[Red Mansions] Male wife

"What a coincidence, hehe, what a coincidence!" Xue Pan laughed blankly.

"Brother Xue seems to really want to get out of prison." Jia Xiuyun sighed with a sneer, not giving Xue Pan a good look.

Xue Pan knew that Jia Xiuyun was still annoyed by his confusion about him earlier, so he apologized repeatedly with a smirk, and invited the waiter to order a lot of dishes to apologize to Jia Xiuyun.After the food and wine were served, Xue Pan poured three cups to make amends without saying a word.After drinking, he became more courageous, and Xue Pan talked a lot.

"Brother, I know I was wrong. I'm really sorry for you. For the sake of our relative relationship, please forgive me this time. You don't know, since I was released from prison last time, I have been unlucky for half a year. Have a good day. I beg you, don't bother me anymore. Let him get over the past, and wait and see if I dare to treat you again. You swear to your life, you can always trust me, right?"

"Smart words are your strong point." Jia Xiuyun rolled his eyes at him in disbelief.

"It's hard for you to say, you will believe what I do, the conscience of heaven and earth, I speak from the bottom of my heart." Xue Pan said.

Jia Xiuyun sneered, and said casually, "Master is short of money now, are you willing to borrow it, without any conditions?"

"How many?"

"One hundred and eight million." Jia Xiuyun said lazily.

Xue Pan frowned and fell silent.

Jia Xiuyun said cheerfully, "Are there any more words? You can go."

"Hey, brother, you have to let me go back and ask the housekeeper. If I can free up the spare money, there is no harm in lending you. I have heard about the brother's idea of ​​setting up an academy. Although I don't understand it, I think it is a good thing. This If I can lend you money, I will lend you of course, and I will never lie." Xue Pan promised.

"If you can really borrow it, you won't be at a disadvantage. One year, I will pay you an extra [-]% of the money." Jia Xiuyun didn't want to owe Xue Pan a favor. If Xue Pan is willing to avoid this trouble, he is also willing to give Xue Pan more financial benefits.

"Whoever plans this, you are too polite." Xue Pan never took the past seriously, and said indifferently.

Jia Xiuyun sneered, mocking Xue Pan. "You have lived such a long life, how much money has been spent on the family, I ask you, have you ever used your own hands to earn a penny for the family? Did you earn the jewelry of your mother and sister? Don't blame me for saying you, like you You're a rich dude who knows how to squander his ancestral property all day long, mess around and cause trouble, and your Xue family will be defeated by you. It's a fart to sit in prison, and I'm afraid that if he dies by then, he won't even be a funeral bearer." Jia Xiuyun got up and pushed open the window, telling Xue Pan to take a good look at the little boy on the street who sold himself to bury his father. "He still has a son dying, and you don't even have a queen, tsk tsk... get on with it, you!"

"I, I, I..." Xue Pan wanted to refute that he was different from what Jia Xiuyun said, his family was rich, and he could earn money, but Xue Pan kept turning over in his head examples of wanting to earn money by himself, but there was not a single one. It turns out that he has lived such a long life and has never taken care of family affairs. The only time he set up a shop was to sleep with Jia Xiuyun. The wine shop lost everything, not to mention, because of Uncle Pei, he was still in prison for a few days.

Thinking of how his mother and younger sister have been advising him all these years, Xue Pan pursed his lips, it really is so.Apart from making his mother and sister angry, he didn't seem to have done anything that they should be proud of.

Xue Pan realized that he was useless and drooped his head.Why didn't anyone tell him about such a big thing, he really lived such a big life for nothing.

"If I were you, the first thing I would do when I get home would be to check, check the accounts, check the property, and check people. I happen to have a reliable steward next to me. I will lend you a few days to check and you will know how many moths are fattening in your house." Too many, even an outsider like me can see it." Jia Xiuyun sneered.

Xue Pan looked at him in surprise, a little in disbelief, and asked him if it was true.

"People who borrow from you can't be greedy for money, and secondly, they can't take away your family's property. What are you afraid of? Just check and you will know." Jia Xiuyun has to come up with something to convince Xue Pan, otherwise, how can he behave obediently.

Xue Pan nodded confusedly, honestly followed Jia Xiuyun to meet people, and then led the steward surnamed Zhang home.He recruited the stewards of all the properties of the Xue family and asked them to explain the situation and accounts.In less than half a month, this formidable manager Zhang finished all the affairs, such as what accounts were not clear, how much income and expenditure, how much money was embezzled by who handled things, and so on.Xue Pan, Aunt Xue and Baochai were shocked to see the list submitted by Guanshi, which was more than [-] people.The amount of greed is basically linked to the power of the manager. The managers of big shops even get thousands of taels a year.Accumulated over the years, the miscellaneous things add up to a million.

Aunt Xue was so angry that her hands were shaking. She said that the income of the Xue family had been decreasing in recent years, and she thought that the world was in a downturn. It was these old servants who bullied their orphans and widows and secretly gave away money.

Steward Zhang was successful in arresting people, so Aunt Xue entrusted him to give the Xue family a big shakeup and get rid of those useless servants.Manager Zhang didn't dare to stop this job, he shook his head repeatedly.

"Madam's property should be left to Madam to worry about. The young one is an outsider, so it's not easy to intervene. Besides, the small matter that Mr. Huan told him has been done, and the small one should go back."

Aunt Xue couldn't bear him, so she asked Xue Pan to beg Jia Xiuyun to bring him back.Xue Pan shook his head and refused. Such a good character would definitely not be willing to part with him.Aunt Xue couldn't help it, it was rare for her son to take care of the house for the second time, and he was so upbeat, so fortunately, she asked her son to follow Jia Xiuyun to learn.As a master, he has such powerful subordinates, and he himself is no different.So Aunt Xue tried to persuade Xue Pan to go and hang out with Jia Xiuyun. Xue Pan just wanted to say that he was going to lend money to Jia Xiuyun to build an academy, and Aunt Xue naturally nodded in agreement.

With Xue Pan's money, the construction of Jia Xiuyun's academy went more smoothly.Of course, the procedures for borrowing money are not bad at all, so as not to make it unclear in the future and cause any weird things to happen.

After Yingchun got married, Aunt Xue was affected and began to worry about Baochai's future affairs.Xue Pan was also worried about his sister, and when he was Jia Xiuyun's follower, he couldn't help talking about it, begging Jia Xiuyun for advice.

"Your family is blind. You see this in front of you and think it is very good. If you look at it in the long run, in fact, what you see in front of you is nothing more than a chicken rib. I don't understand your sister's marriage. This is all I can say. Understand it yourself." Let's go." Jia Xiuyun didn't want to say too much, and if he said too much, it would be something that would reach Mrs. Wang's ears in the future, and God knows that Aunt Xue had a big mouth and told her own sister that day.Jia Xiuyun is not a fool, he doesn't mind other things that he can ignore.Now he only needs to take care of his own future, and tell the Rongguo Mansion not to drag him back.

Not to mention how Aunt Xue understood this sentence.Anyway, Jia Xiuyun found that since that day, he rarely saw Xue Baochai at the old lady's place.In the past, no matter where he saw Baoyu, there was always Baochai by his side, but now Baoyu is mostly sick and alone.Jia's mother also asked Xue's family to come to her more often, and urged Aunt Xue to come to play cards and bring more Baochai.The more Jia's mother said this, the more Aunt Xue became more defensive, and began to find various excuses to evade Jia's mother. After more than a month of delay, Baoyu's spirit still did not improve, so Aunt Xue used the excuse of taking care of her son Xue Pan. She moved out of Lixiangyuan with her daughter Baochai, and moved directly back to Xue's old house in the capital to be with her son Xue Pan.

The sisters married and moved away. Baoyu was originally saddened by Daiyu's big wedding, but now he has added a lot of weight, which made his depression worse.Jia Zheng placed high hopes on the only remaining son. He was still suffering from Baoyu's coquettish illness for a long time, and finally couldn't help breaking out.Baoyu was so frightened that she cried, became even more afraid and timid. Apart from hiding in Jiamu's arms to avoid the limelight all day long, she just ate and slept in a daze.

Seeing this situation, Jia's mother felt that it was not good. She knew that Baoyu was sad because of the sisters, so she thought of a good way and called Shi Xiangyun, a little girl from her natal family. up.Sure enough, since Shi Xiangyun came, Baoyu's spirit has improved day by day, and there is a smile on his face.

Mrs. Wang saw that the situation was not good, she hurried to find Aunt Xue, and invited their mother and daughter to come to Rongfu often.She didn't want her precious son to be surrounded by a girl she didn't like, that was a matter of her life, if she was told to look down on her daughter-in-law who was an eyesore for the rest of her life, she wouldn't be so angry that she would die early!

Since Aunt Xue moved out of the Rong Mansion, following her son's suggestion, she looked farther away. Choosing a son-in-law is not only based on his appearance and family background, but also whether he is motivated, has a temperament, and is he a conservative. Man whose rules are passing by.Aunt Xue is not short of money, and she can get some information about the children of a relatively high-quality family from the matchmaker with a little money.I've heard too much about good family and character, and looking back at Baoyu, Aunt Xue really has nothing to say except pouting.

"It's hard for Miss Lin not to come back after she left. It would be better to marry a decent scholar who knows how to be motivated. Rong Mansion is now, alas, the official position of brother-in-law is not bad, but that child Baoyu has loved reading since he was a child, and even more so. If you don't like to 'collaborate' with the officials' children, what will you do in the future?" Aunt Xue frowned, seeing Baochai seemed a little bit reluctant, she spoke even more ruthlessly.

Baochai was silent for a while, and finally uttered a sentence: "Everything is decided by the mother."

Aunt Xue nodded, and then sighed. In fact, she had no idea. Apart from Rongfu, she really didn't know where to put her eyes on picking her son-in-law.I have to trouble Xue Pan to inquire about this matter. He has been supervising the construction of the academy with Jia Xiuyun recently, and occasionally knows a few people who are useful.

On this day, Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu had an awkward quarrel, and each wiped tears in the room.Mrs. Wang got the news from Xiren at the first time, and came quickly to comfort Shi Xiangyun.

"Don't be as knowledgeable as your second brother Bao. You also know that he feels a little uncomfortable these days. When your elder sister Bao used to enlighten him, it was better. Now that she is gone, he hides everything in his heart and refuses to accept it." Saying so makes it easier to get angry."