Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Chapter 21 Disrespect

Because Xue Pan was going to Beijing for business, Mrs. Xue arranged the house properly, packed her luggage, and hurriedly set off.

Well, in addition to Pan'er who has to deal with a job, Baochai also has to go to Beijing to be selected. He may have to take care of things everywhere, so he'd better go to Beijing early to rest assured.

The Xue family was in a hurry along the way, Xue Baobao seized the opportunity to persuade, "Mom, the emperor has given our family such a great favor.

If you send me to the palace to be selected at this time, I am afraid that the emperor will think that we think that the grace he has given is not enough and that we are greedy, which will definitely annoy our family."

Mrs. Xue hesitated, and Baobao Xue said coquettishly, "Even if I can be selected, it is rare for my wife to be willing to marry me into the royal family, and it will be difficult to see my wife again for the rest of my life?
Moreover, my wife also knows that our family is a merchant after all. Even if we are selected, we will probably be the concubines of the emperor, princes, and princes.

Madam, our family has no shortage of food and clothing. Do you really want to give me to the royal family as a concubine? "

Just kidding, although in the original book, Xue Baochai lost in the end.

But now that Feng Yuan is not dead, and Zhen Yinglian is recognized as a righteous daughter by Xue's family, who knows how this butterfly's wings will flap?
What if you get elected?
What should she do?
If you don't enter the palace, you will be beheaded, which will also bring bad luck to the three Xue family members.

After entering the palace, Mrs. Xue could prepare the coffin and wait to collect her body.

Mrs. Xue hurriedly slapped Xue Baobao, "Don't talk nonsense, whether you are a concubine or a side concubine, it is a great grace, what kind of concubine or not!"

Xue Baobao pouted, "In my opinion, they are all concubines anyway! I would rather my mother find me a door-to-door son-in-law who eats soft food than being a concubine!"

Mrs. Xue laughed angrily, "Son-in-law is coming to my daughter's house, and the son-in-law is not ashamed! Stop talking, and see if I won't beat you!"

The conversation between mother and daughter ends here, only Mrs. Xue knows that her daughter has an idea. If she really believes that she is sending her to be elected, she is going to send her to be a concubine with the royal family, so she can't force it She, to prevent mother and daughter from becoming enemies.

Furthermore, what the daughter said was right, their family had no shortage of food or family, and now Pan'er was doing well, so there was really no need to send her daughter to the palace, mother and daughter might not see each other again in a lifetime.

Mrs. Xue thought like this and killed her desire to send Baby Xue to be chosen.

They were in a hurry. They set out at the end of the first year and arrived in the capital in early February.

As soon as he entered the capital, Xue Baobao opened the curtain of the car to look out, and then asked Zhen Yinglian to look.

Mrs. Xue didn't care about them, but pointed them out one by one.

She grew up in the capital and hadn't come back for nearly 20 years. Naturally, she was more emotional than them when she first entered Beijing.

When we arrived at Ningrong Street, it was indeed as magnificent and luxurious as described in the original book, and the words "Zao Rongguo Mansion" shone dazzlingly in the sun.

The same as when Daiyu entered Jia's mansion, they also entered through the corner gate. After entering the second gate, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, surrounded by a group of maids and women, greeted them.

Mrs. Wang dressed up very maturely and dignifiedly, but she could still see that she was a beauty when she was young.

Wang Xifeng was even more beautiful, and Xue Baobao couldn't help sighing when he saw it, he was indeed a hero in the makeup team, which was even rarer in this feudal society.

Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Wang have not seen each other for nearly 20 years, so they cried a lot, and Wang Xifeng also shed a lot of tears.

It was hard for the sisters to control their emotions, so Mrs. Xue called several children to visit. Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng both gave gifts and led them to visit Mrs. Jia.

At this time, it was approaching noon, and Jiamu's place was busy.

After a visit, Jia Mu rewarded Xue Pan with a set of the Four Treasures of the Study, and sisters Zhen Yinglian and Xue Baobao each received a pair of gold bracelets, which was a very heavy gift.

Mrs. Xue also gave gifts to the juniors of Rongguo Duke's mansion one by one, and Jia's mother smiled and pointed out that Jia Baoyu, Sanchun and Daiyu recognized Xue's brothers and sisters.

At this time, Jia Baoyu and the others were still eleven or twelve-year-old hairy children, all of them carved in pink and jade, very jade and snow cute.

Among them, Lin Daiyu is obviously more beautiful than the Sanchun sisters, and even a bit more beautiful than Zhen Yinglian.

Xue Baobao doesn't quite remember the series of compliments on Daiyu's appearance in the original book. Now that she meets the real person, she only feels that Daiyu's appearance and temperament are very similar to Lin Ruhai's. There is aura, and you can play the beauty of a fairy without adding some dry ice at your feet.

As described in the original work, the Jia family stayed with them in Lixiangyuan. Xue Baobao and others had dinner at Jia's mother's place, and did not mention that they were staying in Lixiangyuan that day.

Early the next morning, Xue Pan went to Wucheng Bingma Division to report, and Mrs. Xue took Zhen Yinglian and Xue Baobao to greet Jiamu.

Mother Jia gave breakfast, and after dinner, she ordered Jia Baoyu and others to take Zhen Yinglian and Xue Baobao to play, so as not to be restrained.

They all took off their big clothes in the house, and when they came out of Jia Mu's house, each maidservant waited for them to put on their big clothes.

Lin Daiyu was wearing a snow-white fox fur, which set off her aura-filled beauty even more.

It was exactly the one that Xue Baobao asked Lin Ruhai to bring to Lin Daiyu.

Although it was cold in early February, it was not enough to wear a fox fur, but Lin Daiyu chose this unseasonable fox fur to wear, which shows her care and the importance she attaches to it.

This character is very similar to Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai is the censor of Yanyan, so it goes without saying that he knows that there are a lot of things to do, but because of the fate with Xue Baobao, when Xue's family came to Beijing, he specially sent someone to give them a generous gift, and even sent two guards to escort them all the way to Beijing. is rare.

Because of Lin Ruhai, because of the love and pity that the majority of Chinese people have for Sister Lin, and because of Lin Daiyu's beauty that surpasses all other beauties, Xue Baobao had a special regard for Lin Daiyu.

At this time, I felt even more love and pity, and pulled Lin Daiyu to talk about the situation when I went to Yangzhou to meet Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai came to the capital at the end of last year, but came and went in a hurry, only came to see Daiyu, and forced Jiamu to move Lin Daiyu out of her yard on the grounds that she did not dare to disturb Jiamu, and had no time for other things. Talk to Lin Daiyu in detail.

He only told Lin Daiyu not to wrong her in anything, and to write to him when something happened, asking Jia Mu to make the decision, and asking Li Wan to make the decision.

He strives to be transferred to the capital before the end of the year, and if not, he will pick her up and return to Yangzhou before the end of the year.

He also mentioned Xue Baobao, saying that she would come to Rongguo Duke's mansion soon, and asked Daiyu to get closer to this sister.

Lin Daiyu had a good impression of this sister Bao who had just met because of her father's words. When Baobao Xue talked about her father's affairs in Yangzhou, she was naturally very willing to listen, and asked for details repeatedly. The two chatted very speculatively.

Jia Baoyu over there was obviously very curious about Zhen Yinglian and Xue Baobao, but Xue Baoyu only talked to Lin Daiyu and ignored him at all.

He had no choice but to surround Zhen Yinglian and ask about the situation in Jinling and the situation on the road, and then sighed, "It's really a beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are two sisters who are so beautiful.

Sister Bao is as beautiful as her surname is, she is actually a beauty made of snow, and Sister Zhen has a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows, which attracts all the romantics in the world—"

Before he finished praising him, he heard someone sternly shouted, "My cousin is 12 years old, even if he hasn't read a book, he should know etiquette, righteousness and shame!
In front of my sister and I, they talked about our appearance so frivolously. Even if my sister and I were from humble backgrounds, we would never be so insulted! "

Xue Baobao doesn't think about a good relationship, let alone being the third party or light bulb between Bao and Dai. He is worried about how to draw a clear line with Jia Baoyu. He will fall out and scold without mercy when he gets the chance.

Jia Baoyu was stunned, he was sincere, and at this time he was sincerely praising Zhen Yinglian and Xue Baobao, not frivolous and obscene, but Xue Baobao was so furious that he didn't know what to do for a while.

Tanchun, on the other hand, reacted quickly, quickly grabbed Xue Baobao's sleeve, and said with a smile, "Sister Bao, the second brother has such a demented temperament, but he didn't mean to humiliate sister and sister Zhen.

The second elder brother hastened to make amends to the elder sister, and the elder sister will spare the second elder brother this time, right? "

Xue Baobao sneered, "Is this the temperament? Is the young master of the dignified Duke's mansion such an upbringing? Such a temper?

Even if the third girl is telling a joke, it's better to pick something nice to say."

Tanchun was so anxious to push Jia Baoyu, "Second Brother, quickly apologize to Sister Bao and Sister Zhen!"

Jia Baoyu has always been a low-down person, so he hurriedly leaned over and bowed.

Xue Baobao just sneered and pulled Zhen Yinglian away.

Tanchun paused, "Second brother, how many times have I told you that now that you are getting older, you should respect your sisters more.

Look now, Sister Bao offended you as soon as she arrived at our house! "

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he became anxious and ran after her, saying, "I'll go and apologize to Sister Bao."

"Hey, don't worry, don't disturb the old lady and the madam."

Tanchun shouted and chased Jia Baoyu away.

Lin Daiyu pinched the handkerchief and looked at the backs of several people after they disappeared into the flowers, and muttered to herself, "Second brother talks like that, so it turned out to be disrespectful, making sister Bao feel that she and sister Zhen have been insulted?"

When the second brother first met, he said that he had a frown and even gave himself a nickname. Isn't that also disrespectful?Are you insulting yourself?

Yingchun heard this, her eyebrows moved slightly, but she didn't speak.

Xichun was still young and didn't quite understand why her brothers and sisters suddenly started to quarrel. She snuggled into the nanny's arms with some fear.

Daiyu tugged at the handkerchief, thought for a while, but was still worried, so she followed.

Xue Baobao took Zhen Yinglian and ran back to Jia Mu's room. After seeing the ceremony, she sat down on the little chair next to Mrs. Xue.

Mrs. Xue saw that her expression was not right, so she hurriedly asked what was wrong, but Baobao Xue only said that she was tired, and she went to sit in the room for a while.

Mrs. Xue knew that this was definitely not the case, she said a few more words, then got up to leave, she was anxious to go back and ask her daughter if she was being bullied.

Jia Baoyu followed Xue Baobao and the two in, seeing that Xue Baobao didn't mention the quarrel between the two just now, he didn't dare to say it, for fear of making Xue Baobao angry again.

At this time, seeing Mrs. Xue taking Baobao Xue away, and just as he was about to speak, Tanchun, who followed closely, tugged at his sleeves and said in a low voice, "Sister Bao lives in our house, there's no rush.

If you yell at this time, it will annoy the old lady, maybe Sister Bao will be even more annoyed."

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he really didn't dare to say anything and just stood there.

Mother Jia always knew his temperament well, knowing that his appearance was probably due to a quarrel with Xue Baobao and sisters, she smiled and ordered Mrs. Wang to send Xue Baobao and her mother out.

He then asked Jia Baoyu why he had offended Sister Xue Baoyu, and Jia Baoyu told the truth, Yang said, "Old Ancestor, help me intercede with Sister Bao, I didn't mean to be rude to Sister Bao and Sister Zhen.

It's just that seeing the beautiful appearance of the two elder sisters, they felt ashamed of themselves, so they couldn't help but praise them."

Mother Jia didn't take the quarrel between the children into her heart at all, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, your sister Bao is dignified and polite, so she won't really piss you off.

You must also remember the lesson of this time. You are not young now. Even your sisters cannot be so presumptuous and disrespectful! "

Lin Daiyu heard Jia Mu's words as soon as she arrived outside the door and couldn't help frowning. Even the old lady said that her second brother's words were disrespectful.

Then why on weekdays, when the second elder brother said such things to himself, no one ever stopped him, not even the old lady.

Is it because I am closer to my second elder brother, or is it because I am dependent on others, and there is no way to be respected by others?

Lin Daiyu has always been thoughtful, sensitive and suspicious. Thinking of this, she can't help but hurt her life experience. Her mother left early and her father can't be around.

Although the old lady loves her, she is old and has many grandchildren around her. How can she take care of her granddaughter all the time?

On weekdays, it is thanks to the second brother who treats her like a younger sister and considers everything carefully, which comforts her to be far away from home and her father's misery.

Unexpectedly, the words and deeds of the second elder brother are actually disrespectful, and the dignified and gentle Rubao sister can immediately change color and reprimand him as soon as he speaks.

No wonder my father came to the capital, he didn't even have time to say a few words to himself, but he tried his best to make the old lady angry, and insisted on moving himself out of the old lady's yard, and asked his sister-in-law to take care of him.

My father was not afraid that the old lady would be tired at all, but he also felt that the second brother's words and deeds were frivolous, and it was even more inappropriate for him to live in the old lady's yard with him!

It's a pity that I don't have a mother to teach me, and none of the aunts, cousins ​​and maids in Jia's house reminded her!

Now those people don't know how to choreograph her!
I'm afraid everyone is scolding her for being ignorant of etiquette, having no tutor, being frivolous and disrespectful!
When Lin Daiyu thought of this, tears flowed all over her face. She didn't go in, so she turned around and left.

The maid Zijuan who was serving her suddenly started crying again for some reason. She looked inside the door and then at Lin Daiyu, who was wiping her tears while walking, so she had no choice but to chase Lin Daiyu away.

(End of this chapter)