Daguanyuan Food Research Bureau

In the days when Baoyu is not around...everyone misses her.

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"I want my aunt! Why hasn't she come back yet?"

The snowball-like little boy sniffed and said aggrievedly.

Yingchun wiped his face with a handkerchief, while Tanchun teased him, deliberately lost: "We are also aunts, doesn't Xi'er like us?"

"I like it..." Xie Xi said, and couldn't help whispering: "But I still like the red aunt the most. Auntie has delicious food!"

Everyone in the room laughed, especially Tanchun who laughed the most.

The kid was laughed at, and felt that his self-esteem had been greatly hit. Baozi's face was puffy: "I know, my aunt was brought back to my hometown by my uncle, but it's been so long, and I haven't come back..." Speaking of which, he With a muffled voice, "I miss her so much."

Yuan Chun couldn't help but said, "Yo, you're only a little older, and you already know what missing is."

Xie Xi was very unhappy when her mother laughed at herself.

He said unconvinced: "Of course I know! It's like something I can't eat. I can't see my aunt when I come to my grandmother. I'm not happy, so I must miss her."

The childish words made everyone in the room laugh.

Mrs. Wang hugged him in her arms and smiled happily: "This child is the same as Baoyu at the beginning. He is a little older, so he has so much to say."

Xie Xi was hugged, twisted her hips like candy, and whispered a few words to Mrs. Wang, which made Mrs. Wang laugh again.

Xie Xi saw Mrs. Wang smiled, her eyes sparkled: "Did grandma agree? The beautiful sister is going too, so I can go too?"

Yuan Chun chuckled: "That's a generation behind. I can't even call Aunt Daiyu, how many times have I been taught, but I still want to be called Pretty Sister."

Yingchun patiently explained on the side: "Your cousin's house is there, so of course you can go."

Children are immature, especially boys who can't sit still. After a while, Xie Xi twisted and wanted to come down to play again. Mrs. Wang put him down, and Yuan Chun asked Baoqin to bring someone to follow. Run out like Sahuan.

Yingchun and Tanchun had to go to boudoir school, so they also resigned.

Yingchun laughed and said: "In the past, the four of us happened to walk side by side in this narrow corridor. Without the two of them, it's really not crowded. I'm not used to it now."

"Don't tell me, on the way to the boudoir school, without the two of you arguing and talking, it would be much more boring." Tanchun sighed.

Apart from the maidservants, there were only two married women left in the room, so they began to talk about topics that were inconvenient just now.

"I heard that the eldest daughter of the Shi family has been visited by the official media, and Baochai has also been very effective with the eldest princess in the past two years. A few days ago, I heard from her that many old concubines in the palace are not feeling well. I'm afraid there won't be any small elections in the past few years." Yuan Chun took Mrs. Wang's hand and said seriously, "The girls in my wife's hands, let alone welcome the girl, although the eldest wife can't count on it, the eldest master We can't control it, but Baoyu and Tanchun can look at each other first. They are both my sisters. If the wife needs to inquire, feel free to come to me."

Mrs. Wang sighed: "Now that you are married and have children, I will not hide it from you. That time in the temple outside the city, I almost lost my life. I regretted sending you to the palace, and then I put out all my thoughts. I am also satisfied, as long as the whole family is safe and sound, and we can get together from time to time, that would be the best."

These words were sincere, Yuan Chun also sighed a few times, and clenched his hands a little bit.

Mrs. Wang said again: "It's easy to talk about the girl. Although she is not of high background, she has a very good temper. I took her out a few times before, and many wives asked me to inquire about her. I thought I was young and I was too old." I like it, and I want to keep it for a few more years." At this point, Mrs. Wang's face turned pale, thinking of Aunt Zhao's stinging scorpion, but Tanchun was raised by her so that everyone thought she was a daughter of the first wife, and it was obviously herself. Teaching daughters well.

Yuan Chun was not surprised by his mother's behavior. Although she was a little blunt, she always had emotions and anger out of her heart.With this look, he obviously thought of Aunt Zhao.

Mrs. Wang had stumbled on Aunt Zhao in the early years. Just looking at the concubines of Jia Zhu, she probably understood Mrs. Wang's preferences. Stupid is the best, and the most annoying is the one with heavy makeup and thin language.

Yuan Chun had worked under both Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Jia's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and was very familiar with their styles.In comparison, Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang's likes are exactly the opposite. Jia's mother likes girls who are romantic, smart, mischievous, and full of vitality.

Fortunately, Tanchun is a naturally clever girl, and she does well with Mrs. Wang.Jia Ying is miserable, she is too much in line with Jia's mother's favorite standards, Mrs. Wang feels uncomfortable when she sees her, but as a real mother, her tolerance must be much stronger, although it is not easy to see, but she is a mother-in-law after all I don't want to say much about raising her, and I feel a little compensatory for being so favored by my own.

After talking about Tanchun, and then going to talk about his own biological one, Mrs. Wang really became sad.

"My child, Baoyu, has been messing around like this this time. I feel that if she meets an unfriendly husband's family, it will be troublesome. I thought, with her temperament, she can't look too high, she has to find a familiar family."

Yuan Chun nodded. In this way, no matter what, several of their relatives can personally see the candidate, and it is the best to decide in the past two years.She said again: "Baoyu is a child who is very emotional and has a sense of propriety. My wife can also probe into the two of them's thoughts. After all, the girl in our family will not worry about marrying."

Mrs. Wang said again: "I have a few candidates now, and the most numerous of them are the children of your second uncle's family. In a few days, your uncle will return to Beijing. His eldest brother has already made an appointment. The second child has been studying at his hometown in Jinling for these years, and he is going to come back this time. I thought, if it can be done, it will be an excellent marriage. Your uncle and aunt love Baoyu the most, so it will be even more intimate."

Yuan Chun knew that being a niece was different from being a daughter-in-law. My aunt liked Baoyu, but not necessarily such a daughter-in-law.It's just that Mrs. Wang's candidate is really good, and she knows the bottom line.

However, the news that Wang Ziteng was going back to Beijing still surprised Yuan Chun. In the past few years, the border has been chaotic, and the master of the court and the two factions have been arguing fiercely.Uncle, as the ruler of the nine provinces, actually returned to Beijing at this time?

Xie Xi trotted out, wanting to find her grandfather, but met Xichun who came to pay her respects to Jia's mother, and invited Jia's mother to the next door to attend a play.

Knowing that Mother Jia was taking a nap, Xichun saw that Xie Xi was going to get in, so she stretched out her hand and said, "Brother Xi, do you want to play in our house?"

The relationship between her and Jia Rong is not very deep, but Qin Keqing, the niece and daughter-in-law, treats her very well and manages the Ningguo Mansion in an orderly manner. She can do this.

Hearing that he was going to play, Xie Xi's eyes lit up, he nodded vigorously, and was led by Xichun out the door, and Xichun sent his mother-in-law back to report to Yuanchun.

Arriving at the Ningguo Mansion, after walking in the arms of Youshi and Qin Keqing, little Xie Xi managed to get a lot of delicious food.

He couldn't quite understand the babbling on the stage, he was bored for a while, and ran away to play again, Xichun got up to follow, and Youshi and the others sent a group of women to follow.

So little friend Xie Xi led a large group of people to run around in Ningguo Mansion.

The lonely warrior Jia Zhen has already dismissed all concubines. Jia Rong has not been mentally poisoned by her father, and so far there is no tendency to grow crooked.There are only Qin Keqing and a few concubines in the main courtyard, and there are only the courtyard where Xichun and Youshi live, so the entire Ningguo Mansion is a huge place, but there are a few side branches, empty, and a bit scary.

Xie Xi heard a sound coming from the direction of the front yard, so she walked forward.

Xichun couldn't keep up, so she bid farewell to Xie Xi, leaving only her close-knit maid, and sent all the rest, repeatedly asked to take good care of Xie Xi, and then stood under the hanging flower gate and watched Xie Xi walk away in small steps.

At this time, she thought of Jia Yinglai who had gone to Gusu.

It is indeed a bit reconciled to stop at this place.

Xie Xi walked in the direction of the voices that suddenly shouted together, and immediately saw Jia Zhen sitting at the top.

He was dressed as a Taoist priest, and in front of him were two rows of strangely dressed people Yan Chi standing.

Jia Zhen said in a deep voice: "Desire will make people's reason lose their autonomy, which is shameful and criminal."

Speaking of this, he remembered that he had broken an egg and ruined his life because of a momentary lust.

Fortunately, he got acquainted with those monks in Beijing, and he truly liberated himself spiritually.

Not only Christians, but also Buddhists, he has found the place of liberation of his soul from it, so that he does not have to face the fact that he broke the egg, that is abstinence.

In the beginning, his purpose was very simple, we can still be friends without talking about all the behaviors that use eggs.

Jia Zhen combined the precepts in these systems with her current environment to find another way.

Since his father wants to cultivate alchemy and cultivate immortality, he relies on this kind of penance of refusing all pleasures to achieve a higher spiritual state and cultivate to become an immortal.

In the past four years, because of various hints in his heart, he became more and more convinced of his choice, and even gained a lot of support from the original gambling and drinking friends.

Jia Zhen spoke passionately, and the believers below heard their blood surging.

Through a life of austerity, they gave up worldly enjoyment, not only their health improved, but their mental state was much better than before, as if they had been washed.

Jia Zhen also felt that her body was much healthier than before.

As the saying goes, when heaven is about to send a great mission to man, he must first suffer from his will, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, empty his body, and disturb his actions.

Perhaps, the big white goose that flew over was God's revelation, causing him to lose an egg, and it was precisely because of this that he was able to walk on this right path.

Xie Xi listened outside for a while, but still couldn't understand anything, curled her lips, and decided to leave.

Sure enough, they are all boring adults, and it's still fun to be with my aunt.

When Xie Xi returned to Rongguo Mansion, he ran into Jia Zheng.

"Grandfather!" he shouted happily.

Jia Zheng picked him up.

Xie Xi looked at Jia Zheng expectantly, "Grandfather, I miss my aunt!" No one else would play with him.

Jia Zheng laughed and said, "Your aunt will come back next year."

Xie Xi said "Oh", wrapped her arms around Jia Zheng's neck, and blinked: "Does my grandfather miss my aunt too?"

Jia Zheng met his grandson's expectant gaze, felt uncomfortable for a while, and said vaguely, "Yes."

Seeing Xie Xi's sudden joy, Jia Zheng added with a serious face, "I want to hit her."

"Mother said that only bad children should be beaten," Xie Xi blinked, "Auntie is a good child, why did you beat her?"

Listening to the child's words, Jia Zheng could not help laughing and said, "Why do you say she is a good child?"

Will a good boy run around? It's fine to keep it from their wives. Don't think that he doesn't know what the two brothers and sisters are up to.

Xie Xi said earnestly: "Grandmother said that I am very similar to my aunt. I am a good boy, so my aunt is also a good boy."

Jia Zheng said, "Okay, then we won't beat her."

Xie Xi became happy.

Jia Zheng asked again: "So, don't tell her that I want to beat her."

Xie Xi tightly covered her mouth and nodded vigorously.

Jia Zheng looked amused.

I've only heard that a nephew looks like an uncle. Why is this little guy not the same as Jia Zhu, but Baoyu has learned a lot.

Thinking of this, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Like Baoyu, this is really not a good thing.

Jia Zheng carried Xie Xi in his arms, and walked to Jia's mother's yard by familiar ways.

Neither Daiyu nor Jia Ying was there, the place was much deserted than before, only the pair of parrots hanging on the porch were calling to each other.

The blue parrot shouted: "The paper is full of self-pity and plain grievances, who can explain to Qiu Xin in a few words. After Tao Ling made peace, it has been talked about through the ages."

Jia Zheng listened, but unconsciously stopped, and stood where he was with Xie Xi in his arms.After listening to the parrot finished reading, I was amazed in my heart.

This poem is written really well.Although the artistic conception is a little sad, the talent is overwhelming.

He walked over and taught Xie Xi to take a few grains of corn from a shelf and feed them to the parrot.

The parrot ate it, and suddenly let out a long sigh. It looked like a human being, scaring both Jia Zheng and Xie Xi. The grandpa and grandson stared at the parrot in a daze, and then heard the parrot sigh and say, "Look at the end of spring and the flowers gradually blooming." Falling is the time when the confidante dies of old age. Once the spring is over, the confidante is old, and the flower falls and the person dies without knowing it!"

Jia Zheng listened and couldn't help saying hello.

The poems recited by the parrot were obviously only Daiyu could compose.

Jia Zheng also used Mrs. Wang to care about Jia Ying's studies. Mrs. Wang asked Yuan Chun, and Yuan Chun went to Xie Qing. Xie Qing selected some essays and poems written by these girls and gave them to Yuan Chun.

It is needless to say that Jia Ying has made progress. Although the poems are a little lacking, the thinking of the thesis is extremely rigorous, which makes Jia Zheng's eyes shine.

However, among them, his favorite poems are still the poems of this niece.

Jia Zheng couldn't help thinking, as expected of his brother-in-law and sister who taught him, this man is talented, even the parrot has aura, and his words are poetry.

At this time, another red parrot jumped up on the shelf and flapped its wings. It seemed that it only looked at the opposite one for the two humans in front of it, and fed it several times, feeling a little dissatisfied.

Jia Zheng was curious, so he turned to look at the parrot, wondering what verses this parrot would read again.

The parrot said loudly: "Good poetry! Good poetry! What my sister made is naturally good poetry!"

Jia Zheng: "..."

The parrot tilted its head. Seeing that Jia Zheng was unmoved, he said with all his might, "Baoyu! Your little girl is here!"

"Helium hydrogen lithium beryllium boron, carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon!"

Jia Zheng: "..." This must be Baoyu's parrot.

He is powerless, otherwise how can he say that things are like masters?

At the same time, Xie Xi softly said: "No brains, are you hungry too?" Stretching out again, he also fed a few corns to the red parrot.

Jia Zheng asked, "No brains?"

Xie Xi nodded, pointed at the parrot in front of him, and said in a childish voice, "This is Auntie's parrot, he's so brainless."

Pointing to the blue parrot that was grooming: "This is the parrot of the beautiful sister, I am not happy."

Jia Zheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry to correct him: "It's Aunt Biao. These two names are unique."

Jia Zheng thought of the niece he saw during the Chinese New Year, indeed her eyebrows were frowning, as if she was unhappy.

This must have been caused by Baoyu's mess again. It's hard for my niece to accompany her to make trouble.Amused in his heart, he shook his head, subconsciously stretched out his other hand that was not holding Xie Xi, and patted the top of the red parrot's head.

Without thinking but without struggling, the black bean-like eyes widened and stared blankly at him.

"It's really the same." Jia Zheng laughed.

Xie Xi on the side pouted and said, "Grandfather, you said you didn't want to beat Auntie."

Jia Zheng was stunned for a while, then hugged Xie Xi, turned to Jia Mu's main room and walked over.

The two parrots behind him started calling again.

Unhappily said: "Baoyu, if you make trouble again, I will be annoyed."

Without thinking: "Aojiao, Aojiao."

Yuan Chun was talking with Jia's mother. Xie Xi saw his mother and great-grandmother, and ran over happily just after being put down by Jia Zheng.

"Ancestor!"

Mother Jia responded, and stretched out her hand with a loving smile. Yuanyang had already hugged Xie Xi, Glass quickly took off his shoes, and Yuanyang put him in Mother Jia's arms.

Xie Xi acted coquettishly, wanting to lie on Jiamu's body with her whole body.In the end, Yuan Chunti slipped back.

"Little Fatty, it's so heavy, I thought it was still the same as before." Yuan Chun scolded him with a smile.

After Jia Zheng greeted Jia's mother, he said a few words with Yuan Chun before leaving. He was still the third child, take care of his health, and the husband and wife are harmonious, so there is nothing to worry about at home.

Yuan Chun insisted on having dinner with Jia's mother.

Xie Xi is only three years old, but she is very quiet when eating, not picky eaters, and sits upright.

Therefore, the dinner was quiet as usual. At this time, a stewed three ding was served.Jia Mu laughed and said, "Isn't this what Baoyu wanted to taste a few days ago? Send it to her."

Speaking of which, everyone in the room laughed.

"Old lady, Miss Baoyu is not in Beijing." Yuanyang smiled, "After the year, I will return to Beijing with my aunt."

Listening to the first half of the sentence, Jia's mother suddenly realized that she hadn't come to a loss yet, and she let Yuanyang say that Jia Min was going to Beijing and became happy.

I was just happy for a moment, and couldn't help sighing again.

Yuan Chun was curious: "My aunt came to Beijing, what is the old lady sighing for?"

Jia Mu said: "I just remembered that the relationship between the two Yu'er is so good, they can't be together every day in the future. I'm afraid Baoyu will feel uncomfortable."

Jia Ying sneezed several times in a row.

Worrying, Daiyu stretched out her hand and touched her forehead: "It's cold, why are you sneezing so much these days?"

Jia Ying sniffed, and suddenly grabbed Daiyu's hand.

"It doesn't matter, I've always been in a panic these few days."

Daiyu asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Jia Ying looked worried: "Ah, what if your mother doesn't like me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Xiangyu floated past the door with a face full of shit.