Red Mansions Become Baochai

business position.In fact, it is to explain to the princes who have wooed him that my Xue family is determined to be in the family.The two of us volunteered that day. I would like to read thousands of books in front of the window. If you want to travel thousands of miles, you just want to entertain yourself with poetry and wine, wander in the forest, and write some leisure books such as notes.I haven't stopped you all these years.That prince has a high position and authority, if one is not careful, my Xue family will be in great trouble! "

Xue Shen replied: "Brother, calm down, I will do it now if I don't do it, besides, the four families of King Xue, Jia Shi, and even the Zhen family in Jinling City are all in the same spirit. Then the Zhen family has long been the disciple of Prince Yizhong. How can I avoid it? Besides, I only gave some gifts, because that Zongling helped Prince Yizhong to buy masonry wood to make planks. My Xue family has a lot of rare wood, so I only agreed to this one thing. Nothing else to say."

Xue Ke sighed and said, "It's still too late to make amends, so I will use this wood as an excuse in the future. You must not act without scruples in the future."

Xue Shen dejectedly agreed.Seeing his listless look, Xue Ke saw that the two of them were deeply in love with each other, how could he not know that his younger brother had someone else's arms, and he was not the kind of villain who clings to the powerful.

After thinking for a while, he said earnestly: "I know your long-cherished wish, and you have been looking forward to the day when the imperial court will ban the sea. However, this is a major national policy. When the sea was banned back then, many officials were dismissed because of it. How can we get involved. How much money do you send to the prince, and he will not write a letter to ask you to open the sea ban. You only want to form a fleet to go to sea, but in such a big country, the imperial court only allows foreign ships to come, and the people are not allowed to go abroad. Are you going to leave it alone? Wife and children, can't you be a private ferryman?"

Xue Shen listened, the tears in his eyes rolled down like balls, he choked and said: "Brother, do you still remember that when I was young, my father said that foreign countries paid tribute and sent a globe. I begged my father for a few months, and my father sent money to Cai Dayou Father-in-law, you took that globe out of the palace and showed it to me for half a day. Later, in class, Master Qin Tianjian Yang Guangxian said that a round sky is the most reasonable place. I was so provoked that I told him about the globe that I had seen, which hurt my father. I was fined with half a year's salary, and was almost dismissed. From then on, I thought, I don't need any foreigner's globe, I want to go on a boat and see who is right!"

When Xue Ke saw his brother talking about his childhood, he also felt sad. The court closed the country, but people's minds, brothers' ambitions have long grown wings, and sooner or later they will cross the ocean. Is there anything that can stop them?

Xue Pan troubled the school because of the quarrel

On the evening of the winter solstice, Xue Ke and Uncle Xue made an appointment to take the whole family to the small Buddhist hall of Ruiheyuan to pay homage to Uncle Gu's family.Although this uncle Baochai had never met in person, he admired him very much.I heard from my parents several times that Uncle Gu led the whole city to resist the Japanese pirates as a weak scholar.When the two armies were fighting, they always stood on the front line of the city wall and encouraged the army and the people to join forces to resist the bandits.He took the lead and was shot by two arrows. He persisted for three days and did not fall until the court reinforcements arrived.It is no wonder that such a parent official was rewarded by the imperial court. The local people in Haizhou even built a Hall of Valor for him, and incense is kept burning all year round.

Seeing that the Xue family came to worship so solemnly, Aunt He and Gu Yunzhen hurriedly saluted and thanked them, and let them burn incense.I couldn't help being moved, and it was really sad to think of my husband and father. The mother and son faced each other with teary eyes, and they didn't rest until midnight.

Because he didn't get a good night's sleep, Gu Yunzhen woke up the next day, feeling a little stuffy and tired.He was smart since he was a child, and he was the most eager to learn. He was willing to delay his homework and rest at home.Even my mother didn't say anything, but forced herself to struggle to get up.I made an appointment with Xue Pan, said goodbye to the elders in the family, and went to school.

Mrs. Xue heard him talking in a low voice, and hurriedly asked him to go to the kang, and put her hand on her forehead, it was a little hot, and she looked at her face, which seemed to be more flushed than usual, so she knew that Gu Yunzhen must have caught a cold.Hurry up and ask the maid to invite Aunt He to come, and Xue Ke took the post and asked someone to invite the doctor.

Aunt He was worried about her son, and came before breakfast was finished.In less than a quarter of an hour, Tonggui brought in a doctor and sat down in front of the kang with a rosewood scorpion. The doctor tilted his head and felt his pulse, touched his head, looked at his tongue, and said, "Young master is fine. , but I feel cold occasionally, so I don’t need to take decoctions. Eat light food for two days, don’t go out, stay warm at home for two days, and sweat. I brought some Jiuwei Qianghuo Pills and Sangju Pills today. If you are too lazy to eat, you can just fry two bowls of ginger soup." After saying that, he left with his hands in his hands.

The elders heard that they told Gu Yunzhen to rest at home so as to recuperate from his illness.Xue Pan waited eagerly, hoping that he would be spared from going to school today.I just heard Xue Ke sitting on the kang and yelling: "What are you still stretching your head and shrinking your head for? It's already this point. If you don't follow your long-term follower, pack up and go to school quickly." Xue Pan hurriedly He ran away in a hurry.

Xue Shen thought of the western medicine he had brought back, because he said to Mrs. Liu, "Neither my nephew doesn't need to take decoction, you go and get that western medicine ointment for headache, and use it together, I'm afraid it will heal faster."

Mrs. Liu called Luhe, and it took a long time to find a small box from the bottom of the box. Mrs. Xue found a piece of red silk, and Aunt He cut two pieces of cloth the size of copper coins, and put the plaster on the top of the copper stove. When it melted, spread it out with a silver spoon, and stick it on Gu Yunzhen's temples on both sides.

Seeing his nephew like this, Xue Ke said with a smile: "Our Zhen'er takes Chinese pills inside and Western plasters on the outside, which coincides with the saying of the imperial court that Nanda's middle school is for internal cultivation of virtue, and Western learning is for external use."

Only the brothers Xue Shen and Aunt He understood and laughed, and Mrs. Xue scolded: "Master, you have to teach me even to make a joke." At this moment, Mrs. Liu turned the corner and said with a smile: "Strange way Xiang Ping usually exaggerates how knowledgeable my elder brother is, this metaphor is really narrow."

Baochai is playing Go with Baoqin and Xueke on the kang.Unexpectedly, the child Xue Biao was usually quiet, and he was better than her at rolling dice. With ten coins at a time, Baochai lost most of the money in less than an hour, and Baoqin was also clapping her hands to help her brother cheer.

Baochai lost to his younger siblings one after another, although he didn't care about the little money, he still felt that losing to two children was shameless.Turning his head, he saw that Gu Yunzhen was wearing a gown wrapped in a mink fur head and a big ermine lining, his nose twitched, and plaster was stuck on his head, watching them play.It seems that the Labrador I raised before has this kind of small eyes when no one pays attention to it.

Baochai hurriedly asked him to play with him, Gu Yunzhen asked his mother, and Fang sat beside Baochai.He picked up two ivory dice, stretched out his palms in front of Baochai and said, "Sister, blow your breath first." Seeing him, a seven-year-old child pretending to be a gambling god, Baochai felt amused, and gently pointed at the dice as she said. Take a breath.

Baochai saw him playing the dice well, but he didn't expect this little cousin to be a master. In a blink of an eye, he ran to the box with the younger siblings and the copper coins were won back by the cousin.Xue Tiao and Baoqin were very unconvinced, pouted and acted like a baby with their mother.

Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Liu, said with a smile: "You two want to win money, but you have to learn from your cousin Gu and ask a famous teacher for advice." Baochai was very curious, and asked Gu Yunzhen, "I thought my cousin read and wrote every day. Who did you learn to play dice from?"

Before Gu Yunzhen could speak, Xue Shen smiled and said, "Of course it was your Aunt He who taught him. In the past, your Aunt played Go at home, and my eldest brother and I seldom beat her when we teamed up."

Everyone in the room laughed and talked about childhood fun.Baochai listened with a smile on her face. She never thought that Aunt He, who was full of books, was also naughty when she was a child. Not only did she play Go, but she also refused to admit defeat when she played other games.

Baochai suddenly remembered that girls from rich and noble families at this time were mostly innocent and straightforward when they were in the boudoir.Before they got married, the daughters of the Red Mansions in the Grand View Garden also set up a poetry club, strolled around the yard, and embroidered flowers, so carefree.In the blink of an eye, after three springs, those who die die, those who marry get married, and those who walk away, the wind and the wind are scattered, and the dream of the Red Mansion is over.

In the ever-changing life, time is the most powerful thief.When the fleeting time is changing, steal your childhood dreams, your innocence, your youth and frivolity.When sudden changes happen around you, your family is broken up, and you shoulder heavy burdens besides yourself, most people can only keep their faith and live with the situation.And the few who are too strong and easy to break, and refuse to change with the environment, the ending is mostly unbearable.

Mrs. Xue saw that her husband was talking about sex, so she asked the servant girl to bring up tea and cakes.They also called Ruixiang and Bajiao to peel chestnuts and walnuts for Baoqin to eat. They were instructing the kitchen to make a venison hot pot at noon. Suddenly Zhao Fu came out and said that Xue Pan had beaten Xue Qiu from the fourth room in the school. There was a big commotion, and now Sifang has invited Mr. Xue and Xue Xueru, saying that he will come to the house in the afternoon to seek justice.

Hearing this, Xue Ke was shocked and angry, and immediately called for Xue Quan'an to come, and said angrily: "You quickly brought someone to bring Pan'er back, and tied up all his servants to come to see me." .”

When something like this happened, no one was in the mood to joke.Mrs. Xue was so anxious that she couldn't help crying, Xue Shen persuaded: "Brother and sister-in-law, don't be so anxious. The children are together, sometimes playing and kissing, and we come here like this Yes. I'm afraid Pan'er won the battle, and there will be trouble if the other side refuses to obey." Mrs. Liu and Aunt He also came to persuade, and took a handkerchief to wipe Madam Xue's tears.

Xue Ke sighed: "You don't need to use soft words to persuade me. Pan'er has always been fearless. He will make trouble everywhere if he can walk. If it's a trivial matter, it won't alarm the grandfather and the gentlemen in the school."

Because I think that I will not be confused when I am young, and I only have a pair of children under my knees. Although the daughter is smart and sensible, she will not be able to take charge of the family business after all.And Xue Pan is a son who is not motivated, and he is afraid that the decency accumulated by his grandparents and fathers for two generations will be ruined by him.His eyes were wet, and he shook his head and sighed: "I, Xue Ke, am ashamed of my ancestors for raising such an unscrupulous sinner as Pan'er."