Chapter 115115 Eating melons feels like watching a mindless, bloody web drama...
In addition to being busy with her career, Xianyu occasionally eats some gossip about her relatives. It must be said that it is quite relaxing.
At least, these things about the Jia family always made her laugh.
The main reason is that it's bloody enough that she always feels like she's watching a mindless bloody web drama - whether it's the Ningguo Mansion's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law as well as the aunt and niece both raising their brother-in-law, or the "get rid of the father and keep the son" project of Youshi and Qin Keqing, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it's all very interesting to watch, to the point where she wants to get some melon seeds and peanuts and sit down to watch the fun.
In addition to the Jia family, the Xue family has also been jumping around there.
Before, the eldest master of the Xue family, Aunt Xue's husband, the extremely handsome uncle, managed to live a few more years by relying on the medical resources that Xianyu found for the Lin family. However, he ultimately could not escape the fate of dying young because of his poor foundation.
However, these few extra years have at least made the Xue family much better off than the situation described in the original novel where the family had hit rock bottom.
For example, Xue Pan was thrown directly into Wang Ziteng's Green Camp by him. Although he didn't become much successful, at least he didn't become the kind of stupid bully who was hated by everyone like in the original novel.
He is still stupid, but he no longer has the domineering side. People who have been "trained" in the military camp have all their edges smoothed out. What's more, Xue Pan himself has a bit of a stupid temper, and the domineering side is just a little bit due to his family background, which can be basically ignored.
So after a few years in the army, he became a little silly, but to grow up like this was already a blessing in disguise for the Xue family and enough to make Uncle Xue smile in his grave.
With Uncle Xue in charge, Xue Baochai is not as calculating as in the original novel - in fact, if Uncle Xue is still alive, and Aunt Xue and Xue Pan are supportive, Xue Baochai would not be so calculating and fighting for everything. Unfortunately, her ability is not enough, and she is seen through by others. As a result, she inevitably falls behind.
But Uncle Xue, despite his illness, worked hard to give her more guidance for a few years, and her level improved a lot. At least she was not as eager for quick success as before.
This time, I feel more at ease and indifferent to fame and fortune.
Of course, the base color cannot be changed, it just looks more natural and is not so offensive.
Seeing the situation of the Xue family, Lian Xianyu couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
I think she was just "helpful" occasionally, and it was out of consideration for Sister Lin that she found an external doctor for the Lin family. Then, Uncle Xue relied on his strong desire to survive to get this resource, and successfully lived a few more years, giving the Xue family a glimmer of hope.
But unfortunately, there is only a glimmer of hope.
There is no more.
Therefore, the Xue family seems to have changed their fate, but it also seems that their fate has not changed completely. It feels like "they saw an opportunity and tried to seize it, but were ultimately powerless to do so." This is really regrettable.
It can be seen that sometimes, it is a normal outcome that one cannot grasp the opportunity even when it is right in front of him. I don’t know whether this should be attributed to fate or ability.
Xue Pan had been working under Wang Ziteng. Although his rank was not high, at least he had a legitimate livelihood.
The problem he had when he was a child that he liked men did not occur either - it was said that when he was being trained to death in the military camp, because he was born into a wealthy family, had delicate skin and tender flesh, and suffered from the too intense training, he quickly lost a lot of weight and became a rare handsome man in the military camp. At the same time, he was stared at and pursued madly by several burly men. In the end, no one knew whether he suffered a loss...
Anyway, by the time he finally became a small leader through hard work and some military merit, he had become a typical straight man - the kind who had no interest in men at all and only liked beautiful women, and the gentle and virtuous type.
Unfortunately, things did not go as he wished. He did not know how he was favored by the daughter of his immediate superior, the Green Camp general. That lady was the daughter of a general, and unlike those gentle and weak young ladies from aristocratic families or wealthy nobles, she was full of strength and means.
After several rounds of arguing, the matter was settled and Xue Pan "married" crying - the general's daughter said that although she was the one marrying in, her family had a generous dowry, and the entire new Xue Mansion was a dowry from her parents' side.
Yes, that young lady was the old general's daughter, who had been doted on by him since she was a child. She developed a domineering personality and wanted whatever she wanted. She also had a bad temper. In short, she completely subdued Xue Pan.
The old general knew the character of his precious daughter very well, and thought that although Xue Pan looked silly, his character and appearance were okay. He had been his subordinate for many years, so he couldn't let him suffer too much. So he gave him a larger dowry, including houses, land, shops, etc., almost taking out half of his family fortune.
Of course, these things are just a drop in the bucket for the General's Mansion.
Because the old general has seven sons.
This young lady is the youngest, the eighth child, and a daughter. She is the darling of the whole family.
Therefore, Xue Pan not only got a general's daughter as his wife with extremely high martial arts value, but also got seven brothers-in-law with high martial arts value and strategic value.
This does not include the father-in-law and mother-in-law.
His father-in-law is an old general, and his mother-in-law is also a noble lady from a famous family in the capital. To be honest, this kind of configuration is too high for Xue Pan.
But the lady likes it.
Isn't this just marrying off as marrying a son-in-law and marrying a daughter-in-law as marrying into the family?
Xue Pan got married reluctantly, and had two children three years after marriage, which shows that he got along quite well with the general's daughter.
However, after getting married, his official career became even more stagnant.
He wasn't very smart, and he had earned some military merits through his brute force and Wang Ziteng's care, and had become a ninth-rank military officer. But if he hadn't made any major achievements, he would probably have stopped there.
After getting married, his wife, the daughter of the general's mansion, used her connections in her natal family to arrange a sinecure position for him. Although it was a half-level promotion to the eighth grade, it cut off his path to promotion - because this sinecure was really idle and there was no opportunity for him to achieve anything. It seemed that it was purely for him to have a proper job so that he wouldn't go out and fool around.
In fact, this is somewhat similar to Jia Zheng's previous position as the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Works, but Xue Pan is in the Ministry of War. After all, he is from a military background, so he is not completely ignorant and cannot even do his daily work.
Xue Baochai was a bold person and had originally wanted to take part in the selection of concubines.
Unfortunately, she is not of banner nationality. Although she is pretty, the capital city is not short of beauties.
Apart from her looks, she has no other special talents, so there is really no way she can enter the palace.
I heard that in order to get her to enter the palace, Aunt Xue also followed the same method that the Jia family had used for Jia Yuanchun and even went to find Concubine Wang.
At that time, Concubine Wang was already a popular figure in the harem with three princes.
Aunt Xue used a lot of connections to finally find an opportunity to meet Concubine Wang, only to discover in the end that Concubine Wang was simply too lazy to deal with her - in fact, Concubine Wang didn't show any disdain at the beginning. After all, she was a distant relative, so Concubine Wang still warmly received Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai and her daughter.
However, after hearing about their origins, Wangpin's face immediately turned cold.
No, what do you mean?
I am a noble concubine, and I received you and your daughter politely, but I didn't expect that you would actually want to send your daughter to the palace to compete with me for food? Is this right?
Fortunately, Concubine Wang had a good temper and did not kick the mother and daughter of the Xue family out on the spot - what is an ungrateful person? This is definitely it, okay?
Moreover, Xue Baochai is only in her teens, so why is she so obsessed with entering the palace?
Although Master Kang was known as the "Greatest Emperor of All Time" and was indeed very charismatic, he was almost fifty years old at that time. To be honest, he was almost the same age as Xue Baochai's grandfather. It was really amazing that they could come up with such an idea.
To be honest, the way they eat is so ugly that no one can stand it.
Although Concubine Wang had a cold face throughout, she felt in her heart that Xue Baochai, such a good girl, was ruined by the Xue family, especially Aunt Xue.
It's really a pity. Concubine Wang wanted to show Xue Baochai a clear way out, so she asked the Xue family to use the Wang family's connections to see if they could ask Wang Ziteng or Wang Yao to find a good man with a clean family background among their colleagues or subordinates so that Xue Baochai could marry him.
After all, the Wang family is Xue Baochai's uncle's family. If her mother's family is unreliable, it would be nice if her uncle's family could take care of it.
Judging from the experience of someone like Wang Pin, as a woman, being a concubine or something like that is just a passing cloud.
How could one enjoy the wealth and luxury in this palace so easily? Every step was so thrilling that one could lose their life at any time.
It would be better to find an ordinary family and become a mistress. At least behind closed doors, you can be the one who has the final say in your own little world. If you have a good relationship with your husband, there won't be so many troubles, you'll have fewer concubines, and you'll have less worries and live a comfortable life. How great it would be.
In fact, what Concubine Wang said came from the bottom of her heart and was advice that was truly good for Xue Baochai.
Unfortunately, Aunt Xue could not understand Concubine Wang’s kindness and thought that she was unwilling to help.
So she put on a sullen face and brought Baochai with her this time.
Wangpin's flirting was totally in vain. She was so angry that she dragged Xianyu to the palace for a meal. She kept complaining for a long time, and her eyes were red. It was only when Xianyu summoned System 003 and prepared a table of fresh and delicious food that she was finally appeased.
System 003 couldn't help feeling a little aggrieved, but when it thought about being able to listen to the gossip about the characters in the original novels with the host, the whole system felt better again - collecting information was what it was best at. Even if it was from the Xue family, it would barely be willing to listen. After all, this was one of the main families in this small world.
Although Uncle Xue worked hard to support the family for several years, so that the fate of the Xue family was not as tragic as in the original novel, he could only maintain the lives of ordinary people.
Aunt Xue always felt that Xue Pan was useless and was suppressed by his noble in-laws' family. He had no chance of turning things around, so she wanted Baochai to marry into a wealthy family so that she could vent her anger.
As a result, he was neither too high nor too low and almost delayed Baochai's career.
Fortunately, she finally remembered that her elder sister, Lady Wang, had a precious and auspicious Jia Baoyu, who was a ready-made candidate for a good son-in-law.
Although Baochai is two or three years older than Baoyu, as the old saying goes, "A woman three years older than a man is worth a fortune", the marriage of these two children is not very suitable.
Since she had this intention, she had no choice but to do as in the original novel, running to Rongguo Mansion whenever she had time, and letting Baochai hang around in Jia Baoyu's room.
It’s no wonder that even without the involvement of Xiao Daiyu, the marriage between Baochai and Baoyu went very smoothly this time.
The main thing is that neither the old lady of the Jia family nor Jia Zheng objected.
As for the reason why he did not object, it was because of Xue Pan.
Xue Pan's "marrying" a high-ranking woman was not without its benefits. It also indirectly raised Xue Baochai's value a little. At least, in the eyes of the snobbish old lady of the Jia family, she was considered qualified.
Moreover, Baochai looks plump and strong, so she should be easy to bear and will surely have many children in the future. So let it be.
So the marriage between Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai was settled.
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