Red Mansions Circle of Friends

"Thin?" Since the dream of exile came to an end, Xue Pan's life has been extremely rough.Hearing what Yue Yan said, he touched his face subconsciously, and reached out to pat his stomach when he was done. He didn't take it seriously, "Then the robe I made last year can still be worn." They are all good things. It would be a waste to waste them. Distressed.

Yueyan: ""

"I heard people say that when you were young, you spent money like water and were generous. Why?" Yue Yan thought of Xue Pan's stingy virtue now, and he was a little bit speechless.

Thinking of the news of the investigation by cronies, and looking at the people in front of him, this is too extreme.

"Can it be the same?" Xue Pan sighed after blowing on the peanut red dress, "This man will always grow up."

"I don't see anyone who grows and picks up." Sixi, the personal eunuch serving tea beside him, muttered in a moderate way.

"Spend my money when I was young, and spend my own money when I grow up. Don't you feel sorry for you?" He drank a big mouthful of tea, then handed the teacup to Sixi, "Fill it up." Such a small cup, half a cup Not enough for his mouthful.

A full glass of wine, half a cup of tea.

Sixi also knew Xue Pan's temperament, so she didn't argue with him, but resigned herself to refilling the tea for him.

On the other hand, Yue Yan heard Xue Pan's words, and the more he thought about it, the more interesting he felt. After a while, he laughed loudly, patted Xue Pan on the shoulder, and led them away.

Xue Pan's mouth was full of peanuts, he looked at Yue Yan who was striding out in a daze, and didn't realize that Yue Yan was swollen for a while.

Yue Yan didn't do anything, he was just getting emotional with himself before.He understands the big truths, but some small truths, or as a son, always wanting to be favored by his father is at work, which suppresses his anger.When I saw Xue Pan at this time, I was happy to see Xue Pan's stupid appearance, but after listening to his stupid words, my anger subsided for a while, and my fighting spirit increased by three points.

Didn't the Supreme Emperor want to bless the princes?

That's no problem, he added it, and he added it himself.Anyway, he can't get anything from the government treasury, which belongs to him in name, but in fact it belongs to his father.No matter how much money is spent, no matter how high the title is given, he is using his father's things as favors for himself, and he has nothing to be reluctant about.

And in the future, he will have to spit it out twice.

When Xue Pan was still struggling with how much gold he would spend to ask Nan Sheng, who was up for grabs, to paint two realistic paintings for their family, Yue Yan raised the salary of his brothers in the early court, and was still paying the Supreme Emperor after the early court. When paying respects to the empress dowager, he said open words and rewarded many beauties to the palace.

'If a general wants to take it away, he must firmly hold it; if a hundred generals want to take it away, he must firmly give it to him.If you want to destroy it, you must first learn it. '

When the Yueyan reward was handed out, it was not that he hadn't thought about this sentence in the "Tao Te Ching".In other words, he thought that his brothers might also think of this sentence.

When walking with the Supreme Emperor in the imperial garden, Yue Yan looked at his brother who came into the palace uninvited to show his filial piety, and for some reason suddenly thought of a sentence Xue Pan said.

That's what Xue Pan said to him after listening to "Water Margin".Xue Pan said that the sentence he was most afraid of in the whole Outlaws of the Marsh was - Da Lang, it's time to drink medicine.

It was from Pan Jinlian that Xue Pan thought of Xia Jingui that he felt it.But when Yue Yan looked at his restless brothers, he laughed the same way.

should drink medicine

As a result, those princes and princes who were a bit smug when they received Yue Yan's 'good intentions' could not help but feel uneasy in their hearts.

What does this old six mean?

Pretending to be mysterious, he put all the brothers together, and Yue Yan took the time to ask if Hanhan had encountered any troubles recently.

Thinking that the Rongguo Mansion was building a provincial hospital, Yue Yan's first reaction was that the Jia family borrowed money from the Xue family again.But after thinking about Xue Hanhan's stingy nature, he felt that the money was not easy to borrow, and he also specified that he would not lose weight because of borrowing money.

"The servant has heard a piece of news."

"Oh?" Yue Yan raised his eyebrows to look at his personal eunuch Sixi, and moved his hands to instruct him not to be secretive.

Like Yue Yan, this one also misunderstood Xue Hanhan.So Nan Sheng's engagement was brought out to share one of the reasons for Xue Hanhan's weight loss.

As soon as he heard that Nan Sheng was engaged, Yue Yan felt a little worried.

After getting along for such a long time, Yue Yan also discovered that Xue Hanhan didn't care about women and men, and the only one who saw him describe people in a regretful tone was this cousin girl of the Lin family.Not only that, but it's a pity to bring other girls' things close to your body.

Ever since he saw that realistic portrait, Xue Pan has always wanted to ask Nan Sheng to draw two paintings.

First draw a family portrait, and then draw two single portraits for the mother and sister.

It's just that he's gotten used to picking it up in recent years, and he took Nan Sheng's joking retouch fee seriously.This has been going on for several months.

In fact, Xue Pan really didn't need to worry too much. If he opened his mouth, although Nan Sheng would not fully agree, he would not really accept his retouching fee.

Help him draw a family portrait for free, and it will be considered as repaying the favor he gave the wooden coffin.As for painting single portraits of Aunt Xue and Baochai, Nan Sheng would definitely not take the job.

Realistic painting has become popular in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it has not yet spread to the capital, it will be a matter of time.Nan Sheng is the first person to eat crabs, and she is also the disciple who has the most true biography of Lin Ruhai, so there is still no need to worry about her future in painting.

After returning to the capital for more than half a year, the main reason why Nan Sheng has been at leisure is because of her experienced manager.

There is a virtuous concubine in Rongguo Mansion, and when the status of Rongguo Mansion rises, even Nan Sheng, who is a painter, can "choose three and pick four".

Let's put it this way, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang want to take Nan Sheng's painting as a favor, but not everyone can do it.

You can already pay attention to the level of noodles.

So Jia's mother picked customers like a sieve, and Nan Sheng could relax.

Of course, this one is not really idle, he is planning a strategy.

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At this time, Nan Sheng, who was secretly prodding and contributing to the construction of the Grand View Garden, ushered in a business the next day.

Xue Pan finally decided to place an order.

He strolled home and handed over the food he had bought outside to the girl, just in time to see Aunt Xue and Baochai talking about new clothes and jewelry at the end of the year.

There are many happy events in Rongguo Mansion this year, so it is estimated that there will be only a lot of banquets, especially the clothes and jewelry.

In the original book, Baochai always wears half-new clothes that are not old, and rarely wears too expensive jewelry, saying what she doesn't like.But in fact, which little girl doesn't like new clothes and new jewelry?

It's just that the conditions don't allow it.

I remember that in the original book, Baochai and Xing Xiuyan said that she was rich and idle seven or eight years ago. Although it was meant to comfort Xing Xiuyan, there was still some truth in it.

The Xue family has an uneasy and troublesome Xue Bawang, who spends money like a waterfall and takes advantage of it.People earn one and spend one, but he can't wait to spend ten or eight if he earns one.

Baochai followed Aunt Xue's housekeeper, so why didn't she know how the family's money went into and out of the house?Coupled with the fact that the good aunt in Rongguo Mansion is watching her like a tiger, all she can do is save from her own side.

Although today's Xue Pan has dreamed about many things in the future, he is still filial to his old mother and the silly son of the landlord's family who loves his sister.It may be that he had so many dreams, so he felt more sorry for his sister who always compromised.

Therefore, in terms of spending money on Baochai, this stingy instinct will disappear completely.

Rongguo Mansion makes four sets of dresses for their girls a season, so my Xue family girl makes eight sets a season.They also have more jewelry than the girls in their family.In short, the girl from the Xue family must not be treated badly in this regard.

A person who is so stingy with himself that he can't make new clothes if he can't do it, but he is willing to spend more money to make more dresses and jewelry for her younger sister, just to prevent her from losing to the lady of the Duke's Mansion.

It's really hard not to be moved that a person who doesn't have face can do this.It is precisely because of this that Baochai's own brother's feelings have deepened a lot.

As soon as Xue Pan came in at this time, he first sat on a chair domineeringly, and then bought back all the upstarts named Baochai, and changed a few more outfits.

Don't worry, if your brother picks again, he won't make you feel wronged~

Aunt Xue gave him an angry look, "You still have the nerve to say so."

Baochai pursed her lips and smiled, and didn't listen to Xue Pan, but only picked out the ones that looked delicate and unique and asked the girl to write them down.

The maids serving the Xue family knew Xue Pan's habits, seeing that he didn't serve tea when he came back from outside, they only took two oranges roasted on the charcoal and put them on small porcelain plates for Xue Pan to eat.

It's not bad to have some roasted oranges after drinking tea for a small day.Two roasted oranges went into his stomach in a blink of an eye, and this man even stimulated his appetite because of the sweetness and sourness of the oranges, so he immediately ordered the servants who were waiting for him to have a pot for dinner.

As soon as she heard the pot, she wanted to prepare more mutton, Baochai touched her face in embarrassment and asked someone to prepare vegetable porridge for her.

You can't eat and drink like this anymore.

After the meal, the three of them sat around and talked.Xue Pan then told about asking Nan Sheng to draw a family portrait.Aunt Xue hesitated for a moment, caring about Mother Jia's attitude, she didn't respond for a while.Baochai had wanted such a painting for a long time, but it was a pity that although she knew a lot of painting skills from Nan Sheng, she had never learned Western painting, and many aspects of the theory were in place, but the actual operation was not.Living in Rongguo Mansion is not easy to find a Western painter for herself with great fanfare. Although her brother can't say anything, it is inevitable that people will spread gossip.

Now Xue Baochai is really afraid of the mouths of the people in the Rongguo Mansion.

Hearing what his brother said, and guessing what his mother was thinking, Baochai thought about it and felt that this matter might not be impossible.After all, their home is different from others outside.

Besides, Nan Sheng is also idle recently, let's start painting first, even if they have something to do in the future, they are not in a hurry, even if they paint for a year or two, they can afford to wait.

As for the pen fee that his brother felt so distressed, Baochai couldn't help but chuckled, telling Xue Pan that it was just a joke at the time, but he took it seriously.

When he heard that asking for gold was just Nan Sheng's casual joke, Xue Pan was overjoyed.But after thinking about it, she felt that Nan Sheng had to recuperate for several months to paint a painting, which was not easy, so she said to give some.

"Then you can't give gold, otherwise what will happen." Are you really treating others as painters?Baochai smiled and shook her head, "Brother, just don't worry, leave this matter to me."

After saying this with a smile, Baochai returned to the room and sighed softly.

It would be nice if daddy was still there.

Baochai's sigh happened to be Daiyu's longing at this moment.

It would be nice if daddy was still there.

Looking at Zijuan kneeling in front of her, although Daiyu was happy with Zijuan's choice, she also felt aggrieved.

Both expected and unexpected.

As the child of Jia's family, although she was assigned to Daiyu's side, it could not change the fact that she was still the child of Jia's family.But Zijuan did not betray Daiyu, or if she chose Daiyu, she betrayed the Jia family.

She didn't know if it was right for her to do so, but she knew that she must not betray Miss Lin.

Daiyu was wronged and angry for a while, she just told Zijuan to get up, and without saying anything, she took Zijuan to find Nansheng.

When she arrived at Nansheng's room, Daiyu glanced at Nansheng, and then at Zijuan.Nan Sheng realized something, and began to order errands for the maids in the room one by one, and in a blink of an eye, there were only Nan Sheng, Dai Yu and Zi Juan left in the room.

With no outsiders around, Daiyu twisted herself into a twist and hung it on Nan Sheng's body, pulling Nan Sheng's sleeves for a while, and tugging at the ends of Nan Sheng's hair for a while.

She was slapped on the back of the hand by Nan Sheng, and she even tapped her forehead on Nan Sheng's back with an uneven face, bit by bit, it didn't hurt, it was just annoying.

"It was I who told the second wife about your sister that day." Turning back, she pulled Daiyu to sit beside her, and then Nan Sheng said lightly to Zijuan, who was looking restless, "It's not in vain if you tell the truth." Yu'er is dedicated to protecting you. In terms of people, I am inferior to her."

"Miss Nan?" Zijuan suddenly raised her head when she heard the words, her face was filled with astonishment, and her eyes were full of panic.

"Since you have made a choice, we can't be cold-hearted. If there is anything in Yu'er's room, you might as well tell the second wife the truth. In the future, if the second wife has any orders, you might as well answer them all. As for how to reply to the second wife later, It will never make things difficult for you."

As for whether it will embarrass the second wife, Nan Sheng can't guarantee it.

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"Hey, don't you look at it for a while?" Xue Pan sat there, pointing to his face with one hand, stretching his robe with the other, looking at Nan Sheng to remind her.

Nan Sheng: Huh?