The Ring of the Red Chamber and the Nine Heavens

Early the next morning, Jia Huan ate breakfast and read a book under the window for a while, guessing that Xue Pan should get up, so he straightened his clothes and walked to the northeast of the mansion where Xue Pan's family lived. "Rikain" on the corner.

As soon as he entered the front yard, he happened to meet Aunt Xue who was taking care of the flowers and plants in the yard. Jia Huan saluted and said, "Greetings to my aunt."

Aunt Xue raised her eyes and saw Jia Huan, she opened her eyes and smiled and said, "It's Huan'er. Your elder brother is still sleeping, but your sister Bao is doing needlework in the room over there early in the morning. Why don't you go to her room?" Rillo, sit down, and I'll come over and chat with you for a while?"

Jia Huan didn't want to go to Xue Baochai's place. It is said that Xue Baochai looks honest and honest, but in reality he has a brain and a heart. Although Jia Huan is not afraid of her, he is too lazy to talk to her.

Jia Huan said: "No, no, I just have something to do with my elder brother. I don't want to bother my sister Bao. Does my elder brother have to wait a while before getting up? Then I'll wait outside and see how my aunt raises her baby." flowers."

Speaking of which, Jia Huan praised Aunt Xue's jasmine flower so fiercely that all the wrinkles on Aunt Xue's face burst into laughter, and said: "You have such a good mouth, if only my Pan'er has half of yours." Oh, hey, speaking of it, Pan'er hasn't woken up yet. Hey, I was so angry when I mentioned him, I was called out again last night, and I didn't come back until late, so I can't get up now , unlike you gentle scholars who get up early every day, he looks like a picky guy. Oh, I told you to stand outside for so long, it's really... Let me see, how can I wake him up. "

After Aunt Xue went in, it took a while before she saw Xue Pan stepping on her shoes, yawning and coming out, and greeted Jia Huan from a distance: "Brother Huan, why are you looking for me so early in the morning?" ? I haven't woken up yet"

Aunt Xue came out after her, and said angrily, "It's still early? The sun is already high! You might as well have slept to death! Huan'er has been waiting for you for more than half an hour!"

Because the weather was getting hotter, Aunt Xue didn't let Jia Huan sit in the back room, but asked Xue Pan and Jia Huan to sit and talk under the grape arbor at the other end of the yard. It was quiet and cool, watching the majestic wind outside the yard The swaying flowers and plants are also refreshing. , just right for conversation.

Because Xue Pan got up early and hadn't eaten breakfast, Aunt Xue ordered the maids to serve tea and a few plates of finer dishes, so that they could chat while eating.

Jia Huan randomly picked up a pine nut candy and ate it, and said to Xue Pan, "Brother Xue just came back, don't you even know the latest news?"

Xue Pan looked sleepy, and said lazily, "What's the matter? Is it because your old man is going to marry his little aunt again? Or is your old lady pregnant too, and you want to fight your mother to the end?"

Jia Huan couldn't help laughing, and said: "Fuck you! Talk nonsense! Even your own aunt has made fun of it. Be careful that your mother scolds you when she hears it."

Xue Pan tapped the broad palm of his left hand repeatedly with a large lacquer fan, and said casually: "Then what's new? You should tell me."

Jia Huan was too lazy to play tricks with him, so he told about the misfortune in Qin Zhong's family, and Qin Zhong's determination to help Lingnan return, but because he had no money, he had to sell his property and so on. Finally, he deliberately provoked Xue Pan and said: " Even if we were classmates, I couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to help him a little bit. Boss Xue, you used to be as close as Jing Qing, so you won't just stand by now, right?"

Xue Pan twisted his thick eyebrows, and said: "I went out, I don't know these things! If I knew, I would have flown back! Also, who do you call me? Let alone Qin Zhong, It’s just a little friendship, as long as you open your mouth to me, you must have emptied your pockets and want to help. I just don’t understand, Jingqing and Baoyu used to be inseparable, why did such a big thing happen, but it’s not called Baoyu Give him an idea? Instead tell you to run around for him?"

Jia Huan sneered and said: "Jingqing didn't ask me to lobby anyone for him. He was so high-minded. To put it bluntly, it wasn't just anyone who was willing to help, and Jingqing would happily agree. Yes. I couldn’t bear to see this, so I volunteered to help. Baoyu, you don’t know? He’s the most soft-hearted guy. When he’s okay, he’s as gentle and caring as a woman. If there’s something wrong, he’s scared , Jingqing thought he had tried to find him, but it was useless. How about you? What do you say? We were classmates, seeing Jingqing is lonely now, would you help me with this? If you have the same idea as Baoyu, If you have something to do, just take a detour, and pretend that I didn't come today, and I didn't tell you about it."

Xue Pan immediately said: "Hey, I originally regarded you as a brother, but you always compare me with Jia Baoyu and call my brother. I feel panicked. You are nothing more than a classmate friendship to Jingqing, and you can still do it. To my heart's content, I've slept with him a few times anyway, how about a one-night couple with a hundred days of kindness, can I still be okay at this time? Am I such a fucking person?"

This guy spoke too directly, and Jia Huan, an outsider, was a little embarrassed, so he changed the subject and said: "Jingqing is about 1000 taels short of silver. He said that it is not only the money on the road, but also needs some money, because returning home To repair the ancestral grave for his father, and resettle some relatives from his hometown."

Xue Pan opened his mouth wide and said, "1000 taels?"

Jia Huan looked at him in surprise, and said, "Isn't 1000 taels of silver a piece of cake for you? Could it be that you still can't get it out?"

Xue Pan scratched his head and said, "I used to spend thousands of taels of silver every month, but my mother only allowed me to spend 1000 taels of silver a month since last month, and then I ran out of money this month. .”

Jia Huan stared at him and said, "It's only the middle of the month, and you've already spent 1000 taels of silver?" Yes, this guy spends 1000 taels of silver a month, but he spent it in just over ten days?

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Xue Pan counted his fingers and said, "I've always been unlucky. I lost a few times playing 'Quick New Quick'. I lost a total of two or three hundred taels of silver. Then, A few days ago, I was pulled by a friend to hold a role. That little opera singer is really good at pestering people. He insisted on pestering me and spent 300 taels of silver to give him a singing role. In addition, hey, he opened a show yesterday. Bao, spent another 300 taels, and the rest, eat and drink, will they be gone?"

Gambling, holding roles, whoring... What a decadent and depraved way of life, but Xue Pan has it all. No wonder the Xue family fell so fast.

Jia Huan sighed for Xue Pantian's father, and asked: "Then what about the 400 taels of silver I paid you back last time? If you didn't touch that sum of money, I'd still get the two antiques from my house." If it's a few hundred taels of silver, let Qin Zhong get over this difficult situation first."

Xue Pan frowned and said: "I can't hide money in my hand. If you pay me back, you don't know where to spend it. Come on, if you have this kind of heart, you can get it. Jingqing's matter is naturally I'll figure it out."

Jia Huan looked at Xue Pan and sighed, and said: "It seems that I will borrow 500 taels of silver from you at the beginning of each month, and then pay you back in the middle of the month. I will help you and save you all the money." .”

Xue Pan giggled silly.

Xue Pan suddenly said: "Hey, yes, my mother doesn't need to give me pocket money, but if I want to do business, she has to give me the capital."

Jia Huan blinked at Xue Pan, only to see a sly smile on Xue Pan's usually arrogant and chubby face.

Jia Huan then asked what was going on, and Xue Pan whispered, "You said Jingqing was going to southern Yunnan, right? I just remembered that my family still has a business over there, so I just went there under a pretext. I have a companion too. But you want to tell me, what special products are there in southern Yunnan, so that they can be sold in the capital? I can tell my mother, fool her, and get out the capital. In other words, 3000 taels of silver should be enough Alright."

Damn, big brother is too strong!In order to get money from Aunt Xue, he dared to go to southern Yunnan to buy goods and do business without knowing anything!Jia Huan was so impressed by Xue Pan's dandyism and prodigal nature that he lost his voice.

Here, Xue Pan made up his mind, so he asked Jia Huan to go home, and went to ask Aunt Xue for money to start a business.

Aunt Xue heard that 3000 taels of silver is a small matter, mainly because the distance is too long. From the capital city to the south of Yunnan, it will take about two months just to go. Xue Pan is delicate and expensive on this journey, so how can he suffer so much? ?Furthermore, if you meet a strongman on the road, it's not a big deal if a few silver and goods are robbed, but you can't have any accidents. This old Xue's family is just a single seedling. If something happens, won't it hurt her to death?Furthermore, it will be difficult to meet the ancestors of the Xue family underground in the future.

Aunt Xue said with a bitter face: "Forget it, the business in the capital can be done as long as it can be done, and what new article do you come up with to go to the south of Yunnan to buy horses to sell! Mother doesn't ask you to earn money to rejuvenate the family business, I just ask you It’s good to stay by your side in peace.”

Xue Pan refused, and said: "When I was at home, mother, you just complained that I wandered around all day long. I didn't know this, and I didn't learn that. Now I'm determined to become an adult and learn to do business, and I'm not allowed again, mother. I'm going to block it first! If I'm a girl like my sister, it's fine for you to guard me. I'm a man. How can I sit at home every day? What will happen in the future? Besides, I'm not alone in business. Even if I don’t understand, there are still old family members and old guys teaching me. How big of a problem can it be if I let them check the prices of things? Besides, if I’m born once and familiarized twice, next time I can do it myself. The knife is in business, and then mother will know that even though your son can't study, he is a good hand in business!"

Aunt Xue still refused, so Xue Pan got angry and said: "Mother, you just don't want to believe that your son is capable. If so, I will keep it from you tomorrow, and I will get some money and come out to run this business by myself." Ticket, when I get rich next year and go home, then I will let you know what I can do."

Baochai heard the commotion, and after knowing the latitude and longitude of the incident, she dragged Aunt Xue, who was frowning, to the room over there, and said politely: "Mom just cares about my brother and doesn't let him go. You have to follow me, it's my brother's fault." The idea is good. Mom, think about it, you guard your brother like this, but you can't restrain him. Seeing that he is seventeen or eighteen years old, he still doesn't know the world, can't go out, can't do anything. If it's like this for a lifetime, Mom, are you going to keep him forever? You have to ask him to go out to do something. Now that he makes up his own mind to be independent, it's even better. Besides, going out is not as comfortable and happy as when you are at home. He has no friends who instigate him, no relatives and friends to help him excuse him when he does bad things, everything depends on himself, what he has to eat, what he has to eat, what he has to eat, what he has to eat, what he has to eat, what he has to eat, and sleeping in the open, my brother may know after this incident It's a blessing for my brother and mother to change things for the better in the world. It's nothing more than 3000 taels of silver. If the right to work is lost or he spends it, it's that big of a deal. If he goes out this time, If you can really learn some skills, or know a little about the world and people, it is worth it."

After hearing this, Aunt Xue thought for a while and said, "You are the one who thinks well after all. Spend a few pennies to teach him to be a little more obedient."

Aunt Xue went to the room over there and told Xue Pan that he agreed to go, but she had to bring her old family, Uncle Zhang, and listen to Uncle Zhang's advice along the way, not to make her own opinions.Xue Pan was so happy that he eagerly agreed, and he agreed to all of them, and then excused himself to say goodbye to his friends here, and went out to find Jia Huan in a hurry, but Aunt Xue, who was tired, was still busy hosting a banquet for him, so she wanted to accompany Xue Pan The family members who went to do business in southern Yunnan, especially Uncle Zhang, who had a heavy responsibility, were entrusted with thousands of words by Aunt Xue.

When Jia Huan heard that Xue Pan had really moved Aunt Xue over, he was also in high spirits, so he accompanied Xue Pan to Qin's mansion to find Qin Zhong.

When Xue Pan saw Qin Zhong's pointed face, his complexion was also sallow and sallow. His former delicate and delicate beauty was damaged a lot, but he did not have the style of a sick beauty that I still feel pity for. Going forward to ask for warmth, Qin Zhong was taken aback. He pulled Jia Huan aside and asked in a low voice, "Why did you bring him here?"

Jia Huan spread his hands and said: "I originally thought he had money, so I asked him to borrow some first, but who knew he didn't have any money. But in order to get money from his mother, he wanted to trick his mother into buying goods in southern Yunnan Business. He doesn’t even know what rare things in southern Yunnan can be brought back and sold in the capital. He just asked me, and I casually said that the horses in southern Yunnan are good. He heard that they have good foot strength, so he made up He actually cheated his mother out of a large sum of money to start a horse business with his words, which made me sweat for him."

Hearing these stupid words, Qin Zhong burst into laughter immediately.

Jia Huan whispered to Qin Zhong again: "It's good for him to go all the way with you. There will be someone to take care of you on the way. Besides, it will save money. You only need to prepare the money for repairing the ancestral grave."

Qin Zhong originally wanted to mutter, "It saves money, but my ass is in danger." However, seeing Jia Huan's childish face, Qin Zhong thought it would be bad for a child's heart (children) Inappropriate) words were swallowed back into the stomach.

Qin Zhong didn't have much feelings for Xue Pan in the past, although he had done good deeds a few times and had great strength, but his appearance was not pleasing after all.Not to mention anything else, but the circle of fat around his belly and his big face in a silver basin made the flirtatious Qin Zhong not like him.

However, after Jia Baoyu's incident, Qin Zhong's eyes have changed, and he thinks that Xue Pan's clumsy appearance is not bad, and he is not afraid of even the slight coveted obscenity in his eyes.

I want to be greedy for you, to hook you, so that I can order you along the way!Now that Qin Zhong has a complete understanding, he is determined to hold the man in his hand and play with it, let's take a step first, I still have filial piety on my body, I don't like it, can this Xue Da fool still overpower the king?If he dares to act recklessly, believe it or not, I will take out his bezoar dog treasure (that is, the vulgar term for that organ)!But, if he pleases me along the way, it's no big deal to tell him to cheer him up a few times on the way back.Qin Zhong has made up his mind.

The author has something to say: Hehehe, this trip of Qin Zhong and Xue Pan can be titled: "How a fool who only wanted to eat tender tofu was trained to be a loyal dog" or "How to catch and tame a dog" A foolish Merry Gong" "How Qin Xiaoshou practiced his true knowledge and became Huan Xiaoshou's love instructor".