Red Mansion Jia Lan: Do you want to run away tonight to visit your relatives? Chapter 185: There is something in the play, a heart-to-heart talk between mother and daughter
Chapter 185: There is something in the play, a heart-to-heart talk between mother and daughter
Xiangyun’s words caused everyone to burst into laughter.
Jia Baoyu was not angry when he was robbed of his gift. When he saw his favorite sisters laughing, he smiled too.
Baochai was also smiling, but there was a hint of bitterness in her smile.
Subconsciously, Baochai turned her eyes and happened to meet Aunt Xue's eyes. Both of them looked a little unnatural.
There is something in Jia Mu’s words.
The small cup in front of her hand was filled with mellow wine, but when she drank it, Baochai felt it was astringent.
She recalled the private conversation she had with Aunt Xue not long ago.
"Mom, didn't you agree not to have any plans for Brother Bao before? Why did you suddenly change your mind again?"
In Hengwu Garden, Xue Baochai looked a little surprised after listening to her mother's words, and then asked angrily.
Aunt Xue looked at her daughter, and then at Xiang Ling, who was looking at her mother and daughter curiously, with a troubled expression on her face.
At this moment, Xue Baochai showed a rare aggressive aura: "Xiang Ling is one of our own, mother, you don't need to avoid anything, what is going on?
You also know that the old lady doesn’t want to decide on Brother Bao’s marriage so early. Besides, with Brother Bao’s status, our Xue family is not a match for him, so you should be aware of this.”
"Why don't I know?" Aunt Xue looked at her ice-snow and smart daughter and explained with a grimace: "Yesterday..."
Xue Baochai listened, his expression stagnant at first, and then gradually turned pale.
"But it doesn't have to be Brother Bao! Besides, isn't our trip to Beijing for the purpose of drafting girls?"
Aunt Xue smiled bitterly and shouted: "My good daughter, all the talent show girls tell others for their reasons. Your brother doesn't understand, don't you understand?"
Xue Baochai huffed and said nothing.
Aunt Xue brought a pair of children to Beijing to avoid disaster.
Firstly, Xue Pan committed a life-threatening lawsuit, which was always difficult to handle; secondly, Aunt Xue was not good at managing the family business, and the Xue family became increasingly dilapidated, and Aunt Xue herself was afraid.
She was alone, and the only ones she could rely on were Wang Ziteng, the commander of the Beijing camp, and Mrs. Wang, the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion.
But after all, Aunt Xue's family is far away in Jiangning, and her mother's family is always out of reach.
"Your brother is a man of little success. I've seen through it all. When it comes to business, he hasn't inherited any of your father's talents. He loses every business he makes."
Aunt Xue let out a long sigh, picked up Baochai's shiny catkins, and said sincerely: "Your brother can't be counted on, the Wang family... forget it, it's the Jia family. I was also discouraged before, but now I don't expect it.
There is a tendency to make a comeback...Besides, don’t you also like Baoyu?”
Xue Baochai fell silent after hearing this.
"Besides..." Aunt Xue continued to use her palms hard, "The golden lock on your body is not a story I made up for my mother. The monk gave this golden lock back then, and it was really left to wait for someone to have jade in the future.
My words about marriage are not deceiving others."
"Mom, it's okay for you to say..." Xue Baochai said angrily: "After you told your wife about this, she looked at me strangely for several days, and I was even embarrassed to see Brother Bao for several days!" Aunt Xue lowered her head in embarrassment and emphasized in a low voice: "I'm not lying..."
Seeing Aunt Xue's appearance, Xue Baochai, as a daughter, was also speechless.
"Don't worry, we have to settle your brother's marriage first. Now, I can only hope to find a wife for Pan'er who can make him feel at ease..."
Aunt Xue glanced at Xiangling, who was standing pretty beside her, let out a long sigh, and whispered to herself.
"This child...why can't I accept it? He is beautiful enough...this is beautiful enough..."
Xiangling's beautiful almond eyes blinked inexplicably, and she turned to look at Baochai, as if she wanted to ask: "What do you mean?"
Facing Xiangling's questioning gaze, Baochai blushed and lowered her head to avoid it.
This made Xiang Ling even more puzzled, but she never talked much and would not speak up if she had questions in her mind.
[Ask Miss Lin when you have time. She is always knowledgeable and will definitely know!]
At this time, Lin Daiyu did not know that Xue Baochai and her daughter had dug a big hole for themselves.
Aunt Xue muttered for a while and spoke again: "Half of the money I brought with me when I left home has been lost by your brother. We don't have much left."
Baochai's face darkened slightly.
A few years ago, Xue Pan didn't know who was inciting him to do business outside the Xuan Mansion. As a result, he made a small profit of a thousand taels the first time, and even lost his original capital the second time. But Xue Pan was furious.
I was willing to give up and walked out with another batch of goods.
Aunt Xue turned around and took a brocade box and handed it to Baochai: "The last thing left in the Xue family is those two thin things. Take it."
Baochai was shocked when she saw the box and quickly shied away: "No!"
"Sister Bao!"
A call brought Baochai back from his thoughts.
Jia Baoyu watched Baochai half-raise his cup, his hand froze in the air, and asked curiously: "Is there something wrong with your body?
Baochai has a "strange disease", which everyone in the house has heard more or less. Baochai said that he was born with congenital heat poison, so he relied on the prescription given by a strange person and used the "strange fragrance" as a medicine.
Only after eating the prepared cold fragrant pills will there be no problem.
"Thank you Brother Bao for your concern, I'll be fine."
Xue Baochai quickly controlled his emotions, replied to Jia Baoyu with a smile, and chatted with him for a while.
Jia Baoyu was really happy to see his sisters all by his side, including Sister Bao, Sister Lin, and Xiangyun.
What made him even more relieved was that Jia Zheng, the great devil, was busy with ministry affairs and had not returned home for several days in a row. He was not even able to attend the banquet hosted by Jia Mu today.
With the Big Demon King away, Jia Baoyu even let go of all the burdens in his heart.
Seeing that Baochai was indeed fine, Baoyu suggested to the sisters: "Sister Baochai, second sister, sisters, it will be interesting to give an order after you have eaten and drank enough."
"Okay!" Xiangyun was the most innocent and innocent. When Baoyu said it, he became more interested and was the first to clapped his hands in approval.
Daiyu glanced at everyone: "In that case, why not ask Xiangling to be the wine commander?"
Xiang Ling, who had not made much noise since the banquet started, looked at Dai Yu blankly. When the others heard this, their eyes fell on Xiang Ling.
"Me?" Xiangling was stunned and had not yet reacted, but Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled and said: "You have been studying poetry for so many days, you can try to be a commander."
"No, no!" Xiang Ling panicked and kept waving her hands to refuse, saying she was stupid and couldn't come.
"Why can't it work?" Daiyu pretended to be angry and said proudly: "Speaking of it, the last person who came to me to learn poetry was already Xie Yuan, and he only studied for less than a year. You are all learning it.
I’ve been working for more than a year, why can’t I just be a commander?”
Xiang Ling looked anxious and was about to say goodbye, but unexpectedly Jia Baoyu was even more anxious than she was: "Why not!? Xiang Ling, in my opinion, you are qualified."
Xiangling had no choice but to stand up.
Baochai smiled and said: "You are stupid. There is a banquet here. If you want to give orders, you have to say goodbye to the old lady first. Madam, we will find another place."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion outside the hospital.