Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 556
"Yes, Second Young Master Xue. This library was originally your idea. If there was no Second Young Master, I don't know when there would be such a good place for us poor students to read books. Second Young Master is really poor scholars like us. my benefactor!"

"Yes, yes. Most of us are from poor families. After ten years of poverty, which one is not money? It is said that they are useless scholars. The family has spent all their wealth for us to study, and we But I can’t lift my shoulders or lift my hands, and I can’t even do work to help the family. Now that we have this library, we can earn some copper coins by copying books, which can be regarded as contributing to our livelihood. And , copying books is the process of deepening the impression of the article, and you can practice calligraphy while copying books, and you can also make money, there is really no better job than this.”

"Isn't that right, Second Young Master, it is precisely because of this that everyone elected us to express our gratitude to you on behalf of all the poor students in Beijing who have no money to buy books."

"Yes, thank you Mr. Xue..."

The more these students talked, the more excited they became. Xue Hong only saw today what it means to be excited.However, he felt that there was something strange here.

Even if everyone knows that the book building was Xue Hong's idea at the beginning, but now spending real money to build this book building is the majesty of the Qing Dynasty and Princess Shuo Shuyi's wishes. The person who became the reality was Princess Ruyi, why didn't these people thank Princess Ruyi, instead they all came to thank him?
The answer became clear after a few seconds between Xue Hong and Lin Ruhai who smiled and said nothing.What's so hard to guess?These people were originally brought by Lin Ruhai, and naturally Lin Ruhai told these students that Xue Hong was the one who suggested starting the library.

Just imagine, when such a livelihood project is built, the students are happy, and Lin Ruhai intends to elevate the Xue family's status in the minds of Confucian scholars, so he can make use of this joy a little bit.Princess Shuyi certainly contributed a lot, but she is a member of the royal family and a woman. No matter how brilliant her reputation is, it is not very useful to her. It is better to take this opportunity to elevate the Xue family and make people appreciate Xue. Hong, this will be the glory of the Xue family. In the future, both Xue Yi and Xue Hong will benefit from this matter in their careers.

However, in this way, the Xue family owed Lin Ruhai a favor.

Although Xue Hong understood so much from Lin Ruhai's inscrutable smile, he quickly looked normal and accepted the gratitude and praise from the Confucian scholars with a smile. I accompanied the whole process in person, and exchanged some poems, songs, Fu, stereotyped parallel prose, and many interesting things in the imperial examination field with the Confucian scholars.You must know that most of these Confucian scholars have not yet achieved fame, and it is very rare to get a word or two from Xue Hong, who is a Juren, let alone chatting with him all day?

In the evening, Xue Hong personally sent the Confucian scholars out of the mansion.For those who had a long way to go home, Xue Hong also gave the silver to hire a carriage and horse. As for whether these people used the piece of silver, Xue Hong didn't know. As for many years later, when people mentioned the Xue family, they couldn't help but give them a thumbs up.Of course, these are all things for later.

Let's say that Xue Hong saw off the Confucian scholars, turned around and returned to the mansion, kowtowed to Lin Ruhai who had not yet returned home, kowtowed deeply three times before saying: "Uncle Lin's great kindness to Xue's family, Xue Hong will never forget it."

Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and stepped forward to help him up.That's right, being so sensible and grateful, it's not like helping him in vain.

"If the Xue family didn't have you as a child, I wouldn't need to worry so much for you. I know that you are a gifted person, that's why you are like this. I only hope that when you are on the rise in the future, you can still remember what you said today. Remember I am the Lin family."

"Uncle Lin was joking, Xue Hong remembers Uncle Lin very well, it goes without saying."

Lin Ruhai became more and more satisfied, took a deep look at Xue Hong and said, "It's getting late, I should go back."

Xue Hong personally sent Lin Ruhai to the carriage again. Seeing that the carriage drove away, he turned around and entered the door.That night, the father and son of the Xue family were very happy because of what happened during the day, so they got together to drink and celebrate.

Xue Hong raised his glass and said: "Father, elder brother, what happened today, our Xue family can be considered to have added a rich stroke to the scroll of the capital. In the future, as long as we can gain a firm foothold in the court, I am afraid that we will not be able to do it again in the future." No one will despise us because our Xue family is from merchants."

Xue Pan laughed, drank the cup, but said: "I never thought there was anything wrong with starting a business in our family. I discovered it when I was learning how to do business with my father, Chief Peace Officer, that everything in this world is inseparable. Opening money is the word. It is said that a copper plate can stump a hero, but they don’t know what kind of energy those scholars are so poor. Real money and silver are yellow and white things in their mouths. Smell. Don’t scholars want to live with money? Those who come here are so poor, and their clothes are patched up and put on the shelf of a scholar, I really can’t even look down on that eye.”

Xue Hong smiled: "Brother, you can't say that. Although there are very few scholars who can show off, it's understandable. Reading and literacy knowledge is something that is very beneficial to people. The more books you read, the more you know." The more things you do, the more knowledge you accumulate, the wider your knowledge will be, and you will be much more transparent than people who don't read, and you will understand the truth and the taste of life... Naturally, the benefits of reading can be great. Not only these, if you want to talk about it seriously, you may not be able to finish it in a day. It can be seen that there is nothing wrong with reading itself, isn't it?

However, not every scholar is a person of high moral character. There are too many people who insult the gentleness in the name of reading. Do you have to blame the book? "

Xue Yi nodded and said: "Hong'er's words have some meaning. Scholars always pay attention to self-cultivation, family governance, and world peace. Those who haven't even learned how to walk are like flying. They don't really study, but rely on the false name of reading to give themselves Make a golden body. Even if a thin layer of gold leaf is scraped off, it is worthless!"

Xue Pan laughed again and again after hearing this: "Hahahaha, it's my father after all, and he speaks much better than Hong'er. I think, except for people like Hong'er who are really gifted in reading, who read a lot and understand it There are many, and it can be turned into a practical ability, this is the most important thing~”

(End of this chapter)