After passing through the hall, he came to the dining room of the Xue family's main hall.

It was a spacious hall surrounded by tall red-painted pillars, with a large round table in the middle, surrounded by rows of maids and maids.

At this time, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Xue Baochai were all seated. However, seeing Jia Baoyu and Xue Pan coming in, Xue Baochai stood up and signaled.

Aunt Xue greeted again and again: "Pan'er, let your brother Bao sit down." ”

Xue Pan naturally pulled Jia Baoyu into the seat. Maybe it was because he knew that Jia Baoyu had rich resources in his hands, and he would need to rely on him in the future, so he was too polite to Jia Baoyu than when he first met, and pulled his stool to sit next to Jia Baoyu, obviously wanting to greet him.

The maid next to her brought a basin of water. Xue Pan originally picked up the chopsticks, but when he saw this, he looked up at Aunt Xue above, and when he saw the other party staring at him, he put it down a little impatiently, reached out and put it into the basin, but only casually snorted it twice.

The maid also knew the temper of her young master, so she didn't stay long and retreated, and another maid came up with a neatly folded dry handkerchief.

Xue Pan just grabbed it, wiped it, and threw it back.

Jia Baoyu also came up with two maids, although he felt that it was too extravagant to spend manpower and material resources, but he followed the customs of the locals, and he didn't want to be rude at this time, so he cleaned his hands very regularly, and naturally thanked the two maids.

The two maids were stunned for a moment, but they didn't make any extra moves, just glanced at Jia Baoyu and bowed back.

When Aunt Xue above saw this, she couldn't bear to look at it directly. Looking at her own son, and then looking at her sister's son, she has a sense of self-shame.

Even Xue Baochai glanced at Jia Baoyu more.

Mrs. Wang was not surprised, her Baoyu was originally polite and sensible. Especially in front of the maids......

Xue Pan didn't realize that he had embarrassed his mother, and when he saw his mother greeting his aunt, he dutifully greeted the little cousin next to him.

"Good brother, try this."

"Good brother, try this again."

After a while, Jia Baoyu's bowl was full of dishes brought by Xue Pan.

Although they are all delicacies, they are all meat without exception, and it is estimated that they are all eaten by this little fat man himself.

Jia Baoyu was not used to his enthusiasm, and said with a sincere face: "Thank you Brother Xue, I'll just come by myself......"

Xue Pan saw that Jia Baoyu's bowl couldn't fit it, so he let him go and began to pull it into his bowl one by one.

Aunt Xue was also going to pick up vegetables for Jia Baoyu, but seeing Xue Pan like this, she finally felt that her son had done something right. I was afraid that he would just start like this, so he instructed again: "Pan'er, don't just eat for yourself, take care of your brother Bao, he is younger than you, and many dishes can't be reached." ”

Xue Pan responded indiscriminately, and she asked her daughter to add wine to Mrs. Wang and Jia Baoyu.

Baochai picked up the wine jug, first walked to Mrs. Wang and poured wine, then next to Jia Baoyu, bent down to pour a glass, and said, "Brother Bao, although you can't eat too much wine." But when they arrived at our house, they tasted it. ”

The voice is gentle and clear, calm and generous, giving people the feeling of a spring breeze.

"Thank you, sister."

Because of the proximity, between Baochai's gestures, Jia Baoyu could still smell a very faint fragrance. Jia Baoyu felt that her mood suddenly became very peaceful and comfortable......

At a sumptuous dinner, Jia Baoyu's stomach bulged slightly.

It's not that the dishes on the table are delicious, on the contrary, most of the dishes of the Xue family are very light, and the taste is still worse than the strange delicacies of later generations.

However, the fragrance of natural ingredients that reveal a very pure nature in the lightness, as well as the visual sense of the tableware and dishes on the table with a classical Chinese charm, all aroused his appetite very much. Coupled with the warm greetings of Aunt Xue's mother and son, Jia Baoyu opened her stomach a little.

After dinner, they sat in the side hall, and Aunt Xue, mother and daughter, sent Mrs. Wang and Jia Baoyu to the upper room that had already been cleaned up to rest.

Then Aunt Xue stayed in Mrs. Wang's room, and the two sisters talked, asking Baochai to send Jia Baoyu to his room.

"Brother Bao, this way."

Baochai led the two maids, leading the way, turning back from time to time, greeting with a smile, as if he was afraid that Jia Baoyu would have a sense of strangeness.

With the faint light under the eaves, Jia Baoyu once again estimated Baochai's appearance, and had to sigh that the creator is really amazing, and he can portray a person's appearance so pleasing to the eye. Baochai is already like this, and I don't know what kind of situation is it for Sister Lin, who is the first of the twelve hairpins, who is graceful and beautiful, and whose appearance should be better than Baochai......

Came to a red-painted door. Xue Baochai smiled and said, "Brother Bao, this is the house that my mother cleaned up for you, you can take a look first and like it." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and gently pushed, and with the sound of the door shaft turning, the door opened.

The candles were bright inside, and a little maid was already waiting in it, and when she saw everyone coming in, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Baochai said: "Her name is Xi'er, although you bring people with you, but my mother is afraid that there are still some places that are not very cheap, so she asked her to come and listen to the call."

If you need anything or don't like it, just send her back and forth. Don't try to save trouble, afraid of trouble, that's really an outsider. ”

Jia Baoyu glanced at the room, the whole body was antique and very bright.

On the surrounding walls, there are simply some literati calligraphy and paintings. On the high table in the west corner, there is a copper-colored incense burner, and two thin chimneys are rising.

In the middle is a small round table with tea trays, cups and saucers.

On the left is a tall wooden screen that divides the room into two halves, and although the other half is not visible, it is estimated that the inside is a real couch.

Jia Baoyu was pleased with such an elegant and atmospheric room, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face, and said, "Thank you, Sister Bao, it's very good here." ”

"In that case, then you should rest early, and I will go first."

Baochai nodded after speaking, and was about to leave with his maid.

Jia Baoyu hurriedly stopped her: "Sister, slow down." ”

Baochai stopped again.

Jia Baoyu said: "I don't know if my sister has a book?" It's still early, and I want to ask my sister for two books to see. ”

Baochai was slightly surprised, although it was the first time she saw Jia Baoyu today, her mother and Mrs. Wang often exchanged letters, and her family was a merchant family, and the news was extensive, so she had heard some rumors about Jia Baoyu before.

This cousin was born in a Chinese government and has a noble status. Because he was born with a vision (born with a jade) and won the favor of the ancestors of the family, that is, the old duchess, he regarded him as a treasure since he was a child. So much so that my aunt and uncle didn't dare to control it.

With such a background and circumstances, he is young and young, so he is naturally arrogant. That's it, the children of the prince's mansion are mostly like this.

It's just that......

I smell that he doesn't like to read, why is he in a hurry to read books?

There were doubts in his heart, Baochai didn't show it on his face, and only smiled: "Although I don't read much, I have two books, but I don't know if there are any Bao brothers like to watch." After a pause, he said, "Brother Bao wants to read any books, I'll go back and find out." If not, I will have them go to my brother's study, and he will have a lot of books. ”

"I don't have to stick to any books, but it's good to have historical biographies and stuff." Jia Baoyu remembered that he had told Xue Pan in the afternoon that he didn't like to read, and this time he would go to him to get it, and he would inevitably have to entangle and ask again tomorrow, so he added: "It's just a casual talk, if my sister doesn't have it, it's just fine." ”

Baochai responded, glanced at the two maids beside Jia Baoyu, and left with a smile.

"Second master, don't you usually hate reading those books, why did you ask Miss Biao to find you those books to read today?"

Behind Jia Baoyu, one of the maids came and asked, but it was not flattering.

Jia Baoyu turned his head and looked at the maid who was talking. She is similar in age to Baochai, wearing a silver-red jacket and a green satin vest, with a delicate face and a slender figure.

It is estimated that it is because she is younger than the charming person, and she looks more delicate.

She is the attacker, the number one girl by her side.

"You don't know, our second master was sick, not only did he forget the past, but his temperament also changed. Maybe, from now on, the second master will also become diligent and studious, and he will come back with a top prize in the exam. ”

Jia Baoyu hadn't spoken yet, but the charming person smiled first.

The attacker was stunned, but also smiled, and said, "If that's the case, then it's fine, the lord and the wife don't know how happy." ”

After laughing like this for a while, several people entered the inner room together.

The inner room is really more spacious, on the right is a blue gauze cupboard, separated by a wooden silk screen, covered with tulle, and it is faintly visible that there are two small beds inside, which is estimated to be where the maid sleeps. Walking through the blue gauze cupboard, in the middle of the position, there is a pear blossom wood carved step-up shaker, surrounded by a pink curtain, covered with a cyan gauze tent. The tables, chairs, cabinets and other furnishings in the room are all half-new, dusty, and obviously carefully cleaned and arranged before.

The attacker beckoned Xi'er to fetch water. The charming man said, "You have just been injured, so let me go with her." ”

The attacker was fine, and he still went with Xi'er. Mei Ren stood in the house and stamped her feet and muttered: "At this time, I can do it, but I want to look like we are not as good as her, we are all lazy." ”

When she looked up and saw Jia Baoyu looking at her and smiling, she felt very embarrassed, so she hurriedly said, "Second master, I'll help you comb your hair." ”

The ancients had long hair for both men and women, and Jia Baoyu was naturally no exception, and his hairstyle was very complicated.

Sitting in front of the mirror, Meiren gently plucked the long hairpin of gilt hair on the top of his head, waited for his hair to fall apart, and then slowly untied the lock of small braids, and finally straightened it with the grate.

"Hey, flattering, this bag of dirty clothes doesn't seem to belong to the second master, who brought it in?"

After returning from the attack, Jia Baoyu's hair was not combed, so she went to tidy up Jia Baoyu's clothes that she had changed before.

From the capital to Jinling, walked for more than half a month, if it is not convenient to wash clothes on the road, then wrap the clothes that have been changed in packages, and then take them out to wash and dry when it is convenient.

At this time, she found a bag of clothes still stained with mud, although they were also luxurious, but they were not Jia Baoyu's when they looked closely, so she asked the flattering people. In the morning, the carriage was out of control, and she also fell, and today it was all Mei people serving Jia Baoyu.

Meiren glanced at it and said, "Didn't the second master wear that bag before?" They sent it in, did they send it by mistake? ”

The attacker didn't speak, rummaged through it again, and suddenly said, "The clothes that the second master wore before are not here." ”

She is the "internal manager" next to Jia Baoyu, and she often liquidates everything about Jia Baoyu, and soon found that Jia Baoyu's clothes are missing a whole set.

Mei Ren smiled: "That's it, the carriage is out of control in the morning, everyone is panicked, there are many people in the Phantom Spirit Temple, presumably they are careless and take other people's clothes by mistake." ”

After hearing this, he also felt that it could only be like this, scolded Mingyan a few words, and said: "The temple is full of people who come to incense from the next place, even if Ming'er specially asks people to find it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find, but Mingyan They must have a big problem for this, it's just a dress, and it's not worth making a big fuss, according to me, you don't have to go back to your wife." ”

Mei Ren smiled: "What you said is, anyway, the second master is not bad at wearing this set of clothes, and according to my opinion, that dress was worn by the second master when he was seriously ill, and it is good to lose it, maybe the second master's illness is also lost like this!" ”

When the attacker heard her say this, he was afraid that he would not dare to ask Jia Baoyu to wear it again, so he no longer hesitated. Then he said, "Then take out this garment and ask the mothers-in-law to wash it, and let them take it home and wear it for their own children." ”

Jia Baoyu naturally can't wear clothes of unknown origin, even if this dress looks like a good material.

The two of them were chattering about clothes, but Jia Baoyu was not interested at all.

It just so happened that the book he asked for was also sent by a maid, and after combing his hair, he couldn't wait to look through it. There were four copies sent by Baochai, and they were brand new books, beautifully bound and wrapped in a pale pink cloth towel.

Jia Baoyu picked out a copy of "Chronicle of the Dynasty", sat on the edge of the bed and opened it to read.

Suddenly feeling a chill under his feet, Jia Baoyu lowered his head. It turned out that the attacker came over with a basin of hot water, squatted in front of the bed, picked up his feet, took off his shoes and socks, and washed his feet with him. The ten slender jade fingers that had not yet fully grown up, with a slightly cold touch, made Jia Baoyu tremble involuntarily.

"Second master, is the water hot?"

"No, the water temperature is just right."