Chapter 5
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Not long after, Family Xue's older sister, whose nickname was Bao Chai, also arrived at my uncle's home.
Their entire family was temporarily living in the estate.
I often heard the old servant girls and manservants in the estate constantly praise "Bao Guniang" for her dignified character and beautiful appearance.
I originally also liked her a lot. She had read many books and was very insightful in her actions.
However, I wasn't the only one who thought she was outstanding. Baoyu, the Three Springs sisters, and even the other young maidservants seemed to like her more.
Gradually, I began to hear those little girls, who used to be happy to play with me, talking about how Miss Bao Chai was open-minded and easy-going. She was much better than me, a proud and aloof person, who had no dust in his eyes.
Even Baoyu, who was the closest to me, was like a child who was stupid and didn't notice this at all. Sometimes, he even told me to learn from Bao Jiejie and be open-minded so that I could get better.
I was depressed and indignant. Thinking about the news that my uncle had gone to sea, I quarreled with Baoyu several times and was even more unhappy.
However, living in my uncle's home and living so close to my grandmother, I was afraid that my grandmother would worry about me, and I was also afraid that others would say that I was petty. I could only hold my anger and secretly shed tears several times.
Fortunately, I still had the novel things that my uncle asked people to bring from overseas to relieve my boredom. Although my uncle had gone to sea, I don't know where he got his channels. Sometimes he would go through the Lin family, and sometimes he would bypass my father. Every once in a while, there would be books or small toys sent to me from all over the world.
When I saw these things, I thought that although they all had sisters, brothers, and parents, it wasn't like I didn't have anyone who cared about me. Only then did I feel slightly relieved. I couldn't help but spend some time reading and learning Western characters.
Seeing that I spent most of my days either hanging out with Baoyu, San Chun and the other sisters, or reading books in my room, Maternal Grandmother told me to come over. She picked up a western book that Uncle sent me and flipped through it several times. She advised me, "Although your Uncle cherishes you, you are still young and weak, plus you are a girl. Reading books is purely for the sake of improving your character. Besides, Western scenery isn't something serious. It's fine to talk about it as something to relieve boredom, but you must not waste your mind or it will harm your body. "
She then took my hand and sighed. "Poor thing, you've lost some weight. Have you taken your medicine? "
I lowered my head, knowing that my grandmother was right. She was doing this for my own good. It was genuine compassion.
I also know that Grandmother and the others don't really think highly of Uncle. Although the Lin family was a scholarly family, and his father and uncle were both Grand Scholars. However, there was no one among the relatives who did not know about her uncle's absurd behavior.
After that, for some reason, Uncle gradually stopped sending things over.
As for my Western books, after being instructed by my grandmother, I also put them in my book box and no longer read them.
She stayed at her uncle's house for two years. By the end of that winter, news came from Yangzhou. They sent a letter asking me to return home.
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