The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

Hearing what Xue Pan said, the complexion of the people in the main hall was not to mention how pretty.The old lady who was sitting in the middle shook her head even more dumbfounded, and said with a loud smile: "This sharp-tongued monkey boy, you curse our house like this after not coming for more than a year!"

"It's not so exaggerated!" Zhen Baoyu couldn't help laughing, "I just think that since the name of paying off the debts of the whole family is used, it is too unreasonable to say that the place where I live is still resplendent. This house was built earlier. There is no way to repair it every year, but this decoration can still be replaced."

"Could it be that you sold all those antique ornaments?" Xue Pan endured and endured, but still couldn't hold back, and looked at Zhen Baoyu suspiciously.

"How come?" Zhen Baoyu shook his head amusedly, "Although it is said that the whole family is paying off the debt, it is not so embarrassing. What's more, many of those famous utensils and antiques are treasures bestowed by the emperor back then. If it is really like what you said Yes, it's too disrespectful. It doesn't look like it to outsiders."

Xue Pan nodded clearly.Having lived here for so many years, he has long been used to the world's respect for the superior.If you really sell what your superiors gave you, it is the same to make your superiors unhappy. If it is serious, you will despise your majesty and you will be beheaded.

Seeing Xue Pan and Baoyu standing at the door and talking instead of coming in, the old lady sitting above couldn't help waving her hand and said: "It's so cold, why are you chatting so happily at the door, why don't you come in quickly."

When Xue Pan heard the words, he immediately approached with a smile.He bowed and knelt down and said: "Greetings to the old matriarch, I won't see you for a while, the old matriarch is still in such a strong body."

"What's tough? I'm old, and I don't have enough energy. I had a night before and didn't sleep all night! It's all about you ugly monkey-headed bastards. You don't say anything. Come and see me." The old lady feigned anger.

"Old Madam, didn't I come here?" Xue Pan said, and waved his hand with a smile. shoulder, and said: "You said that Baoyu was not there a few days ago, and there was a house full of family members. I'm not good here, so I always come here?"

After finishing speaking, he greeted the other two ladies.

"How old is a child, and you know how to avoid suspicion?" The old lady of the Zhen family said this in her mouth, but her face became more and more useful. "Those are all your sisters and sisters. They grew up together. They used to sleep on the same kang! It's no good that now that you are older, you will be born. No matter what time you are, you are all serious brothers and sisters. They still have to go to school today, so they didn't come to see you."

But coincidentally, since Xue Pan turned eight years old, every time those sisters and sisters come here, they have to study, and they seldom see each other.After all, although the friendship between the two families is good, the outer house is the outer house, and the inner house is the inner house, so there is no need to mess around and break the rules. This matter is tacitly understood by everyone.

"When did that happen, I don't even remember." Xue Pan replied with a smile.He really didn't remember it, it should have happened during the last "Stay Overlord".

"You never remember the embarrassing things." The old lady Zhen nodded Xue Pan's forehead dotingly, and then asked: "Why didn't I see Baochai and your mother? They haven't come for a while?"

"A younger sister came to my house a few days ago. She lived in Zhang Luo's house and served Zhang Luo's food, so she didn't come. I came here today to introduce a good person to Baoyu. I think it will be helpful for him next spring." , introduced Lin Mozhi to the old lady.Lin Mozhi stepped forward and saluted Mrs. Zhen with a smile.

"En!" Mrs. Zhen looked up and down, nodded in satisfaction, and said: "I often hear the boys outside say how the Sanyuan and the No. A good-looking talent. Looking at it now, the demeanor of this little champion is beyond the tolerance of their clumsy mouths. He really deserves the word "banished immortal in the world."

"The old matriarch's praise." Lin Mozhi bowed his hands and thanked him.

"Although Baoyu in our family looks good now, he was an indistinguishable demon king back then. Thanks to Xue Pan who was studying at the head of the school, he was lucky enough to study under Mr. Zhuang. Although he is mediocre and not as talented as Lin Zhuangyuan, if he can really win the two rankings, I will have the face to meet our old man." The old lady Zhen said, touching He touched the corners of his slightly moist eyes.When everyone saw it, they all lowered their heads and wiped their cheeks with handkerchiefs.

Zhen Baoyu and Xue Pan had to make jokes to make the old lady laugh, and Lin Mozhi had no choice but to comfort him because of etiquette.For a while, the old lady stopped sobbing, and just stretched out her hand to beckon Baoyu to Lin Mozhi for a formal salute.

So it was a lot of bowing and bowing without mentioning it.

After the rest, everyone took their seats one after another.A well-dressed little girl served tea to everyone with a tea tray.Xue Pan stared at the girl for a while, only to find that the girl was puzzled, and then said, "Why haven't I seen this girl before?"

"Oh, it was recommended by Lin Hang's family a while ago. She was originally a girl by the old lady's side. Later, the old lady gave it to me when she saw that she was good at sewing. Later, I saw that she made tea well. Let her be in charge of the tea. When I heard about your visit today, I specially asked her to make tea." Zhen Baoyu replied nonchalantly.

"Oh!" Xue Pan nodded meaninglessly, waved his hand and said, "This is none of your business, go down!"

The girl turned her head and glanced at Zhen Baoyu, seeing him waving his hands meaninglessly, she turned her head and left.

Seeing this, Xue Pan raised the corners of his mouth in an unclear manner.

"You haven't come for a while, and the sisters and sisters in the family are used to drinking the sticky stuff. It just so happens that there is no pearl milk tea you like today. This is the new Laojun Mountain this year. You can try it too. Taste." Zhen Baoyu said, holding up the teacup to make way.

Hearing this, Xue Pan frowned, waved his hands again and again and said, "I don't want to drink this bitter juice, so don't bother me, just drink your own."

Seeing this, Zhen Baoyu shook his head helplessly, and said: "Tomorrow, you can send someone to bring some milk tea powder, so that you don't have to drink it when you go back to my place."

"I'll send someone to bring the milk tea powder right away. As for the matter of coming to you to drink tea, I'm afraid we can talk about it later!" Xue Pan shook his head and said in a listless manner.

"What's the matter?" Zhen Baoyu raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise when he saw this.

"I'm going to Beijing." Xue Pan pouted and said.

Zhen Baoyu was startled, a little puzzled, "Didn't you say that we have to wait until the New Year? Why is it suddenly brought forward?"

"There's something wrong." Xue Pan faltered, but didn't make it clear.Seeing this, Zhen Baoyu didn't ask any more questions.Immediately said: "It happens that I am a little bored staying at home now. If you are in such a hurry to go to Beijing, why don't I go with you and walk around in front of Chunwei, which is better than studying at home every day."

"I wish you hadn't thought so earlier." Xue Pan opened his mouth excitedly, and then remembered Lin Mozhi beside him, and quickly explained: "Mo Zhi'er also came to Beijing with us this time. You will come with us Let’s go together, and get close to Mo Zhi’er on the way. Let him give you pointers on what you need to prepare for the exam, wouldn’t it be much better than you working behind closed doors?”

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhen immediately smiled from ear to ear and said, "That's really great. If you say that our family has never produced any serious scholars, let alone the examination room. It is Baoyu who suffered like this. It’s also Scorpion’s papa—the only one. We were worrying about how to arrange for him, so you brought the little Zhuangyuan Lang here. Isn’t it just that sleepy handed over a soft pillow, and the old man didn’t know how to thank him .”

Zhen Baoyu was also overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately got up and said respectfully: "This time I go to Beijing, I hope Brother Lin will not hesitate to give me advice."

"You are Pan'er's friend, and naturally you are also my friend, so there is no need to be so polite." Lin Mozhi turned slightly to avoid Zhen Baoyu's respect, and said with a smile.

"Then I'll-"

"Hey, I heard that a distinguished guest is coming, let me meet quickly, what kind of brilliant person is he?" As soon as he finished speaking, a woman about twenty years old suddenly came in from outside, with a dazzling array of beauties hanging on her hair. Wearing hairpin rings, she wears colorful silk and satin, and occasionally wears heavy collars and bracelets, which are brilliantly embroidered and shining with golden light.As soon as he entered the door, he looked up and down at Lin Mo, and then he raised his eyebrows and said, "He is indeed a handsome and handsome young man, and he is really more refined than the talented man written in the book!"

"You are the only one who can talk." Old Madam Zhen said, stretching out her hand to beckon the woman to sit beside her.

The woman said with a smile: "Old Ancestor, what I said is the truth. You are talking about the talents in the drama, and there are some champions, but how many Wenqu stars are there?"

When Mrs. Zhen heard the same thing, she nodded immediately and said: "It's such a gift, I've been in the court for a long time, I'm afraid this Xianggong Lin is also the first one!"

"That's right! So our family's Baoyu has the talent of Xiaolin's number one scholar, next year Chunwei will definitely be on the high school list!" The woman immediately caught up and said jokingly.

Mrs. Zhen nodded her head again and again after hearing the woman's pleasing words.He couldn't help saying: "Then I have to thank Mr. Lin."

Lin Mozhi smiled lightly, and leaned forward, not daring to say anything.

The second wife, who was silent for a long time, suddenly asked, "I don't know how old Mr. Xiao Lin is, but did he talk about marriage?"

The rest of the people couldn't help but look at each other after hearing what the second lady said, and looked at the second lady in confusion, and they all stopped talking.The fiery atmosphere suddenly cooled down for a while, and it seemed awkward.Seeing this, the second lady frowned in annoyance.

Seeing this, Lin Mozhi pretended not to be ignorant, leaned back slightly, and said, "Ziyu was eighteen years old, and he was busy with his studies before, and when he was in high school, he received the grace of the Holy Lord and became a parent for another three years. Now I'm about to return to Beijing for a job review. So I didn't talk about marriage."

The second lady immediately smiled and said: "Before I was young, it's good that I never talked about marriage. But now that I'm old, it's not appropriate not to talk about it anymore. I have a family here, let's talk about it for Mr. Lin. It's my niece from my mother's family—"

Lin Mozhi curled the corners of his lips calmly, stood up and replied, "Marriage is always the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Ziyu can't decide on his own. Please forgive me, Second Madam."

"It doesn't matter, you just listen to it for now. I'll talk to your mother when I go back—"

"Second Aunt." Zhen Baoyu interrupted the Second Madam's words quickly when she saw that the Second Madam looked like she couldn't tell the difference between her eyebrows and eyes. "Brother Lin came to visit for the first time, what do you say these people are doing?"

"I'm just talking about it, not to mention that the two families are a good match—"

Xue Pan has always been wary of everyone except the first wife of the Zhen family, but now seeing the second lady still looking dazed, he doesn't show her any face at the moment.With a sneer, he looked at the second lady with a half-smile and said with a smile: "I'm afraid the second lady doesn't know? Mo Zhi'er was just adopted by Mr. Shi Lin, the inspector of salt in Yangzhou a few days ago. Now he can be regarded as the second-rank official of the imperial court." The first son. Besides, the ancestors of the Lin family also attacked Liehou... Leaving aside the matter of family status, are you sure you want to tell Mo Zhier about that shabby guy in your family who has been married three times but never got married?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked.What he said was serious, with a kind of sharpness to tear the face.Although everyone in the Zhen family was used to Xue Pan's impatience with all kinds of things other than Dafang, they had never seen him say such serious words.Now it seems that he is really angry.At the moment, they all looked at Mrs. Zhen apprehensively.

I saw Mrs. Zhen's complexion suddenly darkened, she glanced at the second lady expressionlessly, and said in a calm tone: "My second daughter-in-law, go and see if the food in the kitchen is ready, and ask them to set it up when it is ready." Let's eat!"

"But I—" the second lady retorted somewhat unconvinced.She was humiliated by Xue Pan just now, and now she is kicked out of the main hall by the old matriarch, how can she meet people when word spreads?

"Hurry up!" Mrs. Zhen shouted suddenly.

The second wife was taken aback by Mrs. Zhen's violent drinking, she quickly got up and said, "Yes!"

When he walked out of the main hall in desperation and passed by Xue Pan, he gave him a vicious look.Xue Pan stared back indifferently.

After the second lady left the main hall, the atmosphere became a little awkward and quiet.Everyone secretly watched the joke and didn't say it, even the old lady Zhen hated her daughter-in-law's disappointment, and was angry at Xue Pan's shameless behavior.He couldn't help but scold her: "I know you don't like her, but she is an elder after all, how can you steal her white like this, and it's not like you if it spreads."

Xue Pan stuck out his tongue nonchalantly, stepped forward and put his arm around Old Madam Zhen's arm and coaxed, "Old Ancestor, I did this for her own good. If she is allowed to make such a scene in front of Master Lin, That's not something she's shameless about alone."

Telling a concubine from a small family who has been divorced three times to be the first husband and wife of a dignified second-rank official, not to mention that her Zhao family is only related to the Zhen family by marriage, even if the Zhen family personally said it, it is really not true. picture.If it really gets out, it will be a revenge.

Mrs. Zhen naturally understood this matter.As a result, she looked down on the filled-in house of her second son's house even more. Apart from a fairly colorful head and face, the whole thing was a lump of elm.It's okay to take it out and not talk, because if you talk, you will lose face to Nantianmen.I really don't know how the reputation of virtuousness in the boudoir was spread.It was also because of this that Mrs. Zhen never brought her second child's family with her when she went out to visit relatives, but if a guest came to the door, it would not be a big deal to stop her from coming out.What's more, this Xue Pan is not an outsider, she has been traveling between the two houses since she was a child, who knows that she would be ashamed.

Mrs. Zhen sighed calmly, and stopped arguing about it.Instead, he turned to Lin Mozhi and said, "There is a moron in the family, and Mr. Xiao Lin has paid off."

Lin Mozhi immediately got up and turned around, and the two played Tai Chi for a while without haste, and the granddaughter-in-law made eloquent gags, but the atmosphere gradually became warmer after a while.

For a while, everyone had lunch together again.After the meal, Old Madam Zhen's energy was a little lacking, so she got up and returned to her room with the support of the girl, and waved her hand to let the crowd disperse.

Xue Pan and Lin Mozhi followed Zhen Baoyu back to his study.As soon as Pu was seated, Zhen Baoyu stretched out his head to watch for a while, and when he found no one was eavesdropping, he immediately turned to Xue Pan and said, "What you said today is so outrageous, Second Aunt's face turned green without you looking at it."

"Who told her that she doesn't know the height of her eyebrows? Last time, she wanted her blunt nephew to plot my business. I kept suppressing my anger and ignored her, but she became more and more enthusiastic. She dared to appraise me at my house. There is also an antique shop on the opposite side of Baoge. I really don’t know her face, if I don’t sell her shop, my surname will not be Xue!”

With a sound of "bang", the fine white jade teacup was dropped on the table by Xue Pan, and the lid of the tea was knocked twice by a strong shock, making a series of fine knocking sounds.

Zhen Baoyu was taken aback, and immediately picked up the teacup with a distressed face, and looked at it carefully.I was relieved to find that there were no cracks or debris.He opened his mouth and said: "My grandfather, please be gentle. This is the best suet white jade. There are only two in our family. One is in the old lady's house and the other is in my house. It was broken. Where do you want me to go, Tawden?"

"Look at how your heart hurts!" Xue Pan curled his lips indifferently, "If it breaks, I will pay you ten. What a big deal!"

Seeing this, Zhen Baoyu shook his head helplessly.How could he have forgotten that Xue Pan is a master who is used to oppressing people with money.In his eyes, those that can be solved with money are not a problem, and those that cannot be solved with money, he directly spends money to find someone who can solve the problem without money-in the final analysis, it is still a matter of money .

Now, this rich and powerful young man is dating the second room of their family.

"Last time, I dared to send someone to ask about pearl cultivation in private. Pooh, what does this have to do with their second wife. They really got into the money, and they even ordered me to give up [-]% of their shares. Pooh, How dare she come to tell me what kind of person she is on the stage?" Xue Pan cursed.

Zhen Baoyu was shocked when he heard this. "Why didn't you tell me that?"

"I didn't say?" Xue Pan sneered for a while, raised his eyebrows and said, "I tied up that ignorant slave girl and sent it to the old lady that night. Otherwise, why do you think she let me sweep her face to face today?" It’s better for me to scold her in front of your family than to spread the word outside and let everyone know.”

Zhen Baoyu looked at Xue Pan with admiration for a while, and gave him thumbs up again and again.He kept praising in his mouth: "Tall, it really is tall!"

Xue Pan twitched the corners of his mouth proudly, thinking of something, and asked again: "By the way, the whole family's debt repayment, isn't there any trouble in their house?"

Seeing this, Zhen Baoyu glanced at Lin Mo unintentionally, and said hesitantly, "It's okay!"

Xue Pan immediately understood, and said hastily: "Mo Zhi'er is one of us. You have to use him as a fan today to embarrass your second aunt. You don't have to worry about it."

Zhen Baoyu immediately smiled wryly and said: "Why don't you make trouble, it's about to turn the world upside down. One cry, two troubles and three hanged herself, let her use everything. But it's always a matter of being short-lived in office, and she can't be dragged down by her temper." A whole family."

"It's really not on the stage, and it doesn't care about the overall situation at all." Xue Pan curled his lips, and finally said what he had always wanted to say.

Zhen Baoyu just smiled and said nothing.After Xue Pan finished venting, he said, "There is one more thing I need to discuss with you. It is also a matter of repaying the debts of the whole family. Our family already has a lot of good villages and shops in our hands, and we want to sell them. It's too big for everyone to eat. Secondly, these are good businesses, so it would be a pity if they were resold to someone who has nothing to do with them. So I want you to go back and ask Uncle Xue if he intends to buy them. It would be the best if it is down."

"Oh!" Xue Pan pointed at Zhen Baoyu with a long syllable when he heard the words, but smiled without saying a word.Zhen Baoyu was a little annoyed by his narrowness, and asked repeatedly: "Are you going to tell me or not?"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter." Xue Pan said, patted Zhen Baoyu's shoulder, and showed a tacit smile.

"I remember that the second bedroom of your family used to draw a lot in their own pockets. Shall I ask someone to make a list for you?"

"There's no need to go too far." Zhen Baoyu shook his head, "I don't want to mention the past, I just hope that they can live in peace and stability in the future."

"Dream!" Xue Pan sneered, disapproving.

The three of them chatted for a while, most of which were Zhen Baoyu asking Lin Mozhi for advice while Xue Pan was idly by the side. Around Shen time, Xue Pan looked outside and the sky was getting dark up.Then he said aloud: "It's getting late, let's go back too!"

So he bid farewell to Lin Mozhi.Zhen Baoyu sent each other off all the way, straight out of the gate.

"Go back, go back, we have nothing to do, there is no need to play the role of sending off the Eighteen." Xue Pan joked, waved his hands, turned and left.

Just when he turned the corner of the street, Lin Mozhi asked with confusion: "So you were the one who gave the Zhen family the idea of ​​repaying the debt?"

"Of course. This is the classic plot I saw in the novel." Xue Pan smiled smugly, showing off: "At the beginning you said that I think these are not doing business properly, now you see it! That's all Useful—"

In the end, he actually picked up the singing.

Lin Mozhi couldn't help curling his lips, following Xue Pan's words and asked, "Did you read it from that book?"

"No way, you really didn't read big books when you were in school?" Xue Pan asked back with a look of astonishment.

After seeing that Lin Mozhi nodded, he immediately looked at Lin Mozhi with contempt, shook his head and said with a sigh: "I don't know how to be educated, it's terrible!"

Choking, Lin Mozhi rolled his eyes, staring at Xue Pan Shiran walking in front of him dumbfounded.In the end, he shook his head speechlessly, and followed...

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Note: The story about repaying debts with the whole family comes from Yan Jiu's "Rebirth in the Last Years of Kangxi". I can't remember exactly which chapter it is.Of course, there may be other books, but I have no impression.

Another thing to explain is that there are occasional "stalks" in this book because Xue Pan was a dandy who didn't read much before his rebirth, and his only good hobby was reading idle books, so he can Most of the things that come to mind are badly written "stalks" in other novels.For all the borrowing behaviors, I will tell everyone that the book is the one that is particularly special and representative. If I think of it, I will mark it with "I have read that book".

Maybe some students think it's not good to make excuses, but Mouba is also very helpless.After all, the original setting was that a dude traveled through time, and liking to read basic books can be regarded as a relatively reasonable cheat. (The key is that I have read too many YY articles in the past, and my mind is so vulgar, I really can’t think of a meme that has never been used~~) And the plot of the Zhen family’s debt repayment will involve many things in the future, so must have.I hope everyone understands╭(╯3╰)╮