Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 307 There is a rift when exploring Chun Baochai

Xichun said that Tanchun was very excited. This time there were more than 600 taels coming in and out. Counting the ones coming in and out, there were even a thousand taels.

And if the garden alone can achieve such advantages and eliminate disadvantages, can other places like Zhuangzi and Purchasing be treated in the same way?
Tanchun thought about it and asked Fu Qiufang, "Sister, you might as well talk about the purchase."

Fu Qiufang said: "This matter is probably handled by Hongyu and Haiping. It seems that the rules are set by the master."

Hong Yu just happened to be returning from Xing Xiuyan. When she entered the door and heard Fu Qiufang say this, Hong Yu smiled and said: "What my aunt said is exactly the rule set by the fourth master. The purchases in the uncle's house are all temporary tasks, and they will be done later." Resigning. The uncle's house has already communicated with various shops, whether it's jewelry or fabrics of various colors. Every month, the shops send scraps and prices. The sisters in the family shop around and decide on the style. Only then do you have to go and negotiate the price with the shop.”

Tanchun clasped his hands and praised: "This is a good way to save those purchases from lining their own pockets."

Tan Chun asked Fu Qiufang again, but at this moment Qianxue came in quietly and nodded vaguely to Li Weijian, who then got up and walked out quietly.

When they arrived in Debaoxia, they saw Yingxue holding a pair of official boots.

Li Weijian smiled and asked, "Did Xiangyun give it to me?"

Yingxue nodded and said: "The girl lit a lamp and boiled oil for several days to make this pair. She sent me to let Fourth Master try to see if they fit."

Li Weijian took it with a smile, and seeing that Yingxue seemed to be hesitant to speak, he said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Yingxue complained: "Master, ever since I went to see Miss Shi, I have resisted and blocked a lot of things for her. But recently, I have been thinking that she has never suffered a loss, so I have lost my memory. What happened these days?" Xi Ren showed his kindness several times, but the girl started talking and laughing with him again. "

Yes, Yingxue stopped the overt and covert attacks, so wouldn't she be able to protect Xiangyun well? Humanity says, "Each person suffers a loss and gains wisdom." Now that Xiangyun has never suffered a loss, isn't he just a fool?
Li Weijian said with a smile on his face: "Then you will have to worry more about it later. With you looking after me, I can feel relieved."

Yingxue pursed her lips and said, "That's all we have to do, I just don't know when the girl will grow up."

After sending Yingxue back, Li Weijian secretly thought, what does it matter if Xiangyun grows up or not? It would be okay if he had always been a fool. Otherwise, if he and Daiyu pass through the door together tomorrow, there's no telling how the two of them will fight.

There is a saying that "Heaven has no two suns, and humans have no two masters." Two people in one house are the same, so in name they are the same, but in private they have to be divided into high and low, short and long.

If Xiangyun is also smart, I am afraid that the grape vines at home will fall down frequently! Now it's just right, one strong and one weak can just get along with each other.

Returning to the main room, Fu Qiufang had already said that Tanchun was thinking about it and was full of ambition.

Baoqin on the side said: "Third sister, how come I heard that my cousin also wants to help with housework?"

Tanchun came back to his senses and said: "My wife was afraid that I would not be able to control my naughty mother-in-law at a young age, so she asked Sister Bao to help me. Sister Bao has always been a considerate person, so I thought it would be easier to have her help me."

Unexpectedly, Baoqin laughed out loud when he heard this and said, "I'm afraid the third sister is wishful thinking."

"How do you say this?"

Bao Qin smiled and said: "She has been a picky person since she was a child. If the third sister gets the idea and goes back, I'm afraid she will stop her."

Xichun said in confusion: "Why does Sister Bao want to stop such a good thing?"

"She just has such a temper. If she can't get good things for herself, she won't let others get good things for her."

Tanchun frowned and thought about it, but Xichun was not convinced either. Tan Chun had always admired Li Weijian, so he couldn't help but look at Li Weijian.

If it were an ordinary person, I'm afraid it would take a lot of thinking, but Li Weijian was by no means a good man or woman. What would the life and death of the Jia family have to do with him?
The Xue family was courteous and carefree, and Sister Bao may have had some affection for him before, but she was suppressed by the desire in her heart and focused exclusively on Baoyu; Tanchun was different, she had been quite close to him during the two years of sojourn, and Li Weijian had always regarded him as his younger sister. Come and take care of me. It is naturally self-evident who is far and who is near.

Because Li Weijian thought for a moment and pointed out the gist with a smile: "Have you ever heard of a good marriage, third sister?"

Tan Chun was puzzled as to why Li Weijian mentioned this matter, but he nodded and said, "I heard about it."

Li Weijian then smiled and said: "The authenticity of the psychic jade is still unknown. The third sister thinks the golden lock is real or fake."

"This -" Tan Chun had thought about it before, and Li Weijian threw five psychic gems in one breath. Not to mention Jia Mu, how could the girl in the garden not be suspicious? As Li Weijian said, the authenticity of the psychic jade is still unknown, and the golden lock is probably also fake.

It's just that she couldn't say it out loud. She only said that the matter of the golden match was Mrs. Wang's secret operation.

Li Weijian smiled and said: "First make friends with the servants, then build momentum, and then slander Sister Lin everywhere. The Xue family is determined to win the position of Grandma Bao'er."

Li Weijian was talking about the Xue family, not Xue Baochai. Na Xichun was in a daze after hearing this, but Tanchun was keenly aware of the difference.

"If the Xue family really gets what they want in the future... Well, in my opinion, it is very likely. First, the Xue family is determined to win, and my wife is absolutely willing to do so; secondly, Baoyu doesn't like to study and doesn't have a strong family background. Secondly, I especially dislike the economics of official career, so wouldn’t it be that these two people hit it off right away?
Nowadays, the Rong Mansion cannot make ends meet, but the Xue family is from an imperial business background and is apparently the best at running a business. The two families are in one place, so they can learn from each other's strengths. "

Xichun couldn't help but ask: "Fourth Brother Jian, what do you think this has to do with Sister Bao?"

"Oh, Fourth Sister, you might as well think about it. Now that the Jia family is unable to make ends meet, the wife is interested in Baochai. If the Jia family is well managed and not short of money, I'm afraid the Xue family will not be so important, right? Concubine Jia is about to give birth, if After giving birth to a prince, there is no doubt that Baoyu will be promoted to a noble concubine. By then, Baoyu will be a real uncle of the state. How can he look up to the daughter of an ordinary merchant?
If the fourth sister had been Baochai, how would he have watched the third sister make gains and overcome disadvantages, and revitalize the Jia family? "

Tanchun was speechless for a long time, and looked at Xichun silently. The fourth girl, Xichun, was young, but she was capable of cruelty. After thinking about it for a while, she said, "I'm afraid I'd be the one who got in the way... Ah, third sister, I'm afraid. You have to be careful about Sister Bao."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "That's not all." After a pause, he added: "I just talked about the Xue family, now let's talk about the wife. The second sister-in-law is in charge of the family affairs, but only in trivial matters. She can neither remove people from office, nor clarify the accounts. The third sister knows what kind of person the second sister-in-law is. Why does the third sister-in-law think that the second sister-in-law has not done anything to benefit her?"

Tanchun said: "Sister Feng came to see me last night, and she just talked about the disadvantages of rouge and gouache. With her temperament, I'm afraid she would have noticed something wrong a long time ago, so... I have to be unwilling... I really can't ?”

Oh, it turns out that Sister Feng ran to Tanchun to hide yesterday, and by the way, she sold Tanchun a good deal.

Li Weijian smiled and nodded repeatedly, saying: "You can teach me. For one thing, my wife has been a housekeeper for so many years, but she has only managed the household to make ends meet, and she is here to make ends meet with her third sister. Where do you want to put my wife's face?"
Secondly, after the Lai family left, the most important people now are the wives. If we want to get rid of the problem, we have to operate on those wives. The wife relies on these wives to run the family, so how can she let the third sister Something big happened?
Thirdly, Baoyu and Concubine Jia are the big spenders! Is the money sent to the palace for the father-in-law or the wife's dowry? A few hundred today and two thousand tomorrow. How much has been spent over the years? If it were made public, would the third sister think that the elder would secretly slander him? "

Tanchun frowned when he heard this. She was owed years. Although she had scruples in her heart, she never thought it was so clear. Xichun on the side was speechless when he heard this, and quietly pulled Tanchun away and said: "Third sister, I'm afraid it's not possible to bring about advantages and eliminate disadvantages. I think it's better for Xiao Gui and Cao to follow."

Tanchun took a deep breath, raised his head and said, "No matter how I am a concubine, I am still a girl from the Jia family. If I don't bear the responsibility, that's it. Now that I am responsible for the housekeeper's errands, how can I stand by and watch with cold eyes?"

Seeing the little girl's high fighting spirit, Li Weijian couldn't help but admire her secretly, and couldn't help but say: "The third sister is indeed a woman as good as any other."

As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Tanchun suddenly became embarrassed again: "How could Fourth Brother Jian say something so good? I just feel that I can't calm down."

At this time, Qianxue came again and said with a smile: "Sir, dinner is ready. I make sure that I can eat it smoothly today."

Li Weijian didn't know that Xing Xiuyan had come to help with the cooking today, so he didn't take it seriously. He just said to Tanchun and Xichun, "We happened to catch up. The third and fourth sisters might as well stay and eat together before leaving."

Tan Chun stood up and said: "Fourth sister and I just had dinner, where can we eat now? Fourth brother Jian wants to have dinner, so we won't stay any longer. But if we encounter someone in trouble in the future, we will inevitably come to look for him again." Brother Jian is asking for advice."

Li Weijian laughed: "Just come here and there won't be any other ones. I have plenty of crooked ideas."

Tan Chun raised his eyes and met Li Weijian's eyes, then quickly lowered his eyes, feeling slightly disappointed. In those eyes, there was mostly the care and doting of a brother who cared about his sister, but there was no hint of male-female affection. Tanchun laughed at himself, thinking that it was impossible, so why should he worry about it now?
So he smiled and said: "Okay, I will trouble Fourth Brother Jian when the time comes. My Fourth Sister and I will take the first step, and Fourth Brother Jian will stay."

Li Weijian immediately stood up and Bao Qin sent him out without any instructions. She sent Tanchun and Xichun through the Dongjiao Gate before returning.

At this time, the table in the main room of the East Road Courtyard was set up, and the dishes were served one after another. The first few items are just that, you would see them all the time, but the last few items are quite new.

One is barbel lung soup, one is bisnail shrimp, one is eel paste, and the last one is squirrel mandarin fish.

Bao Qin sat beside him, used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of squirrel mandarin fish for Li Weijian, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, please try how the dishes here are different from those in the past."

Li Weijian took a bite and felt that it was crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, sweet and sour, and couldn't help but praise: "It tastes great, it tastes like the one made by Suzhou chefs -" After a pause, Li Weijian immediately came to his senses: " - Could it be that Did you invite Miss Xing to help with the cooking?"

Baoqin nodded with a smile and said, "Today I went to deliver medicinal meals to the garden of Rongfu. I happened to bump into Sister Xing again, so she agreed. After noon, Sister Xing came with her third sister and fourth sister. ”

Li Weijian said: "I asked someone to help me, why not ask them to use it together?"

Hongyu said, "How did you know that Fourth Master didn't call? Just after helping the kitchen, Miss Xing was about to return. I had to persuade her to stop her, and asked the kitchen to leave a separate portion, and sent her to the Consciousness Studio to let Miss Xing alone. Use it and leave.”

Li Weijian thought that Xing Xiuyan had always been content with poverty and was very strong. Meeting him in private now would inevitably make him worry. Because he only concentrated on eating, Xu Shi really liked it, and Li Weijian actually used an extra bowl of green rice than usual.

After dinner, he went to the study. The pyrite shipped from Suzhou was still on the way. The chemical industry was extremely complicated. It was not easy to write a book about it. Always proceed step by step, first throw out some chemical reactions, and then systematically explain a subject.

Li Weijian still had a headache now, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet. For a while, he wanted to go to Longhu Mountain and recruit some Taoist priests who could make elixirs.

Xiangling and Baoqin looked at each other and saw Baoqin smiling and pouting, so Xiangling let it go. After they dispersed, Hongyu said to Fu Qiufang: "I think Miss Xing is pitiful. Although she has a ermine cloak on the outside, she wears a jacket on the inside. These days are very cold. At that time, I was still very cold when I was walking in my cotton coat, how could she bear it? "

Fu Qiufang thought about it: "So Miss Xing is a poor and self-sufficient person, but you think she is a troublemaker?"

Hongyu shook her head and said with a smile: "Auntie, is it possible that you are still thinking about setting up a bridge for me?"

Fu Qiufang laughed and said: "I don't think the master is a womanizer, but he has seldom attracted girls to his family these years? First it was Baoqin, and now Xing Xiuyan has been with the master for a long time. I see, only I’m afraid it will happen sooner or later.”

Fu Qiufang smiled on her face, but naturally she was not so generous in her heart. But she also knew that such a thing could not be stopped. Fortunately, the master knew how to restrain himself, otherwise the house would have been overcrowded. Since we can't stop her, we might as well take advantage of the situation. What if there is a girl with good looks and she takes advantage of the situation and takes it into the master's room?
She is pregnant now, this is her only one! Even if she can't give birth to an eldest son in the future, her eldest daughter will still be hers. The master has already said that her share of the family property will definitely not be lost, so why should we care too much about such things?

Fu Qiufang then said: "I'm pregnant now. I'm afraid I won't be able to wear the coat I wore last year. Please help me give it to her. If you don't mind it, please accept it."

Hongyu responded: "Auntie is still thoughtful."

She made a plan here, and Bao Qin went back to the room and rummaged through the cabinets, but she was troubled by her body shape and did not have suitable cotton clothes. After thinking about it for a while, he immediately called Xiaoluo and said, "Go and talk to Sister Xing and ask her to copy down the daily recipes so that you can have a reference in the future. I sent these ten taels of silver to polish my pen." "

Xiaoluo agreed and immediately took the money and went to the Consciousness Studio. When he arrived inside, he saw Xing Xiuyan crouching at his desk looking at a volume of poems, so he waited for a moment before coming forward to greet him. Xing Xiuyan waited for the order to come, and hurriedly stood up to shirk it. Although Xiao Luo is young, he is also a eloquent speaker. He just said: "The newspapers outside hire people to write articles and polish their pens. So what if Miss Xing needs some polishes to copy the recipes? Besides, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone always cost some money. What's more important is Miss Xing's craftsmanship. It's just a master craftsman, but I'm not my own. Who would spread the recipe?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "I'm just making some home-cooked dishes, what's the point of polishing my writing?"

Xiaoluo forced the money into his hand and said with a smile: "Girl, please don't pull me away. If this job doesn't go well, our girl will punish me later. Miss Xing doesn't want me to be punished, right?"

Xing Xiuyan couldn't shirk it, and felt warm in her heart. When she was in poverty, someone would lend a helping hand. Such kindness will always be remembered.

Xiaoluo just said goodbye and left, and in the blink of an eye Hongyu came again. After greeting him, he sent some silver barley over first and said: "It is the rule of the uncle's house that the monthly payment is released on the tenth day of each month. This month, Miss Xing came a little late, so it is not easy to settle the accounts. So it is better to convert the payment first." , it will be easier to calculate by following the days and months.”

This is a reward, but it is also a kindness. Xing Xiuyan felt grateful and took the money and thanked him profusely.

But Hong Yu took another cotton coat from the hand of the maid next to her and said, "Aunt Fu is pregnant now, and she can no longer wear the clothes she used to wear. A lot of them were scattered in the past few days, but now there are still some left. If Miss Xing doesn’t like it, she can change it.”

A new cotton-padded coat was another kindness. Xing Xiuyan couldn't refuse it, so he had to accept it. She didn't know what Baoqin and Xing Xiuyan were thinking, but she only thought that Li Weijian ordered his concubine to do what he did, so she couldn't help but feel charming in her heart: Could it be that Uncle Li is really interested in her? Or maybe... you just pity yourself?

When Xing Xiuyan walked back, he was confused for a moment and suddenly frowned in worry.

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Later, a mother-in-law came to send a message, saying that the three-room small building in front of Sister Gu Nianfeng's courtyard was cold and cold, so they allocated the Furen Yude Council Hall in front of the main entrance of the Grand View Garden. Used to deal with household chores on weekdays such as Tanchun.

Tanchun thanked Mrs. Wang, got up and walked to the meeting hall. He happened to bump into Ping'er on the way. Tanchun went over and said, "I have an important matter. I had to discuss it with Grandma You a long time ago, but now I happened to remember it. Come after you have eaten. I also called Miss Bao after a while, and the three of us discussed it. Let's discuss it in detail. Ask your grandma if this is possible."

Ping'er agreed and then said: "Third girl, you must give me a reason first, lest our grandma asks me and I don't know anything."

Tanchun thought so, so he started talking about the rouge and gouache.

Ping'er agreed and left. When he arrived at Sister Feng's courtyard, he told the matter. After hearing this, Sister Feng couldn't help but praise: "Okay, okay, what a good third girl! I said she is not bad. It's a pity that she was not lucky enough to be born in the wife's belly."

Ping'er smiled and said: "Grandma is also talking nonsense. He is not raised by my wife. Who dares to underestimate her and not treat her like others?"

Sister Feng sighed and said, "How did you know that even though a concubine is the same, a daughter is not as good as a man. When trying to get married in the future, there will always be a kind of frivolous person who first needs to find out whether the girl is a concubine. Most of the time, she is not wanted because of the concubine."

As everyone knows, not to mention concubines, our girls are better than other people's young ladies. In the future, I don’t know who is unlucky enough to pick on the common people and get into trouble; and I don’t know what kind of person is lucky enough to get away with it if he doesn’t pick on the right people. "

After saying that, he smiled at Ping'er and said: "You know how many frugal ways I have come up with in the past few years, and everyone in my family probably hates me secretly. Now I am also riding a tiger. Although I see through it a little, I am helpless for a while. It is also difficult to be lenient. Secondly, there are many people leaving the house and few coming in: all matters big and small still follow the rules in the hands of the ancestors, but the property brought in in a year is not as good as before.

If you are too frugal, outsiders will laugh at you, old ladies and wives will be wronged, and your family members will complain and be mean. If you don’t take care of the frugal plan as soon as possible, you will lose everything in a few years. "

Ping'er couldn't help but worry: "That's not what you said! There will be three or four girls, two or three young men, and an old lady in the future. These important things are not yet finished."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "I have thought about this too. That's enough: Sister Lin...well, with Baoyu, they can marry each other, so they don't need the official money. The old lady has her own ladder and takes it out herself." .

The second girl is from the eldest master's side, so it doesn't count.

There are three or four left, and each of them has spent ten thousand silver.

Brother Huan only spent three thousand taels of silver on his wedding, so it doesn't matter where he saves. When the old lady's affairs came out, everything was settled, except for the odds and ends, which cost only three to five thousand taels. Now, if you are more frugal, it will be enough.

I'm afraid if one or two things happen out of thin air now, it would be a big deal. Let's not worry about the aftermath. Just eat and listen to what they are discussing. This is my chance, I am worried that I have no arms!
Although there is a gem, he is not the product here, even if he is subdued, it will be of no use;

The eldest grandma is a Buddha, but she is useless; the second girl is even worse, and she is not from this house; the fourth girl is young, and Lan Xiaozi is even younger; Huan'er is a little frozen cat with hairy hair, just waiting for someone to come. Let him get into the hot stove and the kang.

I really feel dissatisfied when I think about two people so far apart from each other coming out of the same mother's belly.

Besides, Miss Lin and Miss Bao are both good, but they are both relatives and it is difficult for them to take care of our housework. Besides, one of them had no intention of doing this; the other had made up his mind: 'If you don't do your own business, don't open your mouth, and shake your head when you ask and don't know.' It was difficult to ask her.

There is only the third girl left, and she is both in her heart and her mouth. She is the gentleman of our family, and this time she has received orders from the wife.

Now that she has this idea, it's time to work with her and be a helping hand, so I'm not alone anymore. According to the principles of justice, nature, and conscience, we have her to help us, so we can feel less worried.

If it is based on selfish motives, I have often offended others too much, so I should step back and look back;
If we continue to pursue Ku Ke, we will hate it so much. We smile secretly and hide our knives. We only have four eyes and two hearts. If we are not prepared for a moment, we will cause trouble for others!
It's better to take advantage of now and let her take care of it, so that everyone can temporarily resolve the hatred we had in the past.

There is one more thing. Although I know that you understand it very well, I am afraid that you cannot change it in your mind. Now I am telling you: Although she is a girl, she understands everything in her heart, but she is careful with her words. She is more knowledgeable and literate than me, which is even better. Nowadays, as the saying goes, 'To catch a thief, you must first capture the king.' She is going to do it now, and she has to start with me. If she wants to refute my story, don't judge her. The more respectful you are, the more correct your refutation will be.

Don't ever think that if you are afraid that I will lose face, it will be bad if you are stubborn with her. "

Ping'er didn't wait for her to finish speaking and said, "You underestimate me. How can I be confused about this kind of right and wrong?"

Sister Feng smiled and said: "I'm afraid that you only have me in mind and no one else, so I have to give instructions; since you understand better than me, what can I say? Tsk tsk, I don't want you to be anxious again and talk all about you. , let me get up."

Ping'er pointed at his own face and said angrily: "I'm talking about you! If you don't comply, isn't this just a mouthful? Just give me another beating. Isn't it possible that you haven't tasted it yet?"

Sister Feng smiled and said: "You little hooves, how long do you want to remember just once? Come and sit down, no one comes anyway, it's proper for us to eat together."

Now the master and servant sat down together to wait for the evening meal. Ping'er thought to himself that the third girl was afraid of losing face to Sister Feng, so she just called herself Sister Feng instead of Sister Feng. There was a twist in the process.

Sister Feng was eating porridge with green stems. She couldn't help but glance at Ping'er secretly, but she had already made up her mind: if she wanted to remain unnoticed, she would have to drag Ping'er into the water to cover it up. Thinking of this event, Sister Feng couldn't help but feel angry, secretly thinking that she would be able to take advantage of that bison again in the future!
Ping'er had dinner with Sister Feng, washed up, and then went to the meeting hall. When I entered, I saw silence in the courtyard, with only the maid and mother-in-law waiting outside the window.

Ping'er entered the hall and saw Tanchun and Baochai talking about the affairs of the uncle's house next door. Seeing her coming, Tanchun ordered her to sit on her feet, and then started talking about purchasing rouge and gouache.

"I was thinking about nothing else, because we had two or two months of extra money in January, and the girls also had monthly money. Yesterday, someone came back and said that the hair oil powder we used in January was worth It’s two taels. So, it’s so small, and the money is limited, why didn’t your grandma think of this?”

Ping'er smiled and said: "There is a reason for this:

These things used by girls should naturally have their own rules. The comprador bought it every month and asked the women to hand over their houses to us, just to prepare them for the girls to use. There is no reason for us to spend money every day looking for people to buy hair oil and powder.

So the comprador general from outside took over and made women pay to us on a monthly basis and houses. The two taels that the girls earned each month were not for buying these things, but because the grandmother or wife who was in charge of the house was away or had no time to spare, and the girls happened to need a few bucks to save themselves from having to find someone else.

This is because I am afraid that the girls will be wronged, but you know that the money is not just for buying this. Now I see with cold eyes that half of our sisters in each room buy these things with cash!
I was confused, either because the comprador had no time, and it was a late date, or the purchase was not serious and I had to buy some unusable things to make up for it. "

When Tanchun heard this, he smiled and said: "You have noticed it too. There is no such thing as no time, and I don't dare to do it. It's just a matter of time, and I'm in a hurry. I don't know where to get some. It's just a name, but it can't be used." We still have to buy now.

So he used the two taels of silver to buy it from someone else's wet nurse or the son of a brother or brother, and then he made it. If you use people from public places, it will still be the same. I don’t know what trick they used. It was because the shop was broken and we didn’t want it, so they got all the items and prepared them for us. "

Ping'er said with a smile: "That's what the comprador bought. He bought a good one. How could the comprador be willing to let it go? He also said that he had bad intentions and wanted to take away the comprador."

So they had no choice but to do this. They would rather offend the people inside than offend the people working outside. The girls ordered the nannies, and they did not dare to gossip. "

Tanchun said: "That's why I feel uncomfortable. I spent two yuan and lost half of the things in vain. All in all, I have wasted two yuan. It is better to just give up the comprador's money every month."

This is one thing. The second thing is, I just went to Huifang Garden. How do you think Huifang Garden compares to ours? "

Ping'er said: "Ning Mansion was still there when we started the garden that day, and our Grand View Garden still occupies a part of Huifang Garden... Do you think Huifang Garden can be half as big as ours?"

Tanchun said: "I was chatting with Aunt Fu just now. Who would have thought that in addition to the flowers they wore and the bamboo shoots, fish and shrimp they ate, someone else took care of them for the whole year. At the end of the year, there were three hundred taels of silver left. ! Only then did I realize that a broken lotus leaf or a dead grass root is valuable!"

Baochai on the side was quite disapproving, saying that Tanchun was too fussy. Because Baochai smiled and said: "It's really a dandy's talk. Although Miss Qianjin didn't know about it, you all have studied and are literate, but you didn't see that Master Zhu wrote an article "Don't Give Up on Yourself". Isn't it possible?"

That's all the first words, it just said that Tanchun didn't know how to make money, rice, oil and salt. Then the topic changed and he mentioned "Don't give up on yourself", which means to encourage others to encourage themselves, and not to focus on trivial things and save a few taels of money. Come on.

Tan Chun felt unhappy after hearing this, but he smiled and said, "Although I have seen it before, it is just encouraging people to encourage themselves, and it is just empty rhetoric. It is true everywhere?"

Baochai immediately retorted: "Zhu Zi has all the empty words? That's true in every sentence. You have only been dealing with current affairs for two days, and you are so greedy that you think Zhu Zi is empty. When you go out again, you will see those pros and cons. , I think Confucius is even more vain!"

This is becoming more and more rude!

Although Tanchun was still smiling, he said with a smile: "You are such a knowledgeable person, but you haven't seen the book "Ji Zi"? That day Ji Zi said: Those who ascend to the place of wealth and management, steal the words of Yao and Shun, and memorize the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. ”

Baochai smiled and said, "What's the next sentence?"

Tanchun laughed and said: "Now I'm just taking the meaning out of context. Read the next sentence, can't I blame myself?"

Baochai said: "There is nothing in the world that cannot be used. Once it is usable, it is valuable. It is difficult for you to be a smart person. You have not experienced these serious things and big events. It is a pity that it is too late."

Sister Bao's words were full of sarcasm, meaning that since you are so smart, you should do big things. It is a pity that you have not experienced big things.

Ping'er saw that the two of them were quarreling with each other, so he quickly came over to smooth things over and said, "You two girls have pity on me. I didn't understand a word of this excerpt. I don't think I would have called the girls here and wouldn't say anything." Let’s get down to business, let’s watch the two girls talk about their knowledge.”

After Ping'er interrupted, Baochai stopped entangled with Tanchun, but there was no reason to retreat, so he said: "Learning is business. If you use knowledge to mention small things now, the small things will become more and more important." At the first level, if you don’t carry it with knowledge, it will all flow into the world.”

What Sister Bao means is that although the matter is small, the truth should still be explained clearly. It is inappropriate for you to pick up that little money in Tanchun!
Hearing this, Tan Chun was so angry that he was filled with smoke. I couldn't help but think about what Fourth Brother Jian had said before, that Sister Bao was full of truths and had no serious ideas, and she was just here to disrupt the situation. Now we have to find a way to drive it out first!

(End of this chapter)