The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 45 Xue Baochai Enters Beijing

Ping'er held Jia Huan in one hand and the lantern in the other, and the master and servant braved the cold wind in the middle of the night and covered the sky full of stars, and returned to the residence one by one.

"Miss Sanye Heping'er is back." A woman who was in charge of the night watch quickly came up to greet her, and the three maids in the room, Xiao Que'er, Xiao E'er, and Xiao Luo'er, also ran out after hearing the noise, obviously they were still awake.

Seeing this, Jia Huan couldn't help being very moved, smiled and said: "I'm fine, you all go to bed, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, I will give you a day off."

"Third Master, how tired are you? Hurry up and wash up and rest, it doesn't matter if we have a holiday or not." Xiao Que'er's eyes were red.

Jia Huan was so tired that he nodded. He didn't even take a bath, but just wiped his face with hot water, then fell asleep and slept until the evening of the next day. Naturally, the plan to travel on the Lantern Festival fell through.

Jia Huan took a shower immediately after waking up, and he recovered [-]% to [-]% of the time, but his head was still a bit heavy, and his right index finger and thumb were still aching because of long-time copying, and his arm was also sore and uncomfortable.

Ping'er made a cup of tea for Jia Huan, then massaged Jia Huan's arm very understandingly, and said softly, "Is the third master hungry?"

As soon as the words were finished, Jia Huan's stomach made a grunting sound very appropriately, which made Ping'er chuckle.Jia Huan laughed too. After sleeping all day, he was really hungry. After drinking a cup of tea, he felt even more hungry.

Ping'er quickly brought out the hot food, which turned out to be very rich, including chicken, duck, fish, and even mutton dumplings and glutinous rice balls.Seeing this, Jia Huan couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and at the same time asked a little doubtfully, "Is this meal brought from the kitchen?"

Ping'er shook his head and said: "How is it possible, from breakfast to lunch today, there are all leftovers, so I don't want to eat dinner at all. Fortunately, today is the Lantern Festival. According to the rules, our servants can leave the house at will, so I asked Xiao Que'er and Qian Huai to go to the street to buy more dishes and come back."

Jia Huan couldn't help but suddenly realized that Wang Xifeng wouldn't be so kind when she thought about it. With her temperament, if she didn't subdue herself once, she might not stop.

"Third Master, eat it while it's hot." Ping'er served Jia Huan a bowl of rice, put another piece of fish in the bowl, and carefully picked out the fishbone.

Jia Huan happily chewed, and said, "Sister Ping'er, let's buy some salted fish, pickled vegetables, dried radish, bacon, sausage and other dry goods later and steam them for eating. It's convenient and fast."

Ping'er said: "The servant girl thought about it a long time ago, so I asked Qian Huai to buy some today, and put them in the urn outside, enough to eat for a while."

Jia Huan couldn't help giving a thumbs up, Ping'er smiled sweetly, put a piece of fried egg into Jia Huan's bowl, and said proudly: "My servant also asked Qian Huai to buy dozens of eggs for preparation. It's cold now, so I can keep them longer."

Jia Huan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Sister Ping'er is considerate and considerate, she looks like a housekeeper, hey, why does this fried egg taste weird?"

Ping'er was stunned and said, "No way?"

"Try it yourself if you don't believe me." Jia Huan took a fried egg and handed it to Ping'er's mouth. The latter took a bite and wondered, "It's delicious."

"Eat more if it tastes good!" Jia Huan smiled narrowly, and put the whole piece of fried egg into Ping'er's mouth.

Only then did Ping'er realize that he was being teased by someone, and immediately blushed, covered his mouth and ate the fried egg, angrily said: "Well... the third master also learned badly."

Jia Huan smiled and said: "Eating alone is so boring, sister Ping'er should also eat together. By the way, what about Xiao Que'er and the others?"

"It's a rare annual Shangyuan Festival. I let them play tricks. It's fine if I stay here." Ping'er said softly: "By the way, my aunt, Miss San and Miss Lin came here today. Seeing that the third master was sleeping soundly, they left after sitting for a while."

Jia Huan's heart warmed slightly, and he nodded his head to express his understanding, alas, this is not the way to go, we have to find a way to break the situation, Wang Xifeng is relatively easy to deal with, but it is hard to beat Mrs. Wang, after all, the name of the aunt is there, and the Wang family behind her is even more unprovoked.

Of course, a person of Wang Ziteng's level probably doesn't have a small role like himself in his eyes. Unless he really threatens Mrs. Wang's status, Wang Ziteng won't bother to look at him, and his energy is focused on the court.

Jia Huan and Heping'er, master and servant, were eating when Aunt Zhao suddenly barged in angrily, cursing.

Ping'er hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Aunt and grandma."

"Hey, you guys are eating, it's so rich, give me a bowl of rice too." Aunt Zhao's eyes lit up when she saw the hard dishes on the table.

Ping'er quickly served a bowl of rice for Aunt Zhao, who sat down and munched, Jia Huan wondered, "Could it be that the kitchen also deducted Auntie's food?"

"Do they dare? My master would come to my place for dinner occasionally, and I wouldn't dare to give them ten courage." Aunt Zhao sneered.

Ping'er was moved in his heart and said: "Then the matter of the kitchen withholding the third master's food, can my aunt mention it to the master?"

"Uh...Of course I will mention this." Aunt Zhao was a little embarrassed, fumbling with food in her mouth.

It turned out that Aunt Zhao had cried to Jia Zheng a long time ago, but it was useless, because Jia Zheng was very pedantic, and he always followed the rules of the male master and the female master, so he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the back house. click.

Jia Huan vaguely guessed the reason, so to avoid Aunt Zhao's embarrassment, she changed the subject and said, "Ping'er, serve Auntie a bowl of soup."

Ping'er was also clever, shut up immediately, and turned around to serve Aunt Zhao soup, and Aunt Zhao's face flashed with shame, she took a sip of egg soup from Ping'er's hand, and said angrily: "It's Chinese New Year, the plague god has hurt you so badly, and you seem to be fine. Now I'm having a banquet at the old lady's place, admiring the moon and lanterns, guessing the order, I don't know how much fun I am having, the murderer who kills thousands of knives, where is it not easy to throw things? Come to Huaner, you fall here."

Jia Huan said angrily: "Auntie, eat well, why bring this up again, no matter how much you scold, I won't lose a piece of meat."

Aunt Zhao snorted coldly and said: "I'm going to scold, if I don't scold, I feel uncomfortable, my mother has nothing to do with you, you have a good temper, one day..."

"Ahem!" Jia Huan was afraid that Aunt Zhao would say something surprising again, so she hurriedly interrupted with two coughs.

Aunt Zhao was clever this time, she immediately kept her mouth shut, but she didn't know what she was planning with her pensive look.

Seeing this, Jia Huan couldn't help frowning. This incomprehensible old lady of hers probably wanted to kill Jia Baoyu. I remember that in the original book, she did so, and she did nothing wrong. She even took care of Wang Xifeng, but failed in the end.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help feeling a little worried. Although Wang Xifeng was hateful, he was not guilty of death, and Jia Baoyu was even more so, and he paid for his life by killing people. It was really not worth taking his life for such a house fight. It seemed that he had to find a chance to give Aunt Zhao a vaccination.

The mother and son finished their meal in silence and chatted for a while, then Aunt Zhao left, looking a little preoccupied, and most likely thinking of something.

Ping'er seemed to have noticed something, and said in a low voice: "Third Master, my aunt won't do anything stupid, right? You have to be more careful."

Jia Huan nodded: "Sister Ping'er will explain more to Auntie when she has time, she is easy to get confused sometimes."

Ping'er hummed and said, "My maidservant will."

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Tonight is the Lantern Festival, and Jia Mu's place is very lively. Lanterns are hung on the courtyard walls, pavilions, verandahs, rockeries, and garden trees.

Several tables were opened in the yard, and all kinds of festive pastries and fruits were displayed in a dazzling array. Dressed maids came in and out like butterflies wearing flowers, and it was very lively.

Just like last year's Lantern Festival, Mother Jia invited all the female relatives in the mansion, including Jia Zhen's daughter-in-law You Shi from the East Mansion, and Jia Rong's daughter-in-law Qin Shi.

Qin's age is about the same as Wang Xifeng's, but her appearance is even more outstanding. Her skin is white as snow, her body is delicate and plump, charming and supple. At first glance, she looks like the kind of weak temperament that dare not make a sound when she is underestimated by others.

Naturally, a big-faced treasure is indispensable for such an occasion. I saw him sitting next to Jia Mu, talking and laughing, teasing this sister for a while, and chatting with that sister for a while.

It is said that after the incident of falling jade that day, Jia Baoyu hurriedly ran to apologize to Lin Daiyu the next day, coaxing and begging with sweet words, coupled with Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng's deliberate reconciliation, Jia Lin and Jia Lin reconciled, at least on the surface.

Although Jia Tanchun felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't dare to show it in front of Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang. Jia Baoyu took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and she answered every question, but she lost the closeness she used to have.

Jia Baoyu noticed Jia Tanchun's indifference, and knew what was going on, so he chatted with the latter casually and then turned to play with other sisters.

At this time, Mrs. Wang only heard one thing. Her sister Xue Pan, the son of Aunt Xue, recently competed with others to buy a girl and beat him to death.

Jia Baoyu was surprised and delighted when he heard the words. He had long heard that Aunt Xue had a son and a daughter under her knees. Her cousin Xue Pan was known as the Overlord and was an idiot, while her cousin Xue Baochai was a beautiful woman with both talents and looks. She was dignified, virtuous, gentle and amiable.

Thinking of this, Jia Baoyu couldn't help looking forward to it, thinking, I don't know what kind of person this elder sister Bao is, and how does she compare with younger sister Lin?

　I wish all book friends a healthy Dragon Boat Festival and all the best.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)