Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

After Xichun stayed at home for a few days, Xue Baochai came to the door.

Xue Baochai smiled, "The quantity of live sheep in the goods returned this time is more than last year, and the quality of wool is also better than last year. According to this trend, it is estimated that there will be more in the future. According to those merchants, there are already border crossings. Residents and herdsmen asked them about their future purchase plans, and judging by their appearance, it seems that they want to raise more sheep.”

Xichun said directly: "We will continue to buy in the future. If you don't have enough money, you can ask me to take it, but only buy sheep from herdsmen, and don't accept sheep from border residents."

After dealing with Xichun for the past two years, Xue Baochai also roughly guessed what Xichun was thinking, and said with a smile: "That's what I told them too. Nowadays, more and more cement roads are being repaired, and it is more convenient to travel. We are currently planning to Let’s change it to a trip every two months.”

Xichun thought about it, "Go there once every two months? Is there enough goods over there for purchase? Even the newly raised sheep will have to be slaughtered in four or five months at the earliest?"

"It's not specifically to buy sheep. It's just that the roads are better now, and the time spent on the road is much less. Many caravans want to take advantage of the opportunity to go to more places. That caravan was originally going to go to that area. Now It won’t take much time to go there every two months.” Xue Baochai said in detail: “The soldiers and civilians on the border also hope that we can go more often, and if we go regularly, the herdsmen there will feel more at ease and feel more comfortable. Willing to do business with us."

Xichun nodded, "I'm sorry to bother you."

Xue Baochai smiled, "The princess is being polite, the Xue family has made a lot of money."

Since last autumn, I have been going to the border of the grassland every season to buy live wool sheep. Although I have only been there a few times, I have bought more each time.

There were too many sheep, and Xichun couldn't digest them. Fortunately, there were many kinds of sheep to buy. Xichun cooperated with Xue's family to open a shop, specializing in selling mutton hot pot, and held a tasting meeting. The recipes of all kinds of mutton from all over the world are quite good. It is refreshing, and the shop has gained a firm foothold through this.

Xue Baochai talked about the situation in the shop, and brought up the matter of dividends, but Xichun still refused to accept it, and asked Xue Baochai to keep the money and continue working.

Xue Baochai also understood Xichun's temperament, and stopped talking, and brought up the matter of the shop, "Now this shop has been open for a few months, and almost all the diners who come to eat now like to eat the same kind of mutton, so we are thinking that we will eat mutton in the future." Don’t buy just this one breed of sheep.”

"You mean Xilin sheep?" Seeing Xue Baochai nodding, Xichun had a clue in her heart, "I remember this kind of mutton was the first name in the tasting meeting back then, right? If that's the case, I'll buy more of this kind of sheep in the future." , but the wool of this kind of sheep is not very good?"

Xue Baochai said: "Yes, the sheep used for shearing is Guole sheep. The meat quality of this kind of sheep is not as good as Xilin sheep, but it can be used to make meat jerky, which is more chewy than ordinary sheep."

Xichun nodded, "There are more wool this year, so we can produce some new tricks."

Xue Baochai's eyes lit up, "What new ideas does the Princess have?"

"It's not a new idea, it's just my own thinking." Xichun said, "I want to dye the wool thread with dye, and then weave it into clothes with patterns, just like the embroidery on silk and satin."

Xue Baochai pondered for a while, "Compared with silk and satin, woolen clothes are more warm, and now they are also aesthetically pleasing, plus the cost, it is feasible."

Xue Baochai said directly: "Can the princess leave this matter to me? It's just me."

Xichun was taken aback for a moment, then said, "You and Xue Biao had a falling out?"

Xue Baochai shook her head, "It's not a falling out, it's just that some ideas are not suitable, I want to try to do it myself."

Xue Biao finally proposed to marry Xing Xiuyan, but as the business of Xue's family gradually improved and he got into the relationship with Jia Amnesty, Xue Biao began to want to put Xue Baochai back in the back house. After all, he also saw Xue Baochai's ability and ambition. If it comes out, if you let it continue to develop, you may suffer a loss.

But how could Xue Baochai be willing? Seeing Xue Biao behave like this, he naturally started to quarrel with Xue Biao. Xue Baochai directly pulled his father's reputation and Xichun's power to fight back. In the end, you will be yours and I will be mine Yes, well water does not violate river water.

Xichun recalled what Tanchun said before, "Does your family know? This road is not easy."

Xue Baochai said: "I know this road is not easy to walk, but I still want to try, I want to see how far I can go."

Xue Baochai's family naturally disagreed. Aunt Xue almost fainted from crying when she knew her daughter's plan. ah!

Aunt Xue almost went blind from crying, but Xue Baochai just refused to bow her head. When Aunt Xue locked her up, she was restless and ordered her servants to release her secretly.

Seeing that Xue Baochai couldn't be locked up, Aunt Xue went to look for Xue Pan again, but Xue Pan didn't agree with Xue Baochai's doing so.

Xue Pan drank with others on weekdays, and when he talked about the female shopkeeper and female servants of any store, he always had to make fun of them. Some of them had unclean mouths, so it was impossible to listen to them, let alone some unruly ones. , How could Xue Pan let his sister suffer this kind of suffering.

Xue Baochai is usually the housekeeper, and the prestige of the servants at home is far more than that of Aunt Xue and Xue Pan. The words that Aunt Xue and Xue Pan let the servants take care of her are almost tantamount to saying nothing. Xue Baochai also asked the servants to persuade Aunt Xue on weekdays. and Xue Pan.

Xue Baochai also went to Xiangling and asked Xiangling to help her persuade Xue Pan. As a reward, she was willing to find family members for Xiangling.

Almost everyone in the Xue family knew that Xiangling was abducted, and Xue Baochai directly promised that if she found her family, she would help Xiangling if she wanted to leave with the family.

Xiangling was moved, but still hesitated, and this matter was of great importance, she didn't know how to persuade Xue Pan.

Xue Baochai thought for a while, and simply began to play tricks. First, he said for several days that he had dreamed of his father, and that his father was very sad. very sad.

A few days later, Aunt Xue and Xue Pan also began to think that they had dreamed of the sad father Xue, so Xue Baochai took the opportunity to ask the monks and priests to read scriptures for Xue father in the temple, and asked Xue father why he was sad.

The monks and Taoist priests who asked were naturally bought by Xue Baochai in advance, and the answers were the same. Father Xue felt sad when he saw that he had no successor.

Upon hearing this answer, Aunt Xue burst into tears, and Xue Pan was also very sad.

Xue Baochai once again proposed to do business by herself, as if she were to give it a try and prove to the world that her father is not without successors.

Aunt Xue and Xue Pan still hesitated, but they were both moved by Xue Baochai in the end, but they also put forward conditions. One is that they can only do it for three years. If Xue Baochai has no results or little results after three years, then they must give up and come back The second is that she must dress up as a man outside, even if everyone knows that she is a woman, she cannot admit her daughter.

How could Xue Baochai not know that these were all for her own good, and immediately agreed, and the next day there was an extra son of the Xue family in the Xue family's shop.

Looking at Xue Baochai, who behaved a little more heroically than before, Xichun knew that she was serious, "Then I can only wish you what you want."

Xue Baochai smiled, "Thank you Princess."

Xichun said again: "But you must pay attention to safety. You can learn from the third sister in this regard."

When Tanchun was mentioned, Xue Baochai smiled even deeper, "I thought I was a libertine when Sister Zhao called me out, and almost got her kicked out, but I only recognized her after she told her identity."

Thinking of Tanchun's technique of pretending to be a man, Xichun couldn't help but touch his forehead.

The two talked for a while, and Xue Baochai brought up the travel agency, "We are not the only travel agency in the market today, and there are other travel agencies established, but they are not as good as our reputation, and they can't grab much business yet."

Xichun was not surprised at all, "This is normal. How could the Xue family have enough manpower and energy to run travel agencies in various places in such a short period of time? This piece of meat is too big for the Xue family to swallow. Rather than insisting on not letting others It is better to let everyone eat meat if eating meat makes people angry, and if there is competition, there will be motivation. If it is really only the travel agency run by Xue's family, then I have to worry about it."

Xichun said again: "Besides, the common people are not stupid. They know which travel agency is running well. The Xue family opened earlier, and now it has a greater influence. As long as it continues to do well, the reputation will naturally not be bad. .”

Xichun recalled the routines of those travel agencies in the past, "according to the identity of tourists, we can also design some special itineraries, such as scholars, they like to go to scenic spots with rich culture, those who come to the capital for the first time, can go to the capital city Special scenic spots, those who sell things can also target specific products that are easy to carry and store for a long time.”

Xichun added, "But don't put the cart before the horse, everyone is here for sightseeing, not shopping."

Although Xichun only mentioned a little bit, Xue Baochai also understood, and even came up with several tourist boutique routes in his mind, not only for scholars and ordinary people, but also for female relatives, etc., not to mention the things for sale. Speaking of putting the cart before the horse, he immediately said, "Of course not."

After more than a year of cooperation, Xichun is still quite at ease with Xue Baochai, "What do you usually sell in the shop when you are in business?"

Xue Baochai said: "It's just miscellaneous goods. Currently, we are taking the route of small profits but high sales. It's just that the types of goods are common. We can only go up after getting familiar with them."

Xichun said: "You are familiar with the third sister, but you can talk to her about those Shanxi jujube, mature vinegar and bamboo leaf green wine. If it is convenient, it can be shipped at once, and the source of goods is reliable, and there is no need to spend extra money on travel and manpower."

Xue Baochai immediately responded, with Tanchun's help, the variety of goods in her shop would be much richer.

Xichun asked again: "By the way, how is Jia Baoyu recently? Didn't you say you gave it to his master before? How is he learning now?"

Xue Baochai took a careful look at Xichun's expression, "Baoyu studied with the master for a few days, and then let the master come back."

Xichun wondered, "Is he unwilling to accept help or to learn?"

Xue Baochai sighed, "The princess didn't know something. Qingwen was seriously ill, and his family knew about his helping Qingwen, so naturally he didn't follow suit."

☆、Chapter 150

Jia Baoyu spent every day trying to make rouge and sell money to save Qingwen. Slowly, Xiren also found out. At first she thought it was a woman outside who had seduced Jia Baoyu, so she followed Jia Baoyu secretly without saying a word. Baoyu went and found Qingwen after following for a few days.

Seeing Jia Baoyu tenderly caring for Qingwen, Xiren almost gritted his teeth.

A few days later, Xiren got familiar with the ins and outs of the matter, and secretly went to Qingwen while Jia Baoyu was away.

Seeing Qingwen, Xiren burst into tears, "If Master Bao hadn't told me, I didn't know you were suffering here. If something happened to you, wouldn't you know to send us a letter? Could it be that the sisterhood of so many years Whether the score is false or not."

Qingwen also shed tears when she saw her. At the beginning, the two confronted each other many times in Rongguo Mansion, which was very embarrassing, but now looking back on the past, only the warmth of supporting and supporting them was left.

Qingwen cried: "The situation was critical at the time, and I was seriously ill. I didn't think of anything else. I just wanted to escape the sea of ​​fire and survive. What's more, you are not having a good time now. How can I drag you down?"

Xiren took out the silver he brought and gave it to Qingwen, "This is a little money I saved, it's not much, you take it and use it first."

Qingwen refused to accept it, "Now you are also sad, how can I use your money?"

Xiren insisted on giving the money to Qingwen, "Are you talking about these times now? It's more important than anything else to recover from your illness!"

Qingwen was so moved that she thanked her repeatedly and accepted the money.

Qingwen took the money and asked Xiren how it was in the yard.

Xiren sighed, "Ever since Aunt Bai took over the house, there has been no rest at home, even the old lady hasn't come back yet."

Xiren whispered again: "Besides, Aunt Bai's baby was a boy. Now Master Bao loves so much that Aunt Bai almost gives her whatever she wants. On weekdays, our servants' monthly bills are deducted repeatedly. You have given me a lot less money, as well as the basic necessities of life, you have also stayed in the back house, and you know the tricks in it, and now we are suffering and cannot tell."

Qingwen hurriedly asked: "Does the master know?"

"So what if the master knows? Now the master only sees the third young master." Xiren smiled wryly, "I have secretly inquired about it, and heard from the maids in the master's yard, that the master also promised to leave all the family property to the third young master in the future. "

Qingwen was startled, "Then what about Second Master Bao? Now he can't take the imperial examination, and he can't take the martial arts test. Even Second Master Bao of Shangshang has no talent!"

Xiren held Qingwen's hand, "Why didn't I think so, every time I persuaded Bao Erye to go to the master more to show his filial piety, Bao Erye refused and only lost his temper with me. He disappeared a long time ago, so I ran to ask Ming Yan forcibly, and only then did I know that he was selling rouge!"

Qingwen immediately understood the origin of Jia Baoyu's money, and felt grateful and painful at the same time.

The two talked for a long time before they stood up and said goodbye. They asked Qingwen to recuperate well. She would come to see her when she was free, and told Qingwen not to tell Jia Baoyu that she had been here. The second master started not to see me again, he knew I was talking too much, but he didn't know how to punish me, my body couldn't stand any more punches."

Xiren was disliked by the Wang family and others because of the miscarriage at the beginning, and wanted to sell her. It was Jia Baoyu who insisted on keeping her, but keeping her didn't allow her to take good care of her body. Well, Xiren's body is very weak now, and according to the doctor's words, it will be even more difficult to give birth in the future.

Qingwen was even more moved, and was also full of gratitude to Xiren. She just felt that she had misunderstood Xiren's character before, and immediately promised: "Don't worry, I will not confide half a word. If I say it, Then let me hang myself!"

Xiren was taken aback, "Why are you saying these things all of a sudden? I don't believe you, and neither do you?"

Qingwen was grateful to Xiren, and advised Jia Baoyu to stay at home when he came again. Jia Baoyu frowned, "Why did you suddenly mention these things?"

Qingwen said: "You run to me when you have time now, what if you miss your own business? And now that your wife is sick, you should be more filial in front of the bed."

Jia Baoyu was silent for a while and said: "No need, there are people arranged by Aunt Bai to take care of my mother. It is useless for me to go, and I have attracted father's dislike for nothing."

As soon as Qingwen heard this, she understood that Jia Baoyu had been excluded and could not stay any longer, and said immediately: "No matter how well those people arranged, they are not what my wife wants. My wife is most worried about you, and you are If you go there and do nothing, just say a few words with your wife, your wife will feel at ease, and your wife will recover from her illness soon, wouldn't it be good?"

Jia Baoyu knew that what Qingwen said was reasonable, but he still didn't want to go.

Because of Jin Chuan.

Jin Chuan was half responsible for his death, but now Yu Chuan does nothing but say something about his sister in front of him, and Jia Baoyu runs away in shame.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu couldn't be persuaded, Qingwen persuaded him to come here less, "I'm in good health now, so don't work so hard, and you have some money in your hands. In the future, you will marry a wife and have children. There are many places to spend money, and Xiren, she is not in good health now, so she should take good care of her on weekdays."

Jia Baoyu wondered, "Why do you suddenly care about Xiren? You always bickered in the past."

Qingwen glared at him, "It's common for girls to quarrel. Does this mean that the relationship is not good? Now that I'm sick, and thinking of her being the same, naturally I should care more."

Jia Baoyu heard this, and felt a little pity for Xiren in his heart, and he didn't come here very much after that, and loved Xiren a little more.

Xiren also tried every means to win over Jia Baoyu, and finally got Jia Baoyu to agree to accept her as his aunt.

As soon as Wang heard the news, she called Jia Baoyu over and told her that she couldn't accept Xiren as her aunt, "You took my aunt before you got married, which lady would marry you in the future?"

But Jia Baoyu insisted on this, "Xiren is having difficulty conceiving now, and the servants often ridicule and ridicule her. If I don't support her, she doesn't know how to suffer. Besides, her son is like this now, how can she dare to expect those things?" Where are the ladies?"

Mrs. Wang wanted to persuade him again, but Jia Zheng agreed, and even allowed Jia Baoyu to hold a banquet for the Xiren, and praised him for the first time, saying that he was responsible and that he was his son.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang almost lost her temper. She knew in her heart that with Jia Zheng and Aunt Bai around, Jia Baoyu would really have no way out in the future. For a moment, she had the courage and determination to live infinitely.

Xiren became a concubine, and she was even more convinced. First, she tricked Jia Zheng to know that Jia Baoyu was secretly doing rouge. .

Xiren waited on Jia Baoyu to recover from his injuries, and at the same time secretly told her brother and sister-in-law about Qingwen.

Qingwen's brother and sister-in-law found Qingwen and made a big fuss, and wanted to take Qingwen away and sell her. Or Qingwen felt bad when her brother and sister-in-law came to her door, so she quickly entrusted a child to find Jia Baoyu However, Jia Baoyu didn't come, but Xiren came, coaxing and scaring Qingwen to buy it with money, and then Qingwen's brother and sister-in-law left.

After Qingwen's brother and sister-in-law left, Xiren wept at Qingwen, saying that Jia Zheng knew about this and beat Jia Baoyu so hard that he couldn't get out of bed, and said that if Jia Baoyu did these things again, he would be kicked out of the house .

Qingwen was struck by lightning when she heard this, she never expected that she would harm Jia Baoyu like this, knowing that Xiren would rush back to take care of Jia Baoyu's recuperation, she would not be left behind, and even took the embroidery work she had done during this time Let her take the selling money.

Xiren naturally refused to accept it, and gave Qingwen the body deed he had just written, saying that he probably would not have the chance to see her in the future, and she and Jia Baoyu had no extra money to help her now, and advised Qingwen that it would be best Leaving the capital, lest her brother and sister-in-law do anything out of greed.

Qingwen had no choice but to leave those embroidery jobs.

After sending Xiren away, Qingwen felt more and more uncomfortable, and finally fell ill again. After being ill for a while, she went directly.

After Jia Baoyu heard the news, she felt unbearable grief and had no choice but to bury Qingwen, and then went to the Muni Temple to ask the Taoist priest to sing several volumes of scriptures for Qingwen.

After Qingwen's incident, Jia Baoyu treated Xiren even better. Knowing that her marriage was difficult, she thought about letting Xiren straighten her up.

Jia Baoyu was thinking about how to persuade the Wang family and Jia Zheng to let Xiren straighten him up, when he saw Aunt Bai sent someone, saying that she was grateful to him for paying homage to Jin Chuan and writing a eulogy. The truth of the matter told him that if he didn't believe it, he could investigate it himself. Sheyue, who lived in the same house as Xiren, and the people around Qingwen's residence, as well as Qingwen's brother and sister-in-law, could all testify.

Jia Baoyu naturally refused to believe it after hearing it, but he couldn't stand the fact that there were all witnesses and material evidence.

Xiren is also a master who has worked in the back house for many years, and made up half-truths and half-fake words to Jia Baoyu's questioning, "I have been friends with Qingwen for so many years, and I know she is in trouble, can I still stand by and watch?" Musk Moon only knows that I took the money and went out, but she doesn’t know what I did with the money, right? The same goes for the neighbors in those streets. They only know that I have visited Qingwen, but they know what I said and did? something?"

"As for Qingwen brother and sister-in-law, they are even more open-eyed when they see money. What can't they say? The little girl who spoke for me..." Xiren fell to the ground and said sadly: "Second master, how many people in this family are not right now?" Aunt Bai? Are you willing to believe her words? Qingwen has always been smart, if I really harbored evil intentions towards Qingwen, would she still not notice? Just say something in your ear."

Jia Baoyu was stunned, yes, Qingwen never said that Xiren was bad, and she made him care about Xiren, and if Xiren really wanted to harm Qingwen, why bother to buy Qingwen? Drive Qingwen brother and sister-in-law away.

Xiren understood Jia Baoyu after all, and after singing and beating, Jia Baoyu didn't pursue Qingwen any more.

But after this incident, Jia Baoyu also became silent a lot, and began to calm down towards Xiren, and went to mourn Qingwen when he was free on weekdays.