Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

At this time, Xue Baobao, who was wearing a curtain hat and gorgeous clothes, was squatting beside the straw mat and flipping through these books. His valuable clothes were laid out so casually on the dirty ground, which also showed that his master had no love at all. Don't know how to cherish.

Yang Jinping looked at the lazy and slippery bookseller, and then at Xue Baobao, who was squatting on the roadside and flipping through a book. He felt that the pictures were quite harmonious, and there was even a little bit of matching——

Of course, he would never dare to say it.

Xue Baobao flipped through the pages very quickly. After about a quarter of an hour, she had flipped through the books on the straw mat, and she went to get the ones in the rattan box again.

The lazy stall owner stretched out his hand to stop him lazily, "Girl, you can only see it after buying it."

Yu Xiu asked, "How to sell it?"

The tired stall owner looked him up and down and said, "If you want to buy it, buy it all, 1 taels."

"1 taels!"

Nan Xing and Awei shouted at the same time, "You want to sell a few broken books for 1 taels. Are you bullying us foreigners?"

Nan Xing and Awei's voices were so loud that not only the people nearby, but also Baozhuang and Yang Jinping could hear them clearly.

At the same time, the whispers of the people around them also reached their ears.

"...The youngest of the Zhang family is so desperate that he sold all the medical books left by his ancestors and asked for 1 taels just to open his mouth..."

"...These foreigners look rich at first glance, but they can't be so open-mouthed..."

"...I know this girl. I have met her at the door of the bookstore for several days. She buys books in boxes. She must be a book lover.

The youngest of the Zhang family must have noticed it, so he asked for 1 taels before he dared to open his mouth..."

"...He just hopes that he can make a profit by selling these books. There have been many inquiries these days, but they were all scared away by the price he offered..."

"...In this way, the youngest of the Zhang family is not stupid. He doesn't like small shrimps and crabs, so he just waits for the big fish to take the bait. The last hook is enough to last a lifetime..."

Although Yu Xiu couldn't understand all the whispers of the people around him, he could still get a general idea.

He has a gentle temper and is not angry. He smiled and said, "This little brother, is he doing business? He asks for a high price and pays him back on the spot.

If your price is too high, we definitely won't buy it. Why don't you give us an honest price? "

The tired stall owner rolled his eyes and almost rolled his eyes to the sky, "1 taels, even if it's a penny less, I won't sell it, I won't buy it if I want!"

Yu Xiu still smiled, "Brother, don't say it so absolutely. We sincerely want to buy it, and I hope that brother also sincerely wants to sell it."

The lazy stall owner snorted, "Why should I buy books if I don't have money? I'm a rich person. If you want to buy, just buy it. If you don't want to buy it, leave quickly. Don't stop me from doing business!"

Even though Yu Xiu had a good temper, he couldn't help but frown after hearing this, and looked down at Xue Baobao inquiringly.

Yu Xin arranged for him to help in the Xue family's shop. He could make the decision for a small amount of money, but for 1 taels, especially when Xue Baobao was still present, he would never dare to make the decision easily.

Xue Baobao seemed to like these books very much. Naturally, he did not dare to take charge of Xue Baobao and told her not to buy them.

Just now when Yu Xiu was bargaining with the stall owner, Xue Baobao took another book and was flipping through it. Yu Xiu stopped talking and raised the book in his hand towards the stall owner, "Brother, do you have any other books at home?" , especially medical books or doctor’s notes?”

The tired stall owner looked her up and down with squinting eyes, "No, they are all here. Our family has been practicing medicine for generations, and these books are passed down from our ancestors.

Also, it was written stroke by stroke by the ancestors. I am not in a hurry to use money, and I will not sell it.

Girl, I think you seem to be a knowledgeable and well-established person. You won’t be competing for ten taels or eighty taels of silver from a commoner like me, right? "

Xue Baobao laughed and turned to ask Yu Xiu, "How much money do we have left?"

Seeing that she really wanted to spend 1 taels on some junk books, Yu Xiu said with difficulty, "I only brought 3000 taels."

If he hadn't come here for a special purpose, he wouldn't have put so much money on him, but he didn't expect that Xue Baobao could spend more money than he thought.

3000 taels is not even enough for her to buy a book!

Should he sigh that the Xue family is indeed the Xue family?

Xue Baobao reached out and took off the bracelet on his left wrist, "I will bet the bracelet on you first, and I will withdraw the money to buy books later."

Yu Xiu said hurriedly, "Cousin, it's better to deposit some money first. There is no need to deposit your bracelet."

It's not always good to leave your daughter's things outside.

Xue Baobao groaned and looked at the lazy stall owner, "Well, can you deposit 2000 taels first? I may have to buy something, and the money is deposited here, which is inconvenient."

The lazy stall owner obviously didn't expect that she would actually spend 1 taels to buy his book, and he was afraid that he would not agree with it as a deposit.

He ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, nodded hastily, "Okay, okay, girl is kind and righteous, little one, there's nothing to worry about!"

He was so happy that he went crazy and started talking nonsense.

Xue Baobao put the bracelet back on and told Awei, "Go back and get the money. After you get the book, send it back and come find us again."

Awei opened his mouth wide, said yes in a nonchalant manner, turned around and ran away.

Xue Baobao stood up and said, "Cousin, let's go."

With toothache, Yu Xiu counted 2000 taels of silver notes to the lazy stall owner, and as Xue Baobao continued to shop, there was a lot of discussion.

Yang Jinping, who was upstairs, was also dumbfounded and asked blankly, "Didn't you say that the Xue family's first house has handed over all its business to the third house? Why are you still so rich?"

One million taels!

Just buy a few crappy books!

If he dares to do this, he will definitely have to kneel down in the ancestral hall and receive family law when he returns!

Yang Jinping said as he looked at Baozhuang subtly. Although this was a prince, he still had a fiefdom. He couldn't bear to spend such money, right?

He had heard that even the emperor did not dare to spend money at will, let alone spend 1 taels on books. The emperor rarely rewarded the concubines in the harem with gold or silver. Most of them rewarded them with worthless clothes, hair, flowers, etc. .

Not to mention the prince, I heard that he even misappropriated the rewards his daughter received during the New Year, and he refused to pay them back!

Baozhuang smiled slightly under Yang Jinping's subtle gaze, "Cousin, what do you want to say?"

Obviously Baozhuang's smile was as gentle and almost compassionate as usual, but Yang Jinping felt an inexplicable chill on his back and shook his head vigorously, "Nothing, nothing, nothing!"

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Early the next morning, before it was completely bright, Nan Xing sneaked up to Xue Baobao's window.

He originally wanted to knock on the window gently to wake up Xue Baobao, but before he got closer, he saw Xue Baobao's window wide open, and Xue Baobao was sitting behind the desk in front of the window reading.

Nanxing, "..."

The girl studies so hard, she wakes up so early to read!

Nan Xing was afraid of scaring Xue Baobao, so she walked slightly harder and called out to the girl from a distance.

Xue Baobao sat up immediately, closed the book on the table, put it into his sleeve, then quietly put it into the space of the knife, and hurriedly leaned out half of his body.

Nan Xing came to her at this time, she must have found a clue.

Sure enough, Nan Xing hesitated for a while and finally said, "Girl, I seem to have seen the mark left by Beiqi."

"Beiqi?"

"He is my twin brother, but he has always been protecting the master. How could he be here and still leave a mark?

I saw that mark had been left for some time, it must have come before us."

<divclass="contentadv">Nan Xing was confused and puzzled, and looked to Xue Baobao for help.

Xue Baobao asked anxiously, "Are you sure?"

Without waiting for Nan Xing to answer, he added, "No matter if you are not sure, take me to see it first."

The mark left by Bei Qi was on a reef on the seaside. Xue Baobao and others searched the surroundings inside and out, and then found another mark on a low reef exposed after the low tide.

That's the English letter "S".

S——south——South.

It was left by Yu Xin!

Besides him, who else in this world of Red Mansions can write English?

My brother was not forced into the sea!

He escaped by jumping into the sea!

He even had the energy left to leave a mark on her!

Xue Baobao cried with joy. His heart, which had been wrinkled for many days, finally relaxed slightly. My brother is okay, my brother is okay!

Nan Xing was confused, "But that's wrong. Beiqi's direction is west. Why did Commander Yu mark south?"

Xue Baobao was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Look in the direction marked by Beiqi!"

Yu Xin must be afraid that if she really comes here, he will encounter the group of people chasing him and be in danger.

He simply pointed her in the wrong direction, but he didn't expect that Beiqi had also marked her!

It's really unchangeable!

……

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"... I hope that when I achieve Bodhi in the next life, if there are countless sentient beings who practice the holy life in my Dharma... I hope that when I achieve Bodhi in the next life..."

Under the candlelight, Lin Daiyu's side face was pure and beautiful, and her pure and joyful chanting voice fell like pearls with shimmering light on this dirty world.

Her beautiful face was thin and haggard, and it could be seen almost at a glance that she had neither eaten nor slept well for a long time.

The eldest brother was in danger and his life or death was unknown. Sister Bao was heartbroken and vomited blood and followed him thousands of miles away.

She also wanted to go along. Even if she couldn't help, it would be good to talk to Sister Bao.

But her father ordered her to be locked up in the yard and she was not allowed to go out even a step.

She didn't know what she could do but chant Buddhist scriptures over and over again.

Bodhisattva bless, bless my elder brother for his safe return, and bless my sister Bao for peace and worry-free...

There was a slight noise outside the window, but Lin Daiyu didn't hear it.

Like many scholars in this time and space, she can read Buddhist scriptures and listen to Baozhuan's lectures, but deep down she does not believe in Buddhism. She believes in Confucianism and respects ghosts and gods and keeps away from them.

But ever since the news came that Yu Xin was in danger and Xue Baobao left home, she became extremely devout, praying to Buddha and chanting sutras day and night, and everything around her was indifferent to her ears and hearts.

The noise outside the window became louder again, and it was particularly clear in the silent night.

Lin Daiyu heard it, but didn't pay attention. It was already late at night, and both Snow Goose and Zicuckoo were sent to sleep by her. Maybe some girl got up late at night and made the noise.

"boom--"

The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground or in the room was heard. Lin Daiyu was startled, opened her eyes and turned around to look.

A large piece of blood came into view. Lin Daiyu suddenly squeezed the Buddhist beads in her hand. After calming down, she saw clearly that the large piece of blood-stained thing should be a person, a person covered in blood.

She hurriedly covered her mouth with the hand holding the beads to prevent herself from screaming. She stood up carefully and prepared to escape from the room, for fear of disturbing the person.

"Dai——Daiyu——"

The hoarse and familiar voice made Lin Daiyu pause suddenly. She turned around and stared at the bloody man in disbelief. She shouted in disbelief, "Big brother?"

The bloody man who fell on the ground raised his head with difficulty, revealing a face that was particularly beautiful and solemn because it was stained with blood, "Daiyu——"

Lin Daiyu burst into tears immediately and hurriedly ran forward to help Yu Xin.

Yu Xin tried his best to hold the ground with his sword with one hand, put his other hand on her shoulder, and put most of his body weight on her before he managed to stand up.

Lin Daiyu was so pampered that she couldn't carry most of the weight of a grown man. She carried him half-carrying on her back, almost supporting him step by step as he walked in.

Seeing that she was trying to help him to the bed, Yu Xin said hoarsely, "No, not on the bed."

Lin Daiyu gritted her teeth and gasped, "Brother, if you are injured like this, go and lie down on the bed first, and I will bandage you."

Yu Xin's whole body ached when he moved. He reluctantly endured the pain and looked around. He found that Lin Daiyu's boudoir was almost entirely filled with bookshelves and Duobao Pavilion. In addition to books, there were chess, chess, and various antiques.

There was not even the imperial concubine's couch that would be found in most ladies' rooms, so she had to say, "Put me on your feet - put your feet on me."

Beds in ancient times were equipped with footrests, which made it easy to get in and out of bed, and also convenient for the maids who kept watch at night to rest.

Since Lin Daiyu recovered, she followed Xue Baobao's example and no longer asked the maid to keep watch at night. At this time, the footrest was empty.

Lin Daiyu didn't make a sound, panting and carried Yu Xin directly to the bed and sat down, pressing him down to lie down.

Seeing Yu Xin open his mouth to say something, he interrupted him softly, "Just lie here, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

After saying that, he turned around and left. Yu Xin tried to sit up by himself so that he could step on his feet. After trying for a long time, he couldn't sit up. Instead, he opened several wounds. He couldn't help but groan in pain.

At this moment, Lin Daiyu came back again, closed all the doors and windows, drew the curtains tightly, and held a large box in her hands.

The box was given to her by Xue Baobao, just in case.

She originally thought that Xue Baobao was worrying too much, but she didn't expect that it would come in handy today.

When Lin Daiyu saw Yu Xin struggling to get up, she quickly pressed his shoulders and said urgently, "Brother, don't get up yet. I'll give you medicine."

Yu Xin hurriedly said, "Call Chuan Wulai."

Lin Daiyu bent down and put the medicine box on the small table beside the bed, opened it, and said, "I asked Chuanwu to deal with the blood stains left by my eldest brother. Zijuan and Xueyan also grew up pampered. I'm afraid they will be harmed." No, I didn’t dare to call them.”

She was not at ease and could not completely believe that the maid she had raised and raised, no matter what she was, would be recruited after just a few minutes.

Yu Xin was speechless for a moment. Like Awei, Chuanwu had been trained in Zhenfu Division for many years, and he gave Xue Baobao as his personal maid.

Only he gave it to Xue Baobao the first day, and Xue Baobao gave Chuanwu to Lin Daiyu the next day.

Then he succeeded in making him angry to death, and once again doubted who was more important in Xue Baobao's heart, his brother, or Lin Daiyu, the "sister" who became a monk halfway!

Unexpectedly, Chuan Wu actually helped here.

Yu was so weak that he suddenly woke up when Lin Daiyu approached her again with a handkerchief, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to block her.

Just as he was about to speak, he coughed uncontrollably, and blood immediately overflowed from the corners of his mouth.

Lin Daiyu was shocked, "Brother, please obey the authority in emergencies——"

Yu Xin coughed again, "Take one of the health pills that the baby gave you, and sprinkle some styptic powder on my wound. Don't worry, I didn't die during this journey, and I won't die now." die".