Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Chapter 20 Zhen Yinglian

"That girl is called Zhen Yinglian, and she was also the daughter of an official.

Since she was kidnapped by a kidnapper and her house was hit by a fire, her father couldn't think about becoming a monk anymore, leaving only an old mother at home, crying blindly.

Her old mother now relies on her grandfather to live, but her grandfather is not a kind person, after draining the girl of Zhen Yinglian's money, he actually thought about selling her.

She really had no choice but brought her mother to the door and said she begged the wife and the girl to save her life. I saw it was really pitiful, so I came here to ask the girl for her advice."

Xue Baobao, "...No, why didn't she marry Feng Yuan?"

Xue Chen's family pinched the handkerchief to cover their mouths and smiled, "The girl is still young, so I won't talk to the girl if I have some stupid words.

The girl only remembered that Mr. Feng was not a good person. A girl from a good family, as long as she had the means, who would be willing to marry such a person? "

Xue Baobao looked at the housekeeper with an ambiguous smile on his face, and suddenly remembered, it seems that the original book said that Feng Yuan only loves men -

Xue Baobao, "..."

Yes, Zhen Yinglian really fits her name, from Feng Yuan, to Xue Pan, to her grandpa, to Xia Jingui, everyone she meets is wonderful!
"Then, how does she want me to help her?"

"This is the difficulty. If it is a girl from an ordinary family, I can help you without the girl's embarrassment.

However, Miss Zhen is the daughter of an official, the daughter of a branch of the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River, and she has a blind mother.

She said that she wanted to serve the girl as a slave, and she only asked the girl to give them a bite to eat.

But if the girl really asked them to sign a body contract, she would probably be scolded to death.

But if the girl doesn’t take them with her, and just gives them money, they will not be able to survive as orphans and widowers, and they may be sold again one day.”

Everything the Xue Chen family said made sense. After thinking about it for a long time, Xue Baobao suddenly thought that Zhen Yinglian was not only beautiful, but also simple, kind-hearted, and extremely smart!

After studying with Lin Daiyu for a while, Xiaobai became a poet!

If it were her, even after 20 years of studying, she would not be able to compose a single poem!
There are still a few shops in the capital that need to be taken care of!

Although it would be enough to leave it to Xue Chen, wouldn't it be better if more than one person had to worry about it?

Thinking of this, Xue Baobao asked Xue Chen's family to settle Zhen Yinglian and her daughter, and went to find Mrs. Xue himself, saying that she wanted to recognize Zhen Yinglian as a righteous sister.

The Xue family does not lack the stuttering of Zhen Yinglian's mother and daughter, nor does it lack the dowry of Zhen Yinglian. Mrs. Xue is worried about her daughter's great contribution and does not know how to reward her. After listening to her daughter's small request, she will naturally not refuse. She is only worried about Xue Pan. After seeing Zhen Yinglian, another incident happened.

Xue Baobao immediately made a promise, saying that Xue Pan would take care of it.

Mrs. Xue was relieved, and she chose a good day to officially recognize Zhen Yinglian as her adopted daughter. She ordered everyone in the family to call her the eldest daughter, and changed her name to the second daughter Xue Baobao. She strictly prohibited anyone from talking about Zhen Yinglian's life experience and the fact that she was fought over by Xue Pan. thing.

Because Xue's family was going to Beijing soon, she was allowed to live in Xue Baobao's yard, and Mrs. Zhen was allowed to live with him, and it happened that he also had more people to talk to.

After Zhen Yinglian was snatched back by Xue Pan, Xue Baobao didn't go to see her on purpose, but only asked Xue Chen's family to make arrangements.

It was the first time I saw it at this time, and it was very amazing. It really deserves to be No.1 in the supplementary volume of Jinling Twelve Beauties!
No wonder Xue Pan wants to steal her from Feng Yuan, no wonder Feng Yuan wants to buy her back as his concubine even though he has no choice but to be a man!

A beauty is always pleasing to the eye, not to mention a kind-hearted, docile, smart and dexterous beauty!

Xue Baobao treated her as his sister and roommate. He remembered that the original owner had a female teacher, but because he was too lazy, he had not attended class for a long time.

After meeting Zhen Yinglian, he ordered the female teacher to come over, so that the female teacher will teach Zhen Yinglian as himself in the future.

As for herself?
Oh, she has been studying for 20 years. She has already had enough and doesn’t want to study anymore!

Therefore, Zhen Yinglian read and wrote with the female teacher during the day, and after returning home at night, she read medical books with Xue Baobao. Xue Baobao occasionally taught her abacus when she was not lazy.

Zhen Yinglian's temperament is really gentle and gentle, which is a rare and precious quality for most modern women. Xue Baobao likes her very much, thinking that if Xue Pan can learn well in the future and marry Zhen Yinglian to be his sister-in-law, it would be the best.

Thinking of his sister-in-law, Xue Baobao couldn't help but think of his life-long events.

In her previous life, due to various reasons, she was in her thirties and did not fall in love and get married. But at that time, society was very tolerant of single women, and she had a very powerful brother who loved her very much. It didn't matter if she was single until she was a hundred years old.

Now in the world of Red Mansions, not to mention the social environment at this time and Mrs. Xue will never allow her to engage in singleism. Mrs. Xue is still thinking about sending her to the palace to be selected. If she can't be selected, there is still a good match waiting for her. Looking at her!

Xue Baobao knows her own family affairs. If she enters the palace, she probably won't survive the second episode.

As for the golden match, she was even more grateful, not to mention that she had no interest in being the third party between Bao and Dai.

Just say that Jia Baoyu cried at every turn, and was about to become a monk at every turn, she couldn't hold it at all!
So here comes the question, if she gets rid of the fate of entering the palace and having a good marriage, who will Mrs. Xue marry in the future?
Xue Baobao thought for a while and felt that no matter who Mrs. Xue married herself to, it would be almost the same. She would just be a certain young man from the same family as the Xue family.

After she married, most of the time, she would still be able to live in luxury, similar to the Xue family, except that she had an extra child to raise, and of course there was an extra task of caring for the other party's concubine and raising illegitimate sons and daughters.

Xue Baobao, "..."

Just thinking about it makes life miserable!
After the new year, this body will be 13 years old. In ancient times, most of the ancient people would discuss marriage at the age of [-] or [-], and get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen.

In other words, if she doesn't arrange her marriage, she can only live happily for three or four years at most!
Xue Baobao wanted to roll on the spot!

Thinking of her, Baby Xue, when she was a child, her parents took care of everything, and she was only responsible for eating and drinking.

If she is willing to read a few medical books while eating and drinking, her parents will put her arms around her and praise her, our baby is really sensible and motivated!

When she grew up, her brother took care of everything, but she was still only responsible for eating and drinking.

If I am willing to pick up a patient and study pharmacology in my free time, my brother will feel distressed and blame himself. My baby has to support himself by himself. I really blame myself, it's so useless!

Once she entered the world of Red Mansions, she would have to worry about everything, not even the most important life-long event!

The more Xue Baobao thought about it, the more depressed he became. The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. When he was extremely depressed, he suddenly thought, hey, it seems that in ancient times, children and wives could be raised!

How about she raise a child husband, and then recruit a wife into Xue's house, if she dares to be disobedient, she will be swept out immediately and get another one!
Anyway, her cheap brother is a bully, Mrs. Xue is very likely to agree!
This thought slipped into his mind, and Xue Baobao suddenly felt that he had a chance of survival. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more he thought about it, the more impatient he became. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep at all, so he drafted a charter overnight.

Early the next morning, he called Xue Chen over and said, "Uncle Xue, my sixth uncle gave me 20 silver as a gift a few days ago.

It's useless for me to leave it for nothing. I want to use this money to cultivate some useful people. What do you think? "

Xue Chen, "..."

What kind of people need 20 to cultivate?Golden doll?

"My initial idea is this: I will first find some boys from all over the place who are born in poverty, but are smart and good-natured.

Don't be too young, don't be too big, thirteen or fourteen years old is the best, not more than 17 years old, and of course the most important thing is not to be too ugly."

After all, as long as she has the conditions, she still wants to marry a handsome man.

"Our family is outside Jinling City. Isn't there a small Zhuangzi? After Uncle Xue finds people, he sends them to that little Zhuangzi to teach them how to read and calculate accounts, and then teach them how to ride and shoot with fists and feet.

As for the number of people, the more the better, as many as you can find, first raise them in the village for a year, and after a year, pick out the best ones and send them to the capital."

Xue was silent for a while, and said, "Can I ask the girl what she wants these children to do, and it's good to pick when picking people."

Xue Baobao, "..."

If she directly said that she wanted to choose a child as a husband, would Xue Chen set a fire and burn her to death?
Xue Baobao pretended to be understated and said, "Oh, that's right, since Sister Zhen came to my house, I have someone to accompany me.

Secondly, Sister Zhen is smart and capable. She can help my wife and I share many things, but she is much better than me alone.

I didn't think it mattered at first, but since Sister Zhen came, I understand the truth that the elders say that more children will lead to happiness.

You also know that brother, although I suppressed it temporarily, I will not be able to return to the original state when I arrive in the capital.

Even if he has learned it well since then, his temperament is too simple and stupid, and he will help count the money with a smile when he is calculated by others.

No matter how powerful the slaves are, they are still lacking in status. No matter how worried my wife and I are, we can't get out of the second door.

If someone like Sister Zhen is watching, wouldn't my wife and I have to worry less? "

Xue Chen murmured, "It's not a bad idea."

That is, when the girl said that the uncle was simple-minded, why did she feel that her pronunciation was inaccurate?

"If that's the case, why don't you pick one from the Xue clan and train it well?"

Xue Baobao waved his hand, "No, my family is in too much trouble, maybe I will raise a white-eyed wolf."

The key is that marriage between close relatives is illegal!
Over the past few days, Xue Chen had known that Xue Baobao was a decisive person. Seeing that she had made up her mind, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, girl. Just for this matter, you don't need as much as 20 silver. The girl will allocate five thousand silver first." .

After one year, I will ask the person in charge to hand over the accounts, and I will refund the girl if there is more money.”

Xue Baobao thought for a while and said, "Then allocate [-] first, make sure they are well fed, clothed, and used well, and Mr. Xun must also be well.

After one year, except for outstanding ones, all others will be sealed with some money and sent back.”

Xue Chen agreed to back down, and Xue Baobao looked at his back and sighed contentedly.

Look, look, if Xue Chen were in modern times, he would definitely be an extremely capable executive. If you just explain anything, I will handle it properly for you!

Among those children, even if they couldn't pick out a child husband, it would be great if they could raise Xue Chen!

(End of this chapter)