Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

"Jia's house is very lively today. My aunt has sent messages to relatives' homes. Most of them prepared two gifts for them like us. There are only two or three tables that are actually sitting at the banquet. At first glance, it was just for food, and it was so shabby. Mistress Bao didn't go to the banquet from the beginning to the end, she just hugged the child and followed the concubine to greet the guests, and she didn't know who was the decent lady." Bai Lu After chattering, he took a breath and continued: "When I went to deliver the satin, I saw a lot of acquaintances, the snow geese next to the Lin county master, the chess player next to the second girl Jia, and Ping'er were also there, and they all brought things to see her. , It’s so boring to set off Xiren. The concubine seems to be holding Xiren on purpose to fight against Grandma Bao, and it’s also capable of causing chaos with only a few people left in the family.”

Baochai glared at her after hearing this: "You are getting older now, making me even more disobedient to discipline. In the past, I didn't practice morality very much. Now even my relatives and wives dare to arrange it. I'm afraid it's nothing if I borrow your courage. Dare to say anything!" Bailu has been wild since he was a child, and he is also aggressive, otherwise he would not be able to help his father in managing the accounts in the shop. He has been with Baochai for so many years since he was a teenager, except for Su Momo who is still there It is time to learn some lessons, and it has been a long time since the number of people fell.Today, when Baochai made such an embarrassing face, a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on the back. Everyone at home and outside looked at her, and even her own height did not know how many catties or taels her bones had lightened.Asking the master to look at this for a long time before pointing it out, I think it is crossing the line.

Bailu immediately knelt down, her eyes were red and she didn't dare to beg for mercy.Baochai sighed and said, "A few days ago, Yinger's mother came to tell me about her marriage. Although she told me to come back there, there is also a good one here. If she can agree with her, if she can't, she will go out next year. How many years younger than Ying'er, do you have any plans? Your father always has a few acquaintances in Xue's shop, do they look good?" This means that you don't plan to use it personally.Egret "shua" burst into tears, and did not dare to shout, just kowtowed, out of breath and speechless.

Seeing her frightened like this, Baochai felt that she had learned her lesson, so she called out, "Get up and sit down and answer, why are you crying? Could it be that you are anxious to hate marriage?" The son laughed through tears, hurriedly got up and picked up Xiudun to sit down, and said, "Back to grandma, my father told me about him a few years ago. It turns out that he is the nephew of Steward Xue. His parents are gone. Only one of the older sisters married a clerk in the shop. Aren’t I still on an errand, so I don’t have the courtesy, I plan to wait until you ask for instructions.” Baochai asked her to say her name, and went to her mother’s house. I sent a letter to ask, a few days later Grandma Xue came to the letter and said that this young man is safe and has been working as a small manager in purchasing, and has not seen any mistakes in the past few years.

After asking about the situation, Baochai called Yinger and Bailu to the front: "You two have been with me for so many years, no matter what, I can't let you die. I have prepared two copies of the same dowry with you. Er, I can see the past slightly. Yinger has found the eldest son of Zhao’s shopkeeper’s family. In the future, he will also take over his father’s errand and continue to work in the shop. When he becomes a family, he can come back and be a manager for me. It’s Bailu, The young man mentioned is from my natal family. Either you go or he comes over. You can’t tell the couple to run on both sides. Don’t mention my sister-in-law, even I can’t justify it here. You go back and think about the regulations, and then just tell me the result. "Ying'er immediately agreed, and said that she should bring up the little girl to adjust and teach first, so as not to fail later.However, Bai Lu didn't say for sure, and it took two or three days before he came back and said, "My family told the other side to let that person come over. Their family went to beg Grandma, and they said that everything is ready for anyone who is in good standing. Nod here and ask someone to come over and find an errand to do first."

Baochai called the old steward to make arrangements, and the next day the Xue family issued the life deed of the nephew of the steward and came over with the bundles. He was still asked to do things on the purchase, and only took care of the family's powder and cloth, which happened to be next to the Xue family. Staring at the steward, the big pleats can't run away.

After another year passed, the family first married Bailu, and after returning home for three dynasties, Baochai proposed her to be an inner housekeeper in the inner courtyard.The original old housekeeper of the Shen family was about the same age as the old man, so it was not a problem for Jian Tian to run around like this, and it would be good if the front and back yards were separated, so that the old man could take a rest anyway.In addition, Bailu is aggressive and hard-spoken, and his account is a bit more innocent than that of an ordinary accountant, but it is a bit easier to use than being a personal maid.Speaking of Ying'er, the eldest son who married the storekeeper Zhao, it is Baochai's eyes that are placed outside.

The two maids got married a month apart, and even Shen Yu, who had never cared about the affairs of the rear house, heard the news, and came back smiling and complaining to Baochai: "My maids, who always follow grandma, are staring at her. How long will it take for the fat and water to flow to other people's fields, and when will it be cheaper for him?" Baochai said with a smile: "This is a marriage that their own parents showed them. If they are optimistic about me, I will only pay a dowry silver Forget it, it's so lenient. If there are people around you who are optimistic, just ask them to ask someone to tell me, don't they have a bright face when they raise a nest of old maids who can't get married?" The couple joked After a few words, Baochai's maidservant was changed, and it was over.In a few days, there was a daughter-in-law named "Steward Xue" in the backyard of Shen's family. Outside, Qingwen Yuanyang was also happy to see Yinger, so she kept asking the children about their private affairs.

A few months later, a letter came from Xue's house one day, saying that Mrs. Xue was ill and wanted to ask my aunt to go back and have a look.Baochai was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered a car to drive to her mother's house.Shen Yu happened to be at home, and when she heard about it, she was anxious, so she went outside to urge the servants, and within a quarter of an hour, she took Sister Xuan and went to Xue's house in the east of the city.

When they arrived at the gate of Xue's house, the head butler was standing outside to greet the delicate guests. Baochai felt something was wrong when he got out of the carriage - how can the head housekeeper stand leisurely outside when the wife is sick?The head butler of Xue's family is an old man, so he can't be like this anymore.Sure enough, the big housekeeper came up to call Qianer and said: "It's hard work for my aunt and uncle to run this trip. The wife is indeed a little uncomfortable just now, but about this matter, there is no way to open your mouth outside. You should come in and sit down." Let's listen together."

Baochai and Shen Yu glanced at each other, although they were full of suspicion, they still walked in with the child in their arms.The housekeeper led the way, and when he walked to the main courtyard where Mrs. Xue lived, he saw Xue Pan and Xue Biao were there, and Bao Qin and Xu Ying Xiuyan were sitting together watching the two little nephews playing. When the great aunts came back, they all looked up.Xu Ying got up and went to pick up Sister Xuan from Baochai's arms. It was extremely rare, and it didn't look like something happened at home.Mrs. Xue was sitting at the head seat and was staring at the maid beside her peeling the oranges for the three little things below, and she couldn't tell from her expression that "I really didn't feel very comfortable just now".

When the children were all holding the delicious and sweet oranges, Mrs. Xue sat upright and said indifferently: "Whether you are a uncle or a daughter-in-law, we are all one family. Calling you back today is mainly because of a family ugliness." I don’t plan to make it public. After all, who knows how many families have spread the word of telling the servants to spread the word, others are shameless, but Xue’s family is shameless.” As he spoke, he glanced out dissatisfied, and the maids and women in the room hurriedly left The voice subsided, and when the door was closed, Mrs. Xue said: "Your aunt Jia's family is not well, and it's only these two days. No matter what is said on the street outside, it doesn't involve Xue. The family is like the east wind blowing the horse's ear, whether it is the Xue family or the Yang family, the Xing family or the Shen family, just hit the big-eared melon seeds!"

Baochai was confused when he heard this, so he hurriedly asked: "Why is my aunt not feeling well? Didn't my son just go out of his way to catch up with his grandson? Please explain clearly the ins and outs first." Mrs. Xue Only then did he take a breath, and when he looked carefully, he was so angry that his hands were shaking a little.

Mrs. Xue took a sip of the tea, put it down before suppressing her anger and said: "It's not that evil!" After holding back, she couldn't help reaching out and slapping the small table next to her: "The Jia family came early this morning. A woman came to the door crying all the way, saying that their wife was not good. At that time, I was dizzy. I just thought it was an old sister who had reached the end of her life. Spit out everything. It was Baoyu who choked his neck and started arguing with his old mother, and pushed my old sister out of anger, and when he woke up, his hands shook and his mouth crooked." This is still not clear. Luckily, Baochai knew early on that when her mother was in a hurry to speak, she would sway her hammer here and there, so she helped her patiently: "Let me tell you that brother Bao has always been filial, why are you making trouble with my aunt this time?" Mrs. Xue His face turned pale: "To be honest, there is something about your aunt's dishonesty. Didn't they ask to drive out many girls from their yard in the early years? Some of them were served by Baoyu's side, and they didn't even call for clothes. It's a bad relationship. When Baoyu went out to play during the New Year's Eve, he happened to bump into a man named Musk Moon on the street and asked her to be dragged by a man. Go to the building and sell it to pay off the gambling debt. Baoyu then foolishly stepped forward to stop the person, spent the money and rented a house and quietly placed the person outside, and then put the person in the room. These days you The aunt was all about trying to catch her grandson, but somehow the wind reached the ears of the musk moon, so she came to the door with a full stomach and planned to rely on the child to enter the door. The door reported the news to your aunt, and the person was the first to receive it. Within five days, the child was lost. Because of this, Sheyue was dying, and Baoyu had a few fights with your aunt because of her, and even said that she would shave her head and become a monk. How can she not make a mother feel disappointed?"

After hearing this, Baochai said again: "Since the person who came here said it was not good, please ask the doctor to see it. At least how much can be saved. What did the doctor say?" When this was mentioned, Mrs. Xue became even more angry: "Baoyu is here. Child, you look decent on weekdays, but you get confused when it comes to critical moments! I said the same thing, but when I asked someone? It was Baoyu who was so frightened that she ran out and hid in the house of an actor she had a good relationship with in the past. , now this doctor surnamed Hu was hired by Miss Yun with money. Anyway, after all, no matter how well-educated the children of our family are, they will be there, and they will never let the old people ignore Don’t ask.” After she spoke, she forgot what she had complained about Baoyu just now, and the juniors sitting in the room had to exchange glances with each other, and no one dared to remind her.Baochai Quan didn't realize that her mother's preface didn't match up with the latter, so she just held the teacup and said slowly: "That is to say, Brother Bao has been raising an outside room for about half a year, and yesterday he had a fight with his aunt because of this outside room. It made my aunt angry, so I asked someone to come and report it, okay?"

Mrs. Xue nodded, and continued: "I'm thinking, I'm going to see your aunt tomorrow, will you go?"

Since it is said that people are not very good, relatives should go or have to go.Mrs. Xue changed the subject and said: "Your sister-in-law saw that the sky lost the broom and the spatula, so she asked her to rest at home. It seems that Brother Tiao's family has another one, and it's not convenient for Sister Qin to go there. If you don’t shy away, let the two of us go as companions.” Anyway, I have received favors from the Jia family, no matter how big or small the favors are, even if I only ate a bowl of rice, I can’t pretend that I didn’t for the sake of my elders. hear.Baochai responded, "Come on, I'll come here by car tomorrow morning, and we invited old doctor Xu to visit my aunt's house together. Although it doesn't bother the two masters, this doctor Hu is not the one we often enshrine. I don’t know what the means are, so I’d better trouble Dr. Xu, so that I can get an accurate answer and feel at ease.”

In fact, I feel that Mrs. Xue's state is not right. No matter what, she has been a mistress all her life. She can't be like this when she was young. Why can't she even speak when she gets older?Baochai secretly thought that she had brought a doctor to see her mother first, and it would be best if she was safe and sound, and if something happened, the family would make arrangements and take care of the little old lady.

So I rushed back and sent people to the old doctor Xu's clinic first to talk, and the next morning, I got a car early to pick up the old doctor to go out, and the two cars went to Xue's house.

The old doctor Xu is also an acquaintance of the Xue family, since he is here, he must ask the masters of the Xue family for a safe pulse.Xue Pan and Xue Biao are all in good health, Xu Ying Xiuyan told her to use more yin fungus and lily porridge on weekdays, Bao Qin got a medicinal recipe for sweet soup, and came to Mrs Xue alone, the old doctor Xu two through the gauze curtain After examining all the hands, he finally said: "The old lady is all well, but there is a little stagnation in the five internal organs, which is also a common symptom of the elderly. Take a few doses according to the prescription. On weekdays, the children often go to the old man's side to be lively." After being abducted, he said to the Xue family's sons and daughters: "People who have reached the end of life will gradually become a little confused. Find more things to do with the elderly, and worry about it may make things better. There are also people in their sixties. Yes, follow along."

Mrs. Xue didn't know that she had become the fragile porcelain in the eyes of her children, so she yelled for a handlebar to get out of the car, and finally arrived at Jia's door before Sishi.Today's Jia's family is just an ordinary family in Beijing. The house facing the street is rented out as a facade to collect rent. There is a yard behind and a door behind. Going in is the place where women usually stay. place.

As soon as he entered, he saw Xiren standing by the second gate, dressed in homely old clothes or as a servant, standing aside to welcome the guests.Aunt Xue stood still, her eyebrows almost flew to the sky, and said: "No one here has asked Auntie to come out to welcome guests, how shameless is it? You don't want to have a kiss with the Xue family, do you?" She turned around and wanted to leave Next to him, the other servants of the Jia family were busy blessing their bodies, those who blocked them, those who apologized for their smiles, and the big girl beside Xiangyun, Cuihui, was also there at this time, and she forced a smile and said, "I am wronged to see such a person." Turning to tell the mother-in-law behind her: "Hurry up and invite my aunt down, the family is not shameful enough."

The attacker must have asked for something when he ran out, so he just fooled around like this, knelt on the ground with a thud and wanted to pounce forward.The servants of Xue's family asked her to make her wish wherever they came, and helped Mrs. Xue to step back, and the mother-in-law of Jia's family ran back with her arms in her hands.After running far away, Xiren cried and begged to be reunited with the mother and child. Mrs. Xue said with a pale face: "Go and see your wife first. I don't care about the rules as an outsider, so I'll call you guys." Grandma can figure it out on her own." The mother-in-law took the concubine to raise her, and she said that it made sense to go there, no one wants to spend time listening to a concubine call him wronged, that's all.

After entering the main room, Mrs. Wang was lying on the bed with a few pillows on her back so that people could sit and meet guests.When Mrs. Xue saw her sister in such a state, she couldn't help crying anymore. Mrs. Wang heard the voice and opened her eyelids to see that it was the girl who was coming. Then she saw Baochai dressed in homely plain clothes, slim and graceful, although she wasn't all over her body. Lingluo, but even those with a discerning eye can see that life is going smoothly and there is no need to worry about livelihood, and there are tears in my eyes when I regret it.

Mrs. Xue stretched out her hand to hold Mrs. Wang, choked with sobs and couldn't say a word.On the contrary, Mrs. Wang was sober at this moment. She looked at Baochai and then at her daughter-in-law who had been standing by the bed waiting for her illness. This is the end of love, and the next generation may not even play in one place, and when the old people are gone, they will not be able to talk about whether they are relatives or not.

Baochai turned her head to look at Xiangyun, then nodded to Mrs. Wang, and she agreed to the matter.Mrs. Wang grabbed her younger sister's hand back, and the tears under her eyes became more and more conspicuous.

After Mrs. Xue looked at Mrs. Wang and counted down for two days, someone from Jia's family came to report the funeral, saying that their wife had gone at night.After Mrs. Wang's funeral was over, none of the relatives and friends saw Baoyu show up, and later heard that this man was crazy and foolish and asked a monk to take him away. Only Jia Zheng, who had been traveling around, said that he had met a Back, I have never seen it again in the vast snow.Others only said that he was so angry that his mother hid out to avoid the limelight for fear of being scolded by others, but only Baochai knew that this person would never come back again.