Regarding Xue Baochai's character, whether it is Jia Jiu or Jia Qing, they don't dare to bet. After all, Xue Baochai's calculations and the city government are too famous, but the two of them can't bear it.

Xue Baochai wanted to recommend himself, but the more he looked like this, the more Jia Jiu and Jia Qing didn't dare to let him do it for him.

Xue Baochai also has no choice.

That's probably what people look like. In the vast dark night, there is no light, and he can only rely on groping to move forward, an impulsive person like Shi Xiangyun will rush forward with a shout, but with Xue Baochai, he will slowly move forward step by step. Listen with your ears pricked up, feel with your skin, think carefully with your heart, identify your surroundings based on sounds, and make sure you don't make a mistake every step you take.

The previous Xue Baochai was like a traveler groping in the dark, walking forward step by step for himself and his family, walking cautiously, for fear of taking a wrong step.

But now, he found that he felt the light of hope, and he even experienced it himself.

He was so close to the door of the powerful, it seemed as if he could reach it if he stretched out his hand.

After all, the current Xue Baochai is not the Xue Baochai in the original book, the Xue Baochai in the original Daguan Garden is the eldest girl who has already reached the end of the year, and she relies on Mrs. Wang and Jia Yuanchun behind her, so she is naturally confident, and she is not afraid that she can't afford to lose. The current Xue Baochai is not only ten years old, not to mention that the backing is also much weaker. At least now, Jia Yuanchun is not a serious imperial concubine, Mrs. Wang's reputation is ruined and confined in the Buddhist hall, and even Wang Ziteng is not as majestic as the saint in the original book.

The current Xue Baochai has no confidence. It is precisely because he does not have enough confidence that he is much more cautious in front of Jia Jiu, instead of Xue Baochai in the Grand View Garden. Even Sanchun doesn't take it to heart.

Therefore, when facing Jia Jiu, Xue Baochai is not as calm as in the original book, and he is not as high as in the original book.

What's more, Xue Baochai in the original book can only go around in the Grand View Garden and the small courtyard of the Xue family, and only goes to the Wang family once in a while, but now. In front of Xue Baochai was a post from a wealthy and powerful family that was richer than the Jia family. It's just a little bit short, and he Xue Baochai can get in touch with those powerful people, just a little bit. He will let people know that he Xue Baochai.

How Xue Baochai is not in a hurry.

He was like a mule that found a carrot hanging in front of him, and he was just a little bit away from being able to eat the carrot in his mouth. At this time, it is strange that Xue Baochai does not run.

Of course, Xue Baochai is not a mule. But the carrot fell right in front of his eyes. So that he has no way to notice the other.

As long as Jia Jiu or Jia Qing nods in the middle and asks him to help prepare the return gift, he will have a way to make those officials and eunuchs pay attention to him.

I have to say that Xue Baochai is also a very ordinary girl, even if he has a vision that surpasses that of girls of the same age and sees the benefits in it, but he forgets to calculate the reactions of others, or rather. He ignored this, consciously or unconsciously. He didn't know when he said this in front of Jia Jiu. is already tantamount to looking down on the Jia family and thinking that the Jia family can't afford a decent return gift at this time.

The current Jia Jiu and Jia Qing are similar to Shi Xiangyun in the original book. The Shi family is a double marquis, as the eldest lady of the Shi family, Shi Xiangyun should have done everything. But in fact, Shi Xiangyun's parents died, and now the Hou of the Shi family are Shi Xiangyun's two uncles, and the two Hou Ladies are Shi Xiangyun's two aunts, that is, the two Hou Ladies treat Shi Xiangyun well, but after all, they are short of a belly. Therefore, Shi Xiangyun has a lot of unpleasant things at home, especially in terms of money, Shi Xiangyun can only use his little monthly money. In addition, Shi Xiangyun is a big grin, and it is inevitable that there will be a situation where the money is not enough.

Jia Qing and Shi Xiangyun's situation is very similar. Although he is in the name of Jia Yu's granddaughter, he is not a pro in the end, or Jia Jiu protects him, but sometimes Jia's mother still treats him as an outsider. Jia Mu's attitude was there, and the people below naturally followed suit. I saw that Jia Jiu was good to their sisters, and they knew how to save some face for the Huansha Pavilion in terms of life and work, but the girls and mothers-in-law who had no eyes didn't take their sisters seriously at all. Jia Qing is the same as Shi Xiangyun, the only thing he can use is his own share, that is, his sister expressed her willingness to help early, and her own share can be withdrawn by her sister at will, that is, any of their sisters' share far exceeds Shi Xiangyun, and it is a drop in the bucket for that huge gift list.

Jia Jiu is the same. However, Jia Jiu did not have Jia Qing's troubles. Because Jia Jiu needs to return the gift of many fewer people than Jia Qing, and the Daomen will send Jia Jiu a special part of the gold-clothed Taoist candidate every month, plus when Jia Jiu prepares the sacrificial things, especially those drinks, he always habitually prepares a little more, so that Jia Jiu can support the past as long as he arranges it.

But there are too many lists in Jia Qing's hands, and many of them are powerful officials in the imperial court.

If it weren't for Xue Baochai's reminder, Jia Jiu might have forgotten that there was such a thing, but Xue Baochai said this, and Jia Jiu felt that he still had to say hello to Jia's mother about this matter.

After thinking about it, Jia Jiu finally decided to go to the Huansha Pavilion to ask Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters first.

Jia Jiu is not young anymore and is not like half a year ago when he fell asleep all day long, his sister just wanted to hand him over to the girl next to him, so she raised her arm and opened her eyes. Seeing that he opened his small mouth that had just grown teeth, and showed a silly smile at his sister, Jia Jiu had a bad premonition in his heart.

This kid, shouldn't he want to play with him by himself?

Looking at Jia Cong again, when he saw that his sister ignored him, he actually stretched out his hand and grabbed Jia Jiu's clothes.

Obviously, if Jia Cong is put down at this time, he will definitely cry loudly, and he will not give up until he achieves his goal.

The corners of Jia Jiu's mouth twitched, and he said, "Jinxiu, bring Cong'er's coat." ”

Jinxiu and Xiucheng immediately brought a small baggage, which contained Jia Cong's tiger head hat, tiger head shoes, and cloak and cloak. Jia Jiu put on a hat and shoes for Jia Cong. put on the outer cloak and wrapped the cloak, and then picked up Jia Cong, who was wrapped like a ball.

Obviously, Jia Cong doesn't like to wear so much either. He pursed his lips. Very unhappily, he pulled the clothes on his body with his hands, and peeked at Jia Jiu from time to time.

Jia Jiu said: "Okay Cong'er, we are going to go to the Huansha Pavilion to play with Qian'er and Qing'er now, put on this first, and then we will change it when we get to the place, you know?" Just a moment on the road. You are not allowed to tear your clothes, you know? ”

Jia Congbian flattened his mouth. pounced and hugged his sister's neck, but forgot that now he is not small. blocked Jia Jiu's line of sight.

Jia Jiu sighed, turned sideways, saw his feet clearly, and then took a step.

It's winter. The days are getting longer and longer. Even if the unitary hour has passed, even the second hour has passed more than half of the time, the sky is still bright, and in the morning, this hour has just arrived, and the sky is extremely bright. So, it's really not early at this time, but just look at the sky. It's still bright outside. Even if it doesn't snow, there is still a bit of the artistic conception of pine window frost and snow.

In such a situation. Jia Jiu is naturally a maid who doesn't need to hold the lamp, but the girls have brought a lot.

Jia Cong was very excited to see the scenery outside, kept screaming, and even stretched out his hand to the tree on the side of the road. Jia Jiu followed Jia Cong's finger and said, "Cong'er, this is a tree." ”

"Tree."

Jia Cong's vocal tape has almost developed, and this tree character is not difficult for him.

Jia Jiu said: "Yes, this is a tree. ”

Jia Cong pointed to the still green cypress tree in front of him and said, "Tree." But he turned his gaze to a willow tree that had lost all its leaves and said, "Tree, ah, tree...... tree."

Obviously, his vocabulary was not strong enough for him to articulate what he meant.

It was Jia Jiu, who smiled and pointed to the leaves of the pine tree and said: "The leaves of the pine tree are thin, like needles, light, and wax, so they are not afraid of freezing, and the leaves of the willow tree are flattened and thin, and there is no wax, so the leaves fall in winter." ”

Jia Cong immediately nodded and said heavily: "Yezi." ”

It was at this time that a mutation suddenly occurred. The girls who walked in front of the way let out an exclamation, followed by the sound of falling into the water. As soon as Jia Jiu looked up, he saw two nurturing grandmothers holding a small wooden bridge pier on the left and right, and there was a cry for help from the water.

Jia Jiu was stunned for a moment, and immediately handed Jia Cong to Jinxiu behind him, let Jinxiu and Xiucheng hold Jia Cong and retreat, and he walked a few steps quickly, and walked to the bridge to see that there were actually two girls who fell into the water, and they were one left and one right, on both sides of the bridge.

Even if there has been no snow in the past few days, even if the previous snow has melted, every morning in the past few days, there are traces of frost on the edge of the window and in the shade of the steps, and even the pond and the pond where the shore meets. In such weather, the temperature of the pool water can be imagined.

Jia Jiu waited for Jinxiu to stand firm, and immediately took a leap.

At this time, it is obviously too late for the mother-in-law below to find a bamboo pole rope to save people or prop the boat out.

In the amazed sight of the girls, Jia Jiu quickly scooped up the two girls from the water, borrowed strength from the bridge pier, and returned to the shore.

Jia Jiu handed the two little girls to the girl below, and said, "On such a cold day, it's not a joke to fall into the water." Send them to the house first, let them boil some water in the kitchen, give them a good bubble, and make them two bowls of strong ginger tea. If the situation is not good, let the mother-in-law rub their bodies well with spirits. Don't leave the root of the disease behind. How, how did it suddenly fall into a ball? Still overboard? This last sentence was said to Mama Li, who went to investigate the bridge deck.

Mama Li carefully inspected the bridge deck and said, "Girl, this bridge is sprinkled with tea oil." The best tea oil, even if the water is frozen, he can't freeze it. It is light and thin, and sprinkling it on the bridge deck will only make people feel that the bridge deck reflects the water very brightly. It's a frosty day, and everyone is in a hurry, and no one will notice whether someone will be smeared with oil under their feet. ”

Jia Jiu said: "This bridge is not big, either I came from here to find Qian'er and Qing'er, or they came to look for me." Calculating Qian'er and Qing'er is not good for them, so they can only calculate me. The problem is, everyone knows that I'm a martial artist. Even if I stand on the edge of the pond and let people push, I won't necessarily fall into the water. So, there is only one possibility. That is, someone knew that I was going to take Cong'er to talk to Qian'er Qing'er, so he sprinkled oil on this bridge. If I don't bring many people, or if I don't care about teaching Cong'er to speak today, I will walk in front with Cong'er as usual. Maybe I'll be tricked. Come on, investigate thoroughly. In addition, send someone to say hello to the old lady, and also send someone to say hello to Dongfu. Nowadays, there is only one serious elder in our family, the old lady, and it is impossible not to inform the old lady. My father personally entrusted us to Uncle Jing. If something like this happens, if you don't say hello to the elders, it won't work. ”

Although not for long. But this movement is not small. At least Jia Qian and Jia Qing were shocked. They were originally going to come over to greet Jia Jiu, but they were stopped by Jia Jiu across the bridge. Jia Jiu sent someone to inspect the three bridges of the Huansha Pavilion and determined that only this one had been tampered with. Only then did I turn to the rockery, and came to the Huansha Pavilion from the bridge on the side of the rockery.

As soon as Jia Qing saw Jia Jiu, he said, "Auntie, someone is doing it again?" ”

Jia Jiu shook his head and said, "It's hard to say who did it now. Let's go in first. Even if I'm not afraid of the cold, you wear such a little bit and run out. I'm not afraid of freezing. ”

Jia Qian and Jia Qing heard the movement. And he put on a cloak and came out. The clothes inside them were the ones they wore in the warmth of the room, and there was not even a large cloak under the cloak.

After dealing with the two girls who fell into the water, Jia Jiu hugged Jia Cong. If someone really wants to calculate their sister and brother, Jia Cong would better hold it by himself. After all, his martial arts are not bad, even if something happens, he can react in time.

When Jia Qian and Jia Qing heard this, they hurriedly stood on Jia Jiu's side left and right, and followed Jia Jiu into the Huansha Pavilion.

Entering the Huansha Pavilion, Jia Jiu nodded with satisfaction. Not to mention that the furnishings in this room are compared to the ones he arranged before. There are a lot of things in my daughter's house, and even this house is very warm. Not to mention the ensuite and bedroom inside.

It seems that during the period of his absence, there has not been a big deficit in the share of the Huansha Pavilion, at least this charcoal fire is still enough.

As soon as he arrived in the warm room, Jia Cong began to pull the clothes on his body, but Jia Jiu didn't give him the cloak and cloak at the first time, he screamed ahh

Jia Jiu hurriedly carried him to Jia Qian's suite, put him on the kang, and then took the cloak and cloak for him, but still let him wear tiger head shoes and a tiger head hat.

After cleaning up, Jia Jiu asked Jia Qian and Jia Qing: "Have you noticed anyone walking on that bridge today?" ”

Jia Qian hurriedly shook her head and said, "Auntie, Qing'er has been doing homework with me here these days, in addition to completing the homework assigned by the master of Dongfu, Qing'er also has to study the classics assigned by Master Yan, and she is not idle almost every day." We really didn't notice if anyone was passing by on the bridge. ”

Jia Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "Auntie, there are a few people in my sister's house, and these girls and women are either serving in this house, or sitting in the hall to do needlework, otherwise, they are preparing meals or resting in the back, and they will not go to the bridge when they are free." As long as you call these girls over and ask them, you will know the clues. It's just that my niece thinks that if she can really ask it, it will be better, but if she can't ask, I'm afraid that this matter will be troublesome. ”

Jia Jiu nodded, and hurriedly let Mama Li and Zhao Dong's family go out. After a while, Mama Li really came back and said that they didn't ask anything. Because of the cold weather, these girls did not like to go outside, either serving in the house or baking a fire in front of the stove, or asking for tea, and also going from the back of the hall in front of them. It's the girls who go out to fetch water, but the footsteps can't be hidden.

That's right. Because it is winter, there are ice slags underground, in order to prevent slipping, these girls must wear clogs when they go out to run errands, and when they step on clogs to cross the bridge, the sound is particularly loud. This voice cannot deceive anyone.

This time, the problem is bigger.

Jia Jiu and Jia Qian and Jia Qing looked at each other, and when they were thinking about their next move, they heard a girl come over to report and said, "Girl, the old lady is here." ”

Jia Jiu was startled, and hurriedly hugged Jia Cong and took Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters out to greet her: "For our sake, it's not ours to let the old lady make a special trip to this trip." ”

Jia Mu waved her hand again and again, and said, "That's it, let's get up, let's go in and talk." ”

Not long after the ancestors and grandchildren entered the house and sat down, Jia Jing also came with You Shi and Qin Keqing.

As soon as Jia Jing entered the house and asked about what happened, he listened to the whole story and said, "This is not the first time. The old lady, although I am an outsider, I am also the enlightenment teacher of these three girls, and the eldest brother personally entrusted the child to me, so I am here to please the old lady. I've got you covered. ”

Jia Mu was very embarrassed.

Jia's mother is not sure whether this matter is Jia Zheng's handiwork, but as a mother, Jia's mother will never allow anyone to belittle Jia Zheng, let alone see everyone doubt Jia Zheng.

Jia Mu said: "Second girl, do you find any eyebrows?" ”

Jia Jiu hurriedly said: "Back to the old lady, this matter is not easy to say, and it is not difficult to say. After coming out of the old lady's house today, the granddaughter walked through the hall behind the Rongxi Hall, and went back directly from the main gate of the granddaughter's courtyard. Later, Sister Bao also came over, and talked to her granddaughter and Qian'er Qing'er for a while. Qian'er and Qing'er went first, and they also walked on the same bridge. If the bridge had been oiled at that moment, it would not have been until now. Sister Bao stayed in her granddaughter's house for a while, and when he left, her granddaughter changed her clothes for Cong'er and brought Cong'er here. Therefore, judging from this time, it is most likely that it is a short period of time after Qian'er and Qing'er returned to the house. ”

Jia Qing listened to this for a while, and said, "Auntie, in fact, there is another possibility, which my aunt may have ignored, and that is the few people who just fell." Maybe their purse has been stolen. If the purse is full of oil and someone happens to fall, it is likely to be sprinkled all over the bridge. If this is the case, the niece thought, maybe the person who laid this mechanism didn't want it to break out at this time, but waited until it was night, and the night fell, at that time, only someone was careless, and the consequence was definitely not as simple as it is now, just two girls fell into the water. ”

Jia Jiu didn't speak, Jia Mu and Jia Jing both said, "It's not impossible." If there is no problem with the girls and mothers-in-law in the Huansha Pavilion, there is no one walking around during this time, but I am afraid that the people behind this are making such calculations. ”

Jia Qian looked at the two elders above, her lips moved, but she didn't speak.

It was You Shi, who heard this, and said: "Old lady, master, I just heard that Miss Bao has just gone back, maybe Miss Bao has seen something." After all, after what happened just now, the footprints around these four sides are also messed up, and no one can tell whether there are any other people passing here during the time when the two nieces and nephews returned to the Huansha Pavilion to the time when the second sister came over, and we can't rule out this possibility. ”

Jia Mu said: "In this way, I will know." I'll do that. ”

Jia Mu said so, what else can Jia Jiu do?

If the matter is really related to Jia Zheng, then Jia's mother is determined to protect her son, then Jia Jiu is helpless.

Jia Jiu didn't want to continue to dwell on this matter, and even said: "Old lady, about the gifts Qing'er received these days, my granddaughter has also seen the gift list sent by those people. The people who gave the gifts were inextricably linked to Confucianism and the Yan family, and they were either famous Confucians in Gyeonggi or officials in Gyeongshi. These people gave gifts, not only for their granddaughters, but also for their sisters. The granddaughter wants to ask the old lady, what should I do with this gift? ”

Jia Mu was startled and said, "Most of them are officials? ”

"Yes."

Jia Mu said: "In this way, you go to the warehouse to pick and choose, and try to choose the one with similar value." I just can't find the right one, it's okay to be more expensive than the gift I sent, in short, no matter what, we must not lose face in our family. ”

It was Jia Jing, who hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Second girl, show me the list." ”

Jia Jiu hurriedly presented a list with both hands, Jia Jing looked at it and was startled: "Second girl, you have dealings with Liang Xiang's family, and even have a good relationship with Liang Xiang's daughter, I don't think it's strange that the Liang family sent gifts, why did even Prime Minister Qi send a generous gift?" What's going on? (To be continued......)