The Red Mansions

Chapter 285 Knowing the general, knowledgeable Baochai
Rikain

Jia Heng entered the wing room, sat down, waited for Ying'er to offer a cup of fragrant tea, looked up at Aunt Xue and Baochai, and said, "Auntie and Baochai, are you still used to living here?"

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Everything is fine, Brother Lao Heng misses you."

Baochai said softly, "Thank you Brother Heng for your concern."

Jia Heng asked a few more questions about food and daily life.

He is the patriarch of the Jia family, and his relatives came to live with him, even if it was out of etiquette, he couldn't ignore him.

After exchanging greetings, Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Brother Heng, there is something I want to discuss with you."

Jia Heng nodded, with a calm face, and said softly: "Please tell me, Auntie."

Aunt Xue smiled and said: "It's Pan'er, who has been here for a few days, but I see Pan'er playing around in Beijing, so it's not an option to idle around every day. I heard that the ethnology has invited the lecturer from the Imperial College , I just wanted to let Pan'er study for a few days, Brother Heng, what do you think?"

When Jia Heng heard the words, he secretly thought that something was not very good.

But with "concern" in his eyes, he asked, "Auntie, if I remember correctly, Wenlong doesn't seem to like reading very much? Have you ever read the Four Books and Five Classics at home?"

Aunt Xue was stunned for a moment, then smiled sarcastically, and said, "This...not really, he's a bit playful."

Rao wanted to smear his son's face again, but he couldn't just talk about it.

Jia Heng thought for a while, then asked: "In that case, Ruqiang restrained him from studying... Auntie thought it was intentional for him to become an official through the imperial examination?"

Aunt Xue: "..."

The imperial examination, no matter how hopeful a child will become a dragon... I dare not even think about it.

Baochai felt ashamed and flustered when she heard it from the sidelines, her cheeks were slightly hot, and she finally raised her pair of eyes that were as moist as water, and said softly: "Brother Heng, my elder brother doesn't like to study very much at home, and now my mother is just worried that he won't be able to read in Beijing." If people are restrained, accidents will happen again."

Jia Heng looked silent, and said: "If it's just for restraint, or..."

Or...go to jail, let people restrain you, there is no "report for discipline", the best way to restrain people.

But after thinking about it, who can say it, after thinking about it, he continued: "You can try to learn how to do business."

Doing business is the same as not going to school well, men doing business (catering), and women selling clothes.

Although Aunt Xue had a smile on her face, she felt bitter in her heart, and said: "It's not that Pan'er has never done business, but he is too young and has little experience, so he is not caring."

Jia Heng said softly: "Wenlong is still young, so he has to learn a little bit. In fact, it seems good for him to join the army now. By the way, Wang Jieshuai is now rectifying the Beijing camp and letting Wenlong join the army. An official."

With Xue Pan's temperament, he can't do any evil, he's simply short-sighted and stupid.

As for Xue Pan's idea of ​​seeking refuge with Wang Ziteng, it was nothing more than misfortune diverted from the east, making the relationship between the Wang and Xue families closer, and when Xue Pan's case happened, it would be evidence of crime.

As soon as Jia Heng said this, Aunt Xue's eyes lit up, and she said pleasantly, "Yes, oh, why didn't I think of that before."

But after a while, he said worryingly again: "This person with a knife and a gun will not be in danger."

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, and said: "The Beijing camp is not as good as the frontier army, it's still relatively peaceful, and doesn't fight much, let him practice with Wang Jieshuai, pass orders or something, and be a part-time official, it's not a big problem. "

The more Aunt Xue thought about it, the more she felt that it was feasible, and she couldn't help showing joy on her face.

The main reason was that Aunt Xue was thinking about Xue Pan last night, that he could become a military general like his uncle Wang Ziteng in the future, and now that he has the guidance of an expert "inside the system" like Jia Heng, she paid attention to it.

Seeing this scene, Jia Heng secretly thought, if according to the original book, Xue Pan was overjoyed when he heard that his uncle had been promoted to Bian Queer before entering Beijing, and it was precisely because he was worried about being controlled by others.

Now Wang Ziteng was sent by the side of the border, and he was replaced by him as "the prime minister and the chief minister" to manage the northern border. Instead, Wang Ziteng was welded to Shenjing to rectify the Beijing camp. Congjun Ji".

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "That will be his uncle's birth in just two days. I will take him to talk to his uncle."

Baochai watched this scene quietly from the side, and cast her clear eyes on the face of the young man opposite. Thinking appeared on the plump, white and greasy face, and she didn't know if it was her illusion. The young man seemed to be hiding another scheming mind.

But I can't figure it out.

However, seeing that my mother's concerns have been resolved, it is not a bad thing after all.

Aunt Xue was satisfied this time, picked up the account book, and said with a smile: "Brother Heng, there is something else, I want you to make up your mind."

Jia Heng smiled and said, "Auntie, you're welcome."

Aunt Xue smiled wryly and said: "Wenlong is a clueless person. As for me, I haven't taken care of the business in Beijing these years. I don't know how the people below keep the accounts in the shop. It's a mess. I'm alone. People can't understand it."

When Baochai saw that her mother still brought up the matter, Lirui's face moved slightly, and she sighed softly from the bottom of her heart.

Jia Heng frowned, and pondered: "Aunt, I don't know much about business."

He finally knew what Aunt Xue was up to, and wanted him to help the Xue family check the accounts. The Xue family had been celebrating the New Year with Wang Xiaoer for the past few years, and every year was not as good as every year.

Because Xue Pan was ignorant of common affairs, and Aunt Xue was an uninitiated housewife, and Baochai kept a foolish and clumsy manner, and the profit earned from the shop's business, I don't know how much the shopkeepers and clerks below cheated.

Hearing that the East and West Second Mansions have checked the accounts and tracked down a lot, why not be moved?

Suspicious of neighbors stealing the ax together, he wanted to check the accounts in the shop.

Aunt Xue thought for a while, and she simply made her words clearer, and said: "Brother Heng, we are orphans and widows, and we don't know how the people below underestimate and deceive us."

Baochai's cherry lips moved, after thinking for a while, she still suppressed her desire to speak, looked at Jia Heng across her almond-shaped eyes, and waited quietly for his words.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, Zhan Ran stared at Aunt Xue, and asked, "Does Aunt have evidence?"

Aunt Xue: "???"

Baochai:"……"

"If there is evidence, it is a serious crime to report directly to the officials and steal the owner's house." Jia Heng said seriously.

Aunt Xue sighed, and said: "I just suspect that the amount of money delivered by the store in Jingli is getting less and less. I heard that Brother Heng has investigated the deficit in the company and sorted out many old accounts. Brother Heng, you Look... I'm bothering you, I don't keep you busy, wait until it is found out..."

"Mom." Baochai heard that Aunt Xue's words became more and more disliked, because the relatives would fall behind when they mentioned money, so she hurriedly said, "Brother Heng, it's not easy to handle this matter, is it?"

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said: "Sister Xue, the Jinyi Mansion is the military guard mansion of the Son of Heaven, and it originally handles the court's errands, so it's not appropriate to order it around because of family matters."

Even if some things are easy to handle, you can't easily agree to them, otherwise others will just take it for granted and not feel grateful.

As for not doing it, relatives and relatives are so sophisticated in the world, this cannot be escaped.

Baochai sighed, and said: "I knew the difficulty of brother Heng's matter. The Jinyi Mansion and other places are not my own, so I can't arrange them at will."

Jia Heng said: "My younger sister has always been knowledgeable and knowledgeable."

Baochai Yurong paused for a moment, a little embarrassed by being praised for a while, her almond eyes drooped slightly, and she said softly: "What kind of insight can I have, Brother Heng is absurd."

However, after the feeling of shame and joy in my heart gradually disappeared, I turned to think about it, she is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so who doesn't know the general situation and has no knowledge?

At this time, Aunt Xue didn't interrupt, and quietly listened to the conversation between her daughter and Jia Heng.

Jia Heng had a thoughtful expression on his face, and said: "Auntie, and Sister Xue is reasonable, and it's rare for me to open my mouth once. I'll find a way to draw two accountants from Jinyi Mansion, but they are only helping to check the accounts. It depends on my aunt."

Aunt Xue was overjoyed when she heard the words, and said: "Brother Heng, if you can check the accounts, it will be fine."

Baochai stared at Jia Heng, met those warm gazes, she was reasonable, she rarely opened her mouth once, this man...

"Actually, Cai Xuetang didn't accept it just now, so Brother Heng is trying to save face on me?"

Thinking of this, Fang's heart skipped a beat, two blushes appeared on Li Rui's snow-white face.

Suddenly, looking at the young man with the same indifferent expression on the opposite side, I thought, no, this is my wild imagination, they are married, so there should be no other intentions.

Aunt Xue saw Jia Heng agreeing to come down, and said with a smile: "I have to trouble Brother Heng more, Tong Xi, let someone warm up some wine. Today, let's have a drink or two together, and we will have dinner together in the evening."

Jia Heng resigned politely and modestly.

Suddenly a woman came in from the outside through the curtain, and said with a smile: "Madam, Miss, Master Heng, Miss Lin is here."

While speaking, Daiyu, accompanied by the maid Zijuan, entered the inner compartment, and when she saw Jia Heng, a girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, she covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Oh, I don't want Brother Heng to be here, really. It's not a coincidence that I came here, I would not have come if I had known that Big Brother Heng was coming."

Jia Heng said: "..."

What did Daiyu mean by this?
So, he is taking Baoyu's script now?
Baochai got up with a smile, helped Daiyu to sit down, and asked, "What do you mean by my sister?"

Daiyu stared at Baochai with her starry eyes, smiled softly and said, "If you want to come, all of them will come, or you won't come at all. Brother Heng is here today, and I'll come again tomorrow. It's so staggered. Come here, sister Bao." Doesn't someone come here every day? It's not too cold or too lively here, why is my sister puzzled by this?"

When Baochai heard this, her heart moved slightly, she smiled and said softly: "It seems to be so reasonable."

At this time, Aunt Xue greeted Daiyu with a smile and exchanged a few pleasantries.

Daiyu sniffed a fragrance from Baochai and asked, "What kind of fragrance does my sister use?"

Baochai said with a smile, "I don't usually use incense."

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Bao girl never puts incense on her clothes."

Ying'er interjected and said, "Girl, maybe it's the fragrance of Lengxiangwan?"

Baochai said softly, "Perhaps it's Lengxiangwan."

Jia Heng looked at the two girls who were talking quietly, one was slender and the other plump, for some reason, four words came to mind, fat, thin, thin.

Although Keqing has both the beauty of Chai and Dai, the Chai and Dai in front of her have their own beauty.

Daiyu's bright eyes fluctuated as soon as she cut the autumn water, and asked in surprise, "Lengxiangwan?"

Baochai said with a smile, "It turns out that beating children has a root cause of the disease. They say they are congenitally strong. A monk with a scarlet head gave a fairy prescription, a pack of powdered medicine with a strange smell and smell. It is also strange, 12 taels of white peony stamens in spring, 12 taels of white lotus stamens in summer, 12 taels of white hibiscus stamens in autumn, and white plum blossom stamens in winter..."

Jia Heng listened to Baochai's narration of the origin of Lengxiangwan, and mentioned the monk with a scarlet head, his eyes were deep, and his heart fell into deep thought.

After listening to Baochai's story about the origin of Lengxiang Wan, Daiyu said with a smile: "This is really rare, and it is made of snow-white petals."

He looked at Jia Heng and said, "Brother Heng, do you think so?"

Jia Heng smiled and said: "It is indeed very rare, but sister Xue, how many pills do you have in stock? If you take this medicine for the rest of your life, when it is always used up, why don't you use that medicine and the prescription, I will look back for Xinglin Take a look and prepare some more medicine."

He is more curious, is there really a magic medicine in this world?
However, the heat and poison in Baochai's body, maybe after getting married, there is no need for medicine.

Probably, maybe.

As for the prescriptions, he studied Dao Zang intensively in his previous life, and actually read some medical books. In his opinion, flowers and the like should be complementary medicines, or used to confuse them. What really works is the medicine foam.

"When it comes to this kind of tossing tricks, it still can't compare with Miaoyu's various rain, snow, frost, and dew."

Baochai smiled softly, and said softly: "There is still a small half packet of the medicine foam, together with the prescription, I will show Brother Heng later."

Daiyu listened to the conversation between the two, her starry eyes flickered, and she pursed her pink lips.

After a while, the mother-in-law came over and said with a smile: "Madam, the wine is ready."

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Have two glasses of wine to warm up your body."

While talking, several people gathered at the small table to drink and chat.

Until the turn of the application, use up the wine.

Aunt Xue wanted to save dinner again, but Jia Heng declined politely: "Auntie, I have something to do later, let's have dinner together some other day."

He wanted to wait and see Xichun.

Seeing this, Aunt Xue didn't know whether what Jia Heng said was official business or not, so it's not easy to force her to stay.

Daiyu smiled lightly and said, "Auntie, it's getting late, I'll go there too."

Saying this, he said goodbye to Baochai who was beside him, and at the same time brought the prescription and a pinch of medicinal foam.

Aunt Xue nodded, and followed the maid to escort Jia Heng and Daiyu out of the wing.

On the Chaoshou corridor, the two were lined up side by side, Daiyu said softly: "Brother Heng is going back to the East Mansion now?"

Jia Heng smiled and said, "Go and sit in the Xichun House."

Daiyu's eyes were shining, she smiled lightly, and said, "Brother Heng, I'll take you there."

Jia Heng nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't have to find a maid to ask directions later."

While the two of them were talking, they walked slowly along the Chaoshou corridor.

Jia Heng said with a smile: "Sister Lin has a ruddy complexion and walks like flying. She looks much better than before."'

Daiyu tightened the red cloak she was wearing, tilted her head, smiled at Jia Heng, and said softly: "Perhaps it may be because of drinking just now."

Jia Heng was silent for a while, and said: "Last time I told Sister Lin that you should take good care of your body."

There was some self-pity in Daiyu's soft voice, she sighed faintly and said: "I was born weak and sickly, and I took more medicine than food, and I changed several kinds of prescriptions, and there were no Taoist monks who prepared Lengxiang pills, Warm Fragrance Pill."

In the end, I still couldn't hold back, and said a sour sentence.

Jia Heng's face was stunned, and the thought of seeking attention from Daiyu's child was somewhat interesting, and he said softly: "Sister Lin, I'm looking for a doctor these two days, and I can help Sister Lin to plan a prescription for food supplements, to recuperate and recuperate. stomach."

Hearing this, Daiyu's delicate body trembled slightly, she turned her head, looked back at Jia Heng, and said softly, "I've been bothering Brother Heng again and again, I feel uneasy."

Jia Heng said softly: "It should be, Uncle Lin also entrusted me to take care of you in the letter."

When Daiyu heard this, she turned her head and her starry eyes drooped slightly, she was silent for a while.

A few steps behind the two, Zijuan took the little girl Xueyan to prevent her from disturbing the two who were talking.

While the two were talking, they also arrived at Xichun Courtyard, where Ruhua stood at the door and seemed to be arguing with a woman, but in fact it was mainly the woman who was talking about Luo Ruhua.

"The girl is growing up, and the egg custard that my mother asked her to call in the kitchen hasn't come in two days." Ru Hua said with a brow.

The woman said: "The girl only instructed me to go, but those cooks and cooks all said that it was like this every day, and the tossing people in the cold weather said that they had let me down several times. Every time I went, I would be angry. You If you don't believe me, go ask for it yourself."

After entering the painting, his cheeks flushed and he said anxiously: "My daughter, I give you ten coins every time, just to let you run errands, why do you ask me to ask for it instead?"

She is a big servant girl, and she still has to serve girls, how can she often run away when arguing with the kitchen?
The old woman sneered and said: "A man with ten pennies and eight pennies a day is not enough to suffer from the plywood. The decent young lady, if you give the back kitchen some money, you can eat small stoves, and you usually learn to paint. With money, how can I save a lot on food."

The two were arguing.At this moment, Xichun in the room was leaning in front of the desk, looking at a painting, rubbing her little hands that were a little cold, frowning her brows, listening to the quarrel outside, feeling a little upset for a while.

Leaving his seat, he went to the door, opened the cotton curtain, and stood in the porch, with a pale pink face, and a crisp voice said: "What are you two arguing about?"

The woman gave Xi Chun a squinting look, and said with an indifferent smile: "If the girl is capable, just send the back kitchen to start a small stove. I'm an old man who can't do anything, I can't do much for the girl."

When Xichun heard this, her pretty little face was full of depression and anger, she didn't know whether it was cold or angry, her shoulders shivered.

Jia Heng stood not far away and watched, his face gradually turned cold.

　The Yuanzi Opera and the Chaotang Opera are written alternately, and when it is time to write, they will write a lot.

I remember that someone said this before when they talked about the large-scale court drama.

　
(End of this chapter)