Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

Rongning and Ningfu have been making a fuss over the Qin family's funeral. It is said that the entire capital city was almost overturned in order to find a coffin board. Jade.Suddenly one day, a shop assistant came to Lixiangyuan to report, saying that Jia Zhen, the lord of the Ning Mansion, heard that the Xue family had also hidden a pair of thousand-year-old masts that were bought for the Yizhong Prince Lao Qiansui who had broken things before, but were not used later. Wooden planks are in a hurry.The shopkeeper didn't dare to be self-reliant, so he sent someone over quickly to inquire if he could find out.

How dare you do it!Who is the so-called Prince Yizhong, Lao Qiantui?It was the second heir of the kingdom who was under one person and above ten thousand people before, but because of the palace slander and committed the disaster of witchcraft, he lost his sacred heart and broke things.Originally, he was just abolished and locked up at home, and he was still not inferior to other princes when he was given a supply. Who would have thought that he would hang himself to death suddenly one day.Suddenly, the government and the public were shaken, and the emperor's original three-pointed fatherly thoughts suddenly became eighty-pointed. Because of this, many families in the harem fell into the sand.No one dared to mention this "bad thing" old Qiantui lightly, and no one knew how Jia Zhen knew that the Xue family had a board that he could not use.Keqing of the Qin family, to put it bluntly, is just the wife of the Jia family in the Ningguo Mansion, and she doesn't even have an imperial order. How can she use the masts from Iron Net Mountain?In the future, people will report the crime of usurpation.

Baochai sighed and said to the clerk: "You only said that to Mr. Jia. Just say this board, when the old Qiansui was gone that day, he went into it, but then he didn't succeed and was in a hurry. He didn't know what to do. Where did it go, I’m afraid it’s a delay to find it now. It’s better to let Mr. Jia continue to look for it first, and we’ll send someone to check it carefully, and once we do it, we’ll find a way to send it over.” The guy opened his eyes and stared in confusion. , the egret next to him couldn't stand it any longer: "The girl means that we can't sell this thing to Ningguo Mansion, but we can't afford to offend them, so we can only think of an excuse to turn it over. Who is she, who can still leave ten things for nothing? The coffin will not come down in the next day? You just need to 'carefully' search for a month and then report the loss."

The clerk came to his senses, nodded and said: "Miss Xie for pointing out, I understand. Now I will go back and explain it to the shopkeeper. But the board is indeed in our shop in Beijing, so we have to cover it up." Baochai then took a sip of tea and let him go out, and then saw Ping'er, who was next to Sister Feng at the Rongfu, walking in with a box.

"Sister Ping'er isn't busy today?" Baochai got up and greeted her a little, and saw that Ping'er was wearing a moon-white plain shirt and came in with a brown food box in his hand.Ying'er came over to pick up the box, and Ping'er said: "Hello, Miss Bao. Our grandma remembered that Miss Lin has been sent to your place for four or five days. Now the whole family has no thoughts and can't take care of her, so let me take it with you." Come and have a look at some southern fruit snacks."

Baochai nodded and said to Bailu, "Go and call Zijuan over, and say that Second Mistress Lian asked Sister Ping'er to come and see her master." After letting Ping'er sit down, she said, "Sister Lin is a blessed woman. The heat has subsided in the past few days, but she still has to fall asleep. The doctor came to see her and said to let her go to sleep, and give her some concoction rice soup, as long as she wakes up, she will be fine."

After hearing this, Ping'er clasped his palms together and recited a few words of Buddha: "Amitabha, how dangerous was the illness that day, even the mother Wang was useless, but unexpectedly she was rescued. Miss Bao is kind, put it over there I didn't say that it was in the closet, but the old ancestors didn't know how to train people if they didn't even look at them for a while, so they lived in this Lixiangyuan all the time so that they can be quiet and be with the girl." Baochai smiled slightly and didn't say anything. She talked about this, and after a while, Zijuan came out and saw Ping'er with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, master, for still thinking of our girl. After all, Grandma Xiaorong is a big person, so she dare not complain. After all, it's just bad luck. Fortunately, the girl sees that Tian'er is going for the good, and Miss Bao's heart is not in vain."

Then Baochai smiled and pushed Zijuan and said: "Sister Lin sees that she is getting better, quickly wipe away your two tears, don't look back, your master has managed to fill up the hole of tears, and you are rushing away again." There are two ditches." Zijuan reached out and touched a few randomly, blushing with embarrassment: "Sister Ping'er, let me take a look, so I can go back and report to Second Mistress Lian." Baochai let them go. After walking back, Zhong Ping'er came back by himself in about a quarter of an hour.

"Miss Bao, we have something else to do here." Na Ping'er took out a slender box from his sleeve and put it on the table: "Theoretically, this is supposed to be from our grandma to ask you, but it's actually from the east." There are not many female family members in the mansion who can't help it, Master Zhen begged our grandma to take care of her, so she can't come here, so she made me come here with a shy face." Baochai didn't look at the box she put down, just Jian Mei asked, "How did you learn to speak hesitantly?"

Ping'er smiled and said: "Didn't Master Zhen know from Mrs. Zhou's son-in-law that there is a pair of high-quality mahogany longevity wood in your shop? I specially prepared a generous gift and came to ask for it." Then he took the box Pushed it forward, but Baochai stretched out a finger to hold it: "Just now there are guys who reported it, and I have asked them to find it. Who knows where to put this old story? Turn around, after all We are relatives of our own family. I just ask your grandma, "What is the official position of Brother Rong, and you have a title on him." Is that mahogany board used by ordinary people? If you don't know, ask someone to go out and ask your uncle. What is the crime of trespassing, Mr. Qingke, if she is not afraid, I will send someone to go into the mountain to find wood for Sister Qin!" Ping'er was embarrassed, but he did not put the box on the table back. He just smiled and said: "Young lady said that she understands so well. I have analyzed it with our grandma since I went back. You will accept this gift no matter what. Just thank you for your kind words."

Baochai let go of her fingers to hold the teacup, Ping'er saw the opportunity and got up and blessed her, then left.Go out of the corner gate, walk through the narrow passage, and enter the flower hall of Mrs. Wang's main courtyard, where my aunt and nephew are sitting and waiting.Ping'er bowed his knees and saluted, stood up straight and lowered his hands, and said: "Go back to my wife, grandma, Miss Bao agreed, and said that I will send someone to look for it now, I'm afraid there will be no delay in finding it for a while. Besides, that Prince Yizhong, old Qiansui The identity is there, and taking his birthday material may bring disaster to our family, so I have this question."

I saw Sister Feng's eyebrows raised: "What are you talking about? People like us, as long as it is not a serious crime of treason, why can't we do it? Not to mention using his dead man's board, I think it is unlucky." Mrs. Wang sat down. After chanting the Buddhist beads, he asked, "How is Miss Lin?" Ping'er didn't dare to hide it: "Go back to Madam, the servant girl went in to have a look. Miss Lin looked fine, and the fever subsided, but she fell into a drowsy sleep. No answer."

Mrs. Wang nodded: "Bao girl is kind-hearted, and she can tolerate even the vitriolic one, but it's a pity that her background is a little lower." Sister Feng glanced at her face and said: "No, the old lady also said However, the girl in our whole family is not as good as Miss Bao, so we have to find the root in the Wang family." Madam Wang then put down the beads, touched the bracelet on her hand, and said, "Go and do your work, just go back as usual. The prevarication over there. If you want me to say, there are no people, so why do you care about what kind of board to wrap it in? How can the girl brought by the Youci Bureau be able to use very mahogany, a thicker fir board is enough, and you are the only one. It's a solid eye."

Sister Feng pinched the handkerchief and patted it lightly on the face: "Who told me to have a good time with her? I don't want to spare my face and make arrangements for her. I'll go now, and I'll let Auntie have something to do." Call me." Saying that, she took Ping'er to salute and leave, and Mrs. Wang told Jia Huan to go in and copy the scriptures, not mentioning it for now.

On the other side, Sister Feng led Ping'er out of Mrs. Wang's courtyard, then turned around and said, "What Miss Bao said, you can tell me everything exactly as it is." After repeating it, she said: "Miss Bao just asked me to ask you, 'What is the official position of Brother Rong, and does he have a title on him? What kind of charge are the Qing Ke gentlemen raised in the front yard for 'typing over'?" After hearing this, Sister Feng shuddered and said, "It's amazing, if it wasn't for Miss Bao's reminder, a catastrophe would have happened, I'm afraid My sister-in-law is going to complain down there too! Miss Bao is honest and not afraid of offending people, so she will hate people to death if she changes her mind. In a few days, remember to remind me to go to Lixiangyuan to thank you."

The master and the servant walked one way and the other, and when they went to the East Mansion, they said, "I have sent my assistant to look for it, and I will go back and forth immediately after looking for it." How can Jia Zhen wait?Since this theory was heard from both inside and outside, I had no choice but to open my hands and search elsewhere, and finally got a pair of golden nanmu, which is not inferior to masonry wood. .

Here, Baochai saw Ping'er off in the Pear Fragrance Courtyard, played with the slender box in his hand for a while, and handed it to Madam Su who had been guarding her all along.Grandma Su took the box and opened it to see that inside was a long hairpin of pure gold engraved with fairy towers, which didn't seem to be fashionable in this dynasty.

Mother Su took it out and put it in front of her eyes for a closer look, "This is the style passed down from the Ping'an Prefecture in the previous dynasty, and it is not used by women. It can only be said that this amount is enough, and the rest is fine." Baochai laughed and said, "Grandma took it, and it's a compensation for your little goldfish!" This is the day when Xiao Xiao entered the palace, Su Nanny stuffed the big eunuch with a little goldfish for nothing, but nothing happened.Baochai herself didn't care much about it, but Madam Su still had some regrets, so I comforted her.Su Momo smiled and put the hairpin back: "I don't want this either, I have to give half of it back to the girl. It's better to let the guys take it out and melt it. There are many master masters in our silver house, so we can't beat the girl again." Favorite hairpin ring!"

Baochai didn't force her, and called Bailu over: "You give this thing to the thrush who stayed outside, and let her take it to the shop to pick out some fashionable things and make some small things again. I'll keep it for others. Pick a pair of finer shrimp whiskers and come in to play with Mammy. I will give you half a day off, go." Bailu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly picked up the box and went down to tidy up, and many maids heard that she was on leave When they went out, they took their private money one after another to ask her to bring something back.

After noon, Xueyan, Daiyu's servant girl, came over and said that her master seemed to be responding to the voices of the people around her, so Baochai hurriedly asked the former doctor to come and see her again.The old man brought a medicine boy, brought a medicine box and walked in slowly, saluted through the screen, then went up to check the pulse and said: "This girl is very sick and has been gone for six or seven minutes, and the remaining three or four minutes just depends on what happens next." Good health and well-being." After finishing speaking, he wrote a series of prescriptions, and Baochai asked for them to take a look, and found that they were all medicinal materials for clearing away heat or detoxifying, and he only frowned and asked, "My sister was born so thin, how can I still treat her?" What kind of heat does it look like? Or is it because of improper diet?"

The old doctor laughed and said: "The girl is also from a wealthy family, I am afraid that she has used the medicine for health maintenance on weekdays. I want you to know that 'the medicine is three-point poison', and it is better not to use it indiscriminately if there is no serious problem. For example, Lingmei Originally, it was just some young people who were depressed and irritable. If you ask that ginseng to push up, it will cause a strong lung fire. If this girl can eat two or three out of ten meals on weekdays, she must be thankful, and if things go on like this, even a man of eight feet will be extremely weak, let alone a little girl! Depending on how old she is, she can live on simple food, maybe she can keep her life safe."

Hearing that what he said was reasonable, Baochai hurriedly called the girl to pack a purse to send him out, and asked the outside clerk to accompany the doctor to have a good meal, and then she came back and said to Xueyan who had been listening: "But it's true. Really? From now on, don’t give your girls random food like ginseng nourishing pills, it’s right to use more refreshing vegetables.” Xue Yan choked up and said, “At home, I used to eat more vegetables and less meat. , who would have thought that after entering Jia’s mansion, it’s different from before, she’s fat and big all day long. The girl is afraid of being ridiculed, so she had to change one by one, it’s strange that her body is getting weaker and weaker.”

Baochai only comforted her and said: "This 'orange grows in Huainan is orange, and orange grows in Huaibei is orange'. It can be seen that all things grow according to the water and soil that gave birth to themselves, and so do people. Miss Lin is from the south. It’s different from the people in the north, so it’s necessary to follow the habits of the family slowly. The old ancestor is her grandmother, so there’s nothing she can’t say directly!” After talking for a while, she was allowed to go, and there was someone over there Come to report to Jiamu Chuan for dinner.Baochai got up and took Ying'er over. During the dinner, she could only welcome the spring and cherish the spring. Hearing that Tanchun was resting due to the wind and cold, Sister Feng went to Ningguo Mansion to help the director.

After everyone gave up their chopsticks and entered the tea, Jia Mu said: "The queen is the day to send off the Qin family. Because there is a lot of rain in the south this year, I will put it at home in Tiekan Temple for worship, and move back to the soil later. You It is imperative that we all go to offer incense to her, and because there are foreigners coming to express their condolences, we must all bring our maidservants by our side so that no outsiders will see it." Everyone answered in unison, and it was only then that Mother Jia remembered that Baochai was also there. Sitting down, he said kindly to her: "You are a guest girl, you don't have to go see her off in person, just call a servant to do it for you."

Baochai got up and answered the call before sitting down again, staring at the table in a daze with her head down, letting everyone in Jia's family come and talk about Qin's good things, but kept silent.Theoretically, the Qin family's adoptive father, Qin Ye, is only a fifth-rank clerk, and the Ningguo Mansion is the home of the Jia family, and it has been passed down for several generations. It is inevitable that Jia Zhen's noble will also be passed on to his only son, Jia Rong.How could this clan woman choose such a poor girl?Moreover, the Qin family's daily life and actions don't look like they can be raised by a fifth-rank official's family. Just any thing in her bedroom can be enough for the Qin family to eat and drink for several lifetimes. What do you think? It's all very strange.

Besides, when the daughter-in-law died here, Jia Rong, the husband, did not shed a few tears, but Jia Zhen, the father-in-law, cried several times and nearly died.Because of living here as a guest, it is imperative to leave a little bit of face for the master's family, and send a woman who usually shows her face in front of the masters to go. Daiyu called Wang Nao to follow, which is considered to be full of etiquette.Now that the plan has been decided, let's use the food here, and everyone will go to their own affairs.Baochai stood in the garden for a while, thinking that Daiyu hadn't arranged dinner yet, so she took Ying'er to the big kitchen. Halfway there, she met Baoyu's girl, Qingwen, who was standing there with her hands on her hips, and was setting the kitchen. The steward's daughter-in-law scolded bloody.

That girl, because of Qin's death, only wore a light yellow body, with a white silk skirt underneath, which made her look more and more graceful, with a very mean mouth: "Let you make a bowl of tender egg custard, how much?" Sooner or later, I haven’t moved even now. Could it be that you gave birth to the egg? You’re so reluctant.” The kitchen steward, known as the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, said, “Bah! Your mother just laid eggs! The busy feet hit the back of the head here. , the girls who serve you don’t want things like you anymore, let me put it another way, they don’t have to serve the first-level masters, but only the second-level masters like you!”

The one from the Liu family happened to be standing at the door of the kitchen with his face facing out, watching Baochai slowly walking over with Yinger supported, he hurriedly put on a smile and said, "Miss Bao is here, what do you want to use today? Just order, Why do you need to go there yourself?" Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Baochai simply walked up and said, "But what did Brother Bao use to make you feel uncomfortable? It's so noisy." The Liu family hurriedly waved his hand: "No more Dare, if it’s Second Master Bao, you have to pay attention to cleanliness even if it’s not delicious, how dare you mess around? Today Second Master Bao and Grandma Xiaorong’s younger brother in Dongfu went out, and these little girls are greedy when they are free , and the net is messed up in the head, making you laugh."

Qingwen didn't dare to yell anymore when she saw Baochai, she stood aside with her hands down and said: "I just ask Miss Bao to be fair, it was uncomfortable to attack people yesterday, and the maidservant didn't go to bed until midnight after serving her, but today she wakes up with a loud voice. It doesn't go well, so I want a softer custard to wash with sugar to go down. If my throat swells up tomorrow, won't it be a major event for the masters?"

Baochai covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "I don't think it's a big deal. It's a matter of breaking an egg and mixing it with a bowl of water and adding firewood. I just want to take one to Miss Lin to prepare. You Let’s make a few more bowls together, if there are no eggs, I’ll ask my family to buy them from the street now?” Then how dare the Liu family let the guests buy something to bring to her, and only said nonchalantly: “Since the girl ordered, I have to prepare three or five bowls." Baochai glanced at Ying'er, and Ying'er said knowingly, "Please be busy first, thank you for the twenty money, after all, it's not time for dinner. It must cause trouble."

Seeing the money, the Liu family recovered. Baba'er ran into the kitchen to put on a show, and steamed five bowls of yellow egg custard in a quarter of an hour.Thinking of the old doctor's explanation, Baochai ordered another bowl of fine noodle soup, fried mung bean sprouts, and asked her to pretend to be it before Yinger carried it to Lixiangyuan.

The author has something to say: take Brother Rui to early childhood education today, it will be later!