Red Mansions Become Baochai

I can almost wear new clothes every day.Thinking back to my previous life, when I was a child and my family was well-off, my parents would not buy such new clothes all at once, even during Chinese New Year, because their children grew up fast.Not to mention that there are sixteen pieces of fur here that she had thought about for a long time in her previous life.She's going to make a mink coat!She's going to make a cloak!Yuying Erchun in Jinzhi Desire, the kind worn by young masters!

Mrs. Xue saw that Xue Ke was in good spirits today, and she said again: "I'm afraid more than half of these six large boxes of leather goods will be left, and they will be spoiled by mold. I want to give some to my brothers and sisters. My brother is a bit old-fashioned." Legs, the tiger skin is very suitable for him."

Seeing that Xue Ke's face remained unchanged, he continued: "In a blink of an eye, it will be the end of September. I heard from my family that this year must be frozen in the morning. I thought about buying the New Year's gift for our family to Beijing. This year our family will open more I have opened more than a dozen shops, and I am afraid that the annual ceremony will increase by [-]%, what does the master mean?

After hearing her finish, Xue Ke didn't answer with a smile on his lips, but turned to Xue Pan and said, "Pan'er takes your sister inside to eat some fruit, and I'll talk to your mother for a while."

Xue Pan took Baochai's hand and entered the room. Before they could sit still, the two children heard a clang outside, as if something had broken them.

Baochai started to gossip, and in my memory, this father seldom loses his temper. What is the reason for this?

They leaned close to Xue Pan's ear to discuss with him, and the two children were sneaky, squatting behind the big rosewood screen to eavesdrop.

I only heard Xue Ke say: "My brother and sister are in the north, and the two families have several Zhuangzi outside the mouth. We don't say that they will send us fur goods, but let us send them there. What's the reason?"

Mrs. Xue persuaded in a low voice: "I just feel sorry for the things, the master just thinks something is wrong, why are you angry?"

Xue Ke snorted, and threw two pieces of letter paper from his arms, "You still know that I will be angry! The steward who returned to the south from Beijing today brought me two letters from home, you can read them yourself."

Mrs. Xue looked aggrieved, and said: "I know those words, and the master taught me by himself. Let me see that even if I don't understand it at night, what is said in the letter, the master will tell me."

Xue Ke said: "What else can I do? But your good brother and sister made up many excuses and asked for money."

Mrs. Xue said: "Brother and sister are in Beijing, socializing every day, and the family has a lot of expenses and expenses. If it is not really troublesome, they will not talk to us."

Xue Ke said: "Only they know if it's really troublesome or not. At the beginning of this year, brother-in-law (Sister Feng's father, Wang Zijia) said that he wanted to find a foreign job, and the money he had collected was not enough. I was afraid that I would miss the business, so I gave it away. Urgent letter, asked the director in Beijing to send over 1 taels of cash. Unexpectedly, when he went, your elder brother was having a banquet, and he sold a Yangzhou skinny horse for 1000 taels of silver!"

Mrs. Xue said: "This should be a coincidence. Although the eldest brother is absurd, the sister-in-law should persuade me. Besides, the second brother and sister have loved me the most since childhood. Didn't anyone send a letter to invite us back to live in Beijing?"

Xue Ke said: "You are so good-natured, and you help them reason in everything. Don't mention anything else, just talk about your dowry, and let your mother's family take care of the [-] hectares of high-quality paddy fields. Every year, it's not a drought It’s just flooding, and the harvest is not as good as the half of the [-] hectares of medium-sized land that the Pan family in Tongzhou paid off the debt of the Jingli shop the year before last.”

Mrs. Xue argued again: "Brother and sister-in-law are afraid that they will be deceived by the servants, so how could they coax us for such a thing?"

After I finished speaking, even I didn't really believe it. The eldest brother of the Wang family has a violent temper, and the second brother is rough but subtle.

Xue Ke said angrily: "They plot against you, and you still help to speak. I'm afraid you don't remember your identity! Although you are the daughter of the Wang family, you are also the mistress of the Xue family! Your husband, your children are here, Not in the capital!"

Mrs. Xue heard the words seriously, and hurriedly said: "Why don't I understand, it's just that they are my brothers and sisters who brought me up since I was a child, and I can only think about things from the best. Besides, our family doesn't know what to do. It’s missing this star. If you care about it, you will hurt your relatives.”

Xue Ke sighed and said, "Ma'am, it's not that I care about it, it's just that close relatives are still calculating like this. It's okay to say it once or twice, but I will inevitably feel disappointed when it happens again. Speaking of it, our family has received the qualification of the imperial merchant. At that time, the old lady I was still an official in the court, and the three families of Wang Jiashi never gave less money. After the old man passed away, there was no one in the Xue family, so I also thought about changing the rules and adding a lot more."

Xue Ke took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and continued to share: "The elder sister who married into the Shi family died long ago, because she had no children when she left, and her brother-in-law remarried again. We are a little estranged from the Shi family, only once or twice a year. An annual gift of a thousand silver. But the Wang family and the Jia family are brothers and sisters who are direct relatives. Let’s just talk about the superficial share of silver. The Wang family gives 2000 taels every year. 5000 taels. In addition to the four-season rituals, red and white things follow the rituals, everyone’s birthday and birthday, and the big annual gifts every year. Although most of the things can be taken from the shop, they are only counted as cost prices. We really want them every year. Send 2 taels of silver to the Wang family, and the Jia family will also send a full 1 taels of silver every year!"

Mrs. Xue lowered her head as Xue Ke said, and before she finished, she said: "It's just the money and annual gifts, but it's hard for your brothers and sisters to write and deliver letters from time to time. The prince’s family has a big family and a big business, so where is it that they are poor?”

Mrs. Xue said: "I also know what the master said. But now there is no one in our family who is an official, so we have to rely on our elder brothers and sisters to take care of us."

Xue Ke said: "It's okay if you don't mention this. The household department was short of money the year before last. I went to write off the account to pay the money. I originally expected his two families to help me. Who knows that there is no news after waiting for more than ten days. I was out of luck when I was walking around. The two adults in the upper court are old friends of the old man, and they helped to settle the matter with just a few words. I will go to give a thank you gift. That Mr. Li is a member of the household department. He accepted a painting from me. Mr. Guo from the Ministry of Rites was even more honest, and returned all the gifts. He only asked me to help find a few catties of good gastrodia elata. No one dares to be negligent. I came to Beijing later, and because of the help of these two adults, I got the money first. I am afraid of delays when doing business, and I missed so many things in a month."

Mrs. Xue argued again: "Although my sister's family has a title, my brother-in-law is an official in the Ministry of Industry. Both elder brothers are military generals. It is true that it is difficult to tell the truth about the Ministry of Household Affairs. But if there are other things, such as a scoundrel in the year before the Taking fake antiques to Hengshu Dian to blackmail, isn’t it because of the elder brother’s help?”

Xue Ke was so angry that he laughed out loud: "It's very rare to open a pawnshop. You can't be blind if you treat Zhang Dehui. You don't even need to invite officials, but you can get things done by inviting a few colleagues or people from the chamber of commerce. A few hard-earned money is enough. But your elder brother took people to beat them to death, and instead made me pay 1000 taels of money for burning and burying. Now you still talk about it."

Seeing that Mrs. Xue was flushed with shame, Xue Ke said again: "I think you don't need to read those two letters. I just want to tell you a happy event. The eldest brother is not sure that he is the guard of Ping'an Prefecture. Next year She will take office in autumn. So your niece, who is nicknamed Brother Feng, has to move forward the date of her marriage with the Jia family."

After a pause, he continued: "It will be done in spring after the new year. The Wang family wants glass kang screens, coral bonsai, all kinds of clothing materials, and high-quality wood for furniture. Jia's family wants Western gold style clocks, as well as new ones. Lacquerware, porcelain."

He gritted his teeth again and said: "It's just that the Wang family married a daughter, and the Jia family married a daughter-in-law. The dowry and dowry were all bought by the Xue family. If neither of the two families proposed money, it seemed that the Xue family was a ready-made bank for his two families. I don't care, you Let's see."

When Mrs. Xue heard about the happy event, she didn't notice her husband's facial expression and tone. She said joyfully, "Of course I will help in the selection. Besides, when my niece is married to the Jia family, both parties should prepare a big gift."

Xue Ke waved his hand and said, "What more gifts do you need? Just send what they want."

Mrs. Xue said angrily: "What is the master talking about, things are things, let's help buy them, let's put the money first. How can there be less gifts for such a big happy event?"

Xue Ke added fuel to the flames: "Don't tell me, let's put it first. Your brother and sister have a copy of the account they hang in our shop. When did you give the money. I didn't argue before, they just kicked their noses. gone."

Mrs. Xue was so ashamed that she cried out: "Master, I don't know what kind of evil wind is blowing outside to spoil my natal brothers and sisters so badly today. If I dislike me, I will take the two children back to Beijing by boat and join my brother. Don't get in the way of the master's eyes."

Seeing her crying, Xue Ke's face turned yellow, thinking that Mrs. Xue was staying in Jinling alone with him, and her family was far away.There is nothing wrong with serving the elders and having children for many years.Furthermore, the husband and wife can be regarded as loving.Feeling pity in my heart, I sighed and said: "I just can't understand your brother and sister's behavior, and I didn't let you do anything, so stop your tears, and I will laugh at you when I see you later."

Mrs. Xue stopped her tears for a while, wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and said angrily, "It's true, master, you are the one who is good, and you are the one who is bad. It's really unthinkable."

Xue Ke had nothing to say. After Mrs. Xue washed her face, she reapplied her makeup and tidied up.Only then did the servants bring Baochai Xue Pan in, ready to pass the meal.

Naturally, the Xue family and his wife will not mention what they said today.Xue Pan listened in a daze, fearing that it would be difficult for him to understand for a while with his brain capacity.When Baochai heard about it, it was like a thunderbolt, clearing the clouds and seeing the sun, solving many doubts.

It’s just that I haven’t read the original work of Dream of Red Mansions. The chapter "The Unlucky Girl Meets the Unlucky Lang, The Gourd Monk’s Random Judgment of the Gourd Case" was read in middle school Chinese textbooks