Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 92
Bao Qin gently hugged Bao Xiang, and the little faces of the two girls rubbed against each other.Young children seem to have a natural ability to heal. The sensible Bao Xiang nestled in Bao Qin's arms, and did not forget to pat her on the back with her little hands, just like a nurse does when she comforts herself to sleep every night.

Baoqin hugged her for a while, and all the grievances in her heart were gone, and she gathered all her energy to pack her luggage with her mother.

In the early morning of the second day, Xue's parents and the second room got up early, and they left in a carriage without disturbing the third room.

Those who knew said it was the two elder brothers who had finished the New Year at home and went out to do business again. Those who didn’t know thought that there was a plague in the old house where the third bedroom lived, so the two elder brothers were so afraid to avoid it!
The second room is used to going out, and on the road from Jinling to Suzhou, where to go, where to stop, where to sit, and where to lie down are calculated by the second master. On the way, apart from the tiredness of boats and cars, there were no unexpected hardships.

Moreover, the scenery on the dry road is different from that on the water road. The three brothers Xue Hong rode for a while, and when their cheeks turned red from the cold, they sat in the car for a while. After sitting for a long time, they rode on the horse and talked and laughed happily. It's the twelfth lunar month, but the three brothers are very eager in their hearts.

The daughters' family sat in a big car, and they couldn't paint because of the bumps in the car. Baochai and Baoqin made a lot of instant couplets and copied them down hastily. They only waited for Suzhou to arrange a residence in Haosheng to transcribe, miss The two of us felt more intimate along the way.

Three days passed in a flash, and they came to a rich family in Suzhou. The family name was Wu, and the master of the family was Wu Shuxuan, whose name was Ziheng.His family has been a businessman for generations, but the heirs in the family are not prosperous. After three generations, they are all single heirs. Mr. Wu is very good at doing business, and he guards the property passed down by his ancestors in three or four generations. The family is very rich.

And when it comes to Master Wu, he is over 26 now, and he and his wife have worked hard for many years and tried various methods, but there is still only the prostitute Yulian under his knees, which is very sad.

As for the only daughter, Master Wu didn't know how to hurt her.As long as his daughter wanted anything that should be in this world, he would try his best to satisfy it.

The funniest thing is Xue Yi's target object of this trip, building materials.

In fact, the old Wu's family is in the business of silk and embroidery, and they don't touch building materials at all on weekdays.

It's just that Mr. Wu has already let out the word that he wants to build a garden for his only daughter, and he invites businessmen traveling from south to north not to hide any good building materials in their hands. He is willing to buy them at a high price.

Later, the garden for my daughter was built. Although extravagant and extravagant, but there are a lot of building materials left over, it is enough to build two identical gardens, and they are all rare and good things in the world, but now they are in vain. Isn't it wasteful to put it in Wu's warehouse to eat ashes?
Because Master Wu has always been friends with Master Xue Er, and even Miss Yulian and Bao Qin are close friends in the boudoir, so when the Wu and Xue families met by chance in the old years, Master Wu once mentioned this matter, and Xue Er The master kept this matter in mind for his elder brother who was an imperial merchant.

Not much to say in the preface, but let me say that the carriages of the members of the Xue family have arrived in front of the gate of the Wu Mansion. The new red mansion gate has two red lanterns hanging at the gate, and a strong New Year festiveness is coming.

There was already a housekeeper waiting in front of the gate of the Wu Mansion. Seeing the carriage of the Xue family coming, he hurriedly opened the main gate. After a while, the main gates of the Wu Mansion opened wide from the main gate, the inner gate, the Yi gate, and the Nei Yi gate. Everyone got off the carriage, sat on the Ruanjiao who had been prepared by the Wu Mansion, and arrived at the main room of the Wu Mansion without any hindrance.

Master Wu and his wife Yang have already greeted them.

"Oh, Brother Wentong, I haven't seen you for many years, how are you doing!"

Xue Hong looked up and saw this Master Wu. Although he was a businessman, he was tall and healthy, and he was also very warm-hearted. When he saw his second uncle who didn't have the polite manners of a literati, he directly hugged his shoulders and looked him up and down. From the looks of it, although it looks a little rude, it is more straightforward and closer than the literati.

Mrs. Wu was also very enthusiastic when she saw Mrs. Xue Er: "Come in, come in. When we Yulian heard that you were here, we seemed to be happy. Oh, this is Mrs. Xue, I have admired you for a long time. Come, we said in the room."

A group of people entered the room, and Mrs. Wu showed several trays of "presents" without saying a word.It's not so much a gift here, it's better to say that all the shops have been moved here.

For Xue Pan, there was a gold necklace and twelve jade pendants; for Xue Hong, a set of the four treasures of the study inlaid with gold and jade, and a box of high-quality Hui ink; Two horses, twelve embroidered pieces, and one embroidered screen; the set for Baochai is the same as the one for Baochai, only the head of the gemstone is replaced with a set of gold collars worn by children.And each person also has an embroidered bag, which contains twelve golden scorpions, some of which are enthroned by a hundred sons, some of which are heralded by the golden rooster, some of which are blooming and rich, and some of which are auspicious.

Mrs. Wu said with a smile: "This is the first time I saw the children of my sister-in-law's family. I only inquired about the preferences of a few children, and I don't know if they like the gift. That's all. We will be good friends in the future." It’s the first time that I come and go often, after I know what the children like, I’ll prepare something else.”

This is so right that even Xue Wang, who has always been generous, couldn't help saying: "Madam Wu is too polite, these things are too expensive, how can these children afford it? If you are like this, what can I give you?" Your Yulian?"

Mrs. Xue Wang became uneasy, and even Xue Yi repeatedly declined: "Brother Wu, these are really too precious. If it's a gift, it's enough to just choose one of them. This is..."

Wu Shuxuan smiled and waved his hands: "There are only three people in our family, and even the parents and relatives of my husband and wife are gone. What do I do with so much money? Now I see that the children in Brother Xue's family are I really like it, I also knew in Brother Wentong's letter that Second Young Master Ling has already graduated from high school as a scholar, now that I meet him, I like it even more, what is such a little thing worth? Just accept it."

Seeing that his elder brother still looked embarrassed, Second Master Xue said with a smile: "Our old Wu is so poor that we only have money left, so my elder brother should do him a favor and tell him to find a chance to spend some money. If you I am really uneasy, when I return to the capital, I will set up a porridge tent to help the poor every now and then like Old Wu, or invite some famous doctors to give free consultations to the poor."

Xue Yi couldn't help sighing after hearing this: "It turns out that Brother Wu has such a kind heart, I really admire it."

Only then did he accept the Wu family's gift with full of anxiety.

(End of this chapter)