Red Mansions Become Baochai

Xue Pan and his cousin listened to it, and Xue Shen heard it, and they all laughed and said that the child's ideas are of course weird and weird, and even gods arrange them, so he is the most mischievous and unstoppable.Baochai was also wondering, could it be that he was acting like a child all day long, and even behaved and thought more and more like a child?

On the second day, Jin Neng, Xue's housekeeper, brought in a lot of fresh new year's purchases.When Baochai came out to see, they were just wild boars, wild sheep, deer tendons, bear's paws and other delicacies.There are also sea cucumbers, shark fins, abalones, dried oysters, mussels and many other seafood.Mrs. Xue saw that he also got two stones of Yutian Rouzhi rice, Binuo rice, and rice flour rice, each weighing two to three hundred catties, and praised Jin Neng fiercely.Baochai laughed secretly. In her previous life, she had eaten pearl rice, red japonica rice from Bama County in Guangxi, and Yueguang rice from Heilongjiang, and she didn't think the taste was inferior to those used by the imperial court.

Baoqin and Xue scorpion came bouncing over again and took her to see the big fish.Baochai looked at the two big fish on the ground. The big one was more than a foot long, the smaller one was more than two meters long, and the other was probably about two hundred catties.Baochai thought it was a shark at first, but after a closer look, there were no fangs.

Xue Shen came over to the children and said, "This is a giant sturgeon fish caught in the Yangtze River. It is extremely rare and delicious." Xue Pan also came over and asked, "Second Uncle, what does this big fish eat? How can it grow so big? Big?" Xue Shen replied with a smile: "These two are still small. I saw two feet long in the Tongjiang River in the early years. This sturgeon is born in the river and grows in the sea. It eats everything." It scares a few more times. A child said: "Even adults can swallow this fish alive. Children like you can eat two or three without any trouble." Mrs. Liu looked at Baoqin and Xue scorpion so frightened that her face turned pale with fright, she laughed and beat Xue Shen one time.Baochai hurriedly comforted her two younger brothers and sisters, the fish had been dried, and we were the only ones to eat it, it couldn't eat us.

At this time, someone from outside said that Jia's house had sent a letter.Madam Xue left everyone behind, went back to the back room, and asked her maid Yulan to read it to her.The beginning of the letter was nothing more than a few words asking about the safety of the family, but what followed was another article.Mrs. Wang mentioned that she had three children. The eldest son married Li Wan, the daughter of Li Shouzhong, the daughter of Li Shouzhong.The eldest daughter Yuanchun went to the palace.Only Baoyu, the little one, worried her most.

Because Qu Baoyu was born with beautiful jade in his mouth and a pleasant appearance, he was hugged by the old lady like a phoenix egg and raised him himself.Although he is somewhat mischievous, he is not as clever as one in a hundred.Furthermore, he is very gentle with his sisters and daughters.Because of thinking that my sister has a daughter Baochai, who is also an extremely rare child.If the two families can form a good relationship between the sexes and get closer and closer, I will have no other extravagant wishes in my life.

Mrs. Xue took her sister's letter, and the more she thought about it, the happier she became.Firstly, when the daughter of the Xue family married into the Jia family, her own family was an imperial merchant, and the Jia family had two men, so Baochai could be considered a high-ranking marriage; secondly, Jia Baoyu was born with a piece of beautiful jade, and Baochai was also given by a monk with a scarlet head. Baozhu, it's a strange thing to put these two things in that family, and his two children are cousins, it's really a godsend.

Mrs. Xue couldn't hide her liking any longer. Seeing Baochai and some children sitting on the kang, they were playing with Jiulianhuan.Yin asked Baochai with a smile, "Chaier, your aunt in Chang'an brought a letter saying that she liked you very much and asked you to go to his house when you grow up and play with your cousin Baoyu. Would you like it?" "

When Baochai heard this, alarm bells rang in her heart. It turned out that Mrs. Wang had started to pay her attention right now, and quickly wrinkled her face and said, "I have my own home. I don't want to go to his house for whatever I do!"

Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "Silly girl, girls are going to go to other people's homes when they grow up. Now your aunt is afraid that other homes will snatch you away, so she made an appointment with his son Baoyu first, and she will naturally treat you well in the future." of."

Baochai said angrily, "I want to stay with my parents for the rest of my life, so I won't go to my aunt's house. Mother, let my aunt go and find a girl from another family for my cousin."

Mrs. Xue held Baochai in her arms and said, "My dear, you are still young. How do you know all these things? This Jia family is not an ordinary family. It is richer than ours. Could it be that mother will harm her own daughter?" No."

Mrs. Xue thought that Baochai was still young and ignorant, and that such a major event had to be discussed with the master before it could be accomplished.After tidying up a plate of food and brewing another pot of Pu-erh tea, I happily went to the study to find my husband to announce the good news.

Baochai thought that without the golden lock, she would have nothing to do with Jia Baoyu.Unexpectedly, the thief still refused to let her go, and asked Mrs. Wang to write a letter to propose marriage.The more she thought about it, the sadder she became, and she couldn't help but began to cry.

Seeing her crying, Gu Yunzhen hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.He also persuaded: "Sister, don't worry, everything is decided by my uncle, who loves you the most, and will never promise you to that yellow-mouthed child."

Seeing that Gu Yunzhen was a child herself, Baochai said that Jia Baoyu was a yellow-mouthed child rather old-fashioned, and burst into laughter.

If Mrs. Wang suddenly mentioned this marriage, then the daughter-in-law who came to Xue's house to give the New Year's gift, the Zheng Hua's family deserved the most credit.

Speaking of Zheng Hua's family, he was called Yuzan when he was young.She was also Mrs. Wang's accompanying room. After marrying Mrs. Wang to Jia's family, she was assigned to Zheng Hua, Jia Zheng's servant.It's just that his man is not as good as Zhou Rui, and she is not as flattering as the other Zhou Rui's family.Over the years, the couple has been squeezed out and lost their status even more.

This trip to Xue's house to give the New Year's gift was a good job that Zheng Hua's family tried their best to grab.Who doesn't know that the Xue family has a lot of money, and people say that there is a lot of snow in a good year, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron.The Xue family has always been very generous in rewarding servants.In the early years, a long follower sent a letter to Mr. Xue, and he got a purse of golden melon seeds.Even now it is often said to be boastful.

Zheng Hua's family came to Jinling by boat, and they were warmly received by Mrs. Xue.Not to mention the reward of 100 taels of silver, she was also given a pair of gold-faced noodles, four bolts of fine silk, and two sets of decent clothes.

You must know that her monthly allowance is only one or two taels of silver, plus his man's, which the couple scavenged from other places, can reach up to four or fifty taels of silver a year.

It just so happened that Mrs. Wang has been very troubled recently, since Jia Lian's mother, Mrs. Zhang, disappeared.Mother Jia suspects that Mrs. Xing, whom her eldest son Jia He married, was born in a small family and cannot stand on the stage.Let the youngest son and daughter-in-law take care of the house.

Mrs. Wang married to Jia's family, although she had three children.But the relationship with her husband, Jia Zheng, can be said to be respectful, not affectionate at all.It was a maid surnamed Zhao who won Jia Zheng's favor.He was originally the son of the Jia family and has been serving Jia Zheng.Because of the birth of the third girl Tanchun, she was promoted to be an aunt, and now there is another one in her belly.

Mrs. Wang lost her husband's favor and wanted to control the inner house of Jia's mansion.Now that the eldest sister-in-law is gone, the mother-in-law is naturally very happy to ask her to be the housekeeper.

But after Mrs. Wang really got started, she hated her mother-in-law so much.Mother Jia wanted her to be a housekeeper, but she held the money in the mansion in her own hands and refused to release it. She only gave her the harvest of several villages under the name of Rong Mansion.Uncle Jiahe took over the title, and his salary was also collected by himself.The husband's salary of a few hundred taels a year is not enough for him to hire a gentleman.

Jia's family is honorable, and the expenses for daily ostentation must follow the ancestral rules one by one, and they cannot be frugal.There are hundreds of people in the entire Rongfu, and tens of thousands of taels of silver come in every year, and there are holes everywhere.Make bricks without straw.Could it be possible to tell her to pay back all her dowry?

When a woman in ancient times reached old age, apart from the children she had borne, the most important thing to provide her with security was the dowry brought from her natal family.The large dowry that Jia's mother brought from the historian, as well as the gifts accumulated by the housekeeper over the past few decades, are at least 10,000+ taels.But she also thought that she would not distribute it to her children and grandchildren until the end of her life.

Mrs. Wang naturally refused to take it out.A small part of her dowry was used by the elder son when he got married.After the daughter entered the palace, it took some time to manage the chief eunuch in the palace.She also has a son. If the dowry is exhausted, how can she still have the confidence to be the head wife of the Jia family?

Speaking of which, the beginning of the year and the end of the year are the times when the cost of throwing away is the greatest, and all relatives and relatives have to give gifts.Like the Xue family and the Lin family, the Jia family can make a fortune.As for other princes and ministers, they can only give more from their own families.Mrs. Wang couldn't make ends meet no matter what, and she ate the food for Mao Nian in Yinnian.If this goes on like this, it won't take a few years for the Jia family to run out of pockets, and the Jia family's hypocrisy will no longer be able to hold on.

When she was so worried that she didn't know what to do, someone answered, and Zheng Hua's family came in to greet her.Mrs. Wang and Zhou Rui's family saw that Zheng Hua's family was dressed in new clothes, with gold inlaid pomegranate and chrysanthemum hairpins on their heads, two heavy gold bracelets on their hands, and a caramel-colored crepe-faced squirrel jacket, and an old oil-green flower brocade horse-faced skirt. , very gorgeous.

Zheng Hua's family was so proud that they had done such a dignified thing for the first time when they went out, their aura surpassed that of Zhou Rui, the wife's most favored housemate.Today, I deliberately put on the top clothes that Mrs. Xue rewarded her, trying to stab Zhou Rui's family in the eyes.

Zhou Rui's family said with sourness in their mouths: "Oh, my old sister, after going out for a while, she looks so glamorous. If you don't look carefully, you might think that the master's grandma came in."

Zheng Hua's family hurriedly laughed and said: "It's not that I was frivolous on purpose, it's just that Mrs. Xue kindly rewarded me, so I thought about wearing it and talking back and forth, so that my wife can take a look, so that I have lived up to Mrs. Xue's kindness."

Mrs. Wang did not have money, so this year's gift to her younger sister's house was extra light, I thought my younger sister must be annoyed.Seeing Zheng Hua's family like this, he became happy, and asked with a smile: "Talk about going to Xue's house, sister, what can someone bring back?"

Zheng Hua's family hurriedly replied: "Mrs. Xue thanked Madam, and said that the things Madam sent are very satisfactory. I see that she is very happy on her face."

Mrs. Wang asked her brother-in-law and nephew were well, and Zheng Hua's family was busy, because she wanted to