The alternative life of the clever sister of the Red Chamber

"It's not good, it's not good!" Chunyan, the little girl in Yihong Courtyard, ran in panting, "Old lady, it's not good, the second master is not good!"

Mrs. Wang turned pale, "What nonsense are you talking about! What happened to Baoyu?"

Jia Mu also said anxiously, "What's the matter with Baoyu? Tell me quickly!"

Chunyan's anxious face turned pale, "Second Master was fine when he got up early. After breakfast, Sister Xiren smiled and talked about the happy event between Miss Lin and Miss Shi. She heard that Miss Shi was here, and she said she wanted to meet her face to face. Congratulations with Miss Shi! Who knew that the second master passed out after hearing it, and when he woke up, he didn't say a word, and his eyes were straightened. Among the people who pinched the second master, it didn't work. It's like losing your soul, there is no reaction at all. Sister Xiren has nothing to do, so I have to ask the servants to come over and tell the old lady and the ladies, and quickly invite the second master an imperial doctor to take a look!"

Others are fine, Aunt Xue sighed first, "It's no wonder that Baoyu is like this. He grew up with Miss Lin and Miss Shi, and his relationship is no different from that of a brother and sister. That child is a solid-eyed child. Now suddenly Hearing the news that Miss Lin and Miss Smith are engaged, I definitely can't accept it! Oh, I'm still a child after all!"

Mrs. Wang sighed, "Isn't that what you said? Hurry up, get someone to call the imperial physician."

Mother Jia sighed, she knew Baoyu's thoughts, in fact, he just couldn't accept the shock for a while after hearing the news of Daiyu's engagement, but Madam Wang and Aunt Xue had already found out all the reasons, and she was still so dignified. Seamless, what else can she say, she can only wrong Baoyu. "This child, all the sisters in the family will get married in the future. Is it possible that he will all be sick?"

Mrs. Wang was embarrassed, but she couldn't say anything.

Later, Xue Baochai and the others heard what was said clearly. Xue Baochai lowered her head so that people could not see her face clearly. Shi Xiangyun was a little upset, "What's wrong with love brother? It's just an engagement. What are you so nervous about? If he goes out tomorrow, he must be crazy! Hmph, no, he is already crazy now!"

"Sister Yun, please don't say a few words!" Seeing that Lin Daiyu's face was already flushed, Xue Baochai hurriedly persuaded, "Brother Libao's temper is not that you don't know, he always likes to play with his sisters. Nao, the old lady was still joking, saying that he must have cast the wrong baby! You and Sister Lin grew up with Brother Bao, and now that you are engaged, it is expected that Brother Bao will react like this, Just wait and see, the second girl and the third girl are out of the cabinet tomorrow, Brother Bao is also making trouble!"

With Xue Baochai's few words, it was possible to expose what Shi Xiangyun said just now, but even so, Lin Daiyu was still ashamed and angry, and her eyes were red.Standing behind her, Zijuan Xueyan was also full of displeasure.Miss Shi doesn't know which tendon is wrong, she always targets their girls!

"It's getting late. Now that we have congratulated Sister Lin, we should go to the council hall. There are still a lot of things to do!" Jia Yingchun said lightly.

"It's so hard for me to come here, and you don't say to spend more time with me, it's so heartless! Huh, sister Bao, they ignore me, you can play with me! Let's go and see Brother Ai!" Shi Xiangyun was dissatisfied pouted, then pulled Xue Baochai's arm and said.

Jia Tanchun laughed, "We are no more leisurely than Sister Yun, and we will soon be Mrs. Shizi, and there will be people around. We should work harder and learn more! Sister-in-law, let's go!" After finishing speaking, he and Lin Daiyu After saying that, he dragged Li Wan away.

Shi Xiangyun snorted, and also pulled Xue Baochai out.When Xue Baochai heard Jia Tanchun's words just now, his heart moved, and he asked Shi Xiangyun what he was doing at home these days.Shi Xiangyun was very impatient, "What else can I do, except to learn the rules, just learn the rules, but it's finally a little better, I don't need to do needlework! Sister Bao, you don't know, learning the rules is so annoying. After learning the rules, I realized that many things were wrong in the past. When walking, you can’t take too big steps, you can’t run, and you can’t make loud noises. Sister Bao, do you think my posture is much better now?” Shi Xiangyun Show off with some pride.

Xue Baochai paused in his heart, ignoring Shi Xiangyun's ostentation, and asked, "Did your aunt teach you some knowledge about housekeeping?"

Shi Xiangyun said impatiently: "My aunt originally wanted to teach me, but what she said was trivial, and I didn't bother to listen. Later, my aunt stopped talking at all, and only said that when I leave the cabinet in the future, I should spend more time with capable mothers." .”

Xue Baochai simply didn't know what to say. Was Shi Xiangyun stupid, or was Shi Xiangyun's aunt harboring evil intentions?Even Jia Yingchun knows the benefits of learning these things, why is Shi Xiangyun so confused!Xue Baochai intentionally taught her a few words, "Sister Yun, I usually treat you as my own sister, and there are a few words that I really can't vomit quickly. As the saying goes, the male masters the outside, the female masters the inside, and the man's family The stage is outside, but the inner house is the stage of our daughter's house. Although the housekeeper manages these things, although they are trivial, they are of the utmost importance to our daughter's house. If you don't know this, you will be the master of the house in the future, you What to do? Not to mention there are nuns, even if there are nuns, you are the one who really decides! Look at your aunt’s cousin, has she been learning this since she was a child? Don’t even think about it, If you really only need to rely on the nanny, why does your aunt want your sister to suffer so much? Why doesn't she just give your sister some good nanny as a dowry?"

Shi Xiangyun didn't listen to the rest, so she just listened to this. "So that's it! I said she didn't have such a good heart! So that's the truth! I will have a good talk with my aunt when I get back! Well, Sister Bao, let's stop talking about this, let's go and see Brother Ai!" After finishing speaking, drag Follow Xue Baochai to go forward.

Xue Baochai shook her head helplessly, the words had come to an end, it was useless to say more, she had no choice whether to listen or not.

Jia Wan walked in with a half-opened lotus in her hand, "Hey, where are you? Didn't you say that they are all here with the ancestors? Sister Amber, I gave them to the ancestors. You can find a bottle to put them in." Get up!"

Amber accepted the words with a smile, and said, "Second Master Bao is not well. The old lady and the eldest wife and the second wife are both in Yihong Courtyard. Didn't Miss Qiao meet?"

Jia Wan drank two cups of tea in a row before saying, "You're not feeling well again? Oh! Once a month, could it be that one?"

Amber was stunned for a long time before realizing what Jia Wan meant by 'that'?Just as she was about to speak, she heard Lin Daiyu's voice,

"You narrow-minded ghost, where did you hear such nonsense, and the nuns don't care about you?"

Hu Po quickly ordered the little girl to serve tea, Lin Daiyu grabbed Jia Wan's ears, Jia Wan covered her ears and yelled, "Oh, good aunt, take it easy, take it easy, it's about to drop!"

Lin Daiyu just put on a show and didn't put any effort at all. Seeing her like this, she just let her go.

Jia Wan rubbed her ears, "Mother Jiang told me that! I was going to pick the lotus in the garden just now. Mother Jiang said that if I fell into the water, the sunflower will come in the future, and my stomach will hurt to death." Yes, I asked Mammy, what is tiankui? She said that tiankui comes once a month, and just now sister Hu Po said that Uncle Bao’s health is not good again, so I remembered this.”

Lin Daiyu gave her a blank look, "You should pay attention, if someone listens to it, it will cause another disturbance."

Seeing that Lin Daiyu was in a bad mood, Jia Wan looked at Zijuan and asked, "What's going on? Who made Aunt Lin angry?"

Zijuan smiled and didn't speak, but Xueyan said indignantly, "Who else can there be, Miss Shi! I don't know if it's because we are born with our girls, and we always deliberately target our girls! Second Master Bao I'm sick, what does it have to do with our girls, and I'm pointing at our girls inside and out! Second Master Bao's serious sister didn't say anything, but she was aggrieved!"

"Xueyan! Don't talk nonsense, the master is something you can grab at will!" Lin Daiyu glared at Xueyan and said sharply.Xueyan lowered her head aggrieved, what she said was the truth!

Zijuan hurriedly patted Xueyan on the shoulder comfortingly. Seeing her like this, Lin Daiyu sighed, there was really nothing she could do about her.

Jia Wan lowered her head and snickered, seeing Lin Daiyu's eyes glanced over, she hurriedly said with a smile: "By the way, I haven't congratulated Aunt Lin yet! This is a gift I prepared for my mother. Aunt Lin, don't be disgusted." He took a brocade box in his hand and handed it over.

"Didn't you go shopping in the garden? How did you prepare this?" Lin Daiyu took it and opened it. It was a lamb made of white jade. Although it was not a very expensive thing, it had a natural and wild charm. In addition, Lin Daiyu is a sheep, this gift is very much in her mind.

"After hearing the good news from Aunt Lin, I asked Hua'er to come back and get it. As long as Aunt Lin likes it." Jia Wan said with a smile.

"Girl, Nanny Yang is looking for you, it's time to learn the rules." Yuan'er murmured.She also knew that the girl was in a good mood right now, but she dared not listen to what Nanny Yang said!

Jia Wan immediately lowered her head, "Got it, come here!"

Yuan'er thought for a while, and then said, "Girl, it's not good for you to be like this, and when Mammy sees it, she will say that you have no rules!"

Jia Wan turned her head and glared at Yuan'er, "Do you just listen to Mammy like that?"

Yuan'er shrunk her head, and said aggrievedly: "Didn't you say that, girl? Let's listen to Mammy more and don't be naughty. Hua'er also said it, and Mammy is right."

Jia Wan sighed, and Lin Daiyu patted her on the head lightly, "Okay, what are you doing sighing again? Are you tired from studying too much? If so, why don't you talk to your ancestors and let you go for a few days?" Fake it!"

Jia Wan chuckled, she just felt a little tired, but it was still within the acceptable range, and she knew that the more she learned now, the more confident she would be in the future. "No! I'm just thinking, I don't know if Aunt Ping has arrived, how are Daddy and the others doing now?"

Lin Daiyu laughed, "Maybe there will be news in a few days!"

Jia Wan shrugged, "I hope! By the way, Aunt Lin, Uncle Bao is ill, should I send someone over to take a look? Yuaner, you can go with me! You don't need to say anything, just go and see how Uncle Bao is doing." That's it."

Lin Daiyu nodded, "Zicuckoo, go to Yihong Courtyard to have a look!"

Zijuan was a little hesitant, "May I not go?"

Xueyan snorted and said: "Young lady is engaged, where can I go? Sister Zijuan can go. If the young lady goes, wouldn't she have to listen to Miss Shi's sour words again?"

"You still say!" Lin Daiyu looked at Xueyan helplessly.

"Sister Hupo, many people came outside, all of them came to congratulate, and several wives came to congratulate in person. Grandma asked me to invite the old lady or the second lady!" A little girl leaned against the door frame , said out of breath.

"Understood, invite the old lady to go right away." Hu Po smiled at Lin Daiyu while smiling, Lin Daiyu blushed and hid out after only laughing.

Jia Wan secretly laughed, in Yihong Courtyard, Jia Baoyu was falling ill, and now there are so many people congratulating her, I'm afraid Mrs. Wang will suffer a lot in her heart!

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang was very dissatisfied when she heard this. At least she remembered that the old lady was still there, her chest was heaving violently, "This is too useless! In the past, when Feng girl was the housekeeper, she was like a flustered chicken." Is it? A few people are not as good as a Feng girl!"

He couldn't stop sighing.Regretted ten thousand times in her heart, why did she let Wang Xifeng go out, without her, Li Wan is a fool who can do nothing, and whenever there is a shortage of money, she will come to find herself with the account book.It's nothing else, but Gongli Yuanchun also needs money to manage, and this sum of money was spent, so distressed that she almost never slept well.As a last resort, I had no choice but to move out the way I was when I was young, and let Zhou Rui's family go back to their old business and lend money outside.

After all, don't worry about money for the time being. Here comes another one, but it's just a few guests, can't you entertain them?Isn't it the marriage bestowed by the Holy One?The target is still a martial artist, what is there to congratulate?Can't you see that you can't go away?

Mrs. Xing glanced at her, and said lightly, "I don't know, so Lian's daughter-in-law is so capable! I never heard the second wife say that when I was at home."

"Okay! Don't say a few words." Mother Jia said impatiently, "Zhu'er's daughter-in-law has never been in charge of the house, and she has been going in and out for so many years. How did she go through this. The second girls are still young, let alone! Forget it, Baoyu has already taken the medicine and fell asleep, so go ahead and have a look! After all, this is also a happy event for our family."

Mrs. Wang could only agree, but she also called Baochai before leaving, "Bao girl, come with me too!"

Xue Baochai knew that this was a good opportunity to get acquainted with people. When she became a family in the future, these people were used to dealing with them, so regardless of Shi Xiangyun's reluctance, she readily agreed.

Seeing where Shi Xiangyun was still sitting, Mother Jia shook her head, "Girl Yun, do you plan to stay here for a while?"

Shi Xiangyun originally planned to stay for a longer period of time, but when he came here, he encountered a second marriage, and later saw Baoyu go crazy because of Sister Lin's engagement, and became more and more unhappy. Not going well!Now, even Sister Bao doesn't care about herself anymore, so she won't live there. "Before I came here, my aunt said that I wouldn't let you spend the night here!"

Mother Jia smiled, "That's right, they're all engaged, so you should be more careful. How about this, today is your sister Lin's happy day, so we must set up a few tables to celebrate your sister Lin. You can go home after dinner!"

Shi Xiangyun had no choice but to agree.

There are more and more people congratulating outside, even the Queen Mother of Beijing sent people to bring gifts to congratulate her, and many people who had never dealt with the Jia family before came, Madam Wang was a little overwhelmed, so she had to order Someone went to invite Jia Mu to come.Jia Mu knew that these families were all for Lin Ruhai's sake. Seeing that many of them were Qingliu families, she couldn't help but sigh to herself. It is helpful, but Wang is short-sighted and only values ​​immediate interests.What a pity, what a pity!

In the evening, Jia's mansion finally calmed down. Mrs. Wang was worried about Baoyu, and after talking to Jia Mu, she went to Yihong Courtyard. Jia Mu dragged her tired body back to Rongqing Hall, "Where's Yu'er?"

"Miss Lin is in Miss Qiao's house. By the way, Miss Lin heard that you didn't eat much for dinner, so Tete asked the kitchen to cook white fungus, lotus seed and lily porridge for you. Use some!" Amber said with a smile.

Mother Jia nodded in relief, "Let's have a bowl!"

Jia's mother was drinking porridge when Lin Daiyu and Jia Wan came over. Jia's mother smiled and said, "Aren't you resting yet?"

Jia Wan said with a smile: "The old ancestor hasn't come back yet, how dare we rest! Do you think it's Aunt Lin?" As she spoke, she smiled narrowly.

Lin Daiyu glared at Jia Wan shyly and timidly, and then said in a low voice, "It's troubled my grandmother." Today, many people came, and she was dragged by Jia Mu to meet many guests, but she only sat with her for a while. came back.

"Grandmother is happy to work harder. My Yu'er is finally settled, and grandma can rest assured. I just wait for you to go out and send you out. Grandmother will have the face to see your mother!" Jiamu smiled. said.

"Grandmother will live to be a hundred years old!" Lin Daiyu said with red eyes.

Mother Jia patted Lin Daiyu's hand with a smile, put down the bowl in her hand, and saw Jia Wan, and asked, "How are you learning from Mother Yang and the others? Can you keep up?"

Jia Wan smiled, "It's okay!" She slandered in her heart, could it be that if I say I can't keep up with you, you won't let me learn?It's nothing more than a question!

Mother Jia said with a smile: "It's for your own good that Mammy is stricter. These will be useful in the future. Listen carefully to Mammy's words! If you learn well, your ancestors will reward you!"

Jia Wan smiled, "Old Ancestor, it's getting late, I'm going back to rest, and I have to get up early tomorrow! Old Ancestor, let's go to bed early too!"

Jia's mother nodded, "You are a little person, you feel too much, you are not allowed to stay up late in the future, go to rest earlier, Fei Cui! I let you stay with the girl to take care of the girl. Don't do this next time!"

"Yes, this servant has remembered." Fei Cui said with a smile, apparently not paying attention to Jia Mu's words, this is the courtesy of Miss Qiao, the old lady can only be happy.

After Jia Wan left, Lin Daiyu thought about it and said, "Grandmother, Qiaoer is still young, isn't she?"

"Yu'er, I know you're smart, obviously you've seen something." Jia Mu patted Lin Daiyu's hand and leaned on the soft pillow, "It's just that you can see what's going on in this mansion now. Although Baoyu was an energetic child, he was born weak, so he may not be able to survive the several days of imperial examinations. In the future, he will have to donate a job to him and spend his days idle. Every man in the mansion can stand up to It is useful. I am old, and I am really powerless. I can only take this step."

Lin Daiyu felt a little sour in her heart. She knew that her grandmother was partial to Baoyu, but she didn't expect that her grandmother would be partial to Baoyu so far, and there was no one else in her eyes except Jia Baoyu. Isn't Lian's second brother her own grandson?There is also Lang Geer, it is said that studying is also very hard, and his future achievements may not be as good as Baoyu, but his grandmother turned a blind eye to them.

However, Lin Daiyu thought that her grandmother was so old, not only would she not be able to enjoy her old age comfortably, but she would also have to worry about the affairs of the big family. What's more, her grandmother had nothing to say to her.How can I have the qualifications to question my grandmother's approach!Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu raised her head and smiled and said, "Grandma, it's late at night, let's take a rest!"

Seeing this, Jia's mother smiled gratifiedly. Although she had a lot of children and grandchildren, she only cared about two of them.In addition, since their parents worry about it, she can't take care of it. "Go and rest too!"

When Lin Daiyu went back, she thought and thought, and finally went to Jia Wan's yard. The gatekeeper woman saw that it was her and was about to go back to report, but Lin Daiyu shook her head, "Don't bother, you girls are asleep now?"

"After the girl came back from the old lady, she fell asleep after washing and touching the pillow. Mother Yang also said that the girl is so good." The old woman said with a smile.She also thinks that Miss Qiao has a good temper, no matter what happens outside, she sleeps with her, she has a big heart!

Lin Daiyu smiled, and only said, "That's good." After that, she didn't go in, turned around and went back.

At the same time, within the palace wall not far away, the two highest-ranking women in the country were also discussing Jia Wan. "Judging from the news from Forsythia, this Jia Wan is quite interesting." The queen mother said with a smile, and handed over a small note.

"It must be a good thing to get Auntie Lianqiao to say hello!" The queen took it with a slight smile, looked down, and smiled herself. "This child, among other things, can eat and sleep, these two points are incomparable to others."

The Empress Dowager smiled and nodded, "Only with an open-minded heart and bright wind and bright moon can she eat and sleep. With such a temperament, I can safely let her walk into this palace wall!"

The queen sighed, "That being said, the queen mother has a candidate in her heart. If she is a little careless and misses a move, the success will fall short!"

The Queen Mother shook her head and said meaningfully, "Be safe and don't be impatient. The Supreme Emperor is still here. The Holy Majesty is not thinking about this at this time. What we have to do is to watch the fire from the other side. It is they who should be worried, not you!"

The queen understood a little, nodded, with a faint smile on her face.