Chapter 645 Sisters
Hengwu Garden.
It was still dawn when Ying'er brought out a bowl of nourishing medicinal food from the small kitchen, walked around a few clumps of evergreen exotic flowers and herbs, and entered the main hall.
Originally, she was going to send it directly to the inner room, but was stopped by Xue Baochai from the side.
"Leave it to me - go to the front yard and ask when to leave."
Today, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue made an appointment to go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, so Baochai gave this instruction.
"Be careful, girl. This little casserole is hot."
Ying'er carefully handed the medicinal food to Xue Baochai, then touched her earlobe and left Hengwu Garden, heading straight for Lady Wang in the front yard.
Xue Baochai carried the medicinal meal into the inner room and placed it steadily on the round marble table in the middle.
Turning back, he saw Aunt Xue still wearing very simple clothes, painting in front of the dressing table. He could not help but scold her, "Mother knows to have people stew this medicinal food to nourish the body, but why isn't she afraid of catching a cold?"
Aunt Xue was frowning and measuring the fine lines at the corners of her eyes. When she heard her daughter say this, she laughed and said, "As the old saying goes: Cover up in spring and keep cool in autumn. Besides, your room is warm enough, how can you catch a cold?"
Then, she showed some trepidation on her face, turned her plump, fair and tender body away, and warned seriously: "You must not spread what we said last night!"
It turned out that Aunt Xue had been tossing and turning for several days, and finally couldn't help it last night, so she told her daughter everything about Mrs. Wang's plan.
But after she finished saying it, she felt a little regretful, fearing that her daughter would accidentally leak the information and cause trouble - so from last night until now, this was the fifth time she had repeatedly reminded her daughter.
Therefore, Baochai was too lazy to respond seriously. She walked forward and pulled Aunt Xue up, and pressed her to sit in front of the medicinal food. She picked up the lid of the purple clay pagoda with three green onion-like fingers, and took the silver spoon and put it in her hand.
Aunt Xue was used to being "disciplined" by her daughter, so she didn't take it as a fault. She scooped up some broth, blew it cool, and sipped it in small sips.
Xue Baochai was busy with her own business, packing up the clothes her mother would wear today. Finally, she thought for a while, took out a dozen sandalwood sticks from the box, and put half of them in a rosewood box.
"This was made by my sisters and I in the summer. We just couldn't bear to use it. Mom, please give it to the Buddha."
After finishing all this busy work, Aunt Xue was still struggling with the small bowl of medicinal food, and no one knew when she would finish it.
Seeing this, Baochai quietly took the dustpan and planned to help with some needlework.
She just twisted the embroidery needle between her fingers, but she had no idea what to do for a long time.
Finally, she sighed, inserted the embroidery needle into the spindle, and said quietly: "In fact, our family is not short of noble people to support us now. My daughter has been thinking about it recently. If I can marry into a family of equal status and live happily in peace, wouldn't it be better than competing with Sister Lin?"
When Aunt Xue heard this, she immediately changed her mind and quickly put down the spoon in her hand, turned around and asked, "My dear daughter, you...you are also attracted to that Sun family's Erlang?!"
"What nonsense is this, mom?"
Xue Baochai was immediately annoyed and said, "Didn't I tell you long ago that Lord Sun has a concubine who is his concubine, so he is not a good match."
As they were talking, they heard hurried footsteps outside. The mother and daughter quickly stopped talking and looked outside through the door curtain.
Ying'er came in after lifting the curtain, and said in a crisp voice, "Madam, Miss, everything is ready over there, and she's just waiting for you to come over."
When Aunt Xue heard this, she hurriedly called Ying'er to help her get dressed, and then she took her maid and old woman , and hurried to meet Mrs. Wang.
But Baochai accompanied her out of the courtyard and did not return to her boudoir until she was out of sight.
Sitting on the bed and thinking carefully about what he had just said, he couldn't help but sigh again.
Three years ago, she said that Sun Shaozong was not a good match, and that was indeed what she said from the bottom of her heart, but now when she brought up the old words again, she did feel a little guilty.
Although Sun Shaozong has concubines and illegitimate sons in his family, his current achievements that surpass his peers are enough to make up for all the shortcomings.
If there were no gems...
No!
Judging from Sun Shaozong's current momentum, his future power may not be inferior to that of Rongguo Mansion, not to mention that Jia Baoyu is only the son of the second wife and cannot be considered the head of Rongguo Mansion.
Therefore, even compared with Baoyu, he is still a good match.
only……
The family has wasted several years in the Grand View Garden. Now that Mrs. Wang has made up her mind, how can the Xue family back out?
That was why she firmly refused in front of Aunt Xue, for fear that her mother would tell the truth in front of Lady Wang and cause more trouble for no reason.
Alas~
I don’t know what methods my aunt has to break up Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, the two enemies - I hope she can be more gentle and not be as cruel as when she drove Qingwen away.
My thoughts are scattered and I don’t know how much time has passed.
By the time Ying'er came in to report again, it was already nearly 10 a.m.
Then Ying'er said, "Second Aunt is back, and the eldest wife asked the sisters to come over and talk to her."
Jia Yingchun returned to her parents' home?
Didn’t you just come here a few days ago?
Baochai was a little surprised, but did not have time to think too much. She changed her clothes with the help of Ying'er and hurried to the front yard.
When passing by Nuanxiangwu, he happened to bump into Xing Xiuyan who was waiting outside.
Seeing that Xing Xiuyan's cloak was even more splendid than her own, Xue Baochai could not help but teasing, "Sister, you have always been trying to hide your shortcomings, but today you accidentally revealed your true colors."
Xing Xiuyan shook her head and laughed: "How can I have any background? This was sent to me by my second sister the day before yesterday. I wanted to keep it for the twelfth lunar month. Today my second sister is going back to her parents' home. It would be inappropriate not to wear it in front of her."
This made Xue Baochai even more surprised.
She knew that Jia Yingchun was a person who kept to herself and would never take the initiative to invite anyone for anything, so why did she treat Xing Xiuyan differently?
He had some suspicions in his mind, but none of them could make sense . Just then, Jia Xichun happened to chase him out from Nuanxiangwu, and the three of them rushed to the front yard together.
In addition to the Grand View Garden, another maid came up to pass on a message, saying that Jia Yingchun had gone to the Second Lady's courtyard, and asked the girls to just go there.
So the three of them changed direction and headed towards Wang Xifeng's Xiyun Pavilion.
Seeing that they were close, the sisters were about to climb the stairs when they heard someone inside shouting angrily: "Even if I go to ask for money, so what?! It's better than being cuckolded and not even daring to ask!"
The three of them were all stunned and looked at each other before continuing to rush inside. However, this time it was Jia Xichun who walked in front, with Xue Baochai and Xing Xiuyun following behind.
Just like that, one in front and two behind, they crossed the threshold and saw a lot of people gathered in the corridor. Among them were two young men glaring at each other. They were the brothers Baoyu and Jia Huan.
