dream of red mansion

"I heard that you are going to Beijing early in the morning. I am looking forward to it every day. Finally, I am looking forward to your coming! I am thinking that your house in Beijing will be lived in by everyone for many years. How about this? Let's move to our mansion first. Take it easy, on weekdays, it's better to be with your sister as a companion, or let's play a game of cards together, I'm afraid it will be more lively than living alone!"

As soon as she sat down, Mother Jia opened her mouth to show mercy.

Aunt Xue said:

"Since the old lady said so, how can the junior not obey her orders? I can only disturb you."

"Where is it, your sister has already prepared a yard for you. Just to the northeast of our mansion, there is a place called Lixiangyuan. It was originally used by the grandfather of the former state... It is a small and exquisite house with ten or so rooms. There is also a door leading to the back street of our mansion, which is convenient for your brother to enter and exit. By the way, where is my brother?"

Mrs. Wang said: "Lian'er will lead you to see the master."

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "He is a horse without a rein, the old lady doesn't care about him."

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Mother Jia's table was full of chatter, and the younger generation's table was also full of heated discussions.

"Sister Bao, when did you set off? How long did you go? What places of interest did you see along the way?..."

Jia Baoyu was always familiar in front of the girls, and he kept asking Xue Baochai questions one after another.

Tanchun said: "Sister Jiabao has driven such a long way, and she is tired at the moment. Brother Pianbao, you have so many problems, and you don't let anyone rest for a while."

Xue Baochai replied gently: "We set off in March, but we had to carry a lot of sundries and visit famous places along the way, so it took us so long."

Yingchun usually doesn't talk much, but now seeing Xue Baochai's kind and amiable appearance, she couldn't help asking:

"Sister, what monuments have you visited? Tell us about it."

Xue Baochai said: "If you want to talk about ancient sites, I don't know how many ancient sites have been left over from the past dynasties, but I can't finish this meeting... I will only talk about a few."

"Sister, please tell me."

Xue Baochai sorted out his thoughts, and pondered: "Like the Huitong Bridge, which was built in the Yuan Dynasty, the whole body is made of bricks and stones. The bridge is about six or seven meters long, three or four meters wide, and three or four meters high. m. There is a hole in the middle, and the bridge deck is very stable. There is also the Chaoguan in the Ming Dynasty, and now there is another one in Linqing Mansion. My mother and I went up to have a look last month. It's all wasted."

"Sister Bao, what is copying customs?" Jia Baoyu asked.

"Hee hee, I don't even know about copying the customs, thanks to the fact that you have studied so many books! That is the yamen used to supervise water transportation."

Lin Daiyu disapproved of all the sisters listening attentively to Xue Baochai's talk about the historic site of the canal.She's been through this too!So, taking an opportunity, she slightly mocked Jia Baoyu, and she gave the answer.

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "What my sister said is very true. Customs clearance is used to supervise the water transportation tax. It's just that this is not used now, so it can only be used for people to watch and see, it is not worth anything."

Jia Baoyu has long been familiar with Lin Daiyu's willful speaking style.Pretending not to hear, Jia Baoyu continued to chase: "Sister Bao, tell me two more..."

"Baoyu, your elder sister Bao just came, don't just be happy for yourself, get up quickly, pour wine for your sisters, let them all have a drink!"

This is Jia Mu's voice.

Jia Baoyu had no choice but to stand up immediately, took the jug from the maid's hand, and toasted the sisters in order!

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"Second Master, I brought what you asked for."

Jia Qing was asking Liu Xianglian about some things in recent years when Xie Luan's voice came from behind the screen.Xu Shi heard Jia Qing talking to others, so he couldn't walk out directly.

"Bring it here." Jia Qing said.

In this way, Xie Luan walked out of the screen and put a wooden box into Jia Qing's hands.

The last time on the blessing boat, Liu Xianglian naturally knew Xie Luan, so when they met under such circumstances, they also greeted each other.

"Okay, you go back."

Jia Qing opened his mouth to call Xie Luan back, then handed the small box in Liu Xianglian's hand, and said: "This is my wish, brother Liu please accept it."

Previously, Jia Qing sold off the gift in front of him, so Liu Xianglian didn't shy away from it, and directly opened the box in front of Jia Qing, wanting to see what was inside.

Originally, Liu Xianglian guessed that Jia Qing might just happen to have good ginseng in his hands and was going to send him off, but it was true that a mansion like Jia Qing spent a lot of money on these things every year.Unexpectedly, when I opened the box, it turned out to be a box of bank notes. The first one was worth one thousand!

"How can this be done! Brother, take it back quickly!"

Liu Xianglian thought that Jia Qing was giving him money from the family privately, so she immediately refused.He didn't want to involve Jia Qing for the money, it was his own business.

Jia Qing smiled and said: "I said earlier that brother Liu underestimated people, didn't I? The money was not stolen from home, but earned by myself from a small business done by my younger brother a few years ago. So, brother Liu just Just take it to the emergency with peace of mind, and it's what we should do in a brotherhood."

"Earn?"

Liu Xianglian is skeptical.I reached out and flipped through the silver notes in the box, and the more I flipped through, the more frightened I was!

Although all the good yellow ginseng in his arms could be sold for 2 taels of silver, the main reason is that the one with at least three or 400 years is worth 1 taels of silver!However, it was because of his excellent martial arts skills, he went to the uninhabited deep primitive forest behind the Tazi tribe, and he dug it with good luck.

That's it, after he came out, he was also discovered by the Sao Tartars, and he almost didn't escape.

At that time, he had no choice but to take such a risk. If he was asked to do it again, he would not be sure that he would be able to escape unscathed.

This matter is indispensable.

However, at this moment, in the box that Jia Qing gave him, there were twenty or thirty bank notes of Zheng Tong No. in denomination of 1000 taels, which was tens of thousands of taels of silver. How can a small business make such money?

Seeing the doubt in Liu Xianglian's eyes, Jia Qing said, "Brother Liu knows about the soap that first appeared in Beijing three years ago?"

"I know, I've used it, it's really good for cleaning the skin..."

Speaking of this, Liu Xianglian suddenly realized: "Could it be that the soap industry was actually set up by my virtuous brother?"

The voice was full of surprise.You must know that he has not stayed on the mountain all the time in the past few years, but often goes down the mountain to visit friends and borrow money to do business, so he knows how profitable the soap business is now.

"That's not true, it's just that I made the soap recipe, and then I used it to cooperate with the Shen family, and I can get a lot of money from it every year!" Jia Qing said.

Hearing this, Liu Xianglian really admired her!

Since ancient times, scholars have all neglected the way of money, or they disdain business affairs, which is almost common sense.However, Jia Qing is not only outstanding in literary talent, he can also achieve attainments in Tao Zhu's art, which is really admirable!

"But, this is too much, Brother Yu is ashamed to accept it!" Liu Xianglian still handed the box back as she spoke.

Jia Qing said displeased: "The ancients still had the righteousness of making money, let alone you and me? Now that Brother Liu is in trouble, I should help him with all my strength. This is the right way! Brother Liu is acting like this, is he treating the younger brother as an outsider?" ? Or do you think that the younger brother is a person who wants to repay your kindness, so you dare not accept it?"

"Brother Yu is serious, brother Yu dares to think so inhumanly...Since that's the case, brother Yu will accept it! It's just that although my brother is not a person who takes kindness, Liu is not a person who is not righteous. In the future, he will definitely Repay my virtuous brother for today's affection!"

After Jia Qing said that, Liu Xianglian didn't insist anymore.He really needs money now, because it is related to the life of his master who has been so kind to him.

Therefore, he accepted Jia Qing's kindness and only repaid it in the future.

"That's it." Jia Qing smiled.

"Now I'm in a hurry, and I don't know what the situation is with Brother Liu. After going back this time, after buying the ginseng with the money, if it is still not enough, Brother Liu will send someone to look for the younger brother, but now the younger brother has nothing else. better.