Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 98 A Letter from Baochai
That night, Chen Qi, Chen Heng, father and son had dinner with the guests before going home.

Since Chen Qi was in Yangzhou, Chen Heng had no plans to go back to the academy.

Entrusting Qian Dayou and Jiang Yuanbai back to the academy to report to his masters, Chen Heng followed his father happily all the way back to his home.

It was midsummer, and there was no mattress at home.But both father and son were in high spirits, decided to clean a few clean places overnight, and prepared to make do with sleeping in their new home.

There are no outsiders now, and Chen Qi no longer suppresses his emotions.Take Chen Heng to comment on the various places in the house, and talk about his future arrangements for them.

Chen Heng smiled and listened one by one. Seeing his father's joyful appearance, Chen Heng also smiled and said: "Father, what the child said five years ago can be counted?"

Chen Qixian was taken aback for a moment, and then he recalled that when the father and son were sleeping together in the Datong bunk, the son was lying in his arms and told him: the days to come will get better and better.

Thinking of the past, Chen Qi's eyes turned red slightly, and he suppressed his emotions again, only boasting: "Heng'er, you are doing well."

My father doesn't know how to praise others, so it's not easy for him to say such things.

Chen Heng smiled slightly, and was about to get up and work with the broom he just bought.

Suddenly there was a hasty knock on the door, and Chen Qi immediately said: "It must be your second uncle, he came here quickly. I just asked someone to pass a message to him, and here he is."

Chen Heng also laughed, and walked quickly to open the door.

The door was only opened a crack, and Chen Huaijin couldn't wait to push in, smiling as he walked.

"Hahaha, big brother, Heng'er, is this our future home? Hahahahaha." Chen Huaijin walked into the house, laughing unceasingly, and kept looking around, "This house, this yard, is so beautiful! !!"

Chen Heng followed behind his second uncle, seeing his excited appearance, he felt even happier.Pointing to the room on the right, he said, "Second Uncle, that's for you."

"Is it such an exquisite small building?" Chen Huaijin looked at the ordinary two-story building, and the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it was.With joy in his heart, he suddenly waved to Chen Heng, "Heng'er, come quickly."

When Chen Heng came to his side, the second uncle stretched out his hand to pick up his nephew, and put him on his shoulders.

Under the moonlight, Chen Heng suddenly rose into the sky, naturally a little panicked.

"Second uncle, what are you doing, let me down quickly."

Chen Heng was a little dumbfounded, how old he is.It's not a three-year-old child, so why is Chen Huaijin still playing the tricks he used to coax him when he was a child.

"It's okay, Heng'er, just sit down." Chen Huaijin took a few steps before muffled below, "In a few years, Second Uncle wants to hug you, but he won't be able to hug you anymore."

Chen Huaijin is also 33 years old this year. The five years of corvee service have not only made him more stable in temperament, but also in his actions.Being so unscrupulous like today reminds Chen Heng of his second uncle in his early twenties.

Hearing his younger brother's words, Chen Qi, who originally wanted to scold him, put his hands down after thinking about it.

Chen Qi is also 36 years old this year.The eldest daughter, Chen Qing, is about to reach the age of Ji.

The ancients married early, and at this age, they are no longer young.

"Heng'er, is the scenery up there nice?" Chen Huaijin talked about a childhood joke.

Chen Heng smiled and said cooperatively, "It looks good, Second Uncle, take a few more steps."

"Hahahaha, okay, second uncle will take a few steps for you. Heng'er will have to grow to this height in the future." Chen Huaijin was happy, and started to talk nonsense again.

Chen Qi curled his lips silently, and said, "If you really want to grow so tall, you should see a doctor."

"Brother, you are really disappointing, very disappointing." Chen Huaijin complained to him.

"Hurry up and get to work." How could Chen Qi get used to his stink, since Chen Gaishan was not around, he had to take care of Chen Huaijin.

The three of them worked together until midnight before tidying up the house a bit.

Looking at the brand-new place, Chen Huaijin said to his family: "After saving money for a few years, we will change to a bigger and better yard."

"Heng'er, Yue'er, and Yin'er have all been married before. There are also two older girls who bring my uncle home. Our house must be very lively."

Seeing that the second younger brother rarely said something decent, Chen Qi also nodded silently.

The kids will grow up and start families.

In the future, the life of the old Chen family will only get better and better.

Chen Heng looked at the smug family members, and he was also determined to move forward indomitably.

Yue'er is Shuangxi's name. He is eight years old now and has already started to study.The master gave him the name Qingyue.Jixiang's name was also changed to Chen Yin.

Chen Heng discovered the master's naming rules.The first room of their family will use single characters, and the second room will use double characters.It's easy to recognize when I tell people about it in the future.

After all, the ancestors of the old Chen family never had any dignitaries, and there was no one who needed to be specially arranged.

That night, Chen Heng squeezed between Chen Qi and Chen Huaijin, and the three embraced and fell asleep in their new home.

Leaving aside whether it's warm or not, it's really unbearable for these two to snore together.

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Xue Biao also went back to his home to rest that night. Students like them who have stayed in the academy for more than five years, the discipline of the masters is not as strict as the newcomers, and they need to establish rules.

Since it was agreed that he would send seeds to Brother Heng the next day, he must find the person in the family who likes to grow flowers the most.

"Sister, are you asleep? My brother has something to look for you."

The knock on the door made Xue Baoqin look up from the letter, and she said to the door: "Brother, I'm not asleep yet, come in."

Before Xue Biao opened the door, Yan'er had already opened it from the inside, leading his eldest and young master in.

Xue Biao talked about Chen Heng's affairs in a few words, Xue Baoqin was also very happy for Chen Heng's happy event after hearing it, and said sincerely: "Brother Chen is really not easy."

"Isn't it?" Xue Biao was proud of his friend, looked at the stationery in his sister's hand, and asked strangely, "Is there anyone writing to you?"

"It's from Sister Baochai." Baoqin raised her voice and explained to Xue Biao, "You're not at home today, she asked someone to send you a gift and a letter, and put them here. Brother, take a look too." .”

Xue Biao took the letter from Baoqin, and Baochai's beautiful handwriting made it clear on the letter paper.

The gist of the letter is that after the eldest brother Xue Pan returned home, he was severely punished by his mother.I know that brother Xue Pan is at fault for this matter, but he has been impatient since he was a child, and when he suddenly encounters pride, he can't help talking and acting frivolously.

I hope that Xue Biao and Bao Qin, Nian Zai, the four of them grew up together, and persuade Xue Zhen more, so that he doesn't take it to heart.Xue Pan still needs Xue Zhen's teaching to be able to start this family.

At the end of the letter, Baochai added: The selected gifts were all chosen by Xue Pan himself.Although it's against the rules, as a younger sister, I feel that my heart and apology are more important, and I hope that my sister Baoqin will pass it on for me.

After Xue Biao read the letter, he asked Bao Qin for the gift list. After scanning it up and down, all he saw were valuable and nourishing things.To put it bluntly, these things are enough to be used as birthday gifts.

Xue Biao is no longer an ignorant child, he can't see these thoughtful gifts, if there is no elder sister Baochai to look at them, how could Xue Pan think about it, and think about the sincere words in the letter.

He couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It would be great if my cousin was in charge of this family."

Xue Baoqin also nodded, the uncle left early, at that time Xue Pan was already studying with the invited master.

The young Xue Baochai can still follow the two brothers and sisters and often play together.

When Xue Zhen taught the two brothers and sisters, he would also pull Xue Baochai together to warn and teach.

To be honest, the three of them, brother and sister, can be said to have grown up together since childhood.

"Then, do you want to show this letter to dad?" Xue Baoqin asked what her brother meant.

Xue Biao thought carefully, and said: "Sister, you should reply to your cousin first. As for this letter, we will wait. We will tell Dad in August."

"Why?" Xue Baoqin blinked, a little puzzled why he had to wait so long.

"Brother Heng thinks that within two months at most, there will be new newspapers in the city. At that time, our father may be able to be the leader of this industry. When he is happy, he will take out the letter from his cousin and think about it. Resentment can also be calmed."

"Can this newspaper become a chamber of commerce?" Bao Qin was very surprised.

Xue Biao smiled, and patiently explained to the other party, the big cake drawn by Chen Heng.

"Heng Di said: As long as the newspaper keeps being popular and the reading threshold is lowered, sooner or later all the people in Yangzhou will buy a copy of our newspaper."

"Will so many people buy it?" Baoqin didn't know how many people there were in Yangzhou, but she also knew that it must be an exaggerated number.

She didn't expect such a small newspaper to have such abilities.

"Isn't it?" Xue Biao raised his head proudly, "In the future, this road will only become more and more spacious. Let my aunt see that our family can get out of the imperial business."

But Xue Baoqin thought of something else, suddenly smiled and said: "Sure enough, Sister Lin knows him best in the world."

"Why do you say that?" Now it was Xue Biao's turn to be puzzled.

"Look, brother." Xue Baoqin pointed to the newspaper on the table, and Xue Biao leaned over to take a look.Sure enough, a person named Xiaoxiangzi was found and wrote on it.

"Recently, I heard a joke, and I told someone who was destined to listen to it. I heard that there was a family named Yuan in the east of the city who put in a lot of effort and cooked a table of dishes. As a result, the guests invited, because the chopsticks were not made of white jade, were not alive. Willing to move chopsticks. I don’t know what everyone thinks.”

White jade is often cited by scholars as the meaning of a gentleman.

Xue Biao took a closer look and found that in the words written by sister Lin, all the symbols of Chen Heng's popular science were used.

The implication is that there is no need to say more.

This is the eloquent younger sister Lin standing up for her elder brother.

Overjoyed, Xue Biao picked up the newspaper and smiled at Bao Qin: "Sister, can you lend me this newspaper? I'll take it right away. Tell Brother Heng tomorrow to make him happy too."

Xue Baoqin was not surprised, and immediately nodded with a smile, "That's exactly what I meant."

"Don't forget about the seeds." Before leaving, Xue Biao asked his sister.

"I can't forget it." Xue Baoqin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurriedly asked Yan'er to send this unsightly guy away.

After the room became quiet again, Xue Baoqin picked up the books on the side and read them carefully by candlelight.

After a long time, seeing that the night was already deep, Yan'er came up and urged: "Miss, it's time to rest."

"Look at it for a while, just for a while, Yan'er."

　Six thousand words in two chapters, awesome, awesome! ! !Praise me! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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