[Red Mansion] Hairpins fly when they are

After talking for a while, Mrs. Xue felt a little thirsty, took two sips of tea, and when she put down the teacup, her eyes turned back and forth on Yinger and Hongjin who were standing beside her.

Ying'er is very thin, her breasts are not straight enough, her buttocks are not upright enough, such a body shape is generally not good for childbearing, but in other words, it is also good for the master.

The only difficulty is that if Ying'er is really to be slapped, there will be one less competent person around her daughter.

Mrs. Xue shifted her gaze away from Ying'er and landed on Hong Jin. This girl was of medium build and taciturn. She hadn't served her daughter for long, and her loyalty had yet to be tested.

Alas, this matter is very difficult, Xue couldn't help being embarrassed, she looked away and lowered her head to drink tea.

The two girls who were seen to be covered in hair looked at each other, then tiptoed together and quietly retreated outside the door to guard.

In an instant, there were only Xue Shi and Baochai mother and son left in the room. Xue Shi glanced at the door and felt that these two girls still had a good look.

She leaned her upper body towards Baochai, and said softly: "Baochai, it's not convenient for you to serve my uncle now that you have a body, what's your plan?"

Baochai was stunned for a moment, but then she came to her senses and burst into anger. Is this my mother?Baochai didn't even raise her eyes, and said calmly, "Let's see what the master says about what you plan to do."

"Hey, you are so wrong."

Facts have proved that Mrs. Xue is her own mother, who sincerely thinks of her daughter and helps to make suggestions, but limited by the times and thoughts, she thinks differently from Baochai.

Mrs. Xue took Baochai's hand and said earnestly, "Young master is very good among men. He is never greedy and lustful. When will you wait for him to open his mouth? At a time like this, we women You have to take the initiative to think ahead, and you can't wait for the man to speak before making arrangements for him, doesn't it make you appear unvirtuous?"

Baochai pursed her lips, what use is such a virtue!

Mrs. Xue said again: "The two in front of you, my lord, all promoted the girls around you to be aunts. When it's your turn, you should take the initiative, so as not to be inferior and attract people's attention, saying that you are jealous and can't do it." Tolerant. I think Yinger and Hongjin are much better looking than those two aunts, and you can win me over to the west chamber if you show your face to anyone."

Baochai glanced at Mrs. Xue, then pursed her lips tightly, expressing her protest in silence.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Xue immediately sighed with worry: "Oh, there used to be so many girls around Baoyu, all of whom were so beautiful, and you didn't see them as displeasing to your eyes. Why..."

"Mother." Baochai suddenly said, interrupting Xue's words.

Xue Shi, as she gets along longer and longer, she has an obvious characteristic: she loves to nag.Especially when she thinks it's all for your own good, she wished she could just take your head off and pour all her thoughts into it.

When Tang Monk recites scriptures, whoever listens knows.

Baochai knew that she couldn't do it if she didn't speak, otherwise Xue would not give up even if her mouth was dry after reading, so she could only save herself curtly.

"Mother, you also said that there are so many beautiful girls around Baoyu, and I am so virtuous, but in the end I couldn't keep his people." As she spoke, she pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

"Oh, how can I blame you." Xue's heart softened, and she was not willing to talk about her again, and said with a face full of emotion, "I shouldn't mention him, a person like him may not be born in hundreds of years. "

"Okay, okay, don't be sad, lest you hurt your body, and it's not good for the child in your belly." Xue surrendered, "You are not a child anymore, you should discuss this matter with my uncle."

Baochai was secretly delighted, and lowered her head to chuckle.

Seeing that she refused to look up, Mrs. Xue thought her daughter was still sad, and immediately opened the box she brought, and put it in front of Baochai as if offering a treasure, and said cheerfully: "Your brother's shop is doing very well these days. Don’t dislike the silk flowers I bought for you. He also said that when he makes more money in the future, he will slowly return the money you paid for.”

Hearing that a gift was being received, Baochai raised her head and glanced into the box, where there were six neatly arranged silk flowers.

Made of tulle, the petals are layered on top of each other, and the stamens are made of gold and silver threads. Baochai immediately took a fancy to the pink lily in the middle. , forming a knot at the top to form an anther, which looks lifelike.

Baochai held it in her hand and looked at it carefully, she couldn't put it down. Seeing that her daughter liked it, Xue immediately said happily, "Let me put it on for you?"

Baochai smiled at her, and passed the silk flower over: "Thank you, mother."

After putting it on, Baochai took out a small mirror and looked at it. It really looked good. Putting down the mirror, she looked at Mrs. Xue: "Mother, go back and thank brother for me, let him spend the money. As long as he does things honestly, he will not touch three things." Jie Si, that sum of money doesn't matter, we are all a family, so why care about it so clearly."

"I know you are filial, so don't say this in front of your brother, lest he get carried away." Xue said with emotion, "Let him be in debt, he will be more honest!"

Baochai understood that this was also a good way to control Xue Pan, and when he really paid back the money, she would hand it over to Xue Pan to keep it.

Guessing that it was time for Mrs. Song to wake up, Baochai led her mother to say hello. Mrs. Song kept Mrs. Xue for dinner. There were two kinds of rice on the table, and there was only one bowl of Jingui Rouge rice, which was placed in front of Baochai. .

Mrs. Xue understood at a glance, and was very happy in her heart. The Jia family valued Baochai so much, and she only hoped that her daughter would be more competitive and get a man in one fell swoop.

Baochai stared blankly at the rice in the bowl. The dark red rice grains were oval and cylindrical, slightly longer than ordinary rice grains, and she didn't know how they tasted.

This was the first time that Baochai had seen such rice, and he looked at other people's rice bowls. The rice in front of them was the kind of rice they used to eat, obviously this bowl of his was special.

After Baochai figured it out, she quickly picked it up and put it in front of the old lady: "Give this bowl to Mom, I'll just eat the old one."

"Hey, how can this work." The old lady sent it back to Baochai without saying a word, with a kind face on her face, "You are pregnant now, this kind of rice is the best. I heard that the most favored concubine in the palace is the best. There is this kind of rice to eat. Besides, it was sent by your mother's family, so you should eat it."

Baochai felt even more embarrassed, and declined, "I'm still young, so I don't need to eat such good rice, mother, you can eat it."

When Fan Jiaoxing, who was sitting at the same table, heard this, she wished she could throw her chopsticks on the spot.

Of course she has heard of the name of Yutian Yanzhi rice, and she was lucky enough to eat half a bowl of it. It was when Jia Yucun was the governor of Jingzhao Mansion that the wife of Bie's family invited her to visit her, and she used such a bowl of rice to entertain her.

It tastes very fragrant and has an excellent taste. Moreover, it has the nourishing effect of nourishing qi, nourishing blood, and balancing the five internal organs. Because of the low yield, the price is comparable to gold.

If it wasn't so expensive, Fan Jiaoxing would be willing to pay for a bowl every day.

The old lady kept a straight face on purpose, and said to Baochai, "Don't give in, this is not for you, it's for my granddaughter."

Mrs. Xue was taken aback when she heard the words, granddaughter?Does the old lady not like her grandson?As soon as she thought about it, she figured it out, and looked at Mrs. Song gratefully.

It's good to like a granddaughter, so that Baochai will have no pressure. Of course, it would be better to have a son. If a daughter is born, the Jia family will also like it!

The old lady Song said so, and Baochai was too embarrassed to persuade her, so she looked at Mrs. Xue and said, "Mother, you can eat."

"Hehe." Xue smiled until the crow's feet appeared, and waved his hands repeatedly, "I mean the same thing as the old lady, just take care of yourself, don't worry that it will be gone after eating, and ask your brother to send some more when I go back." come over."

"Hey, don't give it away to your wife." The old lady is embarrassed to take advantage of Xue's family, and this is not ordinary rice. "I told the master to find a way to buy it."

"Old lady, it's too outrageous for you to say that. To be honest, there are still ten catties in the store. I will ask Pan'er to bring them all later. Not only do you want to treat your granddaughter well, but I also want to love me. What about the granddaughter?"

The old lady Song smiled, nodded and said: "Then don't give it away again after giving it away, don't blame me for not being able to speak, you also bought it from someone else at a high price, your uncle is now promising, there is always Some connections, let him buy it is more cost-effective than you."

This is true, the Xue family bought these rouge rice from other places at a very high price to act as a front. Jia Yucun re-entered the officialdom, and as the left servant of the household department, he was naturally many times stronger than the Xue family in terms of connections and relationships.

Xue nodded with a smile, and agreed.

After letting go of the two elders, it's not good to skip Fan Jiaoxing alone. Baochai glanced at her, and was about to speak when the old lady Song hurriedly said: "I told you, don't push around, eat quickly. Eat quickly, it won't be good after a while."

Fan Jiaoxing's breath was stuck in her throat, and she almost couldn't get out. The old lady's posture of the hen protecting the cub really made her uncomfortable.

The elders refused to eat it, and they wouldn't dare to grab Baochai's rice if she gave her ten guts. What the old lady did was too heartbreaking.

After dinner, Mrs. Xue was about to leave. Mrs. Song asked her to come and play when she was free. Mrs. Xue agreed with a smile. After instructing Yinger and Hongjin of various precautions, they went home contentedly.

The box of silk flowers was still on the kang table. Baochai called the two maids to him, thinking about what Xue said before.

She picked out two camellias from the box, one pink and the other pink and purple, with stamens made of silver thread. Baochai handed the two silk flowers to them and said with a smile: "This is from my brother. Each of you picks one."

Ying'er smiled and pushed Hongjin: "You pick first, the rest will be mine."

Hongjin refused, and insisted that Yinger come first, Yinger had no choice but to reach out and take the pink one, and Baochai handed the rest to Hongjin.

The two girls were busy thanking them, Baochai smiled, and asked them seriously: "You are not too young, have you thought about the future?"

Ying'er and Hong Jin looked at each other first, then lowered their heads and thought.