After listening to Jia Baoyu's words, Jia's mother smiled and said to him: "Don't worry about this matter. Since ancient times, marriage matters have been the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. Officials as big as your eldest brother have been divided into marquises and marriages.
Your father and I are the ones who make the final decision regarding this matter. How can you control this matter?"
Yuanyang next to him could hear the displeasure from Jia Mu's tone. In fact, Yuanyang still had Jia Baoyu in his heart, so he quickly came out to smooth things over for him, "Mr. Bao, I left a big lobster for you at noon. This thing
But it’s rare that I spent a lot of effort to transport them from the south. There are only a few in total, I’ll leave one for you, you can take it back and have a taste with Miss Lin later.”
After hearing Yuanyang's words, Jia Mu felt that what she said was just the right time. She couldn't help but look at Yuanyang with admiration, and then said to Jia Baoyu with a smile: "You must have never seen this thing before. The shrimp is bigger than a chicken."
It’s even bigger. This is the first time I’ve seen it in my entire life.”
After Jia Mu finished speaking, Yuanyang immediately went out and brought a food box from the next room. Jia Baoyu was already attracted by what they said.
There are shrimps as big as chickens. He has never heard of them, let alone seeing them. At this time, he saw Yuanyang come in with a big food box. He quickly went over to take it, put it on the table, and then gently
Open lightly.
As soon as the food box was opened, a strange fragrance wafted out from it, which Jia Baoyu had never smelled before. When he looked inside, he was immediately startled.
There was a lobster spread out on the plate inside. The shrimp was really about the same size as a chicken. Jia Baoyu looked on in amazement.
Seeing Jia Baoyu's surprise, Jia's mother smiled and said, "This thing is a little cold now. You can take it back to the garden and ask the kitchen to heat it up for you. Let's have a taste with Daiyu tonight."
Jia Baoyu looked at the lobster and felt it was very novel. Now that Jia Mu asked him to take it back, he was naturally happy. However, he looked at Jia Mu again and felt a little embarrassed, "Let's keep it for the old lady. What do we young people eat?"
It’s not the same.”
When Jia's mother heard what Jia Baoyu said, she now felt that Jia Baoyu was really filial to him and wanted to leave good things to him, so she felt even happier. However, she still pretended to be unhappy and said: "You can take it back if I ask you to."
Come on, I’m a little scared just looking at this thing, how can I eat it?”
After Jia Baoyu heard what Jia Mu said, he immediately closed the box again happily, then raised it in his hand and said to Jia Mu: "Old lady, please sit down first. I will take this box to the back to show Sister Lin. Let her also
Open your eyes."
After Jia Baoyu said this, regardless of Jia Mu's reaction, he ran out of Jia Mu's yard and returned to the Grand View Garden.
Seeing him running so fast, Jia Mu could not rest assured. She quickly told the mandarin duck next to her: "Hurry up and let a little maid follow. Don't let anything happen to him. If he falls or touches him, it will be bad."
Yuanyang agreed and went out. He asked a little maid to follow Jia Baoyu until he was sent back to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and then came back.
After Yuanyang returned to Jia Mu, Jia Mu nodded approvingly and said, "Now you are getting more and more sophisticated. When Baoyu asked him just now, I was really afraid of hurting his face."
"The old lady taught me this, otherwise how could a little girl like me understand this?" Yuanyang said humbly from the side.
Jia Mu listened to Yuanyang's compliments, but she was thinking about another person. That was Aunt Lai, who had been growing up with her. In the past, Aunt Lai was just like Yuanyang. She could immediately guess her thoughts and tell her what she was thinking.
Things were done properly.
Now that I think about it, Grandma Lai has been gone for seven or eight years, and these things seem like yesterday. But if I hadn't provoked Jia Ke back then, she would still be the old lady in Lai's house in front of her like myself. This is
It's all fate, it's just that she doesn't have the blessing to enjoy today's glory and wealth.
Besides, the news that Jia Ke wanted to take Shi Xiangyun as his concubine soon spread from Rongguo Mansion to Wuyang Hou Mansion.
What news can be hidden from Qin Keqing in Wuyang Hou Mansion?
Now in the main room of Wuyang Hou Mansion, Qin Keqing is discussing this matter with his maid Ruizhu.
"Miss, how could the old lady do this? Our uncle is a good man, but she insists on bringing her grandniece here. What is she going to do?" Ruizhu said angrily.
Qin Keqing thought for a while and understood what the old lady meant. I am afraid that the old lady saw that Jia Ke was becoming more and more powerful, so she wanted to win over her natal family. So she told Jia Ke about Shi Xiangyun.
It can also be regarded as a link between Shi Jia and Jia Ke.
Of course, Qin Keqing knew that this kind of thing was common in big families, but she still felt uncomfortable. She must know that Shi Xiangyun was completely different from the concubines Jia Ke had before.
Qin Keqing thought for a while and said to Ruizhu: "It's still early for this matter. After all, Miss Shi is still young. It will take a few years before she can come to our house. In a few years, our eldest brother will have grown up.
If it goes well, I can have another child, but I'm still afraid that she, Shi Xiangyun, will not survive."
After listening to Qin Keqing's words, Ruizhu thought about Jia Ke's love for Qin Keqing. She had also seen Miss Shi. Although she had some color, she was far behind them. I think she was
Since I can't threaten their young lady, I feel more relieved.
Under Qin Keqing's deliberate suppression, this matter quickly calmed down in the Wuyang Marquis Mansion, and no one mentioned Shi Xiangyun again.
Besides, this matter quickly spread throughout the Rongguo Mansion, and the news soon reached Xue Baochai's ears.
Xue Baochai has been paying attention to the news about Jia Ke in real time since he became interested in Jia Ke. Now that he heard that Jia's mother made the decision to allocate Shi Xiangyun to Jia Ke as his concubine, he felt a burst of boredom in his heart.
At the same time, I was thinking that it had been so long and I didn’t know if the letter from my uncle had come back.
So I left the Grand View Garden and went to Lixiang Courtyard where Aunt Xue lived.
When I arrived at Lixiangyuan and waited, I heard that it was peaceful inside, and I felt relieved. It seemed that my brother had not caused any trouble to the family during this time.
When Xue Baochai came to the main room of Lixiangyuan, she found a maid and informed her that her mother had arrived at the house.
"Girl, why are you here now?"
"I got bored in the yard, so I came back to chat with my mother."
Aunt Xue didn't speak, she just tapped Xue Baochai's forehead with her finger, and then said: "How can you hide this little thought from me?"
After finishing speaking, Aunt Xue took Xue Baochai into the house.
The mother and daughter sat down on the kang in the inner room, and then Aunt Xue asked, "What's going on? I made you run over here in a hurry."
Xue Baochai was a little embarrassed. She looked at Aunt Xue, then lowered her head and said, "I wonder if uncle has replied?"
Aunt Xue understood after hearing this. She frowned and looked at Xue Baochai, and then said: "I've replied to the letter, but your uncle said not to act rashly now."
"What does this say?"
"Your uncle didn't say much. He just said that the situation is unstable now and we'll look at it in a year or two."
Although Xue Baochai was just a prostitute, she had great ambitions in her heart, so she also paid some attention to the affairs in the court.
Now that I heard what Wang Ziteng meant in the letter, I understood the truth. At the same time, I let out a long breath in my heart, but I was still a little impatient.
Aunt Xue said that Xue Baochai stopped talking, and already knew that Xue Baochai was smart enough to understand, so she said: "Your uncle said that according to the relationship between our four major families, it doesn't matter if you are one step early and one step late, but the danger is indeed not small.
, I don’t think there’s any need to compete with that girl for priority.”
It turns out that Aunt Xue had heard about Shi Xiangyun a long time ago and understood that Xue Baochai was a little impatient, so she said such a thing.
Xue Baochai nodded silently after hearing this.
Besides, in the Baolinghou Mansion, after Shi Nai came back, he went straight to normal and faced his wife Zhang, laughing bursts of laughter.
Mrs. Zhang didn't understand what happened when she saw this situation. It seemed that the marriage was done. "Sir, is the marriage done? What did the old lady over there say?"
Shi Nai walked up and down the hall excitedly, and said to Mr. Zhang as he walked: "The old lady has agreed. Not only did I meet the old lady, I put aside the past things. I also met our niece-in-law.
It is indeed majestic and majestic, and it is indeed the most powerful person in the world."
Seeing his excitement, Mrs. Zhang stepped forward, grabbed him, and pushed him onto a chair. Then she put a cup of hot tea into his hand, and then asked: "What on earth is going on? Tell me about it."
Let me have an idea in my mind.”
"What's the matter? My aunt has been thinking about our family these years and always thinking about arranging a way out for us. It's just that we are so unfilial that we haven't visited his old man for so many years." Shi Nai's eyes flashed when he said this.
Feeling ashamed, he talked with Jia Mu for a long time today and knew that Jia Mu had always cared about their family and had been waiting for them to come to their door.
"Then the master and the old lady have talked about our family's difficulties. Is the old lady thinking about how to help our family?" Mrs. Zhang is already a little worried about money and can't eat.
Shi Nai looked at her disdainfully and said, "Can the old lady be as vulgar as you? Even if you want to help our family, you can't give us money directly, otherwise where will our face be?"
After saying this, Shi Nai took out the dagger given by Jia Ke from his arms and said, "This is a token from the eldest brother of Rongguo Mansion to our Xiangyun. You will send someone to send it to Xiangyun later, and treat this matter as well."
She told her that the matter had been settled and asked her not to have any other ideas."
What Shi Nai is most worried about right now is that Shi Xiangyun will fight to the death. You know, given her temperament, that would not be good, and it is really possible.
But now Shi Nai has hope, knowing that Jia Ke will arrange for him the position of Yangzhou magistrate. Even if Shi Xiangyun disagrees, he will tie her into a sedan and send her to Rongguo Mansion.
Zhang looked at the dagger carefully and found that the scabbard and handle were almost covered with jewels inlaid on it. Just from the appearance of the dagger, it was enough to feed their family for several years.