The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

When the third watch drum was played outside, Xue Pan really sat up covering his head.Liu Li, who was watching by the side, quickly walked to the bedside and asked softly, "How do you feel, sir?"

"Headache!" Xue Pan knocked his head stupidly, and said with a groan, "Zhaocai is going to die, he must have drunk me again."

Agate, who was guarding outside, came in with a bowl of hangover soup, brought it to Xue Pan's lips, and said, "This is the hangover soup that the master ordered to make for the uncle in the afternoon, and it has been warming in the stove! You should drink it soon." Well, you can feel better."

"En!" Xue Pan raised his hand to take the hangover soup, took a sip and frowned in disgust. "What does it taste like? Why is it so bad?"

"The hangover soup always tastes like this." Manao coaxed carefully, while persuading: "Master, you should drink it, and you won't have a headache after drinking it."

"I don't want to drink it!" Xue Pan shook his head, handed the hangover soup to Ma Nao, and ordered: "Go and pour me a bowl of sour plum soup. I don't have a taste in my mouth, and I want to drink something sour."

"Hey!" Manao nodded helplessly, and walked out with the hangover soup.

Here Xue Pan rinsed his mouth with a headache, and Manao came in with sour plum soup.A bowl of sour soup entered my stomach, but my stomach was opened after a while.Xue Pan had fallen asleep to death because of drunkenness, and basically hadn't eaten all day, so he couldn't help but feel hungry.

He opened his mouth and ordered: "Go and tell the kitchen, make me a sesame ball, a bowl of vegetable porridge, and an olive side dish mixed with red oil. I want to eat it."

"Yes!" Manao replied, then lifted the curtain and walked out without stopping.When passing by the main room, Xue Zhizhang's voice came from inside. "But Pan'er woke up."

"Master just woke up. After eating a bowl of sour plum soup, I feel a little hungry now. Let me order the kitchen to make something to eat." Manao replied softly through the curtain.

There was no movement inside, but after a while, Xue Zhizhang came out with his coat on, and said to Manao: "Tell the kitchen to do it quickly, don't starve my brother."

"Yes!" Manao agreed, and hurried out.

Xue Zhizhang entered the side room, looked at Xue Pan who was sitting next to the table in his middle coat, frowned and said, "Why don't you wear it?"

Saying that, he reached out and took the coat on the shelf and put it on Xue Pan, then reached out to touch Xue Pan's forehead, and nodded in satisfaction, "At least it's not hot anymore."

He asked again, "Does your head still hurt?"

"It's much better." Xue Pan nodded, his stomach growled again, and he couldn't help saying embarrassingly, "I'm just a little hungry."

"I just ate a bowl of gruel in the morning and have survived until now. Can I not be hungry?" Xue Zhizhang frowned and scolded: "Why do you drink when you know that you don't drink enough? The sky is bright and bright, how much time will you delay? Two more times, the body will be hungry broken."

Xue Pan stuck out his tongue, licked his face and said with a smile, "Didn't you have a drink with Fourth Master?"

"You don't want to use the fourth master as a cup of tea, you insist on drinking the letter from Jiang Yuan." Xue Zhizhang glanced at Xue Pan with a half-smile, and said, "I heard that you are in the private room of Fuyuan Pavilion today. The inside is very brilliant, people all over the street stop for you."

Xue Pan was even more embarrassed. In his previous life, he used to go to KTV after drinking.I haven't changed it in my life.

Seeing Xue Pan's shy and uncomfortable face, Xue Zhizhang couldn't bear to say more.He stretched out his hand to gather Xue Pan's skirt, and then softly persuaded him: "Don't drink when you have nothing to do in the future! How uncomfortable is it to feel dizzy? Your father and I are here to entertain, there is no way. I don't want you to suffer from this."

"En!" Xue Pan nodded obediently.Then he told Xue Zhizhang about what happened at today's banquet in detail.When Xue Zhizhang heard that Fourth Master Long asked Xue Pan for corn and other seeds, he stroked his beard thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Since this Master Long intends to benefit the people, we must naturally fulfill one or two of them." Not to mention other things, if the fourth son of Long really made such achievements, His Majesty will be happy."

Xue Pan nodded pointlessly, and began to persuade: "Those kind of things have always been risky, high investment, and not necessarily profitable business. Our Xue family now has no worries about food and clothing, and does not hinder others. Now he wants to These useless things, we are happy to do it with a little effort. If he wants a lot, we'd better avoid it."

Hearing this, Xue Zhizhang shook his head, stretched out his hand to touch Xue Pan's hair, and explained softly: "Silly boy, you can't see clearly what's going on in court. You know, sometimes, inaction is already objection. "

Xue Pan didn't understand what he heard, but he still believed in his old man's political accomplishment, so he nodded obediently.It's just that there is still some confusion between the brows.Seeing it, Xue Zhizhang was about to speak, when the gorilla blanket at the door shook, and it turned out that Mrs. Xue, who was fully dressed, came in holding a tray.

Xue Zhizhang couldn't help shouting in surprise: "Why are you awake too? Why did you come in with a tray, where is the agate?"

"When I came out, I happened to come across an agate, so I took the tray over." Mrs. Xue curled her lips softly, glanced at Xue Pan angrily, and complained, "My son drinks like that, and you won't be able to sleep. Seriously, how can I sleep?"

Put the tray on the table, put the vegetable porridge, sesame balls and red olive vegetables in front of Xue Pan one by one, and said softly: "Hurry up and eat! You have been hungry for a day, you must be very hungry!"

Xue Pan smelled the aroma of rice porridge, his eye sockets suddenly became hot, he lowered his head and sniffed, then raised his face and smiled: "My son is playful for a while, so tired that parents can't even sleep well, it's really a son It's unfilial, and I will never drink it again."

"I will speak nicely." Hearing this, Mrs. Xue couldn't help but deepen the corners of her mouth, stretched out her hand to touch Xue Pan's slightly fat face, and said softly, "I know my parents are worried about you." , you can weigh it in the future. You are still young, so it’s fine if you don’t drink. When you grow up, these men spend all their time outside socializing, and there is no one who does not drink. Will it not seem alienated by then? Out of gregariousness? It’s just that you have to take into account your own depth, don’t be too much, you will feel tired. We also feel distressed.”

"Understood." Xue Pan smiled and got into Mrs. Xue's arms, and said again and again: "I know that my mother treats me the best."

Xue Zhizhang pretended to be dissatisfied and said angrily: "What a heartless boy, your mother treats you 'best', what about your father?"

"Daddy is naturally the best." Xue Pan smiled and jumped into Xue Zhizhang's arms again, twisting and turning.Fortunately, his stature is still small now, and Xue Pan doesn't feel ashamed to pretend to be tender.

However, Xue Zhizhang followed suit, and immediately happily hugged Xue Pan on his lap, and kept kissing him.

Mrs. Xue was amused, she took a spoonful of the porridge and fed it to Xue Pan, and said: "Stop making trouble, the porridge will be cold if you make any more trouble—"

"Brother is making trouble again?" There was a crisp unison sound from the door, the gorilla blanket shook for a while, and a small round figure of Baochaizhu appeared at the door.The three people in the room looked at each other in shock.

"Why did you come here too?"

"I couldn't sleep well. I also thought that my brother would be hungry when he woke up, so I sent someone to keep an eye on the kitchen. Later, when I heard the sound of a fire cooking in the kitchen, I guessed that my brother had woken up, so I put on my clothes and came over." Xue Baochai walked up to Xue Pan while talking, and asked with concern: "Brother, does your head still hurt after feeling better?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore." Xue Pan shyly looked at Xue Baochai who was in front of him asking about the cold and warm, and felt ashamed for a while.The fuss I made when I was unconscious caused the whole family to feel uneasy.

Although Baochai is young now, she is born to be a delicate and considerate master.Seeing Xue Pan's expression, he vaguely guessed what was going on in Xue Pan's mind, and immediately said with a smile: "I smell the porridge and side dishes quite delicious, and I'm actually hungry too. I have to have a meal with my brother. "

"What's the matter?" Xue Pan hurriedly ordered: "Manao, go to the kitchen and order another serving of my meal."

"Yes!" Manao bowed and was about to move when Xue Zhizhang said, "I'm hungry after all this trouble. Forget it, let the kitchen be fully prepared according to our breakfast!"

"Yes!" This time, even Liuli went out together.

The family sat around the table and chatted affectionately. After talking, Xue Pan got up and put on his home coat.It was only half a cup of tea time, and the maid woman came in with trays and set the table.After serving the crowd to wash their mouths and wipe their hands, they retreated.

Baochai got up, served a bowl of porridge for her parents and Xue Pan herself, and added another bowl for herself, before she sat down properly.

Mrs. Xue looked at Xue Baochai's magnanimous demeanor with all four corners, a slight smile flashed in her eyes, and she said: "Mrs. The etiquette of the second lady is to prepare for next year's draft. I thought that although Baochai is young now, she will enter the palace to participate in the election in the future. Why not use this time to ask the Zhen family to help find two Better mothers come, just be prepared."

When Xue Baochai heard this, although she was a little shy, she still bowed her head to eat in a graceful manner.From time to time, he smiled sweetly at Xue Zhizhang and his wife, his eyes full of anticipation and joy.

Seeing this, Xue Zhizhang pondered for a while, and then said: "It is reasonable to say that the old lady of the Zhen family was the nanny of the current Holy Majesty when she was young, and the nanny she recommends is naturally very good. But... If Baochai really If you want to take that step, it would be inappropriate to use a nanny introduced by someone else."

Although the relationship between their Xue family and the Zhen family is not bad, the relationship between the aristocratic family is not that simple.On weekdays, of course, hello, me, hello, everyone, but when the fundamental interests are really involved, there is no shortage of embarrassing and embarrassing everyone.It's not that everyone's feelings are inherently cold, but that it involves the foundation of the clan. Who would dare to take it lightly and become a sinner of the clan?

So Mrs. Xue and Baochai both fell silent after hearing what Xue Zhizhang had said.

Seeing this, Xue Pan also lowered his head thoughtfully...

The atmosphere was a little depressing, Xue Zhizhang secretly annoyed himself for bringing up such a topic.He hurriedly turned back and said: "Let's do this! Although our family's generations of royal merchants are not as close as the old lady of the Zhen family and the current relationship, but after so many years of business, the relationship among them is probably closer than their Zhen family. I am now It’s nothing else to quietly send someone to the capital, and personally look after the two proper nuns to bring back, just to understand the rules and regulations in the palace for the time being.”

Only then did Mrs. Xue show a happy smile.Because of Xue Zhizhang's words, Baochai thought that most of the sisters who were close and affectionate in the past were the show girls who participated in the election, and worried that one day they would turn against each other.So I was a little sad for a while.But after thinking about it, these are things that have not been seen after all, so there is no need to show them to add trouble.Therefore, looking at the three members of the Xue family who were a little dull, they raised their smiling faces and said a few words to ease the atmosphere, and finally said: "If we eat such a delicious and sweet meal, if we eat it with a sad face, if this meal has a spirit, I am afraid that we will all be annoyed to death."

Looking at the very simple but warm breakfast on the table, the four members of the Xue family smiled acquaintedly, raised their chopsticks and slowly ate. Outside, the sky is getting brighter...