every spring [comprehensive]

So Jia Lian said sternly again: "Actually, if sister Laibao thinks it's inappropriate, don't mind. Your second brother and I are a real person. I just say what I think."

Jia Lian waited for a long time before getting to the point.It turned out that he saw that Xue's family's business was booming, and seeing that there were no prosperous shops of her family in Yangzhou City, several of them were managed in less than a few days!And it was exactly the same as those in the capital. Of course, the money was spent like running water, and Jia Lian helped to handle some of the things.At this time, people didn't have the concept of chain, but it didn't prevent Jia Lian from seeing that it was a good thing.

Jia Lian admired her generosity and courage, and felt that with Baochai's skills, she would definitely be able to earn a lot of money, and those few companies in the capital were making money every day.So he wanted to invest some of his own money in Baochai's shop.

Baochai said with a smile, "I think it's something. So that's what happened. Even if Lian's second brother didn't say it, I would like to tell Sister Feng when it stabilizes. If you have private money, let it go for nothing." Also leave it here, put it here, I will guarantee you that the capital will not be lost, and you can also earn some pocket money."

Jia Lian was very happy: "So, my sister agrees."

Xue Baochai said: "Of course, what's the use of me earning so much money by myself, and I can spend it only limitedly. There is only one thing, your so-called personal money, must be known by my sister Feng, otherwise I dare not give it to you." You sell this loot."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, she knows about the safekeeping, otherwise I'm afraid you will go back and sue me."

Daiyu entrusted Jia Lian to take care of the family affairs, and never asked more questions, and only waited on Lin Ruhai's bedside every day.Because Baochai lives with Daiyu, and Lin Ruhai is her elder, she doesn't have to avoid it, so every day after finishing her own affairs, she would come over to have a look.

Lin Ruhai was also like Father Xue back then, he was already terminally ill and there was no cure, he was just dragging the time.

Baochai came many times, but Lin Ruhai was very impressed with Baochai. Today the two aunts went to see the decoction in person, and only Lin Daiyu was in front of Lin Ruhai.

Baochai arrived again, and after greeting Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai sat up with Daiyu's support, and said, "Don't be so polite, Yu'er has already told me about it, and thanks to you for the past few years at my grandmother's house." Her elder sister Bao took care of her, treated her like a real sister, and thought of her for all good things. I am really grateful to you....Unfortunately, my time is approaching, so I can't do more for you, I can only think about it After Xideng bliss, I will offer you a few more sticks of incense in front of the Buddha, and pray that you will be blessed and prosperous in your life."

Daiyu's eyes were already red when she heard this, with tears in them, she couldn't shed them, she was very pitiful.

Xue Baochai also felt uncomfortable when thinking about the time before Xue's father was about to pass away.It's just that their family is better, with Mrs. Xue here.Xue Pan is still a man even if the governor is a little late.And there is also the soul of this other world, so no one will really let people take away the family property.

But Lin Ruhai only had a single seedling like Lin Daiyu. After his death, no one would really love Lin Daiyu, and he would end up dying of illness early in his boudoir.Xue Baochai said: "I have a few words, in front of Uncle Lin, I don't know whether to say it or not, but even if you blame me for being too frivolous, it is for Daiyu's sake."

Lin Ruhai said: "Miss Bao is a well-informed person. It's about this time. If you see something, just tell me. I won't blame you. It's too late to thank you."

Lin Daiyu looked at her father and then at Baochai with almond eyes, and the two of them wanted to say something solemn.

Baochai said: "Uncle Lin entrusted Sister Lin to the grandmother's family. It is human nature. The grandmother and uncle's family are indeed the best home after leaving their parents. It's just that the Jia family has a big business and must maintain the past. It is decent, but it also has its own difficulties.”

Lin Ruhai was thoughtful, Baochai paused for a while, and continued: "There are so many servants, too many people, and our girl has a very high temperament. You have to think about it in your heart for many days, whether it is better to live under the fence than to stay in your own home. What I want to say is that I think that no matter how many outsiders are entrusted to you, it is better to let my sister stand up on her own. The worst thing is that Uncle Lin will also leave some for her. Hand body, if it is really entrusted to someone else, or if there is any accident, it will not let the good lady waiter be bullied by people's face, right?"

Lin Ruhai was able to become a high official in the imperial court, an imperial envoy handpicked by the emperor, his brains are extremely clever, so he could see through it naturally, he asked Daiyu: "There are people who bully you, and even the servants look down on you, why don't you think so? Don't tell your father!"

Lin Daiyu looked at Baochai, and quickly said: "It's not really a bully, but you know I'm a bit petty, Daddy. I was at my grandmother's house and never treated me badly. Everything is the same as their girls. , how can you not be too disgusted with that villain once in a while!"

Although it was only a few words, Lin Ruhai could still hear that Daiyu was not living well there. He was still like this when he was alive. The family property has not been inherited, and there is no financial foundation. How much grievances must this girl in my family have to suffer!He couldn't help but looked at Baochai gratefully: "Thanks to the girl for reminding me, otherwise, I wouldn't have thought so carefully about Yu'er."

Baochai said: "It's nothing, Uncle Lin loves daughters so much, sooner or later he will get it, I'm just reminding you in vain.

At this time, Lin Ruhai's aunt brought the medicine for him to drink, and just after drinking the medicine, she began to close her eyes and meditate.Everyone stopped disturbing, Xue Baochai said goodbye and came out, Lin Daiyu and Baochai came out together, and said: "I have nothing to learn from my father about the Jia family, otherwise I am afraid that he will get angry and get sicker. I don't mean to blame my sister." , It’s no use just talking or not, it just makes him worry more.”

Xue Baochai said: "Silly girl, you may think that the things that have troubled you for a long time will pass after you bear with it, but often this kind of trouble will become worse, and adults have their own ways, don't worry, Uncle Lin has heard these things, absolutely Don't worry, he will only take care of all your worries."

Lin Ruhai has handed over all the movable and real estate to Jia Lian to deal with the sale.The richness of the Lin family is far greater than what Jia Lian, Mrs. Wang and others predicted.

Lin Ruhai searched for it for a day. When he was in good spirits and could sit up, he called Jia Lian, and in front of Baochai and Daiyu, he handed Jia Lian a silver note of 10 taels, and said, "Lian'er , you help me give this bank note to your old lady, Daiyu's food and clothing expenses before she got married, don't let Jia's family spend too much money."

Jia Lian was very surprised, Lin Ruhai secretly handed over to him the property of the Lin family to take back much more than this, why did he take out the [-] bank note so solemnly?

Seeing that Baochai and Daiyu were also at the side, he understood in his heart that Uncle Lin purposely handed over the money under Baochai's witness to reassure Lin Daiyu.

Jia Lian said: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, after I go back, I will definitely hand over my sister's living expenses to the old lady in front of everyone, and let Miss Bao be there to testify."

Lin Ruhai nodded in relief, "Thank you for your hard work." After saying this, he couldn't bear it any longer and asked them all to go out.

After a few days, Lin Ruhai died. All the funerals were handled by Jia Lian, and the people from the Lin family were all handled by him.

Lin Daiyu had already cried to the point of tears, and Baochai stayed by her side to comfort and enlighten her, lest she make herself sick from crying.

Lin Daiyu whispered to Baochai, "Before my father passed away, he gave me a collection of poems, which contained 20 taels of silver bills, as well as the land deeds of the ancestral house in Suzhou and the family land used for sacrifices. The rest of the family property has already been handed over to Jia's mansion by Lian's second brother. In the future, it will be used as... I married to Jia's dowry, this 20 taels of silver, and other family properties. Don't tell anyone, including me... in the future. It's better to put it away for a rainy day."

Xue Baochai nodded, indicating that she understood, and asked her to put away the collection of poems.Before Lin Ruhai died, there must be a letter to Jia Mu, and she made an arrangement for Daiyu and Baoyu's marriage.Lin Ruhai didn't intend to hide it from Daiyu, so he told her first.

However, it is hard to say whether the Jia family will fulfill their promise after receiving the money, and it can only be seen after the fact.

After Lin Ruhai left, Sister Lin became an orphan completely. It is better to have the 20 taels of silver and the land deed than nothing. At least Sister Lin can straighten her back in Jia's mansion and say: I have been useless since I was a child. Jia's house is one cent and one tael of silver.

With that 10 taels, let alone one, it is enough to raise a few more Miss Gongfu.

Moreover, today Lin Daiyu and Baochai told Baochai about the marriage that her father had arranged for Baoyu. It was also a confession of a knot in her heart, and she used a cautious strategy to demarcate the territory first.Daiyu knew that after Baochai knew about this, she would definitely not have anything to do with Baoyu in future marriages. From then on, her mood should not be too depressed, worrying about gains and losses.

After the affairs of the Lin family were settled, Jia Lian took Daiyu to help Lin Ruhai's coffin to be buried in the Lin family's old house in Suzhou. During this period, Baochai seized the opportunity to busy herself with her own affairs, because she knew that the Jia family was about to have a storm. She is very rich, so she will send someone to call Jia Lian back soon, and if she has not finished her affairs by then, she will have to leave by herself.

Baochai inspected all the industries along the way as he wished, and opened a few more shops under the name of the Xue family in the bustling city.As long as these are properly managed without any major mistakes, it will be enough to ensure that the Xue family will have no worries about food and clothing in the future.

Of course, where there is sunshine, there is also a dark side, and there are also people who cheat and enrich their own pockets, or use the name of the Xue family to commit crimes. Baochai will never tolerate this kind of thing, and will use thunder to kill one He doesn't think about the relationship between master and servant for many years, which can be regarded as a warning to the other stewards of the Xue family.

Sure enough, when Jia Lian and his party were still in Suzhou, news came from the capital that Yuan Chun, the eldest daughter of the Jia family, had been named a virtuous concubine.

In fact, there was a bigger piece of news before that. It didn’t need someone from Beijing to report it, but the whole country knew that the emperor who had been in power for 61 years had passed away!

The new emperor is Prince Yong, the fourth son of the previous emperor, which caught the eye of many people, because in the later period of the holy ancestor, Kowloon seized the throne, and the princes and elder brothers all tried their best. Prince Yong was not the most popular prince, nor was he the most active. The prince, even offended many ministers before, is a lonely king.No one thought that the real dragon emperor would be him.

This caught many people off guard, including the Jia family in the capital, because the Jia family had never belonged to Prince Yong's faction, and in every dynasty, courtiers would inevitably form cliques for personal gain.

Fortunately, during this national filial piety period, Jia Lian was also helping the elders to hold the coffin, and those who needed to be avoided happened to be together. He was thinking that the prince was in charge, and his family would keep a low profile from now on.Unexpectedly, within a few days, there would be such great news that their Jia family had a noble concubine!

After Jia Lian finished Lin Ruhai's funeral in a hurry, he hurried back to Beijing with Daiyu and Baochai.

On the way back, Baochai had a lot of things to deal with even in the carriage, so he used the carriage as an office.Lin Daiyu's father's new funeral was just when she was in tears. When Baochai saw her, he gave her some work that needed to be sorted out to distract her.

Lin Daiyu is an extremely smart girl. After entrusting these things to her, she got started very quickly, and soon became Baochai's right-hand man. Baochai's workload dropped sharply, and Daiyu was able to distract her energy to show off her beauty. .

Sometimes Xue Baochai would tell Daiyu some insider tips by the way, telling her that these economic matters are actually related to the housekeeper's affairs, but the housekeeper's affairs are more detailed and complicated, but the principles are the same. After understanding this, when Daiyu gets married and becomes a housekeeper, it will not be difficult for her.

In fact, when a girl grows up, if the mother in the family pays attention to it, she will generally teach her about housekeeping, so that she will not be able to manage the house in other people's homes in the future, and will be deceived by the servants, or be looked down upon by the mother-in-law and not hand over the power of the housekeeper.

Lin Daiyu lost her mother when she was young, and she was fostered in Jia's mansion. No one told her about it. Now that Baochai taught her this, although she was not the right age, she was like a loving mother. Tears filled her eyes again.Baochai felt very innocent, and wondered what happened to her again, which made her cry again.

Seeing Baochai's expression, Lin Daiyu couldn't help laughing again.

Xue Baochai joked: "Crying and laughing at the same time, this is the good demeanor of our Miss Lin! Fortunately, there are no outsiders, otherwise people would think they met a crazy woman!"

In the inner house of Jia's mansion in the capital, Jia Baoyu lay on the bed, listless all day long, and didn't go out to play. His maid, Sheyue, teased him: "Our eldest lady has appointed a concubine, and the whole house is so happy. Why don't you have a smile on your face when you are a real brother?"

Another maid, Qingwen, jokingly said, "He, he was thinking about Sister Lin, not to mention that our eldest lady has become a concubine, even if he has become an emperor, he looks like this too!"

Qiuwen said: "Are you thinking about my sister, or about my sister? Don't forget, there is a sister Bao who goes out with sister Lin!"

Lying on the bed, Jia Baoyu listened to these girls teasing, and replied casually: "Sisters and sisters can't be together, what's the point of being alone!"

Although Jia Baoyu lived with the old lady, reports of what happened in his room naturally spread to Mrs. Wang. Before evening, Mrs. Wang heard these words, and she felt a little angry.

She always knew that Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu were very close, different from others, but after walking for more than half a year, Jia Baoyu didn't even think about eating or drinking!

And the maids even joked about putting Bao girl and Lin girl together, how could Lin girl compare with Bao girl!I've been ill all day long, like a bamboo pole that is about to fall when the wind blows.

It's one thing to be the daughter-in-law of one's relatives, but it's another thing to be her own daughter-in-law!

Which mother-in-law is willing to find a sick Xi Shi back!What's more, when Lin Daiyu's mother Jia Min was in her boudoir, she had always been a bit dirty with Mrs. Wang, how could Mrs. Wang like her daughter!

After Mrs. Wang was angry with herself for a while, she thought about asking Baoyu's nanny Li Nanny to go to Baoyu's room and beat his maids one by one, so that if they dare to talk nonsense, they will all be sent out!

Baochai and Daiyu's carriage entered the capital, and after entering Rongning Street, they entered the mansion together with Jia Lian through the main gate.When everyone got the news, they all knew that they were coming back today, so they all gathered in Jiamu's room.Mrs. Xue knew that Baochai had always understood etiquette, and she would definitely come to Jia's mansion to see her today, so she came to wait at the mansion, lest her daughter, who was tired from traveling and traveling, had to run away in a hurry to see her.

Jia Mu pulled Lin Daiyu to cry again, and Jia Lian presented the 10 taels of silver note to Jia Mu in front of everyone, and relayed Lin Ruhai's last words. Living expenses, Mrs. Xing, Youshi, Li Wan and others couldn't help stretching their necks to look at the bank note. They had never seen such a large denomination of money.

Wang Xifeng couldn't help but sneer at their stupid looks who were open to money.Although she also loves money, she won't make it so obvious like their ignorant ones. Besides, the money still entered the official court under Jia Mu's signal, and it was still transferred to her, Wang Xifeng, for support, and others would touch it. Can't touch the edge.

Mrs. Xing said: "Oh, Mrs. Lin is really generous. How much can Daiyu's family eat and use! Such a large sum of money is enough for her to eat and use for decades!"

Mrs. Wang said: "What the eldest lady said is a bit outrageous. Don't tell me the girl doesn't need to marry when she grows up, who will live in her mother's house for decades."

Mrs. Xing saw Jia's mother's face darkened, and said quickly: "Oh, look at me, I'm a clumsy tongue, I don't know how to speak flatteringly, so I'm just telling the truth, I mean Mrs. Lin is too She's been a heretic, and Miss Lin is at her grandfather's uncle's house, so it's not right for us to raise her well, and we specially asked Lian'er to bring so much money." At the end, she was so happy that she couldn't hold her tongue from ear to ear, as always Since then, people in Jia's mansion will be more polite to Lin Daiyu for the sake of so much money.

Someone else jokingly said a few words, Jia Mu's face was always a little pale, because she knew that the Lin family should have more than this little money, so why did Lin Ruhai ask Jia Lian Baba to ask for living expenses in front of everyone? I feel that the Jia family has treated Miss Lin badly, so I want to go through the road of enlightenment, but now that the person has passed away, there is no need to pursue these things anymore.

Mother Jia asked Daiyu and Baochai some more about the road, and then let everyone disperse.After Xue Baochai distributed the official ceremony prepared on the way to various places, he followed Mrs. Xue back to Lixiangyuan.

After going back, there is naturally good news waiting for her. It turns out that after the fourth prince ascended the throne, the thirteenth prince Yinxiang conferred the title of Prince He Shuoyi.

Xue Pan never dreamed that he could be an official, and he was a high-ranking official. Xue Pan was very proud, and was waiting for his sister to come back to show off and let her praise her.

After hearing this, Xue Baochai said: "A sixth-rank official is only a little bigger than a sesame seed, so don't get carried away with it. It stands to reason, brother, you have nothing to do, because the thirteenth master and the current emperor are sympathetic, so you can seal such an official." As an official, in the future, you must always think about serving with loyalty and dedication, and you are worthy of this official position."

Xue Pan said proudly: "Don't worry, if you don't sit, you're fine. Now that I have this position, I'm thinking about how to secure it, and I have to find a way to get promoted." He said to Mrs. Xue: "Mother, You imperial lady, I earned it back for you, and our grades may change in the future!"

Mrs. Xue was already grinning from ear to ear, her daughter came back, and her son became an official again, so there was nothing worth worrying about.So he ordered the kitchen to be ready for dinner. The family hadn't had a good meal together for a long time, which was a welcome for Baochai.

After dinner, Baochai asked Xue Pan again: "Where does my brother need to be on duty now?" Xue Pan said, "I haven't officially taken up the post yet. Master Thirteen means that I will go to Daying in the suburbs of Beijing in two days." Xue Baochai He murmured: "Alright, since you are a military officer, you will naturally go to the camp to experience it."

Xue Pan said: "The Thirteenth Lord also means the same thing."

Baochai looked at his body and said, "It's a pity that my brother didn't practice martial arts since he was a child. He only has some fighting skills. I'm afraid he won't be able to stand up in the camp."

Xue Pan scratched his head and said, "So what should I do? I don't think there will be a few servants in the camp. If there is a real fight, I will suffer."

Xue Baochai rolled his eyes at him, and said: "Who told you to really fight, how many servants do you want to take with you? I forgot the lesson of almost beating someone to death last time! I'm afraid that you won't be good at martial arts, and you won't be able to convince the crowd. They entered the camp, and they are also the last class!"

Hearing what Baochai said, Xue Pan suddenly realized: "That's right, sister, what should I do? Is there still time for me to find a master to practice martial arts?"