[Red Mansion] Hairpins fly when they are

"First buy two thick quilts, then buy a roast chicken, and prepare a pot of wine. The scallion pancakes baked by Hu Ji are delicious, and they are durable. I plan to buy ten of them and leave them to you. Brother eats slowly inside..."

Mrs. Xue talked about what to bring to see Xue Pan who was in prison with great interest, but Baochai nodded and agreed without interjecting.

"Guye said that I will leave Pan'er's affairs to him in the future. I don't have any other hopes now. When you give birth to a son, Pan'er will also come out. Our family will be reunited, and I will enjoy the happiness at home. Alas!" Xue Shi let out a contented sigh.

Since Baochai married Jia Yucun, Mrs. Xue has a sense of belonging to the Jia family. She is no longer as unassuming as before. Smiles are increasing day by day.

"Because it's not too cold, I'll go there with Xiangling in two days. This time I have to spend a few pennies to get a sedan chair to take us there. Last time I was really scared, haha." Xue laughed loudly. Laughing, thinking of the last time the three of them walked all the way back from the south gate abruptly, it is incredible to think about it now.

When Baochai heard this, she hurriedly asked, "Mother, don't I want to see my brother?"

"You can't go." Xue refused with a wave of his hand, "You are a newlywed, you can't go to that kind of unlucky place, wait three months before you go to see him."

"Oh." Baochai nodded, and asked again, "What is sister-in-law doing, why don't you come over and sit down?"

"She's making winter clothes for Pan'er. It's getting colder and colder, so she has to prepare in advance."

The two were talking, when Hong Jin came in and said that the housekeeper was asking to see him outside, Baochai hurriedly got up and told Hong Jin: "Let him wait for me outside for a while, and he will come right away."

"It's hard to get up after lying down warmly. Cold and hot are the most likely to trigger illness. Hurry up and hold Mrs. Tang in your arms. If it's not something urgent, send him out quickly." Xue felt sorry for Baochai, and took Tang Pozi, who was on the bed, stuffed it into Baochai's arms.

Baochai refused to pick it up, and said with a smile: "I don't go out, there is no wind in the room, it's not cold, and I just say a few words to the left and right. This thing is heavy, so don't hug it."

After finishing speaking, she went to the outside room. Mrs. Xue had nothing to do with her, sighed and followed behind.

The new housekeeper's name is Gao Geng, in his forties, of medium build, with a simple and honest appearance, but his eyes are shrewd.

Seeing Baochai come out, Gao Geng hurriedly saluted and said respectfully: "Madam, the villain's name is Gao Geng, and he is a new housekeeper. If the villain does something wrong in the future, Madam will just teach me a lesson."

"You are too polite, please sit down." Baochai said with a smile.

Hong Jin hurriedly moved a small bench for Gao Geng, Gao Geng thanked him but dared not sit down, he bowed his head and went forward, holding a brocade box in his arms and offering it with both hands: "The master ordered the villain to send it. "

Baochai took it with her own hands and invited him to drink tea, but Gao Geng didn't dare, bowed and withdrew.

Baochai and Mrs. Xue went back to the inner room, and Ying'er came in to change into hot tea. Mrs. Xue pointed at the brocade box and said with a smile, "Look quickly, what my uncle sent you again."

Baochai opened it, and inside were two gold hairpins, two pearl hairpins, a gold step shaker, a pair of gold rings, a pair of gold bracelets, some exquisite silver ornaments, and ten taels of silver.

Baochai only glanced at it, then pushed the box to Mrs. Xue: "Mother doesn't have any jewelry now, so choose two."

"I don't want it anymore, what's the point of dressing up when I'm old." Xue still said the same thing, refusing desperately.

Baochai thought that Mrs. Xue had given her the only gold-plated hairpin she had, and she had almost no decorations, so she picked out a gold hairpin and carefully inserted it between Mrs. Xue's hair. She also gave Mrs. Xue a pair of gold bracelets. He picked out the pair of gold rings and put them aside, ready to send them back to Xiangling.

Xue's face turned slightly red, and she was very embarrassed: "It's too much for my uncle. He originally gave it to you. It's good for you to turn around and give it to us."

She touched the gold hairpin in her hair, and then touched the gold bracelet on her wrist, and couldn't help but sighed, a little absent-minded, and she didn't know what she thought of.

Baochai was afraid that she would think wildly again, so she hurriedly put the pair of gold rings into Mrs. Xue's hand: "I don't feel well today, so I won't go out for a walk. Mother will give it to my sister-in-law for me, and say it's my heart."

Mrs. Xue struggled in her heart, and then held the ring into her palm: "Alright. Last time your sister-in-law took out the only ring on her body in order to collect money to visit Pan'er. You call her sister-in-law, she Dressing too plainly will also embarrass you. Take a good rest, and I will pass by."

"Mom, go slowly."

Ying'er sent Mrs. Xue out of the house, and then came in to serve Baochai.

Before the brocade box on the Kang table was covered, Baochai held a silver hairpin in her hand and handed it to Yinger with a smile: "Your head is also bald. When I make a lot of money in the future, I will give you a gold hairpin." , let’s make do with it now.”

Ying'er was startled, and refused again and again, but Baochai insisted, so Yinger blushed and accepted it, and inserted the silver hairpin on her head with the help of the mirror inside, and asked Baochai if it looked good.

Baochai said it was beautiful, Ying'er was so happy that her eyes narrowed.

Mrs. Xue handed over the gold ring to Xiangling, but Xiangling didn't want it at first, but after Mrs. Xue said something sternly, she accepted it, and said: "Miss, are you busy now? I'll go talk to her." Thank you."

"Don't go yet." Mrs. Xue sat down at the table, picked up the trousers made for Xue Pan and began to sew, "It's just the first day I came here, and I don't feel well. She has to cheer up and talk to you when you go. , later."

"Yeah." What Xiangling is making is Xue Pan's cotton robe. The cotton is new cotton brought in by the housekeeper. It is of good quality and very warm to the touch.

Since the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law moved, they can no longer take over some mending work from Aunt Liu as usual.Furthermore, Baochai was already married to Jia Yucun, and if the two of them took on such a job, it would be easy for them to be blamed. They were afraid that Baochai would be underestimated, and if it was spread, Jia Yucun's face would be disgraceful.

These two people were not idle, besides their own clothes, they also helped Baochai, and there was Xue Pan in the prison.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were doing needlework around the table, the little girl Qin'er was holding tea, and Hua'er was holding two plates of snacks, the two came in together.

These two little girls were specially appointed by Jia Yucun to serve Xue Shi. They were only eight or nine years old. They worked hard to learn the rules of the backyard, and they were not noisy on weekdays.

Mrs. Xue smiled at the two of them, took two pieces of snacks, shared one piece with each of them, and said, "I don't want you to serve here, let's go and play with Tweety for a while."

The two little girls thanked each other and went out with some snacks.

Xiangling stared at the bouncing backs of the two of them, shook her head and smiled and said, "You're still young, no matter how mature you usually pretend to be, Madam, you gave them some snacks and allowed them to play for a while, look, I'm happy now." gone."

"I think the two of them are pretty good. After a year or two, it will be easier to use." Xue's mouth was talking, and his hands didn't stop.

"Madam is kind-hearted. It is their blessing to serve you. Madam, why don't you have a snack first?"

"No need, you eat it yourself, I ate it in Baochai's house just now."

Xiangling wasn't hungry, so she didn't have a snack, and sighed: "I think the girl is already capable enough, but once she gets married, I think it's better to marry. Don't say that your wife is more comfortable, even the girl goes Later, there is also a dependence."

"How can a woman not marry? She is only 19 years old, what a age!" Xue couldn't help but feel complacent, "My vision is still good. The new uncle is stable and generous, young and promising, not to mention other things, light It’s not bragging if you are a Jinshi in the second list. Baoyu, you also know that last time I went to school, I fished for three days and posted the net for two days. I didn’t learn much, so I made some dubious friends.”

Xiangling thought about it carefully, then sighed: "Usually I only thought of him as naughty, but I didn't expect to have the idea of ​​becoming a monk. It's really puzzling."

"Isn't that right?" Xue closed her smile, with an angry expression on her face, "I treat him like a child, thinking that he should be sensible when he grows up in a few years, but I never expected..."

Seeing that Xue Shi was angry, Xiang Ling comforted without thinking: "Don't mention these past things, I don't think Master Jia will become a monk."

Xiangling has a very honest temper, but sometimes it is what these honest people say unintentionally that is more choking.

When Mrs. Xue heard the words, she couldn't help laughing, and said amusedly and angrily: "Quickly take this sentence back, lest I won't be able to sleep again at night."

"Bah bah!" Xiangling realized that she had said something stupid, and quickly blushed twice on the ground, "It's all my nonsense, and it will definitely not come true."

Baochai was sitting on the bed, with two pillows behind her, Tang Pozi in her arms, and a small kang table in front of her, with two plates of melons and fruits, two plates of snacks, and a cup of hot jujube tea.

Although her stomach was still a little uncomfortable, it was boring to sit like this all the time, so she took an unfinished net and slowly wove it.

Ying'er came in from the outside and stood silently without speaking for a long time.

Baochai felt strange, and while busy with her hands, asked her without raising her head, "What's the matter with you, what's on your mind?"

"No, I don't have anything on my mind." Ying'er replied, and then stepped forward to touch the brocade mattress on the bed, "It's still a bit thin, I'll put another layer on it later. I don't know when the kang will start to burn, Do you want to get a brazier in first?"

Baochai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Light the brazier in early autumn? If you're cold, add an extra coat."

"I'm not cold." Ying'er replied, and after a while she asked cautiously, "Girl, it's noon, shall I go to the kitchen to get some food?"

Baochai looked up at her, then lowered her head and was busy with the matter in hand, said slowly: "If you have anything to say, just say it, it's not like you to hesitate."

"It's nothing, just now... I saw the master went to the East Wing, and he didn't come out for a long time. Later, Qiuyue went to the kitchen again. I think the Master wants to stay in the East Wing for dinner."

Ying'er was a little sad, she just got married, so the master should come to have dinner with his daughter.

Baochai immediately understood why she looked like this, and advised her instead: "I'll call out to my sister over there, it's normal for the master to accompany her to eat, I'm not angry at all, you should get angry first."

Ying'er muttered softly: "No matter what, the master should come to the west wing in the first three days."

"You also know that I am inconvenient. How many men are not afraid of this? I wish he would not come at night."

"Girl!" Ying'er shouted angrily, "You're all married, if you don't have the master's favor, who would take you seriously?"

"Okay, okay." Baochai was frightened of her, and started talking on par with Xue Shi, "Hurry up and get some food, I'm hungry."

Ying'er shook her head and sighed and went to the kitchen.