Mrs. Xing of the Red Chamber

Madam Xue nodded and said:

"Well, Baochai will handle these things with your housekeeper, and the steward just now, he is also good. After the mansion is sold, the yard is too small to accommodate so many people. You and the housekeeper will take care of it together. Those servants of the Xue family should also deal with it, sell what should be sold, and compensate a little money for those who have meritorious service, return the deed of sale to them, and let them go!"

"Well, that's the only way to deal with it first."

Thinking of seeing Xue Pan tomorrow, Mrs. Xue was very excited, and quickly asked the servants who were waiting outside to come in, and discussed with Xue Baochai what food and supplies to bring to Xue Pan tomorrow.

How painful it is to live in the prison, Xue Baochai has the final say on this, she and the rest of the Jia family have survived more than a month in the prison.

Based on his own experience in prison, Xue Baochai quickly made a list of all the things that were missing in the prison. It was not enough to think that only three of them would be able to visit in the prison tomorrow. If there were too many things, they would not be able to bring them with them. , can only pick up the main one and bring it over.

After tidying up, Xue Baochai remembered the eldest wife who also went out to find a way today, and said:

"Only three people will be allowed in the prison tomorrow. After this time, I don't know if those people will be able to agree to the next visit. Tomorrow, my mother and I will definitely go in to see my brother. Then only The next spot is for the rest of the Jia family."

With so many people, I feel that only one quota is given to them, which seems a bit small, but no matter Mrs. Xue or Xue Baochai, they will not give up their quota.

Mrs. Xue said very confidently:

"Originally, our Xue family got these quotas back. Being able to give them one is considered to be very caring for them. If we let them go by themselves, they may not be able to get a single quota. Besides, the people in the Jia family are all Eat ours and live ours, do they dare to resent us for not getting enough places for them?"

Xue Baochai just hesitated for a while, and didn't think about changing her mind, and said in agreement:

"Well, mother, what you said makes sense. Let's visit my brother tomorrow. After I finish talking with my brother, I will go to see my mother-in-law and Wang Xifeng. Otherwise, Baoyu will definitely be very worried about my mother-in-law. As a daughter-in-law, it is also right to go and see her."

Mrs. Xue said a little dissatisfied:

"It's true that my elder sister is living a good life, but she insists on doing some taboo things. Now she has been demoted to slavery and has been registered in the government. She is an official slave, and people want to buy her back. It is impossible to help her get rid of her slave status, and it is also pitiful."

It hasn't been too long since Xue Baochai married into Jia's family, and the Rongguo Mansion was ransacked. There hasn't been a big conflict with Mrs. Wang, who is both her aunt and her mother-in-law, but she doesn't have much affection. ,

Who told her that soon after she got married, her mother-in-law almost proposed Jia Baoyu as an aunt, for fear that Baoyu would get too close to her.

If I hadn't insisted on not agreeing, and asked my mother to talk to her, mentioning the large sum of money she borrowed from Xue's family, then I would let my mother-in-law take a break for Jia Baoyu to take a concubine Otherwise, I don't know what to do with my life.

Mrs. Xue thought that all the things that could be sold by the Xue family would be sold, so she said regretfully:

"It's a pity that the large sum of money that I borrowed from my sister before is now in vain. If the money is still there, why would our Xue family need to sell their ancestral property?"

It was a pity for Xue Baochai to think about it. If the Rongguo Mansion did not collapse, with the money borrowed from the Xue family as an introduction, his life would not be too bad, and his brother and himself would not have to be arrested. went to prison.

It's useless to think about these now, it's better to think of something useful to make your life better in the future, Xue Baochai has never been a person who will always hang his head down.

Xue Baochai said with an expression of sympathy or gloating:

"When my mother-in-law and Wang Xifeng are sold, we must find a way to redeem the two of them, otherwise we will let them serve as slaves to other people's families, and we don't know how people will laugh at us!

It's a pity that even if they are redeemed, they can no longer live the good life they used to be served by others. Those people in the government and the neighborhood will watch, and all official slaves will be slaves after they are redeemed. What we should do should not be served by others,

Otherwise, we may be reported. Not only will we be fined a large sum of money, but the official slaves will also be pulled back by the government and sold again! "

Mrs. Xue felt a little sorry for her sister when her daughter said this, and said:

"Yeah, I used to envy my sister for marrying so well, being supported by the Rongguo Mansion, and being the wife of the family. Her life is much better than that of a widow like me. Looking at it now, how can I expect her to live a successful life for the rest of her life?" so!"

The two felt sorry for Mrs. Wang and the others for a while, and it was considered to have exposed the slander. Now their energy is mainly focused on exonerating Xue Pan, and other things have to be moved back.

Xue Baochai asked a maid to tell the Jia family that a person could visit him in the prison tomorrow, and then went to deal with the matters of the Xue family.

On Li Mo's side, she was dressed in very ordinary clothes, and she was unremarkable among the crowd. Once she came out of Xue's house, she paid close attention to her surroundings and walked around a few times to make sure that no one was following her.

Li Mo went to a house he had arranged, asked his subordinates about what happened outside these days, and asked them to help him pay attention to Jia She and their days of exile.

And redeem Xiaoyin and Qiuhe, who are still in the prison, and send Rang to serve him after he settles down.

After making these arrangements, Li Mo came out of the house, went to a medium-sized restaurant and ordered a large table of dishes. He ordered everything he wanted these days, had a good meal, and expressed his condolences. After comforting himself, he went out again.

After stepping on a few points carefully, after making sure that nothing went wrong with the things he had arranged before, he relaxed. Anyway, there is no shortage of time now, and Li Mo has time to take a good look around these lively places in the capital. .

Seeing people coming and going on the street, just like the bustling scene in the past, Li Mo made sure that no one would know and follow him, so he walked around the street very freely.

Those kebabs, snacks, pastries, and some specialties of the capital that smelled particularly delicious, Li Mo bought everything that Li Mo thought was delicious and fun, and he wanted to buy it.

Those vendors and shopkeepers are very happy. They like Li Mo the most. Customers who only want to like them, don’t ask the price, and don’t care about every detail. Besides, Li Mo buys a lot of each one. In the end, he really can’t take it. At that time, you can only hire a carriage to install it.

After Li Mo had been shopping on the street for about two hours and bought a lot of things, he looked at the time and felt that it was almost time for him to come out, so he gave up.

Now that there is plenty of money in the space, Li Mo no longer has to worry about running out of money. He can buy whatever he wants, as long as it doesn’t make people feel too weird.

When Li Mo got on the horse, he realized that he accidentally lost a large cart of things, not counting the part that Li Mo had hidden in the space.

Seeing so many things, it's not good to go back to Xue's house directly. It's better to find a place for the coachman to help unload the things in the carriage. After you put it away, go back to Xue's house!

After thinking about it, I seem to have a small courtyard near the city gate in the capital, so let's stop there for a while.

After making the decision, Li Mo said to the driver who was driving outside:

"Master, drive the carriage to the gate of the yard with a sweet-scented osmanthus tree growing beside it in Xicheng Hutong in the north of the capital!"

It seems that there are places where some people live better lives. The place is quiet, and many scholars especially like to choose such a place to live.

The coachman saw Li Mo's enthusiasm for shopping just now, and guessed that Li Mo must live there. People with a more relaxed family must have a very good life, otherwise they wouldn't be able to buy so many things without restraint like this.

The coachman responded very neatly and said:

"Hey, ma'am, don't worry, I've been driving a carriage in this capital for several years, and I've already become familiar with the road. Just don't worry, it won't take long for me to get there."

Li Mo sat in the carriage, and after answering, he put some things that were not obvious into the space first, and other obvious things had to wait.

Sure enough, it took more than a quarter of an hour, as the driver said, we arrived very quickly.

Li Mo pretended to take out the key from his sleeve, opened the locked gate, asked the coachman to help move things into the gate, gave a few copper coins as a tip, and then closed the gate.