[Red House Chai Dai] Salted Pork Knuckle, Crab Rice Wine

Seeing that Yao Jing was only concerned about being happy, Sun Mu said coldly, "Don't be too busy being happy first, this matter is easy to say, if it is to be done, it will take at least two or three years, and it will take three to five years. Fang Chengqi, it’s still early.” Then he asked Baochai, “You said earlier about the shipping, although the eldest princess insisted on resigning, you still have other ways, why don’t you talk about it.”

Baochai nodded and said: "That's right. Since Mr. Yao has great ambition and pride, and wants to rescue the innocent daughter's family in the sea of ​​love and evil, I have no other advantages, but this management is a bit clever, so I have to do my best. Planning. Now that I think about it, if we follow Mr. Yao's previous thinking, I'm afraid that our daughter, Guzhong, spends a lot of money. After a rough calculation, there are not tens of thousands of taels of silver. This is not counting the share that was beaten by the government yamen. If they think it is profitable and come here to exploit it, no amount of ten thousand taels of silver will be enough. It is necessary to prepare everything. It is rare to get money by sea Hurry up, since I have done a few shops like this and gained some experience in dealing with government offices, I have to bite the bullet and do it a few more times, so that I won’t be ashamed to build a house and buy land in the future.”

Yao Jing heard her saying that she was afraid that the government yamen would think it was profitable and came to exploit her, she couldn't help but disapproved, and said: "Don't worry about this. Now the empress dowager treats me like her own daughter, who dares to be short-sighted?" Break ground on our heads?"

Baochai didn't answer, and looked at Sun Mu, both of them knew that the Empress Dowager Empress valued Yao Jing, but it was because she saved her life.For the affairs of the Tian family, thunder, rain, and dew are all blessings. At this time, the imperial concubine treats Yao Jing well, but after a few days, she turns her face, so what?Besides, the Empress Dowager Empress is just an old concubine, she has a bit of face because of her filial piety in governing the country, and now she has her age, so it is not surprising that there is a sudden news from the palace that she is dead things.Therefore, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and don't bet all your treasures on the empress dowager's respect for Yao Jing.

At that moment, Sun Mu smiled and said: "Jing'er, it's because you don't know what to do. Baochai is doing this for your own good, and I don't want you to shoulder too much burden. This is her kindness. I deeply feel that she is thoughtful and meticulous, and wish to thank her for your compassion. Why don't you know?" Turning to Baochai, he said, "You child, you always think so carefully. It's just that, The burden on your shoulders is even heavier. A lot of things have happened these days, you should slow down and have a good rest, why bother yourself so much?"

Baochai smiled and said: "If you find something to do like this, I'm afraid your heart will be purer and you won't be thinking wildly."

Although she was speaking with a smile, trying not to show self-pity and self-injury, but Sun Mu and Yao Jing couldn't help but shed tears when they thought of her repeated encounters these days.

Sun Mu hurriedly coughed twice, then took two steps forward to look at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, concealing the strangeness on his face, and saw that there was an ink painting of mottled bamboo hanging on the wall, carefully checking that the inscription was written by Baochai, He hurriedly praised a few times, and when he realized that the spotted tearful bamboo was the reference of Lin Daiyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he suddenly realized that Baochai was expelled from Xue's family, but also had some pains that could not be explained to others in detail, and felt more pity in his heart.She remembered that when she first arrived at Xue's house in Jinling more than ten years ago, Baochai was just a child dressed up as a child with braids. Don't worry, look at her expression today, which is obviously heartbroken but deliberately not showing any signs on her face, her heart feels as uncomfortable as being scratched by a knife, and she unconsciously hugs her neck like Baochai did when she was a child, stroking her tenderly. Her hair said: "If there is something unhappy, you can cry if you want to. Everything depends on the master." Baochai didn't guard against Sun Mu's behavior, and her body froze, feeling a little helpless.

Unexpectedly, there was a loud coughing sound from behind. Sun Mu looked around, but saw Yao Jing coughing loudly while pretending to be loud, while glaring at her viciously. Sun Mu didn't react at first, but he thought about it once , Fang realized that Yao Jing was jealous, he couldn't help but laugh, and was about to reprimand her, firstly, he was afraid that Baochai's face would be tender, and it would be embarrassing, and secondly, he saw Yao Jing's stern face, fearful of being abandoned , I couldn't bear to say anything.At this time, Baochai came out of Sun Mu's arms early, looked up and saw a cup of maple dew tea on the table, hurried over to pick up the tea cup, presented it to Sun Mu, and said: "In autumn, the sky is dry and everything is dry, so I can't blame Master. Coughing constantly. This is a cup of maple dew tea, which Qianxue left for me when she was afraid that I would be thirsty at night. Master also knows that this kind of tea needs to be brewed several times to get its taste. It just so happens that I am afraid of night time these days. I can't sleep, I haven't had a drink, and now I just ask Master to moisten my throat."

Sun Mu knew that Baochai was just doing this to cover up the previous embarrassment, so he praised her for her actions in his heart, and praised her a few words, and when he was about to drink the maple dew tea, Yao Jing had already taken a few steps forward, He snatched the teacup with his hands and said, "Baochai, why do you treat each other more favorably than others? Although your master treats you well, since I have settled down with you, I have never felt sorry for you. This maple dew tea I’ve heard about the reputation long ago, but I just never had the chance to taste it. Now that it’s the right time, I have to try it.”

Seeing what she said, Baochai realized that she was jealous again, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It's my fault. I didn't think carefully. It's just that Fenglu tea is an interesting thing. There are so many people only Qian Xue The brewing is the best. Now it is night, and she is out of the pavilion, so it is not good to ask her to come over to make tea in the middle of the night. Besides, this tea is not good after brewing in a hurry. If you don’t dislike my craftsmanship, I will cooperate with you first. How about making a cup of Dahongpao and treating you to Fenglu tea someday?"

Yao Jing shook her head and said, "Why bother. It's just a matter of taste. Half a cup is enough for me." As she spoke, she drank half a cup of maple dew tea and handed the other half to Sun Mu.

Sun Mu shook his head and sighed, seeing Yao Jing staring at him angrily, he had no choice but to take a few sips of the remaining half cup of tea in front of Baochai.After drinking, put the cup aside, and asked slowly: "You said earlier that you have a way to continue this shipping business, but where did you go? Why don't you tell me."

Seeing that Sun Mu and Yao Jing are so affectionate, Baochai was dumbfounded for a long time.For a moment, she suddenly remembered that in her previous life, one day she and Daiyu were together in the Grand View Garden, and they had a quarrel over trivial matters. .Baochai confirmed it with Daiyu with the half cup of tea.Thinking back to now, the past is still vivid. At that time, both she and Daiyu were trapped in the deep boudoir. Although they each had some extraordinary talents, they could only sit back and watch their years grow old like lonely palace flowers, without achieving anything.At that time, he didn't feel that the rise and fall of the outside had anything to do with his own daughter's family. He heard that Zhen's family was raided all day long, and Jia Yucun was promoted, but he felt that it was far away and had nothing to do with his own family. Suspicion and temptation about things in the corners of the eyes and brows make some children's hearts.Since rebirth, every time Baochai thinks of this passage, she regrets wasting her time, but when she thinks about it now and then, she feels bitter and sweet, like a person trapped alone on a maze crossing a cliff, holding a cane tightly in his hand Begging for life, hanging in the air, hearing the waves rolling under the cliff, all ghosts crying at night, suddenly saw a big python swimming from the side, the snake swallowed its letter, and its eyes were fierce, as if it wanted to devour people, the situation was clearly over The crisis is extremely critical, and in the next moment he will either be kissed by a snake or be buried in a maze, but the man blatantly ignores it. Seeing the lovely green leaves on the vines, he is intoxicated by the pearly dew on the green leaves... just like in the opera Is it not a kind of open-minded and forgetful mentality?

Sun Mu asked, seeing that Baochai was in a daze and hadn't responded for a long time, only when she was annoyed by Yao Jing's actions just now, she gave Yao Jing a hard look, and said softly to Baochai: "Yes. Master is not thinking properly. It is late at night, and you should go to bed early. I came this time because I answered a post for you when you were away during the day, and I suddenly remembered it at night, and I was afraid that I might miss you. I saw that the light was still on in your room, so I brought it here."

Baochai saw Sun Mu's lips opening and closing, knowing that she was talking to him, but he couldn't calm down anyway, and couldn't understand what she was talking about until Sun Mu handed over the post, and Baochai opened it. , his eyes fixed on the signature of the post, but it was as if someone had blown his face all over with a breeze, and then he woke up, and then remembered something, and said in surprise: "Yes! Yes!"

Both Sun Mu and Yao Jing didn't understand what it meant, and asked what it was.Baochai said to them slowly that in order to accomplish the maritime business, one must have experience, which they have managed several shops, so experience is not lacking, and second, there must be connections and superiors.Since His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess insisted on withdrawing, the little maid Sang Luo had the final say on the matter of coming to her house. People from the Tianli Sect have ulterior motives and have never seen any big scenes. If there is any trouble, it is better to settle it together at this time, but also calm down.Therefore, Baochai thought about it, if he could follow the footsteps of the King of Beijing, he would be much more secure than the Princess Chang. At least he is a famous and virtuous king.Thirdly, it's the money above.Baochai and the others probably have tens of thousands of taels of silver on hand, but now that the Daughter Valley has just been built, Jia Yun and others are being ordered to buy houses and land everywhere.

Listening to Baochai's explanation, Sun Mu looked strangely at the words "Miaoyu, an outsider" on the post: "Could it be that you want to get some money from this person? But who is Miaoyu, an outsider? "

Baochai hurriedly told Sun Mu about Miaoyu's relationship with Gusu Huiniang in detail, and finally said: "Huiwen is famous all over the world. Although Miaogu escaped into Buddhism, she has countless rare antiques in her hands. She usually treats money like dung. Now She posted such a post with me, which shows that she doesn't treat me like an ordinary idler. If I can get her compassion, I won't have to worry about running out of money."

Although Miaoyu has always had a withdrawn temperament, she is not as good at waiting for idlers as she is, but it is rare for Baochai and Daiyu to look at them differently.In the previous life, Baochai and Daiyu accompanied Grandma Liu to the Grand View Garden with Jiamu. When they passed by Miaoyu’s residence, Quicui Temple, they got Miaoyu to treat her with rare tea sets and snow-boiled tea on plum blossoms. They knew that Miaoyu’s family was quite rich. .Later, I heard that when Jia's family ransacked the house, the officials sent false public servants to help their own interests, and ruined Miaoyu's treasures to the very last. Even Miaoyu herself was charged with a crime for nothing. It is a pity that her innocent daughter was defiled by Haosheng. .

Seeing that she spoke clearly and clearly, Yao Jing smiled and said to Sun Mu: "Look at your apprentice. When you don't speak, you look like a quiet daughter's family. People who don't know the details think that being a first-class wife and concubine is more than enough Yes, but I never imagined that such a scheming person behind the scenes really got into the eyes of money!" While talking, she winked at Baochai, and the two walked to the side together, Yao Jing asked Baochai in a low voice: " I know what you mean. Why did you fancy Miaoyu's few taels of silver? You obviously couldn't bear it and wanted to save her. Am I guessing right?"

Baochai said sternly: "It's also for the money, and it's also for saving people. It's convenient for others, and it's convenient for yourself. I leave a chance today, and I don't know when I will benefit in the future. Besides, there are many pitiful and respectable daughters' families in the world. As the saying goes, If you listen to one side, you will be dark, and if you listen to both, you will be clear. If you follow your own likes and dislikes, I don’t know how many people will be missed!”

Yao Jing was silent for a while, then said: "That's all. The sages have said that only by uniting all the forces that can be united can we achieve the final victory. I will believe you this time."

The two of them were muttering next to each other, Sun Mu clearly saw it, but pretended not to know.When the two of them turned around, Fang Zhanyan smiled and said: "How about it, but you have a plan?"

It turned out that Miaoyu's post said that she hadn't seen Baochai for many days, and she missed her very much, and asked Baochai to go back to Changcui'an to play chess.Although Baochai was amazed that Miaoyu valued her so much, she did not dare to neglect her, and went to Changcui nunnery two days later.Changcui Temple is in the Grand View Garden, since Baochai left Xue's house, it is not very convenient for Baochai to come in and out, but Miaoyu was a guest invited by Mrs. Wang in person, and Jia Mu obviously respected her very much, so she went down together. The snobbish servants never dared to be negligent, and now that Baochai came here based on this post, no one dared to stop him.It happened that Sister Feng, who was the housekeeper, was ill. Mrs. Wang was too busy to come and ask Li Wan and Tan Chun to take care of her. Both the mother and Mrs. Wang did not report, and a few women led the way. Baochai led the little Hongyinger and walked silently in the direction of Changcui'an.

That day Miaoyu hadn't played chess at Yingchunxichun. Hearing that Baochai had accepted the post, she was very happy and brought her mother-in-law and maidservants to wait at the gate of Changcui nunnery to welcome her.The host and guest were seated, and after a few words of parting, Miaoyu ordered someone to put the chessboard on the board. Baochai hurriedly said that he did not come here for playing chess, but he would say so in the future. Miaoyu smiled and said very coldly : "Let's not talk about this in a hurry. You have played a few games of chess with me before you say it."

Baochai declined with a smile and said that she was not good at this. Miaoyu raised her eyebrows before she finished speaking: "We all know that Miss Xue is good at all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Now you tell me that you are not good at it, obviously you are deliberately refusing." gone."

Baochai had no choice but to go ahead with his pieces to show his limited chess skills. He played three games in a row and lost all three games.Miaoyu won three rounds in a row, happy in her heart, but a little embarrassed on her face, said: "I know you must be willing to let it go." Shaoqing said again: "These few rounds are extremely dangerous, you and I win The negative is only in the slightest. I think it's because you were preoccupied with other things and neglected a little." But in my heart, I felt that Baochai was really not as good as her.

Baochai was very happy to see Miaoyu, so she took the opportunity to talk about the shipping business.Sure enough, as Baochai expected, Miaoyu, who is usually so proud and ungrateful for the fireworks of the world, would yell and wash her ears when she heard gold and silver and other vulgar things. Baochai's words were naturally not pleasant, and she frowned and said: "I'm a monk. All the four elements are empty and the six senses are pure. I also have someone to provide me with daily fasting meals, tea and water. Even if I want to reshape the golden body for the Bodhisattva, I can also use it for alms according to the rules. What do I need so much money for?"

Baochai hurriedly talked about Xiangling, Zhier and others, and said that Mr. Yao had a heart of great compassion and wanted to build the Valley of Daughters, "so that the daughters of the world will have something to support them, and they will have something to rely on when they are old, so that they will not suffer from hunger." The suffering of poverty", Miao Yu just sneered and said: "You are such a clear person, why are you confused now? This kind of rhetoric is used by those rebellious officials and thieves. I don't know where it came from. Refugees and chaotic parties, the Bailian Sect and the Tianli Sect, all of them talk like this. Could it be that you are also bewitched by them? Doing such things is like gathering a crowd to make trouble, and you must be suspected by the court. How can the government tolerate it? you?"