every spring [comprehensive]

Wang Xifeng smiled, and she could see that she was in a very good mood, "You haven't seen my dowry before! Even if you haven't opened the box, you just looked through it, and now you say I have so many dowry hidden away , what kind of intention is this."

Jia Lian hurriedly coaxed: "It turned out that I said something wrong, please don't take it to heart, Second Mistress, then this box of yours is very valuable, where did it come from?"

Wang Xifeng ignored him and went to see the things in the box one by one.

Jia Lian couldn't get an answer from her, so she went to ask Ping'er again: "What happened at home today that I don't know about, who came?"

Ping'er looked at Wang Xifeng and saw that she had no intention of stopping.Since this thing was put out for the second master to see, it was inevitable that he would know the origin sooner or later, so he said with a smile: "There is nothing special today, but Miss Bao came to sit for a while."

Jia Lian: "Miss Bao from Aunt Xue's family?"

Wang Xifeng also wanted to show off in front of Jia Lian, and said happily: "This is what Baochai sent to me just now. What do you think? It turns out that these things were made by Baochai when he was making hairpin and ring jewelry in Jinling. Yes, I made double copies of everything, and I brought mine with me. After a few years, I have accumulated such a large box, and it was only moved here now, so it was naturally delivered to me."

Jia Lian was also a little surprised, but it was reasonable, "It turns out that you sisters are very affectionate, and she wants you to keep a share of everything she has. It can be seen that she has always missed you and treats you like her own sister." Woolen cloth."

Wang Xifeng said: "That's right, I just said, don't look at how smart she looks, she is actually a silly girl with a solid heart! Even if she is a real sister, she is not so devoted to others. But having said that, she She is the only girl in the family, and there are no other sisters for company. When I was young, my aunt took care of me a lot. Now I still remember that monkeys are often on her, and my aunt often mentions me at home, which makes Bao girl more If you think about it, if you have something good, you want to keep it for me."

Jia Lian picked up a hairpin inlaid with a thumb-sized ruby, and saw that there was a small gold-painted box specially placed in it, and there were necklaces, earrings and other things in the same set. The rubies were all bright and dazzling, so he took a closer look. Said: "Looking at the quality and material, it seems to be taken from the same stone. Only such a set, I am afraid it will cost thousands of silver!"

Jia Lian, who was used to seeing good things, couldn't help but click her tongue, "Second Mistress has such rich relatives and thinks so generously of your sister, I'm so envious!"

Wang Xifeng said happily: "It's not a matter of how much money, but this friendship is priceless! Go envy, and I don't have you in envy. These are all things from our girls' house. After that, I put the gemstone hairpin back very carefully. in situ.

Seeing that there was no one in the house, she whispered in Jia Lian's ear: "Although I didn't say it explicitly, I have heard some rumors over the years that after my uncle Xue died, brother Pan couldn't control Nuo Da's family at that time. Baochai's business was originally in the care of Baochai, so Baochai took care of all the money and the shops in the Xue family, and she managed the property in an orderly manner, even better than before. Don't Seeing that my sister Bao usually doesn't show her beauty, but she is really a little god of wealth! It's not surprising that she wears some decent jewelry that she likes."

What she didn't say in her mouth was: Unlike our young lady, who spends two taels of silver a month, and even ten years can't save this box of things. This is the expense of an ordinary lady in the government.

Hearing what she said, Jia Lian was even more curious: "How old is this younger sister? Isn't she younger than Brother Pan? How come when Xue Pan still can't manage the family business, Uncle Xue let her take care of it?"

Wang Xifeng said again: "You don't know this. My younger sister has been smart since she was a child. She was raised by her father as a boy. She and Brother Pan studied in the same class and received the same education. She is also a real talent. , when Brother Pan was still ignorant, he learned almost all the ways of doing business. When Uncle Xue was seriously ill, his spirit was not good and he couldn't take care of it. All the outside business matters were taken care of by her. Yes. Aunt Xue's father handed over all the power and burden to her after checking the gate. No, Brother Pan has not yet learned to go home, and he still has to go to Mr.'s house all day long."

Only then did Jia Lian suddenly realize: "So that's the case. I didn't expect that the head of such a big Xue family is Miss Bao!" Then, after thinking about it, he said, "You are the housekeeper of our house, so don't be short. Miss Bao and Auntie and the others will pay for it."

Wang Xifeng gave him an angry look: "It's up to you to say! The Xue family used it all for their own expenses, and I just let our sisters have a share of the indispensable treasure girl."

The meaning of Baochai's box to Wang Xifeng is not just a simple gift, but also to let Jia Lian and Jia's family see that her natal family is not empty and has nothing.Of course, except for Wang Xifeng, who was specially prepared by Baochai, Mrs. Xue took care of the meeting ceremony for everyone else.

The house for Mr. Hu has been arranged. After they arrived, they settled down for two days. Mr. Hu sent someone to let Xue Pan go to school every day.

Although Xue Pan's homework is mediocre, he has persisted in his books for so many years. His only weakness is that he likes to sleep late, which conflicts with his going to school. He used to be in the mansion, and this gentleman stipulated the same time for classes. Now he moves When he arrived outside the mansion, he had to compress his sleep time again.

It was the first day of school after moving to the capital, and Xue Pan went to bed late again. Accidentally knocked down a child rushing over.

Xue Pan hurriedly reined in his horse, and the servant who was following hurriedly stepped forward to check, and shouted: "You don't have long eyes, and you don't see clearly, you dare to block anyone's driving, don't you want to kill yourself!"

The old lady with the child was also a little frightened, only the cry of the child, Xue Pan said: "Don't scold him, don't scare him, hurry up and see where the injury is!"

The young man saw the child crying loudly, and when he saw the crying so loudly, he touched his body and asked if it hurts?The child just shook his head vigorously. It should be nothing serious, so he said: "It's nothing, I'm going to be late, you'd better go to Mr. Hu's house quickly, let me stay here to deal with it." good."

Seeing that the time was running out, Xue Pan had this intention, he walked a few steps before riding the horse, then turned the horse's head and said, "You should send the two of them to our house, and go back and ask the girl to have a look, don't come here What happened afterwards."

The young man hurriedly responded, so Xue Pan only asked one of them to follow, and the other stayed behind to take him back to the mansion. This matter was handed over to Baochai, and Xue Pan felt relieved and went to learn immediately.

Xue Baochai finished washing up early in the morning, and after having breakfast with Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Xue had already gone out to find Mrs. Wang.Baochai heard that Xue Pan bumped into someone when he went out, and he had already brought him back to his house, so he went to class by himself.

The servant reported that the person who was hit was a five or six-year-old boy, and the family who followed him was an elderly old woman.But it happened suddenly, I didn't see whether the horse's hoof kicked the child, but kept crying, probably because of some fright.

Baochai asked his servants not to tell Mrs. Xue first, but to let the grandparents and grandchildren who were brought back to the mansion go to the guest room. At the same time, they sent someone to invite the doctor.

When Baochai arrived, she saw an elderly woman kneeling down to kowtow to Amber, and she called her Miss.Amber quickly supported her, her face flushed with embarrassment: "Oh, my mother-in-law, don't be like this, what kind of girl am I? I'm following the girl's maid, and our girl will be here soon."

The mother-in-law saw that Hu Po was beautiful, and she was dressed in gold and silver, so she thought she was the girl from this family. At this moment, she knew that she had made a mistake, and she was a little embarrassed: "So I made a mistake, so what do you call her?" ?”.

"Just call me Hu Po," Hu Po looked up and saw Baochai coming, and hurriedly said to the mother-in-law, "You want to see me, this is our girl."

Baochai said softly: "At this time, what are you saying about seeing me or not? She is so old, if she really sees me, won't my life be lost? What happened to the frightened child?"

Hupo pointed to the little boy who was lying on the bed behind his mother-in-law, Youyou was writhing and jumping restlessly, trying to sit up and reach for fruit to eat, and said, "Ms. Hui, here it is!"

Baochai said, "Let me see."

The mother-in-law was stunned when she saw Baochai, and she had dealt with crops all her life. When she saw a maid like Hu Po before, she thought she was seeing a lady from the official family.When I saw Baochai at this time, I opened my mouth for a long time, but I didn't know how to speak. I have never seen a figure like Baochai with icy muscles and bones, and a fairy concubine, even in paintings. At Chai's words, she hurriedly led her to the bedside in fear.

Baochai looked at the child once, and said a little funnyly: "You are really naughty, you are still alive and kicking after being so frightened, I don't think there is anything wrong, but I need to ask the doctor to look at it again."

Amber said: "Exactly, this servant also thinks that the child should be fine."

Baochai said, "Who is this?" Amber said quickly, "By the way, haven't you asked your mother-in-law what to call her?"

The mother-in-law recovered her voice at this time, and said somewhat cautiously: "My surname is Liu, and I am the grandma of this child, Ban'er. I plan to bring her to visit relatives in the city."

Baochai suddenly realized, "So it's Grandma Liu."

Soon after, a doctor was invited to come and see that the child was fine. He was not kicked by a horse, but fell down on his buttocks, half of his side was blue, and his tailbone would hurt for a few days.Children have good resilience and do not need to take any medicine.

Grandma Liu said: "Originally I was looking for the wife of Zhou Rui's family, but a kind grandfather in front of the mansion instructed me to go around the back street, and then I walked to the alley. Son, there was nothing wrong, I shouldn’t have caused trouble to the young master and miss, it’s all my wife’s fault! I was frightened for a while, but I followed in carelessly without making up my mind, and instead bothered the girl’s family for a long time.”

Grandma Liu is a simple person, and they were victims in the first place, but she made it sound like they were causing trouble to others.

Baochai respects her upright and simple character, and even more respects her kindness, integrity, and friendship in the future.So I asked a few more words: "What do you want to do with Zhou Rui's family?"

Grandma Liu asked in surprise, "Could it be that the girl knows their family?"

Amber said, "Just say what you want."

So Grandma Liu explained her reason for coming. Seeing that Baochai and her maids were amiable, she didn't hide it and said, "Because life is too difficult, I want to go to the city to have the cheek to visit my old relatives in the city." , See if I can get some help.

Ban'er's family name is Wang, and he once made acquaintances with the ancestors of the Wang family, but only Wang Ziteng and his younger sister, Mrs. I haven't moved around for a long time, and I'm even more lonely, so I went to Jia's mansion to try my luck.

Because Zhou Rui's family is the accompanying room of Mrs. Wang in Jia's mansion, Grandma Liu wants to ask her to pass a message to see if she can see Mrs. Wang.

Hu Po and Fei Cui who just came in laughed together and said: "It's just a coincidence. It turns out that Ban'er's encounter was also due to fate. Now that you meet our girl, it is much better than Zhou Rui's family."

Seeing the puzzled look on Grandma Liu's face, Xue Baochai said, "The lady Grandma wants to see is my aunt."

Grandma Liu suddenly realized, and said, "Could it be that you are a girl from the family of the second aunt of the Wang family?"

Xue Baochai nodded and said, "That's right. So if Grandma Liu has any difficulties, just tell me. Since we are all relatives, and Ban'er and my grandfather's family are from the same clan, we will do our best to help you." , not to mention scaring both of you grandparents and grandchildren today."

Grandma Liu never expected that such a coincidence would allow her to meet the real Buddha.

Baochai continued: "Of course, you came here for my aunt, you can go to their house first, and I will let the girl pass the word in a while. Our family was originally staying at Jia's house, and grandma should go to see her in person." .”

So Mrs. Wang, who was chatting with Mrs. Xue, received a letter from Baochai, and the two of them knew that such a thing had happened this morning.Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Your daughter really saves you worry and effort. Fortunately, she has dealt with everything before sending someone to report."

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xue met Grandma Liu together, and Mrs. Wang asked Wang Xifeng to go down to make arrangements.When Wang Xifeng heard about this, she wondered what Mrs. Wang meant, and thought that Xue Pan had almost bumped into someone, so she decided to award 50 taels of silver to Grandma Liu, and said a lot of words for her cousin Xue Pan to ask for forgiveness. .

Grandma Liu accepted the money with gratitude. According to the usual rules of the Jia family, such relatives can only come to the door for 20 taels at most. Don't underestimate the 20 taels of silver. In their Jia family, it may be just money for a banquet. People are enough for a year's expenses.

Ban'er was still in the guest room of Lixiangyuan. After Grandma Liu went back, Xue Baochai asked someone to save food, and sealed another 50 taels of silver, some cloth and clothing, and some food. He hired a car for them. The cart was sent back safely and securely.

Grandma Liu, who was sitting in the car, was still in the clouds, and then pinched her thigh fiercely, and almost jumped up in pain, only to realize that this was not a dream, she was really holding 100 taels of silver, and the girl I don't know how much money the large cart of food and clothing is worth.

Grandma Liu could not help but burst into tears with gratitude, and continued to chant Buddha to them, "Amitabha, thanks to the pity of the girls, grandmothers and wives, so much money is enough to buy several fertile fields when I go home, and I no longer have to worry about starvation or cold!"

Sometimes when Baochai is free, she will go to Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Daiyu and the others, playing chess and reading books together, or doing some needlework.But her time is always limited, and she can go there one day every three or two days.

Baochai is a human being who doesn't like to argue with others, is tolerant and open-minded, and has extensive knowledge and memorization, so Sanchun and her sisters are willing to play with her.Whenever she is not coming, the sisters always pester Aunt Xue asking for a long time, "Is Sister Bao not coming today?" "Is Sister Bao really free?" "If she is not free, why don't we Go find her."

Aunt Xue said: "Bao girl has the most things to do in a day, and there are many people to see. After finishing one place, there is always another one. Originally, she was going to come with me today, but before going out, the master of Fushunzhai in the capital The manager is here again, and I'm afraid I'll tire her, even if I want to help, I'm afraid I won't handle it well, but it will cause her more trouble, so I can only let her handle it by herself."

Mrs. Wang said: "You heard me, your elder sister Bao has a lot of things to do, so she can't come, so don't bother her in the past."

Mrs. Xue said: "She won't be able to come today, and she should be fine tomorrow."

Mrs. Wang also knew that Baochai was in front of the entire Xue family, so she persuaded several girls: When people come, don't just pester Baochai all day asking this and that, and let her come here to relax and have a good time.Mrs. Wang went to whisper to Mrs. Xue again, "Fushunzhai is the largest rouge building in the capital. Why is the chief executive looking for Baochai?"

Mrs. Xue said softly: "I don't know what Bao girl can do. As early as ten days ago, this Fushunzhai has changed owners to Xue's name."

Lin Daiyu did not miss the look of surprise that flashed across Mrs. Wang's face. She sat aside a little lonely and listened to their discussion.Since Aunt Xue came to the house, everyone always talked about Sister Bao and Sister Bao, not only other people, but also Baoyu.

Daiyu used to think that she was the only girl living here, receiving special treatment and being loved by Jia Mu.But ever since another Baochai came, the servants of Jia's mansion made gossip and compared Daiyu with Baochai. They all said that Daiyu was inferior to Baochai. How could Lin Daiyu not notice such a sensitive character? ?What's more, it's not just the servants who say so, the sisters of Sanchun also love to play with Bao girl, especially Baoyu, if she gets close to Baochai, or praises Baochai more, Daiyu will be jealous for a few days !

Since Baochai didn't go to Jia's house for a few days, everyone was thinking about it.Jia Baoyu went to see Lixiangyuan in person, and first went to see Mrs. Xue.Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang have always loved Baoyu very much, as if they were precious treasures. Mrs. Xue loved Wu and Wu. Seeing his character and appearance, and being his own nephew, he naturally loved him to the marrow.Moreover, he was young, so he only treated him like a child, but he didn't think about the taboo between him and Baochai, so he let him into Baochai's room directly.

At this time, Baochai had not long since rested, and the servant girl brought her a pill and said, "Miss, it's time to take the medicine."

Baoyu came in, "Sister Bao, why are you still taking medicine, are you sick, but have you seen a doctor, why didn't your aunt tell me just now?"

Facing his barrage of inquiries, Baochai smiled and said: "It's okay, it's not a serious illness, it's a chronic illness, just take a few pills and it will be fine. Why bother to startle people by telling it now." Said to the maid on the other side: "Go and serve tea to Brother Bao."

Baoyu still asked, "Why didn't my sister tell me what the serious illness is?"

Baochai was about to put the pill into his mouth, when Baoyu raised his nose to smell left and right, and asked, "What is it? It has a faint fragrance?"

Baochai thought to herself, fortunately, I know your temperament, so I won't argue with you idiot. If it were another girl, you would have been forked out for being so rude in her boudoir.

Baochai had no choice but to ask the servant girl to give him the pill to smell first, and then take it back and eat it by herself: "It smells like this, it has a mixed floral fragrance, and I also think it smells good."

Baoyu said in amazement: "That's exactly the smell! It smells strange. Is this a pill? How is it made? Why is it so fragrant?"

Xue Baochai said calmly: "It's just a pill, but with stamens added in it, it has more fragrance."

Baoyu looked at Baochai carefully as if he had never seen it before.

Baochai said, "What's the matter?"

Baoyu said: "Sister Du Daobao is different. Now I can see it with my own eyes. It is really different! The medicines taken by others all have a medicinal fragrance, but the medicine that my sister takes is actually a flower fragrance. It’s not what’s different!”

His hard-working performance made Baochai and the maids in the house laugh. Baoyu said with a smile, "I am not in vain if I am able to amuse Sister Bao. If you are sick, keep your mood happy. You will recover soon."

So Baochai asked him with a smile how the past two days have been, how are Mrs. Wang and Jiamu, and she diverted the conversation.This 'Lengxiang Wan' was obtained by Baochai before she came here, and she also has the same golden lock.

It's not surprising that girls wear gold and silver ornaments at home, and every girl in Jia's house must have several.But she doesn't intend to practice the golden lock, so there is no need to publicize her golden lock to others.

After all, the two sentences on Jia Baoyu's jade: "Don't lose, never forget, immortal life and prosperity", and the two sentences on Baochai's gold lock, "Never leave, never give up, will last forever", came from the fellow monk of the Laitou monk. Yuan is indeed a couple.

Baoyu hadn't been sitting for a while, but Lin Daiyu arrived later. Seeing Baoyu here, she said, "So he ran here. If I had known he was here, I wouldn't have come."