Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

After the new year's day, the two nuns invited by the Zhen family came to Xue's house with a delicate and delicate daughter-in-law.

After seeing her with Baochai, Mrs. Xue pointed to her daughter and said to the two nuns: "This is the eldest girl of my family. She is already in charge of the house. Although there are occasional omissions, she manages the big kitchen well during the New Year's Eve." Yes, I think these few days I will give her some cosmetics and hairpin shops that the little girl likes to study; and my son has gone to school today, so I haven’t seen him, and I hope you two can help me a little bit, and I won’t do it in the future. He will treat you poorly, and the little girls who serve you will obey orders, and if you need anything, just open your mouth."

These two nuns are sitting in the guest seat, their backs are straight and their eyes are bright. Although their hair is a little gray, they still don't hide their true nature. It can be seen that when they were young, they were also a person with a chest and an extraordinary bearing.A round-faced person got up and replied: "Back to Mrs. Xue, both my old sisters are newly released from the palace this year. My surname is Li, and her surname is Su. Today, the good Taoist sympathizes with all sentient beings, and the empress empress also sympathizes with the servants. Therefore, a group of old people were released. Most of the old sisters settled down in the middle of the capital. Only we returned to our hometown together because we supported each other all our lives and didn’t want to be separated when we were old. We accepted Mrs. Zhen to come to you for asylum. Hope to get along well in the future.”

Just at lunch time, Mrs. Xue pointed to a woman and said, "Go and complain to Mr. Wan, and say that the nanny in charge is here, and you must let my brother come to salute, and you won't be with Mr. Wan for lunch. If you use it, you won't miss the afternoon class." The mother-in-law went away in response, and brought Xue Pan here after a while.

Xue Pan has been adjusted by Mr. Wan in the past few days so that at least he does not dare to be sloppy on the face. Although the etiquette is so-so, the meaning is finally reached, so the nuns looked up and down and nodded and said nothing unpleasant.After some discussion, it was decided at noon that Madam Su would follow Baochai, and Madam Li would follow Xue Pan. From then on, the rules in each courtyard would be established.

Baochai allocated two servant maids to each mother, specially prepared a house outside, and also reserved accommodation in the yard, all the colors were well prepared, and every piece of utensils was just right without being out of the ordinary.Grandma Li looked at it carefully, and said to Grandma Su in a low voice: "It can be seen that the saying 'golden phoenix flies out of the valley' is true, who would have thought that the daughter of a merchant of this size can act to such a degree? You and I were a little bit behind that day. We have to be good at teaching and teaching, and our fate will depend on this girl in the future! " Su Mama thought so deeply, and immediately threw away her hands and tried her best. An old lady of the Zhen family who looked at people with her chin up was so angry that a character who was not inferior to Concubine Zhen was so angry.

They are all from Mei Xiang's background, who is higher than the other?

It turned out that the two of them didn't come to the merchant's house willingly, but they just made people obedient because of some sort of excuse. Seeing that Baochai was a good material, they also stayed at ease.In addition, the Xue family is really generous in their actions, and the servants are attentive and attentive, so those who come and go will no longer be depressed, so they open their hearts and plan for the new master wholeheartedly.

The two nuns lived in the yard, and the servants had a plan to act immediately.Baochai’s place has just been recuperated and it’s not obvious. Xue Pan’s side is completely turned upside down. Even Mr. Wan found that the students’ etiquette has become more delicate.

When Su Momo entered Baochai's courtyard, the first thing she did was to gather all the maids and wives and look at them one by one. The first-class and second-class ones did not touch the orders and left them to the girls, and the rest of the rough envoys were assigned positions However, if there is a mistake in this place, we only go to find this person and ask, and the neighbors are also bound to be jointly and severally responsible.Even if anyone is dissatisfied, there is no need for the nanny to come forward, as long as she is troubled by the surroundings, she will not be spared. The whole yard immediately becomes like an iron barrel, and the servants have their own reasons for advancing and retreating, and there is no laughter and quarrel in the past.

Baochai felt that she could get twice the result with half the effort with such an arm as Madam Su, so she didn't have to be distracted with minor matters in the yard.She just got up at the beginning of the day every day, half an hour later went to the flower hall to settle accounts with the shopkeepers, and Chenshi was having breakfast, and after breakfast, the shops opened and the stewards came over; at noon she had dinner with Mrs. Xue, and after that she had a two-day rest. About an hour later, at Shenshi, some women from the inner house came to inquire about big and small matters, and when the color stopped, it would be dark, and then led Bailu to settle the accounts, locked the door and released the keys, and everyone went to rest without mentioning it.

And so on, day after day, even Mrs. Xue felt distressed.Although the daughter is indeed capable, but seeing her work so hard, she still doesn’t feel hated for a while. The late Master Xue hated his son for a while. He ordered the cook to make soup and forced her to drink it. Slightly reduced 01:30 points I have to sigh and persuade for a while.

Baochai herself is quite satisfied, there is no girl in this world who doesn't like to be pretty. In her previous life, she was limited by her figure, so she was reluctant to wear many fresh colors on her body; Love trying on the clothes sent in by Needlework.With hairpin accessories, some good ones are also sold in tailor-made clothing stores, and the business is much better than before.She simply took back a shop that was not very successful by the Tongji Bridge, separated the upper and lower floors, and made some silk and satin garments downstairs, while the upstairs only accepted ladies from various families to try on new clothes.The servants have a strict mouth, the clothes are novel and the materials are bright, so in a few days, they are much more calm than the books of the old store.Although the merchant business from south to north has been temporarily taken back, the status of the direct branch has not been shaken.

The family just counted the days to keep their filial piety, and couldn't go out for a walk. Only the son who managed the son at home, and the shopkeeper who managed the shop, either idle or busy, passed year after year.When Baochai turned ten years old, he was twelve years old, and the day of filial piety was approaching.The elder brother Xue Pan is gearing up and waiting to spend money to buy a scholar so that he can invite Mr. Wan away according to the foreword. Then there is news that the palace has selected accompanying maids for the princesses, and the eldest daughter of the Xue family is on the list.Mrs. Xue then exchanged several letters with her sister, Mrs. Wang, who was in Beijing, planning to take the whole family northward to wait for the election after her son finished.

For this reason, she discussed with Baochai and selected a Pangzhiti from the clan whose parents had both died to take care of Jinling City's business.He ordered him to go to Beijing to write off the accounts once a month, and adopted his sister as an adopted daughter, promising that he would marry his sister well according to the family that his parents had made when they were still alive.

This candidate happened to be Xue Bian who later married Xiuyan from the Xing family. Because he knew that this person was indeed a sincere gentleman capable of doing things, Baochai deliberately proposed him in front of Mrs. Xue, and adopted Baoqin early so that she would not be criticized by the Mei family in the future. If you retire from the marriage, you will also have to be a sister who is better than your own, which will not be mentioned for the time being.

Let's just say that Xue Pan went to take the boy's exam. Mr. Wan wrote a note early on and handed in the things needed to enter the exam room. The whole family had to prepare carefully, checked and checked, picked up and picked up. Pass it to the master.Baochai colluded with his mother, and only coaxed his elder brother: "The joints have been taken care of for you. Logically, a child can't escape. But if you hand in a white paper, it will be impossible for the king of heaven to save you. It's a must." You work hard by yourself, at least you should show off the skills you have accumulated in the past three years, and hand in the paper when it is full. It is also good to know that this is our birth by means, and we will not be afraid to fight with others in the future. Just talk!" In fact, there was no such thing at all, it was nothing more than making a fuss to cheat Xue Pan by spending money.

That Xue Pan, who originally thought that he would be able to escape if he filled it out randomly, heard this and felt a little itchy in his heart.For the past three years, Shouxiao has been detained in the yard to study steadily every day, and the green-skinned boy has no one to distract him. Finally, some ink has accumulated in his stomach.As soon as this person has something to offer, he naturally wants to show his hands, and his mother and sister told him that the joints have been opened, so what's so scary?Early in the morning, he arrogantly took the housekeeper and the servant to the county exam with the exam basket.

Because Xue's family origin is in Jinling Province, there is no need to travel far for the exam.Counting from the early morning, after five exams, Xue Pan almost asked the housekeeper to call someone to carry him back.At home, hot soup and hot water were prepared early in the morning, and the doctor watched over him, washed him and arranged him to lie down.The doctor checked the pulse and said that he was extremely tired, so Mrs. Xue stopped chanting and helped her daughter walk to the inner courtyard.

"I'm going to say that I don't want your brother to suffer this crime. How can our children have to compete with those mud-legged people for food? But since I have been studying for a few years, I get up every day and go to night, and I have suffered a lot. There must be an ending before letting him go. Fortunately, nothing major happened, otherwise wouldn't it be too late for regret?" He wiped the corner of his eyes with a handkerchief.Baochai helped her mother through the narrow passage, and there was a girl beside her to tear away the weeds protruding from both sides. She just pursed her lips and smiled: "Isn't this for my brother's own benefit? With this background, it will be easier for me to find my sister-in-law in the future." Go look for it at a scholar's house. If you don't see Aunt Jia, why would you hire a lady from the Guozijianji Restaurant to be a grandma for Big Brother Zhu? Obviously it must be good, otherwise you won't be able to get into Auntie's eyes."

These words aroused Mrs. Xue's thoughts again: "It's already February, and you will be selected in April, and you will have to go to Beijing next month. Your brother is also going to have a government examination. For this purpose, you can’t just say that you don’t take the exam. What should you do if the time is so delayed in two rounds?” Baochai replied: “It’s just that I will go to Beijing first to renovate the house that my grandfather bought when he was alive. After a whole day, it is inevitable that my brother can go to Beijing to catch the exam in the future, wouldn't it be convenient to live in our own house!"

Mrs. Xue smiled and patted her on the arm: "You will talk nicely to coax me, just like your brother, if you can try this child, I will thank God and confess Mr. Wan as a living Bodhisattva!" , She frowned again and said: "You are a girl, how can you live out alone? I told your aunt that when you choose a servant, you only stay at Jia's house, and the eunuch who comes to pick you up has to weigh two things when he sees you." Three minutes."

"But why don't we live in a relative's house even if we own a house? I'm afraid people will look down on me if I tell it. I heard that most people in Beijing are snobbish, and they know exactly who is in each family. We didn't have much hope at first, so why bother?" To make people dislike me? There was a lot of turmoil before, and when I was dismissed, I would have a bright face." Baochai turned her face and refused, and Mrs. Xue just shook her head and refused to agree.She had no choice but to say again: "I took Su Momo, Ying'er and Bailu, and I also brought Thrushcross to the first class. There are so many people, how can it be said that they live alone? Auntie's house is the Duke's mansion." , the rules are very strict, and you will be restrained when you are free. Besides, every month, brother scorpion will ask me to settle the bill, so that the servants of the aunt's family will be embarrassed!"

As he spoke, he arrived at the main courtyard. Mrs. Xue waved away all the servants and took her daughter into the inner room. Looking around, Fang whispered to her: "That's what I think. My son can only learn based on his appearance. Don't say The small election, even the general election is more than enough, but it is delayed by the birth. It is very good to be able to choose the princess to accompany the reading. If it fails, your aunt's second son, who is only one year younger than you, named Baoyu, is a very good match. Your aunt also wants to be a relative, so she wants you to live there. My childhood sweetheart is the most in love with gold, and besides, I will be a mother-in-law and a real aunt in the future, so I can't do it without you!"

Just knowing what he said, in his previous life, he was paid for by this so-called "no loss".

Baochai just gritted her teeth and made up her mind not to repeat the same mistakes, and she didn't want to say that the second son of Rongguo Mansion's second wife was not good, and she just said that she didn't want to go to a relative's house for fear of being laughed at.Mrs. Xue only treated her as a thin-skinned child, and persuaded her completely indifferently: "Why don't you stay at your aunt's house first. There is an old saying that 'men and women have different seats at seven years old', there are naturally differences inside and outside, Jia's house has rules. How can I let you see a foreigner. If you can’t choose a waiter, then you will think about your mother, your child’s family, and your mother eats more salt than you eat rice, how can it hurt you? "

Speaking of this step, it seems strange to be stubborn.Baochai had no choice but to come down first. According to the memories of her previous life, her aunt arranged for them to live in the Pear Fragrance Courtyard where Duke Rong was recuperating in his later years. There was a door leading to the inner house of Jia's mansion. If it was locked, there would be a separate door for them to use access.It's okay to live here for a while, you either have to choose a servant to enter the palace, or you have to rack your brains to come up with a plan to move out.

A few days later, Xue Biao and the housekeeper who was in charge of Jinshang's shopping business talked back and forth, saying that since the family had already paid filial piety, it was necessary to go to the household department to check the accounts purchased in previous years.Although there are people above, this check is not very important, but it is always a formality that must be passed. This matter can only be left to the male at home, and Xue Biao is worried about letting Xue Biao go to Mrs. Xue by herself, and she has to wait. Let's talk about it after Xue Panyuan's test is over.

When this happened, Baochai simply left the second butler to guard the old house, and asked the first butler to go to Beijing together.She went to stay at her aunt's house first, so that the housekeeper could clean up her house, and when her brother and mother came to Beijing, she found a reason to move out of Jia's house.

Mrs. Xue was worried about her son's scientific examination, and worried about her daughter's selection of servants. She was in a dilemma and immediately overjoyed when she got this idea.She was worried about having her elder sister take care of her, so she put down her hands and calmly called for someone to show Xue Pan the list.

It can be said that Mr. Wan is skilled, he is a scholar who has entered the palace examination, and he always has knowledge.Tongsheng's exams were nothing more than a dozen pages, and he didn't teach Xue Pan any elegant things like making poems, he just forced him to work hard to memorize these few pages back and forth, and he must be sure of everything.When Xue Pan left the stage, he asked his sister to coax him to say that he had already taken care of it, so he didn't have any timidity in his heart.This person's energy was full, and the contents in his stomach were just right for the plate, so it was like a god's help when he wrote.In the past, only five or six points were scored, but now it can also be poured out of ten.So my family went to see it, and ran back happily all the way to announce the good news: "Congratulations to the wife, congratulations to the uncle, you have passed the county examination, no more, no less, No. 30." Few, this ranking is simply unthinkable for the Xue family.

Mrs. Xue was dizzy with joy. I don’t know how many children were born in the Jinling City County Examination. The son is not named Sun Shan. Could it be that the grave of her dead husband is emitting green smoke!

Xue Pan himself was also dumbfounded, he thought it was a girl who got the money, and bought No. 30 alive.He only thought that he was still as knowledgeable as a mud pig and a mangy dog ​​back then, and was afraid that his reputation would cause trouble, so he had to go to Mr. Wan for advice, trembling and crying.Mr. Wan asked him to memorize the paper first, and after reading it carefully, he laughed and said, "You called your sister to coax you, but you got this ranking based on your own ability. If it weren't for these two words, I'm afraid it would be even worse." Good!" Xue Pan just didn't believe it, so he hurriedly ordered the bookboy to ask, the boy went away for a while before he came back and said: "Go back to the master. The girl said that she had arranged for someone to take care of it, but when she looked back, she felt uncomfortable. That's right. You and the girl are brothers and sisters of the same mother, but that impossible girl is a thousand and one hundred clever brother but a rotten tree, so he called back the person who went to manage it... Yes, yes... ..."

"So I passed the county test at my own height?" Xue Pan's eyes widened, and he looked down at his fat hands with surprise on his face, "I passed at my own height?!" The man pouted over, and the servant hurriedly invited the doctor over, and even the doctor laughed and shook his head after reading it: "Mr. Yong Zhi’s omen, from now on, eat light vegetarian food, and after waking up, just eat according to the recipe.”

When he woke up again, he saw his own mother and sister sitting at the end of the bed. Baochai's eyes were red from crying, and she had to sit up with difficulty to coax them: "In the past, I only thought that I was as stupid as a pig. If you don’t want to read half a page, you don’t know that as long as you work hard, there is nothing impossible in the world. Thanks to Mr. Wan’s teaching, I just realized it. I will do my best to study with him in the future. My sister is also kind, mother Don't you ever talk about her."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xue said "嗐": "Who would say that my daughter is here for you? There is a sign of phlegm at such a young age, and tomorrow you will only have vegetables and radishes in your yard!" Fu couldn't help laughing again: "My son, there is a day when you think like this, so that this mother like me can die in peace immediately."

Both Baochai and Xue Pan said that her words were not pleasant, and the unscrupulous Mr. Xue even poohed a few times. One son and one daughter were at the knees of Huan Huan.