The Red Chamber: Lianyufengchai

Daiyu spat: "I don't care."

After changing his clothes, he was about to go out. Xiangyun followed Daiyu out of the room, and Hu Xian'er came over, "Sister Lin, her name is Wu Xian'er, yesterday I saw her reciting a poem by the water. Yuncan Hearts. It's really good."

Daiyu looked at her curiously, she was beautiful and slender, and she was a lady in her actions. Then she turned to Xiangyun and said, "Do you want to drag her into our poetry club?"

Xiang Yun immediately nodded: "Yes, Sister Lin, it's not just her, there are several girls who have come in these days, and there are several who can join in. Let's talk about poetry and lyric together, how happy it is for me. , of course, the more people the better!"

Daiyu said with a smile: "Since you have this heart, why don't you start a club first, call them all over, let's collect some money to buy a table, why don't we all have what to do with me?"

Xiangyun hurriedly said: "So, please also ask my sister to spare their servant girl Hong, and play with us, okay?"

A red cloud bloomed on Daiyu's face, and she said angrily, "It's really causing trouble for me, how can I do it?"

She looked at Wu Xian'er, who was as quiet as a chrysanthemum, and changed her tune: "At most, we don't need it during the day, and we have to tell my brother about the rest."

Xiangyun immediately walked up to Wu Xian'er, "I just said that Sister Lin would agree. Now Sister Feng and the others don't care. In our garden, Sister Lin has the final say."

When Daiyu heard the words, she spat: "Nonsense, when will I have the final say?"

At this moment, Xue Yan came in and said, "Girl, the old woman came back from buying rouge gouache, and she wants to write off the account!"

Daiyu said: "Tell them not to be busy, let me take a look first. Also, ask the accountant to check the accounts inside and outside clearly, I think they can hide it from me."

After a while, she ordered several things. Xiangyun whispered to Wu Xian'er, "Don't look at Sister Lin's softness and weakness, in fact, she has sharp eyes and a secret mind. We are in the garden."

Daiyu said coquettishly, "Yun'er, what bad things are you talking about behind my back?"

Xiangyun held Daiyu and Xian'er, and happily went to Li Wan's Yuxianglou. If there is the first one, then there will be the second one. Many girls who have been confiscated have entered. After joining the Poetry Society, the Poetry Society grew stronger and stronger, and the grievances and anger in the garden gradually disappeared, and became soft and light again. So when Jia Lian finally had some free time, when he walked into the garden, he saw that Jixu Zhai was crowded with people. When I met more than [-] girls who were green, bright, red and delicate like flowers, I was dazzled. Before I knew it, Fengyi Garden had really become a country of daughters. This is another story. The superintendent of Jiubian, Wang Ziteng left the capital and rushed to the frontier the next day. Unfortunately, this time it was not as good as the last time when he entered the capital by edict, and people standing on both sides of the road to pick up the wind and wash the dust. It really made Wang Ziteng sigh. He rushed to Ganlong and Yansui thousands of miles away in just a few days, but because he was tired on the road, Wang Ziteng caught a cold by chance. However, he fell ill on the banks of the Yellow River before he could reach the mountains and Shaanxi. Congren hurriedly asked a famous doctor to treat him, but it was too late. Wang Zi Teng held on for a few days, and wrote his will at the end of his life. After the first appearance, he finally passed away. The news spread to Shenjing, and the imperial court presented the crown prince Taishi with the posthumous title Wenxiang. This is already the greatest compliment for Prince Teng, who was born in a military commander and a very noble official. Then, the cabinet ministers and The ministers of all ministers, the first-class Bo Niu Jizong, succeeded him as a senior scholar of Wuyingdian, and counseled important affairs of the military. Soon, the cabinet decided to appoint Jia Lian, minister of the Ministry of War, as the imperial envoy, to patrol the nine sides on behalf of the emperor, and supervise military affairs. Therefore, the little emperor was silent for a long time, but fortunately, the good mother Thoughtful, always trying to solve the problem for him, it was a little quieter. When the night was quiet, the little emperor put a booklet left to him by the late emperor, and threw it on the brazier and burned it. The little emperor looked sad and helpless.

Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Six I'm afraid that you will be disappointed for a few months, and it will soon pass. In the days when Jia Lian was away, the two places of Rong Mansion gradually calmed down. She took Baochai's hand and explained in detail: "This time, when I go back, I will make a decision. My aunt is very concerned, so I have to wait and see. It's been a while, and you remind me too. If she doesn't agree, we'll treat it as if we don't have it. Anyway, your people are already in our family, so don't worry about her Xue family."

Baochai smiled and said, "What Sister Feng said is that I know what my mother is worried about. However, since I am a member of the Jia family, I will never turn my elbows out."

"That's right!"

Sister Feng reached out and patted Baochai's face, "Go early and come back early, don't sleep at home. But Qing and Miaoyu have been busy these days, not knowing who they are planning! I don't care. Q. Now the garden over there is handed over to Lin Yatou, thanks to her being a competent person, she has been able to do it all the time. But after all, it is a girl's house, and I haven't been through the door, so many things are not easy to come forward, you go back and take it over for the time being. Righteous!"

Baochai nodded, "Sister Feng, don't worry, I'll be back soon. With Yu'er in the garden, I'll just help her out."

Sister Feng spat: "When I don't know the people below who like to chew their tongues, they all say that I am the second grandmother of the county prince's mansion, and she is the second grandmother of the Rongguo mansion. Before we got through the door, I grew up with me."

Baochai smiled and persuaded: "After all, Sister Feng, your county and king's mansion is one level higher than that of the prince's mansion. Don't make a fuss and make it difficult for us."

"Pooh!"

Sister Feng glared at Baochai, "You are also unreliable! Remember what I told you, the chamber of commerce must be dominated by us. Wait a minute: I will take my big sedan chair and go home for the first time. Go. Say hello to my aunt as if I were there."

Baochai obeyed one by one. When they came out when they were young, they actually rode in a large sedan chair carried by eight people, followed by a few green and green cars, all the way to the Xue family. Brother Xue Pan and Xue Tu saw the sedan car coming over, In a hurry, the middle door was opened, and he led the servants to greet him outside the door. After entering the second door, Baochai got off the sedan chair. Xue Pan smiled in surprise: "So it's my sister! I thought the lady of the country was here. !"

Baochai blushed, "Are you here to make fun of me? I'll ask Mom to settle the account for you later!"

Xue Pan hurriedly stopped him, "Don't tell me! My sister can sit in a large sedan chair, and even my face is bright!"

Saying that, Xue Tu stepped forward to greet him, and the other Xue family servants helped to unload things from the car. Ying'er akimbo commanded, "You all take it lightly, if you break a little bit, you won't be able to pay for it if you sell it. "

Those who had known her every day did not dare to talk to her. So the Xue Panbaochai brothers and sisters entered the old house of the Lixue family for many years without anyone living there, although there were often. Pan endured for three or two days and couldn't stay any longer, so he shouted to move back to the Rongguo Mansion. In other words, in the past few days after coming back, no one came to the door. There is a saying that the saddle horses are scattered in front of the door. It is the truth of the Xue family now. Portrait. Baochai Yingying visited Aunt Xue. Aunt Xue hurriedly helped her up and hugged her with tears in her eyes: "My son, you will stay for a few more days when you come back, and you will keep your room."

Baochai cried twice, wiped her tears, and sat on the couch together with Aunt Xue, "Don't bother to prepare at home, my daughter will go back after only one sitting."

Xue Pan heard the words and said, "This is almost the same as the empress in the palace saving relatives."

Aunt Xue sighed with a smile, "Your sister's status is different from the past, and their lord's and lord's rules are like this. It's not something that people like us can compare to."

Xue Pan came over and poured tea for Baochai, "Sister, can you tell my cousin whether we can live in the Rongguo Mansion again, you don't know, this place is in tatters, how can someone live here?"

Aunt Xue listened, pointed at him and scolded: "No matter how bad this place is, it is your own home. Since you came out, how can you still have the face to go back?"

After speaking, he smiled at Baochai again: "I don't know how the old lady's body is these days. I've always been thinking about it. When you go back, I will bring some gifts for the old lady and the others. It's also a little thought."

Baochai said with a smile: "Mom, these are all trivial matters, I'll just ask Tongxi and the others to call Ying'er later. Sister Feng asked her daughter to come back for one thing, our... contract, shouldn't it? signed"

Aunt Xue thought for a while, "Originally, I planned to go to Feng girl and talk to her in person. Now that you are here, it would be better for us mothers to say a few words of respect for ourselves."

Baochai drank the tea, and Xue Pan came to pick it up, "My sister is my own, and my brother doesn't hide it. That phoenix spice is so powerful that it devalued our shop and business to almost nothing. Like the one at the entrance of Shenjing East... The pawnshop only estimated three thousand taels of silver, so it should be ten thousand taels anyway, according to the market price, it should be more than three times the price they offered to be reasonable."

Baochai couldn't help but look at Aunt Xue, "Mom, look at what brother said, how is the Xue family's property, I don't know just the one at the east gate... The pawnshop was supposed to be so many, but I can't stand my brother's randomness. Splurge, and even sell other people's work, not only... not earning, but also losing a lot."

When Xue Pan blushed, Aunt Xue hurriedly interrupted: "Don't listen to your brother, it's all nonsense. How can it be tripled?"

Baochai said: "What is the mother going to do, tell your daughter, and I can go back and ask for it!"

Aunt Xue pondered for a while, "Baochai, the business of these shops in our Xue family is not unsustainable even if they don't make money, the main reason is that there is no one to operate and the funds are insufficient. If the Jia family can help more, our Xue family will be able to do so. The recovery will be faster. Therefore, you and Feng girl must add some more."

Baochai had already made up his mind, and asked directly, "How much is the addition?"

Aunt Xue had a smile on her face, "It's more than three times, but it should be twice as well."

Baochai's eyes were downcast, and she didn't agree. Instead, she asked Ying'er to bring over the gift list, such as ginseng for nourishing Rongwan, and Qibao Kangping for bed. Why don't you bring such a valuable thing to people to gossip with you when you come back. Take it back quickly, we don't need these in our family."

Baochai smiled and said, "This is the first time I have returned to Ning, so naturally, if I go home often in the future, it will be gone. Besides, these are not uncommon: things."

Xue Pan estimated that these items were no less than [-] taels, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "You are not rare: just give me some, and you can live by selling them."

Baochai said angrily, "I just knew it was sold. You sold half of the Xue family's shop!"

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "As long as the Jia family agrees this time, they will be back in a few years. Your brother will never do that again."

Baochai shook his head gently: "Mom, brother, if you still have this idea, I'm afraid you will be disappointed!"

Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Seven Girls Outwardly Trusted Aunt Xue asked with a smile, "My son, why do you say that?"

Xue Pan also said: "Could it be that you still help them to negotiate the price?"

Baochai sighed and spat: "You think that the second master and sister Feng did not know the value of those stores in our family and figured it out early in the morning, even more than your brother!"

Xue Pan said in surprise, "That's what you told them."

Even Aunt Xue looked at her suspiciously. Baochai grabbed Aunt Xue's hand and said coquettishly, "Mom, since people want to cooperate, they naturally need to know themselves and others. Needless to say, Sister Feng has a detailed account in her hand. What is the value of the shop, how much is in stock, and the estimated market price. Let's just say the pawnshop at the east gate... The pawnshop is valued at [-] taels, and the [-] taels of shares that are now given are based on the affection of relatives and the face of the daughter. .But Mom wants twice as much as [-] taels, how do you tell me to speak?"

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Business is like bargaining like this. If we don't raise it a little bit, we might suffer a loss against Feng girl! Take that shop as an example. But the total is four or five thousand, two."

Baochai shook his head gently, "Since Mom said so, my daughter doesn't say anything, just take your meaning back."

Xue Pan was anxious on the side. Hearing what she said, he hurriedly came over and asked, "You can also tell us what they mean?"

Aunt Xue also said: "Daughter, give your mother a thorough understanding, what is the most they can accept?"

Baochai said: "When it came, Sister Feng told me that if you can sign a note, you can't sign a note."

"what"

Xue Pan shouted: "How can they go back on their word?"

Baochai said angrily: "I'm already a member of the Jia family, so naturally I don't need to worry. I'm afraid that if we delay it again, maybe I can save a lot of money."

Xue Pan hurriedly shook his head: "Wait, the Xue family will soon be gone!"

Aunt Xue could only smile bitterly and say, "I really can't fight for any more children, after all, you are also from our family."

As he spoke, he wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and seemed to be crying. Baochai also had a sour nose, "Why didn't you think about this when you traded me for chips?"

Aunt Xue choked up, but Xue Pan shouted, "Sister, you still have to carry the sedan chair back today. Even if you married Baoyu, there was nothing you could do."

"Xue Pan! What did you say?"

Baochai's angry eyebrows were raised, her face was blushing, she was a concubine now, how could she humiliate her again with such a thing, Xue Pan knew that she had slipped, and hurriedly apologized, "Don't blame my sister, my brother doesn't have a door on his mouth. "Son, don't take it to heart."

Aunt Xue also scolded him, "If you don't do a good business, you go out all day to fool around with people, don't care about the hardships of your family, and you also like to be a boy with loose money. People will treat you as a fool!"

Xue Pan stomped his feet and said, "Mom, you don't know that Shenjing is so eye-catching. When we are next to Jia's house, people will look at us sideways. Only by throwing a lot of money will people play with you, otherwise, there will be no chance. .I don't want to be a money-losing boy, and I have a lot of money I want to do, but I can't do it. It's not bad to keep the face of the Xue family."

Aunt Xue stared blankly at Xue Pan, "It's good that you know."

But Baochai said angrily: "You think I don't know what you said outside. Brother chain is my brother-in-law, and the money is like a mountain. You can spend it. Wang Ren is the serious brother-in-law, how is it now? If you talk about yourself, you can't even think about it, and it's a joke for others. If you go on like this, what face does the Xue family have but sell their daughter to be a concubine!"

The more Baochai spoke, the angrier he became, so he simply let go and said: "It's fine if you sell it, it's because you are not up to your expectations, and you are still thinking about raising the price, don't you know that the more you are like this, the more you will let the second master and sister Feng and the others. I look down on it. If I really put my face away, I would kneel and beg the second master, and the second master would love me, and he would definitely approve. But that's all, I'm afraid there won't be... a trace of friendship in the future. Brother, what do you think!"

Baochai put on her delicate makeup with tears, "Don't always think about the cheapness of the Jia family, but they don't care. If they were more cruel, as soon as they entered and exited, the Xue family would already be in their pockets, and you would still accept them. I negotiated the two silvers that my brother borrowed from the second master, and now the principal and interest are about [-] taels and have to be paid back.

Xue Pan jumped up and said, "Sister, [-] of these are Xue Tao"

"Pooh!"

Baochai said with contempt, "I didn't know that your mother wouldn't let you go, so you thought of this idea, but instead you trapped Xue Tad in it. You are really harmful!"

Aunt Xue, who was just crying, was really sad this time, "Son, you have to save the Xue family!"

There were tears on Baochai's face, "Mom, my daughter is now a member of Jia's family. If you would like it or not, just give me a word with my brother."

The water splashed by the married daughter can still help her mother's family to harm her in-law's family. Aunt Xue was a little panicked at this moment, and said in a blink of an eye, "Why don't we sign it, you can talk to Brother Lian to save the money. How can relatives still make nine out of thirteen returns?"

Baochai was no longer angry, and persuaded kindly: "Mom, if I were to pawn the house, I would return the money. It would also leave a good impression on people."

But Xue Pan said in a stern voice: "Don't say [-] taels, where can our family take out [-] taels?"

Then the room suddenly fell silent. Xue Pan couldn't hold it any longer, but instead said, "Sister, you should take Baoqin back with you this time. I see that it's useless for her to be with Mom by herself. It's better to be with the sisters in your garden. "

Baochai looked at him suspiciously, "Why do you care what Baoqin thinks when he gets up?"

Aunt Xue frowned, looked at Baochai, and said at the same time, "No way! You can imagine it!"

Xue Pan was taken aback and waved his hands hastily: "Don't think about it, I'm just worried about Baoqin girl, I really don't have any other ideas."

Aunt Xue said angrily: "How can you be worthy of your uncle and aunt who have left with these mindless words?"

Baochai also said angrily, "It doesn't count if you sell a younger sister, it's a good deal to sell another [-] taels!"

Xue Pan couldn't defend herself, so she could only persuade Aunt Xue: "Mom, let's sign it! Don't embarrass my sister."

At this point, Aunt Xue just took out the contract, asked Xue Pan to sign it, stamp it, and hand it to Baochai. Baochai took it and glanced at it, burst into laughter, and quickly folded it and put it in her arms. Originally, Sister Feng asked She can't exceed the original [-]% at most, and now she has also eliminated this [-]%, and she can't help but feel happy. Thinking that [-]% of this goes to Jia's family, half of them are reserved for her future children, and she is proud of it. Get up. After finishing this big event, the family chatted with each other for a while. After dinner, Baochai invited Baoqin to the Rongguo Mansion, saying that they would play for two days and then send them back... Back. Xue Pan looked away. The eight carrying the sedan chair, smiled and said to Xue Ta: "Listen to me, it's absolutely right!"

Xue Tao bowed his head dejectedly and did not speak.

Chapter [-] The thief dared to murder the imperial envoy Baochai and brought it back to the contract. The next day, a large number of Rongfu shopkeepers, guys, took over the Xue family's shops in various places, called cooperative joint ventures. In fact, due to the strong Rongfu, He also has a large amount of money, and without exception, they are all under the control of the Rong Mansion. At this point, the Xue family's successor, general manager, and other people have already understood what is going on, and they know that Xue is not a professional The owner of the business could not resist the lucidity of the money given by the Rong Mansion. No one gave advice to Aunt Xue and the others. It didn’t take long. The Xue family’s accumulation of dozens of hundreds of years was followed by Baochai’s letters to various places, and they were officially merged. Joining Jia's family. The only thing Xue's family can get is the annual share of money, and they can no longer directly manage the business of the shop under them. There can be a lot of money to catch. As for Aunt Xue's idea that they will be separated after a few years, it is even more impossible. None of these stewards will follow. Jia Lian saw it clearly from the beginning. , This is a hugely profitable business. Unfortunately, although Aunt Xue is shrewd, she is only a woman in a deep house with limited knowledge. From now on, will there be Xue family or Xue Pan's sons will be reduced to errands in front of Baochai's sons Let’s say that Jia Lian took hundreds of elite horsemen from Ganlong and Yansui all the way to the east. Everywhere he went, he must pick up the brave warriors and reward them with justice. Therefore, the towns of Jiubian were all rejoicing. Soon the end of October, Jia Lian visited Liaodong and finally set out on his way home. After crossing the Yellow River, the field was white and snowy. Jia Lian and his party galloped on the snow. From a distance, they saw the smoke from the cooking in the inn in front of him, and Jia Lian shouted loudly. Said: "Brothers, when you arrive at the inn, there will be hot water and hot food, don't chew ice cubes and dry food again!"

This group of cavalry followed Jia Lian for thousands of miles, shouting in agreement, and some coaxed their mother-in-law to accompany him. Jia Lian joked: "I'm afraid that no mother-in-law can stand you idiot!"

The horse led the way. Everyone laughed and followed. This place is called Shilitun, and the inn is not big. It is difficult to arrange hundreds of people for Jia Lian at the moment. It is necessary to squeeze a few dozen people into a house. A small room is the only privilege for several months. Jia Lian soaked his feet in the hot water and held the hot tea in his hands. It took a long time to force the cold away from his body, "This is the day of the gods!"

Just as he was sighing, Yang Jihe pushed open the door and came in. The cold wind whistled, causing Jia Lian to shudder involuntarily. He laughed and scolded: "Mr. Yang, I sighed in the sky, you drag me down to the ground."