[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 5 Brother Huan is critically ill

The Xue Pan brothers and sisters stopped talking since Jia Huan sat down. The noodles in the bowls were already eaten, and there was not much stewed vegetables left on the table. It seemed that the two meant to finish eating and leave quickly.Seeing Jia Huan who was sitting across from Xue Pan, a pair of hanging eyes suddenly turned into a crescent shape, looking a bit immature and cute, and said crisply: "Brother Xue, hello---" Looking at Xue Baochai, Jia Huan's mouth curled up. He curved his head, moved his head forward a few minutes, and whispered: "Sister Bao is really handsome and heroic." When he said "Sister Bao", his voice was vague and low, and no one else could hear him clearly, except Xue Baochai and Xue Baochai on the table. Xue Pan heard it clearly.

Xue Baochai raised her head from the noodle bowl and said wantonly, "Hello Brother Huan, this noodle shop is good. If you are full, go to school early and be careful not to be punished by your aunt if you are late." When the matter of dressing up as a man was revealed, she didn't mind embellishing her aunt and entertaining Jia Huan well.

Xue Pan on the side put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth, obviously acquiescing to the girl's threat.

Jia Huan took the chopsticks out of the bamboo tube, picked up the little stewed meat on the table very familiarly, and slowly put it into his mouth, puffing up his cheeks and moving, as if he didn't hear Xue Baochai's threat, Xue Baochai wiped it mouth, propped his head and turned his face to look at Jia Huan's every move, with interest in his eyes, "Aren't you afraid?"

"Sister Bao is terrible?" Jia Huan asked back, and before Xue Baochai could reply, "Why are you afraid of me if you are not afraid? This stewed meat is delicious, the two elder brothers can eat it now?" Another stewed meat with chopsticks was put in his mouth inside.

Seeing this, Xue Baochai smiled and said: "It's delicious, but you, the third master of Jia's family, are not a good person. A few pieces of stewed meat are just like some rare delicacies here."

The face came, but the younger brother put down the face and withdrew.Jia Huan picked up the noodles with chopsticks, and the heat engulfed Jia Huan's long and curled eyelashes, making him look like a little girl in the blur, but raised his lowered eyes slightly to look at Xue Pan, how could there be any girlishness? "The food of the third master of Jia's mansion is not as good as that of a servant, but the third master Huan is nothing!" Xi Li began to eat noodles with a grunt.

Xue Pan hadn't opened his mouth since Jia Huan sat down. Now when he heard what Jia Huan said, he raised his eyes and looked carefully, but he couldn't see any way. Elder sister just joked with you, you are full and hurry to school, we are leaving first." Hualibao's elder sister's three words are not soft, obviously to give Jia Huan a bad impression, even if you say it out, he will be afraid.

Jia Huan nodded as if he didn't understand, and swallowed the noodles in his mouth. His eyes were bright, and his eyes looked like crescent moons. "Both brothers, go." He still sat on the stool and ate the noodles. It's as if the meeting at the noodle shop was just a coincidence, and I can't see any other thoughts.

Xue Pan paid the bill, and Xue Baochai saw that Jia Huan's cheeks were bulging and cute, so she reached out and touched Jia Huan's bun with tall meatballs, rubbing it like a hedgehog, and finally knew why her brother liked rubbing her head "In the future, if you want to eat meat, ask your brother to keep you eating meat!"

When the two left the noodle shop, Xue Baochai smiled and said, "Brother Huan is really cute, I think it's on par with Jia's phoenix eggs!"

"As far as I know, Jia Huan is less than ten years old this year. Those few words just now look like a ten-year-old child?" Xue Pan recalled the scene just now, and Jia Huan didn't know what he wanted to do.

Xue Baochai didn't agree with her brother, and said bluntly: "When you and I were ten years old, we didn't look like ordinary ten-year-old children. What kind of innocent child can you have in your hands?"

Xue Pan looked at his sister, this Jia Huan is really powerful, but it is a good way to get his sister to protect him by meeting him once. "Whether he is shrewd or pure, he is a member of the Jia family. Whether he lives or dies is a family matter of the Jia family. He has nothing to do with our Xue family." After the scientific examination, the mansion should be completed. At that time, he moved out to care whether he was the third master Huan or the second master Bao.

"Brother said it doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, so what's the matter with you ordering a plate of braised pork just now?" Baochai joked: "I saw Brother Huan likes to eat braised pork, didn't brother send it up? I said Xiao When the child looks good, my brother will feel distressed. I heard from my mother that my cousin was very good-looking when I was a child, and my brother gave me all the good things. When my cousin gets a piece of paper, my brother will not be courteous——”

Xue Pan knocked Xue Baochai on the head with black lines all over his face, and the more he said it, the more ugly he became, "If you keep talking like this, your brother and I will soon be in love, child pervert, and wolf!"

Xue Baochai covered her head and knew that what she said just now was a bit intriguing, so she clarified immediately: "At that time, my brother was also a child. How could I say that my brother was a pervert? It was all my brother's own imagination, but the child looks like a child. Good-looking and well-behaved is loved, my mother loved my brother very much when I was young."

"You know again?" Xue Pan didn't want to follow the girl to continue on this topic, "Yesterday I received a letter from Xue Biao, and Baoqin came to the capital from Panyu recently. I guess it's better to wait for the two of them to arrive at our mansion. Now, it's time for the family to reunite."

Xue Baochai grew up playing with Xue Baoqin since she was a child. Later, Xue Biao won the title of an imperial merchant and went out to discuss business all day long. Xue Baoqin was raised under Xue Wang's body. The two sisters were close to each other. Baoqin has grown up in recent years He also had his own idea, Xue Biao was going to Pan Yu for business, so he secretly dressed up as a servant and followed him, and was found by Xue Biao on the way, and refused to go back, Xue Biao had no choice but to write a letter to Xue's family, It has been a year and a half since he left, and this time the business negotiations over there are all ready. Xue Biao naturally plans to take his younger sister and hand it over to his aunt to take care of him when he is going to Beijing. The two sisters have not seen each other for more than two years and naturally miss each other.

"Sister is coming back!" Xue Baochai looked forward to Xue Baoqin's return after receiving the letter, forgetting about the third master Huan and the second master.

Xue Pan also has a shop in the capital, but few people know about it, including the Xue Wang family.The shop that the two brothers and sisters went to today was a shop that bought old jade and jewelry. Because it was a second-hand jade shop, the location of the shop was a bit off, and it was located at the end of the street corner. The blind old man, with gray hair and sparkling spirits, was sitting on a rocking chair in the middle of the store drinking tea.

"Old He." Xue Pan laughed.

Xue Baochai smiled slightly, and said coquettishly, "Grandpa He is very interested."

The old man on the rocking chair looked at the two of them with a smile, because he was blind in one eye, and his appearance was terrifying. Such a smile was even more frightening. The two brothers and sisters Xue Pan didn't realize that they were sitting on one side of the chair, and the old man He on the rocking chair rushed Lipu shouted, "Dangdang, come out and pour tea."

"Grandpa is here!" There was a crisp boy's voice in the door, and the curtain was quickly lifted, revealing a young boy of fifteen or sixteen years old. The young boy had a round face, big eyes, and a very happy smile. Xue Pan and two people who were sitting on top carried a big teapot and went in again. After a while, they came out and put two teacups on the tea tray. After putting the teacups away, they took the big teapot and filled them up. Then they said with a smile: "Brother Xue, sister Bao, hello."

Xue Pan picked up the tea and nodded, gently lifted the lid of the tea, and took a sip of the scent of the tea, "Today, I took advantage of Mr. He. I'm afraid that this tea is because Dangdang thinks Mr. He wants to add more tea." okay?"

Dangdang laughed without saying a word, old man He knew that Dangdang had poured good tea for Xue Pan and he didn't want to talk to each other, so he hummed to show that Xue Pan took advantage of it today.

This tea itself is not a rare tea, but the technique of frying tea is really excellent. The silver silk pear flower charcoal used for frying tea alone is not affordable by ordinary people, not to mention that the tea fryer is Mr. He, one or two teas are valuable There is no market, and the treasures are not available on weekdays, so I just keep drinking for myself. Today, Xue Pan and Baochai got this cup of tea thanks to Dangdang's blessing.

After drinking tea, there was no gossip, Elder He asked Dangdang to take care of Baochai, and followed Xue Pan to the backyard to talk about things.What the store is doing on the surface is to buy second-hand jade, but secretly has other plans.Xue Pan and Mr. He were talking in the yard, and Dangdang took out the exquisite jewelry he had made these days, and stuffed all the treasures in front of Xue Baochai, and the fineness of the polishing was incomparable, no matter the quality of the jade or the style. New and beautiful.

When Xue Pan came out, he saw that his sister was holding an ordinary black wooden box in her arms. The wooden box was square and round, and the top was rounded and rounded. Xixi felt, "Brother, Dangdang's craftsmanship has improved again, this time the jewelry is so beautiful."

The good jade and high-quality jewelry purchased by the shop have been well-raised and popular. Xue Pan does not rely on this shop to make money, and Dangdang has a good craftsmanship. When he buys it back or Xue Pan gets good materials, he will give it away directly. In this shop, Dangdang is in charge of making jewelry for the female family members of the Xue family.

Xue Pan took the wooden box and held it in his hands. The two brothers and sisters said goodbye to He Laozu and grandson and went to Jia's mansion.Xue Baochai didn't feel tired from walking back, she used to go out to play with Xue Pan, and after a long time, she gradually understood a truth, she must not be a drag on others if she made a fuss about coming out, otherwise she won't want to come out next time Besides, she secretly learned some fists and kicks with her brother, which is not in her eyes now.

Going all the way to Jia's mansion, Baochai was full of energy. In order to make Xue's mother happy, she bought pastries from Anxiangzhai in the capital. This pastry shop is famous in the capital for being expensive and delicious.Xue Pan carried a box of pastries in one hand and his sister's jewelry box in the other. The two of them bypassed the gate of Jia's mansion and entered directly through the small corner gate of Lixiangyuan. As soon as they opened the gate, they saw Baochai's servant girl Chunhan guarding her. Seeing the two of them took the things in Xue Pan's hands, they said repeatedly: "The madam is waiting for the master and the girl in the hall!"

Xue Baochai was still dressed in men's clothes. At this time, she was afraid that Mrs. Xue would be nagging, so she quickly looked at Xue Pan in fright. of.

There was thin sweat on Zichuan's forehead in the front yard, and he trotted all the way to the back yard. When he saw Xue Pan, he said in a low voice: "Master, Mr. Huan, Mr. Huan is no longer ready, no, no, Mr. Huan is about to be finished. Aunt Zhao is in the front yard." Crying and begging my wife to let you testify or something—"

Sure enough, you can't get someone with the surname Jia!Xue Pan held his forehead, he got a headache!

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