Ever since Baochai came to the Jia family for a "temporary stay", no one in the Jia family knew that Miss Baochai was "a well-educated, well-educated, taciturn, steady and peaceful lady".
She was always kind to others, generous and decent, and all the wives and maids of the Jia family praised her.
With Ping'er's intelligence and delicate thoughts, she had already noticed that Baochai was gentle on the outside but very "unkind" on the inside, so she always stayed away from Baochai.
Who would have thought that even though he was like this, he would still be humiliated today.
Ping'er quickly grabbed Jia Lian's clothes:
"Second Master, wait a minute."
Seeing Jia Lian looking at him with peach blossom eyes with a smile, Ping'er quickly let go of his hand and whispered:
"Second Master, Miss Bao is a person who has many rifts in her heart. On the surface, she is generous and decent. Even Second Grandma may not be her opponent.
For Baoyu, she has put a lot of thought into it, just waiting to be the head of the 'Second Grandma Bao'.
Now that the emperor has issued a message to let the second master get the Rongguo Mansion, Baoyu, the hot cake, has lost a lot of oil and water. Who knows what this girl Bao is planning."
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"What are you afraid of her for?
Now that this house is mine, what else can she scheme against?
If she is so desperate to get Baoyu away, why bother racking her brains so much? Just tie Baoyu with a rope and pull it into the bridal chamber.
Anyway, I have nothing to be reluctant to do, so I won’t stop you.”
Ping'er, who was still full of grievances just now, couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh:
"He's still a father, and he has a really bad mouth."
.
In the small flower hall, Li Wan, Tanchun, and Baochai had finished eating, washed up, and were sitting talking about housework.
After Tanchun said that there were several places in the inner house where money was repeatedly used, it was necessary to reduce it, and he also said that at home, "people should do their best and everything should be used to its fullest advantage":
"Second Brother Lian, in front of him, even raided Lai Da's house in order to build a provincial residence. It can be seen that it is time to ignore the jokes of outsiders.
Our inner house also needs to be frugal. I heard from Mr. Lai’s daughter that in addition to the flowers they usually wear and the bamboo shoots, fish and shrimp they eat, someone else takes over the garden a year, and at the end of the year, there are two
An income of one hundred taels of silver. From that day on, I realized that a broken lotus leaf or a withered grass root was valuable.
Now there are many flowers and plants in the yard where we live now, and there is also a pond. I thought we could follow suit."
Baochai smiled deliberately and said:
"What you said is really just nonsense.
Although you, a rich young lady, should not understand this, you are all literate people after all, but you have not read "Don't Give Up on Yourself" by Zhu Fuzi. How can you write it?"
The reason why Baochai labeled Tanchun a "dandy" when he came up was completely out of revenge.
.
Before eating, Tanchun always asked Ping'er why Sister Feng didn't do anything before, in order to establish his authority and reduce the repetitive expenses of the inner house.
Baochai sat back and waited to see Ping'er feel embarrassed, or she didn't want Wang Xifeng to lose face, so she argued with Tanchun. She had already prepared a long article in her stomach, "Tan girl, although Sister Feng is not on good terms with us, we can't
We have to pretend to be good with her so that we can appear generous."
Who would have expected that this ghost girl Ping'er would become more and more respectful to Tanchun, and instead helped Tanchun establish his authority, and the servants all listened to Ping'er's words.
That's all. What makes Baochai feel more uncomfortable is Tanchun's style.
To wash her face, the maid was actually required to kneel down on her knees and hold the basin high. The other maids were also kneeling beside her, holding handkerchiefs and mirror makeup. Ping'er actually stepped forward to roll up Tanchun's sleeves and remove her bracelets.<
/p>
Yesterday, when Baochai was washing her face here, the little girl just put the basin on the side of the basin shelf and shouted with a smile:
"Miss Bao is here to wash her face."
Baochai was chatting and laughing with the girl, while she rolled up her sleeves and washed her face.
As for eating, the little girl smiled as usual and said to Baochai:
"Miss Bao, let's go to the side hall to eat."
Baochai was about to follow the little girl out when Tanchun suddenly asked:
"Why don't you bring Miss Bao's food to you?"
The little maid immediately behaved herself, walked quickly outside the flower hall, and told her daughter-in-law outside:
"Miss Bao is eating in the hall today, so I asked them to bring the food over."
Tan Chundeng immediately darkened his face and said loudly:
"Don't mess around with others!
Those are all housekeepers and ladies who do big things. You are a girl, but you want to make her beg for food and tea? You don’t even know your rank!
Since Ping'er is here, go and spread the word."
Baochai understands Tanchun's style!
She is degrading her Xue Baochai.
Because Jia Lian said something like "This master is so mean" last time, Tan Chun deliberately wanted to teach Xue Baochai how to be a serious master in front of Xue Baochai this time.
.
Tanchun is not stupid.
She also understands Xue Baochai's words.
"Gao Liang Dandy" means that you only know how to enjoy yourself and don't know how to do anything.
"Miss Qianjin... is a literate person after all." If this was a compliment, the character Jia would have to be written backwards.
But Tanchun wanted to do something practical for the Jia family just like Jia Lian, and didn't want to get hung up on trivial matters, so he said:
"I have read it, but the article is just encouraging people to encourage themselves, and it is nothing more than empty words."
She was about to continue talking about business, but Baochai preached seriously:
"Zhu Xi's words are 'exaggerated and empty words'?
You have only been doing things for two days, and you are so greedy that you dare to treat Zhu Xi as vain?
If I ask you to do a few more things, don’t you think Confucius is a fool too!”
.
Li Wan also heard the contempt in the sentence "It only took two days to do the thing", the smell of gunpowder in the sentence "the desire for profit makes the heart full", and even the murderous threat of "taking Confucius as a fool", so he hurried up and smiled.
To smooth things over and cover up:
"You called me over, and instead of talking about business, you just talk to each other about your knowledge?"
Baochai's right words sneered:
"Teaching knowledge is business. Is it possible that someone wants to slander Confucius?
Although these household chores are trivial, if they are not handled with knowledge, they will all flow into the common people."
Li Wan seemed to have been knocked unconscious on the spot by a stick:
I...I am a local custom?
I, a noble lady from the Imperial Academy, was criticized by a merchant’s daughter as “commercial custom”?
Did you know that the Imperial College is right next to the Confucius Temple?
Do you know that the Imperial College is the highest institution of learning in the imperial court?
Who are you?
.
At this moment, Sister Bao holds high the banner of Confucius, wields her sword across the horse, kills people when others block her, and kills Buddha when she blocks Buddhas.
A face backed by Confucius is invincible!
.
"Okay, who is talking about Saint Kong?
The sage Confucius once said: ‘Only women and villains are difficult to care for’.
He said this about women, and women still think about him all the time.
Other saints are avoiding you, but you are chasing after them and pressing your hot face against their cold buttocks. Even the saints cannot hold on."
Jia Lian's cheerful words instantly broke the awkward atmosphere in the room.
Embarrassing isn’t embarrassing anymore, it’s just...a bit annoying.