In the 87th edition of A Dream of Red Mansions, it is said that Xue Baochai was robbed in Jiafu and sold into slavery. Later, Aroma found out and redeemed Xue Baochai.
Although the Xue family has declined, there is still some money, so the reason why Aunt Xue doesn't redeem Xue Bao is:
First, before the Jia family was looted, Xue Pan was jailed for murder. It can be said that Xue Ke is the only one left in the Xue family to rely on. But it was defeated after all. Perhaps it is because Xue Pan and the Xue family are also implicated, so there is no way to help Xue Baochai.
Second: the Xue family was in Jiafu, and Jiafu was copied. The Xue family is not immune. Perhaps in the process of Jia Fu being copied, the Xue family was also hurt and suffered heavy losses, so it was chaotic.
Third: Xiren happened to meet Xue Baochai and was sold nearby. Maybe Aunt Xue wanted to save Xue Baochai, but it was difficult to find anyone, so Aron beat her to it.
Fourth, it may be a relatively indifferent statement. The Xue family did not want to be implicated, so they had to give up Xue Baochai.
Extended data
When Aunt Xue was about to sell Xiangling, Xue Baochai said this: "Our family always only knows how to buy people, but we don't know how to sell them." Don't read this sentence in general. There are many things in A Dream of Red Mansions. For example, for the seventh time, Xichun said, "I will shave my head tomorrow and go to be a nun with her." Xichun's final fate proved to be becoming a nun.
Therefore, Xue Baochai said that her family has never sold anyone, so the Xue family after the 1980 s will definitely sell someone, and sell herself. Although Xue Baochai married Jia Baoyu after the 1980s, the Jia family declined and Baoyu became a monk. Xue Baochai was bought by Jia Yucun, which became a reality. However, the good times did not last long. Jia Yucun eventually went to prison, and Xue Baochai finally died in the heavy snow.