Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Isn't Chapter 6 about ancestral property?

The fatigue of boats and cars in this era is no joke.

Especially wooden-wheeled double-wheel carts without shock-absorbing devices, even if there are thick cushions in the carriage.

But walking for nearly an hour is really unbearable pain for a lady who doesn't go out often.

Even with Xue Baochai's calmness and abundance, she is still restless.

Just after she quietly rubbed it a few times, the scenery outside the car curtain finally changed.

The trafficked farmland has been transformed into continuous houses.

Not long after, the carriage stopped.

Xue Baochai rubbed her hands vigorously a few more times without any trace, and then she got out of the car with the support of Ying'er and her mother-in-law.

The people in the car were all dizzy and stretched their hands and feet after getting off the car.

Only Xue Baochai maintained his demeanor and silently observed the surrounding environment.

I saw the carriage parked outside a big house, and a brand new plaque was hung on the tall door.

Inscription "Feng Mansion" two golden characters.

Not only is the gate of this mansion tall, but the stone lions on both sides are taller than people.

The courtyard wall is even more than two feet long, and it may be more than a hundred feet extending to both sides.

There is such a big mansion in the backcountry.

Those who didn't know it thought it was some honorable other courtyard, and it didn't look like a peasant family.

"When my late father was alive, he patrolled the frontiers for many years. Later, he returned to his hometown due to injury and illness. He went to the Ministry of War in Nanjing to serve as the head of the party department. He became an official as a foreigner."

Feng Yibo saw Xue Baochai's doubts, and explained habitually.

It turned out to be the eunuch's family, no wonder so.

Baochai nodded slightly when she heard the words, and also felt a sudden feeling in her heart.

Xianghuan is a retired official.

After all, he used to be an official and eunuch, so it is normal to have some style.

"Little master, you are back! This is..."

Feng Mansion heard the commotion outside, and when the corner door opened several people came out.

The leading middle-aged man stepped forward to salute, looking at Xue Baochai's master and servant.

This middle-aged man is Gouzi's own father, Uncle Chen, the housekeeper of Feng's residence.

He was a little worried when Gouzi came back to pay the money from the account, so he had been waiting here for a long time.

"Uncle Chen, this is the lady of Xue's family in Jinling, please ask someone to arrange a guest room to live in, and let the kitchen prepare the best noodles for you."

Feng Yibo didn't explain too much, and looked at Xiangling again.

"This is Xiangling, teach Aunt Meng some rules."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bo understood that Xiangling was the girl that Gouzi took money to buy.

But why did you bring another lady back?
Although he was puzzled in his heart, he also knew that it was inconvenient to ask more questions at this time.

Uncle Chen went up to meet with Xue Baochai, and then ordered someone to make arrangements.

After a while, the corner door opened and several servant girls and women came out.

Under their guidance, Xue Baochai's master and servant entered Feng's residence.

As soon as you enter the corner gate, you will be faced with a shadow wall on the top of the mountain.

There are complex patterns of bats, pines and cypresses on it, which symbolizes good fortune and longevity.

After turning around the screen wall, there are three arches.

Xue Baochai roughly understood the structure of the Feng Mansion at a glance.

Eighty percent of them are east and west.

She quietly followed the maid and the mother-in-law into the arch on the left.

Facing it is another screen, bypassing it and going inside is a corridor, and at the end is a hanging flower door.

Seeing this, Baochai understood.

This should be the separation between the inner house and the outer courtyard.

As soon as you pass the arch of hanging flowers, there is a group of people waiting here.

The leader was a woman in her forties.

Seeing Xue Baochai and others coming in, the woman hurried forward to salute.

"This is Miss Xue's family, right? It's really like a fairy descending to earth!"

She looked at Xue Baochai while saluting, and introduced herself with a smile on her face.

"I'm Brother Yuan's nanny. He usually calls me Aunt Meng. If Ms. Xue doesn't mind, she can call me that."

Xue Baochai greeted by chance upon hearing the words: "I have seen Mother Meng."

She couldn't easily call Aunt Meng, if she really followed Feng Yibo, it would be somewhat ambiguous.

Aunt Meng didn't mind either, she was still smiling.

"Brother Yuan has both lost his parents now, but I, who has no status, is respected by him as an elder, and temporarily takes care of the back house, which makes the lady laugh."

"Don't dare."

Seeing Xue Baochai's reaction was calm and steady, Aunt Meng didn't continue, and said suddenly:

"It's rare to have a guest, but I'm overjoyed, please come inside!"

Arrange Xue Baochai's master and servant in an independent small courtyard.

Asked some taboos about entrance.

He said some polite things that didn't hurt or itch.

Leave a servant girl to listen.

Aunt Meng left with someone.

"The Feng family sees that the family business is not small, and there is no housewife in the inner house, and a nanny is in charge of it. If anyone gets married, it will be very worry-free!"

Watching Aunt Meng lead the people out of the courtyard, Ying'er heaved a sigh of relief.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Xue Baochai gave her a slight look.

Seeing that the maid left by the Feng family was waiting in the courtyard and not approaching, she was also relieved.

But he still blamed and said: "Not to mention that we are now dependent on others, even if we usually shouldn't arrange others behind our backs!"

"Girl, I know I was wrong!"

Ying'er stuck out her tongue, but she didn't seem to take it seriously.

Baochai didn't blame much, looked at the mother-in-law who came together and said:

"Nurse Zhang, Ying'er doesn't know anything, so I trouble you to find out where the Feng family came from."

"Don't worry girl, I'll go right away."

The mother-in-law responded, and went out to find the maid and chatted.

Only then did Baochai breathe a sigh of relief, and said to Yinger:
"This Young Master Feng should be Xie Yuan Feng Yibo from Jinke. I didn't expect him to be similar in character to my brother."

She said, naturally, she likes women.

Even if Feng Yibo is the Jieyuan of Jinke.

But fighting to buy a maid, in Xue Baochai's heart, it is inevitable that he will be equated with Xue Pan.

Ying'er didn't take it seriously when she heard the words, and retorted: "Miss Xiangling is so outstanding, if I were a man, I would be tempted!"

Baochai also admitted in her heart that Xiangling was outstanding, but she still shook her head.

"You mean all men in the world are as worthless as you? How can a person with great ambition be fascinated by appearance?"

Ying'er rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and said with a smirk:
"But the girl's appearance is a bit more beautiful. Do you think that little Mr. Feng will be fascinated, so he brought the lady back?"

The two grew up together like sisters, so there are not so many taboos when talking in private.

It can be said that Ying'er knows Baochai better than Xue's mother.

"I think you are really old, why don't you let your mother point out someone for you when you go back!"

Baochai's face turned red immediately, and she couldn't help but become a little angry, and stretched out her hand to tear at Ying'er's small mouth.

Seeing this, Ying'er evaded and begged for mercy: "Girl, please don't, hahaha! I knew I was wrong, I really knew I was wrong!"

"..."

"girl."

The two were arguing, when Madam Zhang yelled outside the door,
The master and servant hurriedly stopped, tidied up slightly before saying: "Mother Zhang, come in quickly."

The mother-in-law came in and saluted with a smile, and Baochai asked, "How is it?"

"Returning to the girl, that little girl was born in the countryside since she was a child, she doesn't have a heart, and she will tell everything when she asks casually."

Hearing what she said, Baochai said expectantly:

"It's Nanny Zhang who is mature and prudent. I don't know what she said?"

"She said that the owner here, that is, Mr. Xiao Feng, is Jie Yuan from Yingtian Mansion."

Hearing what the mother-in-law said, Baochai nodded.

"Well, I guessed it a little bit, and it's finally confirmed with Mammy."

The old woman said again: "This young master Feng is not only a man of literary and opera, but also a good businessman. The little girl said that most of the Feng family's current family business is earned by him in the past few years."

Ok?
Baochai was taken aback when he heard the words, didn't he mean ancestral property?

(End of this chapter)