[Red Mansion] Hairpins fly when they are

Fan Jiao's almond-shaped eyes are slender, but she is not blind.For the master's frequent look at Baochai, she saw it in her eyes and felt sore in her heart.

In the afternoon, she sent Qiuyue out to look around seven or eight times. She wanted to invite the master into the east chamber, but she didn't expect Qiuyue to be so useless that she lost to Yinger and couldn't even invite anyone.

She was angry, and her appetite was not very good. Seeing Jia Yucun's actions now, she became more and more annoyed.

There were so many people at the dinner table, she didn't dare to shake her face on the spot, so she turned her head quietly, turned away from the other people on the table, and gave Qiuyue a hard look.

Qiuyue was not doing well in the afternoon, and she had been bearing Fan Jiaoxing's anger all the time. Now she didn't dare to refute after receiving a glance, and just shrank aside with a low eyebrow.

After dinner, Jia Yucun took Baochai back to the West Chamber to rest.

In Baochai's mind is the large sum of money that has not been obtained, and she wants to have a good laugh, but she is afraid that the joy will be too early, and the chicken will be beaten by the time, wouldn't she be sad?

As a result, she was restless, oscillating between joy and worry.

Seeing this, Jia Yucun didn't dare to flirt with her indiscriminately, so as not to upset her, he just persuaded her before going to bed: "Close your eyes and go to sleep, it's a big deal, even if you can't agree in the end, you don't lose anything."

Yes, even if the method cannot be sold, she can still make money with her own hands.Baochai nodded, listened to it, wrapped up the quilt tightly and went to sleep obediently.

The next day, Jia Yucun went to the shop to watch after breakfast.Sure enough, Jinyu Embroidery Village sent the shopkeeper over to negotiate.

The other party also came prepared, and had already investigated how many styles Baochai sold in total. They wanted to buy them all, and they had a great appetite and asked if there were any new styles.

Jia Yucun didn't want to empty out Baochai, so she only picked a few items to sell, and the silver she got was enough for her, and she kept some at the bottom of the box, and it would be okay to sell them when the price was high or the silver was short in the future.

After discussing and discussing, Jia Yucun decided to sell seven kinds to them, but the price also increased from 300 taels originally proposed by the other party to 350 taels.

It took a while to communicate about the price, you advance and retreat, you fight for each other, and finally set a figure of 330 taels.Seven models, the total is 310 taels. At the same time, it is indicated that Baochai can no longer sell the craftsmanship to others, but it is okay to do some selling by himself.

The shopkeeper of Jinyu Embroidery Village was very straightforward. He prepaid more than 1000 taels, and the remaining 2000 taels will only be settled after all the embroiderers sent have learned how to do it.

Jia Yucun returned home with a warm bank note, and handed it to Baochai as if offering a treasure. Baochai was so happy that she asked repeatedly, "Where can I teach them? Should I go or they come? Is it at home?"

"I'm worried about you going there. It's not suitable for too many outsiders to come to my house. I asked Shopkeeper Qian to clean up a room on the second floor of the shop. Three days later, you took Ying'er there in a sedan chair and taught for two or three hours a day. , until the church."

"Well, that's fine." Holding a stack of banknotes, Baochai felt extremely at ease. A big stone fell to the ground in her heart, and when she remembered that she wanted to teach others, she suddenly felt a sense of pride in being a teacher.

Seeing her so happy, Jia Yucun was even happier than when he got money.It's rare for her to be in such a good mood, and it must be much easier for her to ask for some benefits.

It's just that there are still many things waiting for him to do outside, and today he has wasted half of the morning's work on Baochai's matter, so he can only hold back his temper and say to Baochai: "See, you are happy, don't worry now." Right? Go and tell your mother-in-law, and let her old man be happy too."

"Well, I'll go in a moment." Baochai nodded heavily, her almond eyes sparkling like the most dazzling gemstones.

Jia Yucun was in a hurry to leave, but he refused to move his feet. He looked down at her tenderly and asked softly, "How are you going to thank me?"

Baochai rolled her eyes and was about to answer when Jia Yucun said first, "I have something to do, I have to go out, just prepare a table and banquet for me tonight."

Inviting a meal is always better than asking the other party to ask too much. Although wine is not a good thing, but Baochai's mind is full of golden light at this time, and before she has time to think about it, Jia Yucun has already strode forward without waiting for her answer. went out.

Baochai happily walked around the room twice, set aside 1000 taels, put the rest in a box, and took Yinger to Xue's place.

Baochai sat opposite Xue and told the story, with Yinger helping to add, Xue was too excited to sit still.

"In the past, the most indispensable thing in our family was silver. To me, there was no difference between one tael and 100 taels. Only now do I realize that silver is really a good thing, and it is indispensable."

Xue's expression was emotional, and his eyes turned red as he spoke.

Afraid that she would cry, Baochai hurriedly handed over the 1000 taels of silver notes: "I have inquired with the master, and when there is an amnesty, the maximum amount to redeem my brother is 1000 taels. Mother will keep it safe and spend it on my brother in the future. "

Xue was stunned for a while, but didn't answer.

Baochai: "Although the master said that elder brother is his responsibility, now that we have the ability, we don't feel ashamed to rely on others. Mother, you have the money, and you have more confidence in your heart."

What Baochai said made sense, Xue Shi didn't hesitate any longer, took it and put it in a pouch, not daring to hang it on her waist, and put it in her bosom to hide it next to her body.

"Oh, I'm lucky to have you." Mrs. Xue patted the back of Baochai's hand, feeling very grateful in her heart, and looked at Baochai with more loving eyes, "When they settle the money, you can find a bank to save it. Spending recklessly, you will have enough in your life. When your brother comes out, you will have to make a living by lending him a few hundred taels of a shop. It doesn’t take much. I guess two or three hundred taels should be enough. I will let him I'll write you an IOU, including the 300 taels, and I'll pay you back slowly when he makes money."

Baochai and Xue Pan don't have a lot of relationship foundation, mainly because one is outside and the other is in prison, and they haven't gotten along very much. Even if they are related by blood, they don't want to give him such a large sum of money for nothing.

The brothers still have to settle accounts.

Thinking like this in her heart, but she couldn't say it like this, she said politely: "My family, why don't you pay it back."

"If this money is mine, I will give it to him. Although you are brothers and sisters, you have already married, so you can't be mixed together. Let him be in debt, so that he can work hard, so that his skin won't itch, and he will be light without debt. It's time to think about eating, drinking and having fun again, and stop doing serious things."

After finishing speaking, there was a pause, and Mrs. Xue said again: "Besides, this silver is your private money, but you are now a member of Jia's family, so you can't hide such a big movement. I'm afraid others will tell you I only care about my natal family, and I only want to make money from my natal family! When you got married, you didn't have any dowry, so how can I feel better if others despise you in such a matter?"

Xue's expression was a little ashamed, and Baochai didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so he changed the subject: "The master said, he asked me to set up a banquet tonight to thank him."

"It's time to thank my uncle. A man needs to come forward for this kind of thing. How can a woman be better than a man?" Xue Shi was really distracted, and then enthusiastically suggested, "Since you want to treat guests, how about If the table is big, please come to Mrs. Song and Mrs. Fan, let's have fun together."

"Please come together? I have no objection, but I am afraid that others will say that I am showing off on purpose." Baochai is not ostentatious in her behavior, and she likes to make a fortune in silence.

Fan Jiaoxing said a lot of bitter words in her own room, Qiuyue didn't speak harsh words, and she wouldn't spread them on purpose, but she couldn't hold back the two new girls who came in from the East Chamber.

The little girl was young and short, she shrank behind the big vase, or stood under the window, so she couldn't even see her shadow.

They still don't know much about the twists and turns of the back house. What Fan Jiaoxing usually said, the two little girls would always discuss in private, but they didn't understand the reason that walls have ears, and these annoying words slowly faded away. The ground passed into Baochai's ears.

Xue knew who Baochai was talking about, she sighed, and persuaded: "The mouth grows on other people, you just don't listen, anyway, you won't lose a piece of meat. Her methods are still better than... Some."

In the back house, someone with a more ruthless method can directly kill you. If you say a few sour words like Fan's, those with a good heart will only think that she is farting.

Mrs. Xue spoke vaguely and didn't mention the name of the person, but Baochai immediately understood and didn't have the heart to discuss it, so she told Ying'er: "Go and get ten taels of silver and give it to Aunt Li, and let her prepare a meal for me at night. Come out at the table."

Xue felt sorry for her daughter's difficulty in making money, so she quickly stopped her and said, "Ten taels is too much, and five taels is enough." Her daughter's monthly silver is only three taels, how can she eat three months' worth of money with one meal? money?It's not about eating dragon liver and phoenix brain.

"There's still wine." Baochai smiled embarrassedly, "The last time the master asked me to buy him a drink, I was stingy and couldn't bear the money, so I only spent one and a half cents on a small altar the size of a palm, and he yelled that it wasn't enough Drink. There are a lot of people this time, so I, Solly, will be more generous and buy a big one to let him drink his fill."

It's better to be so drunk that she can't wake up, so she doesn't have to worry about Jia Yucun becoming immoral after drinking.

Xue couldn't help laughing, covered her mouth and smiled: "I don't care what kind of lawsuits you young couples have, the ten taels will be ten taels. Aunt Li in the kitchen is an honest person, remember to reward her some money for her hard work."

Yinger was afraid that there would be no time to prepare, so she rushed out to get the silver and handed it to Aunt Li.

In the evening, Aunt Li was busy for half the afternoon, and finally prepared a banquet table, which was placed in the room of Mrs. Song in the main courtyard. The wine and snacks were served first, and the hot dishes had to be served after Jia Yucun came back.

Mrs. Song didn't think money was vulgar because she had suffered a lot when she was young. When she heard that Baochai had made money, she was glad that she got a capable daughter-in-law.

Baochai went to invite Fan Jiaoxing to the table in person, and when she heard that Aunt Liu and Aunt Qiu could not come to the table, she ordered Yinger to go to the kitchen to prepare some good dishes and send them two jugs of hot wine.