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On the surface, there is no problem with this, but everyone who hears it knows that Mrs. Wang's words have bad intentions.
Mother Jia looked at this daughter-in-law and felt angry.
In Jia's mother's opinion, Jia Jiu can be angry, that's because he is a girl's family and a coquettish guest at home, and Jia Jiu never makes mistakes in major matters, so Jia's mother is happy to see her granddaughter angry, and he has always treated that as a granddaughter and coquettished him. But for the same thing, Mrs. Wang can't express her dissatisfaction, because Mrs. Wang is the daughter-in-law of the Jia family.
Moreover, looking at the ages of both parties, Jia Jiu is only fourteen years old this year, but how old is this daughter-in-law, more than fifty! The grandchildren are all old, and they are still angry with a little girl's family, and the amount of gas is too small and too intolerable.
Especially now, knowing that the Jia family is going to see Jia Jiu's granddaughter next, and not dealing with this granddaughter, and stepping on death in front of the guests, Jia's mother feels that this daughter-in-law is not ignorant, but too sensible, and plans to ruin this granddaughter, so she is making a big fuss here.
Jia Mu's face was lowered at that time.
He thinks that now, he has seen this daughter-in-law clearly.
Back then, for the sake of his youngest son, how much did his eldest son suffer, the eldest son never said a word, and suppressed countless rumors behind his back, even if the two eldest daughters-in-law were wronged, they never complained in the slightest. In contrast, this little daughter-in-law was just a little wronged, so she embarrassed herself in front of everyone, and wanted to ruin the hope of the Jia family's future, how could Jia's mother be willing?
Jia Mu squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "In the end, it is a good water and a good land for the royal family." You can afford to raise such a big fish! It was also the luck of the second girl that she got the blue eyes above, which made such a big live fish jump ashore. Pity. I'm old, and I can't enter the palace when I'm free, and I can only listen to other people's news. Otherwise, I, an old woman, also want to see and understand. β
Only then did the wife of the Li family settle down, and said continuously: "No, only the royal pond can raise such a big fish." You can't get anywhere else. β
Xue Baochai also joked on the side: "Listening to the old lady say this, I think of the dragon girl in "The Legend of Liu Yi". Didn't the dragon girl turn into a big fish and play with her mother in Dongting Lake? β
Jia Mu listened. Said: "Bao girl, do you want to say that the second girl fell into the eye of the dragon girl?" β
Xue Baochai replied, "Isn't it? Princess Changle and her second sister are very good. β
Jia Baoyu was a little demented. I have listened to the bizarre drama of the moon before the flowers for a few days, and I have also read "The Biography of Liu Yi", and I have also heard "The Peony Pavilion", and now I listen to Jia Mu and Xue Baochai. inevitably followed Xue Baochai's words. Treat Princess Changle as a dragon girl and Jia Jiu as a ......
Jia Baoyu was suddenly stunned.
He remembered that his second sister was a woman, how did he do Liu Yi? Although it is said that her second sister did save Princess Changle, just like Liu Yi in "The Legend of Liu Yi", she helped the other party a boss, but the second sister is a woman after all.
Suddenly I remembered it again. On the opposite of dividing peaches, there is also the saying of grinding mirrors.
All of a sudden. It's a lot of confusion, and it's crazy to think about it.
When Shi Xiangyun mentioned Jia Jiu, he was indeed suspected of currying favor with Mrs. Wang, but after Jia's mother spoke, he realized that he seemed to have done a big mistake. Fortunately, Jia Mu did not pursue it, and Shi Xiangyun did not dare to say more. When Shi Xiangyun withdrew his attention, he found that Jia Baoyu was stunned and only cared about his distraction, and his mind was not on him at all, so he was not very comfortable in his heart.
Shi Xiangyun nodded at Xue Baoqin and motioned for Xue Baoqin to look at Jia Baoyu.
Xue Baoqin's eyes widened, he looked at Shi Xiangyun, then at Jia Baoyu, and then at Shi Xiangyun.
Although she looks childish, Xue Baoqin is not the kind of girl who doesn't know the rules or doesn't care.
He knows his own business.
Xue Baoqin knew that his marriage was made with the Mei family when his father was alive. At that time, the situation of the family was fine, and the Mei family was not developed. It is true that she is the daughter of a businessman, but the Mei family is just an ordinary scholar, and her father and brother love themselves, so they will not treat themselves badly in the dowry, as long as they don't make mistakes, the Mei family will not do anything to them.
How can it be that now the Mei family has a Hanlin and has become a real eunuch family. In contrast, after his father was gone, although his brother was capable, he was young and suffered several losses. It's okay at home, but after all, it's still much worse than when my father was alive.
Then there is my uncle's house, or my cousin's house. Don't talk about the personality of his cousin and cousin, just say that Wang Ziteng, who has become a commoner, Xue Baoqin knows that something is not good.
Although Wang Ziteng is not his own uncle of Xue Baoqin, Wang Ziteng is suspected of conspiracy. What's more, he lived in Jia's family, and Jia's family also had Jia Baoyu.
Xue Baoqin knew very early on that a girl like him who had already made a marriage and accepted someone else's dowry was almost someone else's family, and even his biological father and brother had to meet as little as possible, not to mention a foreign man like Jia Baoyu.
Xue Baoqin regretted this immensely.
That year, their family sent a gift to Mei's family as usual, but the Mei family didn't accept it, which scared the two brothers and sisters enough. The sick and weak mother came out to preside over the overall situation, thickened the rituals, and sent them to Mei's house. As a result, the Mei family still did not accept it.
When the news came, his mother collapsed, and their siblings panicked. Under the persuasion of her mother, Xue Baoqin followed her brother into Beijing, and halfway through, she heard that Jia Yuanchun had become an imperial concubine, and she was even more happy.
Xue Zhen and Xue Baoqin brothers and sisters originally thought that it would be good if they could take advantage of the limelight of the Jia family to marry into the Mei family and fulfill their father's last wish. But who would have thought, this Jia family is a big pit.
After entering Jia's house, Xue Bao was a man, so he naturally lived in the small courtyard of the Xue family, but Xue Baoqin was left by Jia's mother. Xue Baoqin didn't even see his brother much, but looked up and didn't look down for Jia Baoyu every day. Jia Baoyu is also a person who likes good colors, and he looks good. It doesn't matter if he is young, let alone whether he has a marriage contract, he revolves around him every day.
But Xue Baoqin had a request from the Jia family. has asked Jia's mother, and it is not good to ignore Jia Baoyu. But people like Jia Baoyu don't know what it means to accept it when they see it. Not only did he not know how to avoid it, he ran to Jia's mother every day without saying anything, but he also sat here with Jia's mother all day, revolving around him every day, having nothing to say, nothing to do, and Xue Baoqin couldn't cry or laugh at him at the same time. I also began to worry about my future.
Xue Baoqin is not Shi Xiangyun, even if he is innocent, he really has a scale in his heart.
Although many people say. Most men are naΓ―ve before they get married, and it's good to wait until they get married and start a family. But in Xue Baoqin's view, this is nonsense at all. Men who are irresponsible and afraid of taking responsibility, even if they are married and have children. When you should be responsible, you will not be responsible. When it is time to take responsibility, they will still choose to evade responsibility. Xue Baoqin would never think that a man who grew up smoothly would suddenly change for the better at some point, unless it was a ghost.
For his cousin Xue Baochai, who has almost been bound to Jia Baoyu, Xue Baoqin's heart is full of sympathy, but he doesn't want to pay for himself.
He already has a marriage contract with the young master of the Mei family. If he is divorced because of Jia Baoyu, then he will not marry.
With such thoughts. Xue Baoqin seems to be playing very well with Jia Baoyu, but that is only in front of Jia Baoyu. To be honest, Xue Baoqin thought more than once that if he could, he would rather change with Shi Xiangyun, let Shi Xiangyun live in the warm pavilion with Jia's mother, and let him live in the back garden. If that's the case, he can not even go out of the hanging flower door in the back garden, and he won't have to meet Jia Baoyu.
But he also knew that this back garden was the back garden of the Marquis Rongguo's mansion, and it was not his turn to live. The only place he could stay in was Jia Mu.
Because he needs to marry into the Mei family with the help of Jia's mother.
In fact, Xue Baoqin regretted this decision more than once.
I knew that he would stay in Jinling, serve his sick mother well, and let his brother enter Beijing alone, and there would not be so many things.
Seeing Shi Xiangyun motioning to look at Jia Baoyu, Xue Baoqin actually didn't want to do this, but he also understood that he didn't have the power to be willful.
Xue Baoqin smiled: "Sister Yun, but what happened?" β
Shi Xiangyun said: "You are really careless. Didn't you notice that your brother was in a daze again? β
Xue Baoqin smiled and said, "Brother Bao is a man, and his thoughts are naturally different from those of us. β
Shi Xiangyun said: "Are you very familiar with your brother?" How do you know that what he thinks is not what we think? β
Xue Baoqin replied: "Because I was thinking about it, I don't know if the fish is delicious or not." β
Xue Baoqin also knew Mrs. Jia's mother's true attitude towards girls' reading, so he never showed off his knowledge in front of Jia's mother.
Xue Baoqin's voice was clear and crisp, with a bit of a little girl's coquettishness. When Jia Baoyu heard this, it was like eating ice cream on dog days, cold from head to toe, crisp and refreshing, and immediately came back to his senses.
Jia Baoyu said: "Speaking of this, I think of the whole fish banquet that my second sister did in the old days. A fish was made by the second sister for more than ten dishes, and even the old lady was very surprised by the second sister's craftsmanship. β
When several guests in the house heard this, they immediately became interested.
Jia Mu is happy to show off Jia Jiu's ability, but she still has a few words of modesty.
"The second girl has no talent in poetry and articles, and if he wants to write poetry, he will not do some limerick poetry or something. But in terms of eating, there is still some spirituality. As for this whole fish feast, it is not the kind of fish we usually eat, but a banquet that pays great attention to kung fu. Dace is naturally unique in flavor, and herring is also good. He is very particular about knife skills, requiring extremely fast speed, meticulous kung fu, and just right strength. Even the second girl herself said that he had learned the sword in the Daomen for so many years, and he should finally be here. However, the second girl rarely does it, and at the end of the year, she only does it once a year when she worships her ancestors during the New Year. Even Baoyu said that although the master of the big kitchen can make it, the taste is much worse after all. β
Shi Xiangyun said with a smile: "No, that time, the second sister made it for the first time, although it was just a bowl of fish ball soup, it made people have endless aftertaste." Unfortunately, I ate it once and never ate it again. Qian'er, your aunt treats you very well, and I heard that she once taught you how to make this dish. Did the second sister say anything special? β
Jia Qian couldn't, so she had to say, "Aunt Yun, you will embarrass me." My aunt taught me the same how to teach people in the kitchen. Aunt Yun has forgotten jΓ¬, the old lady's sister-in-law Zheng here learned with me. If there is really any difference, it is only internal strength. My aunt once said that when making fish balls, he always unconsciously used the softness of Tai Chi. If there is a difference, then this is the only one. β
Shi Xiangyun clapped his hands and laughed: "It's weird." I said that Sister-in-law Zheng has done it so many times, but none of them tasted right. It turned out to be because of this. It's a pity that the second sister is the golden-clothed Taoist of the Daomen, no matter how hard Zheng's sister-in-law tries, she can't compare to the second sister after all. After a pause, he said, "With the Daomen mastery of cooking, I'm afraid there is only one second sister in the world." β
When Jia Baoyu heard this, he also smiled: "No, if Yuqing Mountain knows, I'm afraid that the second sister will be greatly punished." β
Jia Qing smiled: "Second Uncle Bao, you don't have to worry about this. I don't know if there are other people in the Daomen who use the Daomen martial arts to cook, but I know that the people in the Daomen will also use the martial arts of the Daomen when they are incense. β
When Jia Baoyu heard this, he became energetic: "There is still such a thing? How do you know? β
Jia Qing said with a smile: "That year, my aunt got the recipe in the hands of Daokui, and she began to learn Hexiang. The strange thing is that every step is right, but the incense that comes out is always much worse than the incense synthesized by Daokui. My aunt didn't know why, but she thought she wasn't good enough, and she almost went crazy. After Daokui's guidance, my aunt knew that it was because the two practiced different exercises, and when dealing with materials, especially when using internal strength to bake materials, it would cause different results. The exercises practiced by Dao Kui are gentle and gentle, echoing the Daomen heart method of being as good as water, and the incense that comes out at the end naturally looks gentle and peaceful. But my aunt's practice is masculine and rigid, and it can be said to be a rare violent exercise in the Daomen. With such internal strength to bake the material, the final taste obtained is naturally completely different from the finished product synthesized by Daokui. β
Mother Jia listened and said, "But when the second girl just got canonized? During those days, the second girl didn't know why, the whole person was restless, I thought something was wrong. It turns out that it was then? β
Jia Qing replied: "Back to the old lady, yes." β
Jia Mu sighed and said, "The second girl is really good, for this kind of thing, she made herself look like that." I'm worried. When he returns, I'm going to punish him. β
Jia Baoyu hurriedly said: "That's good." It's best to punish the second sister to make another whole fish feast. β
When Jia Mu heard this, she scratched Jia Baoyu's nose again and again: "I think you are greedy, right?" (To be continued......)