Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

Baochai went back to Pear Fragrance Courtyard, and changed his clothes first.

Chinese New Year season.A passable family pays attention to putting on new clothes, so naturally she will not take out those half-new and not old clothes that she usually wears at this time.

The brand-new bright red clothes were worn on her body, making her skin plump and radiant, without any loss of splendor.

It's just that as she washed away the makeup, the tiredness on her face could no longer be hidden.

Sitting in front of the mirror, Baochai took off the hairpins one by one.

While picking it, Aunt Xue suddenly came.

Baochai looked back and was about to get up, Aunt Xue hurriedly said: "This is home, and there is no one else, so why get up?"

Baochai still faced the mirror and continued to remove the hairpin.

Aunt Xue sat beside her and looked at it for a while. She didn't see the golden lock on Baochai's neck, so she said, "My son, why don't you see you wearing your golden lock? You still wear it when you go out today. Where are you going?" gone?"

Baochai had already taken off all the useless ornaments, and hurriedly opened the dowry again, took out the gold lock wrapped in cloth and showed it to Aunt Xue, and then said with a smile: "Well, I have already returned home, and I have changed it. The clothes, I took them off and put them away when I changed clothes. It’s all right, why bother to wear it? It’s a panic."

Aunt Xue was a little relieved, but still had a worried look on her face.

Although she knew that the golden lock was heavy, she felt sorry for her daughter, and she didn't want to persuade her daughter to wear it for a long time, but she also knew that the lock was related to a good marriage of gold and jade, so she finally said: "That child Baoyu wears his precious jade as soon as he wakes up. Take it off when you sleep, and it’s still by your side.”

Baochai understood Aunt Xue's meaning very well.

She punched out the golden lock and chiseled the characters, just to make a pair with Baoyu's jade.

Now, in Jia's family, who hasn't heard that she has a golden lock, and there are characters on the lock, and the characters are a pair with the characters on the psychic jade?

Today she went to Wang's house together with Aunt Xue. Apart from hearing the meaning behind Madam Wang's appointment two days ago, she specially changed into bright clothes and brought precious ornaments. on.

Although she wears it more discreetly, half hidden in her clothes, but she has a little more heart, how can there be any invisible or unexpected reason?

However, none of Mrs. Wang and others mentioned the matter of Jinsuo, and it was even more difficult for Baochai and Aunt Xue to take the initiative to mention it.Baochai thought it was boring.

Aunt Xue cared so much about her marriage with Baoyu, how could the others care about it?

She shook Aunt Xue's hand, and said in a low voice: "Mom, in my opinion, we should not bother so much about these things. Don't talk about the reaction from Mrs. Jia, even Auntie asked us to come here that day. I was so eager when I was there, but now it has faded a lot. If I continue to delay like this, I don’t know how many twists and turns there will be.”

Aunt Xue's face became more worried: "Although this is the case, what can we do? At most, we can just make some other plans, but we can't let it go here. Besides, let's let the rumors out, Suddenly, I don’t take it seriously, I’m afraid I’ll be laughed at by them even more.”

"mom……"

Seeing that Baochai wanted to say something else, Aunt Xue withdrew her hand and patted the back of Baochai's hand: "Son, why doesn't Mom understand what you want to say?"

"After all, our family is in today's situation, and there is no other way. In the end, we can only continue like this. After all, you need to pay more attention to Baoyu's side. I'm with your aunt."

"As for the old lady, it's really troublesome. But in my opinion, it's not that she doesn't like you. As long as Miss Lin has no intentions, things will be much easier. Besides, the old lady can't directly decide Baoyu's marriage, so we don't have to be too nervous .”

Although Baochai echoed Aunt Xue's words, the smile on her face was more forced.

When Aunt Xue left, Baochai sat in front of the mirror, lost in thought.

When I came to Wang's house today, because she and Aunt Xue were both wearing rich clothes and shining ornaments, the palace was from top to bottom, and the attitude towards her mother and daughter was acceptable.

In the end, it was inevitable that some people would take the opportunity to ask about the Xue family's business.I'm even more afraid that they already knew it already, and they just sneered a few words, or took the opportunity to beat them up.

When Baochai's father was alive, the Xue family was really rich in millions, and they were the No. 1 sponsors for the prince's official career. Therefore, although they were only imperial merchants, they were never underestimated.

He only hates that Xue Pan is not the one who can inherit the family business, and with the current decline of the Xue family, it is inevitable that he will be looked down upon by these noble relatives.

Mrs. Wang specifically told her to dress up richly, just to let other people see that no matter how bad the Xue family is, it is still much richer than theirs.Although these practices do not lose the pomp of officials and famous families, they are not liked by Baochai.

Aunt Xue thinks that Mrs. Wang's actions are intended to achieve the marriage of Shuangbao, so that others can know that Xue's family is not in trouble, and Baoyu and Baochai are in the same family, so she is very satisfied.

However, Baochai felt that when she met Mrs. Wang Ziteng today, her aunt's words intentionally or unintentionally used the topic of big expenses in her lord's officialdom, and she seemed to want the Xue family to give money.

Throughout the history, officials have always advocated not to compete with the people for profit. Although this dynasty does not limit officials to do business, officials still rely on their status, and few people do business.Even if there is a shop at home, it is ashamed to mention the business.

Affected by the culture of buying officials, corruption has been banned repeatedly in this dynasty, and the officialdom has made Fei far better than the previous dynasty. Those who are interested in official careers have to spend a lot of money first.If the sons of the king and grandson of Rao Jingzhong don't want to be idlers, if they can't rely on their background in the imperial examinations, and they can't get the qualifications of a private official, then they need to spend money to buy an official to find a future.

Baochai hopes that Baoyu can concentrate on studying as soon as possible, so that he can pass the imperial examination and embark on an official career.

In this way, even if she can't marry Baoyu, at a time when the four major families are young and hard to take the lead, if she gets a Baoyu and inherits the family business, she may be able to change the future a little.

And Baochai is also clear, don't look at Baoyu's disposition is a little perverse, but it is very reliable to discuss her character in detail.Even though there are many unconventional aspects, thinking of his youth and his intelligence, he finally feels that he has the possibility of achieving the future.

For this reason, although Baochai was somewhat dissatisfied with her mother's actions, she never thought of resisting, and only obeyed her mother's arrangements, becoming a member of the golden and jade marriage.

However, in the bottom of her heart, other ideas have gradually emerged, only hazy, and even she herself feels that it is not true, let alone discuss it with her mother.

The next day.

There is an endless stream of relatives and friends who come to Jia's mansion to celebrate the festival, and the halls and courtyards are full of opera wine.

Aunt Xue took Baochai to Jiamu's room early to chat and laugh with her.

Jia Mu is full of energy and entertains some guests.Because Daiyu was young and weak, Mother Jia was very reluctant to make her tired, so she only let her play with her sisters, whether it was playing Go or playing cards, and the sisters were not restricted during the New Year's festival. .

On the other hand, Baoyu, of course, would rather stay in the courtyard and play with his sisters, but today Jia Zheng called his name and asked him to meet the guests too. No matter how helpless he was, he had no choice but to go, but he had to tell Daiyu said a few words, and when he came back, he still wanted to play flying chess together.

It should be noted that Daiyu brought flying chess yesterday and taught her sisters how to play. Baoyu is mixed in the pile of fat and powder, how can anyone not hear of it?Just played it and liked it.After knowing that it was a new gameplay developed by Chongyu, I sighed in my heart that I might have misunderstood Chongyu before.

Mrs. Chu, the wife of Baoling Hou Shi Nai, also brought Xiangyun to celebrate the festival. When Jia Mu saw Xiangyun, she greeted her a few words, knowing that Xiangyun would stay for a few days this time, and saw Xiangyun restrained in front of Mrs. Chu. Very happy, let her go to play with the sisters.

Xiangyun was led by a little girl, and when he arrived at the room where the girls were playing, he opened the door. Before he entered, he yelled, "Is Second Brother here?"

When everyone heard the voice, they knew it was her.

Daiyu and Tanchun were playing Go, holding up the chess pieces, thinking about where they should land.Suddenly hearing Xiangyun's voice, her hands trembled, and the chess pieces fell onto the board.

She was busy picking it up, but Tanchun clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I don't regret it! Sister Lin, I'm going to beat you in this game."

Daiyu looked at the board and knew that she had made countless mistakes.This was just a joke between sisters, winning or losing is not an important matter, she didn't even argue, she just smiled and said: "I'll let you win this round."

After finishing speaking, she turned around, looked at Xiang Yun who was slightly disappointed because she knew that Baoyu was not there, and said narrowly: "Good girl Yun! When you come here, I only know that you love my brother? But you bite your tongue and love to talk! Even a The second elder brother can't call out, but he just loves his elder brother. Now that you are asked to play Go, it's up to you to make love again."

Xiangyunben was talking to Baochai. Hearing what Daiyu said, he couldn't help saying to Baochai, "Sister Bao, look, it's just sister Lin who refuses to let people go. It's not good to pick people. I think I'm better than you." Hello everyone, so I saw one and made fun of the other."

When Baochai heard this, she raised her eyes to look at Daiyu.

Daiyu saw that Baochai's face was full of smiles, her face was as beautiful as ever, and the trace of tiredness that was deeply hidden when she came back from Wang's house last night was completely gone now.

She heard what Xiangyun said, and she had to think about how to go back tit-for-tat, but now seeing Baochai's face, she just replied: "I don't think I am better than the world. Personally, I don't dare to find fault?"

She is used to bickering with Xiangyun. They are noisy, but they can always predict what the other party wants to say next. Therefore, after hearing what Xiangyun said just now, and knowing that Xiangyun Xi Baochai is kind, she knows Xiangyun clearly. The words were full of praise for Baochai, so she said it hastily, and she was too late to regret it.

She had intentionally resolved the past conflicts with Baochai, but today she had a verbal conflict, and she didn't know how to apologize to Baochai.

Xiangyun also heard that she meant Baochai in her words, but she was afraid that Baochai would be uncomfortable and would not argue with Daiyu again, so she just smiled and said, "It's good if you know. When I came in just now, I was listening What are you calling six o'clock, but what are you playing?"

Yingchun smiled and said: "This is called flying chess, and it is a new trick developed by Brother Chongyu. Girl Yun, come and have a look."

The chess player next to Yingchun took up all the chess pieces, playing with the girls, and now he hastened to make room for Xiangyun.

Coincidentally, Yingchun and others should start this game of chess, only Xichun's chess piece has already taken off, so it doesn't matter if Xiangyun joins.

After Xiangyun figured out the rules, she used to love to talk and laugh, but now she became the loudest one. When she rolled the dice, she started to shout six, but she still squinted at Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, you can hear clearly, I'm only calling six today!"