"Madam, why are you standing here waiting? This is too much for us."
Aunt Xue hurriedly walked to Bu Wuniang and said with a smile.
Although Aunt Xue's status is not simple, and she is considered Bu Wuniang's elder according to her seniority, her attitude in front of Bu Wuniang is respectful.
Because she has no royal decree, while Bu Wuniang has the imperial decree of a third-grade lady, because she wants to make friends with Jia Yun through Bu Wuniang, and because she is good at adjusting to the circumstances, otherwise Jia Mu would not be so close to her.
Bu Wuniang said with a smile: "My concubine is a rare and distinguished guest, I cannot afford to neglect her."
After the two exchanged some polite words, Aunt Xue looked at Xiangling who was standing behind Bu Wuniang, and greeted with a smile: "Xiangling."
Xiangling hurriedly stepped forward and greeted respectfully: "I've met grandma!"
Then he greeted Xue Baochai respectfully: "I've met the girl!"
Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai both looked at Xiangling carefully and found that Xiangling's clothes, shoes and jewelry were very gorgeous, and she seemed to be in good spirits.
Xiangling only came yesterday. Bu Wuniang had already given Xiangling a set of gorgeous clothes and jewelry yesterday, and specifically told Xiangling to wear them today to let Aunt Xue know that Xiangling was not treated badly here.
Immediately, Bu Wuniang took Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai, Ying'er and others to her five upper rooms. During the process, Jia Yun pointed to the west wing and said with a smile: "Mrs. Bao, that's where my mother arranged for Xiangling."
Do you want to go take a look at his residence?"
Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai naturally would not object. They immediately walked into the west wing and took a look, and found that Xiangling's west wing was actually better than their bedroom in Lixiangyuan.
Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai were relieved.
Originally, the two of them were a little worried about Xiang Ling. First, they were worried that Jia Yun was eager to accept Xiang Ling as a member of the house, and Xiang Ling was not suitable to be a member of the house yet; second, they were worried that Xiang Ling would not have a good life in Jia Yun's house.
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Now that these two worries are gone, Jia Yun is not in a hurry to accept Xiangling, but lets Xiangling work as a maid next to Bu Wuniang. Moreover, from Xiangling's current clothes, jewelry, residence, mental state, and fortune telling
Wuniang and Jia Yun's attitude towards Xiang Ling, both of them felt that Xiang Ling would be better off with Jia Yun.
After visiting Xiangling's west wing, everyone walked into the bright rooms of the five upper rooms.
Bu Wuniang asked Aunt Xue to sit in the upper seat. Aunt Xue declined. At Bu Wuniang's insistence, Aunt Xue sat in the upper seat with Bu Wuniang.
Bu Wuniang looked carefully at Xue Baochai, who was sitting next to Aunt Xue.
I saw that although Xue Baochai is a girl, she already looks like a beauty. Her lips are red but not painted, her eyebrows are green but not painted, her eyes are like apricots, her face is beautiful, she is wearing a set of honey-colored clothes that are not old, except for the hair on her head.
A hosta and no other jewelry on the body.
The whole person does not look luxurious but elegant, and her manners are dignified, her behavior is graceful, reserved and steady, and she has the temperament of a lady.
Although Bu Wuniang had just met Xue Baochai for the first time today, less than two-quarters of an hour after meeting her, she had already developed a good impression of this lady.
Bu Wuniang smiled at Aunt Xue and said: "Madam, I see that your daughter is very good. She has a good appearance and a good temperament. She looks very simple and elegant. Her clothes, shoes and jewelry are not gorgeous, and she doesn't even have any makeup.
painting."
Aunt Xue smiled and said: "She always likes to be sober. I agree with this. After all, our family is not as noble as the officials in your house. It is better for our daughter to be more sober."
Bu Wuniang smiled and asked, "She must have read a lot of books, right?"
Aunt Xue smiled and said: "Because her father doted on her when he was still alive, he allowed her to read some books and learn some words. However, since her father is gone, she sees that her brother is not easy, so she stops studying.
Literacy is a serious matter, and spinning, needlework, and blacksmithing are the basic duties of the body and mind. He also helps me relieve my worries about housework."
After hearing this, Bu Wuniang had a better impression of Xue Baochai and said with a smile: "What a sensible and good girl!"
When Bu Wuniang was talking to Aunt Xue, Jia Yun was staring at Xue Baochai, and Xue Baochai turned her head shyly.
This scene happened to be noticed by Bu Wuniang, who secretly sighed in her heart: "What a pity!"
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The reason why Jia Yun liked Xue Baochai in her previous life was that Xue Baochai had many advantages that he admired. Beauty was just one of them, as well as elegance, stability, kindness and so on.
There is a plot in the original work that perfectly demonstrates Xue Baochai's elegance, stability and kindness.
This plot is written as follows:
After Xing Xiuyan entered the Rongguo Mansion, Xue Baochai saw that her family was poor, her parents were useless, her aunt Mrs.
He helped her quietly, not daring to let Mrs. Xing know, for fear that Mrs. Xing would be distracted by gossip.
Aunt Xue fell in love with Xing Xiuyan and asked Xing Xiuyan to marry Xue Biao. Xing Xiuyan was willing, mainly because she liked Xue Baochai and she and Xue Baochai were considered sisters.
One day, when the weather was cold, Xue Baochai met Xing Xiuyan in the Grand View Garden and found that Xing Xiuyan was wearing thin clothes. After asking, she learned that Mrs.
Use things that welcome spring.
Xing Xiuyan knew that the maid and mother-in-law in the Yingchun room were tricky, and she was afraid of being gossiped about. Not only did she not use the things in Yingchun, she also often gave money to the maid and mother-in-law to buy wine and snacks. Therefore, Xing Xiuyan's monthly money of two taels of silver was not enough.
, and after going there for a day or two, I could only quietly pawn my cotton-padded clothes.
Xue Baochai asked Xing Xiuyan to be patient and stop being vindictive. She asked Xing Xiuyan to give even the one tael of silver left every month to her parents so that her parents would not cause trouble. She also asked Xing Xiuyan not to give money to the maids in Yingchun in the future. Mother-in-law, don't care about these people.
If you want to gossip, ask Xing Xiuyan to ask her for money in the future. If you are afraid of being gossiped about, send the little maid to find her quietly.
Xue Baochai also found a jade pendant on Xing Xiu's cigarette skirt. After asking, she learned that it was given to her by Tanchun.
Xue Baochai told Xing Xiuyan that only ladies from high-ranking and wealthy families wear these ornaments. She also wore them many years ago, but after her family lost her official position, she no longer had these gorgeous and idle ornaments from head to toe. These "useless things" were at home.
After piling up a bunch of boxes, you can't compare to a lady from an official family, so you have to be simple and elegant.
Xue Baochai asked Xing Xiuyan to send a maid to give her the pawn ticket for the cotton-padded clothes. She went to secretly redeem it and return it to Xing Xiuyan. She learned that the pawn shop was "Heng Shu Dian" located on Gulou West Street, which happened to be owned by the Xue family.
Xue Baochai immediately went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to look for Lin Daiyu. Aunt Xue was also there. Suddenly, Shi Xiangyun also came, holding a pawn ticket in his hand.
It turned out that Xing Xiuyan sent a maid to deliver the pawn ticket to Xue Baochai. Ying'er received it and put it in a book. Shi Xiangyun found it and read it secretly. Since he didn't recognize the pawn ticket, he took it to Xiaoxiang Pavilion for everyone to recognize.
Xue Baochai was afraid that the matter would be spread and Xing Xiuyan would be embarrassed, so he took the pawn ticket and lied that it was useless. Later, Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun pressed for questioning.
Xue Baochai held on.
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After Bu Wuniang and Aunt Xue chatted for two-quarters of an hour, Bu Wuniang smiled at Jia Yun and said, "Why are you still here? Why don't you go and accompany your aunt's son?"
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Brother, just stay here. My Pan'er doesn't need him to accompany me."
These are naturally polite words. Since Jia Yun has invited Xue Pan here today, she naturally needs to accompany her.
So Jia Yun left Bu Wuniang's courtyard and went to the hall on the middle road to accompany Xue Pan. Well, she went to listen to Xue Pan's bragging and nonsense.
At noon, the female relatives had a banquet together. Jia Yun and Xue Pan had a banquet together. Naturally, Jia Yun was not interested in eating this banquet. He and Xue Pan were indeed from two different worlds, and they had nothing in common.
However, for Xue Baochai's sake, Jia Yun will not be indifferent to Xue Pan now, and will still be polite on the surface.
Jia Yun even admired himself. After a few contacts with Xue Pan, he found that he quickly got used to Xue Pan bragging in front of him. Not only was he not dissatisfied with it, but he regarded it as a fun thing.
After lunch, the Xue family went back. After all, it was the first time they came to Jia Yun's house. Even if Bu Wuniang asked to stay for dinner, Aunt Xue declined politely.
When the Xue family left, Jia Yun did not personally escort them, but arranged for them to be escorted by personal soldiers. Jia Yun sent the Xue family outside the house and returned to Bu Wuniang Courtyard.
At this time, Bu Wuniang suddenly asked Xiren, Zijuan, Qingwen, Xiangling, Liu Wuer and other maids to leave the Mingjian, leaving only Jia Yun alone.
Jia Yun was confused: "Mom, what can you tell me?"
Bu Wuniang smiled and asked, "What do you think of Miss Bao?"
Jia Yun responded with a smile: "She is a good girl. Why did you ask me this suddenly?"
Bu Wuniang said with a smile: "I also think this girl Bao is a good girl. She is no worse than the girl from the Qin family before, and she is worthy of you. It's a pity that she comes to Beijing this time to be selected as a female official, so it is inconvenient."
Ration for you."
Previously, Jia Yun told Bu Wuniang that the purpose of the Xue family's visit to Beijing was: to send Xue Baochai to be a female official, which is actually equivalent to a draft girl; to visit relatives; to take care of business in Shenjing City; and to have fun.
Jia Yun smiled and said nothing, thinking quietly in her heart: So what? As long as I want to marry her, I can find a way to marry her!
Someone in the past life analyzed that it was Xue Baochai's obligation to select girls, and that all daughters of famous officials and famous figures had to be selected.
Jia Yun feels that this statement is untenable. If it is an obligation, then why are Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and others not waiting for selection? Compared with Xue Baochai, their family is a famous official in the world.
Now Jia Yun knows that in the Qing Dynasty, this kind of selection was not obligatory but voluntary.
As long as the Xue family does not voluntarily stand for election, Xue Baochai does not have to stand for election.
Jia Yun also knew that Xue Baochai was still young and had not yet been selected. She would have to wait until next year when she is old enough to be selected.
Jia Yun can get engaged to Xue Baochai before next year!
What's more, although the original work didn't mention it clearly, it is certain that Xue Baochai was not selected, and this failure probably had nothing to do with her appearance and talent, but had other reasons. I don't know the reason. It may be that the Xue family later changed their mind and did not send the gift.
Chosen, maybe the Xue family lost their official title and was eliminated...
Bu Wuniang said with a smile: "Last year, the old lady of Xifu acted as a matchmaker for you and asked you to get engaged to the girl from the Qin family. You declined because you were still young and had to continue martial arts, so it was not a good time to get engaged yet.
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"Now that you are one year older, the martial arts examination has ended, you have won the first prize in martial arts, and you have become a first-class imperial guard. And next year you will be an adult. I think it is time for you to get engaged."
Jia Yun smiled and said: "This matter is not urgent."
Bu Wuniang said with a smile: "Don't worry, mother, you are not an ordinary child. You are already a distinguished man at a young age. It is better to get engaged and marry as soon as possible and have children as soon as possible."
Jia Yun thought for a while and then said: "Don't worry, I will get engaged within a year."
Bu Wuniang's eyes lit up: "Who are you getting engaged to?"
Jia Yun smiled and said, "I don't know yet."
It’s not that he doesn’t know, but it’s just that it’s not convenient to say right now because the person he wants to marry is Xue Baochai!
Bu Wuniang: "..."
Bu Wuniang immediately said: "The girl from the Qin family whom the old lady is acting as a matchmaker is very good. How about you get engaged to her?"
Jia Yun: "..."
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The Xue family was sent back to Lixiangyuan in Rongguo Mansion by Jia Yun's soldiers.
Xue Pan, who had drunk a lot of wine at noon, ran off somewhere to be happy and free.
Aunt Xue called Xue Baochai into her bedroom and sent Ying'er and other maids away.
Xue Baochai was confused: "Mom, do you have something to tell me?"
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "What do you think of Brother Yun?"
When Xue Baochai heard this, she was so smart that she immediately realized what Aunt Xue meant. She couldn't help but blush a little, and didn't know how to respond for a while.
Aunt Xue smiled and said: "Mom, I think that Brother Yun is a very good person. He has a good appearance and is very brave. He has made great contributions and been awarded titles and officials very early. Now he has won the top prize in martial arts in high school and is still a first-class imperial guard.
He is deeply appreciated by the emperor and has great talents as a merchant."
"When I met him for the first time, my mother was a little afraid of him because he killed many thieves at once, which was scary. But now it seems that he has a good character and a good filial piety. You
I have also seen today that the condition of the wife in his house is not much different from that of the old lady in Rong Mansion."
Xue Baochai's face turned even redder.
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "You are smart. I guess you have already guessed what mother wanted to say. Mother is thinking that maybe it would be a good choice not to send you to be a female official and let you marry Brother Yun."
"Based on the current conditions of our family, it will be difficult for you to choose a female official. Even if you are chosen, mother will be worried that you will be wronged in the palace. Although that place is extremely rich, it is also a dangerous place."
"If you marry Brother Yun, you will be rich and powerful. If you don't say anything else, with Brother Yun's current status, you will be a third-grade lady immediately after you get married. Once Brother Yun returns to the official position in the future,
If you are promoted, you will be a second-grade lady, and your life in this Rong Mansion will only be lower than that of the old lady."
"Don't blame Mom for being selfish. Your father is gone and your brother is useless. Although our family still has some wealth now, if it continues like this, it will fall sooner or later. Mom can't count on your brother, she can only count on you. You
If we marry Brother Yun and have Brother Yun take care of us, even if our family's situation is not very good, it should not be very bad."
After saying that, Aunt Xue stared at the rosy-faced Xue Baochai, waiting for Xue Baochai's response...