[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

After being humiliated by Jia Yan, there is no place to say it, but I want to thank Jia Yan for her guidance. For Xue Baochai, there is nothing more embarrassing than this incident.Therefore, in the past few days, it is said that she is recuperating at home is one of the reasons, but embarrassment still occupies most of the factors.

For a while, Xue Baochai secretly hated Lin Daiyu in her heart for why she stayed in the courtyard of the East University and kept her filial piety and never went out.If Lin Daiyu lived in Jia Mu's yard, if Lin Daiyu often went out and met Jia Baoyu often, she would have a way to focus everyone's attention on Lin Daiyu.

After all, their Xue family is a merchant family. Things like ignorance and ignorance of the law are always trivial things. It is not as good as the news that Lin Daiyu, a lady from an official family and a noble daughter, does not observe filial piety and has no sorrow for the death of her biological mother. .

But who made Jia Yan protect Lin Daiyu as soon as she came?Except for the first day when she came to Jia's house, Lin Daiyu didn't appear in front of people at all, so Xue Baochai had no choice to find someone to transfer her target to.

Furthermore, Aunt Xue only said that as long as Prince Teng was present, nothing would happen to Xue Pan's case, but from the beginning to the end, Aunt Xue never thought that her future with Xue Baochai would be ruined by this matter!

Aunt Xue only cared about her son, not her daughter at all. It was obvious that Xue Baochai was the biggest victim in the whole incident, but in the end Aunt Xue wanted Xue Baochai to think more about Xue Pan!

Thinking of her mother's eccentricity, and thinking of her dream of Qingyun, it's no wonder Xue Baochai feels better!

So these days Xue Baochai is bored.

What really hurt her was not the rejection of her by the Jia family, but the hurt and neglect of her by her mother, so these days she was bored in the house, and she didn't even want to see Aunt Xue, she just wanted to be alone Be quiet, or pass the time with a needle and thread.

Now that Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, Jia Baoyu, Jia Yan, Tanchun, and Xichun all came to visit her, Xue Baochai was dumbfounded.She was wearing homely clothes, with her hair untied? [嫟赞, cuan], and she was lying on the kang table drawing flowers with the girl Yinger. When she heard that Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing had arrived, she was really taken aback. .

I don't know if the girl who sent the message did it on purpose or the woman who guarded the door didn't care. Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing were about to enter the door over there, and Xue Baochai didn't react until she heard the noise in the yard.

Time did not allow Xue Baochai to comb her hair, wash her face, and change her clothes. She only had time for Yinger to put away the flowers on the kang table, and she combed her hair when she saw that Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing had come in.

Because Mrs. Wang spoke, Jia Yan had no choice but to come to visit Xue Baochai, and Mrs. Xing was purely worried about what Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue would do to Jia Yan, for example, let Aunt Xue’s good son offend Jia Yan and spoil him. Jia Yan's reputation, this is why he followed it specially.

However, Mrs. Xing was too worried today.Because today's Mrs. Wang simply doesn't have the mood to plot against Jia Yan.

For Mrs. Wang, the most important thing in this world is her son!Although in practice, Madam Wang is no different from the stepmother who put Jia Baoyu in the trash and raised her stepson, but deep down in her heart, Madam Wang still sincerely hopes that her son will make progress.However, Jia Baoyu decided to skip class today in order to visit Xue Baochai, still in front of Mrs. Wang, which naturally aroused Mrs. Wang's high vigilance.

Mrs. Wang decided to take a good look at the way her son gets along with Xue Baochai today.

Mrs. Wang frowned secretly when she saw Xue Baochai's attire.

Because she was ill and she was in her bedroom, Xue Baochai's dress was naturally different from usual.But in the eyes of Mrs. Wang, who was already suspicious of neighbors stealing axes, Xue Baochai's appearance violated Mrs. Wang's taboo.

Although she didn't come to Jia's house for a very long time, Xue Baochai's public image has always been dignified and generous. The aesthetics of clothes and houses are all biased towards plain and clean. Her hair is always flat like Li Wan's, but the jewelry is a little brighter.

But what about today?

Scattered arm-in-arms? [髟赞, cuan], which made her black hair even more beautiful; although she didn't put on makeup, but because of the heat and poison in her womb, her body It was as if rouge had been applied on the face, making it more beautiful and charming.Not to mention that Xue Baochai was originally older than Jia Yan, and she already had the appearance of a girl. Even if she was wearing half-new homely clothes, she was more attractive than Jia Yan and other young girls who had not grown up yet. people.

At least Jia Baoyu couldn't take his eyes away when he saw Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai's appearance and Jia Baoyu's reaction stung Mrs. Wang's eyes.

All this naturally fell into Jia Yan's eyes.

Jia Yan said with a smile: "It's our fault. We didn't send a little girl to pass the news in advance, but sister Bao came to greet me when she was tired. Wife, aunt, look, should we go out now and let Bao Sister packs up before coming in?"

Before Mrs. Wang could speak, she heard Jia Baoyu say: "Sister Bao is weak, wouldn't it be worse after all these troubles? How about Sister Bao sitting on the bed, and we sit on the edge and talk?" She didn't know her mother Already on the verge of anger.

Tanchun had already discovered what was wrong with Mrs. Wang, and hid at the back as if she was an invisible person.

Just when Mrs. Wang was about to speak, there was a sudden scream outside.

This small courtyard is said to be for the Xue family to live in, but the next door to it is where Zhou Rui's family used to live.Across a horse head wall is the back street of Ningrong Second Mansion.Obviously, the sound came from the street, which startled everyone present.

Jia Baoyu had never heard such a sharp scream, and she trembled with fright. Mrs. Wang ignored Xue Baochai and hugged Jia Baoyu in her arms.

Jia Yan put her arms around Xichun. As for Mrs. Xing, she had already sent Wang Shanbao's family to see what happened.It didn't take long for Wang Shanbao's family to come in with the old and the young.

The old man was very old, he looked at least ten years older than Jia Mu, his face, body, and hands had no flesh at all, and his skin was sticking to his face dryly. He was black and thin, with a whole body The coarse clothes should have been clean before coming here, but now they are not only torn, but also have footprints and mud on them.

The little one looked about the same age as Xichun, although the clothes were not torn—obviously the old man protected him very well—but those timid eyes, with tears on his face, found that someone was looking at him , more and more timidly, shrinking straight to the old body.Obviously, he was terrified.

Wang Shanbao's family said: "If you go back to your wife, it's these two people." Then he said to the old woman: "Grandma Liu, why did you come to Beijing? You just have to speak boldly."

Grandma Liu didn't dare to lift her head, she already kowtowed to the ground a few times.She said dryly: "See, I have met my wife. I, the little lady, is a peasant woman in the suburbs of Beijing. My daughter married into the Wang family. Because my son-in-law was an official in his ancestors, he is connected with Lord Uncle Wang of Tongzhi County..."

Although Grandma Liu is old, she has good legs and feet, and she can speak fluently, and she can explain her origins and encounters clearly in a few words.

Although it is said that her son-in-law's family has been connected with Mrs. Wang's natal ancestors, so she is considered as Mrs. Wang's natal family, but Wang Xifeng has never heard of it, and it is obvious that she has not contacted for a long time.Such a family would not come to Mrs. Wang unless it was absolutely necessary.Therefore, everyone here who has experienced some things is wondering whether Grandma Liu came to fight the autumn wind. Only Jia Baoyu wondered in his heart, this Grandma Liu is a farmer in the suburbs of Beijing. Has he heard about the sweet potato? Just came to the door.

In fact, in Jia's house, Grandma Liu only knew Mrs. Wang and Zhou Rui, and Mrs. Wang was not something that ordinary people could meet, so Grandma Liu could only talk to Zhou Rui.How did she know that Zhou Rui had just been sent to prison for theft and was sentenced to hang. When others heard that she was looking for Zhou Rui, they naturally regarded her as Zhou Rui's accomplice.

Just now, someone wanted to take the board from Grandma Liu's arms. Grandma Liu was just such a grandson, so she screamed, not wanting to disturb Mrs. Xing and others who happened to come to visit Xue Baochai.

Mrs. Xing never expected Mrs. Wang, who used to step on her, to have such poor relatives. She reprimanded the girls below: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Didn't you see that Grandma Liu is so old? Why don't you move?" Come, Zhang Xiaoyu!" While holding back a smile, he said to Mrs. Wang: "Sister and sister, is what this person said true?"

Grandma Liu once said to her son-in-law that Mrs. Wang is hot and quick and doesn't take too much money. She also knew that Mrs. Wang married into the Rongguo Mansion. Naturally, she came to Rongguo Mansion to meet Mrs. Wang. As for the other old people, she couldn't tolerate her denial.

Mrs. Wang nodded, and Jia Yan smiled: "It's a coincidence. My father said before that a girl like me grows up in the inner house since she was a child. What she sees is the sky at the four corners. My father is still worried about my future. When I grew up, I was fooled by the people below. It’s good that Grandma Liu is here, just to tell us about the farming and mulberry, so that I won’t make a fool of myself in front of the nobles in the future.”

Mrs. Xing said: "That's exactly what you said. Grandma might as well stay in this house for two days, as a relative." Then she said to Wang Shanbao's family: "I remember that the yard next door is empty, right? Clean it up , live with Grandma Liu." Then he said to Grandma Liu: "Grandma Liu, I'm sorry, but the people below don't recognize you, so you've been wronged."

Zhou Rui's family used to live in the yard next door. Zhou Rui has been imprisoned, and the time is short, so it is naturally empty.

Grandma Liu thought that tonight she would spend the night in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, but she didn't expect such an unexpected joy, so she immediately kowtowed on the ground.

Grandma Liu followed Wang Shanbao's family out of Xue's yard to rest and eat in the yard next door, and couldn't help asking about Wang Shanbao's family.

Wang Shanbao's family smiled and said: "Our wife is the wife of our master Ming Mei, the wife of the first-class Shenwei general in this mansion. As for the girl who spoke, she is our master's only daughter, the first-class emperor of Jiashan County appointed by the imperial court. .”

Grandma Liu fell in love as soon as she heard it: "The one who offered the sweet potatoes?"

"It's our girl."

"Amitabha." Grandma Liu recited the Buddha's name repeatedly, "I've also heard that the yield of sweet potatoes per mu is as high as a thousand catties, and they are precious. Those of us have only heard about it and never seen it."

Wang Shanbao's family smiled and said, "What's the matter. Our girl's yard is planting it now. I'll ask our girl for you later, and our girl will definitely give it."

Grandma Liu was even happier when she heard that, and thanked her repeatedly.

In her opinion, sweet potatoes are the treasure of farmers.If you can really get sweet potatoes, even a single branch is more affordable than hundreds of taels of silver.

Wang Shanbao's family also went through the matter, even though Grandma Liu said a few words that would not hinder the matter, Wang Shanbao's family still helped to invite a doctor, and took out her own clothes to change and wash for Grandma Liu.It's not that Wang Shanbao's family looked down on Grandma Liu, but that Mrs. Xing was young and her clothes didn't suit Grandma Liu.