[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

At the end of the year and the end of the year, every household has to be busy.This year, the Xue family is much younger than before, because the clerks in the shop are serious about their work, and the accountant clerks sent by Master Jiu are all shrewd and capable.So this year when the shop outside brought in items and account books, Zuo Xi only recorded the amount and asked someone to put away the account books.

Great, this year is another year with a surplus.

Compared with Zuo Xi's contentment and Changle, the other princes agreed that Master Jiu's heart was too dark and his hands too cruel.

Borrowing chickens to lay eggs, but sending Xue's chicken owner with only three melons and two dates. Black, too dark.

The big guys all have eyeliners in the Xue family's shops. It's no secret to them how much money Xue's so many shops have earned this year.

Seeing that Master Jiu made a lot of money with the help of the Xue family's chassis, he secretly regretted that he shouldn't have stayed behind and asked Master Jiu to pick the peaches.While envious of Jiu Ye's accumulation of wealth, he also felt deep sympathy and glee for Ba Ye.

Look, the chicken is flying, and the egg is also breaking.

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Of course, the peaches were picked by Lord Jiu, but the others could still take a ride.

So it entered the twelfth lunar month, and many medicine merchants and small merchants who wanted to become suppliers of Xue's shop came to Jiuye's mansion one after another.

All kinds of century-old ginseng, formed ganoderma lucidum, and rare and rare things were bought by Master Jiu at a high price and sent to the palace. The speed of spending money was not inferior to the speed at which he earned money.After a fierce operation, the income was directly reduced by one-third.

And those small merchants who wanted to become suppliers of Xue's shop also became a stable source of supply for Xue's shop under the pick and choose of Jiuye.

None of the elder princes who grew up in the palace are easy-going lamps, and no one knows the consequences of eating alone better than them.So Master Jiu ate the meat, and he was not stingy about giving others a share.

Xue Pan, who was generous with others, was not only ignorant of the matter, but also had the same mood as Zuo Xi.

Before Master Jiu became a shareholder, he was nagged by the shop stewards every day, his ears were calloused, and he lost money even if he didn't make money all year round.

How good it is now, don't worry about everything, there will be dividends at the end of the year, and there will be income every month.When he went out, he was still the old man of the Xue family.See, such is the life of man.Although it can no longer be like before, when you have no money, you can go to the shop to buy flowers casually, but this is not a big deal.

Of course, the main reason is that Xue Pan is satisfied with his current life, and because now he is all focused on 'Glorious Ancestor'.With less time to play with foxes and friends, the expenses will naturally be less.The money in his hand is enough to spend, and the matter of not being able to go to the shop to pay money at will has no effect on Xue Pan.

Affected by losing money and making money in the past few years, Aunt Xue didn't think there was anything wrong with her current life.In particular, every time there are new gadgets in the shop, they will still send some to Xue's house as usual, and the cut rulers and everything will be disposed of in the same way as before. It feels like the shop is still my own.

Of course, the Xue family's mother and son would think so, and Zuo Xi's role was indispensable.What Zuo Xi often said is that the house deed and land deed of the shop are all in our hands, and the qualifications and signs of the Xue family's royal business are also in our house. Don't look at Jiu Ye as the prince's elder brother. He is in partnership with us. In fact, Isn't he also working for the Xue family?

The Xue family's mother and son were often baffled by Zuo Xi's words. After a long time, they really no longer felt that Master Jiu took advantage of their family.

After all, he's the prince's elder brother, the appearance fee is more expensive, there's nothing wrong with it~

So watching the three members of the Xue family picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons in this way, and finally being appeased by Master Jiu's "Little Favor", the group of people who watched the excitement lost their temper.

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As in previous years, the Xue family returned to Xue's house this year on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to celebrate the New Year.After getting up early and having breakfast, I resigned from my three mothers and went home in a carriage.But Daiyu and Jia Lian, who sent Daiyu back to Yangzhou, are afraid that they will celebrate the New Year on the boat.

Zuo Xi had people prepare a lot of things for Daiyu to use on the road, plus Jia Lian has never wronged herself, even though she spent the years on the boat, she never missed anything.

It's just that people are floating on the water, and they don't have any relatives around them, so it's a bit desolate after all.

On the way back to the south, Daiyu has been seriously thinking about what Zuo Xi said to her before.

Lin Ruhai has many concubines and concubines, but only Daiyu is a single seedling under her knees.He had no intention of continuing, thinking that the Lin family would no longer have any biological heirs.But whether the Lin family wants to adopt a stepchild depends on what Lin Ruhai thinks.

Daiyu didn't know if she could influence her father's decision, but if she didn't try it, how would she know she couldn't?

Therefore, Daiyu not only has to think about whether it is necessary to have a stepchild, but also how to persuade her father to listen to her.

You have to ask Daiyu if she wants a brother. She does.

Jia Lian ignored Yingchun, Jia Zhen didn't care about cherishing spring, Baoyu still wanted to coax and hold Tanchun, even Xue's elder brother was ridiculous, but Daiyu still wanted a brother.

Even if he can't do anything for himself.

After spending the cold New Year's Eve on the boat with a lot of worries, Jia Lian still took Daiyu to advance at full speed early the next morning.On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the group finally disembarked at the Yangzhou Wharf.

After getting off the boat, the Lin family sent chariots and horses to use, and Daiyu just sat in the sedan chair all the way to Xunyan Yushi's mansion, and Jia Lian and others took care of the luggage and other things.

After getting off the sedan chair, she walked all the way through halls and corridors, but after a while, Daiyu finally came to the upper room in her memory.Close to the hometown and timid, but strong self-calm.The footsteps are messy, and you must pay attention to your manners.Daiyu, who was about ten years old, was forced to grow up a lot.

Both the imperial physician and the doctor arrived in Yangzhou one after another after Daiyu returned home. Those who arrived in Yangzhou together with the imperial physician also had all kinds of medicinal materials prepared by Zuo Xi.

There is a small medicine box in Zuo Xi's small apartment, but the medicine box is full of household medicines.Moreover, she didn't know what kind of disease Lin Ruhai was suffering from, let alone what medicine he was allergic to. At the same time, she didn't think that western medicine brought from modern times was really more effective than traditional Chinese medicine.Because of various worries, Zuo Xi chose to look far away, and searched hard for a batch of high-quality medicinal materials, and asked the Escort Bureau to escort the imperial doctor to Yangzhou, and take them along with them.

When the two doctors arrived in Yangzhou, Daiyu arranged for them to diagnose and treat Lin Ruhai.At first, Lin Ruhai thought it was Jia Mu who invited him, and he was very grateful.He secretly thought that entrusting his daughter to the old mother-in-law would allow him to close his eyes.

However, when he told Daiyu about the kindness of the old lady and how touched he was by the friendship of sending her husband thousands of miles away, Daiyu only hesitated a little before confessing to Zuo Xi.

She begged the old lady, but the old lady refused her in a silent way.The one who asked the imperial physician and Lang Zhongxin to come to Yangzhou willingly was paid by the Xue family's sister Bao with money.

Daiyu showed Lin Ruhai the letter from the bodyguard.Although it didn't say how much money Zuo Xi spent to invite the two to Yangzhou, it did say how long they would stay in Yangzhou with that large sum of money.

One year!

How much money would it take to get the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital and the master of the capital willing to stay in Yangzhou for a year?

Daiyu didn't know, but she knew that it must be a large sum of money.

People's hearts are complex and changeable, Lin Ruhai doesn't have any hope of life, but still doesn't like others to condemn him to death.Originally, Lin Ruhai was very grateful to his old mother-in-law, but Zuo Xi set it off, and Jia's mother's glorious image in Lin Ruhai's place was compromised.

Old lady, do you never hope that you can come back to life?

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In Yangzhou City, the father and daughter have not seen each other for many years, so they have something to say.As for the capital, the Xue family still has three members, no more and no less, but this year is much more lively than previous years.Pasted Spring Festival couplets and set off firecrackers.The servants of the family are all dressed in red and green, which is very festive.

Wang Ziteng's family also returned to Beijing before the end of the year, and there is one more place to eat New Year's wine this year.But this year, Xue's family also held a New Year's wine and invited many people.

The Wang family and the Jia family all came, and Master Jiu even sent Qin Baliang to the door.As for He Zhuo, who has been in contact with Xue's family for the past two years, he found an excuse to push him away after accepting the post.

After a lively year, the Xue family continued to live in Lixiangyuan under the warm invitation of Jiamu and Mrs. Wang.Wang Ziteng and his family were not in the capital before, but now that Wang Ziteng is back, the Xue family continues to live in Rongguo Mansion. People who don't know think that Wang Ziteng can't tolerate his orphan and widowed sister's family.

For this reason, Wang Ziteng's wife, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue's second sister-in-law had a good deal of courtesy with Jia's mother.

While praising the old lady for her kindness and kindness, she also said that her husband and wife have a deep affection for the two sister-in-laws. Finally, they solemnly entrusted the two sister-in-laws to the old lady, taking care of face and face.

The lady from Rongguo Mansion asked for leave to go home for the New Year, but she didn't come back after the first lunar month, so she sent a letter to resign, saying that she was getting married and would not come back.Therefore, the women's school in Rongguo Mansion had to suspend classes.

Mrs. Wang didn't invite anyone to come back to teach Sanchun, and Sanchun followed Li Wan to do some needlework every day.Either for self-entertainment, or for fun with the old lady.Zuo Xi didn't like Li Wan, and even though she respected the elderly, she didn't flatter Jia's mother, so she only went there three or five times in ten days, and spent the rest of her time in Lixiangyuan.

Lin Ruhai from Yangzhou actively cooperated with the treatment for her daughter's begging for a good doctor. Although the effect was not satisfactory, she no longer gave up on herself and accepted her fate.Daiyu also sent a message to Zuo Xi to report her safety through the shop opened by Xue's family in Yangzhou as agreed with Zuo Xi earlier.

Daiyu's letter to Zuo Xi was sent to Xue's shop in Yangzhou alone, and the shop was asked to send it to Zuo Xi in the capital.But Daiyu's home letter to Jia Mu's safety was arranged by the housekeeper of the Lin family after asking Jia Lian if there was any letter.

Even if Zuo Xi didn't tell Daiyu specifically, Daiyu still knew what Zuo Xi had done for her, and no one in Rongguo Mansion could know about it.

After returning home, Daiyu discovered that the housekeeper was in charge of all the external affairs of the family, while Lin Ruhai's two old concubines took care of the internal affairs.Seeing that her father didn't intend to ask her to be a housekeeper, Daiyu ignored these trivial matters and concentrated on serving Lin Ruhai.

As for whether Jia Lian would take over the chores of the Lin family's housekeeper, Daiyu only listened to it, and then she didn't care at all.

She is as noble as her, so she can't let these mundane trivial matters become vulgar.

The weather is getting warmer.In April, Xue Pan started to go hunting in the spring.Bored in the mansion for a long time, doing nothing.Zuo Xi also found a reason to go out to worship the Buddha with his servants.

In ancient times, the ladies of the big family really couldn't go out casually, just wandering around on the street.But it's not really a captive breeding that doesn't leave the door.

Girls go to banquets with their relatives, visit relatives, visit close friends in the boudoir, or participate in gatherings between daughters, or offer incense and worship Buddha... these are all allowed.

But the girl from the Jia family is indeed raised in semi-captive.

Aunt Xue was always used to children, and Zuo Xi used to go out often when she was in Jinling, now she just asked why Zuo Xi was there, and she heard that she was going to the temple to offer incense, so she just asked someone to wait on her, and then Went to Rongqing Hall to find the old lady to play cards.

Xue's family lived in Lixiangyuan, and there was a corner door leading to the outside. The master and servants of the Xue family used this corner door to enter and exit.In the past, Zuo Xi might have considered that under the emperor's feet, there were rich and rich dudes everywhere, and then there would be some plots like robbing women or other novels.She is afraid of trouble and trouble, so even if she is bored in the mansion, she seldom goes out.But now that Xue's family is backed by the prince elder brother, and Wang Ziteng is sitting in the capital, going out to worship the Buddha, he is really not afraid of any accidents.

It's just that sometimes it's not that you are not afraid of accidents, and accidents will be afraid of you.

He deliberately chose Hongluo Temple with the best scenery, and Zuo Xi, who was walking in the green while worshiping the Buddha, took a few maids and women to worship the gods and Buddhas in each temple, and then strolled in the temple.

Zuo Xi was busy with many people, so he dismissed the others, leaving only Ying'er and Wen Xing by his side.

In order not to let his myopia delay the mood and quality of the game, Zuo Xi deliberately brought a pair of daily disposable contact lenses before going out.

Then under the clear, Zuo Xi happened to see a big scene of throwing people into the pond.

The child who was thrown down looked seven or eight years old, with red lips and white teeth, very cute.Those who threw the child into the pond were two people dressed as eunuchs, and a woman in her 30s stood next to them.

Seeing the child being thrown into the pond like a sandbag by two eunuchs, Zuo Xi was so shocked that he almost squeezed the contact lenses out of his eye sockets.

Mud girl, what about playing?

Zuo Xi covered her open mouth with both hands, not daring to be discovered by others.

Dare not call it broken, and can't ignore it.

Seeing that the child's strength in struggling in the water was getting weaker and weaker, Zuo Xi gritted his teeth, even though he knew it was not easy, he still couldn't turn a blind eye.Looking back at Ying'er and Wen Xing who were standing not far behind him, they were also staring forward with their eyes widened in shock.

If I had known earlier, I would not have chosen the rockery here to relieve my hand.

That's right, the three of Zuo Xi came to the rockery here precisely because they wanted to relieve themselves.I don't want to see the other side playing a game of tossing children just after I came out of Jieshan.

"I'm going down to save people, you guys..."

Zuo Xi quickly told Ying'er and Wen Xing not to tell anyone about it, and went to the carriage to get her spare clothes behind her back, and told them both to take the veiled hat that was put in the carriage earlier. come over.

"No, how can I ask the girl to save people. I can also use water, so I will come."

Wen Xing was on the side, and said anxiously: "I can do it too. Before I enter the mansion, I often go into the water to pick lotus seeds."

Seeing that Zuo Xi wanted to go into the water to save others, Ying'er and Wen Xing hurriedly stopped them, and they both hurriedly recommended themselves.However, Zuo Xi thought that she was an adult, and she didn't have to put Yinger and Wen Xing, two girls under eighteen, in danger. In addition, she had a small apartment to support her, so she only asked them to fetch things, and she herself Quietly from the rockery, gently into the water.

Zuo Xi carefully dived in the pond, and when he needed to take a breath, he would dodge back to the small apartment, take two breaths of fresh air, and then come out and continue swimming there.

Because the ventilation was carried out in the small apartment, neither the little eunuch nor the woman standing outside the pond noticed that Zuo Xi had quietly swam to the area where the child fell into the water.Seeing that the child stopped struggling, the three of them thought the child had sunk to the bottom, looked at each other, and quickly left the place.

And the moment the child sank to the bottom, Zuo Xi was already close to the child, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he took the child into his small apartment.

Afterwards, Zuo Xi also returned to the small apartment to check on the child's condition first.Finding that the situation was not too bad, he followed the first aid measures for drowning that he had seen in modern times and gave the child the simplest rescue.

I saw that although the child did not wake up, his breathing had stabilized.Zuo Xi hurriedly took off the child's clothes and threw them in the laundry to dry.Wrap the child in a thin quilt. In the end, he was worried that the child would be frightened and have a fever, or catch a cold after entering the water, so he gave the child a pack of antipyretic medicine in advance.

After setting up the child, Zuo Xi flashed out of the small apartment and dived towards the direction she came from.

Ying'er and Wen Xing came here with their clothes after Zuo Xi came ashore. Zuo Xi hid behind the rockery and changed into clothes, put on a veiled hat, and left here with Ying'er and Wen Xing.

"Girl, what about the child?"

"I didn't find it, so it's probably hopeless." Zuo Xi shook his head, "Let's go, this place is not a place to stay for a long time."

Ying'er and Wen Xing looked at each other, and hurriedly supported Zuo Xi to leave.

It was only when Ying'er walked to the quiet room they had settled earlier that she reacted slowly.

"Girl, are your eyes all right?"

Zuo Xi paused, and immediately felt sorry for herself.

When I was saving someone, I lost a pair of daily disposable glasses.After returning to the shore, Zuo Xi lost the other one too.

Shaking her head, Zuo Xi half-truthfully replied to Yinger: "Sometimes I can see clearly, but sometimes I can't see clearly. Just now I was able to see clearly, but now I can't anymore."

Yinger: ...Okay. "

"Ah."

Back in the quiet room, Zuo Xi cleansed his face again, dried his wet hair, drank a cup of hot tea, and ate a vegetarian meal as planned.After dinner, Ying'er and Wen Xing were sent out to inquire about news, while she went back to the small apartment with the excuse of staying in the quiet room for an afternoon nap.

Zuo Xi flashed back to the small apartment.Seeing that the child was in good condition, she felt relieved and at the same time took out the clothes she had thrown into the laundry and put them on the child.

But here comes the problem.

The child's clothes were all expensive top-grade silk and satin. They were washed in a front-loading washing machine and then dried in a dryer. They were shriveled, and some places were obviously stripped.

I can't see it at all.

Fortunately, it has not shrunk, and it can still be worn.

So Zuo Xi put on the clothes on the child with an embarrassing face, and then covered the child with a cloak that was placed in the small apartment at some time.

After leaving the small apartment, Zuo Xi lay on the bed thinking about the identity of the child.

Just by looking at the clothes, you can tell that you are either rich or expensive.

About two quarters of an hour later, Ying'er and Wen Xing came back.

"I don't know which one it belongs to. They said they lost something important. They are looking for it inside and outside the temple." After Ying'er finished speaking, she also added her guess, "It doesn't seem like losing something, more Like lost. Girl, could it be, "Looking for that kid?

"Whether it's true or not, it has nothing to do with us." Zuo Xi took a deep breath, and frightened Ying'er and Wen Xing seriously, "We ran into this matter, and we don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. Let others know, and we didn't kill anyone. After being rescued, the bad guys were alarmed again. If there is no cure, maybe they will bite us back. In the future, no one will let us go."

When saving people, Zuo Xi knew that he might get into trouble.After Zuo Xi saw the child's clothes, he knew that this matter was troublesome.

If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have taken the child into the small apartment, and even kept her name and denied that she had saved someone.

Talking to Ying'er and Wen Xing at this moment, the three of them decided to swallow this matter to their stomachs and never mention it to anyone.

For a while, it was almost time to see.Zuo Xi asked Ying'er and Wen Xing to pack up their things, got into the carriage and left.

As for how the little boy she threw out of the back window of the quiet room came into the sight of everyone in the setting sun with a dazed expression on his face, that's none of Zuo Xi's business.

It can't be said that it has nothing to do with Zuo Xi. When Zuo Xi went back to the small apartment to learn Mongolian that night, he cleaned the small apartment by the way.

After all, she not only temporarily placed the little boy in the small apartment during the day, but she also brought some water and silt from the pond into the small apartment when she switched back and forth between the small apartment and the pond.

This cleaning also caused Zuo Xi to find a jade pendant of excellent quality in the open space on the other side of the small sofa.

There are some patterns and a sentence of Manchu on it, but Zuo Xi's Manchu and Mongolian are the ones he is learning now, and the level of Manchu is not half of that of Mongolian.

Because of this, she didn't see what was written in the Manchu language.

Originally, I wanted to use the translation app on my mobile phone to look through the post, but unfortunately the writing was quite good, and Zuo Xi did not understand it according to the gourd.

Often this kind of life-saving grace is accompanied by high risks.In addition, when saving people, he didn't think about asking for repayment, so Zuo Xi, who made up his mind not to go into this muddy water, put away the jade pendant.

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Although Zhang Youshi was not optimistic about Zuo Xi's toxic fever and was helpless against Daiyu's frailty, he really saved Qin Keqing.

It's a pity that sometimes the doctor can cure the disease, but can't save the life.

Qin Keqing survived last spring and Jia Rui to death, but she still faded away at her best age.

When the cloud board sounded in the middle of the night, everyone was stunned for a moment before getting up to find out who was gone.When he heard that it was Qin Keqing, Zuo Xi still couldn't believe it.

But after thinking about it, there is nothing unbelievable about this.But for a moment Zuo Xi thought of Lin Ruhai who was far away in Yangzhou.

If she remembered correctly, Lin Ruhai seemed to be gone at this time as well.

Just throwing a large sum of money at this girl. Old man, shouldn't you also hold out for two more years?

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