Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 164 Jia Baoyu’s Disaster

Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng were startled when they heard the screams in the next room. Then they looked at each other and immediately stood up and ran to the room.

When he came in, Jia Baoyu was rolling on the bed with his face in his arms, while Jia Huan next to him was at a loss.

Beside Jia Baoyu rolled an extinguished oil lamp.

What's there to say? The scene of the crime is so clear.

Mrs. Wang got angry on the spot and slapped Jia Huan in the past, "The thing raised by a lowly person is getting darker and darker. Do you really think I am a clay Buddha?"

Seeing that Mrs. Wang had not grasped the key point, Wang Xifeng hurriedly came to Jia Baoyu's side with her stomach raised, and while cleaning up for him, she comforted Mrs. Wang.

"The third child is still so flustered. I say you can't get on the high platform. Aunt Zhao should teach him from time to time."

Only then did Mrs. Wang react and hurried to Jia Baoyu's side to see how Jia Baoyu was injured.
I saw the left side of Baoyu's face was scalded and blistered, but fortunately his eyes didn't move.

Mrs. Wang looked at it and felt distressed and a little relieved. Fortunately, her eyes were not hurt.At the same time, he quickly ordered someone to prepare ointment.

While there was such chaos, Yuanyang and Xue Baochai came over in a hurry.

As soon as Yuanyang entered the door, he first looked at Jia Baoyu and saw that Jia Baoyu had already applied ointment on his face, but he was still shivering in pain.

Yuanyang's eyes turned slightly red at first glance, and then he became a little anxious.

"What's going on? The old lady thought she had some minor injuries, but she didn't expect it to be so serious. How can I get back to the old lady?"

It turns out that when there was a commotion here just now, there was a little maid below who was greedy for merit and went to Jia Mu to report the news.

Jia's mother thought it was just a minor injury, so she sent Yuanyang over to take a look. However, Xue Baochai was about to leave, but she hurried over when she heard that Jia Baoyu was injured.

When Mrs. Wang saw that Jia Mu already knew, she was trembling with anger.

She usually thought that her house was safe, but she didn't expect that there was a mole inside.

But I can't care about that now. The business is to settle Jia Baoyu first.

So she hurriedly ordered people to prepare for the collapse and carry Xue Jia Baoyu back to Yichun Courtyard.

At this time, Xue Baochai, who was standing next to her, stopped her movements. She looked carefully at Jia Baoyu's wounds, and then said:

"Don't worry, aunt. It's not a serious injury. My uncle has an effective plaster. Just put it on for two or three days and you'll be fine."

It turns out that since Jia Rui became rich, he bought a lot of medicinal materials from the system and stored them at home just in case.

Among them, the most valuable ones include Jiuhua Yulu Pills, Dahuan Dan and other items.

There are also several medicinal materials used to treat burns.

You must know that these are legendary medicines, which are no worse than panaceas in this world.

Some time ago, the cook at home accidentally got scalded with oil and was unable to cook for several days.

But Jia Rui was really used to the food cooked by this chef. He didn't taste the food for a few days and felt uncomfortable all over.

In the end, I couldn't bear it any longer, so I took out a bottle from the study and wanted to throw it directly to him for the cook.

Don't tell me that this bottle of plaster really does a good job. After two days, the cook's hand was finished and he could work normally.

After Xue Baochai learned about this, she immediately asked Jia Rui for a few bottles to put in her house, mainly to prepare her precious son for good medicine in case he was burned.

As a result, Jia Xuan's place was safe and nothing happened, but something happened to Jia Baoyu's place, so it was just in time to use it to verify the efficacy of this medicine again.

Xue Baochai's eyes sparkled with cunning. She was preparing to use Jia Baoyu as an experiment.

Since the Dingxihou Mansion and the Rongguo Mansion are now close to each other, the maids quickly brought the medicine from the Dingxihou Mansion.

Xue Baochai took the medicine bottle and handed it to Mrs. Wang beside her.

Mrs. Wang was a little hesitant, but when she saw Xue Baocai's firm eyes, she temporarily believed him.

So Mrs. Wang quickly ordered someone to wipe off the original ointment on Jia Baoyu's face, and then applied the ointment sent by Xue Baochai.

Don't tell me, you're really in charge. As soon as the ointment was applied to his face, Jia Baoyu felt a coolness traveling on his face, and the original pain disappeared.

"It doesn't hurt anymore." Jia Baoyu laughed heartlessly.

When Mrs. Wang saw how well the ointment worked, she was so excited that she chanted Buddha's name.

After everyone felt relieved, they ordered people to carry Jia Baoyu back to Yihongyuan.

Next, Mrs. Wang was no longer in the mood to discuss Wang Ziteng's birthday, so everyone dispersed.

After Xue Baochai returned to the Hou Mansion, when Jia Rui came back at night, she even told Jia Rui about the matter as a joke.

Jia Rui didn't care much about the affairs of Rongguo Mansion, so he went in with one ear and out with the other, and quickly forgot about the matter.

He doesn't care much, but someone does.

It turned out that because Jia Huan hurt Jia Baoyu, Mrs. Wang was holding back her anger during this period. She severely reprimanded Jia Huan and made him copy scriptures more frequently.

In addition to secretly punishing Jia Huan, Mrs. Wang also began to take revenge on Jia Huan's mother, Aunt Zhao.

Aunt Zhao has suffered a lot during this period.After eating in the morning, she had to stand in front of Mrs. Wang. If anything went wrong, she would be scolded on her nose and face, and sometimes she would have to kneel in the small courtyard for an hour.

She stayed up like this until after dinner and couldn't rest. She had to wait in front of Mrs. Wang. She couldn't go back until Mrs. Wang went to bed.

This is equivalent to starting work as soon as you open your eyes in the morning and not getting off work until about ten o'clock in the evening. Who can stand this kind of work and rest?

What's even worse is that they have to be punished corporally in the middle.

Aunt Zhao was already so angry that she would have given up long ago if she wasn't afraid of Mrs. Wang.

A few days later, Jia Baoyu was almost healed quickly because of the use of Jia Rui's elixir.

The whole house felt relieved, and the entire Rongguo Mansion began to slowly return to its former laughter.

Although Jia Baoyu's side is almost good, there are still many people who are fawning over Rongguo Mansion, such as Jia Baoyu's godmother Ma Taopo.

The godmother here means the name of the godmother.

The name-giving godmother refers to a Taoist nun who sends a child to her as an adopted son. The purpose of "giving a name" is to obtain God's blessing and avoid disasters.

Both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang are Buddhists, and Baoyu is their lifeblood. It is reasonable to find a godmother for Baoyu so that he can receive the blessings of gods and Buddhas.

But then again, Jia Baoyu regards married women as "dead fish eyes", and those old women are not in his eyes.

So the relationship between the two people is actually not good.

Although she knew it was a little late, by the time Ma Daopo came to Rongguo Mansion, Jia Baoyu was almost recovered.

But it still looks like it needs to be done.

When she saw Jia Baoyu, Jia's mother was sitting next to Jia Baoyu, mumbling lessons to him.

As soon as Ma Daopo came, Jia Mu immediately stopped and smiled and asked Ma Daopo to come and take a look at Jia Baoyu.

Ma Daopo came in to take a look, sighed, drew a few more pictures on Baoyu's face with her fingers, murmured another recitation, and said, "Guan Bao Tsai, this is just a good thing." A sudden disaster."

Then he said to Jia Mu: "How does the old Bodhisattva know that the Buddhist scriptures say that there are benefits and harms? As soon as the children of princes, princes and ministers grow up, there will be many narrow-minded ghosts following them secretly, and they will pinch them whenever they can. Once, pinch him, knock off his job bowl while eating, or push him when walking, so most of our children and grandchildren often don’t grow up.”

Jia Mu was also startled by him, so she quickly asked: "Is there a way to solve it?"

Ma Daopo said: "This is easy, just do more karma and good deeds for him. Moreover, the sutra also says that there is a great light-shining Bodhisattva in the west who specializes in shining out the darkness and evil spirits. If there are good men and women who are pious, Those who worship can keep their children and grandchildren in peace and tranquility forever, and there will no longer be the disaster of being frightened and evil spirits bumping into guests."

Jia Mu asked again how to make offerings?

Ma Daopo quickly explained that all she needed to do was offer some sesame oil.

Jia Mu is someone who has been beating ghosts in the back house all her life. As soon as she heard what Ma Dao Po meant, she knew that this guy wanted to beat Qiu Feng.

However, now that Jia Baoyu is injured, as long as Jia Baoyu can recover faster, even if it is just a thought, Jia's mother is willing to believe it.

So Jia Mu generously donated five kilograms of sesame oil to Ma Daopo every month from now on to worship the Great Bright Bodhisattva.

You know, productivity was very underdeveloped in ancient times, and the price of five kilograms of sesame oil was not low.

After hearing this, Ma Daopo was quite satisfied, and finally got another small amount of money.

After having nothing to say, Jia Mu sent Ma Daopo out of the Grand View Garden.

After Ma Daopo left the Grand View Garden, she did not leave the house, but walked around and came to Aunt Zhao.

I don’t know how it happened, but Ma Daopo and Aunt Zhao were supposed to be enemies, but now they are good friends.

Every time Ma Daopo entered Rongguo Mansion, she would talk to Aunt Zhao for a long time.

This time he came to Aunt Zhao's small courtyard, and as soon as he entered the door, he found that the atmosphere was very wrong.

Ma Daopo immediately understood what was going on. This time, Aunt Zhao was also implicated in what Jia Huan had caused.

She was very familiar with this place, so she opened the door and went in as if nothing happened.

At this time, Aunt Zhao was sitting on the bed, mumbling and wondering who she was cursing?

Let's be honest here, Aunt Zhao is indeed pretty, much better than Mrs. Wang.

Not to mention the current Mrs. Wang, even the young Mrs. Wang is not as good as Aunt Zhao.

Otherwise, Jia Zheng would not favor Aunt Zhao alone, which would make them all a little jealous.

And because the old lady Jia Mu knew this, this time when Jia Huan got into trouble, the old lady only verbally cursed her, but there was no actual punishment.

But even so, Aunt Zhao is not willing to accept it.

She was cursing the pair of living treasures in the room when Ma Daopo came in.

Ma Daopo bowed first, and then she saw a pile of scattered brocades piled on Aunt Zhao's bed.

Ma Daopo was also familiar with it, "I'm short on shoes, so I'll ask my aunt to make a pair for me."

Aunt Zhao is worried, how can she have time to do it for her?
However, seeing that the two parties were getting along well, Aunt Zhao pointed to the bed cabinet and said, "There is a ready-made pair there. You can try to see if it can be used."

(End of this chapter)