Probably when a person is unlucky, he will hope that others will be as unfortunate as him. This is the root of man's inferiority. In this regard, Shi Xiangyun is no different from ordinary girls.

Every girl in Dream of Red Mansions has his strengths and weaknesses, and Shi Xiangyun is the same. Shi Xiangyun is a cheerful girl, but this does not mean that Xiangyun has no jealousy, at least, seeing that Jia Mu and Jia Jiu attach so much importance to Lin Daiyu, her heart is full of jealousy.

In Shi Xiangyun's eyes, Jia Mu and Jia Jiu are two completely different people, with different preferences, different moods and attitudes towards people, things, and things, and they are completely different in terms of personal aesthetics and tastes.

The two of them rarely agree on these aspects.

For example, Jia's mother prefers Jia Baoyu and is close to Jia Baoyu in everything, but in Jia Jiu's eyes, Jia Baoyu is nothing at all. Shi Xiangyun clearly felt that Jia Jiu had more than once shown respect for Jia Baoyu and stayed away, could not hear it, and even wished that Jia Baoyu had never appeared before, and this attitude was so strong that he did not hide it in front of Jia's mother.

In terms of dress, Jia's mother likes the rich and bright dresses of the juniors below, and Jia Jiu will pay attention to these in the first few years, but in the past two years, her style has changed greatly. Shi Xiangyun can see that unless it is necessary, when this second sister is at home, how comfortable she is, she will not have jewelry on her head when she has nothing to do, and she will not wear red and purple when she has nothing to do. Even if he dresses up in elegance or wealth, he is extremely good-looking. Even Jia Mu said it. Now there are several girls in the family, only this granddaughter responds to the ancient poem in this regard, and it is always appropriate to wear light makeup and heavy makeup.

Not to mention the diet and daily life. Mother Jia likes the opulence in the house. There are always a lot of furnishings, and the diet is also very particular, and the time-consuming dishes like eggplant are even more extraordinary on Jia's mother's menu. As for Jia Jiu, he eats more with the taste of the food itself. The same eggplant and chicken, Jia Jiu doesn't often call it eggplant, but likes to stir-fry fresh chicken with fresh eggplant. Eggplant is here in Jia Jiu, but it is only occasionally used to entertain guests.

Shi Xiangyun has a deep understanding of this. Jia's mother eats, while paying attention to health. It also pays attention to the high price of dishes and the rarity of ingredients; As for Jia Jiu, even Shi Xiangyun knew that in the fourth entrance of Jia Jiu's courtyard, there were many wooden shelves placed there. On the wooden shelves are wooden boxes with fresh vegetables. Whatever Jia Jiu wants to eat, he picks in the kitchen. Not only fresh, but more importantly, save money!

From this point of view, Jia Jiu really doesn't look like Jia's mother's granddaughter, but he Shi Xiangyun is a little more like him.

Shi Xiangyun has never seen Jia Mu reach an agreement with Jia Jiu on someone without consultation and reconciliation, even if this person is Jia Mu's son Jia Yu.

Originally. Jia Yu went to the border, and Jia Jiu was thinking about how to help his father at home every day. At that time. Although Jia's mother did not oppose it openly, she muttered more than once in private that this kind of thing is not something that a girl like Jia Jiu can interfere in.

It can be said that Lin Daiyu is the first person who makes Jia Mu so attentive and Jia Jiu so attentive.

Lin Ruhai is fine, Jia's mother was sure that Lin Daiyu would come to Jia's house, and she began to worry about how he, the grandmother, would take care of this granddaughter after Lin Daiyu came to Jia's house. Jia Jiu is the same, Lin Daiyu is still in Yangzhou, and he doesn't know when he will leave, he has already announced to the world that he has discussed with Jia Yu that he wants to place Lin Daiyu's sisters and brothers in Xiangxue Villa.

In Shi Xiangyun's impression, no one has ever received such courtesy from Jia Mu and Jia Jiu at the same time, and what worries Shi Xiangyun even more is Jia Mu's attitude.

When he saw Jia Baoyu being extremely close to Xue Baochai for the first time, Shi Xiangyun's heart was very uncomfortable. When he learned that Jia Yuanchun made an agreement on behalf of Jia's mother to find the mother and daughter of the Xue family on behalf of Jia Baoyu's marriage, he made him regard Xue Baochai as his biggest enemy in this life. This kind of hostility still did not subside after Shi Xiangyun figured out Xue Baochai's identity and status, and even when Xue Baochai obviously made concessions, when he learned that this marriage contract was just a verbal agreement, Shi Xiangyun still never gave Xue Baochai any good face, until someone told him all kinds of inside affairs, until he saw exactly that Xue Baochai's identity did not match Jia Baoyu, and until he knew that there were faint people outside who proclaimed that he was an intolerable person, he restrained a little.

Even now, Shi Xiangyun will occasionally stab Xue Baochai a few times, and the reason is only because of habit.

But Lin Daiyu is different.

At least Xue Baochai has never entered the hearts of Jia's mother and Jia Jiu, Jia's mother has always only had face for Xue Baochai, Xue Baochai is to Jia's mother, and she is just a girl from the guest's family from beginning to end, and the sentence is still to pick up their guests of the Jia family. As for Jia Jiu, in the past few years, Shi Xiangyun's precaution against Xue Baochai is still fresh in Shi Xiangyun's memory, and Jia Jiu's attitude is only a little better in the past two years. But if you have to say close, then there is no such thing at all.

But Lin Daiyu is different. Shi Xiangyun could see that before Lin Daiyu set off from Yangzhou, Jia's mother began to talk about it once a day, even when Jia Baoyu was by his side, which made Jia Baoyu also curious about Lin Daiyu, and she must accompany Jia's mother twice a day.

Shi Xiangyun could feel that as soon as Lin Daiyu came, he was afraid that only Jia Baoyu could be equal to him in front of Jia's mother, and the rest of the people were afraid that they would have to lag behind.

As for Jia Jiu, all along, except for Jia Qian and Jia Qing's sisters, Shi Xiangyun has never seen him close to anyone else. It seems that since he began to practice Daomen swordsmanship, his feelings have also been sealed, except for his parents and family, everyone else is just Erer.

In Shi Xiangyun's opinion, if it weren't for Jia Lian and this family who needed him, I was afraid that this second sister would really become a monk.

So Shi Xiangyun was jealous, he was jealous of Lin Daiyu's status in Jia's mother's heart, and he was also jealous of Lin Daiyu's status in Jia Jiu's heart. This kind of jealousy, when he knew that Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters also had a good impression of Lin Daiyu, when he found that Jia Baoyu began to talk about Lin Daiyu in front of him. completely turned into jealousy towards Lin Daiyu.

Shi Xiangyun felt that his status in Jia's mother's heart, his status in Jia Baoyu's heart, and his status in Jia's family were all snatched away by Lin Daiyu. Especially once again he clearly recognized. He Shi Xiangyun didn't have much money and was almost a poor bastard, while Lin Daiyu would bring a large amount of money and his own brother to Jia's house, he said to himself that he had the qualifications to hate Lin Daiyu.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Shi Xiangyun was not so disgusted with Xue Baochai, and even when Xue Baochai personally sent him the materials and various objects that Hexiang needed. He even gave Xue Baochai a sincere smile for the first time.

"It's hard for Sister Wei Bao to be careful, and she specially prepared these things. I didn't know that Hexiang still needed this kind of stone bowl, a small stove of clay, and knives of these qualities. Oh! Sister Bao even had the Silver Frost Charcoal ready. ”

Xue Baochai keenly felt that Shi Xiangyun's attitude towards him was not as good as before, and his heart couldn't help but move. His face was impassive: "It's just an ordinary small object." It's just that I thought that Sister Yun came to this mansion as a guest, and the things around her were not easy to do. These things are just ordinary objects in our shop, and they are nothing. It's just that it's time for spring flowers to bloom soon, and I'm going to look for silver frost charcoal or something. It's also troublesome. I will call it myself. So I prepared a few more copies below. ”

is so modest on the lips, and his face is not necessarily colorful, which makes Shi Xiangyun's evaluation of Xue Baochai a little higher.

What's more, at this moment, Shi Xiangyun's attention was on other things, and he didn't notice Xue Baochai's unconscious showing off.

Shi Xiangyun glanced at Cui Wei, and the girl immediately stepped forward and stopped Ying'er's hand. Said: "The last time I saw the pattern on your handkerchief, I thought it was very good. I'm trying to talk to you. Let's go over there. ”

Ying'er looked at Xue Baochai, and saw Xue Baochai making a vague look at herself, so she said, "I also want to ask you about Luozi." The two walked out hand in hand and side by side.

When Emerald went out, she took the rest of the house with her.

When there were only two people left in the room, he and Xue Baochai were left, and Shi Xiangyun pulled Xue Baochai to sit under the window, and said, "Sister Bao, I have been saying this in my heart for two years. I heard that when my eldest sister was at home, I mentioned you and my brother. Is there such a thing? ”

When Xue Baochai heard this, he immediately nodded: "There is indeed such a thing." ”

Shi Xiangyun replied: "But why don't you go to the government to make a marriage certificate?" ”

Xue Baochai said: "At that time, Baoyu herself was also full of disasters, and my mother was afraid that I would suffer, so I ......."

Shi Xiangyun simply interrupted Xue Baochai's words neatly and said, "Then do you know that the old lady intends to put Sister Lin and her brother together." ”

Xue Baochai had already known this in his heart.

He didn't like Jia Baoyu very much, but now that someone is robbing him, he is uncomfortable after all.

Xue Baochai endured the discomfort in his heart, his face was a little hesitant and embarrassed, and said, "The old lady shouldn't do such a thing, right?" ”

Shi Xiangyun snorted and said, "I have been in front of the old lady for so many years, and I can also feel the old lady's thoughts. The old lady naturally has nothing to say about her love for her brother. Brother Ai is the second son of the second master, unless the old lady gives her private house to Brother Ai, otherwise, Brother Ai will not get much family business. Sister Lin's family is already a big family, and I heard that the dowry of the fourth aunt in this house was not expensive, and he was the eldest daughter of the Lin family, so the Lin family had to prepare another dowry for him. In this way, Sister Lin's dowry alone is comparable to the property obtained by the second master when he went out to separate the family. People like us can't compare to a famous daughter like him. ”

The sour taste in those words, Xue Baochai can feel it without his nose.

As a businessman, Xue Baochai is naturally sensitive to money. He knew very well that if he married well, if he could bring benefits to the family, Aunt Xue would naturally not wronged him in the dowry, and his brother Xue Pan also felt very sorry for his sister, so he would naturally prepare a dowry. However, each family has its own rules, even if Xue Baochai holds the actual power of the Xue family, even if Aunt Xue and Xue Pan are all kinds of favors for Xue Baochai, where are the rules of the Xue family, Xue Baochai's dowry is only 100,000 yuan, which is on par with Jia Min.

Even Xue Baochai himself knows very well that with his own identity. In the future, the status of the in-laws will not be very high, and the dowry for themselves will not be very much, and their dowry is generally only 50,000. can't be compared with Jia Min at all, let alone with Lin Daiyu.

has such a rich dowry and status, although she can't participate in the draft and can't have the dignity to marry, Lin Daiyu also has more choices than them in marriage.

Even Xue Baochai himself admitted that if he was Jia's mother, he would also choose Lin Daiyu for his favorite grandson.

Think of it this way. Xue Baochai knew Shi Xiangyun's purpose for looking for him. Shi Xiangyun's thoughts about Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai is very clear, and now Lin Daiyu is also coming. Xue Baochai's heart became more and more meaningful.

Shi Xiangyun saw that Xue Baochai didn't talk, so he couldn't help but push Xue Baochai and said, "Sister Bao, you squeak!" If the old lady repents of marriage. What can you do? ”

Xue Baochai pretended to be strong and smiled slightly. Shaking his head, he said, "Sister Yun, you don't have to say this kind of thing again." First, there is no marriage certificate, and second, there is no decision, what kind of marriage contract is it. The aunt is now in the Buddhist hall, and the second master is a careless person, and Baoyu's marriage is all in the hands of the old lady. What's more, it turned out that the eldest sister talked about it with our family. If the old lady shakes her head and says she doesn't know about it, what should we do? ”

Shi Xiangyun said angrily: "Sister Bao." Can you bear such grievances? ”

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "Sister Yun, I also know that you are kind. How can our family be low, and it is still different from my sister, not to mention Sister Lin's family. So, two years earlier, I gave up. Now, I have only one hope, and that is to keep our family going. If you can get the qualification of the imperial merchant again, it will be great, if not, find a good daughter-in-law for my brother, and hand over the matter to my sister-in-law, and it will not be in vain for our family to treat me. ”

I have to say that Xue Baochai is a very good talker, and his expression is also very infectious, at least at this moment, Shi Xiangyun forgot about his rejection of Xue Baochai in the past, and only sympathy for Xue Baochai was left in his heart.

Shi Xiangyun said: "I thought that Sister Bao had a mother and an elder brother, which was better than me, who had no father and no mother, and was under the fence, but it turned out that Sister Bao also had so many grievances. Even in his own life's events, he has to suffer from this kind of wretchedness. ”

Xue Baochai hurriedly pulled Shi Xiangyun and said, "Sister whispered." As he spoke, he turned his ear to the side and listened carefully, but there was no one outside the window, and only the sound of communication between the green wisps and Ying'er outside could be heard around, so he turned around and said, "Sister Yun, I also know that you are kind, but this kind of thing, our daughter's family can't do it." The god sent the ghost to add another sentence: "Although the old lady is full of thoughts about kissing and kissing, Sister Lin herself may not be willing." ”

Shi Xiangyun's eyes widened and said, "How is it possible?" It's so good to love my brother. ”

Xue Baochai replied: "My sister must have heard that the Lin family is not good, but Lord Lin is now taking care of the orphans." In other words, if Sister Lin comes, she must be filial piety, and he still has to take care of his younger brother, where does he have so much time to play? It's Brother Bao, if there are sisters and sisters in the family, he will definitely try his best to come forward and care. Sister Lin is a guest, how to turn Brother Bao away, if he does this, he must be said to be mean and petty, and he actually gives Brother Bao a look. But if he treats Brother Bao with courtesy, Brother Bao is a lively person, I am afraid that when the time comes, someone will scold Sister Lin for having no rules and valuing filial piety, and I don't know how sad it will be. ”

Shi Xiangyun listened and nodded.

Jia Jiu didn't say it, those girls in Jia's mother's yard, the eight above were fine, and the second- and third-class girls below were not very good. Not to mention anything else, even Jia Yu, a serious lord, they dare to arrange it, not to mention Lin Daiyu, whose parents died and lived in Jia's family.

It's just that thinking of Jia's mother's attitude, thinking of Jia Jiu's diligence, and thinking of Jia Baoyu's reaction, even if there was still some sympathy for Lin Daiyu's situation, under the effect of jealousy, there was not much left.

I only heard Shi Xiangyun say: "I don't agree with Sister Bao's words. As a child, it is the rule to be filial to your parents. If he doesn't do well, it's his fault. Receiving people and treating things is a lesson that everyone should learn, if he doesn't do it well, it is because his Lin family tutor can't do it. If these others are seven points wrong, he himself is three points wrong! Who's to blame! Sister Bao is too kind-hearted to excuse him. ”

Xue Baochai didn't expect Shi Xiangyun to react so violently and say such a paragraph.

However, he can't say that Shi Xiangyun is wrong.

If Lin Daiyu was ruined, if Lin Daiyu did her best to improve her reputation, it was indeed because their Lin family couldn't raise their family, and they couldn't blame others.

Xue Baochai also knew that it was not suitable to speak for Lin Daiyu at this moment, which would only provoke Shi Xiangyun to be more dissatisfied.

He had no choice but to say: "Anyway, Sister Lin is also the granddaughter of the old lady's in-laws, and she was personally picked up by the Hou Ye who went south." This dignity alone is also the first in this house. Thinking about it, the second sister will also do her best for Sister Lin. ”

Shi Xiangyun's anger in his heart did not subside, and he was even more unhappy when he heard this, and said: "Sister Bao, you have always been magnanimous, even if I am angry with you, you will not care about me, a child without a father and mother, most of the time. You also know mine, although I say that I have a family, but my parents are gone, and I don't have any brothers, so I only live with my uncles and aunts. Even if I have a family business at home, I'm just a civilian girl. Where can I compare to that Sister Ling, even if I don't have my parents, others have arranged a good path for him, and I have more brothers and sisters to support him, as well as a large family business. Even the second sister, who has always been lazy and doesn't play with us, also attaches so much importance to him. Compared to that eunuch lady, what are we worth? ”

Xue Baochai muttered: "Sister Yun, you are also the daughter of the Prince's Mansion!" ”

Shi Xiangyun remembered what Cui Wei told him, and became more and more uncomfortable: "What kind of lady am I?" ”

Xue Baochai blurted out: "Sister Yun is difficult, it's just that the past two years have been difficult, and the future will always be good." ”

Shi Xiangyunqi said: "Sister Bao, what did you say?" ”

Xue Baochai saw that Shi Xiangyun didn't understand, so he had to tell him in detail: "Sister Yun is still young, and there are some things, I'm afraid I don't know." Although it is said that Lingzun Lingtang has left, Lingtang's dowry should still be there, just like the dowry of the aunt in this mansion must be given to Sister Lin in the future, Lingtang's dowry will naturally belong to her sister. There is also Ling Zun, no matter how you say it, Ling Zun is also the elder brother of the two marquis of the Shi family, and the ancestral property of the Shi family was also passed on to the current Baoling Hou through Ling Zun. Moreover, my sister's grandparents must have private property and private houses, and Ling Zun, as the eldest son, naturally has a share. And these properties, naturally, are also sister's. My sister looks hard now, but the future is always good. ”

Shi Xiangyun originally thought that he only had his mother's dowry, but he didn't expect that there would be such a piece of furniture, so he was naturally interested.

"And this? I didn't think about it. ”

Xue Baochai nodded and said, "The eldest son and eldest grandson are different, otherwise, why do you think the second master is so jealous of the Hou Ye?" Even if the old lady is such a shrewd and capable person, she thinks that the second master has been wronged and suffered?! It's not because of the eldest succession system. Traditionally, as the eldest son, he has a limited right to inherit his parents' property. Let's take the old lady as an example, if there was no announcement that Hou Ye would give up the old lady's property inheritance, after the old lady was a hundred years old, according to the rules, Hou Ye could take half of it, as the eldest grandson of the long house, the second brother Lian and the second master shared the remaining half. This is the system of succession. That is, because Hou Ye said at the beginning, he didn't want the old lady's dowry private, and as Hou Ye's son, he couldn't disobey his father's decision, so the old lady was able to leave her things to the second master. Otherwise, it is; The old lady has a heart, and she can only make up for it in private. This is the law of the land. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "Is there anything else?" I don't know. Sister Bao, you have always been well-read and knowledgeable, please tell me about it quickly, lest I suffer a loss in the future. ”

Of course, Xue Baochai will not refuse.

He knew very well that currying favor with Shi Xiangyun was equivalent to indirectly currying favor with Jia's mother. If he can have a good relationship with Shi Xiangyun, Jia Mu will naturally treat him better.

As for Shi Xiangyun, the more he listened, the more angry he became, he could hardly control his feelings, but he was more and more dissatisfied with his uncle and aunt. (To be continued......)