The Red Mansions

Chapter 77 Seeing Xue Baochai for the First Time

A drink in the morning was hearty.

Everyone drank too much, including Jia Yun, and he didn't have the power to drink. It's too boring, so it's better not to drink.

With drunken eyes and blurred eyes, Jia Yun, relying on the last sliver of consciousness, called Xi Ren and Mei Ren over, hoping that they would send her home to rest for a while.

After all, there is still a meal waiting at noon. If you hold on, you probably won't be able to get to the banquet.

When Xue Pan heard that he was going back to rest, he yelled at the servant girl to come in, and ordered the servant girl to prepare a room for Jia Yun to rest in. She should not go back in such a cold day.

Both Xiren and Meiren didn't refuse, so they helped Jia Yun to sleep in the wing.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Jia Yun woke up with dry mouth and tongue, and saw the charming woman sitting on the edge of the couch in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Where is Xiren?" Jia Yun rubbed her brows and asked.

Seeing Jia Yun waking up, Meiren's face was happy, and she said with a smile: "Sister Xiren has gone with Miss Lin, and she will be back later, is Brother Yun still asleep? If not, I'll fetch you some hot water." wash up."

Jia Yun shook her head slightly, sat up slowly, took a deep breath, and said, "Don't sleep anymore, this wine is not a strong drink, just sleep on it and it will be fine, by the way, how long have I slept?"

Charming smiled and said: "I didn't sleep for long, maybe half an hour!"

As she spoke, she got up and took Jia Yun's coat, and waited for him to get up.

After Jia Yun got up and put on her clothes, Mei Ren came over with a toothbrush and tooth powder. She whispered:

"These toothbrushes and tooth powder are new. You drunken ones are all left in Lixiangyuan today, so Miss Xue asked the servant girls to prepare a set and send them over."

Jia Yun nodded, took the toothbrush and tooth powder and looked at them.

As one of the four major families in Jinling, the Xue family prepared excellent toothbrushes and tooth powders. The toothbrush had a handle made of ivory, and the tooth powder was prepared with traditional Chinese medicine. It was packed in a small box with a faint fragrance.

"After all, it's from a rich family. It's really unusual." Jia Yun said with a smile, and then began to rinse her mouth.

Charming smiled and said, "After you finish rinsing your mouth, sit down for a while, and I'll go over and fetch some hot water."

Jia Yun rinsed her mouth and nodded, motioning for her to hurry.

Just after she finished rinsing her mouth, there was the sound of footsteps. Jia Yun thought it was Mei Ren who came back, but when she looked up, she found that Xiang Ling was bringing a bowl of soup.

"Uncle Yun, this is the hangover soup just out of the pot, drink some hangover bar!" Xiang Ling whispered with lowered eyebrows and eyes.

Jia Yun nodded slightly, took the hangover soup, and said with a smile: "Miss Xiangling, don't call me uncle from now on, but call me old, if you don't mind, just call me brother Yun, everyone else calls me that of."

Xiang Ling glanced up at him, blushed, lowered her head again, and said nana with a voice like a mosquito: "Brother Yun..."

Jia Yun chuckled, and drank the hangover soup in a few sips.

"Is this hangover soup made with Ganoderma lucidum?" Jia Yun asked with a smile.

It is relatively safe to use Ganoderma lucidum to sober up. The method is to slice the Ganoderma lucidum, add water, simmer for an hour, then take its juice and add some honey.

Ganoderma lucidum can help the human body quickly decompose alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, which can quickly decompose alcohol in the human body.

"Yes." Xiang Ling nodded lightly, took the bowl, and said in a low voice, "I still have something to do, so I will leave first."

"Well, let's go!" Jia Yun nodded.

Not long after Xiangling left, Meiren came back.

After washing her face with hot water, Jia Yun felt refreshed.

Stepping into the yard, looking up at the sky, I found that the wind and snow had stopped, the sun was shining, the snow was white, the silver light was dazzling, and it was extraordinarily bright.

At this moment, Ying'er, Xue Baochai's servant girl, came out of a room diagonally opposite, stepped aside, and lifted the curtain lightly.

"Could it be that Xue Baochai is coming out?" Jia Yun asked expectantly.

Sure enough, as soon as he thought of it, he saw a woman come out of the room gracefully.

The sky and the earth were bright. Although it was winter, the courtyard was filled with the breath of spring. Jia Yun held his breath and looked at the woman with piercing eyes.

The woman has a handsome appearance, a plump body, an elegant manner, and a gentle and moving appearance.

She doesn't use makeup, she is naturally beautiful, with plain clothes and a pink jacket. She has a soft and plump figure, fair skin, and a rosy cheek with a hint of baby fat.

Her crescent eyebrows are lightly swept away, her eyes are bright and radiant, her skin is as soft as jade and soft as greasy, her small cherry mouth is not pimple-red, delicate and charming, and the two strands of hair on her cheeks are gently blowing in the wind, adding a little Seductive style.

When Jia Yun was looking at her, she also saw Jia Yun, with a trace of surprise on her face, she looked at Jia Yun with gentle and bright eyes, her pretty face flushed slightly, she lowered her head slightly and walked a few steps, and entered the next room.

"That's Miss Xue." Charming whispered beside her.

Jia Yun nodded and glanced at Xue Baochai in surprise.

In addition to being beautiful, compared with other women, she seems to have a little more spirituality, giving people a sense of kindness and affection.

Among the Red Mansions, Jia Yun liked Xue Baochai the most. Now that she saw the real person, she felt very satisfied.

Xue Baochai was even better than he had imagined. Her appearance, demeanor and temperament all weighed on Jia Yun's heart.

Seeing that Jia Yun was stunned on the spot, the charming man hadn't spoken for a long time, so she gently pushed him, covered her mouth with a chuckle and said in a low voice, "Brother Yun, don't you have a crush on Miss Xue?"

When she saw Xue Baochai for the first time, she knew that Xue Baochai was the type of woman Jia Yun liked, because she was also a plump woman when compared with Xiren.

In Jia Yun's words, it is sensual, but not bloated.

Jia Yun nodded slightly, groaning silently, a thought suddenly came to her mind: "If you can marry a woman like Xue Baochai, you will be able to live up to this world of red chambers."

Then I thought again: "However, considering my current social status, it's wishful thinking to marry Xue Baochai. In this world, marriage is all about marriage. Although Xue's family is in decline, they are also merchants, but they are not low-minded."

The four major families in Jinling, Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue.

Seriously speaking, only the Jia, Shi, and Wang families are century-old nobles.

The ancestors of the Jia family had two duke titles in one family, and they were handed down to the third generation of Rongguo Mansion. Jia She was a first-class general, and the fourth generation of Ningguo Mansion was a third-rank general.

According to the ancestors of historians, Marquis Baoling was the order of Shangshu, and the order of Shangshu was a civil official and a prime minister.

The historian's Bowling Marquis was hereditary, and in the fourth generation, another Zhongjing Marquis was conferred, which made him more prosperous.

The ancestors of the Wang family were under the command of the county magistrate Du Taiwei, who was the highest military officer and the title of earl.

Now Wang Ziteng, the patriarch of the royal family, is the envoy of the Beijing Camp. He is currently in charge of the nine provinces.

As for Xue's family, they are the descendants of Ziwei's family Xue Gong.

The nobleness of the first ancestor of the Xue family came from being in the favor of the emperor's close ministers, and in addition to being in charge of the wealth and power in the palace, he was rich and noble, but in the final analysis, he was not granted a title because he did not make military achievements.

Later, the Xue family took advantage of the convenience and took a post in the Ministry of Household Affairs, transformed into a hereditary imperial merchant, received money from the palace, monopolized many industries by relying on the special relationship between grandfather and the royal family, and earned millions of family assets.

It seems that the Xue family is very big, but those who really know the inside story know that the term "imperial merchant" is purely a name for putting money on one's face or being flattered by others.

In the final analysis, the Xue family is just a gentry merchant, not a real noble.

Therefore, the fastest declining of the four major families is the Xue family.

And the real purpose of the Xue family's coming to Beijing this time is to "follow the crowd" and find a backer for the Xue family.

Other things such as going to the capital to check old accounts, sending Xue Baochai to Beijing to wait for election, accompanying the princess and princess in school, serving as a post of praise for talents, visiting relatives and friends in the capital, etc., are all just excuses.

As mentioned above, the girl from the four major families is the easiest to marry from the Xue family.

Of course, like in the book, Jia She's selling his daughter or something, it's just a complete mess, it's not a normal phenomenon.

Just as he was thinking about something, he heard Xue Pan's voice coming from the room Xue Baochai entered just now.

"Ouch... Take it easy... Hey... I'll get up right away, good sister, let go first!"

After a while, I saw Xue Pan with a frustrated face, rubbing his ears while walking.

"So Xue Baochai went to wake Xue Pan up just now." Jia Yun thought to herself.

That's right, based on Xue Pan's temperament, it's probably useless for the maid to call, and she might be reprimanded.

In addition, Xue Wang's family is not here today, so only Xue Baochai can come forward in person.

Because there were people in the yard, Xue Baochai didn't come out with him.

Seeing Jia Yun and Mei Ren standing in the yard, Xue Pan yawned and said:
"Brother Yun, wait for me for a while, I'll wake up Brother Rong and the others, and then we'll go over there for a drink together."

(End of this chapter)