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

Since Yao Jing participated in the management of Zhiweizhai, she has learned that knowing is easier than doing, and she has devoted herself to these things every day, working hard day and night, and those rhetoric, good ambitions but unrealistic remarks are much less.

She also often complained to Sun Mu in private: "I used to read stories written by others, and it was often tens of taels of silver for a meal, or if I just thought of a clever trick, tens of thousands of taels of silver were entered into the account. Now Zhiweizhai has been in business for so many days, and the business is booming, but after careful calculation, the net profit in January is also very meager. After deducting the wages of our staff, and excluding daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc., we can only earn a dozen or so taels a month. Money. If Xiangling didn't buy this shop, plus the rent, it would be even less! What's more, I only get [-]% of it, so what's the use of it?"

Sun Mu smiled and said: "Why are you so discouraged? You can get five taels of silver every month just by dividends, isn't that too little? One tael of silver is more than 1000 Wen, a liter of rice is ten Wen, a catty of noodles is two Ten renminbi, thirty renminbi a catty of meat, and only a hundred renminbi a foot of fine satin. You pay a monthly dividend of five taels of silver, which is enough for a family like Grandma Liu to eat and wear for several months. What do you have? Dissatisfied. Why does a meal cost tens of taels of silver? Could it be that they are eating the royal banquet of the Lord Long Live in the Forbidden City? Why else can you come up with a clever trick and get tens of thousands of taels of silver into the account. There are so many in Chang'an city How many high-ranking officials and dignitaries can casually hand out 1 taels of silver?"

Yao Jing said unwillingly: "But Xiangling said that Xue Baochai earned several thousand taels of silver just by relying on those two shops..."

Sun Mu shook his head and smiled: "Her family has been an imperial merchant for generations. When her father was alive that day, he liked to take her by his side to talk about business. She is smart, and she is naturally capable. With the help of savvy and capable confidantes, the supply and sales of the goods are also suitable. = Restaurants have always been less profitable, how can they compare with theirs?"

Yao Jing said: "At the end of the day, the imperial court used soldiers last year. She just happened to make a lot of money from it. I don't believe she can still earn so much this year!"

Baochai didn't know that Yao Jing was secretly competing with her for making money. She lived in a wealthy family. Just as a game.Seeing that everything in Xiangling's side has been arranged properly, and she is seeing prosperity, she is relieved, and she only cares about serving her mother every day, preparing for work and choosing courses, and going to play with her sisters in her spare time.

Although the Sanchun sisters are older, their temperaments are still the same as before.Yingchun is still like a wooden person every day. She doesn't care about everything and doesn't care about the world. She can only lift up her spirits when playing chess; My child, I can't go out to do some business; since Zhizhi'er escaped from Shuiyue Temple, Xichun once sighed, but in the end he is a lonely person who deeply believes in Buddhism, but he forgets about it in a few days, because of Shuiyue Temple The old nun Jingxu took a young nun named Zhikong as her apprentice, Xichun treated her very kindly, and discussed Buddhism together all day long, but in fact it was just children's nonsense.

Lin Daiyu's place was much quieter than before.One is that Daiyu suffered from the pain of her father's death, and she is much more mature than before. Second, Baoyu misses Qin Zhong's affairs day and night, and is listless all day long. She is not like before, always obsessed with her. up.

For these reasons, it was logical that Baochai had more contacts with Daiyu.When I went to her room one day, I saw a half-made sachet on her table, the stitches were quite fine, I couldn't help picking it up and sighing: "What a beautiful job! It took so much effort." The words did not finish. Now that he has realized, who in Jia's mansion is qualified to bother Lin Daiyu with such needlework, it must be Jia Baoyu.

For a while, she felt a little emotional, and she couldn't tell what it was like: her second aunt, Mrs. Wang, and her mother, Aunt Xue, kept nagging her to get closer to Jia Baoyu. The precious phoenix egg who enjoys the glory and wealth in the shade of his life, but is unwilling to be proactive and pay attention to economic career, has always been obedient and obedient, and only treats him as a brother, trying to make a living on the face of it.Even so, rumors of gold and jade in the Hefu were still spread all over the sky, which made her feel very uncomfortable.It's just that she can't even look down on such a person, so why is Daiyu willing to befriend him?Because of Daiyu's infirmity, she always likes to be quiet and not to move. No one dares to work her too hard, but Baoyu can bother her to do needlework!Could it be that there have been rumors in the mansion that the old lady wants to make Jia Baoyu and Daiyu a pair, and Daiyu herself is willing to do it?I don't know if Daiyu would mind the dirty things between Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong?When she first found out, she lost her appetite.

Originally this matter had nothing to do with Baochai, if she followed her usual temperament, she should have nothing to do with herself, but at this time she had a strange thought, and asked with a smile on purpose: "Baochai Where's the brother? Could it be that he's hiding in the corner yearning for someone again?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Who knows him! I hope that he will not dangle in front of my eyes, but his ears will be clean."

Baochai had no choice but to clarify further. In fact, even she felt vaguely that she might be a villain in vain, but a girl like this otherworldly fairy deserves to be treated wholeheartedly by a man, not someone like Jia Baoyu who is outside Unclear with many men, the family is also colorful, Yingying Yanyan, there are people in the house who have not passed the road at a young age.

"Then do you know, Brother Bao——" Baochai lowered his voice slightly when he saw that there was no one around, and was thinking about how to express his thoughts tactfully, when he suddenly heard the sound of the curtain, and when he looked back, it was Zicuckoo He came in with a smile.

"I just went out, and I happened to run into an attacker." Zijuan was the girl who used to be called Parrot by Jia Mu's side. She was quite clever, and her eyes were especially clever. Glancing towards Baochai, "Girl, don't worry. Qin Xianggong passed away at a young age, and Bao Erye had a deep relationship with his friend, so it was inevitable that he was sad, so he was not feeling well all the time. It just so happened that the garden was about to be completed. , the old lady ordered someone to take the second master Bao into the garden to play. Unexpectedly, it was a coincidence that they met the second master. Miss, guess what happened afterwards?"

The garden that Zicuckoo is talking about is the family-saving courtyard built for the mother-in-law of Yuanchun.Jia's mother has been depressed these days because of Jia Baoyu, and Baochai also knows that Chang ordered people to take Baoyu to evacuate in the garden.It's just that he didn't want to meet his father Jia Zheng, so he thought it was more than auspicious.

Thinking of this, Baochai pays attention to Daiyu's face.But when Daiyu heard this, she couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, "Why are you trying to be so tight-lipped at this moment. I know my uncle's temper. How can Baoyu win favor in front of him?" But she seemed very worried.

Then Zijuan replied with a smile: "Young lady guessed wrong this time. The second master asked Bao Erye to pair up, and specially tested Bao Erye's talent. It is said that every scene in the garden has to be simulated. Some couplets on the plaque, or two characters, three characters, or four characters. I heard that everyone agrees that the second master Bao's drawing is the best, and I'm afraid that after this incident, the second master will reward the second master Bao."

Baochai was also stunned.She knew that Jia Baoyu had some talents in couplet poetry, but she didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.She came back to her senses and saw that Zijuan was still looking at her out of the corner of her eye, seeming very wary, and said with a busy smile: "It's also thanks to Zijuan's cleverness that she explained things so clearly."

Zijuan chuckled lightly, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Miss Bao is absurdly praised. My ability is nothing, but the second master Bao is truly amazing. I heard from Xiren that the second master who was inquiring earlier has already released him. I don't think it will take long. Master Bao will be back."

Daiyu nodded lightly when she heard the words, and suddenly seemed to recall something, and asked Baochai, "Before Zijuan entered the house just now, you vaguely wanted to say something to me. What exactly did you want to say?"

Seeing that their master and servant paid so much attention to Jia Baoyu, Baochai was sure in her heart that this time she was a villain in vain. If she yelled out again regardless of her status, she might offend Daiyu, and even Zijuan would Doubly fear yourself.Why bother?At the moment, he thought about it, and replied with a light smile: "It's nothing important. I just want to ask you in advance, what kind of chrysanthemum appreciation banquet will the Wang family hold in a few days, will you go?"