After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

The Lou family in the west of the city is indeed a family that has been cultivating chrysanthemums for generations. Xue Pan went there and brought back four pots of chrysanthemums that were just about to bloom.

A pot of purple dragon lying on the snow, a pot of Yaotai jade phoenix, a pot of jade plume tube, and a pot of cinnabar red frost.Two gorgeous and two plain, each has its own merits and complements each other.

When Baochai asked for chrysanthemums, her original intention was to give her parents a step down, and by the way, she could invite the little sisters to get together and have fun.But when I really saw these proudly standing chrysanthemums, I couldn't help but feel [-]% love.

Xue Pan took out a bound booklet and handed it to Baochai: "This is a gift from Master Lou when he was buying flowers. He said it taught people how to care for chrysanthemums."

"Master Lou is really caring, no wonder their family has such a good reputation." Baochai took the booklet and flipped through it, seeing the detailed and easy-to-understand writing on it, he couldn't help praising.

"Isn't that right!" Xue Pan smirked twice, thinking of something, two blushes appeared on his cheeks.

Baochai felt a little strange, but didn't ask any more questions, but thanked Xue Pan sincerely again: "Thank you for your hard work, brother, I like it very much."

Xue Pan laughed and said, "As long as my sister likes it."

When it was time to eat in the evening, Baochai noticed that her brother was in a daze and giggled from time to time.On several occasions, the food almost got stuck in the nostrils.

Now, not only Xue Pan saw something was wrong, but Xue Duan and Xue Wang also saw it.

The husband and wife looked at each other, and felt that the son's state, no matter how you looked at it, was the beginning of love.

After dinner, Xue Duan called Xue Pan into the study, and asked bluntly: "You are absent-minded today, but what happened?"

His son is just straight-hearted, if you ask obliquely, maybe he won't understand at all.

"Ah?" Xue Pan, who was immersed in his own thoughts, woke up suddenly, his ears turned red all of a sudden, scratching his head and giggling "hehehe".

Xue Duan couldn't bear to look directly at him, so he said with a straight face, "I'm asking you something!"

Xue Pan laughed "hehe" twice, and leaned forward rather obsequiously: "Master, my son has a crush on a girl, you can help him propose marriage."

Xue Duan was startled: "Who, the girl from which family?"

"It's...it's from the Lou family." Xue Pan, who was usually a rough person, turned out to be twitchy for the first time today, which shows that he really likes him.

only……

"How did you meet her girl?" Xue Duan's first reaction was that Xue Pan was unruly and broke into other people's house, "Didn't I tell you when I went, you must behave well, and you are not allowed to be rude Things."

I really don't blame Xue Duan for thinking this way, mainly because the girls' homes in the south of the Yangtze River are more tightly hidden than those in the capital, and they don't easily see people other than their parents and relatives.

There is even that pedantic family who bound the girl's feet since she was a child. After the age of seven, she was raised in the embroidery building. Except for going out with her mother as guests on weekdays, she almost came out of the embroidery building when she was married.

For big merchants like the Xue family and the Xiao family, the family members traveled all over the country, all influenced by the atmosphere of the capital, so the restraints on the daughter's family were not so strict, and the daughter's feet were not bound.

But Loujia is different.

Although people also sell flowers at home, but these flowers are elegant things, selling flowers is the same as selling the four treasures of the study, it is an elegant business.

This kind of family's tutoring must be stricter than theirs.

But this time, he wronged Xue Pan.

"Master, don't talk nonsense, your son is sensible now, how could he do something out of courtesy?" Xue Pan was extremely wronged, "Besides, Master Lou is not that kind of pedantic person."

"Okay, okay, you're wronged." Xue Duan gave him a white look, "Tell me, what's going on?"

This time, Xue Pan got embarrassed again, and before Xue Duan couldn't help scolding again, he finally said coyly: "It's just that when my son went to pick flowers, he met the second girl of the Lou family who was pruning flowers. .Oh, right!"

Xue Pan patted his head, and said proudly: "The jade phoenix in the Yaotai was carefully prepared by Miss Lou Er. Master Lou said that she was born to love flowers, and he couldn't bear to compromise his daughter's talent. It has been cultivated with me all the time.”

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Xue Duan waved his hands and said, "Okay, I see, you can go back."

"Master, the matter of proposing marriage..."

Xue Duan said: "It's not your business to meddle in this matter, get out of here."

Xue Pan wanted to argue a few more words, but when Xue Duan gave him a stare, he didn't dare to say any more.But he made up his mind that he would not marry anyone except Miss Lou Er.

But after Xue Pan left, Xue Duan really seriously considered his marriage.

First of all, the women in the four major families must be excluded.Xue Duan already had the idea of ​​getting rid of the four major families, so naturally he would not marry the other three.

After excluding the four major families, the first choice is the well-matched wealthy businessmen.

However, at this time, the power of the other three families has not dissipated. If the Xue family directly married a wealthy businessman and showed their desire to get rid of it too early, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the other three families.

Currently, the Xue family has no chance of winning against any of Shang Jia, Shi, and Wang.

From this point of view, if Xue Pan insisted on marrying Lou's daughter, it would be the key to breaking the situation.

After all, he only has this one son, so it's only natural for him to spoil him a little bit!

After having an idea in his mind, Xue Duan called his personal servant and gave him such and such instructions.The servant nodded repeatedly, then turned around and asked Xue Pan's servant for a drink.

Xue Pan was also severely punished by his father during this period of time, and he was panicked with fear.Therefore, no matter how aggrieved and unwilling he was, he would not dare to make trouble in front of Xue Duan.

But the young man's first love is impulsive.When I encountered resistance again, I felt even more like the Cowherd in the Cowherd and Weaver Girl who was cruelly separated by the Queen Mother, bitterly powerless to resist.

The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. For two days in a row, he used less food.

His little servant's copper money really couldn't stand it, so he gave him an idea: "The master disagrees, why don't the master ask his wife? The wife loves the master the most, how can I bear to see the master tormenting myself?"

I have to say that Xue Pan has indeed improved.He immediately grasped the point of the boy's words: How could he bear to see the uncle tormenting himself?

"Go and bring me a mirror." Xue Pan ordered.

"Ah?" The boy was startled, although he didn't understand why, he did as he said, "Master, the mirror is here."

Xue Pan looked in the mirror, but saw that the face of the person in the mirror was pale, his lips were dry, and his eyes were red. He really looked a bit miserable.It's just that he is burly and tall, and most of this misfortune was eliminated.

It seems that I have to continue to toss myself!

Xue Pan threatened the boy: "No one is allowed to disclose this matter to the wife. Otherwise, the whole family will be sold!"

The copper coin was taken aback, and hastily cursed and swore: "Don't worry, my lord, the younger one is loyal to my lord, and I will never dare to disobey my will!"

"Well." Xue Pan nodded, thought for a while, and then ordered, "From now on, bring all my meals to the room. If the wife asks, just say that I am learning to read the accounts."

"Yes."

In this way, after another half a month, Xue Pan lost ten catties, and the clothes seemed to be hanging on his body.

His face was already turning blue, and layers of dry skin had formed on his lips, with no blood at all.

"Well, that's about it." Xue Pan took the bronze mirror, took a picture from left to right, finally satisfied with his image, threw the bronze mirror into the copper coin, and ordered, "Master, I'm sick, go quickly Ask a doctor to come."

"Hey, sir, be careful, this is the ancient mirror used by Concubine Yang Gui!" The copper coin hurriedly caught the mirror, and he was greatly relieved.

Xue Pan curled his lips: "Isn't it just a mirror. Hurry up and ask the doctor!"

"Okay, okay, let's go, little one."

The copper coin put the mirror away, and ran to find Xue Duan's servant Yuanbao as soon as he went out.

"Why, is there something going on here, sir?" Yuan Bao's eyes lit up when he saw him.

Xue Wang's family didn't know about Xue Pan's situation, but Xue Duan knew it like the palm of his hand.He was also afraid that his son would really make a mess of himself and let Yuan Bao keep an eye on him all the time.

"The uncle said... Let me ask the doctor." The copper coin didn't even have time to catch his breath.

Yuan Bao stared: "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and ask for it! By the way, find someone to notify the wife."

"Hey, I'll go right away." The copper coins flew away again.

Yuan Bao finally completed the task and hurriedly returned to Xue Duan.

"Well, I see." Xue Duan replied calmly.But the account book in his hand has not been turned over for a long time.

He waited for a while, guessing that his wife had already arrived at his son's yard first, then calmly put down the account book, got up calmly, and calmly ordered: "Let's go, go and see Pan'er."

When Xue Duan led Yuan Bao to Xue Pan's room, he heard Xue Wang's cry: "...your father, who killed a thousand swords, is so cruel? My poor Pan'er!"

From time to time, there was Xue Pan's weak comforting voice: "Mom, my son is fine, don't worry."

"Is this all right?" Xue Wangshi changed from her previous gentleness, annoyed and annoyed, "Look, what have you become? You...you are trying to gouge out my mother's heart!"

As soon as Xue Duan entered the room, the sharp-eyed green sleeves saw it, and immediately clung to Xue Wang's ear, and whispered: "Madam, the master is here."

The original intention of the green sleeves is to remind my wife to pay attention to her image.

However, she is a little girl, how can she understand the heart of a mother?

Xue Wangshi suddenly turned her head, stared at Xue Duan viciously, and said with a very strong attitude: "Go, I will go to Lou's house to propose marriage immediately! It is rare for Pan'er to meet someone she likes, so what if you make him happy?"

Xue Duan pretended to be embarrassed: "Our four major families have been married for generations. How could Pan'er's marriage be so hasty?"

"I don't care about the marriage or not, I just want my son to be good!" Xue Wang was a little messy, choked up, "Look, what has become of our son? Master, you really have the heart?"

Xue Duan looked closely and was also taken aback: "Pan'er, why have you lost so much weight?"

After all, there is still a big difference in shocking power between listening to someone's report and seeing it with one's own eyes.

Xue Pan muttered, "Master, my son is fine."

"Is this all right?" Xue Wang cried, "Master, are you trying to force our mother and son to death?"

"Oh, madam, what are you talking about? I... I didn't say I disagreed!"

Xue Pan's eyes lit up: "Master, do you agree?"

"Yeah." Xue Duan nodded reluctantly.

So, when Baochai received the news and rushed over, everything was settled.

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