Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 27 Father and Son Return to Beijing
Gradually, this south-to-north business started, and it got bigger and bigger.

Every time Xue Yi came, he didn't stay for a long time. He only loaded the goods provided by Baishanying and left quickly.He was really scared of being robbed.

Later, for the sake of convenience, Baishanying took half of his group out to occupy the Xianglu Mountain near Fengtian Prefecture, and the other half stayed in the hometown of Baitou Mountain. They picked, hunted or robbed in the deep mountains and old forests, while doing their old jobs. , while purposefully accumulating the best-selling products that Xue Yi said.

When the goods are accumulated enough, they will be transported to Xianglu Mountain in small quantities and multiple times. Once Xue Yi's merchant ship arrives, it will be convenient for loading.

Having said all this, the Scarfaced Tiger didn't understand anything, but he still didn't believe it: "Why? Doing business with them is really so profitable?"

Bai Shanying smiled: "Whether you make money or not, you can ask your former brothers. What kind of life did they live when they followed you, and what kind of life did they live after following me, Bai Shanying?"

In a word, the scarred-faced tiger with shameful brows and drooping eyes, he was upset that someone had taken over the mountain. The brothers who had been allied with him had had life-threatening friendships, but they all defected to Baishanying and abandoned him.Feeling ashamed and angry, he went to the door to cut off his robes with him, but they talked about how the gang prospered after Baishanying took over Xianglu Mountain, and said that he came out to be a bandit just to make a living, and whoever gave more benefits would follow Who, this is also human nature, the scar-faced tiger who was originally full of anger felt like he had hit the cotton with a fist, and he was discouraged.

So he believed what Bai Shanying said, and he sat there for a while and didn't speak.

Baishanying smiled: "Okay, I said that I respected you and tolerated you until now. I believe you are not an ignorant person. Come up the mountain with me as soon as possible. Your former brothers still miss you in their hearts." , I just feel sorry for you after following me. You are awkward with me every day, and you can’t even do what you are told. You go, and I will be your second master and take care of things here. After all, you are also an old man here. , the situation on the ground is more familiar than me. It saves me from worrying about two stalls by myself and getting tired.”

Not to mention how Baishanying and Scarfaced Tiger will distribute the territory after they go back, and what happened among the bandits, just say that within a few days, Xue Yi arrived with Xue Pan.

Of course he went to see Baishan Ying first, ate and drank good wine and meat, said goodbye, settled the payment, and delivered a new batch of goods.

He also personally checked the goods that Xue Ping had ordered before, and ordered someone to transport a batch back to Beijing with satisfaction.The bulky timber is the main goal of this trip, and the medicinal materials are all top-grade. If they can be transported to the capital before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xue Yi's task of internal money will be considered as a satisfactory completion.

Just when Xue Yi was taking Xue Pan to check the goods, a person came galloping one by one from a distance, and from a distance, he could only hear the person on horseback calling "Master Xue".

Just waiting for someone to approach, Xue Yi was stunned for a moment, because he was wearing heavy leather jackets and couldn't see clearly, how could the person sitting right away be a woman?Looking closely, Xue Yi was even more surprised, why is it her?

"Master Xue!"

Just as Xue Yi was stunned, the woman had already rode her horse, got off her horse, and let out a crisp cry.This is the woman of Baishanying, Hongguozi.Even though she is only in her twenties this year, her skills are also first-class, and many people have died under her hands.

Xue Yi came back to his senses: "Miss Hong, why are you here in person?"

Two red clouds appeared on the girl's face, her big eyes seemed to be able to speak, and the thick clothes could hardly conceal her agility.

After hearing Xue Yi's words, she let out a "puchi" laugh: "Master Xue, don't call me Red Girl, just call me Guozi. Red Girl, Red Girl, sounds like the top card in the kiln!"

Knowing her temperament, Xue Yi also laughed, but Xue Pan's face turned red.Seeing this, Hong Guozi raised her hand and slapped her mouth: "Oh, but it's a sin. I didn't see the young master here. I said something wrong. I said something wrong. It's just that the young master was born so brave. What about the child, how does it look like Master Xue's baby?"

Xue Yi only wanted to make Xue Pan happy when she heard her gags, and seeing that there were three big saddle carriages following her, he knew that she had collected something from somewhere and wanted to deliver it before Xue's family sailed, so he hurriedly said : "Guozi has worked hard all the way, come here, I invite the brothers to drink, come in quickly!"

As soon as Hongguozi came in, Baishanying greeted him: "Why did you come by yourself, where is the child?"

As soon as she heard that Baishanying only cared about children, Hongguozi became annoyed: "You, you know that I will give birth to and take care of your children, and I have given birth to you three times in a row in the past few years. Take a look, I'm so fat Is it okay? If you don’t come out for a stroll, you will become an old sow. I have settled down the children, don’t worry. I’m here to send embroidery to Mr. Xue.”

As he spoke, Hong Guozi took a bundle from a woman next to him, and said with a smile: "Last time, Master Xue sent an embroiderer from Suzhou to live with us and teach us to embroider. I made it when I was a child, and Xiu Niang said it could be sold, so I was worried, so I brought it to Master Xue to have a look."

Xue Yi smiled and took the burden from Hongguozi, and looked at it repeatedly. Although these embroidery products are not very delicate, the embroidery shops in the capital do accept some embroidery pieces like this. They can be sold, but the price is not high, the best ones can be sold for one penny, and the worst ones can be sold for fifty cents, so I will take them back with me and give them to the embroidery shop to sell."

Hong Guozi was taken aback for a moment, then murmured softly: "My mother, it's really worth so much money."

After a while, Hong Guozi took out a complete embroidered screen from her arms and showed it to Xue Yi, and asked with a smile, "Master Xue, show me again, how much is this worth?"

Xue Yi knew at a glance that this was the handicraft of that Suzhou embroiderer. The workmanship is exquisite and the color matching is top-notch.

"This is considered valuable, it costs 30 taels of silver."

"What!?"

This time, Hongguozi really believed the words of that Suzhou embroidery lady.She said that many women in the south of the Yangtze River are skilled in embroidery, and they can live without being dependent on men, and they can still support their families with embroidery.

But Hongguozi is used to playing with knives and guns, and she still can't get needles and threads. She really doesn't believe that using a few worthless embroidery pieces with some colored threads can turn out several times the price.They worked so hard as bandits to do a "business" and risked their lives to barely earn some income. It would be great if they could make money with needles and thread.

Now with Xue Yi's affirmation, Hong Guozi has a plan in mind.

She is a woman who refuses to admit defeat. Since she was a child, she dared to do things that boys would not dare to do. This time she knows that women also have legitimate ways to make money. Why don't you go back and make good use of it?
Thinking about the Northeast, women and children spend more than half of the year indoors, and they have plenty of time to practice embroidery skills. Are you afraid that you won’t be able to produce good things in the future?What's more, they don't even have to worry about sales!
Bai Shanying looked at the excited Hong Guozi, and smiled: "I'm just telling you that Mr. Xue can't lie. If you insist on running here by yourself, you won't be the one who suffers."

After hearing this, Hongguo blushed and ignored him.

Xue Yi also ordered people to take some palace patent medicines for Hongguozi, all of which were good medicines for the daughters of women. The eunuchs in the palace knew that the Xue family was rich, so they often took the good medicine pills from the palace to find Xue Yi to beat the autumn wind. It costs a lot of money to sell this medicine, so this medicine can be regarded as a benefit but not a waste, and it is something that is not used. Xue Yi just asked people to keep it on hand, and sold it when he encountered a suitable place along the way.

If I had known that Hongguozi had hurt her vitality when she was pregnant with her first child, Xue Yi had originally thought about giving the medicine, but always forgot, this time Hongguozi actually came in person, so it would be cheaper to give it to her.

Everyone exchanged pleasantries without mentioning it, and only said that Hong Guozi loved Xue Pan very much. If he hadn't been a bandit, he would have wished to recognize Xue Pan as his son, but he was reluctant to leave him.

Hearing that Xue Pan was learning how to do business with his father, Hong Guozi was unambiguous, and taught Xue Pan all the local methods he knew to identify goods.Later, it was Xue Yi who was worried about Xue Hong's exam in Beijing, so he took Xue Pan to say goodbye to everyone and returned to the capital.

As for Xue Pan, although Hongguozi is an elder, she is a woman after all, so he shouldn't talk too much about it, but he is very concerned about his father's business with the bandits, and he has countless questions to ask. It hurts like a cat's paw scratching his heart.

Finally, when the caravan set sail, Xue Pan got into his father's cabin, chattering and asking non-stop.

Seeing this, Xue Yi didn't pick up on his words, just smiled and called Xue Pan to live in his warehouse, and every day he found different types and grades of goods for him to learn, and every time he learned one or answered ten times in a row, Xue Yi told him a short story.

Not only about the Baishanying, but also about the things that Xue Yi encountered while traveling in the caravan over the years. From time to time, he made up a few, all following Xue Pan's temperament, telling stories that he loves to hear and can play an educational role. .

All the way like this, when he returned to the capital, Xue Pan had changed his appearance from when he left home.It can be seen that the method of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and entertaining them is still very effective for the simple-minded Xue Pan.

On the day when Xue Yi and his son returned to Beijing, Xue Hong had already waited at the pier of the capital with his servants.

"Father!" Xue Hong saw Xue Yi from a distance, and went to greet him, but Xue Yi helped him up, "I received a letter from my father, and my child has been waiting at the pier for a few days. Why did I come back so early this time?"

Xue Pan followed behind and said with a smile: "The journey went smoothly, and my father was worried about your exam time, so he took the fast boat back to Beijing first. Hong'er, you seem to have grown taller?"

Xue Hong was very surprised that her reckless elder brother could speak in such a tone, he seemed to have grown a lot, and said happily: "Thank you father and elder brother for thinking about it, since this is the case, let's go home quickly, mother and younger sister should also wait Got it. Oh, that’s right, Xiang’er already knows how to call Daddy, this time when the father comes back, he has to listen carefully, Baochai said every day that it’s a pity that the father is not here..."

(End of this chapter)