Chapter 342 The Xue Family Leaves the House
Come to think of it, it’s really not Jia Huan’s fault for what happened today.
Baoyu came to the back hall happily. After all, all the girls were there, even Daiyu, whom he hadn't seen for a while. But to his disappointment, Baochai and Daiyu were extremely cold to him. Even when they spoke, they only spoke a few words, and there was a sense of alienation in them.
Baoyu was feeling depressed, and in a fit of anger he started playing with a group of maids in the yard.
While they were arguing, they saw Caixia in the yard. Caixia was a maid in Aunt Zhao's room. Baoyu knew her but was not very familiar with her. Today, Caixia came to Wang's house with Jia Huan, so she wore new clothes, a red silk jacket, a blue satin lace vest, and also put on rouge.
Caixia's color was not outstanding, at least it was not as good as Xiren's. But after all, domestic flowers were not as good as wild flowers. Baoyu came up to Caixia and joked with her. However, Caixia didn't pay much attention to him, and her eyes only looked at Jia Huan in the room from time to time.
Seeing this, Baoyu went up to Caixia and said, "Good sister, please pay attention to me and let me have a bite of the rouge on your lips, okay?"
Caixia hurriedly pulled her hand out, "If Master Bao makes trouble again, I will yell!"
Baoyu made a fool of himself, so Xiren and the others behind him were naturally unhappy and stepped forward to scold Caixia.
This scene was seen by Jia Huan ! He was originally unhappy with Baoyu, and Caixia was a maid who had always taken good care of him. He was furious at the time, so he found an opportunity to retaliate against Baoyu and caused this incident.
"Does Mr. Huan San need to apply some medicine?" Caixia said softly.
"It's okay. Third Master Huan is not like Baoyu, who would cry for his parents after being hit by a few sticks! All right, you should also hurry in. When you go in, just follow Sister Qingwen. No matter what Baoyu does, he won't dare to find fault with you in front of Third Brother's maid."
Although this incident happened, except for Mrs. Wang who was extremely dissatisfied, no one else was affected.
Everyone played around at Wang's house for a long time, and only returned home after dinner.
In the carriage, Aunt Xue was holding Baochai's hand with satisfaction. Today, she was treated with great courtesy at her brother's house. The sister-in-law who used to look down on her became much closer to her, and even spoke with a little caution. In the past, the sister who was the closest to her in the eyes of her sister-in-law was alienated.
"Daughter, I mentioned it to the old lady the other day. We will move out of the house in two days!"
In fact, the Xue family's house had been cleaned up a long time ago, but various major events happened during this period, and it was more stable in the Jia Mansion after all, so it was delayed until now.
"Just listen to mother in everything!" Baochai said shyly.
"Well, I just told Cong-ge'er that we will go to pay our respects to the old lady tomorrow, and then leave the house! Cong-ge'er said that he will send us back directly tomorrow."
"It's just April now. If we calculate the time, it will take at least more than a month!" Aunt Xue sighed.
Baochai lowered her head shyly. How could she not know what her mother meant?
Early the next morning, Xue's mother and daughter came to the old lady's yard.
"Madam, we're moving out today!" Aunt Xue said as she sat next to the old lady.
The old lady took Aunt Xue's hand and said, "If it were up to you, you should just stay here forever. Given the relationship between our two families, what's the difference between living in the mansion and living in your own home?"
"If I can spend the whole day with the old lady, how can I not want to?" Aunt Xue said with a smile, "But the old lady also knows that my sister-in-law is not in good health, and I am worried about other people taking care of me. Ke'er and Baoqin are still young, so I moved back and took my sister-in-law to live with me, so that she can take care of me more on weekdays."
"Besides, I have been living in your house for many years and have caused a lot of trouble to the old lady. If it weren't for her kindness and generosity, I would have been too embarrassed to continue living here."
To be honest, the old lady was a little reluctant to leave the Xue family. It was not because of Baochai or Xue Dabo, but because without Aunt Xue, the perfect supporting actor, her daily life was less fun.
Although Aunt Xue and Madam Wang are sisters, they have very different personalities. In terms of tact and sophistication, Aunt Xue is several times more worldly-wise than Madam Wang, and her daily conversations can usually speak to the old lady's heart.
"Well! If that's the case, then I can't stop you. But there is one thing, even if you move out, you have to come to my house and talk with me when you're free. We women get along best, and if you don't come, you're looking down on me, an old woman."
"What are you talking about, old lady? It's my blessing to be able to accompany you. Even if you don't say anything, I will come to bother you from time to time."
As the two were talking, Jia Cong walked in.
"Madam, my aunt is coming home today, I'm here to see her off!"
The old lady nodded and smiled, "I'll feel relieved if you can send her off!"
After chatting for a while, Aunt Xue stood up and said, "Madam, we will leave first and come back to greet you another day!"
Afterwards, Aunt Xue and Baochai bowed to the old lady respectively before leaving the main hall and heading towards Lixiang Courtyard.
When they arrived at Lixiang Courtyard, several large carts were waiting outside. Xue Pan, Xue Ke and Baoqin were loading things onto the carts with the maids in the courtyard.
"Hasn't the second wife come yet?" Jia Cong asked.
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Sister sent a message saying that she is not feeling well and will not come to see you off. We are in the capital anyway, so there is no need to be so distant."
In fact, ever since Madam Wang came to borrow money last time and was politely rejected by Aunt Xue, and Aunt Xue had someone send tens of thousands of taels of silver to the East Palace that day, which really embarrassed Madam Wang, the relationship between the two sisters has become much more distant. In addition, with the different attitudes at Wang Ziteng's house yesterday, with Madam Wang's temper, how could she possibly come?
A moment later, all the things were loaded into the carriage. Aunt Xue took Baochai and Baoqin on the carriage. Jia Cong and the brothers Xue Pan rode their horses, left the mansion directly through the back door, and headed east.
The house prepared by the Xue family was not far from the Lin Mansion, only about three to five miles away. However, because the Xue family's house was built by connecting several houses, its area was naturally much larger than the Lin Mansion.
When everyone arrived at the door, a maid who had arrived earlier was already waiting there.
Jia Cong and his entourage and the rest of the carriages went straight into the yard and went straight into the back house before stopping.
"Pan'er, Ke'er, take your people to settle all the things. Baoqin, go and see if your mother is available to come over!"
Jia Cong heard this and said, "Since she is Baoqin's mother, I should go and pay my respects to her!"
"Aunt, we'll talk later. I'll go take a look first. Sister, please lead the way for me!"
Aunt Xue thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go too. My daughter, you can take the people to settle down first, and then let Cong have lunch at our house before you go back."
