[Quick Crossing + Red Mansions] I have a strong desire to survive

Without Aunt Xue nagging in her ear, Xue Pei has settled down in Zhuangzi.It's not that he didn't think that Zhen Yingjia must have hated himself for suffering such a big loss at his hands, and maybe he would play tricks on him. Half a month passed without incident.

Before he could take Xue Pan and his sister out that day, Xue Cheng rushed to report: "Second master and second wife are back."

Xue Pei was quite curious about Xue Xiang, who gave birth to a daughter as famous as Xue Baoqin, and personally took Xue Pan out to welcome her.Aunt Xue sat very still, waiting for her sister-in-law to come in to see her, and she wanted to keep Xue Pan, but Xue Pei gave her a stare.

"Brother." When Xue Xiang saw Xue Pei, she knelt down and saluted. It was the first time Xue Pei saw each other like this between peers, and only then did she deeply feel the deep gap between the sons and daughters.

Pulling Xue Xiang up, Xue Pan stepped forward to greet Xue Xiang, and Xue Xiang praised him a lot: "Pan'er has grown up and is sensible." It can be seen what a fucking existence it is.

"Master, let's invite the second master and second wife into the mansion to talk." Xue Cheng reminded from the side.

Xue Pei brought Xue Xiang and his wife into the door together. Seeing Xue Xiang's daughter-in-law holding a child that looked like a dough ball, she asked with a smile, "Is this the scorpion? It's the first time I've seen it." She took off her jade pendant as Xue Biao's meeting gift.

Xue Xiang gave way, and then thanked her son on behalf of her son. After seeing Aunt Xue again, she didn't care whether her nose was nose or eyes or eyes, so she forced Xue Biao, who had just walked steadily, to kowtow to her uncle and aunt.

After seeing each other, Xue Xiang took out a few silver bills from his pocket, put them on the table next to Xue Pei, and said to him: "I went out to do business that day, thanks to my brother who paid me 5000 taels of silver. Thanks to the blessing of our ancestors for several years, we have not lost money. This is the money and principal we earned, please keep it, brother."

The first silver note was 1 taels, and when Xue Pei read it, the total was 1000 taels of silver.According to the original owner's memory he found, Xue Xiang had only been out for four or five years, yet he actually earned so much money with 5000 taels, which shows that he is really capable of doing business.

It's no wonder that in the original book, Xue Biao behaves very differently from Xue Pan. It's just different with or without Lao Tzu's teaching.

"What are you doing?" After counting the money, Xue Pei handed the bank note back to Xue Xiang: "The family property in the mansion is so big that it has been lost in my hands, and I have already made me ashamed to see you again. But at that time, I had no one to trust, so I asked someone to send you a letter. You can come back regardless of the past, and I have already made me feel ashamed. "

Aunt Xue's face was a little ugly, and she felt that Xue Pei didn't save face for herself.But she sent a letter to Wang Zisheng on the second day after she arrived in Zhuangzi, and she hasn't seen the Wang family come to greet him alone. Compared with Xue Xiang who handed over the money as soon as he came back, it's not 01:30, and it's hard to say. talk.

Xue Xiang persuaded: "I have heard that when I returned to Jinling, it was not my brother's will to recruit the thief. I also inquired about the prefect, and they said that they were still investigating, and there was no news about the thief. The prefect was very polite and asked my brother If you have any troubles, just go and find him. It’s time for the elder brother to use the silver, so please accept it quickly.”

Such an honest concubine brother is really the only one I have seen in my life, which makes Xue Pei, who has played several times in the world of the Red Chamber, even more rare.There are tens of millions of taels of silver in his space, and he is unwilling to chill Xue Xiang's heart for 3 taels of silver.

"Although you have been away from home for a few years, you probably know how much money there is in the mansion. If we divide the family according to the original property in the mansion, you can also get 70 million taels of silver." Xue Pei said to Xue Xiang: "I can't say what I said then, but I can't let you put money in it."

Xue Xiang still wanted to give way, but Xue Pei had already stood up: "We haven't separated yet, and I'm still the one who decides the family. You can keep the money as you please, and I have something to tell you."

As a result, Xue Xiang had no choice but to collect the money, and went to the study with Xue Pei.Aunt Xue also talked about the family life with her sister-in-law Fengshi here, knowing that Fengshi and the others have not yet settled down, she feels a little uncomfortable.

In order to avoid people's eyes and ears these days, Xue Pei even buys at the nearby village fairs, and knows nothing about the news in Jinling City.Now that Xue Xiang came from Jinling City, he wanted to ask Xue Xiang about the outside news.

Hearing Xue Xiang say that people in Jinling spread the word that Zhen Yingjia somehow offended the emperor and was dismissed from the position of president of the Tirenyuan, and now he is still locked up in the mansion by the whole family, saying that he wants to recover the shortfall in his position, Xue Pei couldn't help laughing : "This is what evil comes with evil."

Xue Xiang hurriedly asked: "Some people guess that the money in our house is the method of envoy Zhen Yingjia to recruit thieves, but is it true?"

"Really, I don't have any evidence. It's just that a girl he gave me poisoned me. I just sent the girl to the prison with my front foot, and the girl with my back foot died suddenly. He just told me not to toast and eat in the morning If the wine is fined, the money that the emperor left in our mansion will be gone. And he just sent the money for buying shares in the afternoon, and it was gone in the evening. Do you think I should be suspicious of him. "

Not to mention Xue Xiang, even the emperor suspected that it was Zhen Yingjia.Especially after Master Luo arrived in Jinling, he found out that Xue Pei's secret papers were true, but Xue Pei's secret papers didn't even tell the whole story of Zhen Yingjia's actions - obviously for the sake of the fourth prince, he gave Zhen Yingjia Save face.

This made the emperor even more furious, and he vowed to find the silver lost by the Xue family from the Zhen family even after digging three feet.As for whether to return it to the Xue family after finding out, it is not Xue Pei's business.The reason why he moved into Zhuangzi in such a hurry was to avoid Zhen Yingjia's failure. If his reaction at that time fell into the eyes of Master Luo, his original calculation would be in vain.

Xue Xiang was furious: "Although Zhen Yingjia's evil will be rewarded with evil, the loss in the mansion may not be recovered. The most annoying thing is that Qifang, who has gained a lot of benefits by following us, did not wait for outsiders to do anything, they fell into trouble first .If they hadn’t started, how would Zhen Yingjia dare to snatch our shares.”

"That's why I want to split the lineage with them." Xue Pei smiled at Xue Xiang: "People say that brothers are of one heart, and their benefits cut through gold. Second child, may I believe you?"

Xue Xiang's body straightened a little more than before: "Please give me instructions, brother."

He didn't even ask what he wanted him to do, and didn't even think about whether he could do it. Xue Pei didn't feel that Xue Xiang was perfunctory.After living for several lifetimes, people's eyes Xue Pei can still see. Xue Xiang really has no defense against his own brother. No matter what he says, he will go through fire and water to complete it.

Such a brother, Xue Pei will not let him suffer: "You must know that the reason why Zhen Yingjia dared to bully us is because our Xue family has never been a real official. Even if we continue to marry Jia Shiwang's three families, But people have always regarded us as vassals, and did not regard us as relatives from the heart."

"In their eyes, the Xue family is just their pocketbook. It is well known that the Xue family has been defeated now, and they will definitely not protect the Xue family in the future. But it is not that the Xue family has no opponents before. Those people will not let Xue go. Home."

Xue Xiang's eyes turned red all of a sudden: "Don't worry, brother, even if I risk my life, I will protect my brother well."

Xue Pei patted him on the shoulder: "How many times can you risk your life alone. Listen to me..." Fu Er told Xue Xiang his plan.

Xue Xiang could stuff an egg into his mouth, and exclaimed: "Brother, this cheating will cost you your head." Zhongju!

You have to cheat at least four times, no matter how much risk you have to take, the Xue family can't come up with the money to bribe the examiner now.

Seeing Xue Xiang's shocked face, Xue Pei was not surprised. He walked into the inner room and fiddled with it for a while, pretending to be from a secret place, but actually from the space, took out a handful of bank notes, and handed them over to him. In the hands of Xue Xiang: "This is used to promote favors. The prefect of Jinling can protect you as a scholar without spending money. He still owes me 30 taels."

"No, no, no, brother, keep these money for the family, and I will figure out how to deal with the imperial examination." Years of business, but only earned 10 taels, no, less than 3 taels, there is still 3 taels of capital in it.

Xue Pei did not allow Xue Xiang to refuse: "Don't worry, this little money can't shake the foundation of the Xue family."

Xue Xiang's mouth opened wide again, and it took a while to find his own voice: "Brother—" Is that what I think?

Xue Pei nodded at him. He knew that it would be risky for him to take out the money now, but there are too few people who can use it now. Xue Xiang's performance after entering Zhuangzi is worth a try.

After Xue Xiang received the money, the two brothers had another secret talk. The key point was that Xue Pei packaged his intention of moving into Zhuangzi: he wanted Aunt Xue to understand the hearts of the Jia and Wang families.

Don't think that Xue Pei didn't know, long before they moved out of the city, Aunt Xue had already sent someone to send a letter to Beijing.But for Aunt Xue's call for help, Xue Pei didn't hope to report at all, and only hoped that Jia and Wang's family would give Aunt Xue a head-on blow.

Xue Xiang's perception of Aunt Xue was obviously not much better.The politeness to her just now was entirely for the face of Xue Pei, the first brother.Since Xue Pei said that he didn't want to be the purse of those two families anymore, that's why he intentionally concealed the family property from Aunt Xue's mother and son's eyes. How could Xue Xiang not keep the secret for Xue Pei?

Even though he had already made a decision to cheat, Xue Pei still wrote a letter to Master Luo.I hope he can hire a gentleman for Xue Xiang and Xue Pan, so that in the future, after Xue Xiang is promoted, it will be exposed that he has not read the book for a few days, and it will be difficult to operate when he comes to Beijing in the future-this is just Xue Pei Even if Mr. Luo really found a gentleman for him, he would not dare to use such a blindfolded method.

During the days waiting for Mr. Xue Pei, Xue Xiang built another yard for Xue Xiang's own villa, and gave Xue Xiang the four maids in Xue Pan's courtyard together—Xue Xiang brought his family There are not many servants in the business, and these girls just happened to be rough envoys for them.

This time, Xue Pan did not object. He was reminded by Xue Cheng. After observing, he found that raising a maid was more expensive than a servant. Xue Pan, who felt that he was a poor man, was not willing to spend money on others.

But Xue Pan still had a glimmer of hope, that is, waiting for the letter from Jingzhong, which contained the banknote given to him by his aunt and aunt.It's just that waiting wears out people's patience. A month later, Xue Pan kept asking Xue Cheng if he lost the letter he wrote to Beijing.

Xue Cheng, who was specially instructed by Xue Pei, told Xue Pan swearingly that this is the case when asking others to deliver a letter. When they arrive in Beijing, they have to finish their own affairs before taking time to deliver the letter for him.As for whether Jingzhong will send someone to send a reply, Xue Cheng himself has no answer.

Once again, Xue Pan felt the distress of having no money, and showed great enthusiasm for harvesting rice: only when the rice is harvested can it be exchanged for silver, and only when there is money can a special person be sent to Beijing to deliver letters so that he can have food. —— Xue Pan has already secretly calculated that the money left in his mansion will not last for a few years.

So Aunt Xue found out that her son, who was always respected and noble, was dressed in short clothes and brought her servants to harvest rice together!He not only harvested rice by himself, but also asked someone to find two small baskets for Baochai and Xue Biao, saying that all the big children in the village had gone out to pick up rice ears, and Baochai and Xue Biao couldn't stay at home to eat rice. .

Aunt Xue wanted to go crazy, she couldn't figure it out, even if the money in her family was gone, wouldn't the house still be there, wouldn't there be a quarterly rent?The slaves have almost been sold by the master, so how much can they eat if they stay in Jinling City?

It's all right now, I moved to live in Zhuangzi, my son thinks about how to harvest more rice every day, and my daughter picks ears of rice after him, even a child of a tenant family doesn't have to be three years old to pick ears of rice, right?

Pian Baochai and Xue Biao, who couldn't even walk steadily, followed Xue Pan every day, and admired the elder brother very much. As long as Xue Pan yelled, the two younger ones would follow around like crazy Running around, drying like black charcoal, and thinking how capable he is, he always showed Aunt Xue and Feng Shi the ears of rice he picked up.

Does Aunt Xue want to see those broken ears of rice?Even if Baochai and Xue Biao pick it up for another two months, it won't be enough to cook a meal.She wanted to raise her daughter to be a noble lady, so that she could marry into a wealthy family and be the mistress. Whose mistress didn't play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting when she was young, and picked rice ears every day?

But Aunt Xue did not dare to tell Baochai and Xue Pan that they would not be allowed to go to the field again. She did not have the courage to say such a thing—just one day before Xue Pan went to harvest rice, Aunt Xue received a message from Mrs. Wang. A letter from Beijing.

In the letter, as always, she said how difficult it was for her to be in charge of the Rongguo Mansion, and also how worried and sad she was for Aunt Xue after she received Aunt Xue's letter. Open your mouth.She also said that she had asked Jia Zheng to write a letter to the prefect of Jinling, asking the prefect of Jinling to solve the case as soon as possible and get the money back for Aunt Xue.

Then, Aunt Xue read the letter over and over several times, and found that there was nothing left.Her older sister, whom she relied on after the accident, apart from comforting her and asking her brother-in-law to write a painless letter to the prefect of Jinling, never asked Aunt Xue how her life was going and whether she needed anything else. Help, such as whether there is no shortage of silver.

It’s really not that Aunt Xue wants to ask for money from Mrs. Wang, but this is human nature—when a relative writes to you, telling you that all the money in the house has been stolen, you will never think that she may have no money to use, even Could eating be a problem?Since you can send a special person to deliver the letter, isn't it normal to bring a little money?

But no, Aunt Xue went through the whole letter, and there was not a single word about Mrs. Wang giving her money, which made Aunt Xue want to excuse Mrs. Wang, saying that the person who sent the letter was greedy for money and couldn't do it.

So Aunt Xue has no reason to stop Xue Pan's eagerness to exchange rice for silver, even if she has tens of thousands of silver in her own dowry, she can't stop it—Xue Pei gave Aunt Xue all the way. He was blocked, and he said in front of Xue Pan that he could not use Aunt Xue's dowry, which made Xue Pan feel like an enemy to Aunt Xue's idea of ​​using the dowry to seduce him, and he didn't want to take a penny from Aunt Xue's hands.

Not only did he not take it himself, Xue Pan also taught Baochai not to ask his mother for things.Now Baochai admires her elder brother so much, she obeys Xue Pan's words, even if Aunt Xue asks someone to add a snack for her, she will ask if it is the money from the business, and when she hears that Aunt Xue prepared it alone Love meal, that is resolutely refused to eat.

Depressed Aunt Xue, there was no one to talk to—except for the Feng family in Zhuangzi, who was the wife of the tenant. My brother rushed back from a long distance when he was in trouble, which made Aunt Xue have a good face towards Feng Shi, but it was not enough for her to confide her thoughts to Feng Shi, so she could only hold back in her heart.

After two days of being aggrieved, Mrs. Wang Ziteng also sent someone to deliver a letter to Aunt Xue. The letter was delivered by Mrs. Wang Ziteng's dowry, and now the Wang family is the lady in charge.The lady in charge was not the one who usually came to deliver letters. When she arrived at Zhuangzi, she would frown and pull her face.

Because she was from her natal family, Aunt Xue specially gave her a face, and she met the person in the main room.She also found that Mrs. Guan Zhong's complexion was not good, and she thought that she was exhausted all the way, and she was busy making people sit down, but she didn't realize that she was saluted by him, so she seemed unwilling.

After receiving Mrs. Wang Ziteng's letter, Aunt Xue was not in a hurry to read the letter. She just chatted with the lady in charge first, and asked how many days she traveled all the way, and whether she was tired or not. , can live in Zhuangzi for a few days.

The lady in charge impatiently said a few perfunctory words, saying that everything the wife said was in the letter, and she didn't know about other things, so Aunt Xue realized that the lady in charge's attitude was wrong.

Aunt Xue, who was used to being the mistress and was once flattered by the wives of the entire Jinling officialdom, would have to reprimand her if what was in front of her was not a dowry from her natal sister-in-law.Even if she didn't reprimand that slave, she no longer maintained enthusiasm for a slave. She just opened Mrs. Wang Ziteng's letter and read, thinking that she would give that slave a cold shoulder.

But she knew all the words in Mrs. Wang Ziteng's letter, but Aunt Xue didn't understand it together: what does it mean that her brother is busy with business every day, and even if she can't share his worries as a sister, she can't always add to his troubles?What do you mean that enmity should be settled rather than settled, and that there is no evidence and you can't just rely on others?What does it mean that the people don't fight with the officials, and the prefect of Jinling can't be pushed too hard?

"But sister-in-law didn't listen to the person I went to explain clearly?" Aunt Xue didn't care about the lady in charge, she wanted to know why Mrs. Wang Ziteng said that: "Is there something wrong in Beijing?"

The woman in charge had already remembered Aunt Xue's attitude towards her just now, and when she was about to go back to the house, she told her wife that the second aunt's wife was petty.Now hearing Aunt Xue's question, there was a slight smile on her face: "This servant is only here to deliver a letter to my aunt, and I don't know about other things. There are many things in Beijing, and this servant doesn't know which one my aunt is asking about. "

Aunt Xue fell on her back in anger, knowing that her brother was as unreliable as her sister, so she asked someone to take the lady in charge down to rest.I don't want the lady in charge to say that she has to rush back to Beijing to report to his wife, and she can't stay in Zhuangzi for a long time!

Is this what people say?You come to deliver a letter, don't ask the master if there is any reply, think about walking away?Aunt Xue questioned the lady in charge tremblingly, but she took out another letter from her bosom:

"A few days ago, our wife also received a letter from Master Pan. This is a reply letter from our wife to Master Pan. My wife said that it is difficult for Master Pan to share the worries of his parents at a young age. He also asked the servant to bring a message to his aunt. Mrs."

Seeing that Aunt Xue was about to answer the letter, and didn't ask what she was going to bring, the lady in charge felt that the effect she expected had not been achieved, and she was a little dissatisfied, so she raised her voice two points: "Master Pan wrote to our wife to express his troubles. , our wife already knows. They are all members of the same family, and this is the first time Master Pan has spoken. Our wife is not good enough to save Master Pan. This is 200 taels of silver, and it is our wife adding a piece of clothes to Master Pan of."

Although he said he was bringing a message to Aunt Xue, the slave kept talking about Young Master Pan, which made Aunt Xue blush: My son knows it is a good thing to write a letter to his aunt, but it is a shame to write a letter asking for money.

Seeing Aunt Xue's face blushing, the woman in charge felt better: "Our wife will ask my aunt if there is something embarrassing next time, it's better to tell the wife yourself, don't let Master Pan's children and everyone worry about it." This kid is used to stretching out his hands to others, and it is easy to get money from someone else, and he will lose his ambition in the future, who can my aunt rely on?"

"Get lost!" Aunt Xue could tolerate the fact that the lady in charge had no respect for her just now, but Aunt Xue couldn't bear it anymore when she said her son was playing the autumn wind: her son bought a bird for more than 200 yuan. Son of two silver coins, is this being dismissed as a beggar?

The lady in charge didn't expect that Aunt Xue would explode after she only said these few words: Yes, what the wife said in her original words was not as much as what she said just now, and it was not as straightforward as what she said.But I am my wife's slave, can't I share her worries for my wife, can't I help my wife avoid future troubles?200 taels a time, if this family can taste the sweetness, who knows how many letters to the wife will be written to the mansion in a year.

"Why should you be angry, aunt?" The sarcasm on the face of the lady in charge didn't go down much: "This servant is just telling the truth."

"You are telling the truth, but your wife's original words?" Xue Pei's voice appeared in the main room at this time, and Xue Pan came in with an angry face behind him.

No matter how downcast the Xue family became, Xue Pei's body looked weak, and he was a little timid in front of his lady in charge for no reason.Hearing Xue Pei's question, she felt even more guilty, but she figured out the meaning of her wife's sending her here quite clearly, and that was to stop the aunt from blowing the autumn wind into the house.

Xue Pei looked at the ever-changing face of the woman in charge, and said coldly to Xue Pan: "Pan'er, my father once told you that in our house, we don't give gifts to the middle of Beijing. You brothers and sisters have two faces. Now it’s not time to give the gift, so the father’s words will be fulfilled, right?”

Xue Pan and Xue Pei had listened to everything the lady in charge had said a long time ago, and he was still annoyed that he shouldn't have written to his aunt and let his mother be angry with a slave.Hearing Xue Pei's question now, there was a faint glint of water in the tiger's eyes: "It turns out that if you have money to give, you are a relative. Now if you don't have money to give, you are not motivated. It is better not to have such relatives."

"What did Master Pan say?" The woman in charge knew that even if the words could not be passed on, she would not be able to accept them, so she said sharply to Xue Pan: "Our wife is only thinking of Master Pan, so why do you talk about the amount of money?" Got it? Even if it’s about the amount of money, it’s because Young Master Pan dislikes the amount of money our wife gave us.”

Xue Pan was about to step forward to kick this slave, but Xue Pei stopped him with a cough: "What's the point of arguing with a slave. And keep her to wait for your uncle to deal with."

That's right, Aunt Xue thinks that Xue Pei's words are too correct. Whether it is a letter or a person sent, it is all handled by Mrs. Wang Ziteng, and Wang Ziteng has nothing to do with it.Maybe it was Mrs. Wang Ziteng who was afraid that her husband would love her sister or nephew, and worried that Wang Ziteng would give more money, so she made her own decision?

Looking at their faces, Xue Pei wondered what hope these two were holding?He sneered in his heart, but he said to the servant: "Go back where you came from, and I will send someone back to Beijing when you write back. You don't need to take it." Then he asked his own servant to chase him away.

The lady in charge also wanted to leave Mrs. Wang Ziteng's letter to Xue Pan and the bank note, but Xue Pei scolded her: "Bring this money to your wife as it is, and say that your wife's bank note is too big. We spend it with you." I'm sorry. Please open your eyes and look carefully, what is bullying the pulsatilla, don't bully the young and poor!"

The lady in charge was kicked out of Zhuangzi only to find out that she was going back to Jinling City—she came to Jinling to stay in Wang Zisheng's mansion, and Wang Zisheng's mansion sent a car to Zhuangzi to come to Jinling.

Since Aunt Xue moved to Zhuangzi, Wang Zisheng hadn't shown any concern for his sister, so it was not easy for his family's carriage to stop in front of Zhuangzi to wait for someone.He also thought that Aunt Xue would always send a car to take this slave back to the city, so when the carriage came, the lady in charge was sent to a place one mile away from Zhuangzi, so she put her down and went back to Jinling.

This is a place thirty miles away from the city, three or four miles away from the official road, and there is not even a place to hire a car!The woman in charge was quite stubborn, she didn't turn her head to beg for mercy so that Aunt Xue could send her a car to take her there, but planned to walk back to Jinling by herself!

Here, Xue Pei let Aunt Xue burst into tears, and came out to say a few words to Xue, and then went back to the main room to watch Aunt Xue continue to cry.He didn't care if Aunt Xue was sad, but whether Xue Pan could see some warmth or coldness from it.

Very good, now Xue Pan is yelling at Aunt Xue indignantly: "What kind of letter should I write to my uncle? In the past, when I went to Beijing to deliver things, my uncle wrote all the letters. How come this time it became my aunt's idea alone?" Got it." This is to understand.

Aunt Xue still howled: "No, your uncle doesn't know how to do it. It must be your aunt's idea alone. What happened to us before, it was your uncle who came forward to help us."

"Then tell me, what did Wang Ziteng do for us?" Xue Pei didn't even call his uncle, but called Wang Ziteng by his first name, and asked coldly.

Aunt Xue thought hard for a while before whispering: "So when we were an imperial merchant, every time Xue Cheng went to Beijing to pay money and write off old accounts, didn't my brother take him there?"

Haha, she's too shy to mention this.Xue Pei said bluntly: "Every time he takes Xue Cheng to settle the money and settle the old debt, Xue Cheng has to give him the money from the money he has withdrawn. He said it was a favor, and we are like the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Familiar, Xue Cheng doesn't know how to do it himself, when did he do some favors, didn't Xue Cheng know the money?"

Aunt Xue was speechless, and could only cover her face and feel sad.Xue Pei then turned to Xue Pan: "Look, I don't have any money in my hand, and even my relatives will turn against me immediately. This is because we live in Zhuangzi. If you were in the city, your classmates would turn against you faster than this. No matter how those people supported you before, they will step on you now."

Xue Pan was still not convinced: "But uncle still brought money back."

Xue Pei smiled secretly: "That's why I want your uncle to take the imperial examination. Your uncle treats us wholeheartedly, even if we are down and out, he doesn't dislike us, and he always gives us money. So son, you must show your eyes to know people in the future. , It doesn’t mean that what you say is good is good for you, it depends on who helps you when you are in trouble. But don’t worry, letting your uncle go to the imperial examination for your father is reciprocating the favor.”

Xue Pan couldn't figure out why he didn't give Xue Xiang money, but asked him to take the imperial examination.Xue Pei told him that everything in this world is inferior, and only reading is high.Why is it only good at studying, because after studying, you can become an official, and after becoming an official, you will be a superior person, and others will come to curry favor with you, instead of coming to your house to embarrass you.

Xue Pan raised his head and said to Xue Pei: "When will the gentleman invited by my father come? I want to study and I want to take the imperial examination."

Xue Pei nodded in relief: "Good boy, whether the Xue family can be prosperous again depends on you." Xue Pan's blood was boiling with enthusiasm.

In fact, Xue Pei had already thought about the candidates for Xue Xiang's husband, and he was inspired by Xue Xiang's daughter-in-law's surname.He remembered that in the introduction to the original book, Zhen Shiyin's wife seemed to be named Feng, and he asked Xue Xiang to go back and ask his wife, who was actually a sister of the same clan as Xue Xiang's wife, and now married to Gusu City.

Even though there was no contact for many years, Xue Pei still asked Xue Xiang to write a letter and asked Zhen Shiyin to be Xue Xiang and Xue Pan's husband.Xue Xiang was still a little reluctant to hear Zhen Shiyin's surname.However, Xue Pei only said that he had heard of Zhen Shiyin's name a long time ago, and that although he and Zhen Yingjia belonged to the same family, they had not been in contact with each other for a long time.

When Xue Xiang heard that Xue Pei admired Zhen Shiyin so much, she really wrote a letter to Zhen Shiyin, stating her sincerity in worshiping a teacher, and also said that her family is in decline now, because she used to be a merchant, so it was not easy to find a teacher, so she had the audacity to ignore it relatives for help.

Xue Pei asked him to add the following words, because Xue Pei knew that Zhen Shiyin himself was not short of money, so he couldn't use money to move it.But this person is also a generous person, who also likes to study and make progress. In addition, he has a relationship with the Feng family. The most important thing is that Zhen Shiyin has some experience, and is somewhat similar to Xue Peixuexiang. He persuaded Zhen Shiyin to be a husband. , there is always a [-] to [-]% certainty.

It's also due to Xue Pei's luck that when Zhen Shiyin received the letter from Xue Xiang, it was Jia Yucun who took his funding and left without saying goodbye.No matter how open-minded a person is, he will always feel a little depressed about Jia Yucun's behavior.Now receiving Xue Xiang's invitation made Zhen Shiyin want to travel.

Because he was worried about Feng's family, thinking that Xue Xiang's wife and his wife were from the same clan, he went to Jinling with Feng's family to see the situation.Gusu is not far from Jinling, and you can get there in a day, so Feng agreed.

It's just that it's going to be a long trip, and it will take a few days to pack up and make arrangements at home, so Zhen Shiyin has already written back, saying that he will not come until around the tenth day of September.At that time, I was busy with the autumn harvest, and Xue Pei felt that it was too late.

Unexpectedly, on the second day, a woman from Wang Zisheng's family came to the Zhuangzi to ask Aunt Xue to see her.Xue Pan was worried, and hurried to the outside of the main room, when he heard the woman accusing Aunt Xue, saying that she had no brother in her eyes, and let the lady in charge go back to Jinling by herself.

It's fine if you reach Jinling safely, whoever asked the lady in charge to come early, and I'm not used to walking such a long way on weekdays, the gates of the city had already been closed when I reached the outside of the city.I originally wanted to find an inn, but how could there be such a good inn outside the city for her to live in?Before she could find a pleasant inn, someone robbed her.

The snatchers are really abominable, not only did they rob her of money, but they didn't even leave her a coat.The lady in charge was wearing an inner garment today, and walked half of the city before arriving at Wang Zisheng's mansion, she was ashamed and thrown all over Jinling City.

It's worth it!Wang Zisheng thinks that Aunt Xue is a disaster star, anyone who is next to her will be unlucky, and no lady in charge has come to deliver a letter to her with good intentions, and she can be snatched away?So it was not someone else's fault that the money from the Xue family was stolen, it was all caused by Aunt Xue, the catastrophe.

What else can Aunt Xue do besides cry?Xue Pan didn't cry, he kicked the servant who was brazenly accusing Aunt Xue to the ground when he entered the room: "Who's servant dares to criticize the master, the uncle's house is really eye-opening. Since you look down on the Xue family so much, why not?" There is no need to communicate anymore. Get people out of here quickly!"

The person who came here knew Xue Pan and knew that he was a domineering man. When he saw Xue Pan before, he would nod and bow respectfully.But today she came to teach Aunt Xue a lesson for the master, how could she lose face?Naturally, he wanted to stand up and argue with Xue Pan.

But this person forgot that no matter how poor the Xue family is, this place is still the territory of the Xue family, and Xue Pan is the little master, so someone will listen to what he says.So without waiting for a theory, he was dragged and thrown out of Zhuangzi.

Xue Pan was still angry, and yelled at Aunt Xue again: "I told you not to associate with these people anymore, why didn't Mom listen to it. Now that a slave is pointing at her in her own home, will Mom feel better? "

Aunt Xue is naturally uncomfortable. She feels that not only her husband's family has lost power, her mother's family is not strong, and even her own son doesn't like her.What is she planning, and how will she live in the future?

No one cares whether Aunt Xue can live her life. Xue Pei knows that Zhen Yingjia can no longer jump around, and her heart is broken. She no longer worries that Zhen Yingjia will harm her again. She is thinking about how to change Zhuangzi into Sangji Yutang. .

Because Xue Pei only knew the general principle of the mulberry fish pond, he did not rebuild all the land in the village, but first experimented with ten acres of land.Xue Xiang and Xue Pan asked him why he built this building, and they said that they read it by themselves and thought that the experiment would increase their income.

In fact, Xue Pei, who wanted to enjoy this life wholeheartedly, would not want to watch the tenants work in person while enjoying the sun by himself. Didn't Xue Cheng ask him to send letters to Beijing?It's impossible not to send Xue Cheng, even if Xue Pei has made up his mind to nest in the village for the rest of his life, he must ensure that he can nest in peace for the rest of his life, and there must be a source of news in Beijing.

Xue Cheng was familiar with the people in Beijing, so Xue Pei gave him the title deeds of the two shops that he had put into the space a long time ago, and asked him to go to Beijing to find a reliable person to take care of the shop. It is necessary to send a letter to Zhuangzi in half a month to talk about the major events in Beijing.

Xue Pei was satisfied that Xue Cheng didn't show any surprise when he saw the title deed—Xue Cheng was the housekeeper of Xue's family for four generations, so it's not difficult to know some secrets of his master.It is difficult to keep secrets for the master and not to ask or say much about the master's unreasonable orders.

When Xue Pei first crossed over that day, didn't he wonder if Xue Cheng was used by the emperor to monitor him?