[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

When I got up early in the morning, Pinxiu was about to serve Luochun to wash and wash, but Yazhi snatched her from the job; she opened the cabinet to get clothes to change for Luochun, but she was taken over by Nanny Guan; she wanted to go to the kitchen The little girl Luoer snatched up her breakfast again; no matter what Pinxiu wanted to do, someone would always come and snatch the work from her. In a short time, everyone had work in their hands and was busy. She was just sitting there doing nothing.

Just when Pinxiu was at a loss as she watched others busy, Luochun, who had finished dressing, smiled and waved to her, and called her to the dressing table, pointing to the jewelry box on the table. The jewelry said: "Here, I am in a good mood today, and the market is very profitable. You can choose any jewelry from this jewelry box, and it will be regarded as my reward."

"Girl, don't make fun of me here, I can't bear it." Pinxiu stood there motionless, thinking that Luochun was joking with her.Luo Chun raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "I'm not joking with you, what I said is true, why not pick one quickly, there is only one chance, after passing this village, there will be no such shop." After urging her again, she saw that Luochun was telling the truth, so she took out an inconspicuous pearl ring from the jewelry box, put it on her hand, and said: "I've chosen it, this is what I want. "

When Luochun saw the ring picked by Pinxiu, he was stunned for a moment, and said: "I remember that after the Xue family came a few days ago, there were presents all over the house, and among them was a pearl ring for you big girls. But the one you are picking now is just a silver ring bottom, but the beads inlaid on it are not too big, but they are still round. Although you can't see any outstanding features, you can't find any flaws. It's not bad, you Why did you pick this one again? Could it be that you like pearls? I don’t see you having this preference on weekdays?” Saori on the side looked a little surprised and said, “Hey, speaking of the ring from Xue’s family, there is no I saw sister Pinxiu wearing it."

"Miss guessed wrong, I don't have any preference for pearls." Pinxiu said lightly, "I gave the ring from Xue's family to the little girl below on the day it was delivered." Surprised at Shang Luochun She smiled and explained: "Everyone in this mansion knows that the Xue family is rich, known as 'pearls are like earth, gold is like iron', after so many days, there are so many people in the mansion, and there is no omission. The benefits of the Xue family. It’s just that you are from a businessman, and you can’t help acting petty. Even if you want to take some small favors to do good deeds and earn a good name, you shouldn’t look at people’s dishes. Not to mention other things, the same order is first-class and second-class Girls like me, Yuanyang, Caixia, Jinchuan, Xiren, Huber, and the chess players, servants, Ruhua, Zijuan around the girls... These people were originally It’s the same, but in the eyes of the Xue family, they are divided into three, six, and nine ranks, and the fact of this business makes people look down upon.”

Shazhi clapped her hands and laughed: "That's the reason, the same sachet, there are still differences between me and Cuimo, Xiuju, Wufu, and Shuangxi. It makes people angry to see it, so I don't know that my one is thrown away by me. Where did he go? What's even more ridiculous is that Xue's family lives in the mansion, and they say, "All daily expenses and supplies are exempted, which is the normal way of life." It's even publicized that everyone in the house knows that this should not be due. Well, the Xue family is like this, it seems that the aunt's family lives in the mansion, and all food and food are in the mansion. In fact, they spend their own money from the Lin family, but they are low-key and don't do anything like them. I can't wait to yell so that the whole house knows. So public, if you say that the Xue family has been passed down for several generations, why do they behave like this, without the demeanor of a big family, like following a nouveau riche, even if they have the word "emperor", what is it? The merchants are still far from doing things well."

With a sneer, Pinxiu said again: "It doesn't matter if it's more or less, if it's thinner, or if it's thicker, I'm not that shallow-skinned, and I've seen a lot of good things with the girl, so I don't care about such things I just don't know what the Xue family thinks of the people in this mansion, and their actions are so shameless? Besides, the second wife said that the reason why the Xue family has not entered Beijing is because they want to inspect the businesses in various provinces and places, and ask Traveling around the mountains and rivers, what happened? Hmph, it turned out that Young Master Xue beat someone to death, so he didn’t dare to enter the capital, so he could only wander outside.” Since Xue’s family lived in Lixiangyuan, Xue Pan competed with others to buy a The news that the girl killed someone spread in the mansion within a few days, making Mrs. Wang's hard work of concealing it come to naught.

Pinxiu said with resentment and a bit of sadness: "The girl only knows that I was bought from outside the mansion. I have never mentioned to the girl that I used to live outside the mansion. In fact, our family was originally in Beijing. I have a house, and a grocery store handed down by my ancestors. Life is pretty good. I have an older sister above me, and a younger brother below me. I live in a small family. It’s better than the girl in the mansion who hides in the deep boudoir and goes out to ask for a living. It’s commonplace. Originally, our family of five lived quite happily, but we didn’t want to see accidents happen. My sister went to the street and was molested by a dude. He even broke into our house with someone and left 20 taels of silver He told my parents that it was my sister’s body money, and then he would take my sister home. My parents disagreed, so he ordered his men to beat my parents half to death, and then took my sister away. After my sister was taken back I hit the wall and died that day. That bastard sent someone to throw back my sister's body, and said that he didn't want her anymore, and asked my parents to return the money to him. My parents were sad and angry, and they all vomited blood. And because I was injured, the shop couldn't be opened. Besides recuperating at home, I had to pay for my sister's burial, as well as food money for the whole family... Finally, the grocery store was sold out, and I was sold into the mansion ..."

Recalling the past, Pinxiu's eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't help crying: "Although it has been a long time, but every time I think of it, I have nightmares and I am very sad. My father has suffered so much because of the heart-warming memory he suffered back then. I can't do heavy work because of my feet. What is the difference between what Uncle Xue did and the person who harmed my family back then? I feel disgusted when I look at the Xue family. Whoever wants to take things from their family will go. Anyway, I don't care !"

Hearing Pinxiu's story, Luochun took out a handkerchief, got up and helped Pinxiu wipe away the tears on her face, and sighed: "I never thought that there would be such a tragic story behind your entry into the mansion, you are so tight-lipped, I have been with me for so many years, and there is no wind. If the matter of the Xue family today did not touch your heart, I am afraid that this matter will rot in your belly. But also, if there is no story, who would want to be separated from the family, To be sold as goods, so that they can be used as slaves for others!"

While talking, Luo'er who went to the kitchen to urge dinner came back.Luochun smiled and said to Pinxiu who had her back to the door: "Okay, it's too bad to cry and cry on such a beautiful day. Today is your birthday, so you should be happy. The birthday noodles under the kitchen are ready. It's here, let's eat noodles."

"Birthday?" Pinxiu repeated in astonishment and doubt, and immediately realized that it was not, today is her birthday, and she was so busy these days that she even forgot about it.Shazhi walked up, pushed her to the dining table, and said with a smile: "Sister Pinxiu, the girl has planned it since yesterday, and told us that today is your birthday, but because of our identity, we can't celebrate it, so we Everyone discussed it, you don't have to do anything today, just take a good rest for a day, it is your birthday present from all of us. Of course, we also have birthday presents, but when the time comes, sister Pinxiu just don't think it's too cold." Pinxiu After listening, there was a smile on my face, tears in my eyes, and I was so moved that I didn't know what to say.Hearing what Saori said, she understood why everyone reacted like this when she got up early.

After eating Pinxiu's birthday noodles, Luochun brought Shazhi to Jia's mother to make fun of her.The Pear Fragrance Courtyard where Xue's family lived in Jia's Mansion has another gate leading to the street, and Xue Pan's family uses this gate to enter and exit.Originally worried about living in Jia's house and being restrained by Jia Zheng, Xue Pan wanted to clean up the house and move out to live. Seeing that Jia Zheng didn't control him too much, after getting to know Jia's dude children, he would drink today, watch flowers tomorrow, and even Gambling, gambling and whoring, he gradually became omniscient, and Xue Pan had fun playing freely, so he gradually eliminated the idea of ​​emigrating.Under the influence of these people, people become ten times worse than they were back then.

There is a corner gate in the southwest of Lixiangyuan, leading to a narrow passage, and the east side of Mrs. Wang's main house is on the way out.Every day, after dinner, or in the evening, Aunt Xue would come to chat with Jiamu, or talk to Mrs. Wang; Very happy.One of the purposes of the Xue family's coming to Beijing was to send Baochai "to be selected", so Aunt Xue often served in front of Jia's mother, and it was self-evident what she had in mind.

When Luochun arrived in Jiamu's room, Aunt Xue was sitting beside her, and Mrs. Wang was talking to Jiamu, "...Bao girl is stable and generous, and the girls in our house are also very good-natured. It happens to be with Baoyatou, and Baoyatou is a few years older, she is sensible, and can help and take care of her..." Hearing these words, it seemed that Baochai was going to move to Jiamu's yard Come live here.Is this to give Baochai the reputation of having been "brought up" by Jia's mother?

This Luochun didn't understand. Originally, she thought Mrs. Wang repeatedly promoted Baochai in front of everyone, and she wanted to match Jinyu marriage. , She and the two sisters, Aunt Xue, didn't communicate well, so they didn't know, which is understandable.Then she didn't believe it, Mrs. Wang didn't know at this time, if this was the case, why did Mrs. Wang still admire Baochai so much?Could it be that sending Baochai into the palace can be regarded as a helping hand for Yuanchun because Yuanchun has been unable to make his mark in the palace for a long time?Or...Luochun suddenly remembered that although after Baochai was not allowed to enter the palace, the talk of "gold and jade" became very popular in the mansion for a while, but Mrs. Wang never made it clear that she wanted to marry Baochai for Baoyu. Did she intend to let Baochai be her daughter-in-law, or did she just push her out to fight Daiyu? In fact, Baochai was never the No.1 choice for her daughter-in-law, it was just a "smoke bomb" thrown by her. The Jia family fell, so they had to choose Baochai?Luochun thought about this question for a long time but didn't come up with an answer. It was a headache. Forget it. It's too difficult to guess the thoughts of these people. She couldn't figure it out. It's not difficult for herself. ignore.

Facing Mrs. Wang's words, Mother Jia still had the same attitude as before, just sitting on it and laughing, either pretending to be stupid, as if she didn't understand Mrs. Wang's subtext, or just talking about it, anyway, she just didn't take Mrs. Wang's words, In the end, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue returned without success again.However, although there was a setback with Jia Mu, in the mansion, the Xue family's money was not in vain. Coupled with Mrs. Wang's attitude, Xue Baochai's reputation was established.It is praised that although she is not very old, she has a good character and a beautiful appearance, and many people say that Daiyu is not as good as her.Moreover, Baochai's behavior is open-minded, and when she obeys her duties, she is no more arrogant than Daiyu, and her eyes have no dust, so she is more humble than Daiyu.Even those little girls are more than happy to play with Baochai.

Although there is no mention of the girls welcoming the spring in the mansion, it seems that only Daiyu is "lying down the gun", but before Baochai came, the mansion had already had a comparison.All the speeches at that meeting praised Miss Lin as an outstanding character, much better than the girls in the mansion, and none of the sisters in Yingchun could match her.Now that Baochai is better than Daiyu, wouldn't it be even worse for Yingchun and the others?