Jia Yao of the Red Chamber

Chapter 15 The Murder of Xue Pan and the Entry of Xue's Family to Beijing

On a summer afternoon, Jia's mother was taking a nap at home. Baoyu had now learned four books of poetry from her husband, and his husband gave him two days off, so he spent these two days resting at the mansion.Jia Yao and Daiyu refused to take a nap, but played in the front room.The two little girls were surrounded by only a few little maids, and there were no adults to restrain them, so they were somewhat lawless in Jiamu's room.The two took off their shoes and knelt on the bench where Jia Mu usually sat, with their heads together, fiddling with a nine-link ring.Baoyu moved a small stool and put it on the edge of the couch, next to the two little girls, giving advice from time to time.

"This~~~Yao'er put this on," Baoyu directed, "It's not that, it's the one by Sister Lin! Ah, no, Sister Lin, pull this off."

The two little girls spat, "Brother, don't make trouble with us."

"Baoyu, please be quiet."

Although Daiyu is younger than both Baoyu and Jia Yao, she doesn't call them "brother" or "sister", but only calls them "Baoyu" and "Yaoer", but Jiayao and Baoyu like it on the contrary.Although the two have no unruly and rebellious temperament, they are also people who don't care about etiquette. Now that Lin Daiyu is here again, the two of them can only be happy.

"Brother, if you have nothing to do, go and paste the paper kite that I broke last time. It's my favorite phoenix-tailed butterfly. Its tail was broken." Jia Yao confessed without raising her head. precious jade.

The three little ones had fun here without going to class or sleeping, but Mrs. Wang was a little gloomy.Mrs. Wang was opening a family letter with Wang Xifeng, and Mrs. Wang's brother and sister-in-law sent two daughters-in-law to talk.But it turned out to be Mrs. Wang's concubine sister, married to the Xue family, the only one of the four major families that was a merchant's family, and gave birth to a son and a daughter to the Xue family.Two years ago, Mrs. Wang's younger sister's husband-in-law died, and Mrs. Wang cried a lot because of it.Now Xue Pan, the eldest son of her concubine sister, relied on wealth and power to kill people, and now he should be tried in the case of Tianfu. Her elder brother Wang Ziteng got the information and sent his family to tell this place, intending to call Aunt Xue to take him with him. My family went to Beijing to avoid it.

Mrs. Wang and this concubine were not very close when they were at home, but when they were away, they kept in touch with each other more often.Now I feel that my younger sister is really suffering, and I have raised such a son, and I am not up to date.Now it has reached the point of killing people.

When my sister comes with her children, she will have to buy a house.It will take a while to buy a house, and then either let the nephews live in the elder brother's house, or let them live in Jia's house first.I have to let my brother or master discipline me well.

Speaking of discipline... Master doesn't like children who are tired and don't like to study, not to mention Xue Pan not only doesn't like to read, but also caused a lot of trouble.That master must not have a good impression of Xue Pan.It's better for her Baoyu, the master is such a strict person, who used to be picky about Zhu'er, but now he doesn't admonish Baoyu much.However, now that Baoyu is willing to work hard, if that child Pan'er comes, he will definitely bring with him the bad habits from Jinling. If her Baoyu is taken away~~~

Mrs. Wang was a little worried when she thought about it.It is said that children, especially boys, are easy to learn to be bad, but difficult to learn well. Baoyu is now just under ten years old. ~~

If possible, let the younger sister live with her nephew at her mother's house, and change the name to make it more logical.

Mrs. Wang thought for a long time, and wrote to Aunt Xue by herself.Conveyed Wang Ziteng's idea of ​​letting Aunt Xue come to the capital.And asked Wang Xifeng to send a message to her natal family, saying that she had sent a message to her sister.

A few days later, Aunt Xue replied to the letter, of course she agreed.He also said that he also had this meaning in the first place, and asked his relatives and sisters to take care of him when he went there, and so on.

It turned out that Aunt Xue wanted to go to Beijing because her son beat someone to death and she wanted to escape.It also means that Baochai wants to enter the palace to run for election, saying that he wants to wait two years to be released from the palace so that he can have a good net worth, but in fact, everyone understands the meaning contained in it.It's just that I want my daughter to turn from a sparrow into a phoenix and become a noble person.Mrs. Wang had better be strong when she was young, and she had this idea, otherwise she wouldn't have sent Yuan Chun, who had been exempted from the election, to the palace.I really feel that my daughter is like a fairy, even a fairy is worthy, and I am not reconciled to letting my daughter marry someone with a comparable family background.However, after so many years, Yuan Chun has never had a sign of being favored, and it is estimated that he has no future.Now that Mrs. Wang is getting older, she has reduced her competitive thoughts by three points. For the youngest daughter, she only has more fancy than the eldest daughter.But now she feels that it's all right to find someone with a lower status to marry, and she may not be proud if she has to be a master.The ladies in the palace are the masters outside, but there are so many dirty things in the palace, good girls should not suffer from that.It's serious to marry an ordinary person, so you don't need to look at your mother-in-law's face.But Jia Yao is still young anyway, so she didn't expect so much.

However, Aunt Xue brought Xue Pan and Baochai to Rongguo Mansion in Yueyu.Because Aunt Xue is a relative, and her seniority is not low, the three of mother and son came here, which was different from Daiyu's first arrival.In particular, Mrs. Wang was in short supply because of her elder brother's promotion, and she was worried that she would lose contact with her natal relatives, which made her feel a little lonely.Now that Aunt Xue is here, she is naturally happy.Even Jia's mother was only happy when she heard that Xue's family had come to Beijing.After all, the four major families are linked together, so it is reasonable to move around more.

That day, after breakfast, I heard that Aunt Xue had arrived with her children.Mrs. Wang hurriedly took her daughter-in-law and others, took them out of the hall, and took Aunt Xue and others in.When the sisters met in their twilight years, needless to say, they were full of sorrows and joys, weeping and laughing.Baoyu, Jia Yao and Daiyu don't go out in Jiamu's main room, and Yingchun and Xichun are only waiting in Jiamu's room.One is that Daiyu is also a guest in Jia's house, and there is absolutely no reason for her to welcome him again; the other is that Yingchun and Xichun are not Mrs. Wang's daughters, so there is no need to rush out to welcome Aunt Xue, which seems that Jia's family despises them too much; Ze Baoyu and Jia Yao thought of Xue Pan when they thought of the word "Xue", and couldn't help having a headache, so they said they would stay and talk to the old lady.Although Jia's mother likes relatives to come and go, it's better to have a lively and lively time, but she doesn't want her own babies to give too much respect to Mrs. Wang's natal concubine.

On the contrary, Aunt Xue talked with Mrs. Wang for a while, and then invited Jia Mu to visit, and offered all kinds of favors and land and things.When Jia Mu saw the things from Jinling's hometown, she felt at ease.Aunt Xue brought Xue Baochai to Jiamu alone, and asked Baochai to greet Jiamu.Seeing that Baochai was born dignified, Jia Mu nodded with a smile, and called Baochai to come up to ask him what books he had read and how old he was.Baochai said: "My father went to school for a few days like my elder brother in Japan. Recently, because I am getting older, I pay more attention to needlework." Jia Baoyu was relieved when he saw that Xue Pan had not come.Aunt Xue and Baochai met Jiamu and shared gifts. Baoyu, Daiyu and Jiayao's share was rich, so Baoyu and others were able to visit Aunt Xue.

Jia Yao was spoiled by Mrs. Jia Muwang since she was a child, and because she was younger than Baoyu, although Jia Mu thought Baoyu was the first in her heart, she was usually more used to Jia Yao.Therefore, Jia Yao and Baoyu went up together to greet Aunt Xue, so that no one thought it was wrong, but Aunt Xue and Baochai secretly wondered, and their understanding of Jia Yao's favorability increased.

Aunt Xue is getting old, seeing this pair of golden boys and jade girls, her nephew and niece are naturally in her arms, she can't help but wonder why the two little people are so cute, and give each other one by one. A meeting ceremony: two golden fruits per person.For a moment, Mother Jia asked Daiyu to salute again, and only followed Baoyu to call her aunt. Aunt Xue knew that this was the daughter left by the older girl. She looked at her carefully, shook her head and sighed, "Why is there such a handsome man It looks like a hibiscus flower standing there." Like Baoyu Jiayao, he gave two golden fruits as a meeting gift.Mother Jia was naturally satisfied and didn't mention it.

The elders met and played, and the younger generations naturally also greeted each other.Baochai greeted Yingchun first, and Baoyu and the others greeted Baochai again.

When it was Jia Yao's turn, she took a closer look at Baochai before paying respects.He said in his heart, "Cao Gongcheng is not deceiving me, this Baochai is really a beauty not inferior to Daiyu. She has apricot face and peach cheeks, icy skin and skin, autumnal eyebrows, and shimmering eyes. The body is slightly plump, but round and just right. The advantage is that it is exquisite and beautiful. The vermilion lips seem to be smiling naturally, so it is amiable to see."

Looking away, Jia Yao half-blessed her lower body, "My sister is really the same color as a peony flower. I think Daiyu and I will just say that we are messing with rough coal and that's it."

Baochai returned the gift with a smile, and said, "Sister Yao'er is so smart, after seeing you and Sister Lin, I just need to find a crack in the ground and get in."

At this time, Daiyu also came up to salute and said, "Yao'er's words are really good. With Sister Bao's character, I'm afraid that the old ancestor will give his heart to Sister Bao in the future."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Do the two monkeys know now? Be quieter in the future. Now that you are so dignified and courteous, I will ignore you in the future." The people in the room listened. All these words were laughed.

Jia Yao and Daiyu looked at each other, and they both saw interest in each other's eyes.