[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

After talking for a while, Luochun felt thirsty. Although the tea from Xue's family tasted bad just now, she couldn't care less now and drank it while pinching her nose.The bitterness in her mouth made her miss the tea at the tea stand. Although the tea at the tea stand was not very good when she rested before entering the city, it was at least better than this one. When the Xue family came, what they drank was not as good as this.

Just when Luochun was muttering inwardly that he was looking for something to suffer, Jia Lian came back from the outside, and when he entered the room, he saw Luochun and Liu Xianglian's complexion suddenly changed, and asked anxiously: "But what happened at home?"

Luo Chun was taken aback by the question, but immediately reacted, and hurriedly said: "No, Second Brother Lian, don't worry, everything is fine at home. The reason why Second Brother Liu and I came here is because Second Brother Liu heard that Second Brother Lian is in the house of my aunt. Because there is no inside story here, the second brother Lian has never dealt with such a thing before, and he may not know, so I came here to let you know." Then, the court detailed the matter of the prisoner's distribution and exile. Tell Jia Lian about it.

Jia Lian slapped his thigh when he heard this, and said, "Oh, it's a good thing you came and told me, otherwise, wouldn't I have worked so hard all these days in vain, and that's all. If you really have an accident, auntie, how do you let me live?" Do you want to go?"

These days, he abandoned his family and business, begged his grandpa to sue his ancestors, and ran back and forth with great effort, thinking that he had managed to get things done in a hurry. If Luochun said so, he would just treat Xue The whole family was sent on the way to the northwest, but it turned out that they were indeed sent to the "Gate of Ghosts". Does this make Jia Lian's feelings embarrassing?Thinking about it, I feel uncomfortable.

"Fortunately, I still treat these grandchildren with all my heart and soul. I want them to take care of my aunt and the others on the road. I don't know how much wine I bought them. I didn't expect that these people turned out to be a pit that couldn't be filled. Hiding with me Mindful, full of lies to perfunctory me here! The water in here is so fucking black!" Jia Lian often took money from Aunt Xue to help with the management these days, and now he said this, besides complaining, He also confessed that he didn't take the money and didn't work, but that the other party was cunning.

When Xue's family first entered Beijing earlier, Aunt Xue put on a big face, but in fact, since her husband passed away, her son couldn't afford to take care of the family, and the family property was gradually depleted.Although the Xue family has the word "Emperor", after all, it is a business family. In the shopping malls, there are those who get rich overnight, and those who go bankrupt and become destitute overnight. Coupled with the fact that there are still a few loyal family members who are barely supporting the business, but the family situation is gradually not looking like the old year, and it is not enough to make ends meet every month. In addition, Xue Pan makes money like dirt and spends a lot. Aunt Xue is not A person who doesn't know the way of the world, seeing this situation, unconsciously becomes stingy.It's just that she came from a wealthy family. Although she is stingy, she still needs to have the appearance and decency she should have, and she is very willing to spend money on matters involving her two children. In addition, at that time, the mansion There is also Mrs. Xing for comparison, so no one noticed Aunt Xue's "little problem".

Luochun is because of reading the book, knowing that Xiangling accidentally stained the pomegranate skirt on her body when she was fighting grass with others. After Baoyu saw it, she said that Aunt Xue's mouth was broken, and she often said that you don't know how to live, and you will only suffer Things, I don't know how to cherish blessings.Regardless of whether Xiangling bought it or snatched it, it is the Xue family, and Aunt Xue is an elder. Even if Baoyu learns the tongue, the words have been modified many times, but the general meaning will not change.How much is a dress worth?And it was sent by others.

Furthermore, the Xue family boasted all day long that they were rich and had millions of dollars, but when they went to Beijing, how many family members did they bring with them?Even if it was because of the inconvenience of the journey, all the servants in the family were sent away, but after arriving in the capital and settling down, there was no increase or decrease.Especially Baochai, there was only Yinger who followed her. Later, when Xue Pan was beaten and hid under the pretext of doing business, Aunt Xue remembered that it might not be enough for Yinger to serve her daughter alone. He was thinking of buying another girl for her. At that time, the Jia family had already begun to show a downhill situation. As a result, after talking for a long time, there was no movement. How much is it to buy a talent?No matter how big the cowhide the Xue family is blowing, it can be seen from some twigs and leaves.

The Xue family, Xue Pan, was arrested, the qualifications of the imperial merchant were disqualified, and Aunt Xue moved out with Baochai. Although Luochun didn't know how her life was going, she could guess a thing or two from what she saw today.Just now Luochun thought of Xiangling, only then realized that she had never seen Xiangling, where did she go?Could it be that he was dismissed too?But Xiangling is different from ordinary servants, she was given to Xue Pan as a concubine by Aunt Xue's famous banquet, so Aunt Xue wouldn't just dismiss her so casually, right?

To be honest, with Xue's family and Xue Pan's current state, even if Xue Pan survived, if he wanted to marry a wife in the future, it would be difficult for even a poor girl from a small family.It's better to keep Xiangling, don't say anything about concubines, the Xue family is no longer qualified to let Xue Pan spend a lot of time, so the two of them just make do with it, and the Xue family can save a fortune for getting married .But the premise of this is that Xiangling still stays at Xue's house.Although he wanted to know if Xiang Ling was still in Xue's house, Luo Chun suppressed his curiosity and didn't ask.

When Baochai was in Jia's mansion, he was known for his thoughtfulness and tact, so when he heard Jia Lian's exclamation, he understood for a while that his words meant to express himself, so he hurriedly said, "Look at what Lian's second brother said. , our two families are real relatives. At the beginning, my mother called the second brother Lian over and handed over the elder brother's affairs to you because she trusted the second brother Lian. Now things have gone wrong, not because the second brother Lian was incapable of handling things. , I didn’t doubt what Lian’s second brother meant. Didn’t Lian’s second brother say this and we are separated. Or... Lian’s second brother said this because he wanted to be lazy and let the next thing go? "

Before Baochai said anything, Aunt Xue did have some doubts about Jia Lian entrusting her family to him, but he didn't go, hid the money, and then came back and lied to them.In Aunt Xue's thinking, money can turn ghosts around, basically there is nothing that can't be done with money, so she thinks, even if Liu Xianglian and the others didn't come to tell me about the tricks in exile, wouldn't it be possible that Jia Lian would speak a little bit these days? Didn't you hear it from the people who did the work?Aunt Xue didn't believe it, and felt that Jia Lian either didn't do his best, or took the money and didn't do anything, or... She didn't think about it at all, the responsibility was on the person they asked to do the work.

But after hearing the last sentence Baochai said to Jia Lian just now, Aunt Xue realized that their family affairs were not over yet, so she hurriedly laughed and said, "If Lian'er said this, she should be beaten. If I don't believe you, how could I?" Call you here and entrust the matter to you? My aunt knows that you have worked hard these days, but as the saying goes, "If you do a good job to the end, you will send the Buddha to the west." The younger brother's matter has been completely settled, and my aunt is here to be grateful."

Jia Lian didn't want to work hard and give up halfway, but in the end the credit would be claimed by others, so seeing what the Xue family's mother and daughter said, he agreed with the opportunity and asked Liu Xianglian in detail about the "dark deal" of those subordinate officials in exile. Come.Aunt Xue and Baochai listened intently.

While talking, it was almost lunch time, Liu Xianglian and Luochun came here specially for the Xue family's affairs, and it was almost noon, obviously they wanted to save dinner.Baochai looked at the time, went into the house and took the money, and went outside with a basket of vegetables, ready to go out to buy vegetables.Seeing that Baochai was about to go out, Luochun, who sat on the sidelines and listened to their conversation, hurriedly chased him out: "Sister Bao, where are you going, I will go too!"

Luochun followed Baochai out, walked through the streets and alleys, and came to the vegetable market.Seeing Baochai greet the vendors in the vegetable market with a familiar smile, she was stunned again. Judging from the familiarity of these people with Baochai, it is obvious that Baochai came here to buy vegetables not every day or two effort.What happened after that opened her eyes even more, seeing Baochai skillfully picking vegetables, negotiating prices with street vendors for a penny and two pennies, and sometimes asking the vendors to go around for two pennies when the bargaining failed. The behavior of a piece of ginger or a head of garlic stunned Luo Chun who was on the side.

At the beginning, among the girls in Jia's family, although Daiyu looked more ethereal in appearance, she looked like a fairy who did not eat the fireworks of the world, while Baochai looked like a worldly person who was a wealthy family.Although Baochai looks like an ordinary person in the world, it is also the home of a rich and wealthy family. The lady of the family who does not touch the spring water, compares with the pennies in front of me. When buying vegetables, she argues with the street vendors whether the bar is high or low. If Luo Chun hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, he would not be able to get in touch with those people who care about everything.Baochai used her actions to refresh Luochun's perception of her time and time again.

Seeing Baochai at the pork stall, arguing with the stall owner whether the meat to be cut was fat or thin, Luochun's mouth curled up and he laughed.In fact, there seems to be nothing wrong with Baochai in front of me, at least the breath of life on her body is stronger, and she looks a lot more real, unlike when she was in the mansion before, it is very easy to see her true feelings, and she is always thoughtful and caring The big sister's appearance is like a veil, which is vague, so when you are with her, you always feel that there is a layer of estrangement.

Baochai argued with the owner of the pork vendor for a long time, and finally weighed two catties of fat and thin streaky pork. Originally, the meat cost seventeen cents a catty, but two catties of meat should be worth 34 pennies, because the fraction of four pennies, Baochai's meat, weighed two catties. Chai and the owner of the butcher's stall argued back and forth for a long time, and at last a penny was settled. Seeing that Baochai couldn't tell the change of the four penny, Baochai reluctantly took out three pennies from his purse. A copper plate was handed over to the greasy hand of the butcher stall owner, and he quickly pulled out a fan bone from the frame beside the butcher stall, and said, "Boss, this one is considered a head."

The boss saw Baochai reaching for the bone, and hurriedly reached out to stop him, but he was not as fast as Baochai, and he reached out later, so he didn't stop him. He could only watch Baochai put the bone in his hands. in the food basket.The deal is done, the owner of the butcher shop sighed helplessly, waved his hand and pretended to be generous and said: "Okay, okay, it's a no-brainer, you take it, take it."

Baochai rolled her eyes and said, "The boss is so generous, then get me another bone. I'll go back and use it to make soup." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to a large bone in the bone basket.The butcher stall owner seemed to have anticipated her action, and stretched out his hand one step ahead of time to pull away the basket containing the bones, leaving Baochai's hand empty.

"Boss, aren't you too stingy? Isn't it just a bone, the meat on it has been picked clean by you, even if you take it back to make soup, you still have to spend money on it, you are not willing to bear it, It's too stingy, this business can't be done like this." Baochai didn't get the bone, and began to criticize the butcher stall owner.

"Oh, my little aunt, you can't say that." The meat stall owner said with a wry smile on his face: "You are also considerate of me. In order to ensure the freshness of the meat on the stall, I get up before four o'clock every day. Butcher pigs and then sell them in the market. This meat stall is a small business. I kill three pigs and work for seven or eight days, but I may not be able to make a lot of money. During this period, I have to pay taxes, and the rest have to support a family Old and young. Other people’s pork belly is [-] cents a catty. Because I was thinking of my fellow countrymen, I didn’t make that fake. It’s just a penny cheaper, and my head is still high. Come here. People who buy vegetables in the vegetable market, who doesn't know that I have always been innocent here, and there is nothing wrong with it."

"I've convinced you. Miss, you came to me and bought two catties of meat. You wiped away a penny and took another bone. Although the bone has no meat, it's good to take it back and make soup. It costs four cents a catty while selling it. The bone you took is worth a catty, and you want me to get you another bone. If I don’t do it, you can just say I pick it up. My little aunt, it’s just your business. If I do it, I don’t make any money, and I still have to post five or six cents. If all the people who come to me to buy meat are as good as you, I don’t want to open this meat stall, just wait until it closes.”

Seeing the stall owner complaining bitterly, the people around couldn't help laughing.Baochai said calmly amidst everyone's laughter: "Oh, I'm here to buy meat once the boss said this. You said the last time, but you didn't get tired of it. I'm tired of hearing it. My family used to be in business. I also know a little bit about the inside, but those who do business never say they make money, they always tell people about their difficulties and hardships, but if they really don’t make money, as you said, they would close their doors and go home How can I continue to put it on? It can be seen that you must not take your words seriously..."

The stall owner's face was ashen when Baochai said it, and he clasped his hands tightly, bowing to her and saying, "Okay, okay, my little aunt, I'm begging for mercy here, please raise your hand and let me go. I know you I have a bad tongue, I'm clumsy, if I can't tell you, just let me go, let me go."

snort!Seeing that the street vendor begged her to forgive her, Baochai just let it go, turned her head arrogantly, and went home with a vegetable basket.Although Luochun knew that Baochai's eloquence was not inferior to Sister Feng's, and because of her literacy, she was better at speaking the truth than Sister Feng, but when she was in the mansion, she was not known for her eloquence. After going to the mansion, she practiced it in the market, which is really unbelievable.

Seeing Baochai walking away, Luochun was about to catch up, when a middle-aged woman selling cabbage next to her smiled and asked, "Little girl, you seem to have come with that girl, what is the relationship between you two, are you sisters?" Is it?" Seeing that Luochun didn't answer, she thought she guessed it right, and said with a smile: "Your sister is not only beautiful, but also a good hand at living, and she can do the calculations well, even if you buy a radish at the stall, you have to go smoothly. The owner of the onion is even more talkative, there are few in this market who can speak up to her, you have to learn from your sister."

Hearing the other party's evaluation of Baochai, Luochun was both surprised and funny, and felt an inexplicable sourness in his heart. Who would have thought that the jewel in the palm of the Xue family with a family fortune of millions would turn into what it is now.Life, no one knows what it can turn a man into!In the vegetable market, Luochun got to know Baochai again, she was deeply moved, she sighed softly, caught up with Baochai, and the two went home together.