Jia Tanchun was robbed of the housekeeper Shi Xiangyun only found out a few days later, when she was watching Xichun and Lin Daiyu paint in the garden, and the peonies in the painting were lifelike. Suddenly, I heard that the third girl of the Jia family sent someone to send a post, and she hurriedly ordered someone to bring it in.

It turned out that Tanchun invited Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun to participate in the poetry club.

"Hey, isn't the third sister in charge of the house? How do I have time to start a poetry club? Shi Xiangyun asked in surprise.

Jia Xichun flipped through the post in his hand and looked at it, "I heard what the painting said, it seems that the second wife said it in front of the old lady, let the second sister-in-law take care of the house." The old lady agreed. Won't she have time for this? ”

"I see!" Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu looked at each other and smiled, "Sister Lin, are you going?" ”

Without waiting for Lin Daiyu to speak, Jia Xichun said with a smile: "Come on!" Who doesn't know the temperament of the second brother, if he really starts this poetry club, if others don't say it, he will be the first to participate. But now that he has become a relative, how can he still make trouble in our pile? I don't participate. Not to mention joining the poetry club, I don't want to go back to live in the garden. Catch up with Ming'er, I directly asked my sister-in-law to find a nunnery for me to live in outside. ”

"Your little family, all the nonsense!" Lin Daiyu said angrily, "How did you get to the point of living in the nunnery?" ”

Xichun flattened his mouth, "Sister Lin, you don't know, the second brother should have moved to live outside the garden after getting married, but now he is still living in the garden, I didn't understand it before, but now that I know that this is not in line with etiquette, how can I continue to live in the garden?" Although there is still my brother's place, Dongfu is not as good as a garden! I don't know where I can be in this world! ”

"Nonsense!" Shi Xiangyun knew Xichun's thoughts, and knew that what she said made sense, but she couldn't get used to her thoughts, "Do you think that nunnery is also a clean place?" I'm not afraid to scare you to death if I say it! Don't ask me how I know, Ming'er will let Mama Li talk to you for a few words, and you will know that there is no filth here! ”

Xichun was so frightened that her little face turned pale, and she asked directly, "Is that really the case?" ”

Lin Daiyu glanced at Shi Xiangyun, "What are you doing with her?" Then he comforted softly: "Even if you don't want to live in the garden, and you don't want to go back to live in the East Mansion, you can find a reason to go back to the old lady's yard to live." Why do you say such discouragement? As for what your sister Yun said, although she is a little strict, it is true, and Ming'er will ask Mama Li to tell you more about it. You must never have such thoughts in the future. ”

Jia Xichun pouted, and finally extinguished that thought for the time being.

"In that case, let's not go! It's just, how to tell the third sister? Shi Xiangyun said, "I have a ready-made excuse, I still have filial piety on me." ”

Lin Daiyu smiled: "What's this, I have my own way, okay, let's not talk about this, I'm a little hungry, let's go to the pavilion and have some snacks!" ”

As soon as Jia Xichun heard the dim sum, he immediately threw that idea out of his mind. "Yes, yes!" I got up and followed.

Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun looked at each other and smiled, and they also went along.

Jia Tanchun was in the doldrums for a few days, and then became active again, in her opinion, since there is no possibility of changing things, it is better to get more help for herself. What Xue Baochai can think of, she can naturally think of. She thought about it for a long time before she came up with this method, Sister Lin and Sister Yun have always liked to talk about poetry and painting, and they will definitely like it.

But who knows, one by two, they all wrote posts back and forth. Sister Bao is like this, and so is Sister Lin and Sister Yun. Jia Tanchun was puzzled, and took the post and read it for a long time before he came to his senses, secretly regretting how confused he was. The second brother's temperament, how could such a thing be missed, if it was before, then it would be fine. But now the two brothers are married. In order to avoid suspicion, how are Sister Lin and Sister Yun willing to share a room with the second master, and what poetry club do they participate in!

Jia Tanchun was annoyed, feeling that he had made a mistake, and he regretted it for a long time and threw it away, just thinking of other ideas.

Xue Baochai heard Ying'er report that she had given the post to the third girl, smiled, and nodded to indicate that she knew. Then he stood up, bypassed the screen, and came to the desk, "Second master, after reading this book, it's time to rest!" As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at the book Baoyu was holding.

Jia Baoyu heard Xue Baochai's words, hurriedly hid the book in his hand, and looked up at Xue Baochai. Although it was hidden in time, Xue Baochai's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen it, and when he saw that it was a "Guwen Guanzhi", he sighed slightly in his heart, he only liked to read these idle books, and he refused to touch serious books such as the Four Books and the Five Classics.

"Good sister, what is the third sister looking for you?" Jia Baoyu salivated and asked, "If there's anything fun, don't leave me behind!" ”

Xue Baochai saw that the table was in a mess, and hurriedly cleaned it up. Seeing that Baoyu asked, he replied with a smile: "It's nothing, just a few words of gossip." She would never dare to tell Baoyu about the poetry club, with his temperament, he knew that there was no reason not to participate in such a thing. The third sister was confused for a while, she would never dare to be so confused.

"The fourth sister went to Sister Lin's house, why didn't she come home? Sister Yun too, I haven't seen them for a few days, and they won't come back, Sister Bao, let's pick them up tomorrow! Jia Baoyu said with a smile.

Xue Baochai smiled and shook his head, "It's rare for the fourth sister to be relaxed, why don't you let her stay longer, when the time comes, Sister Yun will come home with the fourth sister." You have always been sympathetic to your sisters, but now you have forgotten it? Okay, it's not too early, we should go to my wife's, didn't I promise my wife yesterday that I would have dinner in my wife's house today? My wife must be waiting for us! ”

Xue Baochai successfully diverted Jia Baoyu's attention, "What's the hurry, change your clothes." Musk moon, autumn pattern, serve the second master to change clothes! ”

Musk Yue and Qiu Wen hugged Baoyu and went to the back to change clothes, and Ying'er also took someone to serve Xue Baochai to change clothes. Then the maids and mothers-in-law surrounded Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai and went to Mrs. Wang's place.

When Mrs. Wang saw Jia Baoyu, she couldn't close her mouth with a smile, hugged Baoyu and asked how she warmed up, asked how she rested last night, and asked what she had eaten in the morning, Jia Baoyu smiled, Xue Baochai stood next to her and answered one by one. Mrs. Wang saw that her answer was timely and detailed, and she was satisfied, feeling that Baochai took care of Baoyu quite wholeheartedly, and seeing that Baoyu had been looking quite good recently, she was much closer to herself, and she was much more satisfied with Baochai.

"Sit down, have you told the old lady? Don't let the old lady look for you everywhere. ”

"Don't worry, Mrs. has already told the old lady when I greet the old lady in the morning, and I said that I will accompany the old lady for dinner. The old lady also praised Baoyu for her filial piety! Xue Baochai said with a smile.

Mrs. Wang nodded, "Baoyu, are you hungry?" Jin Chuan, Caiyun, let's set the meal! ”

Shaoqing, the meals are ready, Mrs. Wang and Baoyu sat down, Xue Baochai stood on the side, helping the two of them to distribute the dishes, attentive and thoughtful, meticulous, Mrs. Wang saw it, and was a lot more satisfied, and when Mrs. Wang and Jia Baoyu ate well, Mrs. Wang wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said, "You can also sit down and eat!" ”

Xue Baochai responded with a smile, then sat down, and used some of the leftovers on the table. At that time, Jia Baoyu had already slept under the coaxing of Mrs. Wang. When Xue Baochai saw it, he served Mrs. Wang to sleep, and he didn't sleep either, but sat on the edge of Baoyu's bed, holding a whisk to drive away mosquitoes, and was a good wife.

Mrs. Wang, who had closed her eyes, suddenly opened her eyes, and when she saw this, she nodded with satisfaction, Baochai is still very good, although she is in charge of the house, she has not neglected Baoyu because of this, and she is also meticulous and considerate of taking care of Baoyu. The housekeeper is also at ease, and the person is also stable and dignified, no better than the three girls, it's not much, but the shelf is quite sufficient. Not bad!

Xue Baochai saw Ying'er's vague eye prompt, bowed slightly, and waited until the sight behind him disappeared, Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief. Ying'er whispered: "Grandma, you can also be crooked for a while!" She felt distressed and beat her shoulders, "You got up at the same time, and you haven't rested for a while until now, now that the second master and his wife are asleep, you can also rest!" ”

Xue Baochai sighed, shook his head and said, "That's it, I'll just crook here for a while, you give me a hammer!" Be alert, if you see that my wife and second master are about to wake up, wake me up quickly. Xue Baochai looked at the distressed look on Ying'er's face, and smiled helplessly, "You save some!" I don't let people see it, I know that you feel sorry for me, I don't know, I still think I'm a frivolous look! Isn't this how all the daughters-in-law come over? What was my mother like when she first entered the door, and your mother didn't know it! ”

Ying'er had red eyes, "I just feel sorry for grandma!" ”

"Okay, let's not talk about it, if you have this time, you might as well let me sleep a little longer." Xue Baochai immediately leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. Seeing this, Ying'er had no choice but to kneel on the side and help Xue Baochai hammer her legs. I am still holding grievances for Baochai in my heart. Others think that the girl, the second grandmother, is very easy, but who knows how much the girl has paid for this, not only to manage the housework, but also to serve the second master well, and occasionally have fun in front of the old lady and wife. The girl can only sleep for two or three hours a day, often waiting for the second master to sleep, and then drag her tired body to get up to read the account book, and get up just after midnight every day. Fortunately, the girl has a good body, if she had changed others, I am afraid she would have been exhausted.

The position of this second grandmother is really not good! Ying'er thought bitterly, I don't know if my wife will regret her decision that day if she knows. But thinking of the current situation of the Xue family, Ying'er smiled bitterly, even if the wife knew, there was nothing she could do, but she would persuade the girl to be patient!