The Hulk of the Red Chamber

That night, Lin Daiyu thought a lot.Smart people are the easiest to think too much, and Lin Daiyu is a person with more thoughts than Bi Gan, and after hearing these things suddenly, she couldn't help but not think too much.In all fairness, when it comes to Lin Ruhai's issue, the Jia family's death is nothing more than seeing death, but Lin Daiyu doesn't think so. She even thinks that the reason why Lin Ruhai refused to have more contact with the Jia family after entering Beijing is because he was in Beijing. In Yangzhou, the Jia family also took action, so that when Lin Ruhai died, and she, the only blood of the Lin family, was in their hands, they could embezzle the property of the Lin family in a reasonable and reasonable manner.

In just a few months, Lin Daiyu suffered the biggest shock in her life. The relatives she thought she was close to were the murderers who killed her father and even her mother. Lin Daiyu matured overnight. She is not a radical person. After all, the Jia family It's still her grandparent's house, so she can't be cruel, so she can only let go and just be a passerby in the future.As a child, caught in the middle, unable to avenge his father, naturally he should fulfill his father's last wish, live well, and don't let the Lin family lose their incense.

After making a decision, Lin Daiyu began to recuperate at ease. The recuperation for so many years has indeed played a big role. Once she has the desire to survive, and the historian can afford good medicine, Lin Daiyu soon recovered. After the doctor had no problem, Shi Hong and the others set foot on the return journey by water again.

The life on the canal is very boring. Even in March and April, the scenery on both sides of the canal is similar, and Shi Hong doesn't have much romantic thoughts. Therefore, most of the time he stays in the cabin, reads books, Sometimes I talk to Lin Daiyu.

On this day, Shi Hong was playing chess with Lin Daiyu. Lin Daiyu was of a good standard, but she lacked the will to win. Shi Hong was not much different from Lin Daiyu in this respect. Therefore, the two could be regarded as rivals in chess, and a game could kill a long time .

On this day, Lin Daiyu asked someone to fetch the spring water from Guanyin Spring in Gusu, and cooked tea in the cabin. Unlike Shi Hong who had been concentrating on imperial examinations for so many years, Lin Daiyu was quite proficient in many miscellaneous studies, and now she was doing it with her own hands. While cooking tea, he told Shi Hong about Lu Yu's "The Classic of Tea".

Shi Hong has also read "The Classic of Tea", but on this point, his taste is limited to the quality of the tea leaves, which must be more obvious, but he can't tell the quality of the water. Hearing Lin Daiyu say what kind of water goes with tea, and how particular about the cups to use, she couldn't help but click her tongue, and said with a smile: "Compared with Yue'an, I'm really a layman among laymen. What I usually drink is tea. It's just swill!"

Lin Daiyu was teased by Shi Hong's exaggerated tone, and she pursed her lips and smiled: "What is Zijia talking about? I just play with these things at home when I have nothing to do. It's just for entertainment. It's not really a skill. Besides, Living in this world, who is not an ordinary person!" Speaking of this, Lin Daiyu secretly sighed in her heart.

Shi Hong appreciated Lin Daiyu's words very much. Perhaps, the lonely and innocent Lin Daiyu in the book was actually just because of her helplessness. Under such an environment, there was nothing he could do, so he could only use a mask of aloofness to cover up his despair.

While talking, the tea was already ready. Lin Daiyu held the teapot and poured a cup of tea for each of them, and they drank slowly together. Then, the cabin door was opened, Xueyan came in from the outside, saluted the two, and then handed over the tea. He posted a greeting card and said: "Master, grandma, the Xue family's boat is ahead, and someone sent a message over there, saying that they want to pay respects to grandpa and grandma."

"Xue's family?" Shi Hong took the greeting card, which was signed by Xue Biao, he frowned, who is Xue Biao?Having been in this world for so many years, Shi Hong can hardly remember which twelve Jinling Beauties are, let alone some supporting roles who have not played many times.

Seeing that Shi Hong looked a little confused, Xue Yan hurriedly said: "I heard from the housekeeper that he is the son of the second room of the Xue family, and he is cousin to that uncle Pan of the Xue family!"

Shi Hong thought for a while and asked, "What happened to Xue Biao?"

Xueyan is just here to pass on a message, how can I know what is going on.When Shi Hong saw this, he asked Xue Yan to accompany Lin Daiyu to talk, and went out of the cabin by himself, and went to the bow to find the butler Lin Rong. Yes, some of the servants were let out, but a few capable stewards remained. After all, they still had to take care of the rest of the Lin family's property and hand it over to the next head of the Lin family.

Lin Rong was originally a reserve of the Lin family's steward. Xue Biao saw the mark of the historian on the ship and found out who it was. I inquired clearly about the specific situation.He understands that now his future is not only in the hands of Lin Daiyu, in the final analysis, it is still in the hands of Shi Hong, the son-in-law, and the future little master also has the blood of the Shi family!What's more, before that, Shi Hong and his wife had to take care of the Lin family's property. Although Lin Daiyu was smart, she was a woman after all and didn't know much about the outside world. However, although Shi Hong was a scholar , but it's not something uncommon, it's very shrewd, and it's not easy to fool. If I want to be the butler of the Lin family, I naturally need to please Shi Hong first.Therefore, when Shi Hong asked, he was extraordinarily attentive.

"Going back to my aunt, at Xue's house, that Uncle Pan is not good for business. Although he still holds the title of an imperial merchant, he just goes to the household department to collect money and food every year. When starting a business, he can It was said to be a mess, so last year, he called Erfang to come to Beijing to help. Now many of the Xue family's business has been handed over to the second master scorpion, that is, to run errands around with the second master scorpion as a steward. But Compared with Xue Pan, Xue Biao is shrewd. While doing business for the big house, he also uses the name of the imperial merchant to do some business on his own! This time, Xue Biao is going to Fujian to buy seafood. Escorting the cargo ship and rushing back, it happened to meet our family's ship, so I wanted to say hello!"

Shi Hong thought for a while, he was really not very familiar with the Xue family, and he felt a little disgusted with Xue Pan and his family, so he hesitated for a while, and then said: "Listen to you, this Xue Biao is quite a character, see you later Just see it!"

In Shi Hong's eyes, if Xue Pan didn't change his original temperament, he would either lose his head or be exiled for thousands of miles in this life, so he might not be able to wear the title of imperial merchant for long.It's just that although Xue Pan is a fool, he can't do any bad things that will harm the whole family. In this way, even if Xue Bian can't be the patriarch of the Xue family in the future, he should still have some status in the clan.The Xue family has been in business for hundreds of years, not to mention the accumulated money, the key is the business route. The historian is also doing business in the south, even if they will not have a relationship with the Xue family for the time being, but there will inevitably be overlaps in the future.Saying hello at this moment is not troublesome, and it can be regarded as a good relationship.

Shi Hong had met Xue Pan a few times before, and his impression of him was that he was big and round, with too much fat on his face to create a sloppy face, which gave a bad first impression.Xue Biao looked like a well-mannered young man, and he was more like a scholar than a businessman. Compared with Xue Pan, he was more self-aware. Of course, this was also because he didn't have Wang Ziteng as his uncle.

As soon as Xue Biao came in, he put his posture very low, and came up with a long bow: "I have seen Mr. Shi!"

"Second Master Xue is too polite, please sit down!" No matter what, this statement made people feel comfortable, and Shi Hong didn't put on airs, said with a smile, and ordered people to serve tea.

Xue Biao didn't hold back either. He had been anxious before, for fear that Shi Hong would reject him sternly. After all, the Xue family didn't have much contact with the Shi family before, and even his aunt and cousin broke up when they went to the Shi family. It was Erfang's nephew, but Shi Hong agreed, so he was overjoyed.He picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and his eyes lit up: "Good tea, this is this year's Mingqian Longjing!"

Shi Hong nodded: "It is the Mingqian Longjing!" This was sent over by Hangzhou Weaving in Gusu. Although the first-class Mingqian Longjing is a tribute, not all of them will be paid. Every tea garden will leave some, and Hangzhou Weaving is now cooperating with historians. Therefore, after knowing that Shi Hong is going south, he asked someone to send the new tea just released to Shi Hong.The first-class ones weigh only half a catty, but there are quite a few second-class ones. Shi Hong just asked someone to bring them to treat Xue Biao.

Xue Biao was determined that there was an unspoken rule for everything these days. Since Shi Hong asked someone to take this year's Mingqian Longjing, even if it was not first-class, it was second-class. In this way, Shi Hong still treats himself It is considered important, so the attitude is much more natural.

Xue Biao has indeed read a lot of books. According to him, he wanted to take the imperial examination back then, but his talents were limited. Housekeeping.When he approached Shi Hong this time, he wanted not only to see if he could establish a relationship with Shi Hong, but also to inquire about the Shi family's textile factory in the south of the Yangtze River.Compared with the Xue family and the Jia family, Xue Biao has better news. As an imperial merchant, the Xue family is responsible for clothing materials and some relatively low-end jewelry, such as palace flowers, and Xue Biao is responsible for purchasing all year round. Naturally, we know that historians have hooked up with Hangzhou Weaving and Suzhou Weaving, and the textile mills have been built. Xue Biao even bought some, and found that although they are not as good as first-class brocades, those brocades are also extremely fine and exquisite, especially the output. The price is extremely high, and the price is more than [-]% lower than the market price, but most of them are directly shipped overseas, which has not affected the weaving workshops in the south of the Yangtze River for the time being.

Xue Biao realized that this was a very lucrative thing, so he bought it at a low price, and when it was shipped to Chang'an, it cost a lot of money. His sister Xue Baoqin booked Mei Hanlin's house. It's just a businessman. If it wasn't for the kindness between his father and the Mei family back then, Xue Baoqin would not be able to get married. He is only Xue Baoqin's sister. Time, by helping Xue Pan, I brought a lot of private goods with me. After arriving in Chang'an, I sold them cheaply and made a good profit.At the beginning, Xue Biao still felt a little sorry for the uncle's family, but later found that Xue Pan and the others simply treated his cousin as the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper still had a stable salary, and he didn't even have this Every time he handed over the account, the eldest aunt was still quite suspicious of him. After a few times, Xue Biao's heart became cold, and he felt at ease when he got involved.

The author has something to say: It’s already May, and I’m striving for [-] shifts a day, so I’ll be on full duty once at least.