Xue Bawang's daily life

In the evening, Xue Pan told Heizi what happened that day.Naturally, the focus was on mentioning the boy from the Mei family.

Heizi said: "This matter is really not easy to deal with. I checked the Mei family. Mei Hanlin said that he was repeating his promise, but in fact it was his youngest son who was really unworthy. The fight was fierce, and the one who climbed up now is this Feng Ziying."

Xue Pan snorted, "He's trying to fool us with all the things we just came to Beijing."

"This is also human nature. His little son has been naughty since he was a child. If he really wants to marry a high-ranking man, he may not be able to marry him. People with some background may not marry their own girls to him. If he married a concubine, I'm afraid his family won't agree. Now that there is a marriage contract with Xue's family, and Xue Biao has some prospects, except Mr. Mei who is not happy, I'm afraid everyone else in his family is very willing to this marriage."

Heizi paused, "In the final analysis, this marriage was agreed by the late Mr. Xue Datang. Mei Hanlin won't let go, and we really don't want to regret the marriage. It's always bad for the girl's family to make a scene at that time. "

What Heizi said was quite correct, which is also the reason why Xue Pan just beat Mei Lao out instead of abolishing him directly. "Then what should I do?" He couldn't just watch Xue Baoqin jump into the fire pit.

Heizi smiled, "Back then when the two families made a marriage contract, outsiders didn't know which child Baoqin was betrothed to from the Mei family. Now it's just changing the married child to the second son. I believe that Mei Hanlin wanted to protect the The reputation of the Mei family will not disagree."

Xue Pan doubted, "Then old man Mei really agrees?"

Heizi smiled, and Xue Pan looked at him with wide eyes, waiting for him to share the secret with him.

Seeing his cute appearance, Heizi coughed dryly twice, suppressed the palpitations in his heart, and said, "Mei Hanlin has a son and a daughter, and now the eldest son and daughter are both married, but the second son is not yet married. I heard that Mei Hanlin was born when the second son In [-], there was a famine in my hometown, and all the people in Mrs. Mei's natal town died. Mrs. Mei always thought that he was a bit tough and didn't like him very much. Only Mrs. Mei took care of him from time to time. Only then can they survive, and now in the mansion, they seem to be transparent people. And the year Meier was born was the time when Mei Hanlin was named on the Gold List, one can imagine Mrs. Mei's attitude. Therefore, the two brothers lived in Mrs. Mei's Eyes, it's a world of difference."

Xue Pan didn't know that a family like the Mei family had so many secret affairs, so he became more and more worried about Bao Qin's marriage.Heizi laughed again, "Which family doesn't have these private affairs, so don't worry about it. Besides, we are not dead, so why would we watch our sister suffer? Besides, I have investigated Mei Er'er's character. , although he is not favored by his mother, he has not grown crooked, and he has not been short in education since he was a child. I went to investigate, and he secretly participated in the scientific examination, and now he is already famous for his career."

Only then did Xue Pan nod his head, and it didn't sound like someone who was stupid enough to read and read, and only knew blindly filial piety. "That's okay. I thought he was a good guy, at least a hundred times better than that old Mei."

After murmuring a few words on his lips, he laughed and whispered to Heizi quietly: "Mei's second son, there is no second child..."

Heizi didn't understand what he meant, so he saw Xue Pan winking and pointing at the bottom, he laughed loudly, "No... second child."

Only then did Heizi realize it, and immediately blushed a little, pinching Xue Pan's waist.Xue Pan gave a coquettish and shy groan on purpose, and lay down softly against Heizi.Heizi was not polite to him, he hugged him and threw him on the bed.

A few days later, Xue Pan accepted Baoyu's post and invited him to a banquet.It was just because he was relatively free and boring recently, and it happened that Heizi and Xue Biao were taking a bath, so he took Heizi to the banquet together.Xue Biao was going to show his courteousness to his in-law's house, now that he had passed the engagement and got married, Xue Biao went to chat with his father-in-law and mother-in-law from time to time to please his mother-in-law, and occasionally he could see his little fiancée, so he went even more diligently.

The one who went was still Qingfenglou. As soon as Xue Pan and Heizi arrived at the door, Baoyu's servant called Mingyan greeted him and greeted Xue Pan cleverly. My second master is waiting for you two in the private room on the second floor."

Xue Pan threw him a small silver pick, and he quickly picked it up, smiling even more enthusiastically.When Xue Pan walked upstairs, he approached quietly, and said in a low voice: "My second master also invited Uncle Feng from General Feng's family, and Uncle Liu." Xue Pan smiled and nodded, very satisfied Although the information he provided to himself was useless, it was not in vain to reward him every time.People, isn't that how they are bought bit by bit?

After entering the private room, I really saw Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian whom I had met earlier.These two people, Xue Pan, had spoken to Heizi, introduced each other, and after some polite greetings, Baoyu ordered Mingyan to go down and urge the vegetables.

Feng Ziying is a fine person, she has heard of Xue Qian's name long ago, and his father is someone who can talk to the emperor, so she can see that Xue Qian's status is unusual, so she specifically mentioned a few words to his son, Now that we have met, Feng Ziying naturally wants to make friends.

But Liu Xianglian has a somewhat arrogant personality, he was originally a child of a family, but his parents passed away early, so he lived with his grandparents.The family also has a permanent property, but he failed to study, because his ancestors also started with military exploits, and although they are now in decline, they are also good at martial arts.Originally, because of his ancestral shadow, it would be good to go to the army to serve as a low-ranking official, but he didn't like these restrictions the most, instead he lingered in various theaters to play and play, and he managed to earn two points of fame.However, this actor's profession is very low-grade, and his brothers and sisters often make fun of him, but he doesn't care.

Xue Pan has been interested in making friends with him since he heard him sing a piece of music last time. He always has a little more affection for such a person who dares to break the constraints, except of course Baoyu.In his eyes, it was an embroidered pillow, he only knew how to linger on women, although he talked about how to love women, but in fact he made girls jealous of him, but he withdrew again, without knowing what the responsibility was.

Liu Xianglian and Baoyu get along best because Baoyu never makes fun of him, and even because of her naturally soft heart, she treats everyone with equal respect and never despises him because he likes to sing operas. into his eyes.

"Brother Xue's house has a lot of shops, Xianglian, if you want to do this spice business, you can just ask my brother Xue, he is the best." Baoyu saved this game today for Get Liu Xianglian on the route of Xue's family.Just in time to talk to Feng Ziying yesterday, I inadvertently mentioned that Xue Qian would come here today, so Feng Ziying came uninvited.

Because he still had a good impression of Liu Xianglian, he asked with a smile: "Why, brother Liu wants to do this spice business?"

Liu Xianglian was a little embarrassed. Her ancestors started their business because of their military exploits. Although they had two shops, seriously, they were all rented out.Now that he has someone he likes, he has the heart to do something.It's just that I don't know much about it. I just remembered that I had seen the uncle of the Xue family of the imperial merchant a few days ago, and knew the relationship between Xue and Jia's family. I was embarrassed to entrust Jia Lian, so I had to entrust it to Baoyu.

"There is a shop at home, and it happened to be due, so I thought about taking it back and doing some business on my own. It's just that I don't understand it, so I wanted to ask Uncle Xue for advice."

Seeing that he was a sincere person, Xue Pan smiled and said, "If Brother Liu is doing business for the first time, I think it would be better not to sell the goods directly. My house happens to have a way to the south, then When the goods from the other side are shipped to us, the prices are almost doubled. It’s just that the cost of transporting labor along the way is quite a lot, and you have to be able to bear the hardships. It’s just that the order is completed, then What I earned was gone to the sea.”

When Liu Xianglian heard this, she laughed and said, "I'm not afraid of hard work."

Xue Pan looked at Heizi and seemed to ask, "Our family will have a caravan going south next month, right?"

Seeing that Heizi nodded yes, Xue Pan said, "Why don't Brother Liu go to the south with the family's caravan next month, so as to have a look at the goods there and decide what kind of business to do. It's like the spice business. , Brother Liu went over there to see it, and if he thinks it is good, I will let you, Brother Liu, consider it as our friendship."

Liu Xianglian didn't understand common affairs, but Feng Ziying's family also had a shop, and he had already known the shopkeepers of the family, so he naturally knew how much profit Xue Pan gave.

Xue Pan didn't seem to realize how much money he had given, even Heizi looked at him twice, quite puzzled by his behavior.

Seeing Liu Xianglian happily say: "Then thank Brother Xue first." It has changed from Uncle Xue to Brother Xue.

One month later, when the caravan of Xue's family set off, Liu Xianglian was ready to go. She specially prepared a generous gift and went to Xue's house to meet Xue's mother and bid farewell to Xue Pan.He already knew from his grandfather how much profit the Xue family was going to give him. He was just informal, but not unreasonable.

A month later, Liu Xianglian came back with the caravan of Xue's family, and her demeanor changed a lot. She visited Xue's family again, but rejected Xue Pan's kindness, and was going to seek a position in the army.

Xue Pan was very curious, but it was not easy to ask in detail, after all, it was too much to talk about.There is an eye relationship between people. For example, Xue Pan and Liu Xianglian, for some reason, are quite close.Therefore, he gave up a lot of benefits for no reason, and even he himself couldn't explain it in detail.

"It's good to go to the army to find a job. After all, my ancestors also rose based on military merits. Now that I join the army, I may have a future." Xue Pan didn't feel like being treated like a donkey with good intentions, after all, everyone has their own choices.If Liu Xianglian chooses the road of business, it would be best if she will be wealthy in the future.If you join the army, it is not known whether you may be granted the title of Marquis or Prime Minister.

"If you join the army, do you have any connections?" Although the sons of a family like them have fallen, it is not good to just start as a small soldier. Since it is to seek a future, it is always necessary to have a position as a low-ranking official. .

"Brother Xue, don't worry. Although my grandfather has been unemployed for many years, he still has a bit of love. He has already found me the position of commander-in-chief, and he will be hired in the near future. I came here today because I also want to share with Xue. Brother farewell."

"That's good. My uncle is in charge of inspections in nine provinces now. He has some ability in the army. If you have any troubles, you can take his name card. As you said, there is always some kind of incense." Xue Pan handed him a Wang Ziteng name card and said half-jokingly.

Liu Xianglian accepted his kindness and thanked him again.Although he is not a common person, Wang Ziteng's name has been heard.With this famous post, if there is trouble, this is a life-saving charm, which is really rare.

Both of them are straightforward, since they have already said everything they need to say to each other, they don't want to learn from other people's hypocrisy and obedience.Xue Pan stayed for dinner, and Liu Xianglian had other things to do, so Xue Pan didn't do much to keep her. They said goodbye to each other, and Liu Xianglian left.

Xue Pan originally thought that this was the end of the matter, but after a few days, he heard that his new friend was going to become a monk.