Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 277
Inside Zhujin Building.

Siqi said kindly: "Miss! Aunt Xing is also your cousin. In the past, you just didn't go to see her when she came to the garden. Today, the old lady and the ladies are all alarmed, even Miss Bao. If you go with me and don’t show up, it will be too unreasonable.”

Yingchun sighed: "Oh! What did I do in the past? Sister Lin may not know, but doesn't Sister Xing know? It's too late for me to hide. Couldn't I ask them to laugh at me in the past?"

"It's a joke if you don't go! How has Aunt Xing ever come here without being surrounded by stars? Not to mention Grandma and Grandma, even Miss Bao is in front of everyone, but you are the only one who didn't show up and called me "Old Lady" What do you and the ladies think?
I would say that you should take this opportunity to pass by, or ask the old lady and the madam to remember that your marriage was ruined. If it can make them feel guilty, if good things happen in the future and they can remember you, it will not count. All the work in vain. "

After a pause, he added: "Three girls have been running around a lot lately."

Si Qi is very sincere and sincere, but Yingchun seems to be unsatisfied.

"How can I compare with her? She was raised in front of the second wife, and she must be valued by the second wife. She is nothing like me."

"Ouch! Miss, please be more careful! The more this happens, the more careful you have to be. I heard my father say that recently, because of the shortage of dividends from the state-owned enterprises, the master has no place to vent his anger. If there is another profit, You are talking nonsense, saying that you have offended Uncle Lai by throwing shame, how can there be any good fruit to eat then?"

"What?" Yingchun exclaimed when he heard this, and the 'Tai Shang Induction Chapter' in his hand fell unconsciously.

"They took the shares they got from my marriage, regretted the marriage, and they withheld the dividends. Do they still blame me?"

Although he complained a few words in his mouth, his body was very honest and he got up from the bed in a hurry.

She still had concerns about what she was going to fight for, but when she said she would be implicated, she seemed a little anxious.

Hurrying slowly all the way, we arrived at the gate of Jia Mu's courtyard, where we happened to run into Xue Baoqin's brother and sister.

In the past month or so, news of Xing Xiuyan's pregnancy has spread throughout Rong Mansion.

Today it happened that she went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to chat with Lin Daiyu. When Jia Mu heard about it, she sent someone to invite her over, and Aunt Xue also rushed there after hearing the news.

Therefore, the Xue Baoqin brother and sister were not taken to the small courtyard in the northeast corner where the Xue family was located, but were led to Rongqing Hall.

Hearing the maid who led the way call Yingchun 'Second Miss', the brother and sister looked at each other and thought to themselves, the rules of this wealthy family are indeed unusual.

Don't blame them for their wild thoughts. After all, Aunt Xue is also a relative of the Jia family. Although they are juniors, it is their first time to go to the house. At least one of their peers should come out.

When Xue Pan heard that he was going to Jia Mu's yard, he refused to look after the luggage and only asked his servants to lead the way.

The two of them were originally worried, but when they saw Yingchun walking with them, they thought it was not that they didn't care, but that people from large families had many rules, and most of them wanted to meet in the elders' house.

When I came to the hall, I saw a room full of people, including four elders. My eldest aunt was sitting under a kind-hearted old lady.

Knowing that the old lady must be the old feudal lord of Rong Mansion, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Jia's mother has always been a good-looking person. Xue Baoqin is not only sweet-looking, but also well-behaved and cute. The old lady couldn't put it down at the first sight, but she threw aside Jia Baoyu, who had always been her favorite.

While looking at the gifts, he ordered Sister Feng to prepare meals.

Jia Baoyu had forgotten her sister's temperament when she saw her sister. Originally, she was a little emotional when she saw Lin Daiyu, but now when she saw Xue Baoqin, she had already put aside those unpleasant feelings.

Xue Baoqin greeted the elders and was pulled by Baochai to introduce Lin Daiyu first.

He turned to Xing Xiuyan and said, "This is Sister Xing!"

The attentive Baochai did not tell Xing Xiuyan that she was Lai Shangrong's concubine.

But Xue Baoqin saw the bun of the married woman Xing Xiuyan. She was not ignorant and guessed that her cousin must have a reason, so she pretended not to know and just called Baochai as she was introduced.

Later, he introduced Xiangyun, Yingchun, Tanchun and others to Xue Baoqin one by one.

Turning to Jia Baoyu, Baochai couldn't help feeling unhappy when she saw his eyes staring straight at Xue Baoqin.

However, Baochai always knew the general situation, so of course he couldn't point it out to his face and make him unable to get off the stage, so he waved to Xue Biao and called him closer.

He smiled and said: "Xue Biao! Come and meet Brother Bao." Jia Baoyu originally focused on Xue Baoqin, but now his eyes were blocked and he had to take a look at Xue Biao.

Seeing that he has a dignified appearance, the jade tree is facing the wind, and he has Jiang Yuhan's demeanor, I don't feel like thinking of my old friend.

He couldn't help but took Xue Biao's hand, and exclaimed: "Brother Xue looks like that, but Sister Bao's uncle and brother describe his behavior in a different way, more like Sister Bao's brother."

What he said was also true, but in front of Xue Baochai and Xue Biao, it made people unable to get off the stage.

Xue Biao secretly thought, how could this dandy boy from the Duke's palace not even understand this bit of human sophistication, and silently broke free from Baoyu's hand.

He turned to Baochai and said, "The luggage is still ahead, so we can't ask big brother to pack it for us. I'll go to the front yard to pack it first. I'll have dinner later and take Baoqin back to the old house to settle down."

His reason was reasonable and Baochai couldn't keep him as a shield anymore, so he had to ask Ying'er to lead the way.

Without the obstruction of Xue Baoyu, Jia Baoyu's sight was no longer obstructed.

But thinking that Xue Biao was going to take Baoqin away, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

With a roll of his eyes, he stepped forward and threw himself into Jia Mu's arms. He acted coquettishly and cutely like a candy, and then he leaned into the old lady's ear and whispered a few words in a low voice.

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Okay, okay! It's all up to you."

He turned to Aunt Xue and smiled: "Your niece doesn't have to go back. If she comes here rarely, let her stay in the garden so that the sisters can get close to each other."

Jia Baoyu's performance is in Baochai's eyes, so is Aunt Xue.

He hurriedly declined and said: "The old lady doesn't know something. This girl Baoqin has an engagement with Mei Hanlin's family. This is also her father's last wish. This time she comes to Beijing to prepare for marriage. It would be unreasonable to live in the house."

Seeing the attitude of Jia Mu and Jia Baoyu, she was afraid that they would fall in love with Xue Baoqin, so she made it clear that Xue Baoqin was already engaged.

But after all, at this time, it was hard for her to bring out the recent death of her brother-in-law to cause trouble.

Jia Baoyu didn't care about whether she had an engagement or not. After being prompted by Lai Shangrong last time, she felt that there was nothing wrong with having an engagement. Anyway, after playing in the garden for a few years and getting married when she got older, it would be convenient to have a new batch of sisters.

So regardless of Xue's embarrassment, he just kept begging Jia's mother.

Mother Jia looked at her precious grandson's pleading, thinking that Lin Daiyu's marriage had already made him sad, so this little wish had to be fulfilled no matter what.

Then he said to Mrs. Wang: "I have a destiny with this girl, and you have adopted her as your goddaughter, so that when she is married in our house, no one will talk about her!"

In ancient times, patriarchal laws were valued. Although a goddaughter was a daughter, she was still a daughter in name only and could even exercise her parents' rights to a certain extent.

In some versions of A Dream of Red Mansions, Tanchun was recognized as the goddaughter by Princess Nan'an, and she legitimately took over the marriage. This is the reason.

Of course, since they are relatives, they really become brother and sister with Baoyu.

This is a great thing for the Xue family. Like Xue Baoqin's mother, Aunt Xue was originally worried about this marriage.

After all, the Mei family is also a serious scholarly family. Although it is reasonable to get married within a hundred days, for a family that pays attention to family style, it has always been a matter of high status and low status.

Originally, I was worried about whether the Mei family would agree, but now that the imperial concubine's biological mother is her godmother, it's a different matter.

So as soon as Jia Mu made a suggestion, Aunt Xue immediately started to organize it.

The eldest brother, like his father, called Xue Biao over again and asked him what he meant.

Xue Biao had already received her mother's advice, so there was no reason to disagree. The two of them hit it off immediately and immediately accepted the marriage.

(End of this chapter)