The mandarin duck saw that Jia's mother had found out, so she no longer hid, "It's still the old lady's eyes like a torch, my little ability, in front of the old lady is still far away." ”

Jia Mu nodded with a smile on her face, "Say, what do you think?" ”

The mandarin duck organized the language for a while, and then said: "I see the treasure girl, hiding foolishness and clumsiness, gentle and generous, open-minded and generous, but also not losing the cold on the outside and hot on the inside, the inside and the outside are inconsistent, hypocritical and sophisticated, and scheming. ”

Mother Jia listened to Mandarin Duck's words and nodded, in fact, if Lin Daiyu was not Jia Min's daughter, Mother Jia was also willing to give Xue Baochai to Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu is unmotivated because he is messing around in the back house. In the future, Jia Zheng will go, Jia Baoyu will definitely be separated, with his unsuitable character, how can he live, if he is paired with Xue Baochai, he will be able to live a stable life in the future.

But now that there is Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai will be an eyesore. And she could see that Xue Baochai had put her mind on Jia Ke.

If Jia Ke is just an ordinary official, then there is nothing wrong with Xue Baochai marrying Jia Ke.

But Jia Mu knew in her heart that if she continued to develop as she was now, Jia Ke's past was limitless.

If there really is a day when Jia Ke faces the south and turns his back to the north, then now his wives and concubines are all people in the harem.

So with Xue Baochai's shrewdness and wisdom, there will be chaos in this harem.

After all, the women in the harem, in addition to competing for the emperor's favor, have a greater purpose of fighting for a future for their children.

However, Jia Mu thought about it, if this is the case, it has never been a good thing.

Now Qin Keqing can help Jia Ke and collect her father's old department. But once Jia Ke succeeds, then Qin Keqing will become an obstacle.

Whether it is those generals under Jia Ke's command, or these relatives of the Jia family, they don't want Jia Ke's heirs to be people with the blood of the previous dynasty.

And Jia Ke's other concubines were all born lowly, and they were not qualified to compete with Qin Keqing at all.

If Xue Baochai went in at this time, then he would just be against Qin Keqing.

And with the identity of Xue Baochai, you can hook up the rich Xue family and Wang Ziteng's Wang family, so that the four families can be combined again.

The four major families in Jia's mother's heart, although they are four, can be said to be one, because the four of them have been marrying continuously, and in the past hundred years, each other's bloodlines have almost fused.

After Jia Mu figured it out, she finally showed a smile.

The mandarin duck next to him saw Jia Mu smile again, so he was relieved.

said that Xue Baochai left Jia's mother's room and did not go back to Daguan Garden, but took a detour and went directly to Lixiangyuan.

When she came to Lixiangyuan, she saw her mother, Aunt Xue, who was angry in the house. The little maidens stood by and didn't dare to say anything, pitiful.

As soon as Xue Baochai entered the door, Aunt Xue saw it and immediately got up to greet her, "Baochai, why are you back, isn't there something going on in the garden?" ”

Xue Baochai saw that Aunt Xue actually stood up to greet her, and hurriedly went over to support Aunt Xue, "Where did Mom go?" I'm fine in the garden, but I'll sit with the old lady for a while today, and come back to have a look. ”

Aunt Xue was relieved at this time, took Xue Baochai's hand and returned to the house together, and sat on the kang.

"Mom, how are you doing during this time? Is my brother naughty again? As soon as Xue Baochai entered the door, she saw Aunt Xue's bad face, so she guessed that her brother had caused some trouble.

When Aunt Xue heard this, she immediately sounded what had just happened, "Alas, why do you think I raised such a debt collector?" It's been a few days since I was home. I came back just now, took the money, and went away again. I don't care about the things in our shop. ”

After listening to Aunt Xue's complaints, Xue Baochai was also a little worried, for this brother, Xue Baochai also felt a headache, every day he knew that he spent money sleeping outside and sleeping in the willows, and he didn't do anything serious, and his family's family business would be ruined by him sooner or later.

Xue Baochai finished worrying about her brother, and asked Aunt Xue anxiously: "Mom, what's the matter with our shop?" ”

Aunt Xue sighed and said, "What's the matter?" This year's account book they sent me again, I looked at it, not only did I not make money, but I lost thousands. ”

Xue Baochai is also a shrewd person, where do you not understand what this means. The shopkeepers of these shops have already regarded these shops as their own homes, and not only do they not give the money they earn to the owner, but they also have to ask the owner for a few thousand taels of silver every year.

Xue Baochai also feels a little angry now, but more helplessly, who doesn't have a man in his family who can stand up. If half of his brother's mind is spent on business, the family will not be so worried.

"Mom, did you just give them the money?" Xue Baochai asked with some indignation.

"Give them it, they want to be beautiful, I have already told them, since the shop always loses money, these people will not do it next year, they will come back to me, the shop will be rented out, and there will be an income." Aunt Xue said with some disdain.

After listening to Aunt Xue's words, Xue Baochai finally showed a smile on her face, "Mom, this time I restrained them." What did they say later? ”

"What else can I say, tell me that they will make up for the loss of money this year. He also told me that he would make some money next year no matter what, and he must not lose to us. Aunt Xue said there with a sneer. It seems that he already knows the thoughts of these shopkeepers.

"What do you mean by that mom?"

"There are still a few loyal and honest people in our house, and when the time comes, I will take the family yard and seal all the account books for him, and when the time comes, I will check them one by one, and if there is a problem, I will sell their family to the coal kiln."

Everyone looked at Aunt Xue as if she was very kind, but in fact, she was also shrewd inside. Otherwise, a widow can keep the property left by her husband and not be taken away by the rest of the clan, and this alone has some ability.

What's more, after his husband has died for so many years, she has been able to support it with all her might, so that the Xue family can still be clothed and fed, and this ability is not something that ordinary women can do.

You didn't see that in the dream of Red Mansions, Wang Xifeng took care of such a big Jia family, and he still couldn't make ends meet, and he had no choice but to go to Xue Baochai's pawnshop and become her dowry, so that he could barely maintain it.

With this alone, Aunt Xue is several times better than Wang Xifeng.

After Aunt Xue finished speaking, she looked at Xue Baochai's jade-like face and sighed a little, "It's just that I pity my Baochai, if you weren't born in a family like us, but someone with some statuses, where can you suffer." ”

Aunt Xue also seems to know that Xue Baochai's future marriage will be a little difficult, after all, it is not high or low, so there is really no way.

In addition, Xue Baochai has been living in Rongguo's mansion, although he knows that he has nothing to be courteous, but others don't know about it, and it's not good to say that this matter is good to say.

After listening to Aunt Xue's words, Xue Baochai was also a little worried. In front of her mother, she had no cover-up.

When I came to Jiafu, my family was still looking forward to marrying Jia Baoyu. turned out to be just a step slower, and Lin Daiyu was given to Jia Baoyu.

Now let her end up with no home, and because she lived in the Rongguo Mansion for a while, other powerful families may not marry her.

Do you really want to marry a broken family in the end, and finally cook soup with no hands? and her ambitions, it's like a heaven and an underground.

Xue Baochai couldn't help but shed tears when he thought of this, feeling sad for his future.

Aunt Xue naturally knew Xue Baochai's situation, and seeing Xue Baochai crying, she would also be sad, so the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried.

After Xue Baochai finished crying, he settled down, and thought about his future again, feeling that he couldn't go on like this. Otherwise, she could only find someone to marry in those side branches of the Jia family.

"Mother, what do you think of Jia Ke, the uncle of Jia Mansion?" Xue Baochai's face flushed, and she asked her mother shyly.

Aunt Xue was stunned for a moment, and then was taken aback, "Girl, you can't do stupid things." Although that Jia Ke is a good one and has the ability, after all, he has been married. If you are with him, you will not be good in the future. ”

Xue Baochai didn't think so, as long as she saw her eyes shining, she said with a bright face: "Actually, it's not a good thing to miss Baoyu, although marrying Baoyu is a way out, but Baoyu will definitely not inherit Rongguo Mansion in the future." In the end, it's no different from the side branches in those alleys. ”

After listening to Xue Baochai's words, Aunt Xue also pondered in her heart, if Xue Baochai really got married to Jia Ke, except for a bad reputation, nothing else was imperfect.

"Baochai, you have to think about it, if you make up your mind, you will never regret it." Aunt Xue said with some unease.

Xue Baochai has made up his mind now, look at Jia Ke's current high position, who in this Jia Mansion can compare? Although he himself doesn't want to admit it, he actually has some utilitarian heart in his heart.

Xue Baochai didn't hide it from her mother, Aunt Xue, so she said her inner thoughts, "Mom, although I have a bad reputation after I married Jia Ke, but the others are very beneficial to our family, except that I have no reputation, no matter who I marry in the future, I can't compare to Jia Ke as a concubine." ”

Aunt Xue also nodded when she heard this, "That's what I said, and that's right, but after all, it's not good to say, in the future, we will be in Rongguo Mansion, and we will be half shorter than others in plain white, how can we deal with your aunt and Sister Feng in the future?" ”

Xue Baochai said indifferently: "Mother has only seen the situation for two or three years now, and when you look at it in another ten years, the two of them will still rush to talk to us." ”

Xue Baochai saw this matter very clearly, Jia Ke must be the helmsman of Jia Mansion in the future, like Mrs. Wang, although she is his mother on the surface, she does not want to live by Jia Ke in the end. Otherwise, who knows who Jia Zhu and Jia Baoyu are in this capital?

Although Aunt Xue nodded there, she still couldn't make up her mind, after all, it was not a trivial matter. Once Xue Baochai and Jia Ke become friends, then her family's status will definitely be damaged.

Xue Baochai saw that Aunt Xue couldn't make up her mind, so she gave him another way, "Mom, why don't you write a letter and ask your uncle again to see what he means?" ”

Aunt Xue suddenly brightened up when she heard this, clapped her hands and said, "Fortunately, you reminded me that this matter should be asked to your uncle." He has also seen the world, and this kind of thing is naturally farther than our two women. ”