Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Chapter 49 Xue Zhijian
After all, she was greedy for money, and she didn't know if things would go as smoothly as Xue Baobao said. After struggling for a long time, she decided to take another look, but she was ordered to take back most of the money, and the interest was also reduced a lot.

Xue Baobao told her that it would take three months to give it to her at the end of the year.

Wang Xifeng felt that she had never looked forward to the Chinese New Year so much. She finally looked forward to the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, but there was still no news from Xue Baobao.

By the New Year's Eve, Wang Xifeng had eaten lunch, but there was still no news.

Just when Wang Xifeng was eager to rush to Xue's house and grab Xue Baobao's collar to question, Ying'er came to deliver food to Qiao'er.

Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he ran back without even having time to explain what he was doing.

Ying'er had already explained the food to Sister Qiao's nanny, and was playing with Sister Qiao. When she saw Wang Xifeng, she got up with a smile and saluted, "Hi Second Mistress, our girl told me to come and deliver food to the eldest girl. The wives, grandmas and girls in the house send some cosmetics, this is the gift list."

Ying'er said it was a gift list, but what she presented was a small box.

Wang Xifeng suppressed her excitement, rewarded Ying'er generously, and ordered her to send her back.

I hurriedly went back to my room to take a look, and sure enough, the box inside was not a gift note at all, but a thick stack of banknotes, all in denominations of 1000 taels.

Wang Xifeng hurriedly counted, a total of 7000 taels!
Only three months!

Just a few recipes for rouge and gouache that she casually asked for!
And he will continue to send her money in the future!
For a moment, Wang Xifeng couldn't even see the banknote in front of her clearly. It took her a while to come back to her senses, hurriedly put the banknote away, and then looked at the letter pressed at the bottom of the box.

When Wang Xifeng opened the letter, she realized that she could not read!

Wang Xifeng, "..."

Wang Xifeng would never dare to let Jia Lian know about the money. She knew Jia Lian's moral character very well, and she would dare to fish out the money in the frying pan and spend it.

If he knew she had this money, even if he stole it, he would have to poach her. The key is that he didn't do any good things with the money, but slept with his wife in a drunken manner!
Ping'er can rest assured, but if she wants to flatter Jia Lian, or feels sorry for Jia Lian's tight budget, or accidentally lets slip...

Wang Xifeng thought about it for a long time, but she didn't dare to ask others to read the letter for her. She lit the brazier, burned the letter, and then smashed it, so she was relieved.

But it's about money, so don't be in a hurry. In a few days, my aunt will always bring her cousin to Rongguo Mansion to pay New Year's greetings. Wouldn't it be better to take a moment to ask in person?
If this business can continue, she should study hard and learn to read. Not to mention other things, she should be able to recognize a few words and read and write letters without asking for help...

While she was thinking wildly, Ping'er opened the curtain and came in. He also held a box in his hand, which also contained banknotes, an account book and loan coupons.

At the end of the year, it's time to settle the accounts and the loan sharks. Those banknotes are exactly the interest Wang Xifeng got this year.

The rule of loan sharks is that interest is paid at the end of each year, but only the principal is not returned, unless it is no longer released.

Wang Xifeng counted them, but there were a lot of them, and they couldn't compare with the ones sent by Xue Baobao.

Wang Xifeng counted and ordered Ping'er to read the account book.

After Ping'er finished reading, he said, "It's scary. I don't have much money at the end of the year. Go get all the capital back. I won't let it go next year."

Instead of lending usury directly, they hand over the money to those who lend usury, and then those middlemen give it to borrowers.

Ping'er was very puzzled, and couldn't help arguing, "Grandma withdrew part of the money and lowered the interest, so it must be less."

Wang Xifeng ignored her, took the account book from her hand, and ordered, "If these items, which do not exceed 50 taels, are really not paid, I will not even ask for the capital. I will just treat it as a blessing for my sister and son."

You send someone to keep an eye on it, and don't let those loan sharks get it.

It takes a little effort to inform each family, and the attitude is more humble, don't waste money, and make people bear grudges."

Although Ping'er was skeptical, seeing that she had made up her mind, she didn't dare to say any more, so she went along with it.

Wang Xifeng smiled, "If you have money and income, who would be willing to do those things that harm your moral integrity?"
Her father was a man who could only go out and stay in the house. This huge Duke's mansion was also struggling to make ends meet. Even with all the money in the pocket, she couldn't just sit back and have nothing.

While Wang Xifeng sighed, he burned all the ledgers, loan coupons, etc. that had been used as loan sharks in the past few years.

She didn't want to be used as a gun by others, and in the end she pulled her back, and her daughter called someone else a mother out of nowhere!

Since Wang Xifeng had benefited, she urged Sanchun and Baoyu to buy fresh clothes, jewelry, makeup and jewelry.

Although she was illiterate, she was extremely smart and could draw inferences from one instance to another. She quickly picked up the recipes and maintenance prescriptions accumulated by the Duke of Rongguo over the years.

Although the Xue family was not involved in the catering business, Xue Baobao wanted to make friends with her, so he went through the needles to find a way for her.

Wang Xifeng's small treasury was getting fuller, so naturally she didn't want to put loan sharks or take on lawsuits, and even lost her enthusiasm for the housekeeper's profit.

Of course, this is all for later, let's not mention it for now.

Besides, Xue Baobao and Lin Daiyu were happy to have their wish come true. Xue Baobao planned to fulfill his previous promise and take Lin Daiyu out of the city to go shopping and learn horse riding.

There was no news about Xue Zhijian, and she did not dare to go to Yu Xin easily for fear of revealing Xing Zang and causing trouble for Yu Xin and Xue Zhijian.

She also wanted to take the opportunity to go out to see if she could find a chance to go around the gate of Zhenfusi. Moreover, it would be more convenient for her brother to contact her when she was out than hiding in the inner house of Xue's mansion.

Thinking this way, Xue Baobao asked Xue Pan to find a better horse farm outside the city and rent it out so that Lin Daiyu and Zhen Yinglian could learn from it, while he secretly planned how to get out of the big army and do some tricks.

Xue Pan is an obedient baby in front of Xue Baobao now. After inquiring around, and then went to see it in person, he finally found a satisfactory one. He paid a deposit to the owner of the racecourse, and ordered that when the time comes, the idlers will be cleared, so that it is convenient for the younger sisters to learn. horse riding.

Xue Pan finished his work and felt very accomplished, so he hurried home.

When he did something wrong, although my sister was very fierce, she would starve him and beat him, but when he was not a jerk, my sister never hesitated to praise her, and even brought his wife, cousin Lin and Zhen Yinglian to praise him!
Xue Pan couldn't help but giggle when he thought of his mother and sisters surrounding the room praising him, and the serving maids and women also praising him and praising his wife and sisters for enjoying his blessings.

It's not that he wants them to praise him, it's just that without his help, it won't be easy for the sisters to learn how to ride a horse!

Even he had to look for this suitable horse farm for a long time and put a lot of thought into it!

Xue Pan was smiling foolishly when he suddenly saw a group of guards in uniforms approaching quickly, thinking they had some urgent business to attend to.

He didn't dare to delay Jin Yiwei's errands, so he hurriedly urged the horse to avoid it.

The team of royal guards passed by him, and he didn't pay attention. When he saw them passing by, he urged his horse to go away, but he didn't expect to hear someone calling Master Xue behind him.

Xue Pan hurriedly reined in his horse and turned back, only to see that it was Yu Xin who urged the horse to turn back and talk to him.

Xue Pan was immediately flattered, and hurriedly urged his horse to greet him, and repeatedly handed over his hand.

Yu Xin asked, "Where did Lord Xue come from?"

When Xue Pan saw that he condescended to greet her, he never thought of lying. He said honestly, "Xue went to see the racecourse and thought about taking his mother and several sisters to relax during his break for a few days."

Yu Xin praised, "It's often heard that although Mr. Xue came from a wealthy family, he doesn't have the slightest air of a dandy.

Now it's so easy to take a break and don't want to go out to drink and socialize, but is willing to sacrifice the rest of the time to relax with his mother and younger sisters, which can be seen as a good one.

I wonder if Mr. Xue has chosen the racecourse he likes?
Yu is very familiar with the racecourses in the capital, if he is not selected, he can recommend a good one to Master Xue."

Xue Pan hurriedly reported the name of the racecourse, and said that if necessary next time, he would trouble him again.

Yu Xin nodded, let go of the topic, and said, "That day I went to Wuwen Pavilion to buy medical books, and it happened that Master Xue's sister also went to buy medical books.

My daughter's family likes medicine, but it's rare. I don't know which sister of Mr. Xue? "

Xue Pan had been praised by Yu Xin for a long time, and his head was dizzy. How could he remember that he couldn't easily mention the daughter of the boudoir to outsiders, so he replied honestly, "Xue has only one younger sister, and the other is Uncle Lin's cousin and a sister. Step sister.

The person Mr. Yu saw must be my biological sister, she has always liked handling medicinal herbs."

Yu Xin let out an oh, but didn't talk about this topic again. After exchanging a few words of pleasantries, he said that he was on business and left.

After Yu Xin left, Master Wu frowned and said, "The reputation of the daughter in the boudoir is important, the uncle should not just casually talk about the three girls with Master Yu."

Xue Pan also reacted, but it was too late to regret at this time, so he had to say with a tiger face, "Is there anything you can't say? You don't even know who Master Yu is!

If you really want to find out about the younger sisters, how many ways are there, you need to come to me and ask me?

It's just a casual greeting, but you think too much! "

Master Wu saw that what he said was also reasonable, so he stopped talking.

Xue Pan was afraid that he would go back and complain to Xue Baobao, so he threatened again, "Don't complain to the girl when you go back!

It's a trivial matter for me to lose face. If Lord Yu knows that we are so guarded against him and takes a grudge, you won't be able to kill him with his embroidered spring knife! "

Although Master Wu felt that he was talking to a boudoir girl, Yu Xin would never know it.

But since he entered the capital, he has always heard about the terrifying aspects of Jin Yiwei. He thought that he was not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case, so he had to nod.

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Xue Baobao has no idea that his stupid brother is stupid again, and he is excitedly preparing for the autumn outing.

For an autumn outing, the standard must be delicious food. An autumn outing without delicious food is definitely an autumn outing without a soul!
Xue Baobao almost drools when he thinks of all kinds of junk food and drinks stuffed in his bag full of spring and autumn outings in his previous life.

Now that she doesn't have all the conveniences and material abundance of the new society, she can just do it herself!

Young ladies from wealthy families would always bring pots and pans, tables and benches, tea, wine and food when traveling. However, it is inconvenient to go out, so first of all, they must prepare a few cold dishes.

The first is the four vegetarian dishes: cold three shredded, yuba mixed with fungus, cold fish-flavored eggplant, and the standard cold dish, preserved egg tofu.

Then there are four kinds of meat: cold boneless pork trotters, secret duck tongue, dry spicy beef, and Xue Baobao's favorite, spicy and sour chicken feet with lemon.

After it was done, Xue Baobao couldn't wait to grab a chicken foot with his bare hands and gnawed it. For the sake of the "respect" of everyone, she has not eaten chicken feet since she entered the world of Red Mansions!
This sour, spicy and flavorful chicken feet will always be one of her favorites, whether she is a lady or not!

Soon, Xue Baobao gnawed the whole bowl to the bottom. Xue Baobao then wiped his mouth with satisfaction, picked up the plum soup prepared earlier and took a big gulp. Sure enough, this is life!

After eating to my heart's content, I continued to prepare the staple food for tomorrow.

Rice is inconvenient, Xue Baobao is going to make oily spicy noodles, both noodles and oily spicy noodles can be prepared today, and brought with you tomorrow, and then you only need to set up a pot to cook, which is convenient.

After this period of training, Xue Baobao is no longer the former Wu Xia Amon. His wrist and arm strength are extremely good. He refused the help of the cook and several maids, pulled out the noodles himself, and went to fry the spicy food.

If you want to make oily and spicy peppers delicious, the first thing you need is to have good peppers.

Xue Baobao sneaked out some chili peppers from the space earlier, and made chili powder, finely ground chili peppers with seeds, which happened to be used at this time.

The second important thing for spicy food to be delicious is to control the heat well.

This was the first time for Xue Baobao to use a large pot to make fried spicy dumplings. He was not satisfied with the previous two times, so he made the third pot before he was finally satisfied.

The staple food is ready, and tomorrow I will bring two baskets of crabs to steam. A room full of women can't eat much, so it should be enough.

The last thing is snacks. Baby Xue calculated the tastes of Mrs.

After everything was ready, Xue Baobao ordered that the staple food tonight would be oily and spicy noodles.

He also ordered a large bowl of lemon sour and spicy chicken feet and dry mixed spicy beef, a plate of soufflé and a plate of chestnut cake to be sent to Wang Xifeng, and he himself brought a plate of soufflé to talk to Lin Daiyu.

This soufflé is made of white fine flour, cheese substitute oil, and filled with dates and chestnuts.

Iron furnace, iron cover, fried charcoal on both sides until yellow, and then baked until crispy.

The best thing about it is that it is not as sweet as other pastries. It is full of milk flavor, very crunchy and has an excellent taste. Lin Daiyu likes it the most.

No matter what it is, it is always the most delicious when it is freshly baked. Xue Baobao will deliver it to Lin Daiyu as soon as it is ready.

Lin Daiyu was writing, when she saw the soufflé, she put down her pen and ate with her.

There are a total of twelve soufflés on a plate, one for you and one for me, and they will be completely wiped out in a short time.

Lin Daiyu has been raised by Xue's family for four months, and her appetite has been greatly improved by Xue Baobao.

After the two finished their snacks, Lin Daiyu showed Xue Baobao the letter that Lin Ruhai had written to her, and said happily, "Sister, look, father said that he is likely to go to Beijing at the end of the year, and he will stay in the capital in the future, and he will leave in a month." Can be sure.

It will take ten to fifteen days for this letter to be sent from Yangzhou, and the news will be confirmed soon, maybe my father will send someone to clean and repair the house in the capital soon."

Of course, many of the fifth generation princes of the Lin family served as officials and butchers in Beijing. Lin Ruhai himself also served as an official in Beijing for a period of time, so he naturally had a house in Beijing.

Xue Baobao was also happy for her and said with a smile, "When the time comes, Sister Zhen and I will also give you some advice on your house.

We can also move some branches from my fruit trees and flowers to save you from having to buy them again.”

Lin Daiyu thought it was good after hearing this, so they asked Zhen Yinglian to choose flowers and trees together.

Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhen also came to help when they heard about it, and laughter continued in the back garden.

Xue Baobao also laughed along with her unconsciously. It was another day when the ladies of the ancient times had nothing to do but a very fulfilling day!

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The next morning, everyone in Xue's family got up early, had breakfast, and after a fuss, left the city in a mighty way.

Xue Pan has booked the racecourse, and except for the two boys left to take care of him by the owner of the racecourse, there is no one there.

Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhen directed the servant girls of the Xue family to first pull up the curtain for the rest of the masters, and then put the tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, etc. in order.

While they were busy, Xue Baobao and others went to see and pick horses.

Since both Lin Daiyu and Zhen Yinglian had never ridden a horse before and only dared to choose a docile pony, Xue Baobao followed suit and chose the same one as them.

Lin Daiyu and Zhen Yinglian rode horses for the first time. It was very difficult just to get on the horse, and they were too scared to dare.

Xue Baobao simply got on the horse stool, pinched Lin Daiyu's waist with both hands, and hugged her onto the horse with both arms, and then hugged Zhen Yinglian onto the horse as she was.

Xue Pan, "..."

It's a good thing that he didn't dare to fight against his sister all the time. With his strength, hitting him couldn't be more painful than the martial arts master!

Putting Lin Daiyu and two on the horse, Xue Baobao quickly turned over and got on the horse. He followed the two of them leisurely, and at the same time told them the skills of riding a horse.

Lin Daiyu and Lin Daiyu were very nervous at first, but when they saw that the pony was very docile and the boys were holding it tightly, they gradually relaxed.

When they were fresh, they were led by the boys to walk slowly around the horse farm over and over again, and they didn't feel bored. Instead, they were very excited, chatting and exchanging horse riding experiences.

The horses occasionally neighed, or stubbornly wanted to graze on the roadside, which would surprise them again and again.

Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhen sat in the curtain, and while they were female celebrities, they looked at the girls and laughed.

Xue Baobao, "..."

The entertainment life of ancient women was so lacking!
I remember that when she first experienced the roller coaster, she was not so fussy.

After about half an hour, Lin Daiyu and the others felt tired and dismounted.

Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhen took care of the girls in person with handkerchiefs and water.

Girls of this age, whether they are ancient or modern, are about the same. As long as they are not bored at home studying, they are good wherever they go out.

At this time, the autumn sun is just right, basking in the sun and blowing the breeze, eating snacks, how comfortable is it?
Lin Daiyu and Zhen Yinglian are definitely birds that have been kept in the cage for too long. Once they fly out, they must fly around. Water, pick flowers.

Seeing that they were rarely happy, Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhen couldn't bear to be restrained, so they asked Xue Pan to take care of them and let them go.

Xue Baobao said, "I'll ride a horse to the front for a spin to see if there's anything interesting ahead, and then I'll call you back."

Stop by and check out some of the places to see if you can find a legitimate excuse to leave the group.

Xue Pan didn't dare to ask her to run alone, so he hurriedly told the boys to follow her. As for the maids, none of them knew how to ride a horse.

Xue Baobao got on the horse, and when she felt something was stuffed into her palm, she froze for a moment before looking at the boy who was waiting for her to get on the horse by the horse stool.

The boy looked down and looked pleasing, as if he had never given her anything at all, he was one of the boys left behind by the horse farm.

Xue Baobao glanced at him, urged the horse to move forward slowly, and when it was out of sight of Xue Pan and Lin Daiyu, he opened the note stuffed in his palm under the cover of his sleeve.

What came into her eyes were simplified Chinese characters written with an eyebrow pencil, and the handwriting was extremely familiar to her.

elder brother!

Xue Baobao's nose suddenly became sour, and a layer of mist was cast in front of his eyes, and it took him a long time to see clearly the words on the note: Qianjin Pharmaceutical Group Xue Zhijian please meet the girl.

Qianjin Pharmaceutical Group!

Xue Zhijian!

Although Xue Baobao bit his lip tightly, tears still fell crazily, brother, it's brother!It's her brother!
It’s not Xue Pan, it’s Xue Zhijian, it’s Xue Zhijian!

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