After the matter of the outer study and the school was settled, Wang Xifeng smiled at Aunt Xue again: "Auntie's cousin is really polite," she said the gift that Ping'er received, "But I also want to go to fight the autumn breeze." ”

Aunt Xue smiled: "This kid is not good at anything else, but he is very good to people, knowing that your right-hand man in charge is Ping'er, the girl, why don't you rush to pat yourself on the back?" flattered Ping'er, that is, flattered our second grandmother! ”

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "That's not what I said, my wife said that I wanted to ask my aunt to pay the monthly money together, but I didn't expect to go to my cousin, I was replied, I also received two thousand taels of silver in front of me, my cousin said that it was the expenses of assigning subordinates here, I laughed, even if the subordinates don't work here, they have to work elsewhere, why does my cousin think that he has to pay wages when he sends people in the house, doesn't he?" ”

"That's the reason, Brother Feng said very much," Mrs. Wang said, "Why should my sister be so polite, we are a family." ”

"It's a family, so you have to be careful," Aunt Xue said, "The people outside are terrible, we have to guard against it, we have to bear it ourselves, we don't spend much silver, if it is for nothing, it will be gossiped, Brother Feng has just taken charge of the housework now, I don't want to let you gossip a few more words for this little thing." ”

Sister Feng smiled: "Auntie, I don't know, the gossip in this house has not stopped for a day, as long as I am in front of this family, the gossip will not slip away from me, if so, it is better to take advantage of the power in my hands now, and focus on my own people first." ”

Mrs. Wang pointed helplessly at Sister Feng, "Your temperament is so strong, your aunt's words can't be wrong, learn with peace of mind." ”

Wang Xifeng smiled and groaned, but he didn't pay attention to half a sentence, "I see that although my cousin is younger, he is also very calm, but there is no one in the room yet?" My aunt had to arrange it earlier. ”

"That's what I mean," Aunt Xue sighed, "Didn't I also let Yang Zhi's girl in the room, and now there is no movement, but I saw Xiangling arrive in the house, Pan'er is a lot happier, the girl at home is not small, and I don't think I will go outside to mess around." ”

"I see that there are a lot of girls in the Baoyu room," Aunt Xue said with a smile, "I also have to prepare a few more and put them in the Pan'er room." ”

"My sister has just entered Beijing, and there are not many people with her," Mrs. Wang said with a smile, "I have a lot of girls in my family, and if my sister looks at that at that time, I will tell Brother Feng." ”

A few people talked and laughed, at this time, Xue Baochai and Baoyu had already hid to the side, otherwise such words would always be not good in the ears of the two minors.

Wang Xifeng said a few more words, so he walked to Mrs. Wang's room, and saw Baoyu and Baochai sitting opposite each other, "I see that Sister Bao usually reads a lot, but I don't know what I'm reading these days?" ”

"The other day, my brother just got a copy of "Caigen Tan", I read it, but it is quite interesting, its text is concise and clear, and elegant and vulgar. It is like a quotation, but it has an interest that quotations do not have; It is like an essay, but there is a rectification that is not easy to reach in an essay; It is like a precept, but there is a cordial sobriety that the admonition lacks; And there are mountains after the rain, the night is quiet and the bell is dyed, and what it says is clear and flavorful, and the wind and moon are boundless. ”

Baoyu didn't know much about these magazines and books like "Bosom Friend" outside, and when she heard that this book was highly regarded by Baochai, she hurriedly asked, "But what's good?" Or please let Sister Bao know. ”

There are many good sentences, such as this one:

The heart is a pearl. Obscured by material desires, it is like a pearl mixed with sediment, and its washing is still easy;

With the affection to set it off, it is still a pearl and decorated with silver yellow, and its washing is the most difficult.

Therefore, scholars do not suffer from dirt disease, but suffer from clean disease that is difficult to treat;

Not afraid of obstacles, but afraid of obstacles. ”

He chewed a few words carefully, stroked his palm and nodded: "I have a pearl, which has been locked by dust for a long time, and now the dust is gone, illuminating the mountains and rivers." The words in this book are very similar to this Buddhist verse. ”

Baoyu asked Baochai to say a few more words, and Baochai smiled:

I still remember this sentence:

To make meritorious contributions, everything must be done from the ground, if you don't admire the reputation, it will become a false fruit;

Preaching and cultivating virtue, the mind should establish a foundation from a void, and if you think about the effect, you will fall into the dust. ”

Hearing these words, Baoyu was a little uncomfortable, he laughed dryly, and there was a lot less interesting smile on his face, "This meritorious thing has nothing to do with me now." ”

"This is wrong, if it comes to the merits of the ancestors, Brother Bao's mansion is the first class of the four families, Brother Bao must have been used to hearing the achievements of the ancestors since he was a child, is it irrelevant?" Baochai laughed.

"Fame and fortune are floating clouds, they are all fleeting clouds, why bother?" Baoyu hurriedly said, "The achievements of the ancestors are only the ancestors'. ”

"This is not right again," Baochai said with a smile, "My brother Su Ri said, how much blessing you enjoy, you have to be prepared to suffer a lot of sin, to suffer hardships, in order to become a master, naturally people like us do not need to go to the head of the cantilever cone to stab the stock, but if there is no self-motivation, then it is not interesting, not to mention anything else, just say that my brother, who was only thirteen years old last year, has already done a good job of avoiding the plague pill and salt introduction, naturally relying on the family, but if there is no effort on his own, it will not be able to do." ”

Xue Baochai saw Baoyu bowing his head and was silent, knowing that he was a little unhappy, Baochai was used to looking at his face, so he hurriedly stopped, "Look at what I said, how does our family compare with the house, our family is in business, and the Bao brothers' house is the heirloom of poetry and books, Zhong Ming Ding eats, and the rest of the people are naturally not so compared." ”

Baoyu was a little happier when he heard this, he raised his head and was about to say something, when he saw Wang Xifeng standing outside in a daze, "Sister Feng, what are you doing in a daze?" ”

"How much happiness you enjoy, how much sin you have to be prepared for," Wang Xifeng muttered to himself, "That's really good, Sister Xue, is this really what the eldest brother said?" ”

"Naturally, he said it," Baochai said with a smile, "He often says that there are many people in the family who enjoy happiness, but you also have to know that you cherish the blessings, don't always know that you don't know how to make money and do business, or share worries for the family." ”

"That's a good point." Wang Xifeng's beautiful eyes shone brightly, "It's a pity that I don't read much, and I don't understand many things, but I can still understand a thing or two about these words." Brother Xue's words are good! ”