Jia Baoyu from the Red Chamber

Chapter [-]: Grandma Liu

There are always some things on Jia Baoyu's carriage, and people take turns guarding them all day long, because it's not likely that Second Master Bao came up with things and went down with nothing in his hand. If anyone doubts it, this is what Jia Baoyu deliberately did. Even if it is some insignificant servants, don't let them see the problem.

Jia Baoyu was thinking about going back and started giving gifts. He went to You Mansion tomorrow. Jia Baoyu also asked about Jia Lian and Second Sister You, and it was almost like this. In fact, it was settled. As for the question over there, it's better for Ping'er to talk about this matter, ask how it goes, if it doesn't work, don't let Ping'er stay there, otherwise it will be bad if it is affected.

Jia Baoyu didn't answer directly, but went to greet Jia's mother first. After a while, Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Xi will come here together. This matter has to be summed up again. After all, Zhou Ximing is also a prince The identity of the concubine!

When Jia Baoyu arrived, she saw that Sister Feng was accompanying her. Seeing Jia Baoyu's arrival, Jia's mother was very happy and asked, "How is your stay in the Beijing Palace?"

Jia Baoyu talked about the affairs in the palace, and sent back the greetings and gifts from Princess Beijing. They were all kinds of Buddhist beads, and many people knew that there were many women in the Jia family, and most of the gifts were not for one big one. It's all made up of many small things. Of course, it's all done by people who are not as good as the Jia family. It's really rare for Princess Dowager Beijing to think of these things.

Jia Mu liked these beads very much, she picked out a string of white jade beads and gave them to Sister Feng, saying: "Your elder sister has always been in poor health, so bring this to her, and she can pray more."

Sister Feng thanked her quickly, and Mother Jia asked Yuanyang to take the things down, "Put these away first, and let them pick one when they come over. I'm afraid that what I give may not be what they like."

"How did the old ancestor say such a thing, as long as the old ancestor picked it, who wouldn't like it."

Jia Baoyu said that Sister Feng also echoed her voice. Although Sister Feng still feels a little uncomfortable looking at Jia Baoyu now, she is much better than before, and she has recovered less and less, but occasionally she still thinks about Jia Baoyu and Hepinger. .

After staying for a while, Jia Baoyu saw that there was nothing else to do, so he planned to leave, but saw Zhou Rui's family coming. After Zhou Rui's family had met a few people, Sister Feng asked, "What's the matter, is there something important?"

Zhou Rui's family replied: "It's nothing important, it's Grandma Liu who sees that it's getting late, and wants to say goodbye, so I just came here to talk to grandma and ask grandma what she means."

The words of Zhou Rui's family attracted Jia Baoyu's attention, Grandma Liu!This is a familiar yet unfamiliar character to Jia Baoyu. What is familiar runs through the full text of The Red Chamber, and what is unfamiliar is that Jia Baoyu has never met Grandma Liu during the few years here. He did not ask questions when he occasionally remembered it. She's just an old woman from the countryside. Looking at it now, I'm afraid she has entered Jia's house for the second time. ,

Thinking about this person who witnessed the rise and fall of the Jia family, Jia Baoyu had the desire to see each other, but he didn't speak. He opened his mouth and asked, "Who is Grandma Liu? Why have I never heard of it?"

Sister Feng then explained the origin of Grandma Liu, and Mother Jia was really interested when she heard it, and said: "I was just planning to find an old man with a long history to come and talk, and this person just came, and I was invited to see her." look."

Waiting for Grandma Liu's moment, the sisters in the family didn't know what happened, they came alone, or came together, and they came for more than half of them after a while, which really surprised Jia Baoyu, and Jia Baoyu naturally It's because they got mixed up with Baochai and Daiyu, but now they are more scrupulous at Jiamu's place. It's really hard for Jia Baoyu.

Jia's mother saw the situation of Jia Baoyu, Baochai, and Daiyu. Jia's mother was quite happy to hear about this situation. She couldn't let Jia Baoyu go her way in everything, and she would be proud of it.

Baochai and Daiyu were apprehensive, but Xichun was extremely excited. Recently, she has become a frequent visitor to Changcui Nunnery, and would talk to Miaoyu for a long time, although she always felt that what Miaoyu said had little to do with Buddhism, But Xichun felt that she had benefited a lot, which made Xichun very happy, and Jia Baoyu was also very happy to hear it, because Xichun's words about Dao Xing and Tiandi Ren Xiaoyao finally showed no signs of becoming a nun.

Although everyone is here, this is not a good time to give gifts, and Jia Baoyu can't conjure up a lot of things out of thin air!It was Jia's mother who asked everyone to pick up the beads, and Xichun was very interested. Jia Baoyu knew that he couldn't press it too tightly, so he followed Xichun. Anyway, Xichun had more beads.

What Xichun picked out was a red sandalwood Buddha bead, and when she got it back, she said excitedly, "I'll give this to Master Miaoyu tomorrow."

Jia Baoyu was a little curious when he heard that, how Miaoyu got along with Xichun, it actually made Xichun a little fawning, Baochai and the others chose which kind of good-looking ones, and soon everyone divided them up .

Not long after that, Heping'er from Zhou Rui's family brought Grandma Liu over. Jia Baoyu looked at this celebrity from a distance, and said that Grandma Liu was ugly, but she was just an ordinary rural old woman. Because of the years of wind and frost, her face was darkened and her skin was a little dry. Compared to a pampered old lady like Jia Mu, she was indeed ugly, but she still looked normal.

Although he is not well dressed, his eyes are extremely bright, and Jia Baoyu knows: "This is a smart person." Beside Grandma Liu, Ban'er is a bit timid and fearful. He looks eight or nine years old, but compared to before However, Jia Lan is far behind. Jia Lan has already started studying at this age.

When I didn't see him, I was curious, but when I saw Jia Baoyu, I didn't feel much. The curiosity in my heart was completely satisfied. Grandma Liu came up to greet Jia's mother first, and then pulled the board again. , kowtowed twice in front of Jia Baoyu, and said: "After worshiping the number one scholar, the family will have good luck."

Ban'er is also different, this situation caused everyone to burst into laughter, although Jia Baoyu occasionally encountered such a situation outside, but it was only the first time at home, in front of Jia's mother and all the sisters and sisters, This made Jia Baoyu a little uncomfortable, so he quickly asked Grandma Liu and Ban'er to get up.

"You old man, don't be like this. Baoyu is just a younger generation. Those miraculous things are all rumors and cannot be taken as true."

Grandma Liu got up and said: "This can't be because of this." Grandma Liu didn't know what was going on behind her, Xichun smiled and reminded Grandma Liu, Grandma Liu made a false statement, and then explained: "I don't know either. What does this mean, but it is very clever, the rich man Zhang in our village worships the number one scholar every day."

These words made other people laugh, but it shocked Jia Baoyu. There is a thing called flattery. At this time, Jia Baoyu realized that no matter how hard he suppressed, he could not suppress other people’s flattery. Fortunately, I found out early, otherwise I might be deceived by the status quo.

Jia Baoyu's reputation is much higher than that of Shuifu. How could a person like Emperor Huaqing allow his subjects to be bigger than the king? Jia Baoyu's thoughts were too naive before. Will definitely take this issue into consideration.

Although it was only for a moment, Jia Baoyu's complexion became ugly in an instant and was noticed by others. Although he didn't want to be too friendly with Jia Baoyu in front of Jia's mother, the heart of caring for Jia Baoyu still prevailed. He asked softly in his ear, "What's the matter, Brother Bao."

Jia Baoyu looked down at the concerned Daiyu, his heart warmed up, and then he looked at the people in the room, who were all relying on him, and shook his head, "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered that I forgot to deal with it .” Saying this, Jia Baoyu took Daiyu’s hand.

Daiyu was held by Jia Baoyu and struggled for a while, but seeing that Jia Baoyu didn't intend to let go, she gave up. She also wanted to get close to Jia Baoyu as usual, but Daiyu also attaches great importance to rules in essence. people, let alone for the consummation of their marriage.

People in the distance couldn't see the small movements of the two, but Baochai saw it. Jia Baoyu took advantage of the situation and held Baochai with the other hand. Jia Baoyu held the hands of the two, feeling the smoothness and warmth of their hands, and his heart instantly became much calmer.

The moment before was a bit past, no matter what Emperor Huaqing did, he didn't have the energy to deal with him, and he was not jealous, so why should he be so afraid of a dying person, even if this person is the emperor, but there is still With two incomparable existences, Jia Baoyu has sufficient confidence in self-protection.

Mother Jia and Grandma Liu have talked a lot. Grandma Liu is drinking tea and talking about anecdotes from the countryside. Jia Baoyu also listened to some of them. Each of them is funny, but most of them are not true. I know that Grandma Liu has added some things by herself, but I admire the quick wit of the old woman in the country, but it's a pity that I don't have education, otherwise I'm afraid it's okay to make up some stories in the mansion newspaper.

Jia Mu was very interested in listening, and Jia Baoyu was also very interested, but unlike Jia Mu's interest, since Jia Baoyu was holding the hands of the two of them, he definitely would not hold them simply or gently. Swipe across with your fingernails, or kiss twice while no one bows your head, these are all available, you must make the best use of resources, otherwise you will not know how to cherish them.