Xue Baochai, the belly of the Red Chamber

After disposing of Li Daren and other servants, at noon, Xue Baochai ate lunch with Xue's mother, and talked with her for a while, seeing that Xue's mother's eyes gradually became a little sleepy, and then turned her head to meet Jixiang Ruyi. Someone ordered them to prepare to make the bed and wait for Xue's mother to take a nap.

"Auspicious Ruyi, they are all careful and prudent people, and there is nothing wrong with serving me. Chaier, since your father passed away, you have worked very hard to take care of the family affairs, so you don't have to work with me, or Hurry up and go back to have a rest, I feel sorry for my tired body." Mother Xue felt extremely hot when she saw Xue Baochai's detailed instructions to Jixiang Ruyi, so she hurriedly said.

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "Ma'am, it's just a few words of instructions, so I won't be able to tire my daughter." His eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "By the way, speaking of it, my daughter still has something to do with you." What mother said last time."

"What's the matter?" Mother Xue asked.

Xue Baochai smiled and replied, "It's not an urgent matter. It's just that my daughter wants to release some of the slaves in the mansion." Although the housekeeper's right in the mansion is now in his hands, But the people she wants to release are not from one or two families, there are many people, most of them are still in the hands of Mother Xue.If he wanted to let her go, he would naturally have to tell her.

"Why are you talking about this?" Mother Xue asked with some doubts.

Xue Baochai replied: "Now there are only three people in the mansion, my wife, my elder brother and me, but there are hundreds of servants in the mansion. Although it is normal for a family like ours to have such ostentation. It's just that My father has just passed away, and it is time for the mansion to be low-key and clean. It's just that people like us have only bought slaves, and they can't sell them easily. Therefore, my daughter thought that it would be better to release their status and let them renew Be a good citizen. This is also a very meritorious thing." His tone paused, "What do you think, madam?"

Mother Xue nodded after hearing Xue Baochai's words: "My son is right. You have been prudent since you were a child. Mother has no reason to worry about you doing things." She turned her head and said to Ruyi: "Ruyi, go Bring me the rosewood box under my dresser."

Ruyi replied and went to do it.

Not long after, he came over with a box inlaid with dozens of opals, blessed himself, and said: "This is what Madam said."

Mother Xue nodded: "Give this box to the girl." Then she continued: "Chaier, it contains the body deeds of all the slaves in the mansion, you can handle it as you see."

Xue Baochai got what she wanted, her smile became more and more happy, she turned her head, and nodded to Mujin. ,

Mujin blessed the body, and took over the box from Ruyi without mentioning it.

After doing serious things, Xue's mother's face also looked tired, so Xue Baochai got up, said goodbye and left.

"Auspicious, it's been a time of chaos in the mansion these days. You and Ruyi are the wife's personal servants. Now the wife's body is not safe, and she can't stand the slightest stimulation of words. You and Ruyi should pay more attention to some irrelevant things. People and some nonsense gossip, don't make trouble in front of your wife. Do you know? If there are people who don't have eyes, you should know how to do it without me." Before leaving, Xue Baochai turned her head again. The head said so to Jixiang.

It goes without saying that Jixiang and Ruyi are the first-class big girls next to Xue's mother. Naturally, they heard Xue Baochai's implication, and they were blessed and said yes.

Xue Baochai felt a little relieved about the two girls Ji Xiangruyi, so she nodded immediately and left with the girls.

Xue Baochai walked slowly.

The Nuanfengwu where she lives is quite a distance from the Fushoutang where Xue's mother lives.In fact, when Xue Baochai was choosing her own yard, Xue's mother originally meant to choose one near her Fushoutang.It's just that Xue Baochai took a fancy to the dozens of peach blossom trees in Nuanfengwu, so he pestered Xue's mother to live here.

Mother Xue naturally cherished Baochai, the only daughter, and disliked that the distance from Nuanfengwu was too far away, so she disagreed, but she couldn't bear Xue Baochai's pestering, so she finally nodded in agreement.

Talking about her life in the past ten years, Xue Baochai still feels like a dream, always feeling unreal.I thought it was inevitable death, but when I opened my eyes, I found that I was in someone else's belly. Even if she was born smart and experienced a lot of things, would it still scare people to death?

Is she like this, as mentioned in Ghost Tales, resurrecting the soul with a dead body?

But fortunately, within a few days, she also figured it out, although her status this time is much lower than before, she is just a business woman.But there is a fairly harmonious family.Although the father sighed a little for her being a daughter, he was still kind to her. Although the mother was weak, she almost doted on her and made her satisfied. My mother's sister didn't say anything.There are no concubines and concubines in the family to make things difficult for him.

Although her status is a little lower, but God is also benevolent to her.Thinking about all kinds of things in her previous life, she deeply felt that being born was really a matter of fighting for character.

All the way to his own yard.

It was March day at this time, and the peach blossoms in the yard were in full bloom. Looking from the gate of the yard, there was a stretch of pink or red.There is a narrow path in the middle, in which, it almost dazzles people's eyes.

Xue Baochai just returned to her yard here, and saw that Yunjuan and Yunshu, who she ordered to work earlier, had already returned.After listening to their reports one by one, after hearing that Li Daren and the others were going to be escorted by the yamen servants to a cold place in the northwest this afternoon, they said that there were no surprises.

Although the head of the Xue family, Xue Jian, who was in his prime, passed away due to illness, leaving only the old and the weak, women and children in the house, the momentum has already declined, if Xue Pan can't grow up in the future, the Xue family will lose, sooner or later.However, although the current governor of Jinling Mansion is not a smart person, he has the ability to observe words and deeds. Although the Xue family has fallen with Xue Jian's death, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and the Xue family's background is still good. Now, there is support from the other three families of Jia Shiwang.

It's just letting him deal with some well-documented slaves. For him, it's just a matter of little effort.Of course he had no reason not to.

No dream.

"Yunjuan, what time is it?" Xue Baochai just woke up, still in a trance for a moment, and asked in a hoarse voice.

Yun Juan answered in a crisp voice: "Returning to the girl, the time will be announced in a quarter." Then he served Xue Baochai to drink a bowl of peach blossom juice mixed with honey.

After drinking a bowl of warm peach blossom dew, Xue Baochai's mind was fully recovered.

"Girl, Xue Gui's wife has been waiting outside for a long time." Yun Shu said softly while combing Xue Baochai's hair.

Without raising her eyebrows, Xue Baochai asked, "When did she come here?" As expected of someone who came from grandmother's side, she was smart enough, so it would be a pity to be assigned to Xue Gui.

"Returning to the girl, she has been here for less than an hour." Yunjuan replied.

"How do you look?"

"It's just a little anxious, but nothing else."

After Xue Baochai heard this, she smiled softly, turned her head and said, "Wait for me to get up."

Yunjuan and Yunshu got Xue Baochai's order, and they responded naturally, directing the little girls to get busy without mentioning it.

By the time Xue Baochai got everything ready, the time for three cups of tea had already passed in this world.In fact, the girls who follow Xue Baochai are not new, big girls like Yunjuan and Yunshu, and Xue Baochai grew up together, like helping Xue Baochai to groom, a cup of tea There is enough time.Not to mention that Xue Baochai doesn't pay much attention to dressing up. It's not that women don't like beauty, but she is still young and in the filial age, so naturally she doesn't need to dress up so carefully.What's more, Xue Baochai also has his own plans here, and naturally it has been delayed for a long time.

When he estimated that the time was almost up, he said, "Let's go there."

"Yes, girl."

Mrs. Hu stood quite restlessly, feeling nothing but anxiety in her heart.Although she felt quite resentful towards the eldest girl in her heart, she didn't dare to say it out loud, so she could only worry about it here.

I don't know how long I waited, but I finally heard a young girl come over, saying that the girl woke up from her afternoon nap and invited Mrs. Hu to come over.

I don't know if it was because of waiting too long, which made her head a little confused. After hearing what the little girl said, Mrs. Hu felt a little grateful to the big girl in her heart.

Although the head of the family has always looked down on the eldest girl in the house, thinking that she is just a daughter who will get married sooner or later, she is still young at the moment, only 11 years old.Don't take it to heart at all.But as a person who has served the old lady before, and also has two points of vision, Hu feels that the most dangerous person in the mansion is probably the eldest girl.

The master has passed away, so I won't mention it.

Although the wife was born as a young lady, she has soft ears and a compassionate heart. When the old lady was still alive, she was dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law. She felt that she was soft-tempered and could not bear the responsibility of the Xue family's wife.It's just because the wife has a promising brother, that's all she didn't say.Uncle needless to say here.Although he is the eldest son and the heir of the Xue family in the future, but because there is only such a single seedling in the family, he is doted on by his wife. He has an arrogant temper, a really stubborn mind, no heart, and only knows how to use brute force.

But the big girl is a tricky person.

It goes without saying that he was smart and smart since he was a child, and he was taught by the master hand in hand, not to mention his personality.Just looking at the way the master passed away during this period of time, and the way the girl dealt with the troublesome slaves in the mansion, I know.

Compared with his brother, he has a bit more thoughtfulness, and compared with his mother, his heart is a bit more vicious.

"From Xue Gui's family, are you here at this hour? But what's the matter?" Xue Baochai looked at the respectful Hu family, feeling a little bit sorry for her.

Hu was jealous of Xue Baochai in his heart, so his words were naturally respectful, and he said with an apologetic smile, "I'm here to plead guilty to Miss."

"Oh? What's the crime?" Xue Baochai asked knowingly.

"It's not because of my incompetent daughter. She was spoiled by me since she was a child. If she offends the girl with her words, she should punish her. I'm going to be bold here. I don't know if the girl can see my face. Get around this. When I go back, I will teach her well." Hu Shi said slightly blessing her body.

The reason why Mrs. Hu came here was naturally not because of this reason, she came here to inquire about news.It was only this morning that the girl dealt with the many servants in the mansion, even the second housekeeper Li Daren couldn't escape, and she was alone at home.The head of the family was very open-minded, thinking that it was the merit of her ancestors, so she avoided it, but no matter how she thought about it, she felt a little uneasy, fearing that it was the calm before the storm.So I thought about coming over to inquire about the news and see what the girl meant?It just so happened that at this time, Liuxia, the girl who didn't argue with her, offended the girl with words again, and was taught by Nanny Tang to behave, so she used the excuse of begging for love.Come find out the truth.

Xue Baochai said with a mocking tone: "I think it's a big deal, it's worth you waiting here for an hour. So that's what happened, Xue Gui's family, don't worry, I didn't do anything to her here? Tang Nanny gave her a few lectures, and then let her go. She's fine." After a pause, she continued, "It's just that, you're here. It'll save me from sending someone to look for you again. It's just that I have something happy to tell you."

"Miss, is this a reconciliation? What happy event can my family have?" Hearing Xue Baochai's words, Mrs. Hu was relieved at first. Although she came to inquire about the situation, she was relieved knowing that her daughter was fine.But she was relieved here, and she hung up again on the other side. She always felt that there was something wrong with what the girl said later, but after looking at it, she didn't find anything unusual.

happy event?What happy event will she have at home?As far as the current situation is concerned, it is great joy that nothing bad happened.

"Yes. It's a great joy. At lunch just now, I already got my mother's nod of approval here. She said that Steward Xue has really worked hard these years, and I wanted to reward Steward Xue properly, but it's just this thought. I wanted to go, but I found that Steward Xue didn’t lack anything. I thought, it’s better to release your family’s slave status and let you become good citizens, so as to get all your loyalty all these years. For you, it’s It's a big happy event, right?" Xue Baochai said with a smile.

When Hu heard this, his face suddenly changed, and his voice raised a little unconsciously: "What?"