[Red Mansion] Hairpins fly when they are

When Baochai arrived at this time, some memories belonging to this body began to slowly recover, even though they were only fragmentary and not comprehensive.

When Xue Shi said those few words, Baochai paused, and the scene when he married Jia Baoyu suddenly appeared in his mind.

A small sedan chair was carried from the small courtyard in the north of Rongguo Mansion to Baoyu’s Yihong Courtyard. There was no drum music, no wedding banquet, and no one was invited by anyone who had good relations with Rongguo Mansion. several masters.

It was quiet, as if they were thieves, and it couldn't even keep up with the excitement of ordinary people welcoming concubines.In order not to arouse Jia Baoyu's suspicion, Ying'er, who had been serving Baochai since she was a child, had to step back and hand over the task of helping the bride into the wedding room to Xueyan.

Xueyan is sister Lin's girl, how could she sincerely bless Baochai at such a time?Even the righteous master Jia Baoyu thought that the person who was about to marry him was Sister Lin.

This stupid idea of ​​Li Daitao was thought up by Wang Xifeng. She considered all aspects, except Baochai's idea.

As a bride, isn't Baochai's thoughts important?

After all, it is the most important event in the life of the daughter's family, but getting married has become like this, Baochai can't help but feel wronged for the original body when she thinks about it at this time.

"Mother, Mrs. Wang... No, I mean aunt, is she really your sister?" Baochai sighed and asked Xue Shi depressed.

Mrs. Xue also sighed: "Why aren't they biological sisters? It's just that she is from the concubine, and I am from the concubine. Otherwise, how could the family marry her into the Rongguo Mansion, but I was promised to the imperial merchant?"

"..." Baochai was speechless, this is really cheating my sister.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about these past events, everyone has his own life." Now that Mrs. Xue mentioned those people in Rongguo Mansion, his expression became much lighter, "The piece of material that Mrs. Song gave two days ago , made you two new dresses, and you will wear them tomorrow.”

Baochai was hesitant, one was unfamiliarity, and the other was that the house was busy tidying up, so it would be unreasonable for her to go out as a guest at this time.

"Or forget it? Just say I'm not feeling well and push it."

"You cursed yourself with all the good intentions." Mrs. Xue gave her a stern look, "Are you worried that Madam Fan would be unhappy if she didn't invite her? Don't worry, the Li family is a merchant, even if you come to invite Madam Fan And she won't lower herself and agree. As for Ying'er, just tell Mrs. Fan that it won't hurt anything if she goes out for half a day.

"You just work in the house every day. If things go on like this, sooner or later your body will be stretched. This time, just listen to your mother and go out to play for half a day. It's just to relax. If Li's house is really not fun, you should come back earlier. The left and right are close together, and they all live in the same alley.”

Baochai was moved by the persuasion, and subconsciously touched her lower abdomen. The piece of meat in her belly was really good, and she didn't have any reaction during pregnancy.

Adhering to the idea of ​​combining work and rest to adjust mood during pregnancy, Baochai nodded: "Then I'll go and talk to Mrs. Fan first. If she has no objection, I'll ask Yinger to write a letter to Li's residence."

Baochai first asked Yinger to see if Jia Yucun was in the East Chamber. Yinger went back and said, "Mrs. Fan just woke up, and Mrs. Jia is not here."

Baochai went with her and told Fan Jiaoxing about going out as a guest tomorrow.

Fan Jiaoxing was very surprised: "Who invited you to play?"

"The Li family at the entrance of the alley. Everyone is busy at this time, and I am too embarrassed to go out and only care about myself. It's just that the second girl in their house has helped me with my business a few times, so I am really embarrassed to shirk..." Baochai replied with a smile .

Fan Jiaoxing said lightly, feeling very disdainful.

There are no rich and powerful families on this street, not even a small official as big as a sesame seed and mung bean. Even if the Li family's conditions are slightly better, they are nothing more than a small rich in the eyes of outsiders.

Fan Jiaoxing looked down on them very much, and she didn't bother to socialize with them on weekdays.Fortunately, the master is moving back to the inner city again, and soon she will be able to stay away from these ordinary people.

"You go. By the way, have you packed up your things? We will be moving in two days." Fan Jiaoxing asked with a smile.

The smile looked a little half-smile, Baochai didn't care, and said frankly: "Mrs. Xie is concerned, what do we have? It's just a few clothes, packed out early in the morning."

"That's true." Fan Jiaoxing sighed softly, picked up the teacup and drank tea.

Seeing her serving tea, Baochai hurriedly said, "My mother is worried that it will be inconvenient for me to go out alone, and wants Yinger to go with me."

Fan Jiaoxing raised her head, showing surprise again: "She is your girl, she should follow you, don't come here to tell me." After a pause, she suddenly realized as if she just remembered, "These days Thank you Ying'er, I've pretty much tidied up here, and from tomorrow onwards, she won't have to come here."

In the past few days, Ying'er helped put clothes, bedding, vases, tea sets and other things into boxes by category, only some gold and silver were left unpacked. So he readily let Yinger go back.

Baochai thought for a while, and although she knew in her heart that she should avoid suspicion, she still wanted to ask, so she said politely: "I'll go there tomorrow morning, and I'll be back at noon. If Madam still needs help, just call us, anyway. I'm fine staying at home."

"I don't dare to do that. You are Miss Everyone, so how dare I bother you."

Fan Jiaoxing's answer was more polite, but it sounded awkward, but Baochai was kind-hearted and didn't care too much about it.Speaking of which, she has become the situation she is now, if she cares about it one by one, then she really doesn't have to live.

The next day, after breakfast, Baochai dressed neatly, and took Ying'er out to be a guest.

It is said to be dressed up, but it is just a new pink dress, and there is only the gold-plated hairpin that Xue Shi gave her on her head as usual.However, the color of this material is very suitable for her age, and the food has improved a lot recently, her complexion is rosy, she looks delicate and tender, and she is extremely beautiful.

When the master and servant came to the door of Li's house, Ying'er stepped forward to inform, and after waiting for a while, the second girl of Li's family came out to greet her with her maid in person.

Miss Li Er is only 15 years old this year. She has a naive temperament and is spoiled by her family.

In fact, she didn't quite understand in her heart that Baochai was just a hard-working person who was willing to make handicrafts to help the family in her heart. She was skillful and made exquisite things, so she didn't mind buying a few more.

However, this is not worth inviting over as a guest.

This is what her father, Mr. Li, meant. Yesterday morning, Mr. Li hurried into the backyard to find his wife and daughter, and told them to quickly post and invite someone over.

He didn't elaborate on the reason, but Mrs. Li and the second girl thought that he was interested in each other's craftsmanship, maybe he wanted to develop a long-term business, after all, his family was in the fabric business and also made garments.

The family's food and clothing depended entirely on those two shops, so Mrs. Li and the second girl naturally didn't dare to underestimate them, so they immediately sent the post to them, and arranged a banquet early.

Miss Li Er smiled and took the initiative to hold Baochai's hand: "I heard that your girlfriend's name is Baochai. If you don't mind, I will call you sister."

Her figure is slightly rounded, coupled with a silly smile, Baochai liked it when he saw her, and replied with a smile: "Second Miss, you are polite, just call me by my name. I haven't thanked Second Miss for taking care of me. The business will not fail. You came too hastily and didn't prepare any good gifts, so don't be disgusted."

Yinger, who was following behind, took a quick step forward, holding six boxes of snacks from a time-honored snack shop and a basket of seasonal fruits in her hand.

"Ah!" The second girl Li seemed very surprised, while signaling her girl to take it quickly, she said politely, "Here he is, what are you doing with these? You'll spend money."

"Empty hands, I'm too embarrassed to come to the door."

Miss Li looked at Baochai steadily.

She didn't expect Baochai to be so good-looking, with a generous and easy-going personality. In just a few words, she changed from holding hands to holding Baochai's arm affectionately, a little coquettishly: "Sister is so skillful, why don't It’s better to spend money to prepare a gift than to give me a net. I don’t want expensive ones, the most common ones are enough. As long as it’s made by my sister, even ordinary styles can be woven more beautifully than others.”

Second Miss Li is completely dressed like a rich lady, with countless gold beads on her head, two gold bracelets wrapped around flowers on her left wrist, and a moist and translucent jade bracelet on her right wrist.

When she held Baochai by her arms, these bracelets were shining brightly, shining so brightly that Baochai was in a daze.

She smiled, but luckily she was prepared, took out a wishful knot that she had made by herself and handed it over, and said with a smile: "It's good that the second girl doesn't dislike it."

Miss Li Er happily took it over, thanked her, and dragged her into the backyard together.

Mrs. Li had been waiting for a long time, and Baochai went in to greet her. She was all smiles, pulled Baochai and praised him a few times, and after sitting down, she graciously persuaded her to drink tea and eat snacks.

Mrs. Li wanted to befriend each other, Miss Li was simple-minded, and Baochai was not afraid to talk to strangers, so the three women got along pretty well for a while.

After sitting with him for about half an hour, Mrs. Li got up, smiled and said to Baochai, "It's a good day today. Although my house doesn't have a small garden, there are many chrysanthemums placed upside down in the yard. Why don't you go out and enjoy the flowers and take a walk?" ? I should also go to the kitchen to arrange a banquet at noon."

Baochai quickly stood up, and declined politely: "I dare not bother Mrs. Li, I should go back too, thank you for your hospitality today."

"Don't leave in a hurry. You finally came to the door, so you should stay for a meal anyway." Mrs. Li hurriedly held her back, her face full of sincerity, "Daughter, take Miss Baochai to the yard for a while. Let's go to the kitchen and have a look."

Miss Li Er smiled sweetly, and she couldn't help saying that she took Baochai and went outside.

The courtyard of the Li family has only two entrances, which are divided into front and back yards. In the courtyard of the inner house, there are long rows of bonsai of various colors. The most common one is the most suitable chrysanthemum. It is colorful and colorful. Baochai has not seen flowers for a long time. , I also felt interested at the moment, so I followed Miss Li's intention and accompanied her to enjoy the flowers slowly.

After enjoying half a cup of tea, suddenly there were footsteps coming from the shadow wall, and a middle-aged man whispering, Baochai was stunned, and when she recovered, she turned around and wanted to leave, but was caught by the second girl Li. I grabbed it.

"Don't be afraid, it's my father who came in."

As Miss Li finished speaking, two men came out from the shadow wall, one of them was Zhu You.