Sister Xue of the Red Chamber

The sisters of the first masters meet each other to fight against the monks and Taoism to the herbal medicine to break the fairy

In a blink of an eye, it has been eight years of Yongzheng.

Baoxuan and Xue Pan celebrated their sixth birthday in October the year before last, even though they were doted on by Mrs. Xue Tianxiang, after all, Xue Tianxiang hired a husband and detained Xue Pan in the study to study and practice calligraphy; although Baoxuan is a girl, he can't be a Those who don't know the big characters will pay homage to Mr. Xue Pan together.When Baoxuan was seven years old, Xue Tianxiang wanted to hire another husband for Baoxuan, thinking about the rule that men and women had different seats at seven years old, but unexpectedly, Xue Pan pestered Mrs. Xue to agree that the two brothers and sisters should not be separated.Xue Tianxiang was hindered by his filial piety, so he couldn't say anything.On the other hand, Baoxuan, after hearing about this, he went back to Mrs. Xue Pan, from now on he only studied with Mrs. Xue Pan in the morning, and learned needlework from Mrs. Xue's side in the afternoon, and occasionally learned some housekeeping skills from Mrs. Feng's side.

Today is Baochai's birthday.Due to Wang's messy incidents one after another, Mrs. Xue treated Baochai in a mediocre way, and she didn't make any big arrangements for her birthday, but the whole family gathered in Songhe Hall for dinner.

After the "Mrs. Tai" meal, Mrs. Wang spoke. "Now that Baochai is six years old, Baoxuan started reading at the age of six, shouldn't Baochai go to the study?"

"Baochai? Girls don't need to read any books, and they are no more talented than Baoxuan, just know a few words." Mrs. Xue was very unhappy when she heard this.

"Mrs. Tai, you don't know that Baochai is the smartest, and now he can recite the Three Character Classic!" Wang said hurriedly. "I want my daughter-in-law to tell me that Zhengjing Baochai should be well-educated, and there will be great fortune in the future."

"Great good fortune? Baoxuan got the sage's golden words 'dragon and phoenix bring prosperity', and bestowed a good name, this is a great good fortune! How can Baochai go past Baoxuan!" Mrs. Xue sneered, "Wang, don't you Disrespect the royal family again and again!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang was in a cold sweat.

Feng Shi was busy smoothing things over, "Mrs. Tai, Baoxuan has been studying housekeeping with me for a while, why don't you choose some things that are not tiring for Baoxuan in the future."

"Alright. You should put more thought into this matter."

"Yes."

On this side, Mrs. Wang was furious when she returned to the yard.

"This old man! How can Baochai be inferior to others! How dare you run on him like this!"

"Mother" Baochai stepped forward to persuade, but resentment flashed in her eyes, "The old lady just doesn't understand her daughter, and sister Baoxuan often follows the old lady, so she is more partial to her!"

"My good daughter, my poor Baochai, if the old lady knows your ability, how can she let her be the first!"

"Mother, don't worry. Daughter thinks, sister Baoxuan is now learning how to be a housekeeper. If my daughter can help her sister correct some mistakes, the old lady will surely discover her daughter's abilities!"

On the other side, Mrs. Feng went back to her room, thinking about making Baoxuan the housekeeper.Even though Baoxuan wanted to be smart, he was only eight years old after all, and there were some matters, such as various human relations in the Xue family, it was not appropriate to entrust Baoxuan to take care of them.After much deliberation, he didn't come to an idea, so he decided to ask Bao Xuan what he thought tomorrow.

Baoxuan was not polite, "Baoxuan thought, the matter of housekeeping is nothing more than managing people. If you manage the servants, large and small, you will naturally manage the family well. Baoxuan wishes to be in charge of the rewards and punishments of the servants in the family. !"

Feng Shi was stunned for a while, then smiled again: "I didn't know you had such insight! The most important thing about this housekeeper is indeed reward and punishment. It would be cheaper to leave this matter to you, but it is also Take care of me. You know about family affairs. I always feel a little bit uncomfortable with this matter. Apart from Mrs. Tai, you are the only one in the family who can hold you back. It’s just that you have to be clear about rewards and punishments, otherwise Mrs. Ritai blamed me, but I will not obey!"

"Bo Hyun understands."

Baoxuan wants to take care of the family's rewards and punishments, there is certainly a reason that he said to Feng Shi before, and there are reasons from his previous life.In the previous life, Xue Xie was best at the way of the imperial court.Baoxuan was not in a hurry to get started, after returning to his room, he thought about it for a while, first wrote a charter, and then asked Madam Xue to help him.

But I didn't want to see Baochai in Songhetang.

Baochai has been closer to the Wang family since she was a child, and she doesn't come to Songhe Hall very often except to say hello every day.He came here specially today because of Baoxuan's housekeeping affairs, if he finds out Baoxuan's fault, he can save Baoxuan's face, and also make himself look good in front of Madam Xue.

"Grandmother, this is Baoxuan's new reward and punishment regulations, you have to help Baoxuan take a look, don't let the servants make fun of him!" Baoxuan said coquettishly to Mrs. Xue.

"Good boy, with grandma here, let's see who dares to laugh at you! Tell me first how you came up with this regulation." Mrs. Xue was willing to help Baoxuan.

"Then Baoxuan just said it, grandma, please listen first, but don't rush to praise!" Baoxuan pretended to be proud. "The first rule is 'Those who betray the Xue family, life or death will not matter'. This rule is the most important!"

"How can this be so!" Baochai thought she had found an opportunity, and she was secretly happy, and hurriedly said, "Even if my sister doesn't think about her own reputation, she has to think about our Xue family! 'Life and death don't matter' If your words are spread, won’t it be said that our family treats the servants harshly!”

"Baochai's words are wrong." Baoxuan explained unhurriedly, "No matter which family in the world, even the royal family, there will be no lack of the most indispensable requirements for servants. , is a word of loyalty! How can a disloyal person be used? Or, as a servant, if he is disloyal to the master, he has lost his duty! As the saying goes, the master humiliates the slave to death, and the disloyal person commits suicide ! Who can talk?"

"It does make some sense. What about the second rule?" Mrs. Xue's words agreed with Bao Xuan's words and made the first rule.

"The second rule is 'same punishment for the same crime'. From all over the house, whether it is the first-class girl next to the master, or the rough woman, whether it is the housekeeper or the porter, if they commit the same wrong thing, they will be punished equally. .”

"Ah!" Baochai pretended to be surprised, "What can I do with those respectable old mothers in that family, those nurses who worked so hard to raise their masters!"

"Naturally, everyone is treated equally!"

"Wouldn't it be bad to behave? In the big family, the mothers around the elders and the nannies of the masters should be respected, how can they be compared with the porters and grooms! It's really a slap in the face." Xue Baochai moved out this time. We broke the rules.

"This... Baoxuan, what do you say?" Mrs. Xue wanted to protect Baoxuan, but she couldn't find any good reason for a while.

"Of course, this is the same reason as the previous one. If you say that these nannies can be said to be old people in the mansion for many years, there is no reason for them to do wrong things again! If so, it will be their own shame, Why do we need to save face for them!" Bao Xuan said solemnly.

"There is some truth to it." Mrs. Xue did not expect Baoxuan to be so thoughtful, she was very pleased, and couldn't help complaining to Baochai: "Baochai, please listen carefully. Since you don't understand, don't call me casually." Breaking up your sister would seem frivolous."

"Yes. Baochai knew he was wrong." Baochai had no choice but to agree aggrievedly.

"This third article is a reward..."

Baoxuan has officially started as a housekeeper since February, although Wang and Baochai secretly slandered him, he was praised by the whole family.

At the beginning of March, two unexpected guests came to the house.

"Mrs. Tai, there is a monk with a scarlet head and a lame Taoist outside. He looks very extraordinary. The monk with a scarlet head said that he only treats unknown diseases. It can be regarded that there is a girl in our family who is a taboo, and he is here to relieve her asthma! "The porter came to report.

"Is this really the case? Please come in quickly." Mrs. Xue has always believed in Buddhism and often went to Qixia Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.

"Grandmother, don't worry, this matter is a bit strange. There are hundreds of people in Xue's family, why do you only mention Baochai? My brother also suffers from cough and asthma in winter. Do these two know? If they know, why don't they mention it?" ?" Baoxuan hurriedly stopped him, if they were really allowed to give Lengxiang pills, wouldn't they be causing trouble for themselves.

"Exactly." Mrs. Xue's most important thing is naturally her only grandson, Xue Pan.

"It's better to let Baoxuan go to meet them first. If it is really a fairy, Baoxuan will naturally offer tea to make amends. Presumably the fairy will not care about a little girl like me."

"Go quickly, and bring a few more nuns to protect you."

"How could it be like this!" Scarlet-headed monk said in shock when he saw Bao Xuan.

"Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass is presumptuous this time! The way of heaven is perpetual, how can the waiter of Shenying not repay the virtue of watering?" The lame Taoist scolded angrily.

"Although Baoxuan doesn't know any fairy grasses or waiters, he also knows that it is his duty to irrigate the flowers and plants. How can there be any reason to try to repay them? I'm not afraid of ruining my luck!" Baoxuan said angrily.When I first read the Red Chamber, I had this idea. Yingzhe is Yuguang, and Shenying is Baoyu.But how can a waiter compare with the crimson bead fairy grass that "gets off the grass and wood, and has to change its human form", and even tries to get the fairy grass to return tears!Even the fairy in the illusory realm once said, "My sister once said that there must be the soul of Miss Crimson Pearl coming to play today, so I waited for a long time. Why do you use this turbid thing to pollute this pure daughter's realm? "It's just a turbid object, but it has labored the monk and a maniac to run back and forth for it.

"This..." Think about it, but can't utter a word for a long time.

"It's okay, let's not mention this matter. The two of us came to the door today because of the asthma of Miss Baochai from your mansion. It was originally a heat poison brought from the womb. Fortunately, Miss Baochai Congenitally strong, it’s irrelevant. It’s just that if you take ordinary medicine, it’s useless. I have a sea fairy and a pack of medicine primers, and I’ve made it into Lengxiang pills, and it’s good to take one pill when it happens.” Lame said People are calmer than monks with scarlet heads.

Baoxuan took the prescription and saw that it was indeed the hypocritical and trivial prescription: 12 taels of white peony stamens in spring, 12 taels of white lotus stamens in summer, 12 taels of white hibiscus stamens in autumn, and 12 taels of white plum stamens in winter .These four kinds of stamens are dried in the sun on the spring equinox of the next year, and ground with the powdered medicine.I also want twelve coins for rain on the day of rain, twelve coins for dew on the day of Bailu, twelve coins for frost on the day of frost, and twelve coins for snow on the day of Xiaoxue.Mix the four kinds of water thoroughly and make medicine, add twelve qian of honey and twelve qian of white sugar, and make balls the size of longan.It is stored in the old magnetic altar and buried under the root of the flower.Take one pill at the time of onset, and take it with [-]-fen Phellodendron decoction.

Baoxuan laughed and said, "Although the little girl is not talented, she has also read "Materia Medica". Peony is in the grass part, which tastes pungent and cold; The grass part is pungent and flat; the plum is in the fruit part, and its flowers are bitter and warm. Rainwater tastes salty and flat; dew tastes sweet and flat; frost tastes sweet and cold; snow tastes sweet and cold. Honey tastes sweet and flat; White sugar tastes sweet and cold. Is it right? Which flavor in the prescription is not heat-clearing? My sister’s illness sounds like a child’s lung-heat syndrome, am I right?”

"Our prescription is for you. Believe it or not, it's up to you. It's just that you won't be able to stop this lung-heat disease. It's reasonable to prepare all the medicines first. Don't look for it when you're in a hurry. Medicine!" the monk with scarlet head said angrily.

"Master, don't worry. Baoxuan heard that the reed root can clear away heat and produce body fluid, eliminate restlessness and stop vomiting, relieve lung fire, and clear lung heat. Its medicinal effect is mild, and it is not a product of bitter cold. Boiling water can clear the lungs." Hot. Right?"

"you!"

"It seems that Baoxuan got it right by chance. I would like to thank you two for your suggestions. Baoxuan also gave this master a gift: take hibiscus root bark and grind it into powder, and then apply it with sesame oil. Before applying it, decoct it with pine hair and willow branches, wash it Clean the affected area, it can cure the skin sores on the head!"