Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 68

Xue Hong knew that Zhang Tingyu had made an appointment with his father today, and when he heard that his father didn't even eat dinner after he came back, he was shocked. Could it be that the conversation with Zhang Tingyu collapsed?

Only after seeing my father did I realize that 10 taels of silver was missing for no reason, and my father was heartbroken.

People are like this. When they have little money, they don’t have any material desires in their hearts. They are only satisfied with food, clothing, shelter and transportation. The more money they have, the more they keep money. It is a fake to spend 10 taels of snowflake silver without heartache.

"Father, have you ever heard a saying--things that can be solved with money are nothing serious, and this matter can be settled with 10 taels, which is considered the luck of our Xue family's misfortune."

"Oh... I'm afraid this is not the end, but the beginning. Do you think Zhang Tingyu will use this as an excuse to ask me for money endlessly?"

"This... probably not."

Others don't know, but Xue Hong knows that the person behind the Zhang family has always been the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, and now the situation in the court is still unclear, and it's hard for him to tell his father what to say.

Regardless of whether Zhang Tingyu will keep reaching out to the Xue family for money, but the Xue family is a businessman, and if they want to enter the political stage, it is not just a son who can take the imperial examination.

Xue Yi was worried that Zhang Tingyu's place would be a bottomless pit that could not be filled, but Xue Hong hoped that the Xue family could form a certain tacit understanding with the Zhang family to some extent. grasshopper.

"Father, don't be like this. The son's imperial examination is a major event for the Xue family. It seems that his grades are not bad at the moment, but 'thirty old Mingjing, fifty young Jinshi', who knows what will happen in the future? The Zhang family is a scholarly family. Several Jinshi have been eliminated one after another. If my son's imperial examination path is not good in the future, the Zhang family will take our family's money, and I have always been on good terms with Lian's second brother. Give my son some advice? It’s not that my son is partial to Zhang’s family, I’m afraid they have a good gentleman who is no less than a doctor of Guozijian, otherwise, with Lian’s second brother’s qualifications, how can he be admitted as a scholar at this age?”

It's not Xue Hong's headstrong who looked down on Jia Lian.Xue Yi had known for a long time that Jia Lian was not like his uncle, but rather like his father, Jia She.It was his mother and uncles who forced him to study in the Zhang family school, and he had to study hard for several years before he could achieve what he is today.

This kind of Jia Lian can be trained by the Zhang family to make great progress, let alone his Hong'er?

Xue Yi couldn't help nodding his head repeatedly.

Money is always inseparable from profit. Since you are greedy for my money, you should offer something equivalent in exchange. The members of his old Xue family will always be the most successful businessmen.

Xue Hong knew that his father was more calculating than himself, so he had already reached this point, so he didn't say anything else, just a few words of comfort to his father, seeing that his father used some light refreshments before returning home with confidence. in his own room.

After returning to the room, Xue Hong did not sleep, but went into the space to tinker with another thing.

"Hey, you came just in time. Let me ask you, why are there so many water tanks here? Don't you think it takes up space?"

Yue Xi started to lose her temper as soon as she saw Xue Hong. Recently, she had eaten well and slept well in the space, and her physical strength had recovered. And because Xue Hong's ordinary feeding on weekdays can only temporarily increase the intimacy, Yue Xi's temper It's also very ups and downs. It seems that if you don't pay attention to it for a while, Xue Hong will be scolded when you meet again.

"That... last time there was a sudden spiritual rain, except for what flowed into the spiritual spring, nothing was accumulated. I really felt that it was a waste, so I bought so many water tanks and put them here for preparation. Moreover, This tank is not just for rain, I am also going to use it to make wine."

"liquor?"

"Ah."

Xue Hong felt that she had faint signs of a breakthrough during her practice these few days, but there were so many things at home that she didn't have time to meditate quietly.

Besides, his first long journey will start in a few days, and he plans to make the wine he thought about before then.This kind of wine is a fusion of the spirit power of spirit spring water, space fruit and space rice (Xue Hong planted some to feed the chickens, and no accident broke the warehouse), and it has been fermented and concentrated, and the spirit power will be stronger than that of pure wine. Spirit spring water is stronger.

Yue Xi also said that without the assistance of cultivation pills, taking some food with stronger spiritual power can also improve the effect.

"Phew...it's finally healed."

According to the brewing method in his own wine shop, Xue Hong worked for nearly three hours to complete the basic brewing of a tank of wine, and the rest will be left to time.

This kind of recipe from his wine shop is a quick recipe. It seems that the distiller's koji has a relatively high activity and a high yield of wine. It uses Lingquan water, delicious juicy fruits and fragrant cooked rice as ingredients. Tsk tsk, Xue Hong really hopes Time flies faster.

It's like planting an unknown seed, cultivating it day and night, full of anticipation, just waiting for the moment when the flower blooms.Whether it is the fragrance of tea or the namelessness, you will not know until the last petal unfolds.

Because Xue's family has decided to go on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the relationship between Beijing and China must be settled before then.Mrs. Xue prepared the New Year's gifts to be sent to various places. Xue Yi personally sent them to several important families, or she brought Baochai to send them. Even if it is not common on weekdays, the New Year's gifts also included a copy of the gift. The post written by Baochai explained the reason why the Xue family will not be in Beijing this year. Even Xue Hong is busy with seeing off friends from her classmates. pushed.

But it was the turn of Mrs. Xue to give gifts to Jia's mansion. Mrs. Xue first took Baochai to Rongguo mansion to meet Mrs. Jia, and the gift was the same as in previous years. The madam and the children in the house are the same as usual, only Li Wan's share is added, and Tete picked out some children's things and a statue of Avalokitesvara.

After all the presents were delivered, she went to Ningguo Mansion by car, delivered them to everyone in person, and explained her intention to go.

They should have returned to the mansion right away, but Xue Wang returned to Rongguo Mansion with Baochai, this time instead of looking for Mrs. Wang, she went straight to Zhang Lingxuan's courtyard.

Ling Xuan was looking at the account book at this time, and when she heard that the concubine was coming, she was puzzled for a moment, but greeted her with a smile on her face: "Did the concubine forget something? Anyway, just send someone over and tell me." Why do you need to go there yourself? It's cold in the twelfth lunar month!"

(End of this chapter)