Jia Baoyu held back a smile in his heart, and he found that this kind of "perverted" pleasure of talking to others by relying on the advantage of predicting the plot was a kind of "perverted".

"Is there something wrong with me, why is my sister looking at me like this?" Jia Baoyu touched his chin and said with a smile.

"No, no, it's me who got distracted. Xiangling's name is good, better than the previous one. ”

Baochai naturally didn't know Jia Baoyu's weird thoughts. Although Jia Baoyu kept laughing, she just felt that Jia Baoyu was born to laugh.

The attacker said: "It's windy at this door, why don't you go into the house and have a cup of hot tea?" ”

"No, I'll go see my mother and aunt."

Bao Chai was about to leave after speaking, and then turned back and said, "Brother Bao, when it is time for dinner, you remember to say more good things to your aunt, she loves you so much." ”

Jia Baoyu nodded: "Sister, don't worry, I understand." ”

After Baochai left, Jia Baoyu set his eyes on Xiangling.

Speaking of which, things happened one after another today, but I haven't had time to talk to her yet.

Xiangling was no longer wearing the cotton clothes she wore in the morning, but changed into a colorful shirt, presumably attacking or flattering clothes.

Originally, she was frightened several times today, and just now Zhou Rui and others couldn't help but say that they wanted to drive her out, which must have scared her a lot. At this moment, she was stunned, there were tear stains on her face, and her two eye sockets were also red and swollen, which reduced a lot of points for her appearance.

Jia Baoyu didn't know how to comfort her, so she said to the attacker: "You take her to take a bath, then let her have a good rest, and let her come to my house tomorrow morning." ”

After saying that, Jia Baoyu wanted to go back to the house. But seeing Xiangling suddenly run to him, he knelt down suddenly, and then pulled his trouser leg and said: "Please, second master, don't drive me out, just let me be here, I will be a cow and a horse, and serve the second master for a lifetime!" I beg the second master to leave me ......"

Tears fell, and the sadness was touching.

For Xiangling, today is like a nightmare.

First, the "father" who often beat and scolded her was arrested, and then the son who took him home was seriously injured in the middle of the road, and he was also arrested by a group of vicious people.

Later, I heard that the boy was dead...... A good person, who is also such a big and rare person who is good to himself, how can he die?

Xiangling couldn't figure it out, but she was even more afraid, afraid that she would die too!

Later, she was thrown into a large courtyard, where there were two older sisters, who were very kind to her, gave her good food, changed into nice clothes, and said a lot of words to comfort her. She finally felt a little relieved.

Who knew that it didn't take long for another group of five big and three rough mothers-in-law to rush in, and they couldn't help but say that they were going to pull her out.

She wasn't stupid, she knew these people were trying to get her away.

Daddy is gone, and the son who said he would take care of himself for the rest of his life is also dead, and if they kick her out, she doesn't know where she should go......

She kept crying, crying all the time. But she has been used to crying all these years, and she knows that crying is useless, so when she understands that the son in front of her can leave her behind, she finally took the initiative to beg driven by fear.

"You get up first." Jia Baoyu bent down to help her up. She was soft, thin, and light.

The two attackers also came over to persuade her, and only then did they hold her up. It's just that his eyes are still looking at Jia Baoyu timidly, as if he is waiting for his promise.

Jia Baoyu said gently: "Don't worry, I won't drive you out." You can live here with peace of mind, no one will bully you in the future, and no one will dare to kick you out. ”

......

Ten days later, the twelve stars opened, said auspicious, and it was suitable for travel.

Mrs. Wang went south to Jinling this time to save Jia Baoyu. After Jia Baoyu recovered from her illness, if it weren't for the sisterhood with Aunt Xue, and later to wait for the Xue family to enter Beijing together, she would have set off to return to Beijing a long time ago.

Aunt Xue knew that Mrs. Wang was in a hurry to return to Beijing, and she was afraid that Xue Pan's lawsuit would go wrong, so she just wanted to leave Jinling as soon as possible. Therefore, without much delay, but after a few days' work, the affairs outside the home were clearly arranged, and the things and belongings that should be brought were packed and loaded into the carriage, and then an auspicious day of the zodiac was chosen, and the ship sailed north.

……

The vast Grand Canal, vast and magnificent, has been the most important hub of north-south transportation since the Sui Dynasty.

In front of a wing room on the second floor of the passenger ship, Jia Baoyu gently knocked on the door.

The door was opened by a petite maid wearing a yellow skirt. Golden warbler, Baochai called her Ying'er.

Ying'er was about to greet her, but Jia Baoyu made a boo gesture to her, and then walked in.

On the edge of the wooden window, Baochai was holding a book in his hand, but he had already looked out the window at the waves formed by the hull of the boat and was distracted, and he didn't pay attention to Jia Baoyu's entry into the door.

She is wearing a white printed cardigan, delicate and bright, just sitting quietly can also become a fascinating scenery.

At this moment, Jia Baoyu suddenly wanted to step forward and cover her eyes from behind, asking her to guess who he was......

"What is Sister Bao thinking, so engrossed?"

Baochai turned around and saw that it was Jia Baoyu coming over, and then showed a smile and said, "It's nothing, just take a look." ”

While beckoning Jia Baoyu to sit down.

Jia Baoyu sat on a round stool next to Baochai, raised his head slightly, and saw a face of Su Jing Duanyi.

In my previous life, when I read the Red Mansion, I had two particularly deep memories of Baochai's appearance:

His face is like a silver basin, and his eyes are like apricots.

Some people say that Baochai has a big face......

In fact, in Jia Baoyu's opinion at this time, this is definitely unrealistic ridicule.

Although Baochai's face is not said to be a small jasper face, it has nothing to do with "big" and "round".

Jia Baoyu has seen small faces, such as Xiangling and Meiren, both of whom belong to small faces, among which Xiangling is thin and does not have much meat on her lower cheeks, and she shows a "melon seed type".

Although such a face shape is a small jasper, it looks well-behaved and cute, but it is obviously impossible to match the temperament of Baochai.

Baochai's face is the face shape of a traditional beauty, and if you insist on making a comparison, it is a goose-egg face.

The lines are sleek, slightly slim, plump and white.

This is the face of a classical oriental beauty.

Therefore, the so-called silver basin refers to the smooth and complete face of Baochai, like the silver moon in the sky, cold and shining.

After more than ten days of getting along, Baochai and Jia Baoyu are also familiar with each other, and they are kissing cousins and brothers, even if Jia Baoyu looks at her like this, it is not rude. However, Baochai still felt a little at a loss, so he reopened the book in his hand and let Jia Baoyu read it.

I just read two lines, and I don't know if I have seen it, so I heard Jia Baoyu ask: "Does my sister really want to enter the palace?" ”

Baochai looked up in surprise, for her daughter's family, Jia Baoyu's question was really abrupt.

But she still replied: "I don't know, this is just a regulation, people like ours, when the daughters of the family reach the age, they all have to submit their names to the Ministry of Rites for selection."

My mother just gave my name according to the ritual. But I think there are so many good girls in the world, and most of them like me can't be chosen, so why not enter the palace. ”

Hehe. Jia Baoyu rolled her eyes in her heart, are you like this? What are you? If the daughters in the world are all like you, then the man will be happy.

As for regulation...... The rules are set like this, but if you don't want to, the women in the world who want to enter the palace will go to the sea, can't the royal family force it? Well, in my memory, it seems that the Qing Dynasty is like this, but it seems to be limited to the Manchurian aristocracy.

"Does Sister Bao want to enter the palace? My eldest sister has entered the palace, and now it has been seven or eight years, and I haven't had a chance to see her again, in fact, there is nothing good about entering the palace......"

Faced with Jia Baoyu's question, Baochai just smiled and did not respond. If it weren't for Jia Baoyu being his cousin, she would have had a good sense of him, and she wouldn't have been able to say it to him before.

didn't get a response, Jia Baoyu didn't care, in fact, according to his judgment, Baochai should be more willing to enter the palace.

Men can still study and become officials, while women, if they want to change their status, can only wait to get married. In addition, entering the palace is a possible road to the zenith.

Because in the palace, there are a group of the most noble people in the world.

As long as she is not a woman who is willing to be plain, it is normal to have a trace of yearning there.

Understanding is understanding, but when this judgment is really made, Jia Baoyu still has a trace of loss in his heart. After all, according to the original book, Baochai is the one who wants to become his wife in the end, but now she wants to enter the palace as a "nobleman......

"Second Master Bao drinks tea." Ying'er made a cup of tea and brought it over. Jia Baoyu took it and took a sip.

The days on the boat were boring, and he was tired of reading in the house, so he went to Baochai to talk to her.

"I heard that this piece of jade on your body is rare, maybe show me today?"

Jia Baoyu stopped talking, sitting together was boring, Baochai wanted to find something to talk about, but he looked up and saw Jia Baoyu wearing a collar on his chest and something underneath, but unfortunately he hid it in his arms and couldn't see it. She knew that it was the piece of jade that her mother used to talk about, and she was curious, so she said so.

Jia Baoyu casually reached into his arms and untied the piece of jade, but instead of handing it to Baochai, he smiled and said: "Etiquette is still exchanged, it is inevitable for my sister to see my jade, but I heard that my sister also has a piece of Yingluo that is very strange, why don't you show me?" ”

Baochai listened, and secretly blamed Xue Panzui for not opening the door, how could he tell Jia Baoyu such a private matter.

Seeing Jia Baoyu looking at himself with a smile, he was obviously sure that there was such a thing, and it was not easy to shirk it, so he only said: "There is a thing, but there is nothing peculiar, you have to see nature to show you." After saying that, he turned sideways, unbuttoned the two breasts of the placket, and took out a gold lock attached to the jacket inside.

Although Baochai turned sideways, but at a glance, Jia Baoyu still saw a touch of snow white.

It was the place where Baochai's pale yellow coat was not covered, and it was not seen at all on weekdays, a place under the collarbone of the beauty.

"Give." Baochai didn't notice Jia Baoyu's peeping, and handed over the golden lock.

Jia Baoyu also hurriedly put his jade into Baochai's hands.

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