The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 158 Goodbye Xing Xiuyan

Time flies by like a horse.

Between the rising of the sun and the setting of the moon, it is almost the year of the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye.

On this day, because the year-end rest and bathing holiday was finally released, Jia Jing thought that her family hadn't gone to Yingchun's place for a few days, so she took Daiyu Baochai and a few maids with her, Go straight to Rongguo Mansion.

In Rongguo Mansion, Yingchun is still living with Tanchun Xichun in the three small buildings behind Rongxi Hall.

However, a few months ago, a new resident was added to Yingchun's yard.

It is none other than Xing Xiuyan, the child of Mrs. Xing's brother-in-law's family.

There was one more person again, which made the three small Baosha more lively.

But in this way, the small place, which was not very spacious at first, became more and more crowded.

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But after Mrs. Xing brought her brother, sister-in-law and niece back that day, because of Jia She's passing away, Jia's mother didn't care too much about her.

I just told Mrs. Xing, "Since it's a relative from my natal family, just entertain her!"

It should be said that Xing Zhong and his wife came to Beijing this time to take refuge in Mrs. Xing, and at the same time, they also wanted to ask Mrs. Xing to help them buy a house, and it would be better to add some daily necessities.

But Mrs. Xing herself is an "extraordinarily frugal" person, and in the past she placed great importance on goods.When Jia Amnesty was still around, because she was in charge of the big house's expenses, any money that passed through her hands was seized and confiscated.

When Jia Amnesty passed away, the affairs in the big house naturally fell on Jia Lian and Sister Feng.

Now Mrs. Xing has not only lost her backing, but even her access to money has been cut off. Naturally, she is several times more concerned about the money and goods in her hand.

Therefore, if she wanted to ask her to spend such a large sum of money to help her elder brother and sister-in-law buy a house, of course, she was absolutely unwilling.

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Therefore, after getting the words of Jia Mu to stay with Xing Zhong's family, and with the support of Jia Jing and Jia Lian's words before, Mrs. Xing entrusted Xing Zhong's family to her daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng for arrangement.

This move saved Mrs. Xing a lot of expenses!

Wang Xifeng is also well aware of her mother-in-law's greedy and money-loving temperament.

Therefore, after getting Mrs. Xing's order, they found a suitable house in the mansion and asked Xing Zhong and his wife to stay temporarily.

As for Xing Xiuyan, he was arranged to live in Yingchun's yard.

Firstly, it was because after a few days of getting along, Wang Xifeng saw that Xing Xiuyan was a kind-hearted, kind-hearted girl, but her parents were careless people who left Xing Xiuyan with his parents. It is inevitable to be angry.

Furthermore, this is also Yingchun's initiative.

Since Jia Jing's help and training made her family change from the previous cowardly and cautious attitude, Yingchun's attitude and demeanor have also changed a lot.

Seeing the same distressing Xing Xiuyan again at this time, he was born to be a little closer, so he took the initiative to find Wang Xifeng and asked her to arrange Xing Xiuyan with her.

Naturally, Wang Xifeng agreed with kindness.

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Jia Jing and others came all the way.

At the gate of Baoxia, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun were already waiting there.

Seeing Jia Jing and the others approaching from a distance, Xichun greeted her early, pulling Lin Daiyu's hand for a while, and looking at Xue Baochai next to her, very busy.

Seeing this, Jia Jing couldn't help laughing: "Why, it's not that I haven't seen the two of them, it's so rare today!"

"That's different," Xichun said without turning her head, "Before they got married, both of them lived in the mansion, and we talked and laughed together every day; after you got married, you gradually came less. It’s even more exaggerated to say that he hasn’t come to see us once for such a long time!”

Then, staring at Daiyu and Baochai, he said, "I want to see if the third brother locked you two at home and won't let you out!"

It wasn't until this time that Daiyu and Baochai found out that Xichun was here for them, because she was blaming herself for not coming to play with her!

Lin Daiyu immediately said: "You're just talking about us, didn't you not go to our house to sit with us? Besides, I'm still your sister-in-law. How can a sister-in-law have any reason to visit my sister-in-law first?"

In a word, Xichun, who said it immediately, was speechless.

Put down a sentence, "Forget it, I don't want to tell you anymore!"

Turning around, he pretended to be angry and walked towards Yingchun.

It made Jia Jing laugh from the sidelines.

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Walking to the door of Yingchun and others, after seeing each other's greetings, they hurriedly asked Jia Jing and Daiyu Baochai to sit in the room.

Among the maids who followed behind, only one was left to be easy to order, and the rest went to play with the maids of the other girls.

In the house, two large braziers were burning vigorously, making the temperature inside the house much better than outside, but it still couldn't compare with the stove in Hou's mansion.

Jia Jing felt that the temperature was obviously a bit colder than that in her own house, and she couldn't help complaining: "It's a cold day, and the old lady didn't ask you to install a heater or something, you really want to freeze to death!"

Lin Daiyu also persuaded: "Yes, and looking all the way, my sister's place is still crowded, why don't you just move to our place!"

Yingchun hurriedly waved her hand to signal no need, and said with a smile, "I'm used to living here!"

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After Jia Jing and others entered the room without mentioning it, they complained about the temperature in the room.

Outside, Xing Xiuyan came back from the outside.

Seeing so many people in the room suddenly, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help being stunned.

But soon, Xing Xiuyan came to his senses. First, he greeted everyone in the room, and then said: "I just came back from my mother, but I couldn't meet Third Brother Jing and sister-in-law in time. I hope you can forgive me."

Listening to Xing Xiuyan's soft and weak words, Jia Jing looked at her cousin seriously for the first time.

About the same size as Xichun, but a little thinner, without any jewelry on her body, dressed in simple and plain, although she is about the same age as Xichun, but not like Xichun's lively and graceful appearance, just Standing there, one can see that she is a dignified and stable girl.

However, when Jia Jing saw the jacket on Xing Xiuyan's body, she couldn't help frowning.

"In such a cold day, why did you go out wearing a jacket?"

Seeing Jia Jing's question, Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "I don't plan to go out today because I came back. Sister Yingchun lit two big braziers in her room. I was a little afraid of the heat, so I changed my clothes. !"

It's just that if this is said, who in the whole room will believe it?
Even with the two braziers on, the room is still a bit chilly. Under such circumstances, it's still a little chilly to wear a cotton jacket, let alone just a jacket?
Jia Jing knew in her heart that there must be some reason for this, but now that there are so many people here, they have to worry about Xing Xiuyan's face, so it is not easy to say anything, so she nodded and temporarily exposed it.

(End of this chapter)