Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 120 Allusion 【Middle Cup】

Early the next morning, both Feng Yibo and Xue Pan got up.

Jia Lian has not woken up yet.

Without waiting for him, the two went to Xue's mother to say hello.

This time going south to Yangzhou, Feng Yibo didn't bring the You sisters with him.

He only brought a Xiangling to serve him.

After all, his father-in-law was seriously ill, and it was not the case that he brought two concubines there.

Xue Pan is originally a duckweed mind, he loves east today and west tomorrow.

He had forgotten Xiangling long ago, and only felt familiar when he saw it.

He didn't think about the conflict between the two of them.

Speaking of which, the first time he saw Daiyu before, his whole body went numb for a moment.

That kind of temperament was something he had never seen before.

Although he failed in literary studies, the Xue family still has the genes of a literati in its bones.

After all like refined.

At the beginning, he caught Xiangling with a glance, and it was probably the same.

It's a pity that Kong has vision, but no luck.

Every time Feng Yibo took the lead.

When he met Daiyu, it was after Daiyu and Feng Yibo got engaged.

Although Xue Pan was a little dazed, he wasn't really stupid.

Naturally know what to worry about and what not to worry about.

Feng Yibo originally thought that Daiyu and Baochai would shy away when they knew he was coming.

I took Xiangling with me, and I could visit him on behalf of him when the time came.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he and Xue Pan boarded the boat, Xue's mother directly asked them to have dinner together.

He also called Baochai and Daiyu over.

There is mother Xue, the elder, and Xue Pan, the elder brother.

Baochai didn't have to deliberately avoid anything, and Daiyu naturally did the same.

What's more, the three of them are also engaged, and sooner or later they will have the opportunity to contact each other.

After breakfast, the boat has started.

A few people chatted about homework.

Aunt Xue knew Baochai and Daiyu, and was very curious about Feng Yibo's past.

So she, the elder, opened the topic first and asked:
"Yibo won Tanhua at a young age, must have suffered a lot, right?"

"If you go back to your aunt, there must be suffering."

Feng Yibo smiled, but changed the subject, saying:
"But I knew from a young age that if you study hard for a while, if you don't study, it will be hard for a lifetime."

He set the tone first, and then explained:
"The Feng family is just an ordinary eunuch. If I don't study, I will only live on the few acres of Susukida at home. I'm afraid I won't even be able to leave Jinling for the rest of my life."

As soon as these words came out, the three women on the opposite side nodded frequently.

Even Xue Pan seemed to think so.

Just when Aunt Xue wondered if her son was enlightened.

But Xue Pan nodded and said:
"It's true. If you can't do it at home, you can only study. For people like us, it's better to study, but it's okay not to read."

It seems rare to say such a reasonable thing.

Xue Pan pointed at himself with a proud face, and said:

"Even if you only know a few words, can you still live comfortably?"

I almost thought he had grown up!
Aunt Xue glared at him angrily.

Baochai and Daiyu also suppressed their smiles.

"Brother Wenlong's words are wrong."

This guy's reading comprehension ability is somewhat off.

Understand in your own direction.

Feng Yibo shook his head slightly, and retorted with a smile:
"For a rural eunuch like me, reading is a stepping stone, the only way to develop one's ambitions, and an essential step forward."

"For a famous eunuch family like the Xue family, reading is the touchstone, and it is also the basic quality for you to understand what everyone is saying when you walk around with people."

Daiyu's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and whispered to Baochai next to her:

"Although this statement is simple, its meaning is profound."

Baochai nodded with a smile, and whispered back:

"Brother Feng is afraid that my brother won't understand, so he speaks so plainly."

After the two women finished speaking, they looked at each other and smiled.

At this time, Xue Pan was not happy, and frowned and said:
"Although I have no knowledge, I still walk around."

"I haven't seen any old relatives who know the texts of Zhe Ye?"

Xue Baochai didn't want her brother to be embarrassed again, so she said:

"The old man will tolerate us personally and is willing to let you understand, so you will naturally understand."

Feng Yibo looked at Baochai and smiled at her.

Originally, he wanted to say a few allusions to let Xue Pan understand what he couldn't understand.

But Baochai's words also have a meaning.

He immediately used an allusion to Baochai that only the two of them understood, saying:

"Miss Baochai, what you said is very true."

Everyone didn't pay attention to his title.

Only Baochai blushed.

She suddenly remembered that this was the first time the two met, Feng Yibo called her.

Until now, she still doesn't understand.

Feng Yibo is a foreigner, how did he know her baby name at that time.

I'm afraid that only after getting married will I have the chance to ask again.

Thinking of this, Baochai's face turned even redder.

Daiyu was beside her, looking at her suspiciously.

Although I don't know the specific situation, I can see that there is something tricky between the two.

She didn't know it yet.

At this moment, seeing Baochai's shy look, Feng Yibo knew that she understood what he meant, and couldn't help joking again:
"The shy flowers explain the language, gentle and fragrant."

This sounds ordinary.

It's nothing more than praising people like flowers and beauties like jade.

But these two ordinary sentences made Baochai forget to be shy, and Daiyu to forget to be suspicious.

Both women looked at Feng Yibo in surprise.

Seeing the situation of the two of them, he couldn't help but smile and said:
"The imperial examination is over, and I occasionally read some casual books, but I didn't expect my two younger sisters to read them too?"

"what?"

Hearing his question, the two women suddenly became slightly flustered.

Baochai reacted first and said:
"If Brother Feng didn't say it, I thought you did it on the spot, and I'm thinking that this sentence seems to be lacking in taste."

Daiyu also nodded and echoed:

"Yes, yes, yes! I think the same as my sister, and I still think that I can only use the second half to make up for one or two."

Hearing the two wives talking nonsense here, Feng Yibo suppressed his smile, nodded and said:
"It turns out that the two sisters also like poetry, and they can exchange a few words when they have time. Recently, I occasionally teach Xiangling to write a few lines!"

The reason why the two women reacted like this was because of the two sentences Feng Yibo just said.

It's from "Romance of the West Chamber".

He just said it casually, and immediately knew that the two of them had read the book.

It is interesting to say that the operas in "The Romance of the West Chamber" are suitable for all ages, and anyone can listen to them.

But scripts are taboo in this era.

Especially the young ladies and young masters of rich families, they must not just look at them casually.

In other words, even if you have seen it, you cannot say that you have seen it.

At this time, Xue Pan looked at the three of them in a bewildered manner.

He found that he didn't know what happened, and couldn't help but say:

"It just doesn't want me to understand, so I don't understand, right?"

When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other in blank dismay, and then laughed coquettishly.

Although Xue's mother didn't know much about the situation just now, she laughed until she burst into tears.

Even Daiyu couldn't help but praise:

"Brother Xue is right once!"

With the first time, there is a second time.

In the following days, Feng Yibo came to pay his respects every day.

Sometimes Xue Pan followed, and sometimes he came by himself.

Eat with Xue's mother, daughter, and Daiyu, and talk about homework.

Feng Yibo is humorous and often makes the three girls smile.

Even Daiyu's mood was relieved a little.

It's not like the days before, always wiping tears secretly by one person.

Sometimes when he left, he would leave Xiangling to accompany the two of them.

Xiangling is diligent in learning and inquiring, and often talks about poetry and prose with her two daughters.

The three of them complement each other well.

It's just that after Feng Yibo went back, Jia Lian and Xue Pan would occasionally make fun of him.

Jia Lian might laugh at him for forgetting his friends.

Xue Pan would not say that about his brother-in-law, he would only say that he wanted to escape drinking.

So the three inevitably had another drink.

It's just that both of them agreed not to drink too much with Jia Lian.

I was afraid that he would get drunk again and say something that shouldn't be said.

Time flies by like this.

The boat arrived in Yangzhou soon, and the servants disembarked with all their packages.

A group of people went straight to the salt courtyard.

(End of this chapter)