Red Mansions Become Baochai

Today, there were many disrespectful things in their family, Xue's family didn't care about it, and they still treated them hospitablely, so they felt a little uneasy.

It so happened that Baochai was also puzzled.People who went to other houses to play games in movies and TV shows, whether they were a group of people or lone rangers, never brought a baby who was still breastfeeding with a nanny. After thinking about it for a long time, I thought about asking Zhenniang tactfully.

Zhenniang pulled Baochai aside, away from the adults, and then whispered: "Please don't be offended, my sister. Although we are country people, we are not barbarians who are completely ignorant of etiquette. What happened today is also a misunderstanding. .”

Baochai nodded silently, and Zhenniang lowered her head and smiled and said: "Today, my mother took us early to eat breakfast, and followed the route we inquired about yesterday to find your door. At first we They also saluted and greeted politely, but the concierges in your house were sitting on the sidelines, talking and drinking tea on their own, without looking at us, and ignoring our questions. From morning to noon, there was no one Willing to send a message for us."

When Zhenniang said this, she felt a little depressed, and Baochai hurriedly took her hand. Zhenniang said: "There is a younger one who is the most hateful. It's okay to say that you want to pass on a message. We want to send three taels of silver to the door first." Bao. My mother gritted her teeth and gave the silver, and asked him where the second master of your family was. She yelled at us as country bumpkins who were extremely poor and came to your house to beat the autumn wind by mistaken relatives. She also picked up a broom and swung her teeth and claws to drive us away, and almost hit my brother, and my mother just had a fit and pushed him down."

Seeing that Baochai's brows were getting tighter and tighter, Zhenniang felt that she had said too much, and said, "As soon as my mother started, your concierge sent us a message. Later in the flower hall, it was my family who was rude."Thinking about your elder brother holding my hand, he probably didn't realize that I was a girl, and he didn't mean to be frivolous on purpose.I slapped him, you tell him, I let him slap me, let's get even, shall we? "

When Baochai heard this, he was already ashamed and angry.I am ashamed that the concierge of my own family is so snobbish, he sees people as inferior, and dares to make things difficult because of the visiting Ai family's plain clothes.The big ones ask for money to make door bags, don't say it, and don't help spread the word after collecting the money, and the loud ones want to drive people away.

Not to mention that Officer Ai rescued his second uncle, who was originally a benefactor of the Xue family, even if it was really a poor relative of the Xue family who came to visit, there was no reason to stop him from the door.His father and his mother have always been poor and weak, and they don't know how many relatives and close friends they have to help throughout the year, so they have gained a good reputation of being kind, generous, rich and polite. Is it possible that they will be ruined by a few evil slaves?

The annoyance is that she has met these concierges before, and always thinks that they are very smart, and they can wink and talk.Unexpectedly, in front of their master, they showed the appearance of knowing the etiquette and knowing how to advance and retreat.Behind it is arrogant and rude, acting insolently.It is a trivial matter to offend a friend today, but if one day offends some officials, it may be a disaster.

You must know that although the concierge is small, to outsiders, it is related to the Xue family's face.Whether the guests can enter the door of Xue's house depends on whether the concierge and the uncles let them go.Although Baochai had heard the saying that the gate of the yamen was open to the south, no one could get in without money, and he thought that only the concierges of official families could engage in malpractice. Let her remember many things.

There is such a plot in Dream of the Red Chamber, as soon as Grandma Liu entered Jia's mansion, she kowtowed and apologized to the concierge, and even called them uncle.

Although Jia Yucun's subordinate is an opportunistic and familiar with the officialdom, he can take out a talisman to teach him the opportunity, and still ask Jia Yucun, the old man, to handle the case of confusion.

Li Shi'er, Jia Zheng's protégé described by Gao E, is even more remarkable, using all kinds of treacherous means to control Jia Zheng.He pretended to be a tiger outside and amassed money wantonly.Jia Zheng, who did nothing in the end, was demoted three levels in a row by him.

Baochai's face turned red and white, since she knew there was a problem, the sooner she opened it, the better.So he went to the kang, bowed deeply to Mrs. Ai, and said: "Just now, after listening to sister Zhenniang, I know that the concierge has neglected my aunt. It is my family's rudeness first, so it is no wonder that my aunt is angry. Baochai is here to apologize to my aunt."

Mrs. Ai hurriedly pulled Baochai up, and said with a smile, "It's a trivial matter. Today, as Mrs. Xue said, it was the flood that rushed into the Dragon King Temple, so there is no need to mention it."

Mrs. Xue didn't care too much, but Master Xue frowned when he heard what his daughter said. Before he entered the door, the concierge told him that Mrs. Ai's family was messing around, but they didn't say a word that they neglected the guests first. thing.

Then I heard Baochai say again: "Auntie said it was a small matter, but in my opinion it is a big one. I neglected my aunt today, and my aunt was generous and didn't care about them. If I want to do it again tomorrow, it will be hard to talk if I offend someone."

Mrs. Ai nodded again and again, smiled and held Baochai to look at it again and again.Yin laughed again and said to Master Xue and Mrs. Xue: "The lady in the house can really talk. I see that she is two years younger than my Zhenniang. How can she be so sensible, like a young adult."

When Mrs. Xue heard about it, she quickly laughed and said, "Chai'er is a child's family, where you can afford to praise her."

Seeing her father looking at her, Baochai looked to encourage her to continue talking, and said, "I heard that my aunt came early, so she must have not had lunch yet."

Mrs. Xue patted her leg hurriedly, and said: "I was confused, and I didn't think to ask. So I asked the kitchen to send a table of noodles over quickly, and hurriedly went to order without waiting for anyone to pass the word.

After a while, a table of guest rooms came from the kitchen, and Tong Xi came over to bring the Ai family's mother, daughter and nanny to have dinner, and Mrs. Xue also went to arrange the guest rooms in person.

Seeing his mother go out, Baochai hurriedly told his father everything that had happened.Xue Ke was very annoyed when he heard it, and immediately asked the concierge to come in to answer.

Xue Ke sat on a chair, his face covered with frost, and he didn't look at the trembling concierges. He only asked Xue Quan'an, the big housekeeper, "I entrusted you and my wife to take care of the internal affairs of this house. How do you manage it? They even singled out these diabolical slaves to watch the door!"

Hearing this, Xue Quan'an hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Please calm down, master, it's all my fault that I didn't notice. Because there is a shortage of first-class concierges, as usual, they are passed down from generation to generation, not someone I arranged. Of the four on duty today, three of them are old men who have been concierges, and one is the nephew of Madam Wang who was married to my wife. Don't be rude to people."

Xue Ke snorted, and said coldly: "According to the rules, what are the rules? I only let you assign duties according to each person's ability, and didn't let you stick to these old rules. If you really do your best, how can you Knowing that such an example is out of date, they didn’t tell me to change it.”

Seeing that Xue Ke was so furious, Xue Quanan didn't dare to distinguish any more, so he kept kowtow on the ground.Xue Ke also knew in his heart that he was venting his anger, just for the sake of order in the mansion, and he didn't care about all this.After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Your personnel arrangement is improper, and you will be punished for a quarter of a month. If you commit another crime, I will not be able to give you this dignity."

Xue Quan'an heard that he was amnesty, and quickly promised that he would be careful in the future and would not make such a mistake again.

Those few concierges who looked at the dignified butlers on weekdays were all punished, and their legs were so frightened that their legs went limp.I only heard Mr. Xue say: "Which one said that he would deliver a package to my Xue family?"

When a boy with a white face and triangular eyes heard about this, he panicked, knelt down and knocked his head loudly, and said, "It's all slaves who were blinded by lard and greedy for a while. Only then did I accept the money from Mrs. Ai's family. I only hope that the master will be merciful, and the servant will never dare again."

Seeing him coming out, Xue Quan'an said, "Master, he is Wang San, the nephew of Nanny Wang."

Xue Ke said angrily: "I don't care who he is. My Xue family has never been stingy with servants. The concierge is paid two taels of silver a month, and there are rice grains distributed every month, which is enough for his family to live on. You Look, he is domineering and domineering to the guests, and he is ungrateful to the master, and our Xue family temple is too small to accommodate his big Buddha." He ignored the boy crying and begging for mercy, and asked people to drive him out of the house go.

Xue Ke also distributed several other concierges to Zhuangzi before giving up.Baochai saw that his father acted resolutely, and the punishment was fairly fair. The boy who was kicked out deserved what he deserved. Besides, he was not a child of Xue's family, and the rest of his family had work to do, so they couldn't starve him.

The Ai family came here after dinner. It happened that Xue Pan finished writing the big characters and ran in to pester Zhenniang to teach him kung fu. And formally learn Kung Fu."

Xue Pan's eyes were shining brightly, Zhenniang was so flexible before formally learning Kung Fu.I'm a boy, so if I learn Kung Fu, I'm sure I'll be even better at it, maybe I can be as powerful as those heroes in the drama.

In a blink of an eye, Xue Pan thought that his father wanted him to study hard, and he might not allow him to learn Kung Fu, so he drooped his head and became listless.

While his father was talking with Officer Ai in the study, Xue Pan jumped into Mrs. Xue's arms, trying to ask his mother to tell his father to let him learn Kung Fu.

Mrs. Xue shook her head immediately when she heard it, and said: "My son, why do you think of this? Everyday when you go out, I am afraid that you will bump into each other, so I am here for you. Listen to your father and study in peace. , don't talk nonsense."

Seeing that his mother couldn't make sense here, Xue Pan said with a dejected face.