

After finishing Zhang Hui's wedding, Daiyu stopped by to see her. After hearing this, she said, "The bride price and dowry are all prepared early, but it's a bit rushed to gather together the days."

Xueyan agreed: "That's true. Miss Bao has wasted so much time because of such a good relationship. I just hope that she can live a peaceful life after entering the door. I think the second uncle and wife will not treat her harshly."

Daiyu said: "Second aunt has always liked Sister Bao, so naturally she treats her well."

But Xueyan smiled. The aunt's treatment of her niece and the mother-in-law's treatment of her daughter-in-law are two different things, and no one can tell whether it is good or not.

Daiyu said with a smile: "Let's not talk about it, it's meaningless after all. Let me tell you, the Xue family accepted the marriage of the Liu family, and sister Qin has already followed his brother to Beijing to be married. Their family has their own house, and the dowry will be brought with them now It's another happy event. It's just that Mrs. Xue can't travel far because of phlegm, and she can't come in person, so Aunt Xue has to take care of her, and she has to wait until Sister Bao leaves the cabinet."

Xueyan listened, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's a happy event. Miss Qin is a good person, and it's only natural to have a good relationship."

Daiyu nodded and said: "That's right. In the future, when we go to Xihaiyanzi, maybe we will be companions. The books sent by Sister Qin are all with me. I wanted to show them to you, but now you have them." Body, don't bother yourself too much."

Xueyan said: "I'm so delicate."

Daiyu looked at her growing belly, stretched out her hand to touch it, and said with a smile, "Being careful is the best policy."

Xueyan smiled slightly.Since she was pregnant, Zhao Yun has been very careful about her diet. She has to take care of it every day, eliminating worries, prohibiting labor in the house, avoiding cold and cold, being cautious about cold and warm, taking medicine and bait, and resting. When she is at home, Zhao Yun often reads to her Listen, and play elegant music with her. Only then did Xueyan know that Zhao Yun, a gentleman, has mastered all the six arts. If you can't speak a word, you can use prenatal education.

All in all, Zhao Yun is more cautious about prenatal education than Xueyan.

After hearing Xueyan's complaint, Daiyu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "You complain, I'm afraid you are happy in your heart? It turns out that pregnancy is so complicated. It was not like this when I saw Lian's sister-in-law pregnant with Brother Kui." Sister Feng said It is very vulgar, and it has become a common practice for servants to provoke her to swear as soon as they open their mouths. Even though she has changed a lot with Nanny Rong, some temperaments have not changed.

Xueyan smiled and said: "Grandma Lian is not very literate, so naturally she doesn't care about these things, and I think Uncle Lian doesn't care either."

Daiyu burst into a smile, agreeing very much.

After coming home from Xueyan's house, Daiyu was extremely tired and asked, "Has Madam come back?"

Yuanyang hurriedly said: "Admiral Yang's family is married to a daughter-in-law, and the wife has not returned from drinking."

Daiyu nodded and said she got it.

The next day, Daiyu came back from the banquet again. When she heard that Baoqin came to pay her respects, she hurriedly received her. The sisters were naturally happy to meet each other.

Compared with when she was in Rongguo Mansion, Baoqin was a little more stable. After seeing Daiyu send her worship, she went back without leaving a meal. Daiyu knew that she was engaged and could no longer walk around like before.

When Baoqin returned home, Xue Biao showed her the dowry list.

Xue Biao brought his younger sister to Beijing this time, one is to marry the younger sister, and the other is to marry.

When they went to Beijing in March, they not only brought Baoqin's dowry, but also Xue Biao's dowry. They accepted the Liu family's marriage and set a date on June [-]. After Baoqin left the court, Xue Biao would marry Xing Xiuyan. , Then take Xing Xiuyan to the south.

Mrs. Xing is now the housekeeper wife of Rongguo Mansion. Although she is still the housekeeper of Sister Feng, she is not the same as usual. Uncle Xing's family naturally fawned on her sister and refused to leave. Therefore, after Xichun moved out of the Grand View Garden, Xing Xiuyan also moved out. Sister Feng treated Xing Xiuyan It was kind, and she was arranged to live in the courtyard where Xue's family lived, that is, behind Mrs. Xing's house.

Jia's mother passed away, Daiyu married in spring, Xiangyun Baochai returned home, Baoqin went south, Baoyu Tanchun and others moved to the East Courtyard, and there were many idle courtyards in the whole Rongguo Mansion, each of them had one courtyard left.

Looking at the dowry list prepared by her brother for her, Baoqin's eyes turned red.

Xue Biao said softly: "You retired. Although the Liu family doesn't care, our family's status is lower than others, so we can only help you in this. The Liu family is a down-and-out family with little wealth. You have such a dowry , In the past, I also had confidence. There is no in-laws in the Liu family, so you can be the master of the house in the past, so live a good life with Erlang."

Baoqin's tears fell instantly, and she choked up and said, "It's all because of me, which broke my mother and brother's heart." It was also because of this that Xue Biao never got married.

Xue Biao said with a smile: "Don't say that, there are only three mothers and children in our family. If you don't worry about you, who else should you worry about? Don't you worry about your cousin? They don't care about us! Don't worry, our family may It can’t be compared to the fact that the long house is an imperial merchant, but our family’s business has grown unabated over the years, your dowry is no worse than that of your cousin, and you even have more money in the box than her.”

Baoqin laughed through tears, and said, "Could it be that my brother has seen my cousin's dowry list?"

Xue Biao said: "It's not that you don't know my cousin's temperament. I wish everyone knew about it. Now everyone knows that my cousin's dowry is generous." As for Xia Jingui's quarrel, Xue Biao and his siblings also heard about it from time to time, but they just laughed and said nothing.

Baoqin heard this, but said: "No matter how rich it is, it can't compare with Sister Lin."

Hearing her mention of Daiyu, Xue Biao was startled for a moment, nodded and said: "In the capital city, even the dowry of princesses and princesses may not be comparable to Mrs. Lin. After all, Mrs. Lin's family has no descendants. It's all given to her, although there is a lot of dowry, it is not envied by everyone. Presumably even Mrs. Lin would rather have a less dowry, but also want to have a brother to rely on."

Bao Qin sighed: "It is said that Mr. Lin thinks very well about Sister Lin, but it's a pity that there is no incense. It's really a pity."

Xue Biao said: "When you get married, you can often go to Mrs. Lin."

A smile suddenly appeared on Baoqin's face. During those years in Rongguo Mansion, Daiyu was the best friend. Now that she is married to Liu Xianglian, she heard that Liu Xianglian has been transferred to the camp under Zhou Hong's command. She and Daiyu naturally Can see each other.

Here Baoqin only hoped that Baochai would leave the pavilion early, but Li Wan was very sad in the east courtyard.

She took Jia Lan to live in the courtyard of the outer study room, but Baoyu got married and couldn't use the wing room in the main courtyard as a new house, so Mrs. Wang ordered Li Wan to move to the small three-room building in the corner behind the main room, The courtyard of the outer study room was given over to Baoyu as a new house.

Hearing this, Li Wan felt sore in his heart, and bowed his head in agreement.

Back in the room, Li Wan burst into tears like rain.

Jia Lan was studying her homework at home recently, and when she saw her mother like this, she hurried forward to ask what happened.

Li Wan looked at Aizi, silent, Su Yue still said in a low voice: "Madam told us to move, to the three small buildings in the back corner of the old man's yard, and give up the place where we live now to build a new house for Second Lord Bao .”

Jia Lan raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and immediately supported Li Wan, saying: "Mom, let's bear with it. After our son gets married, we will move out."

Li Wan hugged Jia Lan and couldn't help crying, choked up and said: "It's easy to say, who will tell you about marriage? Who is thinking of you? I only hope that Baoyu will get married soon, Tan girl will leave the cabinet early, and Brother Huan will marry soon." Marriage, but how can you wait until then? You are already 14 years old this year, wait a few more years, what other girl is not engaged to leave the cabinet?"

Jia Lan gritted her teeth and said, "I've survived all these years, it doesn't matter if I endure it for a few more years."

Li Wan wiped away his tears and said, "Let's move quickly. It's a day or two late, and my wife is annoyed again."

Fortunately, when they moved, everything was locked, and Li Wan only took out some household clothes and utensils, leaving nothing else open. The move this time was cheap, and it would be ready at night.

As soon as Li Wan moved out, Mrs. Wang immediately ordered someone to tidy up the room, arrange the utensils, and put on red and colorful clothes.

Knowing about Li Wan and Jia Lan's mother and son, Xue Yan sighed.

Daiyu has been very busy these days, there are weddings every day, every family has weddings, and there are thick stacks of posts. When she went to add makeup to Xiangyun, she looked at Xiangyun's dowry, although it was not very rich. But it was quite satisfactory, and there was nothing wrong with it. For the sake of the Shihou Mansion's face, her two uncles and aunts would not neglect her too much.

Xiangyun was beaming when he thought that his marriage was not as good as Daiyu's, and other sisters were not as good as him.

Zijuan gave 200 taels of gold to Cuilu in private, Cuilu was taken aback, she knew Xiangyun's love for Daiyu, she never thought that when she came to add makeup, Daiyu would give Xiangyun so much money in private, which was more expensive than historians. The 1000 taels of box money prepared for Xiangyun was doubled.

Zijuan whispered: "Quietly give it to your girl to make money for pressing the box. At the beginning, the old lady gave our grandma 1000 taels of gold as money for pressing the box. Grandma took all of it out. The 200 taels were given to the second girl. The 200 taels are for your girl." , the remaining 600 taels, the third girl, the fourth girl and Lang Geer, everyone else is gone."

Cui Ling was startled, then smiled wryly, and said, "It's hard for your grandma."

Zijuan shook her head and smiled, and went back to Daiyu.

There is nothing to record about Xiangyun's marriage. After she left the cabinet, it was the day before Baoyu's marriage.

Baochai's dowry has already been delivered, and when the dowry was displayed in the main hall of Rongxi Hall, Mrs. Xing looked at it and said, "Although Baoyu's daughter-in-law has a lot of dowry, it is not as generous as when Aunt Lin got married."

Everyone was startled, then laughed.

Mrs. Wang remained calm, and said calmly: "When the eldest wife marries a niece, she will be stronger than us."

Mrs. Xing was furious when she heard this.

When Sister Feng saw this, she hurried forward and said with a smile: "Madam is just an aunt. Although she can add makeup to Eldest Sister Xing, she can't go beyond the rules and buy a dowry for Eldest Sister Xing instead of Uncle Xing. It's not in accordance with the etiquette. Even though my wife loves Eldest Sister Xing, this matter shouldn't violate the rules too much."

After Mrs. Xing heard this, Fang nodded and smiled: "That's not what I said, I also want to ask the second wife, is it possible that when my niece is my daughter-in-law, the second wife bought a dowry for Lian's daughter-in-law? ?”

Mrs. Wang Ziteng frowned, and hurriedly said goodbye.

Mrs. Xing was afraid of Wang Ziteng, so she didn't mention it.

The next day when Baochai came in, Mrs. Wang showed a very smile on her face, which was always like a wood carving and clay sculpture.

Although the Rongguo mansion is decorated with lanterns and festoons, people are full of joy, and Baoyu is wearing a red wedding gown, but people are stunned, not as happy as Xiren.

Baoyu sighed a long time, thinking that he couldn't stop marrying his wife for a little thought, so he rode on a tall horse to welcome his relatives.

Xiren Sheyue and others breathed a sigh of relief, Xiren said: "It will be fine when Second Grandma comes in."

She Yue felt the same way, and said: "Only the Second Mistress can persuade the Second Master to do more. By then, we will be fine."

The courtyard was endlessly lively, although Xiren and the others were busy, they were all smiling.

After Baochai entered the door, she really followed Mrs. Wang's mind and treated her very kindly, far better than Li Wan.

Li Wan only stayed in his room to teach Jia Lan to read, and ignored all foreign affairs, while Baochai took over the power of housekeeper of the East Courtyard. Mrs. Wang suddenly felt light, took Baochai's hand, and said, "Good boy, it's hard for you." Now, on the one hand, the housekeeper takes care of Baoyu, and on the other hand, he has to persuade Baoyu to make progress. You and Baoyu have one gold and one jade