The alternative life of the clever sister of the Red Chamber

Everyone looked at Qingwen dumbfounded, how dare she say it!Sheyue kept pulling her clothes from behind, but Qingwen ignored her, "If other reasons take away my job, then that's fine, I admit it. But for this reason, I don't accept it. Come on, I say the same thing!"

Amber became angry, "Qingwen, you should be more careful! What is your identity, you dare to question what the master says, I think you are itchy, don't you? I will report to the old lady later, there is no need for the second grandma to speak, the old lady I was the first to send you away!"

Qingwen's chest was heaving violently, and her face was flushed. Others were okay, and Jia Baoyu was the first to bear it, "Qingwen has such a violent temper on weekdays, good sister, please bear with me! Qingwen, Baoyu My sister was just joking with you, but why do you take it seriously? Besides, it’s just a piece of jade. If you lose it, you lose it. It’s not a big deal? Is it necessary to have such a big trouble? Don’t say a few words! "

Xue Baochai laughed back angrily, and she also knew that this was not the time to cause trouble, Qingwen's hoof, there will be opportunities to deal with her in the future, the current plan is to restore her image as soon as possible, "Since the second master said so, then let's take care of her." I haven’t said anything. It’s just better to be vigilant in the future. Well, it’s getting late, sister Amber should go back earlier, the old lady must still be waiting for her letter. Tonight is just a false alarm, sister There is no need to tell the old lady. But there is one more thing, Minger was supposed to enter the ancestral hall to offer incense to the ancestors, and then serve tea to the old lady, master, and wife, but now that the empress has passed away, the old lady and ladies need to Please enter the palace to please the crying spirit, how to arrange the entrance to the ancestral hall and the tea?"

Hu Po also smiled and said, "Second Mistress is thoughtful. What does the old lady mean? Tomorrow, the old lady and the wives will go to the palace to cry, and let Master Xiaorong of the Dongfu accompany the Second Master and Second Mistress into the ancestral hall to offer incense. Serving tea is just a formality, you can make it up at any time. Don't worry about this."

Xue Baochai was also relieved when she heard the words, she also thought the same way, went to the ancestral hall to offer incense to her ancestors, and then added her name next to Baoyu on the genealogy, so that her status was truly guaranteed. It is all acceptable.

"Thank you, Sister Amber. I troubled Sister Amber to make this trip, and Sister Huber, who was hurt, also worried for a while. Yinger, if you have time, stare there, why don't you send Sister Huber back quickly."

Ying'er snorted, turned her head and sent Amber out with a smile.

Xue Baochai looked at the crowd, and said calmly: "Okay, let's go away! Go and do whatever you want, don't hang around here. Second Master, go back and rest!"

Jia Baoyu made a face behind Xue Baochai and Qingwen's back, which made Qingwen couldn't hold back and laughed.Xue Baochai heard it, but just didn't know it.She still has a lot to do now, so I can't take care of her for now!Wait a few days to free up your hands, and then come to clean her up!

That night, the husband and wife had different dreams in the same bed, and they had nothing to say all night.Xue Baochai was thinking about how to eliminate the influence of Yuan Chun's passing away, while Jia Baoyu was thinking that the palace was really a shameful place to go, and the big sister's character like gold and jade went just like that!Since God created so many beautiful women, why did he arrange for them to marry and get married? Wouldn’t it be good for everyone to live together?Alas, the eldest sister is gone, the second elder sister is married, and younger sister Lin is also getting married. These elder sisters and younger sisters are about to marry. In the end, I am the only one left. What is the fun of living alone in this world? .No, it's not just me, there are also Qingwen, Sheyue and the others, and Sister Bao.It's just that the third sister said that all women are jealous. If you see your husband likes other women, if you don't say it, you will definitely feel jealous in your heart.

The third younger sister seems to be referring to something. Is she talking about Sister Bao?But isn't Sister Bao the most generous person at any time?In the past, they treated attackers very kindly.But looking at it today, it doesn't seem like it!Are the words of the third sister of difficulty correct?Would Sister Bao really be jealous?Is the difficulty of yourself really that important in Sister Bao's heart?

Thinking of this, Jia Baoyu turned over and looked at Xue Baochai, who was close at hand. In the dark night, sister Bao's skin was as white as snow. Jia Baoyu touched it deliberately, and then thought of her elder sister's new funeral, how could she have such thoughts , Have you forgotten the benefits of the big sister in the past?Damn it.

Jia Baoyu turned over and silently recited the mantra for the elder sister.

Early the next morning, Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang went into the palace crying with red eyes. Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai also got up, dressed, and planned to go to the East Mansion.Before leaving, Xue Baochai looked at herself in front of the full-length mirror. There was nothing wrong with it. Then she looked at Baoyu again, was taken aback for a moment, and said sharply, "Baoyu, your jade?"

Jia Baoyu looked up in a daze, "My jade? Isn't it here?" As he spoke, he wanted to show Xue Baochai the jade hanging on his chest, but found that the jade hanging on the jade was still there, but the jade was not there. up.

Xue Baochai's heart skipped a beat, but she calmed down, "Where's Qingwen? Didn't she keep the second master's jade? Go and ask her!"

When Qingwen was called over, she thought she was joking again, "Second Grandma! Don't make such jokes this early in the morning! Didn't you have enough trouble yesterday? Second Master's jade is my own. I brought it to the second master, can I still throw it away!"

When Qingwen came over, she found Xue Baochai sitting on the side with a livid face. Seeing her like this, she patted the table, "Who is joking with you? I'm asking you seriously! Where's the second master's jade?"

Qingwen saw Xue Baochai and the people around her look serious, and thought to herself, is it really not a joke this time?She looked at Baoyu's chest, "I hung it up for the second master myself in the morning, and the magic color is also next to it! Where's Yu? Where's Yu?" While speaking, Qingwen realized that Yuguo had really disappeared, and rushed over to grab it. Baoyu asked.

When Huancai saw it, she was also stunned, and knelt down with a plop, "Second Grandma, it was indeed Sister Qingwen who hung the jade for Second Master in person when I got up early, and I was by the side at the time, so I really saw it. Absolutely nothing wrong."

"Okay, now is not the time to worry about these things. Whoever served the second master to change clothes just now stood up." Xue Baochai frowned. Since yesterday, this matter has not been smooth, and I don't know if it was overcome. What's the matter?Xue Baochai felt an unprecedented sense of crisis, and even lost confidence in herself, whether she could successfully overcome one difficulty after another.

Qingwen, Sheyue and other little girls knelt beside Huancai, "Second Grandma, we are the ones who help Second Master change his clothes in the morning."

"Have you ever noticed when the jade disappeared?" Xue Baochai began to think that the disappearance of the jade might not be a coincidence, but God's will.Those who serve Baoyu don't know that the jade is Baoyu's lifeblood, how could they throw the jade under the coffee table, what happened yesterday may be an omen, otherwise, how could the jade disappear under the eyes of everyone of?

"Back to Second Grandma, this jade has always been kept by Qingwen. After we helped Second Master change his clothes in the morning, the last one was that jade. Qingwen hung it up for Second Master by herself, and we all watched it. After that, The second master didn't go anywhere, just sat there and waited for the second grandma to finish dressing. After what happened last night, I kept paying attention to the jade. When serving tea to the second master, I even looked at the jade It was still there. Later, Yinger asked me to see the breakfast of the second master and the second grandma, so I went. I took a look at it before leaving, and the jade was still there. When the second grandma asked us to come in, it was only a cup of tea. .” Musk Moon thought for a while and replied.

"If someone took it away, it's only a cup of tea, and it must have not left the yard. Second Mistress, let someone check it! And Second Master, didn't he sense the existence of jade yesterday? ? Second Master, you can also help me to take a look! This is your lifeblood, if it is really lost, the lives of everyone in this room will be lost." Qingwen was also really panicked.

Although Xue Baochai felt that the loss of the jade was inevitable, but in order to reassure the hearts of these girls, she was lucky at the same time, or it was really taken by those shallow-sighted girls for fun.Maybe I can find it!

"Okay, Yinger, you and..." Xue Baochai raised his eyes and looked between Qingwen and Sheyue, "Forget it, we don't need to go to Lin Zhixiao's family and ask her to bring a few people over. I searched slowly from room to room. The maids and women working in the courtyard counted one by one and checked them carefully for me. I also asked someone to go to the East Mansion to talk about it, and said that there was something to delay for a while. "

Ying'er was anxious, "Grandma, we can find it by ourselves, why bother to make the whole family know about it, what's more, we can't delay you and the second master's offering incense in the ancestral hall!"

Xue Baochai shook her head, "Second Lord's jade is so important. If it is really lost, it will definitely not be possible to hide it. And does it matter how important it is?" Xue Baochai said a little disheartened.

After a while, Lin Zhixiao's family walked in with a serious expression, "Greetings to Second Master and Second Mistress!"

Xue Baochai nodded, Ying'er went forward, and told Lin Zhixiao's family what had happened. Lin Zhixiao's family frowned after hearing this, and looked up at Xue Baochai with a serious face, and Jia Baoyu, who had nothing to do next to him. , "Second Grandma, this is a big matter, forgive me for not being able to do it alone, this matter has to be reported to Grandma and Lai everyone."

Xue Baochai nodded, "Go!"

Lin Zhixiao's family turned around and said a few words to a woman, and then led the people to seal the gate of the courtyard first, and everyone not only went out without permission.After a while, Li Wan and Jia Tanchun rushed over, "I heard that Baoyu's jade was lost, isn't it a false alarm? What's going on?" Li Wan asked worriedly.

Xue Baochai was already powerless to say anything, so she signaled Yinger to go, and Yinger took a few steps forward, "Returning to Grandma, the jade was indeed not lost last night, it was a servant who picked it up, it was a false alarm. But today This morning, it did disappear suddenly. When I got up early, Qingwen personally put it on for the second master. Musk moon and magic color were all seen with her own eyes. Musk moon said that because of what happened last night, she kept Pay attention to that jade, ever since Qingwen put it on for the second master, until the servant girl asked Sheyue to go out to see how the breakfast preparations are going, the jade has been hanging on the second master's chest, when our grandma finds out that the jade is gone, When I asked Musk Moon to come in, it was only a cup of tea. That's how it happened!"

Jia Tanchun frowned, "First the eldest sister died, and then the second elder brother's jade disappeared. How could it be such a coincidence? Did it collide with something? Do you want someone to come in and take a look?"

Xue Baochai glanced at Jia Tanchun, lowered her eyelids, and said nothing.On the contrary, Li Wan said: "Didn't the third sister always disbelieve these things? Why did she just blurt out! In my opinion, let's find out first! From Lin Zhixiao's family, you bring someone to search the yard inside and out. Search carefully, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you still have to find that jade."

There was a lot of movement here at Jia Baoyu, and even Jia Wan and Lin Daiyu got the news very quickly. Lin Daiyu was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and said worriedly: "It's so good, why did you lose this jade?"

Jia Wan thought, in the original book, there seems to be something like this, but now many things are different from the original book, why does it still happen?Did the jade finally find it?As the years passed, Jia Wan couldn't remember.

"Don't worry, Aunt Lin, she should be able to find her!" Jia Wan said without much confidence, she was still immersed in unbelievable doubts, why did Jia Yuanchun die?It's too early to die.It's different from the original book. Without the cheat of the original book's prophet, what can Yu Yanhua do?In the original book, after Yuanchun's death, Jia's house was ransacked, the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and he was either sold into a brothel or into a palace.Now, what is the situation!

The entire Jia family was plunged into gloom. ,

In the evening, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang waited for the crying spirit to come back. After hearing the news, Mother Jia was taken aback, and comforted Mrs. Wang with a smile, "Don't worry, don't worry, it's fake. The jade was picked up by Yinger , It was a false alarm!"

Mrs. Wang panicked at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to speak, Hu Po knelt down and said with tears streaming down her face, "Old lady, madam, this time it's not a fake. The second master's jade is really lost. Lin Zhixiao's family They led people to turn up the yard where the second master lived, and the soil in the yard was dug thin, but they still couldn't find it. The jade of the second master is really lost!"

"What did you say!" Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang said in unison, and then both passed out.

After Jia's mother woke up, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Wang all stood by the bed. Seeing that Jia's mother had woken up, Jia Zheng hurried forward and asked, "Mom, you're finally awake."

Mother Jia took a look in the crowd, saw Jia Baoyu who was bewildered, and asked, "Have you found Baoyu's jade?"

Jia Zheng sighed and lowered his head. Mrs. Wang covered her face and began to cry.

Mother Jia saw that Jia Baoyu was not as smart as before, so she asked, "What's wrong with Baoyu?"

Xue Baochai, who was kneeling beside Jia Baoyu, had a sore nose and red eyes, and said, "Returning to the old lady, Baoyu has been like this since the jade was lost."

Jiamu closed her eyes, two lines of tears slid down her cheeks, "What the hell did I do? Why didn't it be retribution on me, why did it have to be retribution on your empress and Baoyu! My Baoyu! "Suddenly, the whole room cried.

Lin Daiyu knelt beside her and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.Jia Wan knelt next to her, thinking of the unknown future, she was a little scared, she didn't react for a while, and before she had time to cry, she happened to be seen by Mrs. Wang. Everyone in the house was crying, but she was the only one who was so calm, thinking that she must know something, and rushed over, "Good Waner, tell your wife what happened to Baoyu's jade?"

Jia Wan was caught off guard and was thrown straight. If it wasn't for Xiao Hong holding her waist from behind, she might have been thrown to the ground.Seeing Mrs. Wang looking at herself with fiery eyes, Jia Wan swallowed her saliva, and said nervously: "Probably, roughly, that jade was descended from the mortal world for a long time, and now that its merits and virtues are complete, it may go back to heaven. Otherwise, how can it be explained that it suddenly disappeared under the noses of everyone! I thought, it should have left last night, but there are still unfulfilled wishes, such as the second aunt's golden lock? Didn't the monk say it? , second aunt's golden lock should be matched with jade?" Jia Wan was a little nervous at first, but then she spoke more and more smoothly.Anyway, it's all nonsense, and Nayu can't speak. If she finds out in the future, she will say that Nayu has spirituality, and she just can't bear to leave Uncle Bao.It can be circled left and right.

Yinger suddenly said, "Isn't that the case? Otherwise, how could I have picked up that jade! It happened to disappear on the first day after the second master and second mistress got married." Yinger was relieved, she had been worried How did she get her own girl out of here? Now that she heard Miss Wan's words, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.This is a good way of saying it. In the end, they will vent all their anger on their girls because of their concubine's death and Baoyu's loss of jade. How innocent their girls are!If you want to blame it, you have to blame Qingwen, that cheap hoof, for daring not to listen to the girl.If the jade is kept by the girl herself, how can it be lost!

Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Wan in a daze, "Is that really the case? Did the jade really just go back after a calamity? Then will it come back in the future? Look at Baoyu, losing the jade is like losing the soul , that jade is his lifeblood! Who is keeping that jade?" Mrs. Wang turned her head and stared at Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai bowed her head and said: "After the false alarm yesterday, I proposed to let Yinger keep the jade, or I would keep it myself, but Qingwen said that I was deliberately looking for trouble, or deliberately trying to harm her. Otherwise, why did Ying'er pick up that piece of jade! I thought, I just entered the door on the first day, so I didn't want to fight openly with the people in the second master's room because of this matter, and I thought that the future would be long, so I didn't bother with her .Who knows, something like this happened this morning. It's all my fault."

"Of course it's your fault! You're a rightful second mistress, afraid of what she'll do with a servant girl! What kind of roommate, who gave her this title! She's just a maid who serves others, don't say you snatch it from her!" Her errand is to beat her and scold her for selling her!" Mrs. Wang said angrily, but seeing Xue Baochai's tired expression, she remembered her past benefits, and thought about the first day she entered the door, and met her. This kind of thing must be very uneasy in my heart, so my tone softened, "I know your thoughts, you just came in, and this kind of thing happened at home, you should not want to be troublesome, and you should, this is what everyone should do." You have tolerance, but you can't go too far in everything. If you talk too much, you will spoil them! That Qingwen, I'm in charge. She was sent in by Nanny Lai. Now I'd better ask Nanny Lai to take her back! We can’t afford the household, you big-tempered maid! And those maids around Baoyu, all of them have been dismissed by me!”

Nanny Lai only claims to be true.

But Jia's mother only looked at Jia Baoyu, and saw that he was still in a state of chaos, crying, "Qiao girl, what can you do to get that jade back? Baoyu can't do without it! Look at him now look!"

Jia Wan thought for a while, "Old lady, do you remember when Uncle Bao and my mother got into trouble?"

Jia Amnesty was the first to react, "You mean the monk with the scarlet head and the Taoist priest?"

Jia Wan nodded, "I think those two people should have some skills, why don't you find a way to invite them here, and you will be able to find Uncle Bao's jade."

When Jia's mother heard it, she looked very reasonable, and immediately looked at Jia Zheng eagerly with Mrs. Wang. Jia Zheng wanted to refute that his wife was newly mourned, and the family shouldn't be troublesome, but he looked at the old mother and wife with pitiful eyes. , and looked at his son who was no longer as shrewd as before, Jia Amnesty persuaded him again, "But if you find two people, it won't waste anything, just agree!"

Jia Zheng nodded, "My son will be found tomorrow. Don't worry, old lady."

Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered something, "Did Brother Zhen go today?"

Jia Zheng shook his head, "Earlier in the morning, there was a letter from the East Mansion. Brother Zhen was hunting and broke his leg and couldn't get out of bed. My son sent someone to see him. His right leg was broken. He is now asking the imperial doctor to see him!"

Mother Jia sighed, and sighed in her heart, this brother Zhen can really do it!If he has such determination in other matters, what can he do?such a pity!

"Okay, let's leave, Bao girl, these days, you have worked hard to take care of Baoyu. Those girls around him can't be dismissed. You should keep one or two by your side anyway. They also know some of Baoyu's preferences. Yes." Mother Jia urged.

Xue Baochai nodded, "Don't worry, old ancestor, I know. I think Sheyue is not bad, she is considerate and considerate, and she is also a law-abiding person. It saves me a lot of trouble to keep her by the second master's side, and the magic color is also good. "

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang nodded after hearing this, "It's good to take care of Baoyu. Let's go back first!"

After Xue Baochai helped Jia Baoyu to leave, Jia's mother said to Li Wan and the others: "You guys continue to search in the mansion these days, and also in the garden. Maybe some playful little girl took it!"

Li Wan and others nodded in agreement.

"Okay, you all go down, Qiao girl stays here. I have something to say." After all, she was getting old, and under the great grief and anger, Jiamu felt that she was not happy, but now that there are many things, she is not happy. If you want to ask a doctor to extend the medicine again, you have to endure it.