Chapter 218 Sister Baochai
“Madam, a teacher from the girls’ school has come over and says they are here to conduct an entrance interview for the young lady.”
"Please come in quickly, Tongxi, go make some tea." Aunt Xue said happily. The fact that Baochai was able to come for the interview meant that she had passed the written test.
What are we waiting for? We've been decorating the living room for days, cleaning the doors and windows until they're spotless, and changing the chair covers and tablecloths every day, just waiting for the academy teachers to arrive!
Since arriving in the capital, the Xue family had been staying at the Rongguo Mansion as guests, and no other familiar families or old friends had come to visit them.
This was the first time they had ever hosted guests from outside the area.
Aunt Xue put in a lot of effort.
Mi Ling, accompanied by a maid, led Teacher Yu and Teacher Ji to the Xue family's reception room.
When Aunt Xue looked up, she saw that apart from the older teacher leading the group, the other two looked very familiar.
"Mrs. Xue, we meet again." Teacher Yu spoke first. "Miss Xue also attended Princess Lin's birthday banquet yesterday. She was busy yesterday and didn't have time to greet you."
"Oh, you are... the teacher who registered us that day?" Aunt Xue thought for a moment and vaguely remembered that this teacher was the one who registered them.
"My surname is Yu. This is Teacher Mi, who is in charge of admissions at our academy, and this is Teacher Ji."
Xue Baochai performed the greetings properly, and there was not a single fault with her.
Mi Ling asked Aunt Xue a few questions, and Aunt Xue answered them in a standard and proper manner, which seemed to have no problems.
However, she kept wondering why Teacher Ji looked so familiar. When Mi Ling started asking Xue Baochai, Aunt Xue suddenly remembered that Teacher Ji had been standing next to her when she was talking in the Lin family's courtyard yesterday. Although he didn't say anything, he stood very close to her.
Aunt Xue was a little uneasy, wondering if this would affect Baochai's interview. Fortunately, Teacher Ji didn't seem to recognize her. Of the three, she was the only one who didn't say much.
"Madam, Master Bao is here." Tong Gui's voice came from outside. As soon as the voice fell, the curtain was lifted and Jia Baoyu walked in.
"Auntie, did I come at an inopportune time?" After school, Jia Baoyu originally wanted to wander around, but Mingyan'er said that the Xue family had moved back to their own home these past few days, which was not far from their home, so Jia Baoyu thought he would come and take a look.
Unexpectedly, upon entering, they saw three completely unfamiliar women in the living room, in addition to Aunt Xue and Sister Baochai.
Although Jia Baoyu had changed a lot of his old bad habits, he still felt that older women were much more difficult to deal with than younger women.
However, upon first glance, Jia Baoyu felt that these three women all possessed a strong scholarly air, and their demeanor was somewhat similar to that of Granny Yuan, who served Lin Daiyu.
Jia Baoyu's sense of indifference lessened somewhat, and then he heard Aunt Xue say...
“Baoyu, these are the teachers from the girls’ academy: Teacher Mi, Teacher Yu, and Teacher Ji.”
Upon hearing this, Baoyu quickly bowed to the three teachers.
"I was impetuous and offended you all. I've also heard about the girls' academy's admissions. Are you three teachers currently giving Sister Baochai an exam?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Xue's heart tightened, and she wanted to add a comment, but it was too late.
“Baochai?” Mi Ling looked at Xue Baochai meaningfully. “I remember the name on the registration list is Xue Baochun. We’ve been interviewing for so long today, could we have interviewed the wrong person? Please ask Mrs. Xue to bring Miss Baochun out.”
"How could that be? This is the Miss Xue who came when we registered. Her name is Bao Chun." Teacher Yu deliberately flipped through the registration book before looking up to confirm.
“Sister Baochai, you also have a name called Baochun? Which ‘chun’ is it?” Jia Baoyu asked in surprise.
“It’s the water shield from the poem ‘longing for water shield and perch’,” Xue Baochai said with a hint of helplessness.
“Miss Xue, am I Xue Baochai or Xue Baochun? Some of the women who graduate from our academy will enter the palace as ladies-in-waiting, so our identities and household registrations must be clear. The name you gave when you registered was Xue Baochun, but the information the household registration office gave us states that Xue Baochun is a native of the capital and has no experience living in Nanjing. Where did you get this Nanjing accent, Miss Xue?” Teacher Yu’s voice was somewhat stern.
Miss Xue was in charge of the registration. Normally, people wouldn't tamper with household registration unless they wanted to cover something up.
If the Xue family's daughter uses someone else's name to enroll in school, and Teacher Yu doesn't notice and manages to fool her, then if any problems arise later, the academy will investigate thoroughly and might even suspect that Teacher Yu received some benefits from the Xue family in private to let her off the hook!
This is a responsibility that teachers cannot bear!
“Teacher Yu, my daughter’s nickname is Chai’er, and sometimes we call her Baochai. Her formal name is Baochun.” Aunt Xue hurriedly said, “We have been living with relatives. The Rongguo Mansion originally moved from Jinling to the capital, and most people in the mansion speak Jinling Mandarin, so my child has also learned to speak Jinling Mandarin. Baochai and Baochun are the same person.”
"That makes sense, but we have two sets of household registration documents here. I wonder if Mrs. Xue could explain this?"
Teacher Yu looked up and glanced at Teacher Ji; they were prepared.
Although Xue Baochai prepared a household registration document for Xue Baochun, it was impossible for her to simply erase Baochai's household registration.
Teacher Ji took out two sheets of paper, which were documents they had copied from the Household Registration Department.
One was for Xue Baochai, and the other was for Xue Baochun.
The two documents have many similarities, but there are a few differences and many doubts.
"Xue Baochai came to the capital from Jinling with her mother last year to stay with her relatives, the Jia family, and lived in the Rongguo Mansion..." Teacher Ji said slowly, "If it is the same person, how can there be two household registrations?"
Aunt Xue was speechless; this was truly difficult to explain.
"Master Bao of Rongguo Mansion is right here. Why don't you ask Master Bao to explain whether there is a Miss Xue living in your mansion?" Teacher Yu stared intently at Jia Baoyu.
Baoyu was stunned for a moment, then spoke instinctively.
"There's only one Baochai. But she's moved out. I've come to visit her today."
Xue Baochai was secretly furious. Now Jia Baoyu was calling her "Sister Bao" again. If she had just said that earlier, none of this trouble would have happened!
They usually call her "Sister Bao," but why are they calling her "Sister Baochai" today?!
After hearing this, the three of them understood everything.
Mi Ling felt a little regretful; this was a good prospect, it was a pity.
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