Xue Baochai, the belly of the Red Chamber

Xue Baochai took Yun Shu and Yun Juan back here, and from then on until the New Year's Eve, he didn't mention the matter of making Fang's housekeeper.Even in the subsequent meetings, although Fang mentioned that he was willing in a vague way, Xue Baochai turned him off with a smile.

However, Xue Baochai's attitude made Fang feel uneasy for a few days, fearing that he would offend Xue Baochai.It was just seeing that Xue Baochai's attitude towards her remained the same as before, except that he didn't mention the housekeeper anymore, and was comforted by Chunyu Xiaye again, which made her feel better.

Since Xue Baochai repented here and rejected Fang's kindness, she has only her own way to deal with it here.

In a blink of an eye, it will be the day when Xue Baochai will leave the cabinet.

"Girl, you will be leaving the cabinet soon. What about the housekeeper in this house?" Yun Juan looked at the things in the box on the table with some anxiety.

The girl is about to leave the cabinet.All these things on the table belonged to Xue's family. As a married girl, she naturally couldn't bring them all to her husband's house.It's just that there is no one in charge of affairs in the mansion now, so it would make things difficult for the girl.

Xue Baochai said indifferently: "What's so difficult about this? Just hand over the land deeds and other things directly to my brother. I only need my brother to listen to their report once a month. As for the other things, it's okay. You don’t need to worry about it, brother, there will be someone in charge to take care of it.” When Fang refused for the second time, she suddenly understood this truth.

Although Xue Pan is careless and smart, he has also received this kind of education after all, but it is not satisfactory.As long as he figured out the general direction by himself, the rest would be taken care of by himself, so it wouldn't get in the way.It's not too late for my sister-in-law to hand it over to Fang after she has gained enough trust from her brother.

Having figured out this joint, Xue Baochai was not in a hurry.

The date of Xue Baochai and Meng Shihan's marriage has also been fixed, because the Supreme Emperor is seriously ill here, and it is said that now he only uses Dushen Decoction to hang his life.Both Aunt Xue and Father Meng were afraid of being delayed. If the Supreme Emperor died, they would not be able to get married for at least half a year.

With Emperor Zhengde's permission, the two families quickly agreed on a wedding date, which was the day when the dragon raised its head on the second lunar month.

As the bride, Xue Baochai didn't need to prepare much.At most, it was a wedding gown embroidered with two stitches. To be honest, Xue Baochai's female workers were not good. Whether it was in her previous life or in this life, she didn't care about female workers, so the craftsmanship is naturally poor.For things like wedding dresses, Xue Baochai entrusted professional embroiderers to make them, and only nailed the most buttoned pearls at the last moment.Even if you do it yourself.

As for what to give to my husband's sister-in-law after getting married.

Xue Baochai was not short of money, so he directly asked Yun Shu to go to his treasure house and pick out a few hairpin rings or playthings that little girls like nowadays.Meng Shihan's situation has already been inquired clearly.He is the only son and none of the five girls in his family are from the same mother.Even the third girl, Meng Han, is not of the blood of the Meng family, but the daughter of the Liu family and her ex-husband. After the Liu family remarried to Meng's father, she also changed her name.

In a blink of an eye, it was February [-].

Xue Baochai was called up by the servant girl before Mao's time, and after a lot of tossing, by the time she took a bath and dressed, everything was ready, and it was already an hour and a half.Xue Baochai was set up like a puppet. She was a little resistant at first, but after being nagged by Aunt Xue repeatedly, she gradually lost the will to resist.

Aunt Xue told Xue Baochai many things in a low voice.

Xue Baochai also nodded and responded one by one here.

Mrs. Quanfu helped to cover the hijab embroidered with Luan, Phoenix and Ming.

"Baochai, my son, you have to be well." Before sending Xue Baochai out, Aunt Xue couldn't bear the sadness in her heart and said this to Xue Baochai in a low voice.

Xue Baochai didn't feel anything before. To her, marrying was just to satisfy Aunt Xue's wishes, and there was also the order of Emperor Zhengde.As for herself, she didn't have any thoughts. It wasn't until this time that she heard Aunt Xue's words that she felt a little sad in her heart.It's just that she didn't know what to say at this time.Only nodded slightly.

Aunt Xue saw that Xue Baochai was being supported by the maid on Xue Pan's back, tears were about to fall, but she felt that it was unlucky for her to cry on a happy day, so she forcibly held back and wiped the corners of her eyes with a brocade handkerchief. tears.Watching from the side, Fang immediately opened her mouth to say a lot of auspicious words. She was very articulate and eloquent. Although she couldn't make Aunt Xue a joke, it made Aunt Xue feel better. .

Patting the back of her hand, she felt that she was going to thank her sister-in-law again for finding such a good daughter-in-law for her.

No matter how lively it was outside, it had nothing to do with Xue Baochai's place.

She just sat on the sedan chair a little drowsy, and was carried by someone. She didn't know how long she had been walking. The sedan chair finally stopped, and after hearing a long string of auspicious words from Xi Niang's mouth, she finally asked to come out. Meng Shihan came over and kicked the sedan chair door.

Then a red water chestnut was stuffed into her hand, and the red flower ball not far away was faintly visible.The corner of Xue Baochai's mouth couldn't help but twitch when he heard the compliments of the people who came to watch the ceremony.

It is acceptable to praise the groom for his appearance. Although she can't see it herself, Meng Shihan's appearance is there.At this time, it must be more beautiful to wear wedding clothes, but it can afford the somewhat exaggerated compliments they said.But those words of praise for her are a bit too much.

Although it is true that she looks beautiful, but now she is completely wrapped up, and there is a hijab on her head to look at her face.

Where did they see that they were beautiful.

"...Sent to the bridal chamber!" Accompanied by Xi Niang's words, Xue Baochai was supported by the maid to the bridal chamber.

After entering the new house, there was a lot of excitement, Xue Baochai felt his face was about to freeze from laughter, and the people who came to make trouble in the bridal chamber dragged Meng Shihan out.

"Well, I finally breathed a sigh of relief." Under the disapproving gazes of Yun Shu and Yun Juan, Xue Baochai took off the phoenix crown on her head, went to the dressing table and sat down. He straightened his hair and changed into a lighter bun, but when he saw himself in the crystal mirror, the corners of Xue Baochai's eyes twitched violently.

Although she had known for a long time that her face had been smeared and smeared, she never expected it to be like this.With their face covered in white powder and blood-red lips, is there something wrong with their aesthetics?She didn't know herself a little bit, and the person who just came to make trouble in the bridal chamber was able to say that she was as beautiful as a fairy against her will. It must be because of her eyes.

Immediately, he turned his head and told Yun Shu, "Go, bring me a basin of warm water and come back."

Both Yun Shu and Yun Juan knew Xue Baochai's temper, and when they heard what she said, they immediately responded and decided not to mention it.

He cleaned his face again, and washed off the makeup that looked like ghost makeup on his face.Xue Baochai asked Yun Juan to help her put her hair back into a bun again, and also changed into a more relaxed home clothes.After all this tossing, Xue Baochai felt a lot lighter on her body. She turned her head to look at her wedding dress, which was absolutely shining, embroidered with gold and silver threads, and inlaid with many pearls and jades. The first is radiant, beautiful to wear but also heavy.And that phoenix crown.Made of red gold, it is also inlaid with pearls and gemstones, and it is not light in weight.

With such a set of clothes and headgear, Xue Baochai felt that she would add seven or eight catties to her weight.

"Girl, before my uncle comes over, you can take off your makeup, okay?" Yun Juan's voice was a little hesitant. Xue Baochai sent to deliver food to Fang.At that time, it was almost noon, and Fang's wedding dress and phoenix crown were still there.

Xue Baochai waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, Meng Shihan won't mind." If she was asked to wear such a suit and wait until Meng Shihan came over, she said she would never agree.

Seeing Xue Baochai like this, Yun Shu couldn't help but sigh in her heart, is it really okay for a girl to be like this?Now the girl is no longer in the Xue family, she is not a girl from the Xue family, but the daughter-in-law of the Meng family.This delicate temper when I was a girl at home should also be restrained.But thinking about Xue Baochai's temperament, today she was overjoyed again, Yun Shu only said a few words, Xue Baochai didn't hear her, and she stopped talking here.

About an hour later, although Xue Baochai couldn't leave the room here, she didn't feel bored.In the room, she cleaned up her dowry booklet first. Speaking of which, she hasn't read her dowry booklet in detail until now.It's fine now, but we can clean it up.

I knew that Aunt Xue would not treat me badly, but I never thought that Aunt Xue prepared such a generous dowry for me.In addition to the furniture, antiques and treasures, the shop Zhuangzi gave her is the best, and it is very generous. It is estimated that they want to make up an auspicious number. The shop is six, and Zhuangzi is also six.If these things were put in when Father Xue was still there, naturally they would be nothing?But now that the Xue family has fallen into decline, it really takes a little courage to prepare such a dowry.

As for the silver at the bottom of the box, it was as much as 10 taels.

This dowry of mine is absolutely enviable, adding up to no less than 20 taels of silver.

"It made my mother worry a little bit." It seems that Aunt Xue still has some sincerity towards her cheap daughter.These things account for almost a quarter of the Xue family's current family business. It seems that she also clearly knows how much she has contributed to the Xue family over the years.

Yun Juan smiled and said: "The girl deserves this. The girl has worked really hard to take care of the housework these years, and it is only natural to get such a dowry." The wife is weak-tempered, and the uncle is not good at it. If the girl hadn't Means, the Xue family's huge family business might have been divided up by others, how could so much be left behind.

After checking her dowry, Xue Baochai had nothing to do here, knowing that it would be a long time before Meng Shihan came back, so she took out the geographical travel notes that she had prepared long ago and slowly read them. .

Perhaps Meng Shihan had confessed that it was almost noon.

Yun Shu and Yun Juan are discussing whether they should go to the kitchen to get some food. After all, although their daughter is not picky about food, she can't really be hungry all day, so she shouldn't eat.

At this time, a young girl of fourteen or fifteen years old was dressed in a brocade dress of beaded and layered gauze, with golden silk and ruby ​​buds swaying in her hair. Condensed Xinli, with a greasy goose fat nose, and high spirits between the brows, it looks a bit refreshing.

After a short thought, she knew the identity of the girl in front of her, Meng Xue, the eldest daughter of the Meng family concubine.

She was born by Aunt Li in the mansion. This Aunt Li sold her body to enter the mansion. Later, she got the first lady. Seeing that she was born well and had a good temper, she was promoted to be a maid, and she became pregnant and gave birth to heirs. Became an aunt.Later, the first wife passed away, and the body deed was returned to her before she died.Therefore, Aunt Li can also be regarded as a concubine of a good family. Although Meng Xue is a daughter, she is quite loved by Meng's father because of the long character.

"Sister-in-law, hello. I'm Meng Xue. But are you hungry? Brother asked me to come over and deliver some food to you. It's just that the kitchen is so busy today. It's been delayed until now. I hope sister-in-law won't get used to it." Meng Meng When Xue saw Xue Baochai's attire, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she was also a sensible person, so naturally she would not ask.He just smiled and said.

Xue Baochai only heard her say this, but she had a clear understanding of her temperament, so she also smiled and said, "I'll trouble you to come here."

Meng Xue said with a smile: "We are all a family, so don't bother me. My elder brother once said that my sister-in-law grew up in Jinling, and I have prepared Jinling's dishes here. I don't know if it suits my sister-in-law's taste." So he asked the maid behind him to bring the food.

Xue Baochai glanced at it and expressed satisfaction. Meng Xue obviously did her homework or Meng Shihan told her that she liked most of the food delivered here.

He was no longer polite, and had dinner while talking to Meng Xue, just watching, the atmosphere between the two of them was quite harmonious.