Red Mansions Become Baochai

The daughter-in-law Jia Min: "The lady of the Jia family is very extraordinary. The old man and the old lady are in pain. They are really precious. When she married Xinke Tanhua, she was very red. It’s similar to the emperor’s marriage to his daughter. He and his wife are both talented and beautiful, who wouldn’t be envious of anyone who’s seen it?”

Baochai secretly slandered, it has been so many years, her mother still remembers it vividly when she mentioned it, I am afraid that Madam Xue, who was also a young girl to be married, also envied Jia Min and Lin Ruhai, a pair of talented men and beautiful women?

Unexpectedly, fate is impermanent, it is pitiful for Mr. Lin to pass away, leaving the mother and daughter of the Lin family behind.

Mrs. Xue saw that her daughter was engrossed in listening, and she still had one thing on her mind, but it was inconvenient to express it in detail in front of others.When her sister, Mrs. Wang, married into Jia's family, she and Jia Min's sister-in-law were not very harmonious.

In fact, Baochai did not think of this.According to the customs at that time, the aunts and grandmas who were not out of the family were very honorable in the high-ranking families like the Jia family and the Wang family.If fate is precious, it is not possible to fly to the branch and become a nobleman in one draft.Therefore, the new sister-in-law must be careful to flatter the unmarried sister-in-law.

With the prestige of Sister Feng, it is also polite to welcome Tanxi Sanchun.The sisters-in-law wanted to open some Laoshizi Poetry Club on a whim, so Wang Xifeng could only obediently weighed 50 taels of silver and gave it to the sisters for free use.During the inspection of the Grand View Garden, the third girl, who was like a thorn rose, acted coquettishly and lost her temper, and the second grandmother didn't dare to do anything about Tanchun.

What's more, this Jia Min is the youngest daughter of the Jia family, who is spoiled and pampered on weekdays, and is also the sweetheart of Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law, Mrs. Jia. When these aunts and sisters get along with each other, who can do whatever they want, and who has to swallow their anger, don't you understand?

Mrs. Xue thought of her sister complaining to her several times: how Mrs. Wang tried so hard to get back together with Jia Min.How can she blindly only know how to be filial to her mother-in-law, serve her husband, and take care of housework.Such a rigid temperament is really not in line with my sister-in-law Jia Min's high-minded temperament who recites poems and paints, and enjoys the flowers and the moon.

Mrs. Xue knew that Mrs. Wang's sister-in-law and Jia Min's sister-in-law were just showing affection.Now that the Lin family has no close relatives, Jia Min must return to Jia's residence.With how much Mrs. Jia dotes on her daughter, I am afraid that her sister's life will be sad again.

Baochai's melancholy is even more inexplicable. Before that, she thought that when she came to this world, she would only affect the people around her.At this moment, Lin Ruhai's fate, which he had never seen before, completely changed.If it was because of her, then things should develop on the good side, and Lin Ruhai should live well.If it wasn't because of her, wouldn't it be possible that those gods who regard the world as a game, on a whim, designed other opportunities?

After such a dull few days, another piece of news shocked everyone in Xue's family speechless.

Master Xue's good friend, the Luo family, used to be the head of the imperial business.This time he was suddenly implicated, and somehow he was charged with adultery with pirates. The shops and banks opened by the Luo family in thirteen provinces were all shut down, and the head of the Luo family and several stewards were also arrested and sent to prison.

The poor Luo family is thriving, and several of my nephews and nephews are working as officials in other places.There was also an empress in the palace. After running around for a long time, her qualifications as an imperial merchant were revoked, and most of the Luo family's wealth was lost, so she was rescued.It's just that after this battle, the Luo family's vitality was seriously injured, and it was no longer the prosperity it used to be.

On the one hand, Mrs. Xue was worried about the Luo family, but on the other hand she secretly rejoiced that the Luo family had intended to marry Baochai from his family two years ago.In the end, it was the husband who was well-informed. He reasoned that the two children were still young and their temperaments were uncertain, so he didn't easily nod his head.If the two families were not married, the current situation would be even more difficult to deal with.

When Mr. Xue thought of the accident in the Luo family this time, he suddenly had a lot of sad thoughts about the death of a rabbit and a fox, and his lips were dead and his teeth were cold.

In terms of foundation, the Luo family is a big family in Jinling, and many of their children have become officials.In addition to the concubine of the Luo family, the father-in-law of the House of Internal Affairs also had a close relationship with his family, and they communicated very affectionately on weekdays.In terms of faction, when there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, the imperial court sent people to the south of the Yangtze River to raise funds for disaster relief. Eighteen royal merchants donated 100 million taels together, and the Luo family alone contributed 30 taels of silver.

The senior managers of the Luo family had a lot of contact with the residences of the princes in Duzhong. When the disciples of the princes went to the south of the Yangtze River, they often visited the Luo family.The head of the Luo family doesn't need to bow down to official positions of the fourth rank or lower.

This time, Mr. Xue also worked hard to deal with the matter of Luo's family. Only the two people who were on good terms with each other and half-confessed that they wanted to touch Luo's family came from the inner court, and they were helpless.Such a big family collapsed as soon as it said it, without a trace of warning ahead, and no one will complain about it later, how can it not be frightening?

Although the cause of the Luo family's misfortune, I'm afraid it has something to do with the prince seizing the heir.But the Xue family has never been in a team, it doesn't mean that the Xue family's old in-laws are not involved.As far as he knew, Jia Shiwang's three families had frequent private contacts with the Yizhong Prince Lao Qiansui.

Today's holy majesty had the reputation of being "mean and ungrateful" when he was still the prince in the household department.When the deficit was recovered, even some old officials would not let it go, and they ransacked their homes at every turn.Now, after ascending the throne, in order to eliminate dissidents, his own brothers can be exiled and imprisoned.Now that the treasury is empty, the so-called imperial merchants are probably just fattened lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of those in power!

If one day the emperor or those big figures in the court think of the Xue family, what can I rely on to make them put down the knife to cut flesh?

The Xue family is very rich now, but they have money but no power. It is like a child walking through the busy city with a large golden ingot in his palm.

No matter how much wealth the Xue family has, it will be difficult to keep it without power in the court.Since others will be greedy in the future and harm the family, it is better to throw out the bait first, take a step back, and seek safety for your children and nephews. Doing business is the same as being a human being.

Master Xue thought about it until midnight, finally got up in his clothes, and wrote two long letters with a pen.One letter was sent to the big shopkeeper, asking him to take stock of the assets of the thirteen shops on Xue Jiaming's face and make a settlement.A letter to his younger brother Xue Shen, asking him to return home quickly to discuss important matters.In the morning, let someone send a message quickly.

Judging the current situation, Father Xue donated his family wealth

Baochai still doesn't know that his father has made a major decision on the future of the Xue family. This decision has the greatest impact on her and the most important point is that after losing the qualification of the imperial merchant, she no longer has to go to Beijing to wait for election.

Now she is happily welcoming the two masters sent by her uncle with her brother Xue Pan.A master Zhao taught several weapons such as fists, knives and guns, and a master Wei taught riding and shooting kung fu.

In order to make it easier for Xue Pan to practice martial arts, Xue's family specially set up a large piece of land in the front yard.Stone locks, wooden figures, barbells, sandbags, archery targets, and knives, guns, swords and halberds were also added on the weapon racks, just like a small martial arts arena.

There are also four good horses in the stables at the back, two chestnut Korean horses, slender limbs, fat and strong, specially bought by the Xue family.The other two are prairie horses sent by Wang Ziteng.The tall black horse Leopard is Xue Pan's mount, and Baochai named the maroon mare Chitu, but this horse walks very smoothly because its owner is a little girl. , no matter how Baochai urged him away, the old god was still there, and his speed was as slow as that of a tortoise, and everyone laughed when they saw it.

Both masters brought their family members, and each of them had a boy who was about the same age as Xue Pan.Xue Pan was very happy that he had two more playmates.

As a result, after going to the martial arts field a few times, that boy named Zhao Lei, with a black and fat face and a red face, was able to lift a stone lock that weighed more than a hundred catties with ease and without panting.The knives and guns come in the same style, which also makes them look good.Compared with punching and kicking, Xue Pan had to surrender within ten moves.

Xue Pan was still not reconciled, and suggested that the two wrestle.He has some experience in this, such as scissors feet, twisting fingers and toes, pulling hair and other cheating methods. In less than half a stick of incense, he was still crushed by the Zhao family boy, without even begging for mercy. Have the strength to speak out.

The one named Wei San'er was half a head shorter than Xue Pan, but when he got on the horse, he didn't even need a saddle, and he jumped and jumped like a monkey.

His father, Master Wei, said that Wei San'er loved horses since he was a child, and at night he even sneaked to the stable to sleep with a pony, so the horses always listened to him.

Xue Pan competed with him in archery. He could only draw a small bow within ten steps, and he would be proud if one of the ten arrows hit the target.But Wei San was able to open a one-stone horned bow within fifty steps, and hit all ten shots.

Later, he performed archery on a horse for the audience. One foot was tightly hooked on the horse, and most of his body was hanging upside down in the air. When he turned his head suddenly, with a bang, the feather arrow hit the arrow. Target, right in the heart.Xue Pan looked envious.

What made Xue Pan even more troublesome was that ever since Baochai said that scholars are powerless and that a good man should have both civil and military skills, his cousin Gu Yunzhen also came to practice martial arts with him.

His punches and kicks are fine, he is still stronger than his cousin and has more fighting experience.But Gu Yunzhen is very talented in archery. Obviously his cousin learned later than him, but the master taught him for a few days, telling him how to draw the bow, how to aim at the target, and corrected his archery posture a few times. , Xue Pan's face turned green.

Master Xue stroked his beard and praised Gu Yunzhen, and persuaded his son Xue Pan, and both of them got a small bow made of birch.

From then on, Gu Yunzhen got up early every day to practice archery for an hour, then read books with her husband, practiced calligraphy at noon, and had half an hour before dinner to learn some boxing, horseback riding, and exercise.