The alternative life of the clever sister of the Red Chamber

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Xue Baochai explained: "Auntie usually sees how much you value Xiren. Even if Baoyu is ignorant and says something wrong, Auntie will not be so angry. At most, it was just a few words of warning. But now, regardless of Xiren's face, the mother-in-law dragged him out. It can be seen that Xiren did something wrong and offended Auntie. Since Auntie didn't even give Baoyu face, obviously I'm so angry, if you go at this time, it will inevitably affect you, so it's better to wait and see what happens."

Everyone sighed, and Zijuan stood behind Lin Daiyu, wanting to say something, but held back in the end.

Hearing the news, everyone lost interest in joking and stood up one after another to say goodbye. Jia Wan sent them to the door, watched them go away one by one, and then stretched in a very ugly way. What's wrong, she doesn't care!I'm exhausted, let's take a nap first!

"Girl!" Mammy Yang's voice suddenly sounded, Jia Wan quickly put down her hands in fright, looked around, and saw Nanny Yang standing in front of the window, looking at herself with disapproval.Jia Wan hurriedly lowered her head, trotted all the way, got into the house and hid.

Seeing her like this, Nanny Yang was even more unhappy, and wanted to chase her out to reprimand her, but Nanny Jiang stopped her, "The girl must be exhausted after staying in the palace for a long time, let's forget it this time!"

Nanny Yang looked at her angrily, "You're the only one who will be a good person!" She didn't pursue it after all.

After Lin Daiyu broke up with Xue Baochai and others, she took Zijuan and walked slowly to Jia Mu. Seeing that there was no one else around, Zijuan thought about it and said, "Girl, I probably know why the second wife is so angry." gone?"

Lin Daiyu looked back at her and asked, "Oh, you know?"

Zijuan sighed, "My maid guesses that the Second Master Bao made such a fuss today, and the Second Wife must have gone to Yihong Courtyard because of this, and she also found something. Xiren is no better than us, she bought it from outside Yes, when her father died, the family was so poor that they couldn't get rid of the pot, so they sold her. But since Xiren started serving Master Bao, within a few years, the Hua family rose up. I heard that her brother bought a house and land, How much money does she have per month, there are a lot of tricks here!"

Lin Daiyu was quite startled, "Could it be that no one has known about it for so many years?"

Zijuan's smile was pale and feeble, "How could no one know about it? It's just that Xiren is Baoyu's big maid, and she has won the trust and respect of the old lady and wife. Who dares to offend her! Especially the wife acquiesced to Xiren's decision." After the identity, no one will say these things. Besides, Xiren usually knows how to be a man. As the saying goes, it has nothing to do with him and hangs high, so no one has said it. Now, it is estimated that the wall has fallen and everyone has pushed !"

Lin Daiyu sighed, "Why should she do this! She has always been a good person, and she has the trust of the second aunt. No matter who is Baoyu's second grandmother in the future, she will be the most proud person around Baoyu. Why bother!"

Zijuan smiled, "Don't be greedy! At first she just thought about repaying the debts owed by the family as soon as possible. Later, she thought that the house at home was broken and it was time to repair it. Later, she simply bought a house again. Land. With this step by step, wouldn’t it be impossible to turn back? Girl, do you think Xiren can pass the test this time?”

Lin Daiyu shook her head and said for a while, "Forget it, let's go back! This is not something we should care about. What's more, we can't care about it either."

In the evening, Lin Daiyu and Jia Wan went to Jiamu's place to accompany Jiamu for dinner, but they were stopped by someone. Yuanyang shook her head slightly, "Girls, please sit in that room for a while, the second wife and the old lady have something to say." Woolen cloth!"

Lin Daiyu nodded, took Jia Wan's hand and went to the side room.

In the room, Mother Jia was listening impatiently to Mrs. Wang's cry, "You have been talking for a long time, but I still don't understand what happened to Xiren? Didn't you say that she is a good person, and you want her to serve Baoyu long and far away?" Is it? What's the matter now?"

Mrs. Wang's face was green and white for a while, and finally she gritted her teeth and said, "It's nothing else, our family doesn't lack those silvers anyway, but this Xiren, she, she has an affair with Baoyu!"

"What did you say? Did she have trouble with Baoyu?" Mother Jia was also angry when she heard that! "What's going on, tell me clearly!"

Mrs. Wang said with tears in her eyes: "I wanted to send her out, but this hoof actually said that she had Baoyu's child. The daughter-in-law took her out of the garden first, and secretly asked someone to feel her pulse. She was pregnant! The hoof said that the child belonged to Baoyu. The daughter-in-law asked her when she seduced Baoyu. At first she just cried and didn’t say a word. I sold it to the north to dig coal! That's what I said, so that year we went to Dongfu to appreciate plum blossoms, and when we came back, she and Baoyu would be the same! How old was Baoyu at that time!"

Jia Mu was also very angry, "We are all blind!"

Mrs. Wang also gritted her teeth in hatred, "Fortunately, she had the nerve to say in front of me that Baoyu was moved to live outside the garden, and that the sisters were getting older and it was inconvenient to live in one place day and night, so I thought she was the most loyal one." A person, who knows that the worst one is her! It's just an old lady, how should I deal with this attacker now?"

Mother Jia snorted, "Is there even a need to ask? Is it possible that you still want to stay and find trouble? Does a son of a big family have a concubine before he gets married? Does this have a good reputation?"

Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and said, "What the old lady said is that the daughter-in-law knows. It's just that the daughter-in-law thinks that the Hua family can't stay anymore. If their family is unhappy and ruins Baoyu's reputation outside, it will be difficult to deal with it. "It's about Baoyu, and Mrs. Wang doesn't care about pretending to be a Bodhisattva anymore.

Jia Mu lowered her eyes, "You can make up your own mind about this matter."

Mrs. Wang naturally knew that when Mother Jia got older, she would never intervene in such matters again. She didn't seek Mother Jia just for this, but just wanted Mother Jia to help finish it. "Yes, my wife knows. But there is one more thing, this Don't let the old man know about this matter. The old man didn't like Baoyu because of the instigation of that bitch. If he knew that Baoyu had done such a thing, he would beat Baoyu to death in a fit of anger. Old lady, Baoyu's body Weak, but I can't bear another meal!"

Mother Jia smiled, so that's the case, she just said, to send a maid, does Wang need her own consent?But what she said was right, Baoyu was weak, so she couldn't make any mistakes. "I know about this, and I will explain it to myself. This matter cannot be heard by the second master. It is just that if there is one, there are two. Xiren is so bold, the group of girls below may not be clean! Now that we have investigated, It's just not complete! Baoyu is my lifeblood, and I can't be taken away by others. How about this, strike while the iron is hot, and I will ask Baoyu to come over for dinner later, and you bring some wives to Yihong Courtyard to give those The maids have their bodies checked, and anyone who is broken will be kicked out!"

Mrs. Wang was furious, she hadn't thought of this, but now she heard Jia Mu talking about this, she just realized, "What the old lady said is true. I'll go right away."

When Hu Po came to invite Lin Daiyu and Jia Wan to eat, they found that Sanchun, Baoyu, and Baochai were all there. Jia Wan looked at Baoyu who was depressed and Baochai Sanchun with different expressions. Looking carefully, only Li Wan was standing at the side serving, and there was no sign of Mrs. Wang.

Hey, wasn't Mrs. Wang still there just now?Why did it disappear all of a sudden?What's more, in the past, Mrs. Wang and Li Wan served Mrs. Wang and Li Wan when Jia's mother dined. Mrs. Xing didn't often have this honor because she was far away.

This is not right.Jia Wan thought in her heart.

Sure enough, after dinner, everyone bid farewell to Jiamu and walked into the garden. Not long after entering the garden, they heard a movement not far away. Come here.

When Jia Baoyu saw it, his heart was about to break. It was Bihen and Qiuwen.An attacker just left, why even they are going to be chased away.When Bihen and the others saw Jia Baoyu, they hurriedly called for help, "Second Master, good Second Master, please help us!"

Bihen and the others were really in a hurry, just now they were discussing how their wife would attack others, when they saw Zhou Rui's family came over swaggeringly with someone, locked them in a dark room without saying a word, and then They took them out one by one, and finally picked out a few of them and took them away.

Only then did they realize that what Qingwen said had come true, and the second wife had finally settled the matter.The ones who were picked out were all people who secretly had a relationship with the second master.Unexpectedly, they racked their brains and calculated for so long, but they still fell short in the end, and they didn't know who to blame!

Jia Baoyu tied their hands behind their backs with hemp rope, and their hands were red, and they were very distressed, "Quick, let them go!"

Zhou Rui's family came from behind, saw Baoyu, and smiled apologetically, "Second Lord, forgive me. This is what my wife means, and the slaves also follow orders. If Second Lord wants to intercede for them, go talk to your wife!"

Jia Baoyu blushed with anger, but he didn't dare to really go to Mrs. Wang. Although Mrs. Wang loves him on weekdays, she doesn't obey him in everything.After dismissing these people one after another within a day, the wife must be angry, and I don't dare to touch her bad luck at this time!

Jia Baoyu from Zhou Rui's family stopped talking, and with a look, those women stuffed the handkerchief that they didn't know where they pulled out, and stuffed it into the mouths of Bihen and the others, so they couldn't yell now!Dare to intercede with the second master, it's really boring!Zhou Rui's family blessed Baoyu, "Second Master, Madam is still waiting for my reply, so I'll go back first! Second Master, go slowly."

Jia Baoyu could only watch helplessly as Zhou Rui's family took Bihen and the others away. He was heartbroken, but he couldn't do anything, and he didn't dare to do anything. He didn't even dare to look at Bihen and the others, and just stood there. burst into tears.

Xue Baochai and others stood not far away watching, all silent, Jia Yingchun was the first to leave, followed by Xichun, Jia Tanchun hesitated for a while, and then left.Although Xue Baochai also shook her head and sighed, she also knew that this was a good opportunity. When Baoyu was sad, this was a good time to take advantage of it!

"I see that brother Bao is so sad, I don't feel at ease, I want to go over to persuade him, will sister Lin go with me?" Xue Baochai asked with a smile.

Lin Daiyu shook her head, "I won't go, Sister Bao, let's go!" Thanks to the second brother, he usually prides himself on being a flower cherisher, but when the flowers are in trouble, he doesn't even have the courage to resist, so why cherish and protect the flowers?

"In that case, I'll go there first." Seeing Jia Baoyu still standing there crying, Xue Baochai was a little anxious, and wanted to go over quickly, so she hurriedly left.

"Let's go!" Lin Daiyu took Jia Wan's hand and walked in the opposite direction. Jia Wan looked back curiously from time to time.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Daiyu asked.

"Hee hee, I want to hear how Aunt Xue comforted Uncle Bao. Uncle Bao shed a lot of tears today, I'm afraid he was really sad. I don't think he was so sad when he was beaten by the second master that day! Jia Wan smiled gloatingly.

"From your point of view, you also think Baoyu is not good?" Lin Daiyu asked with a smile.

"Good or bad, I don't count. It's just that Xiren and Bihen are the maids in Uncle Bao's house after all, or close-knit maids. Uncle Bao usually thinks they are very important, and even compares them with the second aunt. , but now that the wife sent them away, Uncle Bao didn't dare to say a word for them, he could only shed a few more tears. From this we can see that if the second aunt and the others encounter bad things in the future, Uncle Bao must have no choice but to I cried. It is said that older brothers are like fathers, and if daughters encounter any difficulties after leaving the court, they have to rely on their brothers to help them out, but now it seems that Second Aunt and the others have no hope." Jia Wan seemed to smile. Fei laughed.

Lin Daiyu was silent. In the dream she once had, it seemed that when the second sister got married and encountered inhumane situations, Baoyu would only cry in front of Jiamu and Mrs. Wang, but there was nothing she could do.It's just that the dream was specious, and she couldn't remember many details clearly. In addition, in that dream, when the second sister got married, she was immersed in a bad relationship with Baoyu and had no time to care about other things.Therefore, she can't change anything.

Seeing that Lin Daiyu didn't speak, Jia Wan shrugged and continued walking.

In Rongqing Hall, Mrs. Wang's face was livid, while Jia's mother kept mocking her. Mrs. Wang said in shame, "My daughter-in-law really doesn't know that these maids are so courageous! The capable maids around Baoyu, except Qingwen and Sheyue, are all It's not perfect anymore."

Mrs. Wang was already unhappy because of the attack, and felt that she had been cheated.Although the Xiren was appointed by Jia's mother to serve Baoyu, she was picked up by herself, and she even acquiesced in her identity as an aunt.It happened to Xiren that such a thing happened, which already slapped Mrs. Wang in the face, but now there are blue marks and autumn patterns appearing again.These few people were all placed by Baoyu's side by themselves, so they didn't give themselves up so much!This embarrasses Mrs. Wang extremely!

On the other hand, Mrs. Wang also had to admit that Mother Jia still had a good eye for people. For example, Qingwen, although she looked a bit enchanting and had a hot temper, she was still perfect, which really surprised Mrs. Wang.Baoyu is her darling, her hope, she wholeheartedly hopes for Baoyu's well-being, and now such things happen to the maids she picks around Baoyu, which makes Mrs. Wang start to doubt her own vision, but it has nothing to do with Baoyu, Mrs. Wang I have to bow my head.

"At present, there are only Qingwen and Sheyue who can be used by Baoyu's side. The daughter-in-law is really worried, and wants to ask the old lady to choose some good servants for Baoyu!" Mrs. Wang apologized with a smile.

Jia Mu smiled, "Since you have spoken, I will naturally choose a few suitable people for Baoyu to serve. In fact, in the past, you all said that Xiren was good. If I said she was not good, you would be unhappy. In fact, I It seems that there is a problem with attacking people. People say that a virtuous wife rarely causes harm. What is an attacking person? She is just a maid, and she can only be an aunt at the top of the sky. But why is she acting so virtuous? You Don’t you know? In the past, when she and Baoyu got along in private, Baoyu actually caused Baoyu to say, “In the future, there may not be eight big sedan chairs for you to sit in”! Tell me, what is her intention? It can be seen that she has a heart. Big one. In the past, when she was here, everything in Baoyu’s room was controlled by her, and even Qingwen, who I sent, was blocked outside, which shows that she is not as good as she appears on the surface!”

Mrs. Wang was startled for a while. Firstly, she was startled by what Mother Jia said about the attacker's performance. She lifted the big sedan chair eight times, which is the treatment only for the wife of the first wife. This attacker's scheming is really deep. Baoyu had the idea of ​​taking a concubine as his wife, damn it!Sure enough, all the concubines in the world are the same!What's more, even if it's such a private word, Jia's mother actually knows, is Jia's mother's hand so deep?It seems that Mother Jia didn't know many things before, but she just didn't want to talk about them.

After Mrs. Wang's brief surprise, she felt relieved. Since Mother Jia kept her secret, it was only because she had this self-knowledge, knowing who is in charge of the Rongguo Mansion now!

"Yes, what the old lady said is true! It's because the daughter-in-law doesn't know who she is."

Mother Jia saw the change in Mrs. Wang's expression, knew what she was thinking, smiled lightly, and let her think what she wanted, she was already old, and the only thing she was worried about was the two Yu'er, waiting to see Daiyu get married, She can rest assured that Baoyu is married, and she doesn't care what they do!I have lived for so long, and I have had enough glory and wealth, so I have nothing to regret!Could it be that I can keep them safe for a hundred years?

"I have a few maids here who are not bad, Yuanyang, you call Meteor, Chasing the Moon, Sujin, and Huadu." Mother Jia ordered, "These girls look good to me, so I wanted to keep them." As a dowry for Daiyu, but since there is no one around Baoyu, let Baoyu order it first! As for Baoyu, Qingwen is a big servant girl, so let's bring Sheyue up too! Let the two of them take care of Yihong The little girls in the courtyard!"

The mandarin ducks brought them over, and Mrs. Wang looked at them one by one, and found that the four of them were all dressed alike, and they were all beautiful-looking, slender girls, and they were also the kind Baoyu liked, and even the one she didn't like the most in the past. However, after the comparison between Xiren and Qingwen, she has doubts about her past aesthetics and vision of people, so seeing these four girls with spring flowers and autumn moons, she no longer has the previous disgust and aversion. disgust.

"Since I'm the old lady's wife, I don't need to say anything about the rules. Just one thing, you must serve Baoyu well and don't spoil Baoyu!" Mrs. Wang gave a few words of instruction, and then said to Jia Mu, " Baoyu's child has always been affectionate, and she must be crying for those girls at this moment, so it's better to let them go first!"

Mother Jia nodded, "You guys, you have to do your best when serving the second master. When the second master is in a bad mood, you have to serve him well, so that the second master can forget about those unhappy things."

One of the four servant girls standing on the left stood up, "Yes, the servant girls know!"

Jia Mu nodded, "Yuanyang, you take the four of them to Yihong Courtyard yourself, and then see how Baoyu is doing?"

Yuanyang nodded and went down with the four maids.

When Lin Daiyu and Jia Wan came back, they passed by Yihong Courtyard, and watched Yuanyang bring a few people into the gate of Yihong Courtyard from a distance, Lin Daiyu sighed, "The girls who are like flowers just left, I don't know, how many people will remember them later!"

Jia Wan smiled, "I think the person they want to remember the most is Uncle Bao, but Uncle Bao, it's really sad to die of grief, but it's only been a few days, and now a few new girls have been added, Uncle Bao must be able to get out of the sadness faster!"

Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes, "You are the only one who can talk!"

In Yihong Courtyard, Xue Baochai tried hard to persuade Jia Baoyu for a long time, but the effect was very little. When the moon was on the branch, Jia Baoyu was still in a gloomy mood, and Xue Baochai was also a little helpless.

Musk Moon came in and refilled tea for the two of them, "Second Master, Miss Bao, Sister Yuanyang is here."

While talking, Qingwen had already welcomed the mandarin ducks in, "Second Master, the old lady said that Er Master's place is short of manpower, and asked me to send some maids to Er Master. This is Meteor, this is Chasing the Moon, and this is Su Jin , this is Huadu. You guys, come over and meet the second master!"

The four of them came forward and gave a little blessing, "Slave and servant please greet the second master!"

Jia Baoyu looked at the four people in front of him who were as tender as jade, and was stunned, "Are you new here? Why have I never seen you before?"

Chasing the moon came forward, "Mr. Lai originally bought the slaves and maids. Because she thought we were not bad, she gave them to the old lady. Now she is sent by the old lady to serve the second master."

Seeing her articulate and pretty face, Jia Baoyu asked with a smile, "What's your name? How old are you this year? Who else is there in the family?"

Chasing Moon said with a smile: "My maidservant Chasing Moon, her maiden name is Ming, Chasing Moon is the name given by Nanny Lai."

Jia Baoyu laughed, "Since my surname is Ming, I might as well call it Mingyue. It just happens to be a pair with the colorful clouds in Tiantian's room!"

Chasing the moon immediately smiled and bowed his knees, "Mingyue, thank you for your name!"

Jia Baoyu became interested, and asked the remaining people one by one, and saw that some of them came from good people, and even Huadu's father was a failed scholar, who sold Huadu because of his poor family, so he said: "Huadu This name is not good, your maiden name is Wen, and you are from a scholarly family, why not call it Wen Fei! It means brilliant literary talent.” Then he renamed Meteor as Magic Color, and Su Jin as Hongsu.

Xue Baochai saw that Jia Baoyu was very interested in naming the maidservants, and felt that his earnest words just now were a joke. Seeing that Jia Baoyu was only focused on these new maids, Xue Baochai became more and more disinterested, sighed, and quietly left.