Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

A few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, a woman came to the door and said that a relative had a happy event to send a post.Menzi looked at people unfamiliar, so he sent them away casually because he didn't dare, and he couldn't put them in at will. He just asked people to come in and wait in the gatehouse first, arranged for a servant to make tea, and then turned around and trotted in to report.

Baochai was ordering his servants to spread things on the floor of the wing room and the inner room in the east courtyard. After one year old, sister Xuan began to walk slowly all over the floor with the help of the bed.After all, the child is small, and his legs and feet are not familiar, so he just moved forward with two small hands, and if he was in a hurry, he might have to stick his buttocks.As soon as the baby left, the few pairs of eyes at home couldn't keep their eyes on it. Those scissors, needles and thread had been sent to the chest of drawers early on, but they still couldn't stop. All the furniture on the edge was wrapped in soft cloth, so that sister Xuan would not stand still and fall down.

After catching Zhou Su, she went back to Xue's house and continued to teach Baoqin. Baochai went to Renyazi and bought two honest women. There were three of them, including nurses, to help take care of the children.When the doorman came in to report, he was playing with the children while planning his livelihood in the dowry shop.The doorman called Qian'er from outside and said: "Go back to grandma, there is a strange old woman outside who came to deliver a post, she didn't say clearly, just said that a relative has a happy event and invites you to have a drink."

Baochai asked him to bring someone in first to ask, in case a new servant has been replaced, so as not to cause embarrassment when we meet the previous one.After waiting for about a stick of incense, I heard the rough envoy outside whispering that someone had brought it here.Baochai looked out through the crystal curtain, and saw that the woman who came to deliver the posters had thick hands and big feet, her clothes were half-new and not old, her hair was clean, but her rules were very rough.Now, seeing the master, he rubbed his hands tightly back and forth on the skirt of his clothes, but he couldn't even get a blessing.It was the old woman who had brought people in from outside and poked her waist, then knelt down and kowtowed awkwardly.Before Baochai could cry out, the woman put her buttocks on her calves, straightened up and said, "Grandma, our second master has a brother, and as soon as the wife is happy, she says she wants to have a banquet at home. Invite relatives to sit down."

This muddleheaded person actually didn't even report to his family.Who knows where your second master came from? It's hard to tell whether this child is a concubine or a concubine, so people can't even prepare for etiquette.Baochai never made things difficult for her servants, so she first asked her to stand up and answer, and then asked patiently one sentence at a time: "Mother, just look at me, where did you come from?" She also hung down and patted her trousers, grinning and said: "When I went out, my wife explained that my aunt is the niece of a direct relative. Her family name is Jia, and she was also a well-known family in Beijing two years ago."

If someone from another family sent such a person out, Baochai would be able to think that he didn't want to be with his relatives anymore, but it would be fine if he heard that it was from the Jia family.Anyway, the aunt's family has never stopped strange people and strange things, so don't be surprised to add a servant who is out of touch.She asked again: "Is Second Grandma Bao happy to have Lin'er?" Based on the date, this child is likely to be a concubine, so he is a concubine.Baoyu is not an old man now, and to go to war so much for a bastard, no matter how you think about it, it makes people panic.Sure enough, the Jia family's mother-in-law said: "It's not the second grandma Bao's, it was born by our Aunt Hua. It's so handsome. My wife can't bear to let go when she holds her in her arms!"

Zaijun is also born of a concubine!It's not that you look down on people. After being well-educated, which child is incompetent?The fact that there is no distinction between the concubine and the concubine is the source of the chaos in the family. Now that the aunt is acting like this, it is strange that Xiangyun can not disturb the trouble.No matter how affectionate you were when you were young, you can't tell the difference between distant and close relatives. You're just a bastard, and it's not worth being a face to others.Baochai reached out to accept the post, didn't say whether to go or not, but asked the old woman, "Where did Mammy work before? Why didn't I see you at my aunt's house?"

The woman bared her yellow teeth and said, "I wasn't an errand in the Jia family. Earlier, the grandmothers around my wife redeemed their deeds and left. There was no one at home, so they hired me from the village. Well, let’s run some errands, I know the way!” Baochai looked at her carefully again, asked someone to reward her with fruit, and then sent her out.

After the mother-in-law left, Baochai opened the post and read it again. It said that he would hold a hundred-day banquet with the child in three days.Baochai then called Bailu to come over and said, "Go to the library and pick out a golden lock for my brother, pair it with two small bracelets, and get four bolts of good satin. After three days, I will go to Jia's house in Xifu for me." That's all. The satin is for Grandma Bao, you go and just tell her, "Everyone knows that she has been wronged, this wronged can't be eaten for nothing, first stabilize yourself and then talk about other things." After all, you can't make people angry It doesn't look good, otherwise she will have a hard time living in the future." Bailu saluted and went to the library to find something, and Yinger's mother who had just walked out asked her aunt to accompany her and came to the door to express her annoyance. Bai Lu met the visitor, smiled, nodded and went out.

Baochai called people in, but instead of kneeling to save face, she asked them to sit on a chair and talk slowly.Ying'er's mother smiled happily and said, "Ying'er is getting old, and my aunt and uncle are as good as one person. We can't let such a big girl get in the way. That's it. In the early years, we met a woman when we lived in Jia's house, and now we are all released. , but you have to ask the master about it first before you dare to speak. If this is not a small one, come and ask your aunt what the rules are." Yinger is indeed not young, and Baochai originally planned to find a reliable shopkeeper in the dowry shop. Or the steward should be with her, this Yingerniang suddenly came over and said such a thing, so she had to ask a few more questions.Baochai asked her: "Which mother-in-law is it? Whose family is it? What does her eldest son do for a living?" Then he explained with a smile: "Ying'er has served me for a while since I was a child. A good home. Even if you get married, you can come back and be in charge, and don't be in a hurry to make random promises to others."

Yingerniang laughed and said, "Back to grandma, this woman is Madam Lai's sister-in-law. Grandpa Lai has been the housekeeper of the mansion for decades. His son and daughter-in-law have been redeemed long ago, and his grandson later became an official. It's very beautiful now! The family I'm talking about and Grandpa Lai's family are Lianzong's brothers, and they are also the sons of the family in that house. They are not as capable as Grandpa Lai, but they are also a wealthy family." Baochai He didn't say good or bad after hearing it, but told her to go back first: "I'll ask Ying'er what she thinks. After all, getting married and living together, both parties must be happy, otherwise there will be troubles in the future, and I will still do my errand here!" As he said that, he asked someone to call Ying'er to come and ask questions. Ying'er's mother and the housewife hurriedly apologized and left with a smile.

The two most useful maids around Baochai are Yinger and Bailu, and Yinger is older than others.In her previous life, this girl followed Jia's family and learned to be the master of the house for her master. Baochai was caught off guard several times, but in the end she supported each other and walked for a long time. There was no credit but hard work.In this life, she has been tuned and taught by Madam Su for a few years, except for her sometimes sharp mouth, but there are no other problems. Naturally, Baochai cares a little more about her than other girls.Just now, Ying'er was ordered to watch someone repair the guest courtyard, and now I can only ask someone to find her again.

The rough envoy went out for a while, and Zhong Yinger came back in about a quarter of an hour. She stopped in the hall and said bluntly, "Go back to grandma, the bedding and curtains in the guest house have been checked and handed over to the washing lady." There is no need to move the flowers and trees, but there is only a wall on the west side that was a little bit collapsed by the snow last winter, and it needs to be repaired, and the paint on the houses everywhere will be repaired." Baochai listened carefully to her reply. After finishing the errand, I picked up a pen and wrote a sum in the account book, and asked someone to take the sign and hand it to her: "You take this to the housekeeper, and ask the outside to check the account to see how much money you need before reporting it in." , I will ask the account to put money out to hire someone."

Baochai didn't tell her to leave after she finished speaking, so Baochai pointed to the chair on the other side and said, "Sit down first, I have something to tell you here." After reading it again, she finally said: "You are the most useful big maid by my side. If you don't marry well, I will lose face, so I want to ask you what you mean. Prepare a dowry." After hearing this, Ying'er blushed and said, "I don't care about a good family, a family of things that betray the master, and now they are so messed up that dogs wear human clothes and yell five and six Wake up, God knows what bad idea is coming up!"

It turns out that Lai Da and other servants all got up after the defeat of the Jia family.The owner's family was in trouble, and the officials came to ransack the house, but no matter how much they ransacked it, they would not go to the street next to it. The children of these families who bought properties outside were not missing half of their sons.Later, the men of the Jia family sentenced them to such a low level that they could be released from the prison, so Mr. and Mrs. Lai immediately sent a silver to redeem themselves and brought them out.The whole Jia family thanked him, but they didn't know that he had already scooped up a lot of fat. Seeing that the tree fell down and there was no oil in the core, it was boring to go out.This is probably because he found out that life outside is not easy, so he turned around and wanted to find a master to protect him.

Baochai saw that Yinger was persistent, so she nodded and followed her and said, "Since you don't like Lai's family, you should not easily agree to those who are not capable at all. Otherwise, you will cause trouble for others and yourself. Why don't you do it yourself? See if there is anyone in our house or Xue's shop that you can look up to, if there is, come back to me, I will make a decision with you if there is nothing wrong, and don't worry about your mother."

Ying'er blushed when she heard this, and rubbed the handkerchief with both hands.Baochai knew at a glance that the girl might already have someone in her heart, so she let her out after a few jokes, and found another woman to pass on a message to Yingerniang: "Go and talk, girl Yinger It’s still useful for me to keep it, and tell her to go back to that family’s marriage.”

A few days later, when Mrs. Wang and her grandson were together for a hundred days, Baochai sent Bailu to take a visit with gifts.A concubine's banquet should only be done when there are no people present. Bailu said that he would have to return within two hours at the most, but he delayed entering the house until nearly You.Baochai naturally wanted to call her over to ask the reason, Bailu went in and was blessed, but pretended not to see Second Master Shen playing with the young lady in his arms, and lowered his head to report today's events one by one.

The author has something to say: I figured it out, it will probably end around NO.15, and then there may be one or two episodes.