The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 171 Xia Jingui

Since Daiyu was not at the residence today, after Concubine Zhang received Wang Xifeng, Baochai had a private conversation with their mothers.After Jia Lian's family left contentedly, Baochai told Mu Xu what she had heard from Wang Xifeng.

I just heard her say, "I used to think that sister-in-law Zhu was young and widowed, with a child alone and a mother-in-law, life was not easy. But I didn't expect her to be so deep in her mind when she looked at someone who was neither fighting nor grabbing." .”

Mu Xu really didn't have much impression of Li Wan, now that he heard Baochai's words, he couldn't help being a little curious, so he asked Baochai why he said this.

So Baochai talked about Li Wan's actions, "Sister-in-law Zhu introduced her cousin to Baoyu. I heard that the old lady of the Jia family is very satisfied with her two younger sisters, and now she is hesitating which one to promise to her." What about Baoyu. You said she did this, what kind of mind did she have?"

Mu Xu thought for a while, but he still had no idea, but he still replied, "I heard Daiyu say that Mrs. Li has always been self-sufficient in Jia's house, and the only thing she cares about is her son, so Although I don’t know the reason, it must be related to her son.”

Baochai also lived in the Rongguo Mansion, so she naturally knew that this statement was true, she agreed, "That's true, but even for her son, she shouldn't be so indifferent to family affection. Besides Baoyu's good skin, He doesn't have a man's responsibility in his whole body, but he is very affectionate, and any woman who marries him will not end well."

Mu Xu is not at all surprised that Baochai treats Jia Baoyu this way. It can be seen from the original book that she actually doesn't like Jia Baoyu at all. , if she had another choice in the original text, she would definitely not want to marry Jia Baoyu. There is no doubt about this, because the three views of the two are not compatible.

"Everyone has their own fate, this is their family business, we can't control it, why should you worry about it?" Mu Xu excused her.

But Baochai shook her head and said, "First, I feel sorry for Zhu's sister-in-law's sister. After all, we are both women, so we feel the same way. Second, I think Baoyu is too unprogressive. He is also my cousin, although I don't like my sister-in-law. Aunt, but I still hope him well, how can I say he is a person, in fact, he is not bad-hearted, but he is a little ignorant of the world."

Mu Xu was too lazy to comment on Jia Baoyu, so he didn't say a word about Baochai's words, and just let her express emotion here.Baochai chattered for a while, but Mu Xu didn't reply, so she couldn't help asking, "Why don't you talk?"

Mu Xu rolled his eyes, and said angrily, "What did I say, are you worrying about Jia Baoyu with you? His parents and elders are there, so I don't need you to care about it. Maybe you are kind enough to help him. I don't appreciate it!"

Baochai was quite embarrassed by Mu Xu's words, and said after a while, "You are right, I didn't shut up for a while."

"You, if you have this spare time, you might as well think about finding a wife for your eldest brother. I've heard from Feng Ziying that he spent no less than one hundred thousand taels of silver in the past two years just to go to the brothel."

Hearing Mu Xu's words, Baochai suddenly became angry, "How could he be like this? He promised to be good before, and it didn't take long before his old illness relapsed. My mother even sent someone to inform me a few days ago that she had fallen in love with her." If the daughter of the Xia family hadn't met the Supreme Emperor's death, she would probably have already issued a letter of appointment."

"Don't worry, just wait, which Xia family are you talking about?" Mu Xu asked with a frown.

"It's the same as our family. It belongs to the Xia family of the Imperial Merchant. Because their family specializes in royal flowers, they are also called the Osmanthus Xia family. But what's wrong?"

"Let me ask you first, how did your mother fall in love with this girl from the Xia family?" Mu Xu was really puzzled. In the original book, the reason why Aunt Xue asked Xue Pan to marry Xia Jingui was because the Xue family's family property was taken over by the Jia Wang family. It was hollowed out, so I had no choice but to make an idea of ​​Xia's family, but Xue's family is not short of money in this life, so why did they go around and turn here again.

As for Xia Jingui, Mu Xu didn't like her at all for the fact that she tortured Yinglian to death.If Xue Pan still married her on the same track as before, wouldn't he become a relative with him, and that would be really troublesome.

Baochai didn't know why Mu Xu asked such a question, but she replied honestly, "It was introduced by my aunt."

Mu Xu shook her head when she heard this, "I really don't know what to say to your mother, she almost cheated you before, why didn't she learn her lesson, and still listen to Mrs. Wang Ziteng?"

"I also persuaded her, but my mother is soft-hearted, and my uncle personally made amends to her. She forgave him if she couldn't hold her face for a while." Baochai explained Ai Ai Qiqi,
"And this time, my mother asked someone to inquire about Miss Xia's family. Many people said that she has a very good reputation. I think it's okay."

Mu Xu sneered, "Thanks to how thoughtful you are in your daily life, you don't need to use your brain. A woman usually doesn't go out of the door, and doesn't go out of the door. How did she get her good reputation?"

Baochai was a little dumbfounded at once, and after thinking about it carefully, it was not like this. In these days, before a girl gets married, her boudoir name is always hidden.The good reputation of this girl from the Xia family is well known everywhere, so what could be the best way to do it?Maybe those words were released by the Xia family themselves.

Mu Xu saw that Baochai had come to his senses, so he continued, "I heard that Xia Jingui is a tigress. Your cousin Wang Xifeng is amazing, but let me tell you, she is not worthy to carry Xia Jingui's shoes. Your brother If you marry Xia Jingui, just wait, your family will never have peace, maybe your mother will have to look at her daughter-in-law to live in the future."

When Baochai heard this, she couldn't sit still, she didn't ask Mu Xu how she knew about this, she immediately sent Ying'er back to her natal family to stop her mother from doing stupid things.

Not wanting to, Mu Xu stopped her, "I think it's best for you to go back and tell your mother about this. Your mother may not believe Yinger's words."

Baochai thought so too, but then he was embarrassed, "Sister Lin has been at her mother's house for the past few days, if I go back again, my mother will probably be angry."

Mu Xu waved his hand, "It's okay, you go on your own, how can mother be so narrow-minded, besides, I'm still here, you have nothing to worry about."

Now that Mu Xu had said so, Baochai was no longer polite, and immediately cleaned up, and hurried back to her mother's house with Ying'er.

Aunt Xue was chatting with Xue Baoqin's mother and daughter at home, when she suddenly heard that her daughter came back, she hurriedly asked the servant who reported her, did she take her uncle with her, and she couldn't help being very surprised when she found out that there was only her daughter.

Before she could think about it, she saw Baochai rushing in. She was startled and asked quickly, "Bao girl, what's wrong with you, but what happened?"

Baochai didn't return her, but first bowed to her aunt Hu Shi, and then asked Aunt Xue, "Mom, where is the marriage between brother and Miss Xia?"

Aunt Xue didn't know what her daughter meant by this, but she still subconsciously replied, "I've got the horoscope, and I'm just waiting for the letter of appointment."

Baochai let out a long sigh of relief when she heard the words, and said happily, "That's okay, I'll send someone to call Xia's family today, and say that the two don't match, so let's call it quits."

"What are you talking about? I managed to find a girl with good family and good looks for your brother. I just waited for the next year's national funeral to get married. How could there be any reason to push it away?" Aunt Xue said angrily.

Hu Shi who was on the side hurriedly persuaded, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, Bao girl must have her reasons for saying this, so let's listen to her explanation before proceeding."

Baochai was suffocated by Mu Xu's lecture today, but now she saw that her mother was angry at herself without asking the reason, so she also became angry, "Mom, why are you like this, don't I want my brother to be nice Can I still harm my own brother?"

As soon as Mrs. Hu said it, Aunt Xue actually reacted. Seeing her daughter so annoyed again, she was speechless for a while.

Under the comfort of Hu Shi and Xue Baoqin, Baochai finally adjusted her mood. After she calmed down, she regretted getting angry with her mother. She came to Aunt Xue, took her mother's hand, and said earnestly,

"Mom, I lost my composure just now. Don't be angry with your daughter. I'm also a little anxious. You don't know that the girl from the Xia family is not a good person. I'm afraid you will be deceived."

(End of this chapter)