Chapter 31 Jin^Jiang! Red Mansion (V)

Mrs. Wang was in solitary confinement for half a year. At first, she was noisy every day. She complained about heartache, missed Baoyu, and said that she was depressed and ill. Unfortunately, Jia Mu and Jia Zheng had no intention of letting her out. Mrs. Wang There was great hatred in my heart, and I became increasingly irritable. As a result, the secret medicine in her took effect within two months. From then on, she was weak and bedridden every day, and she would have constant headaches if she thought too much. Occasionally, I feel energetic and can move around in my yard, but if I walk too far, I will feel dizzy and weak.

Jia's mother spared her greetings and asked her to recuperate in her yard. Jia Zheng no longer set foot in her yard. Mrs. Wang has been planning all her life. How can she be willing to end up in such a situation now? She thinks about becoming an in-law with her sister. When Baochai, a merchant girl, comes in, why don't she obey her orders in everything? So I often corresponded with Aunt Xue. Jia's mother didn't care about this either. Anyway, they couldn't do it.

This time, after Xue Pan beat someone to death and settled the case with the prince, he came to the capital to avoid the limelight and see if Xue Baochai's marriage could be settled.

Aunt Xue took Xue Pan and Xue Baochai to Jia's Mansion. She first went to see Jia Mu, met the female family members of the mansion at Jia Mu's place, and then was taken to Mrs. Wang's residence. Xue Pan said hello to Mrs. Wang and went to the study to see Jia Zheng without mentioning it. Aunt Xue had not seen her sister for many years. She did not expect that when she saw her now, her sister was so weak that she had to lie down on the couch to rest before even saying a few words. He immediately held Mrs. Wang’s hand and started crying.

Xue Baochai knew that Aunt Xue intended to marry her to Jia Baoyu. She didn't say anything at first, but she was very satisfied with the marriage in her heart. Now that Jia's family has a good reputation and is a prominent family, if she marries Phoenix Egg Baoyu, maybe she will be the mistress of this house in the future.

Unexpectedly, when they met today, Mrs. Wang seemed to have no influence in Jia's house. Even Wang Xifeng, who had just been chatting with Jia's mother, did not accompany them to visit. This shows that there is no face between them. Although the Jia Mansion never placed Mrs. Wang under house arrest, what else could she do if she was so weak? Is it true that Baoyu is much loved in the letter? Baochai felt that the road ahead was uncertain for a moment, and she started crying along with Aunt Xue.

After a while, they calmed down and started talking slowly. When she saw her family, Mrs. Wang beat Jia Mu with a gun and a stick, and complained that Jia Zheng and Wang Xifeng were white-eyed wolves. She had done so many things for them, but now that she had lost power, they all hid. Stay far away.

Aunt Xue cursed a few words with indignation. Du Baochai frowned secretly, feeling that what Mrs. Wang said was untrue. Baochai was still just a 13-year-old girl. Although she was a bit precocious in the face of great changes in her family, she knew how to use some tricks, and she was smart, but she had too little experience, and Aunt Xue was not a shrewd one, so naturally she didn't teach her much. I have no choice but to slowly explore and analyze myself, and think more to restrain my words and deeds.

After chatting with Mrs. Wang all afternoon, Aunt Xue took Baochai to Lixiangyuan. This courtyard has a door on the street and can form a small house of its own. It is most suitable for guests to live in, but it is also clearly divided. In terms of host and guest, the furnishings inside are quite satisfactory, nothing fancy, but they don't feel considerate.

After the meal, Aunt Xue said to Baochai dissatisfied: "We have been here all day today and we haven't seen Baoyu's shadow. What does this mean?"

Xue Baochai frowned and said: "Mom, I always feel that the things in this mansion are very different from what my aunt said in her letter. Let's not talk about whether she can take charge of Baoyu's marriage. Let's just say that Sister Feng is the housekeeper in this mansion now. , judging from the respectful attitude towards her, I know that she must have a high status in the house! In my opinion, we should wait for a while and not rely too much on my aunt." For the sake of his own future, Xue Baochai did not care about being shy and went directly. Raised the question.

Aunt Xue waved her hands indifferently and said: "Sister Feng started taking care of the house as soon as she got married. Didn't she rely on your aunt to take care of her? Who knew she was a white-eyed wolf! When your aunt recovers from her illness, what will happen to her! What will happen to the old lady? I have always preferred the second room, and Baoyu is a man of great fortune. Don't worry, I can't be wrong. Your aunt can still lie to us! Okay, it's been a tiring day today. I better rest early. Don't do it. It’s been a long time.”

After saying that, he went back to his room. After washing, Xue Baochai lay on the bed. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Looking at the dim moonlight outside the window, he felt that he had no one to rely on. If he didn't bother to make more calculations, how would he live in the future? ? During the day, I saw several girls in the mansion, all of whom were outstanding, no worse than her. I heard that each of them had a nun who came out of the palace to educate them.

Xue Baochai bit her lower lip, feeling a little unwilling and a little helpless. Even if she had ambitions, it didn't matter. She was just a merchant, and her mother and brother were not shrewd and worry-free. Entering the palace was definitely not a good choice. The current plan is to win the favor of the old lady while staying in Jia's house, which can help me more. He sighed helplessly and slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

During the next few days of getting along, Jia Mu observed Xue Baochai carefully. When she was watching TV dramas in modern times, she always felt resentful about the fact that Xue Baochai was caught eavesdropping on the maid's conversation, but used Lin Daiyu as a shield. She felt that this was a worker. Scheming person. However, when she really faced her, Jia Mu felt that she was just a child working hard for her future.

Think about the twelve or thirteen-year-old girls who gather together every day. It is normal for them to laugh, scold, and swear. Outsiders analyze them in terms of good and bad, but who knows what their feelings are like? Don't best friends have their bumps and bumps when they get along? Compared with the things committed by Lady Wang and Wang Xifeng in the original work, these are really small witches and big witches, ants and elephants!

Jia Mu has traveled through several lives, and she is mostly an elder. She is more tolerant of the little tricks of these little girls. As long as they are not malicious, she is willing to spend some effort to teach them. After all, she is a queen mother, and the girls she has trained are naturally not bad. Jia Mu asked Baochai to take classes with several girls to learn piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs. She also asked Xu Mama, who was around her, to point out the rules of Baochai when she was free, and teach her some things about managing the family and the back house.

Aunt Xue trusted Lady Wang and was always suspicious of Jia Mu's arrangements, fearing that Xue Baochai would suffer a loss. However, Baochai was thoughtful. Living in Jia's house for a while was enough for her to understand that Mrs. Wang was just a transparent person now. There was no difference between marrying Baoyu and marrying the son of other fifth-rank officials, and Jia's mother would not plot against her for this.

So she was grateful and studied everything very hard. After a few smart girls got along for a long time, their feelings were like sisters. After they got married, they helped each other, which was not in vain.

Xue Pan's life in Jia's house was boring, and it was not interesting to go to the family school, so he found an excuse to rent a small house and made a bunch of bad friends. He just spent his time drinking and caring about the family business.

Having such a brother would inevitably drag down Baochai's reputation, but there was nothing she could do about it. Xue Pan's character was fixed. He bullied men and women, did evil, and had no scruples. No matter how much Baochai hated him, she still had feelings for her brother and would not deal with him casually.

Grandmother Jia helped Baochai and found a seventh-rank official who was a Jinshi. His family was a little poor and he didn't have much background. Baochai had a rich dowry and good character, so she was a good match. Aunt Xue was a little dissatisfied, but she had no connections, and no one responded to her when she spread the word. Mrs. Wang couldn't help, so she had to agree in the end.

First, they were engaged, and they planned to get married when Baochai turned fifteen. In order to arrange the engagement of the two families, Aunt Xue chose a good location and bought a five-story house. She renovated it and moved in with Baochai and Xue Pan. Grandmother Jia gave a gift and let it go. The future depends on the Xue family. She will not find trouble for herself.

Due to Jia Mu's obstruction, Baoyu, like Jia Lian and Jia Huan, rarely saw his sisters. Over time, he gradually got used to it. In addition, the maids assigned to him were all bought from the failed families. They had studied and learned calligraphy in the past, and they had some of the temperament of the spoiled girls, which was exactly the type that Jia Baoyu loved the most. He was happy to have the red sleeves and fragrance every day.

Baoyu was urged by Jia Zheng to study in recent years, and his grades were good. Jia Mu invited two very strict teachers to teach him. He did not grow up in the pile of cosmetics, and his temperament became much more normal. Although he still liked to feel sad and pitied women, he no longer said "traitors and parasites" and "I feel refreshed when I see a girl". Jia Mu did not expect him to achieve anything in the future. He was not suitable for being an official or a businessman. He just wanted to be a rich and idle person honestly and not cause trouble for the family.

On this day, Jia Mu received a letter from Lin Ruhai, saying that the emperor had allowed Lin Ruhai to return to Beijing to report on his work, and this time he would probably stay in Beijing to work. In the past three years, because Jia Mu sent some health pills with Daiyu's letters from time to time, Lin Ruhai's health has been getting better and better. Now he looks no different from others. However, he has not found a suitable person for his second wife, so he did not take Daiyu back.

This time in Beijing, there are more choices for the second wife, and Jia Mu will help to find someone suitable. I think she can find someone who suits her. Daiyu grew up in the Jia family and was raised by the maids in the palace since she was a child. She has a good reputation. The new bride has no impact at all. As long as she is sensible, she will understand that she will raise Daiyu for two years and find a good family for Daiyu, which will also help her son in the future. Only in this way can the family be harmonious and everything will be prosperous.

When Daiyu learned that her father had come to Beijing, she lay in Jia Mu's arms and cried. Since the maid taught her, Daiyu has gradually changed her crying habit, and she has become stronger and more straightforward in managing the household affairs. But thinking of her father whom she has not seen for a long time still makes her heart sad.