The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Pearl said to Lin Yun: "Mr. Lin, when can I help you treat your injuries?"

Lin Yun asked suspiciously: "Treat the wound? How?"

"Just giving you a massage?"

Pearl looked at Lin Yun's chest and made a massage gesture.

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "No, no need. How can you, a girl, do this?"

Pearl: "If my lord doesn't want me to massage, then what am I going to do here?"

Lin Yun: "I made an agreement with your grandfather that you will stay with me to help take care of the family until he comes to take you back next time."

Pearl: "Then let me give you a massage, so that you can recover faster."

"Don't bother you."

Lin Yun declined Pearl's kindness, turned around and hid in his room.

Xiangling giggled and said, "Sister Pearl, I'm sorry to ask you to massage."

Pearl said inexplicably: "What's so embarrassing, I'm a doctor, isn't it normal to massage patients?"

Miss Liu asked Pearl, "Zhen'er, you've been traveling the rivers and lakes for so many years, have you met someone you like?"

Pearl's cheeks flushed when she heard this, she lowered her head and said shyly, "No."

Miss Liu's heart was moved when she heard the words, she thought to herself, "Old leader Zhu sent the pearl here, could it be that he wants her to be a concubine for the young master?"

Chapter 179: Aunt Xue's plan

Xue Mansion, inner house.

After Second Master Xue's funeral was over, Aunt Xue finally relaxed.

However, once Second Master Xue died, all matters inside and outside the Xue family fell on her, and she had to make decisions on everything, which made Aunt Xue feel a little powerless.

What troubled her the most was what to do with Xue Jiayuan's business in Guangdong. Without family members in Guangdong, the business there might not last long.

...

This morning, Aunt Xue was chatting with Baochai in the room when she saw Xue Pan running in excitedly and said with a smile, "Mother, look what good things my son brought back."

After Xue Pan finished speaking, he waved to the door, and two women came in carrying a big bamboo basket.

Baochai stepped forward and looked down, and then said pleasantly, "Brother, where did you get so many fresh cherries?"

Xue Pan: "I went to Brother Lin's house to visit him this morning, and I happened to meet someone bringing a few big baskets of fresh cherries, so Brother Lin asked me to bring a basket back for my mother to taste."

Aunt Xue asked curiously: "It's rare for our Xue family to see cherries in this season, so why would someone give them to Brother Yun?"

Xue Pan waved his hand to ask his mother-in-law to carry the bamboo basket down, and then explained: "I heard that it was given by people from the Sihai Gang. Brother Lin seems to be doing business in partnership with the people from the Sihai Gang."

Baochai hurriedly asked, "Brother, has Brother Lin recovered?"

"It's almost recovered."

Aunt Xue thought for a while and said, "Pan'er, it's your birthday at the beginning of next month, please go to the next post and invite Brother Yun to come over and sit down."

Xue Pan hurriedly said: "Mother, I have already agreed with Big Brother Lin that on my birthday, I will hold a banquet at Zuixian Tower to celebrate."

Aunt Xue said dissatisfiedly: "It's good to celebrate in the mansion, there is no need to make a fuss outside."

Xue Pan said aggrievedly: "I have many friends, it's not easy to entertain me in the mansion."

Baochai hurriedly said: "Brother, those friends of yours probably won't get along with Brother Lin, why don't you hold a banquet alone in the mansion at night and invite Brother Lin to come over to celebrate for you."

Xue Pan seemed to recall: "Mother, do you have something to discuss with Brother Lin?"

Aunt Xue nodded and said: "You know the current situation of our family. There is no one who can take charge of the business outside. Mother wants to discuss with Brother Yun to see if he is willing to help us."

Xue Pan laughed and said, "If the mother doesn't mention it, the child will almost forget it. Brother Lin asked me to come back and ask my mother. If our family's business in Guangdong Hai wants to be sold, he is willing to take over."

"Oh."

Aunt Xue's eyes lit up when she heard the words, she thought for a while, and said, "You tell Brother Yun later, that mother wants to discuss with him face to face."

"Ok."

...

After Xue Pan left, Baochai walked up to Aunt Xue with a plate of cherries brought in by the maid, and asked, "Mother wants to transfer our family's business in Guangdong to Brother Lin?"

Aunt Xue picked up a cherry from the plate, stuffed it into her mouth, and said, "The transfer is a one-off deal. It's gone after it's sold out. It's not a long-term solution. My mother wants to partner with Brother Yun to run Yuehai together." business over there."

Baochai said worriedly, "I'm afraid the elder brother of the Lin family may not agree."

"He will agree."

Aunt Xue said with a smug smile: "Ever since Brother Yun dated your brother, I've been wondering what exactly he's plotting? Until just now, I finally figured it out."

Baochai hurriedly asked, "What is it?"

Aunt Xue said in a firm tone: "It's Haimao. Brother Yun has a big heart. He has aspirations to do the sea trade business, so he wants to associate with your brother, so that we can use our Xue family's way to do business overseas. .”

Baochai's eyes widened in surprise, and she looked at her mother in disbelief.

Aunt Xue said happily, "Did mother's words scare you?"

Baochai said in a daze, "Mother, how could Brother Lin have such great ambitions at such a young age?"

Aunt Xue smiled wryly and said: "In the past, I didn't dare to think so. But you have to understand, to be able to spend tens of thousands of dollars in the Oiran Competition, his courage must not be judged by common sense."

Baochai: "Since Lin's elder brother is so powerful, isn't mother worried that he will embezzle our Xue family's property?"

"Uh."

When Aunt Xue heard this, the smile on her face disappeared immediately.

She naturally understood in her heart that with Lin Yun's scheming and skill in the Oiran Competition, the steward of the Xue family was definitely not his opponent.What's more, if Lin Yun wanted to buy off the Xue family's steward in Guangdong, it would be as easy as pie.

Baochai persuaded: "Mom, it's better to transfer the business in Yuehai to the Lin family's elder brother. In order not to cause unpleasant business matters in the future, it will hurt the relationship between relatives instead."

Aunt Xue shook her head and said, "You don't understand, the profit of sea trade is more than ten times greater than that of inland business. If this can be maintained, our Xue family will be able to prosper."

Baochai: "But no one in our family can work hard outside. It's not a problem to rely on others."

Aunt Xue put her hand on her forehead and thought for a long time before she said, "Daughter, mother wants to bring you and your brother to Beijing."

"Going to Beijing? What are you doing in Beijing?"

Aunt Xue: "Brother Yun lived in Rongguo Mansion when he came to Jinling. He must have an extraordinary relationship with the Jia family. If we go to Beijing to join your aunt, with her and your uncle as our help, Brother Yun will be able to He has some scruples and will not bully us in business."

"This~"

Baochai disapproved of her mother's idea. From what she knew, the elder brother of the Lin family was obviously not one to be manipulated by others.

She once heard from her brother that the elder brother of the Lin family had never had any contact with the eldest cousin of the Wang family, which showed that his attitude towards the Wang family was very cold.

As for the Jia family, let alone, Lin Yun's uncle is the direct son-in-law of Mrs. Shi, and they are much closer there than their Xue family.If there is a conflict between the two families, don't worry about it, she also knows which side the Jia family will stand on.

Aunt Xue smiled and comforted: "You don't have to worry too much, mother is just planning for the worst. If you want me to say, Brother Yun is a child who attaches great importance to affection. As long as we treat him sincerely, he must also care about the affection between relatives." , will not do too much."

Baochai nodded when she heard the words. From Lin Yun's attitude towards Jia Lian, she knew that the brother of the Lin family was a man of affection and trustworthiness. If she played the emotional card with him, maybe he would help the Xue family.

Thinking of this, she suggested to Aunt Xue: "Since mother wants to do business with brother Lin, it's better to introduce second uncle and his family, and let brother Lin take over early, maybe we can recover a little more losses."

Aunt Xue said worriedly: "Your second uncle's concubine is not a good talker, and mother is worried that she will get in the way."

Baochai: "Mother can talk to her first. Even if she is a foreign woman, she is a concubine. How can she surpass the etiquette of our Great Chu?"

Aunt Xue nodded and said, "You are right. Mother will come back and have a good talk with her."

After a pause, Aunt Xue said again: "You can talk to your brother about going to the capital."

Baochai: "Is it necessary to go to the capital?"

Aunt Xue: "For us orphans and widows, not having anything to rely on is not a long-term solution."

"Okay, daughter listens to mother."

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Chapter 1 Eighty: Please enter the urn

With the cooperation of the Sihai Gang, the promotion of rickshaws at the dock has become very smooth.Not only here in Jinling, but also at various docks in Yangzhou, rickshaws have appeared.

The biggest obstacle for rickshaws is the lack of rubber tires. Lin Yun told Zheng Bonan his requirements for rubber tires and asked him to arrange manpower for the experiment.

The development of rubber is really too difficult. Even with Lin Yun's reminder, I'm afraid it won't be able to make a big breakthrough in the short term.

After leaving the development of rubber tires to Zheng Bonan, Lin Yun left it alone.

Seeing that the time for the rural examination is getting closer, he must concentrate on his studies and strive to achieve something in the current provincial examination.

...

That evening, Lin Yun came back from the Imperial College. As soon as he walked outside the door of the mansion, he was blocked by Xue Pan.

Xue Pan smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Brother Lin, today is my little brother's birthday. I specially invite him to come to my house and have a few drinks."

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I didn't even prepare a gift."

Xue Pan hurriedly said: "As long as the person is gone, it's the same if the gift is made up tomorrow."

"How is this possible."

Lin Yun called Xiao Mo and asked him to go back to prepare the congratulatory gift, while he brought Zhong Yi and Xue Pan to Xue's mansion as guests.

...

Not long after, several people dismounted their horses outside the gate of Xue Mansion and handed the horses to the servants who came up to take care of them. Lin Yun followed Xue Pan into the inner house of Xue Mansion and went to visit Aunt Xue first.

It was spring, and all kinds of flowers in Xue's garden were in full bloom, colorful and fragrant.

Walking on the path surrounded by flowers, from time to time, maids and mothers-in-law bowed to the two of them.

Xue Pan walked towards Lin Yun and said, "Brother Lin, is the Jia's garden in the capital as big as my garden?"

Lin Yun's heart was moved when he heard the words, and he hurriedly asked: "Brother Xue, why did you think of asking this? Is it because my aunt wants to take your brother and sister to Beijing?"

Xue Pan pointed and praised: "Brother Lin is smart, you guessed it when I just started."

After a pause, Xue Pan said again: "The Jia Mansion in the capital must be bigger than our Xue family, right?"