Aunt Xue counted the banknotes, carefully put them into the small box, and looked up at Baochai, who had a resentful look on his face.
I know my own daughter.
Baochai has been more scheming than ordinary people since she was little, and knows how to be harmonious and pleasing in order to achieve her goals. Therefore, she has always been good at restraint, only showing her gentle, considerate, calm and generous side to others, and rarely showing any emotions.
The anxious look when you get up is all related to Jia Lian.
Aunt Xue persuaded her in a soft voice:
"I know what you are thinking. You only value men with power and ability. They must not be ordinary people. They must be able to understand your poems and be gentle and considerate, which would be better.
Just think about it, after all, we are not from a family of officials. Otherwise, why would we have to find ways to get married to your aunt’s family?
Although Baoyu has no talent, he is good at first, he can write poems, and secondly, he is gentle and considerate. He is two of the three, so how can he not do it?
You don’t have to worry about him losing his estate. Let me tell you, the private house in the hands of the old lady is quite objective, and it will be left to Baoyu in the future.
When you marry Baoyu, you have all these things in your hands, and you will never have to worry about wealth for decades.
Don't think Lian Er is more capable than Baoyu, but he is vulgar and lustful. Even Feng Yatou, a powerful and aggressive person, can't suppress him. He is full of evil ideas, but he doesn't even reveal the slightest bit to Feng Yatou.
Girl, can such a person be relied on?
Not to mention that he is already married to his first wife, so it would be best if you give up.
Sigh - it would have been nice if you could have entered the palace. If you got the favor, you would have everything. Besides, it would be extremely honorable to be the emperor's little wife.
To put it bluntly, with your talent and appearance, as long as you enter the palace, you should be a queen.
It’s all because of your brother’s unsatisfactory performance that you can’t even enter the palace to be elected as a princess or a princess’s escort, and you can’t be a talented person or praise good people. It’s really a pity for you.”
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Baochai was very troubled when he heard this, so he lowered his head and kept silent.
After a long while, he suddenly asked:
"The old lady said that Sister Feng should wait until she is out of confinement before taking care of the house. Doesn't that mean that while Sister Feng is still in confinement, Sister-in-law Zhu, Third Girl and I will still be in charge of the inner house?"
Aunt Xue was locking the small box containing the banknotes into the cabinet and said smoothly:
"Lian Er started attacking our mother-in-law as soon as she came up. Do you still want to worry about them?
The way I see it, I just give up my pick and let them mess around in their house."
Baochai sneered:
"If I give up my choice, won't it be an advantage for Sister Feng?"
Aunt Xue immediately felt something was wrong in these words and quickly said:
"Bao girl, you are so confused.
Your current ‘opponent’ is not Feng Yatou, but Lin Yatou.
Think about it, Lin Yatou's quarrels were like knives, which made Baoyu, the idiot, always thinking about Lin Yatou.
But you have to show a polite and quiet demeanor in front of the elders, mothers-in-law, and maids around you. It is not convenient for you to get close to Baoyu, which is already a disadvantage.
There is also that confused old lady who only wants to bring Baoyu and Lin Yatou together.
You have to think more about this important matter in your mind, but you must not be careless."
Baochai suddenly straightened her face and said to her mother:
"What mom said doesn't make sense.
A girl's life-long affairs are all decided by her parents. Now that my father is gone, my mother should make the decision; otherwise, I should ask my brother to make the decision; there is no reason for me to think of ways to seek 'convenience'."<
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Aunt Xue knows that her daughter attaches great importance to the reputation of good character, and is born with a good eloquence that can explain a lot of truth about everything. She is allowed to speak on everything, and no one else is allowed to speak, so she dare not say anything.
Taking out a large account book, Aunt Xue asked Baochai to help write down the accounts of the family's expenses in the past two days.
Seeing that there was tea money given to the matchmaker the day before in the account, Aunt Xue couldn't help but talk about it again:
"Look, look, I spent ten taels of silver for nothing. Isn't this an evil act?
Since I came to Beijing, I have been going around to arrange marriage arrangements for your brother. However, your brother is very picky and eager to marry an official lady who can read, write, and compose poems.
Today they are talking about the Zhang family, tomorrow they want the Li family, and later they are talking about the Wang family. The fuss and quarrels are endless. We even call the matchmaker to try to find a match, but it doesn’t work either.
I also told your aunt that if I could get your brother to marry the second girl of their Jia family, I wouldn't think she was stupid. However, your aunt doesn't get along well with the eldest wife, so she didn't dare to mention it. After all the hard work, only merchants are willing to marry us. I picked here and there, and finally thought it would be better to find the 'Osmanthus Xia Family'.
His family is one of the largest in the world, and he and we are both nominal merchants in the Ministry of Household Affairs. We have old relatives from our ancestors, and they were all members of the same family back then. Your brother and I have been together since childhood. When we talk about our relationship, he
The two were originally uncles and siblings, and they were destined to be together.
Let me tell you again, their Xia family is very wealthy.
Needless to say about the rest of the fields, there are only dozens of hectares of land where osmanthus is grown. All the osmanthus bureaus in and outside the capital belong to her family. Even the osmanthus display bonsai in the palace are tributes from her family.
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Therefore, everyone in the capital, from the princes to the businessmen, calls his family the "Osmanthus Xia Family."
His girl is seventeen years old this year. She is quite pretty and knows a few words.
Another good thing is that his grandfather is gone now, and only the old lady lives with this biological girl. She doesn’t even have any brothers, so she is a ‘destitute’.
When your brother marries his daughter, the dowry alone will be a huge sum, and her family’s property has not even been mentioned.
Your brother visited his house yesterday. Grandma Xia didn’t have a son. When she saw your brother’s dignity, she cried and laughed at the same time. She wanted to treat your brother as her son, so she immediately called her daughter
Come out and meet your brother. Look, you don’t even have to go on a blind date."
When Baochai heard this, he thought of himself and became more and more troubled, but he couldn't say it out loud, so he just said lightly:
"Since we are so well-matched, and we are so happy with each other, why don't we just ask someone to propose marriage?"
Hearing Aunt Xue's cheerful response, Baochai became increasingly depressed.
I put down the pen in my hand, got up and took out a cold-flavored pill from the small porcelain box on the cabinet. I poured myself some tea and drank it, which made me feel a little better.
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My brother Xue Pan struggled for a long time, but in the end he married the daughter of a businessman.
From this point of view, it is really difficult for me to marry a descendant of the Duke of Baoyu as my wife.
But Baoyu...that loser who doesn't seek advancement, is incompetent in writing or martial arts, and just likes to admire flowers and bamboos, drink wine, compose poems, and talk about love. Is this a man?!
Look at Jia Lian, who was said to have no future before. If he can get back his father's lost royal estate, that's his ability!
You want me and Lin Daiyu to snatch the jade? It’s better to snatch Jia Lian from Wang Xifeng!