[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

When Xue's family first came to Jia's house, they lived in Lixiangyuan in the northeast corner. Later, the Grand View Garden was built, and part of the area between Rongning and Ningfu was designated as the Grand View Garden. Although Lixiangyuan was not included, it was because of its proximity The construction site was noisy and inconvenient to go out, so Mrs. Wang arranged another yard for them and moved it to the Qiuxia Pavilion in the west. This Lixiang Courtyard later became the living and training place for the little actors arranged by the Grand View Garden.

It's not that there are no gossips in Jia's mansion, and they still stay in other people's homes after they are like this. They are simply poor relatives who come to beat the autumn breeze, which is really despised!

However, all these gossips disappeared under the Xue family's money offensive. After all, the Xue family has left, where do they want to get the reward money from?

Now the Xue family wants to leave, not to mention Mrs. Jia's wife and the servants of the Jia family who are unwilling, even the young members of the Jia family are not willing, as Xue Pan is so easy to coax and generous. It's so rare.

The courtyard where Xue's family lives now is on the outskirts of Jia's house. It is a little far from the main house where Mrs. Wang lives, and it will take a while by car.

Aunt Xue was at home alone, and Xue Pan didn't know where she had gone. She was directing the poor duck's feet, and there were two little maids who were rough-handed and almost missed the job. Aunt Xue was standing on the porch scolding them.

Seeing Xue Baochai bringing Wang Yue over, she hurriedly put Wang Yue in her arms and said, "My son, it's hard for you to think about coming, come in with me quickly!"

He also ordered someone to bring some plates of fine tea fruit to invite Wang Yue to have tea, and asked how Jiamu and Daiyu were. Wang Yue told the news from the maid and asked, "Uncle Pan is not at home? "

Aunt Xue sighed: "He is a horse without a bridle. He is extremely busy every day. He is willing to stay at home for a day."

Xue Baochai took the opportunity to change into some homely, half-worn clothes, and soon opened the curtain and came out from the back room. Yinger, who followed her, was holding a small box in her hand.

Xue Baochai sat on the edge of the kang, reached out to take the box, put it on the table, opened it and handed it to Wang Yue, saying: "This is Hui ink and Duan inkstone brought from the south, and they are all taken from the old shopkeeper of my family. Yes, it’s different from those expensive and bad ones on the market, I left some for someone to give away, and I just left one for you.”

Wang Yue took it over and took a closer look, and found that what Xue Baochai said was really good, and these things were indeed good things.

His grandfather loved to collect these four treasures of the study, preferably antiques. He had a lot of special collections to please him. Among them, the best quality was similar to this. I heard that it cost hundreds of thousands. Just this box of small things, if you have money in modern times, you can't buy it.

Wang Yue knew that Xue's family was a rich man, and these things were not valuable to them, so she didn't refuse, and happily accepted them. Xue Baochai and Aunt Xue who were watching were even happier.

It happened to be noon at this time, and Aunt Xue wanted to stay with Wang Yue for dinner, but Wang Yue couldn't refuse, so she had to stay.

Aunt Xue's chef came here from the south, and the food they cook is Jiangnan style, which is relatively light, quite different from the big fish and meat in Jia's family.

Northerners have a strong taste in cooking. Wang Yue’s mother likes to add more salt and oil when cooking. Wang Yue lived with the old man in his previous life. Then lighten up.

After time travelling, it was unavoidable for him to suddenly eat such a strong meal. Although he had accepted a lot in the past few years, he was still quite touched by the sudden eating of the meal in his memory today.

This moved him to eat more. A middle-aged woman of Aunt Xue's age loves to see children eat a lot and eat deliciously, especially if they eat their own food.

When Aunt Xue was happy, she kept picking up food for him. After a while, Wang Yue was full. Just as she didn't know what to do with the rest of the food, Wang Yue suddenly heard a rush of footsteps coming from outside the house. Wang Yue looked up, wanting to see who was so bold, and suddenly saw a man rushing in from the door.

The man looked like he was in his 20s, with oily hair and pink face, and a red flower on his head. He was dressed very brightly. If he wore this outfit with a long and handsome white face like Jia Rong or Jia Lian, he would be a bit weak, but He is also extremely good-looking, but this man is a bit thick, so that this outfit is really nondescript, Wang Yue almost laughed when he saw him.

The man hurriedly walked to the table and poured himself a pot of tea, poured it into his stomach, and then complained: "It's so hot!!"

Aunt Xue hurriedly stood up, walked over to wipe the sweat off his brow, and said angrily, "Where are you going crazy again, and you don't come back for a bite?"

Wang Yue knew that this person was the overlord Xue Pan.

Regarding Aunt Xue's complaints, Xue Pan just casually said a few perfunctory words, and went out like a gust of wind to change clothes. Aunt Xue didn't have time to stop him, and when she saw him go out, she turned her head and smiled at Wang Yue: " This is your Uncle Pan, let you see a joke, he is so big and still does things so sloppy, if he is half as stable as you, I will laugh right away even if I die."

"Mom, what are you talking about that is unlucky!" Xue Baochai refuted Aunt Xue's words, and then said to Wang Yue: "He has such a temper since he was a child, so it's not surprising if he sees a lot, but he is not reliable. But there are still a few shopkeepers under his hand, if you have anything to do outside, just go to him, don’t say anything else, I can get you any delicious, interesting and rare things.”

Wang Yue smiled and nodded, because of Xue Pan's sudden appearance, she couldn't finish the meal, so Wang Yue took the opportunity to leave the table, and Aunt Xue asked someone to enter the room to remove the food, and asked someone to bring tea , the three of them ate some tea and chatted casually.

After a while, Xue Pan came late. Behind him, Xiang Ling's face was still flushed, and when he entered the room, his eyes were a little averted, and he didn't dare to look at people. Xue Baochai didn't know the reason, so he only said her Brother said a few words, but Aunt Xue saw some clues, she was a little embarrassed, she couldn't help turning her head to look at Wang Yue, seeing that he was also looking at her with innocent eyes, Aunt Xue suddenly felt that she was thinking too much, and she was a little embarrassing , I thought, this child is still so young, what can he know!

Aunt Xue didn't know that she was a junior who was careful but old, and she was already an old driver. She could tell at a glance that some unspeakable things had happened between the two of them. She pretended to be innocent, but she secretly thought that Xue Pan He really lived up to his reputation as a dumb king.

As soon as Xue Pan entered the room, he saw a child sitting beside his mother, and asked curiously, "Mom, who is this?"

Aunt Xue glared at him, and said: "This is your nephew, why don't you hurry over here, at least you have to look like an elder!"

Wang Yue quickly jumped off the kang, bowed to him, and said, "Hello, Uncle Pan!"

"You are also good!" Seeing that this man looked strange, Xue Pan thought it was some poor relative who came to ask his mother to beat the autumn wind, so he just responded casually, then took off the jade pendant around his waist, and stuffed it into the king's mouth. In Yue's hand, said: "Meeting ceremony!"

Although this piece of jade pendant is not considered top-quality, it is also a rare gem. Xue Pan casually stuffed it over like this, which shows Xue Pan's usual style. Do not learn well.

But Wang Yue was a little dumbfounded. He was holding the jade pendant, and he didn't accept it, and it didn't matter if he didn't accept it.

Aunt Xue hurried up to smooth things over. She took the jade pendant from Wang Yue, threw it on Xue Pan, and scolded: "What are you doing? This is your nephew. How can you be such an elder?"

With Aunt Xue's statement, Xue Pan knew that he had misunderstood the person, so he immediately cheered up, became serious, and asked, "Which family is this from? Why haven't I seen it before?"

Aunt Xue explained: "This is Brother Yue. Even though they are distant relatives, the two families often move around, not like those ordinary relatives."

Wang Yue?This name seemed familiar, Xue Pan thought about it for a while, and then remembered it, just because this name has been ringing in his ears too frequently recently, isn't it just that Wang Yue's mother has been whispering in his ears Is the person he is so close to the same little scholar who is envied and jealous by those Jia family children who usually hang out with him?

Xue Pan couldn't help but looked him up and down carefully for a while, he looked only seven or eight years old, no wonder the servants called him a little child prodigy, and he really deserved the title of a child prodigy.

Xue Pan has always looked down on those pedantic scholars, and he himself is illiterate, and has always disliked being with those people, but he admires those who read well.

Probably because he couldn't do it himself, Xue Pan himself dozed off as soon as he saw a book, in his opinion, it was even more difficult to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, and now such a young child could He completed the difficult task in his mind like ascending to the sky. No matter how much he hated scholars, Xue Pan couldn't help but admire him.

The author has something to say: It was supposed to be written in the afternoon, but who knows that I slept until after five o'clock, so I will make it up tomorrow! !