A New Biography of Daiyu in the Red Chamber

In the family-sacrificing villa, I have to bear the pain to part with each other, or I can go to my sister's place to have some fun. Mrs. Wang was thinking about it, and Jia's mother called Yuanyang to call Jia Lian and his wife. Yuanyang took the old lady's order to find Jia Lian. And Sister Feng, both of them went to Jiamu's room for a while. Sister Feng saw that Jiamu and Mrs. Wang's faces were not very good-looking, so she didn't dare to make a sound, so she just stayed and waited.

Jia's mother said, "Lian'er will go to Lin's mansion tomorrow and take my IOU to ask your eldest brother to borrow 10 taels of silver." When Jia Lian heard this, she was surprised. Isn't this an anecdote?She didn't dare to talk too much, so she just nodded, and Mother Jia looked at Sister Feng again: "Tomorrow, I will find two good people, and I will pack up and sell some of the good things I collected in the past year. It's almost time, pack it up and build the family-speaking villa, and the empress is also waiting impatiently, and I will go to the palace in the morning for approval, and I will talk in the palace if I don't build it." Jia Lian and Sister Feng hurriedly took their orders, and Madam Wang also said goodbye to the old man The wife came to Pear Fragrance Garden.

The Xue family's mother and daughter were doing needlework on the soft couch in Lixiangyuan. Baochai was talking to her mother about the extraordinary style of Lin Yanyu she saw yesterday, and Yinger called out crisply outside the house: "Madam is here." The mother and daughter stopped talking in surprise, Baochai hurriedly stood up to welcome her out, helped Mrs. Wang in, and sat down on the soft couch together. The Yinger served tea, and Mrs. Wang picked up the work on the couch, looked After a few glances, he praised Baochai's dexterity. Not only is he beautiful, but his hands are also dexterous. When Baochai heard that his aunt would not come to praise her for no reason, he raised his head and looked at his mother. What's the matter?My family has been in decline, and with my status as an imperial merchant, if I enter the palace for a draft, I can only choose someone who is talented and praised. My sister's influence in the palace made me choose as a beautiful girl, but who knows that this aunt is a cannibal, and she clearly let them live in Jia's house, and she has honored her with [-] taels of silver a few days ago , I'm afraid I want to get some benefits from here now.

Mrs. Wang only chatted a few words with Aunt Xue before slowly opening her mouth: "Sister, you also know that our Jia family is not as good as it used to be, and I want to build a family-saving villa for my mother, but the money can't keep up. What can my sister do here?" May I borrow some from my sister, and return it to my sister when the land rent commission is collected." Aunt Xue's face became impatient when she heard Mrs. Wang's words, and Baochai hurriedly gave her mother a look: "My aunt opened her mouth. I should be more filial to my niece, now my niece doesn't have much in my hands, I just give some of the leftovers from the daily frugality to my aunt. I'm still looking forward to my big sister talking more about it."

When Mrs. Wang heard Baochai's lovely words, she was very happy. At first, she didn't dare to expect to get money from here, but she didn't expect that Baochai would do things. Tomorrow, her daughter will have a chance to speak in front of Shengjia. , she decided to ask her to give this girl a spot as a show girl, so she quickly raised her eyebrows and asked, "How much can I get?" Baochai smiled slightly: "Our mother and daughter have a total of 5000 taels of cash in their hands. Since Auntie wants it, let’s give Auntie 3 taels, and the remaining 5000 taels, we still have to live, and there are some commissions in the shop, which is enough for daily expenses.”

After Baochai finished speaking, she gave her mother a look of embarrassment. Aunt Xue was so distressed that she almost shed tears. Although she went into the house to get the bank notes as she said, she had already scolded her sister thousands of times in her heart. A woman with bones, there must be retribution tomorrow, wait for my daughter to be favored, and see how I calculate today's account, Aunt Xue took out the bank note from the house, Madam Wang took it, seeing Aunt Xue's face is not very good, knowing It was because of the love for the money that she just smiled and said: "Don't worry, sister, my empress will visit my relatives tomorrow, and I will ask my empress to get a place for Bao girl to be a show girl, so that she will be prosperous in the future." Baochai heard My aunt finally told me that the 5 taels of silver was finally well spent, so she smiled and thanked Mrs. Wang for her kindness. After getting the silver, Mrs. Wang resigned from Baochai and Aunt Xue, and left the Lixiangyuan.

In Lixiangyuan, Aunt Xue saw Mrs. Wang gone, her face sank suddenly, and she complained that her daughter should not give that woman 3 taels all at once: "Bao'er should also think about mother and elder brother when doing things in the future. With so little money left, you have given filial piety to that woman, and our family can’t make ends meet.” Baochai was not angry when she heard Aunt Xue’s complaint, she squinted her eyes and smiled slightly: “Mother is confused, and my daughter is the kind who doesn’t know what to do. Someone who is calculating? Now I gave my aunt 5 taels of silver. Although she is greedy for a bargain, if she really asks her big sister to get a spot as a show girl, isn't it worth the money? Another one, if the time comes I failed the draft in the palace. Didn’t I please my aunt now? It’s not a problem to marry Baoyu in the future. Although Jia’s family is not as good as before, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. I will be the young mistress You must know that with our Xue family's imperial business family, if we marry a rich and powerful family, we will be blessed to sit in the position of young mistress. Thinking about it this way, after the 5 taels we use now, we will come back. "Aunt Xue heard what her daughter said, which was really true, so she let go of her heart. Then Baochai went on to say: "Mom will still be a good sister when she sees Auntie in the future. Don't put on a face like today. It made my aunt unhappy, and the 5 taels of silver we spent was in vain," Aunt Xue nodded, and it was true that her daughter was the backbone of the family.

Baochai was still sitting on the couch doing needlework, remembering how badly her mother gave her aunt just now, she was always uneasy, so she put down her work and stood up. Seeing her daughter getting up, Aunt Xue asked, "What's the matter?" Baochai After tidying up in the mirror, she turned around: "Just now, my mother gave my aunt a bad look. My daughter is worried, so I should go and have a look." Aunt Xue nodded, and called Ying'er to accompany the girl to the wife's yard.

Mrs. Wang was very happy because she got 3 taels of silver from Baochai, so she raised her head and asked Jin Chuan'er to call the third girl over, so that she could tell her a few words. He happily ran to find the third girl, and after a while Jin Chuaner led Tanchun in. Tanchun came in and greeted his wife first. Mrs. Wang asked her to sit down and looked at Tanchun with a smile. Chun looked puzzled, so what happened to his wife, she didn't have a good look at herself on weekdays, and she was wondering.

The silver bracelet raised the curtain to call Baochai to come in. When Baochai came in and saw that Tanchun was there, he didn't mention the matter of silver, but greeted Madam Wang. Bao girl sat next to her: "I was just about to have a conversation with your third sister, you should listen too." Baochai obediently sat beside Mrs. Wang and listened to what she had to say to Tanchun. Mrs. Wang glanced at Tanchun and said softly: "Although the third girl is not very old, the old lady intends to make a good marriage for you. She is the elder brother of Sister Lin's family. From now on, you should get closer to Sister Lin. We're going to be a family, don't make trouble with your sister." Before Tanchun could make a sound, Baochai was startled, it turned out that she was interested in Lin Yanyu, but his wife let Tanchun Chun got such a good marriage, but the brothers and sisters of the Lin family are not fools, they don't know what the wife's plan is, I'm afraid the wife's wishful thinking will come to nothing, what a shrewd person Lin Yanyu is, how could she let them As for the calculation, although Baochai understood it in his heart, he looked at Tanchun with a smile on his face, and said with a sweet smile: "Third sister looks good, isn't that cousin a rare person?"

Tanchun was suddenly blushed by Baochai, and gave Baochai a look, because his wife was there, and he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he just blushed and lowered his face, looking like a little girl, and the wife knew it Tanchun must be willing in his heart, so he said: "In the future, spend more time with your sister Lin, and be more flexible in your mind." Tanchun looked up, knowing what his wife meant, and his relationship with sister Lin on weekdays It's not very harmonious, now the old lady here intends to marry the Lin family, thinking that Lin Yanyu is not only a good-looking talent, but also the head manager of the first shop of the Imperial Merchant, and uncle Lin's adopted son, so she has a lot of face in her heart. It's not due to her, I couldn't help but think a little more at the moment, her face became more and more red, Baochai just looked at it coldly, and smiled secretly in her heart, she is really a daydreaming girl, then Lin Yanyu would marry such a useless woman ?

After Mrs. Wang and Tanchun finished talking about this matter, she asked Tanchun to go back, and Tanchun went out. Mrs. Wang took Baochai's hand and smiled without disturbing her mouth: "Bao girl is really lovely. You will definitely be a hit when you enter the palace, and my aunt will let your eldest sister win you a spot as a show girl, and when the emperor speaks in words, won't you be successful?" Baochai sneaked into Mrs. Wang's room obediently. In his arms, he took Mrs. Wang's arm: "If Baochai really flourishes, he will never forget Auntie's great kindness, and he will definitely repay Auntie at that time." Mrs. Wang became more and more happy when she heard that, Baochai So he stuck to Mrs. Wang and talked homely, which made Mrs. Wang laugh out loud, and stayed in Mrs. Wang's bedroom all afternoon.

In the evening, Sister Feng came over and saw Baochai in Mrs. Wang's room. Mrs. Wang was very happy, and she was all smiling. Sister Feng took the opportunity to pick up a few good words and said: "This is the only girl who can make my wife like this." I'm happy." Mrs. Wang nodded in agreement, and Sister Feng opened her mouth to ask Mrs. Wang if she had sorted out her things. Baoyu walked in rashly at this time, and when she saw Baochai, her elder sister immediately looked up.