The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 431 Birthday [Continued]

Looking at the beautiful young girl behind Xue Pan, Jiao Shun couldn't help but shouted in his heart: TV drama missed me!
In fact, it is fair to say that although Xue Baoqin is superior to Chai and Dai in terms of the delicacy of the facial features alone, judging by his mature aesthetics, the little girl who has not fully grown up at this time is still slightly inferior to Baochai on the whole. One chip.

But Xue Baoqin has a special quality that makes people yearn for it at first sight.

hmm~
How to describe this feeling?
It’s probably like a dog lover who likes morning exercises and is obsessed with pandas. He suddenly saw a Chow Chow painted in black and white contrasting colors and just used the highest-grade softener, shaking his fluffy hair, stepping on it. Running towards him with the first ray of sunlight at dawn.

Two words: want to masturbate!
The most difficult to resist this trait is undoubtedly the elderly like Jia Mu.

After the simple greetings, the old lady took Baoqin and refused to let go. She was so considerate and caring to her that she even temporarily put aside her beloved Baoyu.

Baoyu was not bitter or jealous, she smiled and pricked up her ears, listening more seriously than anyone else, and her two twinkling eyes never left Baoqin's side.

Seeing this, Jia Tanchun couldn't help sighing to the crowd: "Just now I said that when Sister Bao's cousin comes here, I'm afraid that we will all be compared. I don't think it will be a prophecy."

"Third sister is absurd, how can she live up to this?"

Baochai smiled and resigned for Baoqin, but she couldn't help feeling a little annoyed in her heart. If her marriage with Baoyu hadn't been settled yet, it would be fine. Now it's been agreed to get engaged after the autumn and get married after the year, but Baoyu is still in front of her. It's really unreasonable to show such a mood.

But Sister Bao is not as straightforward as Sister Lin, she will express any dissatisfaction immediately, regardless of whether it will offend others.

After a little thought, she thought of a more tactful and safer way to resolve it.

I saw Baochai leading the neglected Xue Bian to Baoyu, and introduced him: "Brother Bao, this is my cousin Xue Bian——Xue Bian, come and meet him soon, and you will have to take care of him in the capital from now on."

"I met Brother Jia."

Xue Biao bowed respectfully.

Only then did Jia Baoyu start to look at Xue Biao squarely, and saw that he had red lips, white teeth, and an elegant demeanor, vaguely like Jiang Yuhan, so he unconsciously got close to him, thinking, who knows what Sister Bao's real brother looks like, his uncle and brother describe his behavior It's the same, it's like sister Bao's brother.

So while holding Xue Biao's hand, he said enthusiastically: "Please hurry up, please hurry up, why do our own family need these clichés?"

On the one hand, he asked Baochai curiously: "Sister Bao, but I don't know who is the elder or the younger?"

"He is the same age as me, but with a younger birthday."

[PS: Again, to reiterate, in order not to give Jiao Tailang the opportunity to commit crimes, this book sets Baoyu to be only one year younger than Baochai, not two years as in the original book, and one year below Baoyu.

Anyway, the ages in the Red Chamber are messed up—for example, Baoyu’s name is Xing Xiuyan’s sister Xing, but Xing Xiuyan’s name is Tanchun’s third sister (see Chapter 57)—you don’t need to be too serious about this. 】

As soon as Baochai finished speaking, Xue Biao laughed first and said, "I'm afraid it may not be accurate to judge seniority by age. It is more appropriate to call her after my sister."

As he said that, he broke free from Baoyu's hand without a trace.

Baoyu was still a little confused when he heard this, but Baochai understood that he was implying that he would marry Baoyu soon, and even though Xue Biao was older than Baoyu by then, he could only call himself his brother-in-law.

She felt ashamed, afraid that someone would break the point, so she hurriedly interrupted: "It's rare for the old lady's birthday today, and the relatives at home are all here. I want to ask Brother Bao to take him to pay a visit, so that I won't see you outside in the future. Relatives and family acquaintances don’t recognize it either.”

Baoyu looked at Baoqin reluctantly, then suddenly rolled his eyes, turned around and threw himself into Jiamu's ear and whispered a few words.

Jia Mu laughed straight after hearing this, rubbed his head and said, "If you don't tell me, I'm going to keep him."

After saying that, she turned to Aunt Xue and said, "Your niece and daughter don't need to go home. Let's stay in the garden for a few days and go shopping first—no matter how anxious the Mei family is, they still have to let people rest for a few days."

Seeing that Baoyu succeeded, regardless of Aunt Xue's answer or not, she cheered, jumped up and pulled Xue Biao and said, "Go, I will take you to meet your relatives!"

Xue Biao was caught off guard by him and staggered a few steps, coupled with Baoyu's previous performances, he couldn't help shaking his head secretly, why did cousin Xindao promise to such an escaped young dandy?

Could it be that among the relatives and friends in Beijing, there is no more suitable candidate than this Second Master Bao?
When the two arrived at the male guests' banquet, since Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen were not present, Jia Baoyu was the first to introduce Jia Lian, and then it was Jiao Shun's turn.

"This is Brother Jiao Changqing, he..."

"But Mr. Jiao from the Ministry of Industry?!"

Before Baoyu finished speaking, Xue Biao burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm, rushed to salute deeply and said: "The boy has been famous for a long time, and I don't want to be able to meet today!"

Because of the implementation of the New Deal, Jiao Shun's two sessions of industry and commerce outside the capital can be regarded as a small reputation, and Xue Biao has gained a lot from his cousin. Although there are compliments in the words, most of them come from the heart.

Baoyu didn't expect that Xue Biao would look at Jiao Shun so differently, but in his opinion, Jiao Shun was considered half of his own family, so he corrected with You Rongyan: "I don't know, Brother Jiao has now been promoted to the fifth-grade engineering school. .”

"Engineering wine?"

Xue Biao was even more amazed when he heard this.

Baoyu was used to hearing about these official positions since she was a child, but she never delved into the meaning contained in them, so she didn't know the weight of the word "sacrifice wine". The word "wine" contains gold.

Although as early as when he was in the south of the Yangtze River, Xue Biao had vaguely heard that Mr. Jiao was quite a holy family, but it was only at this moment that he deeply realized what it means to be simple in the emperor's heart!
Especially according to what he learned, Jiao Shun is only 20 years old this year...

If you change to a serious literati, the future is basically equivalent to being recommended to the cabinet!

Xue Biao couldn't help but bowed again, and said solemnly: "I haven't heard about this before, so I made a slip of the tongue, please forgive Jiao Jijiu."

Jiao Shun laughed, and stretched out his hand to help him up: "From now on, you will be your brother, Xue Erlang doesn't have to stick to the etiquette—not to mention that I am also the head of the Secretary's Department, so why talk about a slip of the tongue?"

Still continue to be the butler of the Ministry of Industry?
Isn't this a grab for power and reputation?

Xue Biao was extremely shocked, and then continued to follow Jia Baoyu to identify people, but still put most of his attention on Jiao Shun.

After seeing everything that should be seen, he immediately turned back to chat with Jiao Shun.

Due to the loss of his father at a young age, he had to do his best to support the family business. For several years, he has struggled and struggled, and he can be regarded as a well-informed, mature and prudent model among young people.

But compared to Jiao Shun who has been a man in two lifetimes, he is obviously much more immature.

In particular, Jiao Shun spent many years in the business world in his previous life—although the most important method was to accompany customers to drink flowers and wine—the business knowledge is far beyond that of Xue Bing.

A few words of experience said that this young man has heard a lot, and he almost moved a pony to take notes.

Jia Baoyu was on the sidelines but listened dully, thinking that Xue Erlang, who was born to be romantic and suave, was interested in these trivial matters of official career and economics, what a waste.

So he simply left Xue Tiao to grease the soles of his feet, and slipped back to Jia Mu.

He was about to get close to Jia Mu so that he could be with Baoqin, but Xue Baochai quickly stopped him and asked half-truthfully, "Where is Xue Biao? I handed him over to you, but how did you get him?" lost?"

"My sister doesn't know anything."

Jia Baoyu spread his hands and vomited bitterly: "Second Brother Xue, when he saw Brother Jiao, stuck to him like brown sugar and asked about everything. I was really bored listening, so I had to come back first."

Hearing that he did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he still chose "Second Brother" to address Xue Biao, Baochai felt a little displeased at first.

Immediately afterwards, seeing him bypassing himself, squeezing his body into Jiamu's arms, and sticking his eyes to Baoqin's face, he was even more angry and annoyed at his indisputability.

At this time, Baoqin happened to talk about poetry, and even Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Tanchun surrounded him. After listening to Baoqin's old poems, everyone was full of praise.

Baoyuyin said to Tanchun: "Sure enough, I was predicted by my sister. You know that I am a frog at the bottom of the well. The whole family only said that you are unique. Today, I have learned a lot--God, God! How much essence and beauty do you have to give birth to such a superior person!"

Hearing his exaggeration, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Lin Daiyu sneered from the side: "Second Master, I'm afraid my memory is wrong. Haven't you seen this younger sister before?"

Jia Baoyu was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that this was what he said when he first met Daiyu [I have seen this sister before]. Thinking about the two childhood sweethearts, and now they have fallen into such a situation, it seemed like cold water poured on their hearts for a while All gone, no interest in commenting on Baoqin anymore.

"Sister Lin's mouth can really kill people!" Xue Baochai covered her mouth and smiled, and said to Jia's mother: "The ancestors can't be too spoiled with my sister, or when she gets married after a while, I'm afraid I can’t get used to it for a while.”

Jia Mu took the Baoqin and said: "I really like this child, but it's a pity that he has promised him a long time ago, otherwise..."

Although she didn't say anything clearly, her eyes fell on Baoyu who was beside her.

This made Baochai feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Mother Jia quickly changed the subject again: "By the way, where are you going to put this girl?"

"This……"

Xue Baochai hesitated for a moment, and Tanchun continued beside her and said, "Why don't you come with me, I would also like to hear her tell some allusions about the world, and it will open your eyes."

But Jia Mu shook her head again and again: "You don't even have a door there, and the three rooms are connected like a big shop. It's convenient for you, but how do others live?"

As he said that, he said to Baoqin: "It was supposed to arrange for you to live with your sister, but girl Yun has been relying on her for a long time, but she is afraid that the three of you won't be able to squeeze in—how about it, you just go around with the sisters." Turn around, see who gets the most temper, see whose yard is the most pleasing, and live there."

With the old lady's words, the sisters played the Baoqin and went around several yards one by one.

The Hengwu Courtyard has already been ruled out, and although Baoqin has praised the three places of Zhuijinlou, Qiushuangzhai, and Nuanxiangwu, there is no conclusion.

It wasn't until she saw the bamboo forest in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion that she smiled and said happily: "'I would rather eat without meat than live without bamboo'. There are so many bamboos in this courtyard, which shows that the master is elegant!"

Seeing that Lin Daiyu fell in love with her alone, everyone couldn't help but looked at each other and hesitated to speak.

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and took Baoqin's hand, pointed at the crowd and said with a smile: "Sure enough, they are all blind people. My younger sisters can see that I am an elegant person when they come here, but they just treat me like a vulgar thing."

Xue Baochai secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then smiled and said, "Sister Lin is willing to take her in. With you taking care of her, I, as a sister, can rest assured."

At this time, Baoqin vaguely noticed something, but firstly, she really liked the layout of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and secondly, she saw that Lin Daiyu's speech and behavior were not comparable to vulgar fans, and she wanted to be close, so she pretended not to know, I moved into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion smoothly.

When the girls went back to report to Mother Jia, because they saw Xue Biao still haunting Jiao Shun, Xue Baochai ordered her servant girl to call him, and said, "Baoqin is going to live in this garden, you and brother After you go back, you must not imitate him, let alone get too close to his cronies."

Xue Biao respectfully responded one by one.

Baochai asked again, "Have you seen all the relatives and friends at the banquet?"

"I have seen."

When Xue Biao mentioned this, he couldn't help but get excited: "I heard my sister mentioned Brother Jiao in a letter from home earlier, and I took it as a compliment. I didn't expect to see him today, and it was even worse! The 20-year-old sacrifice Liquor was born as a domestic slave—I'm afraid it can be counted from ancient times to the present!"

Hearing his admiration and admiration for Jiao Shun, Xue Baochai had mixed feelings for a moment, and hurriedly interrupted: "Don't just focus on Brother Jiao, I plan to ask Second Brother Lian to take you to Mei's house to identify the family in two days. You might as well get closer to him tonight."

As he said that, thinking of Jia Lian's suspected illness, he hurriedly said: "It's not good to get too close, anyway, it's the same as my brother's side, you must not be contaminated by their messy things!"

Xue Biao faintly heard some clues, and couldn't help hesitating at the moment: "Brother Jiao also..."

"He's not like that."

Xue Baochai shook her head: "But Brother Jiao is usually busy with official duties, so I'm afraid he may not have time to pay attention to you."

"I see."

Xue Biao breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes fell on Baoyu who was acting coquettishly towards Jia's mother, and he hesitated to speak for a while.

He couldn't figure it out, his cousin had a limitless future with Jiao Jijiu, and a young hero who was proficient in everything in official career and economics was unnecessary, so why did he take a fancy to Jia Baoyu?

Is it because of his skinny?
My cousin shouldn't be such a superficial person?
And thinking of Baoyu taking the initiative to hold his hand several times, he deliberately asked Jia Baoyu if he was also "like that".

But when the words came to his lips, he finally endured it.

(End of this chapter)