The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 188
For a person like Baoyu, you can't just intimidate him, you have to stroke this kid's hair when the time is right, otherwise he will fry you up.Seeing that the fire was coming, Xiuyan smiled and said: "My good brother, don't act like this, it will embarrass everyone not only you, but sister Lin even more. Don't watch her chatting and laughing with you every day, but she is the most thoughtful. She has as much on her mind as anyone else."

Jia Baoyu's complexion improved, but he still refused to speak.When he saw Elder Sister Xing turned around to leave, he asked expectantly, "Elder Sister Xing, could it be, could it be that Uncle and Wife have already chosen someone for Sister Lin?"

Xiuyan smiled and said, "That's not true." Jia Baoyu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but Xiuyan said again: "But from what the old lady said, she seems to have taken a fancy to someone, and I can't figure it out. Ask our wife, but she just smiled and said nothing to us, lest I tell sister Lin."

Jia Baoyu seemed to be carrying a basin of cold water, unable to say anything.

This side has not been completely dispersed yet, Baoyu has lost his mind, and wanders back to Yihong Courtyard.In the yard, Qingwen was pulling Qiuwen, Sheyue and others to touch the dominoes, and the little maids were playing around, and they were going out to visit, the sweet potato peels and cores were all over the place, and the sound of rolling the dice was rattling.

No one knew how Baoyu got in.In the inner room, Xiren was lying on Jia Baoyu's bed with his eyes closed, resting his mind, separated by the carved wooden door, the sound of frolicking was endless and very ear-piercing.

"Why is the second master back? The front is scattered?" Xiren heard a slight movement behind him, and hurriedly turned his head to look.Baoyu sat down on the flower bench, his eyes skipped over the two covered bowls on the table, and he asked casually, "What are these?"

Xiren pursed his lips and smiled: "It was sent by Yu Chuaner, who said it was given to me by the second wife. Who would have thought that I just finished eating, so how can I use it? These two dishes are clean and no one has touched them. Thinking that Second Master likes to eat, I will save it for you to use when you come back."

As Xiren spoke, he lifted the tureen with his hands, and it turned out to be a dish of honey-stuffed clams and a dish of hibiscus crab. It seemed that they had not been delivered for a long time, and there was still a faint residual heat on them.

"Am I going to send Chunyan to the small kitchen to ask for a pot of wine? Shall I accompany you for two cups?" Xi Ren tentatively asked, Bao Yuyuan was about to speak, but after thinking about it, he nodded dully.

In the outside room, it happened that Chunyan lost a few dime, just waiting for this moment to make money, and was suddenly sent to the small kitchen by the attacker, so she felt very unhappy.But this Yihong Courtyard had the most attackers, and Chunyan dared not speak out, and went away with her head drooping.

Qingwen stared at Xiren coldly as he closed the carved wooden door, and pushed the dominoes on the table angrily: "I don't want to play anymore, and I don't want people to stop playing on big festivals!"

Sheyue and Qiuwen looked at each other, neither of them said anything, they quietly cleaned up the large scattered money on the table.

The attacker in this room got hot shochu, first poured three cups for Baoyu, then sat down beside him, and asked with concern: "What's the matter? I was very excited when I went out this morning. What's wrong? Offended you again?"

Jia Baoyu snatched the jug himself and drank another cup.Seeing that something was wrong, Xiren hurriedly pressed Jia Baoyu's hand: "If you continue to behave like this, I will tell my wife."

"Madam, madam! Why do you rely on your wife for everything? Could it be that without my wife, I can't make decisions for myself?"

Xiren's face changed suddenly in fright: "What crazy nonsense are you talking about!" She spat on the ground several times: "Bah, bah, bad luck, it's a big festival, and our wife is blessed with a long life! "

Jia Baoyu also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he refused to say more in embarrassment.

"The second master blamed me for ignoring me a while ago, I don't blame the second master, but seeing the second master suffering in his heart, I am also sad." Xiren took out the handkerchief in his cuff, and wiped his tears sadly.

Jia Baoyu couldn't see a girl cry, just like Lin Daiyu, but once Lin Daiyu dropped the golden bean, he would soften himself first, and everything would depend on him.

Xiren has been with Jia Baoyu these years, not only as a close maid, but also as a bedside person. Does Xiren know Jia Baoyu's nature?She has always tried this killer move repeatedly.

Sure enough, seeing the attacker crying, Jia Baoyu hurriedly said: "Look at you, why did you bring this up again? My wife scolded me last time and punished me for you, aren't you satisfied?"

Xiren laughed angrily: "Second master, what are you talking about? My wife is not helping relatives."

"Let's go, let's help, whether it's helping the manager or helping relatives, in short, this time, I was the one who made the big trouble." Jia Baoyu unconsciously fiddled with the crab meat in the tureen with his chopsticks.

"Baoyu!" Xiren laughed and said, "You don't tell others, but you should tell me that it's better for the two of us to find a way than you to worry here. If it doesn't work, I'll shamelessly beg our wife!"

Jia Baoyu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Are you serious? Are you really willing to ask your wife for me?"

Xiren took Baoyu's arm and said shyly, "Madam knows that I belong to you, so why would she sell me this face!"

Jia Baoyu was ecstatic, and got up early to attack people and bowed deeply: "My good sister, you only did this for me, and I will do whatever you want me to do in the future. Just now big sister Xing said that the old Madam intends to say goodbye to Sister Lin, go and talk to Madam about how to keep Sister Lin in our house. From now on, we will play together and live together, and no one will have a separate life with anyone else!"

Xiren's smile froze all over his face.

Jia Baoyu thought she didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it again.Xiren gradually calmed down: "I'm afraid I can't do anything about it."

"No, my wife likes you the most, you can tell."

"Second Master, don't be confused. If my wife loves me even more, can she still beat you? Our wife has made it clear that she doesn't like Miss Lin. The old lady married her. It's too late for the wife to be happy. How could she stop her?"

Jia Baoyu looked at Xiren in disbelief: "You are talking nonsense!"

Xiren sneered: "Second Master is very clear in his heart, why are you deceiving yourself? If Madam liked Miss Lin, she would have already arranged this marriage for you, let alone let Miss Lin live in my uncle's wife's house for so long without a name or distinction." .”

The attacker was still puzzled, and continued: "I'm not afraid that the second master will know, Madam Bao first set her sights on Miss Bao for you, and now that Madam Bao is going out, Madam has already invited official media to look for it, and I'm just waiting for Madam Bao to help you. You mean marriage!"

Jia Baoyu was silent at first, but after a while, he suddenly got up and jumped up, trying to get out.

Seeing that something was wrong, Xiren hugged Baoyu's waist tightly from behind: "Second Master, what are you doing!"

"I'll ask my wife to see if it's what you said!"

The attacker was extremely ashamed and indignant: "Second Master is trying to kill me! If this kind of secret is spread, my wife will lose face, and she will beat me to death in a fit of anger!"

Jia Baoyu said "Wow", stood upright on the ground, crying like a child.

Qingwen, who had been eavesdropping outside for a long time, hurried in, followed by the worried Musk Moon.Qingwen glared at Xiren, hurriedly pulled Baoyu aside, and wiped his tears with her handkerchief.

"You too, it's a big festival, what are you doing to provoke this young master? If the old lady hears this, everyone in Yihong Courtyard will have to suffer!" Qingwen said bluntly, Xiren's face turned pale for a while. For a while, but they couldn't refute it. Everyone was watching, and it was indeed him who made Baoyu cry.

Qingwen helped Baoyu to the bed, and dismissed the little maids crowded at the door to watch the fun: "Do whatever you have to do, what's so good about it."

Xiren knew that Qingwen wanted to be ashamed of herself, and couldn't stand those eyes staring at her, so she lost in defeat.

Only Baoyu was left in the room, choking on the bed, and Qingwen moved the little cockroach beside his pillow: "You are a lord, she made you unhappy, or beat or scolded, and I deserve to make it difficult for myself! Besides! , I'm not saying good things for Xiren, what she said is not adulterated at all, the second wife really doesn't like Miss Lin, and you're just asking for trouble by forcing Miss Lin to stay in our house."

Jia Baoyu wiped away his tears, and looked at Qingwen angrily: "I thought you were different from them, and it turned out that you had superficial eyes."

Qingwen wasn't angry either, she just smiled and said: "Second master doesn't need to say these things are useless, if you think our words are unreasonable, you can go to the second wife to intercede, I won't stop you like an attacker!"

Seeing Jia Baoyu curled up on the bed motionless, Qingwen felt complacent: "Okay, okay, this matter is not completely hopeless."

Baoyu hurriedly asked what this meant, and Qingwen smiled and said, "Although my wife doesn't like it, I can't beat the old lady. Who does the old lady love the most? Isn't Miss Lin besides you? As long as you ask Miss Lin what she wants, the two of you can discuss it." , and then go to the old lady to ask, what else can be done?"

Baoyu got up from the bed, hugged Qingwen and yelled and laughed, Qingwen laughed and cursed a few words.Seeing Baoyu put on her shoes on the ground, she quickly grabbed Baoyu and said, "everything is coming soon. You are going to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in a hurry. Others think you have a big problem. You didn't communicate with Miss Lin in advance. You should make it known to everyone, even if Lin The girl has that meaning, so she has to think about it."

Baoyu repeatedly said yes, and obediently let Qingwen serve him to sleep.In the evening, Qingwen led Chunyan to watch the night. Before dawn the next day, Baoyu woke up screaming with two big dark circles under her eyes.Qingwen complained so much that she told Baoyu to be patient until four o'clock, and then she got up to wash and dress.

Baoyu left the women who followed him, and went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion alone. The courtyard was deserted, and only two rough envoys were cleaning it.As soon as the two of them saw Baoyu rushing up to greet him, Baoyu lifted his foot and walked in: "Sister Lin is so sleepy, I'm afraid she hasn't woken up yet!"

One of the women said with a smile: "Second Master, don't you know? Miss Lin went back with Uncle and Mrs. Xing's family yesterday. She said she came back on the fifteenth day to say hello to the old lady."

Jia Baoyu was stunned, and suddenly laughed: "You guys are fooling me, it must be Sister Lin who told you to say that on purpose. She is a lazy girl, she must be afraid of the cold and unwilling to get up, let's see how I can play tricks on her."

The two women kept shouting from behind, but how could their feet be as good as Jia Baoyu's?
Of course, Baoyu couldn't find anyone in the house. He just returned to Yihong Courtyard yesterday, and Lu took Daiyu and Xiuyan back home.The not-so-spacious Xiaoxiang Pavilion was deserted, and the place that was bustling a few days ago suddenly seemed so quiet and boring because there was no owner.

Jia Baoyu remembered what Xiren had said: "Could it be that Madam really doesn't like Sister Lin?"

He was free to think wildly here, speculating on people's hearts all over the place.

And at this moment, what about Lin Daiyu who is dozens of miles away?I am trying on new clothes one after another in my sister Xiuyan's house.

In the house filled with the fragrance of daffodils, there are a lot of flowers. Mio is wearing a water-red vest with pinched teeth, and Mio is wearing a goose yellow jacket. Ten colorful butterflies dancing lightly.The four pretty girls look like a good picture of laughing in the boudoir.

The lady in charge of the tailor shop led several daughter-in-laws with smiles all over their faces, and each of them held a set of the most popular colorful clothes in their hands. "Look, girls, this lotus root silk pipa skirt is covered with an emerald brocade and feather satin cloak, which is the most fashionable style this year. This color matches Miss Lin's complexion, and it is fresh and delicate."

Xiuyan nodded with a smile: "I really put a lot of thought into the workmanship."

The buttons on the lotus root silk pipa gusset are made of pure jadeite, the lotus root silk is woven with fine and dazzling gold threads, and the material is also the top grade of brocade.The main flower is rolled out layer by layer with color halos. At first glance, it is endlessly rich and elegant. It is rare that the patterns are thick and beautiful, and the colors are rich and solemn, as magnificent as colorful clouds in the sky.

This lotus root silk pipa girdle can be regarded as the treasure of the clothing store, if it is not known that the Xing family has always been generous, the shopkeeper's lady would be reluctant to take it out.

Xiuyan and Daiyu really liked it very much. They not only kept this set, but also chose four vests, two small jackets, and two pairs of embroidered shoes with pinched edges.

As soon as the people from the tailor shop left, Mio and Xueyan took two big boxes and sent them in from the next door: "Is this the box you're looking for?"

The pear wood box is carved with rolling mountains. In the mountains, there is a student who is going to Beijing for an exam, and he meets an ancient temple on the way.Daiyu didn't know what it was, so she looked at Xiuyan in confusion.

Xiuyan smiled and opened it for her to have a look, but saw that the box was full of emerald jewels, there were seventy to eighty pieces in this big box, ranging from necklaces, bracelets, hairpins to small finger rings and earrings. , unambiguously.

"My sister, this, this is?" Daiyu asked anxiously, Xiuyan smiled and said: "You will marry in the future, how can I, as a sister, not express it? This is my little thought, you Just don't be disgusted."

Zijuan and Xueyan listened not far away, and secretly surprised Miss Xing's opponent, but after thinking about it, Miss Xing is really a good person, who can devote so much effort to Miss Lin who has no blood relationship, and put it on others, It may not be possible to do it.

Fu Ge'er on the bed had two small eyes shining, and humming in his mouth, he stretched out his little lotus arm, obviously aiming at the box of jewels.

Xiuyan smiled and pushed Fu Ge'er's little hands away, Fu Ge'er's strong self-esteem was bruised, and he looked at his sister with teary eyes.

Daiyu smiled and took out a flat mouth full of water imperial concubine bracelet and stuffed it into Fu Geer's hand: "Let that kid play."

Xiuyan looked helplessly at her chubby younger brother: "I'm afraid this kid is going to grow teeth, and I want to take a bite of everything I see recently." Sure enough, as Xiuyan expected, Brother Fu held something in both hands, giggling He kept laughing, and when he got familiar with the object in his hand, he shamelessly bit down on the bracelet!

(End of this chapter)