Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 285 4.81 A family should be closer

Volume Four

4.81 A family should be closer

The noisy people, the dazzling array of goods, the crowded flow of people, and the densely packed shop facades fully reflect the style of Jinling City as the "ancient capital of six dynasties, with tigers and dragons on a plate". People on the street are happily purchasing various goods, and stall owners and shopkeepers are smiling. They couldn't close their mouths from ear to ear, and even the young ladies and young wives who rarely appeared appeared on the street in a semi-public manner at this time.

22. To catch up with the New Year's Eve, Jinling City was originally supposed to open the market on the 49nd and 29% of each month. However, because there was no thirty in Longwu 28, and the 22th was also New Year's Eve, there was no chance to celebrate the big market on [-]th, and the people All officials and citizens chose [-]nd to take to the streets, and for a while it seemed like a "national carnival".

Ke Laixiang, the Xue family's best restaurant in the city, is located right in the middle of the downtown area. There are only two high-end suites on the third floor. Zhou Yang brought Xue Baochai, Xue Baoqin, Zhao Qiying, plus Qingwen and Ying'er. The girl who was following him was chatting and laughing in the room.

"Sister, look, how did that fire-breathing man do it?" The others had better to say. Xue Baoqin probably went out too little, so she squeezed Qingwen by the window, chattering like she was out of control, wanting to see Looking at every scene, "Also, does the monkey next to him understand human nature?"

"Qin'er, please calm down!" Xue Baochai couldn't stand it at all. He stepped forward and grabbed her ears, pulled her back to the table, and stuffed a glass of juice into her hand. I have no choice but to leave the matter behind, but what did you say back then and what do you do now, eh?"

"Sister!" Xue Baoqin's beautiful eyes wandered around unwillingly, until she found someone smiling happily. She jumped up and threw herself directly into his arms, "Brother Zhou, you promised me back in Daye Take me to play, what do you say now? You see how lively the street is, why don’t we go down and have a look?”

"Xue - Bao - Qin!" Xue Baochai's voice was even colder than the cold wind outside the window. Xue Baoqin was so frightened that she buried her head in someone's arms and acted like an ostrich. "If you dare to be disobedient again, I will let you They arranged for a fast boat to take you away—Second Uncle, it’s so obvious that it’s almost Chinese New Year, but he actually said there is still business to do!”

"Brother Zhou!"

"If you can get Sister Bao to agree, I will take you there!" Unfortunately, someone who has already recognized the character of the girl in his arms is not fooled at all. This girl is indeed the character who wrote "Ten Nostalgic Poems" in the original work, and her performance A complete tomboy, "Or, when you come back and are beaten and cry, don't say I didn't save you!"

"Humph!" Xue Baoqin pouted angrily, pushed someone away, and ran to Zhao Qiying's arms for comfort.

"Sister Bao, don't complain. Second uncle's business at sea is indeed very busy." Zhou Yang then turned to Xue Baochai to speak. He actually knew that Xue Xun returned directly to Miyako Island, and that would be his foundation in the future. Cheng naturally lost his nostalgia, "Sister Qin is a child, isn't it right to like fun?"

"Yes, yes!" Xue Baoqin emerged from Zhao Qiying's arms and nodded her head.

"You, just spoil them!" Xue Baochai rolled her eyes at him angrily, pointing at Qingwen who was still at the window with an excited face and said, "I raised a girl as my daughter, do you want to raise another Qin girl now? "

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"Sister Bao, actually there is nothing wrong with them being a little more lively." Zhao Qiying persuaded with a smile, "The family is harmonious, some are steady and others are cheerful. If they are really as dignified and polite as my sister, the family is not Is it too serious?"

"Yes!" Zhou Yang said with a smile, "It's definitely not possible to go out to play, but it doesn't prevent them from going next door. There are no outsiders anyway. As long as the house doesn't collapse, just let them go. We don't care about this."

"Brother Zhou, you——" Xue Baochai looked confused.

Zhou Yang smiled and gave her a comforting expression, turned to Xue Baoqin and raised his chin. The girl cheered, pulled Qingwen and Yinger and ran to the next door, but before leaving, she stopped at the door and gave someone He gave me a meaningful look before closing the door and leaving.

"You, aren't you tired of carrying it like this every day?" Zhou Yang smiled and hugged Xue Baochai to his side, then hugged Zhao Qiying on the other side, hugged the two of them and walked to the window and smiled, "You can't be serious all the time in life, you have to relax. Otherwise, what if your nerves are too tight and they break!"

"Bah, bah, bah, Brother Zhou said casually, don't blame the gods!" Zhao Qiying rolled her eyes at him, then pushed him away, hugged Xue Baochai and said with a smile, "Sister Baochai, I know you are thoughtful, but don't forget, too. How old are you at the end of the year? Just let Brother Zhou take care of the big things, why bother yourself so much?"

"That's right. Women worry about everything, so why do men need to do it? You are taking care of many things now. In fact, I don't want you to idle in the inner courtyard all day. If a person is too idle, he will think about it in his mind. If you don’t care about some messy things, it’s better to take care of some things and pass the time.” Zhou Yang walked over with a smile, hugged Zhao Qiying and kissed him lightly. "Brother Zhou, you—" She didn't want Zhao Nuxia to just give him a blank look, but Xue Baochai seemed ashamed as if she had nowhere to go, and was even a little annoyed.

The understanding of the relationship between men and women in the feudal era is very different from that in modern times. Just like the two girls in front of me, they have a really good relationship, but their theoretical status is that they are one wife and one concubine. In this way, they should not be intimate together. If it were changed Cheng Ying'er here, even with Xue Baochai's respect and dignity, at most she would blush.

Similar to the problem of "come together", it is a matter of course for the young lady and the dowry to serve her husband together. On the contrary, Wang Xifeng's approach of controlling everything can be classified as "jealousy"; however, if the young mistress and the concubine come together Serving is a category of "no distinction between superiors and subordinates, master and slave", or even "loving concubines and destroying wives", which should be seriously criticized.

"Okay, is this fair?" Zhou Yang naturally realized the problem, and simply lowered his head and hugged Xue Baochai and kissed her gently, dousing her newly ignited anger. "A family should be closer, why don't we need to Do you care about so many troubles?"

"Brother Zhou, you -" Xue Baochai sighed helplessly, as if he thought of something, but in the end he did not continue to say more, but changed the topic, "When are you going to go back?"

"Why, you think I'm annoying?" Zhou Yang teased with a smile, and continued without waiting for the girl to explain, "It's past fifteen, or at the end of the month at the latest. It depends on the arrangements. What, is there anything?"

"My mother has been missing my eldest brother these days, so I might as well take her there when I leave, so that she can feel at ease." Xue Baochai said softly, but did not notice that as soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Qiying's expression froze and she quickly lowered her head, "If If possible, you might as well ask the eldest brother to come back, he is a court official, isn’t there Xiu Mu?”

"Well -" Zhou Yang didn't pay so much attention, and said thoughtfully, "It's okay to take my wife with me to have a look, but we still don't want him to come back. I'm going to help him get another first-level title. I'll wait for him to get any credit." Time and profit come at the same time, if he comes back just in time for the war, it will be inconvenient for me to make arrangements even if I want to."

He really didn't have the guts to let Xue Pan fly solo. With his IQ and the Xue family's current enviable wealth, no one could tell how many people wanted to plot against him; Needless to say, what happened to others? Even Xue Xun came back to "report work" and left nearly ten days later. During this time, he didn't even ask the nominal "Jinling Xue family head" a single question.

"That's okay!" Xue Baochai always paid attention to official career and economy and had no objection to this.

"Okay, don't think about things too far away. It's not convenient for us to go out during the day. I remember there is a night market at night, right? If you want, we can change into men's clothes and go out for a walk. At most, we can bring a few more people. , how about it?" Zhou Yang said with a smile, after all, I want to take the girl shopping, right?
"I don't have to, right?" Xue Baochai hesitated for a moment, but still chose to refuse, "What will happen if my little sister is seen on the street? If some sisters are interested, Brother Zhou can arrange carriages and horses. When the time comes, Just walk around the street."

"You!" Zhou Yang shook his head helplessly, knowing that she was maintaining her own identity, but at least she agreed to "let others go", which was a big progress. "Since you don't go, it's not convenient for me to take them around. Anyway, in the future It’s still a long time and there are plenty of opportunities, so let’s watch the fun together.”

Xue Baochai nodded and let him hold each other by her sides. The three of them looked at the prosperity of the street together, not forgetting to comment a few words. After a long time, she found that Zhao Qiying beside her was gradually blushing. She looked down and saw Someone's weird hand has slipped into a place it shouldn't be.

"Brother Zhou, my little sister is a little tired. Let's go next door to rest." Even though she felt uncomfortable, she still endured the mood and said goodbye, "How about - Brother Zhou, you can't do this!"

Zhou Yang didn't say anything more, picked her up in his arms, nodded to Zhao Qiying, and the three of them went back to the bedroom next door together.

That night, in the guest room of the Xue family's old house.

"Brother Zhou, why are you like this this afternoon?" In the bedroom, Zhao Qiying and Qingwen hugged Ai Lang on the left and right respectively and said with smiles, "Although it doesn't really matter, Miss Xue is the future wife after all. Isn’t this too shameless?”

"What, Miss Bao is just like a slave?" Qingwen next to her was dumbfounded, "She is a grandma, how could she?"

"Idiot, am I not doing it for you?" Zhou Yang glared at her angrily, "If a family lives up to the rules and etiquette all day long, wouldn't it be too tiring? You must respect her in the future. status, but secretly they are all sisters - and you didn’t refuse at the time, right? Don’t tell me you didn’t guess the reason!”

Zhao Qiying's cheeks were slightly red, and she leaned on Ai Lang's chest with a gentle smile.

(End of this chapter)