Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

As soon as Shen Yu entered the main courtyard, she never expected to run into Baochai head-on, and it would be ugly to hide any longer.Now that Mrs. Xue is not at home, Miss Xue, the head of the Xue family, has no reason to avoid him, so she simply folded her hands and said, "Miss Xue, Second Master Xue."

Xue Biao also bowed his hands and bowed to return the gift, Baochai blessed his body, and his maidservant brought refreshments and fruits to entertain the guests.Now is the time to pick fresh red bayberries. Each good red bayberry is about the size of a copper seed, purple and round, with firm flesh, sweet and sour taste, strong fragrance and long aftertaste.These fruits are piled up like a small mountain in a large sea of ​​pea green ice cracked Jun porcelain, and it is estimated that it weighs less than two catties.Seeing that Shen Yu seemed startled by the weight, Xue Biao hurriedly said with a smile: "These red bayberries are brought by my servants, and everyone likes to eat them. Don't look at this sea of ​​tea, it's not enough. Woolen cloth."

Shen Yu thought to herself, now that the top-grade red bayberries are not mentioned in the palace, the first-class ones in the market are not as good as this one, and that only costs one tael of silver per catty, which is no more than ten pieces per catty.This sea of ​​tea is about three taels of silver. Judging from the salary of a third-rank military officer, if you don't eat, you can eat seven or eight times a month.Fortunately, there are quite a few properties passed down from the ancestors at home. Although they are not good at management, they are rarely profitable, otherwise they really can only hide their faces and run away.Suansuan's family has assets, so he raised his confidence a little, then sat down and smiled and said to Xue Biao: "Unfortunately, Brother Xue is not at home. I heard that some small countries came to the court to pay tribute one after another after the Dragon Boat Festival. When brother entered Honglu Temple, he had to deal with these people, so I came down to remind him."

Xue Biao thanked him sincerely, and Baochai also smiled and said, "My family was plotted before, thanks to Mr. Shen for upholding justice. Although the conclusion was finally reached, it was our relatives who caused you trouble." Shen Yu waved her hand. He hurriedly said: "In fact, it didn't help much. Later, I heard that some foolish men and women in the market made up a lot of unpleasant things, which caused Miss Xue to be wronged." Big sister, there is no such good, but it is a pity that I was misled by rumors." Baochai didn't care, smiled and got up, holding the pot and pouring tea with several people present: "There is nothing wrong with it, who dares to come to me Say something wrong? I am much luckier than others, I have no worries about food and clothing, and my relatives dote on me, why don't I allow others to be jealous?"

Seeing that she really can think about it, Shen Yu couldn't help but think highly of this girl again.Most of the time, Jin Yiwei is a hidden job, and I see a lot of people who are pretentious or who eat meat and put bowls in their mouths and scold their mothers. I don't want them to be countless times luckier than ordinary people.When he was stunned, Baochai blushed and lowered his head. Xue Biao hurriedly picked up the teacup and took a sip, laughing and bringing up the topic: "I don't know how many people will pay tribute this year."

Shen Yu was also a little embarrassed, usually she would not stare hard at girls, but just now she was fascinated by ghosts for some reason.He hastily coughed twice, and opened his mouth to answer, when the butler outside hurried in and said, "Eldest Miss, Second Master, Master Shen, that Mei family member outside is here again!"

This is about Mei Wenhe, and now everyone in the Xue family hates him so much that they just hold back their energy and wait for the opportunity to tear the Mei family into captivity.Baochai got up and said to Xue Biao and Shen Yu: "Since you are a foreigner, it is inconvenient to stay here, so I will go back first." After she finished speaking, the two of them also got up to return the gift, and then Baochai told the housekeeper: "Bring the man in. The second elder brother is also serious when he sees him, and it just so happens that Mr. Shen will not be able to see people again, so he will help us to learn more about it." After saying a blessing, he took the maid to the back, and Xue Biao and Shen Yu sat in the flower hall of the main courtyard and waited. See Namei and ask the crane.

When Mei Wenhe came here, he had some ideas of bargaining in his mind.Originally, he didn't really want to marry a merchant girl, it was just because his father ordered him first, and seeing that the Xue family was related to four kings and eight princes, and his daughter's dowry was generous, so he reluctantly agreed.In the past few days, there have been rumors that Miss Xue is so powerful, so they want to use this excuse to make Xue's family bleed more.According to Mrs. Mei's thinking, the eldest daughter of the Xue family has a bad reputation, so she must be sent to the temple. There is only one second girl left, and she will have to pay a double dowry, otherwise she will have to make a fuss and divorce the Xue family. Let's see how the two old girls in his family can look up to others in the future if they can't get married.As a result, after a few days, the Xue family hurriedly sent their mother-in-law to urge the ceremony away, so he couldn't hold back and came to the door with both hands empty.

Xue Biao and Shen Yu were sitting in the flower hall, seeing a handsome young man with picturesque features brought in by the butler, they each secretly sighed in their hearts that this man was so rich and jaded.Xue Biao only introduced Shen Yunai to Mei Wenhe as Xue Pan's good friend, and this surname Mei regarded him as an official in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and looked at him with fiery eyes.Shen Yu clasped hands with him, but just sat still and didn't exchange greetings, which made Mei Wenhe very embarrassed, holding her breath, turned to look at Xue Biao with a smile, and said, "It's really a coincidence that Mrs. Xue and her sisters are not here today. Tell me to go away." Xue Biao thought in his heart that it is the etiquette for you to come to the door empty-handed, fortunately no one is there, otherwise it is not for nothing to tell you to look?He was still talking to him with a smile on his face: "Auntie went to Da Ci'en Temple to fulfill her vows today, and I didn't expect you to come. Why did you come?"

Mei Wenhe thought about it for a while, and didn't want to make it look bad as soon as he came up: "I heard that something happened to your house a few days ago? We can't help, so we have to come here and ask."

If you really wanted to, you should have rushed over at that time, and it's not that it's been more than ten days before you think of going to the door to get annoyed.Xue Biao didn't argue with him about this, just smiled and took a sip of tea and didn't speak.But Shen Yu suddenly became interested, looked at Mei Wenhe and said, "I seem to have heard that Mr. Mei is going to be promoted. Since the founding of this dynasty, there has been a saying that non-Hanlin will not join the cabinet. I don't know how this time is?" He raised his head upwards: "Mr. Shen is very well-informed, and my father has survived all these years." Shen Yu brought him a cup of tea, and Mei Wenhe said with a proud face: "This year, I added a Keenke, Just in June, when the scholars and politicians from all over the country leave Beijing to take office, they will have to make up for their vacancies, I don’t know which yamen Brother Shen is in?” He called him Brother Shen right away, regardless of whether others wanted to see him or not.

Shen Yugong cupped his hands and said: "Not talented, not talented, it's not in the way of a scholar." When Mei Wenhe heard this, he immediately turned his head and pointed the back of his head at the person, making Shen Yu dumbfounded—that's the idea The Chengfu is still planning to become an official, and it is estimated that like his father, he has to get out of the fifth-rank prison.

The three of them talked nonchalantly for more than half a sentence, and it was a bit embarrassing to end in the cold for a while. Mei Wenhe didn't give up, and asked, "When will Miss Xue Er come back today?" Xue Biao didn't bother to explain to him so Many, and I don't want to say that the girl is playing in the backyard, but how does he know the whereabouts of the female relatives.After hearing this, Mei Wenhe said again: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter. I heard that this year will be hotter than usual. By then, the ice cellars may not be enough." He stopped and said, "Anyway, the Xue family never worries about this, just buy it if it's not enough."

Mei Wenhe was so bored, so he got up and said goodbye, casually raised his hands and walked out.Xue Biao was not polite to keep people, but only ordered the housekeeper to send them out, and he didn't move a step.Seeing Mei Wenhe left, Xue Biao said to Shen Yu with a wry smile: "I'm not afraid of brother Shen's jokes, my father made a little money with that Mei Hanlin to go to Beijing for the exam, but unexpectedly he got involved and insisted on becoming an in-law. Today, I turned my head back and disliked the smell of copper in the Xue family. I guess this is because I want to get some benefits, and the people are not enough to swallow the elephant." Shen Yu said seriously: "Could it be that the girl is still with him? Call me Said, this is really not a good match, even if you go up, you will fall down sooner or later, and you will have a bruised nose and a swollen face."

Xue Biao knew that he helped to investigate the Mei family, so he didn't hide it at the moment, but said that he planned to withdraw from the Mei family: "Don't talk about girls, after a hundred years of giving birth to a daughter, there will be two sacrifices in spring and autumn, and crying before the death. No son. How can my good-looking sisters see her fall into the fire pit, only hate people's words to be scary, and have to think long-term." Looking back, Shen Yu is doing these jobs, and she must be able to do things here in the future Guessing it out, he didn't need to hide it, so he told the whole story with Baochai, and finally lamented: "This is also a helpless way. If it weren't for the Mei family, it wouldn't work, and I don't want to use other people's children as rafts. The bastard is not He himself wants to become a bastard, and it's not all the fault of adults."

Shen Yu lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then sipped his tea and said, "As long as there is no loss of life here, I will smooth it out with you later. I promise to have a way to make the Mei family admit their mistakes." He bowed and said, "Thank you, brother Shen, for saving my little sister from the fire and water. Xue Biao will never forget this kindness in the next life." Go, if you can't say it, just laugh and stand up and bend your eyes: "It's all yours to think of ways and efforts. What can I do to help? You don't have to thank me so much. Just ask me to eat a few bayberries from your family." Said Sure enough, he picked up two or three with a smile and ate them slowly in his hand, to show that he had taken advantage of others and would do things beautifully.

Knowing what was good or bad, Xue Biao smiled and exchanged hot tea with him, and secretly ordered a basket of extremely fresh red bayberry to be prepared outside the door, and asked Shen Yu to take it back to use later.

At noon, before Mrs. Xue came back, Baochai ordered the cook to cook some fine vegetables and a very fresh big carp, and asked Xue Biao to keep Shen Yu for dinner, and he himself used some with Baoqin in the backyard. .The two sisters were sitting on the porch, one was fiddling with the abacus and the other was doing needlework, chatting with each other, suddenly Baoqin put down the embroidery support in her hand and said: "This brother named Shen also comes to our house frequently. When you are free Four or five days in a ten-day period is a must. When you are busy, you have to come to say hello and help. What do you think he is trying to do?" Baochai poked her and smiled: "Why do you talk, Mr. Shen It’s the upright Jinyiwei who knows from the third rank, what kind of brother is not a brother. Besides, what is our family’s conspiracy? If you can enter Jinyiwei, you must be the emperor’s confidant, and you will have everything you want.”

Baoqin chased after him persistently and said, "Who said that? Didn't my mother call me brother and brother? I don't know what Shen Da's life looks like. My sister has seen it, how is it better than Jia Jia Baoyu?" Baochai He tilted his head and thought for a while: "It's different from Baoyu. Although both of them are born well, Mr. Shen is more masculine and looks quite responsible." The person who can attract the noble ladies of various families to look at each other, his cheeks flushed slightly thinking about it, he hurriedly lowered his head and fiddled with the accounts at hand, for fear that Bao Qin would make fun after reading it.

Outside, Shen Yu didn't know what the first two sisters were talking about him. Seeing that the sun was not up early to say goodbye to Xue Biao, Xue Biao sent the guests to the gate, and asked the steward to serve a basket of iced fresh red bayberries, saying: "This is my house. What is grown in the orchard is not taken out to the market, and it is often just a matter of sharing ideas among relatives. It is not worth anything, so please don't be polite." Sure enough, Shen Yu was not polite with him, took the basket and waved his hand to go go home.Xue Biao sent Shen Yu away, turned around and went to see the two sisters Baochai and Baoqin, and explained the next few things one by one. Baochai nodded and said: "It would be great if someone is behind. It's time to come back in a few days, and sooner or later the Mei family will start to look for a child in a hurry. Let our people keep an eye on it, and help them spread the news as soon as there is a sign."

Two or three days later, the clerk who went to Ganshan Road brought back two boys, one big and one young, the older one was six or seven years old, and the younger one was three or four years old.None of the masters of the Xue family went to see the two concubines, they only told their confidantes to take care of them in the past and never let anyone get hurt or sick.The mother-in-law brought the children for two days and came back to report: "These two are really not well-educated. They say that the Hanlin family is different from the children in the country. It's nothing more than high-mindedness and low-handedness. There seems to be something wrong with the big birthday. It was actually raised during the filial period when the Mei family's grandmother left." Mrs. Xue was shocked when she said this, she repeatedly scolded Namei Wenhe and said, "This is actually a beast? The evil child of the grandmother's filial period. To keep it as a treasure, the Mei family is really shameless."

Baochai hurriedly asked the maid to help her to rest, took the silver ticket and rewarded the guys and the mother-in-law, and sure enough, she heard the servants staring outside coming and going. In addition to the news of the three or four-year-old boy, another member of the Mei family rushed to the direction of Ganshan Road with their backpacks on their backs, presumably it was the news that the boy had disappeared.Each shop of Xue's family specially arranged people to explain, and within two days, everyone in the capital knew that Mei Hanlin's family was in a hurry to find a child.

Another day later, Mrs. Mei suddenly handed over a post to visit Mrs. Xue. Baochai took the post from the housekeeper, looked at it, looked at it with a sneer, and said, "It's not like they're so stupid, so they understand." I didn't go to the yamen when I asked for leave, I wore official uniforms at home and just waited to beat up Mei Wenhe. At Chenshi, Mrs. Mei brought Mei Wenhe to the door, and the woman who was waiting for others led them into the main courtyard, and the door closed Mrs. Mei said that the nose is not the nose and the eyes are not the eyes: "So that the in-laws know that kidnapping is a felony, and you are breaking the law of the country. If it weren't for the sake of the Xue family's kindness in the early years, we wouldn't want to be raised by such a bold family." girl."

Why did Mrs. Xue look into Mrs. Mei's eyes again?Among the women's relatives, the daughters of the Wang family have always been the only ones who have the courage to blackmail others, and have never been intimidated by others.She just put the tea bowl heavily on the table and said: "It's so strange, I don't even know what your Mrs. Mei is here for. Baba sent a post to look for someone? Who are you looking for? What kind of gold do you want from my Xue family?" You can’t get them with the money, and you still need to kidnap them? Don’t laugh at the people in the capital.” Mrs. Mei was stunned when she saw that she was so righteous, and thought to herself, could it be that her husband and son really made a mistake? up?Seeing her stunned, Baochai suddenly smiled and asked: "I heard rumors outside that the Mei family lost a child, and the relationship came to us to catch the traffickers. It's just weird, but my sister is fine. Sitting here, guarding the boudoir innocently without passing the door, why does Mr. Mei have two elder brothers under his knees? Please also ask Mrs. Mei to share with us."

"This! This..." Mrs. Mei was at a loss for words for a while, and then she thought about taking advantage of Xue's family's shortcomings, and said flatly: "It's just two bastards who have been sent to their old home in the country early. No one has any ideas for such a thing Son, it would be outrageous for a girl to care about it, and she wonders what people say is powerful." Mrs. Xue was about to have a fit, when Baochai patted her mother's hand lightly, and asked Mei Wenhe again through the screen, "Dare to ask Mr. Mei, Is there anything wrong with my sister? Does my Xue family owe anything to the Mei family? Did you ever take care of my sister's face when I came to the door today?" Mei Wenhe was speechless, and Mrs. Mei rushed to say: "This is not a girl. The tutors in your family are too relaxed about the things you can talk about. If you want me to say, the girl with a bad reputation should be sent to the temple to be cleansed quickly, so as not to drag the younger sister and relatives' girls to get married."

Before he finished speaking, Xue Pan stood up suddenly from the chair, kicked Mei Wenhe so that he could kick him over from the chair, and grabbed the collar twice before he could react.Mrs. Mei immediately pounced on her, stopped her, and said angrily: "What a merchant family, they are so educated, it doesn't matter if the marriage doesn't end!" Unexpectedly, the grandma of the Xue family, who had just entered the door not long ago, put on a serious face and called the housekeeper directly: "Send these two bad guests out, and they will not be allowed to come to the house in the future. As for whether the marriage will be refunded, I will ask the uncle to make a special trip to visit you later. Fanmei Hanlin, after all, it is necessary to invite those who have the weight to speak to get the regulations." After finishing speaking, he surrounded the people like a wolf and pushed the door out, and asked the housekeeper to take the basket of fruits brought by Mrs. Mei as it was. Send it out.

Mrs. Mei was very annoyed, pointing at the door of Xue's house, jumping and yelling.Mei Wenhe didn't stop her several times, and people in twos and threes on the side of the road gathered around to watch the excitement.They waited around for three or two circles, just as Mrs. Mei was cursing her proudly, the door of Xue's house suddenly opened, and Xue Biao came out a few steps from inside and said loudly: "I apologize to Mrs. Mei." Before Mrs. Mei could show any color, Immediately afterwards, he said: "Tad is not filial. Today, I only complain about why my late father gave the money to Mr. Mei. If there is no money, the seven members of your family can burn yams around the clay stove and enjoy the family relationship." Joy? You don’t have to cause your son to have an affair with your sweetheart without a name, no part, no matchmaker, and you don’t have to send the two young masters out of the capital without any reason, this is the responsibility of my Xue family.” After hearing these words, the surrounding spectators looked at him in surprise. Mrs. Mei, who was still looking up, really didn't know how anyone in this world could be so thick-skinned.Seeing this, Mei Wenhe stomped her feet anxiously, helped her mother into the carriage and hurriedly got into the carriage, and urged the driver to leave quickly, for fear that she would be recognized if she was too late.

The author has something to say: there are only [-] collections left before I can enter V~ I am very happy.

However, I have to go to the Mengjin Court tomorrow, and I guess I can only write [-] words first.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!I’m such a pig, yesterday I clicked the direct post and put it in the manuscript box, and today I’m still wondering why everyone didn’t pick up a typo... I checked it before I went to the Mengjin County Court and found out... ..