Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 15
"What's going on, you tell Grandpa."

"Hey, sir, didn't you let me follow Die'er? As soon as I followed her from the concubine's living room to the backyard, Zhou Rui's family came to meet her. Fortunately, I was clever and hid behind the rockery to the side without being noticed.

I also thought that Zhou Rui's family was here to catch the thief, but who knew she was very happy and went up to her to ask if she succeeded. Die'er took out the cup, and Zhou Rui's family was even happier, even praising her for her ability.

At this time, Caiyun followed Tang Jiu, and happened to see Zhou Rui's family and Die'er, and happened to see the white jade cup. Zhou Rui's family knew that they couldn't hide it, so they played a scene with Die'er.But she didn't know how that Die'er was willing to cooperate with her, she really resisted the guilt and didn't mention Zhou Rui's family's instigation. "

Xue Hong frowned. No wonder there was nothing else found in the room of a veteran thief. It turned out that the person sent to search was her previous family?Isn't this for the thief to check the dirt?

Xue Hong vaguely remembered that there was a son-in-law of Zhou Rui's family named Leng Zixing, who seemed to be making a living by opening an antique shop in the capital. She asked Die'er to steal for her, and said that Die'er had no other dirty things in her room, so Die'er could see She has a way to get the stolen things out of Jia's house and sell them off.

And this so-called connection is very likely to be his son-in-law's antique shop.

Anyone who opens an antique shop must be a wealthy family with a certain economic foundation who is willing to do this business.

This point, based on Zhou Rui's family's lucrative income in the Jia Mansion for many years, it is estimated that it can be supported, at least a start-up fund is more than enough.

And every antique store must have real good things as the treasure of the town store.First, it can be used to attract customers and improve the store's grade in the antique industry. Second, it can improve the reputation of the store and make people who have good things in their hands more willing to ship.

Leng Zixing is just a small businessman, and the last three generations are all traffickers and pawns. He is not even a speck of dust in the ups and downs of the business world. What good things can he have in his hand?

What if it comes from individual customers?Fuck you, who would give a good thing to a small shop of such a humble size?From this point of view, the Rongguo Mansion must be the "source of purchase" for Leng Zixing's antique shop.

It is impossible for Zhou Rui's family to cut off such a good supply.

That's why she thought of a way to let Die'er's life and death be in her own hands as soon as Die'er was caught, so that what she did would not be leaked.And as Mrs. Wang's accompanying wife, she really did this because of her status.

Then, in order to prevent Die Er, a thief, from spreading the news of her self-stealing in Rongguo Mansion, Die Er's fate can be imagined, after all, only the dead are the strictest.

Thinking of this, Xue Hong secretly thought it was bad, and finally understood why the hidden mission issued to him by the system required him to rescue Die'er.

"Zhuxi, Tangjiu, go and have a look, follow Die'er secretly, and see how Zhou Rui's family handles it. If it's just to drive her home, that's all. If it's to kill her, come back and tell me, the other Continue to follow, I will think of a way to never let Die Er die."

Although Zhuxi and Tangjiu didn't know why Xue Hong said that Die'er might die, but after Aunt Zhu's incident, they were in awe of Xue Hong, and naturally obeyed what he said.

The two of them didn't talk nonsense right away, they just took orders and went, only Xue Hong sat at the banquet with anxiety in his heart.

After about two or three meals, most of the guests from the Rongguo Mansion who came to Mrs. Wang's birthday banquet were watching the play, and it was rare for Xue Hong to sit quietly and not go anywhere.

After a while, Tang Jiu really turned around and whispered a few words to Xue Hong with a pale complexion. Xue Hong was horrified, and secretly scolded a woman from Zhou Rui's family for being so cruel.

It turned out that things really did not go as Xue Hong expected. Zhuxi and Tang Jiu followed Die'er all the way. At first in the mansion, she simply packed her things under the supervision of several servants, and then she was arrested by Zhou Rui's family. He led to the back door and hurried out without a sound.

Unexpectedly, just after walking a few steps, some stout women stuffed Die'er's mouth with cloth, tied her up tightly, and dragged her to the corner of the street to be beaten severely.After the person was beaten to the point of dying, he dragged her onto a flatbed truck and took her to an area where poor people lived in the outer city.

According to Tang Jiu's description, that alley is very ugly, especially Die'er's house, not to mention the small and dilapidated courtyard, even the gate is half missing, the house is built of adobe, and it looks like it is leaking rain and wind. It seems that living in a ruined temple outside the city is better than living in such a house.

Because there were only two little boys, Zhuxi and Tangjiu, they couldn't do anything in the face of all the powerful mothers-in-law. Although they looked anxious, they didn't dare to say anything. the door.

Soon after the old lady of the family came out and found Die Er, she cried unceasingly, her voice was so shrill that it was unbearable to hear.Remembering that Xue Hong said that Die'er should not be killed, the two of them went to ask a doctor first to stabilize Die'er's injury, and then sent Tang Jiu back to reply Xue Hong.

Xue Hong's eyes were cold and he asked: "How is Die'er's injury?"

"Hey... don't mention it. When I went to see Dier's body, there wasn't even a good place on her body. There were scratches, bruises, redness and swelling. The bones were broken in several places. It's an injury. This group of people is really... But it's hard for Miss Die Er."

"What did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said that the injury was too serious. Fortunately, the servants in this mansion have never been treated harshly. Die'er eats a good diet and is a person who does rough work. Naturally, her health is better. Otherwise, it would be difficult to save her life. Now it has been used The ginseng slices have saved my life, but the later treatment is a bit more troublesome, if one is not careful, the wound will be festered and infected, which will be troublesome."

Xue Hong nodded. Judging from the current medical conditions, it is definitely a costly and time-consuming thing to heal such a seriously injured person. You must be careful, otherwise there will be sequelae if you are not careful. Take good care of yourself.

But judging from the current situation of Die'er's family, it's simply impossible to do this.

Die'er was paid monthly as an errand in Jia's mansion, and Jia's mansion never defaulted on it.Thinking that she still helps Zhou Rui's family steal things on weekdays, there should be some benefits, but her family still lives in that kind of place, so the financial situation is worth investigating.

In the current situation, it must be that Zhou Rui's family knew that their family had no money, and ordered someone to beat Die'er to death before taking her home, so that Die'er would die in a slum where life was worthless, and no one would look for Jia's family. and Die Er, a thief who knew that she was guarding herself, was silently eliminated. It really kills two birds with one stone!
If Die'er lives in an ordinary residence, her family is good, and her financial conditions permit, then Xue Hong can order Zhu Xitangjiu to ask a doctor to treat her, or even spend a few dollars to hire a waiter for Die'er. For a long time, I am not afraid that this injury will not be good.

But the place where Die'er lives is too poor, not to mention that it costs a lot of money to ask doctors and medicines, those people even have problems eating, and if they have ailments, no one is willing to spend money to see a doctor. , If you can't make it through, you will die.I'm afraid Zhuxi and Tangjiu's actions today have already caused quite a stir in the slums.

We have to find a way, we can't let Die Er continue to stay in that kind of place.It's too eye-catching, I'm afraid Zhou Rui's family will be in trouble if they hear the news.

After returning home, Xue Hong hurried back to her own yard, rummaging through boxes and chests and counting her small treasury.

In fact, many rich and noble families, such as Xue Hong's senior sons and brothers, usually have their monthly bills in the hands of the deacon maids or trustworthy servants in the house. The sons ignore these yellow and white things and only care about spending.

Under normal circumstances, the money distributed by the princes in the mansion is enough for the princes to spend.

Because there is a fixed amount for food and clothing on weekdays, and it is not included in the monthly bill of silver. This money is just pocket money for the sons, and they can use it as they like to buy things they like.

But in Beijing's dude's house, the money is usually squandered. They can do everything from spending time and drinking, walking the dog and raising flowers. Such a small amount of monthly money is usually only enough to spend for a day or two.

But because Xue Hong is still young, and her conduct has always been very upright, she has not been infected with a dandyism, obviously she has nothing to spend.So the money was put there and didn't move much, and it was only occasionally used as a lottery to reward the servants in the house.Now these silver coins are kept by Qing Ying, the eldest maid in Xue Hong's room.

Most of the other gifts sent to us are kept by his aunt for him. Firstly, they will keep them as gifts in return. Second, the real valuables among those gifts will be saved by the wives, and they will be used as a ladder for their sons in the future. After they got married, they were handed over to their sons for safekeeping. This is also the prototype of our son's private treasury.

Qing Ying brought a beautifully shaped small sandalwood box, and when Xue Hong opened it, there were 50 taels of gold in it, which were cast into small and delicate ingots weighing ten taels, 500 taels of combined silver, and three official treasures of 50 taels of silver, There are some scraps of silver and some copper plates left, totaling about 700 taels of silver.

After all, the original owner is the son of a merchant, so he is not like Baoyu who doesn't even know how to call silver.He knows not only silver, but also the value of many objects in daily life.

Xue Hong curled her lips, thinking that she was lucky, she became a rich man through time travel, and when she wanted to spend money, she would come back and search the private house to find so much money, so things will be much easier this time.

Weighing a little golden treasure, Xue Hong thought about it secretly, and called Shutong Langyue: "I heard that your brother is looking for a house to marry recently? You can take this golden treasure, and let your brother find a house together for my grandfather when he is looking for a house." Go to a quiet and quiet residential area. It doesn’t have to be very big, just a whole set of courtyards, or a dozen or so houses. The important thing is that the place should be secluded, so that the neighbors can feel at ease.”

Langyue listened, and said with a smile: "It's just asking my brother to run a few more times, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that according to what Master said, I'm afraid I won't be able to use this much money."

(End of this chapter)