Red Mansions Become Baochai

The child policy, many grandparents and grandchildren have only one seedling for three generations. The child becomes a little emperor, and the parents become a new generation of "filial sons" and "filial daughters".No matter how delicate a child was in ancient times, even a child from a wealthy family had to pay attention to etiquette, just like Jia's mother doting on Baoyu.

Although Baochai is recuperating from illness, at this time the children have to "make peace with their parents in the morning and evening", get up in the morning to say hello, and also cannot sleep late.After dinner in the evening, the whole family chatted a few gossips to digest the food, and before going to bed, they had to say hello to their parents before Mammy Cao took him back to the West Wing to rest.

A few days ago, Baochai saw her father had dinner every night, so she went to the east window study to check the accounts. On the black lacquer painted with golden clouds and dragon patterns on the rectangular table, all kinds of account books were piled higher than her.On the right are two or three abacus and ivory chips of different sizes and styles.

Baochai saw that his father's eyes were red and bloodshot in the morning, obviously he had stayed up all night.Thinking of Xue Ke's early death, it was probably due to overwork.These days, she has been secretly planning to prevent the tragedy in the original book from happening to her family.The early death of his father was the beginning of the downfall of the Xue family.She doesn't know medical skills, but at least she has to find a way to make her father not so hard, and then invite a good doctor to come to the house to take care of her father's body, treat illnesses early, and strengthen her body without illnesses.

Baochai studied accounting in her last life. When she casually glanced at the account books and saw calligraphy written in black and red ink, it was obvious that her father still used the "Zhu out ink into bookkeeping method" that existed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Formal bookkeeping is very cumbersome and error-prone.But now that she has come up with the Western double-entry bookkeeping method and Arabic numerals, it will definitely be more shocking than what Cao Chong said.

Sleeping on the bed at night, Baochai suddenly remembered a story that the teacher told in college history class.Legend has it that at the end of the Shanxi businessman Fu Shan, who was called Fu Qingzhu by later generations, founded the Shanxi bank account system, and even invented the Chinese double-entry bookkeeping method-Longmen account, which she can simplify and use.

Thinking about it, I did it. The next day, Baochai twisted her buttocks and Tang acted like a baby with Mrs. Xue, saying that she saw her father working hard and wanted to learn how to keep accounts.As soon as Madam Xue heard that she was so young, she wanted to share the worries of her parents, so she hurriedly found a small book for her.He also boasted to the maids and women around him: "My darling, the little one is so filial and loves to learn, no wonder your father loves you, wishing he could take the moon from the sky and give it to you."

On the one hand, he rambled on about how Baochai could speak at eight months, memorize "Three Character Classics", "Hundred Surnames", and "Thousand Character Classics" at three years old, practice calligraphy at four years old, and learn chess at five years old.

Holding Baochai in his arms, he said, "If it hadn't been for your illness, your father planned to start teaching you how to play the qin, so he bought you a Guqin for several thousand taels of silver. It's called Bingqin."

Baochai studied music in her previous life. Although she majored in western music for the violin, she is also interested in ancient Chinese music culture. I still remember that one of the famous ancient Chinese violins was made of ice silk as strings. There is a record in it: "There is a tree named Yi mulberry, which is fried for honey. There is ice silkworm, seven inches long, black, with horns and scales, covered with frost and snow, and then made cocoons, one foot long, and its colors are colorful. Woven as a brocade, it will not be soaked in water, and it will not be burnt by throwing it into fire." The strings are made of ice, and the quality has natural beauty, shining like pearls.

He pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I think it's the Bingxianqin."

Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "That's the name. I've never touched any qin or chess. I vaguely heard your father say that the strings were made of silk spun by ice silkworms. Now I'm also confused."

Caressing Baochai's small face, he said: "It's a shame that you look like your father in appearance, temperament, and cleverness. If you are as stupid as your mother, you will be a dough person in the future."

Zhao Fu's family jokingly said, "It's our good fortune that my wife has a good temper. Miss Bingxue is smart, who wouldn't know, if not, the master wouldn't be so busy to teach himself."

Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "Exactly. I originally thought that my daughter's family would not be able to take the first prize. The boudoir should be based on the needlework family's plan. It is reading, but you can only know a few words and don't be a blind man with your eyes open. It's still the master." Taught me a lesson and said that a family like ours, even a girl's family, has to read and write, and without the education of a sage, it can't be wise. Even after I got married, I was old, and the master forced me to learn a few times. Hundred words."

Thinking that Xue Pan's eldest sister was two years old and couldn't even write well with a brush, Mrs. Xue began to worry again, touched Baochai's head and sighed: "If your brother can be half as sensible as you, I will have no worries, and it will be regarded as lifelong. Don't worry." The girl next to her hurriedly persuaded her: "My brother is still young, which family's children are not playful at such an age, and they will be sensible when they are a few years older. The wife is just waiting to enjoy the blessings of the children. "

While chatting and laughing, the servant girl brought up lunch, and the mother and daughter ate deliciously, and Madam Xue asked Baochai to go back to her room to rest.

Baochai wanted to keep accounts, first of all he had to find out how much property he had.She was also there when her mother handed out the monthly payment last month, and she vaguely remembered that Mammy Cao had helped her get one.

Baochai said goodbye to Mrs. Xue, and immediately went back to her room to search for money.Ruixiang, the eldest maid in her room, saw that she was on her feet, and was going to open the vermilion lacquered huanghuali wood mother-of-pearl cabinet. Said: "What is the girl looking for? Just tell us to do it. There is no reason to do it yourself. Not to mention that the master and wife know, even Cao Mama will scold us for being lazy when she sees it."

According to Baochai, the four treasures of the study, brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, chess pieces, fans, sachets, clay figurines, pony carved from bamboo and wood, and all kinds of children's obsolete objects are all on the plaid.Only the two small rattan dustpans in the lower grid were filled with copper coins.

Baochai was very disappointed, who didn't know that one hundred coins was worth one red note.Sighing, she sat on a blue and white embroidered pier with passionflower patterns and counted.This copper coin seems to be a lot, but it is actually only a dozen or so taels of silver at most.What can this idea do?

Baochai's behavior was unusual, and the maids were very curious, because she didn't speak, and it was difficult to ask questions.He hurriedly sent a little girl to call Madam Cao in.

When Mammy Cao entered the room, she saw Baochai distributing the copper coins in piles on the floor. She thought she was going to play with the little maid by playing chess and dice, so she hurriedly said, "If you want to play, call Rui Rui Xiang and the others will send you a string of money. Now how come you pick up the copper coins reserved for the maids to reward people? It's only a few pennies, how can it be enough for fun?"

Baochai heard this, and said happily, "Mom, do I have any other money?"

Granny Cao picked up the veil, covered her face with a smile and said, "It's a child's talk. The girl has no money, so who else has money? The master treats the girl like an eyeball, and is the same as the young master every month. There are ten taels of silver every month." .”

Baochai smiled happily. It turned out that the Xue family and the Jia family were really different.She remembered that in the Dream of the Red Chamber, Sanchun only had two taels of silver every month, the first-class girls got one tael, and Xiren Yuchuan'er, for special reasons, got two taels just like the ladies.She has twelve twelve a month, which is more than that of Baoyu, the young master of Jia's mansion.

Baochai asked anxiously again: "Mother Cao, where do I keep my money?"

Mammy Cao wondered: "I keep the girl's monthly bill, but why did they suddenly check the account today, but they can't get the girl to give you money by picking up the foolish girl."

Baochai hurriedly tugged at Cao Mama's sleeve and said, "No one instigated me, but now I want to learn how to keep accounts like my father, so today I will count how much money I have in reserve."

Grandma Cao clapped her hands happily and said, "My girl, you really are a crystal heart and glass person. She started to learn business at a young age. She will be very successful in the future. Please see, girl." An old mahogany box inlaid with gold came in. When the box was opened, Baochai's eyes turned red immediately. It was full of twelve taels of silver ingots.

Grandma Cao laughed and said: "The master and wife love the girl, and all the necessary things are complete, so since I moved into the west wing room with the girl, the monthly money was handed out, and I put it in this box as it is. There are fifty in total, and the girl counts." number."

Baochai picked up an ingot of silver and looked at it. The color is frosty blue and fine white, and it is tilted up and down to look like an ingot. There is a nest of silk on the top, which shines brightly. Taizhou silver with ten taels of footprints is absolutely hard currency. !

I heard Cao Mama say again: "Oh, I forgot, the girl still has a few boxes of little golden lockets that I got during the Chinese New Year. I will show the girl when I bring in the keys tomorrow."

Baochai was happy, it turned out that she was only five years old in this life, and she was already a rich woman!

Baochai's Wisdom Persuades Learning

Having been sick for more than two months, Baochai felt that she was about to get sick even if she wasn't sick.In fact, the bald monk had been here before, and Baochai had been carrying the orb he gave him close to her body, and she rarely coughed at night.

But Mrs. Xue regards Baochai as her heart and soul, thinking that she has been healthy since she was a child, and this is the first serious illness she has suffered since she was born. and.Even Baochai wanted to go to the courtyard with the maid to get some air, but she was worried that she would catch a cold from the wind.

On this day, Baochai got up early, changed into the overcoat she was wearing to meet guests, met her parents, and had breakfast.He was taken to the main hall by his parents, where there were already guests waiting.Three old gentlemen in robes, hats and beards were sitting on nanmu chairs drinking tea, and there were a few servant boys dressed up carrying medicine boxes beside them.Seeing Xue Ke coming in, they all got up to salute and say hello. It turned out that these old gentlemen were all invited by their father for consultation.

Xue Ke carried Baochai to the temporary soft couch and lay half down on it. A maidservant had long ago brought an autumn-scented one.